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Posted by 1688torpedo on Sunday, January 28, 2007 2:14 PM
 Hello All!     Colin- Sorry that your Father is back in the Hospital again, More prayers will be said for him also. He is fortunate to have you as his son. Take Care. Laz- I thought you knew that Lizard Litter is dried up Grit's that changes into a composition that Lizard's & Cat's love to use & you'll have to wear a mask so that you do not breathe in any dangerous dust while using it!Wink [;)]Wink [;)]Shock [:O]Tongue [:P]Clown [:o)]Clown [:o)] Crawdads probably like it as well so they can mix it with water & build a shelter with also.Wink [;)]Wink [;)] What's this about Alien sightings near RoseyvilleAlien [alien]? They must be keeping an eye on the Chief so that he will not take over the World with Grit's as they do not want any competition at all.Wink [;)]Cool [8D]Tongue [:P]Clown [:o)]Clown [:o)] Take Care all.
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Posted by jefelectric on Sunday, January 28, 2007 2:39 PM

Good afternoon all,

Jim Fortner,  What you need for cutting balsa is a chopper.

 

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Works for balsa to 1/4" and basswood to 3/16".  I've had one for years and would not want to do without it.  They have cheaper model with a masoneite base instead of this cast aluminum model as well.  It comes with jigs for 30, 45 & 60 degrees.  You can make them for any angle from sheet wood or styrene.  I made all the cuts on my stockyard with this.

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Posted by tmcc man on Sunday, January 28, 2007 2:43 PM

Thank you everyone for your prayers. He is home now, and we are very happy.

Reggie here is a site for you: www.ridingrailkits.com

Enjoy it, and if you get it, post some pix.

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Posted by thatboy37 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:27 PM
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Thank you everyone for your prayers. He is home now, and we are very happy.

Reggie here is a site for you: www.ridingrailkits.com

Enjoy it, and if you get it, post some pix.

 

glad to hear your dad is doing great and at home with the people who love him the most. thanks for the site link. one more ? i tried the link you gave but the only engines it showed where rs3 or 7 one of the two. i also tried google to but the engines i'm most interested in are the one's that are in the pics posted by csx30. if you could. please help me find a company that sales them or do you have to scratch build them yourself if thats the case i know why i cant find them online.

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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:41 PM

Reggie : The guy that owns those 2 N&S engines was at the club layout by Tom ( Spankybird) this past summer, hauls them in a big trailer & they are remote controlled & even have sounds of the real diesel eng. I will try to run down more info on the Co. that manufactures them through the club or something. Will get back to you as soon as I find out something !! That club is affliated with the OTTS & Museum .

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Posted by thatboy37 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:06 PM
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Reggie : The guy that owns those 2 N&S engines was at the club layout by Tom ( Spankybird) this past summer, hauls them in a big trailer & they are remote controlled & even have sounds of the real diesel eng. I will try to run down more info on the Co. that manufactures them through the club or something. Will get back to you as soon as I find out something !! That club is affliated with the OTTS & Museum .

Thanks, John

 

ok thanks will be patiently waiting. me and the wifey are headed to the hospital tonight as she will be induced to go in labor, and my preciuos little girl will finally be here either tonight or tomorrow. ohh i cant wait. i will finally be a dad at the tender age of 27. do you guys think i waited to long to get started, as i'm not getting any younger

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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:07 PM

Reggie : Try here, I think if you scroll all the way down, you can get most of the manufacturers of these engines ! Hope this helps, I can't seem to get the web-site for the Lake Shore Steamers to come up.

http://www.grandscales.com/links/index.html

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Posted by dwiemer on Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:11 PM
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 I need to get some track clips or something to keep the track from pulling apart.  I had it screwed down to just the foam underlayment before, but pulled all the screws to put on some white flannel for Christmas....  Anyway, the kids are sleeping at friends' house, so TTFN!

Jim, I have seen where you can take rubber bands and wrap them around the ties at the ends of the two track sections and this will keep them together.  Basically, you start on one side, wrap the band over the two tie ends, then cross the band under the ties and go across to the other side where you come up and over the tie ends.  The other way to do it, and probably better would be to get some black wire ties and pull the ties together and use the wire tie to keep them approximated.  Or you can do it the old fashioned way of either screws or the old track clips.

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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:18 PM
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 csxt30 wrote:

Reggie : The guy that owns those 2 N&S engines was at the club layout by Tom ( Spankybird) this past summer, hauls them in a big trailer & they are remote controlled & even have sounds of the real diesel eng. I will try to run down more info on the Co. that manufactures them through the club or something. Will get back to you as soon as I find out something !! That club is affliated with the OTTS & Museum .

Thanks, John

 

ok thanks will be patiently waiting. me and the wifey are headed to the hospital tonight as she will be induced to go in labor, and my preciuos little girl will finally be here either tonight or tomorrow. ohh i cant wait. i will finally be a dad at the tender age of 27. do you guys think i waited to long to get started, as i'm not getting any younger

Reggie : I missed that part about having the baby tonight !! I hope all goes well, & I had my last one when I was 42 !! Wishing you all the very best tonight !!

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Posted by dwiemer on Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:22 PM
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ok thanks will be patiently waiting. me and the wifey are headed to the hospital tonight as she will be induced to go in labor, and my preciuos little girl will finally be here either tonight or tomorrow. ohh i cant wait. i will finally be a dad at the tender age of 27. do you guys think i waited to long to get started, as i'm not getting any younger

That is great news Reggie, as to waiting too long, my first came along when I was 36 and we got our daughter when I was 38.  God Bless you and your family. 

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Posted by dougdagrump on Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:48 PM
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Doug- On tying down the track, how about putting the glue down then screw into the glue while still soft (but not through foam to board)?  Then you get the best of both worlds.  One could even glue a very thin piece of wood (think vinear) to the foam and attache screw to that. 

Jim H 

Jim, The foam I am talking about is the foam roadbed that Woodland Scenics carries, it's about 3/16 inch thick. I have to add some additional wiring and lock-ons prior to securing the track, but the last time I used hotmelt was on the halloween layout a couple of years back and it REALLY HELD on the celo-tex.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:54 PM

Best of luck to Reggie and wife.  Home from seeing the Queen and it was good.  John and Nick, you all have it over in the UK?  Turned windy while we were in the theater.  Went in that you did not need a coat, came out cold.  Suppose to be real chilly tongiht with low wind chills.  No trains today.  Got roast cooking with potatoes, turnips, carrots and celery.  Do not usually see turnips cooked with roast like you do potatoes.  Really good.  Colin, glad to hear your Dad is home and doing better.  No CSX engine is worth much. Wink [;)]   NS on them makes them twice the price. Big Smile [:D]  Later.

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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:19 PM
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No CSX engine is worth much. Wink [;)]   NS on them makes them twice the price. Big Smile [:D]  Later.

Reggie : please get them painted in CSX colors !!  Classier !!  Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:28 PM

HI GIZ,

  Well that big train display that was on Ebay this one,,,,,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=330078748765&rd=1&rd=1

It didn't sell.  Would have been a great find for someone just getting into the hobbey.  Wish I had the space and wife would allow me to spend 3Gs on it.

KEITH, maybe just use GRITS for the balast,probably gum up everthing.

Ran 11 miles this afternoon.  Took me 1hour and 36 minutes not to bad?  Hit a few snow squalls but you'll have that in January.  Little bit tight in the legs.

Going to run the GG1s tonite for a while.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:36 PM
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Ran 11 miles this afternoon.  Took me 1hour and 36 minutes not to bad?  Hit a few snow squalls but you'll have that in January.  Little bit tight in the legs.

And LAZ, you say I'm hard core!  Whistling [:-^]

Reggie, can't wait to see the photos. 

Colin, great news about your Dad! 

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Posted by cheapclassics on Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:40 PM

Good evening all,

It is cloudy and dang cold in SE Indiana where the temps barely made it into the teens today.  Normally I walk along the downtown canal in Indy during the week.  I think I could walk ON the canal this week.  Took it kind of easy today.  Just went to the YMCA for a while.  Nothing on TV, may run trains this evening.  I am glad to hear all are doing better.  Kblester, loved your picture of Chief's garden railroad.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by tschmidt on Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:47 PM
I got to tell you all that when I was at Buckeye's this weekend we had a great time. His layout looks great and I can't wait until I see it when it's complete. We also got to see the garden railroad push a little snow around! Kathy and I had a wonderful experience in Buckeyeland.

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Posted by thatboy37 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:04 PM
off we go to the hospital wifey and i. will be the proud parents of a new baby girl either tonight or tomorrow. will post pics when we get home in the next couple days. ya'll take care.
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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:09 PM

 tschmidt wrote:
I got to tell you all that when I was at Buckeye's this weekend we had a great time. His layout looks great and I can't wait until I see it when it's complete. We also got to see the garden railroad push a little snow around! Kathy and I had a wonderful experience in Buckeyeland.

TomS

We have had a lot of great people and one Southerner visit us at Roger's Corners to see the trains run.  Big Smile [:D] It has been fantastic!  Thumbs Up [tup]

Thanks, Tom for the nice words. 

 

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:11 PM

Well I picked up another Alco unit today its a 8563 Rock Island not really a collector of the rock but price was right $49.00 and got a Rock Island caboose with it too 9075 all for one price so I'm happy not sure what I'll do with it.

Getting a little further with train room working on the floor (need to repair some of it then put in new floor on top (3/4" Plywood) then carpet it. then onto fixing up the walls from where I tore them up putting in new windows about a year ago that now I want to cover so you don't see them (back ground ) Banged Head [banghead]Oops [oops]

Oh well it wasn't always going to be a train room now it is ( thought an in-law was going to move in with us)

 

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Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:32 PM

BUCKEYE, looks like you had your own OTTS meeting?  Watch out that southern man might have left some GRITS there?  Hope your anti GRITS radar was on high alert?  Probably was buzzing when the CHIEF was outside your house?

REGGIE,BIG CONGA on the BABY GIRL,hope all goes well.

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Posted by Brutus on Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:38 PM
 dwiemer wrote:
 Jim Fortner wrote:

 I need to get some track clips or something to keep the track from pulling apart.  I had it screwed down to just the foam underlayment before, but pulled all the screws to put on some white flannel for Christmas....  Anyway, the kids are sleeping at friends' house, so TTFN!

Jim, I have seen where you can take rubber bands and wrap them around the ties at the ends of the two track sections and this will keep them together.  Basically, you start on one side, wrap the band over the two tie ends, then cross the band under the ties and go across to the other side where you come up and over the tie ends.  The other way to do it, and probably better would be to get some black wire ties and pull the ties together and use the wire tie to keep them approximated.  Or you can do it the old fashioned way of either screws or the old track clips.

Dennis

Hey - thanks, that's a great idea!  I'll grab a bunch of rubber bands and start playing around with it tomorrow.  I've got a couple pieces of nice plywood around and I'm going to make a sort of box or case to contain a service panel and hook ups for my switch controllers.  Then I'm going to mount the switch controllers right on the top and leave room for the Z1000 controller as well.  I have very little space at this time and want to use as little as possible for this stuff.  I'm also going to mount control buttons around the outside of the layout to operate my accessories, so that you can see what happens while pushing the button - got that idea from another thread (thanks guys!).  I just love this forum, I get so many ideas and such great advice all the time!

John (jefelectric) - thanks, I was looking at that chopper 2 years ago in a Walthers catalog, back when I was playing with some HO stuff.  I'll bookmark it and the next time I get some allowance, I'll order it.  I am going to first make a new water tower out of balsa (etc) like Tom (Spankybird) did, based on an old Marx style watertower.  Then, I'm going to make a barn.  I'm not into scale at all, other than in general terms, so all will be O27.  Mostly want it to look good on the layout but not take up too much room.  Speaking of which, I hope I get my camera back soon so I can post some pics of the evolving layout and also that gondola I repainted.  It didn't turn out too bad for a first try I guess.  Mostly I was just trying to do a better job than the guy who had it before me, so the old letters wouldn't show through.

John B - glad you got your computer back.  Hope the weather doesn't have you down too much and your train comes soon!

Colin - your Dad is in my prayers.  Glad he's home and hope he's doing a lot better!

Reggie - congratulations! Hope it goes fast and all is well.  I was 33 when my oldest was born and in fact being a little older I think has helped me be a better parent in a way.

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Posted by dwiemer on Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:18 PM

Jim, hope it works out for you.  I can't take the credit for the idea, I saw it some where, but not sure where and who gets the idea credit.  Anyway, Good luck.  I went the way of Fastrack as when I got back into the hobby, I had a loop of old O27 around the tree, the old #2020 would make the track separate.  When I set out the new Hobo Set that I got, the fastrack was easy to use and I don't think a full size steamer would make it separate. 

Hopefully by this time Reggie is holding his little girl.  YOU GO BIG GUY!  Please give your wife a big kiss from the crew here and tell her it is OK for girls to play with trains too!  God Bless you and the family.

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Posted by underworld on Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:43 PM
 jefelectric wrote:

Good afternoon all,

Jim Fortner,  What you need for cutting balsa is a chopper.

 

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/53-694

Works for balsa to 1/4" and basswood to 3/16".  I've had one for years and would not want to do without it.  They have cheaper model with a masoneite base instead of this cast aluminum model as well.  It comes with jigs for 30, 45 & 60 degrees.  You can make them for any angle from sheet wood or styrene.  I made all the cuts on my stockyard with this.

I've got one something like that but mine is handheld made by Midwest Products

Works really well, but I think yours is probably more versatile.

 

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:36 PM

Thought I would wait up and get the first PINK bubble gum cigar from Reggie. [remember those?]  No, actually went to sleep watching thenews and now hitting the bed.  Yanks will be happy to know it snowed in Roseyville tonight.  Did not stick as ground too warm.  Frankie called at 10:30 as he was a few miles outside of Roseyville.  They had beeen trying to talk a guy out of his house for quite a while.  He had taken a rifle and ran his family off earlier today.  They had taken out mental papers on him.  They are hoping to get him out.  If not they will go in and get him.  Not good if that happens.  Anyway, he told me it had been snowing pretty good.  Cold tomorrow and I will stay in and do trains.

Good night all.

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Posted by dwiemer on Monday, January 29, 2007 4:18 AM

Top of the morning to y'all,

     Chief, still no word from Reggie, hopefully Momma and baby are doing fine and Daddy is still on cloud 9.  A little cold this morning....25F.  No snow, I don't think it has snowed down here since the 70's. 

     Well, have to get to work, got a few early cases today.  I hope that everyone has a great day and that my CTT finally gets here.  If it is not here when I return, well I will just have to give that nice lady at customer service a call.

God Bless,

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Posted by Jumijo on Monday, January 29, 2007 6:00 AM

Good morning everyone.

We had a nice uneventful weekend here in New England. I finally saw Syperman Returns and loved it! I think this guy is actually a better Superman than Chris Reeves.

We had a dusting of snow. Just enough for the kids to go out and play in.

I went to a train store this weekend and bought a FasTrack operating track. The uncoupler magnet works fine, but have had no luck making the operating rails work the sliding shoe uncouplers on my post war cars. In both instances, the show doesn't touch the rain.

While at the train store, I got a preview of the new SF F3 I want to buy. They had an F7 set there that looked just like the F3. I was amazed at the details! I'm in!! The little ligt rings on the top of the engine make me a little nervous, but wow, great looking diesel!

Reggie, my thoughts are with you and your family today. The best of luck to you!!!

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Posted by laz 57 on Monday, January 29, 2007 6:19 AM

HI GIZ,

  Cold and windy here today at 18 to get to 30?

Ran GG1 last nite for a half hour all good.

CHIEF,  I remember the pink cigars.  How about candy cigarettes?  Or bubble gum cigarettes, when you blew into them a puff of smoke would come out.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Monday, January 29, 2007 6:20 AM

Good morning all,

It is cold this morning in SE Indiana with temps staying in the teens all day.  Winter has hit Indiana.  I guess they do not want Indiana celebrating too much, and this does wonders for the Super Bowl bid they are making.  I watched a little of the Rolex 24 this weekend.  I had to get my racing fix somehow.  Reggie, I hope all goes well for your wife and daughter and let us know when everyone is ok.  Buckeye, looks like you had a good sized crowd.  Dining car is headed for "Points East", and there is still a train car full of food.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Roger Bielen on Monday, January 29, 2007 6:28 AM

RE: rubber bands

Jim, I've read that the small rubber bands used for braces work well.  I'd guess a drug store would have them.

Roger B.

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