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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:34 PM

Evening Gang: You sea dogs have a bunch more then I have. I did one trip on a ship. It was a WWII era LST from Quinyon to LZ Montazuma in Viet Nam. I was the troop CO for the move of our assault helicopter company. The Capt. and crew were Japanese and not real versed in English. I did manage to comunicate some with the XO. He gave me a bunk above the bridge in a small house. The sea was as smoth as glass for the whole trip, thank God. That was one of the best nights sleep I got over there. The lakes can be real rough at times. Folks don't think they can because they are fresh water lakes.

I had planned on going by Tony's house again but I didn't get out of the VA clinic untill afternoon drive time so headed home. He's on the other side of Ft. Worth and getting there is a real problem.

Nothing in MRRing today again. I did call Walthers and order a couple of FM Erie builts in Milw Rd. Unfortunately they had discontinued them and were out. I did get a FM Erie in CN&W. Now I guess I'll have to get some CN&W passenger cars.

So with that I'll say

Good Night All

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:32 PM

OK, I have the major components for my PRR M1b kitbash now:

I also have a KW rear truck from the K4 and an assortment of styrene and wire. It took about 90 minutes to get the Spectrum 4-8-2 running decently. Chief problem, as expected, was pulling power. I inserted tiny strips of electrical tape on either side of the journal box for the 3rd (traction tire) driver. It went from pulling virtually nothing to 12 boxcars or 15 loaded hoppers on a 13.5" curve. That's decent but not as good as the Spectrum 2-8-0.

Other problem was that the fireman's side crosshead kept falling in away from the upper crosshead guide. Careful tweaking and straightening of the crosshead guides seems to have fixed this.

The trailing truck wheel was ridiculously out of gauge, but was easy to fix. I also lightly bent down the connector bar for the pilot truck to put more pressure on it to keep it on the rails. I'm anxious to see how much reduced my pulling power will be if I have to mill the frame to fit the K4 shell. It also looks like my firebox will be on the short side unless I shorten the K4 boiler a hair to allow more room for the extended firebox.

Stay tuned!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:28 PM

Hello everybody....

We're taking a break from Christmas decorations at the moment. Just stopped in for two egg nogs to go. Time for a fire in the fireplace, too. Later, the Lionel trains will be back on Christmas duty.

Cheers!

GARRY

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Posted by LSWrr on Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:24 PM

Ryan; do you have a copy of the article on you scenery base?  Can you email it to me? lswrr@ameritech.net Thanks

Fergie; I drove 44' MLB's for 10.5 years out of 20.  Worst place on earth to drive them is the Great lakes because of the confused sea state and you can never get out of the "surf line" to take a break.  Matter of fact the grave yard of the Pacific offers you the opportunity to put out to sea where you can at least navigate rollers for a little while.  I don't envy your job, guy I work with was on the CGC Polar Sea when they went to the South Pole, and his job was to keep the scientists happy (he did mention something about a drinking binge when they hit Australia on the way back).

 

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Posted by fec153 on Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:07 PM

Ryan- Not a "bi-fold" door- A POCKET door! Jim knows what I mean.

 

Flip

       

 

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Posted by Cox 47 on Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:36 AM

Howdy All.....Its sunny and cold here today....Posta get up around 40....I'll have a big bowl of chili with oyster crackers and egg Nog please...Thank You....well the railroad will be closed till after the first of the year..Karol our caregiver put the Christmas tree on top of it...

PC......Nice photos...We have Trailor train would that be Train trailor?

Ryan....Looks like more good progress on layout...can't wait to see round house area finished...

RT.......I'd try for the biggest curves you have room for you got a lot of engine there plus large tender....

Jim...Track plan is coming along...Just think of the N scale layout you could put in that space?LOL!

Well you all have a good one...Jerry

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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:09 AM

Hey howdy y'all. Cowboy [C):-)]

I leave for a bit, and we have another new dinner? Jeesh...Confusing. Took me a while to find it, I went all the way to page 6 looking for it.

I've been kept busy, between work, Sarah, and now X-Mas shopping. But hey, life is good. Thumbs Up [tup]

Sarah and I are approaching three months...Working with Norfolk Southern is approaching three months...Everything is going well and so far so good with it all.

I'm gonna try to hang around some more, but if I keep getting stuck with 9-13 hour shifts, I don't know how much time I'll have.

See y'all later.

Cowboy [C):-)]

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:48 AM
 fec153 wrote:

Re the layout- Why not take off the swinging door and install a "pocket door"? Would give you more room.

Flip 

Flip, that's a good idea. However, I don't even have a spare bedroom for this layout yet (this is future planning), and I doubt my landlord would go for putting a pocket door in... Wink [;)] Thanks, though!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:39 AM

Hello again everyone.

Jim CG....  Looking at Ryan's post for your plans, I see there is a run-around because the double track main will serve the purpose in the upper left quadrant of the plan.  It can also serve as a passing siding. I like the second plan in Ryan's latest psot and think it's a winner.

Cheers everybody.

 

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Posted by Fergmiester on Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:24 AM

 LSWrr wrote:
Fergie:  This will sound stupid to those that haven't been there, but I still find myself sleeping with one leg out 90 degrees to my body with my knee bent and the opposite hand resting near the edge of the mattress.  On the 165' patrol boats I would crawl in the coffin rack face down then try to roll over quickly.  This would bind my left shoulder to the rack above me and my right shoulder to the mattress thus wedging myself in the rack on my side.  I did mostly Caribbean patrols during hurricane season; the south Pacific side was always calm.  My days in the north pacific found me driving a 44' Motor Life boat in 35' to 40' breaking surf.  after 21 years of getting beat up by mother nature I like my nice calm office job right now, LOL.  I will transfer in 2008 and I've requested a 140' Ice breaker on the US/Canada border.

No... No Not at all! The crazy part is those who work on the 44's! Absolute nutz!! I really have to take my hat off to anyone that work on the 44's as it's a mean and nasty job that only a few can do. Courageous by any standard and the ones asked to do what only a very few can do and will do. I was assigned to the CCGC Souris, a 44' back in 85 and did that for three months. Had one call all that time and a day of gales. That was enough for me! Ask me what I'm doing now, holding on for dear life as we are in a 20-30 Swell out of the west and I just watched two couches and a pair of scientists sail across the lounge. Why they never lash these things down escapes me!!! That'll be a refit item. Got jarred awake at 4 this morning as we took a greener over the stern as we were holding station (science) I always liked Icebreaking, did six seasons in the Arctic and quite a few in the Gulf of St Lawrence. At one time the whole gulf would freeze over, We are lucky if we see a 10th of the Gulf freeze up now.

Dick: Have you seen the 6 day forecast map on the NWS today... OMG!!!! Showed it to the Old man this morning... I think we may go in a tad early

Kevin: I'm going to Sunday River with five other guys, one of them being my Captain, two engineers another mate and a "Birdieologist" (Environment Canada Ornothologist we carry to do migration counts). So it's the annual Boy's Road trip!!! 5 days skiing including lodging, lessons 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:58 AM

Good morning, All.  Coffee please with a cinnamon roll.

Ryan,  I am enjoying your progress around the RH.  Is that a mud mixture or asphalt?  It looks gray.  My party is for the folks that I work with.  Since I work in two offices, one group comes on Friday, and the other comes on Saturday.  It is a wreath making party.  I supply the noble bough material and they get to build their own wreaths.  Friday is a small group, but Saturday if the whole office comes could be ten people.

Jim,  Looks like lots of great suggestions for the layout.  Thanks for the demensions.  That stage was exciting when Larry and I worked on our plans.

I will check in later.

Sue

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Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:48 AM

Flip,

A bi-fold door that would open out into the hall would give up a lot of real estate for the layout. Almost 10 sq. ft. for the layout.... Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by fec153 on Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:38 AM

Re the layout- Why not take off the swinging door and install a "pocket door"? Would give you more room.

Flip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:28 AM
 JimRCGMO wrote:
 SilverSpike wrote:

Jim - The track plan looks interesting, and my only comment to you would be to add a double crossover at that choke point just above the yard lead on the left side of the plan. Seems like everything converges at those two switches and this could present some headaches especially if you plan to run trains and switch too.

Ryan - do you mean to keep the double mainline in place of the single section on the left side, and put a double crossover in that? Or something else? If you could mark up a copy of my layout pic, it would help me understand (I'm visually oriented, remember). Not sure about adding a double crossover (due to more complexity and more $$ involved (and Murphy's law would say also more chance of something to go wrong...)Wink [;)] But maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

Thanks,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

Okay...here are a few very basic mark-ups on what I was talking about. First, the double crossover:

OR, maybe just add another main line track like this:

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:23 AM

Whistling [:-^]Big Smile [:D]Cool [8D]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Morning Chloe,  is Vinney gone ??

For the morning starter  i will have two slices of Banana bread with strawberry jam and Hot Choc.

Der, I see that you have seen our Roughrider Fans with the hollowed out watermellon helmets.  There was hundreds of then around.  We really must have made a prosperous season for the mellon growers.  I sure enjoyed the kitten picture Lol.

Spent the evening last night making some moulds to make more tunnel portals and retaining walls. Also casting some tunnel liners. Kind of tedious goings but necessary.

When test running on one of my cuts, I tore the front railings off my SD40-2. So I'll have to get the dozer out and open that up a little. Don't know how I missed that, must be "Old Man's Eyes" I guess.

Still in the -30C range this morning, but the wind has gone down, thank goodness. It was bloody horrible here for a couple of days.

I have some more "Honey-Do" things to get done today. leading up to Christmas. Will try and get them done this morning so I can get an hour or two in the train room before going to work at 4.00pm.

Have a great day gang, and stay warm, except you Jeff, youre warm all the time.

Johnboy out.........

James:1 Verse:5

The "Wobbly" looks good this morning. 

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:52 AM

Some thoughts, Jim.........

(Good execution of the compound yard BTW.  Be nice if the lead were longer, but there's no room.  Awesome interchange behind the door!  Ingenious!)

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:44 AM

Good morning.

JimCG. I was not real clear about run-arounds. They don't need to be in the industry, but if you have room they should be parallel to mainline near where industrial sidings connect to main line. If you do that, then local freights can trvel in either of both directions, switch the industry, and continue going in same direction.  My My 2 cents [2c]

Cheers, everone.

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:23 AM
 SilverSpike wrote:

Jim - The track plan looks interesting, and my only comment to you would be to add a double crossover at that choke point just above the yard lead on the left side of the plan. Seems like everything converges at those two switches and this could present some headaches especially if you plan to run trains and switch too.

Ryan - do you mean to keep the double mainline in place of the single section on the left side, and put a double crossover in that? Or something else? If you could mark up a copy of my layout pic, it would help me understand (I'm visually oriented, remember). Not sure about adding a double crossover (due to more complexity and more $$ involved (and Murphy's law would say also more chance of something to go wrong...)Wink [;)] But maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

Thanks,

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:22 AM

Mornin'!

Mighty nippy out there this morning!

Today: mostly sunny & much colder, diminishing winds - high: 38
Tonight: mostly clear and cold - low: 25

Right now it's a balmy 27 degrees out there.  Time to break out the swim trunks, huh?

Well after running all over the place doing errands all evening last night, I awake this morning to do it all over again!  Man, this wife being laid up thing is tough!  I'm doing all of my errands and hers too.  I didn't get done until 11pm last night, and it looks like it'll be 10-11pm tonight before I'm done.  I'm a busy boy these days!  Got a ton of schoolwork to do this weekend too.  Maybe next week will calm down, huh?

So whats up with you?

RT, radius is from the center of a curve to the outside of the curve (or in our case, to the track centerline), so double it to make a 180 degree or more curve.  To give you some idea of how that loco (I have three of them, including one of the big tenders) looks on a curve, the tightest curve I have on my layout is a 17.50"r curve and it looks OK on that, but it looks much better on my 22"r and 24"r curves.  I can take a pic or two tonight if you'd like.  It's just a big honkin' loco!

 philnrunt wrote:

    pcarrell- Great shots! Did you catch the name on the loco? My eyes aren't as good as they once were, and I can't make it out.

"Consumers Energy" & "Proud to wear the colors"

Also, where is that caboose? I've seen it before, just can't place it. 

It's in one of the older sections of Noblesville, IN.

I used to live just off of 69 at the 40 MM exit, and when i was there the track just north of the exit was a very busy NW main. The strangest thing I ever got a pic of was a 5" 38Cal Destroyer gun mount on it's own special train flying- I estimate it was running 70MPH at least-  west. I figured the Russkie's had made it to Illinois and they were gonna try to hold them at the line!

That would have been quite a sight!

 

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Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:40 AM

Morning folks!

How about a spot of Green Tea today!

Thanks Chloe!

Philip - Nice photos of that semi load, nothing like being at the right place at the right time eh!

Well, day one "Home Alone" and I got some time in the train room last night and worked on three projects.

  • Installed 2 more SPST switches onto the control panel for the roundhouse tracks.
  • Installed 3 stanchions to the upright 2X4 frame members for bracket and backdrop supports for the lumber/steel industry LDE.
  • Mixed up a batch of scenery base and applied it to the scenery frame foundation.
  • And I ran trains for a bit with the car cleaner too, got to maintain the track ya know!

Oh....and....a.....Jim, per your request, here are a few photos of the latest progress.

This is the mixture, and it is Portland cement, patching plaster, vermiculite, and water, and this is the formula that Joe Fugate uses.

 

Initial stages of the scenery base application

Scenery base applied on frame foundation and around roundhouse and roundtable area

 JimRCGMO wrote:

Oh, here's a variation of one layout design I'd been playing around with a long while back (for taking over my current bedroom), modified to 11 X 11 (my room is about 12 or 13' tall, actually). Main drawbacks for me are the shortness of the run from the top part to the other town, and the 3-1/2' reach for the lowermost tracks from the inner area. Guess until I get a house with a basement (or is that a layout with a house covering it?), I won't have all that I'm looking for on my layout expansion... Sigh [sigh] Ah, well.

Jim - The track plan looks interesting, and my only comment to you would be to add a double crossover at that choke point just above the yard lead on the left side of the plan. Seems like everything converges at those two switches and this could present some headaches especially if you plan to run trains and switch too.

Later on folks!

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:27 AM

Just a quick go cup of the TH this morning, Zoe. Thanks! Morning, Diners! 

Heartland Division CB&Q wrote:

Jim CG....... is that one of those light, healthy, bed time snacks??? Wow! The layout plan looks good. I might add a run-around track at each industry so the engine is not at the wrong end of a cut of cars. I don't know if you have room for that. Other than that, are you behaving yourself, Jim?

Garry, on this most recent plan, I don't know that I could get a runaround track on all the industries (especially those in the town at the bottom), since it would cause hassles with having the swing gate on the right side  (where the three bridges are). Oh yeah, that's a healthy bedtime snack, sure. Wink [;)]Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^] I had Chloe take all the bad calories out. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Me, behaving myself? Sure...

Well, gotta get going this morning. I'll check back in later today and see what everyone else's up to.

 

Blessings,

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Posted by LSWrr on Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:24 AM

My 2 cents on curves: I went to Home Depot and dug through the pile and picked the best 1"x2" I could get.  I drilled a hole in one end and laid out 42" mark (from the hole) 38" mark 36" mark and then a 22.5" mark.  Then I drilled a hole in each of those marks large enough for a pencil or a felt tip marker to sit in.   Proto type mainlines back in the days of steam used 41 degree radius curves.  The NMRA web site has a chart that translates degrees to radius inches (half the circle) and it's broken down in several scales from O/TT to Z scales.  My last big HO layout I used 36" curves, the long passenger cars and my mallets handled them no problem and the passenger cars looked natural as they went around the curve.  Anyway I use a short deck screw to hold the end of my stick in the bench work as I swing my arc.  On the curves where the stick extends out past the bench work I took a 2"x4" with 4 short 2"x4" legs as a base and secure the stick to that while I swing my curves.  If the mallets can do it a big boy can do it.

Why is it when I volunteer information it costs me 2 cents for my thoughts and when asked it's only a penny for my thoughts?

Pretty rough out on the lake this morning, well I should say looks rough from my office window, LOL.

90% of the Ice house is assembled.   I left a pile of lumber stacked up in the basement with some hand tools and power tools. Hopefully the dog, 2 cats and/or the 2 snakes that lounge around the house all day while I'm at work will take the initiative and build my bench work.

L.S.&W. Stands for the Lee, Samantha, & William Railroad (Me, my daughter, and my Son).

I guess since I took up half the page I have to buy lunch today.....

Lee

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, November 29, 2007 6:31 AM
Good morning.

Today's Weather for:     
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      11/29/2007


Wind Chill:  52°F
Humidity:  93%
Dew Point:  50°F

So Far Today
High:  52°F
Low:  50°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  0mph NNE

Today    High: 65    Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 10 mph.    
 
Tonight    Low: 42    Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds.

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:24 AM

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:19 PM

Jim CG....... is that one of those light, healthy, bed time snacks??? Wow! The layout plan looks good. I might add a run-around track at each industry so the engine is not at the wrong end of a cut of cars. I don't know if you have room for that. Other than that, are you behaving yourself, Jim?

Cheers to everybody!

GARRY

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:00 PM

Evening, Chloe - I'll have a cheeseburger,


cheesey fries,


and a root beer float for dessert/beverage.

 

Thanks!

 pcarrell wrote:

So I'm driving down the road, I 69 out of Indianapolis, and I'm fighting all this rush hour traffic.  It's cool, I expect it at 10 after 5 in the afternoon, right?  So anyways, I'm cruising along, and up in the next lane is something you just don't see everyday.  There's a train on the hiway!  Actually, to be more precise, a train on a truck on the hiway. (No, this isn't going to turn into some kind of Dr. Suess thing here.)

...

Seizing the moment, I reach over and grab the camera and, while trying desperately not to drive off the road and become some sort of weird statistic, squeeze off a few pics.

PC, that looks like you've found a cross between an SW-7 and the prototype for Athearn's old Hustler loco! Not - as you said - what you expect to see going down the road!

Oh, here's a variation of one layout design I'd been playing around with a long while back (for taking over my current bedroom), modified to 11 X 11 (my room is about 12 or 13' tall, actually). Main drawbacks for me are the shortness of the run from the top part to the other town, and the 3-1/2' reach for the lowermost tracks from the inner area. Guess until I get a house with a basement (or is that a layout with a house covering it?), I won't have all that I'm looking for on my layout expansion... Sigh [sigh] Ah, well.

 

Colby - I meant one antivirus program and one anti-spyware program (not any more of each), but I think you would need the first to protect against infestation by some of those viruses (virii?), and the latter to protect some advertiser (or worse) from sending along your personal information/password keystrokes, etc. to somewhere out there on the 'Net. You're right that you don't want more than one of each, and I'd agree with Jeff that Norton isn't strong enough for your antivirus program. I think AVG has been one of the good antivirus programs that isn't highly expensive, but some of our PC-using Diners can suggest more recent programs that might be better/affordable. Don't economize too much on the antivirus program or anti-spyware program, for the reasons that others have already mentioned. (My My 2 cents [2c])

Lee, at least you're finishing some of your buildings! Thumbs Up [tup] (More than I can say...)Wink [;)]

CNDave, yeah, it sounds like you have a keeper, if she doesn't want to 'just' get you another loco for Christmas, but thinks it has to be with sound! Yeah!! [yeah]Bow [bow]

Paul, hope you hear back from your friend fairly soon. Angel [angel]Angel [angel]

DerJohn, thanks for reminding me about the AMI 'pre-painting prep.' Nice thing is, I have a bag of Sculptamold (unopened) that I could use for that. Does Walthers just make the N scale bumpers in 5-packs? The HO ones are in a pack of 12, if I'm remembering right. I'm still assembling my first package of them and I'm not all the way through yet. Liked your cat shots, too. Laugh [(-D]

Well, got to get ready for bed, so I'll head for home now. Everyone take care of yourself and loved ones (furry or otherwise, Colby Wink [;)]).

 

Blessings,

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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:51 PM

heres just a couple more you missed I have those plus about a dozen including

 

 

 

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Posted by philnrunt on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:35 PM

   Ya know, the things ya see when you DO have a camera! Like kittens here there and ever'where!

   LSWrr- So THAT is where she went! I had heard rumors that there was one good looking female working for them! Semper Paratus!

   The TSA fellow we had was 50, acted 90 and laughed 0. But all of us that had been in police work for the last 25-30 years were so grateful that the federal government could send someone who had hired in a few years back to let us know just how badly we are screwing up. Our tax dollars at work!

    inch53- I will indeed take you up on the Effingham RR tour! We, well, I used to run to St Louis (O'Fallon) about every 3 months, but I haven't made the trip for 2 years now. I took a few shot at the yard that you see from 70, had some time to kill so I kinda drove around, but it's always good to have a local who knows the area. And it's neat to meet other forum members. The next time we plan a trip that way, I'll let you know, and thanks for the offer!

    pcarrell- Great shots! Did you catch the name on the loco? My eyes aren't as good as they once were, and I can't make it out. Also, where is that caboose? I've seen it before, just can't place it.  I used to live just off of 69 at the 40 MM exit, and when i was there the track just north of the exit was a very busy NW main. The strangest thing I ever got a pic of was a 5" 38Cal Destroyer gun mount on it's own special train flying- I estimate it was running 70MPH at least-  west. I figured the Russkie's had made it to Illinois and they were gonna try to hold them at the line!

     Well, Amyjo is calling on the tx, better go now.

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Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:36 PM

Good evening Folks:  Kris has just made some awesome 7 grain and Rye, Date and Sunflower Seed bread, so get the butter out and enjoy!

 

Thanks for the kind comments on the layout progress.  The “driver”, Dick, is that New Year’s resolution I made, to cover the blue desert this year.  It may actually happen, which would be a life-time first for me as far as NYRs go.  There’s only the upper level yards and a bit at the mid-level from the river bridge to the city left to do.  CapeJim, I think I’m about at max as far as time available goes…there are a whole slew of indoor projects, some of them Honeydos, that haven’t been looked at in a while.

 

CNDave: Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the Diner.  Glad to have another CNR-o-phile aboard.

I see you’ve met Johnboy…He’s a bit heady with the RR’s win, as this security camera shot shows!   (Sorry Johnboy, couldn’t resist.LOL, have a little feed of this to make up. )

 

Lee: So you like the peace and quite of the lakes eh? Can’t say I blame you after having to sleep like that!

 

RT:

Cox or other n saclers what size nscale track do I need to run a 4-8-4 nscale engine with a 16 wheel tender.
..I’d double PC’s 9 3/4 inches(19 1/2 " circle) to 18 (36" circle) and treat your plan as if it were HO for curve radii. Better if you have room for 22”(44"c) of course.  In any case I wouldn’t drop below 14” (28" c).  (You realize, naturally, that I have no steam on the Maritime Trunk and so am not speaking from experience! Whistling [:-^])

 

PC: Really nice sunrise shots.  I wondered at first if the loco was a “Green Energy” one, then I pulled myself together and realized it was just an energy company one!Clown [:o)]

 

Whoever it was admiring the staff...wasn’t you was it

Johnboy?  You should know that the twins, Zoe and Cloe have a cousin Vinnie.

 

MarK: Missed  a couple! LOL.

 

Dick:

DER JOHN: Bring more wood in, you will need it this weekend.
…got to do that tomorrow anyway, and it’ll be milder than today for doing that, I’m glad to say.

 

JR:  Didn’t know that AMI did anything but the basic track roadbed.  That’s all I’ve ever seen advertised.Dunce [D)]

 

CapeJim:

painting the roadbed after it's in place. That would make sense, since the AMI roadbed always seemed a bit sticky to me, and I was hesitant to use it because of that. Lets me use up the roll of the roadbed that I was wondering what to do with.
Before you paint, see what I said about filling in the rough surface with some thing or other like FlexPaste, Scuptamold, etc.  Just painting it will give an unrealistically rough finish, even in HO! On the AMI, beware getting a drill bit anywhere near it… the dreaded sticky-ness has “undesirable side effects” if you are doing wiring holes for instance.

 

By Dick.. BTW, what is on your Christmas wish list?
…Walthers’ Track Bumpers, bag of 5. I’ve circled the itm in the catalogue, attached a card from the LHS, and left it on Kris’ chair!Whistling [:-^]

 

Must get ot bed.  Goodnight all, and God Bless.  Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.Angel [angel]

 

 

"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.

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Posted by Canondale61 on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:23 PM

Good evening all

Welcome back Jeff glad to hear your all right.

CNCharlie Welcome I have to agree Jeffs weather reports can be depressing but look at it this way. We can bundle up from the cold but do you do in the summer when it is hot and muggy? ood luck with the negotiations (bribery works wonders).

Fergie If you are going to Sunday River to ski you could go to Vermont and ski and be that much closer to Conway. Bethel is about 45 minutes from Gorham NH and then Conway is about another 45 minutes to the east. Have had to go down there many times over the years to take kids to Storyland big kids(2-12years) amusment park. When you come down if you go thru Farmington you will go past my house I live beside Hammond lumber.

Phillip never have that kind of luck when I have a camera always see intersting things when I do not have the camera.

Rob I hope your wifes luck turns around it stinks to watch friends and love ones when they are sick

Lee only one who has had to survive at sea would know what it takes to get some rest.

Paul hope you hear some good news from your friend soon

Weather hear does not sound to good. Tommorrow have to go to High School my 15 year old daughter is freshmen student of the month and she gets a plaque. The teachers vote in one from each class. Had one of the most uncomfortable experience in this adoption process today had to go to county jail to be finger printed. To finger print us had to go into booking one at a time, wife is in there being printed and the sheriffs bring out a bloody and banged up inmate right past her and into another holding area while the guy he was fighting with was on the other side of the room yelling at him. And I am behind two locked doors and the sheriffs are taking her prints like nothing is going on. When I go  in they bring in a women wrapped in a blanket and put her in the showers. I have a new respect for what those officers deal with. At least the baby is worth it.

Night all Kevin

 

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