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Bluerail Trains Board About To Ship #bluerailtrains #modelrailroad

The hobby is changing fast these days and nothing is moving faster than the train control options. In the next couple days Bluerail Trains will begin…

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DeadRail System Comparison

After a (sometimes fierce) debate about available systems for DeadRail on the Yahoo DeadRail Group, I decided to look and compare them for myself. This…

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Model Railroad Control Systems – The Next Generation

Recent technology growth combined with innovative modelers has created a whole new trend in Model Railroad Control Systems with electric power. Prior to 1990, most…

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The payoff! Running smoother than silk with batteries and wireless control.
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Battery and Wireless Control for HO Scale

In the prior article, Deadrail for Free-mo, I gave a short preview of a battery locomotive setup that I would test at the upcoming Free-mo event at the…

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Low Cost/Low Effort DCC for the Small Layout

If there is a chance that I am going to run more than one locomotive at a time on a layout, I will use Digital…

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Battery locomotive components from left to right: Battery, Low Battery Alarm, DRS1 reciever
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Deadrail for Free-mo

Did a quick video of the new setup of an HO scale Deadrail System. Deadrail is when there is no power to the rails and the…

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