Good day all.
Tin Can, I'm sorry to hear about your mother. Thoughts and prayers headed your way.
John (York1), it's funny you should post that picture. I just read yesterday afternoon that the Texas Mexican Railway was the origin of our phrase "Tex-Mex" that today refers to a type of cuisine. Weird how stuff like that works out.
Steve, I'll have to take my donut to go, but thank you! Now to just nab the glazed one in the corner there...
Take care everybody.
Mike
Tin Can IINo easy way to say this; we have been spent the last three weekends in Texas visiting my ailing Mom. She was placed into hospice last Thursday, and passed away on Monday.
Hi Tin Can II,
I'm sorry to hear about your mom's passing. That is one part of life that we all have to go through, but that doesn't make it any easier.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good morning, everyone. A new month -- same old breakfast -- bacon, eggs, and coffee. You can't improve on perfection. However, Steve's donuts look good, and it's not even Sunday.
Dave, thanks for inviting us along on the new month's diner journey. Neat photos.
Tin Can IIwe have been spent the last three weekends in Texas visiting my ailing Mom. She was placed into hospice last Thursday, and passed away on Monday. She was 87
TinCan, sorry to read of your mother's death. I hope the funeral and family time this weekend go well -- we'll be thinking of you.
After paying first of the month bills, I will spend my day correcting a layout mistake I made yesterday. I spent a good amount of time putting in some lights at a diesel shop. Then, moving a diesel through, noticed that the lights are too close to the sides and the locomotive hit them. I really thought I had made enough room allowance, but it didn't work out that way.
This looks to be a fun month of pictures.
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."
My condolences to you and your family, Tin Can.
Thanks for the flawless Diner move, Dave! And donuts, too! Thanks Steven. Mine is that "fudge" topped custard filled beauty.
One-off paint schemes:
PA-2 GE More Power to America by Edmund, on Flickr
Ge had run a More Power To America special train back in 1950 and had these PA-2s painted for the occasion. After the tour which was pretty much a traveling trade show, they were sold to the P&LE. The ten passenger cars, IIRC, went to the Rock Island.
More Power to America train at Eckington Yards, Wash. DC 12-04-1950 [GE news photo] by Lane Genealogy, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Steve: Look forward to watching the Free Mo build. I hope that MR will take the module on the road, so to speak, so that it can be a part of a larger Free Mo layout. Would love to have it at the Garden City, KS train show next year (hint, hint).
No easy way to say this; we have been spent the last three weekends in Texas visiting my ailing Mom. She was placed into hospice last Thursday, and passed away on Monday. She was 87; and was married for 65 years to my Dad. Funeral is this weekend.
Good afternoon Diners. A mug of Assam tea and a donut, Steve has kindly left please, Brunhilda.
Dave Thanks for starting February's Loco paint schemes and logos etc.
Renaming of locomotive on Severn Valley Railway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z1adrbru8A&ab_channel=SevernValleyRailway
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning, everybody! It's been a while. Busy busy busy, you know how it is. Anyway, today I brought donuts.
Why? It's a special day. We're starting construction on next year's project layout today. It's a Free-Mo module designed by yours truly. You can watch us all day on the MR workshop webcam. Don't quote me on this, but I believe it's free to watch today! https://www.trains.com/vid/webcam/workshop-webcam/
(Though as I watch right now, the webcam is showing me recordings from yesterday, when I was drawing the track plan on the plywood. Very surreal feeling. Who is that guy? He looks just like me! If I run to the workshop right now, can I tell yesterday-me today's lotto numbers?)
EDIT: I'm told the live feed starts at 9:30 Central time. See you then!
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Good morning everyone. I hope Chloe gets here soon with that bowl of Rasin Bran and black coffee.
I wish I knew what I did a couple of weeks ago that has made me feeling so good in the mornings. If I could nail it down, I would keep it up forever.
Well... I need to get to soffit installation, then work again. Today is my "Friday", so I will see how much soffit I can get installed in the next couple of days.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
This isn't something that you want to see every day, but at least no lives were lost and no-one was seriously injured. Note that the narrator mentions that they backed up 1/2 mile to take the third run at the drift.
There is a long pause before the video actually starts. Go forward to about the 22 second mark:
How about a Holstein locomotive?
This one looks like they had some leftover paint to use up!
I think this one got painted by the Easter Bunny:
I think this was done for the bi-centenial:
How's this. A farm big enough to have its own locomotive!
This one looks pretty bland until you study the side of the cab and the lettering:
More to follow.
up831Hey, we can't have Dave by himself in the diner.
I'm sure there will be lots of contributions! I expect to see some green and white, and maybe some yellow and red pretty soon.
Thank you for setting up the February Diner Dave.
I will have a lot less to contribute this month, but I am looking forward to what everyone else will be sharing.
Hi Everyone,
Hey, we can't have Dave by himself in the diner. This sounds like an interesting month's topic. I got the brake lines glued on the 2 bay ACF hopper I mentioned last month. I made one bend too long and it looks a little bad, but I'm too lazy to take it off and try to straighten it and re-bend it. It will be kinda hidden anyway. How does that sound for an excuse? I did learn what not to do, though. My first effort was to glue one end into the reservoir and think I could bend it to shape with one end anchored. Didn't quite work. Pictures will be posted later.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Canadian Pacific is my favourite rr. The older maroon and grey schemes aren't exactly flashy, but I do find them attractive:
The newer red schemes have a little more pizzazz. I love the 'Pac Man' element:
CP has done their share of veterans' themes:
Their steamers were pretty attractive too:
Hello everyone!
Most of us are one month closer to better weather. I can hardly wait.
We are going to go with Brent's suggested them of "Locomotive/railway paint schemes and logos. Changes, one-offs and oddballs, and how they have evolved over the years" for the month of February. It should be fun!