moelarrycurly4 I still have B&W lab stuff I can set up to develop my own, I used to buy bulk B&W and roll my own film.
In my "Dream House" I insisted that a dark room be included in the plan. Since this room was being built unfinished, the builder suggested I incude a floor closet flange for a toilet and not remove the test plug and just tile over it. That way when the house was sold the "dark room" would become a "half bath" that was worth more.
I did as he suggested. My dark room was in the garage with no acces to the house. We decided to make it a full bath so I could shower before I came into the house after work. I had a very sweaty/smelly job when the house was built.
I ended up with the weirdest bathroom ever with a counter, sink, shower, but no toilet.
I loved doing my own black & white developing. Having complete control over each step of the developing process was fantastic. Also being able to control exactly what went from the negative to the print with the enlarger was a huge advantage.
Now we can do it all with a computer.
Heartland Division CB&Q I wonder what is the PRR Atlas Car. ?
Garry: I enlarged the information plate from the museum as much as I could. I believe this is what it says:
"PRR #2 This 45 ton side arm car pusher locomotive (electric) was built around 1928 by the Atlas Car Company in Cleveland, Ohio. This unit was used at the Lower Lake Docks (PRR Coal Docks) in Sandusky, Ohio. It was donated by NS Corporation in 1982."
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning from the West Coast where it is another spectacular day.
Usually, the Province is burning down by this point of the summer, not this year. Some days there are no fires burning in the Province at all this year.
Track fiddlerI like the picture of the piers in the forest Brent. Did you take that pic? Curious how there's still a clearing there. It makes me wonder if a forest fire took the bridge and that's all that's left or if it was an abandoned bridge project.
TF, those bridge piers are at the loops at Glacier Park. Long abandoned after the Mt McDonald and Connaught tunnels were built. You can walk the old line for miles and miles seeing all the old snow sheds, bridges and other remnants from the original line built in the 1800s. All maintained by Parks Canada.
The Stoney Creek Bridge is in the area as well.
Ghost from the past as well, left where they fell.
Kevin, that barn photo is stunning, it almost looks 3D jumping off the page at you.
My Daughter has taken lots of photography courses and it has improved her work immensely. She has natural artistic talent in many venues but there is no substitute for education to make you even better. She has also done a lot of work and courses in the film area and her team came second in the North American Zoomfest. That is a competition where your team is given a storyline and you have to film, edit and present in 48 hours. Those kids did not sleep a wink for about 50 hours. I think she did it three times.
MLC, With my kid in the movie industry, it has been an eye-opening experience for our family. The who works where, when and how often was interesting, to say the least. He had a chance to move into bit parts but that puts you into a different category altogether and work becomes less frequent. He can make a nice 6 figure income just doing extra work and can get more work than he can handle if he chooses to do so. The movie industry is back in full production here and they are screaming for people at all levels of production.
Ed, I also like the good folks at Rapido and chat with the bunch of them on FB sometimes. I will keep buying their products as long as they stand behind them the way they do. My two Hudsons both went in twice and they paid the shipping. They have run like tops since I got them back and I could not be happier. I have two ten wheelers on order but I think we are a year away from actually having them on the layout.
I can't lay in bed when I wake up and tend to get up right away. I would go around the clock when I worked and when I travelled I could be up for a couple of days easily. I think I was up for 53 hours straight on one trip. Not sure how I would do now in my old age. The body can go a long time without sleep and eating if it is in good shape at the start of the abuse.
I think I will have a deadbeat day today as I am feeling run down.
The old line near the East entrance of the Connaught Tunnel.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Howdy!
SeeYou190This shot took two hours, over 200 exposures, and tested the patience of my wife waiting in the car, but I had to capture it.
Bunch of excellent photos being posted here! I have photography as kinda a second hobby. Have not really studied it but have had some training and advise from a local Pro who is a friend and was on my Boy Scout Troop committee way back when. I figure if you take enough photos and take the time to learn some things, every once in a while you may get lucky. This photo took me a couple hours and about 50 shots to eventually get. I call it "The Preditor" Had to use a very fast shutter speed and play with the F-stop to get the focus and brightness just right. This was the result...
Can you find the "Preditor"?
Certain conditions are fun to explore, like what I got at dusk at Camp Whitman out on Seneca Lake with a powerboat pulling the "Banana Boat" with some campers on it.
One of my favorites is a photo I happened to get of a Juvenile Bald Eagle in a tree behind my church about a decade ago...
Enjoy!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Nice Shots Ray!
howmusCan you find the "Preditor"?
Ray, is it the bee or wasp in the upper left quadrant?
Your dusk shot of the boat on the lake is incredible.
SeeYou190Ray, is it the bee or wasp in the upper left quadrant?
Yep it is a Yellow Jacket on the wing..... If you click on the photo it should enlarge (you probably already know that) and you can see the blur of the wings...
Thanks! The Banana Boat was one of those shots I didn't know how good it came out until I got it on the computer back in the Main Lodge at camp..... Again, I think the secret is having some idea about what you are doing with the camera and being in the right place at the right time and just plain luck!
One time that absolutely made my day was when I took a bunch of layout photos over to the Professional Photographers business to have somebody frame the photo for me before taking them to enter in a contest at a NMRA Region Convention. The photographer brought the photos out to me, and asked where I took the ones of the Steam loco? I told him down cellar. He said NO! Where did you originally take those photos? He was convinced they were of the real thing somewhere.... Made my day, it did!
Kevin what is that Atlas car?
A friend of mine, with numerous medical problems; we call people like her train wrecks. She has not left her home in 4 months. She asked me if she should buy a contraption, that looks like a helmet, that extends below your breasts and shoulder blades.
It is made by a start up company, there are no credible reviews and it's $300 and you have to preorder it in hopes it will be available in August.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk a dog treat.
Tried to post yesterday and it the post button, said servier could not be found? Oh Well nothing inporant.
Have a BBQ Grill question for you folks. How long do your burners last? Char Broil grill is about 5 years old. I had to replaces the burners when it was 2 years old and the burners need to be replaced again. Is this normal? Burners are $20.00 each and it has 4 burners.
I store it outside and I do not cover it, would that help make the burners last longer? Stainless cover still looks good.
Later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof.
I hate Rust
cudakenMy 5 year old Char Broil gill is about 5 years old.
It would pretty much have to be that old.
Can't help you, because I grill with real charcoal on my Big Green Egg. Kamodos used to be cheaper but no more.
However, as we are in the diner, we don't talk nearly enough about barbecue and grilling. My wife has been getting steaks at Trader Joe's lately. They are excellent. Some of the filets are so thick, I have had to use the reverse sear method. You cook at a lower temp until it's 130 degrees. The cookbooks tell you to put it in a hot iron skillet, but you can crank the Egg up to 700 degrees if you open the vents. You have to let it rest though.
Toby gets to lick the juice that seeps out of the steak during the rest.
BigDaddyKevin what is that Atlas car?
Henry: I posted an answer to Garry a few posts up where I just typed out what was on the museum placard for the piece of equipment.
Sorry I don't know more. I was excited to see it. I have never seen anything like it before. My wife thought I went nuts.
You ace photographers now have some competition!
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53445772?fbclid=IwAR0EGLaRW8lopYLvASaI39MDfiZMwlSJfIL166VFy7BnVg7G5SF1zqKMf84
I am a terrible photographer, but I did take this pic and have been asked a few times if it could be used, even for a calender.
That's the extent of my photography skill luck.
And now the moment you have all been waiting for.............
The finished product. 1938 Zenith 7-s-232 also known as the "Zenith Walton"
moelarrycurly4The finished product. 1938 Zenith 7-s-232 also known as the "Zenith Walton"
MLC: That looks very good. That is impressive work.
Kevin I overlooked it because it was blurry. Side Arm pusher? I can't make out what the yellow thing is to the right of the right wheel.
I took 3 photography courses in college and they were my favorite courses. I have never mastered photoshop. I still have my Nikormat, macro wide angle and telephoto lenses. I too had my own dark room. They might buy me dinner if I sold them on ebay.
One of my woman classmates was a constant fixture in the photography professors's office. If you make any assumptions from that, they are the same as I had. It was a time of bralessness and while she was an advocate, she did not have the necessary connective tissue strength.
MLC my grandmother and great aunt had old radios like that.
A friend of mine, EE degree, left the aerospace industry to open an electronics repair shop. He got a call from someone who needed a Fender, I dunno, say a 9090 amp repaired. He said they didn't make such a model. The guy on the phone said he had one, my friend said I can fix it.
Turned out they made 2 and he got the schematics from a retired Fender employee.
He did the electronic work and sent the cabinet to someone who restores vintage aircraft. They guy picked it up, and was so impressed, he gave him a $1000 tip and 2 weekend passes to an adult entertainent venue in Nevada. I didn't know there were weekend passes for such places, and lifetime backstage passes for Willie Nelson! The guy was Willie's gopher.
BigDaddy I overlooked it because it was blurry. Side Arm pusher? I can't make out what the yellow thing is to the right of the right wheel.
I shot that picture from a pretty good distance through a fence with a standard lens. I am surprised it turned out even partially legible!
It is such a bizarre piece of equipment.
Ken, I have used gas grills for decades and the burners probably last 5 years or so. I do cover mine and keep it covered in the winter, when not in use. I think that helps, but it's not a solution that makes burners last forever.
Burners are easy to change, though.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
cudakenHave a BBQ Grill question for you folks. How long do your burners last? My 5 year old Char Broil gill is about 5 years old. I had to replaces the burners when it was 2 years old and the burners need to be replaced again. Is this normal?
Mike
Howdy.
Henry ... I see you were also curious about the "Atlas car" Kevin posted.
Kevin. ... It looks like it should say "Tyco car" instead . LOL
Brent ... I like the picture of the BNSF locomotive on the trestle.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Here's a look at the Cleveland, PRR Whiskey Island Hulett ore unloaders with one of the "mules" between rows of hoppers where they would spot empties and shove out loads much more efficiently than a switcher crew could:
Hulett_Delano_43 by Edmund, on Flickr
— and a little closer look:
Hulett_Delano_43_mule1 by Edmund, on Flickr
There were arms on either side that would engage the end sill at the poling pocket. In later years the PRR G39 series of ore cars had pushar pads where the arm would engage.
Here's a look in later years: (go to about 9:30)
Good Luck, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning
Rain day-Bridge day. A perfect day for modeling.
I've enjoyed all the pics here. Especially the Barn ones Kevin. I've always been partial to those. I have quite a few barn shots on my old disks.
I remember the Tiger Lilly with the bee Ray. I guess I must like that one to remember it so well.
Nice sunset Bear. Peaceful
The Waltons radio turned out great MLC. Now I just wish I could hear it
My contribution
A bridge of course
I found it interesting how only the bridge deck shadows, ...Things that make you go Hmmm.
Have a good day all
TF
Lunchtime!
I feel like having a burger with all the works, please!
The weather guessers said this is going to be grey day. Wrong, it´s actualy quite nice. We had the little herd of does paying us a visit this morning. There is nothing more peaceful to observe while having your morning coffee than to watch some does nibbling on the fresh green!
I finished the drawings and now will send them out for quotes on the shell, including windows, the door, and the roof. All other work I´d like to contract to local people, which will save quite a penny.
It´s a tiny and simple house, but still offers more than twice the space of a container house. It will have to be built on a tight budget, not above $115 per sq.ft. This means a no frill exterior, no frill interior, just the basics.
I think this is my last attempt at finding a way to finally live in our own place again. If that fails, I will have to bite the bullet and look for a cheap rental accommodation - somwhere between Calcutta and Cairo!
Well, back to our tour of Great Britain!
Today´s video features "Masters Of The Mainline"!
Masters Of The Mainline 2013, features some favourite shots of year, which have been carefully selected and put together to show Mainline Steam at it's very best. If your after engines working hard, or engines at speed and engines climbing steep inclines coupled with lots of whistles, you have come to the right video. The video has compiled over 40 scenes of steam on the mainline, while the footage captures 32 steam tours, incorporating 14 steam locomotives with 12 different classes of engines, taking on the British Railway Network in a elegant, but powerful fashion. This video is dedicated to all the volunteers and tour operators & engineers who spend countless hours keeping Mainline Steam at the forefront of modern day British rail travel, while facing the ever daunting prospect of steam slipping from the mainline for good. Hope you enjoy the compilation!
Engines featured.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good Morning All,
I'll have a regular and some blueberry pancakes with maple syrup and butter please Flo. Not much to report from this end. Trailer is reassembled with new floor and edging, loaded and ready to leave Monday for Wisconsin. All week it has been w**k, dinner, nap, bed and not even the tv on.
Great pictures being posted here. The boxcab shoving in the poling pockets was a great idea. No coupling/uncoupling needed though I assume they had the car brakes off? Pushing offset from the cars had to be better with more visibility as to what was going on at least in front of the pusher.
Ulrich - Do they have modular builders in your area? That is a popular method here and the homes are fairly reasonable and widely used for summer/vacation homes. Still need a crane and some way to move the oversized load from factory to home site but it could be worth a look. On the containers if you have access to the high cube type with 10 foot ceilings (2.5 meters?) cutting standard window door and passage apertures is not a big deal structurally. You probably don't have as many variations on containers as we do here but normally they come in 20, 40, 45 and 53 foot lengths. I saw very few 45 and 53 foot containers overseas and most of them were unloaded into smaller versions to facilitate delivery (this was both in Oz and NZ). My 2c. Tidy up today in the shop now that we have both trailers loaded to go. Ciao, J.R.
GMTRacingUlrich - Do they have modular builders in your area? That is a popular method here and the homes are fairly reasonable
That´s what I intend to go for! HiCubes are available here, but not the 45´ or 53´containers.
Good morning! I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee.
Great looking radio, MLC! You're a real craftsman.
It was hot and sweaty work walking the trail this morning, even at 5:30 a.m.
It's going to be very hot and humid today. It will be near 100° F air temperature, with a dewpoint around 75%. While I don't count it much, the "feels like" temperature will be around 110°. While that may be a normal summer day in Phoenix or Florida, for us that is miserable.
Great pictures, everyone. Is that the Hoover Dam bridge, TF? Nice photo of the train on the bridge, Brent. Bear, sunsets like that are rare to catch on film.
Have a good Saturday.
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."
JaBearHere’s what I consider is my “Arty Shot.”
Bear: Great shot. When I was travelling in June/July the Sahara Dust Cloud made it to Florida, and created some beautiful sunsets over here on the West Coast. I missed all of it.
York1Bear, sunsets like that are rare to catch on film.
Indeed, indeed!
Howzat for sunsets?
Here are some pictures from the beautiful Cuyahoga Valley National Park just South of Cleveland, Ohio.
This is a new National Park, and is very much still a work-in-progress. Taking pictures was difficult because the trees form a canopy over everything and the lighting was terrible. I did not have a tripod with me, so long exposure shots were out of the question.
The hiking trails were all loops with one-way movement for social distancing. This made it very hard to get lost. The trails were all well laid out and easy to hike.
There is a scenic railroad in the park, but it was not operating when we were there.