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  1. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2024 Coffee Shop

    Got home Thursday evening, somewhat longer than the mentioned time. The op took longer and wasn't done till the Tuesday arvo. The first valve put in didn't perform properly so had to be removed and replaced, finished up with a Bovine one., encased in an expanded metal mesh frame. Mostly done...
  2. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2024 Coffee Shop

    A catalyst for a catastrophe. Or would the fur be suitable for stringing catenary. (also possibly known as cat and canary.
  3. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2024 Coffee Shop

    Helper sets on the BNSF, MRL Division today
  4. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2024 Coffee Shop

    Thanks Bru'.
  5. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2024 Coffee Shop

    Called the Hospital this morning, that I'm going to on Monday 12th for an Aortic heart valve replacement op to get clear on what I'm expected to take regarding my medications prior to that, no changes needed and I asked about which type I would be getting as I'd been told if it was the metal...
  6. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2024 Coffee Shop

    What's scuttlebutt in RRd lingo?. A bit I saw on a post that the MRL 4300 SD70ACe's will be sold for the reason they are not compliant (presumably in lead positions on a class1 RRd). The 4400's will be repainted into BNSF colors as availability for that happens. So I guess that unofficially...
  7. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's January 2024 Coffee Shop

    On a more sombre note, it was revealed or stated on one of the MRL FB pages that BNSF now owns all of the locos (and presumably rolling stock, Livingston workshops and branch lines that were owned or serviced by MRL) as if it were common knowledge. I challenged that because there has been...
  8. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's January 2024 Coffee Shop

    That sort of Mooning, often dissolves into a lot of moaning, e.g. "My, the Moon is full tonight!"
  9. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's December 2023 Coffee Shop

    Is that the same place as Wil. E. gets his stuff. Never worked for him though.
  10. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's December 2023 Coffee Shop

    MRL has begun scrapping locos in Livingston. 3 SD45's and 1 GP9 so far under the torch.
  11. tootnkumin

    [H0] A layout inspired from an old Atlas H0 layout

    I would suggest that you make, what appears to be 2 crossings, as two overs and unders, as the length of train you can run could be limited to the distance between the two of them on the right hand side otherwise. The wiring of them on the same level might be difficult too. Would add to the...
  12. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's April 2023 Coffee Shop

    Just a small update on the last days of MRL. Not sure if I've reported this before but the official time/date for the handover back to BNSF is midnight December 2023/ January 2024. Staff have begun receiving new gear in boxes marked BNSF, MRL Division, so at least the MRL name will still have...
  13. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Latest on MRL from BNSF meeting with MRL staff. =AZVl9CAZICYL4Xg9eHBVg7IH8uNzeN_8auN519CtGKMzZu4MaVmxkEoy9ey5BRR33senyjKwV1tYCKd2crVGIQm7bVAW7CKz6O8773GajNF-e1ePhYMmu0cZhi_Zm4ExD2VdH95TbeFB-StvAuDH3hOd70-DsaseFMey_b3PkggwbQ&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R']The Montana Rail Link Railfan Society...
  14. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's March 2023 Coffee Shop

    Copied from Railfan & Railroad Magazine. UPDATE: STB Approves MRL Deal, BNSF to Takeover by Year’s End Updated: March 8, 11:00 a.m. MST By Justin Franz Railfans interested in seeing Montana Rail Link before it is taken over by BNSF Railway will likely have one more summer to capture the...
  15. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2023 Coffee Shop

    I'm Ray, but not a plumber (well, not a registered one) and I can tell you sulfuric acid will do an excellent job of cleaning every last speck of badness from your septic system. Including that which makes it work. It looks like there was the start of an instruction to ingest it as well. That...
  16. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2023 Coffee Shop

    Vewy interwesting, I always thought it was a crash protection issue, apart from comfort but driving a massive tonnage train and crashing it into another one probably doesn't occupy the mind too much when you are. It's a bit of a mixed bag as to who has what and why. The 4 ACe's that MRL only...
  17. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2023 Coffee Shop

    The ones I am referring to are insulated/isolated from the main frame/body. They came later in the production timeframe. They are easily identified by the gap inboard of the nose, which I believe is more heavily armored than the earlier ones without that gap and also another one on the lower...
  18. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's February 2023 Coffee Shop

    A week or so back the handback date for the MRL lease on the BNSF owned ex NP trackage through Montana is reported as touted for 1/1/2023 (New years day) when MRL will officially cease operating. A fire also (the 2nd one) at RY Timber on the old Park branch has caused the cessation of production...
  19. tootnkumin

    Building the Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Co. RR

    In NZ Jim, they dumped some of the first steam locos they got from the US (Rogers 2-4-2's) into river banks to protect them from erosion in the South Island. 2 have been recovered and restored some years ago now. I believe another has also been recovered but have not heard anything about...
  20. tootnkumin

    Running Bear's October 2022 Coffee Shop

    She's a fighter Louis, My thoughts and best wishes are with you and her.




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