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06/02/2026

The first photo is a stock Athearn Genesis AC4400. The second is after I cleaned up the wiring. It was a mess! Now I can add 7 more LEDs to this model. I’ll post photos again once it’s finished!

04/29/2026

Spring is volleyball travel season for my daughter. We have been gone a lot! Here are a few projects that were worked on over the last few months. Now that we are done I hope to get back on track! I appreciate all of my client’s patience during our travel season.

01/10/2026

My help in the workshop today is pretty lazy…

12/21/2025

Merry Christmas!

07/30/2025

There’s no hair left after this one! Proto Sound to Protosound 3 upgrade. A full gut and complete rewire was needed to accomplish this upgrade. Video in the comments.

07/18/2025

Just finished up this lighting upgrade project. Added 7 more LED’s to this Genesis AC4400 plus a keep alive. Used up all 8 functions on this SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 decoder!

05/15/2025

Time for a little surgery…

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