Minnesota,Wisconsin,Iowa, Dakotas GTG's thread

[Wood Doctor]

I will never forget that miserable ripping demonstration when it happened. The owner of the saw was there. The nails he cut through were sometimes as big as drift pins, and perhaps they were. He shipped the ruined blades to a saw blade repair shop in South Dakota. I imagine that he dropped over a grand to repair them with new cutters or he just bought new blades.

I am really glad that you did not have anything like that occur at your thrashing show. Two thumps up!

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

The owner here sent the blade to Rice, MN to someone there who can work on circular mill blades. Will have to say hammering/repairing saw blades is probably a dying art nowadays.

 

[Ronaldo]

Andy and Sarah.....did a bunch of bucking today with the 288 we got from you. I put 3 tanks thru it this morning. Love it for the big stuff. It pull this 32 incher with no trouble.

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[super44]

Chirp, chirp, chirp.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Been out and about when it's not raining. These were down in Alma, WI.

 

[Philbert]

These were down in Alma, WI.

Just like Lionel, but bigger!

Philbert

 

[super44]

We went thru Alma in May while doing the "100 mile garage sale". I did not find any chainsaws to bring home with me.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Just like Lionel, but bigger!

Philbert

You should see the Cat D9 when it is on top of the coal pile behind the 2 locomotives (this is only about 1/2-2/3 of the height of the pile). Looks like a toy up there.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

This one was on an industrial spur along the river off Warner/Childs Rd in St. Paul near Dayton's Bluff.

 

[Philbert]

How many quarts in an oil change?

Philbert

 

[sweepleader]

http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/73214/884880.aspx

The lube oil doesent get changed too often, unless major contamination happens (from fuel or cooling water). On the older EMDs, there is usually some getting past the rings in the cylinder, and it usually goes out the stack (and coatsEVERYTHING in oil). Just keeping the oil topped off and doing an oil analysis every so often is usually enough to keep them going, a package of oil additives may need to be added if analysis shows it's needed.

Keep in mind, the average locomotive engine crankcase holds between 200-300 gallons of lube oil, changing oil in just a few locomotives gets expensive very quickly.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

If this works this is a horn show from a GP38-2 I got last year.

 

[WetGunPowder]

Grizz-Are you checking out the 4014 while it's in town????

 

[WiscWoody]

Hello from Winter WI, a great place to scrounge for wood in the north woods of Wisconsin.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Grizz-Are you checking out the 4014 while it's in town????

I did.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Here's some more of 4014. Weighs 1.25 million pounds and is 132 feet long. It's an impressive machine even when not moving.

 

[Philbert]

Think it's 'modded'?

Philbert

 

[WiscWoody]

I see it’s in St Paul, my old hometown.

 

[kevin j]

coincidentally I saw the steamer yesterday south of Mora. i was just passing over a bridge and it was moving on the track underneath. quite a crowd of people Just on the highway out in the middle of the woods

 

[WetGunPowder]

coincidentally I saw the steamer yesterday south of Mora. i was just passing over a bridge and it was moving on the track underneath. quite a crowd of people Just on the highway out in the middle of the woods

It is amazing the cult type following that the UP steam trains have when they are on the rails!