Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a windy 31 degrees ( feels like 20 ). A few snow showers last night didn't quite cover the ground. Going up to 34 today with , maybe a few more snow showers. Nothing heavy.
John ( csxt30 ) and the guys up North...Sounds like you are going to get some heavy " lake effect " snow. Good luck
Today, I will run over to the local lumber yard and pick up some lumber needed for the layout. Switches from CA should be here today. Then I can start the expansion. Need to get busy on that.
Expecting company tomorrow. Daughter and family. 3rd attempt to make it down here from Cleveland. Still have Christmas presents for them.
" All Aboard " for the Dining Car. Breakfast. Talk later.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Morning all,
Thanks for the kudos on the bookcases, Laz, an A+, wow thats the best grade I ever got in shop!
Not too bad out mid 30's and spittin' flurries. On break at work and thought I'd check in. Take care
Jim
Brent
The Shack has .032 rosin core solder which is really small and suitable for delicate work. Also have sharp tipped 25 watt soldering irons.
ChiefEagles wrote: Frank53, found box when I went up to run trains. That is great and thanks.
Frank53, found box when I went up to run trains. That is great and thanks.
Made the noble effort to find the other item at the LHS but no luck. Hope you've got a place for it, and let me know if you want a bigger laoding dock. I can slap one together pretty quickly.
fifedog wrote:Mornin' boys. Mornin' jaabat. How' r they ridin' today? . . .
Mornin' boys.
Mornin' jaabat. How' r they ridin' today? . . .
Good morning, fifedog. They are riding clean and comfortably today. You are talking about my underwear, right?
We ran trains last night for a solid hour. Three trains at once! The Lionel El Capitan on the outer loop. Thomas pulling coal hoppers on the inner loop. And an RMT Beep pulling State of Maine boxcars on the floor. Man, is FasTrack quiet on the carpet as compared to the layout table.
So 3, count 'em 3 trains running at once last night.
I might as well admit this here as any where else. Lately, I've been running and enjoying the diesel passenger trains much more than steamer-pulled freights. If that weren't enough, I've also been running everything much slower than usual and I like it!!! What is happening to me?!!! Please God, don't turn me into a prototypical or scale operator!!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Good morning from a brisk Chicago where the hawk is out - the wind is blowing to make it seem like a balmly 15 degrees.
Got you beat, Jim, I had five running after church last night - one freight pulled by the 520, three K-Line passenger cars pulled by the GG1 and the Western Hobbycraft Johnston, New Orleans and Philadephia trolleys.
Laz, I thought of you when I had a spectacular pileup where I had fiddled with the track underlay around a curve and the GG1 and cars dumped themselves off the track in a most importune place. Then the new Hand cart - sans hobos - derailed in the middle of the Mt Seaman tunnel... Ah well. Couldn't find the Riddle electrics book at the library -they're all reorganizing the shelves. So rewiring Mt Seaman will probably wait a bit more.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Roger Bielen wrote: Brent, when solderuing I've found, what I call, surgical clamps invaluable. They look like scissors. I have a couple of different sizes, some with straight tips and some with curved. I addition to holding wires while soldering they also serve as heat sinks. Being stainless the solder doesn't stick to them. I got mine at a flea market a number of years ago.For circuit boards I'd use the thinnest solder (rosin core) I could get with a fine tipped iron.
Brent, when solderuing I've found, what I call, surgical clamps invaluable. They look like scissors. I have a couple of different sizes, some with straight tips and some with curved. I addition to holding wires while soldering they also serve as heat sinks. Being stainless the solder doesn't stick to them. I got mine at a flea market a number of years ago.
For circuit boards I'd use the thinnest solder (rosin core) I could get with a fine tipped iron.
Thanks for the tips! Not sure where I could find surgical equipment on such short notice...
jaabat wrote: Brent,I've heard bad things about that cold point soldering iron. A 15, 25, or 40 watt pencil tipped iron is only $8:00 at Radio Shack. You should also buy some tip tinner and cleaner. It's in a little can and you dip the hot iron into the paste to clean and tin it. Especially a new iron. Worked like pie for me.
Brent,
I've heard bad things about that cold point soldering iron. A 15, 25, or 40 watt pencil tipped iron is only $8:00 at Radio Shack. You should also buy some tip tinner and cleaner. It's in a little can and you dip the hot iron into the paste to clean and tin it. Especially a new iron. Worked like pie for me.
Hey y'all, Really busy at work yesterdaY, then went to school for my duaghters Winter Dance Concert. She was really good. Went home & packed, got 20 winks in, to her to school this morning. She's not happy about Dad going to NJ without her(and I think she misses me when I go). Here in "sunny" FLA, it's in the low 50's windy cloudy. In NJ, it's in the 30's! SNOW maybe?
I went to my LHS and the N&W tender & steamer is a Lionel 6-18638 and he wants $125 + tax. It is new in the box. Is it worth it? I'll be back in FL Wednesday and if it's worth it I'll probably buy it. I'll take all opinions (even the Southern ones!).
I'll be checking sporatically, Mom & Dad only have dial up......and the Family is gonna keep me busy this week(so they say...)
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Wanna make your soldering life really easy? Buy pre-tinned stranded wire. All you have to do is heat it with the iron and the joint is soldered! A 2 hand operation instead of a 3 hander!
From the sounds of it, you'd think I was an old soldering pro. I just soldered for the first time in my life Monday afternoon. Look for others to chime in and tell us what faulty info I'm giving you. My advice - listen to them!!
Doug M, Lionel is putting out a new box cab electric in PRR livery. It looks pretty nice! Interested in getting one? I think I'm in. Anyone else liking these little electrics?
Clearing up the mess left by the rather stiff breeze we had yesterday, 13 dead, thousands of buildings damaged, flights, highways and railroads disrupted, all rather unpleasant. Weathermen say more to come and then snow next week.
Some idiot has introduced a super heavy shopping trolley in the delusion that it will help people to lose weight. So when folks with heart and respiratory conditions start dropping dead, will they blame it on global warming?
TGIF to all you guys (and gals) slaving for a living, have a good weekend and keep them on the high iron.
John Baker
Wow, do you have a link to the new Box cab, Jim? One can never have too many electrics.
Pre-tinned wire. What a great idea!
Morning gang. Sun is out and warming fast. Repeled a Yankee invasion again. Say we may get another one this Sunday. Those Yanks never give up trying to send us their bad weather. [problem is I think this one is coming from Roy's area, cold air from up Nawth, anything COLD comes from Yankeeland]. Do some wiring and enhancements on layout today. Got to get expenses emailed and book some flights for the coming events.
Lion, check out the recommendation on the Soldering Station in the Soldering Thread. Old Penny Pincher Apitz will get you in trouble, trying to get you out CHEAP.
Glad to see John B back. Man it took forever to read all the posts I missed for 36 hours [when I got home yesterday]. Think the Pot will be larger than the old one by the end of the year. Got lots of good new posters.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
cnw1995 wrote: Good morning from a brisk Chicago where the hawk is out - the wind is blowing to make it seem like a balmly 15 degrees. Got you beat, Jim, I had five running after church last night - one freight pulled by the 520, three K-Line passenger cars pulled by the GG1 and the Western Hobbycraft Johnston, New Orleans and Philadephia trolleys. Laz, I thought of you when I had a spectacular pileup where I had fiddled with the track underlay around a curve and the GG1 and cars dumped themselves off the track in a most importune place. Then the new Hand cart - sans hobos - derailed in the middle of the Mt Seaman tunnel... Ah well. Couldn't find the Riddle electrics book at the library -they're all reorganizing the shelves. So rewiring Mt Seaman will probably wait a bit more.
DOUG,
Sounded like one NASTY PILE UP. Hope DA BEARS don't get into a pile up like dat on Sunday?
laz57
Good morning from beautiful, cold and snowy OHIO. Yes, the white stuff is flying.
Yesterday, placed an order from the Lionel, Vol 2, 2006 catalog for a non-powered Chessie GP-30 to run behind my powered unit. BTW, my Lionel GP-30 is one great engine with RS 5.0. An interesting option is hitting the AUX 5 key while the engine is moving down the track. Tower communications shouts out to the engine to come to an emergancy stop. As far as I can tell this isn't documented in the instruction. I found it by accident when I hit the wrong key in the dark.
I'm contemplating adding TAS EOB to my Lionel FT A-B-A locomotives. The TAS videos only demonstrate the EOB in steamers. Great looking steamers, I might add.
Train show, hockey games, and football playoffs this weekend. Life doesn't get much better. Sorry, my eastern Ohio train buddy must entertain his family and can't make the show.
Need to hit the LHS today for some track and bumpers. Did some wiring last night. (Chief, the suitcase taps are still working perfect.)
See ya down the tracks,
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
John Bakeer wrote: Some idiot has introduced a super heavy shopping trolley in the delusion that it will help people to lose weight.
Some idiot has introduced a super heavy shopping trolley in the delusion that it will help people to lose weight.
Oh, great! One more annoyance in the malls and big box stores. Most shopping doddlers can't get out of the way fast enough for my liking. And those huge " push the whole fam damily" type carts! They're always parked in the busiest isles. Speaking of parking, I can only imagine the damage done by a windblown super heavy shopping trolley slamming into my car.
OK...I'll take a pill
Good Morning all!
Bruce Webster
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Good morning from beautiful, cold and snowy OHIO. Yes, the white stuff is flying. Yesterday, placed an order from the Lionel, Vol 2, 2006 catalog for a non-powered Chessie GP-30 to run behind my powered unit. BTW, my Lionel GP-30 is one great engine with RS 5.0. An interesting option is hitting the AUX 5 key while the engine is moving down the track. Tower communications shouts out to the engine to come to an emergancy stop. As far as I can tell this isn't documented in the instruction. I found it by accident when I hit the wrong key in the dark. I'm contemplating adding TAS EOB to my Lionel FT A-B-A locomotives. The TAS videos only demonstrate the EOB in steamers. Great looking steamers, I might add.Train show, hockey games, and football playoffs this weekend. Life doesn't get much better. Sorry, my eastern Ohio train buddy must entertain his family and can't make the show. Need to hit the LHS today for some track and bumpers. Did some wiring last night. (Chief, the suitcase taps are still working perfect.)See ya down the tracks,
BUCKEYE,
You could be in the next OLD MILWAUKEE commercial,
"IT DOESN"T GET ANY BETTER THEN THIS."
GIZ,
By doing some calculations and this is day 19 of the month of January, and we have already 43 pages at the pot, that is 2.2631577 pages per day times 365 days we should be at 826 at Dec.31,2007?
I wonder if this torrent of words will hold up?
Boy I have a lot of time on my hands huh?
laz 57 wrote: GIZ,...Boy I have a lot of time on my hands huh?laz57
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Chief,Already saw the recommendation... heading out at lunch to pick up the soldering supplies!
Buckeye,I'll let you know how this upgrade goes... One thing I have noticed - the EOB sensor is attached to the motor, the flywheel in the pic has much more surface area to mount the Tach to and I'm not sure mine is going to work well...When MaryE did his PE upgrade from ERR he said it didn't have a Tach, that is very interesting... they didn't responde to my inquiries before I had already purchased the TAS EOB so here's hoping this goes well. I wonder if the ERR upgrades are compatible with the TAS upgrades... I like the TAS TMCC and fan-driven-smokers, but the ERR tachless cruise really has me interested...
laz 57 wrote: GIZ, By doing some calculations and this is day 19 of the month of January, and we have already 43 pages at the pot, that is 2.2631577 pages per day times 365 days we should be at 826 at Dec.31,2007? I wonder if this torrent of words will hold up? Boy I have a lot of time on my hands huh?laz57
Laz, You sure do, need to spend more time running trains. I stopped in at Barry's yesterday, didn't see anything new and exciting. Looked at a "Steelton" Beep but resisted. Chatted with Mike and another customer for a while, Barry was there for a few seconds before retiring to the back room.
Brent, The clamps Roger mentioned are hemostats, they are available at most all trains shows and some LHS. Back in the 50s we used them to clamp the fuel lines on our control line combat planes with pressurized fuel tanks. Back then you had to buy them at a surgical supply house and they were not cheap, paid more back then, then now. They are one of the handiest hobby tools I ever owned. Have about half dozen of different shapes.
John Baker, Hang in there and stay warm. How is your cold doing? Is the medication working?
Sounds like everyone is running trains. I set up my two Atlas, Jersey Central GP-9 as a lashup. They sure do run great. Smoke pouring our of 4 stacks. They pull like crazy. Have 14 heavy cars on the train and they don't even slow. The 4 motors only draw a little over an amp. When I last set up my two Lionel trainmasters with pullmor motors they draw almost 8 amps.
Well if I want to get anything done on the layout, I'll have to get started.
Thanks John!BTW - Laz, John, Mitch, et all in SEPA...While I was at the York trainshow I ran into a fellow who was looking at the C&O F-19, the seller had the Chessie TMCC Cranesounds caboose, but no TMCC crane. The buyer mentioned that some LHSs had both the Crane and Caboose... I would be interested in either the Chessie, Conrail, or MoW versions... have any of you seen these lately and if so where?
Much appreciated.Brent
LIONROAR 88,
BRENT, I'll check today when I go to the tain shop.
ChiefEagles wrote: . . .Lion, check out the recommendation on the Soldering Station in the Soldering Thread. Old Penny Pincher Apitz will get you in trouble, trying to get you out CHEAP. . . .Later
Lion, check out the recommendation on the Soldering Station in the Soldering Thread. Old Penny Pincher Apitz will get you in trouble, trying to get you out CHEAP. . . .Later
Why you . . . I bought a 40 watt iron and a holder with sponge for less than $15.00! Solder and tip tinner was another $10.00. Of course, my iron isn't adjustable. It's either hot or not.
Had some friends from Denver, CO send us several pics this morning from a 1913 blizzard and I immediately thought of Doug and his love for trolley's. Enjoy.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
lionroar88 wrote: I wonder if the ERR upgrades are compatible with the TAS upgrades... I like the TAS TMCC and fan-driven-smokers, but the ERR tachless cruise really has me interested...
I wonder if the ERR upgrades are compatible with the TAS upgrades... I like the TAS TMCC and fan-driven-smokers, but the ERR tachless cruise really has me interested...
I would like to know if the ERR cruise control is a drop in. The EOB system by TAS is supposed to be a drop in system that replaces the original Lionel board. ??????? Plug and play ??????? I also like the idea that ERR is promoting about the tachless cruise and synchronizing motors.
For those of you who haven't used the cruise control features now available, well, I must say I had my doubts, but now I'm a believer. (Wasn't that an old Monkey's song?)
Buckeye Riveter wrote: lionroar88 wrote: I wonder if the ERR upgrades are compatible with the TAS upgrades... I like the TAS TMCC and fan-driven-smokers, but the ERR tachless cruise really has me interested...I would like to know if the ERR cruise control is a drop in. The EOB system by TAS is supposed to be a drop in system that replaces the original Lionel board. ??????? Plug and play ??????? I also like the idea that ERR is promoting about the tachless cruise and synchronizing motors.For those of you who haven't used the cruise control features now available, well, I must say I had my doubts, but now I'm a believer. (Wasn't that an old Monkey's song?)
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Knowing most of the experts are here .... I can't find a suitable cab forward in O scale . Want to rebuild an engine in appropriate drive scheme to be one . Question is .... since I was HO man most of my life .... can a O scale engine be rewired to run as a full functioning cab forward ? In other words when I place controller in forward it will actually run in reverse and in reverse it will run forward. A fellow here locally said get one with a lockout but I want forward and reverse without programming my tmcc as I sometimes take my engines to places without those facilities. I can easily build the brass compartment/cab face and change couplers with modifications to modify one but am wondering if only rewiring the motor will do it . Would rather use one of the modern tmcc engines and need all input you learned fellows can give me .
If it can't be done easily with tmcc ... I'll go with another type engine.
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