Speaking of fires, some kid from town wanted to find out if hay bales would burn.
About $150 a bale and about 100 bales lost... About $15,000
Kid said he was sorry.
LION is on TOP, BBQ anyone?
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
I've got to get some signs, and other small details onto the N Scale gas station. I still have problems with roof angles, but my biggest issue on this build was getting the gas pumps built. After about 4 tries, I finally said it was good enough, even though I wasn't really satisfied. Things are so small that it again makes me rethink my decision to do N Scale.
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
BroadwayLion ROAR
Lion I see a job opportunity for you. I read this morning that the MTA ‘s attempt to automate the number 7 line (I think) has failed because the trains are not stopping at the correct position on the platform. Perhaps youshould offer your expertise.
Joe Staten Island West
Here's my house fire story. Mrs. ROR and I were in Flagstaff for a little getaway and we left our mostly responsible teenage kids home in charge. Our youngest wanted doughnuts and our middle daughter, who loves to cook, decided to make fresh doughnuts. She filled a pot with oil and put it on the stove. Unfortunately she put on the largest burner (gas) and the flames were wide enough to heat up the sides of the pot, not just the bottom. The sides got hot enough to ignite the oil vapors and poof, grease fire. The right answer would have been to put the lid on the pot and smother the fire, put she didn't know that. Second best would have been to use the fire extinguisher in the panty, also forgotten about. She tried her best to put it out with flour (luckily no explosion) and called 9-1-1. She called us and said, "Remember how you always say, 'Don't burn down the house," when you leave? Well, the firemen are here." Luckily the only damage was some fire damage to the cabinets and a bunch of smoke damage. Thank goodness for insurance.
This morning I rode my longest bike ride of the year. The good news is I rode 23 miles; the bad news is my longest ride of the year was only 23 miles. Normally by May I would be riding much more. I have to remind myself that 23 is greater than 0.
Richard
BroadwayLion LION is on TOP, BBQ anyone?
I’ll take BBQ, but what kind of meat is it? Wildebeast? The LION seams to have an infinite supply of that. LION gave us a lot of Wildebeast lately, but will they ever get old? I think not!
Now how will we BBQ said Wildebeast. We could save some money by offering to buy some of those very charred hay bales from the farmer, and using the heat they are making (no way the fire went out that quickly!).
So, anyone else in for hay bale smoked Wildebeast! Bet you’d pay a lot of money for such a thing at a fancy restaurant!
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
SPSOT fanNow how will we BBQ said Wildebeast. We could save some money by offering to buy some of those very charred hay bales from the farmer, and using the heat they are making (no way the fire went out that quickly!). So, anyone else in for hay bale smoked Wildebeast! Bet you’d pay a lot of money for such a thing at a fancy restaurant!
I don't know ... after seeing that slab of meat Lion posted several days ago, I think it's going to take a lot more heat than smoldering hay bales before I try anything Lion offers.
York1 but my biggest issue on this build was getting the gas pumps built.
I spent a bunch of time on mine, they are HO scale, and you don't hardly see them! I built the whole downtown scene as a module, on my bench, so of course everything needed to be detailed.
But once I set the removable module in place, (access to hiden track), from the front of the layout, they almost disapear!.
Once I got the shape I wanted, usuing styrene, I looked at Google images of gas pumps, until I found some nice straight on shots, I saved the images, sized them to what I needed, printed them, cut them out, and glued them to my scratch built pumps.
See'em on the right? If you can, zoom in on the street sign.
This was from a photo I copied, from images, and did it the sign the same way the pumps. I also used the same method for other building signs.
Got a bunch of outside stuff done the last two days! Two days in a row, here in SE. WI., with sun! Maybe March, yes I said March, will finally go away!
Going up to our place in northern WI. this weekend. weathers not going to be the greatest, but I got to get the place opened up, and get back to my building project. Plumber called, and he's wondering when he can start.
We have been getting a steady diet of wildebeest lately! I've been getting my fish and chicken in, though, so it's all good. Just keep mine on the grill a little longer.
Later guys! ( and kids)
Mike.
My You Tube
mbinsewiThis was from a photo I copied, from images, and did it the sign the same way the pumps. I also used the same method for other building signs.
Those are excellent! I wish I had read how you did this before I spent hours on those pumps. You're right, too, about being seen. I was concentrating so much on the tiny pumps, and when the station was inserted in the layout, they are almost invisible.
You did a great job.
Walked down to the thicket today.
Down by the marshes.
One was a little high, one was a little low.
Then down a ways, a distant friend. I like to visit her every spring for about the last 3 years.
The creosote smell is not as strong as 43 years ago but still there.
It still fascinates me how they put a tar path where our thin little dirt path used to be. We made that path where we rode our bikes when we were kids. You could barely see over the tall Marsh grass by the end of the summer. Much of it, you couldn't.
The retaining wall system at the lead of the bridge seems to be failing a lot more than last year. If it's okay with the railroad I guess it's okay with me. The same path we made leading under the bridge is still there. It's so trodden down, it's down to worn aggregate, nothing will ever grow on that path again.
I didn't see none of this last year.
You know that's the difference between big kids like us and one disrespectful young kid. The disrespectful one does it, then they all do it. Like a bunch of little untrained dogs pissing all over the place.
We liked this trestle just the way it was. We may have carved our names in it but that's about it.
It seems one of the pilings must have rotted out from last year. Looks like a brand new black creosote soaked timber. The corrugated and cement around it. That must be how the railroad takes care of that. The whole Bridge was black like that 43 years ago.
Now my favorite Bridge has a Band-Aid on her toe
Well another year has gone by (kids)
TF
herrinchokerKevin, You did well in capturing photos of the Ruddy Turnstone. The one with the brown feathers is a breeding adult, and the other one is a juvenile.
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Thank you for the compliment and identifying the birds.
The weather finally cleared on Daytona Beach this morning. The sunrise showed the cear skies coming in from the North as the sun broke through. It was amazing.
I spent the day just lounging around with my wife. This was a great day.
For dinner we walked across the road to a little local Itlalian restaurant right on Atlantic Avenue (A1A). It was great. I had a nearly perfect Greek Salad for my meal.
Here's to good times!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
NICE Kevin I guess you like Peppers too, they're so good for you. They dissolve cholesterol in your arteries. Did you eat them all?
It looks like you're winding down good to me
Is there any way you can extend this? ...... I'm still having a good time looking through your eyes
Come on, one more week...
Track Fiddler
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and leave a stein outside for Ulrich.
My nerves are shot! It is so bad tonight even the sound engines where getting on them! Have all of the sound turn off, kind of nices.
Not sure why my nerves are frayed tonight, they just are.
JR Good looking layout!
Jan How late can I call? I am on central so I think I am 2 hours behinde you time wise. When I work I get home and out to the garage around 2100 hours which would be 2300 hours your time. To late or are you just getting warmed up like Ed?
15 days and counting.
Ken
I hate Rust
I don't know if this will help Ken.
After I quit smoking I took back up eating sunflower seeds. Especially when I was having some beers, it seems you need something to do with your hand and your mouth to replace the years of habit. Then things don't feel so bad.
If not sunflower seeds, maybe something else familiar you're used to doing.
Now I'm hitting the rack
Ken,
That would be fine, you are one hour behind us. I generally dont turn in much before 0300----
Jan
It takes 30 days to develope a habit---and 30 days to overcome it---you are half-way there !!!
LION has a habit.
Good morning, a black cup of coffee and back to the races I go. Another beautiful day to look forward to.
Lion. It looks like that's a good habit to have. No reason to kick that one
I don't beleive the hours some of you guys keep!
Ed, (gmpullman), Jan, Ken, and others! WOW.
I'm rarely up past 11:30 pm CSDT, lets see, I think thats 2330 hours?, and I'm up about about 5:00 am, 0500 ? Although I still actually first wake up at 0400, still a body clock thing from the working days.
There are some nights I might as well be up doing something!
Good morning .... coffee and a donut to go. ...
Very busy now. We returned from our Utah trip Tuesday nght. ... I have some good photos to share, but I must wait until this weekend to share them. ... Promontory Summit celebration on May 10 .. Ogden railroad musem with the Big Boy train on dispaly.... The Big Boy train eastbound between Ogden, Utah and Evanston, WY. ... A ride on a scenic tourist train......... Sorry for the delay, but I have to work with the pictures and with my Flickr account. No time for that today...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning, everyone. It was 72° this morning when I walked. It's supposed to be in the mid 90s this afternoon, and then by tomorrow the storms begin to form.
mbinsewiI don't beleive the hours some of you guys keep!
I'll second that. I am in bed, asleep, by 10:30 p.m., and I'm up ready to walk by 6:00 a.m.
Lion, how did you ever adjust from being raised in NYC and now living in one of the least populated areas of the U.S.?
Looking forward to the pictures, Garry. We're heading to Utah this summer for a National Park tour -- five National Parks in five days. I can't wait to go, except it means leaving our dog Daisy in the vet's for 8 days. It's like leaving a child.
Hope y'all have a great day.
Heartland Division CB&QI have some good photos to share
Garry, I cannot wait to see the pictures. Glad you made it home safe.
York1Lion, how did you ever adjust from being raised in NYC and now living in one of the least populated areas of the U.S.?
Well, I love the big city, but I came to North Dakota to be a monk, but I do miss the city and its people. I love the crowds, the subways, the buses. I suppose I could have joined Newark Abbey, but they run a fairly big school, and I did not want to join a house with a school.
Now that my parents have passed away, I do not know where to go for a vacxation. My Brother in North Carolina is a good plan, but what is there to do in North Carolina. Sure, I can visit my parent's grave, and sure I can visit the USS North Carolina, but after that what, sit around and look at my brother and his wife.
I am looking forward to visiting Newark Abbey again. New York City is just across the river. I can wander around that city with no problem at all. If you want the city can be just as quiet as North Dakota. Indeed, Newark Abbey is on a very quiet street. You would hardly know that you are in the middle of a city, unless you walk down to the corner.
ROARING
BroadwayLionwhat is there to do in North Carolina
The transportation museum in Spencer, North Carolina is worth the trip.
The Outer Banks are especially nice to visit.
We really liked going to NC, while our son was at Pope AFB, part of Ft, Bragg. We were hoping he would settle down and stay in NC, since he wanted to make the AF his career.
Fayetteville was the town it's in. Nice "smallish" town, of course, filled with military families.
It is also an hour, maybe an hour and a half to Myrtle Beach. If Lion likes crowds, it would be his kind of place. We went in early Sept., the place was a gost town. You could park next to any hotel, right on the beach, and go where you wanted.
There is also a resturant in Fayettevile we liked, it's right CSX tracks, and an interchange track used by the Aberdeen & Rockfish. A couple of times, while there, we got to see both railroads, handing off traffic.
And a CSX main line goes through town, along with Amtrak.
I have no idea where the Lion's brother lives, but anyway, we liked NC.
All packed up for heading to the WI north woods, Friday am, about 4:30, I mean 0430
Rain here this mid morning gave me a chance to finish up my caboose project, posted in the General Discussion forum. I have the decals and some weathering to do, but I'll do that next week.
If LION is looking for a vacation spot, him could pick up the Empire Builder at Minot, N.D., and ride it to Milwaukee. It's not exactly New York, but it is a big-ish city, with many big-city things to do. We would be proud to offer him a tour of the Kalmbach Media offices; the HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy; and our other in-house model railroads. Him could also ride Milwaukee's new streetcar, The Hop, and visit Walthers' showroom in north Milwaukee. If him plans the vacation of him for early November, him could attend Trainfest, billed as the country's largest operating model railroad show (www.trainfest.com). Non-railroad things to see include the world-famed Milwaukee Art Museum, the Milwaukee Public Museum, and depending on the time of year, a play, a concert, or a baseball or basketball game. There are many great restaurants, too, though I don't know if any of them serve wildebeest. And though it's a bit of a drive from the train station, him could also visit the brothers of him at St. Benedict's Abbey in Benet Lake, Wis. (www.benetlake.org).
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Good Evening, Crew! It's warm and sunny right now in NE Ohio. I started reassembling my Kato NW2 with the new geared trucks earlier. No matter how careful I am with keeping small parts in the storage box, one disappeared. The clamshell frame that encloses the motor and drive are held together with two screws and four nuts and one of them went into the black hole in the basement floor. No spares, of course. What to do? I made a hex nut out of a delrin gear by cutting off the gear teeth, giving it a rough hex shape with a modeling knife, and then sanded down the edges. It fit well enough in the nut recess to work and all that I have to do tomorrow is to drill out the center for the screw.
Here are a couple of models that I have out of their box's for a mug shot. The box car was built from a Westerfield kit and the caboose is from one of the old craftsman kit manufactures. I did the painting, decaling, and weathering.
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
Steven Otte If LION is looking for a vacation spot, him could pick up the Empire Builder at Minot, N.D., and ride it to Milwaukee. It's not exactly New York, but it is a big-ish city, with many big-city things to do. We would be proud to offer him a tour of the Kalmbach Media offices; the HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy; and our other in-house model railroads. Him could also ride Milwaukee's new streetcar, The Hop, and visit Walthers' showroom in north Milwaukee. If him plans the vacation of him for early November, him could attend Trainfest, billed as the country's largest operating model railroad show (www.trainfest.com). Non-railroad things to see include the world-famed Milwaukee Art Museum, the Milwaukee Public Museum, and depending on the time of year, a play, a concert, or a baseball or basketball game. There are many great restaurants, too, though I don't know if any of them serve wildebeest. And though it's a bit of a drive from the train station, him could also visit the brothers of him at St. Benedict's Abbey in Benet Lake, Wis. (www.benetlake.org).
I remember waiting 19 hours at the train station in Minot after visiting my son. The passenger train was delayed because of high winds.
The ride there was good but the ride back, not so good.
Bad luck of the draw I guess. Always can be different. Milwaukee sounds kinda fun from your description. Went through quite a few times on the way to Chicago, Amtrak. I must stop there sometime.... Maybe Trainfest
I know this was directed to Lion but I could relate to this very well, I'm sure him will chime in
cudaken 15 days and counting.
to the ex-smokers club!!
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
My wife has been talking in her sleep the last 3 nights. 2/3 sounded quite coherrent.
SIL is recovering from a double mastectomy as neither she nor her husband can mentally cope with her drains. SWMBO worked in a surgeons office so it is nothing to us. They found a second primary tumor in the specimen, but no spread to lymph nodes, which is good news.
I had a cyst removed from my back today. I've had better local anesthesia but it wasn't too bad. It was removed 30 years ago but came back. It's sore tonight.
MR nothing to report
Steve you have the lingo down.
Biltmore is an interesting palace, but maybe not for a monk. Asheville is more of a California town than a place you would find Andy Griffith hanging out. Maybe not for monks either.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley