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Jon Roach<p>A bit of a jump on coupling, but a lot less than the lightweight ready to run models when fitted with the magnetic couplings. </p><p>So lots of encouraging outcomes, I need to print off a few more chassis to replace the busted ones, and ballast the remaining wagon bodies with sand.</p><p>&lt;end of thread&gt;</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>Well behaved reversing through points. All that weight working well. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>Going nicely at 50pc throttle setting. I wasn't sure if the couplings would be strong enough to take this load. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>Around the dodgy tight bend, where I _really_ need to improve my tracklaying, the lightweight commercial wagons derail easily and the Jon wagons are solid! </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>The heavier (sand filled) wagon bodies are important to keep the wagons on the track. And the couplings are strong enough to take accelerating and decelerating. This was a big unknown.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>An interesting couple of hours of modelling. I made a big mistake in assembling the couplings with PVA (too weak) and then inserting half the coupling magnets upside down (so they repel). Because the couplings were too weak I ended up pulling some apart when I went to turn the magnets over. But I managed to get 3/14 (!) wagons rolling in a train.</p><p>🧵</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Finally started setting up the current railway layout in JMRI. It has some good points, like automatically registering points when they are set, and all the Digitrax block detection sensors when the track is turned on. Had to register the reverse polarity blocks manually.</p><p>However even on a Raspberry Pi 5 the UI is terribly unresponsive - laggy, to the point of almost being unusable. Which makes actually creating and labelling the layout a very painful and error-prone process. I can reduce the problem by reducing the size of the panel editor window but it’s not great.</p><p>I can see the GPU getting hammered. Wondering how much is having a large display (27” 4k) and how much is the probably quite old Java GUI code. Oh, and I can’t seem to choose a resolution for the Pi to use, it just defaults to the panel’s native resolution.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/JMRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JMRI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Automation</span></a></p>
rainynight65<p>I am running trains again 🎉</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modelrailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelrailway</span></a> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://makertube.net/accounts/making_tracks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>making_tracks</span></a></span><br><a href="https://makertube.net/w/hkdyBXXLJy493xjzvimBH7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/hkdyBXXLJy493x</span><span class="invisible">jzvimBH7</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>Improvised jig for brush painting the bodies of magnetic couplings has worked so well I might glue small magnets to everything I need to paint! <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
Rich On Rails<p>I am not a fan of the sun, well not 30c sun anyway and being off work this week means I have had time to do some work on the model railway.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trainnerds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trainnerds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>railway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modeltrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modeltrain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modelrailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelrailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>railways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trainnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trainnerd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/locomotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>locomotive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/loco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loco</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>Please help with crowdsourcing a decision on my hobby task. 😀 All are equal value tasks to me. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
rainynight65<p>A quick status update on my interim <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modelrailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelrailway</span></a> layout. It shouldn't be too much longer until I can run trains again. </p><p><a href="https://makingtracks.ah-web.org/interim-project-status-update-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makingtracks.ah-web.org/interi</span><span class="invisible">m-project-status-update-1/</span></a></p>
Anthony 🇦🇺🐺🕯🌟✨️<p>Bought some of the new <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dapol</span></a> Railways OO scale wagons from Rails of Sheffield. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trains</span></a></p><p><a href="https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/dapol-uk-produced-wagons" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">railsofsheffield.com/blogs/new</span><span class="invisible">s/dapol-uk-produced-wagons</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Last night I completed the initial installation of the first of the two YD7432 reverser modules. It requires three fully isolated blocks to work at its best, and that was fairly easy to achieve, only needed to lift one piece of track to get this done. It didn’t work immediately; eventually I diagnosed the issue, the track in wires were the wrong way round. It might seem counterintuitive to think that something like this wouldn’t matter but the documentation implies that it might. It does.</p><p>I’ve not plugged in LocoNet yet, but I have checked the configuration and I get to number the three blocks in the configuration program. They currently have default values in the 700-750 range so at lunchtime I’ll dig out a LocoNet cable, plug it in, and Rin the JMRI LocoNet logger to check it works as expected.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OOGauge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OOGauge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>In-between tidying up the railway room, and before I lost them, I fitted the 3D printed exhaust baffles to the HST power cars. Now they just need renumbering to be Western Region. And crew fitting . And weathering. And... </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/3Dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprinting</span></a></p>
Jon Roach<p>Free good fings Heute:</p><p>1. I took a lot of deep breaths and did not reply to a reply-toot that bare vexed me.</p><p>2. All 20 3d-printed PCA009 wagon chassis have their black base coats. Wheels and couplings come next, and I have a corresponding number of wagon bodies to paint.</p><p>3. Smooth changeover of annex guests today, plus enough of a gap to get the washing done (the machine lives in the annex).</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3GoodThings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>
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Adabei<p>An der Ausbaustrecke München–Lindau. <br>Industrie <br><a href="https://zug.network/tags/DB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DB</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/M%C3%BCnchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>München</span></a>–Lindau <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Geltendorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geltendorf</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Memmingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memmingen</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Eisenbahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eisenbahn</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Eisenbahnimpressionen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eisenbahnimpressionen</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Bahnhof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bahnhof</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Betriebshof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Betriebshof</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Prellbock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prellbock</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Modelleisenbahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modelleisenbahn</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Monaco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monaco</span></a> di Baviera–Lindau <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Baviera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baviera</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Geltendorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geltendorf</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Memmingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memmingen</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Ferrovia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ferrovia</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Impressioni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impressioni</span></a> ferroviarie <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Stazione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stazione</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Deposito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deposito</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Buffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buffer</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Munich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Munich</span></a>–Lindau <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Bavaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bavaria</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Geltendorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geltendorf</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Memmingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memmingen</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Railway</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Railwayimpressions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Railwayimpressions</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Station" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Station</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Depot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Depot</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Buffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buffer</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/industria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industria</span></a> <a href="https://zug.network/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a></p>
Phil Haigh<p>Model railway update.</p><p>Branch line station boards nearly ready for track. I just need to drill holes for signals, then run cables from the signal controller - which has not been programmed, because… no track yet!</p><p>Spent some time this afternoon checking block detection on the rest of layout and labelling a track map ready for setting up in JMRI. Found three wiring issues and fixed two of them, one more left to fix. Then found that the auto reversers are a blind spot for block detection (this is the first time I’ve tried to check block detection specifically). </p><p>Maybe the track tester I’m using to trigger occupancy isn’t drawing enough current. Hopefully the current draw from an engine will be enough for the Digitrax BDL168. I’m hoping it will be, because the alternative will be to try other types of reverse instead. I’ll find out tomorrow when I run a train round.</p><p>Hoping to get the track layout into JMRI over the next week.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Progress</span></a></p>
Tom<p>Yeah this is nice. <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/ModelRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelRailway</span></a></p>