Good morning from Euclid, Ohio....
The ice is melting! Sounded like I was living in a glacier all day yesterday stuff was melting off the house and falling/sliding from the roof.
41F right now, Today's Hi will be 50F, and tomorrow's Hi will be 60!
I started work on the DPM M.T. ARMS Hotel last night. Well that was my first DPM and I'll work through the others, but I'm not too impressed with their buildings. We shall see how things go.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
***NJ BOB, real nice lumber loads. How about delivering them to my farm here in GA. so I can build an addition to our house. BTW, I was born in NJ. Family lived in Chatham Township. Moved west when I was only 2 weeks old so I don't exactly remember what it was like. (that was 45 years ago)
Rob
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
A really beautiful day down here in Paradise today. Got up close to 80, with some sun, but never got too uncomfortable. That was nice, as we spent a good part of the day working out at the orange grove. The fruit is just great. Mandarins are still doing well, although some of them are starting to dry out. They'll be done for by the end of this month. The Reinas are good and sweet, and are fine for picking right now. They will continue to ripen further for another 4 weeks or so. This is a good time for OJ here in the Coffee Shop.
Ryan: And then there is the culinary trinity of onions, celery, and bell peppers....
Garry: I'm glad the good folks at MR allow the diner to continue so we can share a little about personal lives even though some of it can be construed as off topic.
Rob - sorry about the goats.
Jerry: Feller also included 2 IC flats and 2 trailers....Gotta say could of knocked me over. We sure have some nice folks in this hobby...
NJ Bob - nice looking wood loads. Chocolate chip muffins, eh? Sounds good to me.
That's about it from down here, sports fans.
Hasta mañana
Ed
Evening everyone.Chloe- Coffee and pie please. Finally got a slight break from the cold weather we have beeb having but now it is raining. Seems like we can't catch a break.
Just so everyone knows-coffee,tea,etc. is on me tonight.
I have a couple of pics I want to share but they are a little dark because the conditions when I took them was not ideal and I was using a borrowed camera that I am not used to it yet.
The wood loads on both flat cars I made.
Ryan-did you get the receipe I sent you?
Jeffrey-nice pics you posted.Good job!!
If it continues raining tomorrow I be able to do some painting that I have been putting off. I'll finish the building tonight and will start painting tomorrow.
My wife made some chocolate chip muffins today,I'll bring some with me tomorrow. Night all- NJ Bob
Evening Gang: Hello Jerry over in the corner. Well today was really a change from a week ago. It was 83 and a very nice wind blowing so it didn't seem too warm. Mary Ann and I went to the hospital and saw the baby. When Mary Ann said her name she opened her eyes. She is really cute.
Rob: I'm sorry to hear about the goat kids. I don't know why animals have to drop the babys in the worst weather but they do. We've had a few ourselves.
Well I guess I'll head for bed.
OK I've got the page so have at it gang.
Good evening all
May have a slice of apple pie with vanilla ice cream Please.
Not much going on here been really nice for a change actually almost up to 40deg F.. Kids are in bed and Mother is trying to get the baby to go to sleep.
I have a Delany Iron work kit that I am going to start tonight. Have not been down working on the layout since I am planning on building my daughter a new room and taking over her old one for my layout.
Glad to hear most are doing better like PC wife and I am sorry to hear that Rob's wife is coming down with a cold again. I think that the change in temp is worse than just getting cold and staying that way. At least health wise temp changes take more out of you than just staying cold.
Take care all Kevin
pcarrell wrote: Mornin' all!It's warming up out there! It's going to be in the 40's toady! Big change from a few days ago!Wife tells me theres a train show at the fairgrounds downtown. Said she'd even like to go with me! (SHOCK, faints, dies!) Might just have to do that tomorrow! Got homework today, and a basketball game for my son tonight. Throw in church and it looks like a busy weekend.So whats up with you this weekend? Flashwave wrote: Great to hear PC! have some pie and let's celebrate! (wallet may live to regret it though)Oooooo, bad move on your part! I'm a pretty nice guy most of the time, but, well, did ya ever see the movie "Gremlins"? Thats me around pie! FoulRift wrote: Where do you guys get all those animated smiles and train gifs?There are some built into the forum software. When you go to make a post, notice the smily face in the toolbar? Click on it and it pops up a small menu. Click on any of those and it'll add that smily wherever your cursor happens to be. For ones not on that list I just pick them up here and there, mostly on other forums. If you don't want to load them onto your photo hosting website you can just right click on them and select properties. The copy the address and come to your post you're making up and paste it in and add the [img][ /img] (without the space) tags and you can link to it that way. As for the train gifs, you can google them (search for train gif, locomotive avitar, things like that). There's lots of them out there.
Mornin' all!
It's warming up out there! It's going to be in the 40's toady! Big change from a few days ago!
Wife tells me theres a train show at the fairgrounds downtown. Said she'd even like to go with me! (SHOCK, faints, dies!) Might just have to do that tomorrow! Got homework today, and a basketball game for my son tonight. Throw in church and it looks like a busy weekend.
So whats up with you this weekend?
Flashwave wrote: Great to hear PC! have some pie and let's celebrate! (wallet may live to regret it though)
Great to hear PC! have some pie and let's celebrate! (wallet may live to regret it though)
Oooooo, bad move on your part! I'm a pretty nice guy most of the time, but, well, did ya ever see the movie "Gremlins"? Thats me around pie!
FoulRift wrote: Where do you guys get all those animated smiles and train gifs?
Where do you guys get all those animated smiles and train gifs?
There are some built into the forum software. When you go to make a post, notice the smily face in the toolbar? Click on it and it pops up a small menu. Click on any of those and it'll add that smily wherever your cursor happens to be. For ones not on that list I just pick them up here and there, mostly on other forums. If you don't want to load them onto your photo hosting website you can just right click on them and select properties. The copy the address and come to your post you're making up and paste it in and add the [img][ /img] (without the space) tags and you can link to it that way. As for the train gifs, you can google them (search for train gif, locomotive avitar, things like that). There's lots of them out there.
When ya going tomarrow? Maybe I can just pester the money back from you. :P (I plan on goinng towards morning. We can say hi and put faces to names.
-Morgan
Avenger- If they are gps,they are GP40-2's In the 400 series.
Flip
Cederstrand wrote: Question: What do the colored STARS mean next to our Diner link? And how do some topics get up to 5 stars? Number of views or umber of posts? Just curious.
Question: What do the colored STARS mean next to our Diner link? And how do some topics get up to 5 stars? Number of views or umber of posts? Just curious.
On Windows XP there is a "rate" button where you can rate the thread. That changes the star reading. It's means nothing really.
Oh, found two frozen baby goats the other morning, following a deep freeze. Why a nanny goat delivers kids during the coldest night in all year is beyond me, but it happens. They never had a chance. As the saying goes, "Where you have livestock, you also have dead stock"
Hate when that happens!
Jeffery, is that a cold storage facility to the left o your engine house in the back ground? I love the pictures, keep them comming.
Garry, sounds like you made some good progress on and off the layout.
Hoople, I should have bought them at my LHS last month they were $65 for the A/B units but they didn't have the B&O capitol limited.
Ryan, any new pictures of the round house?
I did finish up the Merchant's row I project with the exception of the store front signs. I need to fire up the ALPS MD-1000 and print some signs tonight.
in a AT&SF mug, please & thank you.
Starting in on the "scrap wood" side of the dungeon today. If I get far enough, will cut the top for my small train table.
Made another hay run today. Need to go set it out now. Have a good day all. Rob
LSWrr wrote: Hoople; I have my sights set on a P2K E8 A/B unit in the B&O Capitol paint "only" $195.00 (DC).
Hoople; I have my sights set on a P2K E8 A/B unit in the B&O Capitol paint "only" $195.00 (DC).
Seams like a nice price, although I'm going for A/B both powered with sound... $260 through wholesaletrains...
I also have my eye on their E7s, BLI's bluelin cabforward and mike, and BLI's MT-73... and athearn's FEF.
Just watch someone make a new cool product that will postpone my buying those... just watch...
avenger wrote: My modelling friend is coming over today...Ryan! How 'bout some of that Soup Du Jour? Sonds Delicious.Sorry about the confusion up there folks. ^^^^^^^^^I was making "conversation" with Chloe.(Chloe O'Brien, 24)saronaterry, that was pure quawincidence [#oops
My modelling friend is coming over today...
Ryan! How 'bout some of that Soup Du Jour? Sonds Delicious.
Sorry about the confusion up there folks. ^^^^^^^^^
I was making "conversation" with Chloe.
(Chloe O'Brien, 24)
saronaterry, that was pure quawincidence [#oops
My BIL is (maybe) stopping by today to take and post some pics since I've no experience doing it. Hope it works.
Terry O'Brien,50 in 2 weeks(aaaarrrhhgg)
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Hello everybody ....
I've been in the model train room and have been doing minor work on a locomotive. I'll be back in the train room in a few minutes to resume construction on the layout. My around the wall-layout now has tracks adjacent to about 80' of walls. I have plenty more walls to work with. Also, I have one penensula for my steel mill.
I'm glad the good folks at MR allow the diner to continue so we can share a little about personal lives even though some of it can be construed as off topic. I'll briefly disclose that Shelley and I have been contributing much of our time and some of our money to a church program. We're not looking for any sort of credits from people and stuff like that. We are helping people who have screwed up their lives with addictions and so on, but have turned their lives over to God and are sincerely trying to recover. It's our small contribution to solving a huge problem in our world. We feel better about ourselves by doing stuff like that. We get a really good feeling when we see people reversing so many negatives in their lives. There's a young guy now for example who has been in prison for drug problems and is in the process of rebuilding his life. Those are the Friday night church meetings I have mentioned from time to time.
I believe our hobby is a great diversion for our young people and is highly constructive. I suspect young people involved in model railroading and other hobbies are much less likely to become involved with major problems such as drugs.
Following my "train of thought", you may wish to support effort to promote our hobby to young people by MR, NMRA, and others.
Back to topic. My layout extension under construction has two levels. The lower level provides added running distance and also some storage of trains. The upper level is the main line with an industry for revenue freight.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
saronaterry, that was pure quawincidence
Morning Folks!
I'll have a couple sausage biscuits with coffee this morning! Thanks Zoë!
The warm front is coming through now, temps in the high 40's today, wooo hoooo....
At least the lows will not be below freezing for the next week, which is a relief!
FoulRift wrote: Ryan-I have a neat receipe for meat loaf if you're interested?
Ryan-I have a neat receipe for meat loaf if you're interested?
FoulRift (aka NJ Bob), I like that HO transfer caboose and the weathering is quite good too! And always looking for new recipes, send it to me in a PM if you wish.
CN Charlie, we will be happy to make special requests at any time, so a Crème Caramel coming up whenever you're ready.
pcarrell wrote: The doc has cleared the wife to begin putting weight on the leg! We should be walking with a walker within a month or so and a cane a couple months after that! Six months and it should be close to full strength he says!
The doc has cleared the wife to begin putting weight on the leg! We should be walking with a walker within a month or so and a cane a couple months after that! Six months and it should be close to full strength he says!
Great news PC, give our best wishes to the misses for us!
LSWrr wrote:Today's Daily Specials is just a little red x for me, can't see it.
Today's Daily Specials is just a little red x for me, can't see it.
Maybe if you refresh the web page it will show up again!
egmurphy wrote: Don't they say that all Cajun recipes start with "First, you make a roux..."?
Don't they say that all Cajun recipes start with "First, you make a roux..."?
Hey Ed, you're memory serves you right, that is the ubiquitous Cajun starter for about 95% of their recipes. And then there is the culinary trinity of onions, celery, and bell peppers....
Looking forward to the grove report too! And the Bailey dog video is quite good, never seen a dog who liked snow that much.
Here's the weekend special menu for lunch and dinner:
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
saronaterry wrote: avenger wrote: JimRCGMO wrote: Unless Avenger is hoping to get some major cold weather in Florida... Hey, it's warmed back up to the 60'sStill I'm wearing thermal underware..Chloe, more coffe.Is there any chance your last name is O'Brien??And do you work 24 hours??Morning,diners!Avenger, if you were replying to me, yes on the last name and no on the 24 hours.I just have a little more time and it's cold!!!
avenger wrote: JimRCGMO wrote: Unless Avenger is hoping to get some major cold weather in Florida... Hey, it's warmed back up to the 60'sStill I'm wearing thermal underware..Chloe, more coffe.Is there any chance your last name is O'Brien??And do you work 24 hours??
JimRCGMO wrote: Unless Avenger is hoping to get some major cold weather in Florida...
Unless Avenger is hoping to get some major cold weather in Florida...
Hey, it's warmed back up to the 60's
Still I'm wearing thermal underware..
Chloe, more coffe.
Is there any chance your last name is O'Brien??
And do you work 24 hours??
ning,diners!Avenger, if you were replying to me, yes on the last name and no on the 24 hours.I just have a little more time and it's cold!!!
No, I was talking to the vitual waitress, Chloe.
Good morning,
42F and rain today.
Caboose; believe it or not I found 1 set of caboose hand rails, I need to patent my new found secret in locating lost items. I go looking for a screwdriver and I find caboose railings, I search for caboose railings and I find my tunnel portals. Soon I will master this new skill and rule the world, ok maybe not.
Glue for structures; someone (a couple weeks ago) mentioned their buildings needed re-gluing. I have a few buildings my Mom and I assembled back in the 70's that are still in excellent shape; we used clear fingernail polish as the adhesive. I use green fingernail polish to glue telephone wires to poles and clear for tying flies for fishing.
Morning all-coffee to go please. On my way to work and as usual I'm running a little late.
See you all later-NJ Bob
Hey all.
Haven't been in in a bit...
I see we have some new people here... to you guys.
Nothing is really new here. In about a month I'll come in here screaming becuase my big boy has come... But that's a month away.
Newest project isn't layout related... Again... It's another locomotive. Those P2K F7s have tempted me to save for them. I'm only $145 or so away... yay.
Mark
Evening Folks-just some hot tea for me thanks.
Blah-surprised I'm up this late tonite, but I won't be for long-had terrible trouble sleeping last nite-gave up for awhile & got on the computer & continued to re-adjust my rrpicture archive site to make it it more "user friendly" for modelers looking for prototype ideas & inspiration. http://donkey.rrpicturearchives.net/
More categorized as to type of cars, builders, etc. Not near done, gonna take me awhile. Anyways, it was about 5AM before I was able to get to sleep, & had to be at work at 9:15. Sure enough, I overslept the alarm & woke 5 min away from having to be at work. Fortunately, the powers that be are understandable, as it's happened to about everyone there once in awhile.
Avenger-not surprised w/snow in Fla.-Key West was supposed to be in the 40's. I remember the cold wave of 1977 when Miami Beach saw it's 1st snowflakes.
Lee-not surprised at the amount of snow you folks got after watching the radar & the squalls coming off the lake-they died off mostly before reaching here as we just have a coating. One positive note I can say on the bitter cold-when it gets up into the 30's as it did today, it actually feels "warm"!
Kevin-I can remember in Jan.of '85 when it went to -24 here & we were the coldest spot in the country. My friends & I were out bowling, & on our way home, my bud was exceeding the speed limit quite a bit just to keep gas flowing thru the carb in his '75 Cordoba. The next day, my dad couldn't get his '70 Tbird started (in the barn, opposite & out of the wind) but my '74 Charger (outside & facing the wind & with an old battery) groaned a few times & fired up with a VROOM!! (boy did I hear about it from my Dad when I came back into the house!)
NJ Bob-Foul Rift right? There are a lot of weird named towns & roads across the country-still trying to recall some from this area-the one that comes to mind is one I remember reading a book about the death of James Dean & the car crash that took his life in Cholame CA.-one of the roads nearby was called Brown Material Rd. (I'd rather not know how the name came to be) Either way-cool name for your RR & neat herald!
Jerry, I wanted to add also that the OC does a bit of operation in the Youngstown OH area also-they've basically taken over some lines that other major carriers have left dormant. An aside, my Mom's former supervisor's nephew is an engineer on the OC-I met him once when we were kids & he was a railfan & a half at the time-he knew 10x more about RRing in the area & put me to shame with his knowledge.
Well I better get to bed-I'm dragging. Oh one more thing-got a text msg from one of my railfan buds-he just got accepted for conductor/brakeman training on the W&LE. It's been his dream to work on a railroad, & I couldn't be happier for him! (now maybe I can get insider info from him as to when a train of cool weathered cars are in the area )
Nite All!
A tall cool glass of water is all, thanks!
***Philip, that is wonderful news. Very happy for her.
***Paul, good to hear the baby is doing well. Hope her mom gets well quickly...that would be a bummer for her to have to saty away.
***Flashwave, CONGRATS on the new loco. Looks sharp!
***Ed, that video was fun. Put a big smile on my face...thanks for that.
Well, another long day gone here. Much accomplished, although nothing train-wise for days now. Hopefully soon. Have a good night all. Rob
Howdy everybody:
PC ...........Yes, that's great news. I'm glad to hear it. I suspect it seems like a long wait for Mrs PC, but time will pass and God is looking out for her.
Paul .... Good news about your test!!!!! Also, good to learn the little grnaddaughter is progressing so well!!!
Ed ..... We have a great authentic Mexican restaurant here complete with lousy Mexican cheese. I think I know what you mean about cheese there. ... BUT Your OJ is fantastic!
I, too, am impressed with foul rift's caboose.
Happy Model Railroading!!!!
Cedarstrand-Cox47-flashwave-LSWrrThanks for the comments about the caboose. Sorry I never mentioned it but I model in HO. And yes she has been worked hard but like the Energizer Bunny she just keeps on going...
As far as the weather goes it's still cold-guess the weatherman goofed again. I only have time for a quick cup of coffee,just got home from work and got to get to bed early. Have to get up at 5AM and go to my other post. I work as a security guard at a truckstop and the local community college and have to do the college tomorrow.
I'll have more time later tomorrow and Sunday to stay and chat and perhaps post a few more pics.See you all later. NJ Bob