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One screen shot that sums for some SSers and others this past weekend in NNJ:
Bergen County Toys for Tots Train on Saturday
Pearl Harbor Rememberance at the USS Ling on Sunday
At 2:52 on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAoUYfYzJmU
Well, the Bergen County Run of the TfT Train 2014 got the series of 4 runs off to an '...OUTSTANDING...' start (to quote the 1st Sgt from Picatinny). Here's a short video of the train arriving in Wycoff, stop 3 of 6, just when it decided to get serious about the rain. Quick glimpse of...
Just a reminder bump that the trains begin this Saturday, 12/6 in Bergen County, Sunday 12/7 in NY, and next Saturday in Morris County. The link above has the stations and schedules, and you can either run the whole train, a portion of it, or meet it at a station or 2.
Sunday, 12/7 at 1 p.m...
I reviewed the TM, looked at a bunch of photos, and I think I figured out that the surge brake assembly on the towing frame and the brake parts from the backing plate outward are the same on these 2 trailers.
Is that correct, or if I'm mistaken, could anyone point me to a reference?
Thanks...
Could someone confirm a size & thread or NAPA # for this part mentioned above?
TEE PLUG (TO USE WHEN BOBBING A DEUCE AND REMOVING REAR AXLE HOSE):
I'm not clear whether it is 7/16 x 24 or 1/2 x 20.
I'd prefer not to take the part off for measurement before I have the plug.
Great thread...
I'm wondering if anyone might be able to say if this is a military trailer. I haven't been able to find one with this dualie configuration. I know the tires seem to be civilian. Doesn't look like an M310.
Thanks.
Steve
It's really a bear trying to find a yellow truck on a mountain near a Class 6 road near Lempster, NH on Google Earth. That'd give a better idea on the recovery problem.
'Fraid I'll have to give up.
Steve
Toys For Tots Train 12/6, 7, 13, 14
Come along for a good cause.
This will have 4 days this year.
Bergen/Passaic County will be 12/6 from Rochelle Park -> Butler
NY will be 12/7 from Warwick -> Walden
Morris County will be 12/13 from Rockaway -> Flanders
Roxbury will be a static display...
Bergen Harley Davidson sent out their weekly newsletter today and this was in it. Now a bunch of people know of at least 1 collection point in the area.
They meet our train at the 1st stop and deliver the toys they collect. The photo is from last year's drop off.
We were there last week...
24087 is quite brown in most light, but at some angles of sunlight it gets dark green. Here are a couple of Vietnam photos with USMC trucks showing what I think is 24052, so that should be authentic, too. Don't go by computer monitors for tint because they vary widely.
Steve
I'm wondering if anyone has tried this product.
http://www.hinderrust.com
They want a wash & wipe with mineral spirits before priming and painting. I'm thinking of this more for unpainted surfaces.
Thanks.
Steve
Several of the Ling's people know it well, and I know of the Torsk through Maddog's posts here and one of their [former] volunteers stopped by the Ling over the summer. It's a bit of a haul between locations.
Thanks.
End of thread hijack.
Steve
Worth mentioning that the guy on the right in photo 2 is a 94 y/o sub vet of the USS Lapon and saw duty in the Pacific. He shows up at the Ling EVERY Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 or so and does anywhere from 2 - 3 tours each day. The WWII Sub Vet flag is his. He donated another to the Navy sub...