General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Hey,

Just popped in to say hello.

Derrick Moore: Heard about this law from Kansas, If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall pass until the other passes. Or at least I think that's how it goes...

BTW we hit 8000 posts. YAY!

G2G, see ya later.

pcarrell wrote:

You know, what made me ask the question about Christmas shopping being done was that I ran into someone the other day who told me they were just finishing up their shopping.  I felt like such a slacker!  But not to fear.....you guys made me feel much better!  I haven't started yet either!

Are you saying that we are all slackers?

Good Morning All...Its sunny and cold here...I'll have one of Bills dougnuts and coffee please...Thank You...We got great News Sallie is coming home Saturday...She is going to have Her knee operated on later and may have to go back to nursing home then for a short while....

Saw some stuff on CSX yesterday...A string of Ballast cars ...2 engines and a string of Grain hoppers at the elavator...Nothing again on the CN old IC....

Rob...I have a Life Like SW 8 and its the best runner I have has good low speed range and pulls well too...I checked out your Con Cor Cow and calf on Ebay...

Ed..Thanks for posting Photos..My favorite was the Old Man and dog sleeping at the staion...

Der John...Any of tha chicken stew cooked on the wood stove left?

Welcome back...Lisa, Cheese, Duce and Kevin....



JR...You said you had some Model power houses to bash I did one a couple of years ago..It was my first N scale building I cut it to 1 story..If I was going to do it again I would reduce the roof pitch and not glue one of the roof pannels on upside down LOL...

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Well Gotta go you all have a good one...Jerry

SilverSpike wrote:

pcarrell wrote: You know, what made me ask the question about Christmas shopping being done was that I ran into someone the other day who told me they were just finishing up their shopping.  I felt like such a slacker!  But not to fear.....you guys made me feel much better!  I haven't started yet either! Are you saying that we are all slackers?

Ummmm, uhhhhhh, why, um, sorta, kinda, maybe, but not really?

Ok I got photo to come thru this is Model Power Kitbash JR It was my first n scale building and not too good as I said I would cut the pitch of the roof,make sure the roof pannels were on right side up..I think it makes better looking windows if you glue them in backwards it makes the casing look much smaller...Jerry

Derrick: Here's one from Louisiana that's still on the books. It's illegal to drive a motor vehicle at night unless it is precedded by a man carrying a red lantern.

We attended the 23rd Annual Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club Train Show at the NC State Fair Grounds located in the Exhibition Hall and it was another fun railroad event. Actually got to stick around a bit longer than usual, about 3 hours and took many photos and a few movies too. We arrived at around noon and started making our way around the tables; I bought a few railroad signs for the train room door.

But the first real treat was when we found ourselves at Dave Vollmer's N scale layout display. Dave has added a small staging yard to one end of the layout. This N scale layout is set up on a hallow core door and is very portable, he has also just added the signaling electronics that mimic the prototype. His layout is based on the Pennsy Railroad and features the coal, freight, and passenger traffic of that era. Here are a few more photos of Dave's N scale layout.

 

 

Also took a few videos of Dave's layout and those can be viewed on the Piedmont Division YouTube Channel:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqPu5W56nXM

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXTBe-577xw

 

Toured a few more tables and then found Kim at Train Buddy and his display tables. Kim gave us a talk on all his proposed inventions, such as a battery that will hold 10X the storage capacity of current technology as well as trends in nanotechnology and robotics and how these will influence the model railroad hobby now and into the future. I also got a lesson on track cleaning and the suggested liquid that he sells and happend to have on hand, I had to buy a bottle. Also purchased a new DCC USB interface for a computerized layout. Toured a few more tables and then viewed the Sipping and Switching Society HO scale modular layout on display at the back of the hall. This was the largest modular layout I have ever seen, here are just a few photos and videos of this massive layout.

 

 

And a few videos on the Piedmont Division YouTube Channel:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Pk83GAcbY

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRUDUc-Cvk

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9QXB7vKW0

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1i-z3oKMM

More photos from this event can be viewed at the Photos Part VII page in the Piedmont Division web site.

 

Hey Ryan, thanks for posting those photos and videos!

I had no idea I was running my trains so fast...

in a ATSF mug today, please & thank you!

***Ryan, enjoyed the photos & video clips. I didn't count them, but that was a long train on that last video. Noticed another engineer was getting into some highballing.

Rob

 

 

jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

Derrick: Here's one from Louisiana that's still on the books. It's illegal to drive a motor vehicle at night unless it is precedded by a man carrying a red lantern.

What???????????

Hello to all,

I switched to N because I needed my trains but(HO people please don't shoot me)I am finding I am really enjoying it other than having to start over. It's great to be back inside I almost did what Sue said and give up altogether but my Tom convinced me to switch(great husband I've got,think I'll keep him). I'm hoping to post some pics, I finally have a good camera(thanks again to my Tom). Only problem I have now is down loading time, I wish DSL would make it to my area soon. Talk to you all later.

Cederstrand wrote:

in a ATSF mug today, please & thank you! ***Ryan, enjoyed the photos & video clips. I didn't count them, but that was a long train on that last video. Noticed another engineer was getting into some highballing. Rob

The count on that one freight consist was 109 rolling stock!

 refill, please & thanks.

Caught a special on RFDTV all about Tony Lash and his MTH trains layout. Fills a 70'x45' room, my god...now THAT's a layout. 5000' of track, lots of sound effects and animation. If I had that kind of space (& $$$$$$), I would switch to HO faster than I could list my N scale on the bay & hire every good modeller I know to start working on a mega layout. Can you imagine how much HO scale you could pack in that size room?

I was going to bid on an N Scale Atlas Union Pacific SD-60M loco today but got busy outside and forgot. Too bad, it sold for only $33. That's a heck of a bargain (providing it was in as good condition as claimed), yes? Oh well. In truth, it is not really on my Wish List at this point anyway.

(((psst, I can't use names, but if you follow the news, you could probably figure out what famous person my wife has as her patient right now.)))

It's going to be in the twenties again tonight Still have that Red Flag Warning up for fire hazard. No rain in sight iether. Well, back to work here. Rob

Derrick Moore wrote:

jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick: Here's one from Louisiana that's still on the books. It's illegal to drive a motor vehicle at night unless it is precedded by a man carrying a red lantern. What???????????

Fortunately it hasn't been enforced since the advent of headlights.

[Fortunately it hasn't been enforced since the advent of headlights.]

***Ryan, I new that was a long train. COOL! BTW, your website sure has lots of neat stuff to look at and it is set up well. Bet that ride in the EMD FP-7 was fun.

Rob