Greg@mnrr
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Good Morning Everyone....overcast, cold and windy with lows below zero tonight. Cancelled any Valentine's Day activities.
Sort of short train day yesterday. I cut out the decals and patch stripes for three ore cars and spray two with DullCote. The decal, even applied without a gloss finish under them, looked great after the DullCote. I did apply decals to one side of an ore car before I was paged to the upstairs to find a document. The home office is a mess so I spent two hours cleaning and arranging the paperwork. Between the cabin being shot up and its paperwork, the vehicle accident and taxes, wow. I'm a terrible filer.
I took a shower and then relaxed alone with the book by Jeff Wilson, Painting and Weathering Railroad Models. I enjoyed reading this book while having a few cocktails and found several subjects of interest. The soft cover book was good reading and I'll keep it handy.
I did run a track cleaning car over the main line being pulled by the new #41, a SD-39. Once the abrasive pad equipped car uncoupled. Need to find the reason for that to happen. I ran the coal unit train for likely 5 hours without a problem.
Willie: The complex where I worked was officially a super regional shopping mall, but also had four professional office buildings. The complex had a Central Plant that housed the chillers and low pressure boilers, so it became a mixed use facilities somewhere between a industrial plant and a shopping mall. The Facilities Staff who did the mechanical work received the most OSHA training since they worked with high pressure chillers, low pressure boilers, electrical from 4160 volts, plumbing and rooftop HVAC and four pipe heat/cooling systems.
OSHA training was done every year for the 30+ hours and given by corporate trainers. The staff likedthe course mainly because of the free lunches and treats. Tests followed each section. After the first year the courses became boring. It's funny that I never operated a lift truck, but somehow I was a Certified Forklift Trainer in OSHA's eye's. I taught refresher courses during the year or had guest contractors do the presentations.
The housekeeping staff all received the biological/pathogen training.
Boris: Since I been in Re-Hab facilities several times to get stronger and healthier take your MIL to a re-hab center for a tour that has Nursing Home care. I'm positive once she sees the people in the hallways sleeping wheel chairs covered with a banket, residents trying to eat and unable to do what we take for granted...she may start on the road to recovery.
Today, I'll finish the ore car decals and do the track cleaning where I run the train. That lamppost will get installed. I keep looking for drill bits forgetting that I have a set of bits in various sizes that purchased years ago.
That's about all for now.
Greg
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This is SOO Line locomotive #4441 that was weathered to the point of being a rust bucket.-Greg
Sort of short train day yesterday. I cut out the decals and patch stripes for three ore cars and spray two with DullCote. The decal, even applied without a gloss finish under them, looked great after the DullCote. I did apply decals to one side of an ore car before I was paged to the upstairs to find a document. The home office is a mess so I spent two hours cleaning and arranging the paperwork. Between the cabin being shot up and its paperwork, the vehicle accident and taxes, wow. I'm a terrible filer.
I took a shower and then relaxed alone with the book by Jeff Wilson, Painting and Weathering Railroad Models. I enjoyed reading this book while having a few cocktails and found several subjects of interest. The soft cover book was good reading and I'll keep it handy.
I did run a track cleaning car over the main line being pulled by the new #41, a SD-39. Once the abrasive pad equipped car uncoupled. Need to find the reason for that to happen. I ran the coal unit train for likely 5 hours without a problem.
Willie: The complex where I worked was officially a super regional shopping mall, but also had four professional office buildings. The complex had a Central Plant that housed the chillers and low pressure boilers, so it became a mixed use facilities somewhere between a industrial plant and a shopping mall. The Facilities Staff who did the mechanical work received the most OSHA training since they worked with high pressure chillers, low pressure boilers, electrical from 4160 volts, plumbing and rooftop HVAC and four pipe heat/cooling systems.
OSHA training was done every year for the 30+ hours and given by corporate trainers. The staff likedthe course mainly because of the free lunches and treats. Tests followed each section. After the first year the courses became boring. It's funny that I never operated a lift truck, but somehow I was a Certified Forklift Trainer in OSHA's eye's. I taught refresher courses during the year or had guest contractors do the presentations.
The housekeeping staff all received the biological/pathogen training.
Boris: Since I been in Re-Hab facilities several times to get stronger and healthier take your MIL to a re-hab center for a tour that has Nursing Home care. I'm positive once she sees the people in the hallways sleeping wheel chairs covered with a banket, residents trying to eat and unable to do what we take for granted...she may start on the road to recovery.
Today, I'll finish the ore car decals and do the track cleaning where I run the train. That lamppost will get installed. I keep looking for drill bits forgetting that I have a set of bits in various sizes that purchased years ago.
That's about all for now.
Greg
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This is SOO Line locomotive #4441 that was weathered to the point of being a rust bucket.-Greg
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