Home of the St. Louis, Leadville, & Rosetta Railroad, my model railroad layout project.
Personal and layout updates. Notes about my research, building the website, and other fun stuff.
November 28, 2025
The new website layout is up and running! Everything should be updated through Git and VSCodium now, thanks to tutorials from Scumsuck.com and bcomnes. I've organized it a bit better, with some hierarchy, and prepared the site for its next update. Proper CSS formatting coming soon, graphic menus on the horizon.
In model railroad news, I've began a few projects towards my eventual goals.
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I've purchased my first DCC system, and have begun to convert my N scale Bachmann Prairie 2-6-2 (Rosetta Railroad #TBD) to DCC using a Soundtraxx mobile decoder. I ended up with an HO scale mobile decoder, so it's been a bit of a tight fit getting it in the tender. Maybe not the best idea, but I've committed.
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My micro-layout, Piper Junction Railroad, is moving along nicely in its construction. The scenery is looking pretty nice. The small 6" radius curves are challenging for most of my equipment. I'll need to fix up some of my smaller locomotives and get them running.
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The decision has been made, I'm beginning tests on N-Possible couplers hoping to convert the entire fleet.
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Some playing around with the idea of N scale 5'6" broad gauge.
More to come in the next blog post.
