[Accrs-ho] March Good Guys
ACCRS HO Scale
accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org
Wed Mar 11 07:30:03 PDT 2015
Lee,
1. If you would bother to look, the WS cars are in the metal cabinet
under hidden. Probably on one of the lower two drawers where they fit
nicely and don't get banged around. They are some of the most logical
cars to keep there as the overflow cars from Hidden.
2. I did not start the project that night. I had tried to run a stack
train earlier in the day. I was able to get it around the layout "once"
after considerable problems. After that, I knew where to look for
fixes. I came back the next week or maybe a week after that and started
to fix the problem. I have now worked two Fridays on two portals.
I looked at the tunnel portals as a* maintenance problem* which to me
would fall into the same catagory as fixing a bad section of track or
replacing a dropper that needed soldered. If I am wrong, so be it. I
didn't expend any club funds and now anyone can run stacks through those
portals. It was an easy fix. I didn't say you approved, I said you
thought it was a good idea because you wanted to run your stacks too
(with your Mearsk and Mearsk container cars). That would be a very
different and prototypical train and look neat. Turns our my memory
wasn't correct as all I had to do was remove the little stone trim edge
around the tunnel entry and widen it slightly and it looks like a
concrete tunnel. Now the portal that leads into the helix is a stone
tunnel and probably will need changed if it causes a problem.
3. Pretty much nothing moves unless the main panel is operated. To me
it made more sense to put the monitor over the control panel instead of
the passenger panel. Maybe I am too practical, but I really thought
that that was where it was going. We disagreed and went on with running
trains.
4. Not sure why you are upset. This wasn't supposed to be a "War and
Peace" discussion for just a simple maintenance fix and trying to keep
Hidden in some semblance of order.
Dean
On 3/10/2015 8:02 PM, ACCRS HO Scale wrote:
> Message From: Lee And Joan Buckner buckyrailfan at aol.com
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> Dean:
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> Here's my response to your comments about the tunnel portals, and I
> will get to the cars later.
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> First, I totally agree with you about notching the tunnel portals, and
> would have voted yes at the HO meeting on Friday night the 13th. That
> night I discussed the issue with a few of the other members, and found
> out they weren't against it, and some of them don't model the modern
> era. I didn't talk to everyone, and can't presume how they would have
> voted, but I think it would have passed. But, the fact is that it
> didn't come up for a vote, as you weren't there. I know you were at
> the general meeting, but weren't at the HO meeting. I don't know why
> you had to leave before the HO meeting that night, and its really none
> of my business, but me telling you that I approve you doing the
> project without getting a vote from the club, doesn't give you
> approval to do it. I understand you had already began the project
> that night. I went back, and checked one of the emails you sent on
> 2/10 about the portal project. You said, quoted as follows: "I'm not
> against notching the tunnels as it looks cool. I don't think they
> notch stone work tunnels as it would weaken them. We have to do
> something to change to concrete style, or raise the ones we have."
> End quote. My reply to you on the same date 2/10, is as follows: Hi
> Dean: Something to discuss during Friday night's HO meeting" End
> quote. I can produce a copy of this email if you want to see it.
>
> This in no way indicates that because I agreed with you on the
> concept, and would have voted yes at the meeting of 2/13/15 that you
> were right in bypassing a vote of the club. If I had done the same
> thing you would have been the first one in my face. You, do remember
> the incident of the flat screen monitors, don't you? We voted at a
> meeting before the fair to put a flat screen monitor over cab three to
> see how they would handle the fair environment, before committing to
> putting two over the main cabs, in case that one didn't work out.
> When it was put up over cab three, you created a big stink, even
> making derisive comments about the members doing the work. You said
> we voted without your knowledge, when in fact you were at the
> meeting. At that time, we had a written voting sheet, and perhaps we
> should think about going back to that. When the monitor came through
> the fair like a champ, and the two monitors were put up over the main
> cab, you finally calmed down.
>
> Now, lets get to the cars. I do have a question for you. Where are
> the Wisconsin Southern "one of" cars that the club purchased, and were
> on the layout? After the former Trainmaster left the club they seemed
> to disappear. I remember a fuss made about it, and they seem to
> magically appear. After that fuss died down, they again disappeared.
> Where are they? I have an Wisconsin Southern SD40-2, DCC equipped,
> and a WS F45 that is right now analog, but will be converted to DCC,
> that I could run with them. Now, I agree with you that if I want to
> run all the WS "one of" box cars together, it isn't prototypical, but
> the ACCRS is a model railroad club, and doesn't have to report to the
> Surface Transportation Board, or the ICC before that, depending on the
> era were modeling.The recurring theme of many of the member's emails
> I've seen is that model railroading is a HOBBY, and should be fun.
> Using your logic of "one of's" shouldn't all of the UP, and NS
> Heritage locomotives be banned from the layout? I think not, and I
> think even you would agree. I have Santa Fe GP60M No. 146 which was
> in the Mearsk paint scheme for only two weeks for the photo shoot on
> Cajon Pass. Because it was unique, and I worked for an Ocean Shipping
> Company it was the first GP60M, that I purchased. I personally like
> unique locomotives, and cars that are "one of's" This is what gives
> me pleasure. I also have some cars from conventions, other model
> railroad clubs, and model railroads such as the Virginian & Ohio,
> etc. My take is a little different than yours on the hobby. I don't
> say your wrong, about what you run. I think you're a very good
> modeler, and really enjoy seeing your trains run on the layout, as I
> do for the other members of the club as well. Your coal train was
> awesome.
>
> Just my take on things. Didn't mean for this to become "War & Peace."
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>
> Lee
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
> To: accrs-ho <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 9, 2015 5:17 pm
> Subject: Re: [Accrs-ho] March Good Guys
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> Message From: Dean& Margaret Lewislewis2 at earthlink.net <mailto:lewis2 at earthlink.net>
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> Lee,
>
> Maybe I should just leave you message alone, but there are some
> interesting comments here. Since I wasn't there, I don't know who
> might have shouted you down, but I have a hard time believing this was
> anything done on purpose. Also, I don't know of anyone that tells
> you what cars to run or not. I know that I feel that trains should
> look prototypical per the era. I wouldn't want to see a 53' container
> car running with a bunch of 1950-60 style 40' box cars. There is a
> certain level that should be maintained in our trains to keep them
> prototypical by era.
>
> As far as I know, all major projects get member approval. I know
> recently I discovered some tunnel portals that didn't like double
> stacks. I widened a couple of portals in the last couple of weeks.
> It wasn't voted on as it was more of a maintenance item than a major
> construction project. I still have a couple more to fix. You even
> said that was a good idea when I discovered the problem.
>
> As far as cars on the layout, everybody can run their own cars or use
> club cars. Personally, I try to keep "hidden" in some semblance of
> order. I try to keep club cars restricted to tracks 1 through 4.
> That leaves 5 through 9 for members to set up their own trains. As
> we have more cars than those 4 tracks can hold, I have placed the
> extra ones in the club drawers under hidden. Since the more modern
> style cars are the most popular to use, I put the older style in the
> drawers. I don't see that as telling anyone what cars they can run.
>
> I think that we should respect each other and have fun. I don't
> believe there is anyone there that is trying to run the club and I
> don't think anyone will be trying to tell us which railroad we can
> model. I have seen a wide variety of equipment on the layout
> recently. It seemed to me that everyone was having fun.
>
> Just for the record, I am not a fan of "Thomas the Tank" but others
> are and run him. If they are not there, I won't run him.
>
> Just my take.
>
> Dean
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> On 3/9/2015 4:20 PM, ACCRS HO Scale wrote:
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> Message From: Lee And Joan Bucknerbuckyrailfan at aol.com
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> Group:
>
> While I've complained about the DCC vis DC issue for the upcoming
> show, and I wasn't able to say my piece before getting shouted
> down, what upsets me most is that we have a couple of members that
> think the club is "theirs", and not "ours", and their don't have
> to follow club procedures, such as getting club approval for a
> project they want, and just go ahead, and do it. That is why I
> made the comment that the back of my vests say ACCRS, and not
> their names. Also they rule what cars we can run on the layout.
> What is next, we have to model the railroad they do?
>
> I expressed my concern to John Kohlberg about this on Friday night.
>
> I express my condolences to you John, and to Ed for having to go
> through all this, but I feel I have to take a stand on this subject.
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> Lee
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