The Atlantic & Southern Saturday Report

[GPdemayo]

It was great fun.....greatly missed with the government mandated separation baloney. 

[ReadingBob]

I was glad to have the opportunity to drop in and catch up on the progress on the A&S.  A good time was had by all I believe.    

[Judge]

Bob, Curt, Greg, Karl, and Raymo - Thanks for following my reports and for stopping by on this beautiful, sunny, Sunday morning.  My goal for today is to do nothing and rest afterwards.

OHE

[S&S RR]

Judge


Good report and it's good to hear you guys got together and run the railroad. 

[ACL1504]

We had a great time Saturday morning. We kept our distance but then again we didn't. Bob delivered Seckler's Cold Storage and it looks fantastic. Really, the picture doesn't capture the very fine details and the stucco is the best I've ever seen.

The Judge mentioned a problem area with a turnout. For several op sessions we have had issues with it. The offending turnout is a Walthers Shinohara #8 left curved turnout and is one I used on the old layout. It will be replaced and the track rerouted for smoother running.  More on this on my A&S build thread.

Tom

[tct855]

What an awesome structure! Many cool angles and time additions, can't wait to see it someday in person? or in some really cool videos?     Thanx Thom...

[PRR Modeler]

Beautiful structure. Bob really outdid himself. I hope to see it in person soon.

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Wow!  That sure looks beautiful!  I hope you have a great place on the layout to put that baby.

The Diet Pepsi Kid

[sdrees]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Bob did a great job on this structure.  It is a very interesting building.  Tom, you are one luck man.

[ReadingBob]

Thank you all for the kind comments on the Seckler's build.  Much of the credit goes to the gang at Bar Mills for creating such an interesting structure.  All I did was slap a little paint on it and glue it together.   

[Judge]

Atlantic & Southern Saturday Report May 16, 2020

Beautiful day in Central Florida.  Traffic has picked up now that staying in place has been somewhat relaxed.  I guess the citizens are exercising their freedom to get infected, Orange County being the most infected county in Central Florida.  To each his own.  Your reporter et ux (wife mate) are staying in place except to attend Saturday sessions of the A&S and grocery shopping. 

The Board of Directors met a little early at 0820 hours.  The agenda included the procurement of new A&S decals to replenish our fading stock.  Fortunately, a source has been found and contact will be made at the first of the week.
 
The new curve at the South End of the railroad next to the Ovalix was inspected and tested.  It is a beauty and is a needed improvement over the old track plan. 
We decided to run the Jacksonian (Powered by a Pennsy K4s with five passenger cars and two front end cars.  This engine and equipment were leased from the Pennsy in "still serviceable" condition for $1.00 a year to provide daily local service between Jacksonville and St.Petersburg and back.)  The A&S video team decided to memorialize the run and, after a glitch or two, a successful run-by was captured as the train pulled into the Tahope spur.  The video is attached to this report. 

Just prior to the video run-by, Greg and Curt stopped by and stayed for lunch.  Greg took the throttle to the ACL ten-wheeler and played catch-up to the B&O consolidation freight that was ahead of it.  This conduct has got to stop.  While it is true that a passenger ten-wheeler can outrun a consolidation, it is not true that tailgating and blowing the whistle will make the consolidation "pull over" on a one-track mainline. 

Lunch was at our new Italian venue, which is named Del-Dio's, I think. 

After lunch, a brace of E-7's pulled freight at Summit and we brought out our ACL 2-10-2 for a test run around the new curve.  No problem there.  The 2-10-2 was acquired during a stop at Howard Zane's house on our way to Scranton for a model railroad convention. several years ago.  The engine was completely refurbished in the A&S shops and repowered with WOW Sound.  The ACL only had a few of these USRA-copied beasts and these engines were the only Coast Line steamers equipped with Vanderbilt tenders.  I am told that these engines were true drag freights that seldom exceeded 35 mph.   

There will be no Saturday Report next Saturday.  The Babe is going to get a hairdo in Mount Dora.  Hopefully, a new story will accompany the Saturday Report two weeks from today. 


                                                                             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfk5ePkqs0&t=15s

[ACL1504]

Bill,

Very nicely reported and we did have a lot of fun this fine day.

Thank you for your efforts on the Saturday Report.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

I'll second that.....a good time was had by all.....except for the persnickety movie director. 

[BandOGuy]

Atlantic & Southern Saturday Report May 16, 2020

Beautiful day in Central Florida.  Traffic has picked up now that staying in place has been somewhat relaxed.  I guess the citizens are exercising their freedom to get infected, Orange County being the most infected county in Central Florida.  To each his own.  Your reporter et ux (wife mate) are staying in place except to attend Saturday sessions of the A&S and grocery shopping. 

The Board of Directors met a little early at 0820 hours.  The agenda included the procurement of new A&S decals to replenish our fading stock.  Fortunately, a source has been found and contact will be made at the first of the week.
 
The new curve at the South End of the railroad next to the Ovalix was inspected and tested.  It is a beauty and is a needed improvement over the old track plan. 
We decided to run the Jacksonian (Powered by a Pennsy K4s with five passenger cars and two front end cars.  This engine and equipment were leased from the Pennsy in "still serviceable" condition for $1.00 a year to provide daily local daily service between Jacksonville and St.Petersburg and back.)  The A&S video team decided to memorialize the run and, after a glitch or two, a successful run-by was captured as the train pulled into the Tahope spur.  The video is attached to this report. 

Just prior to the video run-by, Greg and Curt stopped by and stayed for lunch.  Greg took the throttle to the ACL ten-wheeler and played catch-up to the B&O consolidation freight that was ahead of it.  This conduct has got to stop.  While it is true that a passenger ten-wheeler can outrun a consolidation, it is not true that tailgating and blowing the whistle will make the consolidation "pull over" on a one-track mainline. 

Lunch was at our new Italian venue, which is named Del-Dio's, I think. 

After lunch, a brace of E-7's pulled freight at Summit and we brought out our ACL 2-10-2 for a test run around the new curve.  No problem there.  The 2-10-2 was acquired during a stop at Howard Zane's house on our way to Scranton for a model railroad convention. several years ago.  The engine was completely refurbished in the A&S shops and repowered with WOW Sound.  The ACL only had a few of these USRA-copied beasts and these engines were the only Coast Line steamers equipped with Vanderbilt tenders.  I am told that these engines were true drag freights that seldom exceeded 35 mph.   

There will be no Saturday Report next Saturday.  The Babe is going to get a hairdo in Mount Dora.  Hopefully, a new story will accompany the Saturday Report two weeks from today. 


                                                                             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfk5ePkqs0&t=15s

Say it isn't so!
And the packies in the Keystone State won't be opened within the next 2 weeks. What's a faithful reader to do after 8 weeks of quarantine?
PS: Neither the missus nor I have had our hair done in the last 8 weeks. Just sayin'.

[PRR Modeler]

Had a great time today. I think Greg was driving that loco like a snowbird. Just saying....