Trains, Model RR, Hobbies

I like trains, trolleys, and model railroads. There, I said it. And I am proud of it. Some of the information here may also be on my Charleston Rail website, but most of this is more person.

Buckling It All Up

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OK, this one is just plain old odd me. Go ahead and ignore it. I am just happy that I completed my trio of belt buckles. One buckle for each of the three major railroads that used to call on Charleston for so long. Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, and Atlantic Coast Line. Sure there … Read more

Another Piece of the Puzzle

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OK, so another piece of the control puzzle may be falling into place. I purchased two small 5v relays off eBay. These should allow me to use the outgoing signals from the Raspberry Pi to control things like power to switches, signals or other on-off devices. Since the relays totally isolate the Pi from whatever is being … Read more

Cars, Locos and Extras for the EuroNook

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Here are some of the items I have gotten to go on the EuroNook layout that is still in progress. First we have the little German loco and six cars. All of these are in European N-Scale. Yes, I know there is a mixture of timeframes depicted, but ha! It is my railroad and I don’t care. The era for what I am building is probably 1990s or so, but I am really not worrying to much about it. In the case of this layout I am just out to get something done and have a little fun.

Euro Cars 01

Next are two cars that probably won’t go on this layout, but you never know. The top one is PECO so not only English, not Continental European, but because of that alo a bit off in scale. The second one is a little too early – even for my make believe layout! But, it might end up there anyway. Maybe a rail-fan excursion?

Euro Cars 02

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