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On the table this weekend are: 2 gondonla kits, a Tichy war emergency & a P2K both NYC, got a few engines in the mail that I might break in, well one is already lubed and on the track waiting. I am meeting someone with equipment to sell later today so I will have alot more engines come...

Well, got the C&BT box finished up Saturday, then worked on the Bowser LO and finished it up Sunday, it needed an .010 washer to keep the wheels from hitting the car, now it rolls like its on ice. Went to the LHS on Sunday for couplers and some odd stuff, what illness do I have that I just can't...

Welcome Back Kotter? Charlie? I mean Drew-:wave:

Happy Birthday - modelers - (belated) - :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

Happy Birthday - modelers - :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

Let's see> On the table right now are a Bowser covered hopper kit and a C&BT box car kit, I'll start them tonight and see what goes on from there, the Bowser may give me problems as I noted a sag in the coupler box on one end, looks like it warped after it came out of the mold don't know if I...

Well I accomplished everything I set out to do plus some others. Got the Athearn car rebuilt that I was working on Fri. nite, plus managed to do 2 more that needed done. Fixed all my shop cars that were giving me problems. Painted the handrails on an engine I painted a few weekes ago I also...

It's the amount of rise per 100 feet, 1 foot rise in a 100' = a 1 percent grade and so on! Get your scale rule out and a level and start measuring, you'll find that you probably have some pretty steep grades, it happens because we don't have the space for realistic grades. Usually less than 1...

Let's see: To start off with, I have an old Athearn quad hopper disassembled on the bench that was in a box of flea market trains I bought this summer, needs the weights & coupler covers sanded of rust and painted, plus all it needed was a new truck screw to get it running, not bad for a...

Let's see Fri- Finished the P2K tank car, tedious but worth it, now I have some tricks for the other three. Ran trains, had to make sure the tank ran ok, plus had to retweak them FA's, started acting up. Sat- Made it to the LHS for wheels and couplers, of course I couldn't leave with just...

Insulate between the switches, then put a hidden switch to shut off power to the turnouts and spike em, that way they can't be thrown if you are letting them run unsupervised. IIRC both packs should have internal overload protection to prevent any damage. You do know most likely they will be...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - yous two - :wave: :wave:

Very, very nice, great job!!:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - YUNS -:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

Here's a picture of an E-6, shows cut lever clear enough for positioning! Don't get mad at the companies, part of modeling is doing some research. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/bo/bo1412o.jpg

The plans are: Finish the P2K tank car tonite, these are fragile little things but look great. I also want to change out some wheelsets on a older loco if I can find my wheel gauge (always misplacing). Tomorrow I need to get to a LHS for wheels and couplers so I can start on the hoppers I have...

As much as I would like it in my memorabilia collection of NYC items, I'm with Roger on this one, my guess is 15 like the year if right donate to the NYCHS in my name!

Well, Friday I managed to build/rebuid the two drives for the TMofI FA-1's I got from a fellow forumite. Tuned and tweaked and have them running pretty good for old outside bearing Athearns, ran them for an hour and got no motor heat up so I guess there is no binding. Both on the track only...

Neat little critters, Bob, but change the color, they look like the ends of your fingers-:eek: - did you have an X-acto knife or razor saw accident?:oops::p

The decoder is used for DCC operation which is totally different than out of the box DC equipment where you control the speed with the powerpack. To find out more about it go to the DCC section of the forum. I don't use it yet, but I'm told if you don't have it and you put a DCC equipped engine...