Port Bonifacio

rob — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:52:34 -0700

An HO double-deck sectional shelf railroad featuring double track Southern Pacific main somewhere near Port Costa in San Francisco, a steam museum, two decks and a train elevator, all in a 10 foot by 11 foot study while still making room for a workshop, windows on two walls and a wall full of bookcases!

Demolishing a railroad

rob — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:40:11 -0600

It is a tough call to demolish a railroad. it is an even tougher call to retire from one scale and sell all your gear. But that is what I am doing.

Static addresses

rob — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:29:04 -0600

List of assigned static decoder ("switch")addresses

Physical areas vs power districts

rob — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:49:37 -0600

The Port Bonifacio railroad is sectional. So power feeds need to go to each section.

Mounting a Digitrax Zephyr on a panel

rob — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:32:03 -0600

Not only do Digitrax's user interfaces suck, but so too do their hardware aesthetics.

Aligning track at sections, modules, lift-outs etc...

rob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:18:30 -0600

the Port Bonifacio layout employs several different techniques for aligning track at joins.

12V power supply

rob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:14:49 -0600

I can source from a recycler for about $15 large power supplies in a heavy case with front handle, fan, mains socket, switch, fuse, terminal strip etc etc

Microlighting using surface-mount LEDs

rob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:10:26 -0600

have done some experimenting. The roundhouse will have outside lights made this way. I see someone is selling these pre-soldered to leads.

Cheap quick lighting reflectors

rob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:20:19 -0600

Here's a source of cheap quick reflectors for mains power-saver fluoro lightbulbs

Port Bonifacio Upper Deck

rob — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:48:43 -0600

The upper deck is permanently built into the room.