Moving commuter cars to storage locations...
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| I moved three consists to Chicago Terminal - tracks 7, 6, & 4. |
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| Here they are. Track 5 is reserved for Amtrak trains. |
Mon, May 6, 2024
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.
Jordan Osborn 6:15-7pm .75 hrs.
Marcus Thorsen 6:30-7pm .5 hrs.
Mainly worked on Inspecting Commuter Cars...
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| Our opening discussion... |
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| Enter Marcus Thorsen. |
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| Look what I brought! |
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| Grass for the cascading rock scene. |
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| Now we wait for next week. |
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| Time for Marcus to leave. |
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| Then Jordan... |
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| Rob keeps working on the Commuter cars. |
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| I spent some time putting on guard rails. |
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| Rob lays out all the cars. The ones in California Ave. Maintenance Facility are finished. The ones upside down on the mainline still need work. |
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| Another view of the same. Also, we found out I have 9 Kato commuter cabs/coaches. I have another 5 Walther's commuter cabs/coaches. I need 1 more cab/coach to complete my fleet. |
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| Here's the commuter cab I'm working on at the workbench. I'm putting guard rails around the model. |
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| Here's a pile of paperwork Rob completed tonight. |
Nice work everyone!
Tue, May 7, 2024
Finishing touches on RTA Commuter Cab/Coach 8716 (1)
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| BEFORE I put on the guard rails... |
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| Oops! I forgot the foot rests at the bottom of the ladders. |
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| AFTER There you go. All DONE! |
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| Paperwork follows cab/coach car and now we're ready for testing! |
Wed, May 8, 2024
Working on Commuter Cab/Coach Car Fleet...
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| Yesterday I finished an exact model of this same car. Tonight, I'll try to finish this one. |
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| First I replaced the couplers. This one is the new one called a Kinematic Coupler.* |
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| This is the coupler that is factory installed. |
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| Car in the yard at California Avenue waiting for its test run. All details attached. |
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| I'm attaching all the paperwork so I know what I'm working with on the layout. |
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| Two done, 12 to go. |
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| I put some black pieces on the base of the rectangular pieces since the parts are cream colored, they were camouflaged with the white background. Now I can easily find the parts with the black background now in place. |
Kinematic Couplers are used as non-working couplers so the cars
stay together when in motion. I've had problems with this so I hope
this solves that problem.
Thu, May 9, 2024
Subbing later in the morning.
Before I go, I got some work done on the Commuter Cars...
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| That black back drop really shows the white pieces. |
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| Working on another Cab/Coach Commuter Car. Adding the grab irons and other details. |
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| Followed by the paperwork. |
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| Still more work today. Lots of parts still in the tray. |
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| I started with the front of this cab car. |
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| Progress made since Monday night when Rob Fair started this project. |
This evening I did a bit more on this project...
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| I updated the commuter fleet spreadsheet. |
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| Then I decided to label each car according to the list. |
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| Plus I'm still in the middle of inspecting each car. |
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| As soon as I finish inspecting a consist, I will put those cars away in the spots at Chicago Terminal. |
There will be some changes to the Cars in Consist reports.
Especially to the West Line trains stored at West Chicago Yard
at the end of the day.
Fri, May 10, 2024
Online Kato Store Purchase
Bi-Level Detail Set x4 $16
Commuter Car Lighting Kit $24
Shipping $8
Tax $4
Total $52
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| I organized the spreadsheet by consist: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E |
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| Organized the trains by consist according to the spreadsheet above. |
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| Here's the Power Code and assignments. Let's add the engines to each consist. |
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| There you go. Five Commuter Trains 1A-1E ready to move to downtown Chicago Terminal. |
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| Here are the five trains with their respective locomotives at the head of each consist. |
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| This is the other end of each consist. Track 1 to the left and track 7 to the right. |
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| That took 29 minutes. We'll call it 30 minutes. |
Sat, May 11, 2024
Working on Weekly Layout Update Video
to view the results
Duration: 5:30 minutes
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