Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part IV

N Gauger · 01-18-2008, 12:34 PM

Part IV Of the Caboose Thread....
Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea]

Click here for Caboose Thread Part I -- 10/1/2005 to 6/17/2007

Click here for Caboose Thread Part II -- 6/17/2007 to 11/24/2007

Click here for Caboose Thread Part III -- 11/24/2007 to 01/18/2008

Click here for Caboose Thread Part V -- 03/22/2008 --

N Gauger · 01-18-2008, 12:53 PM

Well. there ya go... a fresh new thread to shootdabull in

Chief Eagles · 01-18-2008, 01:25 PM

Seemed to help. Thanks N Gauger. Some had been complaining. Hope this helps them.

spankybird · 01-18-2008, 01:39 PM

Good Afternoon from NE Ohio
where the sun shines on the North Coast of Lake Eire!

Here is to a fresh pot!

CSXect · 01-18-2008, 01:51 PM

WOW nice lot of cabeeses

and the are mostly C&O

Got sent home from work after an hour due to lack af billable work

hope by monday customers will start filling out purchase orders.

Cold but sunny here in Columbus.

dwiemer · 01-18-2008, 01:59 PM

Well, here's to a fresh pot! Chief, it's getting chilly out there. May need a little help getting the yankee horde out of these parts.

Tom, great NYC caboose! Which one is it? I may actually have it, as I have so many that have never left the box. Soon, very soon, I hope to get the rolling stock doing just that....rolling.

Hope to check in later.
God Bless,
Dennis

spankybird · 01-18-2008, 02:04 PM

Dennis - It is by Lionel. This one is the Scale version with smoke and the half height bay window.

CNWman · 01-18-2008, 03:25 PM

Wow, the Caboose part X may come around this time next year at this rate!

cnw1995 · 01-18-2008, 05:06 PM

Almost done for the day - and I don't even have a commute today - just a walk upstairs. Boy, I could get used to this... Daughter is off to church camp in a moment - expecting -30 in Wisconsin where she's going with her fellow teens - -I think the son and bride are going off to see a scary movie together - that leaves the youngest and me to run trains later - huzzah!

dwiemer · 01-18-2008, 05:09 PM

Good Afternoon everyone. getting ready to head out of here...and hopefully stay out till Monday!
I have a favor to ask. If anyone has knowledge of where I can find a "Savannah and Atlanta GP35 high nose from Atlas #1113-1 or 1113-2", I am looking for one. They are from 2004 and were a low production number. I have tried Justrains, Memory Station, Legacy Station, Peterson Supply, Norms Oscale, and a few others, to no avail. Please PM me, or email me.
Thanks and have a blessed weekend,
Dennis

kpolak · 01-18-2008, 05:20 PM

Ok...That was wierd...I didn't know a new thread was starting.

Doug: I've been running the Burro on Fastrack, so I can't use the track mounted actuators to change the direction, but I think it will run down the track, hit one of these posts, and go in the opposite direction. Another lever on the front will spin the cab 360 degrees, and return 360 degrees. A lever on the rear of the cab will get the hook to raise and lower, but it is all powered. The boom has a manual knob.

Hope less drama at Church camp! Huzzah on the running of the trains! Huzzah! That's just fun to say! Huzzah!

French onion soup with gorgonzola and proschiuto for dinner.

Kurt

jefelectric · 01-18-2008, 07:03 PM

Good evening,

It went up to 46 today and 99% of the snow in yesterday's pictures is now gone.

Went shopping with the wife and found one of the kiosk's that had the small helicopters, which are near O scale for $25.00, so I couldn't resist. Haven't tried to fly it yet. Will let you know how it goes, unless I crash it out of the gate, then it will never be mentioned again.

Dennis, I sent you an email. But forgot one thing. Try AM Hobbies, AKA Bob Thatcher, that is where I buy all my Atlas.

AM Hobbies Online

His phone number is at the top of the site. Don't recomend email, he can be a little slow to respond.

Doug, I have one of the burro cranes. Neat looking but a little outdated in operation. I would love to be able to convert one to TMCC, but all the actuation is done mechanically. It uses an old pullmore motor which just about fills the cab, leaving no room for anything else. I think there is a real opening here for one of the manufacturer to bring out an updated, more scale (the boom on the Lionel is much to short), crane of this type. There are still a lot of these in use for maintenance on the real railroads. If built with small can motors and a teathered MOW car such as a box car to hold the electronics it would be a neat rig.

Here is a picture of one still in use.

This one is owned by Amtrak, complete with graffiti.

BTW, I think this thread is now much faster to respond. Thanks, Mikey

jefelectric · 01-18-2008, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpolak

Ok...That was wierd...I didn't know a new thread was starting.

Doug: I've been running the Burro on Fastrack, so I can't use the track mounted actuators to change the direction, but I think it will run down the track, hit one of these posts, and go in the opposite direction. Another lever on the front will spin the cab 360 degrees, and return 360 degrees. A lever on the rear of the cab will get the hook to raise and lower, but it is all powered. The boom has a manual knob.

Hope less drama at Church camp! Huzzah on the running of the trains! Huzzah! That's just fun to say! Huzzah!

French onion soup with gorgonzola and proschiuto for dinner.

Kurt

Kurt, Mine is relatively new, about a year old, instruction sheet is dated 2/07. You would think Lionel would have come up with actuators to fit Fastrak by now. The ones that came with it only work on conventional Lionel track.

Chief Eagles · 01-18-2008, 07:24 PM

I see Mr. A-- H--- Apitz is back on CTT.

Time to abandon ship.

Time to contact LM.

rtraincollector · 01-18-2008, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief Eagles

I see Mr. A-- H--- Apitz is back on CTT.

Time to abandon ship.

Time to contact LM.

Just when things seem to be getting better lol

01-18-2008, 12:53 PM	#2
N Gauger 1:20.3 Train Addict Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: South Eastern, PA Posts: 10,363 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Well. there ya go... a fresh new thread to shootdabull in __________________ ~~ Mikey ~~ I wonder what that would look like in 1:20.3???

01-18-2008, 01:25 PM	#3
Chief Eagles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rolesville NC [just north of Raleigh] Posts: 1,863 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Seemed to help. Thanks N Gauger. Some had been complaining. Hope this helps them. __________________ God Bless TCA Member 5-58541

01-18-2008, 01:39 PM	#4
spankybird OTTS Founder Join Date: May 2005 Location: Willoughby, Ohio, USA Posts: 946 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good Afternoon from NE Ohio where the sun shines on the North Coast of Lake Eire! Here is to a fresh pot! __________________ All be Safe tom To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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spankybird OTTS Founder Join Date: May 2005 Location: Willoughby, Ohio, USA Posts: 946 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dennis - It is by Lionel. This one is the Scale version with smoke and the half height bay window. __________________ All be Safe tom To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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CSXect Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 549 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	WOW nice lot of cabeeses and the are mostly C&O Got sent home from work after an hour due to lack af billable work hope by monday customers will start filling out purchase orders. Cold but sunny here in Columbus.

01-18-2008, 01:59 PM	#6
dwiemer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southwest GA Posts: 254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, here's to a fresh pot! Chief, it's getting chilly out there. May need a little help getting the yankee horde out of these parts. Tom, great NYC caboose! Which one is it? I may actually have it, as I have so many that have never left the box. Soon, very soon, I hope to get the rolling stock doing just that....rolling. Hope to check in later. God Bless, Dennis

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cnw1995 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 363 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Almost done for the day - and I don't even have a commute today - just a walk upstairs. Boy, I could get used to this... Daughter is off to church camp in a moment - expecting -30 in Wisconsin where she's going with her fellow teens - -I think the son and bride are going off to see a scary movie together - that leaves the youngest and me to run trains later - huzzah! __________________ "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..." Henry V Visit Kelly's blog at To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-18-2008, 05:09 PM	#10
dwiemer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southwest GA Posts: 254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good Afternoon everyone. getting ready to head out of here...and hopefully stay out till Monday! I have a favor to ask. If anyone has knowledge of where I can find a "Savannah and Atlanta GP35 high nose from Atlas #1113-1 or 1113-2", I am looking for one. They are from 2004 and were a low production number. I have tried Justrains, Memory Station, Legacy Station, Peterson Supply, Norms Oscale, and a few others, to no avail. Please PM me, or email me. Thanks and have a blessed weekend, Dennis

01-18-2008, 05:20 PM	#11
kpolak Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ok...That was wierd...I didn't know a new thread was starting. Doug: I've been running the Burro on Fastrack, so I can't use the track mounted actuators to change the direction, but I think it will run down the track, hit one of these posts, and go in the opposite direction. Another lever on the front will spin the cab 360 degrees, and return 360 degrees. A lever on the rear of the cab will get the hook to raise and lower, but it is all powered. The boom has a manual knob. Hope less drama at Church camp! Huzzah on the running of the trains! Huzzah! That's just fun to say! Huzzah! French onion soup with gorgonzola and proschiuto for dinner. Kurt __________________ Kurt Polak O-Gauge Ann Arbor, Michigan

01-18-2008, 07:03 PM	#12
jefelectric Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, PA Posts: 675 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good evening, It went up to 46 today and 99% of the snow in yesterday's pictures is now gone. Went shopping with the wife and found one of the kiosk's that had the small helicopters, which are near O scale for $25.00, so I couldn't resist. Haven't tried to fly it yet. Will let you know how it goes, unless I crash it out of the gate, then it will never be mentioned again. Dennis, I sent you an email. But forgot one thing. Try AM Hobbies, AKA Bob Thatcher, that is where I buy all my Atlas. AM Hobbies Online His phone number is at the top of the site. Don't recomend email, he can be a little slow to respond. Doug, I have one of the burro cranes. Neat looking but a little outdated in operation. I would love to be able to convert one to TMCC, but all the actuation is done mechanically. It uses an old pullmore motor which just about fills the cab, leaving no room for anything else. I think there is a real opening here for one of the manufacturer to bring out an updated, more scale (the boom on the Lionel is much to short), crane of this type. There are still a lot of these in use for maintenance on the real railroads. If built with small can motors and a teathered MOW car such as a box car to hold the electronics it would be a neat rig. Here is a picture of one still in use. This one is owned by Amtrak, complete with graffiti. BTW, I think this thread is now much faster to respond. Thanks, Mikey __________________ Take Care, John Last edited by jefelectric; 01-18-2008 at 07:07 PM..

01-18-2008, 07:24 PM	#14
Chief Eagles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rolesville NC [just north of Raleigh] Posts: 1,863 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I see Mr. A-- H--- Apitz is back on CTT. Time to abandon ship. Time to contact LM. __________________ God Bless TCA Member 5-58541

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