guys I think my Con Cor E's have a mind of their own, they were being stubborn when I had the bachmann power packs hooked up. so I tried the MRC tech 2, cleared that right up though my E7's were still sputtering
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Good Morning...again...
Wherein we are seeing 44F going to 48F later on...on the rain...tomorrow will be partly sunny and a high near 55F....
Got most of the reports done..and Powerpointing right along here
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Extra strong coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Good Morning and I hope everyone is doing well these days.
Tossing around a radical change in direction. Have been seriously contemplating not only changing scales (giving up N scale all together), but changing the location of my train room. Although technically the current train room is a part of the house, the only access is from outside. There is no way into it from the main house. Soooo, IF I stuck the large spare bedroom down there and the train room upstairs, it would be much more convenient for me to both work on and enjoy, regardless of time of year or weather. The downside is there would be no way to move what I have already built down there (in both N & HO scale) and would need to be completely torn up. I could then sell off a LOT of stuff to help fund such a change.
Question: Of those here who have O Scale, which brands did you choose and why?
Have a great day all.
Cheers! Rob
Rob - I went down that route end of last year and found modeling in O scale to be a lot more satisfying than in NScale. Suddenly, all those tiny detail are in a size I can handle with my bad eyes and shaky hands. The downside of modelling in that big scale is that you need to add all those tiny details, which are usually omitted even in HO scale - bang, and you are back into handling minute parts.
There seems to be not much choice in O scale locos and rolling stock. Atlas offers a few bits, and MTH has recently extended their line quite a bit. Both are quite pricey, though. If you want to model standard gauge, the space requirement is enormous, about 4 times of HO scale. Forget any radius below 5 ft.!
If you go for narrow gauge modelling, the space you need is not much larger than in HO scale.Those Bachmann On30 locos are also a lot less expensive, and there are lot of kits available to enhance them (although this seems not to be necessary. Backwoods Miniature in the UK has a number of dress-up kits - take a look here.
Scratch building structures is easy and inexpensive in O scale. 2mm plywood makes an excellent base material, windows and doors can also be scratchbuilt. Not to forget the wooden coffee stirrers you get at the restaurant with the big yellow M in their logo ...
Just found a little video on scratchbuilding structures:
watch?feature=playerembedded&v=2cb975G4ROs
You will just love the British accent of georgeT!
Take a look at this page - it´s a nice tutorial on building O scale structures:
Abbot´s Mead
Hope this helps!
Good morning everybody!
I'll have a hot chocolate, please.
Rob .... Good to see you. I was wondering what you were up to. The Only O Gauge I have is Lionel for Christmas tree duty. Sounds like you have big plans for changing your model railroading. Hope it goes well. Keep us informed as you progress.
Here is the passenger car I added details to this week.
Cheers everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Well the computer is up to snuff again. I didn't have to replace anything, just reset some things. Shut down, removed CMOS battery, put board in test mode, reset CMOS to defaults, reset the circuit breakers for the USB ports (they stayed open for some odd reason), replaced the CMOS battery, reconfigured CMOS, reset board to operations mode and restarted the system. Everything is working. It's 10 for 10. I guess all that technical garbage I studied from my college courses finally came in handy. Now I can put the spare main board away. And I don't fix computers for others. The only ones I fix are mine and those that belong to family members.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Ulrich: Thanks for the tour and the beautiful pictures. The pictures of the buildings and the churches reminded me of the pictures my friend showed me after his vacation in Poland and the ones my daughter came back with after her vacation in Germany. I enjoyed your pictures.
Galaxy: The manner of your wife's firing sure stinks. I agree with the person who called it draconian. I hope she has a case with the human rights people or the labor board. That's just not right. I worked for many years at a unionized company. The union and the company got along well with each other. We were salaried employees but overtime was calculated on an hourly basis. Anything under 15 minutes wasn't charged as OT and it accumulated in 15 minute increments. There was no time clock to punch (thank goodness!) and employees were trusted to report their OT fairly. I don't recall any abuses of the system. Of course, all OT had to be work related. You couldn't charge OT if you arrived at work early or chose to stay late for personal reasons.
Weather front: Well, after almost a week of temperatures near and above freezing, we are under a blizzard warning for today and tomorrow. We had freezing rain overnight. Not much snow is falling yet but the wind is very strong. The highway conditions map shows all highways as partly or completely ice covered with blowing snow and limited visibility. Sure glad I'm not going anywhere today. I guess the snowblower will get a workout on the weekend.
..... Bob
Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here. (Captain Kirk)
I reject your reality and substitute my own. (Adam Savage)
Resistance is not futile--it is voltage divided by current.
Jeffrey jeffrey-wimberlyAnd I don't fix computers for others. The only ones I fix are mine and those that belong to family members. Neither do I Jeffrey. I used to twenty years ago but not any more. I got to be that every Tom Dick and Harry that I know thought it was a great deal until I decided to start charging a very minimal fee. All of a sudden every one stopped asking. Which was exactly what I intended to happen... The funny part was that those same people found out that what I was charging was a far cry to what they had to pay at the "Regular Computer Places. Glad your computer wasn't wrecked by the brownout. I have my big desktop/server in the basement on a large UPS for that reason. The other 3 I use for various things are laptops so they already have the buffering provided by the battery. I even have a spare UPS left over from when we ran our company that I put on to the TV/Audio Visual System. Might as well make use of it. Have to go see the eyeball Dr. here in half an hour to see why my one eye feels like it's going to explode so best I get going. CU later one and all. Dennis
jeffrey-wimberlyAnd I don't fix computers for others. The only ones I fix are mine and those that belong to family members.
Neither do I Jeffrey. I used to twenty years ago but not any more. I got to be that every Tom Dick and Harry that I know thought it was a great deal until I decided to start charging a very minimal fee. All of a sudden every one stopped asking. Which was exactly what I intended to happen...
The funny part was that those same people found out that what I was charging was a far cry to what they had to pay at the "Regular Computer Places.
Glad your computer wasn't wrecked by the brownout. I have my big desktop/server in the basement on a large UPS for that reason. The other 3 I use for various things are laptops so they already have the buffering provided by the battery.
I even have a spare UPS left over from when we ran our company that I put on to the TV/Audio Visual System. Might as well make use of it.
Have to go see the eyeball Dr. here in half an hour to see why my one eye feels like it's going to explode so best I get going.
CU later one and all.
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Hi Gang,
Chloe, I will have a HC and a cinnamon bagel with lots of whipped butter.
Not whistling too much today as we are up to our ying yangs in snow.
Blizzard hit here yesterday at noon and blew all night. Snow has stopped now but still a strong wind blowing and reducing visibility, lots of roads closed. I have been outside moving some of the white stuff so that we are able to get around if we want to, but I don't think I'll be going anywhere soon. I've been down with some flu since boxing day and only now starting to feel like a Human again. Don't get it as it isn't much fun, believe me.
Ulrich, I love the tour, you always do them so well. We look forward to them.
Rob, Glad to hear from you and hope you are well.. I could see you getting rid of the N scale but for all the other reasons I would be staying with the HOnorable Scale, space availability, materials you have etc. etc. Looking forward to hear more about your decisions. How are the critters doing this winter ? Who is keeping the Coyotes at bay ?
Bama, That sure seems like an awful early start for a little Gal going to school, or a terribly long bus ride
Lee, are congratulations in order yet for you and your chosen one, when is the big event going to take place.? Maybe we should get the Chapel Car reserved for that date.
Jeff, Kind thoughts and prayers for your Mom.
I'm feeling a little weary right now, think I'll go and have one of Galaxy's naps.
CN Charlie, Seamonster and Blind Bruce get those snow shovels polished up, you are going to need them. Good luck Guys.
Johnboy out............................... for a snoozzer
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Coffee refill, please
***Johnboy, coyotes have been behaving themselves. No birds left that they can reach and for whatever reason, they have yet to take a pygmy goat. Most of the critters are doing very well these days.
Enjoyed the scratch video. I would not want to try anything like that at this point.
The more I think on it, HO is still probably the way to go. Am almost committed now to swaping out those two rooms, regardless of scale. Will have to hire a couple strong young men to handle the funiture, as I am well past doing that myself now.
The one big plus is that whatever the scale, I can make a large u-shaped layout and not have to worry about squeezing two different scales into the same room. Only real work will be making the framework (easy) and adding some track lighting (can access wiring from attic). That room has no windows, so lighting it will be essential.
Lastly, a layout that size, I could run a (HO) Mallet with coal drag and it wouldn't be kissing it's own caboose!
Cheers! -Rob
JohnBoy ... If Lee gives the date, we can have the chapel car reserved. ...You might like my other WPF picture because of the Greyhound bus.
Everybody...... How many dogs are in the photo?
just shy of 1 grand $28 short on my check but that's plenty of money to hopefully (if mom lets me) buy a kato silver streak zephyr (crosses fingers). It would complete my BN heritage collection, one loco from each of it's forebearers.
Heartland Division CB&Q JohnBoy ... If Lee gives the date, we can have the chapel car reserved. ...You might like my other WPF picture because of the Greyhound bus. Everybody...... How many dogs are in the photo?
3: one by the group under the tree, one at the fire hydrant,and one on the side of the greyhound bus...that is all I see...
Well, we are still depressed, tough we did have company today....that just raised MOH's ire as to telling the stories of pain at work..so....
Didn't much do much. with the rain now settled in our little valley, as well....I am miserable..with my cold...
Slept when the visitor left...now my hip and knee have been telling me it is raining....lol...
well hope you all are fairing better than we are...
MOnday MOH is prepared to do a lot of pavement pounding...There is one place that is always advertising for people so it may be guaranteed work if MOH wants to do that type...May have to take it just to get a job adn bring in money...
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Galaxy is the winner! .... Three dogs is correct! ....... Galaxy, your "'prize" if you want, is to tell us the origin and meaning of "a three dog night" since you like doing such research. ...... Also, Galaxy, please remember we care about you and your MOH's situation. Have failth, and the Lord will take care of things.
Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy is the winner! .... Three dogs is correct! ....... Galaxy, your "'prize" if you want, is to tell us the origin and meaning of "a three dog night" since you like doing such research. ...... Also, Galaxy, please remember we care about you and your MOH's situation. Have failth, and the Lord will take care of things.
A 3 dog night? I liked Grand Funk Railroad myself!
Hiya y'all!
Flo. its Friday, so break out the and !!!
Its been a confusing day. I applied for a position today Bombardier. Basically its a customer satisfaction type job with Bombardier and MARC. Part of the job involves riding MARC trains and working with road and shop crews to make sure they are satisfied with the products. Awesome prospect, would be a cool job, even though I may have to work & drive to downtown Baltimore, the fact that it involves rail vehicles.....sooo awesome.
Then I went to the County Job Agency. There they post multiple ads for jobs, both in and out of county. Looks like nothing has changed since last week.
Then an afternoon appointment at a dealership Its and hour from home, and they only way to get there from here involves a crowded, 2 lane road that comprises 90% of the ride. Nice place, but small, people are nice enough, but the place is cramped. But they want ME! decisions decisions!
Do I wait on a dream job, or go back to legalized slavery.
Nother Flo, I need to think!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Evening All,
Sitting here watching the tube. I received the PSX-AR today and hooked it up. I ran 2 different locos (diesel non-sound and steam sound) forward and reverse entering and leaving the reverse loop including run thrus and entering the 2 spurs about a dozen times without issue.
After that grandson Quintin came over for several hours and we had a good time.
Tomorrow I am going to Prototype Rails with a friend so I will be gone all day. I thought I was going to be given mandatory OT tomorrow but I got out of it somehow.
Jeff- Sorry to hear about your Mother. Your family continues to be in my prayers.
Karl- Sorry to hear about your job loss. Hopefully you can get another quickly.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Just a quick stop to let you know I am still kicking.
Sorry so many here have lost there jobs. My self, kind of wish I would, this job is going to kill me.
Jeffery, sorry about your Mon's health problems.
Infected Toe / Right Leg Front. Looks like I am going to miss some work again! First time this has happened and it has me worried. Today most of my right leg hurt, mainly the top of the foot (all the toes) ankle, inside of the calf and inside of the thigh up to my groin.
Looked at the foot when I got home and the top of it has red streaks on it heading toward my leg. This is more than likely not good! Leg is not hurting now but after a few 's most things don't! Will see what it looks like when I get up Saturday, if it does not feel right, off to the ER again!
Ken
I hate Rust
Ken: I sent you a PM.
Ken,
I think it very likely you have blood poisoning. My wife had a similar thing and it is an emergency situation! Get it looked at asap!!
CN Charlie
cudaken Just a quick stop to let you know I am still kicking. Infected Toe / Right Leg Front. Looks like I am going to miss some work again! First time this has happened and it has me worried. Today most of my right leg hurt, mainly the top of the foot (all the toes) ankle, inside of the calf and inside of the thigh up to my groin.
KEN, Pay attention to Jeff and me
I am not going to mince words here.
You will not be kicking if you don't get that looked after right away.
Those streaks only mean one thing and that is blood poisoning or Gangreen. If not looked after you will loose the foot and or leg. Not a fun out look. and not something to be toyed with. DO NOT DELAY>>>>>>> GET AT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE........
Johnboy out....................
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
Ken! If you are still online...
Get to the emergency room NOW!!! You may lose a lot more than your toe. This can be life threatening! Go to the emergency room NOW!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ken- As a friend I am telling you it is my professional opinion as a Paramedic, you need to get to the hospital now because you have a potentially limb and life threatening event going on.
experience has taught me, you dont play with this stuff.....Doctor now!!
Ken: EMERGENCY ROOM NOW!!!!!!!!
Well...Evening...sorta...
Need to find few more things for the reports but...as of now...t'is the weekend!!!
last mountain & eastern hoggerThose streaks only mean one thing and that is blood poisoning or Gangreen. If not looked after you will loose the foot and or leg. Not a fun out look. and not something to be toyed with. DO NOT DELAY>>>>>>> GET AT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE........
Ken: You need to get that tended to NOW! If it gets into one of your lymph glands that'll be a very bad thing. I've nearly died from blood poisoning twice. It's nothing to take lightly.
jeffrey-wimberly last mountain & eastern hoggerThose streaks only mean one thing and that is blood poisoning or Gangreen. If not looked after you will loose the foot and or leg. Not a fun out look. and not something to be toyed with. DO NOT DELAY>>>>>>> GET AT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE........Basically the same thing I told him in the PM. Ken: You need to get that tended to NOW! If it gets into one of your lymph glands that'll be a very bad thing. I've nearly died from blood poisoning twice. It's nothing to take lightly.
My Grandfather died from a blood infection while in the hospital..............a year or so after he had his left leg amputated due to Diabetes complications.
Do yourself and everyone else a favor and get to a hospital and get it taken care of ASAP.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
KEN-
I AGREE, IF you have not already DONE SO...GET THEE TO THE HOSPITAL ASAP...ANY HOSPITAL CLOSEST TO YOU. Don't wait for a Veteran's opening!!!!!