Checking In:
Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still around and working on DTRR whenever time allows. The work of cutting trees and clearing brush through the intended route of the RR is very time consuming and quite frankly, boring to talk about. That's about all I'd have to report...
To all following the progress of DTRR:
Sorry for not posting any updates lately. With the warm weather moving in, I've been very busy with farm work (we have a very short growing season here in Maine) and that includes pulling out our brooders and taking delivery of 50 meat chicks plus a half...
Sugarin' Season:
It's that time of year at Downeast Thunder Farm - We're collecting maple sap every day to make farm fresh Maine maple syrup. It's quite time consuming so I haven't repaired my backhoe yet, but progress continues every day (weather permitting) cutting/removing trees and...
Rails Across Maine is not mine, but I think I know who might own it (I don't personally use "In Your Facebook"). I'll drop him an email and see if it's his. Thanks again. My wife purged the junk code from my site, but when she gets time, she is going to do a fresh re-install along with some...
John,
between the time of my last post and yours, my wife has been looking through all of the code, and identified a bunch of junk that shouldn't be in there. Right now, she is trying to identify how the hacker got in and inserted the code so she can prevent it from happening again (anytime...
John,
My wife just downloaded and installed "Opera" on one of her computers and checked the DTRR web site and none of the junk you reported turned up at all. She also just ran through all the code again and it's clean as a whistle - nothing showed up. I called a few friends that use different...
Thanks John. I checked it out and nothing appears on my computer (The site is not on my computer but hosted by a separate company). My wife is professional web developer and I asked her to look into it. We checked it out using several computers and browsers. Nothing turned up. She also checked...
I broke my backhoe:
I was digging out tree stumps in a right-of-way I cleared yesterday. All of a sudden I felt and heard a couple of loud snaps. The boom for the backhoe collapsed on the ground and my controls were useless.
I shut off the tractor and investigated, only to find the base...
DTRR Turntable Plans:
I've been pressed for time lately with just not enough hours in a day, but I have been working on a set of plans for a turntable. I was successful in compiling a number of photos and drawings for other turntables, and I received quite a bit of input from folks that...
Present Plans for Farm & Railroad:
For many folks around the country, the beginning of March is the start of the Spring season as their local weather begins to warm up. Of course in this part of Maine, we are still very much in the dead of Winter. In fact, it snowed all day yesterday (the...
Free Plans for Brush Tine Attachment (clamps on tractor loader bucket):
I have just completed a plans package for a tractor loader bucket, clamp-on brush tine attachment. The package is 11 pages, 9 of which are drawings, all in pdf format. These plans are available free from the Downeast...
Un-Scientific 18" Gauge RR Survey Results:
Greetings all,
A little while back, I posed a dozen questions entitled: "Questions To
The Yahoo 18" Gauge Forum." I also posed the same questions to certain individuals with 18" gauge railroads overseas (not already part of the forum). I only...
SNOW:
Wonderful stuff! But......it does tend to impede any outdoor progress on the railway. We still have a lot of clearing to do, and I've removed quite a bit of snow into the woodlot so I can skid out some trees with my tractor, but that operation is limited. My tractor does not have an...
New Pages are up on the DTRR Web Site:
New pages for downloading FREE farm project plans and viewing farm & farm project construction photos have been launched on the Downeast Thunder Railroad web site. Just hover your cursor over the "about" button and select from the drop-down menu that...
2/6/2013 Update:
I haven't posted anything lately because I've been spending quite a bit of time researching turntable design & construction methods. I've been successful in compiling quite a database of information, along with many photos to aide my decisions on how I wish to design a...