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  • #1006
    Hi Dave:

    All of those model types are available in several flavors, often by different manufacturers. To wit:

    SW 1500

    https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...0&_sacat=19128

    RS-1

    https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...&_odkw=SW+1500

    RS-2

    https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...LH_TitleDesc=0

    Ah yes, those ornate paint schemes. I'm a bit relieved that I will not need to produce such paint schemes! I sit in disbelief at the results that our own Hakan can get when he creates such schemes. Amazing.

    My TOC19 locomotive painting efforts are going to be significantly less ornate. Thank Heavens for the move to more black and less frill during the 1880s!

    BTW: I hear voices, too. Persistent, they are.

    Andre

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    • #1007
      I like sipping coffee and looking at the workbench, or the railroad, whether or not a train is running. But that's one reason I built the current railroad with a continuous running option, so that I could just sit and sip and think. I like the view you shared - quite a collection of early rail rolling stock.

      As for ground throws, I currently don't have any machines on the switches and have been operating just fine with only one turnout needing to be held in place. I use a stick pin for that one, and even that will go away once I add some shims to increase the friction beneath the throw bars. I throw them with the same bamboo skewer I use to uncouple the cars.

      I'm considering modifying the switch targets to move like Wolfgang Dudler showed in MRH and on his website, but that may be too much effort for such a small thing. I haven't decided if that's important enough to pursue. I have Details West switch stands and targets but they aren't yet installed.

      I used Caboose ground throws on my timesaver along with slide switches embedded beneath the throw bar to power the frog. Had one slide switch fail and digging it out was a pain. I replaced it with a micro lever switch and that has worked fine, but I decided then I wouldn't use that arrangement again. Right now I don't have to power frogs. If I do I may go with a Frog Juicer.

      Have you seen the caboose ground throws mounted beneath the head ties?

      Galen
      My Train Blog: http://ocalicreek.blogspot.com/

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      • #1008
        Galen,

        Many of my old-style turnouts, where power is routed through the points, work without ground throws until I ballast the track, which means it’s time to install power-routing ground throws. My newer “DCC friendly turnouts have unpowered frogs. My little 4-4-0 stalls every time. Therefore I need power-routing ground throws of some sort.

        I’m not familiar with that particular type of Caboose Hobbies ground throw. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you are asking.

        Mike
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        Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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        • #1009
          Mike:

          I don't want to sound "negative", but I've read the Caboose Hobbies power routing switch throws are not very durable or reliable. Perhaps some research concerning before commiting?

          Andre

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          • #1010
            Andre,

            Caboose Hobbies have made two versions, the original was difficult to assemble and was delicate. The newer version is much easier to construct and much more robust.

            Mike
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            Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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            • #1011
              :up:

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              • #1012
                My layout was open for the monthly NMRA division meet, and to get ready I did a little scenery and building arrangement for my lumberyard.



                Needs more details such as wagons,lumber scraps etc. and I really need to replace that missing board in the fence.

                Mike
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                Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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                • #1013
                  Yes, with a nice new board. And get a few customers. But it looks good. I like the layout

                  Bob
                  It's only make-believe

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                  • #1014
                    Thanks Bob. A new board. Good idea.
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                    Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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                    • #1015
                      The Owl Mtn lumber stacks look pretty good, if you sand them a bit (to add wood grain), spray with some sort of matte fixative, and then apply HunterLine driftwood stain. (The fixative gives the stain something to stick to.)

                      Someone also does laser cut wood stacks, but I can't remember who, right off the top of my head.

                      dave
                      Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to)

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                      • #1016
                        That looks good, Mike!

                        Dave: Owl Mtn lumber stacks, eh? I'll need to check that out. Amazing the little tips one picks up in these threads.

                        Andre

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                        • #1017
                          The Narrow Owl Mtn lumber stacks fit quite nicely on my old-timer flats:



                          dave
                          Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to)

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                          • #1018
                            Dave and Andre, thank you.
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                            Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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                            • #1019
                              Thanks for the pic, Dave. Also, are you handlaying those switches, or are they prefab?

                              Andre

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                              • #1020
                                Some of each on my layout. The curved turnouts you see are handlaid (FastTracks). Other places I'm using ME #6. All code 70.

                                dave
                                Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to)

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