The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

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Fast forward and here is how it looks after an hour of sanding and carving.





The Campbell Scale Models Abandoned house is just way out of scale for the corner. I'll need to scratch build the houses.

[tom.boyd.125]

Tom,
Great progress photos, keep them coming !

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Tom,
Great progress photos, keep them coming !

Tom,

Thank you and thanks for following along. I have a few more for you.

Tom

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Over the past ten months, the Judge and I have been having the TCS WOW sound decoders installed in the brass locos.

In the past I've just test run the loco and put it in the display case for later use. I don't want brass locos sitting around the layout as I continue work on it. I've noticed that when I did run a loco, a few of the decoders were defective and needed to be returned. This has been a major pain in the rear.

The decision was made to put all the brass with WOW sound decoders on the layout and let them just idle for a few days during the time the DCC system was on.





Continued in a few.

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The locos were idle, sound on but not moving, for a few days. Out of all these, I found two that needed to be adjusted, one headlight failed and one had no short whistle.

All the above can be fixed without replacing the decoders which is a pain in the rear. Did I mention the pain in the rear? Yes, I did and it is.

[deemery]

Not a stinky diesel in sight!!


dave

[Janbouli]

Not a stinky diesel in sight!!


dave

How do you know , maybe they're Volkswagens in disguise 

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Not a stinky diesel in sight!!


dave

Dave and Jan,

Thanks for following along, much appreciated. All the stinky diesels were on the storage tracks.

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[jimmillho]

Not Storage Tracks......Think "SUBWAY" 

Jim

[S&S RR]

Tom


Great pictures! I copied a couple of them and put them in my "Honey I'm really not out of control file" - for possible future S&S RR board meetings". The layout is really looking great!

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Hiding the diesels is a good idea :-)


dave

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Not Storage Tracks......Think "SUBWAY" 

Jim

Butty Jim,

Yes, it certainly looks they are in the subway. Maybe I should have thought of that and installed some columns in the "Subway" during construction.

Tom

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Tom


Great pictures! I copied a couple of them and put them in my "Honey I'm really not out of control file" - for possible future S&S RR board meetings". The layout is really looking great!

John,

Thanks, much appreciated.  The locos are now back in the display cases and safe from any mishaps during future construction.

Tom

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Hiding the diesels is a good idea :-)


dave

Dave,

Prior to the DCC craze, I referred to diesels as "diseaseils". Now I have more than I need to count!

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

Tom