Doug's N-Scale Trains

A quick view of my newest locomotive, a steam locomotive, the Bachman 2-8-4 Berkshire Pere Marquette #1225 in N-scale (Bachman item no. 50955). This is the locomotive that the Polar Express was modeled after. The real Pere Marquette #1225 is still running in Michigan and makes annual Polar Express runs. This was purchased through the www.trainz.com website. It was marked as in like-new condition and it definitely is. I have been unable to find any problems with it. It runs great and looks great.

I'm starting to add the scenic portions of my layout. I've never worked with plaster cloth so this is my first attempt. I'll walk you through deciding where to run a stream, roads and build a hill and a lake.

A quick review of the route Kickstarter County for Trainz 22. Also included is a look at the 4 main built-in sessions. If you're looking for information on some details for the Kickstarter County route in Trainz 22, check out this video. I play Trainz 22 on a Mac Studio M2 Max.

Trainz 22 is a train driving simulation game for PC and Mac. In this video, I run through the Local Freight Session where we build a consist and make a few pickups and deliveries at some local industries. I play Trainz 22 on a Mac Studio M2 Max.

This video documents the assembly of the lumber yard for my layout. It is a Walthers kit; the Walton & Sons Lumber kit.

My latest locomotive, and probably my last for a while. This is an Operator Series Scaletrains locomotive. I bought the DC/DCC Ready version and bought a separate NCE Next18 DCC decoder to install in it. The decoder is mobile only, no sound. I may get a sound decoder at some time in the future, but for now, this is working for me. Product Page: https://www.scaletrains.com/operator-n-scale-ge-tier-4-gevo-et44c4-canadian-national-aboriginal-affarirs-r3.html

Highlight of a few new additions to the layout. New rolling stock, 3D printed items and buildings! Free printable intermodal containers came from: https://www.krafttrains.com/Paper_Struchers_for_Trains/N/index.htm

How I use rare earth magnets to make hidden magnetic decoupling areas on my Kato Unitrack. This is working extremely well with Micro-Trains magnetic couplers. The magnets that I'm using: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YCWKBMP

Update on the progress of my n-scale layout.

This is my new Bachman N-Scale GP-40 locomotive. It is the first locomotive that I have purchased that comes with factory installed DCC and sound. It uses the Soundtraxx Econami sound.

Unboxing and test run of my new locomotive from Kato. The EMD SD70ACe Union Pacific with "The Spirit" paint scheme. Great locomotive.

A game-like concept for how to play with some switching work in a classification yard with an N-Scale model railroad.

This is a Kato starter set with the CSX locomotive. I added in the Kato V3 yard track set and made a few minor modifications. This is my first test run of everything using the rolling stock provided in the starter set.

Kato N-Scale starter set with the CSX "Box Car" locomotive. Starter set includes the M1 track oval seen in the video. I also added in the Kato V3 Rail Yard Switching Track Set. This was my first attempt at running the new locomotive on the Kato Unitrack.