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Mornin, Janie, just some coffee n a couple of Bill's doughnuts please. Better weather forecast for us today. The heat n humidity the last few days bout had me down.
Sunday-Early rain, then partly cloudy and cooler. Less humid. High82 Sunday night-Clear and cool. Low 57
One good them bout the weather we've been having the couple-3 weeks. It's help catch the crops n gardens catch up some from late plating and cool weather, we' d had earlier.
We got some sad news Wed, found Deb's x SIL, Terry, died from a heart attack at 48. Jamie n her bunch came down for the funeral Fri n got caught in a hailstorm, which beat her car up purrty good. When they went home last evening, they got caught in another thunderstorm. Luckily no hail this time.
JP,
Happy burthen day, be it a bit late.
Terry,
Hope your starten to feel betters now that the treatments are over.
Flash,
Real sorry to hear bout your dads problems. We've still got him in our thoughts.
Tom,
Hope the blue skies n cooler winds continue for you folks. Now with the better weather and extra help, they can get the fires under control.
Your prohibition story reminded me of some the stories my great grandpa told about him and Uncle George making n runnin shine. He still had all the equipment hid in the barn and I got to help him make a batch one time. There's a place in Charleston were we go for bbq ribs that was a speak-easy during those days. They still have the dice table, but it's hanging from the ceiling now.
RT,
I see you may a couple good train scores again with the command control. Have you started on the layout yet?
Been busy round here the last few days, but I finally got round to uploading some more photos. Here's some pics from the Paducah rail museum's layout.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g214/inch53/vacation034.jpg
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Like most every one else's it's still under construction. These are some other pieces they have.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g214/inch53/vacation043.jpg
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Dissipater's desk
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CTC control panel and the relay cabinet
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And here's a couple of the IC #1518
She looks like you could build a fire and take her for a ride. Still got some of Garry n them's layouts to up load yet, plus a few other train pics.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
railroadnut675 wrote:Well, dad says I can take out the layout once I finish my summer work.
Good morning all,
3 years ago I bought a stick in a box of dirt (raspberry bush from home depot). This year I'm getting black raspberries larger than my thumb! The Rhubarb patch is not doing very well at all I should have had 3-4 5 gallon buckets of rhubarb by now in my freezer. The tomatoes plants are about 5' tall and have large green tomatoes on them, wahoo!
Tom, looking forward to some more pictures and I'm glad the air is clearing up for you.
Alex, sounds like you had quite the adventure this summer.
NittanyLion, Have fun in CC,TX I lived there for 3 years, great place to visit but I really didn't like living there. How was the Pittsburg train show? Would it be worth a 2hr drive for me?
Railroadnut, welcome back!
Well I think I'm caught up on painting the UP and BN rolling stock in my LS&W black with yellow lettering. I'm thinking about painting my cabooses yellow and black to match the color scheme.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
WOW!!!
I have been so far behind lately... its not funny. Good to be back here though. Did you miss me?
Model train show in Pittsburgh this weekend, so my brother and I went on down. Set a very meager budget of $150 (have an equally meager three day vacation to Corpus Christi TX next week, bad timing!) and managed not only stick to it but came in under budget. Only got things with good prices and stuck to my shopping list. Just one impulse buy! Still, a small haul by some standards. Got five RTR pieces (four Walters, one Stewart) and one kit (Bowser). Saw a few things, even things I plan on getting eventually, but the prices weren't very good or I knew it would be some time before I need them. Right now I'm just trying to get enough together for one full train on my future layout before I start construction. A few things I was looking for no one had, to my slight displeasure. Still we had a good time. The Bowser kit was the impulse buy. The roadname it comes in can't exist in my freelanced world, but who cares.
In the last couple weeks my fleet has grown eight cars. Right now its larger than my fleet was when I had a layout as a kid/teen. Not counting toy train level stuff that is. A few of the old Blue Boxes, Walthers, MDC, and what have you kits from those days can be salvaged I hope, though I don't know what I'm going to do about all the missing ladders. And some of those (the intermodal) can't fit with the new plan. Seeing all those high quality locomotives makes my BB SD40-2 and SW1000 look hopelessly primitive now. Maybe that will help me mentally when these guys lose their BN colors.
Alex
Garry--
Yup, been thinking of transforming one of my Walther's Pullman Standard cars into a Chapel Car--St. Francis (natch! ). Sierra City and Deer Creek are predominantly Methodist Episcopal (Cornish miners, you understand) but we've got some Italian shop-keepers in the area that sure need to attend Mass occasionally, LOL!
Which reminds me of a funny story my dad told me. Seems during Prohibition in Nevada County, all the local 'brewers' (of which my grandmother was one) used to store their alcoholic root beer in the basement of the Catholic church in the little mining town of Allegheney, WAY up in the mountains. Dad had an old Ford model T with a spare gastank to store the hooch and made weekly runs from Nevada City to Allegheney. Actually, half of the model T's in Nevada County had spare gas tanks, LOL! It was a BUSY place! And the Priest in Allegheney just grinned and looked the other way.
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!
BLUE BERRIES !!!!
I LOVE 'EM.........
CN Charlie............. Or Dick................Feel free to ship some to the diner!
CN Charlei .... Wild blueberrie sounds great to me. Here we have wild blackberries along the road. They are OK, but no where near as good as blueberries.
Tom .... I'm glad things are clearing up, and you can work on the buttes. Yes, indeed, your work is butte-tiful!
Jeff ............You zapped those bugs before they could buzz off.
Jeff is thinking of making a chapel car. Flash says he has made one. Guess what, I'm making one myself..............I HOPE others will do likewise.....
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning everyone--
BLUE SKY!!!!
Yep--darned if that old Delta Breeze didn't kick in BIG TIME yesterday, and is supposed to hang around until at least Tuesday. We had a high of 87 here yesterday, a predicted high of about 90 today. So the Valley is pretty much clear (unfortunately, the Delta breeze has kicked the smoke into the foothills), and I was actually able to go OUTSIDE yesterday.
The breeze is actually helping the firefighters up in Butte County and the American River complex, because of the moisture contained in it. In Butte County, they're allowing a lot of the 12,000 or so evacuees back in--Paradise is no longer under immediate threat. Unfortunately, a lot of people in that area lost their property, and there's one death attributed to the fire--someone either refused to leave their home or was trapped in it. Investigation still going on.
But we MAY have turned the corner around these parts. Fires that were expected to not be under control until October are now predicted to be under control within the next two weeks. Firefighters have been working 24-36 hour shifts, and help is supposed to arrive from New Zealand, Austrailia and our Nifty Neighbors to the north--Canada! As my history teacher buddy says: "The Cavalry has been called in, we can start un-circling the wagons," LOL!
Jeff: A hornet's nest in a refrigerator? Wow, those little devils don't care WHERE they claim property rights, do they? And they have really NASTY tempers. Glad you didn't get stung or swarmed. Especially Hornets or Yellow-Jackets. Those little beasties can sting repeatedly.
Terry: So when do we heat up the grill, buddy? Either Texas or Colorado beef--they make the BEST burgers in the whole world! And nice, sharp Cheddar for the cheese, none of that yucky Kraft 'American' stuff! Glad those treatments are over.
Flash: Continued prayers for your dad.
I let Flash Photoshop the photo I did for this weeks WPF into a night-shot. First try is pretty darned good. He's still working on it, hopefully he'll post it for the rest of you when he's got it all done. I can't Photoshop to save my life--sometimes I can barely take a photo--but he's doing some good stuff to it. Actually, it dawned on me, it's my very first Diseasel photo (though the focus is on the steam helper, natch!).
Well, time to go out and mount the Lookout tower on the Butte, so I'm going to spend as much time in the garage as I can, today. It's so nice to take in a gulp of air that HASN'T been re-cycled through the AC system. Almost forgot what it's like.
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Howdy All....We got some t-storms this morning but sun is out now...I'll have a slice of Garry's Ky ham,slice of swiss cheese,slice of tomatoe and a diet Coke please..Thank You..Gave the layout a good vacuming while the caregiver had the sweeper out yesterday..only managed to lose a couple of small things...
JP...Belated Happy Birthday!!
Flashwave...Your Dad is in my prayers...
RT...Sounds like you been making some good deals...
Paul...Hope your eye surgery went well...
You all have a good one...Jerry
Good Morining!
A windy day here as it is blowing 30mph with gusts to 40 and it is a cool 60F. We had planned on going out to Gimli tomorrow and go sailing but I'm starting to wonder now as the forecast for today is a west wind at 35 knots diminishing to 20 knots by tomorrow. Twenty knots is a bit too brisk for a casual sail as it would mean a reefed main and steep angle of heel but we could likely get 6 or more knots out of the boat. That speed sounds very slow but when you are pushing through waves heeled over 20 degrees, it seems like you're flying. It would mean a couple of seasick dogs though.
Garry, How about some wild blueberries? They are far superior to the cultivated ones and are one of my favourites too, especially in pancakes with lots of maple syrup.
Lazy day here with the wind, cool temp and cloudy skies and we are feeling lazy too as we went out for dinner last night. I had an appetizer of Bellotta ham that was simply the best ham I have ever tasted. It comes from Spain and the pigs involved eat only a certain type of acorn. Amazingly the ham tastes nutty.
Well being a lazy day I think I'll get started assembling my engine house. It is amazing the difference a decoder can make as the engine performance of my PK2 0-6-0 is great with that new Digitrax decoder. I had hardly used it before but now it will get a lot of use.
Bye for now,
CN Charlie
Morning all!
Flash and Terry continue to be on the prayer list.
Chapel car.....good idea! Why didn't I think of that?
Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. South wind between 10 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
T-61 days before the first train show of the season.
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote:Here's a link for chapel cars I found with google..... http://www.chapelcars.com/
Garry: No, we just spent the day in the hospital. They;re getting him off of some of the meds, but until the kidneys kick in again and he;s breathing on his own, there's not much. Thanks guys.
It;s funny, I;ve been painting a Chapel Car from a Walthers Caboose, modifying the stack as a cross.
Terry: Greatto hear. We know the relief of being off them.
JP: Missed a party? Sorry. Happy slightly belated Bday.
-Morgan
Hello
We have cause for concern about Flash and his Dad. ... I see no posts today from Flash and last night's post from Flash is heart breaking. Let's spot the Chapel Car at the diner and keep it there for prayers.
I hope Paul's eye surgery went okay.
Duke ... Good to see your post. You've been quiet lately.
Dick .......... MMMMMMMMMMM Blueberries are MY FAVORITE......No other fruit comes close to blueberries in my opinion.
Terry ...... Glad your treatment is complete. We'll grill the cheeseburgers when your ready.
RT ... I'm glad to hear you are getting stuff for a layout in the new home.
Don't forget the TRAINS MAGAZINE section on Trains.com is free all weekend, so steal all you can download. ARG!
JIM When did you send mags and how still haven't received so was wondering
I just got done making a train board up for a vet as I'm giving him my n scale B&O set that I showed you all about 6 months ago. I made a boar that is about 26" X 48" and I'm going to put a oval of track on it to get him started.
They had 15/32 partical board at lowes for $6.33 so I got one and cut it to size and painted it forest green. ( wife kept reminding me about every 45 minutes today to remember to round the corners) So after I got done waited till she was busy and yelled for her till she came so I could show her I did it
Been busy day today. Won a Command controll set for my ogauge on ebay which was a good deal only $125.00 and also got a command controll train set from hobby shop that I still deal with back in VA the whole train set was only $300.00 retails for $729.00 but he used it for a year as a display set to show command controlSo he sold it to me for $300.00
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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C&O Fan:Thanks for the cake Jim
Thanks for the cake Jim
Glad you liked the cake, Terry - and ask Zoe, she had at least a couple of flavors of ice cream for you to top it with!
Zoe, I'll have a slice of JP and Terry's cake, with vanilla ice cream on top, please.
Sunny afternoon here in Cape G. About 90 F with 61 percent RH. Sweltering weather - definitely July in the Midwest!
Jim in Cape Girardeau (and sliding into the window booth)...
Flash for your Dad
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
And
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JP !!!
TerryinTexas
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twhite wrote: Well, we got our Delta breeze this morning, which seems to have broken the back of our heat wave, and is keeping the smoke high overhead. It's actually breathable out here, and kind of cool (relatively speaking). Supposed to have a high of 97 or so, today, which beats the pants off of the 108 we had yesterday. And Delta breezes have a very high humidity content along with the cool temperatures, so possibly--I say POSSIBLY--it might help the firefighters on the Butte and American River burns. Mark--That breeze must be whooshing through the Carquinez straits by now, hope your temps have plummeted from that 93 you had yesterday and cleared the smoke out. Right now it's 70 here. And the smoke is WAY high overhead. Can't smell a thing. Tom
Well, we got our Delta breeze this morning, which seems to have broken the back of our heat wave, and is keeping the smoke high overhead. It's actually breathable out here, and kind of cool (relatively speaking). Supposed to have a high of 97 or so, today, which beats the pants off of the 108 we had yesterday. And Delta breezes have a very high humidity content along with the cool temperatures, so possibly--I say POSSIBLY--it might help the firefighters on the Butte and American River burns.
Mark--That breeze must be whooshing through the Carquinez straits by now, hope your temps have plummeted from that 93 you had yesterday and cleared the smoke out. Right now it's 70 here. And the smoke is WAY high overhead. Can't smell a thing.
Well, today the sea breeze has kicked in and the heavy smoke smell is pretty much gone, but there is still a lot of haze. Mt. Diablo, twelve miles away, is just a fuzzy object in the distance. Seems like it is still worse than the worse smog days 50 years ago when the Selby smelter was still smokin'.
Mark