ACL-CSX
Founder, NHRR; Founder, Nathan's Crossroads
CNW=DL109
PRR=FM C Liner
CRIP=RS3
SP=SD7
Thanks! I was pretty sure I knew what the SP and the Rock Island were, but had no idea about the other two.
CNW=DL109
PRR=FM C Liner
CRIP=RS3
SP=SD7
Good Morning All. 72° and overcast. Lots of rain north of here in Oklahoma yesterday and this morning, that just doesn't seem to want to come south. Mowing is back on the schedule again today after the rainstorm Wednesday night. Don't know whether my gauge didn't measure it correctly or what, but the ground and the pool level both indicated that a lot more fell than I measured. Tried out my new "chainsaw on a stick" yesterday, resulting in a mass of trimmings now on the ground. Didn't get any moved yesterday as the temperature unofficially reached 100°, which curtailed yardwork in the afternoon. More of the same today.
Out in the train shed, I nearly completed the court house. I still have signs and figures left to do. Pictures soon. Ran lots of trains to make up for the missed day Thursday, mostly ran from point to point with only one out and back switching run.
Mike - It does seem like some things really take a lot longer than expected. Or are our estimations just too short?
Johnny - It seems that everyone's first lake/stream/water project leaks. At least your floor is concrete and not carpet.
Justin - I have had very mixed results with masking, and much of it is difficult to do properly. If it has to be done, Chet's advice is best. For me (and only me), I only spray the basic brick color and hand paint everything else from there. I shudder when I read posts from another forum member who spray paints his windows first on DPM structures and then masks them off to paint the brick. Lots of work, but he does N scale and I guess that the windows are much harder to paint by hand.
Jesse - We have been planning our bathroom remodel for almost five years, and the damn thing is only 60 ft². Decisions seem to be a lot harder to make when a wife reaches 60 yo. I would have just gone to Home Depot and picked the first things that would fit, regardless of color or pattern! Nice score on the engines.
Mike (WI) - Neat picture of the BNSF unit up there. I never see any CN units in service down here. I did get to see eight of them (brand new) parked on a siding near me, waiting to be hauled up north. They were built at the GE loco plant in Ft Worth back in 2016.
Beady - I'll have to give your suggestion a try some day.
Mikey - Life just gets in the way sometimes.
Everybody have a great day and weekend. Looks to be a scorcher here. Weather radar now shows a good shower about 1/2 mile down the road! Better get mowing quickly.
Ray, I've had to "browse" and "kill" consists, so a bad actor engine will leave the group.
Thank you. I was more than pleased with my find. Glad the post office came through as well. Bacon is perfect for any occasion, but enough of that for the time being. I have serious train related business. I'm tired of waiting for the money to continue planning my layout based on EZ track. I know it's more work to lay track bed, track, and ballast, but at this point I don't care about the work. Regular track seems to be cheaper than what I have been using, so I can buy more of it at once. Looking for recommendations on track brand. I currently have some Atlas code 80. What do y'all suggest?Good morning. 58 degrees and partly cloudy to start off the day.
Yesterday didn't quite go the way I had hoped. After some rain overnight, I had to wait a bit before starting to mow the lawn. Got about half the way done and then the rains came. The Sirrius radio that my wife got me for Fathers Day came in last week so I went to the shop and installed it. My son had also called up saying that his Durango had a miss so I had him bring over a set of new plug wires and plugs. That jib was a pain. No room to work on the hemi engine. What shoukld have been abiut a half hour job ended up taking almost three because of the tight spaces and access problems.
Thanks for sso many comments on the photo posted at Logan, MT.. My son and I were on the way to the gun range just down the road and when I saw the photo coming together, I had to stop.
Justin, you did score a good one.
Ken D&J - The video did not work.
ACL CSX - The post office came through. Should keep you busy for a while. Like the equipment register. Good find.
Willie - At least you got some work done on trains. Just have way too much else going on to get anything done train wise.
Toot - Sounds like an interesting night at the club.
I also got over the the club in Livingston and it was quite a busy night. We had a lot of visitors and had a lot of trains running. Toot, a couple of out club members do multiple locomotive consists. Not only did he have the multi loco lash up going pulling a 45 car coal train, he also had a DM&IR Yellowstone puling an ore train at the same time. And to top that off, he had a set of three MRL helpers pushing the coal train up the grade at the club.
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Here's the ore train. I'm sure Greg would like it. There is actual iron ore in the ore cars.
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With Dewey running multiple trains, everyone had to be on their toes and watch the signals. In the top photo you can see them. Tracks do cross under the tunnels and if you don't pay attention to the signals, it can be easy to have a wreck. In the photo below, I took the siding to let Challenger pass while the coal train was running in the opposite direction.
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The Challenger is from Athearn. I was so tempted to get one of them but my turntables are just too short. It is a beautiful locomotive and really can pull a load up the grades in the layout.
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The last photo is of one of so many mini scenes on the layout. Here a train crew gets to see some of the wild life.
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There are so many little mini scenes on the layout that I am still finding ones I haven't see before. While we're running trains, Deweys wife is busy at work adding more scenery. I asked if she would like to come over and work on mine but she said that I didn't have enough money. She's probably right, but it might be worth it.
I am waiting for things to dry out in the yard so I can finish mowing the lawn. Hope nobody does any rain dances. My son and his wife will be over later with a case if BACON and sausage to be put in vacuum bags. Love that bacon.
Later.