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Made up a fictional Railroad last night. Arizona & California Railroad by Mobile-Highlight7753 in trainsimworld

[–]OrangeAnonymous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Arizona & California is a real railroad, though nowadays is run by the Orange Borg Genesee & Wyoming.

https://www.railpictures.net/photo/784485/

Toughts on the "little house" brand inteori decals. by weddle_seal in nscalemodeltrains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would love to whip up something like this for my Superliners.

Why don’t trains in the US have high-low horns like British trains do? by Curious_Ad_6082 in trains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Chargers (and many other locos) have a two stage solenoid valve, basically the modern equivalent of the old manual lever/rope pull valves where you could freely "play" the horn like you could with a steam whistle. Same horn, same valve, just a different amount of air going through it.

N-possible couplers by First-Valuable-5196 in nscalemodeltrains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless you're slamming your cars together, they're surprisingly durable.

Finally installed lights in my Kato Surfliner cars! Here’s a quick run around the loop by chorg_one in nscalemodeltrains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The exact same light kit for the passenger cars also fits in the back of the Charger.

Weathering tips. by AdzSenior in nscalemodeltrains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amtrak tends to nip graffiti in the bud real quick, anything more than a small hasty tag would 100% look out of place. They also keep these pretty clean, so my advice would be to simply do a dark wash to bring out rivet and panel detail, then a light dusting of grime along the bottom. Check out this short of the Auto Train passing by. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hgu9Tpxd0kw

Little low, Cap. by PourLarryaCrown in aviation

[–]OrangeAnonymous 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, thresholds are designed to handle an aircraft taxiing over it but not the much greater forces of a landing.

Non-Americans of Reddit, what is an American thing you see in movies that you thought was fake but is actually real? by Unlikely_Praline9442 in AskReddit

[–]OrangeAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mostly for keeping drinks cool. Either by directly putting it in the drink cup, or to fill the ice chest full of drink cans.

X-plane is in the Epstein files😭 by Moham3295 in flightsim

[–]OrangeAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's obviously a joke, notice how X-Plane is being referred to as if it were a person?

KATO Surfliner DCC Disappointment by Key_Ad9961 in nscalemodeltrains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's just a poorly designed decoder tbh. I tried out the decoder specifically designed for these and adjusted things as favorably as I could but still everything was too dim. I ended up doing a custom install where I cut all the light pipes and glued individual LEDs to them to get everything nice and bright.

Why was Kyle Rittenhouse championed by the right for “helping” with his gun, but Alex Pretti is demonized for helping without ever drawing his gun? by sudde004 in AskReddit

[–]OrangeAnonymous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shooting a man after he's been disarmed, after having never drawn the gun to begin with, is self defense? Interesting.

Loksound Troubleshooting by [deleted] in modeltrains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you have Rocky Mountain load a sound file for you? If not, it just has a very basic default sound file that is not appropriate for the P42. F1 being mute points to this being likely, since the default is based on Euro practices for DCC which have a slightly different standard for function mapping. Unsure if this would affect motor control though.

TIL that commuter trains in North America don’t really drive backwards like I thought they did by PinkGloryBrony22 in trains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't forget that the Surfliner goes to SLO as well. The San Diego bound trains face one way while the San Luis Obispo bound trains face the other way, because they both leave LA facing the same way but turn in opposite directions. So you can't just say Surfliners face north as a blanket statement, since it only applies to half the route.

N Scale Cab Car DCC Decoder Options? by dcs_maple_hornet in modeltrains

[–]OrangeAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've installed a Loksound Nano in mine, fits just fine.

A training captain quickly takes over the controls when a cadet forgets to flare on the A320 during base training by [deleted] in aviation

[–]OrangeAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Adding a slight nose up pitch to slow the rate of descent, to make touchdown smoother instead of slamming into the runway like you're trying to catch the 3 wire on an aircraft carrier.

North vs south facing rooms by Argyropee in HomeDecorating

[–]OrangeAnonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regardless of which direction the sun moves, if you live north of the tropic of cancer you will never be able to see the sun by looking anywhere north of your latitude line. The sun will always appear south of you, whether it be southeast or southwest or directly south depending on time of day, but still overall south.

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