Good Morning All. Still in Gulf Shores AL where it is 73° and mostly clear. Beautiful day in store here, but I miss the train shed back home. Last night we ate at a restaurant next to a marina and looked at future boat purchases.
Here's our little group, minus me, enjoying drinks before dinner.
I plan on visiting the
train museum in Foley AL about 15 miles north of here today. Been there before and nothing has changed, but there is so much on the approximate 20' x 60' O scale layout that it is always worth going back to see what I may have missed.
Sherrel - I like that idea of using those light panels that you posted Sunday.
Z - Enjoy your business trip. Looks like an ideal location.
Louis -
I started draining our pool Saturday and it is still draining. It's ironic that we had such a summer like weekend, but the water temperature in the pool had dipped to 71 by Saturday morning, too cold for my family!
Ironic yes, but the water temperature is relative much more to the amount of sunshine it gets, rather than the air temperature. 71° is way too cold for me as well.
The magazine refers to O gauge trains and I thought "if reliability is an issue with O gauge, it may be even worse in HO". I know from my own experience HO is much more troublesome then O when it comes to reliability.
Every Lionel O layout I built was reliable, flip the switch and it works and does not require much maintenance.
With the exception of one, every HO layout I built took much more time and effort to make it work and keep it working.
My question is; what method or methods did you and do you use to build and maintain such a reliable layout? Are there some basic fundamentals that can't be overlooked?
No time to get into it right now, maybe after I return home. Step one though is reliable trackwork.
Chet - That museum, even though it started as a model train museum and is still called that, has certainly expanded beyond their original intent. They make a lot of money to support operations by sponsoring kiddie birthday parties, they were having one for 40 kids while we were there. I left as soon as those kids (and parents) were released into the museum; it was already a bit crowded.
They also have a
K'Nex display. This is a small part of the display.
Sherrel -
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Willie - nice pics - looks as if they have the same white sand there as Destin, FL... I forget - why are you and Arlean NOT staying at the house?[/QUOTE]
Destin is just 70 miles east but their sand is just a little more white due to discharge
here from the nearby Mobile River.
Arlene and I are not staying at the house this year due to the stairs up to the bedrooms. There are still stairs to navigate to get in and then down to the beach. Yesterday, she didn't get past the pool on the porch. Her improvement continues, just at a slower pace than she wants. Last doctor visit was somewhat a bring down when he reminded her that he told her before the surgery that it would be one year before complete recovery.
Garry - Good to read that things weren't as originally as bad as thought with your relatives. Thoughts and prayers still from me.
Mikey - I was at that museum 3 years ago, and WOW what a surprise to see the expansion. One young lady acting as a hostess at the door mentioned that they were soon going to open a third building. Hopefully they will better organize things, such as grouping N scale with other N scale, Lego with Lego, etc.
No time right now to dig through the remaining museum or swimwear pictures, maybe some later today.
Everybody have a great day.
