Just coffee this morning, Chloe.
Thanks, guys, for the encouragement. I managed to get all of the cowboys and their horses painted this weekend. I have next week off and hope to get the stockyard planted. Larry needs to stain the bents and then he can start assembly. It will take a while because he plans to hand lay the turnout on the trestle.
Well, I had better get ready for work.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good morning everybody ...
We were in Louisville (200 MI NE of here) yesterday afternoon and got back late.
I had to get on the computer this morning to learn the latest on PC's son. It's good the boy has a great Dad to get DVD's, hide Easter eggs, help with "personal" stuff, and (most importantly) pray with him.
Lee .... meantioned the modeling of iron ore transport by rail and by water. I really am impressed with the lakeside transload facilities for that. However, my railroad hauls ore entirely by rail. There was a big movement of ore from upper MN to the Granite City, IL steel mill that moved via GN to St Paul and connected with CB&Q to Granite City, IL (near St. Louis, MO). The prototype cjhanged from GN units to CB&Q units at interchange, but I normally have GN units running through to the steel mill.
Bill T .... I like those depot photos.
Sue ... the river bed scenery looks real! Great!
Bobk .... it's good to hear about your daughter's phtotgraphy. Too bad about the wreck. Did they dispatch "the Big Hook" to clean up the derailment?
Tom ... thanks for sharing the Eastewr mass experiences, and how much chocalte bunny is eaten now? The city annex story was interesting and sounds typical of local politicians.
Mitch .... The RailBox car looks real.
Mark ... I'm glad to hear you are working on the layout. I hope the superelavation works okay.
Colby ... Also, good to hear you are working on the layout.
My scenery project has been delayed by the dreaded non=model-railroaded-stuff. I hope to get more done gain, however, this week.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Good Morning,
32F, NNW Winds @ 10Kts, 30% chance of snow.
Had a busy weekend on the layout: Installed 152' of roadbed, laid out 27 turnouts for the LS&W East-West yard, and built the bench work for the bridge/creek section of the layout. Not to mention I updated my RR web site.
I imagine PC is still sleeping, he had a heck of a weekend!
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Garry, (or anyone) If you're interested I have a Great Lakes map (PDF) listing the ports and the commodities that are received or shipped from those ports (including Canada).
Garry, what type of hoppers are used on your line for iron? Jennies or 3-4 bay hoppers?
Hey all!
Crazy morning around here! Lots to do!
RT, I hit ya back! Thanks buddy! I know he'll be happy about that.
Ryan, I'm passing that on to my son....thanks!
Lee, I was up and running at 6am. Got a ton to do today to keep everyone happy! The phones never stop ringing at the phone company you know.....or at least you hope they don't. If they do, then your problems just got MUCH worse!
OK, here's the latest.......everything seems to be getting better. The main surgery was no problem and the pain from that has been under control for a couple of days. The thing is, pain meds have a tendency to constipate you. With the big pain meds that my son had it just jammed him right up. That is getting better though. And I still stand 100% behind our doctor. If you need and orthopedic surgeon and you're in Indiana, Dr. Carlos Barrios is your man. You know, that guy took time out yesterday from his family to stop by and see my boy and make sure he's getting better? And he has 3 kids himself! We thanked him and then sent him home to his kids.
Oh well, gotta run!
Later!
(Oh, and I'm doing a half day at work today and then I'm off to the hospital. I'll let the wife take a few hours to catch up on sleep, then I'm off to school. Later!)
Lee ....
The ore arrives in Jennies and is unloaded on the hign line behind my Walthers blast furnace. Coke (Walthers coke hoppers) and stone (2 bay hoppers) are unloaded there also.
My steel mill uses second hand baldwin switchers from SP or GN.
The port listing would be interesting. I recall the big transloading facilities on Lake Superior.
Morning, Zoe - some of Ed's OJ, cup of coffee and I'll have some of the breakfast buffet, please. Thanks!
rtraincollector wrote:hope all is fine with pc haven't heard from him yet this am. thought he would of posted by now.
I'm hoping that that means PC's sleeping in today... Oh, I see he's up and at 'em already! At least you're able to help your wife get some sleep, PC. Pace yourself, and you'll get the big stuff done today (and the smaller stuff will still be there tomorrow).
My annoying car chime is still there. Oh, well. Need to take the money by the tow company office today, and figure how to cover everything else (which is too much$). Next payday's probably not going to have much for catchup. May have to wait a bit on MRR purchases (Hmm...I do have all those kits I could see about assembling, don't I? ).
Hoople, remind yourself that there was life before you ordered the Big Boy, and you can survive until it gets there. Just remind yourself that it will be so cool to play with that when it arrives, and don't neglect your current locos - they might get jealous and decide to quit working!
Lee, you were one busy beaver last weekend, with all that roadbedding and tracklaying. Way to go!
Blessings on everyone's Monday,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
PC ..
If it were real, you would not want to smell it.
Good to learn your son is recovering. That's major surgery, and recovery at home will take quite some time. Are they telling you there will be some physical therapy involved?
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote: PC .. If it were real, you would not want to smell it.
True that!
He'll be in his casts for about 6 weeks and he'll have braces on his legs for 3 months after that 24/7. Then he just wears the braces at night for a year. And we will have a physical therapist coming to the house every day to work with him (THANK YOU Muscular Dystrophy Association!). If he doesn't grow a lot more then this may be the only time he'll have to have this done, but if he grows then they may have to do it again once or even twice. They might have to do it again in two years and maybe three years after that......we'll see. I kinda hope he doesn't grow a lot more. He's 5'5" now. My wife is 5'9" and I'm 5'11", but my dad is 6'2" and my brother is 6'3", so who knows.
Morning all--
I should order a Mocha just to celebrate, but I already ate some more of the bunny this morning--I had NO idea how GOOD chocolate is--but I've got to take it easy, that bunny was a foot TALL, (NOT ANYMORE, LOL! ).
Philip: Good news on your son--I sure wish the Pharmaceutical companies could come up with a pain-killer that doesn't plug you up, though. I remember my broken rib and the Percoset and all the fun I had trying to get something to move. Whew! But I'm glad to hear he's getting better. Continued prayers for you and your family.
Sue: Apologies for not chiming in earlier on that spectacular river-bed of yours. As someone with a few mountain rivers on my own Yuba River Sub, you've really inspired me. Just BEAUTIFUL work!
Heartland: Love that steel mill--that's really CHOICE work, buddy!
Well, Mom's announced that she wants to watch some musicals today, so I'm dragging out all my Rodgers and Hammerstein DVD's, which is going to give me a really good excuse to go out into my California Basement and work on my loco servicing facilities. Which means emptying the yard of a couple of Yellowstones, LOL! So while she watches "Sound of Mucus (sorry, 'Music'), I'll work on my sanding tower.
Have this week off, also. Catholic schools get TWO weeks for Easter, thank God! I'll get back to school just in time to take my Chamber Choir to the Golden Empire music festival here in Sacto. First time our high school has ever entered a choir in the competition, but I think we're ready. We're doing Doo-Wop and Beach Boys (you ought to hear them rip into "Barbara Ann"--WOWSER!). Plus the required Renaissance a-capella piece, of course. Gotta keep them Adjudicator's happy.
Well, time to get out the DVD's and get ready to go into the garage.
Best to all:
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!
Moring everyone!
I'm getting ready to drive to Burbank Int. Airport to catch my flight to Phoenix. I think I will be able to go on the forums but I'm not sure.
PC, Glad to hear PC jr. is doing better. He is always on my mind. I have always wondered what kind of beds they use in Hospitals. I was thinking they use tempur-pidics (did I spell it right?). Of course, I've never been in a hospital bed so I don't know.
Hope to see you soon!
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Garry, awesome steel plant!!!! I have a 4' x 4' area reserved on my layout for a blast furnace. Who made the blast furnace kit in your pictures? I was going to buy one last train show but they wanted $250 for the kit. Not really in my price range. How much space did your BF and rolling mill take up? Our steel mill here has re-painted their switchers as dedication to our troops. I'll have to post a few pictures here later.
PC, all this will catch up with you, be careful out there.
Tom ... thanks for the remarks. I'm gald you are enjoying the chocolate bunny. I still have my chocolate Santa Claus to eat.
Lee ...... Here are other views of the steel mill. It's all from Walthers kits. The rolling mill is two kits end-to-end. The coke oven (last picture) is in a separate location and has some scratch made machines and structures added. I heard a rumor that Walthers might re-release the blast furnace, but now they are very expensive at train shows and on ebay.
New Haven I-5 wrote: PC, ......I have always wondered what kind of beds they use in Hospitals. I was thinking they use tempur-pidics (did I spell it right?). Of course, I've never been in a hospital bed so I don't know.
PC, ......I have always wondered what kind of beds they use in Hospitals. I was thinking they use tempur-pidics (did I spell it right?). Of course, I've never been in a hospital bed so I don't know.
They fold up 9 ways to Sunday, go up and down, the whole 9 yards, but the mattresses are just cheap ones covered in vinyl. They put sheets and stuff on them of course, but they aren't the most comfortable. I suppose if you put a good mattress on it they would be pretty good. I know the frames are a couple thousand bucks apiece.
Gerry, that really is quite a setup you have there!
All,
BTW, I'm here at the hospital now. My son looks worlds better then he did yesterday and they said if he continues to improve they're sending him home tomorrow. Here's to hopin'!
GOULD TOWER, Maumee Ohio (near Toledo)
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
As info:
Sue that river scene is just great!
And Garry has an amazing series of photos too! I must have gotten the Jesus obit email from a handful of folks, thanks for sharing it here too!
PC thanks! Hope he liked it!
And Bill thanks for the continued images from your archive!
Looks like dinner is on me, Chloe, here's the plastic...
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Evening all
tea and a breakfast sandwich with sausage please girls
P. C. glad your son might be home tomorrow my fingers and toes are crossed for him.
Hope you all had a nice easter and didn't overindulge with choc.
Gav
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
Nice 1 jeffrey looks like an F at serious speed
another tea please girls
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:I was playing around with shutter settings today and got this shot.
You sure that ain't scientist Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown's De Lorean with the flux capacitor doing about 88 MPH and going back in time....
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
Oh yes they call him the streak.......
(Anyone besides me remember that song?)
pcarrell wrote: Oh yes they call him the streak.......(Anyone besides me remember that song?)
Yup!
Gud eavnig Diners. I'll not cup too far id, so as nod to give you eddy of mi gerps.
A pieat of pudkin pie ad a nide cub od tea wud hid the spod.
While I ged over thid code, I'm re-doing my programming and test track. Here's what it was ...and here's the re-build so far today. Yes, the track is very close to the edge, but if I'm careful.... The greater test was getting the curves to take my longest 6 axel locos without jamming the trucks, or hitting on-coming traffic. Very tight tolerances there, about 1/16th inch passing space!
I'll drob by when I'm semi-huban agaid.
Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.(eg. PC jr, and family)
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.