G Paine IVRW: I am experiencing few enough electrical problems that I can freely run the train around. Heres a pic. Your electrical problems may improve after you remove those soup cans???
IVRW: I am experiencing few enough electrical problems that I can freely run the train around. Heres a pic.
Your electrical problems may improve after you remove those soup cans???
I can tell you that the cans aren't the problems. It is a point that shorts the system when thrown to an unpowered track. I actually just fixed it, and will spare you the trouble. Funny story: I did forget to take them off the track once, and I now have a can that has two brown burn marks down it's side, lol
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
best part about that is it was completely an accident. I'd left my throttle in forward, parlee the train on a siding (around the backside) and walked off. I musta bumped it, and the train rolled back through the switch and pulled up almost dead-on to Miller when another member of the club rolled around the corner.
G Paine Flashwave: And now, how to surprise an engineer... S'PRISE! Or, why when you walk off, you should make sure the UT4 is in the neutral posotion. Maybe you need one of these as well:http://www.historicrail.com/product_info.po?ID=10125
Flashwave: And now, how to surprise an engineer... S'PRISE! Or, why when you walk off, you should make sure the UT4 is in the neutral posotion.
And now, how to surprise an engineer...
S'PRISE!
Or, why when you walk off, you should make sure the UT4 is in the neutral posotion.
Maybe you need one of these as well:http://www.historicrail.com/product_info.po?ID=10125
We're getting there. Some day we will. But there's a few other German pieces I want first.
-Morgan
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Thanks Jacon. The only light source in the room was a small fluorescent ligt in the kitchen. The camera is very sensitive to light when in night mode. Even so the difference in position of only half an inch can be the difference between a good shot and a poor quality shot.
I like the light in this one Jeffrey.
J.
jeffrey-wimberly
Well it is still the weekend for another 30 minutes =)
More progress on my shelf layout with the addition of trees...
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"Mountain Goat" Greg
SP&S Oregon Trunk
I've been slapping some scenery around in Thomas...
Before...
and After!
A couple of other shots...
The Thomas Station will be located in the flat spot there between the yard track and the branch.
Lee
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
rclanger Running Bear Very nice picture. Good depth of field.
Running Bear
Very nice picture. Good depth of field.
Bob
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Great week-end!
FINALLY, CNR #429 class E-13-a (ex-QRL&P) is out of Pointe St. Charles shops after more than two years and renumbering. It should have been scrapped a while ago but the new diesel road switcher hasn't been delivered yet so the old lady gonna stay on track for a while.
It's my first serious try to kitbash a real steam engine. Not that great, not that bad... and definitively, it's great to finally have on the layout one of the engine that worked there back in the old days. I've been thinking about doing it since I saw it back in 1997. Model is IHC 2-60 and tender was heavily modified to fit the prototype. It is loaded with real crushed coal. I just need to shorten the drawbar and solder wire connectors.
Matt
Proudly modelling the Quebec Railway Light & Power Co since 1997.
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After a long lay-off the gang was able to get back to work on the roadbed.
Heading downhill into the cut
The turn into the small yard
In the cut w/o foam in place
with foam for idea of height I will need
Now, if the economy picks up some the trackage crew can start getting things tied down and we can get some freight moving on this road.
Robert H. Shilling II
Tried making a layout video on my iphone, heres the result
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfrCXQ2syFE
Flashwave And now, how to surprise an engineer... S'PRISE! Or, why when you walk off, you should make sure the UT4 is in the neutral posotion.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
You're right! Can't imagine staring down the barrel of one of those!
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Mike Habersack http://rail. habersack. com
Maryland - the land of pleasant living...
LOL Flashwave!!!
It's getting a little crowded on Choctaw Ridge as two freights pass each other with little room to spare.
Jarrell
It's OK George. Irv wrapped insulating labels around each can but it looks like he forgot to cover the little lip around the top & bottom of each can. That is where he is probably getting electrical problems from. LOL. On the bright side, the shorts will probably heat the soup up in the cans while he is working on other parts of the layout.
Keep up the good work Irv and all the rest of you Guys and Gals.
Blue Flamer.
IVRWI am experiencing few enough electrical problems that I can freely run the train around. Heres a pic.
I've just finished work with my Blackstone K-27:
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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selector Well, I still say you did your layout credit, and yourself for the way you captured it. It's a very nice image. Crandell
Well, I still say you did your layout credit, and yourself for the way you captured it. It's a very nice image.
Crandell
Thank you Crandell!
Here is one more for the road...
IVRW First, I have totally replaced all the track I have laid so far, and I am experiencing few enough electrical problems that I can freely run the train around. Heres a pic.
First, I have totally replaced all the track I have laid so far, and I am experiencing few enough electrical problems that I can freely run the train around. Heres a pic.
Hey John. Does your mom make you eat all that soup before you can run trains again?
I had the same problem, the Beer was easily taken care of though.
You're an interesting, cool kid and I always like to see what you're up to. Keep up the good work.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
selector Say, Odie, that's a pretty darned good Pennsy setting you have depicted there. Well done!! Crandell
Say, Odie, that's a pretty darned good Pennsy setting you have depicted there. Well done!!
I wish I could take credit for the modelling Crandell, but this is a photo I took from our local club layout. They have done an excellent job of capturing the PA anthracite region!
Its been a long time since Ive posted. See my website for the whole story (*GASP* HE ACTUALLY UDATED THAT THING! I know... It has gone from a weekly to a bi monthly to a quarterly blog almost...)
Anyways, I got some progress shots for you all.
Also, I recently got around to building the first wall of my huge JV Models craftsman kit. I think it looks pretty good. Watch out, Scotty Mason, here I come!
Lastly, I managed to draw up a trackplan for those who were interested.
Great Job, everybody! AltoonaRailroader, Nice progress. MAburce, Nice shot! Motley, moving right along there! Grampy, great shot angle. Crandell, awesome snow! Mike, you fooled me with both those shots! VulcanCCIT, good work with the background. Guy, Superb Scenery! Odie, Awesome Shot!!!
Another great WPF!
Odie - NICE scene. I like how it all comes together. Great scenery and weathering.
Here's my shot this week, with some help from an interesting digital backdrop: