Baltimore peach cake for everyone. Urich might recognize it, as there was a large German population in Baltimore.
MRVP just put out of video of a garden railway on 7 1/2 inch gauge. The locos (4 batteries) weigh 600 pounds, the rolling stock around 150. Track is aluminum.
The owner and his wife sit in chairs and ride the rails.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Keep an eye on your friends.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Track fiddler FRRYKid Thanks for elaborating information on the Amoco Switcher and where it rests. You are exactly right Mandan North Dakota. There are no copyrights on the picture because I took it while I was over there I'm just wondering what I'm going to do with all the rest of these pictures
FRRYKid Thanks for elaborating information on the Amoco Switcher and where it rests.
You are exactly right Mandan North Dakota. There are no copyrights on the picture because I took it while I was over there I'm just wondering what I'm going to do with all the rest of these pictures
Sometimes I will punch up information on unidentified locomotive pictures for my edification and the edification of others. The only reason I looked it up was I thought the style looked familar. (I have an SW1 model, so when I found that out, that explained why it looked familar.)
Hobby Front: Given that moving the lake section is out of question for the time being, I decided to do some work on the actual south (geographic east) end of the new railyard. Getting the first sections of the main road cut from the shingles. (I will glue them down later.) I am also working on getting the crossings built. (Railroad ties, CA, a utility knife blade, and one of my hobby knives.) Couldn't get the patterns to cut the yard road. (The yard road will be narrower than the main road. Unfortunately, the person that cuts the needed cardboard at the local commercial printer is on vacation until next Tuesday.)
BATMANKeep an eye on your friends.
That IS a classic, Brent!
Thanks for posting that Ed
ps, I sure wish people would learn to turn their "cameras" sideways. Vertical Videos annoy the rail spikes out of me!
BroadwayLion Ah Yes, The DMVW... My favoriate ND railroad ROAR
Ah Yes, The DMVW... My favoriate ND railroad
ROAR
Lion I like the Dakota Missouri Valley and Western railroad as well. I managed to find a few Parked between two buildings when I was in your home state a month ago.
I would like to add a few of these to my fleet. I have a feeling this will be way harder to find them in N-Scale than my DWP was.
FERRYKid Not at all. You may have took me the wrong way. I really did appreciate you sharing information about the Amoco locomotive. I certainly didn't say much when I posted it It is now over at the outside Mandan Railroad Museum, no longer at the refinery...Thanks
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang a Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they want and I will take a bottle Crown Royal.
God, what a day! Nancy is drivig me nuts over the phone! She said at one point "I don't think you can be the Manager of that store working part time". I told her "If you think I cannot not come get my Keys Wednesday!" She said "but we need you!" I told her I don't need you!
Henery and Brent God there is so much more to this story and I did not want to get involded but as faith has it I am knee deep in it now. Turns out the Lady Nancy is screwing over is one of my customers! How I found out was she called and wanted to add a queen mattress set to her delivery this Wednesday. She spent another $800.00 for a guest bedroom. I towed the comany line and stayed hands off of the screwing by Nancy.
As faith has it, she left her Credit Card in the store and I called her. I will right the wrong when she comes in to get her card! I really want to stay out of this mess but I have to sleep at night.
Most of the time, the right thing to do is the hardest.
Might be looking for a job Wednesday, Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks
cudakenMost of the time, the right thing to do is the hardest.
The sad-but-true part, Ken, Is that so many times the good samaritan will often get the short-end of the stick even though they were doing the right thing.
"I was only trying to help" famous last words all too often. Whistle blowers, (not the locomotive kind) usually fare even worse.
Next time you are fussing over how much of a pain it is to connect feeder wires remember these folks!
(You can fast-forward through some of this... but you get the idea. Talk about piloting skills!) I've watched some of these guys cleaning and replacing insulators on a 230 KV line behind my old w**k. Nice work if you can get it, but not my cuppa-tea, thank you.
Not to mention, this is in LION country!
Cheers, Ed
Evening diners,
Well good news is I did not loose a friend by asking Sarah out, which I'm thankful for, in fact I think it might've helped our friendship a little, this morning out of the blue she text me to say she got her hair cut short (she has, err had, really long hair) just out of nowhere, usually I have to text first and get a reply and so on.
And also she stopped by the hotel this afternoon (which she's never done despite her sister being a front desk clerk), too bad I was off property, getting her a birthday gift!
I've got just under 20 hours this week so far, it helped that I got called in to change a lock battery set on a guest room, so I got four hours minimum (that's the call in policy) I figure if I put in about 4-6 hours a day for the rest of the pay period I won't be broke any longer.
Drove by myself for the first time today, it was fun, in a responsible way.
Went to the railroad club,
Got a very nice compliment from a fellow member, we were discussing why the club will only give 18+ members a code to the door, I said that it's because some of the younger/newer members are slightly irresponsible/immature, he said that I was right and that despite me only being 17 that I'm a very responsible person and mature for my age.
Nate, AKA, the resident Junior Horses Patoot, (Gary is the Senior but that's another story), almost launched his crown vic, err, "grande marquis" through the chain link fence and into the woods as he was I guess trying to park?!
I got to play a joke on Nate, I saw a Coon hanging around his car and the windows were down, so I go in the club and tell him that a coons in his car going nuts, he took off running like no tomorrow! Ben found the coon in the dumpster, he subsequently shot it with a pellet gun, it's injured and will probably not be around the club anymore.
I finally have a "Modern" paint scheme for the NWP SWP, I saw Tomcats new Athearn SD70 IC, it has a grey roof contrasting the black sides, so for the NWP SWP I plan to do dark green sides, a light moss green (almost white) roof and lettering, and the Herald will be NWP or SWP respectively in KCS grey Loco font with a strike through reading "Northwestern Pacific" or "Southwestern Pacific" in the white with green tint.
Ben says hell paint and decal a locomotive for 120 all expenses included. So when I am in a better position to do that I will.
Well I'll be around.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
NWP SWPBen found the coon in the dumpster, he subsequently shot it with a pellet gun, it's injured and will probably not be around the club anymore.
If you absolutely have to shoot an animal, at least kill it. Leaving an injured animal to suffer is not particularly conscionable. Ben should know better.
I've had to do it. Not pleasant — but sometimes the only option...
Regards, Ed
gmpullmanNext time you are fussing over how much of a pain it is to connect feeder wires remember these folks!
Ed! That is an amazing video!! The thing that really impressed me was how accurately the helicopter pilot placed his chopper! How he could maintain his position so steadily is incredible. He was even able to move a couple of feet forward and backward to allow the technician to reach the cable components easily.
Thanks,
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critterHe was even able to move a couple of feet forward and backward to allow the technician to reach the cable components easily.
First thing I would have done is dropped the impact driver
Heads UP!!!
The chopper pilot even anticipated the lineman's moves, as you point out, a little fore and aft as he attached the cable grips.
As part of a team of guys I wor*ed with as a millwright, we knew and anticipated our moves, we could set a fifty-ton piece of machinery in place like you would put on your shoes. We would just nod, or tilt our head and the crane would move ever-so precicely. Sometimes your hands are busy with alignment pins or such and you can't use hand signals. IF a substitute crewman came on, everything got messed up and the whole rythm would be lost. I really admire watching skills at work like that.
Sure would have been nice if the camera would have panned around to see the rig and pilot.
Now you can see how those big ping-pong balls get onto the wire:
Often these guys are working on live-lines. Like birds, though, as long as they're not grounded they're OK. I talked to one of the linemen once, he said you feel a tingle all over, especially on damp days.
Again, not quite my kind of job...
Glad you enjoyed it, Dave
NWP SWPHe said that I was right and that despite me only being 17 that I'm a very responsible person and mature for my age.
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NWP SWPI got to play a joke on Nate, I saw a Coon hanging around his car and the windows were down, so I go in the club and tell him that a coons in his car going nuts, he took off running like no tomorrow!
Steven, these two statements contradict each other. You can't claim to be mature, and then tell a story about playing an immature "joke" on someone else.
These kids of "jokes" are never funny, and many times lead to escalations of "jokes" until someone gets hurt.
I strongly suggest you stop with the "jokes" now, and let others be immature. This leads nowhere good.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
gmpullman Now you can see how those big ping-pong balls get onto the wire: Often these guys are working on live-lines. Like birds, though, as long as they're not grounded they're OK. I talked to one of the linemen once, he said you feel a tingle all over, especially on damp days. Again, not quite my kind of job... Regards, Ed
Not my kind of job either Ed. Not as much the voltage. It's the heights.
My friend tried to get me to go skydiving a while back. I told him all I'd pay for is a plane ride. You would never get me out of the plane.
A few years ago we were installing gutters on a house under some pretty big power lines. The whole time we were feeling electrical current coming out of the gutters and going up our arms. Definitely not a shock just a tingling creepy feeling.
I didn't like it
PS The houses built under these power lines are not exactly prime real estate as the electrical field underneath them causes brain cancer. (Edit)... strike that. It appears this was believed to be true 20 years ago. Further research it was found to be inconclusive.
Morning diners,
I believe Ben probably put the critter out of his misery when all the gawkers left. I don't know.
And as for the joke, Nate was appreciative when it was over because he had leftovers from lunch in his book bag with his textbooks and laptop. So although no coon was in the car at the time one would've made its way in there eventually.
As far as the mature thing, my point was he was saying that I'm responsible with the clubs trains and I wouldn't be one of "those"guys that is constantly breaking stuff.
Track fiddlerMy friend tried to get me to go skydiving a while back. I told him all I'd pay for is a plane ride. You would never get me out of the plane.
As Clint Eastwood said in one of his movies, why would any sane peson want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?
Track fiddlerThe whole time we were feeling electrical current coming out of the gutters and going up our arms.
I was helping the electricians in a 23 KV substation once. I had some parts in a metal five-gallon bucket. At one point the bucket was empty, I picked it up while cleaning up and it started humming like a giant electric shaver. Electrician said, "Yeah, that happens, you get used to it".
Track fiddler(Edit)... strike that. It appears this was believed to be true 20 years ago. Further research it was found to be inconclusive.
Research or not- I wouldn't want to be living close to any high-tension lines. Induction is real — plus I know it would mess up the programming on my DCC decoders!
Have a great day, everyone! Ed
NWP SWPI believe Ben probably put the critter out of his misery when all the gawkers left. I don't know.
The question is, why did he put the poor animal in that misery in the first place? How people treat animals is usually how they treat people as well.
My wife was the Vet for the local Critter Care wildlife rescue for years. What people do to animals with pellet guns and through other means is disgusting. If you have to dispatch an animal, do it humanely.
Ed, I enjoyed the video's on the linemen. My friend did that exact same job for years until he got too old. It is physically demanding to say the least. If you notice in the first video the lineman would reposition the helicopter sometimes by just pulling on the line and moving along. A bit like being in space. It doesn't take much to move it.
My friend went on (in his old age) to a job where he sends a drone to inspect the lines on a pre-programmed course. He sends the thing on its way and goes for breakfast watching the progress on his phone. The video is reviewed back at the office.
He was well compensated for his work and lives a good life with lots of toys.
I know what you mean about working in concert with co-workers when it is impossible to communicate properly. Loading aircraft often with the engines running is a visual ballet and always gave a great sense of satisfaction when the job was done.
The kid had a day off today and went into Vancouver to meet some University friends from Ottawa. These kids are the nicest you would ever want to meet. If they are the future I am not too worried. He has a meeting at a studio at some point today for a few minutes and his pals are thrilled to be tagging along.
I have a little trailer for the John Deere and it has yet another flat tire. The tires were tubeless and were always getting flats, so I put tubes in them and that cut the number of flats in half. I usually use "Green Slime" to repair them, it is amazing stuff, however this time the valve stem got ripped right off. How that happened I'll never know.
Back out to the Mars landscape to work. All this smoke from the fires makes one feel like he is on another planet.
All the best to all.
Just dropping by for a quick night cap before hitting the hay! I disn´t get much done today, as my back decided to scream insults at me. Life can be challenging when you can´z sit down, lay down or stand up wiithout a pain fit for shooting tears in your eyes. I just hope the night will see some rest.
CU all tomorrow!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Just to clarify, I DID NOT SHOOT THE RACCOON, nor did I support said act, but it's a free country.
Today is my friends birthday, she's 18, I meet her tomorrow at marble slab creamery to give her gift to her. I got her a necklace and a gift card.
2nd job hunt, TSC will not hire me because I'm under 18, by just 5 months!
NWP SWPToday is my friends birthday, she's 18, I meet her tomorrow at marble slab creamery to give her gift to her. I got her a necklace and a gift card.
Should have just got her a regular birthday card and offerred to get her an ice cream cone. Money and necklace sounds a little personal to me, but then what do I know?
NWP SWP Just to clarify, I DID NOT SHOOT THE RACCOON, nor did I support said act
The animal was injured after a "joke" you played, and in the tone of your earlier post, complete with smileys, it sure seemed like you found it quite amusing.
Brent's comments stand. There is no real excuse for cruelty to an animal.
Dale Jr and Kyle Petty were talking about power steering tonight. Kyle said the Wood Bros ran regular steering as late as 1984 because it used 7 horsepower.
When I was Stephen's age the argument was that power steering took away the "feel" of the road. Dale Sr. won a race after his power steering went out. It wasn't work to drive at normal speed, but racing, with the negative camber they had dialed in was another story.
Louis and Clark took a air rifle with them on the expedition. It was a real air rifle not a pellet gun and it amazed the tribes because it was silent. Just as a historical note, air rifles have made a come back. I guess they never went away because they were featured in one of the Sherlock Holmes stories written in the late 1800's
Dancing away from the edge, MRVP says that Woodland Scenics is coming out with a new line of static grass and applicator.
We're close friends, I've known her since 3rd grade, so I've given her such gifts in the past.
My family has 3 dogs and 4 cats, 1 of the dogs is a shelter dog, and all the cats are rescues from parking lots, shelters, ect. And Roscoe the basset hound was also a shelter dog but he has passed on.
The club was aware of the racoon problem already, and I was not away of the raccoon in the dumpster, I thought they had wandered off into the woods when I started the joke.
We had a raccoon problem at my house and we did not shoot the critters, we relocated them to a nice section of woods way outside of town.
And as far as the smileys go, I found Nates panic amusing not the shooting.
Evening, everybody.
Hot and humid. Again.
Garry: sent you another PM.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
NWP SWPbut it's a free country.
Don't you have cruelty to animals laws in your country? Your free to do to them what you like?
You need to think before your fingers hit the keyboard.
Brent,
I apologize for offending you and will try to prevent the action next time.
To solve the problem I'll be taking my HUMANE raccoon trap to the club to see if I can relocate the critters elsewhere.
gmpullmanTo replace it I bought a 2009 GMC Canyon
gmpullmanIt's OK but not as nice as that Sonoma was.
Did yours look like this ?
I will be replacing the exaust system this weekend .... because there isn't one ! L O L
I'm sure a little "Turtle Wax" will bring that paint right back. .... ? ? ?
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Gee Timmy. My truck just turned eighteen years old. Comes from the Kentucky truck plant. I have sort of started looking at new ones and I am finding the prices have gone up quite a bit in the last eighteen years and are quite rude.
You have convinced me there may be a couple more years left in the old girl.
Steven relocating an animal is a good solution for a problem animal. This planet is dying fast enough without people shooting things just because they see it.
Watch this video and tell me why some moron would want to put a couple of bullets into one of these magnificent creatures. Yet every couple of years a dead Orca washes up on a beach with a couple of bullet holes in it.
It's no different for a raccoon, it is all part of the global ecosystem. If the raccoon is getting into the garbage put a lid on the can. We have bear traps all over the place up here and if you leave garbage out to attract them you get a big fine.
I have held many a wild critter including many bald eagles while my wife euthanized them. Shot with pellet guns they had a long slow demise, finally getting weak enough for someone to catch it and bring it in. By then it was almost always too late.
BATMAN I have sort of started looking at new ones and I am finding the prices have gone up quite a bit in the last eighteen years and are quite rude.
Got this one for $600.00 it's a 1992 with an "estimated" 350,000 miles on it ( we cant be 100% sure on that. )
We dont care about look's , we just wanted "Dependable". ( besides, my wife said I could paint it "Whatever I wanted" ...... SP Tiger stripe scheme ? ? )
Your's look's to be in great shape. Run it till the wheel's fall off ... then glue them back on and do it again.