Evening, Diners!
BaylorMax wrote:All seemed to have a great time and we had visitors constantly from opening at 10 until 5:30. My Fiance even talked about what we would do differently next year. :) I think she's accepting my train addiction. Okay, Steve, next step is to get her addicted interested in doing some part of the layout like scenery, operations, helping put together a kit or two, weathering, etc. That's the way, , reel her in nice and easy there...
BaylorMax wrote:All seemed to have a great time and we had visitors constantly from opening at 10 until 5:30. My Fiance even talked about what we would do differently next year. :) I think she's accepting my train addiction.
All seemed to have a great time and we had visitors constantly from opening at 10 until 5:30. My Fiance even talked about what we would do differently next year. :) I think she's accepting my train addiction.
pcarrell wrote:Jim, Paul may be onto something with his suggestion. Also, it strikes me that the lower right of your plan is awful bare. Could your TT and facilities be moved over a little to balence things out? This would also allow you to pull the TT lead of of the passing siding on the lower left and then you could extend the siding around the curve a little on the lower right and add your other connection there. You end up with a little longer siding and a bit less complicated trackwork on the left. Just a thought. I didn't try it out or anything.
Jim, Paul may be onto something with his suggestion. Also, it strikes me that the lower right of your plan is awful bare. Could your TT and facilities be moved over a little to balence things out? This would also allow you to pull the TT lead of of the passing siding on the lower left and then you could extend the siding around the curve a little on the lower right and add your other connection there. You end up with a little longer siding and a bit less complicated trackwork on the left. Just a thought. I didn't try it out or anything.
Paul W. Beverung wrote:JimCG: I hadn't noticed that space right of the TT and roundhouse. Good eyes PC. You could move them over and maybe eleminate the double slip switch. That may also give enough room to put the switch for the mine branch on the main with a little more room.
JimCG: I hadn't noticed that space right of the TT and roundhouse. Good eyes PC. You could move them over and maybe eleminate the double slip switch. That may also give enough room to put the switch for the mine branch on the main with a little more room.
Good idea, PC and Paul, except that the lower right corner is where I've allotted room for the door into the room... Oh, you knew that and were just teasin' me, right? Yeah, I can see why everybody likes the attic or the basement - more room, and you can count on being able to have the door set up so as to not mess(tm) with the train room space. I tried some other things this afternoon (like what if I put the old section on the left and it were an 11 X 10 instead of 10 X 11 room? Helps some. Here's what that one came up like, but I have a part where the reach might be a problem...
I like some things about that (the route to the mine, putting the industries across the mains from the engine facility, since I'm figuring the peddler freight will be doing the switching and this makes it a simpler route to the industries from the main), but don't like some other things (interchange track seems too short, and with that door in the lower right corner, I'll have to swing a couple of tracks instead of just one on the earlier designs). Think I'll go get the pad of paper and pencil...Paul, I think we started getting some of your rain this morning, so let me know when it stops, so I know in a day or two that it'll run out over here. Did you need water for your land or the critters, at least? If this continues east (and south) from us, Rob's water barrels may overflow.
My dinner tonight was my chicken *** casserole with cream of mushroom soup and a 'secret blend of spices', along with a crisp garden salad and pineapple slices. Now, I'm ready for dessert, Janie - how about some strawberries and ice cream, please?
Thank you, ma'am!
Boy, seems like I have been off work forever - almost beginning to feel like an ORF! Of course, some of it I was sick, which didn't feel like as much of a vacation.
Ed, speaking of vacation - almost forgot to thank you for the update on your travels (and on how Teffy and Stephanie have been - busy). Hope your trip continues to be quite enjoyable. Any LHS trips planned on this NOTB excursion?
Well, I have some dessert to tend to, so I'll hush my mouth with food, as someone once said...
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Just a tall, cool glass of water, please & thanks!
***Philip, thanks for that. They are both back in the assisted living facility. FIL is a little weak, but otherwise is doing ok. Might drop in on them sometime tomorrow.
Picked up a little motor on the bay for one of my old steamers in need. Hope it fits. Nothing else to report on. Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
Evening Gang: It's still raining. We had 2 inches as of this morning.
I've got a card for Jeff so I'd better get it addressed and ready to mail tomorrow.
Good Night All
Evening all!
Found this place on page two! For shame!
Rob, I want you to know that I've been praying for you and your wife on the parent / inlaw situation. It must be so hard for you both having to work through this.
Prayers for all in need! Yes, thats you! Me too!
Good afternoon , a brisk day here today under clear skies, 44F (5C). Rain is due here tomorrow afternoon , maybe 1 to 2 inches worth...I want SNOW! Had to rake the leaves again out front, those late falling oak leaves are a pain.
I see that southern CA has yet another forest fire....I wonder how one would model those if you were doing the Cajon pass routes to southern CA?
LEE: The Walthers 2008 has been out for months. My LHS still has some left.
FERGIE: Glad to see you have your sea legs back, 20 foot seas are no fun, I hope that ship is built well, a Canadian Explorer when down in Antarctica three days ago, struck ice and tore a fist size hole in her below the waterline, they could stem the tide of water even at that size, so all the passengers had to abandon ship, 5 hours in sub freezing weather until a freighter picked them up. At least you have some kits to build to keep your mind off the stormy North Atlantic in November.
RT: I am certain that Jeff has type II Diabetes. He has mentioned more than once on the forum about his Glucose level going out of balance and causing him dizziness etc. I pray that the new advances being made in medicine will have some genetic engineering fix for all those with Diabetes real soon.
Later,
Afternoon Gang: It's still cold and rainy here. I got out for a bit and pulled some awful weeds as I walked down to check the hay. Right now I've got Pinky and the Brain on the dvd player. Narffff.
JimCG: Looking at the plan I don't think that the "S" curve is that bad. The ore cars are short and should handle the curve all right. The problem I see is the short switch lead for the mine. Could you move the switch for the mine to the mainline before the switch for the passing track? You could use the passing track for switching the mine. Just a thought.
I need to get going so I'll check in later.
Lee,
PRR position light (PL) signals began to appear in various experimental forms as early as 1910. By the 1930s, they had replaced most semaphores, most likley replacing them all by WWII. I know as late as the late 1930s, there were still semaphores protecting the Kitanning Point Interlocking on the Horseshoe Curve grade.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
rtraincollector wrote: Fergie it wasn't you as stated an member of another forum who use to come in here all the time then stopped.
Fergie it wasn't you as stated an member of another forum who use to come in here all the time then stopped.
Ahhh none the less I should have known better
Jim: you're right I have seen them as high as 40' but 20 footers don't allow for a good sleep none the less. And yes I was able to get a few kits packed but hard to do when the ship is rolling i the seaway. Down right miserable!!! And there is always the Rogue wave to put you on your head and spill your coffee Ouch!
Anyway I must run
Later All
Fergie
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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
Good morning, all, from rainy and chilly Southeast Texas. It's been raining off and on since Friday afternoon.
Yesterday my layout was on tour. Originally my group had planned to also display our modular layout in the driveway in front of the house. It's 20' x 32' so would not fit in the garage! The rain stopped that as well as stopped running the G gauge in the back yard. Still, we had a great crowd including a number of people from my Sunday School class with grandchildren in tow. All seemed to have a great time and we had visitors constantly from opening at 10 until 5:30. My Fiance even talked about what we would do differently next year. :) I think she's accepting my train addiction.
Ed was in from Mexico with his wife, daughter, son in law and grandson. It was good to see him. Even the gremlins stayed basically quiet for the show.
Today is a great day to clean up the train room and make adjustments to a 4-6-6-4 that I recently put in service. It's still a bit balky and is going through teething troubles. It's a Northern Pacific challenger that I bought probably 15 years ago and finally put a decoder in. I'm trying a Tsunami and so far I like it.
Well, have a great Sunday everyone!
Steve Barkley
Cold rain here last night, with more likely today thru tomorrow. Off to do morning critter rounds. "All available steam ahead...!"
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Jim, I'll have to journey over to my LHS and see what they have, this is the first year the NMRA train show wasn't selling them. Most of the LHS around here have closed down; the closest one to me is 3 towns over. Odd since I live just outside the second largest city in Ohio. I like your layout plans those turntables and round houses absorb a lot of real-estate. I built mine on an inside extension to the layout.
Well heading out to home depot to pick up some wood and I will be in the shop most of the day building bench work sections.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Mornin, just some coffee please Janie. I think the cold weather has set in till spring [darn it] 28 this morning, high near 40, some sun with increasing clouds and rain [some of what Paul's getting] tonight through Mon.
Sure is nice to have the place to our selves again for a little while. Worked out in the yard some yesterday, plenty of leftovers and collage football, plus got some layout time, not much more a body could want.
FERGIE,, my layouts a mess to, but I'm getting it cleaned up enough to work on as I go. I've got trains running again anyway.
RT,, don't blame yourself, I think most of us drew conclusions on our own from what Jeff had posted.
Thought I'd post the last of the pics from our trip to the IC/CN Effingham yard. First one is looking N, the the yard was quiet that day
looking S, was IC 1008 all alone
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Mornin' all!
Sorry I haven't been here a lot lately. We have houseguests on and off for the last and the next few weeks.
Cold today, but it sounds like this evening is going to be just lovely!
Today: increasing clouds, afternoon showers south? - high: 45
Tonight: rain arrives, may mix with sleet early - low: 38
Oh well, off to church!
Good Morning, Janie - I'd like some waffles, couple strips of bacon, some Maine syrup, and a cup of coffee, please.
Thanks!
LSWrr wrote:Has anybody seen the 2008 Walther's catalog? It's normally my first "must have" at the train shows and I haven't seen any.
Has anybody seen the 2008 Walther's catalog? It's normally my first "must have" at the train shows and I haven't seen any.
Lee, I got mine a couple of months ago (our LHS owner and MRR club member pre-orders enough so we all can get one at the club member discount). About same number of pages, with (guess who?) a certain orange-themed RR line on the cover. New batch of modeling pics in that section (middle, or about so), usual amount of new stuff from Walthers. Any specific questions, just ask or email me through the forum and I'll look 'em up. Doesn't your LHS carry them? Even our local LHS (other one that isn't owned by our fellow MRR club member) has a few in stock. Must've been a run on them in your area, I guess.
Paul, cold rain isn't one of my favorite weathers, either. I'd as soon it just changed over to snow as to be raining (and wondering if it's going to freeze up all over stuff). Enjoyable dinner & evening that you and yours had last night, from the sound of things.
Fergie, you appear to be really 'out tossed on the briney seas' (though I'm sure you've seen bigger waves than 20 footers). So was this a quick deployment, or were you able to stow away some MRR projects on board with you?
Well, no more calls out last night, and only a half-hour left this morning, so I'm not expecting any more today. This afternoon I may be able to get back to the MRR'ing. Was feeling an urge yesterday to start putting together the Farmers Coop Grain Elevator kit, and I might give in today...
I do have a bit of a glitch on my 'spare-room size' layout plan. Don't have quite room enough at the one end for the trackage that I want. Here's one version (and the lower left corner is my problem child of the layout:
I also came up with this other version, but it uses a double slip switch (which I've never worked with, and not sure about how much additional co$t and complexity that would introduce) and has what to me looks like a rather nasty s-curve coming down from the mine run:
I want the turntable, roundhouse and servicing facility, plus a longer switchback to go up to the mine (upper left corner), plus at least 3 or 4 industries in the town at the bottom. I need the gap on the right for an entry door, so can't go too much farther to the right. I'm thinking about stripping the design down to the basics (mainline, etc.) and fiddle with drawing it by hand rather than using the program, in hopes of noticing some options I may be missing right now. Any suggestions?
Well, best get going and get ready for church. Take care of yourselves and your loved ones.
Blessings,
I'm not worried about it just wanted to make sure everyone was clear it was his foot but know cause unknown.
Morning all getting ready to goto work will talk to you all later
have a good time today full steam ahead (Hmmmm Why do we say all steam ahead when were into diesels or electric engines )
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
grayfox1119 wrote: FERGIE UPDATE: The Hudson is at W50.00 longitude, N49.42 latitude as of 2100 hours, wind 280 degrees, 19 knots with an air temp of 3.0C ( He must be in the Gulf Stream checking on Global Warming.) So what does everyone have on their "wish" list for Christmas? Your #1 item that you really want is ...........................?
FERGIE UPDATE: The Hudson is at W50.00 longitude, N49.42 latitude as of 2100 hours, wind 280 degrees, 19 knots with an air temp of 3.0C ( He must be in the Gulf Stream checking on Global Warming.)
So what does everyone have on their "wish" list for Christmas? Your #1 item that you really want is ...........................?
Dick: Don't believe all you read. Our weather station is giving erroneous info as it has to be repositioned away from the mast. We started getting gales last night out of the WNW at 45 kts. Wind is presently WNW at 30 to 35 with seas building to 20'. The temp is at the freezing mark. Good thing I have my sea legs back.
RT: Sorry I might have jumped the Gun with Jeff, as feet and open sores are quite a usual occurance with Diabetes and always a big concern.
Everyone: I have to apolagise for my rant which lead to the closing of the CS last week. Just didn't see to straight at the time so once again sorry. Next time I'll take a long walk and cool my jets.
Good morning all.
Dave, you seem to have done your homework on the PRR and you might know this..... What year did PRR transition from semaphore signals to their trade mark light signals? Oh and I have to hand it to you, kit bashing locomotive tenders in N-scale has to be a challenge.
Brick streets: Someone mentioned they bought molds for brick streets. I was wondering how that turned out, and I would love to see some pictures of your efforts.
Today I need to get off my duff and start building my modular bench work for the LS&W.
Evening all.
I'll have a coke float Chloe. (Not a root beer fan.)
Last time I forgot to reply to Dave, so Dave: You know, sometimes I don't pay a whole lot of attention. That wasn't the case for once! I didn't even read your actual post, I read the quote about how you are going to scratchbash one, but it didn't say anything about PCM. Now if you switch over to HO scale... They do have models of that puppy available... MWUHAHAHAAAA!
Jim: Well not really... My parents aren't great at finding train items, and I know the LHS doesn't have any nor will they anytime soon, which is why I'm going the drums route this year.
Later all.
Mark
Ah... Work progresses quite well on the PRR 210F75 tender for my N scale M1 kitbash. I scracthbuilt a wooden doghouse for it from styrene (includinging the compound curves on the roof) and added a Trainphone antenna.
I also just won a Bachmann Spectrum 4-8-2 on eBay for $51. Not bad! I've got a Digitrax DZ123 waiting for her, plus a PRR-style boiler I'm going to have to cram on that frame.
I'm doing M1 #6811, seen here in 1953:
Evening Gang: we had a great time at dinner. We went to Edelwies in Ft Worth. The food is very good and great entertainment. We went to the MRR open house but didn't see the layout. It was raining and cold and people were waiting outside in the rain to get in. It's still raining and about 36f. We may try and go to the club's next regular meeting night and get a look see.
The rain is still coming down. I guess we'll go to sleep listening to it.
Evening Folks-just coffee for me. (Yeah I know I don't eat here much, but Dawn's a good cook! Although some of the meals I've seen prepared here are awfully tempting!)
RT, I wouldn't feel too bad about possible mis-diagnosis of Jeff-I would've thought the same thing. Once he gets back home & on the forum, I'm sure he'll explain all about what happened.
Rob, that wind-up Marx HO was a strange bird. I received it for either Christmas or my birthday when I was 1 or 2 I guess (I don't remember!) I've never seen anything like it since. The loco had a boiler that put one in mind of a Hudson or a Pacific, yet it was an 0-4-0 with just side rods (no valve gear of course.) By the time my earliest memories of it kick in, it was missing it's windup key & mechanism, although free rolling. The tender was lettered New York Central, & it came with a WM gon & NYC caboose. Also some track that had rails that were either made of steel or aluminum, & slid together like a sleeve instead of using rail joiners. Also came with a small simple "wood" (plastic) grade crossing. I'll have to dig it's pieces parts out of my train stuff buried at my parents' house-They were totally shot by the time I started model railroading, & I used them as part of a scrapyard scene on my 1st layout as I recall.
Dawn brought the mail in today, & I had an envelope from Walthers, since I was expecting some Details Associates boxcar tackboards for one of my projects. The parts were intact fortunately, because I noticed this on the other side of the envelope. (look close)
Someone at the post office was definitely not on the ball!
Oh well, I better git-Logan's giving me the eye for a W-A-L-K-have a good nite everyone!
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Just a quick check in to let you know that the trip is going fine so far. We're up here just northeast of Houston.
Today we got over to the Beaumont area to see two layouts that were open as part of the Houston based San Jacinto Model Railroad Club's annual fall layout tour. One was the layout of our own Steve Barkley (BaylorMax). I've been there before, but it was nice to see him and run a train on his layout again.
Afterwards, we had dinner with one of the old original Coffee Shop patrons, Teffy. He's doing fine, just too busy with his work. Hasn't done any model railroading in almost a year.
Not much else to report. Just wanted to check in.
Later
Ed
Good evening, Chloe - how about a nice hot fudge sundae, please?
Thanks! Oh, and guess who has the dessert buffet and the late-night dinner specials covered!
Cederstrand wrote:***Jim, sounds like an eventfull day for you so far. Hope it stays quiet for you the rest of the day. Hey, Rob! - from your lips to His ears! Did I mention that this morning, the hospital social worker apparently couldn't reach me on either my pager or my (work) cell phone? I think she might've misdialed the number for the pager. I didn't hear the phone ring, but there were two missed calls when I looked. But as you said - wouldn't mind a dull evening. Besides, it's getting cold out there, 37 F now and dropping to freezing tonight, so that may discourage some from getting out or into trouble.
Cederstrand wrote:***Jim, sounds like an eventfull day for you so far. Hope it stays quiet for you the rest of the day.
***Jim, sounds like an eventfull day for you so far. Hope it stays quiet for you the rest of the day.
Rob, is it possible your CFO figures that if anything more happens to her Dad, she'll get first word if she's working at the ER? Maybe that's another reason she's working those shifts, too.
Grayfox wrote: Your #1 item that you really want is ...
Your #1 item that you really want is ...
Uh, Dick, on my list would be more usable space (that is, less clutter on horizontal surfaces, so I can have space for MRR'ing work. That, and a new place to stay (as soon as the funds are available for rent deposit) with more room for the layout?
So, Mark - have you put a Daylight passenger car set on your list to Santa? And just as important, have you been a good 'kid' this year?
Paul, sounds like that tractor is earning its keep for you. Hope you all have a great dinner out tonight!
Got some household and personal stuff picked up on the way home from church tonight (light bulbs, toothpaste, deodorant, dishwashing liquid, printer paper), and $20 of gas (about 7 gallons at today's prices). Got the tank up to 3/4 full - my Cavalier does pretty good on the mileage and only has a 15 gallon tank or so.
Looks like everybody's been busy with other stuff this afternoon/evening. Not a lot of posts.
I've been measuring dimensions for a few of those structure kits so I can try out placement of them with my layout design software (RailModeller). Fun part is I'm used to English linear measurements, and RailModeller (being written by a nice German fella) is set up in the railset editor in metric units. (The layout part of the program can set up the room measurements and such in English, but the railset editor is where you line out the measurements for track, bridges, turntables, structures, etc.). I've asked for (at least) decimal English units in the next version of the editor part of the program, anyway. No offense intended toward those who are more used to working with metric, but my mind grew up using English units, and I haven't a clue how much that 1 kg. of milk would be. Pints, quarts, gallons, yes - kg., no. Liters, maybe on a good day...
I'll be finishing up my hot fudge sundae and then get back to measuring - next, Merchants' Row I!
Prayers for healing & recovery, as well as for comfort and peace, for all who need it. (That'd be most of us, right?)
Good evening to all, I certainly hope that everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving day. Leftovers reign supreme here at our house for a while.
We had snow here on Wednesday, about 1 inch, but that melted fast on Thanksgiving day with temps near 60F, now it is 26F and headed down to teens.
Still waiting for Power Lok track to arrive from LHS order to complete the layout around the tree, using a double oval this year for two ON3 trains. Must have been a big run on Power Lok track, no one has any in this neck of the woods.
JEFF: I am very gratified to hear that you are feeling better, my dad had many problems with his feet too, and I certainly know the pain and discomfort that suffer with at times. Our prayers for your complete recover Jeff.
GARRY: I certainly do know what it feels like to have a train whistle by doing 60, at Palmer Station here in MA. I was on the old flatform area next to the mainline when Amtrak came roaring by, my hat went flying and I was not prepared for the brushback.
DER JOHN: I see you have entered the hi-speed world of faster than 28kb!!! Excellent !!! I see your router is behaving too? Don't let Kris steal all your bandwidth...LOL
RT: Thanks for the info R.T., received yesterday!!
Time to run, talk later guys,
Afternoon all.
Sorry I haven't been on awhile, someone jacked my keyboard to use on their comp... (siblings...)
I'm tired of Thanksgiving leftovers, so I'll have a coke and the Onion Ring Tower.
Jim: I have seen some sets of daylight cars, but they're IHC... Something I won't cope with. I'll most likely wait for the Athearn set, or even the BLI/PCM if I have to, even with the price.
Flashwave: Athearn is also making an SP 4-8-2, the semi-streamlined and non-streamlined versions, to go with the set of cars.
Good to here Jeff is in good care.
Later.
*Shunts from bottom*
Greet, back from MRRIng. Got a Kato Buisness (SP Sunset) and put back a UP Cheyanne (Both will become observations for Rapido excursion sets) for next week or so. Layawayed the Genisis Big Boy with the Ears, and will be getting a Genisis SD70 Demonstrator for my birthday. ($65!!!)Are the genisis's sound capable? I knoiw the Big boy was, what about the SD?
-Morgan
an extra (((BUMP)))
Just boke down and bought some Bachmann EZ track for the wifes little glass table layout project. Would really like to have something started by Christmas for her. She is working her backside off in the ER...almost entirely 12 hour shifts for over a week now. She is not pursuing the Flight Nurse job now because she wants to be ready for the next "parents emergency". I can't blaim her, but she so wanted that job I would personally rather see her pursue what SHE most wants to do and not let it slip by. Oh well, her call to make.
Off to do water rounds. Rob
Afternoon Gang: The cows are feed. That tractor is going to spoil me for sure. We are going to use sisal twine on the bales next year. I don't have to get out and take the twin off when feeding in bad weather.
We're taking John and his wife out for dinner and then stopping at an open house by one of the local MRR clubs. The layout is HO of course. Well I guess I'll take a short ROF break.