Good evening, all.
Haven't been in in awhile... Sis needed the keyboard... School stuff... The norm.
I can't get to see the 4449 steam special in portland sadly... Just bad timing.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLBY!!!
I recently thought of an idea. I have on my layout (Not yet, need to find a kit for it) a cement plant. A small one, that is. It needs concrete which comes in covered hoppers (I think, or in bags in boxcars), sand in hoppers, covered hoppers, or gondolas, and gravel in hoppers, covered hoppers, or gondolas. I have a gravel plant on the other scene of my layout, the industry up on the 6% grade, where I get the gravel. The concrete and sand will come from my interchange track. Seeing as I have three loads to come in and one to ship out, and having only 2 tracks for the industry, things would be in a bit of an issue. I looked at the layout thinking how I could do this. Then I saw the Weston Packing siding. It was nearly paralell to the lead to Scott Cement, just a bit off. I quickly grabbed a 1/3" 18" radii curve, and 2 9" straights. I took of the bumper, added the curve, then the 2 9" straights. The track was paralell to the other two, but being 8-12" away. This would add signifigant switching to do with another track for Scott Cement, but still on one track, so the switcher would have to switch Weston Packing in order to drop off some load at Scott cement. I was thinking I could put the concrete unloading there, and have two pits for sand and gravel dumps on another track, and the farthest track (not the new) would be for loading cement for longer distance customers.
I personally like the idea. (And I can't believe I just typed all of that.)
Now I could also talk about the staging idea with the hidden tunnel turnout or the longer passing siding with curved turnout idea... But that might be for another time.
Mark.
Good Evening Diner Crew,
Just a short stop before sack time.
Chloe are you still working? Is Vinny taking you home tonight or do you need a lift?
I think I will have a root beer float, it might take away the winter blahs and let me think of summer.
Philip, My families prayers are with your wife. We truly hope and pray that all went well today and that the healing will start in ernest now. You are truly her and that is great.
A belated Happy Birthday to the b-boy. One year older, two years wiser I bet......
Fergie must be on shore leave and having a ball. Still can't imagine 40 to 50 foot swells.. NOT for this cowboy.
Cape Jim, we hope you are feeling better as well. There sure is lots of those tough colds around right now. My daughter-in-law has suffered with one for awhile now, they just don't want to leave.
Jeffery, you look good in STEAM. But I don't think CN suits you.
Cedar, I am glad you got that pony all shoed up. Maybe he can be relief power for Santa now.
Also glad to hear that Paul's water works. There is a new name for an industry for you Paul.
Well I hope you all have a very restful sleep and are able to get up and at it in the morning. Look forward to seeing you all for Breaky.
Johnboy out................
James:1 Verse:5
The "Wobbly" is going to wobbly over to the roundhouse now.. End of the line.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful day down here in Paradise. In case you were wondering, yes we still have the air conditioning turned on. Fortunately the coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course) is strong, hot and delicious.
For tonight's dessert Fran made rice pudding. I grew up in a family of Irish descent, and we always had potatoes with meals. Once a year Mom would get creative and make rice to go with dinner. As she'd place the plate in front of Dad, he'd ask "Where are the potatoes?" I grew up thinking that rice was only used for making rice pudding.
Happy Birthday Colby - how old are you today?
Dave V - very nice work on the M1. But all your work seems to be first class.
PC - there are some very big settlements of Mennonites in the northwestern part of Mexico, mainly around Chihuahua. Smaller communities in other parts also. Sorry to hear about your wife's new problem with the leg.
CN Charlie - I agree with the healing power of chicken soup. But I think one of the secrets is that it needs to have a lot of the chicken fat left as part of the soup instead of being stripped off.
Corey: We are about to embark on a mysterious adventure. I get to re-plan my life. Where we live, what we live in, what I do, what we spend money on. I even get to start my layout from scratch. There are so many possibilities, it's making my head spin. I can totally rethink how I want to build my big and miniature world. Scary yet exciting!
And on the model railroading front I have...... absolutely nothing to report. But don't worry, I still have 17 more days this year to be lazy before New Year's Resolutions take effect.
Well, we're only 2-1/2 months away from the start of Spring Training. I, as most Red Sox fans, can hardly wait. Plus, in 2008 the season will get off to an unusual start, with the Red Sox playing Oakland in Japan on March 25th and 26th! Not exhibition games, these actually count.
That's about it for tonight.
Hasta mañana,
Ed
Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes. The wife is home now and resting. They have her on some pretty strong pain meds, but they aren't doing a ton. I think her Muscular Dystrophy is messing with them and making them less effective. I have an immobilizer on her leg and that's probably doing the most good. The most she can move her leg right now is she can wiggle her toes! I plan on keeping that on her until the surgery.
I'll pass along all of your kind words to her. It always helps to know there are people who care. For folks I've never actually met before, you guys are awesome!
gear-jammer wrote:Philip, Sorrry about your wifes pain. Will they try to correct that with surgery? How long has the pin been in place?
Philip, Sorrry about your wifes pain. Will they try to correct that with surgery? How long has the pin been in place?
She's had two screws in her leg for about a month now holding a fragment of her femer that they moved to it's new position. He thinks it has moved because due to my wifes Muscular Dystrophy the muscle pulls on her leg aren't like most peoples, so the tensions are hard to guess at on how tight to make the screws when they put them in. These screws are about as big around as a pencil and about 2-2 1/2" long. One has backed out a little bit and thats the problem. They're going to make a small incision and replace it with a larger diameter one that should hold better. The doc said the whole procedure should be rather quick and it will not only make the joint more firm, relieving a lot of the pain, but it should make the healing process go a little quicker in the end. He's pretty confident this will be a big help.....so confident in fact that he told us he would do this as an outpatient procedure. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I know I'll be taking the day off from work and taking real good care of my baby!
Jim, Your chicken soup looked yummy yesterday.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Philip I know how you feel. Deb's and my prayers are for you and your wife. It's hell not being able to help or alleviate our spouses pain. Hopefully she will be home for Christmas and pain free. May the new year be Healthy and happy for you both.
Colby- Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas.
I was just given a Mantua set. 0-6-0 steamer and caboose in G.N. and 4 other cars, track and power pack in original boxes. Wheels all clean,headlight comes on but NO go. Taking it to lhs tomorrow to let him look at it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND A HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
Flip
Evening Gang: The well is back on line. The well service guy saw the problem why the new pressure switch would nto work right. The filter was between the switch and the pressure tank. After changing the plumbing around everything works well. The only thing is the plumbing looks like a plumbers nightmare. We'll get that all cleaned up next year and install a settling tank for the sand.
That is about all I got done today. The weather is overcast with fog and drizzel and rain. It's really a downer. Well I guess I'll head out.
Garry My E-mail is thebeverungs@gmail.com. I forgot to put that in the PM.
Colby: I almost forgot your birthday. Happy Birthday and many more.
Good Night All
Had a nightmare this morning...the Diner was out of coffee...then I woke up.
in a Southern mug, please & thank you!
***Paul, good luck on the well. Usually it's something simple with ours. Only had to have them come out one time when one of the wires going down shorted/melted. Not having water is a bummer.
***Philip, sending healing thoughts her way. That has got to be very painful indeed. Hope they can fix it with minimal invasiveness. So sorry for her.
Twas shavings day here (big truck load). Spent a couple hours stripping down 6 of the 8 stalls in the main barn, then added shavings for the two old mares. Got a palm blister, even wearing gloves. D'oh!
Glued Tinytoons shoes on with the wife's help before she left for work today. Wife took her last antibiotic...hurray! Has been very hard on her tummy, so she is glad to be through with it. Anyway, Toons is all hyped up, bucking and charging and making the most of her new shoes. That little dwarf horse cracks me up. If she wasn't so teeny tiny, she would be frightening.LOL
Tuckered out tonight, especially going outside several times to watch the meteor shower last night. Was worth it though. Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
CAKE ! DID SOMEONE SAY CAKE! I'm ready. I'll have the left piece.
HAPPY B'DAY COLBY ......... Enjoy the BL2! Not everyone gets one of those for a b'day present.
PHILIP ....... your news abot Mrs PC is very disturbing. That's really painful I know. Prayers for her.
Jerry ....... I would like to see your chapel car if your inspiration leads to your building one.
Perhaps it should be parked next to the diner with all the prayer needs going on.
Paul ......... I sent a PM (lost track of the email address)
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Just dropping by for a root beer float to go, Zoe. Thanks!
Colby, nice present - imported, even! Let us know more about it after you get a chance to check it out this weekend (and get whatever bugs worked out). The BL2's (in its own, 'ugly duckling' way ) a really neat diesel, I've thought.
PC, you may have to make sure the Mrs. keeps her weight off that leg completely once she gets the surgery done. Take good care of her in the meantime (whether they sent her home - hopefully they didn't yet - or in the hospital).
Got to get going, I have clients at 3 and 4 o'clock yet. Then I'll be heading home. Hoping if we get anything in the way of weather tomorrow a.m., it'll only be snow (or nothing). Hey, keeping my fingers crossed...
Blessings and prayers (especially for Mrs. PC and any others ailing),
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Well, we just had to make an emergency run to the hospital. My wife was in an extreme amount of pain in the leg she recently had surgery on.
We called her surgeon and he met us there. we did the x-ray thing and it looks to him like one of the screws holding her bones in place has come loose a little and it's allowing the two bones it's pinning together to move and scrape against each other. It's not a lot of movement, but it's painful.
They gave her some pain meds thast are stronger then the percocet 10's that she's on now and they're scheduling another surgery for Tuesday.
For now they have her comfortable and immobile.
Just hate that she has to go through all of this pain. Wish I could do it for her!
Happy Birthday Colby!
Oh, and did I mention....Happy Birthday Colby!
Afternoon Gang:
Jim Clark Gardens have a garden layout that is in G scale. It runns out into the garden and back to a large octagonial building. The Ho layout will be in the building on the side opposite the G scale. Mr. Clark wants to build a 7.5 inch gauge out by the front. It will run from a pond by the ticket booth out to the front entrance about a quarter mile. Mr. Clark likes trains.
The Milwaukee Road depot is for my layout. All I have to do is figure out how to work it in.
There was no water this morning. I went out to the well house and checked things out. One set of contacts was shot. I got a replacement pressure switch and put it on but it didn't act right I finally called a well service and he's coming out. He tried to help me on the phone but nothing seemed to work. RATS.
OK soups on me.
hey guys. well I for got to tell you what my B-day present was.
it's a Bangor & Aroostook BL2 #57 painted in BAR's prototype grey and Blue.
with directional headlight. the front has issues but the back on works. knuckle couplers. my nana + papa got it for me when they went to Austraila in November,
it looks like this only different colors.
http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib016/BAR54.JPG
Afternoon folks-just stopping in for some soup & sandwiches.
Phillip-we're under a winter storm watch here also-keep us posted as to how much the sky dumps on ya as we'll probably get the same a bit later.
Getting ready to head out to grab my paycheck, stop at the PO to send out a set of Dawn's beads she sold to NH-& then to the grocery store.
Off & running-have a great rest of the day!
in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you!
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY", COLBY!
Have a great day all. Back to work here. Rob
Good day, Zoe - oh, a lunch special? Yeah, I'll have a Dr. Pepper, chili,
with cheese over the top and a side dish of chopped onions. I'll put them on myself.
Oh yeah, those would be good for dessert. Thanks!
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:No, not going to steam. It will eventually be repainted and be a tourist curiosity pulling tourist trains full of railfans. This means I'll have to lay hands on a few passenger cars. Anybody have a couple they don't want?
No, not going to steam. It will eventually be repainted and be a tourist curiosity pulling tourist trains full of railfans. This means I'll have to lay hands on a few passenger cars. Anybody have a couple they don't want?
Jeff, if some Athearn heavyweights would work, I have a few I could send ya. With the mails the way they are (and I'd need to find a good box & packing), might be after Christmas, but email me your shipping address and I'll start looking for a box and packing materials. Might be slow, but if it is suitable for your needs, glad to help. I've switched to the Walthers one (when they're on sale, only!). I think I have an observation, coach, maybe a diner and others. Need to pull the freight car box out and check inside.
And another to Colby! I understand that Zoe had the chef whip up a nice cake for you...
Zoe said she has ice cream if you want some to go with the cake.
Blessings - for the birthday boy and everyone else, too,
hey guys
I do believe we have a B-DAY boy here.
to me!!
JimRCGMO wrote:Jeff, I can understand what you;re saying on upgrading to your level of quality. Even before I was reading your post, I was wondering how much memory (for one thing) the low cost computers come with nowadays...
Jeff, I can understand what you;re saying on upgrading to your level of quality. Even before I was reading your post, I was wondering how much memory (for one thing) the low cost computers come with nowadays...
CNCharlie wrote:Jeff, Glad to hear your foot is healing up and congrats on the new loco! Does this mean you are going to steam and CN at that! Isn't it amazing that an engine of that size can be engineered to go around 18" curves without apparent protest. I have one of those too and am impressed with how it operates.
Jeff, Glad to hear your foot is healing up and congrats on the new loco! Does this mean you are going to steam and CN at that! Isn't it amazing that an engine of that size can be engineered to go around 18" curves without apparent protest. I have one of those too and am impressed with how it operates.
Good morning.Cool and wet here today. Expecting a high 62 with plenty of rain tonight.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 12/14/2007Wind Chill: 50°FHumidity: 90%Dew Point: 48°FSo Far TodayHigh: 54°FLow: 51°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph E Today High: 62 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds around 10 mph. Tonight Low: 52 Patchy fog in the evening. Showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall and damaging winds after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds becoming southeast around 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
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
Mornin' all!
Well, the weather guesser has changed his mind. He was saying snow this weekend to the tune of 4-6". Now he's upped that to 6-10". Now we're cookin'! We already have winter storm watches in effect, and it's not even supposed to start for another 24hrs.
It's all good though....I'll be holed up doing schoolwork this weekend.
So whats up with you today?
Good morning diners. Any way to get eggs benedict and a thermos of coffee?
I started packing away my train stuff last night. I was just going to do part of it, then finish later. Well, I started and couldn't stop. I have it torn down to the plywood and supports. The garbage man is going to be busy this week! I tried to package my supplies in a way that I could work out of a storage tub. When I continue modeling in the future, I want easy access to my old supplies.
We are about to embark on a mysterious adventure. I get to re-plan my life. Where we live, what we live in, what I do, what we spend money on. I even get to start my layout from scratch. There are so many possibilities, it's making my head spin. I can totally rethink how I want to build my big and miniature world. Scary yet exciting!
I hope everyone has a great day!
Good Morning All,
Late stopping by this morning as I needed to get some things ready for the crew this morning. We ended up with about 8" total snow accumulation and no power outages so that was pretty good. The city crew did a great job on the roads overnight and things were pretty clear this am.
No MRR to report as i had drama with the thermostat at home last night but new batteries on the backup power seem to have done the trick (milivolt, thermo couple single pipe steam is really a joy after dealing with fuel injection harnesses and CPU's on modern race cars).
Dave - the loco project is coming along nicely for you. Much more ambitious than anything I'd tackle especially with these old tired eyes.
Hope those on the mend are doing well and the rest with issues are finding some peace and progress. This is a stressful time of year to begin with and dealing with additional issues can really get to you. There is solace in prayer and we're always here to lend a sympathtic ear if you need a place to go. Which is my cue to get back to it - lots to do today. CUL, J.R.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good evening diners! I'll have some of hot chocolate please Chloe.
Well the home town is certainly living up to its nick-name Winterpeg. Had a small blizzard come through this morning and the forecast tomorrow is for a windchill of -40. Mind you it is a dry cold and it will be sunny. I expect the sun dogs will be out too. Despite the blizzard I took the car in for an oil change today and a new battery later plus front rotors and pads I was ready to go.I guess I shouldn't have asked them to test the battery. Talk about setting myself up but I was worried about it as it was nearly 8 years old and in this climate a good battery is a bit of an essential.
The comments on the Mennonite community are certainly true. There is a large Mennonite charitable organization here called the Mennonite Central Committee that does an amazing job helping those in need around the world.
Not much happening on the layout except that I altered part of my service yard. Moved a couple of sidings which helped the operation and also solved a problem I had with roadways, as in too many. That is one advantage of sectional track. It is easy to change for those of us not good at doing track plans.
Hope your cold is better soon Jim. Chicken soup is just the ticket. A couple of years ago I had pneumonia and for almost a month it was my mother in laws homemade chicken soup that kept me alive. Saw an ad once in a New York newspaper that said for a small fee a Jewish grandmother would deliver it. It was called a Bobba-gram.
Well that's all for now,
CN Charlie