Good morning, everyone. 22 here in SW MO, heading for 42 today. The week's forecast has us in the 70's by Monday - go figure. Flurries for several hours yesterday but the ground has been so warm nothing stuck.
I'll have a big cup of regular and a chocolate croissant. In fact, I've got a box of four of those little chocolate delights right here at my desk. MOH and I stopped by the grand opening of a new natural foods grocery store here in town - opened at 6 a.m.
so we checked it out on our way to work. We got there at 6:02 - - how do I know that, you ask? The car clock is burned into my bleary eyes!! Anyway, nice store, some prices good, some not so good. But they did have a nice little box of freshly-baked chocolate croissants to dunk in my coffee. Ah-h-h-h, life is good!!
Eric - Along with everyone else, I say WELCOME BACK!!! No more health adventures for a while, okay?
Willie - Last night the engine ran fine over that Atlas turnout, so maybe I just had a bad connection when I threw the switch. Still prefer Peco turnouts, though.
Modifying the radius made all the difference - now the engine runs fine around that curve. However (there's always a "however" isn't there) I found another curve that's doing the same thing to the engine wheels. At least I know what the solution is. When I was building this train yard I used
Terry's suggestion of alternating 18" and 22" radii to make flextrack curves, and it works fine, except when I inadvertently make the turn too tight at the beginning. This train yard area should be the only place I run into this problem, simply because I'm cramped for room there. The rest of the layout has 22" up to 30" radius curves, so shouldn't be a problem.
So, let's see: four chocolate croissants divided by two cups of coffee - - no, wait - - one now, one in an hour, one at 10, and one for lunch - - rats, that doesn't leave any for this afternoon. Hmmm - maybe I can run back to that grocery store after lunch?!?!
See ya later. Have a good day everyone.
