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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 10:21 AM

Morning all!

  I should get out and plow some snow but it's so darn cold!  If I don't though it's only gonna pile up more once the snow starts again this afternoon.

  Seems I've been doing more research lately when I should be working on the layout.  Reviewing some of the old issues of CTT has been educational though.   Things I took little notice of then are now interesting and informative.  One fascinating topic is Lionel's Electronic sets of the postwar era.  Apart from the old vaccuum tube technology it's interesting how many parallels there are between these Electronic outfits and todays TMCC and DCS....the high cost, the patent infringements, the iffy reliability.  Just another example of the old addage that everything old is new again.

JustAHobo,

  Would it not be simpler just to leave the wiring of your cab forward modification as is and put up with it starting in reverse all the time?  That way you wouldn't have to rewire your directional lighting as well.  Not that I have had any experience tackling that type of job but I know I'd be scared of frying the TMCC by swapping wires.  This is IF in fact you're rewiring the loco for the reason I mentioned above.  If not then I haven't been following the thread good enough.

 

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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, January 21, 2007 10:36 AM

Good Morning Everyone !! Cold here but not any more snow, yet !!

Bruce : that electronic set always fascinated me too !! Here's one that was on e-bay a long time ago.

I would really liked to have gotten it, but it probably went for too much, can't remember now !!

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:09 AM

John,

  That's the first year set too!  They changed the caboose from that metal bodied Pennsy one to the common SP style Lionel Lines type in '47.  Do you suppose there's a market for this type of outfit within Lionel's PWC line?  E-buzz, Ozone and waiting for vacuum tubes to warm up!  How nostalgic is that? Smile [:)]

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:21 AM

Afternoon all.  Went to Sunday schoola nd then to Lowes.  Had to get suet blocks.  Birds ate one up in two days.  Refilled all the feeders [I filled them last night].  Tons of Cardinals here eating those black oil sunflower seeds.  I have resident ones but whent he weather gets bad, I pick up about twice as many.  Drops of rain, sleet and a flake of snow everynow and then.  Greenhouse to water.  Did not get to it yesterday as was working on the RR.

Saw on the WC that it was snowing in Ohizo.  Had to call one of the Yanks and get varification.  Now I see he posted pictures.  Let it snow, let it snow on Ohizo. Big Smile [:D]

Probably will not do any work on the RR today.  Got to wire switches [controlers and I power on another transformer rather than track power].

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:06 PM

WARNING CHIEF !!!  Its Snowing in VA. Right now. and I'm only about 100 miles from N.C.

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Posted by underworld on Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:14 PM

Those old electronic sets are really interesting! Well, good thing the weather folks were wrong again today. We should have had quite an accumulation by now....instead we have a very light dusting. Didn't head out to the Columbus show because of the forecast. I have to remember to not listen to the weather around here.

 

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Posted by Nick12DMC on Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:25 PM

 John Bakeer wrote:
Nick, All I've got is cold turkey left over from Christmas, I think it should be OK in a curry?

LOL John, if thats left over from Christmas it will be 101 proof the same as Austin Nichols productLaugh [(-D]

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Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:27 PM

 Just a Hobo wrote:
 laz 57 --- WOW ... that was a heck of a deal on that gantry crane ! A big pat on the back for that one . I see why you have that big smile now ... LOL  Did you see the bucket/shovel attachment for them ? Picks up coal or sand insted of magnet also ? Saw one months ago on ebay .... was a very nice addon . Don't know if guy did it himself or they sold it as an addon . I can't find a gantry low enough ... by golly am going to go look now . Oh well caboose and snowplow will wait another day ... between trains.com and Ebay I'm getting nothing done --- LOL --- Whistling [:-^]

HOBO,

Heres a pic of it.

I also have the other gantry crane it is a Bethlehem with the clam bucket on it works good.  I paid $140 dollars for it new about 5 yrs ago.

The PA gantry crane was just on a lark, I punched in gantry crane on e bay it came up at starting bid of $35 and guy had it for a three day auction I bid max at $75 and won it for $61.  Go figure it was new and unused.  Have it hooked up to a CW 80 transformer and works like a champ.

Keep on looking and good luck.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:41 PM
Okay The problem may be the hook up to the track but anyway heres whats going on hooked up the williams sound board for steam it rings the bell great the whistle I either get a chirp and a half I'll call it or nothin and then every so often I get it to do the corect sequence and it sounds great for what it is anyway. any ideas what may be going on I don't have a transformer with whistle or bell on it but a kline controller to do shistle/horn or toss the switch for other and the bell works now like I said the bell is working fine.

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Posted by John Bakeer on Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:53 PM

EEEEAAARKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

It's snowing in Stockport. 3D Skier 

Got about 25mm at 1845GMT. If it gets to two inches our transport system will seize up. I was going to venture out to the pub tonight, but as it's all of 250 metres away, I may have to stay in until the thaw. Fortunately I still have an emergency bottle or two of single malt backed up by a dozen Old Peculiar (good eh! Chief)





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Posted by Nick12DMC on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:05 PM
 John Bakeer wrote:

EEEEAAARKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

It's snowing in Stockport. 3D Skier 

Got about 25mm at 1845GMT. If it gets to two inches our transport system will seize up. I was going to venture out to the pub tonight, but as it's all of 250 metres away, I may have to stay in until the thaw. Fortunately I still have an emergency bottle or two of single malt backed up by a dozen Old Peculiar (good eh! Chief)





John B, Make it to the Pub! LOCK IN TILL THE THAWSmile,Wink, & Grin [swg] No snow here in Peterborough yet. I hear that your local team beat us 3-0 oh the shame...and we have Alex Ferguson's son as Manager (Coach).

I have a bottle of Blue Label stashed for emergencys should we get the 2cm of snow that will cause us to be snowed in for days.Big Smile [:D] 

The Chief must be working on his layout again.....Wink [;)] 

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Posted by underworld on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:11 PM

Sounds like Stockport is good for winter sports right now!

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:15 PM
 fifedog wrote:

Lisa - the sparking on MTH track tends to be too much black coating on the center rail.  A few rubs with a green scotch pad should reduce that.  The sparking may be firing the couplers ad well.

Lisa, Fifedog is 100% correct, but I would like to add something.  I have cleaned that center rail on my MTH Realtrax until it is silver.  I put some Goo Gone on a paper towel and wiped the center rail.  I then used a painters sandpaper sponge to remove that black coating. 

For the life of me, I don't know what MTH was thinking when they put that coating on that center rail.  Interesting, the small section of GARGRAVES I have on the layout also has a blackened center rail, but there is not problems with conductivity.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:16 PM
 rtraincollector -- Now I'm feeling real bad ! Thought I got some deals ... HAH !  Man the little tree ornaments cost that much ! I think at that cost I'd of wanted to have bought a case of them . Went cruisin ebay ... nuttin . Threw a couple bids on D-C cars .... looking for that engine to convert . My stack gets bigger every week of diecast but I tell my wife it only looks that way cause I move them around --- LOL  It's like an addiction with them . Seems there's another I never saw or "just gotta have one of those " ! Gotta get an attic ladder ---- Laugh [(-D]  she'd never go up there .  $9.98 ... geez just hit me again .... GREAT DEAL !  Oh and I spoke too soon ---just peeked out the window --- tis snowing in western Maryland now with sleet called for .
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Posted by underworld on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:19 PM

Still no snow to speak of here this season....good thing as I still don't have reverse in my car!!!

 

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Posted by John Bakeer on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:20 PM

Foregot to mention;

THE GRITTERS ARE OUT.

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Posted by underworld on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:21 PM
 Buckeye Riveter wrote:
 fifedog wrote:

Lisa - the sparking on MTH track tends to be too much black coating on the center rail.  A few rubs with a green scotch pad should reduce that.  The sparking may be firing the couplers ad well.

Lisa, Fifedog is 100% correct, but I would like to add something.  I have cleaned that center rail on my MTH Realtrax until it is silver.  I put some Goo Gone on a paper towel and wiped the center rail.  I then used a painters sandpaper sponge to remove that black coating. 

For the life of me, I don't know what MTH was thinking when they put that coating on that center rail.  Interesting, the small section of GARGRAVES I have on the layout also has a blackened center rail, but there is not problems with conductivity.

The GarGraves is great stuff! I don't know what they use for the black coating....looks almost like enamel....but it conducts perfectly.

 

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Posted by underworld on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:22 PM
 John Bakeer wrote:

Foregot to mention;

THE GRITTERS ARE OUT.

What are GRITTERS?????

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:30 PM
 Laz ... is that what's it's called a clam bucket . You probably bought the one I saw ... have'nt seen any for a long while with it . Was gonna bid on that one ... glad I did'nt if it was ... and run it up on you . Is it remotely opened or closed ? That would be cool .... loading my hoppers ... then I'd really have to have one . If not wonder how hard it would be to reconfigure it .... hummmmm .
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Posted by Nick12DMC on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:32 PM

Gritters-Big yellow Council truck, orange flashing strobe on top with a snowplow on the front and a hopper on the back filled with grit salt and a spinning spreader that flings the grit all over the road (and at your car windscreen (windshield)). Not effective if the temp drops very low so its not used in countries that get really cold.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:47 PM

The C&O 0-8-0 finally arrived last night... wife finally left for some stupid bridal show with a friend of hers Confused [%-)] so I got play with the trains! Big Smile [:D]Yeah!! [yeah]Thumbs Up [tup]

The 0-8-0 is HUGE!  Runs awesome and smokes like a Pittsburgh Steel Mill!  The new railsounds are pretty slick too!

Pics to come...

Haven't worked on the EOB upgrade all weekend... last week of class so I got swamped fixing papers this weekend! Disapprove [V]

Cold and snowing here in MD!  FINALLY! Approve [^]

Maybe I get to run the all-wheel drive bimmer in the snow today! Thumbs Up [tup]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:13 PM

Keep on posting folks!  We could reach 1000 posts here in the pot before today is out.  Pretty awesome considering it's only been 3 weeks since inception.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Sunday, January 21, 2007 2:47 PM
Here's my contribution to the post count: good afternoon from a Bears-crazed, snowy Crystal Lake where everything is seemingly canceled while we watch today's big game. Tapping away while watching and reading today's paper. Wow, looks like another Saints turnover. Wlll the Bears capitalize on it?

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:03 PM
Yes, I did work some on the layout and cleaned up too.  Now it is snowing in the UK. Big Smile [:D]  Got some things cleaned up and moved around.  Did some minor wiring and made a new siding [with off/on] for the switcher and the mining area.  Raining here now.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:04 PM

just got lucky Hobo on ebay needed a tender for a guy didn't mater what type he has a cheap 2-4-2 and I just got a slope back on ebay for $5.50 including shipping I'll probally sell it to him for $10.00 and its still a deal lol. I also got a 225 that someone made into a dummy (I just needed the shell) for $24.90 (that includes shipping) I'll probally just switch my motor over to that one as it has a coupler in the front also where mine didn't

 

For you entry counters 32 entries till 1,000 can we do ????

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:15 PM

Chief,

Your layout is really looking great.  I like the multi-room pass through.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:28 PM
 rtraincollector wrote:

just got lucky Hobo on ebay needed a tender for a guy didn't mater what type he has a cheap 2-4-2 and I just got a slope back on ebay for $5.50 including shipping I'll probally sell it to him for $10.00 and its still a deal lol. I also got a 225 that someone made into a dummy (I just needed the shell) for $24.90 (that includes shipping) I'll probally just switch my motor over to that one as it has a coupler in the front also where mine didn't

 

For you entry counters 32 entries till 1,000 can we do ????

Nice pickups there rtrain!  BTW - Starting on the collection software next week... any special requests for features?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:29 PM
 ChiefEagles wrote:
Yes, I did work some on the layout and cleaned up too.  Now it is snowing in the UK. Big Smile [:D]  Got some things cleaned up and moved around.  Did some minor wiring and made a new siding [with off/on] for the switcher and the mining area.  Raining here now.


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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:30 PM

Buckeye, Fifedog and Spankybird - Thanks for the tips.  Haven't tried any of your suggestions yet - The hubby took me to Lowes this afternoon- bought the lumber for my layout expansion.  Started the benchwork down in his workshop where we had a heater - cut out all the pieces for the top framing; then the drill battery died after putting together about 6 boards.  Of course the darling had used the other battery and didn't charge it - so didn't get too much done (Think he really wanted to watch the Bears anyway).  Just too cold to work out in the garage today.  So, THE EXPANSION IS REALLY HAPPENING!!!  Will post a couple of pics of what I have now on the Sunday Photo thread - if I can get it to work for me today!

 Thanks again!

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:38 PM

 Just a Hobo wrote:
 rtraincollector -- Now I'm feeling real bad ! Thought I got some deals ... HAH !  Man the little tree ornaments cost that much ! I think at that cost I'd of wanted to have bought a case of them . Went cruisin ebay ... nuttin . Threw a couple bids on D-C cars .... looking for that engine to convert . My stack gets bigger every week of diecast but I tell my wife it only looks that way cause I move them around --- LOL  It's like an addiction with them . Seems there's another I never saw or "just gotta have one of those " ! Gotta get an attic ladder ---- Laugh [(-D]  she'd never go up there .  $9.98 ... geez just hit me again .... GREAT DEAL !  Oh and I spoke too soon ---just peeked out the window --- tis snowing in western Maryland now with sleet called for .

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