Sun, Jul 18, 2021 thru Sat, Jul24, 2021
Sun, Jul 18, 2021
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| I had to move fast to try to capture my wife, Jan, in this picture. As you can see, I wasn't fast enough because the picture is still blurred. Dang! Sure wish it was clear. It would've been a great shot of Jan and my son, Ben! |
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| On the other hand, this one turned out just great! I was surprised I got such a nice smile from my grandson, Josiah. He usually avoids the camera. Also in the picture is my granddaughter, Lissette, and my daughter, Natalie. |
Mon, Jul 19, 2021
No train activity today.
Tue, Jul 20, 2021
No train activity today.
Wed, Jul 21, 2021
I forgot to take a picture of my birthday present given by my dear children!
Thank you very much to Emily & Brian, Ben, James & Natalie!
You are the best kids ever!!!
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| This is what I bought from the gift given by my children for my birthday back in April. 1. Loconet cables to connect to #3 (Item $17.00 S&H $6.99 Tax $1.36) Gift card amt.: $12.29 My cost: $13.06 2. LED 12v lights for lamps (Item $10.99 S&H $5.99 Tax $.88) Gift card amt.: $17.86 3. UP5 Digitrax Loconet face plate and module (Item $18.38 Tax $1.47) Gift card amt.: $19.85 Totals: Gift card amount: $12.29 + $17.86 + $19.85 = $50 My cost over and above gift card amount: $13.06 |
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| I had to change the location for the UP5 since the cable wouldn't reach the previous location. |
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| Spot of previous location. |
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| Newly installed UP5. The station covers the old location in the distance. |
Thu, Jul 22, 2021
No train activity today.
Fri, Jul 23, 2021
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| I finally wired up the Coal Plant parking lot lights. Maybe a bit too bright, but we'll go with the look for now. |
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| I wanted to take a picture from a distance to see what it looks like. |
SPECIAL GUEST
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| This is Tyler Wierzbinski. He works for Fresh Air dryer duct cleaners. When he came downstairs the first thing he said was, "Wow!" He made my day! |
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| In order to prepare the street lights for installation I added the resistor and feeder wires. |
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| Here's the technique I used to solder the ends. |
SPECIAL GUESTS
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| Emily and Ida Zielke stopped by this evening and checked out the trains. Charlie also was here but didn't want his picture taken. |
Sat, Jul 24, 2021
Lots of work done on the RR today...take a look:
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| Working under the layout to wire up the lights. Very tedious work. |
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| Here's what it looks like under the table. |
Finished the street lights at the Powder River Basin
Length: 00:00:25 sec.
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| Looking down the end of the street at Harvard or beyond the Powder River Basin. |
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| Drone view of the intersection and the Coal Plant in the distance. |
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| Close up of the road crossing over the tracks. |
Charlie wants to know about the motorcycle...
Length: 00:00:31 sec.
Length: 00:00:31 sec.
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| My two train fans. They did a great job today! |
Charlie is the engineer. Ida is the conductor.
Length: 00:00:30 sec.
After one lap, still watching the train...
Length: 00:00:26 sec.
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| This was Charlie's train where he was the engineer and Ida was the conductor. |
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| This is the Train Order Sheet that will capture the moment. |
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| After Ida and Charlie left I put together this intermodal train. |
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| This is the Train Order Sheet that will capture the moment historically. |
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| A drone's view of the intermodal train waiting to proceed on the mainline. |
Powder River is looking great ! ! ! You are making amazing progress ! ! !
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