Teen Model Railroad Place February 2010

[Anonymous]

John, I'm use my limited knowledge of the line to go out on a limb and say 45? I think it's just a bit less than 50, but I'm not sure...

[IVRW]

TrainManTy

John, I'm use my limited knowledge of the line to go out on a limb and say 45? I think it's just a bit less than 50, but I'm not sure...

Tyler, you have absolutely no limited knowledge of the line. 45 on the dot. Where did you learn that?

[Packers#1]

 Joe, our rugby team is on that learning curve of a new sport right now, but instead of hockey, it's rugby. I used to really want to play hockey, but the only close rink was in Augusta. Still wouldn't mind learning haha, but oh well.

Speaking of rugby, we're winless about half-way through the season. if we play hard this friday I think we can win. 

Now as to the layout, I came up with a way to get the roof of the furniture factory painted. it needs some work though b/c two ends are raising up when they should be flat. Otherwise, just need to make some more wire forest armatures and add in the rest of the forest on the yard side. haven't pulled up the pine forest though. Also, the roads on the town side will be made of the same material as the roof of King Furniture (I think it'll be cheaper than buying a container of Perfectcast and give relatively the same quality results)

[ns3010]

Wow I was far off...

EDIT because Sawyer and I posted at the same time:
I absolutely LOVE hockey. Before HS, I never really played before. For a while, I've been deciding if I want to play lacrosse this year or not, mostly because having practice every day for 4 hours sucks, but also so I can play spring hockey. I don't think I wanna play though, so I'll probably end up doing spring hockey...
And that's the biggest problem. You're lucky if there's a rink near you. It's not like any other sport where (with the exception of away games) the field is always in town. The rink where we play most of our games is about 45 minutes away, in Morristown.

As for the roof of King Furniture, if the ends are lifting up, the middle is likely sagging down as well.

[Packers#1]

ns3010

EDIT because Sawyer and I posted at the same time:
I absolutely LOVE hockey. Before HS, I never really played before. For a while, I've been deciding if I want to play lacrosse this year or not, mostly because having practice every day for 4 hours sucks, but also so I can play spring hockey. I don't think I wanna play though, so I'll probably end up doing spring hockey...
And that's the biggest problem. You're lucky if there's a rink near you. It's not like any other sport where (with the exception of away games) the field is always in town. The rink where we play most of our games is about 45 minutes away, in Morristown.

As for the roof of King Furniture, if the ends are lifting up, the middle is likely sagging down as well.

 

Awesome man. from what I've seen it looks probably more physical than football. oh well, life shall go on.

a 4 hour lacrosse practice? DERN! Our rugby practices are only 2 hours, and they're at night 2 days a week.

I think the main thing that's lifting them up is the glue joint, b/c the two sections lifting up are where I had to glue some extensions on, and the rest of the roof is flat. and whenever i remove the roof those two ends still lift up when it's placed on a flat surface.

[WCfan]

IVRW

TrainManTy

John, I'm use my limited knowledge of the line to go out on a limb and say 45? I think it's just a bit less than 50, but I'm not sure...

Tyler, you have absolutely no limited knowledge of the line. 45 on the dot. Where did you learn that?

www.google.com All kidding aside...

[ns3010]

Yep, 4 hours, 6 days a week. Usually 3-7 (give or take). Absolutely rediculous. And then he flips out when no one does their homework. When does he expect us to do it?

[Packers#1]

ns3010

Yep, 4 hours, 6 days a week. Usually 3-7 (give or take). Absolutely rediculous. And then he flips out when no one does their homework. When does he expect us to do it?

 

dern man. I couldn't deal with that much practice unless I was gettin paid.

[IVRW]

WCfan

IVRW

TrainManTy

John, I'm use my limited knowledge of the line to go out on a limb and say 45? I think it's just a bit less than 50, but I'm not sure...

Tyler, you have absolutely no limited knowledge of the line. 45 on the dot. Where did you learn that?

www.google.com All kidding aside...

I should have known...

[Anonymous]

Nope - not Google. I actually read it a couple years ago in an article about the railroad. All I remembered is that it was somewhere a bit less than 50 miles, somewhere in the 40s, so I put my guess right in the middle at 45. I had a one in ten chance of being right. I've always liked the Utah Railway because of those weird M-K units they had, not to mention their SD50s (?) in that pretty red and gray scheme.

The rest of the track they run on is via UP or BNSF trackage rights, correct?

[ns3010]

Today's Utah Railway operates over 423 miles (681 km) of track between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Provo, Utah, of which 45 miles (72 km) are owned, and the remainder operated under agreements with BNSF Railway and Union Pacific

[Anonymous]

Bwahaha - I was right! I love it when that happens...it's such a nice change!

[IVRW]

From what I read ( and I read a lot on this because it and the UP are the only two local Railways ) everything else the UR runs on is UP. Way back in the day (1912), one of the higher ups of the D&RGW didn't like how the RR was operating, so he and other interested associates left to company and formed the UR. However, they didn't have enough funds to build a substantial route, so they investigated trackage rights with the UP. Suddenly, the D&RGW was horrified that the UR would be working against them, where they couldn't control it. In response to this sudden threat, the D&RGW approached the UR and offered them more track for less money. This way, the D&RGW could keep the UR on their side, until the D&RGW was eaten up by the UP. When the D&RGW was merged into the UP, the rights for the UR were held and it runs today as it did many years ago. Cool story, isn't it.

[Anonymous]

Wow...that's a risky gamble! It's not like they'd hire him back if his venture failed... The article I read didn't cover that - it is a really neat story!

[IVRW]

It is pretty cool, isn't it. The sad thing is, now, the UR is owned by a Short Line Holding Company, Genesee and Wyoming (once a shortline itself), which owns over 40 railroads. Well, thats business.

[WCfan]

Let's bring the tread back to page one...after our little troll incident.

[IVRW]

Whats going on?!? Who is the troll? Is he connected with the chaos? Why would he do such a thing? What is the √π (square root of apple pie)? ;) But on the troll, could someone explain to me what is happening.

[Railfan Alex]

And that was in the wrong thread too! I was wondering why I was getting automated emails from Trains.com about posts in TMRP November 2009...

[Anonymous]

He's lost his touch too - did you see the "insult" he posted in the November TMRP? What a sad attempt.

[ns3010]

Yeah, I was wondering why that came up in the "Recent Threads" box...

[WCfan]

IVRW

Whats going on?!? Who is the troll? Is he connected with the chaos? Why would he do such a thing? What is the √π (square root of apple pie)? ;) But on the troll, could someone explain to me what is happening.

Al Mayo came back. He's been trolling on here before I was a member, even before Tyler and Alex were members of TRS. He stops in every now and then to say hello.

[Noah Hofrichter]

Don't tell me that makes me one of the few (or the only?) teen member of this forum who remembers Mr. Mayo from back when he used to actually be a regular poster and not just a troll - that'll make me feel old!

It seems like it's been a while since the forum's had a troll attack like the most recent one, though I guess I don't visit the MR side as much as I used to. It seemed like they were happening once a week for a while there a few years back.

The Utah Railway is on my list of things to see someday (even if it is in G&W orange) though I'm guessing it's a pretty good stretch that it'll ever happen. Those MK5000Ds, or whatever they are designated, are too cool not to shoot, no matter what the paint scheme.

Noah

[WCfan]

Noah Hofrichter

Don't tell me that makes me one of the few (or the only?) teen member of this forum who remembers Mr. Mayo from back when he used to actually be a regular poster and not just a troll - that'll make me feel old!

Noah, I think your the only one in this thread. I've known Al, but I never actually saw him as a regular poster.

This may be a little old for the new members, but does anyone remember UPmanaic/UPnut/UPchuck? He always use to big a pretty big pain around here. Now that I think about it, there are a few members that use to participate in TRS that don't come here anymore. SD60M, CPRailModeler, and Milwaukee Road are a few that come to mind.

[Anonymous]

Noah Hofrichter

Don't tell me that makes me one of the few (or the only?) teen member of this forum who remembers Mr. Mayo from back when he used to actually be a regular poster and not just a troll - that'll make me feel old!

 

Sorry Noah - must have been a 2004/2005 thing. I joined in '06 (it's been four years already?), Jordan joined in '07, and everyone else here as far as I can see joined in '08 or '09. I do remember UPchuck...but only because his username made me wonder why anyone would name themselves "Upchuck" and not even notice his typo by capitalizing the "P" as well!

[cdog565]

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[IVRW]

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[Guilford Guy]

UPChuck was gullible... That's why I told him to use that as a username.  I remember Mayo, but I was posting under the name "BMTrains" back in 04/05.

[cdog565]

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[Anonymous]

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