Thanks Jamie,?
I have 6 coal cars and 3 cattle cars dedicated to the coal mine and cattle Company. I have one track that veers to the north of the coal mine as a line that is used to place cars that the Q could pick up but that is only set up to give reason for switching the cars out.?
?I want to build a coal dump space on the track by the cattle company ?I have room for a one car dump to ad another place to switch the cars.?
I run it Deadrail Blunami , it¡¯s pretty easy to spend 30 minutes or more just switching the two businesses. I love the sound of the S1 switcher growling up and down the tracks.?
Fred
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On Feb 14, 2025, at 4:51 AM, Jamie Bothwell via groups.io <jamie.bothwell610@...> wrote:
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So Fred,
Do you just 0-5-0 cars up to the section? Does it have a dedicated set of cars to push around up there? I'd say you're well on your way with the photo stuff.
Jamie Bothwell
Bethlehem, PA
On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 10:49?AM Tom Nebelsick via <tnebelsick=
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 7:06?PM Fred SCHLEGEL via <fredschlegel7=
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I had an eight inch x 8 foot space on the back side wall of my layout that needed to be filled to connect the Hudson Coal Co. mine to the Reinmiller Cattle Co at the other end of the layout. It is 31/2 inches taller than the layout? below it. I didn't want to connect it to the main layout because of the ramp it would take and no room to do it, so I just made it into a switching module to transfer coal cars and cattle?cars back and?forth. I am running it deadrail so no wiring was necessary. I have been having fun using my deadrail Bluenami equipped?SHS S1? CB&Q switcher to switch the area.?
I also sent some pictures to Webmaster Peter for possible publication of which he said the phone pictures were to small to blow up for the website. So I down loaded?Brook Stovers layout photography article and bought a couple of LED photo lamps on tripods and set my Fugi?point and shoot camera on tripod and his setting suggestions. There is a lot to learn to get to his quality of photos but I feel I got a good start. I did send a few pictures to Terry Okelly? to see if they were good enough quality for the Dispatch. Will wait to see what he has to say.
Here are a few shots of the switching module if just?finished from the coal mine.?
There is a lot to learn and time consuming in trying to get a good picture but kind of a fun?project.
Fred Schlegel
