60 and sunny here on the beautiful Oregon coast..... Sorry,I just couldn't resist.
Mark in Oregon --- In [email protected], "mhrywest" <mhry19@...> wrote: > > Every year, many folks leave Minnesota to go south. They are called Snow > Birds. As I look outside, it is about 40 degrees and there are only small > patches of snow. This year I guess, they would be called brown grass birds. > That reminds me of the conversation going on about tea leaves, I have been > using my tea leaves in the compost but I guess I will try some as scenery > material. Bob's comment about brewing pot, caused me to chuckle. What a > perfect cover Bob, "Honest officer, this is not what you think, it is scenery > material for my model railroad." > I went over to see Steve Doyle yesterday. I had built a curved turnout for > his yard throat and when that was in, Steve was able to look at the next > challenge and made a suggestion that changed our approach to the area. I > laid out another unique curved turnout for that area and brought it home to > shape the switch points, stock rail and frog points. If this works out well, > it will save me time doing unique turnouts. Giving solid form to this one > section of the yard gave us a chance to look at the next portion. Tom Lennon > also stopped by and offered some neat variations to consider, now we have > another variation on the plan. This is fun, but I doubt the last revision > has been seen. Next time over, I will install the curved turnout to connect > the arrival departure tracks to the drill track, then layout the next curved > turnout into the yard ladder, I expect this to cause another small revision > but it is getting Steve closer to operating. > Around the Heartland, I am going to build myself a turnout today and put it > back in hidden storage. Earl, to your question about the code 100 turnout. > Yes, SHS and AM highrail wheels run through it, I don't recommend Flyer > wheels but that is OK, I don't thing the guys have any. I will follow up > more with a complete report when it has more hours on it. > > Regards, > > Ken Zieska > ------------------------------------ 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/
