A layout in N Scale and other railroad stuff
The Centreville Railroad Museum is a big supporter of high-speed rail both in the US and around the globe. So this week the Japan National Railways 100 Series Grand Hikari shinkansen train is visiting the layout. The rivet counters may complain that a Japanese shinkansen can’t run on a North American railroad – especially one…
A few photos from around the layout today – specifically from the Centreville West Station. Keep an eye out for a few views of the newly installed passenger foot bridge. The footbridge is another card stock model from Metcalfe. While this one was still fairly easy to assemble there were a few points that were…
Added to the layout a few weeks ago is a pair of Broadway Limited SD40-2 with in the Florida East Coast red and gold scheme. On the original layout that I had 20 years ago I had a LifeLike BL2 in the FEC red and gold scheme, it still looks good today, and it still…
I’ve had the TurboTrain for about a year now, it was the second train I purchased when I returned to the hobby and it’s not just the first Rapido train I’ve owned, but also the first with DCC and sound. Since I’ve had the TurboTrain for a while some of the photos and videos are…
The majority of the trains that are on the layout have some personal connection. Either their the trains that ran (or run) somewhere I’ve lived, trains that I’ve ridden on in some form or another. It has made for an eclectic layout – and it’s why the setting for the layout is the home of…
I just removed these from the layout – I wanted to love these cars, but in the end I got too frustrated with them to keep them on the line. While the layout isn’t necessarily intended to model the New York Tri-State area, it’s also very hard to find anything in N Scale other than…
New York Central Alco PA1 4202 sits at Centreville West Station. This is a Kato Alco PA1 that is paired with Alco PB1 4302 which you can see below. I installed Digitrax DN163K0A decoders in both and have consisted them together. The install was my first ever DCC decoder installation and while successful it wasn’t…