Quebec winters

[marlboro]

I know G-scale is made for outdoors, so far mine is the the warm and cozy, till I find out this from you good people out there. It s 45 degrees or so on a given day in Quebec, where I m from, during the day. Downpouring rain, and then in 5-8 hours, Mother nature tends to be humourous and say, Let s give them minus 25 !!!!!. Question. How do you go about unfreezing all that track outside. Snow, No problem, get a snow plow, got one!! Freezing rain at about quarter to half inch at a time !!!! I don dt see how any amount of weights in the locos could tackle this. My guess, wait till spring, What would you do. Snow is one thing, plow it !!! ICE on the track..!!! I m iced on this one. Help, Anyone

[cacole]

Uhhh, regular household current connected to the rail to turn it into a heating element and melt the ice off?

Just kidding! Don't try this at home! [:-,]

[Marty Cozad]

Char, i cleared the snow the other day hoping when the sun comes out it will melt the rails so i can play. We had heavy icy.

[Anonymous]

marlboro
I have an inside train track of 100 ft. for the winter, and when it's warmer , i go out side to my garden rail road. Ben

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Under the conditions described I'd say that 1. It would be so cold that your fingers would stick to the wheels as you tried to put units on the track! 2.

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Don't know what just happened!
2. The grease on the gears would be so stiff the engine wouldn't move anyhow. 3. One would have so much of Hiram Walker's anti freeze in him that he could see the trains going without leaving the warmth of the kitchen. 4. You'd have to be a nut with the initials MC and live other than Quebec to want to run in that cold!

[bman36]

Greetings from The Great White North! Our climate leaves a LOT to be desired when it comes to Large Scale outdoors. Right now my layout is under nearly two feet of snow. No chance of running before Spring. Ice came first this season so that ended it for my line. Working on my indoor line today. That way it does'nt matter when the snow goes. Make the best of Winter and use it as a building season if you will. All the best. Later eh...Brian.

[Marty Cozad]

Winter wonderland finally open

HEY,,Spike,,is the tunnel clear??
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/NTCGRR%5Ccattunnel.JPG

YES, send the train through!!!!

Coal train heads east.



Old Glory flys high on the MLS Canyon Bridge


Heat wave of 34 degrees..
And YES, its worth it.

[Anonymous]

Hey Marty....all I can say is awsome !

[Anonymous]

The only way to handle this situation is to do what i did; retire to the Sunshine State of Queensland.

It is 20 to 30 degrees here just about all year round; for a few months it gets up to 35 during the day and for the same length of time it gets down to 15 deg overnight.

Thats all Celsius by the way, this is a metric country and we are not allowed to make non metric statemnts nor to have non metric conversations..


Regrds Ian

[marlboro]

Now thats what I call garden railroading!!!! And the Grammy goes to-- Marty, you re in the running, I ve showed your pictures to my girlfriend and had to convince her that these were real garden railroad shots and not the real. Beautiful photography and angle shots!!!!! Simply MAGNIFICENT !!!!. BTW, hows your rotary snow plow workin; I m itching to get one myself; looking forward to a photo shot of that beastie operating on your layout. Glad to know YA !!!!

[Marty Cozad]

Ask your girly friend what she thinks of these units? Is it real??

Theres a lot of heat coming off these. Keep in mind that the U.P. supplies coal to our power plant here in Neb City. and I rail fan here also.
As for the rotary it is not working with all this ice we have. The snow is perfect. dang ice.

PS. The real trick is to find 1:1 shot that looks like they can be a model. In the snow it helps to hide alot of "scale" give aways. Is it real or a model.?[:p]

[marlboro]

Is it real, or Marty outside. This one suits you better, you ve earned it my friend. Simply Supeerrbbb!!!! Can t wait to see your rotary in action !!!!