Greg@mnrr
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Good Afternoon all you Model Railroaders out there in internet land. Over-cast and and a typical day in December minus snow cover, but unusually warm air coming next week with temperatures in the 50's to near 60 degrees. Good time to replace that rear outdoor lamp by the back door. Looks like a major storm is passing to our north and we will get some much needed rain for our area. But, 6-9 inches of snow forecast at the cabin.
Just ordered from Kalmbach a 41' Milwaukee, Racine & Troy gondola that due out next month. I've been collecting MR&T rolling stock ever since I toured the actual MR&T with a tour given by Jim Hediger. I also have the Athearn locomotive painted and lettered for the MR&T railroad. The railroad is really impressive to see in person and was much larger than I would of thought.
TomO: Good idea on the beat-up pulpwood car. I would imagine that these cars see little in the way of maintenance unless it affects the cars working abilities. I need to get some pulpwood cars like yours since I only have bulk logs cars to haul the shorter 4 foot lengths of cut wood. Plus, I have too many different road names after a buying binge at TrainFest many years ago.
Willie: Nice addition to your family! I had the same problem with a truck hinge falling off and then the project of finding out which car it cam from on the layout. Speaking of working for the Post Office, my Dad started at the Post Office, one within walking distance of our home when we lived in Milwaukee, just before the start of WWII. Pay was low, but the benefits were excellent and his time in the Army carried over to his time with the USPS.
He somehow collected paid annual leave which he hardly used and retired with full pay for almost 2 years after his almost 30 years of service.
Tomorrow I got to get down stairs for a while to get more things cleaned up and a track cleaning car running. I want to try the MRH mag suggestion to use Track Magic to clean the track follow with a very light application of #4B graphite alone some sections of the rail. The graphite is reported to reduce the micro-arching of the locomotive wheels when coming in contact with the rail heads. We'll see?
Saturday, I may take Riley to train watch in Sussex and Du Plainville, Wisconsin. She likes to sit in her crate and just spend time with me bonding.
Now that the leaves are gone at night I can hear the CN mainline almost two miles to the west of our home. Also, if I'm in the garage I can heard the CP line also approximately two miles from my home. The abandoned Milwaukee Bug Line is only blocks away and is now a rec trail. A wood trestle on the Bug near us crosses a the Bark River and farther to the west in Sussex, Wisconsin, a larger wooden trestle had the Bug Line cross over the then SOO Line.
The Bug Line runs through some still nicely wooded areas and serviced a limestone quarry near Lannon, Wisconsin. The Bug Line is now paved with asphalt and is used year round. At night you can hear coyotes howling as the run the trail after deer and other game.-Greg
That about all for now...............
Greg
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Just ordered from Kalmbach a 41' Milwaukee, Racine & Troy gondola that due out next month. I've been collecting MR&T rolling stock ever since I toured the actual MR&T with a tour given by Jim Hediger. I also have the Athearn locomotive painted and lettered for the MR&T railroad. The railroad is really impressive to see in person and was much larger than I would of thought.
TomO: Good idea on the beat-up pulpwood car. I would imagine that these cars see little in the way of maintenance unless it affects the cars working abilities. I need to get some pulpwood cars like yours since I only have bulk logs cars to haul the shorter 4 foot lengths of cut wood. Plus, I have too many different road names after a buying binge at TrainFest many years ago.
Willie: Nice addition to your family! I had the same problem with a truck hinge falling off and then the project of finding out which car it cam from on the layout. Speaking of working for the Post Office, my Dad started at the Post Office, one within walking distance of our home when we lived in Milwaukee, just before the start of WWII. Pay was low, but the benefits were excellent and his time in the Army carried over to his time with the USPS.
He somehow collected paid annual leave which he hardly used and retired with full pay for almost 2 years after his almost 30 years of service.
Tomorrow I got to get down stairs for a while to get more things cleaned up and a track cleaning car running. I want to try the MRH mag suggestion to use Track Magic to clean the track follow with a very light application of #4B graphite alone some sections of the rail. The graphite is reported to reduce the micro-arching of the locomotive wheels when coming in contact with the rail heads. We'll see?
Saturday, I may take Riley to train watch in Sussex and Du Plainville, Wisconsin. She likes to sit in her crate and just spend time with me bonding.
Now that the leaves are gone at night I can hear the CN mainline almost two miles to the west of our home. Also, if I'm in the garage I can heard the CP line also approximately two miles from my home. The abandoned Milwaukee Bug Line is only blocks away and is now a rec trail. A wood trestle on the Bug near us crosses a the Bark River and farther to the west in Sussex, Wisconsin, a larger wooden trestle had the Bug Line cross over the then SOO Line.
The Bug Line runs through some still nicely wooded areas and serviced a limestone quarry near Lannon, Wisconsin. The Bug Line is now paved with asphalt and is used year round. At night you can hear coyotes howling as the run the trail after deer and other game.-Greg
That about all for now...............
Greg
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. I did a quick search online to see where I needed the insulated joiners. After fixing that everything had power.
