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Got three new cars installed on the layout. Two of them are post-war, one was built for only one year in 2006. Surprisingly my Dad's friend found them at Goodwill in remarkably good condition. The 6670 boom car is in remarkably good shape minus the top bit part of the boom's locking tab doesn't want to hold it up so I have to use duct tape to hold it up.20181011_211145

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Put the floodlight tower back in my freight yard after redoing it last weekend. Also put trains back in the yard. Still need to redo the engine service are. Getting there a little at a time after the 12 hour day redoing the yard track and ballast this past Saturday. I painted the track in the yard over the last couple of days as well. 

 

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Tony H posted:

Swapped out the original motor on my Dad’s PreWar AF Zephyr so it could run on my Ross track and switches.  Original wheel flanges were too deep.  Had an unused engine that was from a Lionel Black River set.  Took that motor out, works great.  Does not have to sit on a shelf.  Now I just have to find a few more cars.

I don't think the prototypes pulled too many cars anyhow. You might want to check out the roster for them.

FutureRail Productions posted:

..............The 6670 boom car is in remarkably good shape minus the top bit part of the boom's locking tab doesn't want to hold it up so I have to use duct tape to hold it up.20181011_211145

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A simple but better looking temp. fix is a thread loop to that crank axle with a hook from a paper clip or other wire to the upright booms lattices. Tweaking one of the axle holding tabs may hold it upright by thread alone.(my new one doesn't need the stay, but my old one did. The new has a bearing insert than also keeps enough pressure on the crank that it doesn't slip down without a load. I don't recall my PW having that pressurized bearing insert... Or it was too weak to do any good)

Is the stay bent? Is the lower right rivet of the stay loose?(re-set) Post rivet loose?(reset, replace, or use a small bolt or rivet & glue) Or the tab worn/broken?(JB Weld)

  I need to fabricate a small wedge for under each wall's corners, some bracing inside, and fill in the area above the walls & portal, but I think the depot idea has been deposed.

  If I abandon it as a covered bridge due to shortness vs height, I'll build another closer to being proper (all wood), and longer.  I'm seeing this as the best of two world's, tunnels and bridges alike. Plus I like the era.

    I also came across a girder bridge that seemed to be encapsulated in a wooded plank "skin" to slow it's deteriorating in the weather. Falling apart but it only added to the interestingly decrepit, highly weathered look of it.

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Jdevleerjr posted:

While not much as been going on for the layout itself, I have been working on a side project.  2 years ago I purchased a Lionel Berkshire and thought it would be a perfect re-paint for the Pere Marquette 1225.  The one big issue was the tender.  It was way too short to make it look correct.  This week I have worked to make it correct.Here are some pics. The stock tender and the locomotive

IMG_20180821_153112248IMG_20180821_153117908 The tender cut and spliced together.  I used 2 different tender shells.  

IMG_20181009_215525555IMG_20181009_215530535IMG_20181010_105913724 Here she sits behind the locomotive and on her new trucks.  I still have to fabricate the tender deck, finish filling in and sanding the seam, and paint and re-letter the tender.  IMG_20181010_200134283 When everything is finished I plan to weather the locomotive and tender. I have this whole project in its own thread here:

 Modifying a tender on a Lioncheif locomotive 

 An fyi,  I've not missed a beat following this JD. I've just had issues with likes and posting when I wanted to since downgrading to Androids a while back. (If you ever thought' Internet Exploder' was bad, stear clear of this "toy OS", lol)

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Quick happy snap of some equipment I'm working on for @JohnD's dad.   The Polar Express cars got a roof swap, and the one in the back had its roof given a light spray of flat white paint to give it that 'snowed on' look.    

Mitch 

He sent me a video last weekend of the kids playing with the PE.  I noticed the mix of roof styles.  I asked if he was going to ask you to paint them.  He said no. He told me he was just going to buy more cars with snow on the roof.

He's coming to town later tonight!  We'll get to play a little trains together and take a fall foliage train ride. 

I can't wait to show him my South Wind passenger cars and diner.

John D. posted:

He sent me a video last weekend of the kids playing with the PE.  I noticed the mix of roof styles.  I asked if he was going to ask you to paint them.  He said no. He told me he was just going to buy more cars with snow on the roof.

He's coming to town later tonight!  We'll get to play a little trains together and take a fall foliage train ride. 

I can't wait to show him my South Wind passenger cars and diner.

Groovy!  You can show him his PE cars as well...   

Mitch

p51 posted:
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I build small platform (SHARK BAY CITY), need more detailing parts before ready.

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Looks great! If I could make only one suggestion, get some trash cans down at either end of the bench. In real life, there'd be one there.

Really good work here!

Lee: Thank you. Yes, I am gonna put there more some small detailing, also trash cans.

Johan

As a carpet liner I don't have a layout to work on. Instead I am making a small Christmas layout for a friend's daughter. It will be 5.5' x 4' plywood platform with 2 manual switches to create the inner oval.I have been painting the loco, whistle tender, caboose, tank car and boxcar in red and green motifs since it is intended to be deployed around the Christmas Tree each year. The idea is to be able to stand the layout in the back of a closet once Christmas time is over.

Had some set backs with the loco and tender today. Old trains are proof of Murphy's Law. The engine is a 239 Scout with a headlamp, smoke unit, and reversing unit. As is common with a Scout motor, all of a sudden it decided to go in reverse only. Then it would switch directions on a whim without any controls being touched. I read up on the troubles people have had with the Scout and how chancy it is to attempt repairs. Fortunately I had a couple of Scout motors I picked up as "junk," one of which is a 1060, and was the subject of "Week 7 of the  "Motor of the Week" contest. I bench tested the 1060 and it ran like a champion.  I cleaned it up, fed its oil wick, lubed it, and treated it to a new light bulb. It fit nicely into the 239 cast shell. The best ting about the 1060 is that it only goes forward. I had to give up the smoke unit but it's a good trade off to have a dependable motor that doesn't change direction when you sound the whistle or sneeze. As for the whistle tender, some gremlins secretly detached a wire from the relay to the field. That was easy enough to fix. Then for some reason the whistle wouldn't sound. A little testing isolated the culprit: the relay got lazy and made little effort to close the contact flap. I had salvaged an old decrepit relay from a junk tender and now swapped it into the 243W. Now it whistles loud and clear. Junk to the rescue!

BTW, does anyone know where at York I could pick up a few Christmassy things to adorn the layout? Thanx!

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Hi Guys, a lot of you know my past story. So I wanted to take this time to share something very special that happened today! My brother came over, you know the one that brought me plywood to start the decking for my layout in the new train room. Well he really stepped it up for the wife CEO! She has been taking care of me ever since we got married, but more so when cancer hit! She took all her energy to take care of me during operations, Chemo Treatments, radiation , to this day! So because my brother and his wife felt so strong about what she gave up for me they surprised here with this! Thanks for sharing this time with me!173417461740

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mike g. posted:

Hi Guys, a lot of you know my past story. So I wanted to take this time to share something very special that happened today! My brother came over, you know the one that brought me plywood to start the decking for my layout in the new train room. Well he really stepped it up for the wife CEO! She has been taking care of me ever since we got married, but more so when cancer hit! She took all her energy to take care of me during operations, Chemo Treatments, radiation , to this day! So because my brother and his wife felt so strong about what she gave up for me they surprised here with this! Thanks for sharing this time with me!173417461740

 

   Last century's X Jaguar was always a favorite for me.  The perfect balance of comfort and sport; classic lines too.  The  next best thing and feel was likely a Lincoln LSC.  The later merger has had an interesing and positive influence on, by, & to, both companies design trends long term. The looks are there and the Jag electrical got much better right away. The only "weak link" I recall was severe abuse of the transmission. I.e. repetative high rpm nuetral drops.

In all, your likely gonna love it after a bit as well.

RSJB18 posted:

That's an amazing gift Mike. Your brother and his wife must be awesome people. Glad you are doing well and that your wife gets such great support.

We are all happy to support your journey to good health, good family, and running trains.

Bob

Thanks Bob! This forum is the best place to come each and every day, but is tops when some days are harder then others!

I truly believe between the wife and family is why I am still here! And the forum and the great group of people here are what keep me smiling and full of joy!

Mike, Your family is the best!  Right now as you know I'm on the giving end of things with my extended family, but it could be any time now that I could end up on the receiving end.  As I have told my younger daughter many times, "Just find a good home to dump me into when the time comes".  

The OGR Forum is like a second family to me.  If I don't get on here and see what's going on, I feel like my day was incomplete.  Thank you every single Forum member.   Here's a big Mike G. Thumbs up for yinz! 

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