What did you do on your layout today?

Deuce posted:

He already has a home. Happy Easter!

That is a cute flamingo!  Where does one find those online?  I think Fortescue needs a flamingo friend...   

Mitch 

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Deuce posted:

He already has a home. Happy Easter!

That is a cute flamingo!  Where does one find those online?  I think Fortescue needs a flamingo friend...   

Mitch 

just go to ebay and search flamingo, this particular one is Dept 56

John

beardog posted:

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Deuce posted:

He already has a home. Happy Easter!

That is a cute flamingo!  Where does one find those online?  I think Fortescue needs a flamingo friend...   

Mitch 

just go to ebay and search flamingo, this particular one is Dept 56

John

or send me your address again

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Deuce posted:

He already has a home. Happy Easter!

That is a cute flamingo!  Where does one find those online?  I think Fortescue needs a flamingo friend...   

Mitch 

Careful Mitch- The dark side of the force is powerful

Good point, Bob!!  Though it may be too late for Mitch considering what he has posted lately!!  

Mitch, you certainly have a great imagination, and skill in coming up with neat ideas and I'm sure the kids at the shows love it!!

Mark Boyce posted:

I borrowed the old ZW from the Ceiling Central RR and picked out the nearest engine available.  Here it is, 

First Run on the Blackwater Line

Sure Mark- first you tell me about the other WM's you have, then you post a video of one........

Gonna need to go into the witness protection program soon if you and Apples55 keep this up.

Congrat's on the maiden voyage under power!

Bob

Bob, LOL!!!

Thank you for the congratulations!

Don't know what all this dark side and ominous stuff is about,

they're just cute cuddly little flamingos.............

                                here's to your 1st run Mark, congrats !!!

beardog posted:

Don't know what all this dark side and ominous stuff is about,

they're just cute cuddly little flamingos.............

Yeah... right, Beardog - that's how they suck you in, and before you know it, you're up to your armpits...

OK Beardog- maybe....

Anybody seen the new Animal Planet series about the Bronx Zoo? A recent episode featured their flamingos.

One is named Dinky ans is featured in this episode. 

https://www.animalplanet.com/t...-episodes/moving-day

Ran my new to me WM GP-7 on the layout for the first time.

I received the project boards for my signals so I can get started building them as time permits.

Nice seeing the GP7 running on your layout, Bob!!

briansilvermustang posted:

                                here's to your 1st run Mark, congrats !!!

Looking good, Brian!  Thank you!!  It looks like Helmstetter Curve from a different angle than I've seen it!  It is a great place to see the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad even today!!

no no, cute and cuddly

Cleaned the layout and the train room up.  Had 2 successful open houses Tuesday night and Friday night.  Probably close to 60 people came through and enjoyed themselves over the 2 nights.  I think I will do 1 more for friends at school to bring their kids through at the end of the month and then trains get taken off layout in anticipation of summer layout work season. 

RSJB18 posted:

OK Beardog- maybe....

Anybody seen the new Animal Planet series about the Bronx Zoo? A recent episode featured their flamingos.

One is named Dinky ans is featured in this episode. 

https://www.animalplanet.com/t...-episodes/moving-day

Very interesting.  All I really knew about the Bronx Zoo is that the original 3376 and 3386 gi-raffe cars were marked for there... 

And Dinky is adorable!   

Mitch 

Brian, Lots of good WM, B&O, C$O, and a little Seaboard thrown in!!

Bryan, The layout looks great!  I'm glad the open houses have gone well!!!

beardog posted:

are bacteria and fungi related in that respect?

Fungi are more closely related to plants (on the Tree of Life) than they are to microbes. They both are good at recycling nutrients, but they interact with plants in different manners. Both fascinating in their own way. 

ohhh god, chickin butt

this thread is sooooooo far off the rails............

but it is entertaining

beardog posted:

this thread is sooooooo far off the rails............

Yes, it appears to be. If it doesn't get back on topic over the next hour or so, I will be back here to do a bit of house cleaning. Not something I enjoy doing, especially on a Saturday night, so tread lightly and stick with what you did on your layout today.

Bryan, glad your second open house went well although I did not get a return invitation so I guess I have to exclude from my open house after York LOL. All kidding aside the layout has taken on a new prospective from the small layout you first had in the small room. I am sure when you do the your open house for your friends at school they will impressed. Well today I spent the morning and afternoon doing what I like to do best....wiring..UGH!!! but I managed to get the majority of the sidings hooked up except for one which I have to figure why it does not work. I have power and ground to it. Also I have a puzzling problem which maybe you guys can help me with it is the bridge. First I had to tweak the abutments to get it to fit. I must of had some expansion. I fixed that and dropped the bridge into place. When I bought it at York a few years back Mike Reagan said it would carry electrical through it. But as I ran the engine toward the bridge it went dead just before going onto the bridge.  I have a transition from Gar Graves to Fast Track. On the Gar Graves I ran wires to both outer rails and power to the center rail.  The pic with the engine is where it goes dead. Unfortunately I cannot find my tester for power yet. I did use transition pins that go from Gar Graves to fast track. If anybody has any ideas I am all ears because as of now I am at a loss. Here are pics and the last ones show where I hooked up the wires. I go from Gar Graves to fast track to fast track girder bridge to bridge. Thanks for any help ahead of time Paul

Really I don't see anyone else complaining except you

I ran a train around and around in circles today

Paul,

The bridge scene looks great!  As to the transition track section, I have never used one.  I would think power would be transferred just as any other connection, so it seems to me you just have a bad connection somewhere not particular to the transition section.  Maybe you need another power connection somewhere.  

Oh, I just remembered to comment on that load of Menards auto carriers you have!  They look very sharp down the track a ways!!

beardog posted:

I ran a train around and around in circles today

I ran a train around and around in circles AND ran a trolley around and around in circles going the other way!   

Also am frankensteining a transfer caboose together out of a broken caboose shell and an old flatcar.     I'm wondering whether to light it or paint the windows over in the body color.   

Mitch 

ah, Mitch, you did catch the sarcasm

beardog posted:

ah, Mitch, you did catch the sarcasm

Oh, sure.  But I did actually do something on the layout, so I figured I could multitask.   

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

beardog posted:

I ran a train around and around in circles today

I ran a train around and around in circles AND ran a trolley around and around in circles going the other way!   

Also am frankensteining a transfer caboose together out of a broken caboose shell and an old flatcar.     I'm wondering whether to light it or paint the windows over in the body color.   

Mitch 

Paint it pink and call it Dr. Flamingo!

paul 2 posted:

Bryan, glad your second open house went well although I did not get a return invitation so I guess I have to exclude from my open house after York LOL. All kidding aside the layout has taken on a new prospective from the small layout you first had in the small room. I am sure when you do the your open house for your friends at school they will impressed. Well today I spent the morning and afternoon doing what I like to do best....wiring..UGH!!! but I managed to get the majority of the sidings hooked up except for one which I have to figure why it does not work. I have power and ground to it. Also I have a puzzling problem which maybe you guys can help me with it is the bridge. First I had to tweak the abutments to get it to fit. I must of had some expansion. I fixed that and dropped the bridge into place. When I bought it at York a few years back Mike Reagan said it would carry electrical through it. But as I ran the engine toward the bridge it went dead just before going onto the bridge.  I have a transition from Gar Graves to Fast Track. On the Gar Graves I ran wires to both outer rails and power to the center rail.  The pic with the engine is where it goes dead. Unfortunately I cannot find my tester for power yet. I did use transition pins that go from Gar Graves to fast track. If anybody has any ideas I am all ears because as of now I am at a loss. Here are pics and the last ones show where I hooked up the wires. I go from Gar Graves to fast track to fast track girder bridge to bridge. Thanks for any help ahead of time Paul

Forgot how awesome your bridge was Paul. Haven't seen it in a while. The bridge is a lift out right? You probably need to add jumpers to the track. Find your tester before you go crazy. Great to see an engine lit up on the track.

Bob

Bryan in Ohio posted:

Cleaned the layout and the train room up.  Had 2 successful open houses Tuesday night and Friday night.  Probably close to 60 people came through and enjoyed themselves over the 2 nights.  I think I will do 1 more for friends at school to bring their kids through at the end of the month and then trains get taken off layout in anticipation of summer layout work season. 

BOW!

Nice train room Brian. Don't know why Paul would need body guards....everyone would be staring at your layout.

BTW- what's with this "take the trains off the layout stuff"?????

somehow I am guessing I am not going to be

on the forum much longer, having more

than the allowable quota of fun.

I ran trains around and around on my layout today.

If anyone is interested my email i jgerding49@sbcglobal.net

John

somehow I am getting the idea you cannot say flamingo here anymore

beardog posted:

somehow I am guessing I am not going to be

on the forum much longer, having more

than the allowable quota of fun.

I ran trains around and around on my layout today.

If anyone is interested my email i jgerding49@sbcglobal.net

John

I just met Forum Member PCRR Dave for lunch yesterday (Oh yes, we did have a train swap deal as the reason for getting together).  Dave said, and I agreed, this forum is the best place to talk O gauge trains, and the people here are great!!  I think that is what you are experiencing, John!  We are glad to have you here!!

i ran trains around and around in circles today 

well, apparently the editor in grief does not allow fun, 

so I ran trains around and around in circles today.

check previous posting about the editor in grief cleaning house.

I spent the whole afternoon cutting my lumber in to pieces that ,hopefully, when assembled will be my new layout bench work. I can do the construction whn the weather gets ugly again.

its progress jim

John