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Fendermain posted:
Leroof posted:

Oh yeah fendermain, the Hammond organ amp transplant! I have heard of this done. Like the frankenstinian "it's alive, IT'S  ALIVE" tonal thing. I get the 18 watt Marshall side of the tonal world. Chunky thick, tonalbliss! 

I once had A vintage 1969 British origin Plexi Marshall Popular model #1930,  10 watt  valve with two greenback 10's . A mini blues breaker it was nicknamed.  I would play my 54 black beauty and my 59 LP jr through it.  Just killer response. what was I thinking getting rid of that stuff? You can always find the train you let go but.....so much for old wood. Somethings you just have to win powerball to replace! No I did not win. But my wish list is still for some selective old wood.

Doesn't matter how cold it is in NW Ohio, let the tubes glow warm.

So, you remember my live catenary?  Well my buddy who the layout was sold to did not like it, did not run electrics, so the towers recently  came back to me! Excited to clean them up after 13 years of storage. Some will need repair.  Seeing that the former layout I sold has been resurrected as the new replacement rebuilt to smaller diemensions I will add the overhead power to at least two of the tables. 

Moving images will arrive when up and running. Need to put down the tele first.

your boys play too? Awesome.

good weekend to all. 

Especially Arnold and Fendermain. In postwar we trust.

 

Leroof   I have 3 boys and they all play.  We do one gig a year...pool party in the country.  So I used the JOHN-Q...that's the amp. Open it up with a tele and stand back..upper mid bliss...EL 84 smoking goodness. We have visited the southwest a lot..hence the grill cloth  Pedals..we don't need no stinking pedals...just use volume and tone controls on the tele.  FendermainIMG_2016IMG_2015

My God, we have so much in common. I have an Open Mic at my house once per year. Great fun. My favorite thing is when the women dance to one of my songs.

Back to trains: I think there is a powerful connection between music and Postwar trains. It has to do with rhythm, passion and romanticism. Arnold 

Leroof posted:

Arnold, it looks like post war paradise has morphed a bit into postwar era guitars and amps!  Oh well post war paradise or passions one in the same.

back to the fabulous  GG 1 running top speeds on your layout, did you spring down the trailing trucks?  I know there i a way to do this that I have read about here on this forum. I am somewhat intimidated by taking my GG 1 apart and doing the spring thing.  My train doctor passed on this year.  

 

 

Leroof, I have no idea what it means to "spring down the trailing trucks," LOL

 

Arnold D. Cribari posted:
Fendermain posted:
Leroof posted:

Oh yeah fendermain, the Hammond organ amp transplant! I have heard of this done. Like the frankenstinian "it's alive, IT'S  ALIVE" tonal thing. I get the 18 watt Marshall side of the tonal world. Chunky thick, tonalbliss! 

I once had A vintage 1969 British origin Plexi Marshall Popular model #1930,  10 watt  valve with two greenback 10's . A mini blues breaker it was nicknamed.  I would play my 54 black beauty and my 59 LP jr through it.  Just killer response. what was I thinking getting rid of that stuff? You can always find the train you let go but.....so much for old wood. Somethings you just have to win powerball to replace! No I did not win. But my wish list is still for some selective old wood.

Doesn't matter how cold it is in NW Ohio, let the tubes glow warm.

So, you remember my live catenary?  Well my buddy who the layout was sold to did not like it, did not run electrics, so the towers recently  came back to me! Excited to clean them up after 13 years of storage. Some will need repair.  Seeing that the former layout I sold has been resurrected as the new replacement rebuilt to smaller diemensions I will add the overhead power to at least two of the tables. 

Moving images will arrive when up and running. Need to put down the tele first.

your boys play too? Awesome.

good weekend to all. 

Especially Arnold and Fendermain. In postwar we trust.

 

Leroof   I have 3 boys and they all play.  We do one gig a year...pool party in the country.  So I used the JOHN-Q...that's the amp. Open it up with a tele and stand back..upper mid bliss...EL 84 smoking goodness. We have visited the southwest a lot..hence the grill cloth  Pedals..we don't need no stinking pedals...just use volume and tone controls on the tele.  FendermainIMG_2016IMG_2015

My God, we have so much in common. I have an Open Mic at my house once per year. Great fun. My favorite thing is when the women dance to one of my songs.

Back to trains: I think there is a powerful connection between music and Postwar trains. It has to do with rhythm, passion and romanticism. Arnold 

Yes,  open Mic events are cool. When we do our annual gig a lot of people show up to jam with us..great fun and it keeps you on your toes.

As with music being an art form I think creating a model railroad is one as well...it's very expressive as to how it's presented.  I think the prewar/postwar genre lets you create with real antiques.  That says something in itself.     Fendermain

Now Boarding on Track #2: The Broadway Limited:

I always secretly wanted the Postwar Lionel Operating Dispatch Board as a kid, and got it for cheap as an adult at a train show.

Got it home, didn't work. Seemed hopeless at first. Opened it up and dead moths fell out. I tinkered with it, sprayed a little WD40 in the mechanism and Eureka, it has worked like a charm ever since. 

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Postwar Paradise Sweet Spot.  I agree with Arnold and think postwar may now be the best area for purchases. I have prewar, postwar and modern equipment.   Prewar..hard to find some parts for repair..broken wheels. Newer is expensive and the electronics are difficult if not impossible to repair it yourself.  Postwar...good prices now..most parts easy to find.. easy to fix it yourself. The postwar 2035 I just got was just north of $40..how can you top that.   Fendermain

Fendermain posted:

Postwar Paradise Sweet Spot.  I agree with Arnold and think postwar may now be the best area for purchases. I have prewar, postwar and modern equipment.   Prewar..hard to find some parts for repair..broken wheels. Newer is expensive and the electronics are difficult if not impossible to repair it yourself.  Postwar...good prices now..most parts easy to find.. easy to fix it yourself. The postwar 2035 I just got was just north of $40..how can you top that.   Fendermain

I just bought the 2025 and tender for the same price: $40. I also have the 2035, which is the same except it has Magnetraction.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:
Fendermain posted:

Postwar Paradise Sweet Spot.  I agree with Arnold and think postwar may now be the best area for purchases. I have prewar, postwar and modern equipment.   Prewar..hard to find some parts for repair..broken wheels. Newer is expensive and the electronics are difficult if not impossible to repair it yourself.  Postwar...good prices now..most parts easy to find.. easy to fix it yourself. The postwar 2035 I just got was just north of $40..how can you top that.   Fendermain

I just bought the 2025 and tender for the same price: $40. I also have the 2035, which is the same except it has Magnetraction.

Wow..better deal yet.  I just got some new smoke pills in the mail...them seem to work better than my old left over ones.  Have try them on the turbine next.    Fendermain

This next video could be in a separate Post entitled Unit Trains, but because the trains are Postwar,  I'll keep it here.

Living in the NYC metro area, I don't get to see freight trains very much. However, about 2 years ago, I did. My wife and I went to West Point, where our granddaughter was a cheer leader for a Pop Warner football game. We sat in bleachers where we could not only see the game and cheer leading, but we also had a beautiful view of the Hudson River and railroad tracks on the west side of the river.

Suddenly, we could hear the roar of a diesel freight train, and for the next few minutes, we had the thrill of seeing what seemed to be endless oil tanker cars pass by.

I enjoy running unit trains because they seem more realistic to me than mixed freight, though there are also real mixed freight trains. I think runit trains are more common in the real world.

The video below shows a Postwar Lackawanna FM Trainmaster hauling Postwar oil tankers through a passing siding on my layout:

Arnold

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Today, I went to a local hobby store, Tom's Trains in Ardsley, NY,  which has a very nice running layout to entertain children and adults alike, and bought 3 Postwar operating log cars. My intention was to create a log unit train because I already had 4 other log cars.

This net video shows for the 1st time on my layout a  log unit train headed by a Postwar 646 Hudson:

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Arnold hits another one out of the stadium! Such entertaining videos!

the 022's are the gladiators of postwar era. I have eleven of them that do the non derail operation just about flawless! A couple of them are cut down to fit the tables. My favorite no nonsense switch.

fendermain, a little OCD makes Big for beautiful showmanship. Nice control area.

Arnold, I bet you know where every thing is on your control area, btw it's so laid back, train work well too.

Westchester toy and train Dec. 9th. I am tempted to not do the Big E in January  and visit my friends and family  in New York and attend it for old time's sake. I have pictures of my 1 and a half year old son asleep on my shoulder when I brought him to his first train show there. I have not been to this show in over 20 years! All grown up works and lives in NYC now, it might be a blast to attend with him.

might you be there? 

I used to buy parts from George Tebolt when I live in NYC.  Finally retired?  Wow, funny how time whizzes by. 

Arnold, great NH EP5 footage you sent. One of my favorites. I recently saw 5 of them for sale at a local train show up here. I behaved my self....but I wanted them all! No one bought them! They were in decent runner shape from 125 to 175 bucks. Other Postwar around decently priced .Walked away with a 750 blue American flyer bridge for $10, just needed a clean up, an American flyer fuel station for $3, and two red Lionel small bridges $8 each! Operator stuff makes me smile.IMG_0113IMG_0114IMG_0115

Have a great weekend.

leroof

 

 

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Leroof posted:

Arnold hits another one out of the stadium! Such entertaining videos!

the 022's are the gladiators of postwar era. I have eleven of them that do the non derail operation just about flawless! A couple of them are cut down to fit the tables. My favorite no nonsense switch.

fendermain, a little OCD makes Big for beautiful showmanship. Nice control area.

Arnold, I bet you know where every thing is on your control area, btw it's so laid back, train work well too.

Westchester toy and train Dec. 9th. I am tempted to not do the Big E in January  and visit my friends and family  in New York and attend it for old time's sake. I have pictures of my 1 and a half year old son asleep on my shoulder when I brought him to his first train show there. I have not been to this show in over 20 years! All grown up works and lives in NYC now, it might be a blast to attend with him.

might you be there? 

I used to buy parts from George Tebolt when I live in NYC.  Finally retired?  Wow, funny how time whizzes by. 

Arnold, great NH EP5 footage you sent. One of my favorites. I recently saw 5 of them for sale at a local train show up here. I behaved my self....but I wanted them all! No one bought them! They were in decent runner shape from 125 to 175 bucks. Other Postwar around decently priced .Walked away with a 750 blue American flyer bridge for $10, just needed a clean up, an American flyer fuel station for $3, and two red Lionel small bridges $8 each! Operator stuff makes me smile.IMG_0113IMG_0114IMG_0115

Have a great weekend.

leroof

 

 

Yes. Leroof, I will be going to the Decrmber 9th Westchester Toy and Train Show at the County Center in White Plains. There is a good chance that Melgar on this Forum will also attend. Maybe we can have a Forum get together at that show.

Sounds like you got some great deal re your recent purchases you mention in your post. I have the same red Lionel bridges (they may be pre-war) on my layout.  Arnold

Leroof posted:

Arnold hits another one out of the stadium! Such entertaining videos!

the 022's are the gladiators of postwar era. I have eleven of them that do the non derail operation just about flawless! A couple of them are cut down to fit the tables. My favorite no nonsense switch.

fendermain, a little OCD makes Big for beautiful showmanship. Nice control area.

Arnold, I bet you know where every thing is on your control area, btw it's so laid back, train work well too.

Westchester toy and train Dec. 9th. I am tempted to not do the Big E in January  and visit my friends and family  in New York and attend it for old time's sake. I have pictures of my 1 and a half year old son asleep on my shoulder when I brought him to his first train show there. I have not been to this show in over 20 years! All grown up works and lives in NYC now, it might be a blast to attend with him.

might you be there? 

I used to buy parts from George Tebolt when I live in NYC.  Finally retired?  Wow, funny how time whizzes by. 

Arnold, great NH EP5 footage you sent. One of my favorites. I recently saw 5 of them for sale at a local train show up here. I behaved my self....but I wanted them all! No one bought them! They were in decent runner shape from 125 to 175 bucks. Other Postwar around decently priced .Walked away with a 750 blue American flyer bridge for $10, just needed a clean up, an American flyer fuel station for $3, and two red Lionel small bridges $8 each! Operator stuff makes me smile.IMG_0113IMG_0114IMG_0115

Have a great weekend.

leroof

 

 

I love the Flyer stuff and I have two of those bridges on my layout...I bought them at York about 20 years ago. You got a great deal.   Fendermain

Fendermain, This flyer bridge is certainly the strongest well built  bridge I have ever had. Structurally better than most.  This one is a bit worn and undoubtedly has seen a lot of trains through it.

just missing the smokestack on the bridge house. Will obtain one from a flyer friend. The show price tag read $20.  I asked the seller would he take $15 for the bridge, he smiles and says NO,  but I will take $10 ! What a nice man. Really nice deal. Certain experiences one doesn't forget. 

Arnold, you know Melgar? 

Does he live down there too?

A Forum get together an intriguing idea.

Maybe a shout out to Tri State forum guys to attend new topic etc.

hey, there used to be some great deli restaurants nearby, just add Dr Browns

cel ray or Black cherry sodas to a great sandwich during a meeting!

ok ok I am getting carried away now. Lol. 

 

Leroof, yes, Melgar lives in Connecticut about an hour away from me, and we have met a couple of times.  We have discussed an OGR On-Line Forum train get-together in the NYC metro area (preferably in Westchester County, NY where I live), and the December 9th train show in White Plains might be a good location and time to do it. City Limits Diner is across the street from the County Center building where the show is. It is a very nice diner and very convenient. 

Leroof, I see from your profile that you live in Maine, which is quite a trek from White Plains, NY.  Are you definitely interested in attending a Forum get together on December 9th in White Plains? Are there any other Forum members definitely interested in attending a Forum get together on that date and at that location? Once I have a few definites, I will be happy to do a separate Post about such a get-together in the next few days. Arnold

 

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Arnold, what camera do you use to make such well done videos?

do you use a tripod or moving base?  I know you have a method as all of them are 

done with some reliable measure of exactitude. 

I will have to work out a deal with colleagues and family to go to Westchester Toy and Train, but I am willing if I have the opportunity. More on that as I gather pertinent info.

Btw, Your 736 with coal dump cars are awesome.

Running post war engines and cars is certainly nice. The engines do run smooth and pull strong. I have tons of P/W stuff but its all in boxes, because from the MPC era on, the fast angle wheels provide a big advantage for pulling longer consists. If you oil the old rolling stock wheels well they do run OK but you are still limited to how many you can run, but like Arnold I run conventional exclusively for reliability and ease of operation.

BTW that's a very long P/W consist that you're running

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Leroof, the camera I use is the one in the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, which is my smart phone. I just hold it in my hands and follow the train..

The red bridge behind Yankee Stadium is not Postwar, its modern, I bought it at a LHS, and I forget the manufacturer. It has a litle red light on top.

I totally agree with Dennis about the importance on periodically putting 1 drop of oil on the inside and outside of each wheel on the axle for smooth running of long trains with Postwar cars, which minimizes derailments. My primary limitation on running long trains is if I go over 11 cars and caboose, it hits its tail in my reverse loops.

Thanks for the compliments. I also run modern trains, but lately have been enamored with Postwar. Arnold

Lou1985 posted:

I don't own much Postwar (a 2328 Burlington GP7 repainted into Santa Fe zebra stripes, an ABBA set of 2343 Santa Fe F3s, and 3 2500 series aluminum passenger cars relettered for Santa Fe) but my layout's power is all Postwar. A ZW powers the trains, a Type Z handles all of the accessories. 

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Nice..I see you have sound activation buttons as well.  I use one on my main line for bell sounds on modern engines.    Fendermain

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Arnold, I did not know that one could directly down load movies made on a phone. How exciting! Does one need an app to do that? More exciting postwar videos! Much  Thanks. Breeding postwar enthusiasm is your calling! Lol.

Lou, that exact power is what I used on my former layout. Worked so well I decided to do it the traditional way once more. Next purchase will be a Z or a V. What are the numbered black controls on either side of the sound activation devices, momentary switch toggles, or other? 

Leroof posted:

Arnold, I did not know that one could directly down load movies made on a phone. How exciting! Does one need an app to do that? More exciting postwar videos! Much  Thanks. Breeding postwar enthusiasm is your calling! Lol.

 

Leroof, just take a picture with your smartphone and it goes into Gallery or Pictures on your phone. Then, when you post or reply on this Forum, hit Add Attachments.  Then, hit Files on bottom and that enables you to go to Gallery and include the photo in your Reply.

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