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Whats New 05/16/2011

Updated pictures of the Basic Oxygen Furnace, Coke Ovens, Boiler House, Slag Dump and Hullet Unloader

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Whats New 12/28/2010

No website update to just a little infomation. I'm going to start doing update of my mill and other progects I'm working on my Blogg. I'll update the website with finished picutres of models that I have done. I'll be posting messages on my webpage that I have updated my blogg.

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12/27/2010 WOW no update since 08/16. I'm slacking. I got the ground covering in the yard done. Just need to add some trees, bushes, & details and that will have the yard pretty well complete.

Also switch DCC systems. I first started using a MRC Prodigy Express, and really liked it. But I got interested in wanted to have parts of my layout computer controlled. MRC does have PC interface it lacks compatibility with other PC train control software. It is more of a super throttle for the PC. I went with a Digitrax Zephyr DCS 50 with a attached UT4 utility controller for walk around controlle. Took a little time to get used to a different DCC system but Zephyr is better then I expected. I connected the Digitrax Loconet to the PC using a Locobuffer USB. Big reason for choosing the Locobuffer instead of the Digitrax PR3 was for the protection from surges and feed back for the PC that could interfere with the Loconet.

JMRI was chosen for the program to control the trains. Very simple program to use and best of all its free. I have had to asked the JMRI Yahoo group for a little help with Decoder Pro for programming decoders but once I figured out how to use the program everything went pretty well. JMRI can also program sound decoders but I will eventually get a Digitrax PR3 for this. Another good feature of JMRI is Panel Pro program. Users can build Dispatcher panels of there layout and control all switches from the panel. But the switches have to be DCC controlled first. Total cost to have PC interface was $65.00. That was for the Locobuffer

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08/16/2010 Update Construction Pictures of Electric Shovel

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08/15/2010 Added Mill vehicle page

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04/21/2010 Update Construction Pictures

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04/20/2010 Update Random Pictures

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04/13/2010 Update rolling stock & locomotive page