NMRA British Region @nmrabr

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

2 years ago

NMRA British Region Peter Borcherds came to visit my layout today. He discovered why one siding is called PBscrap!

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

2 years ago

Now travelling Eastbound with 8838 leading the train now has 18 cars after dropping off and picking up at various spurs. There’s still 3 more stops to go.

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

2 years ago

CN SD70M 8810 & 8838 pull a 13 car manifest past Woolven Hill on their way to the various spurs where they will pick up and set out cars until the train terminates at Michaelsberg

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

2 years ago

The gap between the Drumlin Lumber buildings provides a window of opportunity to watch a pair of CN SD40’s push their train into Track 5 where they will tie down for the night.

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musk /Insights/new/ report 🚨🗞️🚀 @musk_c0mmentary

2 years ago

Here is a wonderful little story A young cashier told an older woman that she should bring her grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized, "We didn't have this green thing back in my day." The young clerk said, "Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." She gave him a firm stare and a hard grin and said “Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles, and beer bottles. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over. They were recycled. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, which we reused for numerous things. We walked upstairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power did dry our clothes back in our day. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. The TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded-up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades with a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. Back then, people took a bus and kids rode their bikes instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles in space to find the nearest burger joint. But the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing.” The cashier stood there still and quiet as the old lady found her wallet to pay. Then lady turned to leave but stepped back and turned toward the cashier. She said “You have a world of knowledge in that little device in your hand. Pity you just use it to gossip, take pictures, and waste time. It would do you good to search a bit of history before you embarrass yourself like this again. Forward this to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart-ass young person.

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NMRA British Region @nmrabr

2 years ago

@DriversLad Try adding some weights into the wagons. The NMRA has recommended practices for the amounts but I’ve found that adding a bit over can sometimes help. Main thing is that all wagons in a rake should be in same weight range if possible.

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

2 years ago

Tuesday’s running included this train being shunted into a 14 car manifest train. FRA rules require that the bell is rung when moving slowly through inhabited areas when shunting While horns are usual at grade crossings there are some local rules where bells are rung instead

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

Thanks to friends at Seaboard Southern model railroad club I’ve updated my video screens which give me an overall view of the layout. This shows the screens with Hillside Junction underneath, Beccaton round to Woolven Hill

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

While I normally have all my locos motorised in this multiple the middle loco is actually a dummy The lash up consists of Santa Fe leading with CN trailing while, although the middle loco has UP colours, it’s a leased loco as indicated by the X on the livery

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

3 locos headed by SF824 sounding its horn pull 2 TOFC, container car and well car through Michaelsberg, round Cliff’s Corner and on through Williamstown.

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

A 27 car train highballs through Woolven Hill. Alberta liveried grain cars are individually named after towns in Alberta. There are 8 in this train. I have another 8 in boxes

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

Now with the centre beam and flat car at the rear the 27 cars are lead by the 2 locos working in multiple through Spectacle Curve past the sand spur and on to Hillside Junction

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

To get smooth operation loco wheels and track need to be kept clean. I use a short piece of thin cloth soaked in Isopropyl Alcohol then run the loco at full speed while holding it on the cloth. This shows the results. That loco runs very smoothly!

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

BC Rail 4626 heads a short freight which includes the well car delivering the fuel tank past Beccaton yards and loco shed

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

CN SD80M’s 8810 & 8838 pull a manifest train past Williamstown sand spur and onwards through Spectacle Curve. I’m quite pleased with the way I’ve made the machinery look as though they are moving sand.

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Taxi Charity @TaxiCharity

3 years ago

We are so grateful to everyone who raises funds for us - please take a look at what Afghan veteran Ben Mead is planning

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

I think I’ve discovered somewhere that I can get a quick, direct, personalised way of getting to work if I want to start at Heathrow

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

Even when I take time out to visit my daughter I often find somewhere train related #Bristoldocks

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Mike Hughes. @taxitalkmike

3 years ago

With its warning bell sounding for the grade crossing CN GP40 #9659 spots 2 grain hoppers into Woolven Hill Grain silo. Kaydee couplings can be preset so that they allow the operator to drop cars anywhere on the tracks.