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Overload issue
This is listed under the Trouble shooting manual on a Soundtraxx ECONAMI decoder as to why I have an overload: Error 12: Motor Overload Fault. The motor current is monitored during normal operation to automatically deactivate motorprocesses when the current exceeds the decoder’s rating. Power is returned to the motor after100ms. The motor remains inactive if current-ov...

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spline roadbed
I'm constructing an N scale layout using spline roadbed. The plan and benchwork, after 18 months, is completed. The splines will be made up with 1/4 by 3/4 strips of clear pine. I've been planning on laminating 4 of these together to make the roadbed. 1 inch wide, by 3/4 thick. I'm a retired trim carpenter and have done many curved staircase handrails before, same principle so I...

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First layout track testing- more education- 6 axle issues-solving
What I learned:

6 axle engines can rock on and off of the track, pivoting off the middle axle... especially around turns.

I discovered this when I was testing a six axle engine and around this turn it kept getting stuck or derailing. ran it real slow and I saw the the front axle leave the track and as it went around the corner it derailed. There was a track joi...

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cityline apartments
[td width="231pt"]CityLine Riley is a residential apartment community offering cityline apartments with contemporary unit layouts and shared amenities. The property includes resident facilities such as common spaces and community features while providing convenient access to the surrounding CityLine district area and nearby services.​[/td]​

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Is This Custom? - Interesting Boxcar Purchase
I bought this boxcar on EBay last week.


It is made by Roundhouse Models. In the pictures it showed an EOT device mounted on the back which I thought was interesting.



When I received the car, it arrived with the chassis separated and inside the shell was this circuit:



The batteries are dead but when you push the brake wheel se...

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