09-15-2010, 12:51 AM
I am using DCC, yes. I've got an MRC Prodigy Express system. For now I'm just running off the MRC DC throttle shown in the photo since most of my engines are without decoders. I'd love to drop a Soundtraxx decoder in that Shay...but the budget won't allow right now since I'm saving for the next leg of layout construction...which may be material for a backdrop...we'll see. I have the lumber, roadbed and track to connect this side with the staging side along the wall beneath the narrow window, but I have not decided exactly how I want to do the backdrop and that may influence the length of the connecting benchwork segment.
As for turnout control, well, you'll just have to wait and see. I have written and submitted an article about this so I don't want to give anything away in case it is published.
All the structures mentioned in this photo will be kitbashed or scratchbuilt. Fortunately I have stashed away enough suitable kits & kit 'fodder' to launch into these without much expense. I have a B&O P2K Mather stock car as well as a Gorre & Daphetid MDC stock car to build, as well as rebuilding a couple pickle cars - one Athearn and one Bachmann, so plenty to do there if I feel like working on rolling stock. Suffice it to say there's enough here to keep me busy while the spending cash builds up before the next round of purchasing for the layout itself.
Scenery is still a ways away, but I may paint track once the next layout segment is completed. This is a busy week at work and next week will not be any different as I'm taking the following week off while family visits. Gotta double up some tasks now so they won't be waiting for me after vacation time. Suffice it to say it may be October before I get anything significant finished and worth sharing again. We'll see. Thanks for checking in!
Galen
As for turnout control, well, you'll just have to wait and see. I have written and submitted an article about this so I don't want to give anything away in case it is published.
All the structures mentioned in this photo will be kitbashed or scratchbuilt. Fortunately I have stashed away enough suitable kits & kit 'fodder' to launch into these without much expense. I have a B&O P2K Mather stock car as well as a Gorre & Daphetid MDC stock car to build, as well as rebuilding a couple pickle cars - one Athearn and one Bachmann, so plenty to do there if I feel like working on rolling stock. Suffice it to say there's enough here to keep me busy while the spending cash builds up before the next round of purchasing for the layout itself.
Scenery is still a ways away, but I may paint track once the next layout segment is completed. This is a busy week at work and next week will not be any different as I'm taking the following week off while family visits. Gotta double up some tasks now so they won't be waiting for me after vacation time. Suffice it to say it may be October before I get anything significant finished and worth sharing again. We'll see. Thanks for checking in!
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!