gear-jammer wrote: Philip, Thanks for the kind words. We haven't seen much of your layout lately. Hint. Hint.
Philip, Thanks for the kind words. We haven't seen much of your layout lately. Hint. Hint.
Nothing much to show. With all of my wifes surgeries, homeschooling when she can't, work, and school, there's not much time left over. I spend most of that on the web or sitting with the wife reading or watching TV. I just don't have a lot of energy left over. I haven't spent much time working on it for a while. I did do some housekeeping last weekend and got some shelves for the closet for storage. Other then that, not much to report. I'm hoping to make some forward progress soon though.
Morning all-nice to see everyone. Coffee is on me today.
Ryan- that PR was out of this world.Real tender
der-do you use the reaper in your signature like I do or was that just an insert on your post?
Anyway-I think I have found a second home. People in here are real friendly and it seem to me that everyone is treated with respect.That is my kind of place.NJ Bob
egmurphy wrote: ... Avenger - please, it's Ed. Don't be so formal or I'll have to take to calling you Mr Avenger....
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Avenger - please, it's Ed. Don't be so formal or I'll have to take to calling you Mr Avenger.
Mr. Avenger, I like that!!
But Ed sounds good,
Non Formals please!!
Good Morning Crew,
Zoe, youre looking great this morning, I'll have chocolate chip muffin and hot chocolate to flush, in the corner booth with Ed, Jim & Phil so we can watch the local come through.
I would also like to extend a to our new friends, Foul Fift, Sarona Terry, & Avenger. and any other visitors.. These are a great bunch of folks here at the Diner, very knowledgeable, skilled and willing to share. (Whisper)--- Watch out for Vinnie, he is a little on the shady side..
Well here I am at work for the third time in 2008. Just 357 days till Christmas. Got you shopping done yet??
I had a nice surprise in the mail yesterday. I received four "Rail-Gon" gondolas, all different numbers. They make a very good looking string. Will have to weather them some and get appropriate loads. I was well pleased.
My Son and Daughter-in-law drove back to Spokane yesterday. For the first couple of hundred miles they had real crappy weather and road conditions. Winds as high as 80 KPH. lots of drifting snow and poor visibility. They left here at noon our time and got home at 5:30 this morning. So under the circumstances that isn't too bad for 1000 miles.
We had a great holiday season and hope you all did as well. But now that the kids and relatives are gone for now, maybe we can all get back to some serious railroading. My nine foot (length)mountain and canyon have been patiently waiting for awhile now to see some action. So tonight I plan on playing the creator again.
For all of you who are Mid-Central who watch the weather from up our way. I have to tell you that today is wonderful, no wind, temp at 0 by noon, didn't have to plug the truck in last night. (I'm one of those good guys that let the wife use the garage.) (Good for brownie points)!!!
Well I'll check back in later, right now I had better look like there is something to do. Really quite at work yesterday and today, But we all must get-r-dun... So Do It....
Johnboy out................
James:1 Verse:5
The "Wobbly" won't wobble much tonight. -- -- -- I'm going to build.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
der5997 wrote: ...Avenger: to the Diner. Any particular reason for your HO scale choice? I was in HO, but went to N to get more layout/sq ft of room....
Avenger: to the Diner. Any particular reason for your HO scale choice? I was in HO, but went to N to get more layout/sq ft of room.
i've been modeling HO scale for quite a while, and I love both the NYC and the UP, and thought Hey! Why not freelance a region where they meet? Did some reaserch (thanks members) andcreated a (sort of) plausible plan.
It's quite chill in the Sunshine State. Was the mid-30s at 9:00 am today. No lie from down south...
I will slip into this back booth and have an order of what Ryan is having with my coffee. Now we know why his food always looks so great.
Ryan, I still haven't ordered that CMX track cleaning car. Our washer died on Saturday, so I probably should wait at least one paycheck.
Jim, Thankmoo. I have more to weather. When I get the stockyard in place, I will need cattle there.
Rob, Glad to hear about your progress. When you are working alone, I am sure that things move slower. Benchwork can be long and tedious. If you build it tough enough, it will make the rest of the journey more fun.
Welcome to the diner FoulRift, Avenger, & Sarona Terry. Pull up a chair. You will find great conversation here with our coffee.
der, I always enjoy your progress photos. Keep them coming.
Larry is off for California, so I will probably work on my riverbed today. I have cowboys and horses to paint for the stockyard area. We parked the Shays in the latest sceniced areas. Maybe I will get a few more photos.
Later,
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Well, it's starting to warm up some now. It's only -8 here right now, so now we can actually breath outside. It got down to almost -18 last night. You go outside and your lungs just cease working!
Morning everyone!
Trying to fight off a cold today. I guess playing around with water outside in sub-zero temps for a few hours didn't do my immune system any good. Funny, huh?
So whats going on with you?
SilverSpike wrote: pcarrell wrote:Thats two pages in a row I was the last post on the page! I'm really playing russian roulette here, huh?Hey PC and with odds like that you might have wanted to buy a few PowerBall tickets last night! A winning ticket will create a windfall for N scale layouts ya know!
pcarrell wrote:Thats two pages in a row I was the last post on the page! I'm really playing russian roulette here, huh?
Hey PC and with odds like that you might have wanted to buy a few PowerBall tickets last night! A winning ticket will create a windfall for N scale layouts ya know!
I don't pay voluntary taxes!
Morning folks, lets have some eggs, sausage, toast, hash browns and Ed's OJ for breakfast this morning:
In the back yard this morning the mercury showed 19° F just before sunrise and boy was that a sight to see on the way into work on this crisp clear day.
Looks like Terry in Sarona has gotten the full welcome and nice to see some new and old faces coming back in the diner!
Hey Paul, I just got the Walthers sale catalog in the mail yesterday and they have a new Hiawatha 52-seat Coach on page 15.
Thanks for the magazine run down Ed, lot's of good prototype info in the Trains magazine. I also picked up their special issue with the Tuxedo NS F's boy are those some sharp locos, and the article on the Juanita Shops was great too, it screams "Road Trip". That beef stew was probably the right order for some stick it to your ribs in cold weather fare.
Bob K. glad you liked the Prime Rib dinner, we just about ran out of that last night, but today's lunch and dinner special will keep you in high gear! Check back later for the menu.....
philnrunt wrote: ...we spotted an NS SD70 with the local sitting still, and I took a few shots of it. I consider the NS SD70's to be the last of the classic engines bought new by a Class 1 around here. These days they have safety cabs, and those are impressive too, but the old Spartan Cab 70's are some of my favorites. This one was 2537, IIRC, and she was running long hood forward-just as she should be- and with the snow blowing around her, I hope the pics turn out. And speaking of pics, hopefully next week Amyjo and I can sit down and try to upload some shots to either here or photobucket, looking forward to that too. All of our house guest will be gone by then, and it is a bittersweet peace that will settle in on us. We will miss the monsters.
...we spotted an NS SD70 with the local sitting still, and I took a few shots of it. I consider the NS SD70's to be the last of the classic engines bought new by a Class 1 around here. These days they have safety cabs, and those are impressive too, but the old Spartan Cab 70's are some of my favorites. This one was 2537, IIRC, and she was running long hood forward-just as she should be- and with the snow blowing around her, I hope the pics turn out.
And speaking of pics, hopefully next week Amyjo and I can sit down and try to upload some shots to either here or photobucket, looking forward to that too. All of our house guest will be gone by then, and it is a bittersweet peace that will settle in on us. We will miss the monsters.
Philnrunt we are waiting with baited breath to see your photos! Sounds like a great train spotting event!
Heartland Division CBandQ wrote: Ryan .... Says he was a chef and then an IT guy.... Any applications for accounting, Ryan ??? ... You're well qualfied to cook the books. I wanted to hook up with Duke when we were in MI, but my trip was too short and was disrupted somewhat.... maybe next time.
Ryan .... Says he was a chef and then an IT guy.... Any applications for accounting, Ryan ??? ... You're well qualfied to cook the books.
I wanted to hook up with Duke when we were in MI, but my trip was too short and was disrupted somewhat.... maybe next time.
You are so funny Garry! Actually, my wife is an accountant and the running joke was that while I cooked the beans she counted them!
Speaking of Duke, I hear he has been quite busy lately in a basement project...something about benchwork and backdrops for a layout...
Talk to ya later,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Morning, Zoe - can I have two cups of coffee to go, please? Thanks - I need the other one to pour over my frost-encrusted windshield on the car. Got fairly cold last night, and only up to 10 F this a.m., though we're supposed to reach 33 by the afternoon. Another brrrrr day until it starts warming up over the weekend (to the upper 50's or 60's F).
Well, got to go tackle that frost now. I'll be back after I get it cleared off.
Blessings and stay warm today,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning All,
I'll have a coffee and a nice warm donut courtesy of Bill please. A roasty 7F this morning overcast, grey, damp, must be winter. Spent the evening last stripping the paint off the Athearn HW diner. Note to self: next time use a test panel before shooting the car. Any piece of scrap would have prevented wasting an evening. I did stop by the LHS and picked up more grey paint so I can try again, but this time I will make a test panel first.
Haven't read the rest of the latest posts yet so I'll be back and forth this morning doing paperwork. Hope Y'all have a goodun. CUL, J.R.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening folks-just a quick coffee as I just got an online msg from my ISP that it's going down for routine maintenance in less than 5 min. so I gotta type fast.
My birthday was uneventful-as I liked it. Back to work today but not bad even though it's pretty darn cold here-20's today & teens tonite. Tried to help out a patron at work today that needed a jump start, but I couldn't get to one of her battery terminals as it was hidden by a fuse box or something like that (minivan) does an "attempted" good deed count?
Bob K-that Chessie steamer running like crap is an understatement-I remember the valve gear binding up constantly, & not having the tools to correct it (I was 13 or 14) Oh well, as I recall I only got it for $20 or so. I "have" an Atlas GP40 WM Circus also, but the shell was a victim of a botched high nose job. Still have the mechanism though. Great pics you shared though-saved them for my layout inspiration folder.
Jerry-the OC in that pic runs on the old B&O through town here up to Warwick to the old B&O now CSX line to interchange, & back down, switching over to the old W&LE line south of Brewster down to their home in Morgan Run OH. I can see if I can find more later.
I better git-nite all!
Howdy ....
Looks like the diner is busy. Soon they will need to add servers.
Hey, look at friendly Der5997. He's not content with the normal smiley welcome sign. Not at all. He has an opening door complete with red carpet for NJ Bob, a sparkly welcome sign thingee for Avenger, and then outdoes himself with a skywriting bi-plane for Terry. Hey, Der, you're on a roll there with all that fancy stuff!
To the above mentioned new comers: Welcome aboard!
Rob: watch out for in-laws!
Philnrunt: sounds like you enjoyed some great visits over the past few days and it was worth the trips to the airports.
BobK ... I like those club photos!... The engine terminal is great. ....and the B&O passenger train with F-units you posted last week was very nice.
Paul ... I hope the drawings got to you okay.
Ed .... It least it's not freezing there. The diner needs a continuous supply of OJ!
I did a little more work on the layout again today.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Howdy all.
Cox47- That train show I mentioned is in Ft Wayne, not Indy. Probably a bit far for you, but if you get a wild hair.... They do have some decent bargains, this weekend the GTS is in Indy- is it called the GTS? The big show that tours the big cities, anyway, the last time I went it cost 35$ in gas-that was when it was cheap- around 13$ to park and get in to the show, and we ate at a Steak and Shake and that cost another 23$ or so, by the time it was all done, I had spent around 70$ and didn't buy a thing! At Ft Wayne, parking is free, 2$ to get in and everything is cheap, like me! Closer drive too. Looking forward to it.
der5997- You mention Hobbs End, just so happens I made a sign with that very name on it about 30 years ago. When I saw Quatermass and The Pit, the American name was 5 Million Years to Earth. Sure did enjoy it, so much that I named my driveway Hobbs End! I think I've seen most if not all of the Quatermass shows, have a few on DVD, the rest I picked up through Netflix. I still have the VHS tape I recorded from good ol' channel 4 when they showed it the first time, too. And hopefully, the layout planes will go smoothly and without hassle.I am very much looking forward to getting started on it.
Welcome to avenger, saronaterry and foulrift, if you guys don't mind I'll call you by your user names, there are lots of repeated given names, but I'll bet only one foulrift on here! My name, Phil, isn't that common, but we already have at least 4-5 other Phils here, and I believe 2 live here in Indiana, so I figure it's better to use the name that can't be confused with anything else. And anything I can do to avoid becoming confused is ok by me! And I already met foulrift on one of his posts, glad to see you over here in the diner. It's a great place to get good advice.
We had more snow today, and it was way too chilly, as PC's radiator (and unfortunately, his wallet) can attest to.Amyjo and I took a couple of bales of straw to my property north of town for our dogs, they snuggled right down into it. On the way back, we spotted an NS SD70 with the local sitting still, and I took a few shots of it. I consider the NS SD70's to be the last of the classic engines bought new by a Class 1 around here. These days they have safety cabs, and those are impressive too, but the old Spartan Cab 70's are some of my favorites. This one was 2537, IIRC, and she was running long hood forward-just as she should be- and with the snow blowing around her, I hope the pics turn out.
You guys take care, and we will check in again tomorrow night.
Oh, PS- if Mr. Avenger is really John Steed, could he help me get in touch with Emma?
Hello again Diners, and here's hoping that this year will be even better for you than the last. A slice of the nsa cream cheese pumpkin pie and some nsa whipped cream to go with a JR Regular please. I see it's my tab, so order up people![diner]
Welcome to the Diner, NJBob. (We've BobK already, but I see you don't mind the geographic identifier ) On the street name thing, there's a three street trailer park in Porters Lake near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. They are "This", ‘That, and "Other"! The somewhat dark tone of the names you guys have been telling us about reminds me of a BBC TV sci-fi program from about 1953. The hero was Dr. Quatermass, and I missed the final episode of the first series (The Quatermass Experiment) because of a school field trip to Scotland. The second series, "Quatermass and the pit" began with a shot of a street corner with two name signs on the brick building, one more modern than the other. Both read Hobbs Lane, but the older one was spelled Hobb's Lane. You will appreciate that Hobb is an old English name for the devil. The story unfolded nicely from there......
BobK:
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.
Chuck and Kathy. If you don't get a reply to your pic posting problems from Ed, drop me an email. Great news about the garage/train room. Prayers for the heart situation.
NorthernPhil: Start on the train room, then the layout. Sounds like a banner year already!
Terry: to the Diner and the wonderful world of foruming! (my WORD program didn't like that and changed it to forming automatically!) The time thing gets me too, as I'm in Atlantic Canada, and an hour ahead of all the Eastern Time Zone folks. The Trains Forums seem to be way off in Central Time, or something like that. I see CapeJim has mentioned our staff. Just be careful around them because of their cousin Vinnie.
That's going to be one impressive layout!
JP:
I will have been a forumn member for 6 years!
Ed:
I'll have to take to calling you Mr Avenger.
Those Brits in the diner will understand.
Time for bed...and the electric blanket my MIL gave me for Christmas. God bless, and prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
LSWrr wrote: PC; maybe a peculator or a block heater is in order to prevent your car from freezing. I have a block heater and it does the trick, but a peculator heater might give you a warm car in the morning since it heats the radiator water, my block heater heats the oil. I have a 100w 110v heater. J.C. Whitney should have the one you need.Lee
PC; maybe a peculator or a block heater is in order to prevent your car from freezing. I have a block heater and it does the trick, but a peculator heater might give you a warm car in the morning since it heats the radiator water, my block heater heats the oil. I have a 100w 110v heater. J.C. Whitney should have the one you need.
Lee
Naw...the problem was I belived my father in law when he said it was winterized. I didn't check for myself. He didn't mean wrong though....he's a busy guy and sometimes not the most detail oriented.
bogp40-Phillipsburg is in West Central Warren County just across the Delaware River from Easton Pa.
Cox47-the only other pics that I have are of some structures that I have done this past year.No layout as yet.
NJ Bob
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
So I hope everyone had a great day. I must say Ryan keeps coming up with that tastey prime rib, so I guess this one's on JPowell. Welcome back to the diner. And that brings me to:
Hey -
I just realized that in 8 days, I will have been a forumn member for 6 years! Does that constitute for anything on here?
Well John, you know that and a $1 will get you a coffee while you're here.
sanonaterry: Welcome to the diner, another fellow carpenter. Now, c'mon, we really don't pound nails anymore, right? Those nail guns sure have made life a bit easier. I just save the hammer for hitting a nail set, chisel or tapping something in place-- 'til you wham w/ the gun! The hammer does look good in the nail bags though. So what aspect of the trade are you in? Framing, finish, cabinets or a bit of all. Used to be one of those "lone wolves", but in a good sized club for over 14 years http://www.ssmrc.org/
NJ Bob: Another welcome. Where is Philipsburg? Just got back fron NJ, my wife's family is in Chester, Denville and Roxbury. I like that RR name. SW7 looks good and nice weathering job also.
Flashwave: so you're into the "circus train", a fellow club member loves that stuff. At shows the kids go crazy watching that train. It takes up the longest yard track and just hopes no one will touch it and knock all those wagons all over. Great part of the hobby. I wanted to take one unfinished area of the layout and give him enough space to have the unloading track and set up the big top circus tent. This is Eric running his train http://www.ssmrc.org/Eric.jpg
To all the regulars, enjoy a good diner on John. Just need to keep it short tonight. BTW, I didn't show my only train related Christmas present, kept it low key for this year. It is actually our latest club car (15 of them so far) http://www.ssmrc.org/store.htm they won't last after the Springfeild show. I would have bought a couple anyway, but a nice token gift. Have to get some trains from Santa ya know...
Gd' evening all
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Good evening all!
A hearty welcome to Terry in Sarona. One thing you'll find great in the diner , besides the other diners, is the menu. It is virtually limitless. Chloe can serve up any dish you can imagine. Funny thing though, you'll find that you have to visit often as while great, the food just doesn't stick to you. I'm new to the place too and have found that they do make you welcome.
Thanks for the suggestions Lee about the village name. The more I think about it I'm chuffed with Upper Chuffton. Those Brits in the diner will understand.
No train stuff for me tonight as my eyesight is still recovering from those 36 grab irons.
Think I'll just sit back in the booth and enjoy my coffee and for a change of pace, no weather report ( I heard that !)
CN Charlie
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
A real taste of "winter" as far as it goes down here SOB (South of the Border). Only got up to 58º this afternoon. Should be down in the 40's tonight. Forecast is for it to be colder tomorrow. I'm sure those of you shoveling snow have a lot of sympathy for me, right?
I suppose I should clarify that there are parts of Mexico that do get snow and below freezing temperatures, but they tend to be up in the higher mountain areas in Chihuahua. But down here on the coast, tempered by the Gulf of Mexico, it never freezes or snows.
But with the cold, the strong hot coffee tastes extra good tonight. And it's accompanied by fresh baked banana bread. Fran does a great job on these, and today she outdid herself. Of course, that doesn't help me with my New Year's resolution to lose weight.
No great strides to report on the layout front, but at least I kept the momentum alive by running some trains (seemed to run a bit smoother than yesterday) and starting to clear out the area around the layout. Not much progress, but better than nothing.
Man, you guys were a chatty bunch today. Two pages since last night. Mustn't have been any Bowl Games on the telly.
NJ Bob - nice looking SW7. btw, to answer your question out on the general forum, I uncouple (on the few occasions that I operate) with shish-ka-bob skewers. To my way of thinking that's not any more realistic or unrealistic than using magnets for hands-off uncoupling. Of course, I have a small layout. So the little extra time to get in position and uncouple adds a bit of time to my short runs.
Rob: ...if you count working on the table frame, then I started my layout "tonight". No legs or top on it yet, but did glue & screw the frame parts together. Hey, it's a start.
PC - frozen radiator? You're lucky you didn't crack the block.
JP - nice to hear from you again, even if it took being home sick to get you to visit. Sounds like you're doing fine with the new gf.
Ryan: I just sent in a subscription card for Trains magazine in the mail this week, any of you guys read that one?
How you keeping warm with those temps? I bet a hot pot of soup on the stove would help!
Jerry: That must be something to see 30 plus pounds!
Terry - welcome to the Model Railroader Magazine forums, and the Trackside Diner thread.
PC: Many of us are lone wolves outside of this virtual community. It's nice to talk to others about our hobby. It's not only a great social outlet, but we learn so much from each other!
That'll about do it for this evening. Stay warm and I'll try to drop by again tomorrow, if I can fit it in between naps!
Hasta mañana,
Ed
Evening Gang:
Welcome Terry. . I'm from Milwaukee originally. My aunt was from Rubicon and I used to spend sometime on her brothers farm there. That is one BIG layout. Tell us more.
I got the layout cleaned off enough to runn a couple of trains. I cleaned both mainlines and put the new Proto 1000 FM Erie built on the outside pulling the new Hiawatha cars. It ran very well. It did look alittle funny with a C&NW pulling Milw Rd cars. I put the Athern light 2-8-2 on the inside with 8 ore cars but had electrical problems on about half the line. I did manage to get it to run all the way around by running at a higher speed. I'm sure that I've got a corrision problem some where. I need to do a bunch of rewireing and solder rail joints. Anyway the trains ran and the no.2 GD was just rivited to the layout. She is grandpa's girl for sure.
The kids headed home this morning. We're going to miss them but they'll be back for good in June. In the mean time we have to get the house in order because they will be staying with us untill they can find a place. Right now we are going to get to bed early.
Good Night All
Terry,
Many of us are lone wolves outside of this virtual community. It's nice to talk to others about our hobby. It's not only a great social outlet, but we learn so much from each other!
Hi, PC.
From what I've seen, the've got their menus full enough!I'll do the math and check back later on the time thingy!
Already forgot who asked, but I'm a hammer swinger by trade.
Gawd, this is kinda neat, being a lone wolf and all!!
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
saronaterry wrote: PCARROL, I should have checked out FAQ, That would've answered my dopey ?s.Still no clock adjustments yet ,tho!
PCARROL, I should have checked out FAQ, That would've answered my dopey ?s.
Still no clock adjustments yet ,tho!
Hmmmm, I don't know.......maybe you should look up Selector or tstage (They're on this list: http://www.trains.com/trccs/user/Members.aspx ) and PM (Private Message) them about it. They're moderators and can help out.
And no such thing as a stupid question....'cept the one you should've asked!
BTW, most people around here just call me PC. It's quick and easy!
Okay,Iwas on the fence. I'll take the prime rib,Cloe, King cut , if you would!!
saronaterry wrote: BTW, wife is a server!
BTW, wife is a server!
Now that is neat, I was in the restaurant biz for 18 years, that was my past career life, I am in IT now! Work as a chef for most of it, but ran the front and the back of the house for the last few years.
Ya, those onion rings are good with the tomato soup too!
OOPS,again!
Thanks,Lee!
Thank you for the welcome, Jerry.
I have to admit , i looked at ALOT of threads before jumping in, this one was right up my alley.
Still new ta this.
Any chance I could get some onion rings, Cloe?
thanks!