modeling the SP

In my recent post about my preparation actions for upcoming operating sessions on my layout, I mentioned cleaning my NCE throttles (you can ...

This particular post in the series isn’t really one of my classic confrontations with an electrical failure on the layout, but more of the m...

Sigh. You can tell from the series number of this post that I do have electrical issues from time to time on my layout. (Previous ones, if ...

In the preceding post, I described a project I am undertaking to power some layout track switches that are awkward to operated manually, at ...

 In this blog, I have described previously my projects to rebuild aging track switches for better electrical operation, and the use of Tam V...

 Like most modelers during the pandemic of the last two years, I have had a relatively inactive layout. At least I did have a few operating ...

This is another one of those posts with a series number, clearly showing that it relates to an ongoing experience. In this series, it refers...

I have written a number of posts on the topic of finding and fixing electrical problems on my layout, as you can perceive from the series nu...

In the previous post, number 15 in the series, I described adding feeders to a stretch of track which was exhibiting a really difficult defe...

It occurs to me, in writing the title for this post, that it must say something about me and model railroad layouts, that I am up to the 15t...

Yep, even those dragons that are long in the tooth sometimes crop up on a layout and have to be slain in their turn. Most of my prior posts ...

In this installment of my continuing series on electrical issues and (one hopes) their resolution, I identify another gremlin with which I h...

In the preceding post, Part 11, I described the electrical problems which can arise with an old Shinohara turnout, and a variety of ways to ...