Good evening diners,
I just got some great news, my daughter Samantha has been accepted into a Veterinarian's college just north of Detroit. This is outstanding news since she can't apply until she gets her prerequisites done; the school called her and offered her enrolment 2 semesters early due to her grades. The down side is she has to go to classes this summer to finish those prerequisites PDQ.
Ok now I have to get caught up on the last 2 days of posts.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Cederstrand wrote:***Wasn't me, Jeffrey. That was Jim's suggestion. I have no problem what-so-ever with your Engine#, as I have never been "stupidstitious" about anything, no offence meant to anyone who is.
***Wasn't me, Jeffrey. That was Jim's suggestion. I have no problem what-so-ever with your Engine#, as I have never been "stupidstitious" about anything, no offence meant to anyone who is.
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
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***Dick, CONGRATS on the new room.
Rob
Good evening ....a wild day here...it started off with heavy downpours overnight then a heavy fog set in by 3am. Then the sun came out by 8am, a total surprise to everyone especially the weathermen who forcasted a rainy day. The temp shot up from 44 to 70F by mid afternoon, then we had gusty winds, thunderstorms, sudden little downpours with peas sized raindrops, next came sun to the west and rain to the east of the house. A totally whacky day!!
I also received a surprise from the wife, she decided that the bedroom set downstairs in the lower level should go to one of our grandsons who has outgrown his "boy size" bed. Guys, do you know what this means? This room is 15 feet wide by 19 feet......and it's ALL MINE. I will be accepting layout plans from you guys starting NOW.
PC: Congratulations to your son !!! That is terrific Philip !!!!
SUE: Great job on the cattle pen, your scenery work is very inspiring Sue.
ED: Red Sox are in a rain delay in 8th inning, TS's are hammering Boston.
Later guys,
New Haven I-5 wrote:Jeff, where do you get your KCS decals & how do you put the on?
Rob: Changing the # wouldn't change anything.
Yummy. Jim sure knows how to make a RBF.
Yes, Rob, thanks, it is scratch built. I needed rickety for the end of the line.
Philip, I sure enjoyed the layout photo. It has been a while since you started that project.
Mark, How is that Big Boy?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Here's the loco I put the decoder into this morning. At least there's more room inside it than there was in that GP50.
Here's the loco I put the decoder into this morning. At least there's more room inside it than there was in that GP50.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Afternoon, Janie - I'll have a root beer float, please.
Haven't had one of those for a bit, seems like. Oh, yes, and I'd love a bowl of the beef stew special, too. Take a little of the chill off a person.
Sorry for my not being by lately much. Things got busy yesterday at work (and all my afternoon people came, so no slack time there), and had a problem with the car last night as I was coming back from the store (trail of smoke/fog behind the car). Got the car to the dealer this morning (though the 'check transmission' light came on halfway there, and the tranny was hemmin' and hawin' about staying in gear). Dealer gave me (and my laundry) a ride to the laundromat after I got the car checked in, and I walked the laundry back home (I'm guessing one-half to two-thirds of a mile for the route back home). The dealer called later and said they needed to replace a rubber pipe (that carries the transmission fluid to the engine?), but they have to get it from the Ford dealer and can't do that until Monday. So if I want that gallon of milk that I remembered I needed (after I got the car back home last night...), I'll have to hoof it to the store and back. So long as it doesn't rain, okay.
Garry, nice doodlebug there! Due to my car repairs, I won't be able to get to the Marion show tomorrow. I'll have to watch for when their next show is going to be. Wow - that was a scary thing with the eBay fraud crook. Good to hear they got it corrected quickly for you.
Brandon, that car you get to drive looks good, as well (and the Monte Carlo you're working on sounds like it will be great. Watch out you don't end up with tickets once you get it ready...
Jeff, Rob and everyone else who had the front come through earlier this week, we didn't get lots of rain Thursday after all (and I'm not complaining, either!).
Chuck & Kathy, good to see you in the Diner again. Even better to hear your weather is starting to defrost some. And ya, I think the little fella's cute!
Oh, speaking of Drew, I called Sarah couple of days ago and she said that after they got home, the hospital's nurse came by to check him over, the little one was a bit underweight and running a slight fever, so they ended up checking Drew back into the hospital for a better look. He's home now and doing great (just talked with my SIL). Joey the dog is spending a lot of time outside in the yard. Report I got was that she gets so excited and wants to lick Drew, but has been getting vetoed on that idea!
PC, that sounds like the banquet was quite a deal - for you son and for his team both! And now he has some 'tunes... It has been a good year for him (and the family) this school year, huh? So, are you jealous of Bill T. for closing in on your and Flip's TOP record?
RT, you've had a time of getting everything lined up with the new job. Now, if your name got confused with some terrorist, they'd get those fingerprints to them right fast, doncha know.
Jeff - with all the trouble that SD-40-2 has been giving you, is it time to change its number?
Janie, I must be hungry tonight - I'll have another bowl of that stew, please, and a cup of coffee. I'll be at the corner booth.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
saronaterry wrote: BRANDON: I would LOVE to see rain! It finally quit snowing, but the wind's really blowing.We're hosting a dinner party tonight, so far no one's called to cancel.I spent most the morning shoveling snow drifts since my plow guy's stuck in HIS driveway! My little 2-stage wouldn't blow this wet JUNK! Then I took the 4wd truck and flatted out the littler drifts.Where,oh,where is the SUN?!?TERRY,sick of snow in No. Wisconsin
BRANDON: I would LOVE to see rain! It finally quit snowing, but the wind's really blowing.We're hosting a dinner party tonight, so far no one's called to cancel.I spent most the morning shoveling snow drifts since my plow guy's stuck in HIS driveway! My little 2-stage wouldn't blow this wet JUNK! Then I took the 4wd truck and flatted out the littler drifts.
Where,oh,where is the SUN?!?
TERRY,sick of snow in No. Wisconsin
See? Rain. there's more on Google Images.
-Morgan
***Garry, that's good to know. Wonder how someone was able to access your account in the first place. Glad it was resolved quickly like that.
***Sue, nice job there. Pardon my lack of memory, did you scratch build the stocks or is that from a kit?
Sorting photos is sooooo boring. Finding a number of BN train pics mixed in with years worth of wildlife reference & farm pics.
Coffee refill, please & thanks! Rob
Thanks, Garry and Jerry.
I made some small Aggro trees that I will be adding between the stockyard and the creek bank. Larry got his first coat of stain on the bents for the trestle. It is so exciting to see progress.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good afternoon, gang. It is in the 70's today so I will have iced tea, please.
Here is another update on the stockyard.
This is my first try with the remote on the camera. I think that I will like it.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Hello Everybody
myred02 wrote:Heartland Division CB&Q Wrote: Also, I recall you said you go to the KY Ry Museum, and you can look at such things on the equipment there. It's funny you should say that, as I'm considering volunteering there over the summer so I can "get my feet wet" in the railroad bisiness. And who knows, maybe with my past welding (I am a certified flat, horizontal, vetical up welder) and mechanical experience, I can work on the equipment and learn my way around the mechanical aspect of it. As for the rest of you talking about the rain...April Showers? -Brandon
Also, I recall you said you go to the KY Ry Museum, and you can look at such things on the equipment there.
It's funny you should say that, as I'm considering volunteering there over the summer so I can "get my feet wet" in the railroad bisiness. And who knows, maybe with my past welding (I am a certified flat, horizontal, vetical up welder) and mechanical experience, I can work on the equipment and learn my way around the mechanical aspect of it.
As for the rest of you talking about the rain...
April Showers?
-Brandon
Brandon .... Great plan, and also the people at the museum may have contacts at CSX and other railroads. I would suggest two employers in Paducah to you also. The P&L Railroad. Also, VM Locomotives is now owned by National Railway Equipment. You could contact them explaining your career aspirations and ask them what you can do to qualify with them.
Everybody ....... I've been busy with an unwelcome task that distracted my attention away from model railroading today. My wife is out of town, and I'm helping by doing her Ebay stuff for her. Well, Ebay contacted us to advise that their security staff had spotted a third party had hijacted the Ebay name to list expensive merchandise. Huge amounts of fees were charged to our account. Ebay de-listed the items and refunded the fees. I had to change passwords. The hard part was reviewing all the numbers. I had several pages of fees and several pages of credits to cross check. After a few hours, my reconcilation is within $2.00, and it's not worth even more tome for that. Overall, I feel Ebay's security did a remarkable job. They spotted this issue in the middle of the night nearly immediately after it happend, and they took effective action before I could know about it. It did take a few hours of my time, but the fraud attempt could have cost us a lot of money if Ebay had not handled it so quickly and effectively.
HI ALL................
................I have finally caught up, well almost ...
........JEFF: We have enjoyed all the pictures that you have posted the last few months and the wiring of all those TOYS....We are both in pretty good moods today.
TO THAT "CRAZY" in the CAN. NAVY???????.... Will you please take back all the cold and snow that we had here. PLEASE.......Today it is finally sunny and my pins don't hurt for the first time in about 4 months, and please leave one [1] 4-10-2 for me.....
.......GRAMPA and YOU KNOW WHO I MEAN;;;; BEAUTIFUL little guy. I feel like he is part of the group already......
............LITTLE ROB..I forgot!!!!!!!
............PAUL... The prices here on rolls of 'falfa' have almost doubled. Had a hard time in eastern oregon this winter and last fall, so my suggestion is the same see if that gentleman will store some for you if you don't have space OR ship it to me as we have a very large barn about 120 miles from here,, and we will store it..FOR A PRICE LOL LOL LOL ..Shipping prices would cost more than the price of 'falfa'......That's a yolk!!!!!!!
.........JOHN I got a MRC off of e-by for 105.oo came home this morn and UUUPS was here with pkg.....goddy gooddddy ..Talked to nice man about putting decoder and speaker in my small and wide open brass geared heilsers. Am sending him one to see if itis possible.
..............Lunch Time for Kathy; Roast Beef [ home grown ] actually prime rib with hoagie roll and some 'a juis' on side with a glass of milk....................
..........Prayers for all.........Chuck
An extra strong in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.
***Mark, look forward to it.
***Philip, CONGRATS to your son on his achievements.
Will be spending much of the afternoon in the new studio sorting reference photos. With any luck, I'll come across the one of me in the cab of a steamer from long ago.
Hope everyone is having a great day.
Seems like freekin ages since I've been in.
PC: I saw your surgery train in the Photo Fun. I can bet he was one happy kid when he saw those. And 3 cabeese is fine.
Hmm, what's new... What's new. I don't know.
Cederstrand: I'll be able to do your crash now, I got my older simulator working and the AI can do some pretty mad speeds... I'll tell you when it's done.
Mark
PC that 2 days in a row ain't nothin as you and I have hit 5 I believe in one of the old coffee shops that we have shut down. or was it 4 anyway we know lol.
Morning all still hanging in here no new news so I guess were still on track just need to sell this place.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Morning all!
Supposed to be cold and not so nice out today, but I think my wife and I are going to the home show at the State Fairgrounds, so it won't matter.
Tell ya what.....That banquet for my son's basketball team last night was something else! They have three teams for different age groups, and my son is on the Junior High team. Well after the season was over all of the teams sent there scorebooks into the state office, and my son's team came in second in the state! They got a big old trophy and some really nice medals to hang on their necks. They also had asked the boys who won the pizza drive if they wanted the iPod, or the cash......they all took the cash. And then, the biggest surprise of the night.....it seems that each boy on each team had been asked privately who they thought on their team had exemplified the most Christlike behavior that year. The boys voted or each other on this. My son's team had voted for my boy, hands down! There was a big plaque and lots of fanfare. I tell ya, I was so proud of him that I could almost burst! And after it was all over, we went to WalMart to collect his prize. He got one of the new Sony Walkmans that plays mp3's and am/fm radio, plus we picked up some goodies to go with it. It's a pretty slick little deal, and he's a pretty happy camper.
Hey Bill, thats two days in a row on top! That gets expensive! Ask me how I know.......
Oh well, time to get a move on!
Catch up with you all later!
Good morning.
The ham and eggs looks good today.It's a slightly cool 55 degrees this morning and partly cloudy. Looking forward to a clear sky and 73 degrees this afternoon. My project for today is to put a DCC decoder into an Athearn SD40-2. It's a Bachmann piece of crap but will work until I get a better one for it.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 4/12/2008Wind Chill: 50°FHumidity: 59%Dew Point: 39°FSo Far TodayHigh: 62°FLow: 53°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph NNE Today High: 73 Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 10 mph. Tonight Low: 45 Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning from Euclid, Ohio
Thunderstorms and a bunch of rain yesterday and last night, but the grass looks really good. Mid 50's today, but only a high of 38 for tomorrow.
I need to finish the main line this weekend, one of my friends and his son are coming out Wednesday or Thursday to run trains.
Lee