Yea boB! I'm glad you enjoyed the railroad again. I plan to do exactly that tomorrow, especially now that my rr room ceiling is painted.
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2012, at 11:03 AM, "shabbona_rr" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, not necessarily Kalmbach quality, but for the first time in about a > month, SHABBONA RR ran a train from Terminal District to Mooar Yard and > return. This is the first operation since coming home from Iowa City on the > 7th of June. > > The day began when I reworked the coupler mounts on F7 "B" unit #19A to meet > the close coupling standards I have set for SHABBONA "F" units. The operation > was successful, but I believe I can add a couple of .015" styrene shims to > the buffers to take up a little more slack. Since this is a "B" unit, the > difference should not be noticeable. > > Once that was complete, except as described, I coupled together an F-7 A-B-A > consist for the train to Mooar Yard. Since I do not have to deal with the > vagarities of DCC or the cantankerosity of a Fireman Fred, this was a simple > matter of simply coupling the units together, after which they went out to > the train and tied on. While the train was getting its air test, the MJ > Dispatcher lined it up for clear sailing to Mooar Yard. > > In the meantime, the roundhouse at Mooar tied RS-3 #35 to RS-1 #33 for > additional power to make up an outbound train. Reaching into #1 track, these > units grabbed the caboose from [yesterday's] train and set it over to Track > two. Then, going back against Track #1, they pulled the made up train out on > the lead and commenced to shove it against the caboose on Track two. > Meanwhile, the inbound freight train showed up at MJ Junction and proceeded > to the inbound yard crossover, where it had to wait momentarily while the > yard engine shoved the outbound train in the clear. After that, the road crew > pulled the inbound trin into the clear on Track one, and returned via the > Yard Main and tied onto Yard two. After receiving an air test and permission > to depart, the outbound train moved into position at MJ Tower and wqited for > clearance to leave town and head back to Terminal District. > > Pulling down the Main Line at Terminal District, the engines cut away and > headed for the pit, where the roundhouse forces will insert F7 "B" unit #15A > to make up a 4-unit A-B-B-A set for a reefer train that is due out later in > the day. After almost a month of inactivity, seeing trains run once again was > refreshing. > > boB Nicholson _________________________________________________ > > > > > > >
