NEW: 2nd appearance on 12/3!!!! I think I found out why weird things have been happening on my layout!

Call agents Scully and Mulder!

time for a security camera, or something that can spy on the layout when you're not looking...who knows what you might find.

So far Walt the winner IS: Ya gotta love these posts.

 

If you have a fireplace, a squirrel can get in that way if your chimney is not capped. Raccoons like that method of entry too.  I have had both get in my house that way until I rescreened the top of the stack.

.....

Dennis

Walt, did you ever go through Gettysburg on your way to York? Gettysburg is listed on the top 10 list for spiritual activities. Maybe one got in your vehicle and rode home with you. I think you better set up another train layout for it to have to play on as its own, or maybe you just better call Ghostbusters but I don't think they'll move anywhere near as fast as they used to (sounds like all of us too).  Good Luck w/ spook!

Speaking of Gettysburg, a Civil War era 4-4-0 that rolled out of Kloke Locomotive Works in May, 2013, is pulling two period passenger cars built by the Reader Railroad in Arkansas this past summer on the historic Northern Central between New Freedom and Hanover Junction south of York, about 5 miles west of Exit 4 (Shrewsbury) on I-83.

 

During the week of November 10, her older sister, the LEVIATHAN (completed by Kloke in 2009), was trucked in from New York state and ran with her for the first time.

 

A ghost from Gettysburg should enjoy photos of that stellar event. I'll post some and include a photo of David Kloke, who built both 4-4-0's. When I asked him to pose for a photo, he insisted we include two charming young ladies from Steam into History (www.steamintohistory.com). That should show the ghost(s) we can play nice together. Download them, print them and hang them on the wall by the layout.

 

 

 

 

In case this disturbs the space-time continuum and your house is sucked up into nothingness (as depicted in the movie Poltergeist), I apologize in advance.

 

Keep a video camera handy. That event would look great on the Forum! Send some photos to Allan Miller for OGR. His payment could provide seed money for rebuilding.

"IT" made a 2nd appearance yesterday.

 

So my friend and I are running trains and about 15 minutes in the Christmas train stops and I see it's shut down.  I check, no derailments and all of the drawbar connections are in place.  Then I notice that the lited lockons aren't lit.

 

I'm wondering how I could have popped the breaker or broke the in-line fuse.  Go over to the transformer area and this is what I see:

 

 

Sure, a wire just becomes disconnected for no reason.  Sure!  And this is after having it hooked up for 7 weeks now and running trains off of that handle for 5 of those weeks.

 

BTW: I did go thru Gettysburg this past summer.   I wanted to take a leisurely trip on RTE 30 from the Pittsburgh area to York.  I had the car windows down - OH NO!

 

another BTW: no fireplace and the tree is an artificial one.  if some 'critter' was responsible for the candy bar thing it was some NEAT FREAK critter since none of the surrounding scenery is messed up!

 

- walt

OK...Walt....now I am beginning to wonder if you are perhaps "taking a little too many nips" from the cabinet???....  Just kidding with ya my friend but this is a little strange to say the least....

 

Alan

Walt, I think that this is a sign that you should get one of these for the layout:

 

 

I picked one up at York from Diecast Direct.

 

Andy

ANDY:  PERFECT!!!!!  I'll have to look for one.

 

thanks

 

walt

 Be sure to get a license for the nuclear particle accelerator on your back. The GHOSTBUSTERS didn't but they saved New York City so little things like that were overlooked.

 

Come to think of it, considering what happened to the hotel ballroom on the GHOSTBUSTERS' first call, combat may not be the best solution.

 

At least your ghost(s) are mischievous rather than destructive.

Ghosts might not like candy.... but sleepwalking Walt seems to!

help is just a phone call away...

       
       


Good Idea ReadingFan…LOL

WALT…
Check your Ghost Trap! It looks like you might of caught one!!



K.C.

Walt,

 

I should have added that if the 1:43 Ghostbusters can't help, then the following 1:50 crew just might be able to solve the mystery:

 

 

(Both of these models are from the Hot Wheels Elite line)

 

Andy

One of Ebenezer Scrooge's ghosts is a model railroader, or is it Tiny Tim?

Did you happen to notice where that gon is????  "Walt" must have some awfully LONG arms!   Not even the loose wire fits since my friend and I were running trains, including the one controlled by that handle, for a good 15 minutes.

 

Mysterious, but fun to talk about.

 

I'm glad Rich has let this continue - I'm having fun reading the replies!!! 

 

- The other Walt

 

Well I have had my MTH lashups parked on the main start moving on their own but that's known as DCS creep. It's kinda weird when they move out and can't be found via the remote. The release of the Rev.L Tiu has caused that problem to go away.

 

Wires being pulled out while in an operating session is bizarre. Kinda like ashtrays being flipped over when no one is in the room, or cupboards opening by themselves.  

Walt, obviously you haven't bought Barry's book,  "The DCS O Gauge Companion 26th Edition", now available for purchase as an eBook or a printed book from MTH's web store site!   This and a whole lot more is all in it. On page 3,024, he discusses the effects of poultergeists on DCS and the recommended solutions

Now that is funny.

I have three theories-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 ghost squirrel  

 

Or maybe these folks are riding your trains?

 

 

djacobson:  How did you get the squirrel to keep the hat on while it played the violin?  The ones here in Northern Virginia refuse to keep the hats on.

 sorry Walt. at your expense this is a very entertaining post.

I've had times like these.

 There was the time I decided to put my control system on a wall switch. One of the grandkids thought it was cool to flip the lights on and off and on and.....because he wasn't getting his way. Drove the system insane....and me too.

 There were several more including the creeping engine, the no engine found, etc. etc.

I feel your pain. It's a great read while it's happening to someone else.

I have "Mickey" visit my layout without leaving his little evidence behind.  I knew he'd been there because the stack on my Blue Goose was filled with birdseed.   I was fortunate enough to discover this before I fired up the engine.

RE: "On page 3,024, he discusses the effects of poultergeists on DCS and the recommended solutions": RJR, actually I do have his book but I keep falling asleep while reading it.  Haven't gotten past page 2 yet.  I'll, ahem, skip ahead a FEW pages.

 

RE: " sorry Walt. at your expense this is a very entertaining post.".  Gotta admit, I'm having a lot of fun reading the very creative replies too.

 

- walt

Walt, I haven't sat down to try to read it either.  When I have an issue I can't figure out, I use the electronic version and search words.  Note you'll have to skip ahread a few editions also.

 

Apart from the spooks, I hope your Christmas layout is coming along well.

 

RJR

Aren't poltergeist sometimes psychic manifestations? I think you may be haunted by the "Ghost of Your Rivet Counting Past", that is not a prototypical load.

 

If it makes you feel better, our ghost balances burnt matches on their sides in the egg pan some mornings, once every couple years. I don't even know where they would come from. I live alone (now), always had an electric stove, and there haven't been "paper" book matches around here in 20+ years.