We had a nice show in Galveston last weekend. You can see a couple of
photos of our set-up on the Events page of our club web site:
http://www.houstonsgaugers.org/
This was followed by two days of unpacking everything, and cleaning the
wheels of all my equipment. I bring everything I own, as far as rolling
stock and motive power, to our shows. I thoroughly tested my American
Models FA-2 A-B-A set at the show. Only the lead unit is powered, and it
is powered by S-CAB DCC with battery power. That engine ran "light" on
my unpowered layout for well over six hours on a full charge of the
battery, when I just got tired of doing the test. On the club layout
this weekend, with DCC track power, the engine "only" lasted for five
hours, but that was because it was pulling the heavy B and A units, as
well as a 14-car train. Each day the museum was open for seven hours, so
my S-CAB-with-battery SHS NW2 took over then and ran the train for the
remaining two hours. I took both engines home on Saturday night and put
them on the charging track, ready to run again on Sunday. So far I don't
see any problems with using battery-powered engines. As a matter of
fact, when our club layout had electrical issues, my train just kept on
chugging along, entertaining the crowds.
Like Bill, I had some repair work to do my equipment. One car's step
broke off, two had missing coupler springs, and two SHS box cars
derailed fairly easily, so I glued some lead shot in their underframe
between the center sills. Hopefully that will solve their problem.
This week I also spray-painted a primer coat on the scratchbuilt factory
I am working on from time to time. This revealed some more problems I
need to correct before going on to the final paint step.
Today, in the mail, was the SSA PRR X29 kit I had ordered from Des
Plaines. Looks like a nice kit and I am itching to get started on it.
That's my story. Who's next?...
- Peter.
On 10/10/2013 9:37 pm, scale S only wrote:
Have fun!
Bill Winans
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