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Good Morning All: Fla Phil: I'm so glad that the winds have slowed down before landfall now if you can just handle the water. They just had a report on the weather channel and I saw a bearing on "Ivan". They said that he is running farther south then "Frances" so this one may be a Gulf of Mexico storm. If that's the case Ed or I will have fun with that one. Ed: My train room is about 13' X 16' and the layout loops are 10' X 13'. I have a double loop that raises 6 1/4 inches to go over one of my staging areas. But only the bottom loop is done so I do get to run a little bit. Along the long wall, it is 14' long, I couldn't go all the way because I needed 2' to service the wall mounted air conditioner. So I used that area for three staging tracks with my branch line end over it. I'm trying to figure out how to use "timesaver" for the layout of the town. I've built a Sydum "three stall roundhouse" that I want to use there since I spent so much time soldering that darn thing together. I've got a Walthers (in the box) and a Diamond scale turntable about 3/4 done for the engine service facility. I didn't like the way the last Diamond scale worked, I was building this for a friend, when he died his wife gave it to me. They are both 90'. For the main yard I'm going to stop by Custom Model Railroad builders and look at their 135' table, if I like it I may bring it home. The 135' is small enough to fit the space and will turn all of my locos except the 2-10-4's. If I put 2 facing one direction and 2 facing the other direction I wont have to worry about turning them and they wont be running the branch. I was thinking about taking some pictures of the layout with the "new" digital camera but I don't know how to put them on the forum. We've owned the camera for two years and the first pictures I took were of the UP challenger when it came through Beaumont on it's way to the Lone Star Convention this summer. As you guessed I'm not much of a picture taking guy. If you have a fax machine, give me the number (in an e-mail at teffy@pernet.net) and I'll fax you a CRUDE drawing of what is done. After all I just have an idea as to how this layout is going to end. Remember those three feed wires that I hooked to the track a few days ago, well last night I got them hooked to the feeder line. If you don't get working I may get through ahead of you HA HA HA. The train running got in the way of the railroad building. I've got a Proto 2-8-8-2 and that engine just mesmarizzes (SP) me. Just pronounce it like it's spelled, it means spellbinding. John: Thanks for the tip about stripping the plywood and then trying to straighen it out. I'm a firm believer in the fact that sometimes "we are so close to the problem, we can't see an easy solution". I was lamenting about loosing the whole sheet and didn't even think about cutting it and then trying to fix it. I don't like to splice my subroadbed in the curves and this is what I bought this piece for, as most of the rest of the layout has been "cookie cutter" done. I sure was unhappy about having to buy another sheet of 3/4" plywood as that stuff is expensive. I did find out that all of that fex track that I've been buying over the last three years isn't going to get this layout done. So I guess it's back to the LHS for some more track. I wish I had someone close to split a box with because I probably only need about 30 to 35 more pieces. I'm trying to figure out now how to control the switches and track feeders on the upper town as the clearance isn't enough for the wires and the tortises underneath. I think that I'm going to use Tortise remotes for the switch machines and run the wires on top just under the plaster and the buildings. You know how my advanced planning goes. Really I'm an engineer by education and occupation so by the time I get around to building, I've got a pretty good handle on the problems and how to solve them. I have no one here to bounce ideas off so why do elabarite (SP) drawings, I just sketch it to death. Their comes a time when I need to get past the "drawing" stage. I think that this is the problem with a lot of newbies, they don't have the courage to just dive in. Tom: You moved from Fla to get away from the storms but Frances loves you and wants to see you. I hope that your kids fare OK. The wind should be gone before it gets to you but it's probably going to bring a lot of rain. I've got to go get lunch started so Have a blessed day and remember SANTA FE ALL THE WAY Bob
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