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The coldest that I've worked in, only because I checked the thermometer, is -36C, don't know what that makes in F...-33?
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The coldest that I've worked in, only because I checked the thermometer, is -36C, don't know what that makes in F...-33?
Ha, HAA! Those kind of things, like trying to eat, or going to the 'toidy'! We had to drink water 'by the numbers' to keep from getting dehydrated from just breathing! The DRY cold just sucks the water right outa your system!
I've been using these Kadee #500 Bettendorf sprung trucks.
They already come with Kadee steel wheels.
However, these don't have coupler mounts so you'll either to convert to body mount couplers or find something similar with truck mounted couple.
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Kadee-HO-500-Bettendorf-Trucks-with-33-Smooth-Bac-p/kad-500.htm
Kadee makes Bettendorf trucks with the Talgo style hook ups w/ couplers... #502 ModelTrainStuff carries them: http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Kadee-HO-Bettendorf-Trucks-w-33-Back-Wheels-p/kad-502.htm
You are very much better off adding the coupler pockets to the bottom of the car ends as they are more prototypical and run much, much better!!!
Bob, I almost peed myself laughing!
Thanks E! I will be for sure getting some but they won't be too many at a time! WHEW!
Excellent! I have a mix of body and coupler mount stock so this is great! Some things just can't be converted, some things you don't want to convert even if you could.
The main thing is putting Metal Wheels on em! I have neared the halfway mark on converting the entire fleet.
You can't keep a good Man down!
Looks almost big enough for lunch!
Garry - He and others of his family keep the bad ones away here also.
Another local resident:
Willie
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The coldest that I've worked in, only because I checked the thermometer, is -36C, don't know what that makes in F...-33?
new guy
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-36 C? Now yer talking real cold there, pard! I saw-65 F wind chill in Korea and IF you can work up some spit it POPS before it hits the ground! 15 minute guard rotations were the norm and once it stayed blow freezing or five days straight, the sun made no difference!
This was all in 'old school' Army gear! (wool and cotton mostly.) 'Gortex' and that fancy poly-propaline underware was just coming out then and just a top could fetch 50 dollars or more over there!
Somebody post the Monty Python skit again! ("YOU had a hole in the road!")
This was all in 'old school' Army gear! (wool and cotton mostly.) 'Gortex' and that fancy poly-propaline underware was just coming out then and just a top could fetch 50 dollars or more over there!
Somebody post the Monty Python skit again! ("YOU had a hole in the road!")
new guy
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Some of these old TYCO rollers are going to need new trucks for sure if I ever want to run em, the metal wheels just fall right out when I turn em over! Those little 'V' shaped cuts are the culprit. Ok, who makes a decent and not too pricey truck! I know I'll have to spend but will I have to 'bite the bullet' and SPEND???
Just a glance around at em gave me a case of the EEEEK's! Feet up, cold cloth on the forehead, full blown VAPORS! "My, how could they"!
Just a glance around at em gave me a case of the EEEEK's! Feet up, cold cloth on the forehead, full blown VAPORS! "My, how could they"!
Burlington Bob
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By Tootnkumin;
Completely frozen to the bone! You had so many clothes on that if you fell down, you had to roll over to someone to get help standing up! One of the worst parts of the extreme cold is the snot freezing in your mustache. I won more than one contest, especially when I had my "porn star" mustache!
Men with nerves of steel (and lots of padding in case
Completely frozen to the bone! You had so many clothes on that if you fell down, you had to roll over to someone to get help standing up! One of the worst parts of the extreme cold is the snot freezing in your mustache. I won more than one contest, especially when I had my "porn star" mustache!
new guy
Active Member
By Tootnkumin;
Completely frozen to the bone! You had so many clothes on that if you fell down, you had to roll over to someone to get help standing up! One of the worst parts of the extreme cold is the snot freezing in your mustache. I won more than one contest, especially when I had my "porn star" mustache!
Ha, HAA! Those kind of things, like trying to eat, or going to the 'toidy'! We had to drink water 'by the numbers' to keep from getting dehydrated from just breathing! The DRY cold just sucks the water right outa your system!
Burlington Bob
Well-Known Member
It can be surprising how quickly you can dehydrate in the winter. The relative humidity is usually very low and just breathing can dry a person out very quickly. Going to the bathroom can be perplexing. Funny how things just disappear when touched by cold hands!
BigE
Active Member
I've been using these Kadee #500 Bettendorf sprung trucks.
They already come with Kadee steel wheels.
However, these don't have coupler mounts so you'll either to convert to body mount couplers or find something similar with truck mounted couple.
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Kadee-HO-500-Bettendorf-Trucks-with-33-Smooth-Bac-p/kad-500.htm
rhoward
S.L.O.&W. Trainman
Kadee makes Bettendorf trucks with the Talgo style hook ups w/ couplers... #502 ModelTrainStuff carries them: http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Kadee-HO-Bettendorf-Trucks-w-33-Back-Wheels-p/kad-502.htm
You are very much better off adding the coupler pockets to the bottom of the car ends as they are more prototypical and run much, much better!!!
PRR Modeler
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Evening All,
Got the washing machine installed today. It was so nice to be able to do some laundry. Tomorrow is the school field trip.
Montanan- Great shot of all the ALCO's. You have too much snow for me. I can probably count the times in snow on one hand since I graduated from HS. Of course it has been in the high 80's here for awhile. The wire that you are modeling for power for the TT- Is it actually attached to the bridge? If so how do you keep it from knotting up when the bridge moves?
NateJ- Prayers for your grandfather.
WJLI26- I'm glad it appears that things are working out with your MIL.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Got the washing machine installed today. It was so nice to be able to do some laundry. Tomorrow is the school field trip.
Montanan- Great shot of all the ALCO's. You have too much snow for me. I can probably count the times in snow on one hand since I graduated from HS. Of course it has been in the high 80's here for awhile. The wire that you are modeling for power for the TT- Is it actually attached to the bridge? If so how do you keep it from knotting up when the bridge moves?
NateJ- Prayers for your grandfather.
WJLI26- I'm glad it appears that things are working out with your MIL.
I hope everyone has a good night.
kbkchooch
Verified Human
It can be surprising how quickly you can dehydrate in the winter. The relative humidity is usually very low and just breathing can dry a person out very quickly. Going to the bathroom can be perplexing. Funny how things just disappear when touched by cold hands!
Bob, I almost peed myself laughing!
new guy
Active Member
Thanks E! I will be for sure getting some but they won't be too many at a time! WHEW!
new guy
Active Member
Excellent! I have a mix of body and coupler mount stock so this is great! Some things just can't be converted, some things you don't want to convert even if you could.
The main thing is putting Metal Wheels on em! I have neared the halfway mark on converting the entire fleet.
new guy
Active Member
GarryCBQ and PRR modeler: Thanks, his surgery went fine and he's home now, and true to his ornery ol' self ate a Big Mac and fries after the doctor told him "No sodium".
You can't keep a good Man down!
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Clear and 30 degrees here today. Only the second freeze of the season. It's going up to the upper 50's today and back into the 70's by Sunday. You all keep your snow and cold weather up north where it belongs. I hate bundling up just to go outside.
I feel like I should have gone out and bought a lottery ticket yesterday. I actually was able to drill 48 holes for grabirons with a single #80 drill bit without it breaking. Didn't lose a single grab either! Rant: Walthers sells these coil steel cars as RTR, but the modeler still has to drill holes for and install 24 grabirons. I guess they are still Ready to Run, just not USE.
One down, three to go.
Today I intend to cut some more firewood. I've probably already got enough for the whole winter season but I still have 15 dead trees to eliminate. As some of you already know, I heat my house exclusively with a wood-burning stove. Other than oil/gasoline and blades for the chainsaw, I haven't spent a dime on heating for almost 35 years.
Well it's starting to get light outside, so it's off to the train shed for a few hours until it warms up a bit outdoors. I need the daylight so I can avoid all the possums, skunks and armadillos that inhabit the place at night. I also need to avoid this guy.
He's a lot bigger now than since I took this picture a few years back.
Willie
I feel like I should have gone out and bought a lottery ticket yesterday. I actually was able to drill 48 holes for grabirons with a single #80 drill bit without it breaking. Didn't lose a single grab either! Rant: Walthers sells these coil steel cars as RTR, but the modeler still has to drill holes for and install 24 grabirons. I guess they are still Ready to Run, just not USE.
One down, three to go. Today I intend to cut some more firewood. I've probably already got enough for the whole winter season but I still have 15 dead trees to eliminate. As some of you already know, I heat my house exclusively with a wood-burning stove. Other than oil/gasoline and blades for the chainsaw, I haven't spent a dime on heating for almost 35 years.
Well it's starting to get light outside, so it's off to the train shed for a few hours until it warms up a bit outdoors. I need the daylight so I can avoid all the possums, skunks and armadillos that inhabit the place at night. I also need to avoid this guy.
He's a lot bigger now than since I took this picture a few years back.
Willie
new guy
Active Member
Good Morning All. Clear and 30 degrees here today. Only the second freeze of the season. It's going up to the upper 50's today and back into the 70's by Sunday. You all keep your snow and cold weather up north where it belongs. I hate bundling up just to go outside.
I feel like I should have gone out and bought a lottery ticket yesterday. I actually was able to drill 48 holes for grabirons with a single #80 drill bit without it breaking. Didn't lose a single grab either! Rant: Walthers sells these coil steel cars as RTR, but the modeler still has to drill holes for and install 24 grabirons. I guess they are still Ready to Run, just not USE.
Today I intend to cut some more firewood. I've probably already got enough for the whole winter season but I still have 15 dead trees to eliminate. As some of you already know, I heat my house exclusively with a wood-burning stove. Other than oil/gasoline and blades for the chainsaw, I haven't spent a dime on heating for almost 35 years.
Well it's starting to get light outside, so it's off to the train shed for a few hours until it warms up a bit outdoors. I need the daylight so I can avoid all the possums, skunks and armadillos that inhabit the place at night. I also need to avoid this guy.
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He's a lot bigger now than since I took this picture a few years back.
Willie
Looks almost big enough for lunch!
montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Good morning. 20 degrees with about 4 to 5 additional inches of snow last night.
Willie - You can send your buddy up here. I have a few snow piles he can move into.
Curt - The wire had a small piece of brass tubing soldered into the center of the overhead wire that just slips over the top of the bridge on the turntable. If I remember, I'll take a close up of it for you. Rather simple except for finding the right location to plant the power poles. Power for the motors that run the turntable has to come from somewhere. Check the photo below.
Bob - Thanks for the update on your bodily functions.
Got busy yesterday afternoon plowing out some of the neighbors. Sure wish the skid steer had a heater. Now that their driveway are clear, I'll have to plow mine again. By the time I was finished with everyone elses driveways, I was too cold to do mine. Guess I could always set my shorts on fire to keep warm.
Here's another shot of my Alcos getting ready to pick up their train in the yard. I think you can see the little piece of tubing sitting on top of the turntable bridge in this shot Curt.
Willie - You can send your buddy up here. I have a few snow piles he can move into.
Curt - The wire had a small piece of brass tubing soldered into the center of the overhead wire that just slips over the top of the bridge on the turntable. If I remember, I'll take a close up of it for you. Rather simple except for finding the right location to plant the power poles. Power for the motors that run the turntable has to come from somewhere. Check the photo below.
Bob - Thanks for the update on your bodily functions.
Got busy yesterday afternoon plowing out some of the neighbors. Sure wish the skid steer had a heater. Now that their driveway are clear, I'll have to plow mine again. By the time I was finished with everyone elses driveways, I was too cold to do mine. Guess I could always set my shorts on fire to keep warm.
Here's another shot of my Alcos getting ready to pick up their train in the yard. I think you can see the little piece of tubing sitting on top of the turntable bridge in this shot Curt.
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GarryCBQ
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Good morning ...
Willie ... We have a few rattle snakes here and also copperheads. .. We had a large pair of black snakes for a few years which were effective keeping away the bad ones, but the black snakes either died or moved away.
Chet... ANother grat photo ! ....... Perhaps you should attend Alco Anonymous meetings with MILW 113 .
Nate ... Glad your Grandpa's surgery went well.
NG .... I won't use truck mounted couplers. Backing up a long train through curves without derailing would be challenging.
Willie ... We have a few rattle snakes here and also copperheads. .. We had a large pair of black snakes for a few years which were effective keeping away the bad ones, but the black snakes either died or moved away.
Chet... ANother grat photo ! ....... Perhaps you should attend Alco Anonymous meetings with MILW 113 .
Nate ... Glad your Grandpa's surgery went well.
NG .... I won't use truck mounted couplers. Backing up a long train through curves without derailing would be challenging.
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santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Yeah, he was about 5' back then. I recovered a 7 1/2' skin this past spring that he shed. If he hasn't already, he will head for semi-hibernation today; most likely in my barn. OK though, as he does consume rats. I wish I'd taken a picture of him consuming one in the summer of 2014. While my wife has seen him from the kitchen window, if she knew that I got that close to take the picture, she would have left me by now...LOL It is non-venomous, locals call it a "chicken snake" or a "rat snake". A bite might still hurt!
Garry - He and others of his family keep the bad ones away here also.
Another local resident:
Willie
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