Running Bear's October 2023 Coffee Shop
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PRR Modeler
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Afternoon All,
Started out the day with a walk at 61F followed by inside chores all morning leaving me with no desire to do anything. Based on this, I watched "The Train" for the first time. It was OK, but I'm not a big Burt Lancaster fan. I hope to work on the joiner plates (build) tomorrow. I'm making them out of sheet styrene.
Tom- Actually, I think they look pretty darn good to my eye.
Karl- I'm glad that Layla did well with the surgery.
Bill- Neat photo.
Sherrel- I wish you the best with the spot.
TomO- Good luck with the layout testing and enjoy building your layout.
David- I've seen pictures like that before and it's definitely not for me.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Started out the day with a walk at 61F followed by inside chores all morning leaving me with no desire to do anything. Based on this, I watched "The Train" for the first time. It was OK, but I'm not a big Burt Lancaster fan. I hope to work on the joiner plates (build) tomorrow. I'm making them out of sheet styrene.
Tom- Actually, I think they look pretty darn good to my eye.
Karl- I'm glad that Layla did well with the surgery.
Bill- Neat photo.
Sherrel- I wish you the best with the spot.
TomO- Good luck with the layout testing and enjoy building your layout.
David- I've seen pictures like that before and it's definitely not for me.
I hope everyone has a good night.
CambriaArea51
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David, James, and Curt thanks. My next project is finding a place that sells Plastruct to build some holders for coils.
Well--After an email, followed up by a phone call, I was told UPS would "look into it".
When I got home this evening, my package was sitting on the steps, and there was an email letting me know it was there.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
If the perp was a porch pirate, where'd the package come from?
That information was not disclosed to me. I wonder if it was as stated to me, or something shady by a UPS employee.
chadbag
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Had the package been opened or tampered with? It could be that the UPS guy was at the wrong door and the guy who received it wasn't paying attention to what the UPS guy said or what was on the label and it wasn't until later saw it wasn't for him. Happened to me once. UPS said it was delivered and handed to recipient. I called UPS about it being misdelivered and by the end of the day it was back to me. UPS went back and retrieved it and got it to me.
Smudge617
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Is it possible the driver simply delivered it to the wrong address and had to go back to get it ? or scanned it and then forgot it and it was left in the van, and the employee simply thought of the first excuse they could.
But it's their, in you hands so......
I lost out on the CN hopper that Royal Mail "delivered" and ended up losing what I paid for it, and had to pay out for a second one.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Breaking news! The latest installment on the Santafewillie's layout thread has been posted.
Boris
Beach Bum
Awesome photos.
The package had not been opened, and it is very likely it was delivered to the wrong person. Whether that person put it on my doorstep, or UPS came back and fixed the problem, the end result is I have the package. I probably shouldn't try to stir up any more trouble.
Mama Mia .. Your going to need a
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Thanks, CURT ... I wasn't thinking much about it until I read the writeup / referral on the website this afternoon; it said MASS even though the vascular surgeon called it a spot?
Now, I'm just a tad more concerned!
TOM .. thought that those were bundles of rail? I thought, MAN, that guy is going to handlay a bundle of track! Sometimes my elevator does not go all the wahy to the top!
TLOC
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As long as the elevator is working!
Evening to all. Testing day has been completed and I definitely have a working layout.
It was an early dinner at 5 for the 8 guys that showed up plus the Chef on the Grill SIL. He did a good job with hamburgers, chicken breasts and steak fries. 12 hamburgers and 6 breasts were consumed. Well worth it to me for all the efforts they have put in the layout. Ran over 30 trains today with 6 going at a time across the layout was fun. There were a few issues but when we tried to repeat them we couldnāt. We had a rail cleaning after the first hour of running and dirty rails might have been the cause of those mysterious disappearing issues.
It is raining like a Son of a gun and the SIL had just finished grilling the food when the first downpour occurred. Terry had made 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies and there were only 8 left when I took everything upstairs. The testing of the wireless NCE pro system has concluded and it was taken home today. Overall I liked it and itās 6 years old and is available to me at a great price including the 10 amp power supply. Tomorrow the TCS-CS105 command station will be installed but only until Tuesday evening next week. Itās an Intergrated DCC-LCC system that intrigues me especially now that I am going to signal the layout. The owner of the TCS unit will be here at 8 tomorrow with a couple of the guys to troubleshoot the install and test run the system. Basically itās just add the wires to the control station.
The next available crew after tomorrow is in November. The build crews are working on a couple other layouts and 1 is ready for testing. Everyone agrees we have tested the layout enough to know there are no issues at this time with the track work. Itās a matter of choosing a DCC system and just hooking it up at the control station. Everything else is set. We did get 1 additional power buss installed (for signals) but the holes are drilled for the second one. I will add the additional power buss by myself. I can sit in the rolling chair under the layout and just go.
Itās been an interesting 8 weeks of going from a lone wolf layout builder to being part of 2 different build crews. I am thrilled beyond thrilled to have a 340ā mainline operational and extensively tested. I have tested 2 DCC systems and will be testing a third tomorrow. Canāt really do that as a lone wolf! I know I donāt have enough locomotives at only 5. 83 pieces of rolling stock are also not enough. But to build up the fleet can be done at leisure. I can run trains and that is the main thing. After Tuesday my 2 layout dedicated days of Tuesday and Thursday will be for working on the second staging yard. A duplicate of the main staging it also will be 5 tracks and a go around.
I have the plans on graph paper for the ābigā paper mill. It will be awhile before I get working on that though. The island where the staging yard will be installed needs to be built. Between hockey and volleyball for Terry and me and the daughterās youth hockey and soccer schedules I am not sure when I will tackle that project. The budget of course is already in massive disarray and I need to include 6 switch machines and a bunch of signaling equipment. Itās now one step at a time and at a slower pace than the last 2 months have been
Evening to all. Testing day has been completed and I definitely have a working layout.
It was an early dinner at 5 for the 8 guys that showed up plus the Chef on the Grill SIL. He did a good job with hamburgers, chicken breasts and steak fries. 12 hamburgers and 6 breasts were consumed. Well worth it to me for all the efforts they have put in the layout. Ran over 30 trains today with 6 going at a time across the layout was fun. There were a few issues but when we tried to repeat them we couldnāt. We had a rail cleaning after the first hour of running and dirty rails might have been the cause of those mysterious disappearing issues.
It is raining like a Son of a gun and the SIL had just finished grilling the food when the first downpour occurred. Terry had made 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies and there were only 8 left when I took everything upstairs. The testing of the wireless NCE pro system has concluded and it was taken home today. Overall I liked it and itās 6 years old and is available to me at a great price including the 10 amp power supply. Tomorrow the TCS-CS105 command station will be installed but only until Tuesday evening next week. Itās an Intergrated DCC-LCC system that intrigues me especially now that I am going to signal the layout. The owner of the TCS unit will be here at 8 tomorrow with a couple of the guys to troubleshoot the install and test run the system. Basically itās just add the wires to the control station.
The next available crew after tomorrow is in November. The build crews are working on a couple other layouts and 1 is ready for testing. Everyone agrees we have tested the layout enough to know there are no issues at this time with the track work. Itās a matter of choosing a DCC system and just hooking it up at the control station. Everything else is set. We did get 1 additional power buss installed (for signals) but the holes are drilled for the second one. I will add the additional power buss by myself. I can sit in the rolling chair under the layout and just go.
Itās been an interesting 8 weeks of going from a lone wolf layout builder to being part of 2 different build crews. I am thrilled beyond thrilled to have a 340ā mainline operational and extensively tested. I have tested 2 DCC systems and will be testing a third tomorrow. Canāt really do that as a lone wolf! I know I donāt have enough locomotives at only 5. 83 pieces of rolling stock are also not enough. But to build up the fleet can be done at leisure. I can run trains and that is the main thing. After Tuesday my 2 layout dedicated days of Tuesday and Thursday will be for working on the second staging yard. A duplicate of the main staging it also will be 5 tracks and a go around.
I have the plans on graph paper for the ābigā paper mill. It will be awhile before I get working on that though. The island where the staging yard will be installed needs to be built. Between hockey and volleyball for Terry and me and the daughterās youth hockey and soccer schedules I am not sure when I will tackle that project. The budget of course is already in massive disarray and I need to include 6 switch machines and a bunch of signaling equipment. Itās now one step at a time and at a slower pace than the last 2 months have been
migalyto
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Didn't someone in here one time mention they come in 3s?
Boris
Beach Bum
Sherrel: Sorry to learn of your spot. Life isn't getting any easier buddy. Hope the MRI is more favorable and conclusive.
Maybe insurance pays more for a mass than a spot.
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