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    Wednesday Stranger on a Smaller Scale

    Good morning folks

    I need some coffee this morning. Just can’t seem to get going. So I fired up the pots and brought along some muffins and Danishes.

    Weird weather around here. Last night there heavy storms all around us but we didn’t get enough rain to get the ground under the trees wet. About 30 miles from home it rained all day. More of the same on tap for today.

    I am still working on the deck of the D&RGW flat car. I also began working on my work train finally. I began painting the undercarriage and trucks of a Athearn B&O Work Train 40’ boxcar.

    Keeping the theme going; What is the strangest or oddest model railroad item you have or plan to have on your layout, modules, or dioramas?

    For me it is something that isn’t necessarily strange as it is out of place. I have the Life-Like B&O Teakettle 0-4-0 steamer. Since I model a later era this locomotive is very out of place. It is a very good runner and I have converted it to Kadee couplers. I justify its existence on the layout by saying that my model railroad is so desperate for power they will use anything. Another odd thing I have or will have as an industry on my layout is an amusement park. I already have a carousel and a passenger station for the park. I still need to get a freight house. Around the Philadelphia area in the first half of the 20th century there were quite a few railroad or trolley owned amusement parks. The only way you could get to some of them was by riding the owning company’s trains or trolleys. The most famous of these was Willow Grove Park, where John Sousa performed many of his marches was owned by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.

    I hope everybody has a good day.
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  • #2
    Morning Railroad-Line Crew, Tom and of course, Mike too!

    Rained around these parts last night, night before, night before that. It's starting to get a little soggy not that we want desert conditions ether.[:-hot] Maybe just a little less "liquid sunshine" that's all.[:-snorkel]

    Strangest thing around my model layout, probably me. Actually it would be something running as I haven't gotten to the laying track point. But then again, my whole layout is probably odd or will be if I ever get it done.

    Not much else to report on the model front. I keep trying to get something done in the hotel room but for the last two nights I haven't been able to connect to my ISP and have spent a lot of good time chasing a dead rabbit I think.

    Everyone have a great time at the beach, you too Mike.[:-tophat]

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    • #3
      Good morning to all. The announcement of my leaving on vacation was a bit premature.[:-headache] A SMALLid="size3">id="red"> problem :erm: at work required my attention this morning, so we will leave after lunch.

      The skies over Northern NJ opened up last night, for the second night in a row. I won't have to worry about my well this year!

      Right now, the strangest thing on my layout is a Boxcab Diesel that I got attached to. It has no business there, but I use it to shuttle single freight cars onto and off the turntable.

      Well, on to the problem and then Detroit.

      Best to all,

      Bruce
      Bruce

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      • #4
        Hmmmm, danishes! And my wife wonders why I keep gaining weight! Oh well, breakfast IS the most important meal of the day (which is why I think breakfast should always include chocolate)!

        Yet another damp, rainy, humid day in the Big Apple. I'm getting tired of the dampness, the mushrooms on my lawn are getting moldy.

        Odd stuff on my (future) layout, huh? Depending on who you talk to, my decision not to go with DCC is odd, but personally I don't think it's worth the expense of converting all my old engines for a layout I'll be operating solo. As for other oddities, I've got a few old tyco/mantua steam engines that I absolutely love and plan to put to use (these are the same ones that I shudder to think of installing decoders in). People hear "tyco" and they think junk, but these are great engines and will pull the bumper off a '69 Impala. Then there's the camelbacks, and the Russian Decapod that CNJ no longer ran in my era but I'm imagineering that they did. Not to mention the big nut behind the throttle! [:-bouncy]

        Have fun all, and keep the wheels on the rails!

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        • #5
          Good morning all

          Well I am finally early enough to have some coffee and some danish after 2 days of missing breakfast.

          We had thunderstorms that lasted from around 2 PM until sometime in the early AM. :erm:

          Lots of noise and lightening and some rain but no flooding.[:-censored]

          What a difference a year makes, last year at this time the grass was burnt to a crisp and we were hoping the well would not go dry.

          I really have nothing that weird as yet for my layout. But before it is over I am sure I will obtain something.

          Have a great day one and all.
          <img src="http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/data/bbags/20076794158_b3b.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br>John Bagley<br /><br>Modeling the Alaska Railroad in HO in Wildwood Georgia.

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          • #6
            Morning Everyone,

            Hot in the Southwest. Weatherr weenies are predicting rain tomorrow. Yeah..

            Still working on the project, painting details.

            Strange thing on my layout. I collect old Lionel HO. The strangest item would be either one of two rubber band drive F-7's. I set aside one day a year as "Lionel Day" and run only Lionels. It's the only day diesels run on the layout. My contribution to stink and smog.

            Strange scenery would be a fossil Tyranosarus Rex named "John Allen" .

            Have a good day,

            Jim

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            • #7
              Good morning, everyone. And ol' Rusty, too.

              I'm getting another late start today. I had to take my car to the dealer's for service this morning. That requires my driving literally from one end of the K.C. metro area to the other. All via I-435, which is undergoing major reconstruction at the I-70 interchange! Every day traffic is backed up for miles in both directions. I hate it! [:-censored][:-censored] :erm: :erm: And, I'll probably get to repeat the trip tomorrow morning because they may not have my car ready by the end of the day today. grrrr. The loaner car is pretty nice, though.

              The strangest thing I plan to have on my layout will be diesels. That's strange only because I'm modeling the Ozarks lumber and RR tie industry in 1910-1920. But typical of short-wheelbased locos, my steamers have trouble getting through the turnouts without stalling. So when I have my layout completed to a point where I can actually run trains, I plan to install DCC and have a good-running diesel to pull my trains around. Since I very likely will be the only one to see it happen, it's not a big deal. My steamers will still see duty for the "photo sessions," however.

              Have a good day, everyone. You too, Rusty.

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              • #8
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                Originally posted by MikeC

                I'm getting another late start today. I had to take my car to the dealer's for service this morning. That requires my driving literally from one end of the K.C. metro area to the other. All via I-435, which is undergoing major reconstruction at the I-70 interchange! Every day traffic is backed up for miles in both directions. I hate it! [:-censored][:-censored] :erm: :erm: And, I'll probably get to repeat the trip tomorrow morning because they may not have my car ready by the end of the day today. grrrr. The loaner car is pretty nice, though.


                What is this Mike, don't they sell cars where you live or is it just "horse and buggy country"?

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by Rusty Stumps


                  What is this Mike, don't they sell cars where you live or is it just "horse and buggy country"?

                  "horse and buggy country"? is down at the Lake. We have to share the roadways with the Mennonites and their "vehicles." Walmart's parking lot in Versailles can be rather "challenging" to walk across on Saturdays.... [:O] :yuck: :yuck:

                  But there's only 1 car dealer in K.C. who sells my particular model. [:O] So I don't have much choice when it comes to certain types of servicing.

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                  • #10
                    The strangest thing on my layout is my "visible" mountain, a mountain cut in half that allows me to watch my narrow gauge shay pass through it on its trip up to the high mountain logging camp. Of course, that means the interior has got to be finished.

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