Hi ,guys!
Jeff, thanks for the response, I won't worry about it then!
Hoople,once ya go Pack ,ya NEVER go back!!!
Paul THANKS for serving!!
Now for my Emergency, at least for me: I started putting rolling stock and engines back on the layout after cleaning.Did two engines into a consist(YEA, first time ever).Did two more,no problem.Put a fifth engine on the track and AWAY IT WENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone know what the ...... is going on???No throttle was on, just set it and it was running.
Help!!!
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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saronaterry wrote:Jeff, I did the gleam track cleaning thing,around 120' linear feet(plus the yard ,spurs ,etc.)Looks nice, but the last step I did was to clean it all with a cotton cloth.I still get some faint black marks. Is this normal?
Jeff, I did the gleam track cleaning thing,around 120' linear feet(plus the yard ,spurs ,etc.)Looks nice, but the last step I did was to clean it all with a cotton cloth.I still get some faint black marks. Is this normal?
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Evening Gang: Lara Beth is 3lbs 13 ½ oz and doing well.
Lee: Did you hear about the Mc McCarthy being holed while docking for lay-up? It happened in Duluth. The engine room flooded and she settled to the bottom in about 20 ft of water. On the bright side she is in position for lay-up. I guess that we all have had the wall needing work before we can MRR. With me it's usually something on the ranch like fences.
NJ Bob: If you think that is all just ore cars I've got a bunch of freight cars that need to be built and re-built plus all the locomotives that need work. I also need to make 26 axles and mount 52 wheels for the 4in scale 7.5 inch gauge. Man I get tired just thinking about it all.
Jerry you would be welcome to join in.
Ryan that sounds like it was exciting. I've made 2 trips by ship. Both were in moving our company in Viet Nam and on LSTs.
Live steam locomotives can be real costly for sure or they can be real cheap. It all depends on how much of the building you can do. Our 2 steam locomotives cost me about $2,000 for parts and fittings. The only parts that we bought were the rough cylinder castings and stuff like fittings and lubricators, water glass. A locomotive like mine ready to run would be around $16,000 new. That 4-6-0 in the picture could bring from $10,000 to $20,000. A DM&IR 2-8-8-4 once sold for $125,000. One of the guys built a real nice 4in scale 2-4-0 for a few hundred dollars. He used 10lb weights for the drivers. Very ingenious.
JimCG: Actually I bought them by the case. Of course I'm still looking for MDC taper side cars. Byt the way how's new car doing?
JR: That was a great haul for the museum. A whole NYC passenger train sounds great.
Colby that looks better. Now if you could get in a passing siding that would be nice but I can't see it. You will just have to make a round to get to the other end of a train for switching, I've done that on someof my layouts.
Well I think that I'll bug out and concentrate on watching NCIS and Commanche Moon.
Good Night All
Ryan, The special blend for dead foliage in a wooded area or grass that's not doing well at all;
I take a steel coffee can with a good plastic lid so I can shake the ingredients. I buy 1 box of tea from the dollar store and dump it in the can (less the little bags), These will be your dead leaves (funny that's what they really are). The coffee is the dirt, since any area with an abundance of dead leaves tends to kill off the grass, then a bit of grass from a shaker bottle. So we have 2 parts tea, 2 parts coffee, and maybe ½ a part of "grass" in our coffee can. I shake the heck out of the coffee can until everything is good and mixed up (putting the lid on properly is a good idea here). I normally use Lou Sassi's "ground goop" first then apply my dead leaves like you would ballast. Ground goop is a base for ground cover made from: Celluclay, Permascene, earth colored latex paint, white glue, and concentrated Lysol (hence no critters or bugs in the tea/coffee mix, EVER).
The Boatswains' Mate says: always wear eye protection when mixing the ground goop, and if you work with anything that starts out annoying to your senses leave for fresh air when it stops annoying you, it's possible that your body is becoming desensitized to the irritant and it's time to take a break. Lysol concentrate has never bothered me, but everyone is different.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Garry I know what you mean P&W stocks are a cheep $17.
and in Layout news I have updated pics of my layout.
I hope these clarify some of the fog.
saronaterry wrote: Hoople, didja get my note over in the layout vote thread(heeheehee)?
Hoople, didja get my note over in the layout vote thread(heeheehee)?
Yeah. Now the seaturds are down (never really liked them much) the boys are down...
NOW I'M A PACKERS FAN!
GO PACK!
THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR OPENING MY MOUTH! Okay, bring it on. Just put it on PC's card. Yeah, it's under the corner booth seat. Yeah, he thinks he's sneaky.
Evening all! Just an Old Smoothie, Ladies. Thanks.
The bil came over today for pics, but we couldn't get them into this puter from his camera.He's making a disc thingy and we'll try to post some tomorrow.I hate being technology challenged!!
I kit bashed the Spooner depot over the weekend but I'm bot ready for pics yet , still some work on it yet.(used 4 Arlee stations off of Ebay!)For those all who don't,feel better soon!
Afternoon all
to the newbies
Ryan I think those with the T-shirts are from Virginia or just inside the state line of North Carolina.
at the Apex Live Steam Event I recall Monique uttered the words, "Hey, we got to get one of these!" Duke can vouch for me!" border="0" width="30" height="20" />
I'm thinking in the $3,000 - $10,000 range?
That's about it
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Hello .....
Cheers. I'll have the PRR club, but on a tuscan red plate and not a blue one.
ModelTrainLover wrote: hey guys.I was just on Yahoo checking out how the railroad indastry is doing on Wall St. and of the 4-5 railroads that I chose to watch their stocks only the Providence & Worchester was in the green. CSX, BNSF, and Norfolk Southern were in the red.What's your take on this?
hey guys.
I was just on Yahoo checking out how the railroad indastry is doing on Wall St. and of the 4-5 railroads that I chose to watch their stocks only the Providence & Worchester was in the green. CSX, BNSF, and Norfolk Southern were in the red.
What's your take on this?
If you're looking at just one day that's too short for me. Mostly, I'm a buy-and-hold investor for the long term. CSX and UP are each up about 25% from this time last year (total return). Other roads I follow are BNSF, NS, CN, and KCS. Excepting NS, they are up slightly from last year (total return). NS is down slightly from last year (total return). Also, I make a little extra with option trades on railroads in addtion to the buy-and-hold stocks.
Railroads should continue to be solid companies with energy prices remaining high. In recent months all the stock markets are down. Not to worry. That means good low stock prices for buy-and-hold investors to add to their portfolios.
Have a nice afternoon everyone.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Rob-I'll look for it when I get home from work tonight.
I think I'll have a bowl of the pea soup and the Blue Plate Special with fries. Thanks
Speaking of work-the clock on the wall says "MOVE IT" so I guess I'll take the sooup and Special to go. Thanks
See you all later-NJ Bob
I'll have the Union Pacific Swordfish to go with smy Union Pacific Coffee, Please & thank you!
***Jerry, the special blend of tea leaves, coffee grounds, and a dash of woodland scenic's dull green was from Lee's post. Sounds interesting to me, but I do wonder how he keeps bugs from attacking his layout?
***Jim, my wife works night so I tend to be a night owl, too.
***FoulRift, got your PM and will get back to you this evening. Thanks!
Rob
ModelTrainLover wrote:hey guys.I was just on Yahoo checking out how the railroad indastry is doing on Wall St. and of the 4-5 railroads that I chose to watch their stocks only the Providence & Worchester was in the green. CSX, BNSF, and Norfolk Southern were in the red.What's your take on this?
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot Visit my blog! http://becomingawarriorpoet.blogspot.com
JimRCGMO wrote: DerJohn, I'm not sure what you meant on the idea for Colby's layout. He'd need two more turnouts to have a passing track, and it'd seem like to even out the S-curve, he'd have to change that left-hand one to a right-hand one to keep the industry siding he has in the upper right corner. Or sketch me a picture of what you mean and scan it in to upload, maybe.Jim in Cape Girardeau
DerJohn, I'm not sure what you meant on the idea for Colby's layout. He'd need two more turnouts to have a passing track, and it'd seem like to even out the S-curve, he'd have to change that left-hand one to a right-hand one to keep the industry siding he has in the upper right corner. Or sketch me a picture of what you mean and scan it in to upload, maybe.
Jim in Cape Girardeau
the S curve has been fixed, and I flipped the industry to the other side and I switched the track wires around so the train can run straight into the TT. I'll get a Pic up to clarify things up a bit.
Thank the snow... Late start today.
Well, I just recieved some happy news.
"There was a small delay in production of the big boys, and they should ship mid-march now."
Whoopie! My favorite. Late shipping.
Maybe they'll send an MT-73 as consolation...
Currently it's 42 here with an expected high of 65 this afternoon under partly cloudy skies. I have a doctors appointment to go to later this morning so I'll leave with this.
Ryan- thanks for the compliment.The boom came out better than I expected eventhough it was a little labor intensive cutting all those little pieces.
Rob-check your PM
NJBob
Mornin' everyone!
On the way home from school last night I was driving through the falling snow. These were huge flakes, and tons of them. I was thinking to myself that the weather guesser was way off when he said we'd only get an inch. There was already that on the ground and it was coming down hard. Well, I opened the door this morning and I could still see my tire tracks and footprints from last night! The snow must have stopped just minutes after I came in. We got an inch. Cold out there though. It's all of 16 degrees out there now, and it's been warming up for a while. Throw in the wind chill and you're looking at a balmy 2 degrees! Yeah, I'm glad I have an indoor job!
The wife went out and about yesterday. Our daughter did the driving and they went all over the place. I have a feeling that she overdid it a bit, but she won't admit it. Oh well, I guess it'll make her stronger if she pushes it a little bit, huh?
Oh well, got a million things to do today!
Later!
Morning folks!
Hot tea and some 15 grain whole wheat toast for me please. Thanks Chloe!
Was 19° F. this morning and we may get flurries tomorrow according to the weather guessers....but they been guessing rain here all week and we only got about 0.02" since last week.
Still fighting my head cold, but I feel better this morning than the same time yesterday, and I didn't sleep as well either, go figure!
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: SilverSpike wrote: Ya done good Jeff, the excursion train is coming along nicely. Are those Walthers Pullmans? I wish! Those are Athearn BB heavyweights and they're all scale weighted.
SilverSpike wrote: Ya done good Jeff, the excursion train is coming along nicely. Are those Walthers Pullmans?
Ya done good Jeff, the excursion train is coming along nicely. Are those Walthers Pullmans?
Could a fooled me Jeff! And I like the cracked paint, gives it that weathered look like they been running excursions for years.
What a fine MESS you have there Fergie, nice pics too!
Hey Paul, it was a shot in the dark, but thought I would try anyway; Duke said he recognized the T-shirts from the group in Virginia but none of the gentlemen either.
NJBob, I had to go back and look again after some of the comments, and I agree, that crane boom car is quite impressive!
Johnboy, I know, I know, the Christmas weight has not disappeared for me either, but you know, the grill special is usually a healthy choice item, but yesterday it wasn't!
Heartland Division CBandQ wrote: Ryan......... that's a neat Ten Wheeler there. Will it fit in that roundhouse you're building?
Ryan......... that's a neat Ten Wheeler there. Will it fit in that roundhouse you're building?
I wish! Back in October when we met up with Duke at the Apex Live Steam Event I recall Monique uttered the words, "Hey, we got to get one of these!" Duke can vouch for me!
Heartland Division CBandQ wrote: Ryan ... One of your menu items I can attest is really good, the IC Old Fashioned Raisin Pudding. Everyone definately should save room for dessert at dinner time. I have the Dinner in the Diner book infront of me now and am looking at the recipe. Ryan, speaking of IC recipe's, have you tried IC Baked Deviled Crab Meat. The book says it was a favorite item for passengers on the Panama Limited. Meanwhile, the dessert item above will be great this evening.
Ryan ... One of your menu items I can attest is really good, the IC Old Fashioned Raisin Pudding. Everyone definately should save room for dessert at dinner time. I have the Dinner in the Diner book infront of me now and am looking at the recipe. Ryan, speaking of IC recipe's, have you tried IC Baked Deviled Crab Meat. The book says it was a favorite item for passengers on the Panama Limited. Meanwhile, the dessert item above will be great this evening.
No Garry, I have not tried the Baked Deviled Crab Meat recipe, but I have made a few others. The neat thing about most of these recipes that the railroads used is that they are mostly 30 to 60 years old and use an old fashioned style of cooking, historical really. I have made a few of the chicken dishes, like the recipe for Chicken Veronique I think.
Cederstrand wrote: ***Ryan, that is the coolest 4-6-0. Wonder how much something like that would cost?
***Ryan, that is the coolest 4-6-0. Wonder how much something like that would cost?
Me too, I wonder the same thing Rob! Paul or Duke might be able to answer that question better, but I'm thinking in the $3,000 - $10,000 range?
Der John, you couldn't sleep either, at least you were productive I just lay in bed until I feel asleep again.
Hey Ed, yes the TrainBoard is one of the other forums that I frequent on occasion, I also go to the 2GuyzandSumTrains forum, it is a very informal bunch of guys, and they can get rowdy too in a fun way. Oh, and send some of the 70° temps along with the next batch of oranges....please!
Paul W. Beverung wrote: I got a book by Dr. Robert Ballard on sale the other day. It's about his experances searching the deeps. It's pretty good with great photos and only $4. I've got his book on the Yorktown also and will look for anything else he has done. I'd like to see him look for some Great Lakes wrecks.
I got a book by Dr. Robert Ballard on sale the other day. It's about his experances searching the deeps. It's pretty good with great photos and only $4. I've got his book on the Yorktown also and will look for anything else he has done. I'd like to see him look for some Great Lakes wrecks.
Hey Paul, in the summer of 1987 I worked on the RV J. W. Powell which was used for doing research work along the east coast and the Atlantic with the National Undersea Research Project (NURP). I was the chief steward/cook and we were stationed in Woods Hole, MA for about a month. We were docked next to some of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution vessels. I never did see Dr. Ballard, but kept my eye out for him, he had just found the Titanic a few years before the time I was up there. We did get to tour the RV Seward Johnson out of Harbor Branch with the Johnson Sea Link when we were docked in Groton, CT next to the Naval Submarine Base there. Those were exciting times when I was a young lad!
LSWrr wrote: Ok, so I decided to move the freighters to the train room, but first I needed to clear off some space. Then I noticed the white pine panels on the east wall had come loose. So I went to the garage to get my tools and had to straighten things out (45 minutes) to find everything, th Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan OzarkBelt Member sinceMarch 2007 From: Greencastle, PA 462 posts Posted by OzarkBelt on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:17 AM wetidlerjr wrote:Those donuts look good. Think i'll have about 6 of them.As for those asking about my layout i'll give some details now and some later.I actually have four layouts, three are under construction and are under 3 square feet. My finished layout is HO and is 9'x11'. i model the midwest. more info to come, got to go. "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot Visit my blog! http://becomingawarriorpoet.blogspot.com JimRCGMO Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Cape Girardeau, MO 3,073 posts Posted by JimRCGMO on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:11 AM Good Morning, Zoe, Bill T. I see that Philnrunt and Rob were in pretty late last night. Were you fellas doing MRR'ing stuff at least, and that was why you were up so late? Oh, yeah, Zoe - I'll have some scrambled eggs, bacon and some hash browns with a cup of coffee, please. No, I'll just have one order of each - bad enough that Philnrunt's distracted with that snow, I won't hit him too badly in the wallet. Did I hear him say that he's easily confused amused? Actually, if I were sending that snow to you guys east, I wouldn't mind having a little of it to watch for myself. But seems like it's been going by us to the north - just enough to get Inchand Jerry before it starts through Indiana and Ohio. On the weather this morning, it looked like even eastern Kentucky might've got a little bit of the flakes out of this round. But no snow or sleet until Thursday, they're saying, so you guys east of me might get a break for a little while.Uh, Philnrunt, you might be careful about taunting Fergie. Has anyone mentioned to you the story about the Lancaster?... Guess I'd better get busy finishing up my breakfast for now. That 'w' thing awaits at the office. Blessings and safe driving for those of you in the 'White Zone' lately, Jim in Cape Girardeau wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts 01-15-2008 Posted by wetidlerjr on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:56 AM Good Morning from Tipton IN ! Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Cederstrand Member sinceApril 2007 From: Western transplant to the Deep South 4,256 posts Posted by Cederstrand on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:18 AM [For forest turf I use a special blend of tea leaves, coffee grounds, and a dash of woodland scenic's dull green grass.] ***Lee, I'm afraid I would have to drink the coffee...or are they used coffee grounds? And do you bake or treat all that stuff prior to using it? What keeps bugs from taking up residence on your layout? Interesting!***FoulRift, I sent it today. If it isn't there tomorrow, let me know and I'll pm you instead.Have a good night all. Rob philnrunt Member sinceMay 2004 From: central Indiana 775 posts Posted by philnrunt on Monday, January 14, 2008 11:49 PM Looks like JimRC took the last parking place on Page 96, so it's all on me folks. Go ahead and order two of everything, just in case someone gets hungry when you tell them about the delicious chow you had here! philnrunt Member sinceMay 2004 From: central Indiana 775 posts Posted by philnrunt on Monday, January 14, 2008 11:42 PM Evening, all. Spent today doing absolutely nothing, cold and snowy out. All it takes is for a couple of 60 degree days to roll by in January and I am back to hating the cold weather. Unless it snows, and then I like it again. And speaking of snow, the white stuff JIMRC shipped our way- sorry, Jim, gotta blame someone- was about the finest particled -is that a word?- snow I have seen in a long time. It looked more like a coat of flat white spray paint- I must have the Gulf Midland on my mind- than snow. I sure do stop alot and insert other thoughts, huh? Oh well, thats the way I hear things in my mind. PaulB- Maybe you could stick a DL109/Centipede combo on the heads of your ore drags. With those two for power, you would only need 3 jennies and a bobber caboose to have a prototypical length train! Glad to hear that the little one is doing fine. I just took a call from Amyjo, she told me that our 16 year old neice is in hospital, guess she had a bug and got dehydrated so they admitted her. She's a healty girl, unless the poor excuse we have for a hospital messes up, she should be ok. Fergie- Good to hear that you got all of that accomplished without mishap, because at your advanced age you don't heal as quickly as us youngsters do! Just like it says on MESS rolling stock- "Safety Always Comes Before Accidents"......errr uhhhh no, wait, that doesn't make any sense....I need to get new glasses. LSW- If you promise me and Paul B a tour of the docks and a few of your cutters up there, we'll take care of those cars you need serviced! Every man has a price! Still spitting snow, but other than slick roads- like pcarrell said- not much more of a threat. Wellllll, better get to w**k, or something. I'm thinking it's gonna be something. JimRCGMO Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Cape Girardeau, MO 3,073 posts Posted by JimRCGMO on Monday, January 14, 2008 11:12 PM Evening, Chloe, just a cup of hot cocoa to go. Only stopping by for a couple a'minutes. Thanks!OzarkBelt, to the Diner, and DerJohn's comments - first time as a newcomer to hit the TOP, you pretty well get a free ride. Now later this week, that's another story... Tell us a bit about your layout (or plans for one). On the passenger cars, they will run on 18" curves, just with a bit of overhang (and that doesn't bother everyone, either). But if your layout is closer to shoulder or eye level (I'd say 48" elevation or higher), it's not as noticeable anyway. As DerJohn said, it's all up to you. Those of us who've been in the Diner a while, talk about "Teffy's Rule" around here - (if someone doesn't like the way you do your layout) "Don't let the door hit you on the on the way out!" You get to make your own rules, in other words. Fergie, excellent cabeese there - and I see DerJohn addressed the cats question, huh? Paul made me look again at the Mikado - at first, I thought it was one of your 2-10-2's. Nice loco! And good to hear you have about all your work done and no toasted fingers or toes. Paul, now I know why I was never able to get those Walthers ore cars - you were buying them by the container-load! Good to hear you have the engineer cap ready for young granddaughter once she gets home. Ed, got your email and sent you one back. Thanks. Better watch out with next week's game that you don't root too hard for the Giants, and get yourself in trouble with Fran. Heck, Johnboy, if the car was all it took to get the gals swarming over me, I'd've been married by now! Sounds like you have the right house for your area's weather (and up there, you need it, I'm sure). Good that the new furnace will be simpler to maintain the filter(s) on, though.Jeff, I'll second that nomination for "Spray Can Rembrant". Sounds like both Lee and DerJohn got side-tracked with other things in trying to get a MRR'ing task done. And of course, I cannot at all relate to having any experiences like that, right? Oh, noooo.... Sometimes it can be frustrating, though. Well, past my bedtime here, so I'll be going. See you all in the morning! Blessings,Jim in Cape Girardeau Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 14, 2008 9:59 PM Evening everyone. A large Coke please.Paul- You'll have to excuse me while I compose myself.I really hit the floor laughing when I read your post. Laughed so hard I started to cry. That's a heck of a list of cars you have there.DerJohn-thanks for the compliment on the crane.And yes I scratchbuilt the boom as well. I have a smaller version that sits on the back of a truck but no photo as yet. Rob-when did you send the e-mail? I don't see it yet. Well guys got to run. Just got home from work and have not had supper. I'll catch up with all of you later.NJ Bob Edit GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Monday, January 14, 2008 9:40 PM Good Evening All, Just got back from the G gauge pickup at the New York Botanical Gardens. As usual a couple of hour trip turned into an all day affair. We thought we were getting some rolling stock and some old track. In fact we ended up with an entire NYC passenger consist, a couple of locomotives, some box cars needing repair and about 400 feet of track - on road bed and four bridges averaging 6 to 8 feet in length! We ended up borrowing a trailer from the crew down there and left about 5 pm. Of course I got lost in the city and took the scenic route to rt87 via I think most of Brooklyn but we made good time doing it only making two u-turns and one loop (with trailer in traffic). I of course now need to return said trailer by 8am tomorrow so I gotta run. I was only on to get maps for the return trip as Parkways in NY are out with a trailer and the area is ringed with them plus I won't have a co-pilot/navigator in the morning. Never a dull moment in the world of model railroading, eh? At least the foot of snow turned into 3" and mostly held off. catch yall tomorrow, J.R. LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Monday, January 14, 2008 9:19 PM Ok, so I decided to move the freighters to the train room, but first I needed to clear off some space. Then I noticed the white pine panels on the east wall had come loose. So I went to the garage to get my tools and had to straighten things out (45 minutes) to find everything, then as I pulled the panels away from the wall I find out they were nailed to the foundation blocks (nails rusted away). Then I noticed the 2x4 holding the landing up was rotted out and needed replaced. (Insert 2 trips to home Depot) So today I straightened up the garage, fixed the east wall in the basement, replaced the 2x4, new anchors, turned all the furring strips from horizontal to vertical and anchored them in, had to cut all the paneling before installing them since nothing was square and silly me plumbed everything, and guess what.....The freighters are still sitting in the garage!Ryan, yea it's locked down for me too. Click the WWW button on the bottom there and it should take you to my albums. I looked at your trees and oregano. For forest turf I use a special blend of tea leaves, coffee grounds, and a dash of woodland scenic's dull green grass. It looks and smells good. The coffee and the tea give you the dead leaves look without the Italian pizza smell, LOL.FoulRift, The Cuyahoga County port authority has a crane like that sitting at the docks, I think it's an old NYC 90 ton. I think there is a picture of it in my WWW button. As for the hoppers I'm easy to find since I'm conveniently located at Chicago Line Mile Post 171.5 Just Park at the fuel/sanding racks and walk towards the lake.Fergmiester, my great uncle was the switch master at Swan Creek tower, he always referred to those as a light-house. The caboose looks good. Would that be a Canada caboose or a Canadian caboose? With three of them is that a murder, gaggle or flock? HEY WAIT A MINUTE THE MESS LOOKS WELL organized! What happened?Take care all...Lee BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes « First«34353637383940»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! 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Ok, so I decided to move the freighters to the train room, but first I needed to clear off some space. Then I noticed the white pine panels on the east wall had come loose. So I went to the garage to get my tools and had to straighten things out (45 minutes) to find everything, th
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
wetidlerjr wrote:
Those donuts look good. Think i'll have about 6 of them.
As for those asking about my layout i'll give some details now and some later.
I actually have four layouts, three are under construction and are under 3 square feet. My finished layout is HO and is 9'x11'. i model the midwest. more info to come, got to go.
Good Morning, Zoe, Bill T. I see that Philnrunt and Rob were in pretty late last night. Were you fellas doing MRR'ing stuff at least, and that was why you were up so late? Oh, yeah, Zoe - I'll have some scrambled eggs, bacon and some hash browns
with a cup of coffee, please. No, I'll just have one order of each - bad enough that Philnrunt's distracted with that snow, I won't hit him too badly in the wallet. Did I hear him say that he's easily confused amused?
Actually, if I were sending that snow to you guys east, I wouldn't mind having a little of it to watch for myself. But seems like it's been going by us to the north - just enough to get Inchand Jerry before it starts through Indiana and Ohio. On the weather this morning, it looked like even eastern Kentucky might've got a little bit of the flakes out of this round. But no snow or sleet until Thursday, they're saying, so you guys east of me might get a break for a little while.
Uh, Philnrunt, you might be careful about taunting Fergie. Has anyone mentioned to you the story about the Lancaster?...
Guess I'd better get busy finishing up my breakfast for now. That 'w' thing awaits at the office.
Blessings and safe driving for those of you in the 'White Zone' lately,
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
[For forest turf I use a special blend of tea leaves, coffee grounds, and a dash of woodland scenic's dull green grass.]
***Lee, I'm afraid I would have to drink the coffee...or are they used coffee grounds? And do you bake or treat all that stuff prior to using it? What keeps bugs from taking up residence on your layout? Interesting!
***FoulRift, I sent it today. If it isn't there tomorrow, let me know and I'll pm you instead.
Have a good night all. Rob
Looks like JimRC took the last parking place on Page 96, so it's all on me folks. Go ahead and order two of everything, just in case someone gets hungry when you tell them about the delicious chow you had here!
Evening, all.
Spent today doing absolutely nothing, cold and snowy out. All it takes is for a couple of 60 degree days to roll by in January and I am back to hating the cold weather. Unless it snows, and then I like it again.
And speaking of snow, the white stuff JIMRC shipped our way- sorry, Jim, gotta blame someone- was about the finest particled -is that a word?- snow I have seen in a long time. It looked more like a coat of flat white spray paint- I must have the Gulf Midland on my mind- than snow. I sure do stop alot and insert other thoughts, huh? Oh well, thats the way I hear things in my mind.
PaulB- Maybe you could stick a DL109/Centipede combo on the heads of your ore drags. With those two for power, you would only need 3 jennies and a bobber caboose to have a prototypical length train! Glad to hear that the little one is doing fine. I just took a call from Amyjo, she told me that our 16 year old neice is in hospital, guess she had a bug and got dehydrated so they admitted her. She's a healty girl, unless the poor excuse we have for a hospital messes up, she should be ok.
Fergie- Good to hear that you got all of that accomplished without mishap, because at your advanced age you don't heal as quickly as us youngsters do! Just like it says on MESS rolling stock- "Safety Always Comes Before Accidents"......errr uhhhh no, wait, that doesn't make any sense....I need to get new glasses.
LSW- If you promise me and Paul B a tour of the docks and a few of your cutters up there, we'll take care of those cars you need serviced! Every man has a price!
Still spitting snow, but other than slick roads- like pcarrell said- not much more of a threat. Wellllll, better get to w**k, or something.
I'm thinking it's gonna be something.
Evening, Chloe, just a cup of hot cocoa to go. Only stopping by for a couple a'minutes. Thanks!
OzarkBelt, to the Diner, and DerJohn's comments - first time as a newcomer to hit the TOP, you pretty well get a free ride. Now later this week, that's another story... Tell us a bit about your layout (or plans for one). On the passenger cars, they will run on 18" curves, just with a bit of overhang (and that doesn't bother everyone, either). But if your layout is closer to shoulder or eye level (I'd say 48" elevation or higher), it's not as noticeable anyway. As DerJohn said, it's all up to you. Those of us who've been in the Diner a while, talk about "Teffy's Rule" around here - (if someone doesn't like the way you do your layout) "Don't let the door hit you on the on the way out!" You get to make your own rules, in other words.
Fergie, excellent cabeese there - and I see DerJohn addressed the cats question, huh? Paul made me look again at the Mikado - at first, I thought it was one of your 2-10-2's. Nice loco! And good to hear you have about all your work done and no toasted fingers or toes.
Paul, now I know why I was never able to get those Walthers ore cars - you were buying them by the container-load! Good to hear you have the engineer cap ready for young granddaughter once she gets home.
Ed, got your email and sent you one back. Thanks. Better watch out with next week's game that you don't root too hard for the Giants, and get yourself in trouble with Fran.
Heck, Johnboy, if the car was all it took to get the gals swarming over me, I'd've been married by now! Sounds like you have the right house for your area's weather (and up there, you need it, I'm sure). Good that the new furnace will be simpler to maintain the filter(s) on, though.
Jeff, I'll second that nomination for "Spray Can Rembrant".
Sounds like both Lee and DerJohn got side-tracked with other things in trying to get a MRR'ing task done. And of course, I cannot at all relate to having any experiences like that, right? Oh, noooo.... Sometimes it can be frustrating, though.
Well, past my bedtime here, so I'll be going. See you all in the morning!
Blessings,
Evening everyone. A large Coke please.
Paul- You'll have to excuse me while I compose myself.I really hit the floor laughing when I read your post. Laughed so hard I started to cry. That's a heck of a list of cars you have there.
DerJohn-thanks for the compliment on the crane.And yes I scratchbuilt the boom as well. I have a smaller version that sits on the back of a truck but no photo as yet.
Rob-when did you send the e-mail? I don't see it yet.
Well guys got to run. Just got home from work and have not had supper. I'll catch up with all of you later.NJ Bob
Good Evening All,
Just got back from the G gauge pickup at the New York Botanical Gardens. As usual a couple of hour trip turned into an all day affair. We thought we were getting some rolling stock and some old track. In fact we ended up with an entire NYC passenger consist, a couple of locomotives, some box cars needing repair and about 400 feet of track - on road bed and four bridges averaging 6 to 8 feet in length! We ended up borrowing a trailer from the crew down there and left about 5 pm. Of course I got lost in the city and took the scenic route to rt87 via I think most of Brooklyn but we made good time doing it only making two u-turns and one loop (with trailer in traffic). I of course now need to return said trailer by 8am tomorrow so I gotta run. I was only on to get maps for the return trip as Parkways in NY are out with a trailer and the area is ringed with them plus I won't have a co-pilot/navigator in the morning. Never a dull moment in the world of model railroading, eh? At least the foot of snow turned into 3" and mostly held off. catch yall tomorrow, J.R.
Ok, so I decided to move the freighters to the train room, but first I needed to clear off some space. Then I noticed the white pine panels on the east wall had come loose. So I went to the garage to get my tools and had to straighten things out (45 minutes) to find everything, then as I pulled the panels away from the wall I find out they were nailed to the foundation blocks (nails rusted away). Then I noticed the 2x4 holding the landing up was rotted out and needed replaced. (Insert 2 trips to home Depot) So today I straightened up the garage, fixed the east wall in the basement, replaced the 2x4, new anchors, turned all the furring strips from horizontal to vertical and anchored them in, had to cut all the paneling before installing them since nothing was square and silly me plumbed everything, and guess what.....The freighters are still sitting in the garage!
Ryan, yea it's locked down for me too. Click the WWW button on the bottom there and it should take you to my albums. I looked at your trees and oregano. For forest turf I use a special blend of tea leaves, coffee grounds, and a dash of woodland scenic's dull green grass. It looks and smells good. The coffee and the tea give you the dead leaves look without the Italian pizza smell, LOL.
FoulRift, The Cuyahoga County port authority has a crane like that sitting at the docks, I think it's an old NYC 90 ton. I think there is a picture of it in my WWW button. As for the hoppers I'm easy to find since I'm conveniently located at Chicago Line Mile Post 171.5 Just Park at the fuel/sanding racks and walk towards the lake.
Fergmiester, my great uncle was the switch master at Swan Creek tower, he always referred to those as a light-house. The caboose looks good. Would that be a Canada caboose or a Canadian caboose? With three of them is that a murder, gaggle or flock? HEY WAIT A MINUTE THE MESS LOOKS WELL organized! What happened?
Take care all...