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You know you have too much track when

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#41
Ray Dunakin said:
You know you have too much track when...

…you run your new train around the layout, and by the time it gets back, it’s fully weathered.


Oh, now that’s classic!

#42

When the stb comes to your garden railroad and classifies it as a class 1 railway. Eat your heart out Union Pacific.

#43

You know you have too much track when…

…lightning hits your layout every time there’s a storm… in the next county.

#44

I have thought about lightning hitting somewhere and travelling the track burning up everything along the way. What a mess that would be. I’m sure it has happened.

I just thought of another.
You know you have too much track when…
You want to run a train but get discouraged with all the cleaning it would take to do so and you set up a little loop on the floor in your living room instead.

Keep em coming.
Todd

#45

You know you have too much track when: you send a brand new LGB item out, and the warranty expires before it gets back to your location!

#46
Todd Haskins said:
I have thought about lightning hitting somewhere and travelling the track burning up everything along the way. What a mess that would be. I'm sure it has happened.

Todd


Yea, it has happened. I read about a guy down in Alabama that had his track hit by lightening. Luckily all it fried was his power pack in the garage and toasted some rail joiners.

#47
Ken Brunt said:
Todd Haskins said:
I have thought about lightning hitting somewhere and travelling the track burning up everything along the way. What a mess that would be. I'm sure it has happened.

Todd


Yea, it has happened. I read about a guy down in Alabama that had his track hit by lightening. Luckily all it fried was his power pack in the garage and toasted some rail joiners.

Was that Tom Rudell? Haven’t heard from him in a long while. He wrote an article for GR on the damage done and his preventative measures,. It’s because of him my track power feeder has a 3 foot jumper cable that can be removed. Between that and removing a lift-out bridge my outdoor track can be totally isolated from indoors and the control system. Funny thing is, that jumper hasn’t been plugged in for over two years now :slight_smile:

#48
Jon Radder said:
Ken Brunt said:
Todd Haskins said:
I have thought about lightning hitting somewhere and travelling the track burning up everything along the way. What a mess that would be. I'm sure it has happened.

Todd


Yea, it has happened. I read about a guy down in Alabama that had his track hit by lightening. Luckily all it fried was his power pack in the garage and toasted some rail joiners.

Funny thing is, that jumper hasn’t been plugged in for over two years now :slight_smile:

That is what happens when you go battery or live steam. You forget all about track power

Rodney

#49
Jon Radder said:
Ken Brunt said:
Todd Haskins said:
I have thought about lightning hitting somewhere and travelling the track burning up everything along the way. What a mess that would be. I'm sure it has happened.

Todd


Yea, it has happened. I read about a guy down in Alabama that had his track hit by lightening. Luckily all it fried was his power pack in the garage and toasted some rail joiners.

Was that Tom Rudell? Haven’t heard from him in a long while. He wrote an article for GR on the damage done and his preventative measures,. It’s because of him my track power feeder has a 3 foot jumper cable that can be removed. Between that and removing a lift-out bridge my outdoor track can be totally isolated from indoors and the control system. Funny thing is, that jumper hasn’t been plugged in for over two years now :slight_smile:

Could be Jon, that name sounds familiar.

#50
Jon Radder said:
track hit by lightening. Luckily all it fried was his power pack in the garage and toasted some rail joiners. Was that Tom Rudell? Haven't heard from him in a long while. He wrote an article for GR on the damage done and his preventative measures,. It's because of him my track power feeder has a 3 foot jumper cable that can be removed. Between that and removing a lift-out bridge my outdoor track can be totally isolated from indoors and the control system.
I have a little experience with lightening. Your precautions are wise, but not full proof. Last year lightening struck a tree about 10 feet from my shed. It "jumped" from the tree to the shed, burning the shed to the ground. Twenty feet in the other direction, I had an extension cord laying on the ground. The cord was plugged in to an outdoor GFI outlet. The outlet is the only one on the circuit. The lightening ran in the house through the extension cord, blowing outlet covers off the wall and frying nearly every bit of electronics in the house. The cover of the phone junction box outside blew to bits. I found pieces of it 30 feet away. I found the end of the extension cord in the pool, about 50 feet from where it was laying on the ground. Ralph
#51

You’re right Ralph. I’ve seen it do some pretty strange things, like weld together every piece of aluminum siding on a house, blow apart brick chimneys, split trees right down the middle…I’ve had it fry my well pump motor…scary stuff.