Not if I keep it pointing out the window…
Bob McCown said:NOT IF YOU WINDOW REFECTS THE IMAGE. COULD BE EM-BLUSHING. ..LAF..
Not if I keep it pointing out the window...
NICE TO SEE YOU GET ON LINE…WE ARE JUST FINSHING UP RE FORMATTING THE LAST COMPUTER FOR SHOWS AGAIN… NOELW IN CAL.
Bob’s Build a Rail Road event!!
Well I did showed up and boy did they put me to work!!
We had a cool start but it warmed up fast!
It was nice to meet Bob and his pups /critters.
I also had the pleasure to meet Bruce and Jean Chandler.
Ken Brunt showed up just as I was getting ready to leave.
How come there were 3 people from PA ?
I hope Mass. will come up to bat for Bob.
Bob should be running trains in the near future.
No pics. I went to work!!!
Sean
Noel Wilson said:Bob McCown said:NOT IF YOU WINDOW REFECTS THE IMAGE. COULD BE EM-BLUSHING. ..LAF..
Not if I keep it pointing out the window...NICE TO SEE YOU GET ON LINE…WE ARE JUST FINSHING UP RE FORMATTING THE LAST COMPUTER FOR SHOWS AGAIN… NOELW IN CAL.
we will need to get Bob on the live show Friday
Hey Bob,
Is the link listed actual live or just a picture. I don’t see anyone working in the picture, but nice railroad.
Chuck
Bob went to the site yesterday, looked like camera was frozen up!! Live window frozen picture, and just kept trying to load up little circle, just goin roundy round!! Regal
Should be live…looks live from this end.
We have mainline and passing siding! After Sean’s help yesterday getting the platforms built, and Jon, Ken, and Bruce’s help today getting spline down and rail laid, we have a mainline (1.2 scale miles) and 3 passing sidings built.
For those of you planning on coming over the weekend, we’ll be concentrating on running trains and working out kinks in the track. There is one tight curve we have to solve, and Im sure other issues will show up as the day progresses.
Thanks everyone! Off to dinner.
Looking good Bob, I see you got something running on the mainline this afternoon. Wil ltune into tomorrow to see maybe a little Ops.
Humm…offline?
Offline now, yea. Took it down after we were done for the day.
Bob/et-al THANKS for the visit to your layout and the GREAT GUYS helping!!! …and the Mrs…and the 2 Dogs… the_Other_Ray
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We made it back a bit before 6 PM today.
Just came back from dinner after about 8 hours of driving.
Great time and great folks. I should have some pictures later. We really enjoyed it!
We have a railroad!
After a marathon 3 days of building, I’m now the proud parent of a bouncing baby railroad. We cannot begin to thank everyone that helped out:
Bruce and Jean Chandler
Sean McGillicuddy
Ken Brunt
Jon Radder
Stan Ames
Ray Schoup
I think I’ll sleep in tomorrow, and then clean up the yard. We made a good mess!
I just hope we all don’t get yelled at for all the mud we tracked into the house. Thanks to Martha for letting us back in. 
YOU TRACKED MUD IN THE HOUSE!!!
I’m a little corn fused. Its over and its still Saturday, right? Hmm, different description of a weekend to those of us in “flyover country”. Sounds like it went well, hope people had fun.
In the above pic by Ray you show the tail of a ladder in front of the barn. Noticed the same last night in chat, but didn’t see it connected then either. Did that stay and finally go some place or was that removed?
The overall pics Bruce showed looked great. Looking forward to more.
Ric Golding said:I showed up Thursday about 5. Sean had already done two man-days of work by himself (in 5 or 6 hours) and Ken, Bruce and Bob had a real good start on the mainline. Friday AM Ken, Bruce, Bob and I split into two teams, but we kept rotating team members. First Bob and I, then Ken and I worked on finishing the spline roadbed from one end, while the other team worked the other direction. We had the mainline roadbed done by lunch break then went to work on track. By about 4 PM we had the Golden Spike ceremony and the first train circled the railroad. Late afternoon was spent adding two passing sidings and fixing a few track issues.
I'm a little corn fused. Its over and its still Saturday, right? Hmm, different description of a weekend to those of us in "flyover country". Sounds like it went well, hope people had fun.
Saturday AM we started early and were joined late morning by Stan Ames and Ray Shoup. Our first task Saturday was to re-align the curve on the large loop to relieve a problem. We then enlisted Stan’s skills in track troubleshooting to solve several more derailment problems. By lunch we had a trouble-free main line.
After lunch we started on several of the industrial sidings and got track down on one and some structures into place on temporary foundations. By mid -afternoon there was nothing left to do but enjoy the nice weather and watch a few trains run.
This morning I slept in until 7 and am now packing up getting ready to check out of the campground. A very nice place that I didn’t do much more than sleep in 
Thanks Bob for coming up with this idea. It was great fun, and just a little work. Maratha’s cooking added to the great hospitality we all enjoyed.
I’m looking froward to coming back for an operating session, although some of Bob’s switching puzzles will be darn right evil.
Dave Marconi said:Dave,
In the above pic by Ray you show the tail of a ladder in front of the barn. Noticed the same last night in chat, but didn't see it connected then either. Did that stay and finally go some place or was that removed? The overall pics Bruce showed looked great. Looking forward to more.
That piece you see in the pic is just a siding that hasn’t been completed yet. Bob has all summer to work on it and a few others.
Like Ric, we were a bit surprised to have trains running on Friday. We found some trouble spots but got the major ones fixed on Saturday morning. I’m sure some more will pop up before long but the major work is done.
I’ll have some pix here shortly as soon as I get them uploaded.
Friday afternoon, Bob and Jon are madly scrambling to get the last couple of sections of track laid while RGS #22 waits patiently nearby.
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No 22 had the honor of being the first train over the new layout. That was quite an honor for me too.
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While not historically accurate, this was where it was decided the “Golden Spike” ceremony would be held. Bruce fashioned a gold spike from some brass and this area was a bit more scenic than where the actual joining took place.
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The “Golden Spike” ceremony…Bob drives in the Gold Spike and the mainline is “Officially” open.
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Ceremony over and the Jackson & Burke railcar heads back up the grade to Burke Yard.
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Meanwhile Bob tries out the K on the raised loop. We found a spot there in the turn a bit tight and made plans to get that fixed in the morning.
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The next morning after realigning the curve by Stan Bob and Jon, the K makes a successful journey around the loop with a close watch by Bob.
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Overall view of the southern end of the layout.
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The approx. middle part of the layout.
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The northern end with Burke Yard.
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Saturday afternoon and Bob’s wife Martha takes RGS #20 out for a spin. I don’t know who was more excited about finally having a RR Bob or Martha, but we all had fun building it.
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I was on the road a 5 am this morning and got home before lunch. I had a great time and Bob, Martha, Greta and Sophie were all great hosts. (and sorry about the messy house Martha…;))