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    Double Crossover with Hare

    You wouldn't need 2 wabbits, only 1. You would gang wire two turnouts together that complete a route, and then wire them to the "Turnout #1" You would then gang wire the other two turnouts to complete the other route and wire that to "Turnout out #2" The wabbit is a dual decoder, so you'll...
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    Double Crossover with Hare

    You could probably use a wabbit instead. This way you can wire two turnouts together, and then connect those to the wabbit onboard connectors. The Wabbit™ Dual Output Stationary Decoder | Tech News at Tony's Train Exchange. The wabbit is 2 hare cards basically. So one switch to throw 2...
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    Athearn 4-8-8-4

    Some more Misc footage: HD Clip - Athearn-4-8-8-8-4b Youtube: YouTube - Athearn N-Scale 4-8-8-4
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    Athearn 4-8-8-4

    Here's the youtube version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OXu9pG_Fj0
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    Athearn 4-8-8-4

    Uploaded a video clip of my new Big Boy to my gallery this evening. Athearn-N-4-8-8-4 I'm currently uploading to youtube in case you can't get the above HD clip to play.
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    New layout in the works.

    Last week a sold a bunch of old HO scale stuff on ebay so I splurged a little and got a radio equipped DT400 throttle and receiver.
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    New layout in the works.

    Here's my partially completed Dominos kit from summit custom cuts. I seem to have misplaced the windows and some door frames. Also need to paint roof and awnings and later had some details.
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    Seth Godin Talks About What's Wrong With Hobby Stores

    Similar kind of story. Back in New Orleans I worked as a service tech at Apple Specialist store (family owned business). Due to various issues with Apple, keeping stock of new items was tough, so our primary income was on service work, not retail sales. Even that was tough and the owner...
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    New layout in the works.

    Still staring at in the box. I'm waiting for my 2nd DAC10 card to arrive from the UK (I'm hoping any day now), so I can get the panel totally wired up. This way I won't end up installing the panel, then having to remove it in a few days to install the card. But it's killing me!!
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    My N Scale B.O.F.

    Wow! Looks fantastic! Just a little bit too white perhaps. *rimshot*
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    Time on here

    I'm checking the forums constantly at work and at home. Wouldn't be surprised if I totaled close to the 5hr mark.
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    TexNRails Experiences?

    Hi folks, I was wondering if any other folks here has had experiences dealing with the site https://www.texnrails.com I placed an order for a brass searchlight kit back in January and the item has yet to arrive. I emailed several times over the past month and hald and never got a reply. Mid...
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    Union Pacific Modelers...

    "Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?"
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    New layout in the works.

    Just wanted to give a brief look at how my tortoise turnouts are being hooked up. I'm using 4-conductor RJ-11 cable, aka telephone cable, and some RJ-11 Surface Mount boxes. I picked up a 1,000 foot roll of RJ-11 cable at Cyberguys.com. I probably won't need 1,000 feet, but it was cheap :)...
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    Weekly Photo Fun week of Feb. 29

    Little bit of the old and new.
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    New layout in the works.

    Yesterday my Athearn UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy arrived. It looks fantastic. I'm still hooking up my new wiring panel (see above) so haven't been able to give it a test run. It'll post a video as soon as I do.
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    New layout in the works.

    I'm close to finishing up the first of two wiring panels. This panel will house the BDL168, two DAC10's, and the Digitrax Zephyr unit. The 2nd one will eventually house the SIGM20 models that'll control signals.
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    LT5 Tester for BDL168

    anyone ever come across a site listing Digitrax's LT5 tester for sale? 1 is included with a BDL168, but don't really see them for sale any place individually.
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    Turning circle of an n scale train

    It also depends on what type of engines and rolling stock you are running. 6-axle diesels and long passenger cars or unit cars like double stacks like probably a 11" bare minimum.
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    Pre-Ordered a big boy

    My minimum radius is 16.25" in the helix. Everything else is about 20". So hopefully I won't have much trouble in the helix. The engine will probably be a more of a show piece since my layout is modern based. It'll come out for the special excursion trips.