Personal journal (editorial or commentary)
Look what I found
I have been thinking about car floats, but look what I found yesterday while paging through the November/December 2003 issue of N-Scale Railroading:
Discussions about attending op sessions
In the last few days I have gotten some recommendations about attending operating sessions and hooking up with more experienced model railroaders. I agree its something that I need to do but it is going to be very difficult given my religious background. You see I am an Orthodox Jew and thus I can't do those things on Friday nights or Saturdays which wehn most operating sessions are held. Now I have nothing against anyone who only does this then but it does put me in the position of trying to find a way of getting this information without attending in person.
Woodland Scenics and my layout
I was asked to describe what I use for my layout. Well here is a brief look at the system for those who have never seen it before.
It's hard to get moving these days...
It's Friday, October 30, 2009, and it's time for some more info on my layout. I really haven't done anything but look at it since this past Sunday. I suppose it's hard to get into it right now and I don't really know why. I suupose I keep looking at it and realizing that I really haven't gotten as much done as I would like to have done. But then I think that this isn't really a job and it doesn't have to be. There is no timetable that says that I have to get this done by a certain date.
Another rainy day
I know I had promised not to do another weather report, but today it is raining. Normally I wouldn't say a thing about but it is an opportunity to do some more work on the Hudson and Hartford. I don't know about you guys but such days lately have been good for getting work done on the layout.
Hudson and Hartford, more research
Nor much has gotten done on the Hudson and Hartford other than laying plaster cloth of the center penninsula. But that is Ok because it made me realize that I have to clean off the stuff that has been stored on top of the portion that has been made ready for this part of the hardshell base need for laying roadbed and track.
June, July, August, September and oh yeah October Progress Update
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted an update on my layout as it’s been a busy few months (combine summer yardwork with the birth of our first child in August, it’s been a lifestyle adjustment! And guess which one has taken more adjusting) but as the days have gotten shorter and the nights cooler I’m turning my attention back to my layout.
Construction
Mystery short solved
In my last blog entry, I posted a cancellation of my September Op session because of a mystery short.
So now that Issue 4 is out the door, I'm back to working on the layout again - and I've solved the mystery short.
I first had to 0-5-0 remove all the trains from staging so I could look for things on the track, make sure I could find all the feeders, etc. Did that - and found several lose parts from railcars laying around (ladders and brakewheels) but nothing that would cause a short since they were all plastic.
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