Carey's recent acquisitions

[bob turner]

Turns out that an update on my computer transfers jpeg images into jfif, automatically. It is not supposed to do that, and it didn't, until a recent update. So unfortunately, Shutterfly expects jpeg, and when I try to give it jfif images, it simply indicates "up yours, buddy."

Well, not really - it just ignores me.

There is a fix - one can go into the registry editor and change it - but The Greek says "oh, no you don't. You will mess up everything!"

So alas - no more Carey images until either the computer gurus fix it, or Carey joins Shutterfly.

But it is great to see Dennis posting images -

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Turns out that an update on my computer transfers jpeg images into jfif, automatically. It is not supposed to do that, and it didn't, until a recent update. So unfortunately, Shutterfly expects jpeg, and when I try to give it jfif images, it simply indicates "up yours, buddy."

Well, not really - it just ignores me.

There is a fix - one can go into the registry editor and change it - but The Greek says "oh, no you don't. You will mess up everything!"

So alas - no more Carey images until either the computer gurus fix it, or Carey joins Shutterfly.

Bob, you should be able to simply rename the file extension from .jfif to .jpg to convert a JFIF file to a JPG

There are also online sites that will do it for you, e.g., https://cloudconvert.com/jfif-to-jpg

[bob turner]

We tried to re-do the file extension. Wouldn't take it. I am considering using one of the available conversion sites, but with Windows 11 it seems too easy to get bugs.

They have to keep improving stuff that used to work. Otherwise they wouldn't have jobs.

Even Shutterfly is changing stuff - you can no longer look at my books for free. I don't think they did it on purpose.

In the end - wasn't it the Beach Boys - "They are rioting in Africa . . . starving in Spain . . ." - we will all be blown away.

Hobbies are an escape. I am escaping to the airport.

[Dennis Holler]

I can help with one of Carey's locos since it accidentally came home with me during an open house he had last year. I we mixed up boxes and neither of us checked closely. so I got to look at it for a couple of weeks. Interesting 4-6-6-2 cab forward scratch built but we discovered the main frames were commercial as I had some in a box.





And with a string of Lobaugh and Faber PFE reefers.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We tried to re-do the file extension. Wouldn't take it. I am considering using one of the available conversion sites, but with Windows 11 it seems too easy to get bugs.

Odd. That's a standard change. Win11 is weird....

They have to keep improving stuff that used to work. Otherwise they wouldn't have jobs.

Buy our new & improved..........

Even Shutterfly is changing stuff - you can no longer look at my books for free. I don't think they did it on purpose.

If there is monetization potential it was purposely done. Just remember that "The best deal is the one that makes the most profit."

In the end - wasn't it the Beach Boys - "They are rioting in Africa . . . starving in Spain . . ." - we will all be blown away.

Thought that was the Kingston Trio.....but I think others as well.

Hobbies are an escape. I am escaping to the airport.

I'll just wander over to my shop, put on a Star's End show, and work on one of the 3 cars on the bench until my eyes surrender......or I go outside and mow the front yard,

[bob turner]

I think CloudConnect worked. It sends the modified photo to Downloads, but then I just hit "save as" and apparently it worked.
Yes, Kingston Trio. Yes, I expect a nuke within the year, either in Ukraine or Iran. No, it will not affect me very much, since I am within months of my family's historic longevity.
But what stunning things we can do with computers! Aside from wasting a lot of time, we can communicate instantaneously with lots of folks. That has only been true for little more than a quarter century. The truly stunning advances blow me away - when I get irritated with "updates" I have to remember that we have only been airborne for a little more than a century.

Enough of that - here we go:



These are Carey's Lobaugh 0-6-0s. The big one is ex-Pratt (the same outfit that did the sand cast PRR B6) and the little one should be called the "lost wax switcher." My old friend George Wilson (rip) has his name on the drawings. I think it was his engineering that required the flathead screws on the pedestal binders - the bronze frame was not strong enough without them.

Anyway, thanks to Martin, I now have eight Carey photos to share with you. Hopefully Carey will see this post, and know that I have solved the dilemma.

Oh - and PS to Carey - get some bright red fingernail polish and coat the injectors, check valves, and window mullions on all SP locomotives. Amazing how that sets them off! Maybe even some gold paint on the bell, whistle, and pops? Takes ten seconds; worth it!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I think CloudConnect worked. It sends the modified photo to Downloads, but then I just hit "save as" and apparently it worked.

When confronted with an unknown image file format, there's almost always a free web based conversion site available.

[bob turner]

I am kinda waiting for some expression of interest or some descriptions of these things from Carey before I post the rest of them - but in the meantime, here is a photo of the underside of the above two 0-6-0s. This photo will only appeal to those of us both mechanically inclined and interested in the arcane history of O Scale.

I admit - I know nothing of Pratt, except that they did the PRR 0-6-0 and the larger Lobaugh 0-6-0 above, and that Lobaugh probably got his start from acquiring the latter Pratt tools.

But here you see something I have not seen before - the underside of the Pratt looks nothing like the Lobaugh 1950s version:



The top frame is the 1950s version, and is similar to all Lobaugh models - prewar pedestal binders were one piece per axle and covered the entire space from side to side, while postwar used these little strips on each side, more in keeping with prototype practice. Note the flat head screws, unique to the 0-6-0. They are for strength, since the frame is quite skimpy at the top of the pedestals.

The bottom is the Pratt/Lobaugh, and it appears slightly different from the three that I have. I believe those strips across all axles were supposed to be smaller pieces as you can see in the top mechanism. But prewar frames also needed a spacer, which was part of the one piece pedestal binder. Here you can see a collection of small pieces of something between binder and driving box (axle bearing).

Maybe some day Carey and I will work out a trade and I will put the correct pedestal binders on there for him. It takes some machining, but there are only three, so it is not a great big deal. I have a drilling jig, but the Lobaugh holes are not 100% the same on all frames - possibly because Rollin sold unmachined kits.

[bob turner]

From the legend at the bottom, I am the only member here right now, but there are between 83 and 125 guests here as well. Are they all bots, or do we think these are folks who would like to join but cannot, for some reason?

[up148]

Good question, but I have no idea.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

......... the underside of the Pratt looks nothing like the Lobaugh 1950s version.....

Markedly different. One looks very organized and planned; the other a bit haphazard. There might be a story there...

I am the only member here right now, but there are between 83 and 125 guests

At the time when I posted this it showed 0 members and 130 guests. Figure that one out,

[bob turner]

I have no idea how I missed Dennis' Thursday post - his "Back-up Malley." I just saw it 30 minutes ago. Words cannot express my feelings for that model.

You have of course seen my model of the compound version - I will get a link:

here it is - about 7 frames down:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19743&hilit=cab+forward

[SWrailroader]

Mr. Holler,
Thank you for posting the pics of the backup mallet. It really seems to capture the essence of an SP loco.

Bob,
Thank you for the link to your cab forwards. The weathering adds so much character to your locomotives. Truly inspiring!

Rob

[Carey Williams]

Hello Bob thank you for posting the photos
The big 060 Lobaugh is 17/64" scale ...prewar model ... introduced 1938.....no connection to the Pratt PRR switcher which is cast bronze introduced the same year ..also in17/64".
The Pratt kit was the same price as the rtr Lionel model introduced in1940....which ended that Pratt switcher sales overnight .
Here is a link to see the Pratt

https://youtu.be/_hTY-PWvii4


Cheers Carey

[bob turner]

Dan Henon told me Pratt did both the SP and the PRR - vastly different construction, of course. I could be convinced otherwise, but I argued with Dan, and he convinced me that Lobaugh bought the tooling for the SP from Pratt. I have no other information.