Post by Pennsy484 on Oct 3, 2019 2:20:03 GMT
There are all the little seemingly meaningless things we in this hobby do to keep the trains rolling and the layout operational.
I put my mth prr g5 on the layout, ran it a bit, stops dead. Plug loose, fixed all good. Then I see a tender truck chain hanging loose. How does that happen? The tiny key ring loop is intact, and on the end of the chain. Magically worked its way off the attachment loop on the tender. Trying to get that back on, can hardly see it. Chain falls out of my fingers 20 times, and on the last time end of the chain is inside the speaker grill, pull it out. Guess, go ahead..... The keyring type loop thin, gone. Vanished forever. Took whole tender apart, removed speaker... Nope gone from this plane of reality, now with the lost socks. 😂
Anyway, fashioned a replacement. But I was thinking about all the little things that you need to do in this hobby!
Not sure how HO guys do it. This was so intricate, and I can't imagine doing this on an HO tender.
What are some of your unsung little accomplishments like this to keep the trains rolling?
I put my mth prr g5 on the layout, ran it a bit, stops dead. Plug loose, fixed all good. Then I see a tender truck chain hanging loose. How does that happen? The tiny key ring loop is intact, and on the end of the chain. Magically worked its way off the attachment loop on the tender. Trying to get that back on, can hardly see it. Chain falls out of my fingers 20 times, and on the last time end of the chain is inside the speaker grill, pull it out. Guess, go ahead..... The keyring type loop thin, gone. Vanished forever. Took whole tender apart, removed speaker... Nope gone from this plane of reality, now with the lost socks. 😂
Anyway, fashioned a replacement. But I was thinking about all the little things that you need to do in this hobby!
Not sure how HO guys do it. This was so intricate, and I can't imagine doing this on an HO tender.
What are some of your unsung little accomplishments like this to keep the trains rolling?
