What's New on the PRR Panhandle 2.0?

[G3750]

Had not thought of a Swiffer for that use. Must remember that.

Well, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't have the arms of an orangutan. Yet.

George

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don't have the arms of an orangutan. Yet.

Might have a set in the one cabinet - yours if I can locate them.......

[healey36]

Didn't I read somewhere that "swiffering" requires the surrender of one's man-card? No, maybe not...desperate times require desperate measures.

Just want you to know, George, if the next photo you post shows all of the foam carved, the water poured, the plaster/spackling applied, the zip-texturing complete, the trees planted, and trains running across the bridge, I'm going to be terribly depressed for having missed it all.

Just sayin'...

Your pal,

Paul

[G3750]

Didn't I read somewhere that "swiffering" requires the surrender of one's man-card? No, maybe not...desperate times require desperate measures.

Just want you to know, George, if the next photo you post shows all of the foam carved, the water poured, the plaster/spackling applied, the zip-texturing complete, the trees planted, and trains running across the bridge, I'm going to be terribly depressed for having missed it all.

Just sayin'...

Your pal,

Paul

Well, needs must when the devil drives.

I know Paul. I know. I'm hoping all those photos will be available soon.

George

[healey36]

No worries, mate...keep going.

[rogruth]

George,
Concerning the Swiffer use; how did you apply the alcohol to it?

[G3750]

George,
Concerning the Swiffer use; how did you apply the alcohol to it?

1) Get one of the dry pads.
2) Attach it to the flat surface of the "mop".
3) Pour alcohol on it.
4) Run along the length of the rails.

George

[rogruth]

George,
Concerning the Swiffer use; how did you apply the alcohol to it?

1) Get one of the dry pads.
2) Attach it to the flat surface of the "mop".
3) Pour alcohol on it.
4) Run along the length of the rails.

George

That;s what I thought but maybe you had a trick for it.
I will try it.

[G3750]

Updated 5/24/2020:

While I wait for some parts to be fabricated for me, I have turned my attention to finishing the shelving in the Staging Area of the layout. This section of the layout is a kind of experiment for me. Several other modelers I know have an area off the layout for making / breaking down trains; sometimes this is referred to as a "fiddle yard". We'll see how this turns out.

Description:

My Staging Area is a 6' x 10' unfinished area at the eastern end of the layout. It is hidden from the rest of the layout by a divider. On the layout side of the divider, I have a photograph of the Weirton Steel blast furnaces (circa 2010); these structures are now gone, having been torn down in 2018-9. The Staging Area side has large access holes (not hatches) that permit a person to stand in the middle and reach most of the trains / locomotives. I am hoping to position a person there during operating sessions. Features of the Staging Area are:

• Wall shelving on the back layout wall with a capacity of ~ 40 standard length cars
• Wall shelving on the back of the divider with a capacity of ~ 45 steel-related (shorter length) cars
• Storage for at least 6 large locomotives; shifters are stored in yard pockets, by the way.
• 3 storage / staging tracks (I can keep 3 trains ready to run on them)
• The reversing track for Weirton Steel blast furnaces. This is a place to change hoppers, boxcars, ore cars that service Weirton Steel to / from empty / full.
• Access to the Staging Area is through 4 holes in the backdrop divider. I will probably disguise the bottom (southern) two entries as building fronts. The top two will be disguised by the overpass (Crawford's Crossing).

Sorry, but I am still having trouble getting photos visible here as the instructions for using iCloud are about as clear as mud.

George

[chuck]

OK, you can share "albums" from iCloud but they have to be shared as a url link that opens the album and allows people to browse the photo's contained. I will keep trying to see if i is possible to link a single photo but I kind of doubt it.

test

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0sJtdOXmJRxhKr

test test

You are 100% correct that the documentation for doing this is lame UNLESS you are sharing to other iCloud users where it is actually pretty well done and does permit single photo sharing.

To share an album via the web, set up the shared album and then go to the lefthand bar and turn the triangle on "Shared Albums". Select the album you wish to share and it will open up AND you will see the little "person" icon on the top of the window bar. Click on that icon and the sharing window opens up. If you check public website you will see the url for copying/pasting and that is what you put in the URL quotes.

OK, followup tests indicate I can create a single photo album but not a way to share a single photo as an "img" that can be shared directly. Will try with google next, both from "photos" and from drive. I think all will behave the same. The permissions for the hosting web sites do not appear to be user settable other than allowing directories to be made public and that's probably why you can't share the photo's directly.

My photo's are generally shared from my old "home" within a public html directory where I have complete control over the permissions and there are in a url flagged directory that is web friendly. I can't access the images other than the ones store in host:/~home/public/html/filename.jpg. The web browser interprets the path and drops the public/html part as that's all it is allowed to see.

OK, Google handles sharing by way of access control lists. You have to explicitly type in the groups or individual users to allow sharing and what type of sharing. View only, edit, comment.

Box.com test



https://app.box.com/s/mfcy7c6u6br1g867qyji5fnu1a4rojbc

OK, same results. Allowed to share a photo but only through the box.com url, not as an image.

Sorry!

[chuck]

Detailed instructions on how to share via the web, photo's stored in iCloud via sharing options:



There is some irony in that I can share the instructions directly as png images from my home account but not the iCloud stuff



Here is what you get when you use the url tool on MTJ to link the "albums"

This is album 1, "Walts Barn"

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0s532ODWBwlzX

This is album 2, "Letchworth"

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0sGWZuqDGThPpO

This is album 3, "SteamFest"

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0s5qXGF16Flml

You don't need to copy down the urls for the albums, you can see them by just selecting the share button. "In Theory" to setup the order of display within an album you have to arrange the photo's in the unshared album and then copy the set to the shared album. Still working on this. There is no way to move photos in a shared album other than to delete them.

Hope this is helpful.

[G3750]

Chuck,

Just in case it wasn't obvious - you are a prince! Thank you!!!

George

[chuck]

You're welcome. I hope it helps. This was a significant part of my job when I was working. Plus, I would love to see the updates in pictures. Good luck!

[rogruth]

Chuck,
From the above I guess you were very involved with computers. ???

[chuck]

From the above I guess you were very involved with computers. ???

Yes, for 30+ years. My last title was an "operations analyst" which translated to if it had anything to do with IT, I got to deal with it.