The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
gmpullmanI sure hope KEVIN doesn't suggest canned beer ever again. His suggestion so why am I taking all the heat. I simply agreed with his choice.
Fasciniating...
I went back and checked. The previous ten times I have had the top of the page I suggested 8 different regional/import/craft beers, and two snacks.
All the previously suggested brews were in bottles and photographed on my kitchen counter. Everyone should recognize my kitchen counter by now.
Almost no commentary for the delicious varieties of beer I offered up, but the one time I just want to cool off with a can of Miller High Life, and all the comments come out.
I did pour it into a glass.
Many craft breweries only offer their products in cans. Cans keep out light, and light damages beer. Quality cans are well accepted for craft beers.
Sorry Ed. I sure didn't mean to get you sucked into all that controversy.
As my Top Of The Page history demonstrates, I truly enjoy a variety of fine brews. Miller High Life is always good. Their quality control is perfect, and you always know what to expect.
I am glad Lion got the top this time.
Trains I Have Seen On Vacation #23
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I am going to go the garage and sharpen the edges on the Foam Lance Of Longivus, or whatever it is called.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
When I left Massachusetts a few years ago, I discovered how backward that state was with respect to beer. Very few breweries or brewpubs, and no one had heard of growlers. Those are 64 ounce jugs, generally, capable of holding pressure for a few days, and generally filled at the tap in front of you, so sometimes we take home our choice of fresh, local beer to have later. Then I discovered crowlers, 32 ounce sealed cans, again filled at the tap.
Still, nothing beats the refreshment level of a fresh, local brew on tap right at the brewery.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I'm having real issues posting today. The old 403 bug has hit me.
Bear, I'm jealous of your expensive camera and your photographic skills. Not every camera can capture the details inside a tunnel. Nice!
I'll check in later when I get home.
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."
SeeYou190 gmpullman I sure hope KEVIN doesn't suggest canned beer ever again. His suggestion so why am I taking all the heat. I simply agreed with his choice. Many craft breweries only offer their products in cans. Cans keep out light, and light damages beer. Quality cans are well accepted for craft beers. As my Top Of The Page history demonstrates, I truly enjoy a variety of fine brews. Miller High Life is always good. Their quality control is perfect, and you always know what to expect. -Kevin
gmpullman I sure hope KEVIN doesn't suggest canned beer ever again. His suggestion so why am I taking all the heat. I simply agreed with his choice.
Now wait a minute Keving, Miller High Life was originally shipped in CLEAR glass bottles which shoots your thing about light harming beer, although I never thought that Miller High Life was any good anyway, but also another beer that tastes like Mule P*** is Corona which is shipped in clear glass bottles and they don't use RBL's but plain boxcars where the heat damages the beer quality.
I spoke with a mini brewer in Idaho Springs, CO about their use of cans for beer and was told the shipping charges are a lot lower for for cans as they don't weigh as much as bottles, and they can get more beer in a smaller space also. Another reason for them especially are cans are a lot easier to recycle than bottles which are not always accepted for recycling in a lot of areas.
Glad Great Lakes still uses the old brown bottle, although they are starting to use cans for non-local shipments.
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Good evening Diners. A pot of tea please, Flo, and I'll have a slice of cake too.
A belated Dave.
I haven't been feeling 100% this weekend. Aches and pains seem to be worse lately.
Bottles or cans of beer is okay by me. Lager? No thank you.
When I was a lad I used to 'help out' filling shelves etc. in local public houses (bars, Inns) to earn some spending money. One thing I learned (I learnt a lot) was that many people did not like beer in clear bottles. The bottles had to be dark glass.
Personally a clear or dark glass bottle does not bother me, but I must have a glass to drink the stuff. Drinking out of the bottle or can I abhor. A glass every time.
John posted pictures of White Pass & Yukon Railroad.
Here are two locomotives seen on th Railroad.
WP&Y by David Harrison, on Flickr
YP&Y2 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Thoughts & Peace to All Who Require. Those missing a speedy return (if they wish to.)
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Tunnel Vision:
Wheeling_Ohio by Edmund, on Flickr
On the Wheeling — yes, another private car trip
IMG_2551 by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_2570 by Edmund, on Flickr
I felled about six big ash and elms yesterday. Cleanup and splitting firewood is the order of the day. Will I get thirsty?
Tree_felled by Edmund, on Flickr
Speaking of trees, I grabbed a photo of the Big Toothed Aspen that I had mentioned here a few weeks back. I brought this tree home in the back of my pickup from GE where it was growing through the asphalt in an old parking lot.
Aspen_Bigtooth by Edmund, on Flickr
I think it likes it here.
Regards, Ed
That is why we serve Diet Pepsi on tap.
Gotta go and fill some bottles now or I will be out of the cold.
Good afternoon
It just dawned on me besides my friends here on the Forum and my Brother, I don't know any other Train Nuts. Scotty the squirrel says you're never too old, just as long as you can still remember where your nuts are
Judy had to work today and I couldn't find a friend to go to the Milwaukee Bridge. They don't have any beer at that one may have something to do with it on a weekend I suppose.
Ed, How do you post a live video from YouTube on here? I haven't figured that one out yet since the film link icon quit working ...Thanks
P.S. I forgot to mention, Nice tree, I always liked how Aspen leaves clatter in the breeze. Trees that speak to you didn't escape my attention either while living up-north
Here's a couple from an extended Holiday weekend In Duluth.
The yellow one certainly has a distinctive but somewhat Eerie looking nose
Just love the Great Northern as one of my all time favorites. Someone told me a few years ago but I forgot what it is already. Anyone, anyone??? I was told a model of one is hard to find and I've never ran across one.
P.S. It also just dawned on me Imgur is working again.
TF
TF it is NW5 only 13 made 10 on the GN, Detroi Union 2 and Southern 1. They have only been done in brass and the early ones do not run well.
From the weekend, a taster...
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hey, Thanks for getting back to me on the GN Rick. Identifying locomotive types certainly isn't one of my strong suits so I wrote it down in my MR log this time.
Enjoy looking at your freight cars in WPF. You always do such an impressive job on them
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Those had names too?
Thanks Bear
https://youtu.be/i98QrSSHxo4
POST HOG!
Total eclipse red moon tonight. Starts at 10:29 p.m. in our zone.
dti406 TF it is NW5 only 13 made 10 on the GN, Detroi Union 2 and Southern 1. They have only been done in brass and the early ones do not run well. Rick Jesionowski
The NW5 has very recently been produced in brass, imported by Division Point. They are beautiful, smooth-running models if you are willing to pay $1,500 for a diesel switcher.
https://www.brasstrains.com/BrassGuide/Pdg/Detail/45270/HO-Diesel-Electric-Division-Point-4361-1-Nine-Hundred-HP-Welded-NW-Great-Northern-NW-5
It is interesting to note that a diesel switcher of which only 13 prototypes were ever built has now been produced for the third time in brass (Overland in 1981 and 1990, and now DP). I have to admit, it has a unique look.
JW
Track fiddlerEd, How do you post a live video from YouTube on here? I haven't figured that one out yet since the film link icon quit working ...Thanks
Here's the workaround I use, TF.
At the Youtube video click the share icon. Then a menu opens up that gives you choices and you want the one that says "EMBED".
When you click embed a window opens and at the lower right of this window there is a "copy" button. Click that.
Go to your M-R reply window and click the movie icon in the toolbar. Select the other tab there, to the right, that also says EMBED. Then do a paste or crtl-V and the entire embed code should be pasted into that window. Click the OK blue button.
Submit your reply. I'm using an old fashiobned computer. I don't know how much difference there is on one of these Twitter Boxes* which is what I believe you use.
*some call these smart phones. I call 'em Twitter Boxes I guess this is where this twitter stuff comes from? I tweet when I fill the bird feeders. I get lost of retweets from up in the branches of the nearby trees.
Try it... good luck.
Cheers, ed
Now that I'm on a real computer... (I was on a laptop at the caboose in the previous reply)
Look for the share icon at YouTube:
Share by Edmund, on Flickr
This menu choice comes up. Choose Embed:
Embed by Edmund, on Flickr
Once there simply click COPY.
Copy by Edmund, on Flickr
Then navigate to your M-R reply window and select the insert video icon. Once that opens choose the embed tab:
Reply by Edmund, on Flickr
J'espère que c'est clair maintenant.
Time for one of these!
Brew_Rail by Edmund, on Flickr
YES, in a tinted bottle, YES in a glass... sadly, not from Toledo
Cheers, Ed
Trains I Have Seen On Vacation #24
A while back we were talking about Baobab Trees.
I found out that the "Madagascar Palm" growing in my front yard is a very close relative of the Baobab tree.
Might be back later with some in-progress pictures of the CosPlay lance project.
I tried to "Shoot the Moon" tonight —
Pond_Moon by Edmund, on Flickr
Just too hazy (New Mexico's smoke)
Shoot-the-Moon by Edmund, on Flickr
Still, not too bad for a hand-held point and shoot. Got a moody look at the caboose.
Caboose by Edmund, on Flickr
More firewood to split on the right, there. Hope to get some lettering on her soon, too. Need a big pan for the decals!
Those squared-off stone extensions look great, Kevin! Makes a nice update to the exterior decorating theme.
Fascinating tree! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia Thanks for that.
I need to get out and photograph some of the blooms that are on the trees right now. Many of them look like orchids. We have fruit and nut trees around, and some are old friends to me. People should take more time to appreciate the beauty in nature that is all around us.
Track fiddlerThose had names too?
It would have been good if they had…
17 New Zeasland Railways Class DB (GM EMD G8 A1A-A1A 950hp (710kW)) were built at GM EMD London, Canada in 1965.
DB 1082.
Later 10 NZR DB Locomotives were rebuilt to Class DBR (GM EMD G18) at Clyde, Rosewater, Adelaide, South Australia between 1980-1981. Clyde Engineering was the Australian licence holder for EMD.
The Class was withdrawn in the late 1980's.
DBR 1254 originally Db 1005.
Good morning Diners. A coffee on the go please, Chloe.
A fleeting visit as we are having some work done in the house.
Pictures of Egyptian Railway train as we sailed through the Suez Canal.
IMG_3091 by David Harrison, on Flickr
IMG_3120 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Stay Safe Everyone.
From the video click on share and select <embed> and then COPY.
On this forum select the motion picture icon, select the embed tab and paste that information there. Click OK.
The video icon does work. Try a different browser. (ROAR)
Good morning
Planned on staying up to see the Red Moon last night but fell asleep on the couch. Was glad to see it from your pictures and liked that twilight glow at the caboose. You certainly did a great job replacing siding and paint sprucing it up last year. I always love to see that one of a kind cabin you built
Thanks for the help on posting videos Ed and also Lion. Last November the function I used quit working.
Here's what my phone screen looks like as I would push the share button.
Then would get a screen like this and push the copy link button. (no embed button visible)
Then the embed motion picture screen here.
After the paste function I get this gray screen and when I post, it's a plain white screen with no content.
I didn't see an embed function on any videos I choose before pushing the copy link button.
I don't know, but every time they change the format through updates on these phones, what took years to learn is lost
Liked my (Mr. TF) GM serial number tag Bear Put that one in my MR log with a rather satisfied smile on my face as well
Trains I Have Seen On Vacation #25
I could barely see the moon last night. The sky was overcast and visibility was severely diminished.
I checked every thirty minutes or so until about 2:00 AM.
Never did see it very well.
We saw the moon last night, which was unusual enough because we've had rain and clouds almost continuously for several weeks. Both the GF and I tried taking pictures, but our cell phone cameras (one Apple, one Samsung) would not focus.
For those of you unable to see the moon last night, it was very neat. It started in our area about 8:30 p.m., and then by about 10:30, it was completely in the shadow, and it actually had a reddish tint. Very interesting.
I'm working on firewood today, and I will try to clean the shed out later in the afternoon.
I had always heard that beer bottles were brown to protect the beer from ultraviolet light, which made the beer taste bad.
I decided to look it up, and it said the light and beer reaction was due to the type of hops used. New varieties of hops are more ultraviolet resistant, but still not completely good. Therefore, the makers of beer that use clear bottles use glass that is covered with an ultraviolet resistant coating.
I avoid all those problems. I drink canned beer. Straight out of the can.
https://www.oberk.com/packaging-crash-course/why-are-beer-bottles-brown
Track fiddlerI didn't see an embed function on any videos I choose before pushing the copy link button.
Hi TF,
The way I get videos to post is I play the video on YouTube and then right click on the video as it plays. The drop down window will have a 'Copy embed code' option. Left click on that. Then go to your post, left click on the video icon, select 'Embed', and then paste the embed code into the blank space. Click on 'OK'. Your post will then show the grey screen where the video will be in the post. The video will appear once you click 'Submit Your Reply'.
I'm working from a standard desk top PC. I don't know if the above will work on your device.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Trains I have Seen On Vacation #26
Need to eat. Will be back later.
Hi Everyone,
Seems that folks on this forum have rather strong opinions about beer! Well, I too used to love beer. Unfortunately, I can't drink it anymore and haven't for around 20 years. But, when I did drink beer, aside from my fave low rent beer Olympia, I preferred medium to full bodied amber ales, malty, not hoppy. Bass Ale was another favorite along with Newcastle, but I wasn't too particular, except Miller. I never did like Miller beer. Deschutes Mirror Pond is another good amber ale. Anyway, the loss of beer has not affected my ability to enjoy wine. As far as cans vs. bottles, bottles are preferred, but if all you have is cans, I could take one for the team and make the sacrifice.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Those wavy smooth Bosch blades that I talked about in Weekend Photo Fun a few weeks ago cut foam like a miracle.
The Cosplay prop production shop really could have used these a few years ago when we used to build lots of this stuff.
I have not even brought out the hot wire cutter once for this project.
Trains I Have Seen On Vacation #27
I should be back at least once more tonight with more.
Maybe...
up831Seems that folks on this forum have rather strong opinions about beer!
My favourite beer was Charrington Toby Ale made by Carling Breweries many years ago. It was a nice dark ale that tasted delicious at both room temperature or chilled. When I was in university I always had a case in my room and I don't recall anyone ever declining a free beer because it wasn't cold.
Alas, Carling discontinued the Toby ale many years ago and that meant that I pretty much stopped drinking beer in any quantity. These days I like the occassional Alexander Keith's, Corona and Peroni which is an Italian beer that our guests seem to enjoy also. Sleeman's various products are pretty good too. However, none of them are as good as Toby was.
With apologies to all my friends south of the border, I won't have American beer in the house!
Cheers!!