Sir Madog. . .RideOnRoad - sounds like a browser problem. Are you using a mobile device?. . .
It occurs on my mobile device and my laptop using Chrome, Firefox, and IE. Same behavior every place. It only occurs on page 5. Wierd, and quite annoying.
Richard
RideOnRoadRideOnRoad wrote the following post 2 hours ago: Sir Madog . . .RideOnRoad - sounds like a browser problem. Are you using a mobile device?. . . It occurs on my mobile device and my laptop using Chrome, Firefox, and IE. Same behavior every place. It only occurs on page 5. Wierd, and quite annoying.
Problem has been happening on my computer for some time now. Right now we are on page 6 and the choices are 0,1,2,3,4,5.... Seems to start on page 5 and then to continue for the rest of the month. A page ago the choices were -1,0,1,2,3... Seems to be different depending on where you look. Sometimes it is correct at the top of the page and wrong at the bottom... I dunno!
I am using Firefox on my iMac useing OS 10.12.4 Sierra. My provider is Spectrum (formerly TWC). Doesn't happen on any other site I visit either. I have to think it is a software glitch with what cs. trains.com is using......
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hello Diners !
we returned from Ohio at 1:30 am last night. Today has been busy. In fact, the entire week will be busy. I'll check in when I can.
Steven asked about family heritage. Mine is 50% English, 25% Scottish, and 25% Dutch. ... perhaps some scotch will suffice for some of you.
Cheers
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
The page numbering glitch occurs on my machine as well and I have Win 7 with Firefox.
Mentioning our heritages, I could go with most anything given my mix, so I will bring quite the buffet: a certain kind of cold beet soup could cover two (borscht in German/borshch in Ukrainian), the classic Irish soda bread, Shepherd's pie (for my Scottish... No I was not planning on bringing out the Haggis which I have never even had! I had the opportunity once but I wasn't that brave.), banitsa (баница) (a Bulgarian greasy pastry and I did have to look that one up. One part of my ancestry that I have never dealt much with.), pysanky (Ukrainian again, which are pockets of dough with various fillings, usually cheese or potatoes), and to finish some simple Polish pickles.
Hobby Front: As I suspected, with mowing the yard and fixing the roof at home, I didn't get anything done on my layout. I did manage to get the striping done on the bulkhead cars. I also got the mini-cal sheet that I ordered in the mail today. It then went to have a date with a coat or two of decal bonder spray as I'm not sure on the age of the sheet.
FRRYKida certain kind of cold beet soup
You will find borshch in Poland, Ukrainia und Russia, but not in Germany, unless you eat out in a Russian restaurant. It is being served in many different ways, from a clear, thin cold soup which is either served hot or cold, to a thick soup, with lots of meat (pork or beef) in it, spiced up with a generous serving of sour cream.
Actually, I quite like it - ideal supper for a really cold day!
My family is Scotts, Scotts-Irish, Lakota, and Huron. Attitude about food--put it in a skillet and fry it, all good!!
herrinchoker
Sir Madog FRRYKid a certain kind of cold beet soup You will find borshch in Poland, Ukrainia und Russia, but not in Germany, unless you eat out in a Russian restaurant. It is being served in many different ways, from a clear, thin cold soup which is either served hot or cold, to a thick soup, with lots of meat (pork or beef) in at, spiced up withz a generous serving of sour cream. Actually, I quite like it - ideal supper for a really cold day!
FRRYKid a certain kind of cold beet soup
You will find borshch in Poland, Ukrainia und Russia, but not in Germany, unless you eat out in a Russian restaurant. It is being served in many different ways, from a clear, thin cold soup which is either served hot or cold, to a thick soup, with lots of meat (pork or beef) in at, spiced up withz a generous serving of sour cream.
Yup. The Germans that came from Russia. How about some good ol' German sauerkraut in that case? The other thing that I have told about my ancestry is that I could have quite the party with it. (Of course, I don't drink so that isn't relevent.)
Eneing Diners
Flo, Ed, Yannis, Jan, Tin Can and I will have a please.
Richard Yep when we get to page 5 stupid things start happing in regards to page numbers. Showed 6 pages when I came to the dinner, went to page 5 and when I got to the bottom page 6 did not show? Went back to page 1 and saw page 6 and went to it. Now that I am on page 6, it say's it is still page 5?
Yannis and Jan. Like I said more than likely I was the confused one and guess I was. I did not see the twin rudders in the photo Yannis posted, I just looked at the nose.
Tin Can Good to see you in the dinner! Working the GP7 now wearing B&O colors as I miss spell!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
FRRYKidHow about some good ol' German sauerkraut in that case?
I know that the Germans have been named "The Krauts" in WW II (WW I was different - it was either Les Boches or Les Haricot Verts) for their apparent love for that stuff, but again, that´s a myth. Preserving food in salt or vinegar has been an old method in all of northern Europe. In those countries with a rich and thick soil, the predominant cash crop has traditionally been cabbage, which puts you back to Poland, the Ukraine and Russia. The people in Poland eat by far more Sauerkraut than the Germans do. Even before WW II, Germany imported cabbage from these countries.
Sorry to be a myth buster
It´s actually quite difficult to define what typical German food would be. There are so distinct regional differences in the kind of food people eat. Bavarian kitchen is so different from what we eat up north. Traditional cooking is on the retreat, in favor of Italian inspired dishes, like pizza, spaghetti, lasagne, various cassarole dishes, but also an increasing consumption of burgers and hot dogs. Maybe the good old "Curry-Wurst" will be the last ethnic German food, after our dining tables have been conquered by falafel, shish kebap, couscous, pizza, spaghetti, burgers & co.!
Good Morning, Fellow Diners!
Still no change on the health front, but I try not get to depressed by that. It is what it is, or, what Doris Day more than once dribbled into our ears "Que sera, sera!"
After all this talk about war planes and food, back to my favorite subjects - narrow gauge trains, modelling them, and Switzerland!
Deep down in the vaults of Youtube I have unearthed another treasure about my railroad line of love and I take the liberty to post it here, although I am not sure whether I didn´t do that already some time ago.
Somewhere beyond Brig, the train passes the small alpine village of Fiesch - the place I spent many a great time in a chalet we had rented for the vacation. The chalet was overlooking the train station and from the balcony, you could watch the train snake down, pass over the Fiescherbach bridge and entering the station.
I wish I could spend the remaining days just there!
Have a great day!
Morning all
Busy as all get out ! Just stopped by to order coffee and grab a donut and to say morning to one and all. Gotta run.
TTYL
YGW
Hey all, glad to see the regular posters here. Glad to see you here Ulrich
Ugh, been stressful. I got turned down for the loan, so there goes the buying a house. Mom and I are looking for places to rent, but having pets is limiting us. We might have a place tomorrow worth looking at though. We have until the end of the month to find somewhere. At least somewhere to stay long enough for me to get myself reorganized, find a different bank, and try again later.
Train front- All packed away and stored at the club. A lot of my hobby tools are as well, but they are still at the house- got a couple projects coming in the mail to try and drop my stress and anxiety levels as much as possible.
Other stuff going on as well. I should be enjoying this vacation I got, but no, I'm anxious out the caboose.
(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,
Ulrich- With your health conditions, I can understand the driving.
It rained here yesterday and mostly cloudy today. Charles has a doctor appointment today so he's gone, until 3 o'clock .
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan, Yannis and I will have a please.
Odd Day Off, on a Tuesday? Normally I work on Tuesdays but this week I am off Tuesday and Thursday for some reason? Well, weather was perfect and I felt like doing something.
Fence Front. Went to Lowes and bought some lumber to span the tree gap in the fence. I need a 2"X10"X16' and a 2"X8"X16' for stringers to span the tree. (really need 2"X10"X12.5' and a 2"X8"X12.5' but the loacl Lowes goes from 12' to 16'?) Knew thing where going to go bad when I found out Lowes would not cut treated Lumber?
Thing just went down hill from there! First of all a wet pressured treated 2"X10"X16' and a 2"X8"X16' are heavy! While I was able to get the lumber on to the roof rack it took some effort. Put a lot of effort into todays work, but did not get anything really done.
New Engine's Front! There at my store! To bad I got a odd ball day off or I would be running them tonight! Did call Jerry and told him they be there today and he comfrimed they are there and where I asked him to put them.
Ed I have JMRI 2.10. If I down load a newer version will it just load over the 2.10 or will I have to start all over?
Train Front I have to say for what ever reason ATF on the rails works Mircale's! Have not cleaned a engine wheel's in 3 months on the short line! Main line?
Ulrich -- Nice train ride.
LION been working on pipes in court yard. Gardener does not like me walking on his flowers so he his happy to help me.
My back is not happy. I can no longer do any kind of labor.
GRRrrrrrr.....
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good evening to all. With warmer weather and seven years since last painting my old house, it is back to scrapping and priming. I have a seven foot step ladder, so that is how high I can work for the time being. My daughter has my 28 ft extension ladder. In addition she borrowed by pickup truck about the time my granddaughter came home from Alabama to work and save money to go back to college. Going on close to a year now and I am starting to miss my truck. Was priming scraped spots this afternoon when all of a sudden it started to sprinkle.
Enjoying the conversations about ethnic foods. I had my first taste of borsch a few years ago when invited for lunch on the shore of Lac LaRonge. The man's housekeeper was of Ukranian heritage and fixed very tasty borsch. My Canadian friend has a favorite chocolate cake made with saurkraut. It is very moist and delicious. I suspect it also came from people with Ukranian background.
I have an old Uhrich boxcar on the workbench. It needs lots of grabiron stairs installed. I started putting the kit together sometime around 1972 and never finished it as I think I needed to order trucks and couplers. The car now has both 33 inch Kadee metal wheel sets and no 5 Kadee couplers installed. Lots of detail for a kit car. Will post a picture when it is done.
Time to check out the hockey action for the night.
Jim
Sauerkraut is a staple of old time Baltimore Thanksgiving Dinners. I prefer my sauerkraut on Reuben sandwiches, which is corned beef, swiss cheese and rye.
My father graduated from high school in 1930 and there was a large German club. I suppose that was related to which language one took and the choices back then were probably Latin, French or German. Latin was still taught when I went to high school 36 years later.
I think I pitched his yearbook but in a photo of the German club, 18/20 girls were wearing fur coats. (raccoon) Not a sight you would see today.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could use a cup of decaf please. Oh, how about a dish of Peach Cobbler to go along with that....
Today has been another busy one. Got several things done that needed to get done. My son showed up at my doorstep about 45 minutes earlier than I expected him. He was going to get the oil changed in his wife's car at a place just outside of Geneva. He said he got there and the door was locked...... He was here all of about 10 minutes when his cell phone rang and the owner of the place wanted to know where he was???? Guess the owner arrived just after my son left. He went back over to the place and got the oil changed... After he was done there he stopped by again and we drove over to the TOPS Market Gas station to fill up DIL's SUV with Petrol. I had 90¢ off a gal. for gas just sitting on my card waiting to be used. With his wife's car that saved him about $18 (the car was running on fumes). Now I could have filled up my VOLT but that would have saved me, oh $1.80 maybe.... I won't need gas until mid june most likely, so I give the discount to them before it runs out and nobody gets to use it...... I am getting a little over 1,000 miles on a tank on the Volt. A tank is all of 8.9 gallons........ (Fill up is about 7 gallons.)
I then followed my son over to a Mennonite Market over near Seneca Falls. This place is a major, huge business over there with several different stores and local produce in season. I needed to get parsnip seed and some Snow Peas to plant. Even they didn't have any parsnip seeds left (and it is only the second week in May....)!
Spent most of the afternoon printing out the Scholarship Certificates and updating the Program for the MLK Scholarship dinner next week. Had to run down to the paper to pick up the USB Stick that I had photos and the article for the MLK Scholarship announcements. Got home to find everyone in the neighborhood busy mowing their lawns. So as to not be outdone I got out the new EGO Battery Powered Mower and showed off a bit.... LOL I got a little over half of it done and quit for the day. It was dinnertime by then.
Hopefully I will have the Program about ready to print by tomorrow evening. Have a mini-reunion Meeting in Canandaigua tomorrow afternoon. Have a couple other things to do in Canandaigua as well, so I will kill several birds with one stone, or in this case one trip to Canandaigua.
The quote for the day:
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - William Shakespeare
Hello Railfans!
Top of the evening to ya! Flo - my usual, stirred not shaken please.
Folks my appologies for not having been here before the month closed out. Its seems like the 24 hour cold I recently contracted (which is now in its third week) just wont let go of me.
For old news I must say yes, Ed, your answers to last months photo quiz were spot on. I have to admit I actually thought about putting in a clause that said you were in-eligible. I knew YOU would ace the test.
And for having noticed that booster unit was a 'Toyota' model gets you the extra credit. A note to you lesser experienced guys out there, your really gonna have to be on your game if ya wanna beat out Ed!
I think next time Ed, just for you, your test will be paint chips.
Current news is im still not feeling bristol fashion as of yet. To that end I cant even smell the ABS plastic that my buddy has been feeding his new 3d printer.
Yep thats right, my boss (and friend) recently aquired one of these new fangled gadjets. And being the geeks we are you know were gonna mess with it.
None of yall have to worry about the market switching to 3d printed trains anytime soon. While the technology can produce nice parts, its a tedious process to do. Much like every other process in this hobby (wiring, scenary, track laying, etc) its a learning process as you go. It need not be restated that in our hobby.... this is where the fun is at!
So far some results have been promising. Nothing railroad related how ever the basic results and end product finish expectations would be the same. Some really nice parts, some really botched ones. Finicky lil things these 3d printers.
Concerning background and the food customs thereof, I cannot partake as much as most of you. While some of the viddles yall been posting look mighty tasty, I can only offer up a fast food burger and a 55 gal drum of Pepsi (super sized ryt?).
While I have researched the family tree, its more of a stump than some of you folks from the petrified forest. Meaning, my lineage has been traced back to the point where we got to America, but who knows the boat name, nor from which country it came. The way my luck runs it was prolly a dingy from Gilligans Island!
My last name suggests no nationality, except Im the son of a blackbird (no, im not indian). To my knowledge no family crest exists save for the cowlick i had as a young boy. None of my elders lasted much into an age where i could hear family stories. My parents werent much help here either.
So, all I can claim is American. And that means... will this be for here or to go?
Douglas
PS: Not a despariging(sp) word can be said about German Choclate cake nor Belgian chocolate! mmm mmm GOOD!
Chocolate - my favorite food group!
Hi all,
My wishes and hopes to all here for good health and good days ahead.
On the MR front, I went to a trainshow in Allentown back on Saturday. Not much selection as it had been a tiny show compared to some of the big, famous ones, but I did find a few items to take home that I've yet to find on the infamous auction site or at local shops. I sent off my BLI Reading Paragon3 T1 about 2-weeks ago to BLI. Hopefully it will get fixed up and I can run it on my club's layout without hassle. My other Reading T1, a Paragon2 model I got advertised as new. The model hadn't been responsive so BLI sent me another decoder when I asked for one. I put the decoder in and it seemed to be do better then the old one, however the cable tether between the loco and tender had a loose wire, and trying to press it back into place did not work, so I asked BLI for a new tether. It arrived yesterday, after ordering it 2-weeks ago, and BLI sent one to wide for my model. I called them up, and asked for another one, so *fingers crossed* the next tether will work out and I can have a working Paragon2 T1. I have had the model over a month and it has not worked properly at all. Another thing of concern I noticed is that the two middle drivers on the right hand side of the model do not touch the rail, as there's a slight, real slight, gap there. If that presents problems running on the club layout, I'll send the model off to BLI kindly asking them to go over the model and fix it up. I like BLI's Pennsy K4s a lot, I have three, and have had great service from them. I'm rather disapointed that their Reading T1s have not been as dependable for me.
Alvie
give Ken a double of the peach flavored silver rum that has aged for two days---good stuff !
Ken,
Believe the ATF and the Mystery Oil work about the same--other than the odd hair from the dog, both seem to work the same. I am really glad you conned me into trying it. Speaking of dogs, don't know what it was outside the house last night-coyote, fox, or one of the deer, but twice an hour on average the male would cut loose with his "I'm going to kill and eat you" bark, followed immediately by the female. Shelby has learned to shove her head between the sheets, and a wet COLD dog nose in the center of your back, on bare skin, will definately bring you to full attention. I gave up at 07:15 and let them both out for a good bark. Hooper has started to take my slippers downstairs, and place them on his pile of toys in the living room. Tonight I will place them in the book stand by my bed, next step will be the book stand in the headboard on the bed if that doesn't work. Shelby is turning into a good waterfowl dog, Hooper was introduced to the water improperly, and can be used for wading birds, he only wades elbow deep. Before the summer is over I hope to have him swimming. I adopted one other Chessie that wouldn't go into the water, once he found out what swimming was about, became one of the best hunting dogs I have ever had. At the least, they are both good friends, even if they do break wind, and hog the bed.
It hit 39F last night, and today was 51, with showers. About the same the rest of the week. Old Farmer's Almanac gives this for the next week or so. They have been at 83% this year.
Have a large N-Scale patch of Elk Horn moss on the ledge behind the house, saw it used on a layout for trees, priced some, I guess I will bring some in and place it behind the wood stove, (still lit) and dry it out to use for backdrop. There is no foot traffic other than critters where it is growing, and it is quite tall, 3+ inches.
Oreoles came back five days ago, and the humming birds came back yesterday. Goldfinches, (we call them wild canaries) are wearing their summer plumage now, and it is nice to see all the color in the trees around the house. We had a number of the old fashoned panseys winter over, and they have started blooming, so much for the -every other year- that my wife informed me about. She gathered up about a half quart of morning glory seeds last fall to re-plant this spring, I said she really did not need to do that, that they will re-seed themselves. Looked at the spots where they were planted last year, and the ground is covered with plants about two inches tall. I will let her "find" them when she comes back from staying with her son. She has been modifying his pants to fit his urine bag that he now wears.
To those of you who have been challanged with dirt on the train wheels you might try a short line as an experiment with the ATF, or the Marvel Mystery Oil. I heat the house with a wood stove, and it is a constant battle to keep the wood ash cleaned from the windows, furniture, tv-etc. My main challange now is the fur from two Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, may try Pomade next.
Prayers for those in need-
Hello Diner Denizens!
Happy Golden Spike Day!
Andrew J. Russell photo: Public Domain
The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).
It has been downright COLD in these parts of NE Ohio. Two nights ago we were down to 31°F (-0.5°C)! It will slowly be warming up but I feel sorry for the migrating birds out there who were expecting balmy breezes around here. My Hummingbirds came back on Monday and they were thirsty, for sure! Just waiting for the Baltimore Orioles, next...
My page numbers get all scrambled after page five, too. After a while my mouse quits scrolling, too, so I have to shut down Chrome and restart. That fixes the scrolling anyway.
Ken, anytime I have upgraded JMRI it automatically writes over the prior version with no problems. Your roster and decoder settings are saved and aren't affected.
JMRI 2.xx series was from 2007!!! That was ten years ago, Ken! More like a hundred in DCC years! Your particular upgrade might require a little more tweaking. Still your roster and settings will be safe. Good Luck! You should at least update JMRI every time you get a new driver's licence
We have been plagued with several foxes in the area. They have decimated our ducks and chickens. Every morning I sit with the .22 on my lap but they stay in the woods and laugh at me until I turn my back. Very frustrating!
Thanks for the kudos on the steam quiz, Douglas.
PM RailfanI think next time Ed, just for you, your test will be paint chips.
Can I have Santa Fe Salsa with those chips? At least I waited a bit so somebody else could chime-in on the contest.
That was a great idea and lots of fun! I did a few contests for a railroad club I was editor-in-chief for a few years back. I can't find the newsletters right now but I hope I can get them posted here soon.
I hope your housing situation gets cleared up, Jimmy. Your situation does sound stressful... hang in there!
Nice work on those photos, YGW. I hope you have some time to yourself after these busy weeks.
herrinchokerMay try Pomade next.
Prayers to all in need...
Regards, Ed
Hi Everyone!
Well, tonight we held the club meeting to decide if we are going to move to new quarters. We managed to agree to move, and we also agreed on signing a two year lease as opposed to one year, but then things got a bit testy. We had a very hard time deciding on whether or not to accept the lease with conditions, or wait to see if the landlord will make the requested changes to the lease before we sign. I voted in favour of waiting until we see if the landlord will accept the changes, and then giving the executive the authority to sign the lease if the changes are put in writing in lease.
Where things got testy is that we have a few members who won't follow the procedural rules of letting one person say their piece, and then moving on to the next person. Unfortunately, two of our executive are the greatest offenders. That doesn't work well.
I have to admit that I lost my cool, not because of people talking over each other, or even because some non-sensical motions were being put forward. I lost my cool because one of our members insists on bring his 5 and 6 year old children to the meetings and these kids can't behave themselves. They tussled and poked each other and talked out loud for the better part of an hour, and they completely ignored their father's attempts to quiet them down. I was seated beside where they were standing and I could hardly maintain my concentration on what the members were saying. After about an hour of the kids' antics my self restraint was severely challenged let's be honest, it was gone! That was about the same time when the members started to talk over each other so I lost it. I didn't yell at anybody, but I did a bit of cursing out loud. My bad! I am a relatively new member to the club. Apparently these kids have been a problem for quite some time.
Without wishing to brag, my children knew how to behave themselves in an adult situation. My son gets kidded by his friends about how good his manners are. Mission accomplished!
Thanks for letting me rant!!!
Best wishes to all!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Evening all! Flo, or whoever's handy, could I get my standard late night order of breaded mushrooms with blue cheese dressing? Thank you so much!
Everyone mentioning mowing lawns reminded me to mention about the new mower/trimmer purchased for the ranch. It is a DR with a Briggs engine. Works wonderfully (as one would expect for a DR). I did leave tufts in a few places but then the yard in question was quite overgrown so that's not a surprise. It probably will take a few weeks to get everything chopped down. The main reason I was looking at it in the first place was Mom was worrying about snakes (which I hate as well) and she couldn't see her dog in the weeds. Before someone comments on what the weed height was, the dog is a dauchshund/chihuahua cross. (All 8 lbs of her.)
Hobby Front:
Latest completed project. The base was purchased finished in the NP scheme. The only things that I did were the change to the BN number and add the ACI label. Not shown in this shot is the "P" only on the cab per the prototype (and yes I have two pictures, each from a different site, showing that the cupola for this caboose didn't have numbers on it.)
I have 5 more caboose on the to do list but they will be piecemeal as I have too many other projects still to do.
I didn't see the post on ancestry, but I'd love to share! Like many US citizens, I have ancestors from many places. My dad's side of the family came from Britain predominantly, who fought for the crown in the Revolution, and Ireland. My mom's side came mostly from Scotland, and Germany, with some Welsh in the mix too. I definitely look Anglo-Saxon with having blond hair, blue eyes, and a red beard. I'd love to one day really dig deep into my roots and know more about the family history.
Speaking of good German food I had Bratwurst and sauerkraut last night for supper. I became hooked on German food while station at Ledward Barracks at Schweinfurt. I use to frequent a resurant in Schweinfurt that had great tasting food. My favorite waitress would translate what the food was. She was a elderly lady that everybody liked.
Its suppose to be in the 70s next week so,maybe I can get some rattle can painting done.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Morning diners,
Here as promised. A picture of me at the Golden Spike Ceremony on May 10th.
I saw this at the train show back when I was in sixth grade. If I correctly that was a good year. Too bad, if I was older I could grew a mustache because that's the guy I replaced.
Evening all
W**k front - I have spent the last three days in just two of the units that I have taken over. I have written twenty pages of things that need to be finished, corrected, delivered, reworked etc... I have three more units to walk... and I have not been in my eight units at all this week !
Hobby front
Ed thanks again for posting those pictures. I hope everyone enjoyed the MRR pictures. On the Hobby barn I have brought home three loads of stone this week and yesterday I was able to get six pieces of garage door trim installed !!! Hurray Oh and I brought home about thirty more pieces of exterior trim. Slow steady process...
Hello Diners!
Ed ... Thanks for the tribute regarding Golden Spike Day. ... It was one of the most significant events of American History. ...
I recall some model railroaders had their own golden spike cerimonies when they completed tracks on their layouts. .... Just another way to have fun with our hobby.
Several days ago, Steven asked a thought-starting question about what we might do if we were to start over with a layout. I mentioned I once did model the 1900 era.
Here is an older photo of some of my 1900 era models. The locomotive is a 4-8-0 I made from a Mantua kit. The baggade car and the business car are two of several models I made from kits. These two were Labelle kits.
The station is one I made shortly after my layout was dismantled. That was when I was in a seriuous car accident in which a drunk driver hit my car when he was going 50 mph. It took a year to recover, and that is when I built the station. It is made from a Fine Scale Models kit.
In subsequent years, we moved a few times, and eventuually I began building 1950's models of CB&Q trains. We moved to our current house in Kentucky in 2001, and I have been building my Heartland Divsion of CB&Q ever since.
I still have most of my 1900 era models, and some of the buildings are in my current layout.