- April 1
- April 8
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The same computer runs both our control system and our website, and it suffered a shutdown of unknown cause today, which pretty much put us out of business. Fortunately James Knight made an appearance and got it working again, then spent a long time doing mysterious things with Linux.
James remarked that our two main computers are "getting pretty long in the tooth".
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John P installed new labels on the car card boxes, dealing with the complaint (from the RailRun session) that it's hard to identify locations on the railroad.
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There's also a new box for cars at destinations within F-Yard. It's attached to the fascia with screws rather than VelcroTM because we couldn't find the VelcroTM when we needed it.
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- April 11
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The Madlinger family--our alumnus Adam, and his parents Cathy and Gary--paid us a visit, and as usual when they drop in, all three of them got to work. Here's a group photo.
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They installed a signal tower and a small section of rock face adjacent to their stupendous rockwork from two years ago. (See April 7, 2007.)
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Then there's new gravel around the White tower restaurant.
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And people on the platform at Berkmannville.
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We had a four-person operating session to try and work out the issues that were brought up by the RailRun operation two weeks ago. Malcolm Laughlin made a visit to share his expertise. It generally went more smoothly. Paperwork is part of running a railroad!
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- April 18
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Last week's operating session led to a suggestion that for two operators to work together at F-yard, they need a car-order box each. Such a box is under construction. Yes, we have a fine collection of clamps.
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The new car card box completed and installed, with new movable labels and a barrier to keep the labels from getting pushed off by people brushing against the fascia.
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John M added new I-beams to the Pessim Steel warehouse.
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For no very good reason, here is a picture of a train on the crossing at Middle Heights.
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