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The Wildcat Valley Railway
  • My Love of Model Railroading
  • The Layout
    • A Tour of the Layout
    • The WVR at night
  • Design
    • The Wildcat Valley RR Design Rules
    • Final Track Plan for the WVR
  • Construction
    • Benchwork is the Backbone of the Model Railroad
    • Construction of the Sawmill and Log Pond
    • Rebuilding the Tired Engine Facility
      • Scratch Built Railroad Turntable
      • A New Coaling Tower From out of the Past
    • The Hidden Staging Area
  • Systems
    • The DCC buss is the heart of the layout
    • Block Occupancy Detection on the Wildcat Valley
    • Turnout Control on the WVR
    • Layout Lighting
    • Structure Lighting
    • Using JMRI to Control Trains on the WVR
  • My AP Journey
  • Links
  • WVR Blog
    • Blog Archives

Month: August 2019

August 26, 2019Uncategorized

Wiring Just Sucks!

I’ve been working on the layout off and on for the last few weeks. Haven’t taken the time to write a new […]

August 9, 2019Uncategorized

More Benchwork

Having finally figured out the electronics and methods (for the most part) I want to use throughout the layout, I have started […]

August 5, 2019Uncategorized

Turning Engines 2

I am using this slip ring to transmit power to the rotating turntable bridge. I made an adapter from plastic, the brass […]

August 3, 2019Uncategorized

Turning Engines 1

I was thinking of purchasing a Walthers turntable sometime in the future. I will need two turntables for my planned layout. They […]

August 2, 2019Uncategorized

Making a Circuit Board

I got my first (of many) semaphore working last week. For my initial test, I used one of my turnout decoders to […]

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