Weekend Update 4/23/17

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Now that's my kind of railfan trip!!!!!  Forget about the trains.  Let's eat!

Damn right!!

You may appreciate this: http://railfanning.kapuscinski.net/tag/railfan-food/

[Ed Kapuscinski]

"Also, details about the #10. I happen to know someone who models the connecting line..."

Bachmann GE44T (PRR - sorry).  Jeff Gowers repaint and decal. 

Ahh! Do you know where he got the decals?

Also, you're modeling the STRT. I wouldn't say you should ballast, I'd say you need to bury the track and cover it in dirt!

[StewRRFan]

Ed- He printed the Stewartstown decals up.  Agree that planting the rail in mud would be the current state.  Need to be figure out what I want to do on the Stewartstown branch.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Ahh, cool. I have a 44 tonner that might need that same treatment.

[GaryHinshaw]

We had our second operating session in two weeks last night.  Unlike the previous session (which occurred less than 24 hours after getting the lower-deck mainline operational), this time I had sufficient time to properly stage trains and get power consisted.  Here is the crew:



Back (l-r): Brian Dobbin and yours truly.
Front (l-r): Bill Dixon, John Green and Timothy Horton (BCR 750)

Aside from the camaraderie, one highlight for me was the first appearance of JB Hunt cans on the Loop:



  More details are posted in the TBC Engineering thread.

[chuck geiger]

Spent most of the weekend rail-fanning on-line. YOU TUBE - Ray Smith UP Evanston, WY Division is
excellent, also our boy with the amazing Tehachapi Loop. https://www.facebook.com/NScaleTehachapiPass/

[jereising]

New Power arrives at Oakville:



Locos have been decodered and tested - looks like FVM got their QC act together, these six run very nearly alike - and beautifully!

Now it's time for details, then into service...

[John]

Spent quite a bit of time working on wagons and vehicles for my Royal American Shows carnival train.  Some of these are complete while others are in progress.  Getting there......

Me too ..
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[ChrisKLAS]

I've spent the last few days working on an interface between the Grade Crossing Pros and JMRI so that a train approaching or waiting at a red signal won't trigger the gates even though it's occupying the "far" sensing section.

[John]

what happens if the crew runs the red?

[chuck geiger]

[ChrisKLAS]

what happens if the crew runs the red?

They get sent to time out and to pee in a cup.

There's still a "near" sensing section that's always active, so the gates would eventually go down, albeit later than usual. 

[rochsub]

New Power arrives at Oakville:



Locos have been decodered and tested - looks like FVM got their QC act together, these six run very nearly alike - and beautifully!

Now it's time for details, then into service...

I just received my three UP units.  No BNSF.  I agree with you about the QC.  Mine all run great and at the same speed.  Plus, they look awesome as usual for FVM.

Daryl

[Kisatchie]

They get sent to time out and to pee in a cup.

Hmm... I thought they
got killed...

[nuno81291]

Turntable coming together.

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