August you say? I've been cold all day. Stupid school thermostat has 2 settings. Icebox and oven.
Nayway, another mrr plan has been made. Decding to clear out a different room later, and leave only the choo-choos upstairs. So here; the raw version.
And a Darwin runner up for the day: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008808280477 Guy tried uunsuccessfully to turn around at the intersection of 267 and Avon Yard's West throat
-Morgan
Cederstrand wrote: I need some coupler conversion help or perhaps entire truck & coupler replacement for the wife's latest addition. Here is a link to two pics of what the vintage car comes with. I need to transform this to work with the newer style knuckle couplers??? Thanks for any help. http://mods.homestead.com/CouplerConversions.html Rob
I need some coupler conversion help or perhaps entire truck & coupler replacement for the wife's latest addition. Here is a link to two pics of what the vintage car comes with. I need to transform this to work with the newer style knuckle couplers??? Thanks for any help.
http://mods.homestead.com/CouplerConversions.html
Rob
Like this?
Better, the picture would be, if removed the front wheel was.
good evening to everyone . i don't post often , but read postings everyday . received my tables for york yesterday - allset to go . summer is drawing to a close-hope everyone enjoyed it . i had a great summer of fun with my nephew staying with me - baseball coaching , summer basketball ,fishing and swimming . meet a nice bunch of boys that are his friends - none smokers , no drugs . they ranged in ages 14 thru 16 - found them all to be very nice gentlemen . he has packed and moved back home as school starts next wednesday . i will miss him , probley see him on weekends . had a summer super this evening tomato's,cubes,green onions,jersey white corn and hot dogs .just finished going thru new lionel catalog - will order GG1 set with sager place car and the fairbanks morse set-will retire originals to shelf . have to close now as dog is holding harness which means she need to go out. will post again soon . georgea
***Morgan, who makes it? Thanks!
Hi Zoe, I will take a hot choclate, Yes that is right a hot choclate, the temps here are suppose to drop like a bad habit this weekend, I guess summer is over here, high's will get no higher than,the mid 60's that means fall is a comin'!!!! We had fun at the beach, it did rain the first day, but it cleared up that Sunday, we wished we could have stayed another night, but the $$$$$ was not on our side, so we came home, I had some clam chowder and a plate of grilled oysters thery were good(not as good as yours Zoe)
Anyway I finshed the east side of Lolo summit and I will post some pic's soon, Hey gotta go tomorrow is another work day,this weekend we are goin' to paint the house, any advice on how I can make this an easy job? our home is a two story house,(I have one idea but I don't think my wife would approve)I hope we get the help that we were told we were going to get I will show you a before pic of our house and an after. See ya tomorrow eve
Clear Mind and Clear tracks-
Trainsrme1
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
There were four country churches in a small Texas town: The Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church and the Catholic Church. Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels.
One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will.
In the Baptist Church the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped somehow and there were twice as many there the next week.
The Methodist Church got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creation. So, they humanely trapped the Squirrels and set them free a few
miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were back.
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Good morning,
The weather here has been great, haven't had the A/C on for almost a week now; that is almost unheard of here in August.
Terry, Argh them be those salty dogs I've be hearing stories about?
Rob, those LL couplers are great for the Model Power and LL rolling stock, but for Athern, some AHM and Bachman I've been using E-Z mate. Looks like Flash has just what the doctor ordered.
George, sounds like you had a great time with the nephew.
Jeff thanks for the update. I live at
41-35-18.000N
081-34-58.000W.
Hopefully it doesn't come that far north.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Hello Everyone,,, just thought i'd pop in for a quickie, not been in for a year or more, hope your all fit and well. It's been an exciting year so far with some great steam loco's coming back from the graveyard, only one to see this weekend. I see Joe is launching a free mag, look's good to me. I have dismantled my MRR in anticipation of moving to NZ,
Later all
in a BURLINGTON NORTHERN mug, please & thank you!
***Lee, this P.T. Barnum's coach car says "POCHER Made In Italy". Is this an Athearn or ___?
The other car is LL, but has too thick a plug for the LL replacement knuckle couplers (Go Figure). If there is any other coupler that might work(?), I would rather try it before permanently shaving down those plugs.
(BTW, those LL conversion couplers worked perfectly on the two flat cars).
Not much sleep last night and they are banging away this morning. At least there is good progress. Wife and I discussed it and decided to let them build one small section of porch framework in "the deep end" (as I call it), so I won't have to mess with a huge 6x6 post. Have done those in the past alone, but perhaps this time (with two bad ankles) the expense might save me some grief. Depends on what the contractor will do it for. Sure would make the porch I'm presently working on easier to tie into on that end.
Will be in a corner booth working on this coffee. Rob
HI guys,
A cup of hot Hawaiian Kona coffee please.
As others have mentioned, it has been cool here lately. Traded shorts for longs, and wore a long sleeved shirt. It has been 42* and 45* at night, and the other night was 39*.
The leaves here are changing and falling already!!!!!
My birthday is two days after the fall solstice next month, and I always hated its arrival. Not because of aging, but because it means that the colder weather is definitely on its way.
Supposed to be a fantastic labor day weekend though.
Don't forget to stop over to see my thread "Show us your favorite model train station!" to post a pic of your favorite station and to see some great stations!
Have a super day!
-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.
LSWrr wrote: Snip Terry, Argh them be those salty dogs I've be hearing stories about? Lee
Snip
Aye Lee That be them!!!
TerryinTexas
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Hey all, order me up a nice dark roast... hold the cream and sugar, I take mine black.
I see some familiar faces from the Atlas and Railroad.net forums.
Well, completely off topic I'm sure. I just picked up a set of Railflyer decals for NBSR 2317 in the yellow Sunbury scheme. As you may or may not know, the unit is a GMDD GP38-2 built in '79. What would be a good starting point, because I already have a P2K Geep and a whack of Cannon parts, but I've heard things about the Atlas Trainman units.
On topic, the leaves are changing here too. And it's late August! What gives?
Good late morning to all, almost lunch time, I see Ryan is in the kitchen preparing a GREAT lunch menu.
Today, it is continue with painting the house, no rain sight for days, so I should be able to tear a big hole in this project. But I need to get up on the roof for some of this painting, so I will need to be careful.
I see that McCain has picked his VP running mate, the Governor of Alaska. He surprised everyone with this choice.
We canned 30 quarts of tomatoes yesterday, the Pressure Cooker does a GREAT job.
Haven't been able to go to my LHS for two weeks, he is on vacation up in the wilds of Maine.
Ahh, lunch is served......
grayfox1119 wrote: Good late morning to all, almost lunch time, I see Ryan is in the kitchen preparing a GREAT lunch menu.We canned 30 quarts of tomatoes yesterday, the Pressure Cooker does a GREAT job.
Yes, you are quite right Dick!
Southwest Omelets
AND
Beignets for Dessert
You all have a great Labor Day Weekend!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Afternoon, Zoe - I'll have a BLT and a root beer float, please. Thanks!
George, good to see you in again. Sounded like you and your nephew had some fun this summer while he was visiting. Did you introduce him and his friends to MRR'ing? (and if not, why not?
TrainsRMe1, would your idea for the house include an industrial grade sprayer? Good luck with getting that chore done! I recall when I was a teenager, me and my brother spent a good chunk of one summer with propane torches and spreaders, blistering off the old paint in preparation for the new paint - talk about hot!
Steve B., good to see you back in the Diner (and glad you were able to track us down again). Your area seems to be blessed with all kinds of steam locos that are still running. Best wishes on a successful move to Down UnderLand.
Inch, that was a funny one - told it to one of my co-workers today. He said the Catholic church's solution on their squirrel problem was more like a Baptist church he knows.
Terry, I'd agree with Lee - salty dogs, indeed! Guess they have their sea legs, huh?
GraftonStationRR, to the Diner - tell us a little about yourself and your layout/plans/dreams. I'll cover your drink this afternoon, and I see Rob has the TOP honors, so he'll cover your lunch.
Sounds like Gustav has everybody concerned, and with good cause. Jeff, watch out for any tornadoes that might spin off of Gustav!
Our weather today got wet for a bit, but it's lightened up some (still cloudy, though). Cooled it off some, as it's only 78 F (26 C) currently at almost 2:30 p.m. Possible storms later today/tonight off and on.
Morgan, nice layout ideas there! Shame you have to wear a sweater to school in August, isn't it? You and Sawyer should change places for a bit to even out your body temperatures.
Need to pick out some of my MRR projects, kits, etc. to work on this weekend (ANY of them, just to get started again!). I'm inclined to pick my scratchbuilt church, and the grain elevator kit I have (the Walthers 'wood' one). That, and also probably work on my background factory and loading dock from the DPM modulars.
I'll grab a spot in the window booth (while there still is one - gee, people are coming in in bunches).
Blessings and prayers for a safe weekend,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hi Jim, good to see you around,,, yes we have lots of very exciting steam trains on the main line, check this one out,,, she's BRAND spanking new, the first all new steam train in well over fifty years to be built in britain,,, they won't let me put a link in :( just type in "60013 tornado" and you will see lots of clips on you tube,,, she's limited to 90 mph for now till she's run in :)
why can you not put links in
Thanks Jim
Rob: I forgot the link. That's a McHenery. I'm not sure if it's short enough. There are others. The cars I thought were Model Power, (Scratch: AHM sounds closer) were sold in sets of 4 with other coaches. There might be a combine, two coaches, and then the advertising car. I've seen it in old Walthers Catalogs.
Others to go back and read. Any guesses on the schemes I themed the names with?
Funny, this elkection, we're gonna wind up either way with an experienced old fart and a young gun with a minority.
Inch:funny I love it
Oi, when was the last time I posted here? About a week ago, I guess.
Well, I did get some neat stuff for my birthday... Got a decent amount of cash, looks like I'll be getting that BLI GS-4, and I got $100 to my hobby shop, and I got a cymbal.
Now the cymbal, didn't sound too good, but dad said I could trade it in. So, I went to the Paiste website and went to the soundroom and tested some out... Narrowed it down to three cymbals... I look on guitar center, and the one I want was too high of a price to be traded for. So, today, we go to guitar center. And guess what? The only cymbal of the three I picked was the expensive one... Too bad. But, they are having the labor day sale, and it was $60 off. Only $9 difference between the tradeoff...
So I paid $9 for the cymbal I wanted most. It sounds perfect, and it happens to be the same model that John Bonham (check avatar) used! So, It all ended well.
Mark
Hey guys:
THIS IS MY 1000TH POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for not kicking me off so far, lol.
football: coach mcknight went home sick, so it was just first string Offense against the D. and I'm all D. I had 1 tackle, got a .5 tackle, and got a fumble recovery. shoulda got a forced fumble to, but coach blew the whistle. Also got my shin hurt. A dude I almost tackled got free, and his knee hit my muscle right beside your shinbone.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Packers1 wrote:THIS IS MY 1000TH POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's a lot of posts. Imagine the really long fence you could build with that many.
Jeff, That's quite a bit of dirt on the locomotive. Reminds me of the old Rock Island. Most of their engines never saw a wash rack. They did a lot of "kit bashing" when they rebuilt old units with bailing wire and mixtures of different componenets from various manufacturers.
I have no progress to report as I'm still resting a lot. I have operated several trains in recent days. I was running NP after my GN trains. Now, I'm back to good old CB&Q. My NP 4-8-4 is a "close enough" model that is the Bowser northern type steam locomotive. Those who have not yet built a Bowser should try it some time. The time spent will be enjoyable. My Bur,inton passenger train on the layout is now my Denver Zephyr.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Rob, Pocher made some fine model cars back in the day I remember building a dump truck kit from them and I had to assemble the hydraulic pistons, steering arms, tires, and everything worked. As far as I know they went out of business and nobody bought them out unlike Rivarossi who sold their molds and equipment to Hornby.
Well to celebrate Packers 1,000 post I guess he gets the tabs for desert!
Hey everybody-just dropping in for a few & an update.
Well, Mom had another stroke it seems. This time her left (good) hand & foot are affected, & talking to her (although we haven't had confirmation) it seems to me her voice & speech are affected as well. (Not sure if anyone else has noticed, but it seems to me-she's my Mom after all) But on the bright side, her thinking & logic is still well & good, as she asked me to pay some bills for her, & seemed to be thinking clearly.
I know the last time she went thru this, a # of you kept her in thoughts & prayers. It was much appreciated, & passed on to her. I hope you can do it again. She's a fighter, & like her sister, she isn't going to cross over until she's darn good & ready! (& IMO, she's not ready yet!)
Good evening to all, I see that Gustav is taking aim at Gulf Coast and all the oil rigs. They have evacuated those already. With the Gulf waters very warm this time of the year, this storm has every chance to become a CAT5 before hitting land. And if it hits Louisianna as they predict, I hope the repaired levies hold.
Got most to the trim on the roofline painted, I really don't like being up 30 feet on a ladder anymore, I don't trust my damaged sport knees anymore.
JEFF: You may be high enough above flood waters, but those pine trees all around your trailer are no match for 115-150 mph winds. Please be careful if it looks like quadrant 1 is going to hit your area.
RYAN: Ohh man......you really know how to come up with just what I like on the menu!!!! I love those, I have them everytime we go to breakfast at the Cliff House in Ogunquit, Maine.
FERGIE/JOHN/LUC/CN CHARLIE/JOHNBOY: Ok guys , what is going ON? In the last two days, I have spotted TWO flocks of Canadian Geese headed south!! This is still August!!! They never pass Central New England until the end of September!! Does this mean we are going to have early cold and snow?? Do you guys know something and are not telling us?
DUKE: See above......early snows coming, Canadian Geese headed south already.
Bed time,