Sun, May 4, 2025 thru Sat, May 10, 2025
Sun, May 4, 2025
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| Finished ballasting CNW Engine Facility |
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| Another look at the UP Engine Facility |
Mon, May 5, 2025
Up early to get ready for tonight's train session...
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| The tables are a mess... |
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| Stuff accumulates if you don't put things away... |
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| There are "tels" here buried under previous civilizations. |
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| This table at the Powder River Basin is in pretty good shape. Just working on the sign project. |
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| See the sign to the left? I need to change the 2 and the 4 to 6 and 8. |
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| I will use this table as my staging table to move stuff to for sorting and organizing. |
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| Before I put these into plastic bag I want to capture what's inside. |
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| At least I put away the ballast. Still a mess... |
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| This table is cleared now and only left with Rob's gift from Norm Zielke's attic. |
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| Workbench still a mess. More work to do here. |
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| The Powder River Basin table in good shape. |
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| Staging table getting more stuff. |
Time for Train Day!
w/Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.
Jordan Osborn 6:15-7:15pm 1 hr.
Marcus Thorsen 6:30-7pm 30 mins.
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| Rob begins tonight at the workbench making progress on the steam engine Marcus brought last week. |
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| Jordan greets our guests. |
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| Marcus joins us and lends a hand to Rob. |
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| Putting away the intermodal train. Eventually we will be changing the wheel sets back to 33". Ever since I changed them to 36" wheels sets the performance has been less than stellar. |
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| Picking up the cars waiting for pick up. |
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| The RR pin my brother, Bill, picked up from a Metra conductor on the BNSF line. |
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| This train originated tonight from Chicago Terminal heading westbound to Geneva and then finally to West Chicago Yard for overnight storage. |
Tue, May 6, 2025
Updating paperwork from yesterdays Train Session
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| Running the Commuter Train 1C and finishing the intermodal train. |
Wed, May 7, 2025
A very fun day.
I took pictures along the UP West Line where they are adding a 3rd Track
from West Chicago Kress Rd. to Geneva Peck Road.
to view YouTube Video
of my Train Adventure this morning
Duration: 05:34 mins.
I was even able to catch a few trains.
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| I took this picture today because I want to model a service road near Proviso Yard on my layout. |
I will use this picture as the prototype to make my service road.
Back in my basement...
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| Time to move all the CNW locomotives back to their storage tracks at the CNW Engine Facility |
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| I already put away the DC locos. Now to put away the DCC locos. |
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| That was quick! |
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| Final view of both Engine Facilities. Ballasting is complete for both. |
Thu, May 8, 2025
Disconnecting the mother board for F40PH locomotives to send to Walthers
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| Hopefully I will receive a new decoder and reinstall. I may or may not need these pictures. |
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| Here's what it cost to send this via UPS to WI |
Working on the UP Engine Facility access road.
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| I'm going to fill in these opening. |
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| Pieced in some pink foam board |
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| I will cut this gauze and then soak it in water to lay it in place on another day... |
Fri, May 9, 2025
No train activity today.
Sat, May 10, 2025
More progress on the UP Engine Facility access road...
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| I cut the gauze to fit. Before I dip them in water, I need to install the plexi-glass. |
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| The plexi-glass on the left I had to discard because it wasn't clear. Bummer. I did install the plexi-glass on the right. That should do it. |
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| It will serve the purpose of keeping the structures safe of arms reaching over and destroying them. |
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| I dipped the gauze in water and will wait for this to set overnight. Then I'll paint them and finish the access road next week. |
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| Here's the next picture with the Hydrocal over the mesh |
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