It's been a long day.
Ulrich, I imagine you tired of us saying this, but I guess I encourage you to keep at it. For some reason, I feel you will find the right place when the time is right. However, I'm not psychic.
Kevin, count me as another fan of your church pictures. Watching some of those HGTV shows where people buy an old church and turn it into a house, I think that might be neat. I don't think I'm up to all that work.
Brent, glad to hear you are enjoying your dog's last years. They really are members of the family.
CN Charlie, I wish you could send us some of your rain. We seem to be avoiding rain clouds this summer.
I went to the grocery store today, and virtually everyone is still wearing masks. The same at Walmart. I think I mentioned that the nearest Menards has a sign at the door that no one comes in without a mask. If you don't have one, they sell them at the door. If you don't have one and don't buy one, you don't get in.
MLC, I love the work you do on the old radios. I know several people who collect them. I have also seen some collections of the old Bakelite (spelling?) radios. My father had a large collection of tubes for TVs and radios. Whenever anyone had a problem, he would get them working again. I remember quite a few stores that had tube testing panels.
We're cleaning today for a visit with some grandchildren. I will be worn out in several days.
York1 John
Good evening
Not too much happened today. Maybe one thing I guess.
I went to the grocery before I picked up Judy at work. I got some bananas, three kinds of ice cream, three kinds of topping, whipped cream and cherries. I brought it in in my tool bag so she didn't know.
I surprised her with a banana split later this evening. Her eyes did light up like a little kid. Usually I provide a picture, but you know.
Well I've been getting up at 5 every day for the past two weeks. Seems to be my new pattern. With that, I'm gonna to hit the rack.
Nighty night all
TF
York1 MLC, I love the work you do on the old radios. I know several people who collect them. I have also seen some collections of the old Bakelite (spelling?) radios. My father had a large collection of tubes for TVs and radios. Whenever anyone had a problem, he would get them working again. I remember quite a few stores that had tube testing panels.
Thanks,
Yes Bakelite are the brown plastic or painted plastic radios from the 30's-50's
There is also Catalin, which are a colored plastic, rare and highly collectable.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Brents Old Buddy and Dirk a dog treat.
Brent You can never have them to long! Hope he fools you and your wife and has another 3 years has a happy boy!
Day started off bad and just went down hill from there!
1. Stop to buy gas and the clerk had her mask hang on her ear and not her face. Motion for her raise her mask, she said "What"? I then said "Put on your mask please". She said " I am wearing my mask"! I just turned around and walked out! I am sorry, having a mask hanging on your ear is not wearing the darn thing!
2. A/C died at work today. Called the Heating Air Company we used last time and they cannot be out till Friday. Luckly today temps where not to bad and did not get uncomrtuble (spell check) till 7:00 Pm.
Sat out when I got home with Sue and Dirk and the cold beer tasted good!
Later, Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof.
I hate Rust
York1Kevin, count me as another fan of your church pictures.
Thank you. I have one more to share in West Virginia that I will get to soon.
Here are the last pictures from Michigan.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Now THIS is my idea of a "garden railway" !
Look at that deep red finish on the Winston Churchill. Beautiful!
Here is a link to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. This would certainly be on my bucket list for a visit to the UK.
Time for another look?
The passenger waving at 1:32 sure pulls her hand back quickly on approach to the tunnel portal!
Today was a perfect time to get a coat of paint on the new caboose siding Just about half-way done!
PRR_91908 by Edmund, on Flickr
That's Otis scampering up the steps in a blur.
Enjoy the day, everyone —
Cheers, Ed
Lunchtime!
Just something light for me, please. A bowl of tomato soup, a baloney & cheese sandwich to go with it, and a coffee to wash all of that down the hatch!
Ed - the caboose looks ready for Petra and I to move in! It has probably more space than a 40 ft. container home!
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Rlwy. is a true "toy" train, although they run regular services for the public and take the students to school! During WWII, the line was part of the war effort.
I am not sure how big the part was they played in the Battle of Britain. Being part of the coastal defense saved it from dismantling.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good morning
I heard they were out of tomato soup yesterday Ulrich. You may want to upgrade to the Sea Bass
A rain day here today. We can use it.
No work for me, I'm just going to do some fiddling with a model bridge.
Have a good day
Great, thanks. *pays locksmith*
OK, everybody, the Diner's open again. Flo should have hot coffee ready in about 15 minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Thanks, Steven, for opening up the place for us. Gee, it felt strange standing in front of a locked door, not being able to get in!
Good Evening!
I am glad the lockdown of Jeffrey´s Diner is over now! I was starting to show withdrawal symptoms!
Today, have received a number of quotes for small houses. All of them were way above the advertised price, as the figure stated included only the naked building shell, which was of course omitted in the text.
This is getting frustrating!
I have been toying with an idea of a house based on a single 40ft. container, with a conservatory added to gain space. It looks like this:
A cut & paste job.
We still have hopes to find a solution to our housing problem! We just cannot picture us living in a concrete slab condo! The big problem we face is to find a lot where weactually could build one of those container homes. German building reg's are not very generous, if you want something slightly different from the usual.
Thank you Steve.
Picture from Ohio:
They do run again!
The first UK mainline steam tour with paying passengers has finally taken place with a wrath of regulations in place to ensure the safety of passengers,crews and volunteers as we now enter the new norm of steam hauled trains on the mainline network. While the return of steam charter trains is a welcome sight, baby steps are somewhat still needed and unfortunately at the current time we're not likely to see pre Covid levels of excursions that we had in early March. Still, it's all Credit to Saphos Trains for laying out their plans and taking the plunge to get steam back to it's rightful place. Also credit has to go to West Coast Railways who are now ready to kick start the popular Jacobite trip over the Scottish Highlands from this weekend ! I hope you enjoy the return of mainline steam action !
Filmed today!
Steven OtteOK, everybody, the Diner's open again. Flo should have hot coffee ready in about 15 minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Edit: Oh dear. Top of the page. Coffee all around. And shome ashpirin.
Mike
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilde, coffee with cream, please.
Brent: I know you asked Bear, but of the three options presented, I like the last one. CANZUK sounds like a great idea, that said, I agree with bear. You can never underestimate the human tendency to screw something up.
Before the bubble burst in '09, I looked at some real estate listings in SoCal. They were selling for about $400 per sq ft. I haven't checked what prices are now, but I'm sure they're ridiculous.
Enjoying all the pictures of everybody's trips. That Jiffy mill looks like a candidate for a model.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good afternoon. Has anyone seen Neowise Comet? It has been cloudy here the last couple days, and before that, I did not feel like getting out of bed at 4 am. It is supposed to be visible in the evening. We have a lot of light polution though.
I have been looking for what is different. Search works again, and I do not get logged out in Chrome. Still can't send pm's in firefox.I was unfaithfully looking at another forum yesterday, and I really do find the way our forum appears on the screen, as an easier reading presentation. It's also easier to find new posts.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/world/comet-neowise-pictures-how-to-see-scn-trnd/index.html
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Yippee we're open again ! Thanks for putting the coffee on Steve.
New Hampshire went well over the weekend except for losing a lift gate motor loading up Sunday. That is repaired now and I'm back pulling the floor in the front of the trailer which proved to be glued on place and is a PITA. Back to it Ciao, J.R.
Good morning (for another ten minutes).
Steve, thank you for getting the diner open again. I can't tell you how much I miss it when the doors are closed.
Kevin, I can see certain barns are well-cared for, and others are not. In my area, most old wooden barns are falling down. Farmers don't use them anymore, and they don't want to spend money to fix them up just for nostalgia.
To protect machinery, most farms now use steel buildings. I would guess in another 20 years, you could drive across my state and not see any more wooden barns, where 30 years ago, there would be three or four barns on every square mile section.
I got a new tooth this morning -- the first new tooth I've had for 60 years! I believe this one tooth is the most expensive thing I've ever had for my body.
We have grandkids in the house. We're not getting much rest. More than several days and I would need to find a nice quiet place to go.
Yay, the Diner's open!
Do I need a mask?
Got my taxes done and I am getting money back!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Testing 1 2 3
Yep I guess everything works for me as well and I'm permanently logged in again.
I heard there was a lot of internet problems yesterday, not just this site. I don't know if that was part of the problem here or if it was shut down for repairs.
I went to eBay yesterday to buy something in my cart and that site was down for at least 2 hours.
The Caboose is coming along nicely Ed. Looks like a great job. I did like your color choice.
It works!
Peco has a new hybrid N scale code 55 turnout. Unifrog. It can be used as Isofrog or Electrofrog. It has a wire out the bottom and is more user friendly.
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk half a dog treat.
Steve O Thank you for getting the dinner opned again!
Nothing really to talk about today from my end.
Later Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof!
Howdy , everybody ...... Like everybody else, I was locked out of the Diner this morning.
Steve O .... Thanks for paying the locksmith.
My medical appointmnt went well yesterday . Firday is the dental appoint with major work. Then for the next four weeks, I have at least two medical appointments each week. various issues. .... I'm living with Too-Many-Birthdays Syndrome. LOL. ...... Stuff was delayed because of social distancing for the virus.
Everybody: ..... Have a good night.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Made a little progress on the 5th scratch built bridge of the 8 the last couple of days.
Going to be ordering an airbrush kit from eBay. Don't want to paint five styrene bridges with a cheap airbrush hooked up to a big compressor and take a chance of water getting in the paint.
Finally see a light at the end of the tunnel, only three bridges left. It'll be refreshing to switch things up to wood. Only a high Trestle, a low Trestle and one double track Viaduct bridge are left to build.
Sure will be glad when these bridges are done to change things up and move on to track and scenery.
Going to dig the automotive spray gun out of the tool trailer and the best wide pattern tip. Painting the tool topper on the truck matte black today. Always hated the white on gold.
Have a good one all
Good Morning All,
A regular to go please Zoe. Mid 60's today and overcast but no rain predicted until late evening. Got the floor stripped in the front of the trailer. only a 10 x 8 area but my intrepid carpenter had used enough adhesive to glue a house in the one area. Fortunately I had a Fein tool with a scraper attachment to augment the big shingle scraper I used to pull the engineered flooring. The plywood underlayment still looks ok so after letting the new (wood) floor acclimate I can fit the new flooring.
Not much else to report right now. The CFO is in Va visiting reletives so it's just the two dogs and I roughing it. No progress on the layout and I leave for Elkhart, Wisconsin next week for another event. Ciao, J.R.
Good Afternoon!
It´s way past lunchtime for me, so some coffee and a slice of my favourite pie would do perfectly! You know, it´s a cherry crumble pie with a topping of vanilla ice cream!
Still working on house designs to overcome German building regs, but still have a house inexpensive enough for us to afford. Flat roofs are highly unlikely to get permitted here, so by taking to 20ft. containers side by side instead of a 40ft. container opens up new possibilities while keeping the sq.ft.´s at the same level (and costs only moderately increades). Adding a roof is not much of a deal, then.
I have been toying with some designs:
or
I like the last one more than the first one!
Back to our host country! Britain does not only have the famous Thomas The Tank Engine, bit also some good looking work horses of the branchlines:
In this video Mr. Marsh dug deep into my archive to bring you action from three preserved British Rail Standard 4 Tanks. Llangollen based 80072 features mostly with a couple of her appearances being impersonations of former class mate locomotives. 80080 courtesy of the Princess Royal Locomotive Trust is seen on the East Lancashire Railway and a fleeting appearance of 80136 which returned to steam in 2016 courtesy of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. This will be the first in a series of compilations looking at the B.R Standard Locomotives all captured from the lineside. The series will focus on the Standard Fours and Fives and finally finishing with the 9F !
I hope you enjoy the mini compilation !
Just a quick question.
Is anyone else getting hacked with this congratulations you are the 5 billionth customer to Google claim your prize with all the muti-color confetti falling down or is it just me? Of course I'm smart enough to not to click on to it.
It's only Happening Here and quite frequently.
Track fiddler Just a quick question. Is anyone else getting hacked with this congratulations you are the 5 billionth customer to Google claim your prize with all the muti-color confetti falling down or is it just me? Of course I'm smart enough to not to click on to it. It's only Happening Here and quite frequently. TF
Yes, I am. I simply ignore it!
Track fiddlerJust a quick question.
No.
Track fiddlerJust a quick question. Is anyone else getting hacked with this congratulations you are the 5 billionth customer to Google claim your prize with all the muti-color confetti falling down or is it just me? Of course I'm smart enough to not to click on to it. It's only Happening Here and quite frequently.
TF, I use DuckDuckGo for my browser. It's free, works just like Google, but it does not allow trackers, and that stops almost all ads and popups.