Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
We crossed the northwestern part of British Columbia on our way to Dawson City, Yukon.
On the White Pass and Yukon, we were lucky enough to have seats in the last car. It had an open platform on the back, and that's where my daughters and I spent the entire trip.
Here is a screenshot off a video so it is not good quality, but you can see the narrow track and the beginning of the taiga forest. Everyone else was looking at the mountains and waterfalls. I was looking at the track and cuts through the rock.
A little icy this morning, but no snow!
Edit: Top of the page. Since it's Steven's birthday, we'll all have cake for breakfast!
Anyone who wants can have a Bloody Mary or three with me.
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."
Good morning, everybody ...
Steve O ....... We hope you are enjoying your birthday.
John York1 .... Thanks for your photos of your trip. The cake looks good.
Robert .... Thanks for telling about growing up in FL. The Yankee joke is an old one, but still very funny.
Brent .... We are in BC. Where are you?
This is our 23rd day of being hermits becasue of the virus. I'm working on the layout. I still had one section without scenery, but it is getting some now.
Everybody......... Have a nice day !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&Q Ulrich ..... Donald Duck is my favorite Disney cartoon character, but it is unlikely I will watch 6 hours of cartoons all at once.
Ulrich ..... Donald Duck is my favorite Disney cartoon character, but it is unlikely I will watch 6 hours of cartoons all at once.
I like Donald, In fact all those cartoons and characters were so much better than today's cartoons that there is no comparison.
It isn't an age facter that favors the characters of our era. It's just like music or anything else for that matter. The cartoon industry gelled at that time.
Personally I prefer Daffy Duck to Donald. Put that character together with Elmer Fudd and you had an Insane Nut Farm.
Quite entertaining but a little bit of that goes a long way too.
One of my all-time favorites, Marvin Martian
(Quote from Marvin)
"That made me very angry, very angry indeed.....After I blow up the Earth, I am going to disintegrate you with my Q-236 Space Modulator...... Gossamer come take the prisoner"
TF
Good morning.
coming to you live from my "office" over in our storage area to keep me isolated from others today. I built my self an nice area to work from. Right now I am keeping our fleet of mobile medical PC carts up and running as well as helping with help tickets
I mowed my yard yesterday, more like cut the hay. It looks much better. It was nice outside yesterday.
I will have to venture out for more groceries tomorrow.
coming to you live from my "office" over in our storage area to keep me isolated from others today.
Like my office behind the main shop area. At least I have a door I can shut.
TF- If you watch too many Daffy Duck cartoons you may become despicable . J.R.
Good Afternoon,
Well the storm is over but there is about a foot of the white stuff on my driveway. I have no intention of shovelling it, melting will have to suffice. The storm came to us via North Dakota, thanks Lion.
Not much new here, we are staying in per orders.
Hope your day is ok,
CN Charlie
The Kennedy Curse has struck again.
Robert K's granddaughter (40) and great grandson (8) went out in a canoe in the Chesapeake Bay yesterday. We had 30 mph winds all day; it's still blowing around 20 mph today. They found the canoe. Water temp is 50 F, or 10 C for the rest of the world.
It's beyond my comprehension, how someone who probably had considerable experience on the water would go out on a day like yesterday.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
GMTRacing TF- If you watch too many Daffy Duck cartoons you may become despicable . J.R.
Too late J.R. And the duck didn't cause it, I've been that way for years
They went out to retrieve a ball that the children lost into the water, under estimated the force of the wind.
herrinchoker
Some of those gosh-darned Yankees that stayed in Florida may possibly have been inticed by the land-grabbing developers that plowed up millions of acres of orchard and "wetland" property.
Florida Sign by Edmund, on Flickr
My first visit there was in 1971 and there was still quite a bit of the "old Florida" left, but it was being bulldozed at a rapid rate. Disneyworld opened later in October.
Florida develop by Edmund, on Flickr
I always thought "Floridacondo" was one word. The Florida Development Commission" at work:
Cheers! Ed
BigDaddy The Kennedy Curse has struck again. Robert K's granddaughter (40) and great grandson (8) went out in a canoe in the Chesapeake Bay yesterday. We had 30 mph winds all day; it's still blowing around 20 mph today. They found the canoe. Water temp is 50 F, or 10 C for the rest of the world.
Rio I give you credit
— Speaking of ducks and three-legged chickens, some lighter fare.
Buddy Hackett was always one of my favorites. Herbie the Love Bug anyone?
Have Fun! Ed
Eveing Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a please, Ed a Crown Royal and Dirk half a dog treat.
Did a little running but never got out of the car. Picked up meds for the wife, went to the bank and Taco Bell. OK, I fibbed a litte. We did go to a small park to walk Dirk and we where pretty much by our selfs.
3 Soft Shell Taco's filled me up? Just seems strange, normally I could eat 6.
Train Front. I have not ran the PRR Sharks for a few days. They seemed to fighting each other and making a screeching sound. Tonight I ran the A and B on my K-10 Mining section / test track. It is a 9.5' x 5.0' and can be a enclosed oval when I want. B unit is much faster than the A unit so I guess that is the sound I had been hearing. Going to try some speed matching Saturday.
Ed Good advices concerning the PRR GG1. It is now my go to Passanger Train engine! I love the looks of it and I bet it could out pull a Proto E-7!
Time to walk Dirk, so later and Dirk say's I need to Pee Daddy, Woof, Woof!
I hate Rust
And then there were three.
Three ducks in the house.
Good one Ed
Good Evening All,
Ken - of course the GG-1 is a good puller. the prototype was based on the New Haven EP-3 electric. They even borrowed one to test the concept on their catenary. I feel better if your running with the pantographs down. I really didn't want to build all that wire stuff when I'm clumsy enough without it.
Did some more good enough. Pics at 11. And I'll definitely have a glass of red wine. Enough with the basement for one night.
goodenuffthumbnail by J.R. Mitchell, on Flickr
Ciao, J.R.
JR, the powerplant looks great!
York1 JR, the powerplant looks great!
I'll second that motion, nice weathering job J.R.
I have heard that any injury or catastrophic disaster is still funny, as long as it happens to a duck.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley I have heard that any injury or catastrophic disaster is still funny, as long as it happens to a duck.
Yes, yes..... I have heard this as well but only if the duck is in the middle of a very big lake.
Well I'm beat, I'm gonna hit the rack.
You all have a good night
Good evening all.
The madness that is PAGE 5.......
Zoe - A slice of apple pie, and a coke please. Thanks.
W*^k - Another garage on our "do not deliver" list, this one due to an exposure incident, and a garage has closed until further notice due to lack of customers. Covid-19 - All of PA is now under stay at home orders, and all in the US are now urged to wear cloth masks, scarves, or bandannas over their face if they must go out. I had already started this due to the fact I have asthma. Wal-mart is now limiting amount of customers permitted in the store, as is HomeDepot. The grocery chains of Wegmans and Giant Eagle have also made some new rules due to the virus.
Trains - Working on a few small projects still.Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
All the rental cars at the airport are jam packed in the overflow parking lots out in the woods because there are no travelers, and today at the Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, they caught on fire!
Over 100 cars have burned, and the fire deprtments have been fighting the blaze for hours.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Hi gang!
I just got word from Brent (Batman) that he is safe and sound. He has not been able to post since the pop up ads started, but he has been able to follow the forums. At first he couldn't even sign in.
He is working with what he described as "the crack team" at Kalmbach to resolve the issue. (I choose to interpret the word 'crack' in a positive sense!). He will be back as soon as the problem is solved.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
York1Anyone who wants can have a Bloody Mary or three with me.
I had my first Bloody Caesar at about 2:00 pm on Friday! Thanks John!
hon30critterI just got word from Brent (Batman) that he is safe and sound.
Thanks for that good news, Dave!
hon30critterI had my first Bloody Caesar at about 2:00 pm on Friday! Thanks John!
Mrs. Pullman just came home with some oranges and Maraschino cherries. It's a Manhattan for me, tonight anyway.
Tomorrow will be NY strip steak. I think I'll have a BM with that (no, the other kind of BM!)
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanTomorrow will be NY strip steak. I think I'll have a BM with that (no, the other kind of BM!)
I am a bit strange when it comes to Bloody Marys vs Bloody Caesars. I hate regular tomato juice with a passion! It sticks in my throat. The only viable use for it is to make tomato aspic (jellied tomato juice with horse radish and worcestershire, and sometimes fiddleheads). On the other hand, I could drink Clamato juice all day long!
We make our Caesars in a 16 oz. draft beer glass with gin instead of vodka, and I add 32 squirts of Franks Hot Sauce and eight squirts of Worcestershire (a bit less heat for Dianne). They are great!!!
Cheers!!!
hon30critterI hate regular tomato juice with a passion!
I agree about regular tomato juice. It always seems to taste like the tin can. Clamato always seems watered down, to me — and clam flavor is the very last ingredient.
I like my BMs with V-8 and I add a bunch of spices to it, depending on my mood, or what happens to be handy. Haven't tried gin, though. Amsterdam Vodka is my choice.
For a gin & tonic I always reach for Tanqueray but my nephew recently suggested Hendrick's which I've yet to try. Maybe I'll give a gin bloody mary a taste tonight? I guess this is called a "red snapper"?
A gin Caesar or Red Snapper aren't all that unusual...
So many choices Cheers, Ed
gmpullman hon30critter I hate regular tomato juice with a passion! I agree about regular tomato juice. It always seems to taste like the tin can. Clamato always seems watered down, to me — and clam flavor is the very last ingredient.
hon30critter I hate regular tomato juice with a passion!
Good morning
Hit the rack early last night. It was one of those bed times that reminded me of that one song by The Who. " To The Sound Of Old T Rex ". He who gets to sleep first wins and it wasn't me
The bloody front. I agree Ed, tastes like a tin can. I prefer beer out of a bottle as well. I like Mr & Mrs T bloody mix. It's very rare I have one, so it's an occasional treat. I tend to shy away from booze. Hard liquor is like Pringles to me. " Once you pop you can't stop " could be the Scottish. A man has to know his limitations and I learned mine many years ago I enjoy some beers two, three evenings a week.
Well, I woke up at about 5:45 this morning and made some coffee. It seems Judy is sleeping in this morning.
We are going to work on some more spring cleaning and organizing today. This place is starting to look so spotless it's ridiculous. Spring cleaning always makes ya feel good.
Take care all
Good Morning All,
A regular and a western breakfast wrap please Chloe. Went to seniors grocery hours this morning. That was better. probably around a dozen of us in the store which is now marked every 6 feet and has arrows for isle direction as well. They had everything on my list and I found a tin of disinfectant wipes as well. They had 6 on the shelf but I only took one because I am not one of "those" people. Plastic barrier at the checkout and all the self serve checkouts were closed. Used the disinfectant wipe on the boxes and containers and i'm good to go after washing up.
In the shop today to do some cleaning and work on my lotus 18. The shift linkage is done but now I disassemble to sent to plating and start on the new radiator/oil cooler set. I'm also modding a tail piece for the VW gearbox I use so I can add gussets to prevent breaking the back off the selector. All pretty straightforward though I have to drop the oil filter mount 4" to clear the revised shifter.
On the train front, I am going to try to make up some chain link fence using some small (.040") steel tig rod and see how that goes. I have a resistance soldering rig and some silver bearing solder so hopefully it will work out.
Kevin - as you may have noticed, I was lazy with my track work and didn't fill most of the nail holes in the middle of the ties. Is there any easy way to go back and fill them after the track is installed and painted or do I get to fill sand and repaint. This wouldn't be a problem if it wweren't for the great pics you took on your diorama so I'm asking you.
Probably not the way I would have had a fire sale on rental cars. The converters and exhausts get so hot they are always at risk of setting tall grass on fire if parked hot. Ciao, J.R.