Lima SAR Class 5E1 Electric
John installed a TCS DCC decoder to the locomotive during his presentation,
which you can download (Installing DCC Decoders - a PDF File) by going to the Download Page.
Introduction
John Burkhardt gave an inspirational talk on installing DCC decoders in HO locomotives. You can download his presentation (Installing DCC Decoders - a PDF File) by going to the Download Page under the heading ... How to?.
At the end of the talk SAG members were given the opportunity to visit John's digital layout. John runs a free lance American railroad
between Utah and Cheyenne incorporating Denver as the main centre. The period is late steam / early diesel. Long drags are in mind with
the large curves and low gradients (max 1%). The layout is built for operation to a time schedule, hence the radio operated digital command control system.
Lima SAR Class 5E1 Electric
John installed a TCS DCC decoder to the locomotive during his presentation,
which you can download (Installing DCC Decoders - a PDF File) by going to the Download Page.
John's first DCC Loco
Atlas (Kato) RS1 fitted with Digitrax PnP DH150 decoder
Big Boys and other 'toys'
From top to bottom:
LL P2k Heritage Y3 2-8-8-2 Mallet, BLI N&W J Class 4-8-4, RIV UP FEF3 4-8-4, ATH Big Boy & PCM Big Boy
A Bachman Kit # 35111 still in its wrapper!
This Coaling and Sand Complex kit is based on the Fairbanks-Morse example
In the foreground is a Roco Digital Gantry Crane with operating Clam shell
A Union Pacific 2-8-0
"Man Down" as the UP 2-8-0 Consolidation UP#430 (later re-numbered to #7430) pulls into the station
John has a very useful diorama for taking locomotive photographs