Index

Model Railroading - Lessons learned



;Layout Planning

• A Pox on Hidden Staging?
• Tunnels
• Layout Planning
• Train Cadd
• Train Cadd assessment

Bench work

• Road bed, foam or plywood 
• Sound board as roadbed  
• Roadbed joints
•  The Valence and Fascia

Building the layout

• Track
• Turnout Selection Methodology
• Hand laid turnouts, no way!
• Ballasting Track
• Weathering Atlas Track
• Track related Polls
• Plexiglas Fencing
• Wheels

Scenery and Finishing

• Scenery
• Plaster Hydrocal & Screen wire
• Foam, er Plaster
• Making Trees
• Mountains update
• Tunnels Redux

Miscellaneous

• Around the Ceiling railroads
  Train Room Flooring
• Layout Safety

Computer control

• Train Tracking
• Automation Software, painful! Updated 10/2008
  Block detection selection
  
• Dual Monitors
• Naming conventions
  
• Train Automation - the Goal
• Train Automation - Sensor and program logic
• Train Automation - Windows 7 COMM Ports

DCC

• DCC buyer selection criteria
• DCC Decoders
• DCC Sound locomotives
• Lenz LH100 Quick Reference Guide
• Hare vs Wabbit
• DCC Drawer
• DCC Error Detection
• Lenz Throttle experiences
• My New NCE Radio system
• Managing DCC Power
• Bachmann F7 Locomotive DCC Differences
• Bachmann GP9 Sound Decoder Installation
• Surrounded - Sound without Decoders

Product Evaluations

• Athearn F7 AB
• Passenger cars
• Hare vs Wabbit
• My New NCE Radio system
• Bachmann F7 Locomotives
• Bachmann GP9 Sound Decoder Installation

Tools

• Soldering and Unsoldering
• Battery powered soldering pencils
• Oh the joy of Tools!
• Train room air filtration

Opinion

• NMRA - time to renew, or not?
• Craigslist
• One Second After
• Shop lighting

• Will the Net kill the local hobby shop?
• The perfect train hobby shop
• Is MTH about to harm DCC for HO?
• Choosing a Mentor
• EBAY Pet Peeves

Commentary

• The health of our hobby
• Using my time, expand or refine?
• What does a hobby cost?
• Big shop or bigger layout?
• Trains in Belgium
• Bargains

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