Finally started cutting plywood for my office lobby shelf layout! Thread here.
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Matt, looks good, but doesn't the caboose go on the end! LOL
Fridg56vet, looks like you have a good start and a nice plan in mind!
mike g. posted:Matt, looks good, but doesn't the caboose go on the end! LOL
Fridg56vet, looks like you have a good start and a nice plan in mind!
Mike - Yes normally the caboose goes at the end, but I like my track cleaners right behind the locomotive. I think that I'll be converting the Menards' flat with a tarp to another track cleaner behind the Vets SD-60 and the caboose can do other duty with the 44 Tonner. I'm still considering going into the track cleaner business on a small scale with Menards' cars so readily available.
Having you and Mark on OGR is like having bookends of encouragement both West & East. Other members are also very encouraging, but you 2 guys don't miss a trick. Thanks!
Well Matt, its pretty easy when you low income and High free time you can get only so much done at a time! But it is great to be here and see what others are doing and I have learned so much just from reading what others do!
Mike has a good point. Low income, free time. Maybe not so much free time for me, but I never have a boss looking over my shoulder! LOL. When I do work, my boss is in the middle of the country, Duluth Minnesota! LOL
Truth is I just like giving recognition where it is due!! I can see so much good no matter what type layout one builds or trains he runs!! Also, Mike is right, I learn a lot by seeing what others have been doing, much better than what I learned after reading train magazines for over 50 years now. You would think I would know more than I do! LOL
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darlander posted:romiller49 posted:Adding a snow/rock shelter.
Very nice detail! Much more interesting then the standard tunnel through a mountain on a corner curved section of track. I'm assuming it was scratch built - well done! Dave
Thank you. Yes, scratch built with bass wood.
lee drennen posted:
I finally got this thing cleaned and put back together today thought I’d drop a couple progress pics I couldn’t resist to go out and run it on the layout still have a lot to do before I button this thing up. And Thanks to all of you for your components and likes this has been a fun and learning project.
Looks pretty good. Just needs a pilot and you're all set.
Picked up this Y3 for a great price.
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Hey Ed, if I am not mistaken you also added the pallets that are fallen over! Looks good either way!
Jack, The Y3 looks great!
Ed, great scene no matter how easy.
Mike, good progress on the incline!
Thanks Mark, I would have kept going, but I don't have the lower deck in place for the area under the window yet! Plus I am deciding weather to just curve out the window or a switch and get it further around the room! LOL
A little bit more organizing in the train room but not much. I took a pretty good rolling stock count today and was surprised at the number of rolling stock I've accumulated. Much more than I guesstimated. LOL
JHZ563, Wow, looking great, kids having fun watching trains, thanks for the nice pictures, this is what it’s all about, having fun....Happy Railroading
JHZ563, Now that's what I call fun! Way to go! There isn't much better thing then having fun with young ones!
JHZ563, Those kids brought a grin to my face right away! For all our ‘mature’ building, modeling, sophisticated electronics, those photographs and video show what it’s really all about!!!
Looking good Mike. I was multi tasking today. Between working on the control panel and cleaning up the layout because I will be hosting my Tuesday night crew tomorrow night. But I hit a snag on the control panel. Had the TIU and the terminal blocks screwed in and some wiring done. But something didn't look right so I went and measured my opening under the table. Good thing I did I had put the transformer shelf at the wrong height and it would not of cleared under the table. I had to rip the shelf out and lower it which when I did that I had to redo the position of TIU and lower that also. Tomorrow morning I should be all set to fit it in under the table and get at least a couple of wires done......Paul
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Paul, That sounds like something I would do!! Have a good time with the Tuesday night group!!
Mark, thanks.
Jack118711 posted:Picked up this Y3 for a great price.
One of my all time favorite engines. The gargantuan front steam chest sold me as a boy when I got the book Yonder Comes The Train. It was a pleasant surprise finding that PRR acquired a few of them from N&W during the war. Gotta get me one some day.
Bruce
brwebster posted:Jack118711 posted:Picked up this Y3 for a great price.
One of my all time favorite engines. The gargantuan front steam chest sold me as a boy when I got the book Yonder Comes The Train. It was a pleasant surprise finding that PRR acquired a few of them from N&W during the war. Gotta get me one some day.
Bruce
The detail on this PS3 version is nuts. I would highly recommend it. My train setup is at my dads house 2 hours away so next time I’m there I’ll post a video of it on the track and all it’s glory!
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Way to catch it Paul! I hope it slides in smooth this morning! Have fun tonight with your group running trains!
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I've been invited by the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad to run gi-raffes at their booth at Bikes, Blues and BBQ in Fayetteville, AR this weekend.
So, I've gotten some gi-raffes ready for the occasion:
Mitch
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M. Mitchell Marmel posted:I've been invited by the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad to run gi-raffes at their booth at Bikes, Blues and BBQ in Fayetteville, AR this weekend.
So, I've gotten some gi-raffes ready for the occasion:
Mitch
Captain Obvious sez. Those gee-raphs wear sunglasses and scarves. That's funny!
Bruce
And, by the way, congratulations on the new gig, Mitch.
Mitch, that's great news! I sure hope you have fun! I know the kids will love it!
Ever start a project that you wish you hadn't taken on ! Here is mine: Decided I could (would) kit-bash 2 plasticville signal bridges together, install 3 light signal heads on it..... I have way too many hours invested in this build, but I don't seem to be able to quit and walk away, so having come this far, I'll complete it.... At least I have learned to solder wires I can't see without reading glasses, LOL!
Waiting for the signal head super glue gel to set up, then I'll assemble the relay panel with delays for the yellow lights, then weather it and get moving on to something less time consuming...
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I need a bigger room for my layout
getting jealous! Mine is so small
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Jack looks great, turntables do take a lot of room, although so does a transfer tabke.
Jushavnfun posted:Jack looks great, turntables do take a lot of room, although so does a transfer tabke.
Make me blush. You are correct about the turntable. Not sure if it was worth the HUGE hassle of installing it but it’s pretty cool.
You can't have Bikes, Blues and BBQ without bike bunnies... 
Fortescue, of course, will also be in attendance. 
Mitch
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Chris, I have trouble doing things I can’t see also. The signal bridge looks good!
Matt, so you brought out the big power! Looks good!
John, the track and bridge look good !
Jack, if you like it, it is worth it
chris a posted:Ever start a project that you wish you hadn't taken on ! Here is mine: Decided I could (would) kit-bash 2 plasticville signal bridges together, install 3 light signal heads on it..... I have way too many hours invested in this build, but I don't seem to be able to quit and walk away, so having come this far, I'll complete it.... At least I have learned to solder wires I can't see without reading glasses, LOL!
Waiting for the signal head super glue gel to set up, then I'll assemble the relay panel with delays for the yellow lights, then weather it and get moving on to something less time consuming...
Great project Chris! What a great experience and learning opportunity you have created, and that combined with the satisfaction of a job well done should make all the hours spent, well worth it! You will get far more pleasure and satisfaction out of saying "I made this" than you would by saying "I bought this". Well done!!!
IMHO - these type of projects represent the true essence of this hobby!
Cheers, Dave
jgtrh62 posted:
Impressive project. Are you constructing your own switches? Dave
At Paul's for train night and I see this sign to greet me. So what Paul doesn't realize is revenge is sweet....guess who isn't going to York this year unless I get an apology. I'm holding these hostage. If your going to poke the bull at least hide your badges.
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jgtrh62 posted:Chris your signal kitbash looks really good! I tried doing the same kitbash a while back but it was a major failure.
I’m currently installing some more bridges and a #8 LH turnout.
John,
Is the girder to the left made by Atlas?
briansilvermustang posted:
Brian thanks for posting a pic of my favorite diesel, a GP20!
Dave
John, Mark & Dave, Thanks for kind words.
Dave, yes, your comments were well timed, and spot on ! Managed to get it out the garage for an initial coat of flat black, and the extra work hiding wires, and making finials was worth the extra time spent.... Here's a few more in process photos...
John, that track and bridge work is meticulous ! Nice job on the piers under the deck plate bridge, I assume those are scratchbuilt ?
Think I'll get all my relays, wire and supplies out tonight and stage them so I can get the 10 relay panel going tomorrow.
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Carved cobblestones in some foamcore board.
I'd share pictures but they'd be about as exciting as the task itself. 
Chris A, Wow! Your layout is Looking Great, your art work, Technical skills, scenic detailing is getting closer to, yes, Norm C., and I am so glad your posting your progress here on the forum. Keep up the great work, it’s so nice.
Hello Larry, Thanks for the "Norm C" compliment. I have been a big fan of Norm's work for a very long time, so that compliment is encouraging.
Hope you are doing well, Larry... By the way, I am really pleased with the ZW-C set up I purchased from you last year, and now that I am expanding the layout, so that it will be 40 feet long, it's a good thing I got that set up with the 4 - 180 watt power bricks. Hope to be able to run at least 3 trains simultaneously on a main line that should end up being about 250 feet in length, plus tear down and make up new trains in the classification yard at the same time.
Chris
Organization in the work room today while giving a bunch of tube radios some playtime. See if you remember these brands....Hammerlund, Halicrafters, Magnavox, Zenith, Philco. The Magnavox is a high fidelity consol so it remained on most of the time.
As the number of tools increases there's need for better organization and access to them. I have a curious looking box of quarter sawn oak, about a foot square with slanted lid that up until now has served no practical purpose. It should make a handy small tool holder when I make inserts to fit the internal dividers. When closed it becomes a book stand, holding any reference material or instructions for the task at hand.
Was able to give the new Railing H10 a workout on the layout tonight. It's way more fun under DCS control and as usual it smokes like a fiend. At some future date I plan on upgrading the details to resemble the Premier model in the fleet, with double heading in mind.
Looking forward to adapting the future toolbox tomorrow. 73's all!
Bruce
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Had Tuesday night train group over. The rain held off, thank God, and it was a bigger turnout then I had anticipated. Almost to the point of Sardines. Showed off both layouts and for the first time the attic layout was hit by Gremlins. An engine died, cars kept uncoupling. But all and all it was a good get together with a lot of comradery. Although I may have overstep my bounds and now I will have to appoligize to a certain person about the sign on the door LOL. My badges for York are being held for ransom ( a formal apology ). LOL. On the plus side I got the control panel in place and powered up with Legacy and DCS installed. Later today I will connect more termial blocks to the control panel. All and all it was a great night of fun.............Paul
Thanx to Paul 2 and Shirley! I was one of those invited guests last night and had a lovely time. And, Paul, I want to say how impressed I was with the progress you have been making downstairs on you "switching" layout. Last time I saw it was last spring and it really shows the amount of work you put into it. The photos I've been seeing don't do it justice. Really looking forward to my next visit; Maybe by then you'll have the whole basement covered to where trains can run all around on a continuous loop.
Thanx again for having us.
Paul (#1) Fischer
Paul, I’m glad you had such a large turnout! How many folks are in the group?
Im sorry you had trouble with an engine and that you had some derailments! I’ll look forward to the control panel!
Ok Paul since you apologized I guess I won't have to do this.
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Mark Boyce posted:Paul, I’m glad you had such a large turnout! How many folks are in the group?
Im sorry you had trouble with an engine and that you had some derailments! I’ll look forward to the control panel!
We have about 40 guys in the group but most weeks we have about 25 or so show up. It's a great group and we really have a great time...all friends.
Wow Bryan!! That is a large group! I would never be able to fit 25 in my house much less even the expanded train room in planning!! Thank you!
Last night before turning in I briefly ran trains and at least thru out a few pieces of debris while doing so Oh yeah ... I had fun too!
luvindemtrains posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian thanks for posting a pic of my favorite diesel, a GP20!
Dave
http://www.burlingtonroute.org...esel_locomotives.php
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Not sure if I should use hot glue or a cyanoacrylate, gap filling glue.
Gary
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Gary, i’ve used super glue. Gel kind. Hot glue too messy in my opinion. Have fun.
trainroomgary posted:
Not sure if I should use hot glue or a cyanoacrylate, gap filling glue.
Gary
Clear silicone sealant holds great but is also easy to remove.
trainroomgary posted:
Not sure if I should use hot glue or a cyanoacrylate, gap filling glue.
Gary
Gary, Walther's Goo -- It will hold them indefinitely, gives plenty of time to position them, and they can be removed later and the glue residual peeled off.
Gary, Scenic Express carries an adhesive called 3 in 1. It doesn't set up real fast. I have used it on numerous stuff and have been happy with the results so far.......Paul
Silicone works but fouls paints from easy repaint. A dab of white laytex caulk works just as well.
Clear parts / Canopy glue is slow to dry but clear as glass. I've never tried to separate two glued items. Nor has any flaked or come unglued. (It will make flats look "wet" as it is a gloss finish.. very paintable though)
I made scenery works and switching at Port of Shark Bay.
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Now I have to get to work.
Gary
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Last Friday I got a well beaten, but "publicly donated" cast Marx tender from the kindly Jim Pastorius, and have been running heavy post war till thermal shut down occurs every day since then...Ive got three cooked and corroded 1033 breaker points I have to dial in again every few years. I really need to land some 6a auto resets from NAPA.
It's repair also spawned a streak of chasing odd details like weathering a beam & trolley crane that was too glossy, weighting* and painting figures, starting the graphics on some small signs, wheel cleaning, car dusting, etc.
Needs touching up on his collar 
"Diner" text is to be added later. Maybe some a border and splash graphic..? I'll see how the lower space fills it first.
That was also the smallest piece of wood I've ever bent. I scored the primered side to form a top edge, then steamed it about one minute, and bent it into an A frame.
The legs need to be glued firm, but it doesn't gleam anymore 
* I found some thin lead w/adhesive backs for slightly weighting the bellies of surface hugging fishing lures. Stuck to the bottom of a figure base, they almost can't tip over now. Bump one and they wobble like a drunk with anti-gravity syndrome
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Was able to add another 64 feet of shelving around the train room (unfortunately 20 feet of it is spoken for in preorders) Also my 2nd order of barbed wire came in so I finished the razor wire look all the way around the prison. I had enough left over to add two rows of straight wire through the razor wire as I had seen on many real like prisons. (Online research not real world experience). It took quite awhile to painstakingly place the straight barbed wire through the razor wire and then glue it into place.
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Very nice Bryan. Now that the Barb wire is done maybe you should be in one of those cells for taking my badge. LOL.........Paul
trainroomgary posted:
Not sure if I should use hot glue or a cyanoacrylate, gap filling glue.
Gary
Gary, here's an Eric video on this topic
jgtrh62 posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:I made scenery works and switching at Port of Shark Bay.
Very Nice!!
JOHN: Thanks.
Johan
GRRRR!! The last several days l have been dissembling and repainting my just completed and beautiful model of a Tankar gas station. Just as l was going to set up to photograph, l picked up a can of "dullcote" to tone down the signs. This was one of those Testor's cans with only the absent cap marked. It was silver, not dullcote. GRRRR! Another rattlecan problem encountered lately is that many color choices of inexpensive Color Choice spray paint, by Wally World, have disappeared, from local stores and website. I use a lot of that on structures.
JOHAN, great ground level pic. You always gave interesting scenes. Bryan, the next time you come over everything will be locked down or in a safe LOL. Well it wasn't a big day for layout work. I decided to change oput the one terminal block for a larger one because I have to wire up a couple of more sections and the first block all the posts were used up. Once I did that I ran a power wire and ground wire from the transformer to the terminal blocks. Fired up my MTH 44 tonner to run it across the Lionel Die Cast bridge to see if it would run further down the track. Not quite there yet. I have to check to see what kind of power and continuity I am getting through the bridge. I finish off the evening with some pics of the new control panel, the brewery area which I decided to wrap around the corner now. So I will have to get a few more Korber flats plus I have to get background buildings behind the Korber flats. I tokk a couple of random pics of the bridge area..................Paul
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I used Krazy Glue on the fifty-five Lionel 21" Passenger cars I detailed with Preiser 65602 figures this year. Let the glue cure before closing the car so the glue fumes do not fog the plastic windows.
I lightly sand the bottoms of the figures to help them adhere to the painted seats.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
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paul 2 posted:
Great picture. 👍
Paul, The control shelf is looking good! The layout really looks great!! Bryan is right about that scene!
I had my own GRRR Day today. I shared the $2500 cost of removing a LARGE OAK in my neighbors yard that was dropping spars that punctured my metal deck chairs. Mom has ITP, a low platelet disease, and she has been hospitalized twice the past year and would bleed to death if cut by a branch. Her new medicine is finally working, and she getting better. Thank God.
I just resurfaced my driveway last summer. Today, the large crane CRUSHED my driveway, tilting several slabs upward two inches. The next $12,000 will NOT be going into my "Valley of Bridges" layout. I will have to do something more CONCRETE with the money.
Look for some excess rolling stock becoming available soon. After I buy a new camera (because mine broke this afternoon when it hit the concrete), I will list some items. Did I say "GRRR"? I can't remember.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
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John, I’m glad Mom is doing better, but those costs boggle my mind!!!
Chris, I think you have done a great job on the signal lights! Hard work puts out great products and you always do!
Matt, very nice train! Thanks for sharing!
Paul I am glad you had a good turnout, I am sorry about the gremlins ! It might be Karma for the way you have been treating Bryan! LOL As for the layout, your work is still top notch! The control panel is wonderful, and the brewery area looks great! I think you must be the one keeping the Flats company in operation! LOL
Bryan, the prison is looking great, I bet you have a room just for Paul! LOL
John, sorry about the broken concrete! You would thing the crane company would replace it!
paul 2 posted:JOHAN, great ground level pic. You always gave interesting scenes. Bryan, the next time you come over everything will be locked down or in a safe LOL. Well it wasn't a big day for layout work. I decided to change oput the one terminal block for a larger one because I have to wire up a couple of more sections and the first block all the posts were used up. Once I did that I ran a power wire and ground wire from the transformer to the terminal blocks. Fired up my MTH 44 tonner to run it across the Lionel Die Cast bridge to see if it would run further down the track. Not quite there yet. I have to check to see what kind of power and continuity I am getting through the bridge. I finish off the evening with some pics of the new control panel, the brewery area which I decided to wrap around the corner now. So I will have to get a few more Korber flats plus I have to get background buildings behind the Korber flats. I tokk a couple of random pics of the bridge area..................Paul
Very nice
Sorry guys for not posting. Been laid up last couple days with a bad toe Dr. thinks it’s gout. Now the pain has eased up maybe I can get back to the bench. All your work looks great as always.
Sorry you may have gout. If so you are in good company. Ben Franklin had it too.
I forgot that I had this figure
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Jack, someone had better get that rummy to safety before he staggers onto the track and never knows what hit him! That happened 40 years ago when I was working in Oil City Pennsylvania. Did he fall asleep and froze, or was he hit and then froze? Anyway his blood alcohol content was sky high!
Yours looks great!!
Lee Drennen posted:
Sorry guys for not posting. Been laid up last couple days with a bad toe Dr. thinks it’s gout. Now the pain has eased up maybe I can get back to the bench. All your work looks great as always.
Two pals have had very bad gout for many years. Neither whines about anything ....except thier bouts with gout; and that gets them crying.
A certain kind of non-processed (or pasturized) concentrated cherry juice and sitting around is the only relief I've heard of. I guess any type of cherry juice doesn't quite cut it (something to do with enzymes or acids, and the crystals forming (?)). Not cheap, but it's tasty. If you dont already have a sippy-cup full and want the brand & full scoop, I can easily ask for a refresher on the refresher 
paul 2 posted:JOHAN, great ground level pic. You always gave interesting scenes. Bryan, the next time you come over everything will be locked down or in a safe LOL. Well it wasn't a big day for layout work. I decided to change oput the one terminal block for a larger one because I have to wire up a couple of more sections and the first block all the posts were used up. Once I did that I ran a power wire and ground wire from the transformer to the terminal blocks. Fired up my MTH 44 tonner to run it across the Lionel Die Cast bridge to see if it would run further down the track. Not quite there yet. I have to check to see what kind of power and continuity I am getting through the bridge. I finish off the evening with some pics of the new control panel, the brewery area which I decided to wrap around the corner now. So I will have to get a few more Korber flats plus I have to get background buildings behind the Korber flats. I tokk a couple of random pics of the bridge area..................Paul
Paul: Thank you. Your layout looking better and better. I like those background buildings very much, nice switching area.
Johan
lee drennen posted:Sorry guys for not posting. Been laid up last couple days with a bad toe Dr. thinks it’s gout. Now the pain has eased up maybe I can get back to the bench. All your work looks great as always.
Man I know how painful that is. Happened in my mid 40's. I finally attributed mine to yeast in products , beer breads, pizza crust etc, and tap water. Stopped those for a few years symptoms gone for 20 years and now I can embellish in the foods and drink I love. Get well soon.
Lee, sorry to hear about your gout! I hope they can get it under control!
Mark Boyce posted:Jack, someone had better get that rummy to safety before he staggers onto the track and never knows what hit him! That happened 40 years ago when I was working in Oil City Pennsylvania. Did he fall asleep and froze, or was he hit and then froze? Anyway his blood alcohol content was sky high!
You’d looks great!!
Oh my... I bet that was an interesting cleanup.
Mark Boyce posted:Sorry you may have gout. If so you are in good company. Ben Franklin had it too.
Thanks Mark
I have bad arthritis so pretty sure that’s it. Thanks for the fun fact didn’t know that about Ben Franklin.
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briansilvermustang posted:luvindemtrains posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian thanks for posting a pic of my favorite diesel, a GP20!
Dave
http://www.burlingtonroute.org...esel_locomotives.php
You're killing me here Brian! How about some other road names?
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After finding multiple reasons to avoid trying this, after years of bare wood in some cases populated with track,, and after finding every other project known to model railroading known to humankind, I have begun adding scenic materials to the layout. Not buildings but turf, brush, trees, etc. Why I didn't do this sooner will remain a mystery. The results while probably not as professional as some of the layouts we see in OGR are immediate and essentially make the layout something new for me. Now I can't stop.
Jack118711 posted:Mark Boyce posted:Jack, someone had better get that rummy to safety before he staggers onto the track and never knows what hit him! That happened 40 years ago when I was working in Oil City Pennsylvania. Did he fall asleep and froze, or was he hit and then froze? Anyway his blood alcohol content was sky high!
You’d looks great!!
Oh my... I bet that was an interesting cleanup.
Jack,
I'll bet too! I was working for the power company there, and some linemen were called over to the scene, for what purpose I can't recall now. As often is the case, the homeless and others down on their luck (probably due to wasting it all on strong drink) hung around the RR yard.
lee drennen posted:Mark Boyce posted:Sorry you may have gout. If so you are in good company. Ben Franklin had it too.
Thanks Mark
I have bad arthritis so pretty sure that’s it. Thanks for the fun fact didn’t know that about Ben Franklin.
Yes, he had it at the Continental Convention for the debate ans signing of the Declaration of Independence, then it was bad for him in his diplomatic role.
Hat's off to Paul 2 and so many others who have posted their power transformer shelves and panels here. I came up with this quick and dirty one for my temporary build halted by the gift of a larger adjacent room by my dear wife of almost 34 years. She was the instigator of this temporary solution as well. She paid $5 for this cart at the thrift store. I am most indebted as I didn't want to build something when I will be removing this benchwork after the new layout is under construction. Two screws hold the particle board on the frame. I was tired of stooping down to reach the control handles and power switch. Voila!!
BTW, the wires in the lower left going up the door frame go into the next room so I have DCS control on the Ceiling Central RR now.
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Well, I at least looked at mine... This is what I saw.
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New stuff!
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