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Posted by GMTRacing on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:35 PM
Nice work Jerry - I think we have you transitioning to an eastern railroadWhistling [:-^]. J.R.
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Posted by Cox 47 on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:44 AM
Good morning All....Sunny and posta warm up today but we had a lot of frost this morning lots of folks worried about their strawberrys last nite....I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please...Thank you...

PC...Thats great news!....

Lee...I been thinking about ordering some of those figures in n scale..Are they the ones from China? One of the n scale fellers order 100 and said they were pretty good and couldn't beat the price...Some one else wondered if they might have lead paint on them?..but was planning to put them in my mouth and washing hands after working with them?

Jr....Some of those washes can dry out much lighter..Hope to see some photos when you get done...

I finished weathing and putting loads in hoppers last night...these hoppers might look familar to you JR....

You all have a good one....Jerry
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:17 AM
 Heartland Division CB and Q wrote:

Jeff...... Your Alco unit looks like an RSC-2

RSD-4, RSD-5 ...... C-C wheel arrangement: two 3 axle trucks with all wheels powered. Center axle is NOT centered in each truck. Center axle is offset to allow room for traction motors.

Good to know, and more to puzzle over. Maybe I have somebodies idea of a kit-bash?

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:58 AM

Good morning ........

Dick ... Thanks for explaining avatar.  Do you know the history of the U23B?

Jeff...... Your Alco unit looks like an RSC-2

Alco Road swichers -

RS-2, RS-3 ...... B-B wheel arrangement; two 2 axle trucks, all wheels powered.

RSC-2. RSC-3 ..... A1A-A1A wheel arrangement; two 3 axle trucks with center axles in each truck not powered. Outer axles in each truck are powered.

RSD-4, RSD-5 ...... C-C wheel arrangement: two 3 axle trucks with all wheels powered. Center axle is NOT centered in each truck. Center axle is offset to allow room for traction motors.

Source: Diesel Spotters Guide - first edition.

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:18 AM
 LSWrr wrote:

Jeff, sorry about the locomotive mix up I looked at the right picture and typed the wrong name.

I got a response back from a researcher who says it's an Alco RSD-4 which was a six axle version of the RS-3. Thirty-six were built from 1951 to 1952. He also says the model was made by either Kato or Atlas. Some Atlas models have Kato drives.

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Posted by GMTRacing on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:53 AM

Good Morning All,

      Fairly bright out but chilly this morning. Had to scrape ice off the windshield and all. I'll have a coffee and a blueberry muffin please.

     Worked some more on the paving last night - I mixed black acrylic and ink in with the plaster but it looks a little too grayish so I'm adding ink and water washes until i like the result.

    Lots to do this morning so I'd better get on with it.

PC - keep those good reports coming, we love it.

RT - when it rains......

     I'll stop in later,   J.R. 

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Posted by Fergmiester on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:29 AM

 

 

Good morning All

A beautiful morning here, sunny and 32F. Great Bicycle weather!

 Cederstrand wrote:

***Fergie, is that XXXtra Hot stuff what Rangers carry around in bear country?

Could explain why all my friends call me.  

 

Dick wrote:

FERGIE: Good Lord what is that odor!!!!!! Who brought that Tabasco sauce quart bottle over to this table.? Did Fergie use half the bottle on his lunch?? Holy cow how can he eat that stuff, that will kill an Elephant !!!!!!

Not True Dick it takes a full bottle to do that . Half Bottle is good to get you to the Stratosphere. NASA did ponder the use of it but NIOSH put the kybosh to it as the fallout would be devastating.

 

Garry Wrote:

Fergie ... i hope the 24" curves on the MESS are not a mess for you. It should be okay.

Under normal circumstances I would agree with you, especially as the Musquodoboit Valley would not be able to handle larger engines without major excavation but ... I love the big engines.

 Paul Wrote:

The county agent came out today with a couple of guys from Dupont. They are going to do a test plot of a new treatment for grass burrs on my neighbors place. That field os really infested with them. After the tes is done some time late this year they will give us enough product to do the entire field.

At least you get to spray I live in a herbicide/pesticide free zone as it's illegal to spray or spread chemicals in Halifax. So when the Neighbour lets his weed problem get out of control it screws everyone else up. The irony is the City is the biggest offender!

Lee: I'd be interested to find out how you make out with the "wee people" as I just bout 3 packs of Woodland People yesterday... Ouch! 

Ryan Wrote:

Did ya miss me?  Confused [%-)]Whistling [:-^]

You were gone...Blindfold [X-)] ? But then again the lighting in this place isn't always up to snuff. (I think it's Bill trying to create an "atmosphere" of ambiance so he can put the moves on Flo. A man of very few words) I have not been the best patron here as of late. But believe it or not you would be missed as I have seen quite a large number come and go over the past few years. And it does have an impact when a valued customer departs. 

Speaking of which I was talking with Teffy this weekend (member from 2nd Diner group) and he has given me his e-mail address and asked me to pass it on to whomever wants it so please e-mail me if you want it.

Anyway I'm having new windows installed this morning and the contractor is now here so I'd better be off

 

Later All

Fergie 

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Posted by LSWrr on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:21 AM

Good morning all.

My 100 HO-Scale people came in the mail yesterday.  Unpainted but for $2 you can't complain too much.  I might buy a few of their painted people to see what level of quality I get.

PC, you seem to be having a streak of good luck with your family over there!  That is great news about your wife and son.

Jeff, sorry about the locomotive mix up I looked at the right picture and typed the wrong name.

Rob, you are not the only one trying to cut corners, I'm using brass turnouts for everything except the mainline.

Lee

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:14 AM

Mornin' all! 

Just thought I'd pop in and say hi before I run out the door.

Later!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:28 AM
Good morning.

It's 42 degrees outside this morning. Glad I'm not out there. The sky is clear and according to all reports will remain so for the rest of the day. Expecting a high of 73.

Today's Weather for:      
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      4/15/2008


Wind Chill:  39°F
Humidity:  73%
Dew Point:  33°F

So Far Today
High:  45°F
Low:  41°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  7mph E

Today  High: 72    Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.    

Tonight  Low: 45    Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.


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Posted by wetidlerjr on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:53 AM

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! Big Smile [:D]

Clown [:o)]

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Posted by sleeper33 on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:38 AM

 CHEQUE PLEASE

 SEE you tonight

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Posted by Cederstrand on Monday, April 14, 2008 11:46 PM

***Philip, that's great news! Smile [:)]Thumbs Up [tup]

Not much going on tonight. Made piles of the few different sections of Unitrack I already have, along with sections of Atlas Flex track and some assorted switches. Once I figure out a layout I can live with, then I'll know how many of which Unitrack switches to get. Any switch off a mainline will be Unitrack's, with the others being used for branchlines and such. Ideally, I would prefer to just use all Unitrack, but that would get quite expensive. Coming up with a layout is tougher than I had imagined it would be. If I had a 4' x 8' table, no problem, but that door just gets smaller and smaller all the time. Disapprove [V]

Well, have a nice night all.

Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

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Posted by JPowell on Monday, April 14, 2008 10:51 PM

 Cederstrand wrote:
***JP, that old caboose has been around the block (or is that over a few hillsConfused [%-)]) a few times. Those are actually my favorite type, just in Southern or UP colors.

Rob - I'll agree with that guess.

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Monday, April 14, 2008 10:44 PM

Evening Gang:

PC: That's great news for both of them.

The county agent came out today with a couple of guys from Dupont. They are going to do a test plot of a new treatment for grass burrs on my neighbors place. That field os really infested with them. After the tes is done some time late this year they will give us enough product to do the entire field.

I didn't get out to Clark Gardens to pick up the trains today. I had to hang around for the county agent. Mary Ann and I are going to go tomorrow morning. We'll stop for breakfast and then head out.

RT: I'm sorry to hear about your IRS troubles. Any chance of getting anything out of the guy that did your taxas? We have always used a certified CPA to do ours. He always gets us a good refund. Now with the gas well and ranch he is a neccesity.

Well it's past bed time so I'll say

Good Night All

 

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Posted by sleeper33 on Monday, April 14, 2008 10:27 PM

exellent news PC good luck next week

Gav

 

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Posted by pcarrell on Monday, April 14, 2008 9:26 PM
Thought I'd give you all the latest......my wife can "carefully" start to walk again, and my son is healing way ahead of schedule.  The doc said that instead of 4 more weeks in casts he's thinking about taking them off for good next week!  They're going to have his leg braces made this week (they're a custom fit) and have them ready for the casts to come off a week from today.  Pretty awesome, huh?
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, April 14, 2008 8:42 PM
Ok, I guess I was thrown by the battery boxes.

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Posted by New Haven I-5 on Monday, April 14, 2008 8:33 PM

 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
Anybody know what this is? I thought it's a RSC-2 but it doesn't look right.

Its an RSC-2. It has 3 wheels to a truck.

 

 

 

                    EDIT: Dang! I'm buyin!!!!!!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, April 14, 2008 8:32 PM
Body looks right but the trucks are wrong. This has three axle trucks.

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Posted by LSWrr on Monday, April 14, 2008 8:21 PM

Evening,

Rob, What about an elevated track belonging to a different railroad?  Here in Cleveland the flats wee serviced by the B&O, overhead passed the NKP.  Maybe you could work something out on your layout?

Jeff, looks like an ALCO RS-2  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Santa_Fe_loco.jpg

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Monday, April 14, 2008 7:32 PM
Anybody know what this is? I thought it's a RSC-2 but it doesn't look right.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Monday, April 14, 2008 6:15 PM

Good evening .......going to be a cold one tonight under clear skies and calm winds. Last night of scheduled bowling tonight, we are in 4th place so we will be bowling against the 3rd place team. I hope we can take 8, then we will have more $$ for MRR run to LHS next week.

GARRY: I finally posted an Avatar after many moons. The picture was taken by a friend that we met on the Conway Scenic RR. I got permission to ride the cab and video the return trip to North Conway through Crawford Notch. The loco is an FP9 that was purchased from CNL back in the early 90's. We were at Fabyan RR station near Mt. Washington and had just completed the runaround on the siding for the return. She will be retired soon, this year they will be using a U23B that they purchased and repainted. The U boat has dynamic braking which the FP9 does not, and replacing the brake shoes gets expensive for Scenic railroads when they are trying so hard to contain expenses.

RYAN: Great photo of the coal train in the snows of CO. The family must have really enjoyed the trip.

Later,

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Posted by Flashwave on Monday, April 14, 2008 5:35 PM
 Cederstrand wrote:

For those who get RFD-TV: 6:00EST Trains & Locomotive - "New River Adventure"

Hope everyone is have a good day.

Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

Watching it now, what are these chamges in CSX and NS Steam policy he keeps refferring too?

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Posted by sleeper33 on Monday, April 14, 2008 5:29 PM

evening gang

 just a tea for the mo. please

 hows all ? just been catching up looks like youve had some bad weather there

P.C. fingers crossed for your son and wife hope its good news.

thats it for now

 gav

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Posted by Cederstrand on Monday, April 14, 2008 5:24 PM

***Ryan, those are nice photos. Looks cold. Wonder how comfortable the inside of that cab is? A Coffee Maker & Snack Dispenser would be nice. Laugh [(-D]

***Colby, that's terrific. I would send you my fins & lungs, but they wore out long ago. I spent about 1/3rd of my life as a LG, instructor, etc and those were definitely among the best years. Enjoy it and all the perks that come with it! Cool [8D]Thumbs Up [tup]

Put out last bale of hay today, so will need to make another run in the next few days. Going to go rest awhile...feel exhausted again. Sleepy [|)]

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Monday, April 14, 2008 5:04 PM

SPPPPPPST! Cloe don't tell anyone but I got a hold of Scott's diner credit card. Just use this for all future transactions... This conversation never happend.

Hey Guys! I've been busy with school (big supprise there) I'm going to be a certified lifeguard by April 27th. My life guard training starts saturday.

anyone need a fin?

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Posted by SilverSpike on Monday, April 14, 2008 3:12 PM

Howdy pardners!

Did ya miss me?  Confused [%-)] Whistling [:-^]

Well, I've been in Denver, CO for the past week and just got back late last night. Attended a conference for work and then the family flew out and met me there on Friday. We drove to the mountains for some snow bird fun and on the way back I found this BNSF unit coal train at 8,400 ft. el. between Tabernash and Fraser, CO on Saturday afternoon.

Benjamin took these with my Canon Digital Rebel while I was driving.....

Check out more of the same on this link:

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I'll have to play catch em ups later....

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Posted by Cederstrand on Monday, April 14, 2008 2:25 PM

For those who get RFD-TV: 6:00EST Trains & Locomotive - "New River Adventure"

After shipping some packages today & adding up the-bay Fees...OUCH. Train fund is still in good shape though.

Gosh, for a tad less than the price of a Bigboy, I checked and could get the Kato GS4 & the entire matching car set. Now wouldn't that be mighty Perdy! I will one day have a Shay & one of those Proto 0-8-0 locos, as both could have a role on my little layout. Just not sure what order to go after these without winning a Lottery.

QUESTION: Does anyone have a section of track on their layout that is strictly for display? I REALLY want to make use of a large old trestle I have, but can't figure out how to do so and still connect it to anything (elevation problem). Maybe with some careful planning and many layers of styrofoam, I could make the average track level several sheets up in order to create a deeper ravine? Such dilemas.Confused [%-)]

Reading that Freelancers-Rivet Counters thread, I have to chuckle. To me it's like comparing styles and subject matter of art. Something can look photographic/accurate/etc and be lifeless, while another loosely created painting can touch one's soul and bring tears to their eyes, and visa-versa. I could sure jump into that thread, but prefer to hang out in the Diner.Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

While I'm here, arefill, please & thanks!

Hope everyone is have a good day.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Monday, April 14, 2008 12:52 PM

Hello ...

Grandpa Jim asked:  "Garry, thanks for posting the pics of Chuck's layout. That is one large layout (and quarry)! So, how well-stocked is Chuck's? I understand from some of our MRR club members that Chuck stocks things about from floor to ceiling ....."

Yes, Jim, he has great selection.... Reminds me..... If  Paul is still looking fomr MILW Erie Builts, Chuck's Depot has two of them in stock. Phone him; he does mail order.

JR :....... Sorry to learn Pocono was a bust......

RT ..... We've had an open issue with the IRS for over a year. The IRS adds a new demension to the word, "inefficient"... Our taxes were correct, but a computer glitch by the stock broker firm sent some bad info to IRS and caused two errors. After a few months that include corrections from the stock broker, the IRS corrected one of the two errors. They had the data and corrected forms from the stock broker to resolve both errors. IRS only fixed one and has been billing back taxes for the other error. We've been back and forth for over a year. So far, nobody seems to know how to fix the second error although it's the same kind of error as the other. that's our IRS.

PC ... good to learn about the prgress being made by both son and wife!

Jerry .... The show was small, but I got a few things. I bought two F7's in NP freight colors. Also, I bought one drive chassis and one dummy chassis for an old Balboa E8 set. The dirve and dummy chassis were a total price of $10.00 and I know just the dummy trucks are worth more than that. At Chuck's I got one of the newly released Greyhound busses plus some scenery products.

Fergie ... i hope the 24" curves on the MESS are not a mess for you. It should be okay

Dick....... I like the avatar.... tell us about it if you like. .

Happy Model Railroading 

 

GARRY

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