RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2016 Picking up the layout transport tonight after the starter motor has been replaced Early train home and it's actually running on time so far. No wood to touch though. Dan is dropping off some rolling stock this evening for me to pass to Martyn tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2016 Well a very pleasant four hours in the restaurant, left three of them still redesigning RS Towers storage yard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 So that's the first order of business then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2016 The build, 'the adjuster' No pressure . . . Ian arrives with Fort Myers and Mike hard at work 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backofanenvelope Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Looking good and looking forward to seeing more pics from the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2016 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2016 This is the Train manager and dispatch desk. The train manager allocates a train, one of several 'jobs' running over various routes, and the computer builds a train so you pick up and set down cars at various stations along the route. So you form up the train in the first location and then tell the dispatcher your loco and train ID. You ask the dispatcher for a permit to run to your first stop. The dispatcher then tells you when you can leave and where too, which may be an intermediate location to cross another train. Radios allow the crews to get the permission. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Panoramic shot whilst most people were having lunch...: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Selfie...: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Thanks to everyone who made it happen, I had a lot of fun. I was kind of there already, but I'm completely converted to the modular thing now. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute more than a dietary requirement to future events... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2016 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2016 Another great Freemo meet. A superb weekend. Thanks to Nick and Simon plus others who helped organise and do the catering. On our way home on thrbM40 with my other half wanting to do the driving. We ran our late friend Grahams CSX pumpkin Maintenance of way train. Looked good 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) Ian - do you happen to know what the colour of that pale green building on pic#1 is called? It makes a change from all the blue ones that are seen! EDIT - Of course, it probably isn't on your bit of the layout! (The law according to M'sieu Sod!) Edited September 25, 2016 by shortliner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2016 Looks like a Pikestuff building repainted as looks very similar to my blue one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxmoore Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 shortliner, on 25 Sept 2016 - 16:57, said: Ian - do you happen to know what the colour of that pale green building on pic#1 is called? It makes a change from all the blue ones that are seen! EDIT - Of course, it probably isn't on your bit of the layout! (The law according to M'sieu Sod!) Looks very similar to the duck-egg green colour that I used to paint the underside of my BoB Airfix Spitfires and Hurricanes with. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) It's a Pikestuff kit painted with acrylic green spray paint from a Humbrol can - I think it's #90 beige green matt Edited September 25, 2016 by Supaned Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Thanks guys - that is appreciated - I need to do a wander round in hunting mode! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northpoint Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 A big thanks you to all who came and contributed. A throughly enjoyable weekend - again! Many, many highlights to take from it. Excellent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2016 Thanks to Nick, the ladies for catering, Mel, Neil and Martyn, then everyone else for a really good weekend 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2016 Traffic was very bad again, I had to stop for cake so even that was good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2016 Traffic was very bad again, I had to stop for cake so even that was good Took over an hour longer for us aswell due ot the M40 being closed for a while. Home now and layout unloaded, leg extensions removed ready for Barrow In Furness. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeaky Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Another great freemo event, many thanks to nick and everyone involved put me down for next year, I might even wash up again! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2016 Well there was a first for me this weekend. First time that I have sold a loco in a supermarket car park. Deal done about 10pm outside the main entrance of Tescos as we walked back from Rugeley town centre to the hotel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelawareAndHudson Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Well there was a first for me this weekend. First time that I have sold a loco in a supermarket car park. Deal done about 10pm outside the main entrance of Tescos as we walked back from Rugeley town centre to the hotel. Once upon a time, I used to heavily collect toy tractors. Most months, I'd attend at least a couple of toy tractor shows around Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. I had gotten to know a number of dealers that set up at these shows. I also had a job that involved extensive travel, nearly all of it driving, and basically a complete and utter lack of supervision. I'd pick the routes that interested me instead of always running the limited access interstates. This allowed me to make many stops at farm equipment dealers, most of which in addition to selling full size tractors, carried toy tractors. I came across a John Deere construction equipment dealer in southern Ohio one day that was overstocked on a certain limited edition model of a 1950's era John Deere crawler in 1:16 scale. I immediately thought about a dealer I knew and called him, told him what I found, and to he told me to negotiate a price with the dealer for two full cases, 12 units. Made the deal with the John Deere dealer and the following weekend, I met up with Phil at a gas station in the middle of nowhere Indiana along US 30. We pulled in within minutes of each other, parked off to the side, I transferred two large heavy boxes from my SUV to his, and he handed me a wad of cash. Shook hands, and went our separate ways. Afterwards, I thought to myself if anyone was watching, that looked awful suspicious. Jason C Toy tractor trafficker 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Well there was a first for me this weekend. First time that I have sold a loco in a supermarket car park. Deal done about 10pm outside the main entrance of Tescos as we walked back from Rugeley town centre to the hotel. Shhhh, they'll want commission! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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