The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom,

good to see a train crossing the liftout.Nice work with the Bumpstops on both sides...now you have to paint it with black and yellow stripes 
Keep up the good work,

Cheers,Chris

Hey Cris,

Thanks for stopping by. How about purple and silver with yellow stripes?

Tom

[ACL1504]

I'm startin' a pool to bet on who will  be the first goon dumb a-- to bump the liftout!!

I'm savin' the square for my bet labeled Grand Poopaw Dumb a**!   

P.S.  I didn't put the Judge in the pool - he gets enough harassment from you!!

I won't be the one to walk thru it......I'd never hear the end of it from Tom if I did! 

Gregory,

Didn't they open a bunch of new stores in Orlando and name them after you?

I think they are called,   WAWA! How about some cheese with the wine?

You are just to easy my friend.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I'm startin' a pool to bet on who will  be the first goon dumb a-- to bump the liftout!!

I'm savin' the square for my bet labeled Grand Poopaw Dumb a**!   

P.S.  I didn't put the Judge in the pool - he gets enough harassment from you!!

I did however almost (emphasis on almost) win the award for being the first Dumb a** to try and cross the gap with the liftout not in place.            

Bob,

Almost doesn't count. Remember when you came in I held up the hand for "ALTO". So I saved you, and me, alot of trouble.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom.......... 

I understand about leaving the foam on but I'm letting go of this that easily.

Get the civil engineers out there and get your bridges inspected ! ! ! !

see ya
Bob

Okay, Okay, I'll get the civil guys back out here for the inspection. Now, get off my bridge, until the inspection.

Tom

[Erieman]

Good Morning Tom,

I am writing this late Monday evening because by now you are fast asleep and my body clock does not know what time it is. Portugal was wonderful, but my body clock has been really screwed up since returning.

You have made a lot of progress over the last two weeks. Now you have all those staging tracks to install and level one is done. Fantastic. You should be onto the second level before Christmas. It is  a lot of to see your progress. While on the many planes over the past two weeks, I had the chance to work on a design change on my layout. now that I am home, I have started to make the change. I was in the train station in Porto. Portugal and the light bulb went off. Now I just have to make the design changes. funny how these things happen.

Keep up the wonderful work and thanks for posting all the great pictures of your progress. Talk to you soon.

Frank / Erieman

Frank,

Glad to hear you had a great time and made it home safely. And, I understand about the body clock. When I was working midnight shift my days were all messed up and when I had the two days off I was up all night and the family slept, they got up and I slept. Glad those days are over. Now I'm up at night cause I'm an old geezer.

What do you mean design changes to the layout. Are you crazy? Take it from one who is actually crazy; you may want to reconsider unless you are making positive changes.

Tom

Tom,

We are all a little bit crazy playing with toy trains! And I love it!!! My change is only minor. While in Porto, Spain, we toured the train station ( go figure). They are very proud of the custom painted tile work in the station depicting the history of the region. I glanced away and looked down the tracks and the light bulb went off. Upon returning to the ship. I did some preliminary drawings of what I saw and what I wanted to accomplish. The train enters the porto station thru a tunnel. I have a similar area in East Orange and, after some careful sketching, think I can create something very similar. That's the good part. As we all know, this has the probability of turning into a much bigger project. So far, so good.  I'll try to take a picture and post it on my thread.

Frank / Erieman

[S&S RR]

Hi Tom

I'm just getting caught up after a week away. My only comment about the above discussion is - has anyone ever meet a model railroad owner that wasn't in the middle of a design change?  Mine seem to come along more often when I'm spending time on my boat fishing.

[gnatshop]

I would think that L'il Bobby would be ok now!
The liftout now looks like a bowling lane with guardrails!!
Just what he's been lookin' for!!! 
No gutter trains here!!!

[ACL1504]

Tom,

We are all a little bit crazy playing with toy trains! And I love it!!! My change is only minor. While in Porto, Spain, we toured the train station ( go figure). They are very proud of the custom painted tile work in the station depicting the history of the region. I glanced away and looked down the tracks and the light bulb went off. Upon returning to the ship. I did some preliminary drawings of what I saw and what I wanted to accomplish. The train enters the porto station thru a tunnel. I have a similar area in East Orange and, after some careful sketching, think I can create something very similar. That's the good part. As we all know, this has the probability of turning into a much bigger project. So far, so good.  I'll try to take a picture and post it on my thread.

Frank / Erieman


Frank,

I do understand the changes as I made several on the old layout and yes, they became bigger projects. I've already made a change to the new layout.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom

I'm just getting caught up after a week away. My only comment about the above discussion is - has anyone ever meet a model railroad owner that wasn't in the middle of a design change?  Mine seem to come along more often when I'm spending time on my boat fishing.

John,

We all make changes we think will give us a better layout, run, look, etc. I was messing with Frank as we've had several phone conversations where the issue of change was the topic.

Mine usually came when I was doozing off or waking up at 3 AM with a new idea.
    I guess we all have that "change" in common.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I would think that L'il Bobby would be ok now!
The liftout now looks like a bowling lane with guardrails!!
Just what he's been lookin' for!!! 
No gutter trains here!!!

Gman,

Well, let's hope he is okay now!

Tom

[Twist67]

Hi Tom,
no problem,it´s your railroad empire 

but it´s a very good solution for protecting the trains falling down to the floor....
Keep things going,
regards,Chris

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom,
no problem,it´s your railroad empire 

but it´s a very good solution for protecting the trains falling down to the floor....
Keep things going,
regards,Chris

Tom

[GPdemayo]

I'm startin' a pool to bet on who will  be the first goon dumb a-- to bump the liftout!!

I'm savin' the square for my bet labeled Grand Poopaw Dumb a**!   

P.S.  I didn't put the Judge in the pool - he gets enough harassment from you!!

I won't be the one to walk thru it......I'd never hear the end of it from Tom if I did! 

Gregory,

Didn't they open a bunch of new stores in Orlando and name them after you?

I think they are called,   WAWA! How about some cheese with the wine?

You are just to easy my friend.

Tom

Hey Tom.....every great comedian needs a straight man! 

[gnatshop]

Tick-Tock!!  Better start stirrin' the paint - next week is comin' up quickly!! 

I always go back to the big-box store after I put it off as long as I can - my arms can't
hold a candle to their shaker thingees! 

[cuse]

I'm currently training for the Atlantic and Southern SBG limbo contest coming soon.


John