Big thanks go to Dan Zollner for the great shots of the CIOR's Dunreith District. He caught a few trains during his visit and I am sure he will...
There is a difference between sidings. Passing Siding wouldn't be able to be used for anything else over a extended period. Perhaps for short...
I use to use Liquid Nails for Projects, but I have since switched to LocTite PowerGrab! Its the best stuff I have used yet, if you need to remove...
Yes, Dullcote will affect different types of paint differently, The same reason why you don't put sharpie pen ink on and then dullcote it. I...
A small video tour of the CIOR YouTube - CIOR Layout tour 2-9-07
I use joint compound and use stripwood for the edging. Once the compound is applied (2 coats) I let it cure 2 days, remove the stripwood and sand...
I will try to get somemore shots like this over the entire railroad.
Not in Lawrence...haha, in eastern Indy. Its the old PRR line to Richmond, not NYC. Yes, the road will get weathered, just haven't gotten...
I started in the early 80's moved it to the late 80's-early 90's, and now am thinking more Current times, perhaps late 90's, pre Conrail split.
No, they are NYC trilights.
The signals are based on NYC's signals. They are what we call "tri lights" forming a triangular shape, red bottom, top left yellow, top right...
"Medium Clear at CP-Dublin, CIOR 281 Out" blasts over the scanner, as 281 glides through the turnout at CP-Dublin. [img] The intermediate at...
A nice railfan tour of the CIOR. Set back and we will follow a CIOR autoparts freight (CIOR 281) from Indianapolis to Richmond Indiana on its...
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Some days its just lonely being a signal maintainer. Here we see signal maintainer Steward working on the Franklin Rd. crossing in Indianapolis....
I used hairspray once and that was it. I went back to dullcote and nothing else now. glad to see you loco came back!
Those look good. And yes, ALL THE BOARDS are slow, I wouldn't gauge its future off the replies. Shocking because normally winter and the...
Watash, You can actually pull the signal mast from the base, so its not as big an issue as I had made it. Although, if someone gets one with...
Price in compairable to Tomar, cheaper then ISS, but more then Oregon. Expect to pay about $30 per signal for double head and $20ish for single...
Atlas designed the system for DC, not DCC. I am just using the signals, not the system. As for use, they aren't too hard to install, you simply...
