Sun, Mar 24, 2024 thru Sat, Mar 30, 2024
Sun, Mar 24, 2024
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| Getting ready for our guests this afternoon. |
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| Father/Son at the Control Tower |
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| Two other sons keeping track of their trains. |
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| They did a great job watching and running their trains. |
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Sometimes they had to work closely so their cables
wouldn't get tangled up. |
See Weekly Update at the end of this week's blog for more action on today's activities...
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| All four guests in the picture. |
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| Oops! Peter, where are you? |
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There you are!
I know you're there even though my eyes are shut! |
Thanks for coming!
I really enjoyed your visit and am already anxious for your next visit.
Mon, Mar 25, 2024
Got up early to get some work done on the RR...
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| I glued in the road addition. |
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I'll weather that section and then work on gutters,
curbs, and sidewalks. |
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Also, getting ready to lay the foundation for the
Berkeley neighborhood homes. |
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| All that took about 30 minutes. |
Now it's time for
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.
Jordan Osborn 6-7:15pm 1.25 hrs.
Marcus Thorsen 6-6:30pm .5 hrs.
Whoa! We did a lot tonight!
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Marcus came and went really quick.
He is working on a cascading rock project. |
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Rob is running the Unit Coal Train through Marcus's
work area. |
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| Marcus holds back on progress until the unit coal train passes. |
See Weekly Update at the bottom of this Week's blog for more action footage of tonight's activities.
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Jordan tried really hard to make the connections work
so we could get the camera shots viewed on the monitors. |
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| More progress with the cascading rock project. |
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| Cutting the piece down to fit better. |
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Meanwhile back at Powder River Basin...
Rob sorts the train from the main to the PRBEast Yard. |
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| Once all the cars are in place, Rob fills the cars with coal. |
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| All set. Ready for next "turn". |
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We also decided to fix a gap in the rails with a jumper.
We soldered a wire from one rail to the other bypassing
the gap in the rail. It worked great! |
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| Here's the close up of the jumper cable. |
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
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| Working on neighborhood near Berkeley station. |
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| Base level. |
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| Top level. |
Later in the day...
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| In preparation for gluing the puzzle, I had to flip it over. |
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| Applying the glue. |
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| Spreading out the glue. |
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| Flip the puzzle and wait for the glue to set overnight. |
Wed, Mar 27, 2024
I mounted the finished puzzle.
Not sure if this will be the final resting place because there's such a glare.
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| I had to turn the lights off so you could see the picture. |
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I wonder if there's a way to
cut down the glare? |
Later that night...
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| Berkeley city planning blue print. |
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| Neighborhood layout. |
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| Scoring the curbs, sidewalks & driveways. |
Next step: Installing the gutter, then painting.
I'm getting excited anticipating how this will turn out.
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
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| Another view of the poster without a lot of light on the subject. |
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| One last look. |
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Now on to the Berkeley neighborhood project.
Cutting out the apron for the gutters/curbs. |
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| Another section. |
Special guests!
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| My daughter, Natalie, and her son, Josiah. |
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Natalie enjoying the light show. She said,
"It just makes me feel good to see what you've done." |
Fri, Mar 29, 2024
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Working on the Berkeley neighborhood.
Securing the base. |
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| Gluing down the surface. |
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| Taping off the curbs/gutters preparing to paint. |
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| Painting. |
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| Removing the paint borders. |
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| That part of the project took about 3/4 hr. |
Sat, Mar 30, 2024
More work on the Berkeley neighborhood...
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Painting the sidewalks a concrete color and the
drive ways an asphalt color. |
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Adding ground foam to use as grass. Oops!
I should've painted the base brown, which I noticed
and started doing in the middle. |
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There, isn't that better? The yard on the right looks
like it needs some lawn care. |
After the glue/paint dries I will remove the excess ground foam,
put the structures in place and take another picture.
More to come today!
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Almost finished.
Just need to put up the fence in the back yards. |
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This shows the prototype picture of what I'm trying
to capture. |
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| Back fence is installed and in place. |
Finishing touches will be the light posts.
For Weekly Video Layout Update...
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