Sue & Larry: Things are looking good on the layout! Thanks for sharing.
Jeffery: Yea, well I've been to Belle chase, NOLA, Corpus Christi, and Yorktown on several occasions, but I wasn't ready for the 26F weather in SC. Burr, that was chilly.
Just started to rain here, but I hear it's snowing in Toledo. Maybe I'll have to pull Eleanor out of the garage. The storm seems to be spinning counter clock wise and we will get hit from the south.
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Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Happy New Year to everyone!! Hope Christmas brought great things to everyone.
For those of you still in 2007, I am speaking to you from the future. Would you like to know what it is like in the future? Any questions? No, I don't know when your reserved item will be arriving. Rob
HOLD IT!
It's 15 minutes until 2008!
HOLD
YOUR
HORSES!
(and the pie eating... Sorry PC.)
Just stopped by to wish everyone a healthy, safe and happy NEW YEAR
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
scubaterry Are you aware of the Rail Fair at the Volusia County Fairgrounds on the 12th and 13th? 300 tables of model items in all gauges. Usually big crowd and plenty of stuff, new,used and even some abused. I plan on going as its about an hours ride from my home.
Flip
eeyore9900 wrote:I was due on 12/26/65, & Mom didn't go into labor until 12/30, & then I didn't make my appearance until 10AM on the 1st!
Well then, that makes today your birthday, huh?
Morning Everyone!
It's a new year, full of all of the hopes and dreams that come with it! I hope that all of yours come true!
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
Good morning all,
, Mitch.
HAPPY 2008
Thanks, Fergie & Lee. If we get the trestle to the logging area done, we will finally be connected to the mainline. That means more operating sessions.
I worked yesterday, but Larry cleaned up the track that we ballasted on Sunday. I will try to get some photos of the stockyard.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you.
***Ed, sounds like a good Resolution that will be easily achievable. One of mine is to start a layout I can look at period!
***Sue, look forward to seeing the progress pics.
D'oh...I knew it was the 1st, but somehow gained a weekday. Folks aren't bringing the trailer until tomorrow. On the good side is I got the road done one day ahead of time. Will work on my coffee in a corner booth. Rob
Good Afternoon All,
And a Happy New Year as well. I'm actually where I've been for the past few days, at the shop putting in a new floor in the lobby and adding a divider to the area so we can tidy things up a bit for storage and records.
Not much to report on the MRR front except that I had so much fun running the I-5 (even though they were all gone by the time I model that I've declared one survived and is museum bound. Now I'm redoing some older Athearn streamlined cars (wrong length but who cares) into the green banded New Haven cars seen with the I-5's on the Shoreline runs they frequented. That'll have to do until I have time to make proper cars out of something else.
Belated Happy Birthday to Der and Happy Birthday to Mitch. Love to see some pics Sue when you get there, that trestle should look good when done. CUL, J.R.
Cederstrand wrote: ***Flashwave, did you happen to catch the episode when Mike visited "Wildlife Wonders"? http://www.wildlifewonders.org/ They had an assortment of critters, perhaps the most unusual was their Binturong named Popcorn. It's those folks. They are going to leave their trailer with us so I can get the 3 mini zebu use to going into it. Had to put our Paint stud up in the riding arena, as he has been free roaming our yard and made an impressive manure pile right infront of the gate into the barnyard. Only a 4-wheel drive with huge nobby tires could have traversed that before I scraped and re-gravelled it. Rob
***Flashwave, did you happen to catch the episode when Mike visited "Wildlife Wonders"? http://www.wildlifewonders.org/ They had an assortment of critters, perhaps the most unusual was their Binturong named Popcorn. It's those folks. They are going to leave their trailer with us so I can get the 3 mini zebu use to going into it. Had to put our Paint stud up in the riding arena, as he has been free roaming our yard and made an impressive manure pile right infront of the gate into the barnyard. Only a 4-wheel drive with huge nobby tires could have traversed that before I scraped and re-gravelled it.
Rob
No. But it looks like it may be on here soon. Rather a bit more info than we needed. I see now. Thanks.
-Morgan
Happy New Year all. First time in the diner. I would like a nice cup of coffee and a piece of apple pie-Thanks. Had a quiet New Years celebration-just me,the wife and my son. I have one more day off before going back to work.
Here in West Central NJ it is rather cloudy and 50.The rest of the week calls for the mid 20's
My New Years resolution is to finally begin building my layout.
From the looks of this diner I think I finally found a place where I can come and hang out and chat and get away from all the crazyness of the world. Bob
Jeffrey-Thanks for the welcome. I was out of work 7 months before I found my current job-security guard at the local community college and yes I am thankful for it and other things.
The coffee and pie were great but time to go-my mother-in-law invited us for dinner. See you all later and have a nice day-Bob
Mr. Rift,
Welcome to the coffee shop....one of the friendliest places on the web! Come on in and set a spell!
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:We just finished the traditional meal here of blackeye peas and ham hocks. That's the poorest meal of the year. Anything else has to be better.
There's logic in this though I would have opted fro Brussel Sprouts
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Happy New Year, everybody. ..... and Happy Birthday, Mitch.....
Actually, two of our adult kids had b'days yesterday. (We're a finance couple and made sure to optimize the tax deductions when they were born.)
Welcome Foul rift to the diner. Hopefully, Ryan will serve more prime rib in you honor.
JR is using Athearn passenger cars. Nothing wrong with them. They stay on the track and look fine. I have several. I can make my version of the Nebraska Zephyr with them. Close enough for me although the prototype was articulated.
It's been really indy for at least 24 hours. It was 60 degrees yesterday and tonight it will be 17 degrees. We won't be on the kyak, and therefore, it's time for the layout.
Cheers everyone!!!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Fergmiester wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:We just finished the traditional meal here of blackeye peas and ham hocks. That's the poorest meal of the year. Anything else has to be better.There's logic in this though I would have opted fro Brussel Sprouts
Thats just cruel and unusual punishment!
Good Afternoon all,
Foul Rift: "Follow the Reaper" I love it! I must say that's very unique Welcome to the diner Foul Rift.
I still like the "If it didn't arrive in a M.E.S.S. we didn't ship it" as well.
Jeffery: I can't argue with your logic on that meal.
My Son William and I will be having Sausage und Sauerkraut today; Dee-Dee stopped in Slavic Village and picked out the Polish Sausage yesterday.
Still snowing here, might have to break out the rotary plow!
William and I were going to work on the bench work out in the garage, but at 19F we voted to stay inside and play video games and listen to the football games.
New Year's Resolution: [insert drum roll and fanfare here] assemble all the HO-Scale structures I've had sitting in this box before buying new ones. Yea, that will be a challenge since 2 of the kits I bought in High School.
Here's wishing a happy new year to everyone.
I see we have a few Birthdays also. Happy Birthday!!! Making me feel old, naah, even a 54, I'm in good shape and still feel young.
Just got back from NJ the other day. This trip has become a tradition over the past 20 years. my children always loved their 2nd Christmas in New Jersey with my wife's family. This year it was at my sister-in-law's in Marshall Creek,PA. (Real close to Strasberg, a plus). Actually ended up to be a nice visit. Was interesting watching the Pats/ Giants game surrounded by all those NY fans...Hmmm glad they're family. And to drive around NY and NJ w/ a Red Sox and Patriots sticker on the back window of the SUV is dangerous to say the least.
Will be kicking off the new year with a real nice job on that custom home,(the one w/ the Caravan tobogan run for a driveway). will be doing kitchen, Anderson windows throughout, hardwood floors and an entry design of arches and columns, and some TLC all over the place. It will keep me pretty busy, but I do hope to get in some scenery work at the club.
PC: I'm sorry to hear about Maggie, they do become part of the family. Guess your wife is much better. Hope she was able to enjoy the holidays. Really got'a watch taking those meds. So, you're not thinking of switching scales (from a forum post) are you? You have quite a good sized layout, even though you went to the "dark side", there's no going back as they say.
Mitch: Y' know long ago that AHM was the "Cat's Meow" in that Chessie. They do run awful. Well you have 3 of the SD35's to pick from in Chessie in Atlas Master, and don't forget about B&O blue or WM Circus. Those ran along with them. There's none in this shot, they're all out on helper service.
Nice shots of that OC with the Conrail. and a Happy Birthday to you.
Dick: I think you're getting the snow up your way. South of Boston it keeps turning to rain, that's not a bad thing. So, my daughter just bought a D200 body from the Photo Dept. head at Northeastern. I guess he needed to chase the latest and best. Good for her, and I get her D70 body.It does have some internal formating issues, but I don't care. Even though she really knows cameras, what lens do you think is best for our needs for best layout pics?
A congrats to Locoindy76, a nice addition for the new year.
Lee: It great you can do that work. It does really save your aunt plenty of $$$. And when sweating that copper, make sure that there's a 5 gal or two with water, before turning off the main. Guess I found that out the hard way. Had to turn on the water even w/ open pipes just to put out a small fire in the framework. ABC extinquiser isn't a bad idea either.
Sue: Great pics of the layout. Good looking pines. Someone donated like 10-12 bags of pine trees to my club a while ago. Only trouble, they were so uniform and all exact size, we needed to start chopping at them and nipping out some branches so it didn't look like a tree farm. Larry is doing great on that curved trestle. I especially like that stone portal and wing/ retaining wall.
der: Happy Birthday. I like the looks of the white and light colors on the facia. Once sceniced and a backdrop will be a nice contrast. Real clean looking.
Paul: That's great news on the baby and starting to gain weight. Hope you have luck w/ the house hunting for your daughter. As you say, the $$ pretty much everywhere will need to level off. $400K here near Boston is about average for a decent single family home. And it will only be on a 1/2 to 2/3 acre lot if your lucky. Condos in town have just started to come down to something a little more reasonable. Last year most Condo or town houses in Cambridge or Boston were over $450K. That market has slowed immensly. Got to get that router fixed, and thank you for the thoughts for me and my family. '08 can only be a much better year than the last. Keeping optimistic and plugging away. When I post some new scenery pics from the club, you'll know I'm on my way.
Charlie: Nice evening out at the Nutcracker. I seem to remember a CN caboose done a couple years ago. Atlas or Walther's maybe. Might have to get an undec and paint one. Take good care of your old buddy. I feel bad when amimals start to get old and have problems like that.
Ed: Glad you had a great Christmas. And yes let's see, Hmm venison or Ryan's prime rib. Ya, I'm with you on the prime rib. It's good that you finaly have time to get back to the layout. We're waiting for pics...No pressure or anything though...
Ryan: Congrats on the Website of the week. Good pic of the flange greaser. You should see how many are used on the B&Os old Magnolia cutoff (CSX/ Amtrak). They would be something fairly simple to model, just can't use real grease....
Mark: That's great getting that room. I know you'll figure something out. You can also just say that your only stealing a bit at the ends for those nice big returns and 30" radius. A simple yard in the middle of the long run and industries on both ends, would make a great layout. Looks like we'll be seeing some plans posted soon.
Tracklayer: Nice to see you in the diner. Sorry to hear about your mishap w/ that bad fish. Maybe a blessing in disguise as to finding out about the low enzyme levels. You probably would never figured out what was the trouble w/o getting sick.
JR: What a beauty. That I-5 is one real good looker, whitewalls and all. Nice shot on the turn. Is that superelevated?
Johnboy: So you have one of those little dachunds too. We have a 6 year old chocolate mini named "Jack", a real great companion. Very smart little buggers, too. My daughters have him doing all kind of tricks, but he minds me the best. They know who really takes care of them don't they.
Jerry: Still having trouble w/ that pic. I only use the avitar that I moved from my picture file. It should do the same whether a logo or picture. That's how I did the signature one. Maybe it's more the sizing and not so much the link itself.
Jim: Sounds like you had a nice visit with your friend Linda. Want to see that second National Treasure myself. Does look good.
Jeff: Nice steamer, I was wondering , like Jim, how that Canadian power found it's way so South to KCS territory. Good shot of the backup light- like that amber glow.
Welcome NH I-5, take a load off and grab a bite.
Rob, GARRY, RT, Fergie and to all..... A Happy New Year.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
HI ALL:
We wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR .Kathy and I had a very good Christmass and now a good new year. Kid next door[son] just left for Quartzite to sell his soap 33ft trailer and new dodge 350diesel 4 wheel [christmass] present from us. Am trying to figure out how to send pictures and drawings, don't have it rite yet, will keep trying. Added 156gig to memory so i'm updated according to kid next door. movies only take about 30min..
got the garage a little cleaner so that i can start a little bit of layout here and than transfer to big bldg. kathy doing much better, i've got a app. with dr about heart problems. why does this happen when we get older and are having more fun playing with trains???????
Prayers and friday morn mass for all
Chuck and Kathy
This must be the bigest diner in the world huh guys?
a cup of coffe please. Oh, yes caafinated. Did I pernounce that wrong? Workin' on my IHC NYC passenger cars. Making them Have kadee nun 5 couplers while still going round 22" curves.
Yes, a slice of apple pie would be nice.
*munching*
I'll be back later
in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.
High winds with a deep freeze tonight and again tomorrow night. Will need to make a hay run sometime tomorrow, high winds or not. Have the fires roaring in the cabin to protect the pipes. Wife & I spent much of the day in there cleaning the place up. Still much to do. Tonight I'll return to cleaning up the dungeon and maybe glue & screw the train table parts together.
Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
Rob, When are you starting on your layout? If you don't get started during the winter, you will get to busy with summer farm chores.
Bob, Sounds like you had a great Christmas. The fluffy trees are Aggro trees, which look similar to the fir trees that are well spaced on our place. The tapered bottle brush trees were labeled fir trees, but are shaped more like plantation trees or cedars, so they are nice for variety. I just bought a new bag of 60 that I will need to add ground foam to because the quality is not that of the first bag. Yes, I to use scissors to change the shape some.
Dick, My number came up to check out White Cascades at the library during the holidays. Larry took the message and didn't write it down. By the time I checked in, the hold had expired. I am going to try an interlibrary loan to see if I can get a sound recording.