Only one page today??? What is going on? No Fergie, Luc or John for days (weeks?), CNCharlie and David are OOA, where is everyone these days, Spring fever?
I just found out that the circus train is coming to Worcester, Ma tomorrow, and the parade of the Elephants is at 3:30pm. And we were headed to Palmer to the Steaming Tender tomorrow at the Diamond....ahh ha...if I time it right, maybe I can get some photos of this train coming through. The weather is supposed to be good too. I am hoping the train comes by the station at about 11:30 to 1:30 on the CSX main line
Bon soir,
Evening Gang: OH BOY Dick has the top. I'll have the top sirlion with baked patato, salad with blue cheese dressing. Make the steak medium and low salt. Also a bottle of Merlot. Thanks Dick.
Rob you make sure that you lady takes care of herself. I know how hard it is to get them to do that.
Not mush going on here. I bought 24 unmachined wheel castings from John. He wanted to get out of 7.5 inch gauge and is going to go to 15 inch gauge. Talk about hernia gauge. I took the tractor in for it's 100 hour check up. Sounds like I took it to the doctor. Heck it would probably be cheaper if I had. The contractor came out to fix up the pipe line where it settled. They did a good job and left me with a half load of good top soil that wasn't used. I'll move it to storage in case there is mor settling. I started to clean out the shop so I can get started on painting the new 7.5 in gauge cars. I also need to hange some new light fixtures. Tomorrow I need to go over to the track and clean up the steam locomotive. Since it should be hot to get the boiler cleaned out good I may steam it up.
Well it's late.
Good Night All
I'll have the baked Salmon, mashed potatoes & steamed veggies. So what if it's 5:40am!
***Dick, that sounds like a photo op for sure. My wife has plans to model a Circus themed layout and would certainly enjoy seeing the pics. Is this the same circus train will all the assorted flat cars with beautiful wagons and such that has had films made of it?
***7.5" & 15" gauge, somewhere between models and the real thing. Curious, is 15" much more stable with fewer derailments perhaps?
Rob
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning.
Just good old scrambled eggs for me this morning.
It's clear and 52 degrees. Expecting a high of 81 under a clear sky. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 4/30/2008 Wind Chill: 52°F Humidity: 87% Dew Point: 48°F So Far Today High: 60°F Low: 52°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 0mph NNE Today High: 82 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming south at 15 mph in the afternoon. Tonight Low: 62 Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Good morning,
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. North wind around 8 mph. Tonight: A chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.Thursday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Southeast wind between 11 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind between 11 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 75. South wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
I hope tonight I can finish laying the track and the road bed for the west end of the yard and locomotive shops and maybe even the car shop.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning, Zoe - Oh, Dick still has the TOTP? Sure, I'll have scrambled eggs, 'near' bacon, toast, waffles, a cappacino, and couple of slices of ham. Oh yes, and a tall glass of Ed's OJ, glass of milk, and a cup of coffee (for washing it all down - the cappacino will be for dessert). Thanks!
Dick, that's some 'fish tale' about the shark - not sure how the guy could get the shark to leave (without getting her angry with him, and wouldn't want that as that shark gets bigger... - just ask Roy Scheider! )
Garry, I sent you a note through the forum on that hobby shop with the billboards. Check your email.
Lee, that hobby shop guy you found, sounds like a good deal, all right!
Paul - your son's switching to hernia gauge? His eyes aren't going bad that early, are they? That's the usual reason for moving to larger scales...
Rob and PC, better make sure your CFO's are taking care of themselves (as Paul said).
Another sunny day here, looks to be up in the mid to even upper 70's F this afternoon. As a co-worker said this morning "...and we have to be inside working today." I guessed wrong on how cool it would feel this morning, so I'll probably take the coat home when I go for lunch later.
Rob, I bet your LHS guy you ordered the stuff through was wondering if you copied some info down wrong when he saw the truck scale vs. the track. Is that layout design you mentioned the Woodland Scenics one? I noticed that they have one or two of their layout-based scenery kits (not sure if that was the Scenic Ridge one or not) on sale in the Walthers sale flyer (this month's or May's one). I can check when I get home tonight.
Yesterday afternoon was hectic with a bunch of little things to attend to, and 3-4 somewhat silly calls in the last hour or less. I decided to treat myself to dinner out at Panera's as a result.
Still waiting for my billboards order and my assorted LHS order to come in (probably some time the end of this week or in next week). How many billboards would be too many for a Southwestern-located RR, I wonder?
I'd best get to my breakfast for now. See you all later!
Blessings and a sunny day for you,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
grayfox1119 wrote:Dang!!!! I knew it when I saw the bar at the bottom of the screen, TOTP again!! At least everyone is asleep, the hit shouldn't be too bad.
Yea, not too bad heh Dick!
I'll help ya out with the wallet and have a lite breakfast of whole wheat toast and some coffee and OJ! On a new regimine ya know!
Thanks for the shark story, quite an achievement for the fisherman! Now if he could find a way to get the shark to attract fish!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hey Guys.
well I gotz me I a new engine a few days ago. acctually it's my first engine only repainted and it looks great.
It's a NYC GP7 w/ lighting stripes and "torpedio tube" air tanks.
morning All.
Its been a while since I've been in... looks like I've missed all the excitment. is that pie on the wall? That wasn't there before...
Here's some pics of some railfanning I've been doing. unfortunately, ihaven't finished my paper mill. got lots of pics but haven't uploaded them.
Well, i need to head out. Say, is that a CSX local passing by? *grabs pie on the counter and ducks behind the kitchen*
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Coffee in a VIRGINIAN mug, please & thank you!
***Jim, I have yet to order anything from our LHS, or should I call it LIS (Local Internet Store). They never responded to a single e-mail and they are just far enough away that cost of gas becomes a consideration. I ordered the N Unitrack & HO truck from onlinetrains. The N 0-8-0 is coming from tophobbytrains and the Berk is coming from another e'bay vendor. I've had good communication from all and both locos are being tested prior to shipping. Hopefully they will arrive in excellent running shape. (fingers crossed)
Attached are pics of 3 layouts I've been looking at. Wouldn't mind combining aspects of all three, although not sure how that would be done. The last one belongs to someone here in the diner, correct?
Perhaps most important (to me) is to start with a single door layout, leaving room for expansion. The first door should stand as a complete layout all it's own, incase expansion never happens. Would like to have a couple trains running continuously while allowing for a little switching at the main industry. Any suggestions and help will be most appreciated.
ModelTrainLover wrote:Hey Guys. well I gotz me I a new engine a few days ago. acctually it's my first engine only repainted and it looks great.It's a NYC GP7 w/ lighting stripes and "torpedio tube" air tanks.
evening gang
Tea and a bacon sarnie please
All quiet here at mo football (soccer ) just finished with Chelsea beating Liverpool so Chelsea , Man Utd final in the champions league. first ever all england final in the tournament. going to be played in Moscow
thats it for now
Gav
I'll have the lamb chops today.
Good afternoon ....things started off with full anticipation of getting some great shots of the Circus Train arriving on the main line at Palmer, Ma. Then my wife said oh ohh as she read the morning paper, and I knew that was a bad thing. It seems that the reporter covering the story in yesterday's paper said the parade would be today at 3:30, which means the train would be coming in today. HOWEVER, the newspaper printed a tiny errata at the bottom of the parade pictures stating that the parade was YESTERDAY !! Grrrr %#$#$%#$!!!!
We went to the LHS anyways and I bought an Atlas S-4. It is a B&M carrying the number 1274 which has a bit of history attached. This loco was in Springfield, Ma in the engine house when a fire broke out. They got some of the locos out onto the turntable, but 1274 didn't make it and had to go back to ALCO for repairs. The kicker is, it was an RS2, but after repairs were made, it was also upgraded to an S-4 with a one of a kind paint scheme. I also bought an Athearn GP35, NYC, a NYC 100 ton Hopper, and a twin pack Walthers USRA Gondolas. Thank you George B!
My eyes caught one box car on the shelf immediately as I walked passed the Athearn cars. It was solid PINK. Upon closer look, I saw that it had the ribbon for *** cancer and other markings on it. Bob explained to me that the RR owner ( I forgot which one out in upper midwest ) lost his wife to *** cancer, and thought what better way to honor the loss of his wife but to support the *** cancer research fund by advertising it's cause this way all over the country. And, Athearn contributes a portion of all sales to the cancer fund. $15.95 guys. At first I thought FERGIE had designed a new box car.
Bob also demonstrated the C&O articulated loco that just came out, and all I can say is WOW!!! You should hear that baby, they have the sounds of everything down cold!!! Every throw of the pistons would cause a puff of smoke out the stack, right in time with the chuff. You guys just have to go see the demos of this even if you aren't buying one.
ROB: Sorry Rob, as you can read above, the doggone train arrived yesterday, reporter got it wrong, no wonder newspaper companies are closing, they can't even get dates right!!
PAUL: I thought I heard someone come in the back door last night....you caught me at TOTP !!!
JEFF: Your dad certainly got his monies worth from that pump !!!!! Usually the Chlorine does such a job on the pumps that they have to be rebuilt after 10 years of use. What size HP is the pump ?
Later,
***Dick, that's alright about the circus train. At least picking up that Atlas S-4 and other items probably made you feel better, eh! Having lost my mother to B-Cancer, that pink car is a wonderful idea. Hope lots of them are sold.
I've been a bad boy: Realized I dipped into the art/printer fund when I ordered that 0-8-0. ((OOPS)) It's OK though, my 3 items on the-bay are all going to sell and can replenish what I borrowed. While on the topic of selling: Would you rather have ONE of the newer (N) Intermountain F-type untis (FT,F3 or F9) OR Atlas F9, Atlas/Riv. C-Liner, two MP FA-2's and two BevBel F7's? I figure if I sold all those older models, I could surely replace them all with one of those fancy Intermountain models. My two BevBels actually run very nicely, but don't look as sharp as the Intermountains. What to do?
Another question: Anyone have any of those (N) Life-Like plastic 1950's model cars? Are they any good?
grayfox1119 wrote:JEFF: Your dad certainly got his monies worth from that pump !!!!! Usually the Chlorine does such a job on the pumps that they have to be rebuilt after 10 years of use. What size HP is the pump ?
Evening gang!
I'm uploading the photos to my photobucket account as we speak. Once I get them set there, I'll post them here.
Photo # 1 is of the 3 of us (g/f, her nephew, and I) on the tour of Fenway earlier in the day on the 24th
The rest are of the $500. MRR purchase on the 25th!
So gang, there you have it. Hope you enjoy them!
Take care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s303/nuts4sports34/
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
Sure! I see how it is. A person comes in ehre to share the photos of his expensive MRR purchase from last Friday, and what does he get for it? TOTP! That's what!
Well, eat up all!
Chloe - How about some Steak and crab legs, please? Thanks - just throw it on my tab since I'm buying this page and I'll take care of it tomorrow.
I'll have the steak and potato.
JOHN: That is a nice haul!
I want the ribs and a Dr Pepper.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Good Evening Diners!
Hi Dick, I am alive and well but haven't done much RR stuff in the last few days. You certainly made out well at your LHS!
Weather here has been a lot better than expected with temps of 17C today. I've been trying to get some yard work done after work and so just flop in front of the telie when I get in. Not enough exercise so I don't seem to have the energy I should. In fact just got in now from pumping out the pond again. Soon time for Jeeves and Wooster.
I was on You Tube the other night as I like to listen to the music from my teenage days in Rainy River. Songs like Baby It's You by the Shirelles really bring back those times.
We did get a new vacuum over the week-end. We wound up with a Miele which certainly is a well made unit but it should be for the price. It's an exciting life I lead! No end of fun running it around the house. I call it the Mercedes Benz of vacuums-closest I'll get to owning one of those.
I've got a PK2 boxcar kit on the work bench but I haven't started it yet and it might end up being a summer project for rainy days.
Well time for my telie flop,
CN Charlie
Coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks!
JP, nice pics and great haul.
CN Charlie, glad you found a good Vac. They are a power tool (of sorts) and having a real good one makes using it almost fun.
John's buying?
Chloe, hook me up with the Down East Feast!
and a.....
and hit John's credit card with that please! Thanks! Oh, and throw in a nice tip for yourself too!
P.C.
How can you stick John with all that food
and while we're on that subject i'll have a otr cheese burger and a large coke please
cheers John
Evening gang,
I found a wonderful new product and I've been experimenting with it for the past 3 weeks; "Rail-zip" it's a metal preservative that conducts electricity. I bought it at my LHS. It loosens old dirt and it prevents corrosion and new dirt. I applied it last night to an older AHM locomotive with dirty wheels and it runs like a champ. $5.39 for a 1oz bottle.
Rob, I like the middle layout, but maybe add turnouts in the corners so you can expand in almost any direction later.
Looks like Dick and John cleaned house.
Worked out in the yard today, no time for MRRing , but the weatherman is calling for rain all weekend so hopefully I can finish some of the projects I started.
Evening Gang: I'll have what Jeff had.
I went to the eye doctor this afternoon. Not good news. I'm 20/70 so time to get the cataracs taken care of. I have an appointment with a surgen Monday to get his opinion and set up a date for the opperation. I don't know if I'll have it done before we go to New Mexico the first of June or not. I'm alittle uneasy about the whole thing. I have trouble putting eye drops in my eyes.
Rob I like the second layout. I'd take out the double cross over and add a couple of single cross overs at each end of that line. The run around use would be good. The third layout is Ed's. He's pretty happy with it. You may want to get in contact with him.
After we got back from the eye doc I sat down and let the drops wear off abit, then went out to the shop and worked on installing some more light fixtures. I got one up and found out why HD no longer handles that make. They didn't make the cutouts in the end plates deep enough for the sockets. I changed that and will finish up tomorrow after I get a couple more fixtures. I'm using the inexpensive shop light fixtures. I also need to get a case of 40 watt floresent tubes. I always like to keep spares on hand.
Well I'll say Good Night All