jrossouw79

Wow its been a couple of years since I have last been on RMweb. So nice to still see you going strong Mal and still using the same baseboard frame! Jacques

Hi Mal! I really like the 'overall view' picture from post #109. The NS GP38-2 looks good and with that factory fitted ESU decoder makes for a nice loco. I recently got myself a East Penn Railway B30-7 from the last run. The only dislike so far was the new style packaging from Atlas. Its a pain if you want to store the loco in the box after running it. Fastening the mounting screws and so on. Anyway looking forward to that first video. Cheers! Jacques

Nice work so far Joe! Will be following. Cheers! Jacques

Thank you Koos. I manage to get the up/down notching to work. Need some practice with the controller now Cheers! Jacques

Thank you Koos. I will have a look at what setting that function buttons is set to. When I read thru this thread one of you're earlier post's was about CV54 and it came in pretty useful when I did not have the Lokprogrammer. Directly after installation you can just quickly use this method to test you're loco's slow speed performance. One thing that I might add is that the combination of Atlas locomotives and Loksound decoders are really nice, at least for me that is. The B23-7 in CSX colours are so smooth and quite(when sound are muted) that I have decided to sell my other loco's and get two more Atlas models. One BNSF GP38-2 from j-t prantle on ebay and a BN GP40-2 also from ebay. Now to save up for two more decoders! Cheers! Jacques

Hallo! I am a recent convert from Soundtraxx Tsunami to ESU Loksound. My reasons: 1)You can load any sound file from the website onto you're decoder. 2)The sounds are really nice. 3)I can buy them from a local hobbyshop. So after uninstalling the 2 Tsunami's that I had and replacing them with Loksound V4.0 on a Atlas B23-7 and GP40-2 I went ahead and got the Lokprogrammer. With a few easy clicks I got them to run really smooth as expected however when I press the F9 button to notch up one notch the prime mover just keep going until it reaches notch 8. When I try and notch down with F10 nothing happens. Is there something else that needs to be changed to activate it and make it notch up and down correctly? I am using a NCE Powercab as a throttle. Cheers! Jacques

I can also put my vote down for M.B. Klein and Trainworld as my go to stores on the net. Fast service and friendly reply's to e-mails. Then I also had some good service from j-tprantle on e-bay. If it was not for the current state of my local currency (which are turning into toilet paper at a rapid rate) these stores would get a lot more business from me. Cheers! Jacques

Thank goodness for all that rain! Now we can enjoy more of this lovely layout. Is that sanding paper that you used for the car park? One other thing. The CSX GP15 in post #77. Is that a Proto 1000? I know it does not have as much detail as the Athearn Genesis but is it a smooth runner? Cheers! Jacques

Hi Mal! Only just discovered this thread. Excellent work as always. Cheers! Jacques

If I can chip in. Here are a few from Trainworld in New York. Green: http://www.trainworld.com/manufacturers/Bachmann/Bachmann-ho-scale/spectrum-diesel-locomotives/spectrum-ho-ge-center-cab-45-ton-switcher-dcc-on-board-painted-unlettered-green-with-yellow-handrails-85204/ Red: http://www.trainworld.com/manufacturers/Bachmann/Bachmann-ho-scale/spectrum-diesel-locomotives/spectrum-ho-ge-center-cab-45-ton-switcher-dcc-on-board-painted-unlettered-red-with-yellow-handrails-85203/ Yellow: http://www.trainworld.com/manufacturers/Bachmann/Bachmann-ho-scale/spectrum-diesel-locomotives/spectrum-ho-ge-center-cab-45-ton-switcher-dcc-on-board-painted-unlettered-yellow-with-black-safety-stripes-85201/ Looking forward to this layout since I also like scrap gons. Cheers Jacques

Doc maybe you should have curry and tea everyday! Cheers Jacques

Despite all you're frustration with the decals it still looks good doc Cheers Jacques

Can't wait for the patched GP38 pics I love patched ATSF to BNSF stuff. Don't know why. Cheers Jacques

Good Evening! Nice layout! Will you be adding some trees next to the houses by the crossing? I think this might be the houses your looking for http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/195-111 Cheers Jacques

I like how that storm water canal turned out and with the two cars on top of the bridge makes for a nice picture. Cheers! Jacques