Y'all are the best ! You
always shine. Thanks for all the hard work.
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On Sun, 5/15/11, Bill Lohman <844bill@gmail.com>
wrote:
From:
Bill Lohman <844bill@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: TCA Train Meet
and Show
To: ttat-members@aoot.com
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011,
5:38 PM
Agree with
Ira and would like to emphasize that I felt that the layout
really "showed" well. Ira had to work fast to redesign it when
the original footprint turned out wrong and he came up with a
winner. The crowd seemed much larger than last years and
they really seemed to enjoy it.
I would also
like to add that only five guys showed up for setup.
So, a layout of this size took a very long, tiring, five
plus hours to set up. Hopefully it will work out in the future
that more of you can find the time to attend setup the next time we
do a layout of this size. I think we really need at
least 8 guys and 10 would be better -- to make setting up
a layout of this size anywhere close to
enjoyable.
But,
again. The layout did the club proud!
Bill
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 5:16 PM,
Ira Schneider <ira_schneider@iname.com>
wrote:
Hi,
Here are my impressions of
yesterday's TCA Lone Star Division Train Meet and Show.
We
arrived on Friday evening and found that the space available to us
was not
even close to the space they said we would have.
Instead of an 18' x 50' area
we ended up with a 26' x 40'
area. We built a 6 x 3 L-shaped layout, similar
(but
reversed) from last year's layout. Attached is the layout
diagram.
There was only one other operating layout at the show.
They were
right next to us, next to the notch in our
layout diagram.
While we were assembling the layout, we
were having a problem with the
passthru module. We
finally noticed "outisde" marked on the inside
of the base, so
we disconnected the module and turned it around.
By the
time they chased us out we had the mainline
assembled.
Saturday morning, we attached the power cart and
started testing the layout.
We quickly noticed that tracks 1,
2, and 4 were apparently shorted together.
After unplugging all
of the intermodule cables, which reduced the apparent
problem
to only tracks 1 and 2, and unhooking the end of the yard from
the
corner, we still had the short. We closely examined
the passthru module
and saw that the tracks were apparently
wired incorrectly. That is when
we found a small notation
"outside" on the inside of the deck. Apparently,
the
notations are small enough on both the base and on the deck that
we
didn't notice them. We again unhooked the bridge,
reversed the deck, and
hooked everything back together.
Everything was now working correctly.
We then completed
assemling scenery, Plexiglas, and the skirts.
Since the
number of members attending this show was relatively small,
we
had ample track time all day. We ran our normal mix of
freight and passenger
trains. The attendees to the show
seemed to enjoy watching our trains,
and we had fun running
them.
Several of our members sold items at the show, and
were pleased
with the results.
The show ended at 4:00 PM
and we were packed and ready to leave
around 5:15
PM.
There had been some indication in the past that the
lights on the trailer
weren't working properly. Ed had
the trailer hooked up to his truck and
tested all of the
lights, the directional signals, and the hazard warning.
The
only lights that weren't working were the two marker lights at the
top
of the trailer (front and rear) on the driver's side.
All of the other marker
lights and the directional
signals worked correctly.
Overall, this was an enjoyable
show. It is too bad it only lasted one day.
Ira
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