Weekend Update 6/2/24

[up1950s]

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https://www.railwayage.com/mechanical/freight-cars/doe-glowing-following-successful-atlas-test/

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/mow/article/The-latest-twist-on-non-wood-ties-Concrete-steel-and-composite-tie-suppliers-newest-offerings--71865

https://easyreadernews.com/northrop-grumman-studies-how-to-build-a-railroad-on-the-moon/

https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2023/09/englishs-model-railroad-supply-closes-after-77-years/

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2024/05/07/la-county-fairs-garden-railroad-still-chugging-along-after-100-years/

https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2021/05/rail-pullers-come-to-saranac-lake/

[DirtyD79]

I look forward to seeing them there moon trains. 

[mu26aeh]

The Atlas Archive, the only place where an N scale 17,600 gallon HOKX tank car exists

[Sumner]

Thanks to Peter A. in Australia and some programming and work on my part we have software loaded and running the HandCab and a loco.   Need to do a couple of real small tweaks to the software and then write more documentation and get the print files up and if anyone else is interest in building one of these they can. 

Everything to build the WiTcontroller throttles (at bottom) has been on my web site here for some time....

https://1fatgmc.com/RailRoad/DCC/WiTcontroller-Index.html

Spent at least an hour today with the throttle. Love how it feels and a totally different experience than the other two throttles with their encoder knobs. Makes you think what you are doing a little more.

Sumner

[chuck geiger]

"Better modeling through peer pressure" pays off

I still have to add more reporting marks, outline the Google Image graffiti with paint pens, and adjust the weathering a bit.

[peteski]

Tags look good Chuck.  More like what we expect from you. 

[spr1955]

Well I posted about filling in the hardboard a while back and I used a DAP product called AlexFlex (flexible spackling) I have used it before, hard to find locally, ordered it. 2 coats and sanding and a few patches after that so now happy and painted it.

The other side of the new few block needed to be blended into the other double portal to staging yards. Current progress on both plus a before on the portal scene.

[Bill H]

Dave;
Looks excellent!

Kind regards,
Bill

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Tags look good Chuck.  More like what we expect from you. 

Truth. There's always that pesky learning curve.

[bbussey]

Started the painting process on the two EP4 bodies, which will be tedious.  Also started working on the artwork for the layer cake scheme.  The road name font for this 1940 scheme is the same as used on the steam power, and not the Art Deco sans-serif style that was used on passenger equipment.

If anyone has vector artwork for the steam version of the NEW HAVEN lettering or knows where I can find it, please let me know.  Thx.

[wm3798]

Hello Chicago,  Hello!

[sirenwerks]

Hello Chicago,  Hello!

Um, Lee, that's Seattle.

[Roger Holmes]

The layout is located in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and recreates a trip from Chicago to Seattle. Features a full sized HO Sears Tower--no selective compression.

[sirenwerks]

The layout is located in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and recreates a trip from Chicago to Seattle. Features a full sized HO Sears Tower--no selective compression.

Buzz killer. So much for a joke.

[u18b]

The moon article stopped me at the sentence...

Mineral deposits on the moon include silicon (making up 20% of moon dirt)

I'm in Florida.   We have this silicon stuff down here... called SAND.

https://goguides.azureedge.net/media/xw2lqucj/337d7266-abf9-480b-8470-7d3baad6e012.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1600&height=1066&quality=50

And I heard the Sahara has some.

You don't have to go to the moon.