Good Evening Gang,
A double RBF for me girls, it is warm here too. Thanks much.
Hi there Bill Tidler, it is great to hear from you again. You make it feel like old times here. Missed your entries and pictures. Please stay tuned in to the Diner here.
Gary, glad you got to ride the dinner train in Branson. We rode it about 8 years ago when we were visiting Springfield quite often while our youngest Son was getting his Masters at Missouri State. We also rode the Seminole Dinner train out of Fort Myers back in 2005.Also several others here in Canada.
Got my hearing aides tuned up today, I get a new feeding tube installed next Tuesday and then back to Saskatoon for a follow up on my eye operation on the 31. Busy times in your old age it seems.
Ulrich, anything you do looks professioal. I am so glad you are back with us and am following the new build with great interst. But you can have the overhead wires, they are not for me, but they do look neat.
Jimmy Braun, Will there be a trip to Manitoba this year or not. Lots of fires in the north again this year.How did the porch turn out on the rebuild.
Ride On Road, How is the mileage building up on the bike this year ? Must be early rides again as it will be getting hotter eveyday.
Has anyone heard from V8-Vega he just seemed to dissapear after the winter holidays. Sure hope he is alright.
I am waiting to get to Billings to pick up some things I ordered and had shipped to my Son as I need them to proceed with a bunch of retaining walls I must build now. If I wasn't so rushed for time I should stop in and give Ferry Kid a hand on getting set up in town at Miles City as I go by. Sure hope it goes well for you and that you are back up and running sooner that you think.
Ken, and if you are still having fun,,,, then you are doing it right.
Well, night all and sweet railroad dreams too, without sound I hope.
Johnboy out.....................till next time.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
It is good to see some old regulars here this evening ..... Terry, Bill T, and JohnBoy .... Feel free to visit more often ...
Happy Model Railroading...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&Q It is good to see some old regulars here this evening ..... Terry, Bill T, and JohnBoy .... Feel free to visit more often ... Happy Model Railroading...
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Just some pictures, taken a few moments ago.
Good morning ..... Coffee and a donut please.
Ulrich .... The Marklin trains look like fun. I like the easy-to-install catenary wires.
Heartland Division CB&QUlrich .... The Marklin trains look like fun. I like the easy-to-install catenary wires.
All it takes is just a little care to get it up!
Today, for the first time in my 55 years as a model railroader, my electric locos get the juice from where the prototype does - from the wires above!
If I had a second power pack I could now run two engines independently on the same track!
last mountain & eastern hogger. . .Ride On Road, How is the mileage building up on the bike this year ? Must be early rides again as it will be getting hotter eveyday. . .
Thanks for asking! I have logged 817 miles year-to-date. Not as many miles as I had hoped for by this time of the year--life seems to get in the way--but I take solace in the thought that 817>0.
Case in point, my son and his family are coming to visit next week. (I know, we should visit Idaho in May, not them coming to Arizona, but what are you going to do.) To get ready for their visit, and to give the grandkids a place to sleep, I put down about 150 sqft of laminate flooring yesterday, thus no ride yesterday. Today I can barely move so no ride today. Hopefully tomorrow. The rides are at daybreak to beat the heat. In a couple of weeks, it will be hot even then.
Richard
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, the gang and I will have a please and give Rick and Steven what they like.
Did not do much of anything today. Guess I was spent from what I did Thursday.
Steven On the Blue Box engines, is the body of the engine what you are after? Reason I ask as a rule of thumb the motors draw to much power for DCC use.
Bessemer Front Cut the volume back some and sounds much better. It was at 128 from the factory, I now have it at 80 and not over powering the sound of the Mighty CB&Q's F7's. Dang it is a good sounding engine!
Back to PRR Coach Wars.
Ken
I hate Rust
Hello diners,
Ken, I'm after some SDs, GPs, and DDs. I want to get them running with DCC and sound, new motors, higher weightings, and eventually I'll paint them for my railroad.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
cudaken Steven On the Blue Box engines, is the body of the engine what you are after? Reason I ask as a rule of thumb the motors draw to much power for DCC use.
?? I have somewhere north of 20 BB engines of various age. All have been converted to DCC with no issues? They sound like old Maytags, but that's part of the reason I LOVE them. They are strong pullers, and most give me less headaches than my higher buck engines. My guy that installs all my decoders loves them too, for the relatively easy install. LED lights replace the stock bulbs. As i understand it that's the big energy draw.
My 2 cents.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Hi Diners,
Just a quick note.
Some folks have posted misquoted lyrics.
Heres one:
Down in yohee where the surfers all go,...
Its Doheney, not "yohee". It was a surf spot before it was made into a small boat harbor.
Have a great Memorial weekend!
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
I wrote a spoof post on Facebook today about closing down the State of Utah to railfans in May 2019. All these rumors of "massive crowds" for the Golden Spike and UP 4014 stuff had me a bit spooked. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=481871885565652&id=210353072717536&comment_id=481881068898067&reply_comment_id=481887825564058¬if_id=1527293129538846¬if_t=feed_comment
Good afternoon all, it was another beautiful day on the Pacific Rim. It has been two months since we have had any rain and it looks like another bad fire season may soon be upon us. The local airport is where there are rows and rows of water bombers parked all winter and they started heading out about a week ago to their assigned areas.
Took the kid to Vancouver this morning so he could write his final exam that he got deferred so he could do a movie. After the exam, he was meeting with a bunch of his movie pals to go see Deadpool 2 again and then go for dinner. He has had over a hundred people contact him on Facebook and through E-Mail asking if he was in Deadpool because they saw him.
We saw Deadpool last Saturday and finally, he got some good screen time. Seeing my 25-foot high kid charge at me in a closeup in IMAX is strange, to say the least. I am not sure what to think about seeing him in a big-time movie, It certainly changes the way you view it, but I don't know how.
He is going to a meeting with a big-time agency on Monday, they asked him for the meeting even though he told them he would be going back to Ottawa in September to University. He thinks they want him for "stand in" work, that pays even better than being an extra. They want to talk to him because "he gets it" they said, he seems to have a natural ability to do what they want the first time and that saves them a ton of money on reshoots.
I have also been wondering where V8-Vega is, along with a few others. Some of the characters over the years could surely have had a sitcom made of their daily lives.
May be flying back to Winnipeg in the near future. My Cousin that I was close to developed Alzheimers and went from normal to as bad as it gets in only 10 months. Quite a shocker, he is a great guy that traveled the world and had some incredible adventures. He taught advanced scuba including ice diving in those frozen Manitoba lakes. They don't think he will be with us much longer.
Going to the Whitecaps game (soccer) with the kid tomorrow in Vancouver. He knows some of the sports media through hockey so may meet up with them for a quick beer at some point and then home to a house full for dinner. It will be fun, we didn't get to any Canuck games together this past season as he wasn't here, I really missed those.
Kid just messaged me asking if I can put money on his transit card.
KIDS PHOOEY!
Guess I had better go do it.
All the best to all.
Edit; forgot to add this earlier.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Good Morning, Everyone!
Zoe, make that s strong coffee in my Marklin mug, please! I need an eye opener. Slowly, the temperature in our apartment is rising to an uncomfortable level, which makes sleeping difficult for me! The joys of not having A/C - which we normally don´t really need.
Again, I was up early this morning - just to make best use of the morning fresh air to do som work on my train set before it gets to hot. The weatherman forecasts 31°C for today - way too much for the plar bear blood in me!
The last three catenary masts have now been placed on the layout and the overhead wire is strung. I am short of 5 masts, but I will be meeting a bloke selling used Märklin stuff next week. I hope to buy the masts and the missing two signals, which is all I need to complete the "hardware" of this layout.
Today´s pictures, showing the layout from the "wrong" side of the railroad tracks:
Some layout infos - if you are interested:
I can see some folks more than just frowning at me now!
Brent - it must be a rather odd feeling seeing your own offspring in a Hollywood blockbuster movie. This is a world so far away from my own, but, honestly, I have no desire to come closer to it.
Make it a great day!
Morning everyone.
Ive more applications in, and this weekend is the proverbial (straw that broke the camel back". retail work, and ive had enough.
I only get 28 hours a week, and no employee benefits. I've been there four years and only make 7.65 an hour. i cashier, so I get all the "wonderful people" and get blamer for everything. I even had a guy intentionally run into me with his shoulder to my neck. He swore me out, and I get yelled at for it by management, even though I applogized and walked away from a situation like a grown adult.
anyway, i got my schedule for this week... I work every day this Memorial Day weekend, includinf memorial Day, on the busiest register. But since our schedule goes Sunday through Saturday, it's 3 days, then 2 days for the next week. oh, you may ask about holiday pay... guess what? No holiday pay either. I get to work myself to a panic attack again... for 7.65. None of the other cashiers get this either, just me getting to work every holiday except for Easter.
Yeah, I try not to complain, but this has pusher me beyond all reason. ive worl experience in manufacturing, I've done manual labor....I'll go somewhere where I am paid properly.
Abyway,
train related- we started working on improving our club modules.
Music- I played at a local coffee shop "open mic night"
(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).
Good morning everyone.
.
I am in serious need of Country Fried Steak and Hash Browns.
Kitched Remodel Update: I have a four day weekend, so I am going to FINALLY install the backsplash and appliances. A little paint touch up next weekend and the kitchen will finally be done.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Afternoon folks...... Not much going on in here today... Everyone must be out enjoying the long weekend, I guess.
I haven't posted in a couple days, but have been sitting in the back by the air conditioning from time to time... Currently 84°F here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS under cloudy skies with a humidity of around 70%. I have been planting garden for the last few days and hope to finish tonight before dark or the skeeters chase me back inside.
Since I've seen a bit of justifyable bragging about kids in here of late. (Enjoy reading that BTW.) I guess it might be time to do bit of that about my youngest son. He was the one that was the Director of Communications, Public Affairs, and Education at Argonne National Labs near Chicago. He turned in his resignation from there a few weeks back and accepted a new position at a brand New English Company called Farady Institution doing basically the same job there. They are also working on new battery technology and are funded primarily by the British Government.
He writes, "All is good with work. In my first week here, we held a board meeting and also a major launch event of our headquarters. Initially we were expecting the Prime Minister to officiate, then she declined. Then the Secretary of State agreed, but cancelled at the last minute (they have a parliamentary vote on Brexit scheduled for same time). Despite this, we did have a lovely event at any rate with about 150-200 VIPs in attendance (some pictures https://flic.kr/s/aHsmkBvFKg")
If you check out the Photos of the Launch event, My son is first found in the one labelled 039 (run your curser over the photos to see the labels). Matt is the guy in the center of that one with the glasses.
He and his spouse are living in a "cottage" called "Rookswake" out in the countryside.... The house is somewhere between 400 and 600 years old, depending on who you ask. Rather old anyway, but I think will be very comfortable for them. Some photos of the outside (I'll show some of the inside in another post).
The round part of the house is very new being added sometime in the 20th. century and has a large modern living room....
They are waiting for their furniture to arrive from the US by Boat. Should arrive by next week...
He also says, "This past week, I was invited to provide input into the Prime Minister’s forthcoming speech on the UK’s goal of reaching zero carbon emissions from vehicles, and so went to #10 Downing Street (the equivalent to our White House) to meet with senior advisors from government. A thrill for sure and not many get to enter; hopefully this will be a great career for me!"
OK, bragging done, back to planting the garden!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ray, fixed your link, https://flic.kr/s/aHsmkBvFKg
Speaking of old buildings, I saw Secret Rooms of the Tower of London on PBS. The only real secret was one room still has medieval wall paintings. It has been a tourist attaction for centuries. The last execution was during WW2, a spy, or an informant, as they now seem to called. The head warden lives there in a round building, and he commented on the awkwardness of that.
Now that I am watching Chama, they just don't have the bandwidth that some of the better you tube streams have. The reefer and the smoke boxes got some new paint this year.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evening Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Rick and Steven what they like.
Work Sucked Only had 5 customers but I was surprised with extra help! They sent the new guy Keith. Short verson Keith is a Big Rail Spike With Ears! I rather work with Nancy than someone that tries to bullie and not give a ash pitt! While he is a little taller than me at 6'4" to my 6"3" I am not one to try to push around. I am not talking about a fight but he tryied to intimidate me, not happing!
Train Front or PRR Coach Wars! Centfaun coach is making the rounds again!
Ed I am sending you a PM.
Later, Ken
Ray!
Cudos to your son! He is obviously a very talented person. You have every right to be proud!
I look forward to seeing the inside of the cottage.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Wow, it is just about midnight already... boy oh boy did this day shoot by super-fast.
Hope everyone is safe and well tonight... I am off to bed, and worn out.
Good Morning!
Flo, time for my big Sunday breakfast! Crisp fried bacon, scrambled eggs, buttered toast, honey, jams, a tall glass of OJ, and lots of coffee, please!
I am melting away - still too hot, still too dry!
No work done on my train set today , just enjoy running my trains.
Yesterday, I ran into two different problems:
# 1 - when I tried to move the engine over the double slip point, the pantographs lost contact and got tangled up in the overhead.
# 2 - my 1935 vintage
replica electric has fixed stamped metal pantographs which will not clear the overhead wires. I could change them to the sprung kind, but would lose the "originality" of the loco. Or I could simply put her back in the box and not run it - retaining her value.
# 1 problem got solved yesterday by stringing another wire over the diverging route of the douple slip switch. I had thought this wouldn´t work, but it does. I need to secure the wire woth a drop of super glue on one of the masts, which now holds 4 sets of wires.
# 2 problem - I will eventually convert the engine to working pantographs, as I bought her to see her run and not to be a shelf queen!
Ray - who wouldn´t want to live in such a beautiful cottage? Imagine - it was built when the Mayflower sailed to Plymouth Rock! So guess who shall be visiting his son and his spouse in England?
Have a happy Sunday!
Ulrich, with your challenges, I am amazed at your work with cantenary wire. My recollection is our neighbor, modeled the northeast corridor back in the 50's with GG-1's and cantenary. It was still the 50's then.
Went to bed with a sore back and woke up with it. Not sure what I did, some back pain is normal for me. It's a very humid day but only in the 70's. Tomorrow is Veteran's Day in the US. The are various account of it's beginning, but it was a post Civil War event. It is as much about the "start of summer" as it is remembering. Too bad.
We all think the war of our generation was the worst war. I expect that was always true. The heros are the ones that didn't come home. It doesn't matter what war or what side.
It's Sunday in May before Memorial Day, (that rhymes right there)
What does it mean?
Ladies and Gentlemen, START YOUR ENGINES!
IT'S TIME FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 MILE RACE, THE GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING! AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY!
I'm routing for Andretti, Kanaan, and Castroneves.
Well I'll be watching the race...
BigDaddyI am amazed at your work with cantenary wire.
Henry - it´s not much of a job. The "wires" are a single piece of stamped metal which clip onto the mast - that´s all. Other than "real" overhead wires, you have to curve them around the curves, which is not much of a job, either. For those sections, where you can´t use one of the standard wire lengths, there are expandable sections that can be adapted to the length required. For an old hand, a layout of the size of mine can be done in less than a day. I haven´t done it before, so I need more time.
Afternoon folks!
Tinplate ToddlerRay - who wouldn´t want to live in such a beautiful cottage? Imagine - it was built when the Mayflower sailed to Plymouth Rock! So guess who shall be visiting his son and his spouse in England?
Ah... Yes I will most likely be heading over there for a visit sometime in the next year (or less). Below are some inside photos of the place.... Remember the reason all the rooms are empty is because all their furniture is on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean... They hope it will arrive sometime next week. I think they will be a bit more comfortable when it is all gotten into place.
They can at least take a bath........
And one last one of the road leading to the place.
Hope you all have a good long weekend! Don't forget to remember those who died way too young...........
BTW, the traditional birthplace of Memorial Day is right down the road where my other son and his family live, Waterloo, NY
Oh, Had my Blood pressure taken after church (we employ a Nurse to be around for the Handicapped program that uses our church daily and she is always there on Sunday morning). Figured it would be good to see what effect the excersize program has had on my usual 140/90 or higher readings... It was 120 over 60. After she took it she just sat and stared at me for a minute! I told her I didn't think that was too bad for an old guy..... LOL
Howdy ...
Just a quick stop in the Diner. .... We have family visiting us here at the lake from Cincinnati ...
Ray ... That look like a cozy little house, and it is in a beautiful setting. .... I suppose the one lane road means you need not worry about driving on the left side. LOL
Tomorrow we honor fallen heros ...
Eveing Diners
Flo, the gang and I will have a please and give Ed a Crown Royal with a Chaser. Yes, give Rick and Steven what they like.
Work Was Ash Pitt! Not 1 customer came in? Plus Nancy the owners wife was there! When she has no customers I get her full attention and that is no fun! Boy it was a long, long, long 5 hours!
Heartland Division CB&QTomorrow we honor fallen heros ...
Gary I do every day and glad I was not one my self.
Later Ken
Hello, everyone—
Remembering the fallen, from all over the world.
PRR_GI-coach by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope all the folks here are doing well.
Pullman_ad-1943-crop by Edmund, on Flickr
Thanks for the tasty beverage, Ken!
Regards, Ed
Hello all. To begin with- Thank you to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the defense of their country. Speaking of that, you may not all follow or even like NASCAR, but they always do a wonderful job of honoring our armed forces. During pre race last night, they did Amazing grace with a pipe band( Bagpipes included), then a 21 gun salute, then taps. Very Powerful, and very moving. They also had all the cars racing last night in Charlotte, feature the name of a fallen armed services member. With the family of said officer in the pit stall of that driver.
I am presently working on day 5 of 5 in retail for memorial day weekend. For 7.60 an hour. needless to say, I'm doing applications for full time work. I need a change of scenery. Badly.
That cottage above is truly beautiful. I may have missed it, but what is the age and building style on it?
Modeling: Trying out the "Hairspray method" to weather my bridge I'm building, but I messed the process up. I put the paint on before the hairspray...Guess I just need to repaint all the rust I did. Oh well. I also still need to build the concrete footings for it.
Hope all have a wonderful day.