Week 343

 Sun, Feb 21, 2021 thru Sat, Feb 27, 2021

This Week's Goal Setting

1. More Weathering Locomotive Roster 

This Week: Making an attempt at some of the CNW roster.

2. Continue work on Clinton Ave. wall sections

This Week: Waiting to stop by B&G to get more supplies. So I can paint all at once.

3. Laying more "asphalt" in the Industrial Park

This Week: Try to get as much done as possible...

Sun, Feb 21, 2021

SPECIAL GUESTS
Jordan Osborn and his Dad, Chris Osborn

Highlighting the Excursion Train

Length: 00:00:40 sec.

Talking trains...

More excursion

Length: 00:00:33 sec.

End of Train Device (EOT) or 

FRED (Flashing Rear End Device)

Length: 00:00:07 sec.

Later that night...

Finally, after three weeks, I'm going to weather
the C40-8s from the CNW roster.
BEFORE

AFTER

Another view of AFTER

And still another view of AFTER

I'm thinking it's not weathered enough?

Still looks pretty new...

Mon, Feb 22, 2021

Train Day!

with Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.

Jordan needed a break after all the work this 

weekend helping his Dad.

Finishing touches on the entrance to the 
California Avenue Coach Yard at Sacramento Blvd.

Our goal tonight is not written out. I decided,

last minute, that we would work out the kinks

on all the switches in this stretch.

Rob Fair is checking clearance on one of the cars
that has a low riding truck.

The switches needed quite a bit of work on clearing
the ballast that got stuck between the switch gear.

This picture was taken from the monitor at the
Central Control Tower.

Rob Fair with his power tool.
Working our way down the line...

I didn't realize I took a ".gif" picture which puts
motion into a regular picture.
Rob is doing our final test of this area.
It was successful, by the way...

After the "switch stretch" was finished we headed
to the switch to Powder River Basin...

Somehow the arm was removed from the base...
Another successful fix by Rob Fair!

Finally, our last "fix it" project.

For some reason, the steam excursion would derail
every time where Rob is sitting.

Rob ended up filing down some solder that was 
over the rails. The lead wheels must have jumped
the track and the drive wheels followed.

Tue, Feb 23, 2021

I've added another "unofficial" goal this week.
Fix the front coupler and the pilot on Metra F40PH #132.

I also updated one more week on the timeline.
Let's see...just 40 more to do.

If each week takes about 20 minutes that's a total of 800 minutes or 13.5 hours to go.

UGH!

Wed, Feb 24, 2021

One more done. 39 to go.

If I don't update two each week I'll never make any progress since every week I add another week.

UGH!

It's okay, I'll keep plugging away!

Thu, Feb 25, 2021

I stopped at B&G today so I could start working
on Goal #2. Hopefully I'll get everything painted
this week.

Items Purchased:

Flat Black Acrylic Paint $2.50 tax $0.21

Rail Joiners $4.50

30104 Street Level Blank Walls $7.99

30114 Cornices/Fancy $8.99

30106 Dock Level Freight Doors $9.99

Tax $2.67

Total: $34.14 + $2.71 = $36.85

Fri, Feb 26, 2021

Time for more weathering of locomotives.
BEFORE

This is the acrylic paint I bought from B&G yesterday.

AFTER weathering.

I also did three more inspections/repairs of rr cars.

This one needed trucks and couplers.

Here are the three cars ready for a test run.

Sat, Feb 27, 2021

This caboose really needs some weathering work.
BEFORE

I may have over-done it.
AFTER

This Week's Goal Progress Report

1. More Weathering Locomotive Roster 

This Week: Finished CNW C40-8s (see Sun, Feb 21, 2021) also completed Metra #132 (see Fri, Feb 26 entry).

Next Week: Keep going...

2. Continue work on Clinton Ave. wall sections

This Week: Stopped by B&G to pick up supplies (see Thu, Feb 25, 2021).

Next Week: Let's try to put the walls together and then paint them.

3. Laying more "asphalt" in the Industrial Park

This Week: No progress.

Next Week: We'll see where next week takes us...no promises.