Sun, Apr 21, 2024 thru Sat, Apr 27, 2024
Sun, Apr 21, 2024
Special Guests:
Chris Andrews and his son, Josiah
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| Chris & Josiah getting ready for our session. |
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| Chris jumped to action at our first derailment at Western Avenue. |
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| We ran about 5 different locomotives. |
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| I'm going to ask Josiah to give me the details on those locomotives and then come back with the facts & figures. |
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| I liked this view as I was working on a rerail. |
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| More trains running. |
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| We spent about 2 hours running trains. |
To see video action from our session this afternoon,
see the Special Edition Video
at the bottom of tomorrow's post.
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.
Jordan Osborn 6:15-7:15pm 1 hr.
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| Rob will start off the evening putting the unit coal train together. He'll move the cars from the PRB East Yard to the PRB West Yard. |
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| Jordan and I will run Mixed Freight 5A tonight. |
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| It took about 30 minutes to MU the SD60Ms together but we stuck with it and got it done! |
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| Meanwhile, Rob finishes moving the cars from the East Yard to the West Yard. |
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| Unit Coal Train 2A departing Powder River Basin |
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| I'm waiting for the final red signal to turn green before finishing my last 2.5 laps. |
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| I'm waiting for this Unit Coal Train 2A to park all the cars at the Melrose Park Power Plant. |
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| Rob is making his first approach to the Power Plant yard. |
To see video action from yesterday afternoon & tonight,
to view a Special Edition of Season 2024 Blog 408
"Trains Running"
Duration: 3:28
Tue, Apr 23, 2024
No train activity today.
Wed, Apr 24, 2024
Begin troubleshooting the lights that have gone out...
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| BEFORE The spotlights at the East end of Proviso Yard are not working |
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| Trouble shooting begins below the table. Need to figure out if the wires are still connected. |
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| Meanwhile, over at Winfield/Berkeley station... 3 of the 10 lights installed are not functioning. |
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| See the green circle? That's where one of the three light wires comes through the table. |
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| Here are the other two green circles which locate the other two light posts that aren't working. |
The green circle in the middle on the top of the picture
was a mistake - I changed it to "OK".
Thu, Apr 25, 2024
Video Production of a Special Edition
Season 2024 Blog 508
"Running Trains"
to view YouTube Video
Duration: 3:28
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
My grandson, Charlie, came over to play trains with his Boppa...
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| I'm trying to take a picture of Charlie through the monitor. |
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| Charlie perched in his Engineer's Chair. |
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| Great job, Charlie! You parked all the coal cars. |
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| Now it's time to put the Engines in their stalls. |
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| Keeping a close eye on the progress. |
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| Charlie gave me the two cars you see in this photo for my birthday earlier this month. |
Then Marcus came over to finish up his project...
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| First, he will admire the train puzzle. |
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| Time to get to work... |
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| Filling in the gaps with shrubs. |
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| Really looking good! |
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| Cleaning up the scraps. |
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| So, what do you think? |
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| Now it's time to work on the parking lot. First I make a pattern (white paper). |
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| Then, using the pattern, I cut out the "asphalt". |
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| Checking out the fit. |
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| I think this will work. |
More tomorrow...
Sat, Apr 27, 2024
Working on the parking lot in front of the cascading rocks...
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| Taping before painting. |
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| Painting. |
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| Placement. |
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| Sidewalk pieces. |
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| Ready to glue. |
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| All set! Used the glue gun and it sets immediately. |
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| Laying down the sidewalk pieces. |
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| There you go! |
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| Next step: Weathering...for next week. |
to view YouTube Weekly Layout Update Video
Duration: 4:20
Season 2024 Blog 508 UP Geneva Sub
Circa 1995
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