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Same to you, Alan!Southern Railway Slate Fork Branch: https://realisticmodelrailroading.ne...-fork-branch-n
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Merry Christmas to you and yours Alan and to everyone else on RMR!The Little Rock Line Blog
Rule #1 of model railroading.
It's probably responsible for the greatest number of shoddy layouts because no one feels compelled to improve themselves. Meh, good enough...
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Originally posted by Alan B View PostSo a couple of detail shots of the bunker, in progress,
Today I did a bit of work on the coalchutes, which are multi piece puzzles. Two, or more, will be hinged.
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And here's a few pictures of the state of the bunker today, I spent a bit of time figuring out that the kit slider doors were un needed for an NP type coal chute. So those are removed, and a test fitting for the first chute was done. This chute is warped, so don't worry about that. I did figure out that the system I devised will work, so most of the chutes will function, if I can figure out how to do the pulleys and guy wires in such a way they won't get broken.
And here's a picture of the way the lights look under it.
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Coal bunkers like this were a common feature for New South Wales steam depots years ago
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You might use that elastic string for the cables Alan. Like what's used for telegraph lines.
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That last post got hung up a week ago. So, I got it posted up now.
I spent the last week or so taking a break from the bunker and weathered up about 40 or 50 cars. This included metal wheels, black painted the 'hoses' and Bragdon powders. Also finished out the 2511, that I put in service in 2015, my first Loksound install. It has been a faithful runner for a lot of years!
Have 20 of these reefers done,
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Like the look of those reefers, Alan!Southern Railway Slate Fork Branch: https://realisticmodelrailroading.ne...-fork-branch-n
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Spent a few weeks taking a break from the coal chute, pondering the chutes. Am not entirely happy with the chutes, and pondering/hunting for the wheels. So, did some car weathering, about 47 cars got wheeled, hoses painted, and weathered. Some NP monads erased, they didn't go on boxcars until the late 30's. Then finished the 2511, finally. Paint, weathering, and a few parts. Here's the video of before and after.
Before;
After:
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Hahaha! The 'disco lights' are an experiment I tried with a modification to an "Easy-Peasy" light set. Some flashy LED's that I picked up at the hardware store.
The "Dust Monkeys" work very well. They do add just enough drag to minimize the slinky effect of the MT couplers. I occassionally put a drop of the CRC 6-26 on them to keep the tops of the rails cleaned.
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Haven't had time or parts to do much with the Yellowstone. So, just ran trains! Did some switching, and running. Here's a couple of video's,
First off was a cleaning of ole #4, a older Model Power 2-6-0 I converted to DCC Loksound. It needs a better speaker, but runs much better now. I use the weight on the tender after the cleaning with CRC6-26 until the cleaner/lube is 'set.' About two laps around the layout, usually.
And some switching yesterday, with a few issues. Dirty track, derailments and everything, just so y'all know that the layout doesn't always work the bestest!
Anyway, run some trains and build or fix a few little things if you ain't got the energy to do a bog project!
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