Good morning, folks. I'm afraid I won't be bringing any treats this morning, as the wife and I have tested positive for COVID. Apparently I brought it home from work to her, as there are some in the Kalmbach offices also suffering through it. The wife and I are both multiply vaxxed and boosted, so neither of us have symptoms much beyond that of a cold; I'm actually on the upswing at this point. But I think we did pretty good to have made it two years before coming down with it. My sympathies to all those who are also fighting their own health issues today. Happy railroading!
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Steve: Hope you and your wife have a swift recovery.
Steve, hope you and your wife feel better and recover quickly.
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."
Yes, a Happy Recovery. I had I guess what we would cqll the short version several months ago. The other monks restricted me to my cell, and brought meals up to me three times a day for seven dqays. After that I had another seven days of a 'walking restriction', I had to wear a masque, and attended prayers and meals in a place apart.
Get ye well soon!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
I had the other experience. I was fully vaxxed and had two boosters. Then I got Covid and was very sick for a week. Felt worse than I can remember any flu or anything else I had. What was worse was two weeks after recovering, I got it again -- not as bad, but still not good. The doctor said it was a relapse.
Mike: Glad your daughter is safe. That is a scary situation for student and parents.
There was a shooting at Purdue when my son was there; it happened while he was in class in an adjacent building. My son and one of his teammates barricaded the door; ready to take down anyone that came into their room. There was a single victim; result of a failed romance; the spurned suitor shot the guy who got the girl.
John1: My baby brother got Covid on the family cruise we took in December. I don't know his vaccination status, but he was pretty sick, and confined to his cabin. My wife started having symptoms the last day, and by the time we drove 11 hours home, she tested positive. I had symptoms as well, but i tested negative, twice. We had all the boosters, and our flu shots, too. She was moderately sick for three or four days. We kept a divided house; she stayed upstairs, I stayed downstairs (train room!!!).
Tin Can IIMy baby brother got Covid on the family cruise we took in December. I don't know his vaccination status, but he was pretty sick, and confined to his cabin. My wife started having symptoms the last day, and by the time we drove 11 hours home, she tested positive. I had symptoms as well, but i tested negative, twice. We had all the boosters, and our flu shots, too. She was moderately sick for three or four days. We kept a divided house; she stayed upstairs, I stayed downstairs (train room!!!).
Yep... I hear you. Covid has now passed through my family 3 times... Knock on wood, I am the only one who hasn't had an active case. Now I have had all the "injections, inspections, detections, neglections, and all kinds of stuff" as they came due. I hope to stay free of the stuff....! I did go out to dinner with my family Sunday but it was at at Bella's not Alice's...
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I've never had Covid that I was aware of. As a heart patient, I fear the poorly tested medications at this point, and have never had any of them. The GF had it once, so we quarantined from each other for a few weeks. I did all the cooking and shopping, which is kind of normal anyway. She's had no relapses.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Tin Can II, thanks for caring. I'm sorry your son experienced it too. Nobody should.
Mike
From my cell phone...
Hey watt do ewe not
I can do it
My post died with my laptop battery.
Steve I hope you and your wife recover quickly. A Med School classmate was Paul Offitt, easy to find on the Internet. He is on the FDA panel and voted against the booster because there was no human data.
Paul says T cell immunity take 3 days to kick in so we will always be at risk for the C virus. My wife and I have escaped it, so far as we know.
LION I would love to see and hear a battleship fire a broadside. I have a friend whose grandfather was on a battleship. The good news was he was an Admiral. The bad news was it was December 7th and it was the ARIZONA.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Eh? I hear da Bear's got some flooding there on the north island.
ROAR
BigDaddyLION I would love to see and hear a battleship fire a broadside. I have a friend whose grandfather was on a battleship. The good news was he was an Admiral. The bad news was it was December 7th and it was the ARIZONA.
I was on a battleship. It was the USS New Jersey, tied up in Camden as a mooseeum ship. Them gun barbets go all the way down to the bottom of the ship.
We had a pair of 16" 45 cal. Mark 8 guns off the USS Colorado (BB-45) at the GE plant I was once employed in. The barrels were shortened and plugged and we used them as pressure vessels.
16" 45 cal Mark 8 USS Colorado by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's the stamp at the breech end:
Colorado 16 inch-45 gun by Edmund, on Flickr
US Naval Gun Factory W. NY. was refering to Watervleit, New York near Albany.
Wvlt_gun16 by Edmund, on Flickr
I need to finish a couple of PRR F22 flat car kits I have so that I can model the cars that were used to transport these guns all over the U.S.
There's two in the background here:
PRR_F22_W-vleit-NY by Edmund, on Flickr
Both the guns used at GE were scrapped when the plant closed in 2017.
I'll bet there was some good steel in there. I did tour the USS Massachusetts (BB-59)in Fall River back in 2006. Very interesting but, unfortunately, the turrets were off limits. You could see parts of the barbette and the powder and shell handling equipment below decks, though.
Don't phase the chickens one bit...
Down on the Farm by Jerry Jordak, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
My father's cousin served in WWII on board a battleship. He worked in one of the storage rooms for powder below the guns, handling the silk bags of gunpowder. He died of cancer caused by asbestos.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
The waitresses are getting bored standing around with so little diner business.
My Kansas City daughter and family is celebrating the Super Bowl win. Yesterday after school, they moved into a downtown hotel to be close to all the celebrations. Schools are out for the day.
Many people who haven't been there have a mistaken image of Kansas City. It has a vibrant downtown with all kinds of restaurants, businesses, and attractions. It's a fun place to visit, and to top it all off, the Kansas City Union Station downtown is a great place for train lovers.
We're supposed to get 4 to 8 inches of snow tonight. If predictions follow past patterns, that means we'll get about a half-inch at the most.
Hope everyone has a good Hump Day.
I feel like some of my photos are repeats of some that others have posted before. It so, please forgive an old man's memory.
Good afternoon Diners. Lapsang Souchong Tea in my North British Railway mug please, Brunhilda.
Steve. A speedy recovery to you and your good wife.
Doing some decorating around the house. Coming to the end (I hope).
A 1st/3rd Class carriage of Stockton & Darlington Railway
IMG_2322 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Nearly every Railway Company had a 'Royal Coach'. One from the London & North Western Railway.
IMG_2323 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A Great Northern Railway Director's Coach.
IMG_2327 by David Harrison, on Flickr
All seen at 'Locomotion', Shildon, U.K.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Afternoon folks!
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it is 2:45pm here in the Finger Lakes and the temp outside the house is currently 68° F. Hmmmmm....???
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Deviating from the special and unique paint jobs for a moment.
I came across this neat Harris & Ewing photo taken in January, 1937, showing military relief aid being readied for a train headed to the disastrous Ohio River flood in the Louisville, Kentucky, area.
Flood_Boats by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's a few highlights that interested me:
This Mack crawler/crane. I need one of these for my layout!
Flood_Boats_Mack track by Edmund, on Flickr
The one lady I can spot. Maybe a journalist? Apparently the worker walking behind has noticed her, too.
Flood_Boats_Lady-present by Edmund, on Flickr
Somebody needs to brush and groom the mascot! The photographer is squatting down to retrieve another film magazine for his Speed-Graphic. I used one of these one summer while in high school. A real workhorse of a camera.
Flood_Boats_Dog-photog by Edmund, on Flickr
And for the B&O fans here. I need a few of these for my layout, too! Possibly an M-27f and the raised roof is for an Evans auto loader. There's actually one in the B&O Museum.
Flood_Boats_BnO_2-6-0 by Edmund, on Flickr
Finally some Pennsy B60bs back there and what looks like a horse car. Fort Belvoir is near Lorton, Virginia, on the RF&P. The track is gone but the buildings in the background are still standing.
Flood_Boats_PRR_B60b by Edmund, on Flickr
What a neat photo! Hope you agree —
Regards, Ed
gmpullmanAnd for the B&O fans here. I need a few of these for my layout, too! Possibly an M-27f and the raised roof is for an Evans auto loader.
Sunshine Models made a kit for this (or a very similar) boxcar. I believe the box end calls it a "Mansard Roof Automobile Boxcar", or something like that.
I have bid on a few of them, but never quite enough to win one.
EDIT: I found the most recent one I bid on. It was kit number 58.3 for a B&O M27-B with four doors and a raised roof.
My bid of $51.57 was just a bit too low.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
BroadwayLion I hear da Bear's got some flooding there on the north island.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
SeeYou190My bid of $51.57 was just a bit too low.
Hi Kevin,
Somehow I can't see myself paying $88.75 USD for a freight car kit despite how unusual the car is. Obtaining a fleet of them would cost a fortune. I figure that at least five cars could be scratchbuilt for that price, and that's assuming that you don't have any of the parts in stock.
I do like the unusual shape of the roofs, and I will need a new scratchbuilding challenge fairly soon. Hmmmm....
Cheers!!
Dave
P.S.
Before I build any more rolling stock I have to install at least one oval of track on my layout. Fortunately, a friend who I have only recently met is quite enthusiastic about helping me with the layout so that might just be the inspiration that I need to get my butt back in gear!
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
so far there have been five deaths
Hi Bear,
I'm really sorry to hear about the loss of life, but I am happy to hear that you survived in good shape.
I feel really helpless about the situation in Turkey and Syria. All I can do is send the Red Cross some money but it seems a pittance compared to what will be needed to rebuild. Ideally they have learned a lesson and will construct the new buildings to withstand earthquakes, but somehow I doubt that they can overcome the corruption.
Good morning, diners. I'm waiting to order until after I've gotten the driveway cleared. To do that, I've got to wait for the snow to end.
Kevin has mentioned in the past how their weathermen always predict the biggest storm in history is about to hit. The past two days the weathermen here have predicted certain amounts of snow, and we all thought, "Yeah, sure, cut that by 80% and it'll be about right."
Well, they were wrong again, but in the other direction. We got more than predicted. I couldn't even get Daisy the Dashshund out the door this morning. In fact, just getting the door open was an effort. I had to go out the garage door and scoop to the front door and scoop a spot in the yard for Daisy.
I'm ready for spring.
Thank goodness we have just snow to work with, and not the storm damage in Bear's area.
Good Morning,
A frosty -15F here this morning but it is sunny.
Bear, glad to hear you are okay. I incorrectly thought you lived on the South island. Watched a show yesterday about the train that runs from Auckland to Wellington and then on the South island from Christchurch to Greymouth. Amazing scenery. That 8km tunnel and the problems caused by earthquakes and flooding was shown too.
Nothing new here. I ran the C Liner yesterday and theh put it back in the display case. The passenger cars are back in the cupboard. I think a little freight operations will be next but first I need to get more painting done on the bait shop.
CN Charlie