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M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Behold the Eeep!  

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Handmade handrails.  Considering I was eyeballing the dimensions and soldering together 1/16" brass rod,  it came out OK! 

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Not pleased with the roof,  but it's a perfectly acceptable ten-foot model... 

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Footage of the inaugural run,  with dubious assistance from Chief Brakekitty Norma Bates Kitteh...

Once again,  thanks to @GTW Ralph for the project!

Mitch

the Eeep looks great Mitch!

Had to laugh at "ten-foot model" . My father used to say we had a 30 mph lawn. Looks great driving by at 30 mph

mike g. posted:

Hi Everyone, I would like to start of by saying what great work that is being done by you all! I know I normally write something on each work you post, but today I haven't been in the mood for that the last couple of days. But great work!

So my wife has been spilling this all over FB, So I thought I would share this with my train friends! I hope you don't mind that I call you friends! Yesterday I had to go in for a C.T. Scan to check for Cancer, A lot of you know I have had it in the past and beat it. Well today we got an early Christmas Gift that I am still Kicking Cancers BUTT! 

Not bad for going from Stage 4 Head and Neck Cancer to cancer free for 2 years in a row now! I want you all to know that I think a lot of it has to do with all the positive stuff shared here and how it makes me feel happy!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to you all and God Bless everyone here!

God bless. 

First off I want to thank you all for the kind words and sharing this special time with my family and I!

Mitch The EEEP looks wonderful, I didn't know they could go that fast! Must be running from something, maybe miss Kitteha? I bet Fortesue is in there somewhere driving!

Butch, the ORE cares are looking great and way to make a load out of Janga!

As for me I am happy and motivated so I am heading out to the train room to get something done today. Not sure what but I hope to have a report later today!

Everyone have a great weekend!

Mike g, that’s great news and I agree, our friends on the forum and in our love of trains is a very healthy part of our lives. Sharing our life’s ups and downs with each other is also a way of getting our feelings out in the open and finding answers we need for life’s journey. May the Lord keep blessing you and your family. 

Now, I am so happy to see the great progress you’ve made on your layout. Wow, it’s looking fantastic. From building the She shed, to planning your layout, to actually executing your thoughts into Action....Wow....It’s exciting. Keep us posted and the pictures coming....

Its Wonderful to see so many Forum friends chime in....Happy Railroading, and Merry Christmas to you and your family...

 

 

That is nice he mentioned me, and nice you brought it to my attention.  Was that the Glacier Line, not Arctic Line?  

I bought that set used to go with an MTH GN F3 set.  As time passed two things happened., I decided to put my emphasis back on the Western Maryland and some B&O like I had in my HO and N days.  Second, I decided to not try to put 072 and larger curves in my new layout space.  Therefore the 21” cars were just too long.

As always, if I have something that I’m not using, and someone else can make use of it, I would rather sell than leave it on a shelf or buried in a box.

Mark Boyce posted:

That is nice he mentioned me, and nice you brought it to my attention.  Was that the Glacier Line, not Arctic Line?  

I bought that set used to go with an MTH GN F3 set.  As time passed two things happened., I decided to put my emphasis back on the Western Maryland and some B&O like I had in my HO and N days.  Second, I decided to not try to put 072 and larger curves in my new layout space.  Therefore the 21” cars were just too long.

As always, if I have something that I’m not using, and someone else can make use of it, I would rather sell than leave it on a shelf or buried in a box.

Yep it was Glacier!   Sorry!    Doug on that Facebook page told me to look at his switching videos.  

Jim

Came home today and go to the train room to find this. My Pennsy GG1 laying on the floor with hanging trucks and totaled pantographs. I started taking it apart, and found a lot more damage than I thought I would. One drive shaft snapped in 2, gearbox cover broken, motor leads pinched between gear tower and frame, totaled truck sideframe, exterior details almost nonexistent at this point. I assume this was doing of my cats in the train room, as no one else was home all day. Welp time to go start digging through the attack to find my parts GG1 to hopefully fix this one. I’ve only ever had one loco hit the floor with this layout, and it was a 2-10-4, but it landed in a box on the floor. Maybe this is a sign to install some panels to stop things from falling. 976C402B-C55A-4172-A920-A6F6C5BE1C73565CAB9D-99CD-475E-A771-36592CE749814CD1AF4C-6EFD-481A-8827-737239BC554F7461550B-6A84-4456-9147-6B7797F48E35

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NS6770Fan posted:

Came home today and go to the train room to find this. My Pennsy GG1 laying on the floor with hanging trucks and totaled pantographs. I started taking it apart, and found a lot more damage than I thought I would. One drive shaft snapped in 2, gearbox cover broken, motor leads pinched between gear tower and frame, totaled truck sideframe, exterior details almost nonexistent at this point. I assume this was doing of my cats in the train room, as no one else was home all day. Welp time to go start digging through the attack to find my parts GG1 to hopefully fix this one. I’ve only ever had one loco hit the floor with this layout, and it was a 2-10-4, but it landed in a box on the floor. Maybe this is a sign to install some panels to stop things from falling. 976C402B-C55A-4172-A920-A6F6C5BE1C73565CAB9D-99CD-475E-A771-36592CE749814CD1AF4C-6EFD-481A-8827-737239BC554F7461550B-6A84-4456-9147-6B7797F48E35

This is why, when the time comes, that I wont allow cats or other animals in the train room.

Rusty

Hi Guys, thanks for the nice words! I feel a lot better as my mind is now clear and ready for more train work!

Paul, the woodchip car looks wonderful! You must have had them clear cut a large section of forest to be able to fill all those cars! LOL

NS6770FAN, I am so sorry about your GG1~! I sure hope you will b3e able to fix it!

So here is my lunch time up date! I got my first switch mounted and worked on the airfield! From a suggestion from Paul2 I hung the end of the runway over the lower tracks ! It will have to tunnels under the airfield. But I do have a question, can someone tell me the inside dimension of a single and double porthole, say MTH or Lione it doesn't really matter I don't think!20181214_09355420181214_09360320181214_093612

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Thanks to help from my friends Sam and Lynn last weekend, we got yard ladder tracks installed and wired for the east end of my main yard.  After some preliminary electrical testing, it seemed like a good idea to populate some cars from the east side to see how they looked.

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Next up, purchase more switches for the west end ladder!

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Anthony K, WOW that is fantastic! What wonderful work! It has to be nice close by to give you a hand! Keep up the great work!

Larry, I can only dream of having a layout half as good looking as yours! You have what some call a dream come true!

FL9TURBO, Now that is really cool! Looks spendy but really cool!

Anthony K posted:

Thanks to help from my friends Sam and Lynn last weekend, we got yard ladder tracks installed and wired for the east end of my main yard.  After some preliminary electrical testing, it seemed like a good idea to populate some cars from the east side to see how they looked.

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Next up, purchase more switches for the west end ladder!

Is all that for staging or for switching?  Either way it all looks great!!!   

Jim 

mike g. posted:

Hi Everyone, I would like to start of by saying what great work that is being done by you all! I know I normally write something on each work you post, but today I haven't been in the mood for that the last couple of days. But great work!

So my wife has been spilling this all over FB, So I thought I would share this with my train friends! I hope you don't mind that I call you friends! Yesterday I had to go in for a C.T. Scan to check for Cancer, A lot of you know I have had it in the past and beat it. Well today we got an early Christmas Gift that I am still Kicking Cancers BUTT! 

Not bad for going from Stage 4 Head and Neck Cancer to cancer free for 2 years in a row now! I want you all to know that I think a lot of it has to do with all the positive stuff shared here and how it makes me feel happy!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to you all and God Bless everyone here!

Great news Mike!!!  Thanks for sharing.  Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to you and your family.   Now, get back to work on the layout!  Dave

RSJB18 posted:

the Eeep looks great Mitch!

Had to laugh at "ten-foot model" . My father used to say we had a 30 mph lawn. Looks great driving by at 30 mph

Yeah, it's based on car show jargon.   A car can be a 5 footer,  10 footer,  20 footer et cetera.  Any closer and you see the flaws.   

mike g. posted:

Mitch The EEEP looks wonderful, I didn't know they could go that fast! Must be running from something, maybe miss Kitteha? I bet Fortesue is in there somewhere driving!

Could very well be!   

NS6770Fan posted:

Came home today and go to the train room to find this. My Pennsy GG1 laying on the floor with hanging trucks and totaled pantographs. I started taking it apart, and found a lot more damage than I thought I would. One drive shaft snapped in 2, gearbox cover broken, motor leads pinched between gear tower and frame, totaled truck sideframe, exterior details almost nonexistent at this point.

Owie!  Hope you can get that poor G up and running!  

I assume this was doing of my cats in the train room, as no one else was home all day.

(innocent looks from Norma Bates Kitteh and Sylvia Siamese) 

Diverging Clear posted:

This is why, when the time comes, that I wont allow cats or other animals in the train room.

(hurt looks from Norma Bates Kitteh and Sylvia Siamese) 

Mitch 

Worked on the Christmas tree loop and related transformer issues. Accidentally pulled a section of track apart (all the way in back of course ). So I took it all apart and re-set everything. Next year the track is going to be mounted to plywood. Fastrack works OK right on the carpet but now that I've had it for several years the plastic tabs are not holding as tight as they used too. Thought about the mini binder clips on the joints but I don't have any on hand.

I did a few tests on my CW-80. Definitely need more lithium crystals Jim. I'm givin' her all she's got! The OL breaker is tripping well below even 60 watts draw. I'll live with it for this year and take it apart after Christmas and see what's going on.

Bob

mike g. posted:

Hi Guys, thanks for the nice words! I feel a lot better as my mind is now clear and ready for more train work!

So here is my lunch time up date! I got my first switch mounted and worked on the airfield! From a suggestion from Paul2 I hung the end of the runway over the lower tracks ! It will have to tunnels under the airfield. But I do have a question, can someone tell me the inside dimension of a single and double porthole, say MTH or Lione it doesn't really matter I don't think!20181214_09355420181214_09360320181214_093612

Mike- gotta watch the over hang with tunnel portals on curves. Take your biggest loco or rolling stock and mark the clearance needed to travel the curve. I do it by holding a pencil at the widest point, usually a pilot step or cab hood on a steam engine, and draw a line on the board as you move the piece through the curve. Do the same in the center for the inside of the curve. Do this in both directions too. Geometry is a PITA .
Once you have the lines on the board you can determine how big the portal needs to be. Make sure to add at least a 1/2" on both sides.

Bob

carsntrains posted:
Anthony K posted:

Thanks to help from my friends Sam and Lynn last weekend, we got yard ladder tracks installed and wired for the east end of my main yard.  After some preliminary electrical testing, it seemed like a good idea to populate some cars from the east side to see how they looked.

 

Next up, purchase more switches for the west end ladder!

Is all that for staging or for switching?  Either way it all looks great!!!   

Jim 

Thanks for the comments guys.  Jim- this will be my main switching yard.  There is a hidden staging yard directly below, and it's pretty much the same layout.

Anthony K posted:
carsntrains posted:
Anthony K posted:

Thanks to help from my friends Sam and Lynn last weekend, we got yard ladder tracks installed and wired for the east end of my main yard.  After some preliminary electrical testing, it seemed like a good idea to populate some cars from the east side to see how they looked.

 

Next up, purchase more switches for the west end ladder!

Is all that for staging or for switching?  Either way it all looks great!!!   

Jim 

Thanks for the comments guys.  Jim- this will be my main switching yard.  There is a hidden staging yard directly below, and it's pretty much the same layout.

Thats what I need to figure out.   Where to stage and where to switch.   After taking the summer off of choo chooing and doing a lot of thinking, switching is moving to my top wants.  When I started I wanted every inch for mainline length! 

Jim

t8afao posted:

Put up some more table frames today, front section is not set yet. We are on a Rock Island budget in their last year's of operation.  The frame work is from our old layout in the old house . I am still undecided on a track plan. I have a idea on the 2 main lines. Just need to get the trains a rollin. It looks big and flat but I will cut some rivers and hills into it. The theme  will be Nebraska sandhill to the Black hills. Nick T.

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Very nice bench work and I also like the shelf you keep your trains on well done 👍 

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