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North
River
Pictures
Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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My layout. This is what you came here to see.
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Control System
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This
is what runs the North River
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Track Plan
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Track Plan and notes on benchwork.
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Making Trees
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Clinic on making pine trees
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Passes
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I
collect and exchange passes, both conventional and e-passes
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Pass List
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A
listing of passes I have sent
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Pass Gallery
pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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passes I have received
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Pass
History
Pages 1, 2
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A short history on trading model railroad passes
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Links
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A list
of venders and suppliers I have dealt with,
A
number web rings
Also a whole bunch of other nifty stuff
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Biography
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About Me, A little bit about myself
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Achievement Program
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The NMRA Achievement program
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Current Projects
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A few of my current projects.
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Misc Electronic Projects
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Branch to several electrically oriented projects
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Throttle, Page 1
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A unique full-featured wireless throttle
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Throttle, Page 2
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Parts list, RF parts, discussion of smooth engine
starts
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Power Supplies
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Building a power source for a model railroad
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Odometer Car
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Use this to measure distances on your layout
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Train Detector
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An inexpensive optical detector that works
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Track Power
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Several simple devices to detect track power
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Bench Top Tools
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Meters, prototyping boards, power supplies etc. for
desk top
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Scrolling Sign
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A do-it-yourself kit for building scrolling signs
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Sound Generator
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Use a bank of sound recording chips for railroad
sounds
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Small Projects
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Branch to several modeling projects
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Drover Combine car
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Hints for building old-time passenger cars
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Horse Transport
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Build an interesting old-time horse transport car
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Track Cleaning Cars
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Two operational track cleaning cars
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Track Cleaning
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Keeping your rails clean for better performance
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Heavy Flat cars
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How to make heavy flat cars that stay on the tracks
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Improve Operation
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A few simple hints to reduce derailments for better
operation
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Glue Caddy
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Two helpful tools for working with small parts
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Jigs and Fixtures
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A collection of tools for repetitive tasks
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Stamps
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Legal postage stamps showing your layout
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Stall Motors
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Using a modern stall motor switch controls
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Power Supply
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A few notes about selecting a transformer
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Sound
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Build your own digital recorder fast, cheap and easy
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Decals
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Use
your home printer to make your own decals
Brick paper, signs and host of accessories
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BackDrop Interchange
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Exchange
images for making backdrops
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BackDrop Request
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Request
to exchange images
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BackDrop Images
Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Individual
images to be used for making backdrops
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CPU
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Computer used to control the North River
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Fixtures
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Using jigs and fixtures for modeling
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Hayloft
Steppers
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1, 2
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Square
Dancing with the Hayloft Steppers
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Puppy Holly
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Holly is our Gentle Giant
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Puppy Bambi
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Bambi is our latest arrival
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Remote
control of layout via internet
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Photography Camera Stand
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A few
notes on photography with (4) camera mounts
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Stage
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Stage for taking extreme close-ups
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Close-up pictures
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Close-up pictures taken from the above Stage
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Mount 1
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Camera mount for flat surfaces
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Mount 2
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High Level mount for trackside views.
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Mount 3
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Low Level mount for trackside views.
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TZU HANG
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A Remote controlled model sailboat.
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War
Wagon Train
Pages 1, 2, 3, 4
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A Warhammer Empire War Wagon
knock-off.
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Sight
map
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(this page)
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Better Operation
Sound Generator
BenchTop
ScrollSign
TrackPowerTest
Wireless throttles
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The
following pages will be added at a future date
Trucks,
couplers, and other things for better operation
Play
over 50 different sounds at any of six locations
A few
tools that might come in useful with electrical projects
Build a
scrolling sign
Check to
see if there is any power going to the tracks
A
control system that has everything
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Better Operation
Building Signals
Drover Combine
Early Steam
Stall Motor Control
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The
following are PDF files containing complete
PowerPoint
presentations on various projects.
Tips on
how to improve train operation.
Easy ways
to build trackside signals
Build an
unusual Drover's combine
Development
of the early steam engine
Installation
and control of stall motor switch machines
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BACKDROPS
CPU Control
Decals
Build a Flat Car
Glue Caddies
Jigs and Fixtures
Making Trees
Build an Odometer Car
Passes, Stocks & Stamps
Power Supply
Sound Multiplexer
Testing
Build a Wireless Throttle
Track Cleaning
Benchwork and Hand Laid Tracks
Train Detection
WaterTanks
Square Dancing
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The
following are PDF files containing INCOMPLETE
PowerPoint
presentations on various projects.
Create
BACKDROPS from pictures around the layout
A PIC device Computerized block control system
Use your printer to make your own decals
How to build a fully weighted flat car
Make a helpful tool for your next modeling project
Jigs and Fixtures help make parts faster, easier and
more accurately
Almost everyone has a tree clinic. Here's mine
How long is your mainline? Use this car to find out
Passes, stocks, stamps and other collectables for
model railroaders
Things you should know when building a power supply
Play over 128 sound clips around your railroad
Tools for testing complex model railroad circuits
Build a wireless throttle with 1000' range
How to clean tracks
Handlaying track and "T" beam table tops
Build this inexpensive but dependable train detection
circuit
Build rooftop water tanks (plus a short history)
Square
Dancing at the Hayloft Steppers
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Notes
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A few notes on how this site was created and
stolen.
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