Tag: engines
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Derailments and such…
Tuesday was a pretty laid back day down at the depot. Early in the day some work was done on the G&O display, but the HO display had several members running trains in the evening. Overall it went pretty well, although a couple members had issues with cars derailing. My problems were caused mostly from…
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Lazy Saturday
Saturday was a fairly lazy day down at the depot with only a couple of members present. The HO scale display saw trees planted in the Oleum area, and the trial run of a members mixed freight train. The G&O had a couple of members running their trains, with video of them to be uploaded…
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Eventful Saturday
This Saturday was an eventful day down at the depot. On the HO scale display more scenery work was done in the Selby/Oleum area of the layout. Several members were running trains today, including a very nice model of the California Zephyr and of the Empire Builder. These trains were joined by a passenger consist…
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The Ops Session That Didn’t Happen
An ops session was scheduled for tonight but unfortunately it was not to be. After figuring out all of the problems with the various locomotives it was too late to actually run. Instead the members just ran their trains as they preferred. We will give it another try next month.
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The Ops Session That Didn\’t Happen
An ops session was scheduled for tonight but unfortunately it was not to be. After figuring out all of the problems with the various locomotives it was too late to actually run. Instead the members just ran their trains as they preferred. We will give it another try next month.
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Tuesday August 30th.
The ops session got off to a slow start due to some problems with member\’s locomotives.
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Saturday August 27: Work and Play
Saturday was an eventful day down at the depot with members both working and running trains on the G&O and also on the HO scale displays. Of interest on the O gauge portion of the G&O was the successful running of an antique tin train with several coaches. On the HO scale display we had…
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Live Steam Video
SLHRS member Mark is sharing with us a video taken of his live steam engine. The engine is a 1.5 scale, 2-8-0 Live Steamer, and the video taken is on a test track in Las Vegas. The engine was finished by the owner of JD Locomotive Works in Las Vegas. These days, Mark\’s steamer resides…