It's snowing today in Massachusetts, so I hurried up and pulled out some stock. Here's a few of the photos I took!
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I've painted the snowplow's blade to match the car it's attached to. When I can, I'll add a headlamp and decals eventually.
It snowed last night! Which means that I my first thought was Oh yay! I get to try out my new plow! Unfortunately #7, whom is meant to run with the plow isn't operational yet. My Forney is also having issues at the moment, but it cooperated long enough for me to try out the plow in the dense, packed snow. Here's some photos I took during the testing...
Unfortunately, this test only really cleared a section of straight track. The curve I was headed towards is buried under almost 2 feet of snow, so that clearly wasn't going to happen... I al slightly worried about the clerence this plow will provide on a curve, but at least it gives plenty of space on a straight; as can be seen above. I did take about 4 minutes of video while operating in the snow. Once I get to edit it down I'll add it to this post.
Yesterday I begun construction of a stratch-build snowplow for my railroad. This is the first large piece I have built from styrene, but I am happy with it so far. But, there is still quite a bit to do!
I am hoping to find a US-style headlamp similar to that of the lights on my Forney to mount on the snowplow, then run a line into the car where a battery will be hiding. I'm thinking I can install a plug in the front of the car or the chassis so that the plow can be removed, if need be. But, I'm not sure, then, how I'll secure the supports inside the bed...
Today I had a short running session with Toby and a modified "Troublesome Truck" for cleaning the track.
To modify the truck I cut the brake lines off each side and screwed an LGB cleaning unit to the bottom. I may need to modify the car slightly more, as the cleaning pads are a bit too low. It came off the rails twice today when the pads got caught on a rail gap. But, it definitely works! I noticed a significant improvement in power pick-up after a few laps around the inner loop. Oh, I also took the face off both troublesome trucks and hope to decal the cars at some point in the future with "LHRR" and car specs. |
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