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Just a fan
Engine Wiper
USA
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 Posted - 08/27/2010 : 12:10:23 PM
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I also dig gas/diesel critters with sound.  See? I'm open minded! |
Edited by - Just a fan on 08/27/2010 12:11:11 PM |
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George D
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 08/27/2010 : 2:17:05 PM
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Mark, can you tell us more about the “fine print” on your waybills? What kind of instructions are they?
George
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Tom Sullivan
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 08/28/2010 : 4:22:57 PM
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Mark, nice to see Jeff again, even if only in a photo.....he looks the same to me, but something tells me he IS a little different now. Something about going 1:87 again??
Glad to hear you had a bonifide ops session with a bonifide railroader....next you'll be inviting Nate over!! The move to more steam will be impressive...your trackwork won't be the problem this time around
I've made some progress on the new G&PC. The engine facility is taking shape nicely at the very end of the yard in Marybill. And I've been hard at work intalling ground throws that route power to the frogs...a la Bill Mcmillian's slide switches. Starting to get excited about my fall meet.
Again, nice progess and let me know when I can "mark up" for an ops session...(I'll grab George along the way!)....stay well...tom |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2010 : 02:17:03 AM
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| Unlike OSHA and the EPA, we embrace coal smoke! Bring on the steam!!! |
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
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quarryman
Fireman
USA
1071 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 08:47:33 AM
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Originally posted by Geezer
Looking forward to some scenery now...;-)
Jeff and I discussed how I might approach scenery construction. My layout is open grid benchwork with the rail height between 8 and 12 inches above the tops of the joists. I did this so I could have the majority of the track running on a high embankment for photography. But I have not given much thought to the particulars of how I am going to construct the terrain. With the trackwork almost tuned up and reliable (still a few problems [:-banghead] ), the time is fast approaching to start on scenery.
Hope you had a good vacation, and great to have you back,
Mark |
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http://www.eastblueridge.com |
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Grubes
Engine Wiper
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2010 : 08:04:46 AM
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Mark,
Glad to hear things are running as well as they look. Congratulations on this recent progress.
Dave
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quarryman
Fireman
USA
1071 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2010 : 11:17:05 AM
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A while back I mentioned I was building some Boulder Valley Models 15 ft. single bay hoppers, and was surprised to find that several other RR-L members were doing the same.
Mine are finally on the rails and in revenue service. The main modification I made to mine was to add weight under the slope sheets. Look under the slope sheet and above the frame and you can see a styrene bulkhead that is hiding a row of steel buckshot. The added weight, plus BVM trucks and wheelsets, have them tracking great.
They are weathered using Dullcote, rottenstone, Bar Mills powders, and A&I washes.
Mark |
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BBLmber
Fireman
USA
4233 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2010 : 11:36:15 AM
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They look great Mark, I am sure they will earn their keep hauling stone.
Mark |
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quarryman
Fireman
USA
1071 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2010 : 10:55:41 AM
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Last weekend the Piedmont & East Blue Ridge hosted an Open House in conjunction with the James River Division of the NMRA.
The layout is at the end of its "plywood phase", so I tuned it up and cleaned up the shop to celebrate with area modelers.
Completed just in time for the Open House was the shadowbox for Winwood. Winwood is where the railroad goes through the wall of the train room and enters my shop. Unfinished walls, concrete floor, bare ceiling joists, as well as an overhead door to the outside that is opened a lot make the shop a relatively dirty and dusty environment. The shadowbox should help protect the layout, especially after I install a drop cloth with Velcro enclosures that will seal Winwood off when I am not working on the layout.
Mark Chase
Richmond VA |
Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad
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BBLmber
Fireman
USA
4233 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2010 : 11:34:51 AM
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Hey Mark, your shadowbox idea is great idea and has a great look to it.
Mark |
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quarryman
Fireman
USA
1071 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2010 : 9:12:20 PM
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Business had been picking up at Piedmont-Standard, so the Quarry Job crew was surprised to find number 11, a small Davenport Gas Mechanical waiting for them on the locomotive service lead.
All went well working the quarries and dust mill until the crew put together their train for the trip back to Shops Yard. An equipment flat loaded with a busted pump motor, a boxcar load of talc, two side dumps of crushed stone and two loaded flatcars were too much for the little locomotive to get up the grade.
The train stalled before it even reached the steepest part of the grade along Cedar Creek.
The crew backed the train down to Cove, and got on the call box. What should they do ... double the hill?
The Dispatcher had been expecting the call, knowing Number 11 would not be able to get the inbounds up the hill. Old Number 3 was pulled off yard duty at Shops and sent down the winding mainline to assist the Quarry Job.
Number 3 slowly backed down and coupled up.
Soon the Quarry Job was underway again.
The saddletanker made it look easy, with Number 11 practically coasting along behind.
The train rolled up the grade and stopped in town at the scale track switch.
Since the equipment flat was the only car in the train that did not have to be weighed, the saddletanker hauled it through the yard to the machine shop.
Number 11 headed down the scale track to weigh the inbound cars.
Mark Chase
Richmond VA |
Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad
http://www.eastblueridge.com |
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MinerFortyNiner
Fireman
USA
1994 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2010 : 12:22:06 AM
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| Great track, great looking trains plus the realities of operating on sharp curves and steep grades - it produces headaches for the crews and dispatchers, and lots of fun! It must have been satisfying seeing the 060 digging in on the grade to help the Davenport. |
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quarryman
Fireman
USA
1071 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2010 : 06:13:15 AM
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Originally posted by MinerFortyNiner
It must have been satisfying seeing the 060 digging in on the grade to help the Davenport.
Verne-
I get as much of a kick out of these little trains as I would sending a 2-10-2 to help a string of FTs over Cajon!
http://home.comcast.net/~cajonpass52/index.htm
The appearance of the train is due in no small part to your excellent modeling skills, my friend. Thanks again, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Mark |
Visit my Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad
http://www.eastblueridge.com |
Edited by - quarryman on 11/26/2010 06:17:56 AM |
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visman48
Fireman
USA
4485 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2010 : 07:34:39 AM
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Mark
Good to see some updates and that your motive and rolling stock is getting exercised. Indeed doing terrain to match your scenery at the size of your railroad is daunting at best. All that open space to span one way or another.
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Building the Piedmont & East Blue Ridge Railroad
