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- Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:43 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Two Dogs Mining Company
- Replies: 59
- Views: 26759
Re: The Two Dogs Mining Company
Thanks Philip. I'm doing as much as I can before colder weather arrives (usually late November). I should be working on my house addition but until I get around to installing the trailer hitch on my new car in order to use my trailer to bring home supplies... I figure it would be more fun working on...
- Sun Sep 22, 2019 6:17 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Two Dogs Mining Company
- Replies: 59
- Views: 26759
Re: The Two Dogs Mining Company
Somewhat cool day here in central Oklahoma... but the humidity is a kicker as we've had two nights of rain. Any physical activity works up a sweat. But I pressed on with installing the landscape timber retaining wall. I managed about 20 feet before running out of existing timbers. Not an issue as I ...
- Sun Sep 22, 2019 2:22 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Two Dogs Mining Company
- Replies: 59
- Views: 26759
Re: The Two Dogs Mining Company
The day started out with rain but by noon the skies had cleared enough for me to continue with work on the TDMCo. The task today was to completely remove the approximately 24 feet of concrete cinder blocks and bricks of the former exterior wall which I succeeded in accomplishing. I'll be leaving a 1...
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:42 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Two Dogs Mining Company
- Replies: 59
- Views: 26759
Re: The Two Dogs Mining Company
Radii of the loops will be between 36" and 48". All my equipment is radio controlled. I favor actual operating and car movements/switching to just watching trains run in circles.
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:29 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Two Dogs Mining Company
- Replies: 59
- Views: 26759
Re: The Two Dogs Mining Company
Thanks gents. I forgot to mention that the sketch is very much not to scale. My experience has been to just get a basic idea of the track plan and let the actual dictates of the landscape determine how it all comes to fruition. I try to avoid any straight sections of trackwork as much as possible. A...
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:41 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Two Dogs Mining Company
- Replies: 59
- Views: 26759
The Two Dogs Mining Company
This evening I began on the new Two Dogs Mining Company (TDMCo.) in spite of the heat. Included is a rough sketch of the layout track plan. It's a simple loop-to-loop design folded up on itself. A small mine will be located at each loop with a town located about mid-point where the mill will be plac...
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:22 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Two Dogs Railway
- Replies: 148
- Views: 61214
Re: Two Dogs Railway
Thank you gentlemen. It's all working out well for me in the long run. Life goes on and simmering in a pool of self-pity wouldn't get me anywhere. I've been slowly planning how the new layout will fit. I've got a few small oak trees in the way and don't want to have to eliminate them. So I'm test fi...
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:33 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324573
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:28 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Two Dogs Railway
- Replies: 148
- Views: 61214
Re: Two Dogs Railway
I'm still dealing with lingering issues from the motorcycle accident. Mostly with the right ankle which has left me with a slight limp, especially when the weather turns inclement. At least the bike is back in shape and I'm back to riding too.
I'll keep ya'll updated as things progress...
I'll keep ya'll updated as things progress...
- Sun Sep 15, 2019 8:15 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Two Dogs Railway
- Replies: 148
- Views: 61214
Re: Two Dogs Railway
As of today the TDRwy has ceased to exist. The track was pulled and stored away to be eventually reconstituted in the future Two Dogs Mining Company sometime this fall/winter. I've been dismantling what was previously a spare room on the north side of my house. Neighbors have told me the room was or...
- Sun Aug 18, 2019 4:49 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Ifield West Light Railway
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11209
Re: The Start of things to Come!
Welcome to the forum. If I were a renter, I'd keep things simple and small. Empires require too much time, energy and money.
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:06 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: A 5 Day Birthday Project
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13117
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:20 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Circle Line
- Replies: 106
- Views: 44413
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:33 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: If We Don't Have Internet
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6484
Re: If We Don't Have Internet
My internet usage is primarily for info and done entirely on my phone as I dropped the home internet after the divorce. This is the only forum where I'm a member. I don't do social media anymore. Lights in the house require I physically flip a switch. I do use a remote for the television on the rare...
- Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:49 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Circle Line
- Replies: 106
- Views: 44413
Re: The Circle Line
Looks great.
In the deepest, darkest, recesses of my mind there is an ember that glows of building a ride on railway on my hallf acre lot...
In the deepest, darkest, recesses of my mind there is an ember that glows of building a ride on railway on my hallf acre lot...
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:31 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 759
- Views: 324573
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:29 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: A journey around the (unfinished) Wadebridge light railway
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4267
- Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:13 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Hi Everyone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4883
Re: Hi Everyone
Thanks guys for the positive comments. Much appreciated. I've been busy clearing out the add-on room in preparation for it's eventual dismantling. Once that major task is completed I'll have a better idea of what space the new laundry/mudroom will occupy and where to locate the new layout in relatio...
- Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:01 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Dreaming of a small Indoor layout
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14829
- Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:34 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Hi Everyone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4883
Re: Hi Everyone
Thanks guys. We split on amicable terms. Unlike my first divorce from my high school sweetheart, this one was a non-event. We'd become more like roommates instead of being a husband & wife team. Once I have the add-on portion of the house dismantled I'll have a clearer picture of how things will...