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  1. artfull dodger

    My obsession with trains, new video

    Here is a new video of my outdoor "G" scale railroad in my back yard. The weather was beautiful today, so I finished up wiring up all the building lights, then ran the train at twilight and took a video. Enjoy. Mike the Aspie.
  2. artfull dodger

    Starting building me a new Lionel train layout

    While I enjoy my G scale LGB trains outdoors, my one true obsession in model trains is Lionel brand trains. They have been since I was a very young boy. They provided the miniature world that I escaped into when the world was to much to process, espically with the constant bullying thru middle...
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    Easter morning running a live steam train

    Was a beautiful sunny morning, which is now turning cloudy as the snow storm approaches. But being so nice, I got out my new live steam locomotive for some fun. He is named Frank S and was made by LGB/Aster back in 1989. Fired with butane gas to create steam. Running on my small raised...
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    Coping better with noisy enviroments

    I am learning that even at events where I am really enjoying myself that to much noise, even if it is not painful for me, can and does leave me exhausted afterwards. Yesterday I went to my most favorite event, a large model train show. Packed with familys and loud kids, everybody talking...
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    More of Mike's trains

    With my new job and much higher income, comes the ablity to enjoy my obsession/hobby much easier. One of my passions in the smaller scale(HO scale) is brass models. Moslty made in Japan and then South Korea once the cost to build the models in Japan became to expensive. These are hand...
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    Mike's way to "break the ice" at antique tractor shows

    I love antique tractor shows almost as much as model train shows. They are a highly social event. To that end, I decided to kill two birds with one stone. My inablity to keep a tractor more than a few weeks or months an to help start conversations with strangers when I display or ride my...
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    Mike's new steam train

    With my new job comes a decent income. But also dealing with working 10 hour days in a noisy factory enviroment, 4 days a week. So this is my first reward to myself for coping with my new job. This is real steam engine, burns butane gas to heat the water in the boiler to make steam. Just...
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    Dodger's trains

    Here are some more train pictures for all to enjoy. I have been working on a new smaller and more manageable raised outdoor railway as the new family Beagle thinks everything is a chew toy. So the first pics here are of that new railway. I have been also working on a small indoor...
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    Start my intake for Vocational Rehab next week

    Giving Vocational Rehab a second chance next week. First go around the lady that does the intake was very confrontational, only wanted to focus on some trouble I had in my past and had no idea how to talk to someone on the spectrum. I got backed into a corner to the point I shut down, at which...
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    Found the perfect wrist watch for an Aspie/Autie

    If you are one that likes the rainbow of the puzzle pieces. While there are no puzzle pieces on the watch, it is a rainbow of colors! When money permits, I am getting myself one. Its made by Casio and is part of thier G shock line. Model is GA-400-2A. Mike
  11. artfull dodger

    Starting my new job tonight

    Got totally burnt out in my last job as it combined one of my special interests with a job. Sort of ruined the enjoyment of the special interest at home. Been out of work since just before Christmas. Well tonight, I start my new job at small shop that assembles car seats for Toyota, Subaru...
  12. artfull dodger

    Ran my live steam train today, really enjoyed the weather to

    It was such a beautiful day, I ran my live steam(really makes its own steam to run, just like a real locomotive). Here is a pic of him waiting in the depot for steam pressure to come up. The model burns butane/propane mix fuel to heat distilled water in the boiler. This creates steam, which...
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    Travels of Mike's live steam locomotive the Frank S and the Autism Express

    Finaly getting around to posting pics of the travels of my live steamer the Frank S and my custom Autism train cars. These pics are from the trip to Flint Michigan my wife and I took on our old Honda motorcycles. Mine is a baby Goldwing, otherwise known as a GL500 Silverwing. Has hard carrying...
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    Going to do up one of my garden tractors into something special

    I am going to have the hood of my John Deere 212 garden tractor covered with a "wrap" decal with the rainbow puzzle pieces. Yes I know most do not care for the one huge organization here in the states, but the puzzle pieces is the most well known image the pubic relates to autism. When I go to...
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    Walking in the BACA Bolt for Autism 5k run/walk this sunday

    My wife and I are walking in BACA Bolt for Autism 5k run/walk at fort Harrison in Ft Wayne Indiana this sunday. Should be a good time, weather is supposed to be beautiful, and I might make some new friends. I will try to remember to take some pics. Mike
  16. artfull dodger

    New pics of my garden railway.

    Happy 4th of July, spent the morning cleaning up my railway, pulling weeds, moved a building around. Test ran 2 new locomotives, the black/silver one I got donated to me, I decaled it up for my Autism Express. The green one is an Austrian prototype, I traded some HO scale trains for that one...
  17. artfull dodger

    Bad anxiety today, so I ran some trains outdoors

    For one reason or another, my anxiety is thru the roof today. So I spent most of the day running trains on my garden railway. I grabbed a quick cell phone pic of the Austim Express stopped at the depot picking up passengers. Was a really pretty day, so I pulled weeds and trimed the plants...
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    Building the Autism Express in G scale

    As everybody pretty much knows, I am obsessed with trains. When I attended the huge Autism Expo in Indianapolis early this month, a gentleman that I know from the local G scale model train shop had set up a loop of track and was running a train and advertising for the shop. That gave me 2...
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    Had a good week, start my new job, and bought more trains!

    Had an awsome week. I start my new job this coming monday, and I restarted building my indoor HO scale model train layout using Marklin German model trains. The new job will make affording these very high quality(and price) trains possible. The layout will be completely digitaly controled so...
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    Fed my obession with trains last night

    I have been on the hunt for one of these British Mamod live steam train sets for a little while. Found this one, thru a google search, on of all places Craigslist. But, it was on the opposite side of the USA from me. I emailed the seller to see if they were willing to ship. Thankfully he was...
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