JUNE 1, 2008
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HONEY GETS SOME VISITORS JUNE 1, 2008 |
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| A couple of railroad buddies of mine, Chris and Mark, stopped by after visiting the nearby Wilmington and Western. They said hello to Honey as soon as they arrived. | We were running the indoor trains and Charlotte suggested our guests stand inside the loop to hear the sounds of the train better - true "surround sound." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| The train climbed up the hill to head outside. But as the train approached the doorway, Midnight the Cat decided he wanted to stand his ground. My main worry was a panicked cat dropping the train seven feet to the concrete floor below! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The couplers on these heavyweight cars have been modified so the cars are very close to one another. We tried them out on a 36-inch-radius curve and they worked fine. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next we ran this RS-3 which Mark recently painted in the Steelers colors of the "Mil-lersvillanova Railroad." (Mark's wife went to Millersville State College and he went to Villanova). The engine had no problem pulling the battery car and 4 heavyweight cars. | Then we ran Chris' custom painted New Haven RS-3. Here it's pushing through the violet patch. It has a very nice Phoenix sound system. Besides these two RS-3's, there were 5 more of my own in the basement. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| The bright orange color looks good in the colorful flowerbed. The paint job was done by Jeff Damerst of Shawmut Car Shops. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The train skirts the garden out by the front yard. It would have been nice to see an Amish buggy or a farm tractor passing by in the distance, but no such luck today. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| What a nice license plate! Chris is a volunteer engineer at the B&O Railroad Museum, so, yes, his "other car" is indeed a locomotive! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Then Chris dug out his B&O GP-40. It looks good, runs smoothly, but apparently there's a leak in the smoke system and smoke fluid was coating the fuel tank. | ||||||||||||||||||||||