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Charlie with hands on a 15" By: Tom  Downing	Comment Entered: 4/2/2010 9:25:57 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA it says this is 5 inch scale. wasnt jacks #9 5 inch scale???
Being Turned By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 3/31/2010 6:43:33 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA Steve likes to push the locos with his hands on the smoke box   Comment Entered: 4/1/2010 7:31:36 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Keeps the hands warm on cool days.
Toms new By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 3/21/2010 7:46:08 PM By: Steve  C - RPV That gon is never going to look the same when I start hauling ballast with it!!!   Comment Entered: 3/22/2010 2:46:31 PM  By: Phil   - Torrance, CA I can add some graffiti too. That will add to the authenticity! Break out the spray cans.   Comment Entered: 3/22/2010 5:13:48 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA their wasnt grafitti in the pennzy days??   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 7:03:00 AM  By: tom  d  - lakewood ca IM NOT A BIG FAN OF GRAFITTI.I might do some on one of my cars to remember a friend of mine.but I think in the real word we need to do more to hammer the lower life forms that do graffiti.I think Steve would back that up.
Terrorist Tom By: Phillip  Cohen	Comment Entered: 3/21/2010 12:04:31 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA powwer gate opener???? what that for!   Comment Entered: 3/22/2010 10:50:50 PM  By: Phil   -  opening the power gate :)   Comment Entered: 3/23/2010 11:58:42 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood and closing the power gate ?   Comment Entered: 3/23/2010 5:48:41 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA wheres the power gate?   Comment Entered: 3/24/2010 3:35:57 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood it will be at the club   Comment Entered: 3/27/2010 7:13:29 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA for wat? the entraCE GATE?   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 6:28:27 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood no not the drive way   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 4:17:26 PM  By: howie   - elsegundo now its back to you charlie.   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 7:21:13 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA where than???   Comment Entered: 3/28/2010 8:50:22 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood in a place over the track, so we dont have to take a lock off to use   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 7:07:15 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA o the gates on tunnel! i see. that would be cool. we need some of those little things u hit at LA to so the train behind u knows were u r n stuff   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 8:29:22 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood Hum,Which end of the tunnel are you thinking of charlie   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 3:40:14 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA well im thinkin u only need to open the first gate and then we can gain enough speed to punch through the other one. then we will be green   Comment Entered: 3/29/2010 6:00:16 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood no its not going on the tunnel,at this time we only have one power opener that will be going on a door or a gate, but where charlie   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 8:18:01 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i dont know? i think it would be cool to have it on the front gate   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 2:08:59 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood wrong end of the club   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 6:32:12 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i tlking about car gate?   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 8:30:52 PM  By: tom  d - lakewood OK Charlie lets go over the clues:one power gate opener for the club from Rudy and to be installed by tom and others hopefully:its not going on the driveway,tunnels,main station,club house,or one of the containers HUM? the gate its going on is over the tracks and you have to get off and unlock it to continue HUM? OK here's some new info for you   Comment Entered: 3/30/2010 9:09:56 PM  By: howie   - elsegundo think charlie, think!, take all the time you need.   Comment Entered: 3/31/2010 6:40:04 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood we know its hard as its almost all up hill from here   Comment Entered: 4/1/2010 6:29:08 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA crenshaw????   Comment Entered: 4/2/2010 7:23:56 AM  By: tom  d - Lakewood YOU GOT IT and how appropriate you did it on April fools day ! This project has bin put on the back head for a bit as other project need to be done first and the cat thing.I think a lot more off time runners would go down Crenshaw if the gate just opens up as you pulled up to it and then closed after you passed on run days it would just stay open all the time and it cost the club O $ as we have most of the stuff needed on hand   Comment Entered: 4/2/2010 9:29:05 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA i see! well would be cool and make the club look fancy haha. but being "fancy" isnt economical fo are club. willl u b down tomorrow? Phils going down and i have some cousins that might show up for a ride on the american if its in working order. do we need propane?   Comment Entered: 4/3/2010 7:06:39 AM  By: tom  d - lakewood the plan is to work on the track on the truns replacing bad rail. so maybe hard to run a round but you can go back and forth on crensaw   Comment Entered: 4/4/2010 9:23:12 AM  By: Steve  C - RPV Crenshaw closed, rail replaced.   Comment Entered: 4/4/2010 4:12:14 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Happy easter.   Comment Entered: 4/4/2010 4:12:48 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Good run day, Tom set record.   Comment Entered: 4/5/2010 12:42:28 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA ur lucky u werent with him. im gonna go see doctor for mental trama after that one!
Wayatt on the American By: Steve  Claude	Comment Entered: 3/15/2010 4:13:37 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA hope u have fun flipping images steve!
Getting closer!!! By: Steve  Claude	Comment Entered: 3/14/2010 7:04:31 AM By: tom  d - lakewood we have some switch parts on hand now and it dosnt cost much to get more,it looks like we will be needing to get charlie a soap on a rope for a up comming trip he will be taking   Comment Entered: 3/14/2010 8:06:02 AM  By: Steve  C - RPV Good one Tom.   Comment Entered: 3/14/2010 7:11:54 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA yes! slipping and a slidding! as u guys now the first run up ther today wasnt all that sucesful..   Comment Entered: 3/15/2010 9:30:48 AM  By: Steve  C - RPV Charlie was the only one that landed on the ground, the F-7, 777, and the American had no issues. Must have been operator error!   Comment Entered: 3/15/2010 8:32:16 PM  By: howie   - elsegundo charlie? not our charlie??   Comment Entered: 3/20/2010 10:18:03 AM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA hay i was the bravest! I was the first one to go through! I was breaking it in for you guys
Getting closer!!! By: Steve  Claude	Comment Entered: 3/12/2010 6:00:41 PM By: Phil  Cohen - Torrance, CA Went up there today for a look. It looks great Steve, you have done a super job so far. How are the rails and ties holding out? Ready for another order?   Comment Entered: 3/12/2010 6:22:41 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV We will have enough to finish the passing siding. Would like to have more to finish the rest of the way up and also install a new siding on the inner loop for pulling off during run days. We would need more frogs and switches for that.   Comment Entered: 3/12/2010 6:23:59 PM  By: Steve  C - RPV Oh and the siding will be 400' when complete.   Comment Entered: 3/12/2010 8:50:41 PM  By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA wow looks realy good. we will se hw good the american will hold with throttle wide open on the way down past that switch! remind me when i go up ther next that switch is ther. i dont wanna jump that one:)   Comment Entered: 3/12/2010 10:30:14 PM  By: Phil   - Torrance We are going to get Tim out there to issue speeding tickets! See you in court young man!   Comment Entered: 3/13/2010 10:11:32 AM  By: Charlie  Giordano - Torrance,CA well as Steve knows my dad will be paying the tickets! Im just a minor. I can see it now tho! Multiple tickets for speeding,using the phone, and drinking and driving   Comment Entered: 3/13/2010 9:15:54 PM  By: howie   - elsegundo im just a minor, yeah tell that to the judge.
Marks Train Steaming By: Charlie  Giordano	Comment Entered: 3/10/2010 4:28:10 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance,CA great engine to photograph!
Steve at Joshua Tree By: Tom  Downing	Comment Entered: 3/7/2010 9:13:26 AM By: charlie   - TORRANCE, CA that hudson pulled butt! i believe the owner has another loco to but ive seen pics of what he pulls at riverside and its pretty impresive!
chula vista live steamers By: Tom  Downing	Comment Entered: 3/6/2010 1:28:29 PM By: Charlie Giordano   - Torrance CA how fun is it to go out there?