Evening
It goes without saying, He knows all his Forum Friends are pulling for Him here!
TF
Sounds good my friend
Looks, I'm not so sure about...
I got another update from Kevin.
Home Depot has reopened and is selling generators and supplies but corporate dictates they must close by 5 PM leaving some shoppers cut off. No sign of National Guard, Salvation Army or any other FEMA help. Other stores are closing at 5 PM, too.
He and his family are safe and doing OK. His neighbor has a generator and is sharing some power. I hope he can report in person soon.
Our thoughts are with you Kevin!
Wilson Inspected EVERY square inch!
IMG_9936 by Edmund, on Flickr
Very thorough!
Cheers, Ed
As Bear says, "This is all too much nonsense".
What's important here is the superintendent construction inspector Wilson coming home from work.
Give that good Cat a break! He might want to see the Fall Leaves Colour changes too!
BroadwayLion
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
up831I'm afraid I'll have to defer the start of the diner for October to someone else.
I can take care of turning on the lights and lighting the pilot under the coffee urn for the October Diner.
Fall colo(u)rs it is! Wilson is like a kitten in the leaves. He likes to rake a pile of them and jump in —
Leaf me right here Wilson by Edmund, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
Good morning, everyone. I'll have bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Chloe.
The leaves are just beginning to change here. The ash trees are first -- they just turn brown and drop. My maple trees will turn bright orange next. Last are the oak trees. They will turn rust-colored red late.
Last day of September -- this is the first Kansas depot for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, on the outskirts of Wichita:
St. Marys, Kansas is about 50 miles west of Kansas City. I thought this photo of the elevators was a pretty neat example for a layout's grain elevators. The concrete silos are still there, but the other buildings have been torn down (pretty sure about that).
Have a great Friday, everyone!
York1 John
Hi Everyone,
I'm afraid I'll have to defer the start of the diner for October to someone else. I have too much going on next month to monitor or contribute. But, I've no objection to doing more diners. It was fun.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
BroadwayLion Gee... We have no problem installing them. We just call the contractor.
Gee... We have no problem installing them. We just call the contractor.
Always nice to start the day with a smile or a laugh.
Good morning
Even though I work with aluminium, I like wood! The floor is tongue and groove tawa, a native broadleaf, from which I removed carpet and linoleum, sanded, and gave three coats of polyurethane. Reno1 by Bear, on Flickr Autumn by Bear, on Flickr
Reno1 by Bear, on Flickr
Autumn by Bear, on Flickr
I can see your point.
Stunning job on that floor! I know that was a lot of work restoring that diamond in the rough. One would have never known unless you told, there was two layers of inferior flooring burying that hidden treasure down below.
I agree, I couldn't tell which picture was the real sky from the one that Ray did. For those reasons I wouldn't guess.
Still waiting for sleepyhead to wake up so I know what I'm doing today
Kevin is missed, I wonder who's doing WPF. I would love to ante up but I know I could not be a good host as I'm going to be too busy this weekend
Have a great Friday gentlemen
Track fiddlerHardwoods we're always a tough backbreaking floor to install. They didnt look like much until the floor sander guys came in and finished them with the two coats of mopped on poly.
howmus Which is which?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Brunhilda.
It seems we are back up and running.
I hope Kevin is okay.
October theme. Anywhere or anything is fine by me. I like the idea of pictures of Fall/Autumn.
Rather busy at the moment. Try and call in later.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Fall foliage tour? There will be Mike Danneman photos galore!
I like the idea of a fall foliage tour! The colours are just starting to turn here in Ontario. We were in Sault St. Marie and Wawa last week and everything was still pretty green. We are going to do some driving tours in a couple of weeks. Hopefully the colours will be magnificent by then.
Jim, do you want to move the Diner? You did a great job getting us to Kansas in September!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
The leaves idea is interesting. I was thinking that since it's October, the fall foliage is gorgeous, what about railroads in New England and can include upstate New York Or wherever. Just a thought. On a personal note, I wish to thank everyone who contributed to our excursion into Kansas to learn about grain. It was all wonderful.
That'll work Brent. Then ya get to see the leaves pop all over the place
I wouldn't be surprised if Charlie's leaves are popping in his neck of the woods up there already...
Re Ed's pic of the PC E8 above at Oscawanna...
The switch leads to track 6, which is the very north end of the Croton "West yard", which was freight. Most of it was auto parts for the GM assembly plant at Tarrytown.
Went in and out of that switch many times when working for Conrail in the 1980s. Oscawanna later became CP Osca for a while, then CP 36.
The E8 doesn't look all that bad, considering that others were worse!
How about for October we post RR photos from anywhere with a Fall theme?
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Maybe we should go up to Canada for the Fall. Before it gets too cold up there eh.
I don't think there's any Green Machines but I think BNSF runs around up there with CP & CN.
Who knows...could get our good friend CN Charlie back in action with us there
PH
One handsome chap in that bowler style hat who does all that fine woodworking
Judy had a tough week at work and hit the rack at about 7:30 tonight. She must be really tired as I've never seen her turn in that early.
She has tomorrow and Saturday off and has come up with something new to do every weekend since the beginning of Summer. Makes me wonder what she'll conjure up this weekend as well?
hon30critterTime to move the Diner. Who would like to do it, and where shall we go? I think we should probably avoid Florida.
I really have no suggestions. I will be happy with whatever state or province we end up in.
I had been experimenting on something similar a while back. I came across photo backgrounds for cheap. Most of these were something like 6 x 7 feet. I sliced one up into six foot strips by 71 inches.
Sky-backdrop by Edmund, on Flickr
I thought it looked pretty convincing. Cost was about a buck a foot
Sky-backdrop2 by Edmund, on Flickr
It is printed on a pretty durable material. I thought it was a little bold, color-wise so I toned it down with an overspray of light gray but never got around with putting any up.
The Eye of the storm basically went over Kevin's house, So it may be a whie before he regains power. I hope all is ok , but it got nasty there it appears, lots of strom surge and high winds.
https://www.kptv.com/video/2022/09/29/video-destruction-flooding-cape-coral-florida-after-hurricane-ian/
Hi folks,
Time to move the Diner. Who would like to do it, and where shall we go? I think we should probably avoid Florida.
Water Level Route I was begining to wonder if Kalmbach's servers were at Kevin's house!
I was begining to wonder if Kalmbach's servers were at Kevin's house!
I also hope he is OK. We'll certainly get word on it as soon as his power is up. Wonder how soon he'll be back at HD and what a zoo it will be for the next few weeks. Yikes - what a mess!
Attuvian John
howmusHey, Hey Hey! We are back online!
Track fiddlerThe site is working well today for a change!
Lucky. This is the first I've been able to access since Tuesday at about 6:00am!
York1I don't think this was a browser issue.
howmusWhich is which?
Mike