SilverSpike wrote: PC ......Now we just need to see one of you and the misses riding that tandem "bicycle built for two..."
PC ......Now we just need to see one of you and the misses riding that tandem "bicycle built for two..."
Nawwww, you guys are my friends! I wouldn't subject my friends to that kind of abuse!
railroadnut675 wrote: For my next insane train experiment... WEATHERING!!! I will buy a cheap boxcar, and somehow weather it.The problem is... how?I have a set of paintbrushes (not airbrushes) and some paint. What are some of the most basic and easy ways to weather something?Open to questions. My best to all, Francis
For my next insane train experiment...
WEATHERING!!!
I will buy a cheap boxcar, and somehow weather it.
The problem is... how?
I have a set of paintbrushes (not airbrushes) and some paint. What are some of the most basic and easy ways to weather something?
Open to questions.
My best to all,
Francis
NOONE?!!!
grayfox: that is the ultimate FOOOOOOOOOORRRR
Good evening....what a storm last night!!!! We had tremendous "down-bursts", two maple trees up back snapped off at 10 foot height, but the rest of the town was hit hard, we made the Boston TV news today. More than 25 large trees blown down, many roads blocked, power ripped off 8 houses, the town highway dept. has been out working since midnight last night, no rest, still at, as some roads are still closed and power lines still down. Luckily, we escaped without any power loss or svere damage.
CAPE JIM: Yes, the temp dropped to low 80's and the Dew Point to 56F, so it was warm and DRY today with stiff NW winds, very nice !!
RAILROADNUT675: We had rain coming down in sheets and blowing in every direction, some towns around us had hail the size of golf balls. Now that would hurt from 10,000 feet.
DUKE: I really think that RYAN should buy one for Monique.....I hear there is a summer sale going on.....did you hear that too?
TOM: We were watching the fires out your way on the Weather Channel and on Channel 4 here out of Boston. We saw that town all leveled, that is heartbreaking for your neighbors.
MIKE: The wife and I were looking at your photos of the flood in your area, it is just devastating. It is going to take the summer to rebuild some of those roads and bridges.
Later guys,
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:I was out looking at a new refrigerator today. My old one finally bit the dust after fourteen years of faithful service. If the new one lasts that long I'll be happy. It will be delivered tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime I have the stuff that was in mine in one of my parents refrigerators.
I had a refrigerator go bad once. I wasn't home at all that day. I had just gone shopping the day before. WHen it went bad it pumped heat into the freezer and fridge. The freezer was full. So was the fridge. Everything I had just bought went bad from the heat. Thankfully it doesn't sound like you had that problem Jeffrey. If I still had it I would keep train stuff in it lol.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
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JimRCGMO wrote: BridgeTom (hey, with your new tool, that name has a double meaning now...), how's your garage organizing coming along? Need one of these?I'll have to look up the stock number for you, if you need one. Now, where did I put my 'Macro Mark' catalog...Jim in Cape Girardeau
BridgeTom (hey, with your new tool, that name has a double meaning now...), how's your garage organizing coming along? Need one of these?
I'll have to look up the stock number for you, if you need one. Now, where did I put my 'Macro Mark' catalog...
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Jim:
I need TWO of them, LOL! Actually, the mess you saw is WAY DOWN from what it was before I rented the dumpster. I just have to get my act together and get in there and organize it. But, hey, isn't that what the space under the layout is FOR, LOL? I mean, there's a method to my mess--in case I ever have a part of the bracing collapse, the layout only has about an inch to fall--
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!
Duke ... Good to see you! ....Irma's! ...MMMMMM .... MMMMM..... MMMMMMMMMMM..... (those are my first three thoughts about Irma's, Utica, MI
I guess the small attendance in the diner may be due to JImCG eating the entire food inventory. Jim!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Afternoon all
Garry and JimCG As to the custard,all I will say is Irma's and Garry will know what I mean.
Dick Here is a pic of the 4-6-2 Southern I was talking about and the owner is Joe Holbrook (standing) and a friend from Delaware is sitting on it(Bill Lybarger). Ryan can show this to Monique so that she can remind him of what a really nice B-day present something like that would be. he he he
Ok,I think I have caused enough of a stir around here
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
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
Morning Diners, Zoe. I'll have a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll, please. Thanks, Garry.
Rob, I'd [#ditto] what Garry said - feel free to share in the Diner, whether good day or not. We are here for ya. I'd agree on not messing with telling the in-laws about the fire just yet.
Garry, our frozen custard place is doing well - I think it was just last Friday evening that I went by and got me a concrete from 'em. I'm sure they're selling a lot with the hot weather we had a few days ago (and will be having this week yet).
Dick, hopefully after those nasty storm fronts move through, your temps will drop some. Ours dropped about a dozen degrees (F) once the front got past us.
TexasTerry, maybe you'll find some things you need on the way home (and bargains, too!) by the LHS. Always a shame when a LHS closes up (well, with the occasional exception where a place was unfriendly and their prices were too high...). But sorry to hear your LHS will be closing. How close are your other LHS'es?
PC, I'd agree with Ryan - how about have your daughter snap a pic of your wife and you on that sporty bike for two? That should be good for some exercising - in any of those fine vehicles. Guess you have job security, but I'm sure there're some days when you'd settle for being not quite that secure (or not quite as much of the boss's work).
Ryan, glad Monique enjoyed all our b-day wishes for her.
Inch, that's a nice photo with the grain elevator and bins in the back of the train. I'm sure you're probably going to be getting busy with the young'uns now that the rains have stopped.
I'll be at the corner booth for a while. Want to figure some layout stuff. Still trying to figure how to do the turntable and tracks on that next section (or two).
Blessings and prayers (and some nice breezes in your area),
Morning all--
It's windy out here in SunnyCal--yesterday we had gusts up to 45mph here in the Valley, and it set off some terrible grass and field fires--one fire to the south of us in Stockton burned an entire neighborhood to the ground--around 30 houses. There's a huge fire to the north of us outside of Oroville that's threatening the little town of Palermo, and several fires in the Sacramento area, one that's burned about 6,000 acres of ranchland and is threatening a school for Autistic children. The winds are expected to begin dying down tomorrow--I hope we don't have any more fires around here. There's smoke in the air, so I'm staying in the house today--the last thing I need is MORE lung problems! I'll spend the day tuning up some locomotives.
Between our fires and the floods in the Midwest, this is turning out to be QUITE an early summer.
Well, at least I got the Creeper assembled yesterday, so when the winds die down I can get to work on the Buttes. If I tried today, I'd get blown OFF the darned thing, LOL, since I can't work on the Buttes unless the garage door is up. Several neighbors dropped by while I was assembling it, wanted to know where the 'truck' was that I planned on working on, LOL! My next door neighbor Jon is eyeing it kind of hungrily, I think he wants to work on his van this weekend. So the Creeper might be 'creeping' between houses. Should be fun. Somehow this little thing has made me very, VERY popular, suddenly, LOL!
Well, got to feed the cats, Spooky & Co. are sitting by the computer very patiently staring at me.
Best to all, and prayers to those in need.
Mornin, coffee n a chocolate milk for me n KC please Zoe
Mostly sunny skies will be around today with light southeast winds and temperatures warming back up into the upper 80's. Quiet weather and clear skies tonight with an overnight low in the mid 60's and light southeast winds. Temperatures really warm up Thursday with daytime highs topping out near 90° under partly cloudy skies. Scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms move back in for Thursday afternoon with the greatest threat for more rain moving in through the day on Friday.
ROB,
Sorry to hear bout the fire and glad you folks be ok. We'll keep in our thoughts.
Has anybody heard from JR on how things are going out his way??
RYAN,
Tell Monique a happy birthday from us, hope she had a gooden.
A little more on the flooding, Debs sister and 2 of my cousins had to head for high ground, when Otter creek flooded in N Terra Haute.
The north levy on the Embarras river at Lawrenceville when the river set a new record high of 42.9 ft crest. Deb has two cousins and an uncle who live on the high bottom ground, no word on them.
Heard about two more washouts for CSX. A 600ft washout up at Camargo [old B&O and a 1000ft washout over by Greencastle IN, which is the same line as here.
Work on the washout here is coming along here. We had a ballast train show up outback Monday morning from the west. I got on mowy and made a slow mile ride over for a pic.
That UP coal drag was still sitting there in the same place when I went over for the pic as Saturday. There were a couple more ballast trains during the day.
He was gone Tuesday. There were 4 [3 container and one mixed freight] more train during the day, but nothing moved thru this morning so far.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Thanks again for all the wonderful birthday wishes for Monique! Terry, Jim, Garry, Jerry, Dick, Duke, Paul, CN Charlie, and PC....she really enjoyed all the nice thoughts! Thanks again for thinking of her!
Dick and Duke, I know she would love to have a 4-6-2 especially one like the Southern 7.5 that makes a visit or two each year to Apex, NC.
Tom, that Topside Creeper sure looks like the ticket for reaching over the top sections of the layout.
Garry you hit the nail on the head with noticing the menu and eating trends and I have put on about 5-6 lbs. since before the trip. With all the 101 degree temps the past 10 days our outdoor activity has just about halted any exercise, but the temps are supposed to be cooler now and with all the celebrations behind us we are getting back on track (pun intended) very soon.
PC I like the new toys! Retro looks good too! Now we just need to see one of you and the misses riding that tandem "bicycle built for two..."
Rob, hope they find out the cause, I like Dick am always curious about the cause of house fires.
Thoughts and prayers to those in need!
Later,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Sorry I haven't been around much lately. It's been a strange week. My parents are leaving on a two week trip to Alaska, my son is at MDA camp, my daughter has been sick and she's also trying to get registered for school as well as getting ready to go on a two month trip to Louisiana, my boss has left for the week for vacation, leaving all his work (that I used to do before he came along) to me, and then with the weather too, my job is NUTS! A crazy week to be sure. Nature can really mess with my job at the phone company!
Flooding hasn't happened around here, but there is a lot of water. Our pond is a couple feet above normal, but not ready to overun it's banks yet. Most of the flooding was to the west and south of us.
Ryan, Happy Belated Birthday to Monique. I do hope she had a great day!
Rob, I am just devistated for your loss! I'm praying for you and Barbara. I'm just glad you weren't in it!
I promised everyone pics of my new "weight loss" machines, so here they are.......
My wifes new machine, being modeled by my daughter and two of our dogs.....
(Links, so I don't kill the dial up folks!)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/NewBikes6-10-083.jpg
It rides good and she doesn't have to worry about tipping over. Since her knees are still recovering, this is a good bike for her.
And then there's my new toy........
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/NewBikes6-10-081.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/NewBikes6-10-080.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/NewBikes6-10-082.jpg
Pretty retro!
And then there's our new toy.......
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/NewBikes6-10-085.jpg
With FLAMES!
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/NewBikes6-10-084.jpg
And with that, I should be able to shed a few pounds!
Catch up with you all later!
grayfox1119 wrote: Good evening , can't stay on line much longer, I hear the thunder, and we have one vicious looking radar of red coming straight at us. There have been reports of many downed trees and power loss in the Berkshire county west of us, so I need to shut off power everywhere in a minute.
Good evening , can't stay on line much longer, I hear the thunder, and we have one vicious looking radar of red coming straight at us. There have been reports of many downed trees and power loss in the Berkshire county west of us, so I need to shut off power everywhere in a minute.
Speak for yourself! It has thundered, clouded, and then not rained! Could we steal some of your rain?
Oh by the way, I found a stock-buyers guide to all the railroads in the 1920's. That huge library was helpful
Morning All
just time for tea then off to the hospital
Good news is i drive right by Houston Roundhouse on my way home
Gotta be something i need
The store is closing at the end of the month and i'll really miss it
The owner is moving to Colorado
Try to have some fun today !
TerryinTexas
See my Web Site Here
http://conewriversubdivision.yolasite.com/
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Howdy ...
Those floods are getting bad, and it's now reported that a railroad bridge washed out in Iowas. it's in the area where my MRR friend, Gus came from He still has family there. I hope, they are okay. Corn production is now forecasted to be decreased 10% due to flooding; up goes corn prices.
Rob ... feel free to express all the feelings about the fire and the family you want. It's okay in the diner. Everybody cares.
JR ... let us know how your fire clean up is progressing, too. I will look forward to those phiotos of your layout upon completion of the restoration.
Ryan .... Frozen Custard !!!! How's the weight chart?
JimCG .... How's your local frozen custard establishment these days?
Happy Model Railroading!!!!
TOM: I love those creepers, I was think of getting one myself.
JIM: Yes, we broke more records today and the fresh lemonaide was going down by the quarts today.
Ok, I outta here that was a big one.
Thanks everyone for the kind words, support, offers, etc. Believe me, it is very much appreciated.
***Tom, have you considered pushing the layout to the rear of the garage and filling the rest with more layout? Are you ever concerned with it being up against a garage door with temp variations? Very cool looking layout!
***Gav, hope they catch the thief. Excellent you had it on video.
***Jeffrey wishing you continued healing.
One of my wife's relatives heard about the fire from someone in a bible study group and e-mailed tonight. Hopefully she reads my reply and can keep our loss to herself. The last thing my wife needs is for her dad to hear the news, get all stressed out and end up showing up (again) in the hospital as a patients. Crossing my fingers. It has felt strange going with the wife to check on her parents (almost daily) this past week and pretending everything is fine out at the ol' farm. But I am in total agreement they do not need to know. They are barely getting along in this new facility and from what I have witnessed, things could easily shift downhill. OK, enough rambling about Inlaws. Sorry about that.
Feeling tuckered out...perhaps I can catch up on some sleep tonight. Take care all and thanks again. Rob
Evening, Chloe - just some strawberries and vanilla ice cream, and a decaf for me. Close to bedtime, and I had a big enough dinner earlier. Thanks!
Jerry, hate to burst your bubble, but it wasn't (dang!) that kind of 'training' - got to sit and listen to procedures, and the afternoon covered forms I've been using for a while when working crisis (learned one new thing there, though, at least). We got done about 2:30 p.m., instead of the 4 p.m. they listed on the memo. 'Hard' part - if you can call it that - was that at our lunch break (oh yeah, they sprang for BBQ beef sandwiches, chips, baked beans, etc. ), a co-worker who's only here a day or two in the week (works as a contract therapist) asked if she could use my office to see her afternoon clients. I said yes, so when we got done early, she had my room tied up through her 6 p.m. appointment. Well, what's a fella to do? I had to wander around, visit with some co-workers, and find another office to sit in. And since I didn't know which office I was going to be in, neither did the receptionists up front (so they couldn't put any phone calls through to me...). I did have one crisis call around 3 or 3:20 p.m., but he ended up going to the hospital ER to be assessed, due to the lateness in the day. Wish I'd gone to the P.O. box earlier - then I would've had my Railroad Model Craftsman issue to read!
Tom, glad your creeper finally arrived. As you said, no excuses left to not get some of those things going on the layout, huh? And you know your neighbor Jon will be chompin' at the bit for you to finish up so he can borrow it for his stuff, right? You're gonna be a very popular guy in the neighborhood, what with helping the neighbor kids to learn about MRR'ing and with the other neighbors borrowing your tools. And I won't comment about Texas Terry's comment - no sir, not a word... That creeper looks like a nice thing to have, though.
Dick, when I saw on our news about the heat wave on the East coast, I was thinking about you and Colby and all our other Easterners sweltering there.
Definitely a good day for that pitcher of lemonade and some shade and A/C!
We did get a bit of a break in the temp here - only in the low 80's and will be dropping off to the mid-60's tonight. They're even saying it's possible we may see some fog by morning.
JR, how are things coming along with you and the insurance folks doing on your adjustments?
I'll be at the corner booth, finishing up my dessert. Prayers for (continued) healing and for comfort for those of us Diners in need.
Blessings,
Good Evening Diners,
Rob, I was very sorry to hear about the fire and but was glad all the critters are OK and of course you and your wife. This is just a virtual diner but you know you have lots of friends all over the continent that are pulling for you so drop by often and by the way your tab is on me until you get back on your feet again.
Ryan, Happy Birthday to Monique. Hope she had a great day!
Tom, I am always amazed at layouts in a garage especially when I see photos like the ones you just posted as just the idea here is so unbelievable. You have the heat but -30 is a whole different thing.
Just to make you feel better, I got gas for the car last night and it was $5.29 a gallon. Mind you I'll bet Gav would think that is cheap. Can't wait to see what happens to the price of natural gas next winter.
More rain and cool weather in the forecast for the next 4 days. Looks like layout time could be coming soon. Good time to put together a few more trees as you can never have enough.
Well it's getting late and the alarm clock seems to go off just after I've gone to bed so I'd better make tracks.
CN Charlie
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: C and O Fan wrote: Some one needs to clean up under the layout !Looks like the underside of my layout.
C and O Fan wrote: Some one needs to clean up under the layout !
Some one needs to clean up under the layout !
Jeff:
Thanks, friend, I feel a LOT better, LOL! Actually, that's a combination of 'stuff' that I cannot part with for the life of me, and hasn't been moved yet because I'm too darned lazy to rent a storage space. I'd get one of those 'portables' for the back yard, but it's all full of swimming pool , so I'm slowly re-organizing it. VERY slowly, BTW!
Oh, and everyone--I found how the Creeper folds UP, so I can maneuver it into the island I have on the layout. This little Critter is just NEAT!! Talk about a Birds-Eye view--dang, I had no idea my mountains were so bloody TALL! I must have REALLY gotten bit by the John Allen Bug!
phew
that was close another tea please4
Gav
Evening Gang:
Rob I'm very sorry to hear about your fire. Thank God now one or critter was hirt. I know what you mean by wanting to stay with your animals. We'ed do that even if we had to sleep in the truck. If you need anything you know where we are.
JR how are things going for you? Since I've been away for a few days I'm way behind.
Tom that creeper looks great. I have a friend who has been thinking about getting one. I'll let him know that you are happy with it.
Monique Happy Birthday.
I'm going to head out and come back later.
C and O Fan wrote:Some one needs to clean up under the layout !
Evening all
just a tea for now please
Rob absolutely gutted for you and yours thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
came in tonight to be told that 1 of the tv's in the basement had been stolen after checking cctv caught the guy on camera just waiting for the police to arrive and burn a disc must have known his way around because used a very quiet entrance.
see you all later
Terry--
In Process, LOL! You shoulda seen it about a month ago--WHEW!!