Wait.... you dont have the money? I thought you were working again!
Your absolutely right! $300 plastic boxcar.... $5000 Lionel loco....... Athearn A-B-A sets going for car payments. Its no wonder we're the last generation! And no suprise why i dont own a single(!) kit by Sunshine!
I missed out on not one, but two models over a week ago that i needed because the prices went into astranomical, have you flipped your beany, mode. I guess the most suprising thing of all is.....
Someone actually pays the price!
Douglas
Edit: When i posted this it was sent to the top of the page. So, whens the last time you had one of these.....
Belly up fellows - They're on me! CHEERS!
Here is a beautiful picture of a bridge in the Scottish Highlands. I'm not sure of the exact location:
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
A real life helix on the Rhaetian Railroad in Switzerland. The grade seems to be pretty steep:
PM RailfanAnd no suprise why i dont own a single(!) kit by Sunshine!
I think I own four Sunshine kits, and I have assembled two of them. They are nice, but not that nice. I think the recent offerings by Westerfield are better. Yarmouth bodies are a bit rougher, but their details are better.
When this kit showed up on eBay with a $60.00 Buy It Now I jumped on it.
PM RailfanSo, whens the last time you had one of these.....
High School, on Bunch Beach in Fort Myers, listening to the Surf Punks on my car radio before falling asleep in a tent.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
This is different!
hon30critterThis is different!
That is some very creative engineering.
York1We've seen several of these out on Interstate 80, and every time we see one, my wife tells me that's what she wants me to buy.
Take your wife to tour a Newmar Essex. Wow, what an RV. I want one so badly, and I will never be happy with anything less. I guess I will never own another RV.
PM RailfanWait.... you dont have the money? I thought you were working again!
I only have one brass locomotive I spent over $300.00 on! I have a limit of $150.00 for a brass covered hopper or tank car. I will never spend three Benjamins on a resin kit. That is insanity.
PM RailfanI dont own a single kit by Sunshine!
This is the first kit I built by Sunshine. I bought this one at retail price way back in the day. I think it was $37.00 as best as I can recall.
I think I need to get back to sharing these...
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
Hello...
Water Level RouteOn a positive train related note, I should be receiving a Trix 2-8-2 tomorrow.
I picked one up a few years ago and I'm really impressed with it. Running qualities are excellent!
I see LION visited but didn't let on as to where his photo of a "subway" meets the tracks where GG1s once roamed. I made a guess but that was several pages back.
I hope everyone is getting along well.
Silver train on a silver bridge:
Niles Bridge by Todd Dillon, on Flickr
Almost every modeler would love to have a scene like this:
Kate Shelley High Bridge by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Forty-four years ago today. It was at my first wedding reception
Löwenbräu was there. Haven't had one since. Thanks, I think I will.
Cheers, Ed
Good morning Diners. A large coffee please, Chloe.
Garry. A speedy recovery. You are in our thoughts.
Dave. The picture of the viaduct in Scotland is Glenfinnan Viaduct on the West Highland Line, built by The North British Railway. Some call it 'Hogwarts Bridge' don't they Mike.
Ed. Happy Anniversary.
Prices on Second hand Models. They seem to be going through the roof. I am looking more towards HO scale now more than OO.
Calstock Viaduct.
The 1908 concrete railway viaduct across the River Tamar at Calstock on the Tamar Valley Line in Cornwall/Kernow. The line used to run to Callington until 1966 when it was cut back to Gunnislake. A spectacular steam powered waggon lift once stood on the Cornish side.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good Morning Guys.
Peterbilt & Kenworth are neck and neck for me. Depends on the model. Then comes Freightliner. Never been in a Volvo. Or a Mack or Western Star. I think I've been in an International and a White, but not positive. I am slightly ashamed.
Dave, pretty sure that bridge is on the way to Hogwarts!
gmpullmanI picked one up a few years ago and I'm really impressed with it. Running qualities are excellent!
Garry, still thinking of you.
TF, where have you gone again?
Everyone else, wishing you the best.
Have a good day guys.
Mike
So empty there's an echo in here today.
Maybe these will help.
Good morning everyone. Chloe just brought me my first cup of coffee and I ordered a stack of whole wheat toast.
I am going to make the template for my countertop in my closet today and go to the stone supplier to see what remnants look good.
Garry: We are pulling for you with all of our might down here.
I'll have one Mike.
Just returned. I have been playing family taxi and need some sustenance.
Hopefully I can have an easy evening.
Hmmmm... maybe I should ask Chloe to cancel that toast order and I'll just have a couple of Mike's cookies instead.
Yikes!!! A year has passed. I have been here just over a year.
Girls give the Diners a drink on me. If they prefer anything else put it on my tab.
NorthBrit A year has passed. I have been here just over a year.
Happy Cake Day!
I'm nowhere as good at this as Bear is!
Water Level RouteMaybe these will help.
What cookies??? I ate them all before lunch... I bet I will be up 5 lbs. tomorrow!
Well..... Pant, pant,pant... I done did it! Ran an entire 5k wearing a mask this morning! Yep, The Hobart and William Smith Colleges here in Geneva has finally opened the fieldhouse to the public once again (you do have to be fully vacinated and wear a mask while inside the fieldhouse). I was the only person using the indoor track but did what was asked and did the 5k while wearing a mask. Did it as much to prove to myself it was doable....
Did the 5k in just under 50 minutes. Didn't really push myself with the mask, but it felt good to run on a nice track with no hills and potholes. I will continue to run outside here when the weather permits but nice to know I can get back over to the fieldhouse when it is 0°F outside....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good afternoon, everyone. I just finished lunch, so those cookies are perfect for dessert.
It's been a busy couple of days, with more to come. I'm not used to this pace in retirement. After next weekend, things will calm down.
Kevin, I remember you talked about the crowds when you were at Yellowstone. We had the same thing this past summer. This morning, I read that both Grand Teton and Yellowstone had, by far, the largest attendance in history. I didn't have to read that to know that the lines for the outdoor pit toilets were too long.
Here's a good one for you expert modelers. This is the Erie's Genesee bridge built in 1851, 234 feet high and 800 feet long.
Have a good day, everyone. Garry, we're pulling for you to get past this and return to the diner.
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."
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hello Railfans!
Top of the day to yas! Hope all are well. Fine here.
Kevin) How would you define this.....
As: Ironic, coincidence, or just the norm?
This popped up on my radar not 24hrs after you mentioned yours. Then my eyes popped again when i saw the original sticker price even. I highly doubt it will come close to $300 though.
Im gonna have to increase the kids income from weekly allowance to yearly salary if I want them to follow me in this hobby. Plus sell a few "IBM shares".
Yall need any help where your at? I may have to get a 2nd job too!
Just thought it was out of ordinary this showed up.
Clear Ahead!
To my eye, that Pere Marquette boxcar does not look different enough from the Proto-2000 50 foot auto boxcar to justify the price.
For the real stickler, I guess it might be worth it.
York1Kevin, I remember you talked about the crowds when you were at Yellowstone. We had the same thing this past summer. This morning, I read that both Grand Teton and Yellowstone had, by far, the largest attendance in history.
Yellowstone was the most crowded park we visited. Grand Teton and Theodore Roosevelt were no where near as crowded. Mesa Verde was almost deserted. Dinosaur Monument and Bighorn Canyon were the two best. We were almost completely alone in these. Craters Of The Moon was also amazing and not crowded at all.
The Upper Penninsula Lake Superior shoreline in the National Forest was truly unbelievable. That was the one spot that actually moved my soul.
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Zoe.
A busy day today. Off to see some 1-1 railway locomotives at 'Locomotion', Shildon, County Durham.
Garry. Our thoughts for a speedy recovery.
Others missing. You are missed.
Top 10 'Cool' Bridges. Maybe TF will be tempted to build number 1?
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
Good morning all.
Ken, Ulrich, Garry - Get well soon!
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.
Good morning everyone.
Last night I went and hung out with my wargaming friends. One of our group is moving to Minnesota. This is bad for us. We have been losing participants about one per year, and no new people are coming into the group.
Eric, they guy moving to Minnesota, was the only other member of the group that was also a model railroader. He had a large O scale layout that was still in plywood. It has been taken down and the building it was in has been razed so he could sell his property.
If I didn't tell you we were wargamers, we could pass easily for a group of model railroaders. These guys don't know it yet, but they are going to be called on for a lot of help building my layout.
There is a lot of modeling talent in this group.
Good morning, everyone. It's a little late for breakfast and a little early for lunch, so ... I'll have bacon, eggs, and black coffee anyway.
Kevin, that's great that you have a group of friends like that. In New Orleans, I had a group of friends like that. However, moving to farm country, I've never really gotten into a group. That's partly intentional on my part, but I do miss the comradeship.
David, those are nice videos of bridges. The top ten had some eye-opening engineering feats.
Douglas, I'm not showing my wife the photos of the semi cab campers. She would spent my retirement savings on one of those if I didn't watch her.
Ray, you've really changed your health by all the running. Congratulations.
MLC, I can imagine that riding herd on a bunch of movie theater teenage workers was a riot.
Charlie, I hope your wife can lessen her anxiety. It is a difficult thing to go through. We haven't had a hard freeze yet, just a couple of 32º F nights, so all the plants are still OK. A lot of people here also try to prolong the season by covering things at night, but I'm not sure how much success they have.
Dave, that's a neat bridge that the Royal Gorge train crosses. I have never riden that train, but I did take the funicular down into the gorge to the river. That's a pretty amazing place and worth the stop if anyone is traveling nearby.
Royal Gorge funicular:
For all the diners I haven't mentioned, I hope everything is going well with you -- especially those facing health issues. I'm thinking of you.
SeeYou190Last night I went and hung out with my wargaming friends. One of our group is moving to Minnesota.
Moving from southern Florida to Minnesota just before winter? I hope your friend knows what he is getting into.
Good morning from a damp West Coast.
Environment Canada just issued a storm warning with winds to 100kmh for tomorrow night. Nothing too drastic but can make the patio furniture disappear along with the basketballs out front, so I will be putting things away today. I will fire up the generator to make sure things are ship-shape, I gave it a major service during the dog days of summer and it ran like a top afterward. The chain saw will get fired up as well. I hate when things crap out right when you need them. My two neighbours to the North of me are as useless as you can get when it comes to dealing with looking after themselves, my three neighbours to the South are very capable people.
Ray, glad to hear of your field house exploits. I have really picked up the workouts now the weather has changed. Also, hockey has started and during the commercials, I do pushups and situps, planks and an assortment of other things to pay for the booze I consume during the game. I ate a whole Costco chicken and huge veggie/fruit salad for dinner last night, the wife usually gets me my own or cooks one for me if she roast at home. I was still short on the intake so will eat breakfast today so I don't waste away.
A new wine store opened up where we were yesterday and they had some pretty good wine at low, low come into our new store prices. The credit card is still smokin.
Talking trucks, we had to lease/rent sometimes if we had something special going on and the rentals always seemed to be Volvos. They were pretty nice. Given the choice and I was just an around town guy, for the most part, I kind of liked the Sterlings we had sometimes. Probably drove them all at some point over 36 years, I just drove them, never had to service them as an owner/op would maybe do. I think when you do your own maintenance and repairs that determines a lot.
Those Super-C RVs are just what the wife wants to travel the dog show circuit in. She already knows where she will take her airbrake course when or if I say yes. I want a truck a tailer so I can go exploring after I dump the trailer at the show grounds.
Forty containers fell off a ship just off Vancouver Island, I hope there were no Rapido containers in the mix, though I think the Rapido stuff gets offloaded at Prince Rupert most of the time.
Better get ready for the blow.
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."
John and Brent, thanks! What pleased me most over there was that I had no trouble running and using the mask... Nice to be able to be back over there a few times a week and get back running indoors. I will still run here in the neighborhood when the weather permits as well.
Brent, not sure if I could get doing some sit-ups and push-ups. Probably should try doing some on my days when I don't run. One thing I didn't do at all this summer was to ride the bike. I fear I will turn onto a passing car with my hearing.... I can hear what is front of me, no problem, but forget to turn on the omni setting on the aids when I am out riding.
I am thinking of downloading JMRI on my laptop. Any of you using it out there? What are you using it for on your layouts?
Ray
howmusBrent, not sure if I could get doing some sit-ups and push-ups.
The thing with pushups or situps when starting out is, people work too hard at it. My philosophy about exercise is gain with no pain. Let's say a person can only manage 8 pushups with every last ounce of strength he has. Don't kill yourself doing 8, do 5 every second day. then the next week do 6 every second day and then 7 the next week. In a year you will whip off a hundred without thinking about it. It is the same if you get on the stationary bike, start at 5 minutes, then next week 6 minutes and so on. Most people get fat over decades, taking 4 or 5 years to get skinny is OK. Once in shape, it takes no effort to stay in shape and you feel so good you can't wait for happy hour (exercise time) I go flat out on the bike for 40 to 60 minutes and have to make myself stop it feels so good.
Took the wife to Lee Valley Tools today, which is such a cool store. We then went hardwood floor shopping. She took photos of our living/dining room and installed all the different floors in the program to see how they would look. It makes decision-making a lot easier.
The Seattle Kraken play their first-ever home game tonight against the Vancouver Canucks, I think this will be some rivalry in the years to come.
I really like the name they chose as well as the logo.
It is Hockey Night, now where is my bottle of wine, time to do some pushups.
Mountain Creek Bridge.
Missoula Meanderings:
Missoula_Vachon by Edmund, on Flickr
So much to see here, yes, there's even a girder bridge in kit form. Lots of locomotive tires. Quite a few skylights over the machine shop. I wonder what the tapered, square "stack" is to the far right? Anyone modeling a shop scene can get some ideas here!
Here's what's left:
Missoula_from-I90 by Edmund, on Flickr
I have not had a single bird visit my feeders or suet cakes in the past six weeks! Where did they all go? Even my favorite Pilateds are gone. In the spring I had to refill both feeders every two or three days.
Haven't seen a Cardinal, Blue Jay or even a Robin in over a month. Somethin's fishy!