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List of assigned static decoder ("switch")addresses

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Original SPL track plan

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Wettington and Mahawatu Rwy site preparation

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The Wettington and Mahawatu Railway site was already excavated to roughly level, but was pretty much a wasteland.

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SPL workbench

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SPL library

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reference folders

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Port Bonifacio Upper Deck

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The upper deck is permanently built into the room.

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DCC control system

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[Under construction]

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W&MR construction

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The W&MR is being built as a raised vegetable garden, to aid resale value. The beds are raised using locking concrete blocks.

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Port Bonifacio Scenery

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There won't be much.

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Port Bonifacio Setting

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Layouts

  • Jack's layout
  • Port Bonifacio
  • Wettington and Mahawatu Rwy
  • The original SPL
  • Common facilities

Resources

Useful documents you can download, including

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

Projects

  • SPL2 “Tuatara” Tortoise connector
  • SPL1 Loconet distributor
  • TranzDeck whole-train HO elevator

Tips and techniques

  • styrene backdrop
  • garden edging as an indoor fascia
  • Power painting
  • Soldering rail
  • Drawing electrical schematics

Ideas

  • Railways I'd like to ride one day
  • What if the USA ran New Zealand Railways?
  • Unconventional materials
  • The Exhibitor's Layout
  • Visitors' Rules
  • FAQ for visitors
  • Roles
  • Crew Rules
  • Crew Rights
  • 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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