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Rene Gourley
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#hobbystreak 29 tested a new approach to shorting the tyre to the axle. #modelrailway #modelrailroad
A driver has the tyre temporarily fitted and a .010” wire trapped between the tyre and the plastic centre. The other end of the wire passes into the axle hole.
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Beaverton is hitting it out of the park today.

"“This is a matter for the courts, probably,” Carney said. “It’s not my place to get involved in interprovincial issues. Unless the extraction industry asks me to. Wait, have they asked? No? Not yet? Okay, then let the courts handle it until then […]
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November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#hobbystreak 28 cleaned up those wheel centres #modelrailway #modelrailroad
A scrap of sandpaper and four printed grey plastic wheel centres.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
#hobbystreak 27 Percy’s new wheels came off the printer #modelrailway #modelrailroad
Percy’s four wheels take a spin under the purple light that cures any residual resin on the surfaces
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#hobbystreak 26 a long day at the keyboard, but I ran a train while waiting for tests to run. #modelrailway #modelrailroad
1120 lifts number 44 out of Golden Lake window sill staging yard. I don’t often run with the headlight on, because it wasn’t required in daytime in 1905, but it was pretty dark!
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#hobbystreak 25 Dropped those drivers into Chitubox and sliced them up
#modelrailway #modelrailroad
Screen capture of four drivers on the Chitubox build plate. I print them flat so they'll be as round as I can get them.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
#hobbystreak 24 Modelled a groove for a wire to short the tyres to the axles #modelrailway #modelrailroad
The back of one of Percy's wheel centres with a groove down one of the spokes.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#hobbystreak 23 Cleaned my workbench. Deeply. Some of those stains had been there for years. I blame my wife #modelrailway #modelrailroad
White surface of my workbench.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
#hobbystreak 23 The point of no return: disassembling the old wheels. #modelrailway #modelrailroad
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
#hobbystreak 22 on second thought maybe I need a little more space between the worm and its gear.
Percy’s chassis partially assembled with a slip of paper in the mesh. The keeper plate doesn’t seat properly as a result.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#hobbystreak 21. Apparently you’re supposed to be able to fit a piece of paper between a worm and its gear. #modelrailway #modelrailroad
The latest gearbox with a piece of paper jammed between the worm and gear.
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Derailments reduced at the cattle pen turnout, it’s time to run a train! #hobbystreak 20 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
4-4-0 GTR 1120 and combine #2 prepare to depart Pembroke.
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Tonight the track gang visited the wide spot past the cattle pen turnout. #hobbystreak 19 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
Model railroad scene with rifler file, roller gauge, loose test truck and track twist gauge all over the track
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Spent today’s hobby time on the agenda and follow-ups for tomorrow’s Railway Modellers Meet of BC planning meeting. #hobbystreak 18 #modelrailway #modelrailroad. (No photo because it’s boring but necessary)
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Chasing derailments. It’s definitely better after widening the main route. There is a bit of broad gauge past the frog. #hobbystreak 17 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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I joined the BC Green party because there's no other option around here if you care about the earth. My first ever political convention!

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November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Some days all you get to do is get the tools out #hobbystreak 16 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Hopefully the last version of this gearbox for Percy! #hobbystreak 15 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Some more refinements to Percy's gearbox yesterday. #hobbystreak 14
#modelrailway #modelrailroad

(toot is late due to technical difficulties; expect a second one tonight 🙂 )
OnShape screenshot showing the revised gearbox, which basically adds some extra space around the gears.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tested Percy’s new gearbox. There are some modifications to make but the motor seems to be powerful enough. #hobbystreak 14 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The next derailment to resolve is on this frog. That’s unusual: normally this engine derails on switches. #hobbystreak 13 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
4-4-0 1120 is about to back through the stock pen turnout. It will derail when it gets to all those PC board ties at the frog.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I installed yesterday's turnout control and test fitted Percy's gears. #hobbystreak 12
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Half a locomotive drive casing, exposing the motor with planetary gear head feeding an 18-tooth spur gear that meshes with a 26-tooth gear on a lay shaft that passes back beneath the motor through a massive brass bearing to a steel worm that is bigger than the motor. That meshes in turn with a brass worm gear.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Another 3D printed turnout control #hobbystreak 11 #modelrailway #modelrailroad
A turnout arm under the 3D printer head.
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ten of us gathered this evening for the North Shore modellers night. I put together some OG Sargent couplers for Percy, and then went on to work on the steam throttle. Double digits for the #hobbystreak 10! #modelrailway #modelrailroad
A whole bunch of tiny parts of HO scale couplers on a blue mat.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM