We closed that forum a year or so after his passing.Speaking of Jeffery, he had started his own forum called "Rails of the World", that I was a member of. While not too extensive by the time of his passing, there was some interesting stuff there. It seems that the site is still out there but my user name/password no longer works. Anyone out there know a trick to enter? Resetting my password didn't work.
David, thank you for remembering the anniversary of Running Bear/Jeffery's passing. He is missed.
David, that's the track that came with that set O36 (36" circle measured from center rail to center rail)
In all RTR sets, that I know of O36 is the size. The old track was O27, nine inches makes a difference! Especially with Traditional O (sub-scale) rolling stock and locomotives that comes in most sets.
Your eye for detail is spot on, as always!
I'm working on my train room! I have Lionel O96, O84, O72, O60, O48 in addition to O36 to use up there. I'll post some pictures when I get trains running up here.
The new Lionel Scale O (true scale) requires bigger tracks.
Thanks David. I don't care what it costs as long as you don't care when you get paid!!
Thanks David. I don't care what it costs as long as you don't care when you get paid!!
I know the feeling, but my wood-burner heater will normally last 10-12 hours if loaded correctly by MOH!
Good Morning All. 41° and cloudy with rain nearby but not here at this time. Wind has abated somewhat with gusts at only 15 mph. Not expected to get above 45° today, but a return to the 60's for at least the next eight days starting tomorrow. All of the "sky is falling" predictions of the weather gurus fell through yesterday, at least here as I recorded only .25" of rain in the gauge. There's a lot of rain/snow about 30 miles west, but it is moving in a counter-clockwise direction with me at the center!
Prior to the wind and occasional rain yesterday, I was able to do a little more garden prep for spring planting. Ugggh! Since my wife is out of town, I had to pick up the slack in household duties also. As far as the bathroom remodel, she did paint the walls allowing me to complete the "shiplap" portion, now I am on hold until she does the heavy painting before I can move the vanity in place and purchase/install the new toilet.
Out in the train shed, I had hoped to get back into the scenery mode, but only partly. Spread a little more ground foam and glued some lichen in place. Yes, I still use lichen in places for variety in vines. I have had a little frustration over the last few weeks while running trains, with drooping couplers at grade crossings and switches. All of the freight cars were fine when I inspected them prior to being placed on the layout? Ooops! that was 5-6 years ago. Rather than wait for an issue, I re-inspected about 25 cars yesterday, finding 8 that had drooped due to various reasons. Some might have given me trouble real soon. Most were Walther's car kits that had the old "press-fit" coupler box cover. The rest were Athearn clips that had worked loose. During the process, I also found cars that were missing components (usually brake related), or broken grabs/ladders, as well as one of the wayward cars with plastic wheels. All were duly repaired, most of the Walther's covers were shaved, drilled and replaced with a screw. Looks like it's time to reinspect the entire fleet. Let's see, 25/day and 800 cars makes over a month of this, with holidays thrown in, maybe by the end of January?
David -
The metal in the car and the ground both give up heat more rapidly than the air, hence the frost when the air temperature is above freezing. Air temperature is also taken between 4' and 5' above the ground level and can be warmer than that lower down, or around metal objects. Along the same lines, it can snow when the air temperature is as high as 42°.
Is that Central Valley car one that you had assembled? It looks really good.
Everyone have a wonderful day.
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I need to go to a meeting, maybe a sponsor would help. I should be avoiding other addicts.
Good morning ....
We returned from our trip to FL late Wednesday night. ...... We traveled with our friends from Illinois. They are still here, and so I'm still busy.
In Florida, our travels included about a section of about 75 miles Interstate 10 which is still affected by the major hurricane of several weeks ago. The destruction is amazing. We saw entire forests that had been knocked to the ground along with billboards and highway signs. There were many locations with a lane closed allowing workers with heavy equipment to remove broken trees.
See you later.
Temperature is 27 right now. Giving up on wind, sky cover and barometer as no one else seems to think they are necessary.
Trussrod I have quite a few Central Valley Stock Cars, these are the newer plastic cars and they are very nice!
Good morning. 19 degrees to start the day off with a forecast high in the mid 30's.
Been busy the past few days helping my cousin get his pole barn built. Got all of the poles set on Wednesday and got started of the forms for the concrete floor. Yesterday we got all of th prep work done for the concrete and got the floor poured. Now the rest is up to him. (I hope)
Got some checks in the mail yesterday for our tournament last weekend. My partner Tanya and I get to split $600 for first place for the weekend and my wife and Tanya's husband Dave got to split $350 for 4th place for the weekend. Tanya and I also got to split $500 for 4th place overall for the three week tournament. Money for beer (and maybe trains). It's nice to get your poop in a group in a tournament.
Have some catching up to do on the last few days posts.
Ray - I do like that photo with the NP passenger train. Nice.
Dave - I have always just soldered feeder wires to a rail joiner to supply power. Save yourself some $$. Good luck laying the track. Just take your time and make sure everything is smooth.
Greg - You'll have top post some photos of the mine area. Sounds interesting. Like the NP freight photo also.
David - Nice photo of the box car. I have a number of the old Silver Streak cars and although they can be a bit of work, the details are excellent.
Willie - Drooping couplers cn be quite a problem. Not good.
Garry - Thanks for the information along I-10. I have some friends who live in the panhandle that were lucky enough to have gotten through the storm, but have also mentioned all of the damage that has yet to be cleaned up. It's going to be a long rebuilding process.
Here's a rail picture for today.
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David Trussrod ... Thank you for reminding us about the anniversary of Jeffrey’s passing away. Actually it was 4 years ago. It seems like it just happened.