Very funny packer
I just like the Rio grande paint scheme. I'll be sticking to my ARR, lol.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Jeff, that GP40 looks good in that paint. I didn't want to try detailing it (much less try to put Kadees in it), but I'm taking it you like that old Atlas/Roco.
Jeff, don't paint over that loco PLEASE! just say the Midland gulf bought it and decided that it was too good of a paint scheme to mess up, so they just put Midland Gulf rwy. in white letters under the rio grande lettering or something.
We might have a future Rio-Grande modeler in the mist.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Morning all. Supposed to be 85 here in SunnyCal today in the Valley and clear as a bell. I read that Ike wasn't as horribly devastating as they thought it might be, but that they won't know the extent of the damage for some time. I wouldn't have wanted to be in Houston, though, with all of those tall glass skyscrapers. I hope that our friends in its path escaped serious damage.
Has anyone heard from Terry?
Ryan: So glad to hear about the successful operation. Now here's prayers for his VERY quick recuperation.
Jeff: Nice repaint job on that Atlas, even if you DID have to cover up my favorite railroad, LOL! Actually, I've always liked your color scheme a lot. Looks very good on that loco.
Der: Yes, it seems that they've decided that the Metrolink engineer DID run the signal. On the news last night, they speculated about everything from drugs and alcohol to the fact that he might have been Texting some teenagers who were interested in his operations. Typical news-hashing, the man is dead and not able to defend himself, of course. It's a terrible tragedy, of course, the worst US rail disaster in 15 years, but if I were the media, I'd keep speculation out of the reporting until all the facts are known.
Funny thing, though, it made me think of UP and passenger traffic here in SunnyCal--UP is one of the worst offenders when it comes to giving up even a teensy bit of 'right of way' to passenger traffic. One of the busiest passenger lines we have here in this state are the numerous "San Joaquin" passenger trains that run from Sacramento/Oakland south to Bakersfield on largely BNSF rails. Now BNSF has about 20-30 freights scheduled up and down the Valley per day from Bakersfield to Richmond/Oakland, and there are at least 8-10 "San Joaquin's" scheduled on the same 200+mile single track route. That's a LOT of traffic on a single track, and BNSF makes sure that meets are properly scheduled so that both passenger and freight arrive at their destinations clear and on time. But evidently getting UP to co-operate with Amtrak, Caltrains and Metrolink is like trying to pull teeth without anasthetic. 'Tis a puzzle, it is.
End of rant. Unfortunately, here in Northern California, at least, UP is not the most popular kid on the block.
Well, leg's feeling fine today, I'm going to go out and see how much more of the resuscitation I can do on the Yuba River Sub. Oh, and did I tell you--Sunset has pushed back the release of my Z-6 until December or January. I hope that this is not going to become a shadow of BLI's current predicaments--I put a deposit down to hold one for me, hate to cash it in on something else if Sunset backs out. We'll see.
Off to feed Lowell, Spooky and Gizmo, then out to the garage, today.
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
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!
A strongin a 0-8-0 Steam Loco mug, please & thanks.
***Ryan, that is good news about your Dad. Continued healing! Also, hope those relatives of yours have their power back on soon. Quite a mess left behind from Ike.
***Jerry, sounds a bit dreadful for you. Don't they make weekend calls for situations like yours? Yikes!
Rob
The Atlas shell has been repainted and is now in MGRy colors. I still have to resinstall the windows and number boards. Here the shell is sitting on a Bachmann frame while it dries.
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Dick:DER JOHN: You don't have any spare time this weekend? I will have to talk to Kris about this....I did get time last night to snag 2x Kato/Atlas GP35s on the Bay. Delivered for less than $40 each, not bad, I thought. I also have been able to do some more on the re-concreting of the container dock. By no means as swift at this as Jeff ( the spray-scenery Michelangelo? ), but I am experimenting with the media I'm using, as well as running out of a couple of them (coloured-when-wet spackle and ordinary, faster drying spackle) and am about to fill in the remaining area with good old plaster! (I've made a dam for that all around with the ordinary spackle) the end result may be, when painted, the effect of different concretes, I don't know, time alone will tell. I'll use a different colour mix for the concrete this time, less grey, more like the colour of the inside of a cereal box, if you know what I mean.
DER JOHN: You don't have any spare time this weekend? I will have to talk to Kris about this.
Tom:
It's never been a heavy freight line, I understand that UP only schedules 8 trains a day at the most between LA and San Jose/Oakland on it. The southern portion between San Luis Obispo and LA is very heavy passenger commuter service. Which makes me wonder why UP would have a freight scheduled over that line during rush hour to begin with? Just speculating, mind you, not trying to throw blame on anyone.
Here's to your being able to put that cane away in a suitable hygienic storage soon Glad to hear Lowell's on the mend too. I don't envy you the lifting on a bad knee. Rosie-the-rapidly-aging-dog had to be lifted into the van the other day, and that was a surprising weight.
Ryan: That's grand about your Dad's op, and the family not being baddly affected by Ike.
I'll grab a quick JR Regular to go please, as I've got to get to that plaster pour if it's going to happen at all today. TTFN.
(Sorry about the bolding, but I didn't do it, and can't seem to lose it in Edit)[(:]
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Just a quick post here and I'll play catch em ups later! Been way too busy the past few days with Ben's baseball games and a cooking demo I did yestarday.
Dad's surgery went great on Thursday! He is home resting now and feeling a little pain, but mostly trying to get the bowels to move again! from the docs and he has a follow-up visit next week then monthly check-ups for the next year.
Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers, your continued support is always there when we needed it through out the years!
Our friends and family in the Houston area are mixed in their Ike events, some have been without electricity since 9:00 PM Friday night and some did not loose power at all. Hope they get back to normal ASAP. Storm surge in parts of Louisiana forced a levee to spill in the lower Placquemines Parish, which is only about 60 miles south of where my parents live.
Hugs and prayers to everyone!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Mornin, just a to go cup, please Janie
A man and his wife entered a dentist's office.
The wife said, "I want a tooth pulled. I don't want gas or Novocain because I'm in a terrible hurry. Just pull the tooth as quickly as possible."
You're a brave woman," said the dentist. "Now, show me which tooth it is."
The wife turns to her husband and says: "Open your mouth and show the dentist which tooth it is, dear."
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Good morning all,
The death toll in CA with the train crash is now 25 according to the AP.
Jim you can get HO scale chain fairly cheap there is some on sale at the bay; also the Walther's catalog sells it by the foot.
I started the tear out of the third room in the basement for the train layout expansion and found some areas will need new framing and new cement board installed.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Packers1 wrote:Jeff, don't paint over that loco PLEASE! just say the Midland gulf bought it and decided that it was too good of a paint scheme to mess up, so they just put Midland Gulf rwy. in white letters under the rio grande lettering or something.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Gang: Today only held a couple of sprinkles of rain and a light breeze. Ike went too far east to give us any trouble. I worked in the shop for the most part. I cleaned up and lubed the casters on one of my " tea carts " so I could put the tool box and holders for the milling machines stuff on it. It now resides by the wall to the left of the Bridgeport milling machine. I am making slow progress on getting the place straight but progress. I haven't worked on the 1.5 cars because they are outside and it's been raining just enough so I can't prep them for paint.
I'll also ask about Jerry. I'm getting a bit worried.
Well I guess I'lll head for bed.
Good Night All
-Morgan
Afternoon all from slightly overcast SunnyCal--temperature's a balmy 85 with a slight Delta breeze and high, thin clouds. Wow, CLOUDS!! Almost forgot what they look like. Of course I shouldn't say that with Ike more than slamming into almost the entire Gulf Coast.
Our news, of course, is that terrible wreck in SoCal at Chatsworth--the news photography looked absolutely devastating. Predictions are from 20 to 30 dead, as the rescuers are still having trouble getting through the wreckage. The Metrolink loco and first car telescoped, and according to Metrolink, the train was carrying around 350 passengers.
I suppose what makes me wonder about all this is that most of UP's trackage in SoCal is single track with passing sidings, and the line out of Chatsworth is heavily used by both Metrolink and Caltrains--it's part of the old SP "Coast Line" between LA and San Francisco. It's never been a heavy freight line, I understand that UP only schedules 8 trains a day at the most between LA and San Jose/Oakland on it. The southern portion between San Luis Obispo and LA is very heavy passenger commuter service. Which makes me wonder why UP would have a freight scheduled over that line during rush hour to begin with? Just speculating, mind you, not trying to throw blame on anyone. However, someone told me that UP's freight traffic in California is dispatched from Omaha, Nebraska. OMAHA? Now THAT doesn't make much sense to me. Frankly, if I were UP, with the amount of daytime passenger traffic on the old Coast Line, I'd do what SP used to do and schedule major freight movements at night. That line is single track from San Jose 400 miles south to LA, and there are NOT that many passing tracks on it.
End of rant. Sorry, of course we won't know for quite a while what happened and why, but it's a terrible tragedy.
Jeff: Why don't you keep that Rio Grande loco as a 'loaner'? That's one handsome diesel. Glad you were able to cure the truck problem.
Well, I hobbled out to the garage today, leg was feeling pretty good--took a look at what I have to do--vacuum spiderwebs (why do spiders like tall Evergreen trees so much, anyway?) and the track, run my track-cleaner around, which I did, and generally made a nuisance of myself until my re-built knee said, "Yo, kiddo--ENOUGH!". I'll finish it tomorrow. Take the make-up brush out and dust off the buildings. BTW, it's not 'dust', it's POLLEN. And the garage has been closed since I took my whacker through the glass coffee table three WEEKS ago. *** stuff just SEEPS in. I will be so glad for our first rain of the season where the stuff will just get slammed into the ground!
But, with the vacuum and track cleaner, I got a train around the Sub today, at least. I think it missed me, LOL! God knows I've missed IT! Still working on the tank kits, came up one flat-car short. Cured that by hobbling over to Bruce's the other day. He said I looked so distinguished with the cane. I told him where I would be GLAD to put said cane, we laughed. Got the flatcar. Now I'm set. Hopefully.
Well, that's it from me, lately. Prayers to all in the path of Ike, I hope the damage is not too great for EVERYONE in its path.
Best to all, and prayers to those in need.
Oh, PS, for those of you who always ask: Lowell's doing just fine, thank you. He's actually starting to put a little weight back on. Not much, but enough to feel when I pick him up. As I told the vet: I don't think that God and St. Francis need him quite yet.
Dick said: "GARRY: Yes it is a shame when the Media dwells for hours on some sorry idiot who didn't move out of harms way when told to do so, and had to be rescued, and, we have had very little coverage of the terrible trajedy in California with 17 dead , hundreds injured, some critically."
Now it's a count of 25 dead and expected to rise. But the news media thought we'd rather see their reporters being foolish in the storm than learn about the tragic wreck. Can you figure it out, yet?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Greyfox I know my LHS has a group of beavers in HO scale with tree stumps. on their rack. Call 440-942-6632 and ask for Rob or Sandy. I don't see them in the Walther's catalog or the Preiser web site anylonger.
Jim, I use enough water on the brush to allow the paint to be evenly applied but i wouldn't call it a color wash.
refill, please & thanks.
***Jim, it's the part of the wrenches where the directional levers are located. Broke two the last time I worked on the tractor, then another one recently (forget how), and then this last one the other day. They are all old & were well used. When I buy new tools, I always get the best I can afford at the time.
Nothing new to report. Walked through the build and tried to figure out where the lights and plugs should go. Still some decisions to make yet.
Conrail blue transfer caboose kitbash.
tjsingle
Good evening gents, a warm cloudy day here today. Did some inventory adjustments to my xcel spreadsheet, I like to keep that up to date for insurance purposes. We hope we never need it, but, as we have seen in the past, many fires, floods, etc can happen.
Today in Lexington, Ma, a mother or three lost her life along with her pet dog because a Dryer vent had accumulated too much lint......what a preventable trajedy. Many of us MRR'rs have our layout in the basements where the Dryers are located also in many homes. It is not enough to clean the filter inside the Dryer, you must also take off the exhaust hose/pipe and clean that at LEAST once a year, more frequently if you use the Dryer heavily. Jeff can atest to this, I am sure he has seen similar fires.
JEFF: I hear there is a drought in Leesville??? LOL
I had an idea for my layout while driving home this afternoon. We have watched an area over the hill from our house in a low valley, slowly turn into a wetland marsh. A family of Beavers moved into the neighborhood and dammed a small feeder stream to the reservoir changing the whole landscape. I think I will add an area like that along the tracks. Anyone know where I can get some Beaver figures 1/87 scale?
GARRY: Yes it is a shame when the Media dwells for hours on some sorry idiot who didn't move out of harms way when told to do so, and had to be rescued, and, we have had very little coverage of the terrible trajedy in California with 17 dead , hundreds injured, some critically.
Later guys,
Evening all
so hows all? hope none of you are in Ike's way looks bad. heard about that train smash in LA. verry bad news that. prayers to all the families and injured.
I think I'll just have a tea for the mo.
be at the counter if anybody needs me
Good afternoon, Janie, and I'll have a BLT with a root beer float, please. Thanks!
Alright, JR - at least you could have warned the EMT's to stand by with a defib machine before you pulled that one on us... Hope the crew gets your roof tar-papered in between storms there. (Still chuckling on that one you pulled on us...)
Lee, I'll still use at least one of those for the sanding facility, but they're so cute! You saw my post about how I like the li'l 0-6-0T Saddle tanker engine; well, all the other gondolas I have are more like the 50' range, and these are... well.. cute li'l buggers! Hey, on your flat car painting, is that a wash or a dry brush with the paint you described? I could guess either way, and wondered what you had done on yours.
Seeing Jeff's head-on shot of his diesel reminded me of a question I've had - who makes reasonably good-looking (and maybe even prototypically scaled) chain in HO (at a price that I can afford without giving up gas for my car, that is...)? On some of my flat car and gondola loads (and for other uses), I could stand to get some lengths of chains for hold-downs. Also, does someone make other kinds of tie-down stuff for car loads in HO scale? Inquiring minds and all that....
PC, hope that work phone dies down and you can get in a nap this afternoon/evening.
Rob, was it the wrench itself, or just the socket that broke? You maybe could get a 'B' grade socket to finish up what you need yet on the deck stuff, and later get a better socket that'd last longer.
DerJohn, I didn't say that what shows up for Christmas early was the top quality items (really, nothing much beyond some wrapping paper and stuff that I wouldn't really consider giving to my friends or family...). The better stuff shows up closer to Thanksgiving, and at higher prices than the early ones.
Our gas at the BP station by the interstate here is at $3.89 for the plain unleaded today - haven't seen any other gas station prices so far in town. Was just doing laundry this morning and then went home around lunchtime. The LHS in town (when I went in last weekend) said it'd be the end of the month before they get by their distributor in St. Louis, so not much new to look at there until October.
Oh, I did (FINALLY!!) get my Sept. Walthers sale flyer in this week. Wonder if they had a glitch with their printing company? When did the rest of you get your sale flyers? Our LHS owner/MRR club member said he'll be picking up some of the new Walthers 2009 catalogs today at the Boeing show in St. Louis. He said that with what Walthers wants for a box of catalogs, he ends up having to eat the cost on about half the catalogs in a box (after the club members all get our copies), 'cause he doesn't sell that many besides the club and a handful of other people. Few more years, and the big Walthers catalogs may go the way of the Sears catalogs, if the cost of them keeps rising like the tide in Galveston...
Jeff, that D&RGW GP-40 looks pretty nice (but I know... you're gonna repaint over those great colors...) Good that you got the drive problems taken care of, and that your power's not been off much so far.
On the news coverage this a.m., they had a guy who stayed in Houston, in a newer high-rise apartment (with tempered glass, if that actually is any safer), and he was talking about hearing transformers popping and exploding last night. He was on a cell phone, and I was suprised the towers were holding up and had power. Looks from most of the weather models like Ike's remains will track north of us, mostly through St. Louis area (except for one lone holdout of the 7 or so models - it had Ike taking a sharp right turn at the TX-AR-KS corner and tracking across the southern part of MO, pretty much over us). Our counties at the northern edge of our TV station's range (not far from South St. Louis County) are under flash flood watches for today. But it's been sunny and hot today so far here - 85 F with 63 percent humidity now.
Hey, has anyone heard from Jerry? Jeremy got me wondering where the fella is. Inch, if you're there, have you talked to Jerry lately?
After work last night, I went by Penney's and bought a white dress shirt (for the CD pre-release thing). Haven't worn a white dress shirt in quite a while! I usually am wearing solid colors or simpler patterns for my shirts, and mostly never white. Guess I can save this shirt in case I go to a friend's wedding or funeral - about the only place I'd likely wear it.
Need to get back to working on some things for Singles group tomorrow a.m. Have the lesson and handouts ready, just need some introductory things finished. I'll be at the back table working on those for a bit. Janie, could I have another root beer float, please? Thanks, you're a peach!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
LSWrr wrote:Jeff, I assume you didn't lose power last night.
Jeff, I assume you didn't lose power last night.
Been working on this little prize today. It's an Atlas GP40 made by Roco. It liked to drop it rear drive shaft at the drop of a hat but I quickly fixed that. It runs like a champ. It's about as noisy as an Athearn BB F7. I only paid $20 for it.
hi guys
hope everybody is safe, I was just wondering if anybody has heard from Jerry ( Cox47 ) ? havent seen him post here in about a week?
- Jeremy
Afternoon all,
I made a major haul at the LHS this morning: A craftsman all wood model of a snow plow from the 1950's - 1960's already assembled for $29 And a TTCX TOFC flat car kit, new in box for $5.99. I'm planning on building it and selling it on the bay since it's too ‘new" for my steam layout. The snow plow will fit right in with everything I have.
Well JR is your wife thinking about a career in stripping (furniture) ? I have 2 old dressers that could use a fresh finish and I'll bring a bunch of singles too! I mean cash.
Rob and JR ... It's good you proivde updates on rebuilding form your fires. We all care. Prayers and best wishes as you rebuild.
Regarding TV coverage. The LA train wreck was hardly mentioned as Rob observed because of Ike. The TV networks had their reporters on the scen in their rain suits getting blwn around and drenched as they complained about locals who refused to evacuate.
The MetroLink train wreck was a "telescoping" accident causing numerous deaths. Prayers for their families and for the injured.
in a SANTA FE mug, please & thanks.
***Jeffrey, nice work there. Really like the natural look of the ballast, too.
JR***Toooo funny. Your wife has a great sense of humor there.
***Philip, you could have visited, as I was still awake at that hour, also. Was switching back and forth between Ike coverage and a show on how the Canadian railway got started.
Need to decide where all the outlets & lights in the new build should go. Electrician should be here early next week. Also the plumber.
Oh, I broke my last good socket wrench yesterday, so cannot continue with my deck. Still need to cinch down all he bolts that hold the ledgers to the wall of the painting porch.
That train crash might have been a top news story if it wasn't for Ike.