Trussrod
Well-Known Member
Evening Spike Drivers and Ballast Tampers,
On the personal front: I'm feeling a lot better and next thing to being back in action!
Hi Toot: Thanks for mentioning that, sorry you also have so-oo much trouble too. It get to be a real PIA to put it very bluntly. It's just like what I wrote to Willie in my prior post above, when I went to post a reply to him with a quote, the darn circular wheel just kept spinning & spinning for about 15 minutes and I said to hell with it and copied and pasted his post myself and added the thing myself. Then when I went to quote you and Ken it did it just like we expect it to, right now!! Sometimes I don't know about this site??
Say Ken: Thanks, I appreciate the thought. I am feeling a lot better, I think what I had was something like the 24 hr flu? I should be back Driving some spikes tonight for that matter.
Sorry to hear about the mishap, I know you meant to say with this Fascinating Hobby. Sometimes it's just a matter of taking a new approach to the task. I've run across similar situations and we often tend to try and use the tried & true method which is usually presenting ourselves with a challange which sometimes doesn't work out.
Could you possibly attach the tubes too some magic transparent tape that is fairly low tack to get them into position so they can be glued firmly in place and then remove the tape? Just a guess on my part.
Hopefully tomorrow will turn out better for you. Also, sometimes our subconscious minds will solve the problem while we're sleeping! I hope that the case for you!
On the personal front: I'm feeling a lot better and next thing to being back in action!
If it's any consolation, if I edit a post, 9 times out of 10 it won't save. Have to copy then delete the original and paste the copy back into a new post.
Hi Toot: Thanks for mentioning that, sorry you also have so-oo much trouble too. It get to be a real PIA to put it very bluntly. It's just like what I wrote to Willie in my prior post above, when I went to post a reply to him with a quote, the darn circular wheel just kept spinning & spinning for about 15 minutes and I said to hell with it and copied and pasted his post myself and added the thing myself. Then when I went to quote you and Ken it did it just like we expect it to, right now!! Sometimes I don't know about this site??
Good evening. 69*F, clear and calm here in the "Free" State.
Karl thanks for the tip. I don't do Facebook but I've already seen a lot of them on eBay, I'm sure some of them will still be there when I'm ready to buy. I'll see you here tomorrow at 2!
David - hope you feel better.
Garry - welcome home! Interesting vids, both the SP train stuck in the snow, and the T1.
Joe - always enjoy reading your history lessons about NJ rail lines. I remember watching the RFK funeral train live on TV as it made its way thru the Corridor, my family had just moved to Maryland from Michigan ~6 months earlier.
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Today was one of those days when I wondered why I'm even in this f______ hobby! I went to fix one of my industrial structures that got a few pieces knocked loose during the removal of the old stand-up freezer when somebody bumped into the benchwork. I figured this would be a ~45-minute job; wrong!! There are several interconnected pipe assemblies that have to line up exactly right. Problem is, after I get the first piece in the correct position, I go to do the second and that knocks the first piece back out of place - and vice versa. I felt like a dog chasing its tail. Plus, I had a few pieces break on me during the struggle - that slowed me down as well. I was working on this stupid thing for over five hours when I decided I better go to bed. Hopefully I'll be able to get it finished in the morning...
Have a good night, from the looks of things we'll all probably be in the new Shop tomorrow!
Say Ken: Thanks, I appreciate the thought. I am feeling a lot better, I think what I had was something like the 24 hr flu? I should be back Driving some spikes tonight for that matter.
Sorry to hear about the mishap, I know you meant to say with this Fascinating Hobby. Sometimes it's just a matter of taking a new approach to the task. I've run across similar situations and we often tend to try and use the tried & true method which is usually presenting ourselves with a challange which sometimes doesn't work out.
Could you possibly attach the tubes too some magic transparent tape that is fairly low tack to get them into position so they can be glued firmly in place and then remove the tape? Just a guess on my part.
Hopefully tomorrow will turn out better for you. Also, sometimes our subconscious minds will solve the problem while we're sleeping! I hope that the case for you!