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Whiskey Merchant
Good morning/ We're starting off at 13 degrees and are expected to get up to around 40 degrees this afternoon.
David - I have seen that video before, along with some other similar videos and it is amazing that anything stays on the rails whereas when we think we have some good track work on our layouts, derailments happen.
Louis - a good selections of photos today. My favorite is the PC GG-1.
Willie - I hope in time Scale Trains expands their locomotive roster. I do understand that they are a new company and hope the best for them as they seem to have some excellent locomotives from all of the info I have seen.
Dave in PV - Nice to see that you finally got started on your layout. We all have started at the beginning and it nice to see you've taken that first important step.
I did finally get down to the train room yesterday and got to do some switching. I am really pleased with the little Bachmann 70 ton switcher. I can get over how smooth it runs and the low speed control it has. Can't believe that it is from Bachmann. Here it is heading into the Logan yard with an RS-11
which will be a helper sitting on the other yard lead. As soon as the track are clear, a southbound train will depart and the RS-11 will be a pusher at the rear. I already have a dozen cars sitting in the Gallatin Gateway yard which the RS-11 pill nose onto the yard and then put on the rear of the train and head south to West Yellowstone. I had a couple of track cleaning cars in the train and will let it run around the layout for a while.
This will be my track photo for today.
Later
David - I have seen that video before, along with some other similar videos and it is amazing that anything stays on the rails whereas when we think we have some good track work on our layouts, derailments happen.
Louis - a good selections of photos today. My favorite is the PC GG-1.
Willie - I hope in time Scale Trains expands their locomotive roster. I do understand that they are a new company and hope the best for them as they seem to have some excellent locomotives from all of the info I have seen.
Dave in PV - Nice to see that you finally got started on your layout. We all have started at the beginning and it nice to see you've taken that first important step.
I did finally get down to the train room yesterday and got to do some switching. I am really pleased with the little Bachmann 70 ton switcher. I can get over how smooth it runs and the low speed control it has. Can't believe that it is from Bachmann. Here it is heading into the Logan yard with an RS-11
which will be a helper sitting on the other yard lead. As soon as the track are clear, a southbound train will depart and the RS-11 will be a pusher at the rear. I already have a dozen cars sitting in the Gallatin Gateway yard which the RS-11 pill nose onto the yard and then put on the rear of the train and head south to West Yellowstone. I had a couple of track cleaning cars in the train and will let it run around the layout for a while.
This will be my track photo for today.
Later