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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:50 PM

BATMAN

Glad to see TF back exercising his fingers on the keyboard

 

 

LaughLaughLaugh

That struck me funny Brent.  Maybe I should practice what I preach in your "Where there's a will There's a way thread".  But then again, ...It may be I don't want kids to turn out like mePirateLaugh

 

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:36 PM

Howdy .

 

Bill (wvoght) .... Welcome .... Please post some more, and tell us about yourself and you interest in model trains. 

Track fiddler

Good to see you too GarrySmile, Wink & Grin   How's those new peepers you got a while back working out for you?  I bet model railroading looks even better now! Yes

 

TF .... Thank you .... I am very happy with my "new eyes" . I am no longer nearsighted and my astigmatism is corrected. For the first time in my life I can clearly see distant objects without eyeglasses. 

Lion .... I read your joke in the thread about October MR, and it was very funny! 

Richard ..... Thanks for your reply. You use the easier alternative for sure. Big Smile

Regarding switch machines. .... I avoid them if I can. I use mostly ground throws because most of my turnouts are within reach. For the few excptions, I have Peco twin coil machines on Peco switches which are very reliable. 

Everybody ...... have a nice evening. 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:00 PM

Our good buddy Yankeedabbler has the PECO's on sale this week Lion.  Looks like a heck of a deal.

I only need three and he doesn't charge me shipping so I might as well order the rest of my turtles too.  As long as they have a durable outer shellSmile, Wink & Grin

Thanks for the tip KevinYes ... Ordered!

 

 

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 3:43 PM

Who can afford Peco Switches... I bought my turtles nwhen they were still $12.00 each : )-

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Posted by BATMAN on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 2:09 PM

SeeYou190
I made a couple of massive purchases from Model Train Stuff earlier this year that put me into the top tier of their loyalty program. I get free shipping and a pretty good additional discount from them now. If I buy from another retailer, that bumps up the price quite a bit.

I buy most of my stuff from PWRS because they are close to me so I don't pay shipping. I also get a lot of gift certificates for them from people I do favours for. That being said I ordered my two Rapido ten wheelers from another local MRR online joint as I got a good discount. For some reason PWRS would not give me a discount on the two ten wheelers so I went elsewhere. I will lose my Porters points by not buying them there, but I'd rather have the two hundred bucks I save instead.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:45 PM

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Kevin ... Do you always buy from the same seller? Seems like other online retailers would have stuff you want. 

I made a couple of massive purchases from Model Train Stuff earlier this year that put me into the top tier of their loyalty program. I get free shipping and a pretty good additional discount from them now. If I buy from another retailer, that bumps up the price quite a bit.

Track fiddler
Speaking of tortoise mechanisms,  Is it true you have to disconnect the spring on the turnout to get them to work properly?  I have three unreachable ones in the back of my layout that will need them.

If you are referring to the throwbar spring on Peco Turnouts, yes, that needs to be removed if you use Tortoise switch machines.

Most N scalers I know that use Peco Turnouts use the Peco twin coil snap action switch motor to drive them.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:35 PM

We are cleaning out the garage so the GF can get her car inside.  Delaware weather is pretty temperate, so winters aren't too cold and last snow season produced a half inch total.  We are retired so we don't have to even go out in the rain, but she still wants her car inside.

I still have one big section of the layout out there, so I will dismantle it, as I plan to mostly just rebuild the benchwork differently.

But she opened up a storage bin that had been hidden for a year and a half, an I ended up with two huge surprises.  The first was my cleated bike shoes, so now my road bike becomes rideable again, and the second was my digital camera, so I can document the reassembly of my layout.  Happy days!

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Posted by BATMAN on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:57 AM

Good morning from paradise.

https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-62_metric_e.html

Had a pretty good blow yesterday, the wind came down from the interior of the Province and the temp shot up dramatically when it hit. We escaped damage but we heard the trees falling in the 100 acre wood across the street. Lights flickered a lot and we lost power for two minutes last night. May go for a walk through the forest today to survey the damage.

Glad to see TF back exercising his fingers on the keyboard, sorry you could not find a secluded getaway to go to. They are in high demand as foreign travel is down so many people are staying at home. I know the wife and I are thinking of heading off to the wild West Coast of Vancouver Island for a few days as cabin fever is setting in.

The Estate of this lady I am looking after is difficult to deal with as I need to get South of the border which is closed. She was an American citizen and a Canadian Landed immigrant. Lots of things to deal with. I had three phone calls by 0900hrs this morning. The U.S. consulate in Vancouver is on reduced hours and I need to pay them a visit as well. I'll be glad when it is all behind me. At least the beneficiaries are not concerned about when they will get their millions. I am not taking a fee for being the executor but told them I better not hear a word out of them about how long it is taking or I might. I told them it would be two years at least, so don't spend it before you get it.Laugh They are good people and it is not an issue.

Rapidos new RDCs are going to hit the shore soon. I am going to buy myself one for under the Christmas tree.Whistling

Well I have a million little jobs to do today so best get at it.

All the best to all.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:44 AM

Good to see you too GarrySmile, Wink & Grin   How's those new peepers you got a while back working out for you?  I bet model railroading looks even better now! Yes

Speaking of tortoise mechanisms,  Is it true you have to disconnect the spring on the turnout to get them to work properly?  I have three unreachable ones in the back of my layout that will need them.

 

And that was some funny stuff Richard!   I'm still laughingLaugh

 

 

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:17 AM

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. . .Richard ..... That is a lot of birds in your photo. . .

I cannot take credit for the photo--it is a link to the picture in Wikipedia. My wife is the photographer and has some amazing pictures from Bosque del Apache. To post those pictures I would need to--

  1. I would need to get the pictures from my wife
  2. She would need to find the pictures
  3. She would need to find a way to transfer the pictures to me
  4. I would need to post the pictures in a photo-sharing service
  5. Figure out how to get the correct link to the picture
  6. Post the picture in the forum

It was easier just to co-opt a picture from elsewhere.

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:08 AM

SeeYou190

So Frustrating...

I have been waiting for weeks for Model Train Stuff to get Kadee #7501 undecorated hopper cars back in stock. They finally got a couple in and I went to place my order, but now they are out of Tortoise Switch Machines!

I might never get this order filled.

SoapBox

-Kevin

 

https://www.pwrs.ca/product_search.php?f_ProductTypes=null&f_Keywords=tortoise&f_HasSound=0&f_HasDCC=0&InStock=1

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:34 AM

LION has over 50 turtle switch machines, most in use but a few on the table. I want to use them inside of my interlocking machine to lock levers that are not supposed to be moved.

PS: 38 degrees outside this morning, but no snow yet.  Mountains of the Rocks got snow.

 

ROARING

 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:17 AM

mikeGTW

but now they are out of Tortoise Switch Machines!

Kevin they still have the six packs   

 

If you end up with an extra Tortoise or two, they can be used to power crossing gates.  It's not an extra part, just starting to gather parts for the next project.

We're cleaning out the garage and I found an old real crossing gate bell I received years ago as a gift.  At the time, I actually plugged the 12 volt input into my crossing gate controller.  It worked.  Impossibly loud.  I'm going to bring it to the LHS and give it to him.  I really can't use it, but someone will want it.

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Posted by mikeGTW on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 10:04 AM

but now they are out of Tortoise Switch Machines!

Kevin they still have the six packs   

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:43 AM

And it’s normally single digit H but for the last three weeks of 105° plus the H has been high making it worser!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:41 AM

Good morning .... 

TF .... Good to see you. ... If a post hog is absent for a period of time, it is noticable. Smile

Richard ..... That is a lot of birds in your photo. We are very close to "Bird Island" which has zillions of birds of various spicies. We pass closely on the boat to see them. 

Mel ... 106 F seems very hot to me. One of our daughters lives in southern AZ, and they have hot weather every summer. 

Kevin ... Do you always buy from the same seller? Seems like other online retailers would have stuff you want. 

Everybody ...... Have a nice day 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 9:19 AM

The internet is definitely saturated with people buying Kevin. 

I share your frustration as I shorted myself one right hand unifrog turnout for my main line that was backordered when I ordered before.  

Now I will have to wait a long time againTongue TiedSad ... Man!    You would think I would at least know how to count by nowLaughWhistling

 

And 106° Mel!   I didn't even know people could breathe in that!

 

 

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Posted by RR_Mel on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:53 AM

Still waiting for cooler weather, 106° yesterday.


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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:51 AM

So Frustrating...

I have been waiting for weeks for Model Train Stuff to get Kadee #7501 undecorated hopper cars back in stock. They finally got a couple in and I went to place my order, but now they are out of Tortoise Switch Machines!

I might never get this order filled.

SoapBox

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:36 AM

SeeYou190

 

I need to ammend that. It looks like the forcast has changed for some days coming up, and we arer expected to miss the 90s for a few days, but not by much.

 

And Kevin whips out the technical data sheetLaughYes  Doesn't look like you're missing it by much

My Grandfather used to say after a certain point,  "hot is hot, cold is cold, wet is wet and dry is dry" Laugh

I guess I'm going to go with that oneLaughSmile, Wink & Grin

 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:30 AM

York1

It was 96° on Sunday, and today, the high will be 46°.

Track Fiddler, I think pretty much everyone missed you more than you know.  Glad to know you're OK.

 

I'm loving the drastic weather change,   Perfect John! ... Couldn't ask for any betterYes

 

And ThanksEmbarrassedWink  I do appreciate that allSmile, Wink & Grin

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:29 AM

Track fiddler
90'S, ... Yikes! You can have that Kevin!

I need to ammend my post about the upcoming weather. It looks like the forcast has changed for some days coming up, and we are expected to miss the 90s for a few days, but not by much.

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Posted by York1 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:11 AM

Good morning.  Bacon, eggs, and coffee.

We hit our drastic weather change this morning.  It was 96° on Sunday, and today, the high will be 46°.  It is snowing about 100 miles west of us.  We're just getting mist.

Every so often, make that often, I will say something very dumb when I should have just kept my mouth shut.  Today will be makeup day for something I said yesterday.  Sometime I will learn.

Track Fiddler, I think pretty much everyone missed you more than you know.  Glad to know you're OK.

For our diners who are ill or having problems, I hope things get better.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:10 AM

90'S, ... Yikes!

You can have that Kevin!  I just got over THAT up here!  Better you than meParadiseLaughSmile, Wink & Grin

 

P.S.   Thanks for rattling my cageLaugh

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 7:44 AM

Track fiddler
Sitting on my stoop early over coffee.  The Autumn is definitely showing her face this morning.  It usually takes less than 50 degrees for me to throw on a flannel but I found one of my favorites in the closet.  I sure am enjoying the cool weather!

Thank for checking in. New Mexico has been a good stop for the diner.

Chloe should be here with that Breakfast Burrito soon.

No sign of Fall down here. Days in the 90s are predicted for the next few weeks.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 6:21 AM

Good morning

Sitting on my stoop early over coffee.  The Autumn is definitely showing her face this morning.  It usually takes less than 50 degrees for me to throw on a flannel but I found one of my favorites in the closet.  I sure am enjoying the cool weather!

I got rather enthralled on my layout lately trying to get it ready for track.  I missed you guys so I thought I should drop a line this morningSmile

We had a week off and tried to find a cabin to go get away from everything for the holiday but that's what everyone else was doing so we were unsuccessful.

I wanted to make good use of the week so I guess I kind of isolated myself from everything and spent the most time since the start working on my layout.  I'm pretty excited about laying my track. 

I had an afterthought to fix on the left side that was too crunched together by the bridge.  I couldn't live with it so it had to be moved over.  It surely wasn't done with a snap of the fingers as all the foam cookie cutter was consecutive and all glued together like a sandwichLaugh  I was surprised how many other things needed attention and just plugging away at it.  

I'm doing fine and hope you all are as wellYes  Good to see everyone here! and hope you all have a great day.

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 1:14 AM

TRACK FIDDLER!

Where are you? It has been a week since you surfaced.

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Posted by WVogt on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:21 AM

Just want to say thanks for going to New Mexico!  You got me to make my first post.  We lived in Los Alamos when I was a kid (in the 60's).  It is a beautiful state, and inspired me to love trains, expacially narrow gauge.

It is great to see places I remember from my childhood.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, September 7, 2020 7:49 PM

York1
I just got a Baconator hamburger from Wendys.  That is good food!

Mmmmm... Bacon... that sure sounds good.

The annual Bacon Festival was cancelled this year.

Everything was cancelled this year... but, the Bacon Festival is something I love.

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Posted by York1 on Monday, September 7, 2020 5:46 PM

Good evening, everyone.

I've had a busy day, but didn't really accomplish much.

I cut the lawn and got the fall fertilizer on it.  Changed the oil in the mower.  Took a nap.  Watched a Perry Mason rerun.  This is a holiday, but even if it wasn't, I'd still be doing the same things.

I just got a Baconator hamburger from Wendys.  That is good food!  Of course, bacon makes any food better.

Someone mentioned White Sands a few days ago.  That is another great site to see in New Mexico.  I couldn't find any more recent photos, but I found one of me in college with several friends when we stopped to check out the site of the first atomic bomb.  I had more hair then.  A lot more hair.

 

 

Have a good Monday evening, everyone.

York1 John       

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