My thinking of a second trailer would be to have something that we could
roll in and leave in the center of our set up. Something no taller than a
car. The decision is in the boards hands if they want to pursue that
option.
I also think that we should go to SAMRA if they will have us. We
would need to know the size they will allow and take only the needed
modules.
Rick also pointed out to me that the trailer does need some work again
though. The top 2 feet or so of the trailer is only wood and it is
breaking at the location where the steel starts. The corners need to be
braced with steel. It should not be too difficult to do with some angle
iron available at Home Depot and some bolts. Then fill the existing
cracks. A to do item to put on the list. This adds to the swaying of
the trailer as it goes down the road.
Scott
This is the first time I have been able to sit down to check my emails in
a month. I've been working some crazy hours and had to choose sleep over
emails. I saw John at Craig's last week and mentioned to him about a
small trailer that I saw near Freescale. I went by there today and
got the info. It's a 5x8x7 enclosed with a ramp. Looks like about
6ft height inside. Asking $1300.00 OBO. looks fairly new. I
will call tomorrow for specifics (age, manufactor, etc). I was hoping to
come by the layout today but got busy with work and just couldn't make
it.
I think we should do SAMRA even if we are still at the Railyard.
It's always a good show and we don't get a chance to set up a big L-shape very
often. We will need to do some repairs to one of the old corners.
I finished the trackwork on the trans module, but have not had time to do any
scenery yet.
Ricky found some interesting pics on line. It seems there was a
hotbox on a UP coal train up in Kansas and they stopped the train on a wooden
trestle. It proceeded to catch the bridge on fire and eventually
collapsed. Ask Ricky for the website if you're interested.
See y'all. Rick