Good Morning All. 39° and foggy. Made it up to 65° yesterday, could reach 70° today. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 40°, then normal winter weather for 8+ days. That is highs between 50° and 63° depending on the wind direction and lows a bit above freezing most nights.
Out in the train shed yesterday, the primary project was disassembly and new lubrication of the other Kato GP35 on the workbench. Still haven't figured out the truck disassembly without probable breakage, but I think that I got all of the gears taken care of. Kato's website is not specific enough about removing the bottom of the gear case which then releases the sideframes.
Mostly I spent the afternoon switching some industries in my town of Gainesville. Drywell inks got a loaded tanker of ink, R.J. Frost got two loaded reefers of frozen food, Hillside Lumber received a loaded flatcar of lumber, and several as yet unnamed industries got boxcars changed out. A second run to that city was sixteen empty grain hoppers for the ADM grain elevator, where sixteen full ones were pulled. I also reviewed the supply of unbuilt structures on the shelf to see which one I will tackle next. No decisions yet.
Garry - The Kato engines that I am working on are real reliable, I didn't mean to infer otherwise. It's just that they were beginning to run sluggishly after twenty years and I realized that I had never relubricated them in the entire time that I ran them. I did find a loose wire in one of them that could have also contributed to the sluggishness.
Greg - I like yesterday's picture. You add the type of details that I try for as well.
Dave - As others have already posted, I use #6's on main lines and #4's in some yard situations and industrial trackage. I admit to also using some snap switches in some locations where they will work, because I never throw anything away!
I don't own any steam power, but all of my six axle diesels work fine over all of the Custom Line switches.
Curt - The build continues to look good.
David - Good luck with the toilet drain.
Johnny - Prayers for your wife continue. Yes, the grocery store has quite a bit of stuff pre-prepared if you look in the right place.
Well, the circus in Washington has spread across the pond, interesting to watch both.
Everybody have a great day.