05-07-2026, 09:06 PM
Good evening
Tom, I want to wish you a very happy 80th birthday and I hope you have many more happy and healthy ones. I don't often reply but I do follow your posts.
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I had a typical Murphy's law night last night. I was installing some constant lighting in another caboose and my soldering station refused to heat. I have extra heating elements and an extra soldering wand........Well, the extra wand needs a new element that I was going to change sometime but ow I had to dead wands. I have a little USB soldering iron but it isn't really hot enough so I got my old 30 watt Radio Shack out and found out it too would not heat well so I just called it a night. Today I cleaned the tip in the 30 watt and was able to replace one heating unit and when I got that working I repaired the back up so I now have a spare. I also was so frustrated I ordered a third wand for a spare, and a new 60 watt backup.
I got the lighting done in the caboose and I will be posting photos tomorrow.
I have found out that my dreams of loading dirt for my raised beds is going to require drafting my grandson. At least I can still drive the tractor.
Mowing needs done but the ground is so wet I got the tractor stuck on level ground so that too will wait.
the 4014 will be traveling another route so it won't come my way but the route selected is only 11 miles away at its closest point so we will attempt to see it
Stay safe and on the rails
Charlie
Tom, I want to wish you a very happy 80th birthday and I hope you have many more happy and healthy ones. I don't often reply but I do follow your posts.
ometime
I had a typical Murphy's law night last night. I was installing some constant lighting in another caboose and my soldering station refused to heat. I have extra heating elements and an extra soldering wand........Well, the extra wand needs a new element that I was going to change sometime but ow I had to dead wands. I have a little USB soldering iron but it isn't really hot enough so I got my old 30 watt Radio Shack out and found out it too would not heat well so I just called it a night. Today I cleaned the tip in the 30 watt and was able to replace one heating unit and when I got that working I repaired the back up so I now have a spare. I also was so frustrated I ordered a third wand for a spare, and a new 60 watt backup.
I got the lighting done in the caboose and I will be posting photos tomorrow.
I have found out that my dreams of loading dirt for my raised beds is going to require drafting my grandson. At least I can still drive the tractor.
Mowing needs done but the ground is so wet I got the tractor stuck on level ground so that too will wait.
the 4014 will be traveling another route so it won't come my way but the route selected is only 11 miles away at its closest point so we will attempt to see it
Stay safe and on the rails
Charlie