Tall glass of cool water, thanks.
Well, put up for auction on the-bay my last articulated loco, a vintage Rivarossi Mallet. Also a Life Like F7. Hope they do well.
***Jim, tried setting out track on the board following the most basic plan and discovered something..."that door is toooo dang small". Moved a few sections around here and there and still there is little room for any kind of plant/complex. Will take a pic of it to show you what I mean. If I could increase the layout size by even 1/2, there would be ample room.
Rain is gone, now there is thick fog filling our little Salacoa valley. Today when the fox came through, I hopped in the 6x6 and followed it (for about 5 seconds) before it vanished down the creek bank. It has helped itself to a couple of our birds recently, so I need to double check the fences and then let out big male Pyrenees out in the evening to patrol the barnyard.
While in the pasture, I had a little fun putting the pedal down with our horses galloping along side. Haven't done that in a long time. Horses are beautiful animals to watch when in motion like that.
Well, Good Night All. Rob
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning,
Raining here, glad I fixed the downspout problem yesterday, oh and I found a magnolia tree to plant in the front yard to replace the one the neighbor kids destroyed last year. HD is having a tree and bush sale up here almost 50% off the normal prices.
John, good luck in the litter box, if you make it to Camp Spearhead tell me what is going on, Rumor control central said they have regular barracks there now and a Starbucks. I've built almost all those buildings I got from you about a year ago. Again good luck.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning gang!
Thanks for the well-wishes. I guess the best thing I have going for me on this trip is the great group of co-worker's that will be going as well. 18 days and counting to takeoff!
Well, need to get going. Have to hit the dr office on the way in to have some stitches removed from my right calf area. Then, off to work. After that, will be haircut, and shopping for items for the party my mom is having tomorrow.
Take care and enjoy the day!
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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
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in an UNDECORATED mug, please & thanks!
Music to my ears: This morning my wife commented what a neat layout we're going to have one day. Then she asked if they sell HO scale Civil War figures? She wants to have a "reenactment" battle on her layout. (I think she is going to need a 4'x8' table to include everything she wants to have)
Rob
Good morning, I think coffee will help open my eyes. Maybe one of those big gooey cinnamon rolls, Chloe.
Today should hit 90, so I will head out early to work on fence. I will check in when I come in for lunch.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Afternoon everyone. Friday afternoon, the supervisor left for the day and I'm just killing time till I can do the same.
grayfox1119 wrote: Good evening everyone........got a good start on planting the veggie garden today, I should get the rest done tomorrow. We didn't get much rain here today, the air is so dry that as the front approached it literally dried up.
Good evening everyone........got a good start on planting the veggie garden today, I should get the rest done tomorrow. We didn't get much rain here today, the air is so dry that as the front approached it literally dried up.
Dick, I would send you some rain if I could, we've had too much here. Not more than 2 or 3 dry days in a row. A construction crew has been trying to build a new bridge over a creek I cross on my way to work. For at least three weeks they have been trying to build the center pier in the middle of the creek. They set up barriers, pumped out the water, dug the hole to bed rock and set up reinforcing rod for the foundation. Then it started to rain. The barriers have been washed out twice, the third one they put in is higher and heavier but the last rain the water still flowed over the top. Yesterday I noticed it was below the top of the barrier again, but it has been raining all day today. By the time they get the water pumped out again they will have to take out the reinforcing rods and move a lot of mud.
Weather guesser is calling for thunderstorms tomorrow too. That's okay for me though, the girlfriend works all day tomorrow and there is a train show in Allentown. Sounds like a good day to be inside with trains all day.
See you later.
Afternoon All....Its sunny and pleasant here today but posta start raining with a chance of rain every day till tuesday...so says the weather guesser on TV...My tomatoe plants are kinda yellow I think from too much rain hope they come out of it..its still early...I made a deal with a feller today for a bunch of used Accumate couplers should be enough to do some more cars I have ready...Some folks don't seem to like the Accumates but I think they do just about as well as the M/T's....
RT...Thats great news about your house...This will call for a big house warming party here in the dinner...
My next to oldest Daughter gets Her CNA tonite..Sallie and I had plan to go but Sallie isn't up to it after having Dyailiss two days in a row...Care giver fixed Stuffed peppers and Snitcle[sp] for this week end so we are gonna have some good eats!....
I'll have a Diet Coke and onion rings and slide over in the corner and see who drops in...You all have a good one...Jerry
Wow!!Looks like I'd better come out of corner put the apron on and head to kitchen for dish patrol...Order up and enjoy...Maybe I can drag out the grill out back and do up some pork Burgers,Brots and Polish Sasage with some tater salad on fresh corn on the cob and Ice down 3 or 4 watermelons in the old wash tub...Jerry
Coffee refill, please.
***Jerry, considering 99% of my cars have rapido, you're way ahead of me with those Accumates. I have wondered if by the time I convert each of my vintage cars, if I might be better off selling them off and then buying newer cars that already come with those metal wheels and fancy couplers?
Just got back from a Hay run. This years round bales = real nice looking hay!
For anyone who never saw these before (like me), here are some cool tractor/train photos to share. Anyone know where they were taken?
Rob, personally, I go for the Micro-Trains, but if it comes with Accumates I'll usually leave it unless it's a problem child. As for the older cars, I convert them to MT's by buying the MT bulk packs. I do the low profiles though, and the bulk packs of those are getting hard to find since MT changed how they packaged them so that they make us buy the wheels seperate. I also actually prefer the plastic wheels to the metal ones. I don't see a big difference in the cleanliness between the plastic and the metal (I've experimented), and the plastic ones are much quieter. The only things I run metal wheels on are loco's (obviously) and lighted cars that need the power pickup, like passenger cars and cabeese.......but thats just me.
RT,
Good afternoon ......raining out, 51F, so I didn't get the rest of the garden planted. With food prices going crazy, we are planting every kind of veggie that we eat. We also have Apple and Pear trees, blueberries, strawberries, red raspberries and black berries. I still can't get bananas and oranges to grwo up here in zone 5 though, LOL
Tomorrow we are headed up the Mass Pike to Lenox, Ma and the train station on the CSX ( formerly old B&A main line ). The MBRE ( Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, what a mouthful ) is sponsoring a railfan trip up in the Berkshires. It will run from Lenox to Pittsfield, then turn south and travel all the way to Canaan, Connecticut all along the Hoosatonic River, and back to Lenox. Part of this trip will be along trackage that has not seen passenger trains since the 70's. The trip starts at 10:30 and is scheduled back by 5:30 depending upon the runbys for photo ops. The weather is supposed to be sunny for most of this trip luckily, as we have one storm departing by 6am tomorrow and another moving in by tomorrow night. Vintage Diesels will be and the front end as well as vintage passenger cars.
GARRY: Duke's bike is very quiet, at least the bike he came here to visit me with.
ATTABOY: We are actually OK for rainfall, it's just that it has been so windy and very low humidity, so the woods dry out VERY quickly until everything is fully green.
J.P.: Our prayers will be with you every night young soldier, you watch yourself over there please.
TOM: Shake, Bake, Fire, then Mudslides.....you forgot a couple. Nice job on the turnout replacement, it really feels good when things work as planned doesn't it?
PAUL: We actually are not in a drought, as mentioned above, it's the high winds in combination with very low humidity that have been causing the trouble.
SUE: I see you guys on the west coast have been getting record breaking heat!! Be careful mending those fences in that heat, you can dehydrate in a hurry.
Later guys,
Afternoon Gang: I just wanted to let you all know that the surfery went well. I got back about an hour ago and am feeling good. I have a small headach and that is all. I can't take asprin so Ill have to find some Tylinol. Right now I have a metal patch with a blue rubber edge over my right eye. Help the Borg are assymilating me. I'll be able to take the patch off in about an hour and remove the pad that is under neath it. Then the patch or my glasses go back on to protect the eye. I'll have to wear the patch while I sleep so I don't rub the eye in my sleep. I also have a sore throat from the breathing tube.
JP: you take care over there. When I went to Viet Nam I took a suppleof modeling stuff. I managed to build two small shelf layouts and a couple of scratch built HOn3 cars. Walthers was able to get me stuff I had ordered altho it did take some time.
Well I think that I'll laydown for a bit. I've got to do my ORF credits.
See you all later.
Hi all
just a tea to go thanks girls
weather overhere has gone cold and cloudy with rain over the weekend. Boss has given me a load of paperwork to do so will try and get back in later
Gav
Paul ....Ditto on the sore throat that was the only thing that bothered me when I had cataracks off...Mine last 2 or 3 days and wasn't as bad on second eye...glad to hear you are doing OK...
Rob...I have been picking up Accumates from folks that don't like them and are updating..I even picked up some that were just in parts that i did pretty good on putting back together..They mate with the M/T's and I think they look and perform just about as well..They do tend to come apart but I have been carefully using a little heat to seal the coupler box and this seems to take care of that....Jerry
Afternoon, everyone--
Just climbed out of the pool to keep cool (yah, yah, I know, California+Heat=swimming pools, LOL!). It's 104 out there, got every fan I own on in the garage. Heck, it blew Fred right out of the ash-pit car. I KNOW he's around there, someplace, LOL! Anyway, it's supposed to cool off to 102 tomorrow and be back in the high 80's by Tuesday. Funny thing about this heat wave, it's affecting the entire West Coast clear up to British Columbia, and the 'coast' itself is baking. 94 in San Francisco yesterday, about 86 today--that doesn't usually happen, especially in May. As I said earlier, I just hope it's not a Harbinger Of Things To Come.
Did mainly inside work on the MR today--put cab-shades on my other two Yellowstones so that they'll all look somewhat similar. I mean, they're SUPPOSED to, aren't they, LOL
Paul: Take extra special care with that eye for a few days. The sore throat should go away in a day or two (HATE those tubes!!).
Rob: Yah, forgot the mudslides--but we don't have them up here in the North part of the state. Just avalanches in the winter. Forest fires in the summer. And everyone thinks we just lay on the beach or surf, LOL! WHAT beach, WHAT surfing? I live 100 miles from the ocean, for cryin' out loud! And I don't like to go there that much, anyway--three days near the ocean, I start sprouting gills and fins! Easier to head into the mountains, they're only a half hour to the east. And you can BREATHE! Yummy!
Jerry: The only problem I've had with Accumates is that they tend to 'split' on downgrades with the weight of a heavy train (I've got a pretty fearsome 2.2-2.4% downgrade leading into my yard, and it's a LONG one). Otherwise, I think they're pretty good couplers. They certainly seem to be more dependable than those E-Z mates from Bachmann or some of the McHenry's. I just tend to go with Kadees simply because I've got really LONG stretches of grade on the Yuba River Sub and they've proven to be the most problem-free for me.
Well, take care, everyone. Prayers and best wishes. I think I'm going back to the pool.
Tom
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Good Evening Diners!
It was another dry but fairly warm day here, well at least warm for us. Nothing like Tom's warm. We did get up to 70 today which is about normal for this time of year. Sure could use more rain though as it is really dry.
Dick, I think you are in a bananna belt if you're in zone 5. We're in 3 here so we can't even plant out yet as there is always a risk of frost right to the end of the month. Sounds like you'll have a fun day tomorrow and remember, we do want photos!
RT, Sorry to hear about your frustration but do hope it goes well for you in the end. I'd love to help but it would probably be a 3 or 4 day drive one way so we'll just have to settle for a little party here in the diner.
Jeff, It sometimes is amazing how long an appliance will last. We got our fridge 26 years ago and it is still OK. When we got it a service man said that it would last about 15 years so you never know. Good idea though to have a back-up plan just in case as a fridge isn't something you can get along without for very long.
Well tomorrow is our errand day and we have a long list. One thing will be to get some soil and grass seed to repair the back yard lawn as 2 dogs do tend create a lot of grass damage over a winter. That will be Sunday's project. It is a long week-end here, Victoria Day and I also plan on taking most of next week off as holidays. Got a lot of jobs to do including getting the boat ready which will take about 2 days. It needs a thorough job this year including bottom paint. That stuff is worse than model RR stuff for cost- $55 for one litre. It is also tricky to apply as it literally dries in minutes. You put a small amount in a paint tray and then roller like mad as it dries in 2 minutes. It used to be fun getting it ready for launch but after 24 years it is now a chore. I guess it's time to sell-maybe next year.
Well it's after 11 here so I had better sign off .
See you soon,
CN Charlie
Today: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a west wind between 17 and 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Showers likely, mainly after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a west wind between 14 and 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Morning all
Just another day in the swamp called Houston
Although yesterday was a perfect 78 degrees that won't last
RT Have you closed on your house yet ? I'm confused bet you are too
Jeff glad you got your power back on
Have fun today !
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Morning everyone--
According to Mike Finan on KCRA Sacto News, the heat wave's supposed to 'break' today, with a high of only 102. I get such a kick out of that TV station--everytime the temperature climbs above 95, they all look at each other so gleefully. They're REALLY from 'out-of-state'.
Well, took my Basket Case Yellowstone for her first 'maiden run' last night, hooked up a 30-odd car reefer train behind her and let her rip. Runs like a dream, she didn't even let on she was pulling anything, started the train up my 1.5% like it wasn't even there. EXCEPT: the big flexable steam line from the boiler to the front set of cylinders appears to be warped, and derails the front set of drivers on a left-hand turn. Now I KNOW it was a Basket Case when I bought it, but how in the name of Mother Theresa did a 1/4" round solid brass tube get itself WARPED? I think it's repairable, but if not, I'm going to have to get some brass tubing and fashion another one. But hey--it's brass, it's easy to work with and I KNOW it's repairable.
So I guess that's my project for today. Sometimes model railroading is like smoking a pipe--you spend far more time fiddling with the equipment than you ever do using it, LOL!
Speaking of--better hit the kitchen table. She's on it staring at me patiently.
Best wishes to all, prayers to those in need of them.