Model Train Show Woodstock, NB Nov. 23
The Eastern Canada Division of the National Model Railroad Association is pleased to announce they will be hosting a Model Train Show in Woodstock, NB…
2018 MFMR Convention, Truro, NS
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Maritime Federation of Model Railroaders (MFMR) convention. The federation is an independent organization for the…
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Canadian Pacific Collectors Items
Over the course of 27 issues, Omer Lavallee, CPR’s historian, presented historic locomotives in The Spanner. The Spanner was CP’s employee magazine. I have collected…
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Introducing CPRail’s Multimark
The July-August 1968 issue of Canadian Pacific’s employee magazine, The Spanner (Vol. 7 No. 5) sported a new look for the magazine and the company.…
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Hand laying Turnouts
A couple of years ago at a clinic, I was taught how to hand lay turnouts using PC board ties, a Fast Tracks point/frog tool…
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#NMRAContest Final Entry
As I posted previously I have entered the NMRA’s online social media contest. Each entrant was to procure and build the same kit. There were…
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#NMRAContest
The NMRA is having a social media contest. The idea is for everyone to have the same starting point with a simple kit and bash…
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JMRI on Raspberry Pi
I have finalized my DCC system. As previously mentioned I have built a DCC++ Base Station per the instructions found on the DCC++ YouTube site…
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MERG Booster
I finally got around to building my MERG booster. The booster is a kit available from MERG. merg.org.uk You need to be a member to buy…
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Proto 1000 RDC Rapido/ESU LokSound DCC Installation
Living in Montreal near the Montreal West train station when I was a kid, I got to see many commuter trains. I saw a lot…
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Maximum Throttles on WiThrottle
A question came up during my DCC++ clinic about the number of throttles WiThrottle would support. My answer was 256 or thereabouts as that would…
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