Inhaled. Unlike Clinton. Darn autocorrect! Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 6, 2012, at 2:19 PM, John Albee <[email protected]> wrote: > I enjoy both of your thoughts and it is wonderful to see boB back in action! > I've spent the last week relaying my grain elevator trackage to S scale. > Unfortunately, I've learned a lesson the hard way. Because of my eyesight I > have to literally lay my chin (all 3 of them) on the edge if the layout to > even attempt to see soldering, track joiners, etc. unfortunately, while > doing this, I inhales a lot of the fine grass and solder smome, which has > left me gasping for breath at times. > Let my experience warn others to be more careful than I was. > Hard lesson. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> boB, >> >> glad to see things are getting back to normal, both with you and the RR. >> >> It's been very hot recently as I know most of the country seems to be >> experiencing--but locally we're a lot better than last year. I've actually >> used my lawn mower this year. Haven't been in the train-room too much >> lately, it takes too long to cool the place down to get much done. >> >> In regards to operations, I wish I had some of your thoughts to apply to my >> RR's operations. I have the RailOps program that does a nice job of routing >> cars to various locations, keeping track of cars and engines etc. (I also >> understand that the folks at JMRI have introduced a computer based program >> that does much of that also. ) >> >> However, I have yet to get into deciding how trains should actually run, >> when you have 3-5 guys using essentially the same mainline trackage. It >> seems to me most guys have put in a lot of trial and error to get things >> right. It's hard to run thru freights while someone else is trying to do >> some local switching. I've operated on friends layouts where we've had two >> trains meeting in one location to add to the 'fun'. My fear is to have all >> four in the same location so I think at that point the fun is gone! >> >> Bob Werre >> PhotoTraxx >> >> >> >> On 8/6/12 1:43 PM, shabbona_rr wrote: >> >>> >>> SHABBONA operations slowly getting back on track. I have been assembling >>> the Walthers Power House I've had on hand for about three years. This will >>> be the power house for The Humongous Company. >>> >>> The new spring switch is working well at Terminal District. The next >>> project on that end is a better way of interchanging the solid reefer "meat >>> trains" from Mooar Yard. I'm working on a procedure where I double up a >>> couple of yard engines at Mooar and pull them to the interchange. That will >>> mean tossing the inbound waycar aside, then grabbing the train and pulling >>> it over, then maybe have a couple of terminal District engines pull it back >>> at the proper time. It sounds better than it works, currently, but I'm >>> working on the "bugs". >>> >>> The passenger trains have been running fairly consistent, and I've been >>> running the Mooar Turns, though not always on a daily basis, and I've been >>> doing a little switching at Humongous. That's about it for now. >>> >>> Bob Nicholson -__________________________________________________ >>> >> > = >
