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The Weekend is here and it is time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!

 We have taken out all the old track on the highest loop at the museum. It looks rather sad.

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The Wabash has replaced the "J" in the spot upfront at the VMT.

 

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Let's see your pictures.

Scott Smith

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Some photos from our recent weekends of Thomas the Tank engine at our Railway Heritage Park.

 

I set up a small display of Thomas Lionel with the LionChief for the kids to operate trains. A Whistle and some various Thomas sound buttons they could push. Cranky the Crane, Harold the Helicopter with a push button to make him fly on the Lionel Pylon. I reinforced the LionChief remote controls with a second metal bracket and more screws and it worked thousands of kids ran the train and none broke the controllers this time. (In the past they spin the speed dial past the stop and break it)

With the controls mounted to the fence along with the sound buttons fence was perfect height for the kids. I cut off wires to the speakers of some of the stuff that makes sounds and wired in some cheap I pod speakers that make the sound a lot louder so when so many people around can hear the sounds.

 

I added the Wooden Winston car that sells in the gift shop. Swapped in some plastic O scale wheels to the base and a springy cord to a freight car and he bounced along the tracks very nicely.  The middle loop Percy pulled a string of the Lionel animal cars that duck when they go under the tell tales one on each side of the loop. Thomas, James and Diesel pulled various Sodor freight cars and some other animated Lionel Circus animal cars. The trains rain very well all weekend but Thomas and Percy were stalling out occasionally by the final days of the event. Track was well cleaned several times, perhaps time to add some extra centre rail roller pickups for more reliable operation.

 

Great weekends as always, very busy lots of families having fun. Lots of activities for them.

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And look forward to seeing all the great layout photos each week.

 

 

 

 

 

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This is a picture of a layout I designed earlier this week for one of our modular group members. 

 

The requirements:

1. 7x12

2. 2 loops

3. 2 sidings

4. realistic track without the need to actually ballast.

 

I chose Ross track and switches with RossBed that can be spray-painted a ballast color.

 

Tom (Gilly@N&W) designed and built the benchwork for the project.

 

I'm thinking that the design lends itself to a scenery block in the middle. 

 

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Peter

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Originally Posted by SJC:

As many of you know, I was the engineer and ast. manager at the local park railroad for some years. We offered a nice (not an amusement ride) scenic excursion on about a mile of 2 foot gauge track through the woods, along the creek, etc. On Wednesday 6/18, a brand new locomotive was delivered, the 4th used here. The old engine #281, built new in 1995 to replace the aging 1960s locomotives, will remain at the RR as a companion to the new model and will occasionally be used. The new engine, #378, is not yet in service but boasts many upgrades to the old engine including full EPA compliant, laptop diagnostics, is quieter, cleaner, has more/better safety features, etc. Other big news is the addition of a speedometer...no more guessing how fast you're going! It is a diesel engine, not gas like the old engine. Also breaks the "tradition" of all engines being painted dark/light blue and red. It was built by hand, custom for the railroad in Wichita, Ks. 

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That's pretty cool.  But even though I know why they're used, I still just can't get myself to look past the idea of Blomberg trucks on steam engines.  Just way too anachronistic and out  of place.

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Happy Friday Guys!!

Set 2501W from 1958 exits the tunnel -

736 pulls past a 157 station platform -

Set 2259W from 1956 heading out of the tunnel -

Lucia is all set to run some trains -

This little guy turned 1 this week!

A shot of the PRR E8 passenger special in Harrisburg, NC running during the streamliners event at Spencer

 

 

Great pics again Christopher.  Once again you keep making me run my postwar and MPC-era trains more, being the scale 3-rail rivet counter that I am. 

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