Good morning. It's 53° with 100% humidity. Mostly cloudy now but it'll clear some later. The high will be 77°.Well I feel more or less normal today. Still have some minor irritation in my left eye but my vision has cleared up a lot. I don't need sunglasses to look at the screen now. No particular plans for today. I may work on the layout later. I have the GP7's, GP35 and slug running this morning. I may switch them out later and bring in the four FP7's for a while. The decoder in the slug gave up the ghost last night so I had to change it out. The old one had pre-existing damage but it was good enough to run the motor when it was put in. Guess the damage finally became to much to bear. I just finished speed matching the slug this morning.
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Good Morning All
Coffee...
More Coffee!
Thank You
Hey Todd, how's it going?
Howmus! Boring!! SAR stby and waiting for the ice to melt Though I have some nice Tichy kits with me to keep me occupied in the evenings, so it's not all bad~
Later
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Morning Coffee in the diner...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, March 29th, 2013!!!
The prayer candles will be lit as long as I am home for those in need...
MAKE it a GREAT day...
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Hey gang, got off work. Not entirely sure what to do, might go to bed in a couple if I can get the dog off the blanket.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Friday, March 29, 2013
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Well it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Hey guys
Been keeping myself busy lately. I noticed one of the target-practice locos had a nose light, like the types used on C&S SD40s. I knew I wasn't going to use a beat-up life-like GP38-2 for anything, so I decided to saw the nose light out. I have to clean it up a little before I install it on my Kato SD40.
As for that air eraser, I tried it today to see if the Super glue would hold it together. Put some pressure to it and if fell apart.... I tried JB weld and will try it tomorrow... I made an alignment dowel to hold the gravity feed hopper straight to. I made this by inserting a wooden dowel into a drill, and used a file and some 80 grit sandpaper to shape it...
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
chochowillie JeremyBI keep buying them but dont build them,lol. Now why does that sound so familiar. I've got some building kits from 25 years ago that still haven't been put together. I like the price I paid for them though. Seemed expensive at the time I seem to recall. Dennis
JeremyBI keep buying them but dont build them,lol.
Now why does that sound so familiar. I've got some building kits from 25 years ago that still haven't been put together.
I like the price I paid for them though. Seemed expensive at the time I seem to recall.
Dennis
Wait...you're supposed to build them?!?
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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chochowillie jeffrey-wimberlymy rememberer is broke but my forgeterer is working great. That would about cover it some days.
jeffrey-wimberlymy rememberer is broke but my forgeterer is working great.
That would about cover it some days.
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Hello. Got back from Elmira a little while ago. Just got back on.
Got a 1/72 scale Me 262, 1/48 scale Me 109, and 1/48 scale P-51D Mustang (Tuskegee Airmen colors).
Also got two N scale cabooses and a gondola. The gondola and one caboose are to be kitbashed into a work caboose in the future.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
chochowillieIt's for DCC. Sometimes can't trust my "remebery".
Nice pics Ken.
Well I made it the whole day today. Felt pretty crappy at the start but as the day went on I felt fine. Seeing as its a holiday tomorrow I have a long weekend. Aside from normal house chores Im going to relax and do some weathering and tackle one of the twenty some odd kits that have been on my shelf. I keep buying them but dont build them,lol. I also have a order of about 6 cars coming sometimes this week also,lol
Evening Dinners!
Flo, Beer please and one for Shaky.
Who's Shaky you ask? Well it is the PK GP 20 I got from Vince! I Shaky it, it works!
Gary, you have around 10 or so SD 7 and 9's right? Are they Proto's? I got the B&O PK 2000 SD 9 on line today. By the way Jeffery, I used the trick you told me about and it worked fine! Anyway Gary how many cars did yours pull when you first started to run them?
I do remember that when I got my PK 2 SD 7 Rio Grand it was not a great puller. I broke it in behind my (Now Vince's) Athearn SD 40-2. Later it became a good puller, guess the wheels broke in?
Today when I got the B&O SD 9 on line, it could not pull a track cleaning and 4 freight cars? My PK 2 SW 900 can pull that, and it a small switch engine?
So for the heck of it, I did a Pull Off. I pitted the PK 2 SD 9 B&O against the Bachmann PPR GP 30 which is not a good puller! Want to guess which one won? Soon as I started the SD 9 wheels moving, the little GP 30 started to drag the SD 9 happy caboose around!
But at this point, I just happy to have it running! Good looking engine!
Latter, Ken
I hate Rust
It's for DCC Alexstan, thanks for the response. Sometimes can't trust my "remebery".
chochowillie Oh right, got a question. What size resister do I need to put in the led headlight circuit???? I seem to remember a 1K ohm but not sure. Dennis
Oh right, got a question. What size resister do I need to put in the led headlight circuit???? I seem to remember a 1K ohm but not sure.
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
Coffee refill, please.
Was heading across the little overpass out of Fairmount just as a tank train passed underneath. Never saw the locos pulling it but the train extended beyond my view and appeared to be a long one. If it had been a different road and having more time, I would have turned around and chased it down. Still made my day.
Cheers! Rob
Lehigh Valley 2089 Gary, Flying Tigers P-40? Anyway, good morning. Heading to Elmira soon, so I'll see all of you later today.
Gary, Flying Tigers P-40?
Anyway, good morning.
Heading to Elmira soon, so I'll see all of you later today.
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, what are you doing with such an adorable little steamer? Is it DCC?
Italian roast coffee in a SOYLENT CORPORATION mug, please.
***Ken, try not to spend precious energy "worrying" about a health issue (regardless of what it is), as doing so will not change nor help resolve them. My 2 cents worth. ps: do as I suggest, not as I sometimes do.
***Jeffrey, what are you doing with such an adorable little steamer? Is it DCC?
Have a terrific day all.
Morning folks. Yes please Flo a decalf would be just fine. The high test makes my hands shake and I've got to put a couple of loco's back together today. Those tiny parts are hard to get in place when the hands are a vibrating too much.
My two decoder installs worked out just fine. Don't know what I was stalling around about.
Kids were here for a few hours yesterday, Grandma had her usual great time with the Grandson. I love watching her with him. Puts a sparkle in her eye and a smile on her face. Nice!!
Son in Law got the JMRI working for me and in the process discovered a wiring mix-up that I have to fix. Seem that my main line thinks it's the programming track. Now how the heck did I do that I ask you.
Nice day it looks like around here. Blue Sky, No Wind and around 38F forecast. Finally.
Later folks
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot oatmeal with brown sugar, one of those sour cream glazed doughnuts, and lots of dark roast coffee in my FGLK mug please. Oh, and fill up Fergie's mug for him!
Fergie! Good to see you sir! How's life on the rolling sea?
Jeffrey? Having pizza for lunch? I see you got the old pizza cutter out this morning. Neat loco!
Todd, I was going to mention your church yesterday and forgot. Reminds me of a little country church near here that I used to sing solos in back when I was in High School. Last time I was there was to sing at the wedding of one of my colleagues (Instrumental Music Teacher) back 20 years ago. Has a very welcoming feel to it!
I see Barry has a good appetite again this morning. The gray skies and cloudiness you had yesterday at your house has made its way over to the Finger Lakes for the day. Currently 38°F under dark clouds with a high of 41° later this afternoon.
I will be doing my grandfatherly duty and watching granddaughter #2 this afternoon and then transporting the girls and their mother to dance class after #1 gets off the bus.
Best get myself under motion as I have several "to dos" to accomplish.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the three Cheese omelet please. Thanks
Jeff- Funny story about the snake. At least now it is, probably not so funny at the time. Sounds like I’d have the same reaction. Glad the eyes are getting better.
Flip- Good news on Deb’s surgery. Prayers for a good healing .
Hey! Mornin Fergie!
Welp, gotta get two little bubble cars or whatever they’re called (plastic cars little kids sit in and push around with their feet with a big tall roof and…..eyes.) together then all will be assembled for the Easter egg hunt Saturday. A but wait….need to go to Walmart today to get one more bike. Seem to be short after a stripped pedal requiring an m12X1.25 tap and die to get installed . Why not do that? I don’t have a 1.25 pitch. 1.50 yes. 1.25…of course not. Why not go get one? They’re all over the place you know. Weeeeeell because it’s left hand thread of course. And guess what neither I nor ANYone in Springfield has without ordering. Yup. Thaaaat’s the one! Won’t get here in time so, get another bike, and fix this one for next year. (shakes head)
Oh well, best get a movin for anything else goes wro….oh WAIT!!!! This is my lucky day!!!!! Well, my lucky star is supposed to be shining so……, same thing. Went to the Chinese buffet yesterday anyway and things went normal. Nothing special or great. Had to wipe my own mouth. Maybe someday. Oh well, Suki wasn’t too happy for some reason, not her usual self though she did say hi, but I didn’t get her anyway. My “boose” was next to the waitress pit I call it, and I did hear/understand her to ask the waitress after I paid and as I was getting up to leave something that included “him” (could have been he, she, her or it as it’s the same word. That’s why you gotta hear/understand more words to know what is really being said) and “you” and it was a question. That I do know. Didn’t hear what the other said at all as she speaks real soft and quiet whereas Suki has one of those higher voices I could hear through a train horn (train reference). But I heard/understood Suki respond “four” then “he” (again ?) something “me five”. I think 5. Five is “mm” in Cantonese so….maybe said maybe didn’t. Could have meant “hm” too. Anyway, I leave all girls $4 tip because they all do a great job, but Suki I usually leave $5. She smiles a lot more and checks on me more. Not as much as ol’ Nancy did, but she is pretty attentive. And she just haaaappens to be the prettiest too.
What Flo? Oh don't give me that look and don't tell me you don't tip a young guy waiter just a bit more if he's friendly and good looking. Brenda does. She claims he does a better job than he really does to cover. Who cares, it's normal. It doesn't bother me, not like that means they're wanting a date or anything. Why they've done that since the caveman days. The more attractive waitresses didn't get drug to the tables by their hair near as rough. It's ingrained in our evolutionary tract.
Oh look I’m rambling again. Imagine that. Best get going and buy my lottery tickets and um….I was kidding about a month’s wages on them. Probably spend no more than $5. And that is like 5X what I spend on lottery in a month. Maybe two months. Let you know tomorrow how lucky I was today.(chuckle)
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good morning. It's 48° with 89% humidity. The high will be 70°.My eyes feel much better this morning. The left one still twinges a bit and is still a little blurry but it seems to be improving. No plans for today.This mornings photo rather matches my sight about now.
alexstan cudaken Bachmann GP 30 This is sort of a Jeffery question but chime in if you can help. While I have the PK GP 20 and the Bachmann GP 30 speed matched, the Bachmann motor make some racket. It sort of sounds like a DC engine being ran on DCC, just not as bad. Will a better decoder (thinking about the NCE drop in) help quite the motor down any? Well looks like I am closing the dinner again. Later, Ken From experience, the NCE Drop in does help quiet the motor down, plus removing the capacitors wired across the motor terminals helps.
cudaken Bachmann GP 30 This is sort of a Jeffery question but chime in if you can help. While I have the PK GP 20 and the Bachmann GP 30 speed matched, the Bachmann motor make some racket. It sort of sounds like a DC engine being ran on DCC, just not as bad. Will a better decoder (thinking about the NCE drop in) help quite the motor down any? Well looks like I am closing the dinner again. Later, Ken
Bachmann GP 30 This is sort of a Jeffery question but chime in if you can help. While I have the PK GP 20 and the Bachmann GP 30 speed matched, the Bachmann motor make some racket. It sort of sounds like a DC engine being ran on DCC, just not as bad. Will a better decoder (thinking about the NCE drop in) help quite the motor down any?
Well looks like I am closing the dinner again.
Later, Ken
Hi Guys
Just about to go to work soon. I have been up pretty much all night sick to my stomach so I might see about leaving early if I still feel this way in a few hours. I figure at least they can see you attempted to come instead of just calling in.
Morning!
Coffee!!
More Coffee!!!
Thank You~