Paul Weston Donated a Spruced up Stock Car to the Covered Hopper, Along with a Few Tents to Provide a Club

Emerald Coast Garden

Railway Club

June - July 2014 www.ECGRC.com Vol 2014-4

Sweltering Summer 2014 Here we are in the dog days of summer. We knew it was coming. It was in all of the newspapers. It was on the calendars. But all of that still makes it tough to bear, or, worse yet, bare enough to cool off.

Page Contents Unfortunately, all of the heat and the rain has turned the weeds and vines into some demonic 1 Summer 2014 version of kudzu with incessant and wild, 2 Tallahassee Train Show; Club Rail Car uncontrolled growth. Some of the vines and 3 Dothan Train Show; Mobile Train Show briars definitely seem to grow by many inches, if 4 Can Recycling; Name Tags; Train Spotting not feet, in just a day. The Jordan Lot Riding Train 5 New Member; Al LeBlanc; Jordan Lot track right‐of‐way is clipped and cleared on 6 RR Depot Fixes Friday and needs to be done again on Saturday. 7 Orlando 1500 Loco; Weston RR Are the gnomes putting fertilizer on the weeds 8 Amazon; Trains & Planes and briar vines? 9 Events and Dates; Health & Welfare 10 Birthdays & Anniversaries; Book Report Remember, Folks, keep yourself hydrated and 11 GGR Club Closure; Roaming Gnome Invasion well cared for in this summer heat. Heat stress 12 Standard Gauge; In-Line Fuses and all of its complications can sneak up on you. 13 Club Patches Lots of water is best. Water does not corrode your pipes. That is an inebriated myth. Also, not too much soda consumption with all of its nasty sugars and chemicals. We have lots of water in the Jordan Lot Frig. Stay safe and healthy and out of the hospital and away from Nurse Ratchet. www.ecgrc.com - 1 - June - July 2014

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finding some great bargains, and Bill was hunting Tallahassee Train Show bargains, too. Jack Grill was also browsing for deals. The Big Bend Model Railroad Association held their There were many G scale items to be had. Ed missed annual train show at the North Florida Fairgrounds in out on a few logging cars for Becky Cox. Terry & April Tallahassee on 28 June 2014. Ed Dice set up an Tucker had several tables full of model train supplies. information display for the RR Museum. Displayed Rodney Rich stopped by to chat. Keith Rapley & pictures of the old logging railroads in the Milton Bobbie Dorner were taking everything in. Paul area, along with pictures of the Jordan Lot Garden Weston was on the hunt for bargains. Ed Levin was Railroad. Ed talked with lots of folks about the various spied with a large package in hand. Mike Moore facilities and things to see at the RR Museum. One visited to take things in, too. David Mobley and gent may join the RR Museum so he can use the grandson, Gatlin, enjoyed the train layouts a lot. history archives for a research project. It was a great show. Take my word for it. My pictures The train show was held in two large buildings at the got lost in the big "bit bucket". But it was a nice train fairgrounds. Lots of room and plenty of chilled air. show and well worth the trip. Needed a jacket inside the building. The Mossy Head crew were outside in the courtyard between the two buildings (no chilled air there). Paul Karczewski, Jack Club Rail Car Burk and others set up an RS3 loco and a custom built Paul Weston donated a spruced up stock car to the covered hopper, along with a few tents to provide a Club. Paul cleaned and fixed up the stock car, added little shade out in the heat of the day. metal wheels, Aristo‐Craft couplers, and new vinyl lettering (Hobby Lobby).

Stock car donated by Paul Weston Paul announced his donation at the May Club meeting. This stock car joins the other eight rail cars Ed did not set up any G scale trains. There were that Paul also donated and fixed up which also bear already several model train layouts including some G the Emerald Coast and EC logos. These rail cars are scale layouts. Will Davis was there with his live steam available for anyone to make up a train behind their loco. Jim and Edith Gaul, former ECGRC members, loco. Where is the RED caboose? $50 fine? had a table selling Jim's G scale trains and Edith's Barbie dolls. Jim and Edith did very well. Several folks from the ECGRC/RR Museum were there. Stephanie Carrington was scooting around

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Emerald Coast rail cars behind a steam loco ‐ 30 May Dothan Sept 2013 front side You can see these cars traveling around the Jordan After we finish set up on Friday, we usually head off Lot Garden Railroad pulled by various Club members' to a local restaurant for a nice dinner. And then after locos. It certainly is a nice string of cars. Thanks, Paul. the show wraps Saturday afternoon at 5 PM, we head to another restaurant for a great dinner. We have a Dothan Train Show great time. Still looking for Miss Kitty at the Long Branch Saloon. We finally got official word, that our next train show participation will be the Dothan train show. It will be Mobile Train Show 20‐21 Sept, with set up on Friday, 19 Sept. Still Mobile train show will be held on 4‐5 October 2014. waiting to get definite word and details about the This is a two day train show at the Mobile Via Health, train layout space, but expect same as in years past. Fitness and Enrichment Center. The gym is filled with tables and a few layouts. Norm Koenig sets up his small G scale LGB trains with the sound tooting and whistling.

Dothan Sept 2013 with elevated track and bridges The Dothan train shows have always been a great time with more G scale sellers each year. Great facilities to set up the G scale trains inside. The RR Museum info display at Mobile train show Oct 2013 outside space on the asphalt was pretty challenging, An information display will be set up for the RR either too hot in September, too wet with the sudden Museum to give us more visibility for activities over in rain storms, or bitter cold in December. Inside is Milton. Will not set up a separate G scale layout. much better. Things are a bit too cramped in the gym to accommodate such a display.

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Also, I keep forgetting names. So the name tag helps keep me on track and away from embarrassing moments. Otherwise, you might get called Sylvester or Daffy. And as a side note, when new name tags are printed up they need to be done in groups of eight. Don't want to waste the photographic paper that the name tags are printed on. TRAIN SPOTTING Way back on Tuesday, 3 June 2014, Matthew Wertz spotted a unique CSX locomotive in our area. It was Mobile train show sellers and layouts Oct 2013 one of the CSX Heritage units. Matthew saw CSX #1 See Ed Dice for additional details, including a train Spirit of West Virginia. Great catch, Matthew. show flyer. Last year there was not a lot of G scale trains available, but there were a few pieces from estate sales. Can Recycling Remember folks we recycle aluminum soda cans for the Club. Keep the cans coming. Periodically, the Can Genie swoops down and carts the bags of cans away leaving an envelope of cash for the Treasurer.

It helps not squashing the cans so CSX #1 Spirit of West Virginia ‐ pic by Matthew Wertz the sharp points do not poke holes in the black bags. Every can helps Apparently, there are 14 "Spirit of" heritage units for and that is another can not in the landfill. the CSX railroad. Some folks track each loco as it travels around the country, and then log their sighting reports up on a Name Tags website. A quick search found heritageunits.com where Remember name tags help keep straight who is who. special heritage units from all Frequently, visitors to the Jordan Lot see a bunch of rail lines are tracked. There is old guys and no idea who is in a Facebook page “CSX charge. The name tags help sort Tracker” with sightings of out and separate us from the special CSX units including the general public. Also, especially for “Spirit of” units. There is a collection of photographs our younger members, wear your of the different “Spirit of” units at name tag so no one gets concerned with your trainweb.org/csxphotos/other_spirit.htm operating trains on the garden RR. Matthew caught sight of CSX #1 Spirit of West Check with Ed Dice for your name tag if you do not Virginia at the crossing on Old Bagdad Highway, not have yours yet. If you lost it, get with Ed for a far from our RR Depot. Matthew was in the right replacement, along with penance/demerits. place at the right time.

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New Member Jordan Lot Activities Our latest new member is Parker Price. Parker has Things have been busy at the Jordan Lot and on the been running his train with his son Julian at the Garden Railroad. Lots of hard work by lots of Jordan Lot. Parker joined 31 May 2014. people. That summer heat is sure making the workload harder to get done. The new elevated back‐n‐forth "Paperclip" is operational and ready for use. Lots of different trolleys, rail‐trucks and small locos have scooted along without any problems. Remember that the tightest curve is 6.5' in diameter. The upper elevated curves are 10' diameter curves.

Parker Price with son Julian We hear that Parker also has a wife, Jessica, and daughter, Riley. But most of the time we just see Parker and Julian at the Jordan Lot. Al LeBlanc

Al LeBlanc was an active model railroader with the Elevated Paperclip in front Lobe of Garden RR Pensacola Model Railroad Club (PMRC). And Al was Mike Moore did a lot of fence vine trimming. Mike also an active amateur radio operator. Al passed brought in his hedge trimmer and swept up and away 4 June 2014 after a long trek with cancer and down the fence to trim back the vines. Much chemo treatments. Al always had a sunny outlook thanks, Mike, for your non‐ECGRC member help. and kept looking forward. Al joined us at one of the Dalton GA large scale train shows. He had a great time with the crew. Al almost joined the ECGRC but his cancer popped up and changed Al's priorities. Al was a great guy and will be missed. Al was 20 years in the U.S. Navy on several ships, including the carrier Enterprise. Al was also very active with his church and Boy Scouts. Al was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery on 9 June 2014. The last time some of us saw Al was at the Foley train show in 22‐23 March. Al was looking good then and was active at the train show and the PMRC Mike Moore in May 2014 at the Jordan Lot layout.

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And in the relentless weeds and bugs battle, Frank Paine has donated a large spray container of weed killer and a bug zapper. Thanks, Frank.

Keith Rapley at the Jordan Lot in the Train Shed Both Keith and George Provan have been busy with ballasting the Garden RR tracks using the small #89

Frank Paine at the Jordan Lot Garden RR rocks or chicken grit. The Picnic Table area track crossing is all finished. Andy Sloan donated a plastic, outdoor storage Sorry about the sun glare reflecting off of the near‐ cabinet. This storage cabinet was placed adjacent to mirror surface. That makes three crossing decks for the new Storage Building. So far, it contains the the Riding Train. bags of chicken grit in the bottom, which also holds the cabinet down in any strong winds. A newly installed black mailbox is just inside the Train Shed, at the East end, up on the wall over the RR Depot Fixes small lawn mower. It holds some flyers and info cards for the Fixes and upgrades continue with the RR Museum. ECGRC and RR Museum. Saves In the Bathrooms Building, besides the new floor, a trip all of the way into the new lights, and new seats, Ed Dice removed the Train Room and back. Let Ed ceiling heaters. Turns out that these old ancient Dice know if supplies of heaters were very much in need of removal. The things are low. rust on the two heating units was very heavy. Even The track power distribution box in Lobe #1 has the wiring was corroded and fell apart when been reworked. The MDF board was replaced with touched. After much effort and time, both of the some fiberglass boards provided by Orlando Gomez. rusted hulks got removed and tossed into the trash There is significant moisture collecting in the wire can. Both holes in the ceilings were covered with chase pipe and up into the distribution box. That plywood. And the old switches were removed (were moisture had badly corroded the terminal strip. So still live) and the wiring was capped off. A very it was redone with some of the corrosion inhibitor needed job was successfully done. Now the inside spray applied. Frank Paine of the Bathrooms still needs painting. Any takers? donated the large fake boulder CSX Railroad had a grant of $50,000 for some covering the box. railroad‐related activities. The RR Museum applied A bright red plastic level is with great hopes that our planned use and need hanging in the Train Shed. This would fit well with the CSX goals. However, we got allows working on the track while it is energized. notified on 20 June 2014 that we were not selected. Using the metal level in the past got rather shocking That was a very disappointing result to the RR at times. Keith Rapley donated the level for the Museum staff and all of their work on the grant track gang use. Thanks, Keith. application.

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The Business Car windows are being replaced with all of the work almost completely done. The original Weston RR $2,800 estimate quote got increased to $3,100 for the whole job. This was much needed work as some Many of you already know of Paul Weston working of the old wood frames had rotted through with on his 7‐1/2" gauge gondola kit. It is progressing holes in the window frames. Another much needed well. Waiting to hear the stats on it and what color. job that needed doing to keep the Business Car sound and dry. Now to fix up the insides ... Orlando 1500 loco

Orlando's latest Big Baby is now running at Mossy Head. It is a SW 1500 gas‐powered hydraulic drive locomotive for 7‐1/2" gauge.

And Paul and a friend jointly own a small loco which is also at Mossy Head, of course.

Orlando riding by ‐ from video by Paul Karczeski

Orlando bought the loco from a large scale train manufacturer. Then Orlando proceeded to paint it up in a nice CSX paint scheme. Finally, lots of additional details were added by Orlando to finish it up. Many hours of work and it looks great. Nice job!

Not from Orlando or Paul’s drawing board, but maybe close?

Orlando and loco at Mossy Head ‐ pic by Paul Weston

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This happened along a rugged canyon gorge, by a Shop Amazon remote river with a Montana Rail Link train hauling five very large flatcars carrying 737 plane fuselages George Wilson, the RR Museum webmaster, has for Boeing. The fuselage bodies were on their way added a link to Amazon off of the www.WFRM.org to a Boeing assembly plant. Think those five planes web page. Using that link when you will not see the wide blue yonder. shop on Amazon will result in a donation by Amazon back to the RR River rafters were surprised to see the scene, but Museum. It is another bit of revenue could not hang around. The Fish and Wildlife for the RR Museum to help keep up Department folks were rushing the rafters along on the RR Depot. down the river. But it was a very unusual sight and certainly not something that you see every day.

Two 737s in the water, one almost, two still along tracks WFRM.org home web page with Amazon link Trains and Planes It is not usual that trains and planes mix it up. But up on the Montana Rail Link railroad in Washington, they did more than mix it up. They had a big wreck.

Two RR workers by broken 737 ‐ who pays? A train spotter suspected that the derailment was caused by a sun kink due to the high heat conditions. Due to its remote location, assembling the wreck train with its big hook was a huge challenge and took quite a bit of time. Train wreck with planes ‐ pic by Ted Curphey

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sucks getting older. Susan acquired a case of Events and Dates Bronchitis and it had her out of work for week as 1 June ‐ Hurricane Season Begins well. Both of us are back to full steam and running full throttle. Bob C." 15 June ‐ Fathers Day Pat Stevens ‐ Pat suffered a serious stroke in 21 June ‐ Museum Board meeting at 9:30 AM 2013, and Pat is recovering. We saw her at the 21 June 2014 Club meeting. That was Pat's first visit to 21 June ‐ Club meeting at Noon the Jordan Lot for a long time. Glad to see you, Pat.

28 June ‐ Tallahassee Train Show John Gilbert ‐ John and his wife have moved to Homosassa (Place of the Peppers) which is north 4 July ‐ Independence Day of Tampa into a retirement community. His wife has a cancer diagnosis and is being treated. John has 12 July ‐ Museum Board meeting at 9:30 AM continued heart problems and working thru that. Their new address: 8975 West Halls River Road, 19 July ‐ Club meeting at Noon Homosassa FL 34448. Home phone 352-621-0701 Cell 352-849-2672. 20 July ‐ National Ice Cream Day

9 Aug ‐ BNSMC/FBCH swap meet, Helena AL 10‐4pm Frank Paine ‐ Just had a successful cataract surgery mid-July, along with a visit by his brother 16 Aug ‐ Museum Board meeting at 9:30 AM and family. Frank also donated a large spray container of weed killer for the Jordan Lot weed 16 Aug ‐ Club meeting at Noon battle, as well as a bug zapper and fake boulder.

1 Sept ‐ Labor Day Chris Wolcott ‐ Chris got married in July 2013 to a lovely lady. Chris is planning to get back into 13 Sept ‐ Museum Board meeting at 9:30 AM garden railroading operations.

13 Sept ‐ Club meeting at Noon Andy & Beth Sloan ‐ Andy reports "Foley balloon festival (14 June) was deflated by muddy 20‐21 Sept ‐ Dothan train show grounds, but great people watching." and later "We rode the Eureka Springs and Northern Arkansas 4‐5 Oct ‐ Mobile Train Show tourist train yesterday. We observed their turntable redirect the 1942 EMD diesel switcher from returning 18 Oct ‐ Old Fashioned Tailgate Swap Meet with the dinner train the evening before to pulling the passenger car for the first day trip. At the mid-point 18 Oct ‐ Museum Board meeting at 9:30 AM the loco went thru a wye to get in front of the pass car for the return trip. Good day. No fish to date but we’ve been eating well." 18 Oct ‐ Club meeting at Noon Stew & Sue Church ‐ Stew reports “…the good news is, by about mid-August, our new home Health & Welfare will be 10 Arcadia Ave., DeFuniak Springs. Hope to see you in Aug.” Stew & Sue Church Bob & Susan Cope ‐ Bob reports "June was Jim & Carolyn Rush ‐ Carolyn reported she not our best month. As you know, I had my run in broke her hip and is healing and going thru therapy. with a rusty nail. Put me out of work for a week and Jim is fine and doing great. generally unproductive for about three weeks. It

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Ian & Barbara Sinclair - Ian and Barbara 26 July ‐ Jim Rush birthday getting settled out on the Space Coast. They found a 7 Aug ‐ Dee Miller birthday great dentist who is into model trains and motorcycles. Plus, Ian found out about an N scale 17 Aug ‐ Anne & John Kashynski anniversary group of guys. 24 Sept ‐ April Tucker birthday John & Anne Kashynski - John has rejoined the ECGRC. His visits to the mid-week We do NOT have ALL of the Club members' dates Jordan Lot crew produced positive results. for birthdays or anniversaries. Fine, if you do not want to be reminded nor let other folks know. But, Bill Carrington - Bill was scheduled for some if you do want to list them, then remember to let Ed minor outpatient throat surgery Friday, 25 June. know and please, be sure it is the correct date. Bad Unfortunately, Bill's simple procedure was not dates are like a nasty cold that never goes away. successful. So, Bill goes back again on 4 Aug for the Everyone stay healthy and happy. ‐ ‐ Ed doctors to try and do it again. Wish you well, Bill.

Paul Weston - Paul got himself a new vehicle, a Chevy HHR. Paul calls the style retro. It is very Book Report nice, silver car.

Mike Stokes - Mike reports on his new hip Something new. School is now in session. We have a joint: "One down; one to go September 3rd. I'll start book report from Bob Cope. Everyone sit still and forwarding layout updates once the hardscaping is pay attention. ... or else ... completed! Mike Stokes 865-816-0555" A Journey into Florida Railroad History

Birthdays & Anniversaries

15 June ‐ Stephanie & Bill Carrington anniversary

23 June ‐ Bobbie Dorner & Keith Rapley anniversary

23 June ‐ Ethel & Ed Couturie anniversary

6 July ‐ Stephanie Carrington birthday

11 July ‐ Orlando Gomez birthday

12 July ‐ Bobbie Dorner birthday

14 July ‐ Bob Fasnacht birthday

15 July ‐ Bill Carrington birthday

20 July ‐ Anne Kashynski birthday Gregg M. Turner 24 July ‐ Bob Cope birthday University Press of Florida Gainesville, Florida 2008

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were mostly comprised of the guys and gals that A Journey into Florida Railroad History is, as the title joined us at the Perry GA and Dalton GA large scale states, a brief history of the development of train shows. They filled in the center area inside the large track ovals we set down. Stan Kotas and other railroads in the state of Florida. The author covers guys were the organizers. from the very humble beginnings of horse drawn trolleys on wooden plank rails to the modern day Well, they have closed as of the end of June. I do not know all of the reasons. Think lack of member dieselized system of today. There are names of participation was the main cause. players you may recognize, and some you may not. There are names of railroads and places that are Some of the club members have joined the Florida Railroad Museum to continue their railroading still prominent today and those long gone. The activities. author describes successes and fiascos. GGR did their monthly club meetings in a round‐ The book is loosely divided into the very early years robin arrangement at different club members (pre Civil War), the war years and post war homes. They also had lots of field trips to various reconstruction, the boom years to the Great railroad related places in the south and central Florida area, such as a shipping port. And they were Depression, and then the time to present. Each very active with local railroad themed events in the chapter focuses on a time frame and the people area like Thomas and Christmas trains. who were the movers and shakers at that time in railroad history and how they affected railroad Roaming Gnome Invasion history. Some were business people, some were We at the ECGRC have endured frequent roaming politicians, and some were wolves in sheep’s gnome appearances and disappearances at the clothing. There is also division of regions, the Jordan Lot Garden Railroad and at the various train panhandle, the north east section and the east and shows. Well, they seem to have a cousin over in west coasts of the finger. Mossy Head now. Paul Karczewski reported the appearance of a Although the book is in essence a history book, it is gnome that was roaming around the P&S Railroad. presented in a quite enjoyable more storybook As of Paul's report, they had not succeeded in fashion. I found the book a great read and it kept capturing the elusive fellow, despite lots of folks my interest throughout, even on subject areas not driving and riding the rails at the P&S. of my primary interest. There is information in particular on the Bagdad Land and Lumber Co., some great background information on the CSX and its predecessors, and even a mention of The West Florida Railroad Museum in the closing chapter.

I would recommend this book to anyone even the least bit interested Florida railroad history, or even Florida history in general. ‐ ‐ Bob Cope

GGR Club Closure Long distance photo of the elusive gnome on the P&S The Gulfcoast Garden Railroaders club down in Just recently, Paul K. reported that another gnome Parrish, Florida formed a couple of years ago. They has appeared and they have changed or gotten a www.ecgrc.com ‐ 11 ‐ June ‐ July 2014 Emerald Coast Garden Railway Club WFRM facelift. Does a gnome need a facelift? So, folks, be wary and be warned that there are gnomes out there along with the other tricksters. Be careful and watch where you step.

Standard, G, O gauge tracks In the picture above, the top track is Standard Gauge. The middle track is the familiar G gauge. The bottom track is the old Lionel O gauge. Standard gauge = 2‐1/8" G gauge = 45 mm (1‐3/4") O gauge = 1‐1/4" Discussed with Mike's Hobby Shop near Houston TX about standard gauge and he said it was not popular around there. He can order it but does not carry much of it. He knows it is popular in other areas of the country. Don't worry. There are no plans to add Standard Gauge into the Jordan Lot area. Nor will there be a Standard Gauge train added at the train show Newest Arrival, Sam and his steed Turtle at Jordan Lot RR exhibits. SWARM has nothing to worry about. The local tribe of gnomes at the Jordan Lot celebrate a new member arriving. Sam came from lands far away. But his trusty and sturdy steed In-Line Fuses served him well throughout the arduous journey. Hot news flash. We have some in‐line fuses for the power track feeds out to the Garden Railroad. Standard Gauge These allow putting in a low‐amperage fuse so it blows before damage to the loco or rail car. We have heard the term "standard gauge" for quite some time now. It has been confused with G scale Before now, a derailment could cause a short but during many discussions. Well, Standard Gauge is not pull enough amperage to blow the 15 amp or 10 definitely different than G scale. amp fuse in the TE/Base Station, or the 14 amp crowbar trip in the power supplies. Thus, the Think of Standard Gauge as Lionel O gauge on derailed train sits there cooking with a 5 amp or 8 steroids. It is three‐rail track and looks much like amp current flow just cooking and melting. Bad! the old Lionel O gauge three‐rail track. George Provan had the latest example of this where a freight truck shorted out but it did not blow the www.ecgrc.com ‐ 12 ‐ June ‐ July 2014 Emerald Coast Garden Railway Club WFRM

fuse, and thus, cooked enough to get a wheel red electric seat charge to wake up the sleeping hot and a melted freight truck frame. A real hotbox! engineer. And who would that be?

In‐Line Fuses on wooden shelf just below Control Panel Close‐up view of In‐Line Fuses for Loops 3, 2, 1 The red rectangular fuse holders use the same A circuit breaker was found not to be as responsive familiar ATC/ATO fuses that we have been using as it needed to be. The fuse blows quicker and with the old Train Engineer and the new Revolution better protects the on‐rail train equipment. Base Station. And we need a supply of spare fuses. Club Patches Another batch of ECGRC cloth patches have been made up by the embroidery shop. The elves toiling night and day, er...OK, a few hours, to get the patches made up. This time we have two new sizes. The old size was 4 inches. The new sizes are 3 inch and 2 inch.

5 amp ATC/ATO fuse The engineer (Y‐O‐U!) needs to check for the size of fuse needed to operate your train. Too small a fuse and it will overload and blow, unnecessarily. Too big a fuse and it will not blow soon enough to protect the train. Thus, you have to know how much power your train will use and then insert the proper sized fuse. Eventually, the rough‐and‐ready set up will be replaced with a much better setup using a clean, white fiberglass panel. Plus, will have a blown fuse indicator light and buzzer/beeper so it gets Club Patches in 4‐inch, 3‐inch, 2‐inch sizes attention, both inside and outside on the light Get with Ed Dice for the Club patches that you board. And an optional feature may include an ordered.