I got a Bachmann On30 Forney!
(with sound!) 
The forney will be regauged
(somehow!) to On2, to go with my
other
On2 projects, that I started because of the Bachmann forney!
This engine will be my first
On2 locomotive, and it is also my first jump
into the fascinating world
of DCC.
After I got the engine, I
went out to Rochester's local DCC specialty train shop,
Empire
Northern Models, and bought a NCE
Powercab system.
I like it!
Since just about all of my
future On2 locomotives are probably going to come from On30 models, I will
need a test-track to test the engines that has both On30 (HO scale) and
On2 track on it.
not only to test the DCC,
but to test the operation of the locomotives as they go through various
stages of construction..
I dont have a layout yet!
so I have nowhere to actually
run anything.
all I have is a small module,
with 18" of hand-laid track, built for photographing models:
and
now this new test track.
The
test track is on a 8" X 36" board, (actually a small shelf from Home Depot)
and
the track is two pieces of Atlas code 83 HO scale flex track.
The
On30 test track is just the HO scale track, unmodified.
For
the On2 test track, I laid a straightedge on the back of the ties, scored
the ties with an x-acto blade, then snapped the track in half right down
the middle.
Then
I overlapped the cut ties, made a styrene spacer to set the rails 1/2"
apart,
then
glued down both sets of track with a bead of Gorilla Glue right down the
center!
yes..its
ugly! ;)
but
so what..this is a functional track! it doesnt have to be pretty.
Pictures!
Here
is an overview of the track..
the
NCE "power panel" is mounted on the board, and each set of track will have
wires soldered to it, with a plug, so changing tracks is as simple as changing
plugs.
yeah..that
yellow gorilla glue wasnt the most elegant way to glue down the track..but
it was handy, and it works! maybe I will paint it brown, just to blend
it in..
The
Forney is still On30, havent started the conversion to On2 yet.
my
other two pieces of rolling stock, the coach and the boxcar, are already
On2.
Forney
on On30 track.
Forney
set on the On2 track.
thats
it!
next
comes "the big conversion" to On2...stay tuned.
Scot
Lawrence.
Rochester,
NY
sscotsman@yahoo.com
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