AUGUST 30, 2006
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| OPERATING SESSION AT KEN'S O SCALE LAYOUT AUGUST 30, 2006 |
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| Ken has both G Scale and O Scale layouts. Tonight it was time to run the O Scale. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| HOW MANY RAILROADERS CAN YOU FIT IN A PHONE BOOTH - Well, at least six in this corner of Ken's basement. Here's Thom, Bob, Don, Dave, and Dan, and Ken's behind Dave. There were 12 guys in all, the other six on the other side of the layout. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SWITCHING AT HAPPY VALLEY - Don and Dave are doing some switching moves at Happy Valley, one of the three towns on the layout and one of the end points. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| TURN THE CAMERA TO THE LEFT and you get this view of the engine terminal area. A few destination cards are laying on the tracks. The second track from the left is the main line, which winds around to the right, then around the layout and uphill to Centerville. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| TRAFFIC AT CENTERVILLE - A freight train waits for the push-pull passenger train to depart the station before beginning its switching moves. There are lots of working signals on this layout and the trains normally run very smoothly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SWITCHING AT ZEBLEY'S CORNER - The switcher handles a cut of cars on the front train while the passenger train waits at the station. In the background Dave is working at Happy Valley. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| TRAIN WRECK - We clearly heard Bob say "STOP!" but Joe didn't stop in time. His switcher pushed the boxcar right off the tracks, blocking the main line until the wrecker came to clear the wreck. This was the only wreck tonight. Although it was a little crowded, and we didn't run the trains all that smoothly, we all had a blast. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||