Week 215

Sun, Sep 9, 2018 thru Sat, Sep 15, 2018

Sun, Sep 9, 2018

Train Show!

DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton IL

Jordan Osborn and I spent about an hour at the Train show in Wheaton today.

Here's what we purchased at the Train Show:

Jordan bought this for me for $3.
The flasher was $2 and the LED and connectors were $1
I'm going to fabricate a flasher for Melrose Park downtown blvd.

Here's what I bought.
The AA battery holder $2.25 (with $.75 tip)
The CNW hopper $10
The Switch $5
Total Cost: $18

Mon, Sep 10, 2018

Train Day!

6-7:30pm

w/Rob Fair & Jordan Osborn

Rob Fair begins the evening putting the "H" beams on both sides of the steel rod supports.

Here he is attaching the clothes pins to keep them in place while the glue sets.

Clothes pins in place.

All set and ready to cure.

Rob Fair brought a voltage reader, but we plugged it in and blew the circuit on the power bar.
That was weird.

We also got the overhead lights working again.
We kept switching the lights out until we found the "dud" light.
It was the third one we checked.

Jordan Osborn rode this test train around a few times tonight.

Tue, Sep 11, 2018

No train activity today.

Wed, Sep 12, 2018

Train Day!

4-5:45pm 1.75
Jordan Osborn and I worked on the RR.
Ed Nelson and Carlos Baez were going to come but something else came up.

The many Faces of Jordan Osborn

Happy Face.

Oh My Face.

What U Talkin' 'Bout Face.

Contemplating Face.

Back to Happy Face.

Still shot of CB&Q 2-8-2 heading into the yard to pick up the excursion coaches.
Video follows...

CB&Q 2-8-2 6303 picking up excursion coaches.

Length: 00:00:28 sec.

Getting ready to connect.

Now connecting...

Length: 00:00:31 sec.

And finally, departing Proviso Yard West end.

Length: 00:00:28 sec.

POI = Point of Interest
Jordan Osborn explains why.
"Look at Road"

The last piece of work for the day is to clean the rails at Melrose Park downtown crossing.

Thu, Sep 13, 2018

No train activity today.

Fri, Sep 14, 2018

Worked on the RR just a little bit today.
Only about .5 hrs.

I inserted the missing piece that I bought at the train show on Sunday.

Here's the switch back in place, with the missing piece now included.

I also put the skirt around the East Power District.
This is only temporary.
I will probably need to trim the base once I install the top section.

Sat, Sep 15, 2018

Natalie's B-day!
Half Work Day at Church in the morning and then drove downtown to celebrate Natalie's 30th b-day!