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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, May 3, 2018 6:48 PM

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Actually turning the motive power just to run long hood first?

Sometimes, but not always, if the lead engine is cab-signal equipped (or the cab signals are not functioning on the trailing unit) and rather than running the entire way back at restricted speed, the choice of turning the engines looks like a better option.

512 - Cab Signal System (CSS) - General 512.1 Cab Signal System (CSS) rules apply where designated in special instructions, dispatcher message, or Form EC-1. 512.2

The movement of a train not equipped with cab signal apparatus is prohibited, except when authorized in special instructions or Form EC-1 as follows: 1. Movement is governed by fixed signal indication, and 2. Movement is made at restricted speed unless the train dispatcher authorizes an alternate method of operation.

512.3 The cab signal apparatus on the leading end of the first locomotive or control car must be tested and found to be operational within 24 hours before the locomotive or control car leaves its initial terminal. If test equipment is not available at a point where another unit will be required to become a lead unit, this unit must also be tested at the initial terminal.

http://0924.utu.org/Files/[3100]2014%20CSX%20Rule%20Book.pdf

I didn't watch the video but I have seen this happen more than once out on the road, sometimes with "foreign power" and a cab signal or ATS equipped locomotive will have to be supplied as the lead engine.

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Thursday, May 3, 2018 6:35 PM

cambus267
I do believe that Glasgow is a bit north of Hamburg I can therefore claim to be the most northern member

Yes, you are Brian - you beat me by about 130 miles! Makes me feel less of a polar bear - thank you!

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Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 6:28 PM

well the crud is back. I had 3 good days and BAM! it comes back. I just slept 2 hours. IF I can just get rid of this cough.  Wife has it now too....

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, May 3, 2018 6:15 PM

 Eveing Diners

 Flo, give the gang and I a Beer and Steven and Rick what they want.

 Ulrich I watched one of the videos you post where a train went from one station to another and found it sort of boring. But Yet, I could not stop watching it? Surprise Smile, Wink & Grin So keep posting them! Glad you are back in the dinner!

 PRR Coach Wars Are Over! Well for now! Whistling The Bachmann PRR coaches have made it around the layout around 20 times now! Big Smile Or 27 scale miles so they are fixed!

 So What Do I Do? Whistling I found another PRR Pullman Coach with the name Centfaun on it. None at K-10 Model Trains had a clue to what kind of a car it is or who made the model. Very detailed, even has chains hang under the coach.

 There is all so a PRR Dottlebug for only $22.00! It is a Bachmann and maybe later. I hate installing decoders.

 Later, Ken

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Posted by NWP SWP on Thursday, May 3, 2018 5:50 PM

Good afternoon diners,

Stopping by again, Henry what do you think the crew was thinking? Actually turning the motive power just to run long hood first?Indifferent must've been quite a sight!

Heading out again.

It's 5:50 PM Pacifica Watch Time!Laugh

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Posted by BigDaddy on Thursday, May 3, 2018 5:22 PM

Watched an elephant consist in Deshler turn itself on the wye and reattach to a ethanol train so it could run long hood forward Surprise   Modern engines are not my period, but it was later than a GP40.  Seemed to be a mystery to everyone else watching too.

Met with the county forestry agent today.  We have community property, and I am the HOA pres.  Our trees are being strangled by all sorts of vines, grape vines, poison ivy, greenbriar.

It's one permit to cut the vines, it's another if pull out the roots.  If we cut down too many vines we have to replace them with 2 trees and 6 shrubs per 800 sq ft.  50 years ago, it was probably just trees.  Now it's greenbriar so thick, you have to be a rabbit to get around and the state thinks we need more understory?

 

 

 
 

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Posted by cambus267 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 3:13 PM

I have not posted for some time due to a great many problems in my life but I have managed to overcome them and am now back in the diner( I always looked in in my tortured travels). However, Tinplate Toddler since I live in Scotland and I do believe that Glasgow is a bit north of Hamburg I can therefore claim to be the most northern member Now that I am back on an even keel I will be visiting more regularly. In the mean time the drinks are on me!!!

 

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Thursday, May 3, 2018 2:50 PM

Time to say Good Night to you!

Some wise crack politician said that she could not see any German culture beyond the language - well, I can!

Happy times!

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Posted by NWP SWP on Thursday, May 3, 2018 2:45 PM

Afternoon diners,

It is now 2:45 PM Pacifica Watch Time.

We're in downtown BR today, finding parking is pretty impossible.

Be back later!

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Thursday, May 3, 2018 1:47 PM

... and now for something different - a blast from the glorious past of railroading!

Enjoy!

Happy times!

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Posted by NWP SWP on Thursday, May 3, 2018 10:10 AM

This is my hometown, it consists of the junction of two highways, literally.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ethel,+LA+70730/@30.7888525,-91.1342282,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x862684069cfdb7d3:0x57910e232d72e70f

I'll be back later.

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Thursday, May 3, 2018 9:55 AM

SeeYou190
I am another 200 or miles or so South from Steven!

I guess I am the northernmost member of the Diner fellowship and our friend Jabear is certainly the southernmost!

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 9:49 AM

moelarrycurly4
Tony Koester: The Allegheny Midland (My all time favorite) Mine too

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Isn't it that odd that it is the layout he was not happy with, tore out, and replaced with a new one?

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I really do not like the new Nickle Plate layout all that much. The AM was dramatic and visually stunning. The NKP is much neater and more "finished", but it lacks a signature. The AM was Tony Koesters creation, the NKP looks like any other nice layout (very nice), but has no real pizzazz.

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I know the NKP was built for operation, and to create special scenes from real life, and it excells at these from what I can gather. However, the AM was truly amazing and inspirational.

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I wonder of he ever has regrets. I doubt it. He seems really happy with the NKP from what he writes.

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-Kevin

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 9:43 AM

Tinplate Toddler
Just out of curiosity, I checked how much further south Steven is from where I live. It´s over 1,700 miles

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I am another 200 or miles or so South from Steven!

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Key West is a day trip for me!

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-Kevin

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Thursday, May 3, 2018 8:37 AM

Just out of curiosity, I checked how much further south Steven is from where I live.

It´s over 1,700 miles! Anchorage, OTOH, is only 550 miles north of us! Vancouver is about 280 miles south of us.

Does that make me a polar bear, now?

Happy times!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, May 3, 2018 8:22 AM

Howdy .... 

Kevin .... I did visit Allen McLelland once and saw his Virginian and Ohio in operation. Definately a great layout. 

Ulrich .... I'm enjoying the visit to Austria. Thanks for your time posting our tour.

 

Everybody.... Have a great day. 

GARRY

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Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 7:55 AM

Tony Koester: The Allegheny Midland (My all time favorite)

Mine too

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, May 3, 2018 7:52 AM

up831
Kevin: I was amused by your project sequence. That sounds like an imposed order. I'm thinking if you had your way, the train room would've been first.

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Not only first, but at least twice as big! I would have moved the kitchen and taken three more feet from the living room to have a 32 by 15 layout space!

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up831
Steven: there used to be two well known modelers who had mythical railroads. One of course, was John Allen who had the famous Gorre & Daphetid (pronounced "Gorey and Defeated") completely mythical yet very plausible. The other was Whit Towers who had the Alturas & Lone Pine, which though mythical, Alturas and Lone Pine are both real towns

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Other great mythical railroads by well known modelers:

Allen McLelland: Virginian and Ohio

Tony Koester: The Allegheny Midland (My all time favorite)

Lorell Joiner: Great Southern

Frank Ellison: The Delta Lines

Linn Wescott: Sunshine Railway and Navigation Company

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There must be a few more.

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-Kevin

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Posted by hon30critter on Thursday, May 3, 2018 12:31 AM

NWP SWP
We haven't had problems with freezes, well except this year when it got down to the 20s

OK, I forgot how far south you are. Occasional cold nights aren't a problem. It's when the ground freezes hard that things will go wrong, so that obviously doesn't apply in your case.

We here in Canada experience all the joys of frost damage. If you forget to shut off the water feed to your outside spigots you can expect them to be destroyed by mid winter. That guarantees a flood, often in your own basement. Many of the municipal roads get noticably rougher in the early spring when the ground starts to thaw. The major highways are built to withstand the heaving, but that doesn't prevent the potholes. The road maintenance workers are pretty good at filling the potholes in short order but you always have to have your eyes open. On a busy highway things can go from smooth to bone jarring in just a couple of days. I'm sure that everyone in the northern USA knows all about it.

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, May 3, 2018 12:22 AM

NWP SWP
That article will help clear it up.

I see, its a local thing.

Regards, Ed

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Thursday, May 3, 2018 12:18 AM

Good Morning, Folks!

What a beautiful day! Still a little bit chilly this early in the morning, but it´ll be warming up soon. The ideal day for a trip into the country side!

How about climbing the stairway to heaven? But before we do that, let´s enjoy a hearty breakfast at our hotel, the Hotel Sacher!

Following that, a short streetcar ride will take us to the Westbahnhof station, where we board a Railjet to St. Pölten. Railjet is just a fancy name for a fast passenger train! Due to it´s topography, Austria does not have any of the real highspeed lines, like the TGV in France, the ICE in Germany or the AVE in Spain. The Railjet, however is fast enough - after all, Austria is not really a big country.

The trip to St. Pölten takes only a little over 20 minutes, so join me in riding the cab!

In St. Pölten, there will be a bus waiting to take us to Stift Melk, a Benedictine abbey built between 1702 and 1746.

Back to St. Pölten, where we climb the stairway to heaven - which is the name of a modern narrow gauge train on 2´6" tracks, that takes us to Mariazell.

The town of Mariazell is a small city in Austria, in Styria, well known for winter sports, 143 kilometres (89 miles) N. of Graz. It is picturesquely situated in the valley of the Salza, amid the north Styrian Alps.

It is a site of pilgrimage for Catholics from Austria and neighboring countries. The object of veneration is an image of the Virgin Mary reputed to work miracles, carved in lime-tree wood. This was brought to the place in 1157, and is now enshrined in a chapel adorned with objects of silver and other costly materials. The large church of which the chapel forms part was erected in 1644 as an expansion of a smaller church built by Louis I, King of Hungary, after a victory over the Turks in 1363.

Enjoy your day!

 

Happy times!

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Posted by NWP SWP on Thursday, May 3, 2018 12:09 AM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_%27em_Horns

UT Austin, Longhorns, Hook'em, Texas.

That article will help clear it up.

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Posted by hon30critter on Thursday, May 3, 2018 12:07 AM

SeeYou190
I am so aggravated right now. . This is sloppy.

You have my sympathies Kevin!

We are just about to undertake a rather expensive kitchen renovation with a company that I have never dealt with before. The salesperson has been very professional but who knows if that will carry over to the actual work.

Home renovations are really risky! I know! I sold home improvements for Sears Canada. When I first started the quality of work was mostly excellent. Before I quit out of frustration in 2013, the odds of getting bad workmanship were one in three. I refused to lie to my customers anymore by telling them that SEARS did great work.

Just like the gentleman who has sold us the kitchen renovations, I was as thorough as I could possibly be. That didn't stop the lousey installations at all. Everybody please cross your fingers and toes to help us get good work! Thank you.

Cheers!!

Dave

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, May 3, 2018 12:03 AM

hon30critter
I find his request to be most reasonable given that my eyes glaze over after the first couple of sentences in your signature, and I have tried to read it several times.

Sorry, but I don't quite know what "Hookem Longhorns" means, exactly. Something about roping steer at a rodeo, I presume?

My 2 Cents  FWIW

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Posted by NWP SWP on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:59 PM

I cut out the links, but far as the signature as it is now it's been the same for months now, but if you guys think it needs cutting down OK then.

We haven't had problems with freezes, well except this year when it got down to the 20s AND we were out of town, but other than that pipe freezes are rare in my neck of the woods, the bigger issue is when the water company sends you a letter that they don't know what was in the water in the month of July because they forgot to test it, or you live under a set of consecutive boil advisories for 2 weeks. Both have happened!Laugh

 It is now 12:00 AM Pacifica Watch Time.

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Posted by hon30critter on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:54 PM

NWP SWP
Well on occasions that we have a freeze I will open up the faucet and cut off the valve so that the pipe doesn't crack.

You have to get the water out of the pipes, or replace the whole thing every spring. Your choice.

Dave

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Posted by hon30critter on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:52 PM

Steven:

I'm disappointed that you still haven't cut down your signature as Mr. Otte requested. I find his request to be most reasonable given that my eyes glaze over after the first couple of sentences in your signature, and I have tried to read it several times.

Dave

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Posted by NWP SWP on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:37 PM

Perhaps it is going a bit too far off the road of plausibility, I was just kinda thinking out loud.

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Posted by up831 on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:31 PM

Good evening Diners,

Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.

Kevin:  sounds like the c-top installers didn't make the template correctly, but who knows.  I was amused by your project sequence.  That sounds like an imposed order.  I'm thinking if you had your way, the train room would've been first, but who am I to say.  

Big SmileBig Smile

Steven:  there used to be two well known modelers who had mythical railroads.  One of course, was John Allen who had the famous Gorre & Daphetid (pronounced "Gorey and Defeated") completely mythical yet very plausible.  The other was Whit Towers who had the Alturas & Lone Pine, which though mythical, Alturas and Lone Pine are both real towns in Nor Cal.  Both were what I'd call successful and often published model railroads.  Quite a few modelers freelanced back in the 50's and early 60's.  It seemed a little easier with steam.  A mythical country? Sure you can do that, but why?  I suppose you could create a whole "middle earth" or something like that, but can anyone else relate to it.  If that doesn't matter, then go for it.

Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.

Less is more,...more or less!

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Posted by NWP SWP on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 10:44 PM

True, but i still could have flags for said fictional country, right?

Steve

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