Running Bear's Coffee Shoppe LIX

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Evening All,

Stayed up late last night watching the college football championship. It was a great game. This morning I journeyed to the LHS. You guys were right about the best way to tie everything together. I ponied up and got a Shinohara 3 way turnout, some flex track and a Railroad Model Craftsman magazine. After getting home I did some rough test fitting. After that I put down cork road bed.

In the photo, the background T/O's diverging route will go to the main. On the T/O in the foreground the straight thru route goes to a switcher siding.

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I hope everyone has a good night.
 
Flip said:
Don't know what it cost, but this hobby is still cheaper than booze, broads or a divorce .

Phil
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Phil ... Reminds me of a sign my Dad kept in his workshop. ... "It may be expensive, but it is cheaper than psychiatry."

Curt .... I still think a three way switch is hard for you to fit in. There is a better way.

Happy Model Railroading, everybody.
 


Evening Gents.
No ceiling painting today. I ended up stripping wall-paper border in three rooms. It had all been painted over. Got all the vent grills and wall plates and towel racks off the walls.
Larry said we'll put in the new appliances tomorrow. I really don't see that taking all that long.
E.
 
Curt ...

Perhaps you can do something similar to the tracks at my rolling mill (in the steel mill) ....... I used number 4 turnouts. .....

The rilling mill is the building with 3 tracks. Your mine has 3 tracks too. ... My steel mill tracks include and S-curve next to the rolling mill tracks. You main line has an S-curve also. .... My rolling mill tracks connect with the S-curve out of view below the photo. You could do similarly with the main line.

Hope this helps.


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BigE said:
Got awful quiet in here tonight. Wassup' with dat?
E.
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I'm still trying to recover from the RV show.I had a series of 12+ hour days, and I am now having a series of 10 hour days dealing with the aftermath.
 
I knew that I should have bet on Alabama last night. If anyone wants to make a fortune in sports .. just place your money on the opposite team from me. Oh well, neither team posted much of a defense otherwise the score would have been considerably lower.

It was a beautiful day around here today. I think the high was around 72 and there was not a wisp of a cloud anywhere.
Spousal Unit made it in to San Diego last evening around 8:30pm, so only took her 15 hours after a couple flights left her at the gate with no seats remaining. She told me that she now knew every inch of the Charlotte airport, and I tell you, it's a BIG place!

To be continued .....
 
BigE said:
Got awful quiet in here tonight. Wassup' with dat?
E.
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Physical therapy tonight, homemade chicken pot pie for dinner, orange sherbet for dessert, then I plopped my butt in front of the boob tube. Funny, normally I get notifications on my phone when someone posts, but not tonight.
 


So in light of the question I was asked earlier. I shortened my turnouts with actual rail cutters. Though using the described directions by cutting the rails sideways rather than cutting them top to bottom. Maybe I twisted the rail on accident? It has me thinking on it now. Cause I have noticed that the ones I haven't cut are actually straight. However my trains run fine and I see no reason to worry about the curve in my turnouts.

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Good morning Everybody!

20 with 8mph winds and 53% humidity here in southeast Baltimore, if feels like 10!

Chet and LASM, I don't know how you guys cope with these kinds of temperatures and even much lower. The upside of not being able to work is that I don't have to go out when its this cold. I am happy to be able to read through both of your comments and all the others as well. Thank you for the kind words.

There is always some positive aspect to most things. Speaking of positive things. I am, so glad to hear something positive come from Washington. If you listen to the candidates, regardless of party you would thing we were on our way to hell in a hand basket. I am glad to hear our President remind us and the world we are the greatest country. We have to remember what makes us great, freedom, tolerance and respect for everyone.

Reagan was right, "we are the shinning city on the hill". Hatred still rears its ugly face even in America, but we are better then the rest. Its like I tell my grandsons "I don't expect you to be perfect, I only want you to try your best to be perfect" We need to ask ourselves, what would Jesus think of what we say and do?

We have problems and troubles, but they are like flies on an elephant, they will NEVER bring us down! If we work together there is nothing we can't do. I faith in my fellow Americans that we are still getting better everyday.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

Enjoy another great day and be thankful we are living in the greatest society the world has ever known!

God Bless Us, Everyone.

PS we need a train picture!

Here is the latest addition to my wish list.
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Morning Louis et. al.
28° and clear again here.

I'm up kind of early so I'll have some toast and eggs before my ride gets here.
We'll probably put in a full day today.
I will squeeze a little nap in if I can however.
E.
 
Good Morning All. Clear and 32 degrees here this morning in North Central Texas. Should be in the mid-60's again today. Yesterday was a beautiful day and I was able to work outside in a T-shirt (and pants of course).
CS3 - Hmmm, I always cut mine top to bottom as that always gives you flat surfaces to start with. I have seen twisting and rail popping out of the ties, on those rare occasions I have had to go side to side. While I no longer have the directions that came with my 30 year old Xuron cutter, their website has a picture that shows top to bottom. http://xuron.com/index.php/main/consumer_products/3/13
Eric - Naps are good, I took one at work during lunch for over 40 years. Still take them.
Louis -
Chet and LASM, I don't know how you guys cope with these kinds of temperatures and even much lower.
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I agree, but I have to cope with 100+ temperatures for two months most every summer. Although I actually don't mind temps in the 20-30 degree range if there is NO wind.
Garry - Impressive mill.

It's time to go out to the train shed to get a little something done before daylight hits and I get the urge to be outdoors.
See you all later.
Willie
 
Good morning everyone. Currently, it's 20° and clear. I'm not usually up this early, but I had to put out the recycles, as it was too windy last night. The morning sky was absolutely beautiful, with several planets visible to the East. Been a long time since I have been out that early. As Louis pointed out, it's cold out there, quite a contrast to yesterday.
 
Reality Check: Last night, I was setting up an industrial lead at the "end" of the layout, using Atlas and Walthers (Shinohara), switches. I'm thinking leading to a pier, a meat processing plant, and a freight house. The curves range from sharp to sharper, just like the prototype at that location. It suddenly came to me that my initial concept of two railroads running parallel to each other will not work, as I intended. There is just not enough space in a 24" wide shelf to do what I had originally envisioned.
 
santafewillie said:
Good Morning All. Clear and 32 degrees here this morning in North Central Texas. Should be in the mid-60's again today. Yesterday was a beautiful day and I was able to work outside in a T-shirt (and pants of course).
CS3 - Hmmm, I always cut mine top to bottom as that always gives you flat surfaces to start with. I have seen twisting and rail popping out of the ties, on those rare occasions I have had to go side to side. While I no longer have the directions that came with my 30 year old Xuron cutter, their website has a picture that shows top to bottom. http://xuron.com/index.php/main/consumer_products/3/13
Eric - Naps are good, I took one at work during lunch for over 40 years. Still take them.
Louis - I agree, but I have to cope with 100+ temperatures for two months most every summer. Although I actually don't mind temps in the 20-30 degree range if there is NO wind.
Garry - Impressive mill.

It's time to go out to the train shed to get a little something done before daylight hits and I get the urge to be outdoors.
See you all later.
Willie
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The directions that came with mine said to cut ho scale track sideways so that it would prolong the life of the cutting blades.

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Good morning to all. It's a toasty 28 degrees out this morning. We actuallu got above freezing for a short while yesterday.

Louis - How do we put up with the cold temps?? We have these things called coats. laugh.gif If one isn't enough, put on another or heavier one. Guess we're just used to it. At lease our humidity is low up here and it really doesn't feel as bad as low temps with high humidity.

Curt - Looks fine to me, but don't really know what the track plan is. Backing empty hoppers across a #6 could be easier than a #4. The 3 way does save a lot of room. Waiting to see updates on this project.

Here's an old photo I found of the North Coast Limited eastbound out of Butte, MT headed east. Amtrack has apparently taken over the service (can't find a date on the photo). This service didn't last very long as Amtrack dropped this train and left Montana with only one route caross the state which is the Empire Builder which traverses the northern part of the state which we call the High Line.

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The trestle is still there although the line is now abandoned. Quite an impressive sight. It is just alongside Interstate 90 as you drop off of Homestake Pass.
 
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