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Re: Baton Rouge Southern 3.0 - a Design discussion
« Reply #315 on: February 01, 2024, 01:02:59 PM »
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I have a box of N scale locomotive parts (gears, wheelsets, Rivarossi can motors...) could make for nice detritus to scatter around the yard.  An overhead crane over the tracks could also be a useful detail.

You'll also need one of these:


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Re: Baton Rouge Southern 3.0 - a Design discussion
« Reply #316 on: February 01, 2024, 02:20:58 PM »
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I too have some parts, but always happy to have more . . . I am building a wheel rack for including in the scene.  I have a small chain hoist also in the making to add over a track . . . .

I real intention here is to use the front rear track as my programming track, and the rear rear track for display of in-progress locomotive builds (of which I have too many).  The front two tracks are active and live and so will serve to host all manner of stuff shipped in.
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Re: Baton Rouge Southern 3.0 - a Design discussion
« Reply #317 on: February 01, 2024, 04:16:43 PM »
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I'd recommend paving or graveling even more of the area around the shop so you have more "display space".

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Re: Baton Rouge Southern 3.0 - a Design discussion
« Reply #318 on: February 01, 2024, 04:34:48 PM »
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What fun is doing more than a few trees a night ?  Completely ruins the joke 😃

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Re: Baton Rouge Southern 3.0 - a Design discussion
« Reply #319 on: February 01, 2024, 05:46:25 PM »
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I'd recommend paving or graveling even more of the area around the shop so you have more "display space".

I am going to do concrete between the tracks on both ends to support equipment. Beyond that there is a lot of room to add details. It was never going to be a big industry - @DKS is not known for sprawling layouts and a three room fab shop afterall.
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Re: Baton Rouge Southern 3.0 - a Design discussion
« Reply #320 on: June 17, 2024, 10:36:34 AM »
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Progress comes in fits and starts - this weekend I finished wiring up the lights for Phil's Bayou Another - which is the second @DKS creation on my layout.  I bought this voltage control board off eBay sometime in 2022 ( :facepalm:) and installed it below the layout:



It can put out 3-12 volts (set with a microslide switch) from dozens of hookups making it perfect for powering LEDs.

Then a switch panel needed to be fabricated since the interior lights and fans are on series circuits:



And as the sign says, Phil's is open for business:

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Re: Baton Rouge Southern 3.0 - a Design discussion
« Reply #321 on: June 17, 2024, 07:49:32 PM »
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So here's a plan that grows out of my recent switching on Bernie Kempenski's PoLA HO layout.  Basically he (graciously) adapted his PoLA track plan to my space and in N scale.  So the track plan isn't prototypical for the area, but I've operated it before and enjoyed it.  The industry labels are stand ins for the industries from Baton Rouge that I might want to model.

So, what does the gallery think?

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Where did the attached track plan go?
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