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
Hi,all!
Tommorow's supposed to be 70s and sunny soooo...... I go uncover the bikes to get them ready to ride. One dead battery(hers) and one stubborn won't start(mine). Got the charger on hers, then to mine.Removed the plugs and cleaned them up, maybe that'll help the stubborn one. It wasn't too bad looking, replaced them at the 3k mark last season.Oil changes at the end of last year so maybe they are still a little cold yet.(42f right now)
Hope to have them going for Sunday ride.
Finished this last weekend. One more to build to represent the Spooner roundhouse, which up to last week was still there. It was torn down Tuesday.It's sitting temporarily, still have to "dig it in":
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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Good Morning All....Its cloudy and cool with temp in the low 50's..got some rain last nite but at least things ain't shaken!!....I'll have a Windy City Dawg and a Diet coke please...Thank You...
Messed for 3 days trying to get Photo Bucket to up load my photos..after Emailing them they say its my old computer so with my caregivers help we put my other computer my Niece gave me and it works OK so it musta been the computer but seems funny it was working one day then not the next?...
I finished up a old Roco IC caboose I had been working on....I had a M/T caboose frame that I picked up in a box of goodies and with a little triming and cutting on end rail it looks pretty good to me..Tracks like a M/T ....I'll try to get a photo of it latter....
I am watching the Cards-Gaints game from St. Lois...Cards are looking good...Beat them 11 to 1 last nite...
Got Nickle Plate Road caboose Decals in mail yesterday now I gotta strip and paint shell...Gonna be some masking to get white strip for "High Speed Servive" decal....
You all have a good week-end....Jerry
Extra strongin a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
***Lee, congrats on the duck-under success. Any pics of it?
Priced the identical PS for the puter (Sparkle FSP350-60BT(12V) ATX) and it will cost over $60. More money drained from my train fund. Oh well.
I found an affordable pro-sumer printer that would allow me to produce/offer prints of more paintings, but I still have the challenge of finding someone with good enough equipment (and skills) to digitize art at a high quality level. Last time (some years ago) that search proved futile. Something worth pursuing for the long term.
Have a good day all. Rob
Mornin, an irish coffee please Janie. We got some rain here again and more forecast most the day. Highs in the upper 50's today, 60's tomorrow.
Here's more info on yesterday's quake an after shocks, http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/salemquake.htm
What makes quakes in the Midwest [ called the Ozark dome] so dangerous is a layer of silt n sand on the bedrock, 1 to 5 mile below the surface, this can become liquefied and act as a lubricant to spread the force over a larger area. Then add to the fact that up till a few years, there were no quake requirements on private or public construction.
So the quakes of 1811 n 12 magnitude [estimated at 7 plus] that were felt a 1000 mile away and rang church bells in Philadelphia. Would damage or destroy buildings and infrastructures over a much larger area, than the California quakes.
Yesterday's quake was a 5.2 and short [less than a minute] was felt 350 mile plus and no major damage, so not much, if any liquefaction. A stronger, longer lasting quake [in any of the Midwest seismic zones] could amplify [more liquefaction] the major damage to larger populated areas, than those on the west coast. For more info on this area.
http://www.dogpile.com/dogpile/ws/results/Web/New%20Madrid%20fault/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true
Here's a link to story first hand accounts of the 1800's quakes. Makes for some interesting reading.
http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/lib/eyewitness1.htm
DICK
We've been getting some warmer weather [60's and 70's] here, for 2 or 3 days at a time. Then it clouds back up and rains. There has been some farm work in some places but not much.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Morning fellers!
I done lost another 2.5 lbs. on the new regimine.....
Another spring like day here in the Piedmont....
Y'all take care now!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
JimRCGMO wrote: PC, How long until your classes are done this semester? Seems like it shouldn't be too much longer.
PC, How long until your classes are done this semester? Seems like it shouldn't be too much longer.
I'm in an accerated program, so no breaks for me. No summer break, no spring break, nothing. The only time we get a break is if a major holiday falls on class night or we also get 2 weeks for Christmas.
Good morning all,
Today: A chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Southeast wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tonight: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind between 7 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Lake Temp is 42F.
Rob, go to Niagara, NY with a bucket and I'll push the water towards you, LOL! Actually the city of Phoenix, AZ wants to buy water from the Great Lakes. I thought it was a dumb idea since it would be really warm by the time it got there.
Paul, Well I have power now to the yard tracks, but had a short in one of the turnouts on the east end. Hopefully I can switch that out before Alex comes out again, last time he had to use an unpowered RS-2 to switch cars. The docks; well Dale is the Great lakes shipping industry and historical expert. So with his help the docks should be extremely accurate.
I did something wrong this week, I built a drop leaf "duck under" and it works flawlessly. Even the challenger glides across it.
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...
A tall cool glass of water, thanks!
***Jim, if you sent "this Rob" an e-mail, I never got it.
***Lee, do you think you could send me 1,000 of that 1,277,295,890,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water, so I can top off our water storage tanks & tubs? I'm not asking for much really.
***Paul, you work too hard!
***Jeffrey, I'm surprised there would be much you didn't already know. Do try to keep your head attached to your shoulders, it would be a darn shame to lose you that way.
Good Night Folks. Rob
Evening Gang: I'm happy to hear that everone in the quake zone is all right. That was quite un-nerving I'm sure.
Lee I'll be looking forward to seeing your dock yard scene. With your familiarty with the prototype it should be great. Have you been up to the head of the lakes and seen the loading docks? Alex sure looked like he was having fun. Better get him on a throttle soon.
Not much happening here. I went over to the track to get some work done at West Fork. I got my diesel out and fueled it. I figured that it was easier to fill it up first rather then walking back after it ran out somewhere on the main. Anyway I loaded up my tools and headed out. When I got to West Fork it was under water. At least the part I needed to work on. I went ahead and ran to the end of the line and came back heading to home. To that point I'd had three derailments. Not very good. When I was on the curve heading to Grizzley Flats I derail again. I do mean derailed. The locomotive and tender, ( yes my diesel has a conferted steam switcher tender for a head end power car) bothe were on the graound. I rerailed and the locomotive wouldn't go. The right front foot board had been e=bent under the frame. After fighting to get that bent out I headed back again only to hit the ground at the switch leading into Grizzly Flats. This is not being a good run. I finally got back to the house and into the bay. When I got the step off and straightned the brackets I started to put it back and found that the front plate of the locomotive was bent also. I got everything back right and headed home. A real bummer.
Scott: Way to go there. It is fun having you hand on that throttle isn't it.
I'm off to bed. Good Night All
Good Night All
Well I hope everyone fared well over the earthquake this morning. Most of our earthquakes originate under Lake Erie, so we have 1,277,295,890,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of water to help absorb some of the shock. Yea I had to look that number up, quite impressive no?
I finally got the challenger and mallet to go all the way around the layout on the #2 main line today. To save money I've been using brass turnouts, they will be the death of me. Most of them won't carry current all the way across to the next rail joiner so I've had to power both ends. I've painted 75% of the 3 mains so far and have applied metal preservative to maybe 10% of the #2 main.
Dick, that spray adhesive at HD is $7/can but its $3/can at Wal-Mart right there in the paint isle near the other glues.
Jerry those street lights look pretty good
Jim, I called Alex's mom today to see what Alex thought about the trains and if he had a good time, evidently Alex had a great time and gave his mom a complete inventory of motive power and rolling stock to his mother last night over dinner.
Diesel dropped 10 cents a gallon last week; $4.09/gal is kind of nice. Then again I get 20 to 28 MPG with my ford.
Hey Scott ya doing great, and thanks for the latest report! Sounds like the dream job has come true for you! Looking forward to the next adventure installment.
So I get off work early today and head home, paid $3.39 / gal. for regular unleaded and then got home. Set to work in the yard since it was a beautiful day. I weed eat, mow, and then blow all the clippings. About half way through mowing I had to stop, about wore me out with 1/2 of the 1/2 acre with the push mower. Today was an Orange alert day with Ozone and the pollen count being so high, I thought I was gonna faint. Took a little break and finished it all up in about 2 1/2 hours. Only the 3rd time working the yard this season and the grass looked like it had'nt been touched since October last year.
I think I'll have a beer now....
Jim, you making that Root Beer Float look real good too! Might have that for dessert.
Sheeesh! I'm done complaining about the weather up here! Glad everyone's OK.
Hi Zoe - I'll have a root beer float, please.
"...It's only rock 'n' roll, and I like it..."
Yeah... I got woke up for a bit this morning. Heard some of my MRR stuff (in boxes on some shelves in my bedroom) rustlin' around or something, and finally figured it might be an earthquake. I was at work when the second one hit (at my desk), but in my office, if a heavy truck goes by on the street outside, sometimes the windows rattle, so wasn't sure on that until others said something.
Good to hear no one (so far) had any big damage (unless you count those 1:87th and 1:160th insurance adjusters I saw heading out...). I was guessing that it might've happened over Indiana-border way due to all the rain you folks have been getting hit with lately ('greasing' the tectonic plates to better slip and slide).
Well, I've gone through a printout of clients I've seen in the past six months, and except for about 3 I'll continue to see (and maybe a dozen I'll be transferring after their next scheduled session), it's gonna be just some intakes to finish dictating. Of course, today I had three people to see (2 of whom I was going to transfer to the new therapist), and nobody showed up (the one I'm keeping on my load called in sick). Spent a bit of the morning chatting with the new psychologist/Dr. I told him he has as weird of a sense of humor as I do.
Didn't get any more work done on the Roberts kitbash last night. A former classmate (who's got her Ph.D. now and works as liason for one hospital we work with) is treating me to dinner tonight. She can deduct it as business expense, but we talk and catch up on what's happening with each other, too. Going to meet at Outback after I get off work. Heck, I haven't been there yet, and she's paying... I probably will pass on the "bloomin' onion" they have, though.
Tomorrow, a bunch from our church singles group is meeting to help move one of the members. She's in a house now, and moving (just herself) into a 2-bedroom apartment. Her (grown) kids and grandkids will - for now - be staying in the house as long as they can. I may get back to working on my Roberts Printing kitbash when the moving's all done (and I have dinner).
Jeff, you seem to have the magic mailbox there! Good to hear about your foot continuing to heal up. Keep doing what you're doing, all right.
Inch, good joke there - I told it to the secretary (whose office is across the hall from mine), and she laughed at it, too.
Lee, sounds like a very enjoyable session for all at your place. Alex has the right attitude about MRR'ing, I'd say. Even likes pushing the cars around for switching.
Rob, sent you a couple of emails for your questions, so check your email.
Scott, you are truly one fortunate fella! The other railroaders must be taking a liking to you, giving you that practice and all. The dream, indeed!
Jerry, that's a neat trick on those lamps. Now, if they're not too warm and you can carve some kind of top thingee for them, you'll be giving Walthers and those others a run for the money!
RT, hope the place holds open until you can get the mobile home sold off (and that you sell it off pretty quick). Is there some way you could temporarily rent a place during the week and get the new job going, and come home on the weekends? Sure hate to see you have to pass on that job due to the housing thing.
CN Charlie, aren't you outside working on your tan in that heatwave up there? And y'know if I can figure how to redirect our rain, I will for sure send it your way to wash off your car. (Would've thought that you folks there would have such modern conveniences as carwashes by now... )
And where are Johnboy, Fergie, DerJohn and Luc lately?
Well, I'd best get to my float before the ice cream gets all melted. Oh yeah, good news! - got the car part in and they fixed the chime-chime-chime-chime-chime-chime every minute. Sooooo nice to have a quiet car again. Ahhhh....
Blessings and a great start to your weekend,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hey howdy! I HAVE A STORY FOR Y'ALL!
I worked in the Port of Baltimore, Dundalk Marine Terminal yesterday into this morning. We spotted some multi-levels for unloading and pulled some loaded boxcars from the marine sheds, standard stuff. As we headed outta the marine terminal, with a GP38-2 and seven loaded boxcars, the engineer gets outta his seat and tells me to get over there. I sat behind the control stand and told me how to use the dynamic brake and throttle and all and let me run home! He stood right there watching me for a few minutes, but I got so caught up in where I was going and trying to keep a constant speed that I didn't realize that he sat down in the conductor's seat. That was an awesome experience! I was literally bouncing around after that! I CAN'T WAIT TO BE AN ENGINEER! Or at least can't wait for another chance to run!
And here's a good picture that I took in Enola Yard, an SD70M-2 leading two SD80MACs on an empty coal train. Dont' see many MACs around here.
Still living the dream.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Gerry, thanks for changing the subject back to the Diner... I was gettin' lost there for a few minutes....
I'll have a Pastrami Melt with some Chicken and Sausage Gumbo for lunch today...and a beer....
Speaking of Winter Park, Fraser, and Tabernash....this is a UP/BNSF unit coal consist we found on Saturday making it's way toward Fraser.
So, what's been shakin'?
Yeah, It got me up. I felt the little vibes, then the whole thing creshendoed into a full scale rumble. I could here my Transformer Figs rattle on the shelves, and I rember thinking, Bed's shaking... Cathrine? (Our ghosty friend, known to shake the bed if someone is in the neighborhood making worrysome noises) No, not her. House ius shaking. it;s an Earthqake! (Half asleep panic) Now, what is it I'm supposed to do in one of those? I should go get mom. Except the floor;s shaking. And she's a bear to get up.
After the initial, I heard her up. She thought I was shaking the bed, then figured it was military jets again. Since there were booms and flashes of light near Kokomo night before last. (F-16 practice, running through Sound barrier) We went back to bed, and I felt the bed shake minorly. Or maybe that was just me.
Mom said an aftershock hit at 11:40 while she was e-mailing her tech guy. Said the monitor shook. Why do I have an urge to build an Earthquake machine on the layout?
-Morgan
Cederstrand wrote: That same morning one of our mares delivered her foal several weeks early. Called that filly, "Seismicity".
That same morning one of our mares delivered her foal several weeks early. Called that filly, "Seismicity".
Thats a perfect name!
Oh, and I haven't used any of those suppliers.
Quick question: Have any of you used "Model Train Place" (Jon's discount trains) or Lees Trains? Are they legit? Thanks for any info.
Rob
Our little CD player was rattling last night...oh wait, that was from the washers spin cycle. Seriously, glad to hear everyone is OK. No model train damage? Bet the wee little folk thought it was the end of the world.
***Philip, last earthquake we had, just like you son...I slept through it, too. The wife woke me up and I heard a "WOP WOP WOP" sound and said, "Oh, that's just a big military helicopter". She said the bed had lifted up as if on an ocean wave. That same morning one of our mares delivered her foal several weeks early. Called that filly, "Seismicity".
***Jerry, what a neat idea for those lamp posts.
***Garry, nice pics there. Those locos look "futuristic" to me.
Well, while here, I'll have the usual in a AT&SF mug, please & thanks.
Another irish coffee Zoe please,
As Jerry said had an after shock here bout 10:15. Not bad, but it rattled some things on the selves here too. Heard on the radio earlier that a couple train crews felt the main one also while they were moving. No derailments or damage reported on that either.
This was the 3'rd one I've felt in this area. First one was back in 68, that one was a 5.4, I think it was, on the New Mandarin fault in S ILL. Knock stuff off the selves in the lumberyard.
Next one was in 87 I believe, I was cultivating end rows in a bean field n listening to Jerry on the radio. When the tractor started wobbling and the cultivator was taking out beans. By the time I got the tractor stopped, Jerry said, " I think when just had a earth quake". That one was centered in Birds. Deb's got a lot of family down in there and they had some damage. All we had here was a cracked cellar wall.
Gas hit $3.50 here and their still saying $4 by Memorial Day.
Jerry ........... I like the street lights.
Ryan was in Fraser/Winter Park, Colorado recently. Below is my last time there (about 2 years ago) :
I scanned all three pictures in one scan. In the first two pictures, we were stopped for an hour on the eastbound trip in Fraser waiting for crews to complete work in Moffat Tunnel. The last picture was from the rear window of an westbound train while an eastbound train passed by.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning All...Its partly cloudy and warm here this morning after the earthquake...I'll have coffee and a dougnut please...Thank You....Been watching TV all morning..looks like some folks had some broken dishes and picture knocked off the wall...But most of the folks here in our building including Sallie slept thrur it...Phone woke her when our Son called to see if we were OK Saw on TV a Church in Mt. carmel Illinois lost some bricks....
I been scatching some street lites used scrap spruce and topped with a small craft bead..
Here's what they look like next to building...
Well we just had another trimmer not as bad as one at 4:30 but it shook my chair and rattled things in the kitchen.....You all have a good one ....Jerry
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Heartland Division CB and Q wrote:Also, we're roughly 100 miles east of New Madrid, MO, the center of the 1812 quate that set some records for North America. It was said that the Mississipp River flowed backwards as a result. I didn't see it, however.
You mean you weren't an eye witness?
grayfox1119 wrote:JEFF: We had two permit fires that had been extinguished fan to life again and do some serious damage a few towns west of yesterday. It never ceases to amase me how people will spray some water on the ashes and walk away thinking the fire is out. They don't take the time to rake the ashes out and water the pile down properly. Over $10,000 damage to one guys garage and all his antiques...what a numb$$$#
JEFF: We had two permit fires that had been extinguished fan to life again and do some serious damage a few towns west of yesterday. It never ceases to amase me how people will spray some water on the ashes and walk away thinking the fire is out. They don't take the time to rake the ashes out and water the pile down properly. Over $10,000 damage to one guys garage and all his antiques...what a numb$$$#
No damage here, but it did shake the entire house. Woke us up. So, I went to the train room to work on my depot for "Valley Heights".
We're roughly 100 miles south of this quake. Also, we're roughly 100 miles east of New Madrid, MO, the center of the 1812 quate that set some records for North America. It was said that the Mississipp River flowed backwards as a result. I didn't see it, however.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's