Running Bear's September 2022 Coffee Shop

[logandsawman]

Dave: Thought so, something about the Varney 2-8-0, that causes it to be distinct. Bowser sold them later, but they were lost behing the PRR steamers they acquired from Penn Line. Is that a Walthers Roco SW-1 or an old Lindberg / Revell? Just curious. There were some interesting products back in the early 60s some actually OO scale. Beautiful sunrise.

Thanks, Joe,

I finished worked it over with lube and put it together (the 4-6-0) I think you referred to it as a 2-8-0 but it is the "casey jones" model which very closely resembles the Baldwin S-10 that Northern Pacific purchased around 1902-1907.

Boy, that really did the trick, picks up power quicker from the track and runs much smoother. There was a plate under the wheels that came off and I cleaned out the old oil and re-oiled that, power from one track comes in that way and that must have been the weak link. I also added the front coupler, which is a "dummy" but odly works, I switched some box cars yesterday and was able to use the new front coupler to help with the shifting.

We have a beautiful morning, I worked around the homestead all day yesterday, also got this little project done in the train room, made the cover for the lift out handle



first cut out a piece of wood the right size then put some cardboard over the top and added ground cover



put some greenery on it and had to trim the wax paper, which became part of it

Here is a pic from further back, you can see I have it really clean under 3 sides of the layout, it is resting on a few wood legs, I think it makes the room look bigger to not have the underside covered

Have to go back and read more posts

Dave LASM

 

[santafewillie]

Good Morning All from Gulfport MS where it is clear and 70°. I'm about 350 miles south of Todd right now. Just returned from the complimentary breakfast bar where I found for the first time in my life, a corn dog type breakfast food with a sausage on a stick dipped into pancake batter and cooked. Nothing special though.
We're planning the next stage of our day, since we can't check into our condo until 3:00. Gulf Shores is just 125 miles, a bit under 2 hours away. Here in Gulfport is the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum, we have visited before. It's always changing and has outgrown it's original building. So they purchased an additional building across the road about a block away, and were beginning to move stuff over to there the last time we came through. At the time, they were planning to move all of the "O" scale stuff, both 2 rail and 3 rail. A member said that they were hoping to have several operations oriented layouts there, besides several continuous run layouts. This will free up room in the main building to expand both HO and N scale and expand the operations layout that's already there.
They open at 12:00 on Sundays, so we'll squeeze lunch in ahead of that visit so we can leave town about 2:30. Condo office closes at 5:00 and it's a hassle dealing with them after hours. Stuff like gate code, parking pass, door code, wifi password, and other stuff. Since we've already paid in full, they have their stuff.
That's it for now. Pictures from the museum in an upcoming post.
Everybody have a great Sunday.

 

[McLeod]

Good Morning!

43F this morning. Still not freezing, in an Indian summer.

Gary - I'm very glad you are safe. Feel sorry for you, though, for the loss of those mature trees. You're going to have lots of firewood to keep you warm over winter, anyway.
I know the news likes to blow things up, but, what I'm seeing on TV don't look good for out east; in general. It's a storm of the type we will never experience here in the boreal forest. Hope you can all get through it safely.

Guy- Roads can be real space hogs. You may have noticed that many times I butt the sidewalks up to the layout edge and just imagine the streets are off-layout. When I include the complete street, I cheat and make the lanes 8'-9' wide to save space. I'll show some photos when I return next week. I think that the sidewalks look good.

Willie - The only part on my layout that will be kinda scale effect, is a 3' section of 'Main Street'. In the photo, you can see the main street diverging narrower when leaving downtown. Crossing the tracks, and crossing a future bridge will only be a 3" two-lane road.

Willie and Joe - Thank you for comments on the scratch sidewalk. I'm trying to salvage them.
This photo shows my first attempt at sidewalks, abandoned due to lack of a curb and overly deep lines, and my 2nd attempt that I repainted yesterday.

I'm going to do some work today, to try and salvage both. I'm also going to work on a third attempt, because I require a-lot more sidewalk, and quite a bit that is curved. A learning experience coming up. The sidewalks will compress as they leave main street, as well.
The paint colour is Beautitone Khaki spray-bomb. It don't look right in a photo, but, compares favourably when laid on my concrete patio.

I didn't build the crossing ramp on the other side of the tracks, because I don't know where the road is going yet. Unless I'm going straight into the wall, it will require a curved ramp.

Suppose that's enough blabber. Time to get moving.
Have a great day!

 

[santafewillie]

No sure why someone would have complained, I didn't see it as political, but rather Sherrel simply expressing an opinion, quite a few of us have gone a lot closer to the political edge, myself included and haven't been censored, perhaps someone felt it simply wasn't appropriate.
I hope his "self imposed exile" comes to an end soon, I kinda miss him.

Unless there was a post removed prior to the mass removal, I don't think that anything that Sherrel posted led to any of the subsequent actions.

 

[Alcomotive]

Morning peeps!

Here are a few pics from my afternoon drive that was a beautiful leisure time of peace for me....

I went east to Salem. Battenkill, Greenwich and Cambridge. I followed a short line as a re-visit from years ago to see how things are...

 

[Alcomotive]

A few more pictures.....

 

[CambriaArea51]

Sherrel - is "nicht hier". He apparently self-censored himself after the discussions regarding immigration were removed for being political, which they were not. But someone must have complained.

Yet the talk about the Queen's passing wasn't considered political, and that's government.

 

[Smudge617]

Yet the talk about the Queen's passing wasn't considered political, and that's government.

I'm gonna disagree on that. A constitutional monarchy has no say in politics or on government policies, and is not allowed to even express an opinion (except privately) regarding the government or their policies.

 

[Boris]

Yet the talk about the Queen's passing wasn't considered political, and that's government.

Obviously, your definition of "political" (as well as mine FWIW), clashed with some one else definition of "political". and all of the "offending" posts were pulled to satisfy someone's anomyous complaint. I imagine, Sherrel got pretty frustrated by the decision and decided a hiatus was in order.

I wasn't happy with the decision and how one dissident opinion could silence the majority anonymously, but that's within the conditions and terms of participation in these forums. That's one less thing we can talk about. Time to move on. There is more I want to say, but I really don't want to cross someone's invisible line and get de-platformed again.

 

[Texas Hobo]

Good morning, all. Well, it maybe Fall on the calendar, but 95 degrees just doesn't urge one to get a glass of cider.

Guy - Glad to hear you and family made it through. The cousin I told you about said the power was out in Halifax, most roads were blocked and they were waiting to see what the tidal surge might do.
Willie - skinny dipping, I read that and suddenly "Free Willie" came to mind.
James - great photos. Love going to little out of the way towns. Looking at some of the unique structures.
Sherrell - I was a little miffed when I realized my thoughts about the "you know what" issue was removed. Never thought any of the post were political. There are some pretty savvy folks in the diner, and some very interesting topics brought up.
Guy & Dave - some nice progress being made

I've been power washing the house, the sidewalks and hoping to get to the driveway this week, so no trains have moved.

STAY SAFE

LATER

 

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

Did some chores then started installing the signal IR sensors. Part of the problem was I attached the resistor to the emitter side at the workbench rather than under the layout. Because of the size of the hole in the ballast (11/64) half had to be pushed up from under the layout. The problem arose that one set of IR sensors was above a double 2x6 (of course it was ) and I spent a fun filled sailor word laced 90 minutes trying to install that set. In the end I moved that set about 3 inches then installed them. After installing the last 2 sets I was done for the day.

Joe- I wish you the best and hope you get the pain under control soon.

James- That is a long diesel. I wonder how it compares to the Centipedes?

Gary- Glad you and the family are OK, but sorry about the damage.

Willie- Sounds like a fun time. I thought Sherrel was a moderator? I've been to Gulfport many times but it was in the mid 1970's when my sub was doing overhaul in Pascagoula.

Dave- Nice job on the hill.

Guy- The sidewalk looks fine.

Tom- PC is rampant in this country. Somehow emotions have become more important than facts.

I hope everyone has a good night.

 

[PRR Modeler]

I decided to look it up.

DD40X- 98 ft
Centipede- 91.5 ft

 

[D&J RailRoad]

Yep, that Centennial is a big machine.

 

[Bruette]

Sherrel - is "nicht hier". He apparently self-censored himself after the discussions regarding immigration were removed for being political, which they were not. But someone must have complained.

Thanks Willie!
I'm glad to read you are enjoying your trip. I miss your pictures.

 

[Bruette]

Somehow emotions have become more important than facts.

Well said!

 

[BigGRacing]

lad to hear you and family made it through. The cousin I told you about said the power was out in Halifax, most roads were blocked and they were waiting to see what the tidal surge might do.

Thank you my friend, just tired now…..lol

 

[Smudge617]

Power still out here, charging my stuff with my in laws house so won’t be on much. Lost at least 40 trees around the yard, big ones hanging over my garage. Won’t be on much as lots of cleaning to do but everyone is safe here which is important.
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Just one spot in the backyard, it’s all over….lol

Sorry, how I missed this post I don't know, glad everyone's ok, think your going to be busy for the next few days.

 

[Bruette]

Gary, thanks for the updates. I'm glad things were not worse for you.

 

[Bruette]

As somebody who has had many posts deleted, I understand.
Rules are rules and often become judgment calls.
Like a baseball umpire, you can't make everybody happy.

 

[Smudge617]

As somebody who has had many posts deleted, I understand.
Rules are rules and often become judgment calls.
Like a baseball umpire, you can't make everybody happy.

What's that saying
"you can always please some of the people all of the time, but never please all of the people all of the time"