Good Morning All. Mostly cloudy and 42° outside. A toasty 75° inside where I am. Still looking at light bands of precipitation moving through the area, there's .6" in the gauge from the last 24 hours. Had a good time yesterday at my brother's house for the annual Christmas gift exchange. He is a Lionel train guy and had a smallish layout set up on the living room floor this year. He has had it much larger in past years, but his wife limited it this year since the party was at their house.
He thrilled the kids by running seven trains at the same time, different loops that are not connected. Hmmmh! First time I took a picture with the phone and downloaded it here. The layout is part o27 track and part Lionel Fastrack.
A well-meaning relative gave me this.
While I normally would figure out some way to include it on the layout, despite it's toylike appearance, I no longer have any section of straight single track anywhere that hasn't already been ballasted. Well, over to the shelf next to the wooden coaling tower that my son got me several years ago.
Start me up with a stack of blueberry pancakes and a double order of bacon this morning Flo. Looking forward to the next decade Coffee Shop Wednesday.
While I got some time in the train shed yesterday, I only ran trains. Due to the wet conditions outside, I will get much more time today after a week of limited action. In lieu of any progress shots, I'll post this shot of the old Atlas switch tower that guards the ATSF/SLSF interchange location.
This is probably the very first kit that I ever built back in the mid-80's.
Greg - I have seen a couple of paint booths made from cardboard boxes with a cooling fan from an old computer. Filters of course and a clothes dryer vent pipe completed both of them.
Curt - Regarding the lawn mower, around here the local scrap metal dealer gives 4¢/lb for all old mowers. Actually $330 doesn't seem outrageous considering I spent over $3000 for mine.
Terry - Our icemaker (the one in the fridge) couldn't keep up with the demand for ice. Ice from the local stores was my greatest cost after my wife's knee replacement. It lasted four or five weeks. Letting her sleep is a wise decision. Do you have someone to refill the machine while you are at work?
Everybody have a great day.