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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #30 on: August 16, 2015, 09:54:50 AM »
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The price of copper is way down...

Yea. Bare-bright is down to $2.05/lb at my usual place. Down from $2.40/lb back in June.
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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #31 on: August 16, 2015, 12:10:26 PM »
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Finishing up a UPY CCRCL, just need to fix those patched windows  :facepalm:
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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #32 on: August 16, 2015, 12:56:13 PM »
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Nice locos!

No photos - but I finally got around to ironing out the last piece of track from the Bufkin's Bayou bridge install - the lead to the Polyolefins plant wasn't sitting right, so I cut it out and relayed it.  Smooth as butter now.

I alos downloaded a switchlist generator designed to run on Mac OS.  So I'm working through populating it - though being able to upload form my inventory spreadsheet would make things a tad easier.
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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #33 on: August 16, 2015, 01:06:39 PM »
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That looks great! When I first saw photos of the prototype, I wanted to make one. Very cool...hope to see you run it some day.
Finishing up a UPY CCRCL, just need to fix those patched windows  :facepalm:

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #34 on: August 16, 2015, 02:15:21 PM »
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U36C finished and in service - long project.



Very nice work.

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #35 on: August 16, 2015, 04:56:07 PM »
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Got some high spots sanded down, and a coat of paint across most of the layout surface to seal the foam insulation board to protect it against rattle can damage (melting from the aerosols) when I paint the track later.   I went about setting up a mini ops session for testing purposes.  I set a loco on programming track to redo the address, zephyr came back d nd a few seconds later and I smelled hot/electrical.  Now I run trains but I can't program anything.  Posted topic in DCC section with help there.

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #36 on: August 16, 2015, 05:27:16 PM »
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My scratchbuild project for the weekend:



More on the Seaboard Central 2.0 thread in the Layout Engineering Forum.

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #37 on: August 16, 2015, 05:28:07 PM »
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My scratchbuild project for the weekend:



More on the Seaboard Central 2.0 thread in the Layout Engineering Forum.

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #38 on: August 16, 2015, 06:50:37 PM »
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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #39 on: August 16, 2015, 06:53:57 PM »
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Where's Epstein and Horshack?

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #40 on: August 16, 2015, 07:08:20 PM »
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Where's Epstein and Horshack?

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #41 on: August 16, 2015, 08:09:02 PM »
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Well, it only took six months, but the Vortex is finally operational:



More in the layout engineering thread later today.

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #42 on: August 16, 2015, 08:19:42 PM »
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Well, it only took six months, but the Vortex is finally operational:


Northern or southern hemisperic rotation?

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #43 on: August 16, 2015, 09:21:40 PM »
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Well, as a Santa Fe fan, I've been following this on feeBay. The M-190, one of a kind prototype. Still :o  :o :o

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Re: Weekend Update 8/16/15
« Reply #44 on: August 16, 2015, 09:44:04 PM »
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I've been working on the bridge representing the 5th crossing of Tehachapi Creek (just below the loop).



Impressive job on this!  Even without scenery, it's pretty amazing that you've created a layout where it is easy to identify the proto location from the modeled scene!   8)

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