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Useful documents you can download, including

  • Digitrax UT4 pocket handbook
  • Digitrax Zephyr reference card
  • SPL's Crew Handbook
  • SPL incident report

Projects

  • 8A DC transistor throttle for garden railway
  • Mahawatu outdoor G scale block-control panel
  • Wettington outdoor G scale cab control panel
  • TransBridge G scale liftout track bridge
  • Digitrax Zephyr wireless Jump throttle
  • Insurance inventory
  • 12V power supply
  • Microlighting using surface-mount LEDs
  • Super-intuitive DCC throttle
  • 2A DC transistor throttle
  • HO scale camera car
  • HO scale-sized FRED
  • TranzTrack G scale transfer table staging
  • TranzDoor lifting door bridge
  • PanelPro dispatcher panel
  • DecoderPro locomotive roster management
  • TranzPanel Slide-away control panel
  • SPL5 “Paua” manual turnout connector
  • SPL4 “Skink” DS54 connector
  • SPL3 “Weta” DSS controller

Tips and techniques

  • A simple bridge disguises edging
  • labelling outdoor wiring using cable ties
  • garden roadbed and tracklaying
  • garden railway level crossing for pedestrians
  • Physical areas vs power districts
  • Mounting a Digitrax Zephyr on a panel
  • Mounting a RRAmpMeter on a panel
  • The eyecrometer
  • Laying out track markings
  • Aligning track at sections, modules, lift-outs etc...
  • 12V power supply
  • Mains safety
  • Cheap quick lighting reflectors
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  • shelf brackets and steel girder strip
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  • latex caulk Tortoise mounts
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  • Design and construction principles

Rob's musings

  • The realism of garden railroading
  • Dual mode DC and DCC
  • The Exhibitor's Layout
  • The future of model railroading

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