Mark Stearns
Passenger
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 | | 08/23/2008 11:05 AM |
| Hey all its been awhile since I posted here, life has been a little on the hectic side and the garden has decided it wants to push the trains out (at least for the summer). In my absence I have switched my new GP40 to battery power and am ecstatic. No more track cleaning etc, etc, etc you all know the story. I am planning on doing my Shay next due to the fact that it lost one of it's pickups and won't run verry smoothly on track power any more. I am using a trail car w/ the aristo T/E on board, running Dewalt 18volt cordless drill batteries that I have managed to get for free from my step dads work . I am realy looking forward to some fall weather so I can take back my right of way from the garden and get ready to plow some leaves (not alot of snow in the So Cal desert). Just wanted to write and say Hi to all my freinds on MLS.com and hope to get time to get back on the boards a bit more in the upcoming weeks.
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Trains
Omaha, Nebr.
Foreman
Posts:305
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| | 08/23/2008 2:38 PM |
| Mark,
Glad to see you came over to the dark side!  You'll never regret it. Life is so much better when you run on battery. | |
I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die.
I'm in a hurry and don't know why! | |
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Stan Cedarleaf
1st Class Member
Dewey, AZ
Conductor
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John J
Moderator
Conductor
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| | 08/24/2008 9:43 AM |
| | Let me also Welcome you to the Dark Side.. Yes I too was amazed who bright it is here on the darkside. | |
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Torby
1st Class Member
North Chicago 'burbs.
Engineer
Posts:1908
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| | 08/24/2008 11:32 AM |
| | You won't catch me going back[] | |
 One king held the frankincense,
One king held the myrrh,
One king held the purest gold,
One King held the hope of the world.
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calenelson
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| | 08/25/2008 12:30 PM |
| funny, you never see a post of someone happy about (even admitting) converting back to Track Power from battery!
Welcome over..........................
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Chucks_Trains
1st Class Member
Foreman
Posts:235
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| | 09/04/2008 7:11 PM |
| About a year ago I purchased 2 Aristo SF E8's and installed QSI Sound along with Airwire/Gwire interface under battery power...that lasted about a month and the QSI & Airwire was taken back out & sold on Ebay.
Why?? Because I'm used to the superb high quality sound that is only available with the MTH DCS Conrol System... | |
Chuck | |
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