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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2009, 05:29:14 PM »
Hi Tom
Thanks for the pics - you guys do great work it always a pleasure to see. Would love to be able to make it out there for a day this summer.

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2009, 08:11:14 AM »
The final coat went on and boxes are back on.  On to the next project.

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #19 on: April 05, 2009, 07:38:19 AM »
Hello all.

The weather has turned to the better side so we pulled the sand boxes off #25 and sanded and prepped for paint.  I got primer on both and got the final coat on the outside of the front box. Hope to finish off next weekend. some shots.

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2009, 09:38:11 PM »
Very nice snowplow, Tom!

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2009, 09:37:30 AM »
Quote from: russ on February 13, 2009, 02:23:16 PM
Tom: Do you guys have a snow plow???  The "cut through the snow" suggests that you might Russ

Russ,  Yes we do.  One of the reasons why we are building the sand boxes for #25 is that the plow can't get all the snow of the track and the wheels turn it to ice and the engines start to slip and slow down.  If is is to much, we stall out and have to back up and try again.  Ram and Jam is what we call it.  We know the sanders on #7 & #10 help so we finally got around to make some for #25 as she is the work horse for the RR.

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2009, 02:23:16 PM »
Tom:

Do you guys have a snow plow???  The "cut through the snow" suggests that you might

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2009, 09:05:12 PM »
Nice Engine - aren't Shays great.  If it weren't for the head sticking out of the Shay it would be really hard to tell it from a 1:1 scale scene.
cheers Ferd

Great pics, love them.
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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2009, 07:34:57 PM »
another shot then

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2009, 11:44:12 AM »
Nice to see some winter action., Tom!!

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2009, 07:01:50 PM »
Hi,

A shot of #25 from the rear showing the new sand box and CLL #4 bring back some wood.

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2009, 01:59:20 PM »
Good idea, Ferd ... I will add the addition of a sander to the list of upgrade to the Romulus ... certainly could use it in damp weather .. those little drivers break loose pretty easily

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2009, 06:53:58 PM »
We spent part of Saturday cutting a hole in the hood of #25 and when we dropped the box in, It hit the bell motor and wouldn't lay flush.   OOPS!   We cut out some metal and put a dimple in it to make it fit in.
Some pics.

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 05:41:32 PM »
Hi Tom
We will have to convince Russ to build one for his Romulus, maybe then it will pull more people.   ::)   ::)   ;D

Nice to see working sanders in miniature. I am sure it is mandatory with snow on the track.
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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2009, 05:51:11 PM »
Great, Tom

Thanks for the progress shots!

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Re: Sand Box
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2009, 07:09:29 PM »
Thanks for the nice comments guys.  I was over again this weekend.  Was there on Friday and it was snowing.  Jack ran the plow up the hill with 25 and talked Mel into running it.  He said the sanders worked well as he could feel it slip and then grab as it found the sand.  So we started on a front box.

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