Good morning. 49 degrees and overcast. We did get some sun yesterday, but I ran into a humdinger of a thunderstorm on the way home. It was like driving under a waterfall. I sure am glad that I always put RainX on all of my vehicles. The shoulders of the road were full of vehicles that couldn't see. The storm passed in about 15 minutes but the rain gauge showed over a half inch of new rain.
Louis - Enjoyed the photo of the team and your grandsons. You are always talking about them and it is nice to finally see them. Being that the coach probably won't win a popularity contest, you may get stuck with the job.
Ken D&J - Enjoyed the video. Always enjoy them and like to follow the progress on your empire. I have watched it since the very beginning and enjoy watching it evolve. Sorry to hear about the fried decoder. Any idea for the unit in the future?
Garry - Nice job on the access. You would never know that it was there.
Terry - When I had the problem with the Atlas RS-1 I got it did take a bit of time for them to get back to me, but once I was contacted, things did move along quickly. I got a number of calls from Don in their service department. It did take a bit longer in my case as I am not a DCC operator and had no place to test the unit except at the club. In the end, I was very happy that they did resolve the problem. Got anything that I can use for my era or are you also moving back your time period and need them?
Willie - The saga continues. Glad that you got some points on the towel rack from your wife. The tile work was the only job that we didn't do ourselves. The guy I work for has a son who had a tiling company. One of hs guys did all of he work in his spare time. He did an outstanding job on the back splash in the kitchen. We also had him tile the floors in two bathrooms and the entry foyer. He did the tub surrounds in both bathrooms too. When he was laying the tile on the floor, I commented about not seeing any spacers between the floor tiles as they were going down. He said that spacers were for amateurs. Beautiful work and even though he was doing it in his spare time, the job went quickly.
Good advice you gave
Justin on painting. We have a local hardware store that has a fantastic selection of spray paints. I have had better than expected results using them so I didn't have to use an air brush for years until I decided to paint my F units for the North Coast Limited. I really like the clear flat spray paint. About a quarter of the price of DullCoat. The same with the windows and trim. I always have an optivisor handy. One at the work bench, one in the train room and another that I forgot where I put it.
Here's a rail picture for today.
Took this one a couple of years ago. This is at Logan, MT. The train with the auto racks is heading north to Helena, MT and west and the MRL going off to the right is a local peddler freight. The river is the Gallatin River which will join the Madison River and the Jefferson River a few miles west and become the Missouri River.
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