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The Valley Local: July 2015
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Fun Stuff Friday - Ballasting. I know, I know, you don't usually associate ballasting with "fun," do you? Well, you're clearly doing it wrong! Check out the video below for proof:. Having trouble spreading and tamping the ballast on your model railroad? Tiny rocks getting everywhere, except where you want them? Lots of itsy bits left on top of the ties? Try using an orbital sander to vibrate those little grains and nestle them snugly in-between the ties, where they belong! Here's (...
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The Valley Local: Fun Stuff Friday
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Just one day left. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Receive New Posts Automatically. View my complete profile. You May Also Like . . . Middletown 366 Daily stories from Middletown's 366-Year History. 1995: First Woman Mayor of Middletown. Resin Car Works Blog. A Milwaukee Road Automobile Box Car with Chad Boas Resin Parts. Appearance of PFE reefers, Part 2. Port Rowan in S scale. Say hello to the new DCC system. Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway. What the hell is he doing?
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The Valley Local: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Starting the Saybrook Backdrop. Over the weekend I finished the the rest of the L-girder supports and calculated how many joists I'll need (esp. now that I discovered more 1x3s. And approximately how long they need to be (though length can be adjusted later). Next, I turned my focus back to the Old Saybrook area. Seems just about every task in this area is tied to another and needs to be done in a certain order. I'd already mocked up the wye benchwork. You'll notice that there's s...
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The Valley Local: Slow Summer Sunday: Simple Subscription & 'site
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Sunday, July 12, 2015. Slow Summer Sunday: Simple Subscription and 'site. Somebody recently mentioned that they enjoyed the blog (which is always. Appreciated), but often forgot to check in. And during particularly productive times like now, he'd miss a bunch of posts. Well, there's an app for that. If you're in the blog (as opposed to the website. All you have to do is type in your email address and hit "Submit" and you will automatically receive new posts (natch'! And speaking of the website. That's a ...
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A Visit to Mike Hamer’s Boston & Maine in HO | Ontario in HO Scale
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Ontario in HO Scale. Modelling the '70s in Ontario. Skip to primary content. About this blog…. CP Drop-Bottom Ore Cars. TH&B 70 Ton Hoppers. A Visit to Mike Hamer’s Boston and Maine in HO. August 11, 2015. I spent the weekend in Ottawa, travelling on Via trains 40 on the way there and 45 to get back home. Travelling by train was, unsurprisingly, a joy that will never grow old for me, despite the fact that both trains were just minutes under an hour late arriving at their destination. First generation die...
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The Valley Local: Fun Stuff Friday (Eve): Eating in the Freighthouse
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Fun Stuff Friday (Eve): Eating in the Freighthouse. Ok, so it's not Friday quite yet - but it IS Friday Eve. Too early to talk about eating! With all the talk about modeling Old Saybrook structures. It's really pretty cool that not only is the Old Saybrook station still being used. As an actual real-live railroad passenger station, the old freight house is still being used too - as a pizza restaurant! PizzaWorks, Saybrook Junction, Old Saybrook, CT. When you tire of seeing HO tr...
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The Valley Local: Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Bridging the Chasm
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Now that my first layout tour. Is in the rear-view mirror, it's nice to get a little bit of a breather from the manic and intense activity of the last bunch of weeks - but I know. That I'm most motivated when I have a goal to work towards. So the only question is, " what should I do next? Areas as I go. Your answer - or at least my answer - to this question probably depends on what excites you more. What gives you the most motivation? Starting way b...
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The Valley Local: First Layout Tour!
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Sunday, August 9, 2015. Just a quick reminder that you can subscribe to this blog by email. If you want to get notices of new posts automatically). The presentation went well, folks seemed to enjoy it, and the club's head of layout tours asked if I'd be willing to host an open house to see my layout at some point. I'd heard a lot about these open houses, how motivating they could be, and was curious how I'd fare. So I agreed, and a date "far away into the future" (or so I thought) was set. Despite how I'...
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Railroading In Council Bluffs: August 2011
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Saturday, August 27, 2011. Caught IAIS #709 in action tonight with a drag of double stacks on and headed into the Union Pacific yard. Railfanning - Union Pacific. Caught Union Pacific # 571 in the Council Bluffs yard. This is a former Souther Pacific GP38-2. Also a photo UP 2302 an EMD SD60M. Sunday, August 21, 2011. Railfanning the Iowa Interstate Railway. IAIS # 150 - An EMD SD38-2. IAIS # 704 and 707 - GP38-2's The roads work horse! I believe all of the roads GP38-2's are e. X Penn Central units.
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Railroading In Council Bluffs: September 2011
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Sunday, September 25, 2011. Well this weekend I big plans on laying the cork and getting the wiring done and working on a locomotive but as it turns out, I am slow! I got the cork done and that was about it. Wiring is next. Here are a few pics with the cork in place. I used N scale 3 x 30 pieces to keep it on a low profile. Thanks for looking as always. Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Labels: The Track Plan. Sunday, September 18, 2011. The old farm implement section. I will use the Walthers REA wareho...
