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   Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 | Just a note there will be an op session this Saturday on the Siskiyou Line. I have created this new topic thread in the forum as a place holder. I will be taking photos at the session and will post them here, along with a report of the session. Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting!  In video ... | ||
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| Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 | As to what's new on the layout, I've been working on some scenery in the Coal Bank Slough area, mainly some of the backdrop now has been painted with distant gray-green hills. I've got the "coal branch" track wired, and I've put the Coquille west siding switch back in service. I've also remotored one of the Lifelike GP9 PhIII locos. I have two of these guys and they run just awful ... so bad that I had to pull them off the layout during any session where we've tried to use them. It appears the gear train in the power trucks is poor and the best recommendation I've found is to replace them with the power truck from an Athearn GP, so I'm trying that in one unit to see how it goes. The nice thing is the Athearn GP power truck is a straight drop-in replacement. Fits like a charm!  Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting! In video ... | ||
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  Registered Member #6 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:30PMLocation: Stayton, OR Posts: 582 | Joe, I'll be there, dunno about my father-in-law. I'm trying to figure out if, with my history, you want me to test that GP9 PhIII out.  .... can I beg for a place on the Coos Bay Hauler? I've haven't had the opportunity to run a train "downstairs" yet. Oh - is the gear train bad, or just cracked gears? That's a definite known quantity on the LL's. And apparently they'll ship you replacement gears without any hassles. Jeff Shultz Willamette & Pacific - Oregon Electric Branch W&P RR Photo Gallery | ||
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| Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 | Jeff: The problem with the GP9 is it does not run smooth. It runs fine for a distance, then slows down, then speeds up, and it seems to be inconsistent, not in a pattern. I know the truck gears have problems, but I'd rather just get something that runs nice from the get go without having to tear the thing apart into little bitty pieces and then put it all back together. I've done that before and it's just too painstaking. I want the modern PC equivalent of replacing a board, not getting out the soldering iron and debugging the board, if that makes sense. I can debug the mechanism, and I have done that in the past, but I'd rather spend my time on other things.  Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting! In video ... | ||
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| Registered Member #6 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:30PMLocation: Stayton, OR Posts: 582 | Jeff: I want the modern PC equivalent of replacing a board, not getting out the soldering iron and debugging the board, if that makes sense. I can debug the mechanism, and I have done that in the past, but I'd rather spend my time on other things. Being that "replacement at the component level" is the way I play things, I completely understand. Too bad I don't have DCC running on my layout - I'd offer to take it off your hands for awhile to see if I could figure it out. Or is replacing the entire gear tower doing the trick already? Jeff Shultz Willamette & Pacific - Oregon Electric Branch W&P RR Photo Gallery | ||
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| Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 |  Terry Roberts elected to dispatch the first trick of the Siskiyou Line op session held on the evening of January 8th, 2005. We recreated May 8, 1985. Here Terry is writing the first track warrant of the day to the Seagull West out of Eugene.We use a whiteboard with the track schematic on it and white board marker pens to keep track of trains. Also, we've gone away from the old Maxxon 5 channel radios to the new "family outing" radios that have become popular with 14 channels. You can see Terry has one of the radios on the dispatcher's desk so he can communicate with the road crews. You can get headsets for them, so they work as well as the old Maxxons ... even better since we no longer get baby monitor traffic on our dispatcher channel! [ Edited Fri Jul 28 2006, 02:00PM ] Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting! In video ... | ||
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| Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 |  It didn't take the dispatcher (Terry Roberts) long to decide some of the water cars were on the wrong side of the hill so he called a special job to run some water cars over Rice Hill to Cottage Grove.Here Jordon Dobson (engineer) and Jeff Davis (conductor) run the water car special downgrade from Rice Hill into Cottage Grove. [ Edited Fri Jul 28 2006, 02:00PM ] Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting! In video ... | ||
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| Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 |  With the water cars finally available in Cottage Grove, the Seagull West is able to head over Rice Hill. Jordon Dobson has become the helper engineer, adding his power just in front of the water cars as the Seagull West rolls out of Cottage Grove and begins it's assault on Rice Hill.[ Edited Fri Jul 28 2006, 02:00PM ] Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting! In video ... | ||
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| Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 |  Meanwhile, Roseburg Yardmaster Brandon Thompson assesses the situation in Roseburg.He's got to get the Seagull East out of town, get the Riddle Turn out of town, and begin building the Oakland Turn, known as the Rice Hill Rocket because the track warrant typically is a "work between" Winchester and Rice Hill. Also on the docket to begin building is the Dole Turn, known as the "Fruit Loop". The Dole Turn switches the huge Roseburg Forest Products facility at Dillard. These colorful train nicknames come from the prototype, so using those names just adds to the fun! [ Edited Fri Jul 28 2006, 02:01PM ] Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting! In video ... | ||
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| Registered Member #3 Joined: Wed Dec 08 2004, 09:01PMLocation: Portland, OR Posts: 2112 |  Jerry Sheffield (engineer) and Cam Cotrill (Conductor) take charge of their train, the Coos Bay Hauler East in North Bend. I like to use 2-person crews since I think it makes the run more fun and feels more prototypical. Plus it works well when we have visitors -- Jerry is new, so by pairing him up with an experienced Siskiyou Line operator like Cam, everyone has more fun.And two-person crews means there is one more set of eyes to watch the train. One person stays at the head end and runs the loco, while the conductor stays near the rear and watches the train. I especially enjoy the condutor's job since I officially have to railfan the train! [ Edited Fri Jul 28 2006, 02:01PM ] Joe Fugate http://siskiyou-railfan.net - 200,000 hits and counting! In video ... | ||
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