Evening all,
Just finished decaling hoppers 1401 - 1445 tonight, and hoppers 1401 - 1422 are in the spray booth with their first coat of dull coat. Now I'm starting to swap out couplers.
It seems my gondola collection has grown out of control! I have a total of 39 now. I think some may go to the Bay for reassignment.
More good news: I received a letter in the mail from Ford Credit; it's proof that I've paid my loan in full! This is one of my top economic achievements since I bought the truck and then 11 months later I got divorced. Some money will go towards a DCC system; the rest will go to savings.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Hey, hey, hey! Lee's got the tab! I'll have the steak and lobster.
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
Here's some really disturbing stuff. As I have said, Shelley and I have 5 kids, and 2 have blessed us with grand kids. One son and his wife live in Cincinnati area. They have 2 girls, a 7-year old and a 4-year old.
This afternoon, daughter-in-law returned home from shopping with the 2 granddaughters. They entered their house. Seconds later, Daughter In Law was looking face-to-face with an intruder. There are some really evil people in our world. Girls are OK physically. As it stands now, the perverted, 18 year old male sicko is in jail. We're all very upset.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Evening Diners!
Guess what? It's raining here again and we're still waiting for delivery of some hot air from Dick. If he can't deliver then some warm air from the Gulf would be good. How about it Jeff? After all we send you all that nice cold, crisp air in winter so it would just be neighbourly to send us some warm stuff in summer but please hurry as we only have 5 or 6 weeks left of summer.
Tom, Great to hear Lowell is doing fine but from what I've heard cats often don't take kindly to injections. Our vet has a special box made out of plexiglass into which he puts the cat and it has a hole in to to give the cat the injection. I've never actually seen this box but was told by reliable sources that it exists. Perhaps I heard it from one of our dogs as they just stand there and don't even flinch when they get injections and for Jamie that is twice a day for the past 7 years. I liked your reply to the clerk in the store, good one!
Speaking of vets we had our other Westie, Pippa, at the vets today to get her teeth cleaned again even though it was done just a year ago. She had 4 pulled but doesn't seem to be bothered much.
Today the wife and I went to listen to a couple of CD players to replace the one that died on the week-end. We went back to the same store where we bought our system and I was amazed that one of the owners remembered my name and I haven't purchased anything from them for over 10 years. That is one thing nice about small indepedents. We bought an Arcam player as it sounded the best and it was on special too. I set it up tonight and was amazed at the improvement over the old player which we thought was a good one. Now there was a deal on the matching Arcam amp so I think I'll call the store tomorrow and see if they'll take my old one in trade. One thing just leads to another.
I hope to get out to the boat this week-end but it will be for a clean up. We've heard that the fish flies are really bad this year and that local businessmen in Gimli are cleaning them from the sidewalk with a shovel. Not sure if you're familiar with fish flies but they are a harmless insect that hatch out of the water and live for only about 24 hours. They sure do smell though when they die and start to decompose --just like rotting fish, hence the name.
Well it's getting late and I need to take the dogs out again before the rain starts up.
See you soon,
CN Charlie
Just found this : http://hornandwhistle.net/forsale2.htm If anyone wants some good PVC 3 chime whistles, click on link, and scroll down to an ad that says PVC 3 chime whistles.
I'm eyein the 2 1/4" diameter whistle, only $100!
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Best wishes to them.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Tom: Here it is. Remember it as it is, for the next time you see it you may not recognize it.
Tom: Here it is. Remember it as it is, for the next time you see it you may not recognize it.
Goodbye, little Tomato Stripe. Enjoy your new incarnation
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: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Tom: Here it is. Remember it as it is, for the next time you see it you may not recognize it. Goodbye, little Tomato Stripe. Enjoy your new incarnation Tom
Tom, I happen to have four "tomato stripe" passenger cars. DON'T DO IT JEFF!
A couple of them are pictured here, in my video celebrating National Train Day.
Grrr, firefox is being special. I'll link you some other time...
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning all
just a tea to go please Cloie
well buisy as hell at mo last day for the little cherubs then peace will reign for a month
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh well back to it
Good Morning All,
68F and raining again this morning. It has rained on and off for the last three days but not as long and hard as north of us so no flooding yet. We do have up to 6" predicted. Just to clear up any misconception, we are in a rental house until ours is done as the entire second floor is gutted along with most of the downstairs walls and all the ceilings.
Fergie - I know fighting the wind and waves is no fun especially when you end up standing down half way through but the work is much appreciated especially in an emergency.
Jim - It can't be any fun dragging pumps around in 100F heat but it's also no good letting perfectly good water go to waste.
Jerry - You've really gotten that layout in good nick. Good to see you making progress. The pics look better all the time.
Inch - Any new railfanning or did I miss it all in the posts I haven't caught up?
Rob - the three most expensive words in the English language are "might as well". We're going through the same with some upgrades we've put off on the house since we have it all apart anyway.......
Anyone heard from Ed down Mexico way? Hope he and Paul make out ok in this latest storm.
Tom - how did Big Sur finally make out? Are most of the fires at least under control in the hills by you? I'll get to see for myself next month as I have two races at Laguna Seca coming up. If things go ok, I'll stay out between weekends and get a day or two to play tourist.
Well - gotta go - I'll catch ya'' later. J.R.
Morning, Diners! Zoe, a cup of coffee and some of the breakfast buffet for me, please. Thank you, ma'am.
Garry, glad to hear nobody was harmed and nothing taken by the... creeep. Once you figure how he got in (window, door, whatever), beef that up (for example, a deadbolt that has to use a key on both sides - I've heard on the ones with a knob inside, the crook will break a nearby glass and reach in to undoo the lock). As others said, beef things up.
Jeff, that baggage car looks good. We will await seeing what you will (to borrow Calvin's phrase) 'transmogrify' it into...
Lee, you're just churning out the decals there. I'd better be careful, or I'll catch the decaling bug and get the data sets out that I've been meaning to put on some undecorated box cars I have...
Paul, how'd you do in your area? Any outlying rain come your way from Dolly?
JR, are your contractor folks to the point of a guesstimate yet on how long your house's rework will run? Though I know you want it done right, I'm sure the sooner you can get back into your own home, the happier you'll be.
CN Charlie, good to hear you have a good local audio store, and a good owner and crew there, too.
I'll be at the corner booth, if I can slip around dozing Duke there. That guy can sleep through almost anything but dinner call.
Blessings on your day-before-the-weekend-starts,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
well Dolly spared Houston we got just enough rain to wet the grass
my friend in Corpus said they got 2-4 inches
the poor folks in Brownsville are really getting soaked
So what's everyone up to ?
TerryinTexas
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Good morning all.
Need one day without rain so I can cut my grass!
Mornin' all!
For the last week or so, MOW has been busy out in my area just northeast of Indianapolis. I saw crews out with 8-9 car trains of MOW gons loaded with RR ties. They had two of them running, each with a cherry picker and a hi-rail pulling them. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/IMG_00024.jpghttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/IMG_00026.jpghttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/IMG_00025.jpgThey set out a BUNCH of new ties for miles in each direction.http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/IMG_0002-1.jpghttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/IMG_00021.jpghttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/IMG_00022.jpg
in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
***Garry, that sounds like a crazy fella alright. Hope something bad happens to him so he can't do that again.
***CN Charlie, enjoy that Arcam player, (and amp if you get one). Not cheap stuff by any means. Good to hear Pippa is well cared for. But please don't mention "pulling teeth" again.
***J.R., with every new section of screened porch, door, extra pad poured, etc. that my wife adds to the project, I see the funds for trains, new speakers and other enjoyable extras dwindling away.
***Jeffrey, really looking forward to seeing that baggage car transition.
***Philip, nice pics. Are they just replacing old ties or upgrading rails as well?
***Tom, how's Lowell holding up? How long will those IV injections be necessary?
QUESTION: My wife discovered the Hawthorne Village On30 Civil War train sets. IF she had them in the forground as a "reenactment scene", might it work to also have her standard HO on the same table a bit further away, or is the difference in size too great? Any thoughts?
Have a good day all. Rob
Good Afternoon Sports Fans!
Think of it this way... It doesn't matter who's on Base if you don't have a batter to bring'm home! Just ask the Blue Jays!!
LSWrr wrote: "His sailing vessel was on its way to the Azores islands in Portugal when it overturned while being buffeted by winds and heavy waves from the storm" Sounds like he needs to sit through one of my NAV classes. N.S. And Azores don't even look alike. You can't complain to me about 20' seas. I drove a 44' MLB in 35+ seas for 13 years. You're in a 200'+ ship . The gondolas were everything from New Jersey Rail to UP so I painted a few of them in L. S. & W. colors. It really doesn't take long to apply decals, but I found it's hard to get started applying decals. 251B engines are used in our 210 FT Coast Guard Cutters.
"His sailing vessel was on its way to the Azores islands in Portugal when it overturned while being buffeted by winds and heavy waves from the storm" Sounds like he needs to sit through one of my NAV classes. N.S. And Azores don't even look alike.
You can't complain to me about 20' seas. I drove a 44' MLB in 35+ seas for 13 years. You're in a 200'+ ship . The gondolas were everything from New Jersey Rail to UP so I painted a few of them in L. S. & W. colors. It really doesn't take long to apply decals, but I found it's hard to get started applying decals.
251B engines are used in our 210 FT Coast Guard Cutters.
Lee: I'm not sure what he was thinking, Wafi's are like that. Wether or not he was trying to get into the Gulf stream and take advantage of the 2-3 knot current or whether or not he was trying to take advantage of the prevailing Winds I'm not sure, regardless the winds prevailed!!
He's lucky as all he had was an 406 EPIRB and a VHF radio. Don't even know if he had the right radio to get Offshore Forecasts.
Ya I hear ya I did a 3 month stint back in 85' on a 44'. That's when I decided I was a "Big Boat" kinda guy. Hudson is the perfect size for this trade as she's 300'. She rode the 20' foot seas very well. Talking to Port Met Officer yesterday, he was telling me some waves were being measured by the offshore Wx buoys, not too far from us, at 35'. Still considering how bad it could have been I count my blessings. PS you can never have enough "Gons". So which DCC system are you looking at?
JR: As you can see by the above post things could have been a lot worse. All in all the outcome was a positive one so I'm not complaining one bit. Always a good feeling one we get one for the "Good Guys" regardless who is first on scene.
Terry: we heard some places got 6" plus. Too much too quickly. I know there was flooding in Halifax with Cristabol. According to my Mrs. we got about 2 1/2" of rain in a day.
Garry: Though everyone is shaken by the ordeal at least no one was injured and the creep is in jail. Things could have been worse. Though if it had haoppened to my family I'd be very upset too. That's why we have a big dog with very big teeth. I wouldn't be as comfortable being out here without Miss Molly. She loves 99% of the people that have entered our house and for some reason there's been the 1% she's wanted to rip the throats out of... Makes ya wonder.
Rob: There's been some articles on "Compression" and from wht I've seen it works providing you only give the "viewer" one angle to look at the scene with (from the front) It works well with both scale of buildings and the smaller scale being elevated and to the back above the larger scale.
Now for the Answer on my Quick Quiz! And you'll hate me for this!!
The Answer was furnished by our Chief Engineer who got the answer from the ALCO rep.
2= February, 51= the year of the beginning of Production and B=2nd generation
So simple! Even I wouldn't have known
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
pcarrell wrote: Mornin' all!For the last week or so, MOW has been busy out in my area just northeast of Indianapolis. *Trim*
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.
-Morgan
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.
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.
Jeff: Speaking of, I'm looking forward to your 'transformation' of the car.
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.
twhite wrote:Jeff: Speaking of, I'm looking forward to your 'transformation' of the car.
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.
Cederstrand wrote: ***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.
Fergie,
I'm planning on getting the Digitrax Super Empire Builder with the PS2012 20 AMP Power Supply.
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.
Afternoon,
Jerry, oh I see you're bringing the 2 granddaughters to help with the layout, lol!
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.
Tom don't let my cats know how you treat your pets, gosh they will run away from home.