Running Bear's Coffee Shoppe LIX

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santafewillie said:
Good Morning All. It's a balmy 44 degrees and partly cloudy here this morning. Predicting light rain for today. It looks like it will be here in about an hour. I'll be at the dentist's office by then getting the remaining stitches removed from where I had the broken teeth removed last week. Kind of a waste of time since there doesn't seem to be any infection or bleeding, but this trip is free...sort of. LOL I paid dearly last week.
As part of my scenery project on my latest upper deck extension, I built and painted a low-relief building out of DPM walls yesterday. It will be a feed and fertilizer dealer when finished. Getting this completed allows me to finish off an open-ended industrial spur that I left. Here are some early pictures of the area. First are three pictures of the rough area, followed by a picture of the same area after I painted the track and ground. These were all taken early last week.
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I've since added the road, ballast, and some ground cover. I'll try to remember to take some pictures today.

Karl - Always exciting to see a fire, especially if no one is hurt. Around here it's usually grass fires in August. We have some very efficient volunteer fire departments close by and they pay special attention to my house because I have a pool that they can use to refill their trucks with. Only had to use it once for about 500 gallons while they waited for the "BIG" tank truck to come in from Gainesville. Water is heavy, the little trucks can only hold around 500 gallons or 4000 pounds, the big 18-wheeler has 5500 gallons or 44,000 pounds. They gotta be careful about routing though, some bridges nearby have low weight limits.
Gary P - I like the fuel depot. Now it's time for a little weathering.
Garry/CS3 - Been there, done that as well. After the initial shock and anger wears off, most locos can be repaired.
CS3 - Don't know where you are located, but most medium sized towns have a plastics dealer who might give you some scrap clear Plexiglas to make fences out of. If you go that route, let us know and I can impart some experience working with it...I used to manage a part of our plant where we made Plexiglass skylights. I still have some scraps left over from our operation. Lasts forever!
New Guy - Looking forward to your plans for the second generation layout. Will you be retaining any of the original?
Terry - Yeah, it's very unusual for Tony, as he averaged over 4 1/2 posts a day since joining in 2012.

OK now, it's off to the train shed for my morning ritual. It's fresh on my mind about the pictures if I still remember after the 150' jaunt.
Willie
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I will be looking into building a fence for my layout. I can't have anymore tumbles like yesterday. New locos aren't getting any cheaper and unfortunately money doesn't grow on trees so I need to protect the assets I have.

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Good morning all. 19 degrees to start off the day.

I was wondering about Tony also since he hasn't posted on so long. Hope everything is fine with him.

Willie - Thanks for posting some photos of your work.

Chessie - You can always chalk up to damage to the locomotive as an accident on the rails. I have seen locomotives with damage out on the rails working. Besides checking the wheel gauge, check and make sure that the trucks are pivoting freely. Perhaps a retainer for a truck could have popped off in the fall. Good luck with it.

Have to go out and get a new printer for the wife. She's secretary for our bowling league and has to print out standings each week. She had gone to Staples to get some new ink cartridges and apparently was given the wrong ones. Normally they slip right in but what every they gave her didn't work and could have possibly damaged the printer. Didn't like the one we had any way. The ink cartridges were so stinkin' small.
 
Morning All,

Plans today are to vacuum when MOH goes to volunteer at the school and to start ballasting the main. I can't finish it until the yard is done because the main runs close to the yard.

Gary P- Nice job. In the next couple of weeks I am going to do something similar.

Willie- Nice progress on the layout.

Chessie- I use thin decorative sheets of plywood from Lowe's. It is pretty reasonable. I cut 6" wide strips and screw them to the edge of the layout. I also painted them as close to Tuscan Red as I could to help with the Pennsy flair. I will post a picture latter.

Here is the coal mine trackwork I have been working on. The blue square is where I am moving a tower to that no longer fits in the old space.

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I hope everyone has a good day.
 
Good morning

"Floor Models" ..... Chessie, Willie, and others regarding protective fencing. ...... My facia is high enough to provide at least 1/2" barrier at the edge of the layout. Most is about 1". ..... If I do not have facia installed yet, I staple cardboard strips to the edge of the layout where track is close to the edge.. ..... Since doing that, I have had no more Floor Models.

You can see the green fascia next to the tracks at the steel mill which is high enough to stop derailed trains from falling. ....... The fascia, by the way, is chalkboard material so I can make notes in chalk with switch lists, etc.

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Curt .... That looks terrific !
Willie ... You are making great progres!
 
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A couple of really nice photos. Curt, this area is really looking good. Can't wait to see the finished scene. Garry, how much room does that steel mill take up? I really like it.
 
Good Morning, 15 above and more light snow. Just enough to make it sloppy.

Gary P--I like the fuel depot

Curt--Nice looking scene taking shape

Garry, I like the looks of your steel mill

Willy, looks like you have lots of room to work with! Nice Update!
 
montanan said:
A couple of really nice photos. Curt, this area is really looking good. Can't wait to see the finished scene. Garry, how much room does that steel mill take up? I really like it.
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Chet ... Thanks much ! .... The main steel mill layout section is about 2' X 14' including approach tracks. The coke oven is about 2' X 6' including approach racks.
 


So with all my woes these past two days I finally got a laugh at myself. Been working the line that passes beside my loadout. I didn't even notice until I was on the other side of the layout.
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Hidey ho Gents.
I slept in awhile this morn. Copious beers and some whiskey helped with that. :-)
Larry has appointments today so we aren't working.
Probably go back tomorrow. I'm sure to be back on paint detail.
That's fine. Sure beats stripping wall paper or installing new appliances.
Especially since I'm only getting $10/hr. That's ok. Money has never been my motivator.
I should take my camera with me one day. I don't think he'd care since he's selling anyhow.
Suppose I could do a video and let him take us on the "tour". That way I wouldn't be compromising his security systems and/or gun safes' locations.
I was going to go groc shopping today but it's a wee snarky out and I don't feel like walking.
E.
 
santafewillie said:
Good Morning All. It's a balmy 44 degrees and partly cloudy here this morning. Predicting light rain for today. It looks like it will be here in about an hour. I'll be at the dentist's office by then getting the remaining stitches removed from where I had the broken teeth removed last week. Kind of a waste of time since there doesn't seem to be any infection or bleeding, but this trip is free...sort of. LOL I paid dearly last week.
As part of my scenery project on my latest upper deck extension, I built and painted a low-relief building out of DPM walls yesterday. It will be a feed and fertilizer dealer when finished. Getting this completed allows me to finish off an open-ended industrial spur that I left. Here are some early pictures of the area. First are three pictures of the rough area, followed by a picture of the same area after I painted the track and ground. These were all taken early last week.
View attachment 55421View attachment 55422
View attachment 55423View attachment 55424

I've since added the road, ballast, and some ground cover. I'll try to remember to take some pictures today.

Karl - Always exciting to see a fire, especially if no one is hurt. Around here it's usually grass fires in August. We have some very efficient volunteer fire departments close by and they pay special attention to my house because I have a pool that they can use to refill their trucks with. Only had to use it once for about 500 gallons while they waited for the "BIG" tank truck to come in from Gainesville. Water is heavy, the little trucks can only hold around 500 gallons or 4000 pounds, the big 18-wheeler has 5500 gallons or 44,000 pounds. They gotta be careful about routing though, some bridges nearby have low weight limits.
Gary P - I like the fuel depot. Now it's time for a little weathering.
Garry/CS3 - Been there, done that as well. After the initial shock and anger wears off, most locos can be repaired.
CS3 - Don't know where you are located, but most medium sized towns have a plastics dealer who might give you some scrap clear Plexiglas to make fences out of. If you go that route, let us know and I can impart some experience working with it...I used to manage a part of our plant where we made Plexiglass skylights. I still have some scraps left over from our operation. Lasts forever!
New Guy - Looking forward to your plans for the second generation layout. Will you be retaining any of the original?
Terry - Yeah, it's very unusual for Tony, as he averaged over 4 1/2 posts a day since joining in 2012.

OK now, it's off to the train shed for my morning ritual. It's fresh on my mind about the pictures if I still remember after the 150' jaunt.
Willie
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Looking good! Actually, I don't have much to tear up, no roadbed, just track. My incremental approach is paying off. No painting or anything has been done on the table. This is where 'it begins' for me, painting some background color for the different terrain types on the MDF will be my first attempt at anything even remotely called scenery. The WS inclines will be the major motivator. Just plain they look doofy. I'm going to have to cover them somehow and it'll just go from there. This set up will also be built with an eye toward demolishing it without too much hooey. There are things I want to try and I'm sure the way this set up inspired me the next one will spark more ideas, leading to the next incarnation. The overall long term plan calls for at least three total set up and tear down sequences before I go 'permanent' and try for any kind of "award winning quality" level of detail on the entire layout. I'm giving myself a year to earn the 'golden spike' thingy from the NMRA and shoot for something else after that. It's a handy set of what look like useful goals that will build my skills up. I thought it was kinda neat of them to do something like that for major "Newby McNewbish-from-Newbtown" types like ME!
 
GarryCBQ said:
Chet ... Thanks much ! .... The main steel mill layout section is about 2' X 14' including approach tracks. The coke oven is about 2' X 6' including approach racks.
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That's a lot of real estate on a model railroad but well worth it. That's a fantastic industry and probably generates a lot of traffic.
 
As Toot would say,"G-DAY, MATE.
Its 65 out at the moment .. supposed to be 75 and partly sunny. It was 73 yesterday!
I guess I had better repair a PVC hose bib line that is leaking all over. I know that when I put that in a few years ago that I installed a shut off on the line, but darn if I can fine it now! Will just have to close the main out front to take the pressure off the line. It is direct off the meter and it has 130 pounds of pressure.

Still have 23 boxes of Xmas "stuff" to salt away on shelving in the garage .. then I can actually start working on a couple projects that have been tabled for well over a year. Actually finding the drive again to actually try and accomplish something. It's a good feeling!

Willie .. your work looks good. Nice scene that you are constructing.
NG .. sorry your having such a hassel with that loco. Can't you just replace the plug without taking apart the loco?
Chessie .. be careful .. Don't want any more "floor" models.
CURT Looking very good.
 
Wow! YAY!
I just did my first bit of banking business in over 10 years. Circa 12 probably.
To be honest I was a wee bit nervous and didn't really know how to go about it.
I just needed to pull out some money to make good with the landlord on rent and the electric bill.
The nice teller was super happy to help me through it.
You all may think this is trivial stuff but I've been flying so low "under the radar" for so long it's almost like coming out of hibernation for 10 years. Shoot, up until a few months ago I didn't even have an ID other than a certified copy of my birth certificate and my original SS card. Neither of which are honored by beer stores or police (that always ended up in a constitutional conversation which I always win [thank goodness]).

It's a good day. The heavy cloud cover is a good break for my light-sensitive green eyes.
Would be a good day to go do some train work but my finger tips are just plain raw. Suppose I could just sit there and ponder on some new scenery.
E.
 
PS: who asked about my drone "does it still fly?".
Negative.
The lights still come on but the rotors won't go and I hear nothing from inside. I imagine the drive motor is toast.
It did spend the better part of 6 months hanging sideways high up in a tree.
E.
 
Chet- Look at bottom of page 63. Doesn't the right outer point look to be blunt? Shouldn't Chessie file it down so a wheel won't derail ?

Phil
 
Eric- I too am light sensitive. I was the only man in basic training that wore dark sunglasses. Sgt's wanted to know how I passed the eye exam.
Phil
 


Flip said:
Chet- Look at bottom of page 63. Doesn't the right outer point look to be blunt? Shouldn't Chessie file it down so a wheel won't derail ?

Phil
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I wouldn't worry about it unless he has a problem with derailments. Those Atlas turnouts have a bit of give to them and are pretty forgiving.
 
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