Finally checking some items form "Irene".

[lionkingcmsl]

As you may recall back in August Irene decided it would be nice if I had a foot (30.48 cm) of water in my basement. This meant some of model railroading equipment got submerged.

Within a week I checked the most expensive equipment and they survived the bath. The rest, ~37 odd lot locos, u_t_tiger and I put in the "party room" of the shed to dry out. And that was were they sat until Wednesday. I then put them in a box and brought them inside.

Well today was such a nice day I decided to check them out on the back porch. Model railroading doesn't mean you can't enjoy a nice day. :=3

The results are as follows; there are ~6 dummy units, 28 locos are okay, though some need to be "tuned", which would need to be done before I put DCC decoders in them, 3 units need motor replacement. One of the three is an AHM GG-1 with a 3 pole motor. Another one of the three didn't run before the bath as it had no brushes.

So out of the locos that got a bath only two came out of it not running. Not a bad average I think. Fouty-five locos got the bath, of which 6 were dummys, 1 did not run to begin with, so that leaves thirty-eight powered units of which two need major repairs. That is ~5.25% failure rate.

I know, I know. If I had gotten to them sooner those two engines probably could've salvaged. :=/

Comments

[quickcasey.livejournal.com]

This weekend we were operating some Marklin locomotives that were submerged for months in a flooded basement as the owner was in Europe at the time.
With a lot of TLC they all came back to running condition.

[dhlawrence.livejournal.com]

Pretty good batting average in my eyes. I expect they can be salvaged. If mine can survive countless trips to the floor yours can survive a bit of moisture.

[kamau-d-lyon.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you made out very well all things considered. Good luck getting the other back on the rails.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Losing two engines out of thirty seven is a pretty good loss rate, considering how destructive Irene was elsewhere. I'd say you weathered it pretty well. ;)

-=TK

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that you only lost two, hope those loses are eventually temporary.

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

(Sorry for the ignorance, this is the first time I have heard of your models). Do you have a permanent display?

[lowen-kind.livejournal.com]

I have a 4' x 8' (1.2m x 2.4m) layout up year 'round. It uses DCC for control.
Picture of layout is here:
(http://dirtdeninn.com/LionKingCMSL/SJandWlayout.jpg)

Pic of my equipment, or at least the boxes of it:
(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/82/img0812a.jpg/)

More has been added since that pic was taken.


I have over 650 pieces of rolling stock. :=3

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

Would like to see it in higher resolution if that's possible. The link behind the image is dead (IIRC you had to move your home page because of a company takeover or something?)

Having my own model railway is yet another of my childhood dreams that I've had to abandon due to lack of finances. I'm hopeful that if I live to retirement it might be possible.

Been reading about DCC within the last few months. How difficult is it to retrofit into models and what level of sophistication of control does it offer? IE can you run it from a PC?

[lowen-kind.livejournal.com]

PM me your phone number and I can tell you more over the phone. :=3

The link for the hi res photo was munged. :=/

Here is the proper link: http://dirtdeninn.com/LionKingCMSL/SJandW/layout.jpg

[thefoxaroo.livejournal.com]

Looks good! I love the Daylight 4-8-4 :) Can't make out the loco behind it, is that an Acela power car?

Next time I visit my mother I might take posession of the 44 class locomotive. I think I'm entitled to it.

[lowen-kind.livejournal.com]

You are correct sir. It is an Acela power car.