Peter Schmid's Pocket Power Pack is something for the #ModelRail enthusiasts: an all-in-one device that both powers a small layout and controls it too, all from one box. Bluetooth link to your smartphone as a throttle control, too!

https://www.hackster.io/news/peter-schmid-s-pocket-power-pack-lets-you-run-model-railroads-wherever-you-go-bf2b64d5744b

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Peter Schmid's Pocket Power Pack Lets You Run Model Railroads Wherever You Go

Forth-powered project, runnning on a Firefly BLE STM32 board, delivers battery power and locomotive control in one package.

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In happier news, today I took a gamble on a day trip to La Crosse (far enough of a drive that I usually get a hotel if I go there) to hunt for deals on track at a train show and got most of the track I need to start building!

I got 8 turnouts and 16 lengths of flex track for $100! Now I just have to move some totes out of the way, get the benchwork up and I can start laying track!

#modelrail #modeltrains #modelrailways #lacrosse #trains #railways

Unpacked some old model railway stuff from my old Märklin and Roco sets after the move. Maybe eventually we'll actually have some space for a very minimal actual working setup (like a bare minimum oval on a smaller table).
In the meanwhile I put the models on display in a bookshelf that has some space left after I donated some old programming litterature to the "library" we keep at the #Keyfactor office in Solna…

#märklin #roco #ModelRail #h0

Chrismas is coming closer and I am doing something that I have been avoiding since the fire - making an overview which model trains burned in the fire and which survived it.

It was clear that quite some trains burned and the numbers are in - 25 train engines burned, around 200 train cars. ca 120m of c-rail. around 30 switches. One CS3.

So for chrismas i am now trying to see what i need to have a model railroad run around a chrismas tree. #marklin #model #modelrailroad #modelrail #digital #h0