Sun, Aug 3, 2025 thru Sat, Aug 9, 2025
Sun, Aug 3, 2025
No train activity today
Mon, Aug 4, 2025
Up early to do some work before our Train Session tonight...
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| Spreading out the ballast... |
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| Forming the ballast... |
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| Final touches... |
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| Spraying down the ballast with water... |
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| Using glue mixture 1 part glue 4 parts water to secure the ballast in place... |
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| Wiping down the rails... |
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| DONE! I like it! |
Train Day!
w/Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.
Marcus Thorsen 6:30-7:15pm .75 hrs.
Here's what we did...
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| Rob is finishing moving the coal cars from the East Yard to the West Yard. |
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| Moving the last three cars for the final move. |
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| As we're working Marcus joins the crew. |
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| Marcus gets to work and starts trimming the walls he made using the patterns we made last week |
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| There you go. |
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| Meanwhile... Rob begins work on a wall that is really out of place... |
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| This is the BEFORE picture (see below for the AFTER picture) |
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| Doing the research before the actual work begins |
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| Removing the signage which we will return to place after the work is finished. |
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| Meanwhile... back working with Marcus... We have fitted the walls in place |
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| I will use this picture next week to make sure we put these walls back in the same place after Marcus paints these walls to match those close by |
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| After Rob and I finished running the Unit Coal Train 2A-P5-8 he returns the power back to the CNW Engine Facility |
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| This is the AFTER photo finishing the straightening of the wall. It still looks a bit "off". I will wait until we decide if/when it needs more work. |
Tue, Aug 5, 2025
No train activity today.
Wed, Aug 6, 2025
No train activity today.
Thu, Aug 7, 2025
Let's build the modern water tower...
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| Getting everything ready in the dining room... |
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| ...then I moved everything in the kitchen so I could work with my wife, Jan, as she worked on the laptop on the other side of the table... HEY, WAIT, Where's the water tower? |
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| There it is! What do you think? You like? I do. |
I had trouble with the decals.
I don't do well with them.
They came off the tagboard in pieces.
I destroyed the "Fox River" decal so I will try to use the "Industrial Park" decal and try again.
I hope it works.
Fri, Aug 8, 2025
Visit to Tom Stover's in Elburn IL
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| Tom has this on his big screen TV. It's a live stream from the Illinois Railway Museum in Union IL |
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| Small Crew today. l. to r. Glynn, Tom & Jim |
To see action from this session see my Layout Update video in tomorrow's entry...
Sat, Aug 9, 2025
Working on the RR especially the Industrial Park Water Tower
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| Jim Davidson from yesterday's train session at Tom Stover's told me to spray the decal with a sealant. |
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| I also wanted to add a light to the water tower. |
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| Drilling out the hole for the light and the base |
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| I put a piece of shrink wrap to hold the lamp in place. |
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| Here's what it will look like when lit. |
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| Now it's time to add the decal. I sure hope this works. |
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| I brought a tray of water to soak the decal... |
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| ...for 10 seconds... |
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| ...then let it sit for 1 minute. |
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| The decal didn't stay in one piece. I had to put it together in three separate pieces. UGH! |
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| Don't look too close. I did a very bad job! |
I am not a very good decal artist.
I should spend some time with Jim and get some lessons.
for the Weekly Layout YouTube Video Update
Season 2025 Blog 575
Duration: 06:48 mins.
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