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    Track cleaning: on or off

    Oh geeezzz. Ya had to go and do that.
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    Running Bear's December 2024 Coffee Shop

    Nooo, actually, after about an hour, I get very sleepy and nap for about 15 minutes, then I'm wide awake the rest of the day. Sleep aids affect me kinda strange too. If I take Melatonin, I'll be awake all night. Same with Ny-Quill if I have the flu. No shakes at all with the energy drinks. I...
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    Running Bear's December 2024 Coffee Shop

    I bought a case of Nos about a month ago. It's an energy drink. I like to sip one first thing in the morning instead of coffee. Anyway, Nos has about the same taste as the original Red Bull, just terrible. Years ago, I found this concentrated water flavoring, MIO. Just a quick shot in a bottle...
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    Track cleaning: on or off

    They clip on to the axel of just about any rolling stock. They can be on either end of the rolling stock. Preferably, if ya put it on the trailing truck, the rotation of the axel will cause a slight downward pressure of the pad to the rail providing a bit better scrubbing action. The pad is made...
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    Track cleaning: on or off

    I use several Dust Monkeys (Woodland Scenics) with a touch of mineral spirits to clean my tracks. While working in the basement, I'll set a couple trains in motion in opposite directions with a few weighted gondolas with the Dust Monkeys attached. After a couple laps around the 6 1/2 scale miles...
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    short after ballasting.

    I don't want to spin this into a technical spitting contest, but a short in a circuit is when your electricity takes a shorter route to complete the circuit, i.e. "short". If you have a bad connection that doesn't pass the electricity, it's an open circuit just like a light switch on the wall...
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    Show us your trees

    With the sun still low in the sky, its rays are still scattered by the haze that embraces the high elevation trees on the D&J Railroad.
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    Running Bear's December 2024 Coffee Shop

    I used to put a tree up inside the house with the family Frisbee placed up near the top. Now, I just get a ladder out and put the Frisbee up in a tree out in front of the house. My brother had the family Frisbee for a few years but since his daughters moved out, he just didn't have the...
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    Running Bear's November 2024 Coffee Shop

    Well, that should wrap up the November diner thread. I don't have the keys to the new one, so I'll just sit out here in the parking lot listening to the radio.
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    Installing flywheels to Athearn motors

    I would recommend a replacement motor as well. Athearn sells the Genesis motor which has the flywheels, but then you would have cut that drive shaft back a bit. Not really hard if ya only had to shorten the one piece.
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    Upgrading the Wiring on the D&J Railroad

    Finally getting some progress on this major wiring overhaul. I noted in another thread that I reset the SE8C and that cleared up some major problems. Went back through the ribbon wires and checked every lamp to be sure I had the right address for each one then went through the computer to make...
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    SE8C Multiple Lights lit On Signal Head

    I resolved this issue with an Op Swt 20 reset to factory condition. The board is working correctly now.
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    Running Bear's November 2024 Coffee Shop

    Huh??????
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    Running Bear's November 2024 Coffee Shop

    Is that about an astroid impact?
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