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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    Re: Picture!!! Sorry, Andy ... but I've quit this forum, so no forthcoming photos. All of you have a Wonderful Life! Goodbye !!! - George Bailey
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    Mike - What Gary said !!! :D As for me, I just moved so am re-building. The town ("Fairfield") area is kinda up and had a double oval with spur in a 4 X 8 area. I will then have a track area leading along the Mississippi to (part) of the QCA and from there along the Mississippi again...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    And note that even at $3000.00, "reserve is not met" !!! I hate those - why not set the starting price at the minimum you want for the item(s) and be done with it ??? Well, it's one way to get a quick RI MRR! But *I* don't have the money - even if I wanted the duplicate items of his...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    More good info - thanks Gary! SOMEDAY soon I will get the courage up to program the decoders and try it out! (Nice thing about the Atlas, they are programed with the last two digits of the road number as their address instead of the usual "03", so no programing needed yet!) Hey, Guys...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    Wolv - The Digitrax Zephyr can run ANY decoder, to include the Lenz. Likewise, the Commander can run Digitrax decoders. And both can run Soundtraxx and Atlas decoders (I am running Atlas dual mode decoders with the Z now). So you don't need to choose your DCC controller by decoder...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    PS Wolv - a final thought on dummys. Each loco in a MU consist requires a separate address. The Zephyr can have up to 10 addresses. For my planned layout, this is (just!) enough, but for your bigger system you would need more addresses, I think. You could accomplish it by going to the...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    Thanks for the input, Gary! You know far more about it than this DCC beginner! Shane, as Gary said, if the locos are mis-matched, power-wise, one can (must) program different speeds into the locos to make them match. In my case, however, the GP40 and GP38 Atlas Master locos are reasonably...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    ABOUT THE "Z" Ok ... over all, them good 'ol boys from Georgia have a mighty fine product! Hookup was a easy. Just insert the track wire ends (stripped) into their repective holes and screw down the connectors (a small jewelers screwdriver works just fine) for a very secure connection. Plug...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    ZEPHYR !!! When I got home, my Digitrax Zephyr had arrived and was waiting for me! A good way to end a Friday workday! So now I get to investigate the world of DCC ... good thing my two Atlas Master locos (RI GP40 and BN GP38) already have decoders - just got to change the DC plug on the...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    Re: The Rock make a come back? Me too, Andy! At least it exists on my layout (P2K E8A with Walthers Budd passenger, diner, and baggage cars, and an IHC PS observation car). Wish they made a RI dome-observation car. One ran on the QC Rocket. It was named "Big Ben". It would be great...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    The original RI station, two blocks to the east of the bridge in the photo. Now just a parking lot, alas!
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    From the other side:
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    The Davenport RI bridge on Ripley Street. Going ... going .....
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    Check it out: http://news.mpr.org/features/200210/15_bickalj_rockisland/ "A Mighty Good Road" - G
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    Bachmann out of business?

    Even so, Shane, the Bachmann Spectrum series is no match for the Life Like P2K series. My Doodlebug is a Spectrum series and it isn't even as good as LL's P1K-series RDC-3. And to compare it with any of my P2K-series diesels shows that Bachmann has a long way to go in terms of learning to make a...
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    Bachmann out of business?

    Ok - maybe TWO good things! Glad to hear your Shay is a good one, 88. They DO seem to have a better handle on steamers than on diesels. Go figure. But they are still not in the Heritage P2K class. I doubt that most BRASS are in this class when it comes to operation. Bachmann seems to be...
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    Bachmann out of business?

    Question here ... Jon - was that a Life-like P2K Heritage 0-6-0 that had the problem or a lower "regular" Life-like version? A world of difference (and quality and price) between the two! The quality P2K version is NOT sold in a "set" - only the cheaper toy-like LL line is sold this...
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    I am going to die...

    My wife and I each have an equal amount of "play money" built into the budget. I don't complain about how she spends her money, and she doen't complain about mine (unless I "over borrow" from future months using the ol'credit card - but she can, too, if she wants). This seems to work out...
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    Rock Island Model Rosters

    Should be a fine looking loco !!! http://www.rockisl.com/PaintSchemes/Type5/Type5.htm Look forward to seeing a photo when you have it finished! - George
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    Entry Level DCC

    Gary - Here is a comparison chart of the DCC systems.: http://ttx-dcc.com/productcompare/dcccomparison.htm As for me, I went with the Zephyr ... although I haven't got it yet! Hopefully I will catch the next wave of them in October! Good luck, and ask if you don't understand...
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