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January 15, 2009 The "Miracle on the Hudson" the emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, after a flock of geese disabled both engines shortly after takeoff. Thanks to the skill of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, all 155 people on board survived.

Well, we got around 6" or so of snow last night and it is snowing heavily right now. Another foot or so is forecast for today so I plowed some just to stay ahead of it. If I get too much then the big tractor and blower may need to come out. The 520HC is resting in the heated shop now. It is currently 9F with a wind chill of -2F so I wore my warm jacket and insulated pants to stay warm.

Oh, you would fit in this cab. I have not even started this tractor yet this season but I am keeping the battery charged so it's ready to go.

Today I took a portable train layout for an assisted living facility for show and tell. I had some pictures projected upon a screen of how I made some of the items and a video of my layout at home. Talked about how I got into trains (wife's uncle passed and left them to us). Answered questions how I made mountains, buildings and other items. I anticipated spending 30 minutes or so and ended up over an hour. The residents (some 20 of them) seemed to enjoy and appreciate The activities director asked who and where they rode trains. Interesting stories. Lots of laughter and memories for these folks. One funny part. I normally run my trains pretty slow--just looks more natural. Someone asked "will it go faster?" Another "Yeah, lets see it go fast." So I opened up the throttle and nearly all of them cheered! Not too bad for a 79 year old engine.

For $100 it would be in my shed by now. Worry about what fits and doesn't fit later.

I have an 875. First year for the "Wheel a Matic hydro which has slight differences with the later Hydrogear and Piston Piston models. The only more modern attachment that can work that I know of is the long frame snowplow if it has the extra hole to move the rear mount bar closer to the front.

Go save it ... yes first year and no not only year ... a '66 876 and a 1076 in a long frame in '66 as well. X 100 Worth that in parts alone. A bucket list tractor on this ranch. PO had this one listed for an outrageous price ... just to keep the riff raff off it he said. Wanted it to go to a good home. I got it for 350 ...

He ran out for coffee and donuts?

They can be addicting. I keep telling EB he needs to cull some of those C-160s ... I'd take one ... and get a nice little round hood for a putt around and tub duty. I think he fears he would have to have more than one ... They sure are nice getting on and off for us old turds.

Don’t really need another tractor but I saw someone selling an 875 for $100 in my area. From what I can gather it’s a 1965 model year only, first automatic? I’m assuming none of the later attachments from the C series and 300 series fit. Just wondering if anyone has any input. Like I said, I definitely don’t need another tractor but for $100, it caught my eye.

IMO, any complete WH roller is worth $100.

@Handy Don I had a train set as a kid, but real trains are much more fun to run.

They still run that steam once a week.

When I was in college, the family went to visit my sister and her husband in Vermont. One of the stops we made during the trip was to ride the cog railway up to the top of Mt. Washington. Was still steam powered at that time. Quite a ride.

This morning

Actually done this yesterday but forgot to post it. Mounted new Deestones tri rib’s on 73 12hp-8 also new front wheel brgs., made up a short frame snow plow, put snow plow and bracket on 857. Took 1257 home and 857 to Moms and waited on snow that never came.

I think I saw that too. Worth it for sure if its the same one.

Front tach assembly ready to install. Tractor frame ready for front tach assembly ready to be installed. Front tach assembly loosely bolted on with regular non-locking nut just to hold it in position. Front tach assembly bolted on with nyloc nuts torqued to 30 ft/lb. Front tach installed. Crow foot socket required to torque top center bolt of front tach. The two lower bolts can be torqued with a regular socket and a short extension.

I too have that same searchlight car. I had to rewire it and run it on my Christmas train as it searches the skies for Santa You can almost hear that Detroit Diesel running!

Hello, sun!

I have the same searchlight car, box car and Caboose. My Hudson and tender was about 1954/5

I use this style, works good.

Couple of pics

Not too much interesting to report, but the tractor is torn all the way down and cycling parts through the dip tank and getting primer on them, starting to have more parts cleaned and primed than dirty so that's good, made a good order from Wheelhorseparts, a bunch of odds and ends that I'll need to put things together so I'm excited to get that in the mail. The engine ran really well so I don't plan on tearing that down although I have taken the shields off to get ready for paint and clean the whole thing up. I plan on just cleaning everything well and painting the block and the shields and putting back together.

Trains and trolleys were my transportation while working in Europe. My fave was the cogged train to the base of the Matterhorn at Zermot.

Picked these vices up at a flee market, thay are cheap but they work. First one was $15 and second one $10, they were pretty dirty and banged up. I made the crank handles

Yah she's a humdinger, she has to be right in the middle everything. Found the camshaft, cleaned it up, should work. Will clean up the block, new gaskets, couple seals, I already rebuilt the fuel pump, and carburetor. Had to make bushing NLA, come out great, new shaft and made some foam gaskets out of a pre air filter .

At my first Big Show, a member I’d never met pressed me to take an initial cruise around the show to get a feel for the place--using his Suburban! He gave me the required warnings about the “wheelie” tendency and not to over-choke it. Off I went. It has taken iron discipline to limit myself on acquiring more.

I’ll try to check it out this weekend if it’s not gone by then.

Any non-runner = 100

No cabs. Thanks. Me 🐻 not fit in cab.

Absolute minimum. Yes.

The Frostburg Flyer in Western Maryland is a scenic ride.

That first vice looks JUST like my vintage Craftsman. Belonged to my Grandfather. (I'm 71)

The vises I have ordered have the same sort of grooves but much shallower. Not having ever used one I wouldn't know, but it seems like the deeper groove would be better for holding 3/4 stock.

Here's a picture of cam

I tried to match one up for the jeep project and came up dry. Ended up with a set of the ones shown from agrisupply. I think there are runs made at times then changed and discontinued. Discontinued seat.

My new C-145 Auto came with a real nice seat. It’s new or like new, made of rubber and not vinyl so it’s still flexible in the cold. Would love to find another, but can’t figure out who made it. The only clue is the word PERSONS in the rubber (see picture). It even has the correct bolt pattern for our tractors!!! Anyone know who made it? Or does anyone have the same seat that might have a brand name sticker under it.

@WHX?? the blue is magic marker, poor man's Persian blue. Put it on sandpaper on glass, check the high spots

We got out the HO set two years ago so the grands could see it. Two of them appreciated how to handle and use them; two of them were ready to start being rough. Sigh. Been lucky enough to ride lots of trains: commuting to NYC for 30-ish years, Auto-Train to Florida, overnight and high-speed trains in Europe, the Acela, the Eurostar through the Chunnel, subway systems in lots of cities. The train through the Rockies and maybe a transcontinental are still on my bucket list. Heck, @Bill D drives trains for a living!

79 year old locomotive. - 1945 Hudson? My memory is not good enough to come up with the Lionel model number. A Polar Express tender, but the rest of the cars look to be from the 50's? Prewar transformer? Good job on the layout. Looks to be 3' by 6'? I've got a late 40's Hudson in my collection that looks like it has about a million miles on it - worn wheels, worn pick up rollers, worn paint, but still runs like a top. Reasonable puller, too. I always enjoy running it. I've taken it to several events where I have set up and run a layout. Always enjoy talking with the folks when I set up a demo layout like that.

Right on Rider ... when I first joined here I had no idea what a round hood or Suburban even was... When I learned I gotta have one or ten ...

Forgot to post this one from last month.

This is true. I did the tranny a couple of years ago in order to fix a a bad 3rd gear so with a fresh engine it should be good for another 60yrs.

Once you're to that point during the restore of a whole tractor, it isn't the worst thing that could happen. Plus you'll be glad you did it once it's all done. The worst thing about that is it's going to be tougher to yank! LOL

Not very picture heavy today. One of today's goals was to clean the engine up to prepare it for paint. Part of that goal was to investigate the oil seepage from the head gasket. When I pulled the head, this was the scene. Way too much piston wash for my tastes, not to mention the small puddle of oil laying on top. Given this knowledge, well.. this happened. Thanks to @WHX?? for helping me tear the engine down. Measurements were taken and it looks like it will need a new set of rings & some gaskets. Not a planned event in this resto but nothing that can't be fixed.

Todays adventure - rebuild the steering system. To start off I turned a portion of 5/8" stock down to 9/16" and threaded it to 12 pitch. Next drill a hole in it and tap the inside of it to 3/8-24. Then use a parting tool to cut it to length. OK, what am I building here ?? Remember the fan gear that the PO messed up by welding the drag link to it? The hole in it was too large for a heal-a-coil. So I tapped the hole in it to 9/16-12. What I made was an insert to repair the require 3/8-24 hole in the fan gear. Inserted with Loctite plus I peened the edges to ensure that it does not move. Next - take a peace of 5/8" x 4.5" stock, turn a 15/16" length of each end down to 7/16" and thread it to a 20 pitch. One new drag link. Now for the tie rod that was butchered up. First off, position the front axle and spindles so that everything is held strait. Then cut a 1" x 5/16" flat bar to length. Use a transfer punch to mark the outer holes. Drill the 1/2" holes in each end and the 3/8" hole for the drag link and test bolt things together. Looking good, now it was time to turn the two 1/2' bolts into part #3949 clevis pins. Cut to length and then drill an 1/8" hole 1" deep into the end of the bolt. Drill & tap the end to 1/4-28 to a depth of 3/8" for a grease zerk. Drill an 1/8" cross hole to meet up with the 1/8" length wise hole so that grease can get to the pivot point. Front end repaired & almost ready for some paint.

Got a few new ones this week. Taken from my back yard: