09-25-2010, 10:05 AM
Two of my wife's coworkers have told her that their fathers were model railroaders. Unfortunately they aren't living now but I hear they would have liked to visit my layout.
Ralph
Ralph
tetters Wrote:It's all in the frequencies Don. You can hear the dull rumble and thud of a train but not the high pitched cackle of the opposite sex. At least that's what I tell my wife! hock:Good point although there's something to be said about actually "feeling" the trains. I'm not sure that doesn't contribute some, even 3 miles away. My one ear has zero response at the lower frequencies, and really bad at mid to high. There are times that this plays to my advantage though so I shun wearing hearing aids to keep it that way.
ngauger Wrote:I must have been having a "Senior moment" on my last post..... I forgot - my other "Intense" hobby: Geocaching..... Lets see..... Geocaching is a game where you get a GPS and hunt for ammo cans and Tupperware hidden by other players. So - we hike along trails and other areas looking for plastic in the woods
~~ Along Rails to Trails paths.....
~~ Along abandoned rail lines
~~ I have 5 Geocaches that I hid, and all 5 teach some sort of Railroad History
~~ I have met 4 or 5 other Cachers that also are interested in railroading and history
~~ I've met a few people that have had relatives that worked for Baldwin Locomotive Works
Still haven't found anyone with a model railroad ...............yet
..... But all of this is due to another hobby entirely
Charlie B Wrote:In the late 70's, while working as Parts Manager for our local Ford dealership, we were assigned a new service rep. I found out that he had a large O scale railroad with operating catenary. He brought his model of a Penn Central transfer caboose to show me on one of his visits. I was very impressed, completely scratchbuilt, and detailed down to the toilet paper in the John. Ralph would have really been google eyed. I never got to see the layout because he had a heart attack and died, but we had many enjoyable lunches when he came to the dealership.
Charlie
P5se Camelback Wrote:So ... Saluda, N.C. is the steepest grade in the country, huh? Hmmm! I had been under the impression that the grade out of the Wyoming Valley (out of Scranton, PA) was the steepest, but maybe it's just one of the steepest.
I have a photo in one of my books of a coal drag coming up out of that valley, and as I recall the photo, counting the smoke plumes, there are five locos at the point, four amidships and another six at the rear, pushing, with the little bobber tacked on behind. I can't say for sure what's up front, but all of the power leaning against the load at the rear are Consolidations. My guess is that all of the firemen are busy shoveling!
scubadude Wrote:I think it's funny how there are many MRR's among us that we don't know about. I've said it before, MRRing is a lot like a moped......mopeds are really fun and cool, you just don't want your friends to know you ride one!
scubadude Wrote:I think it's funny how there are many MRR's among us that we don't know about. I've said it before, MRRing is a lot like a moped......mopeds are really fun and cool, you just don't want your friends to know you ride one!