Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Lee: (I hope I got the name right, I mean LSWRR) I can use my 4-6-6-4 as the mid train helper then, also.
PC: I don't think the wheels are out of gauge. It's only one turnout, and it's my broadest one, a #6 by atlas. It runs just fine through #4s.
Evening all!
bjdukert wrote: Besides I didn't want to miss out on any of that B-cake for a certain Lady (Sue) before you and PC made it in here.
Besides I didn't want to miss out on any of that B-cake for a certain Lady (Sue) before you and PC made it in here.
Cake is OK, but in the end, it's just flavored bread. Now pie.....thats a different matter!
GMTRacing wrote: Good Evening All, Been down for the count this week with a nasty cold that's made the rounds in the shop. No amount of chicken soup or other stuff was going to keep it from it's duly appointed rounds either. Bother!
Good Evening All,
Been down for the count this week with a nasty cold that's made the rounds in the shop. No amount of chicken soup or other stuff was going to keep it from it's duly appointed rounds either. Bother!
I've been fighting off a cold this week too. Nasty thing thats going around, huh? I've been popping the Zicam every few hours. Seems to be working! Give it a shot!
PC - keep the great news coming from the home front. Hope the check-ups went well today.
As expected, the boy lost his hand cast and his legs are doing well, and the wife can start putting a little bit of weight on the leg and start to get out of the wheelchair. Good news all around!
BTW, the brickwork on that building is most convincing! Nice work!
New Haven I-5 wrote: PCjr, good to hear from ya! You are in Model Railroading? I never knew that.
PCjr, good to hear from ya! You are in Model Railroading? I never knew that.
He's not real into it, but that's not for a lack of trying on dad's part. He's only mildly interested, ya know? These new "get well cards" seem to be causing a greater interest in him though!
Hoople wrote: Flashwave wrote:2 words, helper service. Have? No. Would have if I got off butt and worked on lyout? maybe. What's the derail this time? Classic fixes include tightneing a screw or adding weight to the pilot. (not so much as to negate the purpose of a pilot). Nice vidThanks for the saying nice vid, and well, it derails on my switch, then it rerails. Weight was my idea, I'll try the screw first. Mark
Flashwave wrote:2 words, helper service. Have? No. Would have if I got off butt and worked on lyout? maybe. What's the derail this time? Classic fixes include tightneing a screw or adding weight to the pilot. (not so much as to negate the purpose of a pilot). Nice vid
Thanks for the saying nice vid, and well, it derails on my switch, then it rerails. Weight was my idea, I'll try the screw first.
Mark
Hey Mark, have you checked the gauge on the wheelsets? That could cause that. Also, if the frog on that turnout isn't deep enough for the flange on the wheel, that could cause that too.
LSWrr wrote: Greyfox do you have a copy of the video? This is the train accident in southern Ohio right? Lee
Greyfox do you have a copy of the video? This is the train accident in southern Ohio right?
Lee
Lee,
This was in Canton, MA. a loaded CSX centerbeam parked on a siding in Stouthton, MA rolled on to the main, rolled 3 miles into the next town. An Old Colony commuter train collided with the car.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
My DSD-101LC SD's came while I was in Prescott.
The whistles from the heavy sound decoder are
N&W 2-6-6-4 #1218
Frisco 4-8-2 #1522
Cumbres & Toltec 2-8-2 #497
I have not tried the Medium sound decoder.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Hoople wrote: WOOHOO! I got my big boy to run around my loop!Now if it could not short out and not derail it's front truck at a certain location I'd be set...Grayfox: Thanks, and your welcome!Jim: Yes I've been testing it out, and programming the sounds and motor and such. For awhile I had CV2 set wrong, so it'd take off at 70 SMPH on 1/6 throttle... Now it works fine.Everyone that said congrats in one way or another on the big boy: Thanks!Now all I need to do is find 390 freight cars or so and a big enough layout... 5 lbs of diecast metal, 4 traction tires+ a challenger with 140 car rating... Anyone have 70 feet of mainline?
WOOHOO! I got my big boy to run around my loop!
Now if it could not short out and not derail it's front truck at a certain location I'd be set...
Grayfox: Thanks, and your welcome!Jim: Yes I've been testing it out, and programming the sounds and motor and such. For awhile I had CV2 set wrong, so it'd take off at 70 SMPH on 1/6 throttle... Now it works fine.
Everyone that said congrats in one way or another on the big boy: Thanks!
Now all I need to do is find 390 freight cars or so and a big enough layout... 5 lbs of diecast metal, 4 traction tires+ a challenger with 140 car rating...
Anyone have 70 feet of mainline?
2 words, helper service. Have? No. Would have if I got off butt and worked on lyout? maybe. What's the derail this time? Classic fixes include tightneing a screw or adding weight to the pilot. (not so much as to negate the purpose of a pilot). Nice vid
Happy Birthday Sue! *Would start a tenor line of Happy Birthday, but is too afraid of the noise from the rest of the Diner*
Good to hear from ya PCjr! I eagerly await a vid.
-Morgan
Hey Duke, glad to see you been keepin' up with your duties!
Time for a night cap and then off to bed for me folks!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hoople, "Anyone have 70 feet of mainline?
My mains are 68' each, stop over and we will see what she can do. If we get too many cars I have a 4-6-6-4 we can use as a pusher.
JR, nice weathering job, what building kit is that?
We had an empty grain hopper take off from a small staging yard here in Cleveland about 3 years ago. I think it was kids or homeless person disabled the brakes. The car rolled through an unguarded crossing hit a car then plowed into a cement plant.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Sorry hoople ment t say congrats just got a lot going on right now.
Hey all just a drop by to say hi and all is going okay talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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twhite wrote: Hoople: Congrats on the Big Boy. 340 cars, huh? Well, I've got about 180 extra PFE reefers I could loan you if it gets TOO bad, LOL! Of course, my Yellowstones would get VERY angry at having their favorite reefers shipped north.
Hoople: Congrats on the Big Boy. 340 cars, huh? Well, I've got about 180 extra PFE reefers I could loan you if it gets TOO bad, LOL! Of course, my Yellowstones would get VERY angry at having their favorite reefers shipped north.
Lol, nice... Not sure where I could run 180 reefers right now, I only have a 4x8... Gotta start somewhere eh?
I also need plenty more articulateds to catch up with you... Not sure how many there are left I can model, maybe the rio grande challenger and a cab forward...
I'm sure someone at the club will let me haul a train with my big boy at the next show.
Evening all--
Been entertaining Mother all week--ran out of Hollywood Musicals on DVD by Wednesday, so we've been watching John Wayne westerns. At last count, she's seen RIO GRANDE three times (not that I mind, I LOVE that movie!). She's due to go home tomorrow. It's been fun, but at 93 she has short-term memory loss, so our conversations have been largely circular. Mainly about the property value of our land in Nevada City. I keep telling her that DESPITE the housing crunch, our property is worth about that of a small European country, LOL! It's been fun. Between that and keeping her supplied with chocolate covered peanuts, it's been quite a week. But I've gotten some work done in the garage (still vacuuming up little bits and pieces of October's roof job), and the engine facility is coming along well.
Now would someone slap me up side the head for not planning a turntable and roundhouse into all of this when I BUILT the darned thing? However, I'm doing some serious thinking which includes a Skil-saw and some serious track revisions in that vicinity. Oboy, here we go AGAIN!
Sue--. Oh, and when do you pour the 'water' into that INCREDIBLE creekbed of yours?
Well, have to go change the DVD for mom. I think I'll put on THE ALAMO, that should keep her happy for three hours or so.
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!
grayfox1119 wrote: BOBK: I saw the video on TV yesterday and today. Did you see that poor engineer?? He had front teeth knocked out, broken bones in face, head lacerations. He could have jumped out when he saw he had only 20 seconds, but he made a call to his dispatcher to get ambulances and all sorts of help to the scene asap instead, and took the hit head on the engine compartment. They still don't seem to know how the car got loose, some talk of faulty brakes. Aren't those brakes mechanically set ?
BOBK: I saw the video on TV yesterday and today. Did you see that poor engineer?? He had front teeth knocked out, broken bones in face, head lacerations. He could have jumped out when he saw he had only 20 seconds, but he made a call to his dispatcher to get ambulances and all sorts of help to the scene asap instead, and took the hit head on the engine compartment. They still don't seem to know how the car got loose, some talk of faulty brakes. Aren't those brakes mechanically set ?
Dick: Brakes shouldn't be any issue one way or the other. The switch was still thrown to the main and the derail was never set. Could you imagine if the F40 and passemger cars took the sideing and slammed into the centerbeam?
Been down for the count this week with a nasty cold that's made the rounds in the shop. No amount of chicken soup or other stuff was going to keep it from it's duly appointed rounds either. Bother! Still needed to be at the shop but got little actually done save for paper work and the ever arriving E-mails. I feel more humanlike today after a couple of nights of one hours sleep at a time. Need to be careful what I take because of the BP deal but I feel I've turned the corner.
Sue - Happy Birthday! (don't let those cheeky guys bother you - a lady is entitled to her privacy). And besides anyone who plays with trains is still very young in outlook.
Mark - congrats on the BB. Hope you hit the lottery so you can build an empire to suit.
Bill - Those are some beautiful depot shots. I love the fact that it is still used.
Have made an appearance in the basement at odd times when I felt up to it and have triedround three of the weathering powder diluted with isopropyl alcohol to do brickwork with some promise to the technique. (just because it was featured in a national magazine doesn't mean it will actually work for me - after all my most frequent painting result is a run). At any rate here is a progress pic.
Not much else to report at this point - just trying to kick back a bit and get better. See y'all later. J.R.
Another view of the Tipton IN Depot (NS) still in use as offices.
JimCG
Duke! Duke - WAKE UP!!
Dick
DUKE !!! Wake up Duke !!
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Good afternoon, evening to all. Very raw day today, never got over 32F, and areas 30 miles north of us got 6" of snow. But get this, they predict upper 60's to 70F on Tuesday...I'm ready.
We had the first of three burns yesterday, all the deadfall, and oak leaves and scrap wood from projects. I like to burn when I know that rain is coming soon just as a precaution, even though I have never had a brush fire get loose on me in 40 years.
SUE: CONGRATULATIONS !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY....!!! I see this is your second anniversary of turning 25!!! And Larry got you "what" for your BD ?? Ahh , I see there is more BD cake left, I had better get a piece before Fergie gets here, he has one ferocious appetite.
DUKE: DUKE !!! Wake up Duke !! Now what did you guys give Duke in that rootbeer float ?? Ed ??????
PC: That is real good news about SS. And it must be very gratifying to have church family so dedicated to helping fellow members.
JIM: I think you will really like a Credit Union, the ones around here give great service, I hope they do the same in your neck of the woods Jim.
RT: Good luck on the new job, you deserve good fortune!!
JEFF: Thanks for sending the warmer weather north, I see it will arrive here Tuesday!
MARK: That was a nice video you made of your new locomotive, it really sounds great, very lifelike to the BB sound. Thank you for sharing it with us Mark !!
ROB: I hate those doggone water filters, they always seem to freeze up when trying to replace them. I was so afraid of breaking the plastic lines at my sons old house, that I converted that area to copper plumbing for strength, then used slip unions....no more trouble after that. I use a distiller here at our house off the artesian well for drinking water and ice cubes.
Looks like my fix for sore throat is working, no cold ( yet ), and I was soaked and freezing yesterday evening putting the fire out. I don't know why Ginger Brandy works, but it always has for me.
Later,
Mr. Jerry, this is PCjr.
I just wanted to thank you because now I have some cars to go with my new locomotive! They look really good. I'll see if we can take a picture later and post it for everyone. Thanks again!
Jeff, a cold day in 48169? If you search for this zip code on http://www.usps.gov/ you will find "not acceptable" listed as one of the towns. There is a He double toothpick, MI
Yes the "puzzle palace" may curb my rail fanning, but I will be on the 21st floor so I might get some good aerial photos!
Actually my new job involves travel around the Great Lakes, this means more rail fanning in spots I've never been to! Maybe even Duluth and/or Superior.
Hoople, it snowed here last night and this morning, but no accumulation. Now that you have your BB and challenger you need about 180 ore cars or hopper cars to go with them.
I managed to get Dorothy (GF) to eat solid food today! This is the first time since last Sunday. Here sinus infection traveled into her jaw and things around here have been somewhat miserable.
Evening all -
Hope this day finds you all well.
PC - Great news on the boy!
JimCG - Actually, the g/f has met all of my family over the course of the last 6 months at various family functions. For Easter, she decided that since my parents had no family to cook for, that they come to her parents' for dinner. So, the invite was extended to them, and they came to their place. Everyone had a great time as well.
Well all, time for me to get going. Need to finish up laundry and eat dinner.
Take care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
Afternoon Gang:
Happy Birthday Sue Have whatever you want on me today.
I'll make this short and stop back in tonight. Lee on the admarals staff. Isn't that going to cut into your railfanning while on duty? Anyway congrats.
PC I think that your son's going for the sympathy vote. I'm very happy that he's home and doing well. Same for the wife mate.
I'll see you all later.
refill, please & thank you.
Made two hay runs, one load of real garbage hay (will feed to the cows) and one of the more $$$ good stuff, for the horses. Price of hay is killing us! It's trying to rain here. Hasn't done so since I emptied and cleaned one of the holding tanks...figures!
Yesterday, while trying to change out the house water filter, the entire unit cracked so I had to shut off the supply, cut out the filter unit and temporarily glue in a strait section of CPVC until I can buy a new filter housing. So, our water tastes like a combination of pipe glue and sulfer/mineral well water =
The good news is....uh....let me think here...uh....
Rob
Looks like a laid-back afternoon in the Diner. Duke! Duke - WAKE UP!! Guess old habits die hard, huh? Zoe, I'll have a root beer float
and a ham 'n' cheese sandwich, please 'n' thank you.
Rob, I bet several of us in the Diner can understand that "Gee, that's ALL the room I have to work with?" feeling. Never too much space for the layout - sometimes too little time and , but pretty much never too much room! Have you considered getting one of those GPS chips implanted in your wife's parents? (Just kidding... I think...) I'm sure it's a headache for your wife (and possibly you as well). Hope she tracks them down soon.
Okay, Sue, so how short are you getting your hair cut? And will you make a wig from all the hair the stylist cuts off? [;]
Mark appears to be busy trying out his Big Boy, since I notice he hasn't been in the Diner for a while today. Good start on the review, Hoople!
Somewhat busy morning for my
so far.
I went by the credit union and picked up info for opening an account, so I can do that once payday arrives. Only down side I found so far, is that they do charge for money orders (current checking account doesn't). But if the credit union isn't nailing me for every nickel and dime otherwise, the cost of the money orders may not be a big problem. Hope that'll be the case, anyway.
I'll be in the corner booth by the window if any others come in, Zoe (or if Duke wakes up - man, that guy can sleep!)
Blessings on your start of the weekend,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hoople wrote:It's snowing!What's up with that?
It's snowing!
What's up with that?
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Well, since Lee has the tab today....
I'll have a plate of that good ole Cajun favorite..... Crawfish Etouffee...
Thanks for lunch!
in a SOUTHERN mug, and a slice of Sue's birthday cake, please & thank you!
***Ryan, that's cool. So do you get a % of every Lure sale the little people make?
After setting out some track on the layout table, it is obvious to me now there is little room for what I would prefer having. Now I'm thinking of a very simple track plan. If I sell off my box of atlas snap & Bach EZ track, I might make enough to buy the Unitrack switches to go with that track. With time restraints, Unitrack might be the most sensible way for me to go.
Need to track down some hay today. Wife is out trying to track down her crazy/insane/looney parents....(don't ask). Well, have a great day all. Rob
Boy I take a break from the layout and I see I'm buying, I just leave my credit card in the cash drawer....