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For anyone attending Cocoa Beach RPM
For anyone planning on attending the Cocoa Beach RPM next weekend, Michael and I will be there to promote the ProtoThrottle and Grain Belt Models. Please stop by and say hello as we would love to meet you and have a good chat. :)
Michael Petersen
Scott Thornton

Power where you need it on your layout.....
…………...If you're like me, you never seem to have an outlet handy where you are working on your layout. Here's a solution. The pictures should tell the story and how to do it. once made just run a screw into something where you need an outlet and pop in on the screw.

Weekly Photo Fun - Jan 5-11, 2020
It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em.
1/29 Scale Pettibone Speed Swing
I used a HO scale Custom Finishing model as a baseline for upscaling to 1/29. It ended up as a decent model, but made me well aware of the problems of trying to upscale a model.
Anyone interested in a Custom Finishing Pettibone? ;)
The whole idea of building said model was to originally make a hy rail version that was operational. That quickly was thrown out, but I may revisit again in the future with another Pettibone as they always seem to work in pairs.
Pictures in next post.
Help need on how to repair this broken off piece of brass?
I broke this whistle off ages ago.
It should go on back like this:
https://10times.com/railroad-hobby-show
https://10times.com/railroad-hobby-show
In West Springfield, MA. Get ready. I have been going since it was a one day, one building event.
CSX yard nearby.
Always a great event.
Atm's nearby on the grounds at the entrancew to the big building. Plenty of food inside each buiolding and a D&D. Great diner across the street with many railroaders if you drive.
Rich
Update on the JAM
Due to work constraints its been a while since I have been able to do an update. So here is a year end wrapup to kind of sum up everything that was accomplished in 2019.

Monster Model Review - Athearn Genesis 2.0 UP SD90MAC-H2 video
01.01.20 - My latest MONSTER MODEL REVIEW- The Athearn Genesis 2.0 HO Union Pacific SD90MAC-H2 aka SD90AC locomotive. This review is just like my other reviews, always honest and always real. No paid sponsorship aka payments, trips to manufacturer or gifts given to me. Enjoy.
out of parts
will something happened this day, a day i thought would never happen. i ran out of ka-dee coupler box covers.
i have been “cleaning up” and fixing old cars. even up grading some stuff.
but in making sure everything has two working couplers, ( after junking the non ka-dees).
as some rolling stock just had the coupler box covers missing, so used them up. plenty of the boxes.
so now working on renumbering duplicate car numbers in my fleet.
it is amazing what i have collected over the past 45 years.
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