RSJB18 posted:Happy Monday!
Mike- when it rains it pours. At least you found the source of the water. That can be a PITA to locate sometimes.
Steve- Welcome back. Please share some photos as you progress.
LIRR Steamer- very nice. I like the greenhouse too
Paul and Bryan- Just make sure your tracks line up where your modules meet.
Lew- good idea on the FT. I only use it for my Christmas layout but its getting to be a few years old now. I will inspect carefully before assembling this year.
JD- that float is amazing! Looking forward to the parade video.
Bill- 8:40 AM and I'm hungry! When's dinner?
So I did stuff on my layout yesterday too. I investigated my RS-3 issues further. I tried @LIRR Steamer's advice and ran the loco with one of the LIRR coaches in tow. They have all metal trucks/ couplers. It ran a little better but nothing to say conclusively that I found the problem. I need to take the side frames off the trucks so I can see the wheels better. I hadn't mentioned before that I'm running the engine in conventional mode. At higher voltage/speed it does seem to clear the dead spots. I also rewired the K-line MP-15 # 168 in series. The gray one was done already. It runs much better now. Ran trains and had fun!
PS- nice shots Brian. You posted while I was writing mine.
I looked at the cabinet factory and there seems to be 1/4 in scale employees in there working on Tables for Christmas train layouts. Lot of noise and sawdust so the "Greenhouse" keeps it inside. Hoping to take it out of its packaging next day or so.
Glad that the RS-3 was working better. There was another thread on the MTH 44 tonners where users noted that the rollers MTH used had insulated end and one user replaced the rollers which eliminated the slow speed stalling.
