wheeler1963
Aurora & Portland Owner
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and your families!!
Yes, the railings are a bit strange, being where they are. Does seem to have been a viewing platform, can't see any reason otherwise. With all the other lifting and stabilizing machinery on that shelf, I wondered how they managed to get the loco onto a transporter. The crane's boom can only safely be extended outward so far before, even with it's 'feet' right out, there's a big risk of it toppling over. There were about 4 of the wrecker crew actually riding the loco, where the rear truck had been.Ray - it looks like there could be another landslide at any minute.
What is a railing doing there? Is that where the landslide excursion train stops for photos?
Howdy everyone!
Thanks to all who liked my last post.
Tom - Fine photos from the show. The drive-in theater is a cool feature!
Willie - All the "accessories" beside the building looks good. A lot like behind my shed.
Justin - nice photos
Patrick - good to hear your knee is feeling better.
Mikey - interesting super market
I spent the last couple of days fixin' a section of mainline that would derail two of my 6-axle locos. They would only derail at a certain speed, and then not all the time. The derail section was a S-curve just before the bridge between the two layout tables.
I tried changing the angle of the bridge and tweaking the curves, but no success. What I really needed was a curved bridge. I didn't want to buy another one, so I was determined to make the straight bridge work.
The problem was the radius, which was slightly too small. The bridge and track had to be moved 3" to the left.
This presented another problem as the track would be off the one table. So I had to construct extensions on the side of each bench. I re-laid the cork, track and installed two new feeders. Success! My main is up and running
with no derails. (see photos below)
Now I can get back to my scheduled construction. But all this extra work deserves time to running the trains!
Have a good one . . .
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After
Hey! Everyone knows a phone booth is Superman's dressing room.Gen 'X' & up: "What's a phone booth?"
Sorry, Tom.. I didn't realize you had answered.It's a changing booth for superman.
The Unicorn is lying to you. It's only interested in it's own self preservation.SOMETIMES I QUESTION MY SANITY BUT THE UNICORN IN THE GARAGE TOLD ME I'M FINE.
Try Gen Y, perhaps. Gen X is generally considered from 1965-80 birth range, which would put their teen years roughly 1978-1998. Cellular phone affordability for the masses did not happen until the mid-late 90’s, so my generation definitely knows what phone booths were.Gen 'X' & up: "What's a phone booth?"
Also where we called home to get picked up. “Will you accept the collect charges from ‘hey Mom, it’s me. Come pick me up.’ ? “.It's a changing booth for superman.
If you're still around the area, Factory Direct Trains is located in Arden, about 20 miles up I-26 from there. They are open today.Went to Hendersonville NC this past Wednesday...here are some pics View attachment 41825View attachment 41826
No wonder he never got his clothes back.Also where we called home to get picked up. “Will you accept the collect charges from ‘hey Mom, it’s me. Come pick me up.’ ? “.