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    computer made structures

    I came up with a method of designing buildings on Autocad on my computer. I can either draw them with precise measurements or even take full scale blueprints and print them off as a 1:87 scale. The building that I have just completeld is made on a peice of 1/4 inch wood. I prinited windows...
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    decoder install

    anyone ever install a mrc sound decoder in atlas ho engine, thanks
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    Potash terminal Saint John

    we have looked at your potash mine on your layout, its very impressive, we are now working on a mine for our layout. The mine is in Sussex, New Brunswick. They also mine salt which is also shipped out of Saint John to the eastern US as road salt. The potash is shipped to all parts of the...
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    Potash terminal Saint John

    here is a picture of the old train station in Rothesay
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    Potash terminal Saint John

    and here are a few more, the CN SD75i and SD50 are preparing to haul some empty cars to Sussex to be filled, I believe the GP9u is used as a switcher
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    Potash terminal Saint John

    a few more, this old road switcher was a noisey one, it is owned by the pot ash company, they unload each car in the small "barn" then it is stored in the large storage barns where it is then transported onto ships by the convayers, the potash cars are brought from Sussex to Saint John by...
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    Potash terminal Saint John

    Here are some pictures of my trip into town today, here are the ones from the potash terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, these storage barns are massive
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    reverse look, but no loop

    thanks guys
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    SD70i

    Hello, I am looking at pictures of CN SD70i's on railpictures.com I have a question tho, what does the "i" stand for and why does only CN use them, thanks guys...
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    reverse look, but no loop

    yea, thats exactly what i need to do
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    reverse look, but no loop

    thanks for your help
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    reverse look, but no loop

    ok, i geuss i didn't explain my situation very well, sorry for wasting you time railway bob, here is a better diagram, sort of, the two inner rails are the same polarity
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    reverse look, but no loop

    thanks for all of your help, i am going to be using dcc when my mrc prodigy advace arrives, thanks railway bob for the help. i never knew about a bus line or track feeding every 3 feet, hopefully i can get this to work, i'll get the rest of my track plan on here if i can
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    reverse look, but no loop

    ok, thanks for your help, but what are track feeds, and do you realise that connecting these to tracks will casue a short?
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    reverse look, but no loop

    so this cross over will need a polarity switcher, such as the one my mrc, since i am running dcc, is this correct? this is also two paralel tracs, switching from one to the other, one more thing, im not using an actualy cross over , but 2 turnouts
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    reverse look, but no loop

    yea, im thinking what will have is a cross over, makes sence,crossing from one polarity to another I am using atlas mark threes, thanks
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    reverse look, but no loop

    would this mean if i had 2 trains running at the same time on the straight section that they would be running in the same direction,
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    reverse look, but no loop

    if i block the turn backs will i need 2 reverse units?
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    reverse look, but no loop

    reverse loop, but no loop i am looking to have a reverse loop on my layout but not using a loop, i have paralell tracks which are going in opposite directions and i am wondering if there is any way to do this, cross over from one to the other with out shorting out the track, thanks
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    My Pictures

    thanks CN1, as soon as my dad and i get some more of the layout lookin good we'll put up some more pictures
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