Hi,all! 31f and yucky outside.
More ballasting. Almost to Cameron, Wi. That's around the end blob in the latest pic I posted, about 15' to go. I'll be making some pine trees while watching NASCAR this afternoon.
Todd, I guess it was my pic you commented on. I started installing beer can shelves as the scenery work progressed. There wasn't anyplace to set my beer!
Thanks for the nice comments, everyone! I do appreciate them.
That's all for now!
This is an older pic of Spooner.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, just a cup of hot chocolate for me please...
Just popping in to say I am still around. Been busier than I have been in a long time. Got home from camp last night well after 10PM to find my son had been calling me all evening. He was just about to get in his car and drive over to see if I was alright when I called him back. He had forgotten I told him I would be out to camp all day. Seems that the Granddaughters were to sing at church this morning, and DIL had no way to get them there as she still can't drive. I got to get up very early and chauffeur them all this morning. I had to be there to usher anyway, but needed to get them there an hour earlier.
I got the Down's Syndrome Scout through the rest of the RR Merit Badge yesterday, and started another Scout on the Music MB as well. It also looks like I may be taking over full time as the troop's Commissioner. The other commissioner wants to just work with the pack associated with the troop and have me take over the troop. I agreed that would be willing to do that, so the arrangements just have to be made for it. It was fun to be out to camp for the day with the Scouts....
I will be driving to Canandaigua just as soon as I hit "post" to feed the cats there. Sure hope the girl made it over to feed them yesterday! I sure can't complain about being bored, but I do wish I could find some time for the trains!
Good to see some folks in here that haven't been in much lately!
Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Extra strong
, please.
Looks like some of you have been keeping busy in here. I sure enjoy seeing all the progress and layout pics. Hopefully one day before to long I'll have something to share as well.
Just resting today, other than minimal required farm chores.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Well
had a migraine yesterday and so accomplished NOTHING.
Todya well
finished lal dishes form yesterday.
Did 4 loads laundry
embarked on organizing the computer room {also a junk catcher lik the trian room}. We have appliances in here that either don;t work or we can't get parts for. Dunno why we keep em. Need to at least organize them as we are getting so we can't walk in here. SOme stuff like boxes to new applinces now working, can be thrown out! {recycled}.
Will shred documents not needed later too. Really moving today!
Well off to fold the las load of laundry.
JEFFREY- sorry to hear about your eye...
later
-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.
Howdy All....Its cloudy and about 4 inches of wet snow that is melting but posta get 4 to 6 inches more this pm..Coming right up I 70....I'll have A double cheese burger,onion rings and a RBF please...Thanks You
Good morning to run trains..This is Pig Train 1 North bound at Mattoon on the IC with Conrail power..
Not much change with Sallie..She has lots of pain...I ride transit bus over to see Her when I can..This old apartment sure gets lonesome..If I didn't have my trains I think I would go crazy...Planning to watch Cards spring training game..A double header this afternoon..
You all have a good one...Jerry
Morning All,
Currently 34 with an expected high of 61 under mostley sunny skies.
Well was able to use the truck yesterday, but did not get to Home Depot for the foam. Plus got home too late to w**k on the layout. So today I will see what materials I have stashed in the garage and make a list for a trip to H. D. sometime in the future. See if there is anything I can use, I already have, and maybe get some modeling done.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
wetidlerjr Good Morning! from Tipton IN. Sunday, March 24, 2013 TIPTON IN
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
TIPTON IN
Hey, Tipton Bill,
I miss the steam coming from your coffee this morning. Whats there isn't moving, looks phoney.
Do better tomorrow OK ??? .............................Lol
Johnboy out...................................How can I smell the coffee when the steam isn't rising ?
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Didn`t realize........I done be gettin the tops of this here page...........here done be the plastic.......eat up.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Good morning. It's 52° with 63% humidity. The high will be 62°. A wind advisory is in effect.Please pardon any typos that may appear. My vision is very fuzzy this morning. My left eye is very sensitive to light. Just looking at the video screen hurts. My right eye is acting up a bit as well so my glasses don't help much. Spell checker is being kept very busy.No layout work planned for today. Winds outside are 25-30mph with gusts around 35-40mph. Good day for sleeping I think.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
What kind of parts do you need?
Morning gang!
Cherry pie and coffee this morning Flo! Whaddaya mean pie aint a breakfast food, Its got flour, eggs and fruit right?
Snack tray on the layout I hear?? Don't know if I'd go that far, but since there is a mini fridge in the basement, (stocked with soda and ) I am considering cup holders next to the card holders on the fascia.
Chris, those .177 air rifles are a great way to start with gun safety. Very easy to handle, no kick, and depending on the make, very accurate. My latest one (I've had several since I was 10) came with a scope and a velocity of 2200 fps. Actually more velocity than a standard .22. Nice little varmint gun that wont disturb the neighbors! My son and I both can hit the center of the o on a diet coke can from 100 feet, no prob!
Vincent, I hope to, done or not, have some pics soon, I'll try to get a good front shot for ya. I will tell you this much. By far, the easiest cab to use is an Atlas SD24 cab, then for the center windshield post I cut from an Athearn cab and glue it in.
Todd. Yes they will be Md Midland units, a 67 mile shortline that runs near here. Have fun with the grandkids, and good luck with the 320 mile trip next week!
Gotta run, need more parts for the geeps, my LHS doesn't have what I need, so the nearest shop that does is Gettysburg or Blue Ridge Summit,,,so ROADTRIP!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
TMarsh Garry- Is that a snack tray I spy attached to the facia?? BRILLIANT!!!!! Looking good by the way.
Garry- Is that a snack tray I spy attached to the facia?? BRILLIANT!!!!! Looking good by the way.
Todd .... To clear it up that was Terry's photo of his layout. My layout is the one with the built in wet bar, microwave oven, refigerator, and pizza oven. .... Kidding, of course, about my layout. Perhaps, Barry, if anybody has all of that stuff on his layout for his Barry-sized goodies.
Terry, that is a good idea to have shelf there.
Todd .... Will you be installing a wok shelf soon on your layout?
Karl ..... You're doing good work with the locomotives. Is that a real short line or are you freelancing?
Our Cincinnati granddaughters have next week off at school. Our son and his wife work, so we "volunteered" to have them here. Yesterday, we met "half way" in Louisville to bring them here. "Half way" means we drove 200 miles one way, and they drove 120 miles one way. How's that for math? (I bet next weekend we do the full 320 miles one way) ...... One was getting over a cold, but the second one came down with it overnight. So, we're staying home from church with a sick granddaughter.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning
mmmm...clear at night...dull right back up early in the morning....mmmmm High today will be 30F....
Church this morning then all kindsa stuff to do ...again...sigh.....
Have a good day.....
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...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Morning guys
Just a drop in before work. Grabbed some cars that needed kadees out of storage and put them on the bench. I noticed on most of the last cars I weathered with an airbrush, the weathering comes off if rubbed or it gets wet. Probably good since some of them were over-done. I just wonder how to get it to stick. I used Testor's model master acrylics thinned with 70% alcohol, I didn't wash the models before hand. I'm thinking testors wants me to use their thinner...
Karl, nice Geeps. Any pics of the front of those? I'm curious about the cabs on the chop-nose GPs.
Chris, I like rustoleum and valspar for spray paint. It's just they don't have anything that looks like a BN green.
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.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the Sunday Breakfast Buffet please. Thanks.
Well they lied again. Probably an inch on the ground now, though it’s just starting to stick to the concrete. Let’s see what they pulled out of the magic weatherman’s bu… hat today. Snow, mainly after 7am. High near 34. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Tonight Snow. Low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Hm….inch already, got til 7 am and it’s snowing now soooo, whatever adds up then after 7 possibly 7 inches, then another 3 tonight…I got 11” there. So much for as much as 8 to 9. Maybe I should have got the sn*wblower out this time.
Ken—Let me get this straight. BOS (funny because the bank I have our mortgage through is Bank Of Springfield….BOS) has a finding against them for wrongful actions against VA loans, had to pay restitution…..and they’re still doing it.
Welp I’ve pretty much decided that I’m not going to Church today, I’ll just have to wait to wave palm fronds next year. Actually the sinus pressure has gone down a lot and for THAT I feel muuuuch better. But I’m not really feeling like I wanna sit in Church and sniff, and blow my nose every 2 minutes, then go into a coughing fit as my body tries to forcefully expel some vial substance that’s drained dow…... Yes Flo I’ll shut up. Now will you please take the fork away from the back of my head.
Anyway, decided that in between peeks out the window and deciding if I should get the snowblower out, I shall w**k on the railroad. Actually got in there for a bit yesterday too. Gotta figure out lighting too. But first….WPF trip.
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.
Morning Coffee in the diner with friends..
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, March 24th, 2013!!!
It is Palm Sunday for those who celebrate!
The prayer candles are lit for those in need...like Ulrich!
Make it a Great Day!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good evening, I think a good 'ol traditional RBF is in order for this late night.
I was up at 0600 and out the door by 0700 for two assignments this morning for THAT Editor. First up was a 5K run at a running shoe store in North Liberty. After THAT, a quick trip to Swisher and the American Legion Post there. They've got a Junior Shooting Sports Program going. In an era where some are trying to turn people, especially kids, away from guns; it is refreshing to see a group introducing kids to guns while stressing safety, responsible handling/use, and instilling respect rather than fear.
The kids use .177-caliber air rifles, and how in the heck they hit those tiny little target circles ten meters away, I'll never know!
TODD: Yup, spray bombs w**k well for me, I was just hoping to find something more economical than the Testors products. Will give Krylon a try. The floor polish is the stuff THAT looks like it would have to be dipped, dipped again, dipped again, dipped again, and dipped again to get a good enough gloss to avoid the dreaded "silvering" of the decals. On a more positive note, Rerun is gonna love slipping, sliding and spinning around on THAT kitchen floor once I get around to THAT!
Woah....THAT's some darn-nice looking geeps there KARL!
I was gonna comment on some other things, but can't seem to remember what they were! I will say this though, as for THAT stupid groundhog, I'm not sure what's worse: the worthless rodent being dead wrong, or those of us (myself included) who actually believed the worthless rodent!
Have a good, SAFE Sunday everybody,
Chris (in Iowa where white stuff is falling out of the sky...again)
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
My eyes is crossed, my fingers have blue & orange paint on them, neck is sore, and I have a few cuts from an errant exacto blade, BUT the triplets have all the paint and decals installed! Going to the LHS tomorrow and getting the missing detail parts, MAYBE have 3 GP9's ready for a maiden run tomorrow night??
This is how the GP9's looked before (the 38 is already in service)
Need shuteye! Cya!
Chamomile tea please.
***Ken, cool layout pic. Really like the look of that loco!
***Jeffrey, where is the toy shipment heading? Surely not to all us big kids here in the Diner, eh?
Got almost all of the used models fixed back up as well as I could with a few of the plastic parts broken. Only one missing a small part which I'll have to replace with something. Almost time to try some weathering.
Good Night all.
Rob
Good evening.
Got the prop mounts for the P-38J "Marge" Lightning on. More body work was also done.
Also getting late, night everyone.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
cudakenSmoking some Pork Steaks
Ken it's no wonder you are having problems with that decoder install. I've never smoked steaks before, do they smell funny like when ya smoke mary jo anna???
As for my decoder front, I was all set to do the install and then looked at my shaky hands from too much coffee and decided I'd do it tomorrow BEFORE I drank coffee. Funny, coffee never used to do that to me.
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
chochowillieOk, I'll bite... what pray tell is a miniature air eraser?????????????
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My left eye is really bugging me tonight. It's displaying all the symptoms of conjunctivitis. Pink eye for those lacking in understanding of medical terminology. I've been more or less expecting it. If it was going to appear it was a 90% chance to be in early spring with a high amount of pine pollen and this last couple weeks it' been heavy. Four days out of seven there was enough on the windshield of my van that I couldn't see through it. Using eye drops it should be cleared up in a week or two. Problem is my left eye is my good one. I have a bad astigmatism that makes me fairly blind on the right side without my glasses and the glasses warp things that I'm looking at close-up. That's going to put a crimp in anything that requires a straight line.I put the F unit trio of Frankenlocos in the display rack today. That leaves the layout to a consist of four FP7's and a consist of two GP7's, a GP35 and a slug. The FP7's got a good run today. Nothing else was done on the layout.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
It looks like I got TOP so bedtime snacks are on moi. Here's the CC Flo.
PackerI used the money I made to buy a bulk pack of kadee couplers, some faller glue, a miniture air eraser, and a plier set (apparently you can't just buy the small square-end pliers)...
Ok, I'll bite... what pray tell is a miniature air eraser?????????????
Good Evening..
Well...I had visions of working away in my trainroom today but wifey needed a 'couple of things done'...turned out to be several...and I'm not even finished...tomorrow we go to church and then finish off the tax return and do some more stuff...dang it...
Ulrich!!! Where are you?????
Evening Dinners!
Flo, Pleases.
Weather Guessers here have us all Dennis'ed. Today was very spring like with a high around 55. But Sunday they are calling for 4 to 8 inches of snow? With it being so unlikely to happen, more than likely it will!
OK Jeffery, I have got it this time around! I see it will save some soldering, I just wished I had bought some decoders with the 8 pin plug that wires where longer. Hum, never mind I just spotted one I all ready had.
Bank Of Stupid Front Got a letter yesterday from the Fed's stating I will be getting a settlement for the way BoS has been handling there VA loans! While I don't think it will be much, something is better than nothing! It will go toward relocation.
Vince's There is something wrong with the GP 20! It is still working! Must be because it was warm today.
Ulrich my friend, God Speed and hope to see you on the site soon!
Smoking some Pork Steaks and they smell GREAT.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Evening All,
Had meat loaf for supper tonight.
Did not accomplish much today. Watched the grand kids for a couple of hours and ran a train for awhile. I go back to w**k tomorrow. I am starting to feel better than I was.
Gary- Hope you feel better soon.
Terry- Your layout looks great
Todd- I sure hope your head does not explode
Hope everybody has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Ahhhhhhhh..............nice to finally get on.
Been working on an English term paper all day, about John D. Rockefeller.
Also got some great body work done on the P-38J Lightning. Pretty dusty right now. *achooo*
last mountain & eastern hogger Burlington Northern #24 whoa guys I'm not feeling too hot, kinda weak, dizzy and achey. Gary, have you been holding that red wire in your right hand and the white one in your left too long trying to decide what to do with them??.. That will do it to you, ya know.............Lol Johnboy out.......................... They will call you Sparky Gary..
Burlington Northern #24 whoa guys I'm not feeling too hot, kinda weak, dizzy and achey.
whoa guys I'm not feeling too hot, kinda weak, dizzy and achey.
Gary, have you been holding that red wire in your right hand and the white one in your left too long trying to decide what to do with them??.. That will do it to you, ya know.............Lol
Johnboy out.......................... They will call you Sparky Gary..
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Evening guys
Been out of town all day at the car show trying to sell some stuff. I sold all of the stuff I brought to sell. The weather for most of the day was okay. Around 2 it started to rain so we packed everything up (epecially the electronic stuff), but it was light and went away in about 15 minutes. Set back up and right as everything was set up, I noticed a band of quick moving dark clouds and thunder. Hurried to get everything packed back up but wasn't quick enough. It came down, and to say it came down hard was an understatement. If felt like some guy had made a paintball minigun and was in a helicopter just raining down. Our site was turned into a 2" deep puddle in a few minutes. We decided to head home because it was almost closing time and the rain hadn't let up. My father is going back tomorrow, but I have work.
I used the money I made to buy a bulk pack of kadee couplers, some faller glue, a miniture air eraser, and a plier set (apparently you can't just buy the small square-end pliers)...