November 2011
2 posts
Walthers 72' Centerbeam with Jaeger HO Lumber Load
This is my second try at customizing lumber loads for my model train rolling stock. I’ve always wanted a centerbeam but I didn’t think that my prototype railroad Burlington Northern ran centerbeams; then I saw photos and changed my whole outlook on the subject
Before I chose to assemble the Jaeger HO lumber load, I bought a Walthers 72’ centerbeam, along with a Walthers lumber...
October 2010
1 post
Diesel Locomotives
BURLINGTON NORTHERN ROSTER
Burlington Northern SD40-2 #8143
Burlington Northern SD40-2 #8090
Burlington Northern SD40-2 #8097
Burlington Northern SD45, #6430
Burlington Northern, BN, SD45, #6416
Burlington Northern, BN, GP50, #3110
Burlington Northern, BN, GP38-2, #2076
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE ROSTER
BNSF Railway Dash 9-44CW #617
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF...
July 2010
3 posts
Track Ballasting Tutorial
Tools and Supplies
1. 1 inch foam brush
2. 1/4 inch stiff bristle brush
3. small container for ballast
4. small mixing dish for glue
The Process
Mix glue with water, just enough to make it slightly soupy, but not too much or it will dry too quickly.
Using your stick bristle brush, apply the glue on both the roadbed and the foundation, but mostly on the foundation. The purpose...
Just finished completing construction of new model grain elevator and hand-painted it Tamiya Flat Aluminum; I know it is very shiny but that is caused by the fluorescent lighting. Once I weather it with Floquil Rust, that should tone it down a bit. But before I weather it, I’ll apply the cool looking decals.
As you can see, my layout is getting slightly crowded. I still have several spots...
Every Railroad Empire Needs A Grain Elevator And...
After weeks of staring at this wonderful grain elevator, I finally bought it. Assembly only took a couple of days and was a very interesting learning experience. What I learned from this model assembly will help during my next construction project coming down the rail.
The model Walthers HO 3022 ADM Grain Elevator Kit 933-3022 was bought on sale for $24.99 from Model Train Stuff and arrived...
June 2010
4 posts
My Layout: Croxton Terminal on 48" X 89.5" plywood →
A link to a forum that I’ve been posting my layout progress and other interesting items. Click on the title My Layout: Croxton Terminal on 48” X 89.5” plywood
My wife's favorite rolling stock
And, of course, it had to be hot pink:
This speaks for itself. This metal reefer car is vintage Tyco, modified to roll on my layout with Kadee trucks and wheelsets.
Ballasting Track
Latest Update on My Ballasting Project While ballasting my track, I noticed that ballast color was slightly brighter. I looked at the packaging, both were the same except the new ballast came in a bottle and the former in a bag. Hopefully it’ll fade with time.
Ice Cream Shop and Burlington Northern Locomotives The engineers are getting some soft serve.
Ballasting and GP50 BN Tiger
Here is my layout replete with its mini forest in the bacgrouind. In the foreground is my new GP50 Burlington Northern Phase II Tiger. Also being featured is my current track ballasting project; afterwards I’ll continue, adding more terrain features to break up the flat surface.
A close-up of my Athearn GP50
May 2010
1 post
Burlington Northern Mode
The few Athearn diesel locomotives I started collecting over the passed few months to keep me from going postal. After discovering just how intriguingly complicated constructing the above layout was, I knew I found something even more fun than gardening and rock hounding. After all the troubles and Youtube tutorials and the extreme penny-pinching and sacrifices I had at first during the first...
April 2010
1 post
Interesting Distraction from the Rage
OFF THE RAILS
Not too long ago, a great friend of mine wanted help setting up his Lionel O Gauge train set which, in many ways, just fascinated me. He has a Santa Fe Chief which I Youtubed for you. This adventure led me to starting my own small train set, pictured above. Now, for many people, their idea of a model train is that train that Grandpa set up to circle the Christmas tree or that just...
March 2010
5 posts
10 Search Engines to Explore the Deep End of the... →
Interesting link for several search engines that delve deeper into the Internet than Google does as its search engine is based on popularity than on content.
The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook: The... →
Learning how to use Facebook properly should be the first tutorial on Facebook’s help page.
The 10 biggest mistakes people make on Facebook |... →
I like Facebook, but what I don’t like is how sometimes people using it are using it wrong. This article shows how to use it properly while still keeping the fun aspect to Facebook.
Facebook is not MySpace, nor is it Delicious or other social bookmarking service. Facebook is the new face of America.
PHP 101: PHP For the Absolute Beginner →
An excellent author whose writing focuses on getting to the end product using the simplest means.
What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About... →
January 2010
2 posts
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, License... →
Just keeping it on the ground
I survived the Great Midwest Blizzard 2009. And thankfully this blizzard brought only inconveniences, and no deaths! There were only local blackouts with many road closures resulting from the 15 foot snowdrifts blocking the highways.
Now, on to the meat, every year I notice that a couple of the Great Sioux Nation tribes resort to begging from the bleeding hearts of America for heating assistance...
December 2009
4 posts
EPA targets coal industry →
Meanwhile out on the frigid Dakotas plains, hot air is rising
A couple of wind maps and links
I think these maps should be considered as they were on very different sites but they do indicate that without more transmission lines originating in the Upper Great Plains, the Saudi Arabia of Wind, increases the possibility that clean coal and nuclear power might establish itself on the east coast.
United States — 50-Meter Wind Resource Map
US Transmission Grid
Visualizing The U.S. Electric...
Added URL igmuska.com to tumblr
Really rolling now, expecting to use this for a while as I really like tumblr’s features more than I like having to setup blog software. Cost less than $20 for a year of enduring madness. YAY igmuska is a commercial business with no business except spreading the word FREEDOM
my second shot at tumblr
I forgot all about my tumblr account…oh well, information overload, too much geeky gadgets to play with
A Better Windows World tools library →
Starting off this day posting innuendo, sorry about that, but what the hey posting nonsense is the best way to pretend that we know something.
Yet you have to check out the stuff for windows; some is free, some is shareware. I use some of the software but not all, that would be too extreme.
Clean Coal: The Myth Ends Today | EcoGeek - Clean... →
We’ve been BushBungWhacked!
Adding another post as per Tumblr tut
Another senseless byte
Social networking mode
just registered with tumblr, yay