April 2016 Windsor St Progress Report
I know I’ve been quiet since I got things running around the one loop, so here’s a quick recap on where things sit right now.
DCC Installation in Micro-Trains SW1500s
There are some important precautions that must be taken when installing DCC decoders in Micro-Trains’s SW1500s.
Conrail PUPs on the BANTRAK Layout
I know this is about 3 months late, but during the B&O Museum’s Holiday Festival of Trains, I got a chance to stretch the legs on my four EMD “pups” (end cab switchers) with a coal train.
Some steamy visitors to the real York PA
Over the past few months, I’ve spent a bunch of time looking for good reference photos of York PA in the 80s. While I was doing that, I found a big surprise…
Trains are Running Through Downtown York
Big news on my NCR. I’ve got trains running through the Downtown York section of my Windsor St layout, and I have video.
It takes a lot of little things to build a layout
I’m making great progress on the York section of the Windsor St Yard layout. But some of the progress is on decidedly unglamorous things.
Some York PA Teaser Pics
I’ve been making steady progress on the downtown York section of the Windsor St layout expansion, even with the brief interruption of The Great Flood. I’ll put up a post with more progress pics, and some better explanation of some of the things I’ve done later, but for now, here are a few recent teaser […]
The Great Flood of 2016
I wanted the next post on the site to be about the awesome progress I’ve been making on Phase 2 and 3 of my Windsor St layout expansion, but that’s not going to be the case. It’s going to be about the flood and drying out that occurred in my basement on Feb 24, 2016.
MMID GP38-3s arrive in York
Some new Maryland Midland power has shown up in York. Back in 2004, I worked on a special run project with Atlas while at MB Klein: Maryland Midland’s GP38-3s. I didn’t buy a set, because I was a broke college student, but I’ve finally rectified that situation.
Jan 2016 Windsor St Photos
I’m happy with the progress I’m making bringing the Windsor St yard to life with some vegetation and other ground cover. Here are some recent photos.