Hello and late night, fellow, 'Rail Benders and Spike Drivers',
Hi Flo and Francine, Just some wake up coffee, thanks.
The weather was much cooler today which is now at 11:00 Pm
I've missed a couple of days as I had a bit of a scare about my laundry room door dead bolt a couple of days ago. After returning home from being out, when I put the key in it to unlock the DB and turned it, it didn't seem to feel or sound normal
like for the past 25+ years since I installed it and when I turned the key back the key seemed to go farther than before without any flipping of the DB. Then I tried to again turn the key like I was unlocking the DB and I could spin the barrel 360* and more. What the heck was going on?? Then I tried to remove the key and the entire cylinder came out. I tried to reinert it but it got stuck. So yesterday I decided I'd better take a ride down to Fresno to Lowes Home building center and look into their selection of replacement Dead Bolts which I did. Fortunately I have a closure across the entrance driveway which also has a fairly heavy hardened steel chain that I wrap around two utility pole sections I have set in gravel about 3' deep which i very solid so that secured the front thank fully. I finally got the new DB installed this afternoon, and then a bit later I took the one front tire from my tractor along with the two trailer tires down to a local tire shop to have them check them out and inflate them and brought them back home too so now I can get the tractor rolled out of the little metal
building it's in after replacing the one front tire so I can pull off the starter to replace the bendix on it so I can get it started again as mowing season is starting again as the field grass is already about 6" tall. Mowing with the heavy duty Garden tractor with the tripple belly mower is sure a lot easier and faster than trying to do it with a weed eater. I'll be real glad to get it running again as it's a work horse to say the least with over 1,000 hours of use on it!
Then I received a bit of irritation from the local dept of motor vehicles along with my registration they again want me to have my mar smogged again this year again when I just had it done last year and they are suppose to skip a year and didn't.
I also have property taxes to pay too, anybody would think I have large money tree that produces all I can pick and more. Right, Good Luck!
End of my tale of Woo.
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Afternoon All,
Changed the water filter in the refrigerator today and vacuumed the couches. In the world of MRR'ing I had a major achievement. I finally got the first signal head lit! I know you guys thought I would never get to this based on how long it took (19 hours). The soldering went well, and I tested the lights before placing in the target head and after gluing. I can't completely finish each head until the black styrene shows up (should of ordered it earlier). The real pain was fitting everything inside the head.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Curt: Your signals are taking shape and the diodes are looking good.
Don't get too down new guy. If it's C&O I'll usually find it somewhere. I'm glad you got your gondola shot though. I wished I had gotten a shot of that chessie caboose here in the Charleston yard. It's what I get for not taking an opportunity when I had the chance.
Justin: The Caboose shots are looking fairly good. The only thing I might suggest is trying to move in closer so your exposure is taken more of the caboose and less of the sky area as it causes the exposure to be too short to bring out the detail in the darker Caboose or gondola also.
Howdy .
I must have started talking about the surgery too soon. ... Thanks for all of the comments.... I leave for Nashville tomorrow for surgery Wednesday...... If all goes as expected, it will be a minor operation.
Thanks again.
Say Garry: Smoothing sailing Guy, see you back soon!
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Seeing videos and getting actual ops with a locomotive running backwards makes me feel better as I do shoves to the loadout and come back with my locomotive facing backwards as well. I sure do have some fun with my layout. Now if I can fix the track problems I'll be in business! Those short filler pieces I used give me headaches. I really wish the joiners would hold snugly to the rails.
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Say Justin: Soldering would be your best bet, just don't have the temp of the soldering iron too hot if you can adjust it or don't hold it against the rail too much longer than needed to melt the solder as
Chet & Toot: mentioned. It's always wise though to ensure your rail and joiner are free from any grime too ensure a good solder joint. It doesn't hurt to apply a bit of soldering paste to the items to be soldered to ensure the solder will flow readly when the right temp is attained.
Interesting....... So, how do you know the locomotive in the video was going "backwards"? I can't see close enough in the video to be sure of it. Some roads used to run long hood forward and some roads ran short hood forward. So how can we know which was which? Hmmmmm..... Here is a photo of the museum's 45 Tonner RG&E 1941 Beebee Station with our PC Caboose:
Was the photo taken of the front of the locomotive or the rear? Lets see what some of you say?
OK, here is a better photo of her. Now do you know which way is forward? Let me know what you think and why!
73
Say Ray: I was going along with the same reasoning as
Curt but did notice the bright plate beyond the cab and thought that might be 'F' plate but couldn't tell clear enough to really know if that's what it was? Also I wasn't sure when they started using that designation.
That's why I stick to Steam Loco's as I don't have that problem but I do have the AGEIR's but don't think that was even a concern at that early stage of Diesels?
Did somebody say Danish?
I'll take one!
Looking at the picture I'd say somebody told a Yoke!!
If I can get the right angle and the right sun I can get better shots of the weed growing gondola, the area around it is strewn with piles of ties, ballast and dirt in no particular order. Excellent yard "waste ground" to model.
