Bill, Nice video. I found it pretty amazing that you have a good variety of hoppers and all seem to be nicely weathered! nice and crusty!!
Bob Werre On 11/15/11 3:20 AM, Bill Lane wrote: > > All, > > Here is my first video from my new layout. http://youtu.be/699NBq3WCFA It > was a real "shelf clearer". I drug them **all** out and is by far the > longest train I have ever run in my house. I will let you count the cars. > Some of the cars have probably never been run since I bought or finished > them. There are another 15+ cars that could be and eventually will be in > this train but they are not painted or needed some TLC I could not quickly > provide to run it last night. > > You could also subtitle it "I finally made my EM-1 slip!" In reality the > EM-1 DID pull this train alone but it was slipping a bit. The helpers just > added a bit to the effect and the moving of the train. Now that I have the > layout I should probably go through the cars and make sure **all** of the > axles are oiled. In spite of a true helper operation nothing derailed. > This > train has at least 5 laps run without issue before I called it a night. > > There are only 2 cars in this train that are NOT brass & none are > wood. Care > to guess which ones? 1 car should be easy to spot. The other - one not as > easy? When I say not brass -because it is really STEEL! It started out > as an > open hopper drag and I added other cars to it. I painted almost all of the > cars so you are watching 20+ years of my painting roll past you. I > would say > that the train is 30 feet long. > > For those that think the 1 amp Tsunami is not up to the task I say > poppycock! This is the Heavy used as a single decoder stuffed in the > boiler > with a RailMaster deep bass speaker pointed right up the stack. If this > train does not turn a Tsunami into a smoke unit nothing will! > > Yes it is 4:20 AM.. I get my garage addition started today. This will > create > my permanent workshop in the old garage allowing more open space in the > basement for possible future layout expansion! It is a win win win! > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 > > See my finished models at: > <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > Custom Train Parts Design > <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> > http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > The other members are not ALL like me! > <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
