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Steam at Old Pigweed

After installing the reverse-loop module I decided to test the wye by running the Southern 0-8-0 through the wye. https://youtu.be/p4z-wfAfogg A nice opportunity to play around...

Put a DCC function decoder in a Bay Window Caboose

A one evening project The Athearn Genesis Bay Windows Cabooses are delivered with and without lighting installed. The unlighted cabooses have LEDS installed in the...

How things started: A few video’s

In 2010 I started with the Timesaver layout. I shot a few video's then of questionable quality 😉 The good news is the magnets are...

Testrun GP18 after rebuild

Turbo? At last the GP18 has made it's way to te layout. Fitted with an wrong sound decoder, it should be a non-turbo version of...

Southern EMD GP18 restoration and rebuild

Part 1 - overviewThe next project will be the restoration and rebuild of a more than ten years old model of a Proto 2000...

USRA 0-8-0

The latest locomotive on my Timesaver Layout is a USRA 0-8-0 heavy switcher. By 1917, the arrival of larger and much heavier freight cars had...

USRA 0-8-0

When I start building the Timesaver I wished (at least) for two locomotives. A GP7 and an USRA 0-8-0. The Geep was the first loco I...

Setup the Tsunami Digital Sound Decoder

In the previous post I described the sound upgrade of the Virginian 737. Now I will tune the decoder so the loco will run...

Sound upgrade Roco 63353 (Walthers P2K Heritage)

It's been a long time since there was an update on this blog, but at last, here it is. My first American steam loco! Although...

Outdoor photoshoot

Today a milestone is reached, all the basic scenery is done. Now it's time to put the 'real' details on the layout. But before the...

EMD E7A

The E7 was the diesel most railroads chose to lead their new post-war streamliners. Introduced in 1945, it retained the square windows and air...