Upgrading the Pokey

Discussion in 'Divisions' started by RogerRT, May 11, 2017.

  1. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Got a little problem, my camera broke & the pictures that I took with the new camera are too big to post at 6.46mg. How do I reduce them to post? Roger
     
  2. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    Didnt the software update have this done automatically? I havent resized anything for some time Roger. Have you tried uploading images, and getting a message?
     
  3. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Yes, when I tried to upload the photo I got an

    The following error occurred

    The uploaded image is too big."...
     
  4. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Never mind I might have found a solution, just going to take a little while to do some re-sizing...RRT
     
  5. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    Roger I am curious. Do you use the "upload a file" button?
     
  6. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Yeap, just one of those things...RRT
     
  7. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Looks like the photos will upload after reducing them by 25%. After the last photos were taken my camera strap snagged on one of the corners, hit the ground, took a good 3 bounces before winding up under the layout so I had to get a new one. I'm still trying to learn how to use it so bear with me, my old 35mm Nikon would have taken a hit like that no problem but not this cheap plastic stuff. Anyway, got the track painted, switch motors wired so I decided to run a ballast train from the Sloan, AR. pit, here we see it after it has arrived in Hoxie & about to head up the branch. The Sloan pit is about 20 miles north of Hoxie up in the hills just across the Black River so the train had to head south & do a run around in the Hoxie siding, then shove south to get on the branch. While the engines were running around their train they had to setout their leader #956 (Athearn/RTR/x-#953) behind the depot account there are no 6-axles allowed north of Lesterville leaving with 2 GP38-2's 683 & 444 (Athearn Genesis w/sound) & caboose #1722 on the north end. Looks like the DS is a little perturbed about how long this taking as he has already turned loose a late running BTX out of Sedgwick & lined him up over the MOP diamond...

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  8. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Looks like we got a real treat today, one of Frisco's Bicentennial cabooses #1240 on the rear...

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  9. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Coming around the wye...

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  10. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Coming into Lesterville...

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  11. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Crossing the Black River...

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  12. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Coming into the new Pocahontas Yard Track #2...

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  13. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Track #2 is the longest track but it still won't hold the entire train so gonna have make a cut & double some over...BTW #444 is the one Ken sold me during his fire sale, I think is x-683...

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  14. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Time to put the engines away, jump in the van & head for Thayer to tie up...

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  15. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Here is a view of the new control board for the Tortoise switch machines...

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  16. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    I'm going to jump ahead account I so far behind with the camera & posting problems, this is what the layout looks like as of yesterday...

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  17. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    An overhead view, thinking about making some changes to the very left 2 tracks since I have so much space to fill up...Roger

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  18. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Sorry to hear about the camera, Roger. I think a herd of elephants could set upon my old flea market 35mm beauty and hardly scuff it.

    I really like what you've done with Hoxie, especially the MoP diamond. Very nice demonstration of the fun in modeling prototype locales.

    Perhaps a did#rent thread for a different day, but do you use any particular operating scheme? Car cards with waybills? Switch lists only? Or just run 'em where they need to be?

    Best Regards,
     
  19. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    I really enjoy the explanations and back stories too. Sometimes those DS's just have no sense of humor.
     
  20. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Nothing particular, it's just the way the real railroads work from my experience. I don't use switch lists, when I stage a train I pick the cars for each industry so once it arrives on the layout I know where everything goes plus I could never read a switch list anyhow. As for a time period right now like to stay around the summer of 1979 the GP/SD40's were on property as well as a handful of GP7's. Once the curves are straighten out a bit I would like to be able to represent the 1940's before the diesels came.

    The operating scheme came from a job I worked in the early 90's called the Fern Turn. We went to work at Everett, WA. about 700pm with a couple of SD40-2's & headed north setting out cars at the various station along the line for the day locals & picking up the out bounds on the way south. Once we got to Intalco we would drop the caboose & wye the power account the engineer was so old we were afraid he would get hurt changing ends in the dark. He was a good hogger though, liked to read while he was running. Sunday was our day off so once we finish our last setout we got to run cab hop back to Everett. One night we were headed south cab hop & I guess Elmer got to the good part of his book because we went around the 35mph curve north of Bellingham at least 55mph. It a sickening feeling when that big ole SD40 is supposed to be leaning to the right but it's leaning to the left. While I'm complimenting about which door to jump out of Elmer never even took his eyes off the book just set a big glob of independent & she settled back down on the rails...true story I swear I left my finger impressions in the seats armrests...
     
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