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in a SANTA FE mug, please & thanks.
***Philip, real nice shot of the Goodyear. Stuck it on the desktop for the day.
***Jeffrey, that car looks different somehow.
***Dick, good to hear you fared well through the storm.
***Flashwave, at least there is imporvement. Must be challenging for all involved though.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
Mornin, an irish coffee please Zoe, it be a cool n damp start to the day.
Mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain and isolated T-Storms will be around today. The higher chances for rain will be to the southwest of Terre Haute into southeastern Illinois. Temperatures for everyone will climb into the mid 80's with south winds. Partly cloudy skies with chances for scattered rain and T-Storms continue tonight and last through the weekend with temperatures warming up into the upper 80's near 90° by Sunday.
Looks like JIM n GARRY might get some too according to the radar.
J.R., the last couple times I've posted any rail pics are on page-165, and last time was of Garry's n them layouts on Page-175. Those were off the digital and I've still got a few off the film camera to post yet.
GARRY, glad everyone's ok after their encounter and the kid was caught. Hope he gets a long stay at the cross bar hotel.
PC, good blimp shot lucky. We see come through here every once in awhile following I-70. If you ever see one fly, it's easy to understand why their called air ships. Were those MOW pics on CSX's Indy- Columbus line? I'd heard they were going to do some improvements out that way.
DICK, glad that storm is moving out finally. It was part of the front that came through here on Mon, and did a lot of damage north n east of us.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Gang:
Flash it's good to hear that your dad is improving. It's going to be a long road but you can handle it.
JimCG the eyes are doing fine. I'm doing eye drops 4 times a day when I can remember. Next week one of the drops goes to twice a day the others stay at 4.
Jeff that's a great job on the baggage car. You really do work fast.
We had a brief shower here this afternoon. It wasn't even enough to settle the dust. I was down on the UP checking that the contractor that was taking down the old power and comunication lines had picked up the wire like he said and of course he didn't. That stuff will really get wound up in a brush hog mower and can be a real paon to get out. There are about 6 lines of copper and 2 of aluminum. I guess I'll have to pul them out and roll them up. If I do it's mine.
Not much else except that a kitten that was abandoned died. It was doing real well this morning but this afternoon it just went. That was the last one of 3 that my grandfaughter was taking care of. The little one was a real fighter I just can't figure out what happened. Tom Give Lowell a little extra from me OK?
Well Mary Ann is in bed and I'm going to head that way.
Good Night All
Morning, Just getrting around to sharing, buyt Dad is up. As in, off the ventilator, and able to sit up with help. W aren't out of the woods yet, but we're clsoer. The sedation drugs are still in his body, (o boy are they still in there) but he's talking, ie, we can understand 50% of what he's saying, and usually aware of who each person is. the4 downside is that the 2 weeks in the roto bed has pretty well shopt all of his muscle tone, and he's easily overmedicated, so we'll be doing this "whad he say?" "I dunno. Sounded like tongues". His eyes are still yellow, as is one hand. Frusterating reminders of what's looming over our heads. But progress is still good. And that's the good and the bad.
And now for something completely different, here's a rough of 4449 paying tribute to a patient railway helping to provide the exursion service she and her cousins need.
Doing this for fun, so I;m not concerned about the edges. May do her in real later though.
-Morgan
Good evening..........
CN Charlie......... regarding the old American Flyer set, I have a good friend who is a huge American Flyer collector. If you would like for me to check if he would be interested, let me know. It might help to cut out the middle man.
Dick ....... Duck the tornadoes. the ycan be nasty.
Jeff ...... Your progress is impressive with the baggage car.
Everybody .........again thanks for the thoughts and concerns about the problem with the intruder. Evidently, the neighbor man heard all the screaming and can to the rescue just in time. Whew. Police arrived fast, too.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good evening, haven't been online too much as the weather has been real wild here in the northeast. A tornado south of us yesterday, and one bad one north of us this afternoon in central east New Hampshire, one grandmother dead when her home was demolished, her husband and baby grandson survived and are in a hospital. Trees and power lines down everywhere, 6000 without power. Flooding rains all over the place, but the front is FINALLY moving off the coastline tonight.
We had over 4" of rain total since Tuesday night, and the ground was already saturated due to May, June and early July rainfall. I have tomato plants now that are as tall as me, 5'-9", and when the sun comes out tomorrow, the grass and weeds will be that high also.
CNCHARLIE: So you want some of this weather? You can have it !!! This heat, extreme humidity, severe thunder storms every hour of the day for three days, flooding rains and tornados just plain sucks. This is abnormal for these parts.
I know that Ed headed into central Mexico two days ago, so he is away from the hurricane. As for Paul, he certainly received the rains, but not any damaging winds.
I'm off to bed, much to do tomorrow,
Tom: Remember this?
It's turned into this:
I was on my way home from school this evening and I saw something just a little out of the ordinary for around here. The sun was almost gone, so I'm sorry for the picture quality, but here's what I found.......
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/IMG_0009-1.jpg
Interesting, huh? It's here for the race in Indianapolis this weekend. Right now though, it's parked about 5 miles from my house.
Good Evening Diners!
Say Tom, I read the menu at your place to Jamie and Pippa and I see that they are busy packing bags and have asked for plane tickets to California. Expect 2 Westies and baggage in about 2 days. I told them Lowell was a cat but for that menu Pippa said, " Whatever".
Rob, great to hear that the new house is about to start and I hear that you could be falling victim to the "might as well" syndrome. I know it well from renos we have done but don't give in, resist tempation as believe me it can get shockingly expense. Far cheaper to buy the odd Big Boy, Challenger or whatever else tickles your fancy. And yes the Arcam CD player is truly amazing and I have the amp all set up for trial. The store let me take it on approval to try out so I expect they think it won't be coming back. I have lined up someone to buy my old amp so tonight is decision time. It is truly a great deal and I'm a sucker for something on sale. I nearly ordered a Spectrum 2-10-2 as Kleins had the CN version on sale at a great price until I checked myself as I already have an IHC 2-10-2 and I have a very small layout--what was I thinking?
It was nice and warm today and humid too so thanks to whomever sent it up our way. Being hot and humid I suspect Jeff, so thanks Jeff. By the way Jeff, I am really looking forward to see what you do with that baggage car. I expect it will be something great as you usually do.
I'm sending off my 1924 American Flyer O guage train set to a store in Toronto that will sell it for me. It was my father's and is in the original box but I don't really have an attachment to it so it would be better to let some collector have it that will appreciate it and of course I then can buy another loco for my layout--do I hear a Pacific calling?
Well time to go so good night for now,
CN Charlie
Evening, Zoe, how about a salmon steak, please?
Yes, please, and a cup of coffee, also. Thanks!
Let's see, Tom's getting plastered (oh, that's right, just his buttes), Lee's cats are about to run away from home and head for Tom's (once they get Spooky and Lowell's email tipping them off on the royal treatment there). What other interesting things are happening, Diners?
Garry, I was more like suprising myself at finding I had more lumber than I thought. Still haven't started putting together the benchwork and framing on the first of the expansion sections. Might be getting a start on that this weekend if our weather is dry enough to use my deck (it's like my work counter for cutting pieces and drilling holes, etc.).
Jerry might be worn out for the next couple of days, from the sounds of it - a party tonight, followed by riding herd on a couple of the granddaughters for a couple/few days. Better be sure to take your vitamins and eat your Wheaties, Jerry!
So Tom, how are you (I mean, Lowell and you) getting along with the vet's assistant?... Good to hear about Lowell's progress, too. At the rate Lowell's going through the baby food, maybe you should invest in Gerber Foods stock. Watch out if he and Spooky decide to have a wild party after you've gone to bed some night - you may wake up to find empty baby food jars scattered all over the house, and this under the dining room table:
I guess on your forest service tower, you could paint an orange stripe or two on the thing to make it stand out...
Rob, (not that I'm saying you're old or anything, but) maybe you could have your MIL & FIL's new doctor check your hurting ankles and other body parts, to see what's ailin' you! (Just a thought, not wanting to get hit or anything...).
Jeff, if you hadn't told me about those trucks, I wouldn't have known any different about them. But I'm not an expert diesel detail spotter, either. That diesel looks great to me (but I am partial to Santa Fe ones...)!
Tom, just read your note on the supersecret spark arrestors - you are having waaayyy too much fun with this hobby!
Paul, hope you get a little rain, whether as spin-off from Dolly or as a gift from Sue, Hoople and Tom. How've your eyes been doing (the newly remodeled one and the earlier one)?
This afternoon was one of those exercises in frustration. Went out about 3 p.m. to assess a person at one of our county jails, and yep, the guy could've been suicidal (or else a pretty good actor; some are that good). So, I get my stuff written up, call and line up a hospital bed for him in one of the fine establishments in our side of the state, and I get calling the judges' office to see about faxing the forms over for the court order. Find out one judge is on vacation in Florida until next week, another has been in court all day (and still is at 4-ish in the afternoon), and the other two I can't reach (have left their offices). Which means, it could be a bit before they get home - sometimes they stop for dinner out before heading home . A while later, I reach one judge, and he asks what charges the inmate has. I tell him, and he says for me to let the guy stay there in the jail. (Which means the order is dead as the proverbial doornail). ] So I get a copy of my assessment made for the jail (just in case), phone the hospital to tell them the guy will not be coming after all, and it's about three hours after I left work (plus my drive home). Sheesh! Some days... Glad tomorrow is Friday (and my outpatient clients day).
I think I'll be having dessert now, Chloe.
and a refill on my coffee, please. Thanks.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hoople wrote: twhite wrote: Hoople: Actually, that Tomato-stripe was a spare, I've got a set of them, too. Mine are from Rivarossi, a long time ago. Not enough to build the Sunset Limited, but enough to mix in whenever I decide to run one of those SP 'circus' trains that they used to run when they mixed and matched their paint schemes. Somehow I ended up with 3 baggage cars. Mine are some of the walthers. Vista dome, 10-6 sleeper, 48 seat diner, 64 seat coach. I also have a newer rivarossi full length coach, in the daylight scheme. It has an interior and lights, to boot. Yes I model Southern Pacific. (That is, if it were in colorado with UP and D&RGW)
twhite wrote: Hoople: Actually, that Tomato-stripe was a spare, I've got a set of them, too. Mine are from Rivarossi, a long time ago. Not enough to build the Sunset Limited, but enough to mix in whenever I decide to run one of those SP 'circus' trains that they used to run when they mixed and matched their paint schemes. Somehow I ended up with 3 baggage cars.
Hoople: Actually, that Tomato-stripe was a spare, I've got a set of them, too. Mine are from Rivarossi, a long time ago. Not enough to build the Sunset Limited, but enough to mix in whenever I decide to run one of those SP 'circus' trains that they used to run when they mixed and matched their paint schemes. Somehow I ended up with 3 baggage cars.
Mine are some of the walthers. Vista dome, 10-6 sleeper, 48 seat diner, 64 seat coach. I also have a newer rivarossi full length coach, in the daylight scheme. It has an interior and lights, to boot. Yes I model Southern Pacific. (That is, if it were in colorado with UP and D&RGW)
Hoople:
And I model Rio Grande in the California Sierra Nevada. Aint the hobby FUN?? Of course, all my Tree-Hugging friends tell me that California would NEVER have allowed coal-burning locomotives in the heavily forested Sierra Nevada, it's just UNHEARD of!! I just shrug and tell them that I have Secret Government Spark Arrestors on all of my locomotives, but I can't tell them what they are, because I don't want the Nazi spies to find out. They just blink. I just keep running my locos. With the tenders piled high with Utah coal. Lordy, it's fun!
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
twhite wrote:Hoople: Actually, that Tomato-stripe was a spare, I've got a set of them, too. Mine are from Rivarossi, a long time ago. Not enough to build the Sunset Limited, but enough to mix in whenever I decide to run one of those SP 'circus' trains that they used to run when they mixed and matched their paint schemes. Somehow I ended up with 3 baggage cars.
refill, please & thanks.
Prepared the build site (moved my scrap lumber, fencing, siding and stuff down to one of the sheds) so the foundation folks can do their thing. Our contractor just got a big construction job in Atlanta, so I'm hoping it won't cause any delay with ours.
Those little cow related (N) Preiser sets arrived yesterday and are real cute. Picked up a (HO) "W.S. Hobos" set for the wife last night on the-bay. I hope she doesn't already have them.
Wife is pestering me to have a follow-up full body CT scan and also have my ankles fixed. I'm not at all interested in pursuing either right now. I prefer to enjoy life for a while without any bad news. Maybe next year!
She also took her mom to see a new Doc and this one sounds like a sharp fella. The kind who deals with elderly folks who have been on too many pain meds for too long and never pursued actual treatment for what causes the pain. Real potential for improving her quality of life.
Jeff, yea I can understand wanting to get rid of the brass wheel set. You could try some of that metal preservitive on them.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Afternoon Gang: Just a quick one as Mary Ann wants to rest and watch TV with me. It's nice to be wanted for something other then work.
I have to go down and get the pump running again. I picked up another 50 ft of hose so I could move it to a deeper part of the pit.
We are getting some clouds from the storm but are not expecting any rain. I'm hopping that we may get some rain blown down from the Northwest. We really do need it.
See you all later.
LSWrr wrote:Jeff, does that TYCO MANTUA have a metal or plastic body? I've been pretty impressed with some of the older locomotives on how they still run rather well considering their age. I have a few Mantua metal body locomotives and they still out pull some of my newer locomotives. The 1970's Rivirossi mallet and challenger I have run flawlessly.
Jeff, does that TYCO MANTUA have a metal or plastic body? I've been pretty impressed with some of the older locomotives on how they still run rather well considering their age. I have a few Mantua metal body locomotives and they still out pull some of my newer locomotives. The 1970's Rivirossi mallet and challenger I have run flawlessly.
Afternoon,
Jerry, oh I see you're bringing the 2 granddaughters to help with the layout, lol!
Tom don't let my cats know how you treat your pets, gosh they will run away from home.
Lee
Garry--
I'm glad that the 18-year old will be in jail pending his trial. And I hope that the judge and prosecutor see the signs (stealing women's underwear, torturing animals) of a burgeoning, if not already full-blown psychopath and commit him to the psychiatric ward of a penal institution. Those are DANGEROUS signs, and again, it makes me so glad that he was caught without any violence to your daughter-in-law and your grandkids.
Flash: You're right. Hunk of Cheddar and a slab of honey-cured bacon, thank you. Oh, and yes, an egg or two if Zoe remembers, LOL!
Just brought Lowell home from the vet with MORE instructions--are you ready for this? FIVE jars of baby food per day to keep his caloric intake stable. PLUS renal-cat food (which he doesn't like, it tastes like chicken). Right now he's snoring up a storm in a sun-spot in the music room after having consumed a jar of Gerber's beef. The vet also said that it would be a good idea to steam up some fresh fish for him once a day to keep his Taurine balance. Fresh trout and 5 jars of Gerber's beef? He's eating better than I do!!
Later, guys. Have to go out and do some plastering on a Butte (yah, I know I promised I'd never mention them again, LOL!) and get it set up to permanently mount my Forest Service lookout tower. Funny thing, I spent all of that time on the kit-bash, and where I'm putting it, you can hardly SEE it, unless you get on a step-ladder.
Oh well, I'LL know it's there!
Best and prayers.
Fergie,
I'm planning on getting the Digitrax Super Empire Builder with the PS2012 20 AMP Power Supply.
Cederstrand wrote: ***Philip, nice pics. Are they just replacing old ties or upgrading rails as well?
***Philip, nice pics. Are they just replacing old ties or upgrading rails as well?
Looks like just replacing. I havent seen any new rail yet, although some of those rails are dated in the mid 1970's, so they're getting there on this BUSY section of track.
Hello ......
I'm glad to hear about some model railroad progress. Jeff is busy with a baggage car. Lee has decals on hoppers. JimCG is counting his lumber for a planned expansion of the layout.
A lot of non-mrr stuff, too. I hope Ed's citrus crops are OK with the storm.
Thanks for all the concern about yesterday's adventure. The burglar just had recently turned 18. In his younger years he had been arrested for burglary to steal female underwear. Also, he had been caught torturing animals a few years ago. His older brother is in prison. The police say he will be in jail pending his trial. Our daughter-in-law discovered him in the laundry room. He sounds like a real sicko. An appropriate therapy would consist of a 12 guage shotgun, but the law will handle this one.
As for security, they had a dog that was hit and killed by a hit-and-run truck in front of their house during a birthday party for one of our granddaughters. That dog would have discouraged any burglars. Their new dog is a puppy not yet house broken. He was in a dog crate in the garage while this was going on. An alarm system might help. He entered via a window.
twhite wrote:Jeff: Speaking of, I'm looking forward to your 'transformation' of the car.
Jeff: Speaking of, I'm looking forward to your 'transformation' of the car.
Morning all--
Supposed to be about 97 here today, but the sky is clear and right now it's kind of balmy out here in SunnyCal. Have to take Lowell over for his daily IV injection in about a half-hour. I think he likes the attention he gets over at the Vet--yesterday he walked INTO his cat-carrier without any prodding or jamming from me.
Garry: What a terrifying time that must have been for your daughter-in-law. I'm SO glad that no one was harmed--but having an intruder in your house leaves you with the feeling that your privacy has been completely obliterated. Hopefully that 18-year old will be able to spend some time thinking about what he did while he's in jail.
Rob: Lowell will have to have daily injections for the rest of his little furry life--part of keeping his kidney's going. They really help--he's much more active than he was last week. Of course, as I said, he LOVES all the attention he gets from the assistant at the Vet's office. Actually, I don't mind it either, that Vet's assistant is one CUTE gal! And she thinks that Lowell is just about the greatest cat she's ever treated.
Well, it's almost 9:00 out here, time to pack Lowell and head for the vet's. Take care all.
Best to everyone, and prayers for those in need.
PS: Well, glory be, it looks as if breakfast's on me, today. Zoe, save me a bacon and cheese omelette for when I get back, okay? HEAVY on the Cheddar.
pcarrell wrote: Mornin' all!For the last week or so, MOW has been busy out in my area just northeast of Indianapolis. *Trim*
Mornin' all!
For the last week or so, MOW has been busy out in my area just northeast of Indianapolis. *Trim*
PC: Welp, I suspect it'll be T-4 time before to long, and all those lovely vehicles I saw out here months back will desend upon you.
Tom and Lowell are probably out getting a shot right as of now, I think I hear the moaning. But is that L:oweel or the vet?
BTW, Garry et al, the comic in the back of this month's MRR is a sequel to one I found in an August 2000. Let me see if I can get it scanned/loaded, but we be's busy.