The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[bruce.oberleitner]

Uncle Tommie,
Please excuse my last post Uncle Tommie.  I know you don't drink Diet Coke.  Like most of us you only use that stuff for cleaning out clogged drains!  I do have to say in all honestly like everyone else that you are making some amazing progress on the new layout.   One thing to keep in mind that you will need some passing tracks on both ends of the helix to "stack up" trains that need to use the helix.  Is most of the helix going to be hidden by scenery in the future?

[ACL1504]

Uncle Tommie,
Please excuse my last post Uncle Tommie.  I know you don't drink Diet Coke.  Like most of us you only use that stuff for cleaning out clogged drains!  I do have to say in all honestly like everyone else that you are making some amazing progress on the new layout.   One thing to keep in mind that you will need some passing tracks on both ends of the helix to "stack up" trains that need to use the helix.  Is most of the helix going to be hidden by scenery in the future?

Cousin Brucie,

No need for an opology, you know I would never stoop so low as to have a Diet C. I can't even say the word. I once poured the stuff on my car battery and it cleaned up real good!

No passing tracks for the ovalix, but yes, I will have a passing siding for those waiting entrance to the ovalix. A part of the ovalix will be hidden and part will be open.

Tom

[TomW]

Tom The layout is looking good. Looks like you could put the dispatcher inside of the ovalix. Always thinking about operation.
Tom W

[BandOGuy]

Looking good Mr. Tom. If you add some seats it could double as a football stadium . Hope you are feeling better. Be careful who you kiss nest time.

Funny man Billy! I got the throat crud from someone on Tuesday I guess.
The ovalix does look like a football stadium. I think I'll call it the Florida Cracker Stadium and see if Congress objects.
Tom

And if they do......?

[BandOGuy]

Getting caught up here this AM due to travel delays.
Two questions:
1. Tom:how do you plan to ballast all that track in the ovalix?
2. To the general population: have you ever wondered when someone says "tastes like s**t, how do they get a baseline for comparison? 

[bparrish]

Regarding the second question.   

We all have an assumption of what it might taste like. So when anything strays towards such a formula of taste.....  Our detector sounds loudly.

Got it??

See ya
Bob

[ACL1504]

Tom The layout is looking good. Looks like you could put the dispatcher inside of the ovalix. Always thinking about operation.
Tom W

Tom,

Thank you, much appreciated. Yes, operations is the key!

Tom

[ACL1504]

Looking good Mr. Tom. If you add some seats it could double as a football stadium . Hope you are feeling better. Be careful who you kiss nest time.

Funny man Billy! I got the throat crud from someone on Tuesday I guess.
The ovalix does look like a football stadium. I think I'll call it the Florida Cracker Stadium and see if Congress objects.
Tom

And if they do......?

Congress and the patent office can kiss my ballast! I ain't gonna change the name!

Tom

[ACL1504]

Getting caught up here this AM due to travel delays.
Two questions:
1. Tom:how do you plan to ballast all that track in the ovalix?
2. To the general population: have you ever wondered when someone says "tastes like s**t, how do they get a baseline for comparison? 

Band,

1. It would be a waste of ballast and time to ballast the ovalix, so, no ballast in the ovalix!
2. My Babe said it would taste like "s**t", meaning "soot"! I'm not sure what everyone else was thinking. When we clean the fireplace, we both know what "soot" tastes like!

Tom

[ReadingBob]

Uncle Tommie,
My God man!  Did somebody put a little something extra in your Diet Pepsi!  This is insanity! 

Hehe

BTW, have you done a train "Rollthru" test on the new helix?  I would hate for you discover too late that those passenger cars of yours can't make it thru the beast!  Of course it would be a serious problem if those refer cars filled with "Diet Pepsi" couldn't make it from the lower level to the upper level?  What would those poor town folk on your layout be forced to do.  Drink Diet Coke?   Say it isn't so Uncle Tommie!

Cousin Brucie,

Yes, I've run several test runs and the Diet Pepsi tankers and reefers work the best of course. Diet Coke, I tell  you true Cousin, I don't do Diet Coke, period!

Tom

Watch it you two. A LOT of Diet Coke went into building a few of the structures I hope to see on the new layout someday soon.

[BandOGuy]

Soot!
Why didn't I think of that? 

[ACL1504]

Uncle Tommie,
My God man!  Did somebody put a little something extra in your Diet Pepsi!  This is insanity! 

Hehe

BTW, have you done a train "Rollthru" test on the new helix?  I would hate for you discover too late that those passenger cars of yours can't make it thru the beast!  Of course it would be a serious problem if those refer cars filled with "Diet Pepsi" couldn't make it from the lower level to the upper level?  What would those poor town folk on your layout be forced to do.  Drink Diet Coke?   Say it isn't so Uncle Tommie!

Cousin Brucie,

Yes, I've run several test runs and the Diet Pepsi tankers and reefers work the best of course. Diet Coke, I tell  you true Cousin, I don't do Diet Coke, period!

Tom

Watch it you two. A LOT of Diet Coke went into building a few of the structures I hope to see on the new layout someday soon.

Oh boy, my sincere apologies Master Builder of the Atlantic and Southern. However, I don't remember ever seeing a Diet Coke in any photos of your builds. I have; however, seen plenty of glasses of some sort of vino!!!!!!!!

Tom

[ACL1504]

Soot!
Why didn't I think of that? 

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Tom The layout is looking good. Looks like you could put the dispatcher inside of the ovalix. Always thinking about operation.
Tom W

Tom,

Thank you, much appreciated. Yes, operations is the key!

Tom

Operations with the SBG.....that ought to be something to see!

[ACL1504]

Tom The layout is looking good. Looks like you could put the dispatcher inside of the ovalix. Always thinking about operation.
Tom W

Tom,

Thank you, much appreciated. Yes, operations is the key!

Tom

Operations with the SBG.....that ought to be something to see!

I'm ready!!!!!!!!!

Tom