Hi CG:
I agree. The Yard Office program doesn't do exactly what I would like it to do. However, I'm afraid I have never mastered the art of using spreadsheets, although I did manage to get my blood pressure measurements on an Excel sheet once. I am a computer dinosaur and I now lack the will to learn what I should have learned a long time ago.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
All this talk of trying to do inventory on our collections reminds me about the time I decided to physically reorganize all my cars and engines (Get all the cabooses, boxes, hoppers, etc in the same stack). When I did it, I actually discovered how many cars and engines I actually had. (I've even picked up a few more after that: 3 more flat cars, a couple more box cars and net two additional engines.) I wouldn't want to take my computer to try because there is really too much dust for the coputer.
Hmmm, INVENTORY.
The trains should have beeen inventoried BEFORE I packed BEFORE we bought the new house/moved.
The train boxes are all on one 4'x18"x7' shelving unit..you know the steel wire ones. That's probably less than many of you, but I think enough for me. Thats including MOH's N scale stuff too. Now watch me buy more.....
Now to plan a new layout. ANd as much as we have/are spending/want to spend getting the house "just right" with back yard poured concrete patio, the greenhouse up and the pergola, removal of at least three trees, the new layout may have to wait, especially if the divorce happens.
Yeah, yeah, I know, I should make my trains a "priority"...LOL
-G
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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.
Good Morning!
What a night! We had a terrible storm, dumping buckets and buckets of water on us! The storm´s calmed down now, but the ra*n remains.
I guess I don´t need an inventory program to keep track of my locos and rolling stock. Let me see whether I still have it all in the back of my head:
That´s all! I am afraid that´ll be all. With the exception of the two Märklin locos and the T-12, all will have to go!
No plans for the day! With the weather being what it is, I don´t feel inclined to spend any time outside.
Have a good one!
Hello all
Sun is finally out ! Hurray ! Two days of rain is over.
Train front: Concrete company bumped wall form and pour to next Tuesday. Cold snap is moving in and they are two days behind due to the last two days of rain. Patience YGW Patience !
Ulrich - Howdy ! I for one am impressed you could remember that list with all of the details. My memory is short ! Use a lot of sticky notes.
Galaxy - Why are you doing all this work if the relationship is going down the tube ? Do you expect to increase the value on the home and get a bigger return if you have to sell it ? Or are you planning on staying and her hitting the road ?
Honcitter - I was and am to a computer dino. But I have found that by just wadding in and asking questions I have learned a lot and it has been very usful. I would encourage you just to try. Cant break the internet after all
V8 - I agree I have never understood the ball drop and frankly couldnt care less. Never watch it.
Rich - 70 mph down a zip line ? OH - You are 70 years old and went down the zip line
ATSFGuy - What is a grade of 17 or 230 ? Way back when, when I was in school it was 0 to 100 or ABCD & F
Henry - Well that is pretty neat gift. How in the world did they get a book made like that ?
History qoute:
A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.
I forget the program I'm using ATM, but it gives sep options for locomotives and rolling stock. It has a ton of AAR classifications in, as well as hundreds of railroads already programmed in. I'm up at present to nearly 70 entries including rolling stock,, and I think I'm pnly half done. Edit...it's easy Model railroad Inventory. I'll post the totals as soon as I finish lol. I've been looking to donate some of my older rolling stock to the club i belong to. I mean like my non PRR equipment, since I originally planned to model PRR, But then switched to the NS, then my freelanced, then finally I've settled on the Wheeling and Lake Erie.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Afternoon Diners,
I use to use the woodland scenics model inventory app. The app no longer works and it forces back to page 1 or the main menu.
Every time I make a inventory list it's easy than it becomes hard. Trying to remember what paint scheme or logo it carries.
A fast inventory of Union Pacific, Amtrak diesels. BNSF, Conrail, New York Central freight cars. Mix match of BNSF, CSX, NS, SP, CR, UP, NYC, ATSF freight cars and locomotives.
I'm hoping this year I would buy some structures, vehicles, and people. To many modern freight cars.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Oh boy....not the dreaded "I" word again!! I may never go back to the basement now.......
Rich
LION been to orthopedic doctor today. Can bare wait on the paw. Still will wear the CAM Boot in the day time, but knead it knot at night. Can walk about my room or my office, but will still drive the power chair to church and to the dining room. Dining Room is 500' from my room.
Will sea the doctor again in two weeks.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Evening,
Today I dubbed 'freedeom day' as I got the catheter out and the staples. Was an interesting and fast process. Now I just have to go slow for another 5 weeks as in lifting no more than 5lbs. and no stairs.
I had an interesting, scary time last night at supper time. I was about to sit down to dinner when I passed out. My wife called 911 and the ambulance arrived with 2 paramedics, then 4 more arrived with the fire department. The ambulance stayed and they did a basic assessment which showed my BP at under 100. I went to the emergency of the hospital that is 5 minutes away. They did a lot of test and determined that my heart was fine. The doc said I likely had a vagal nerve reaction from the catheter. He's seen it before. By 10 I was back home again. Feel fine today. I think I had worked myself up a bit about the catheter removal which turned out to be a 2 second process. Oh well. Only real downside is the $500 ambulance fee. Mind you they were with me for about 2 hours so I guess it really isn't that bad.
Still cold here but at least the snow has stopped.
Stay warm,
CN Charlie
Another glorious day in the Valley of the Sun. I just returned from a late-afternoon bike ride where it was a balmy 65F. I know, I know, talk to you when it is 115F in the summer. These are the good times to live in Arizona.
Richard
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed will have a Crown Royal, SS Rich and I will have a Cam 2 please. Code name for beer at a Mopar Site I go to.
SS ExpressKen, the SS reflects my other paasion from a very young age. I have owned an original 1970 Camaro SS 396 for almost 32 years now.
So Rich you just got the Camaro? My baby is my 1968 Road Runner, Mom and Dad bought it when I was 12 years old. I talked them out of Miss Lumpy (nick name a Mopar friend gave her because of the nasty cam) when I was 17 years old. I am now 61 (in a few months) so I have been with her 44 years! Her orginal 383 is sitting under the train layout. Has a 1963 426 Maxie Wedge under the hood now.
I was not kind to her, sat out side (to many cars) and let her sit for 10 years with out starting her. Took the top off the motor 2 years ago, oilded down the holes, cleaned out the rotten gas and pre-oiled the heck out of her! Fired right up on first try! Right now she at a friend house in one of his 3 garages till next year.
Train Front Giving the Bessemers a break, using the PCM N&W Y6B to drag there freight. She had been making a humming noise so I stopped running her. I hate working on my big steam, afraid of breaking something. Tonight I opned her up lubed her. (think it was the worm gear's) Y6b is dragging the Bessemer train like it is nothing!
C&N Charlie Just think about having a catheter would make me pass out! Glad you are back home.
YGW If weather was not a factor, when should the Hobby Room be up and ready for you to start buliding you empire?
Lok 2.0 Sound Decoder owner's. When using decoder pro, should there be a Sound Level File showen? I lost the orginal file, hit the wrong button an it was gone. Tonight I re-read the decoder but there is no Sound File like the other sound decoders I have? Y6b is just to loud even on the lowest setting I can get using F-8. I do have the down loaded Big Book Of Lok Sound if I have to do it that way.
Ed Pin point olier came in handy tonight! Re-sat the Might B&O F7a tonight, let you know what happens. Far as the CB&Q's they are Monsters and like there new home!
Well, later I have a waiting on me.
Ken
She Lives
I hate Rust
Ken, I still have that camaro I bought back in 1985. I was 19 at the time with a chevelle project car in the garage and dad said something gotta go!!! I got rid of the chevelle and been sitting in this camaro ever since. Hoping to get a few passes down the 1320 in the springtime. I think I picked two of the most expensive hobbies I could. Muscle car parts and trains ain't cheap anymore, but I always tell the wife it beats sitting in a bar drinking all night. Think I am going to grab a couple boston creams to go!! I got a serious sweet tooth tonight.......
cudaken She Lives
Ken!
I love the rear profile shot! It just says "muscle car"!
yougottawantaHoncitter - I was and am to a computer dino. But I have found that by just wadding in and asking questions I have learned a lot and it has been very usful. I would encourage you just to try.
YGW:
I can usually figure out how to get something to work if I spend enough time on it. My biggest problem is that I would rather be doing something else - anything else!
I do have to push myself to get into the world of Arduinos sometime soon!!!
Cheers!!
Good evening all.
Zoe - Hope your vacation was good. I will take a large peppermint hot chocolate please. Thanks.
Want to thank everyone who gave the well wishes to me and my family once more, it was and is appreciated.
Speaking of family - My uncle is now resting, he stopped breathing yesterday morning, shortly before 4am. While it is tough, it is for the better, as he is no longer suffering.
Weather - Snow, cold, and wind. Then wind, cold, and snow...
Forcast called for 1-3" today and tonight, but we have already passed that mark. Storm total is supposed to be 8-12, but at this rate, that is going to be a lot bigger.
The weather has also been keeping area first responders very busy, causing numerous accidents, including a ~15 vehicle pile-up on I-90 this afternoon. Yep, Winter is back!
W**k - Made some spiff money the past 2 days, so that is a good thing. I hit a hot streak on one spiff, hitting more the past 2 days than I did all of last month, and have passed even the store manager at this point. Normally we would see 1 spiff achieved in about every 8-10 eligible transactions, with a goal of 20% by month end, but I have hit 3 in 5! Woohoo! So far, for the fiscal month, I am now sitting just above 45%.... Wow!
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night and day tomorrow!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
ricktrains4824My uncle is now resting,
Hi Ricky:
Sorry for your loss. You did well to be with him at the end. I know how exhausting that can be.
Regards,
Good Morning, Fellow Diners...
Ricky— Rich,
My sincere condolences to you and your families. It might be reassuring to know his suffering is over but there is still the loss to cope with and for that, I wish you prayers and blessings.
Chloe, I'll have one of those famous Cognac Cog Concoctions for a night cap, please.
Glad you all liked the photos. I knew I was hanging on to them for something!
Ken, Good to know that oiler worked for you. What did you put in it??? I just replaced an old decoder in a Life-Like PA1 and could not get the annoying, intermittent whine noise to quiet down coming from the front truck! I took everything apart, cleaned and lubed and—still, it sounds like the BUG amusement park ride...
I had several "Op-sessions" over the weekend. It was great fun to give the layout a workout! The few days since then I have been correcting little "issues" like turnout throw rods that are too thin to move the points and coupler height adjustments.
I still scratch my head with some of this DCC stuff. I went to move an A-B-B-A set of Alco FA2s and dialed up the address, 1000, and nothing happened
Out of desperation, I put them on the programming track to read their address and all four came back as 9373! ? I don't even have a 9373! I had just run them a few weeks ago and they ran on address 1000! What gives?
Jimmy, I started an inventory for locomotives when I began installing DCC decoders about eleven years ago. I made up my own database in Microsoft Works and it has paid off many times over. Glad you're making progress.
Don't you wish the "WayBack" machine was working today?
Three and-a-half miles of locomotive shop!
Dreams of the Altoona Works tonight!
Off to the lower berth for me... I hope everyone has a safe, healthy and enjoyable day!
Regards, Ed
Sunny but icy cold in my neck of the woods. No snow - yet!
I had to turn in a cheque we had in yestarday´s mail. It was a refund for a broken down toaster, which gave up its ghost after using it only twice. Cheques are an usual form of payment these days and the bank teller did not know how to handle it. It took more than an hour to get it credited to my account. Makes me wonder what people working in banks learn these days ...
No, Vinnie, I am not going to rant about ist, just reminiscing on better days gone by ...
Rick - my sincere condolences to you and your family. No matter how prepared we are, it always hits you right between the eyes, losing a loved one.
Ed - I live close to Altona, which is a part of Hamburg. I wonder if Altoona is a name sake of Altona, which means "all to near". Altona used to be Danish until 1854 and for the people in Hamburg, this was too close to them - hence the name.
I will do a bit of day dreaming and search the web for log homes in Maine, or in the Appalachians or even Alaska. Not that I ever could afford to buy one, let alone move to the US, but what would I do without at least dreaming about it!
Have a great one!
Mornign ALl!
How about this, you've had me a couple of days now!
yougottawanta Galaxy - Why are you doing all this work if the relationship is going down the tube ? Do you expect to increase the value on the home and get a bigger return if you have to sell it ? Or are you planning on staying and her hitting the road ? TTYL YGW
Here's the deal: while we bnothfight for the house, I am betting I will win it. I am disabled, don't forget, and it is a nice little ranch, and MOH can climb steps more than I can, so I will make a case for it in divorce court.
Also. IF we stay together, then we have improved the house the way we want
and If we DON"T and it is court ordered SOLD and SPLIT proceeds, hten we will have increased it's value by a lot.
Does that answer your Q?
{see I DO have ulterior motives}
Well, yesterday shelves came to put the indoor plants on one side of the bonus room on, a sturdy set that won't rack like the "meant for it" greenhouse shelves
Another set is coming on wheels so I cna move it around, that is larger, shoulda thought about the wheels for the other one too, i will see what kind of wheels they are and go to HF to see if I can get tehm for the smaller rack.
DOn't forget tehre are about 35 tropic and other plants in that room! My "indoor garden". LOL we both ordered some more tropicals but won't arrive until about April or MAY.
so the red Antherium, the money tree,Pikake jasmine two ruffled pruple colored leaf plants, an herb terrarium, a bromeliad, and two "Cast iron" plants {you supposedly can't kill with neglect}, and about 3 other plants are on that new shelving unit. Gee i need to add a white antherium now.
I havested the Meyers lemons finally and trimmed it back, and cut back the ginger plant [yes as in ginger ale}, fertilized the two banana trees {one ornamental and one fruit bearing dwarf} and the dwarf Pommegranate tree. The bananas and the pommegranate take the same 10-10-10 fertiliszer. This time in two years I should be having nanas of my own and some poms to eat!
The palm tree is doing fine too.
I have green plantings, and long necked palms, some humpty twisted bonsai, and some ....oh never mind i was going to make a play on the kids song "green alligators and long necked geese....but i think it is busted.
ojk then...
Y'all have a smnashingly good day!
Just came across this short video of a German prototype layout with the best winter scene I have ever seen:
Awesome detail and stunning atmosphere!
Cold here down into the 20s ( I know you guys up North think this is a heat wave ) and they are calling for snow this afternoon.
Train front: Nothing today other than getting my MRR and trying to find time to read an article or two.
Ulrich - Yes I think checks are going out of style. I still use checks. I do not trust electronic systems. Ive been hacked twice !
Ed - Did your decoder problem show up during the OP session ?
Ricky W - Sorry for your loss will say a for your family
Dave - I understand that thought there are things that I have to do that I would rather be anywhere else than doing that thing.
Rich - Yep those are two expensive hobbies. But the end result is worth the effort !
Ken - Wetaher, inspections, material availability and waiting my turn for crews is playing havoc with my Honny barn schedule. Until I get a FDN in I cannot develop a schedule. Long range I am thinking beening done by July ?? Then I can start the bench work.
Richard - Geez how about bottling some of that here 65 degrees and shipping it here !
CN Charlie - Glad you are okay and welcome to freedom day !
Lion - Is your paw well enough that you can get back to your trains ?
Jimmy - Why the Wheeling & Lake Erie ? What about that RR caused you to switch to it ?
History qoute :
It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness that results from a well-tempered society founded on mutual esteem. But the injury done my country, and the chains of slavery forging for all posterity, calls me forth to defend our common rights, and repel the bold invaders of the sons of freedom.
United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.
There's a time for casting silver; a time for casting cannon. If that isn't in the red, it should be!
Good morning ....
Ricky ..... Sincere condolences regarding your uncle passing away. Yes, he is in a better place. I know we have something waiting for us when our bodies die.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
A hot cup of hi-test and jelly to start. Can't beat the look of those big bodied mopars!! A buddy of mine still has his 69 GTX with 383 bbm. Somehow he could squeeze a 50 series bias ply in the rear wells and make them beg for mercy!! Nothing like being in your 20's during the 80's.......and sunoco ultra was 94 octane and 1.25 a gallon!!
My sympathies, Ricky.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Taking the risk of being identified as a complete fool, but can someone please tell me what "Mopar" stands for?
YGW - I don´t trust electronic banking, either. The few transfers I have to do I do at a terminal located inside the bank, which is not connected to the Internet and I am very selective who gets my account details. I don´t have a credit card - I am a rather old-fashioned, cash only person. This helps me to have a tight control on my spendings, as I can spend only what I have (which is not much, unfortunately).
yougottawantaLion - Is your paw well enough that you can get back to your trains ?
WEll, I have not tried it yet. I was to the doctor yesterday, I no longer have to wear the CAM boot at night, and I can put weight on my leg, so I suppose there is no reason whay I cannot go up there. I am still using the power chair for longer distances. It is 500' from my room to the cafeteria, likewise to the trainroom which is in a different building, and then two flights up.
I'll get up there shortly.
Ricky- Sorry about your Uncle.
Plans on my door layout is going well. I decided if I could add multiple store buildings to inspire the downtown feel.
My businesses are still a mystery right now. But I thought about my interchange track next to the switch tower. I thought of PRR (probably one GP9 or another type.) Or EL, CO, BO, RDG, NKP, or just leave it as the NYC.
I found some still-in cabooses I could use. The Athearn Bay window caboose with two small windows. Since their not decorated in NYC green I thought probably I could do it.
Sir MadogTaking the risk of being identified as a complete fool, but can someone please tell me what "Mopar" stands for?. . .
MOtor PARts. It was/is the brand for Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth genuine parts.
Italian roast coffee in a APACHE RAILWAY mug, please.
***Ricky, so very sorry about your Uncle.
Surgery did improve left eye, but I still have distorted vision. Now the right eye is showing early signs of bad stuff. Uncertain if I'll ever be able to paint accurately again. Frustrating!
Still organizing downstairs, when not working on outside projects.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob