Good morning all.
Morgan, If you still want these cars I need an address to send them out. Those work cars it depends on what RR you'll be modeling. PRR a 0-4-0 with a slope back tender would be good.
Jim, that website did the trick! My mystery box cars were built by BOWSER/MDC. I found them in their red catalog, however there wasn't a date.
IKE is rather impressive at a CAT4, but the weather guessers say it will drop to a CAT 2 after passing over Cuba with a final destination of the TX-LA border. C&O FAN, I'll leave room in my transfer yard if you need to bug out of TX!
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
LSWrr wrote: SnipIKE is rather impressive at a CAT4, but the weather guessers say it will drop to a CAT 2 after passing over Cuba with a final destination of the TX-LA border. C&O FAN, I'll leave room in my transfer yard if you need to bug out of TX!Lee
Snip
I just might take you up on that
We'll know by Tues if we have to make a run to Galveston to pick up the boat
My house is 70 miles due north of Galveston
And the worst danger is Tornados
Last time we had a major storm come thru was in the mid 80s
The eye of the storm came right over the house it was A truly wierd silence
and even though I opened all the doors and windows it still sucked the screens out
of the house and blew them down the street
It took Houston almost a year to clean up after that
TerryinTexas
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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
in a Southern Pacific AC-12 mug, please & thank you.
Guess my relatives down in FL won't have to evacuate from Ike. I wouldn't mind if they did, because I haven't seen them in many years. Looks like potential for it to become quite nasty as it heads across the Gulf. Mother Nature can stir things up pretty good when she wants to.
Wife wanted to sleep an extra half hour so in my half-asleep stupor, I messed up the alarm which never went off. An hour later, she shot out of bed, late to take her Dad to see his Doctor. She was so tired, too. Hope they make it to his appointment and that is all goes well.
Put away all the train stuff that was sitting on the door/table/layout, in anticipation for the heating & air, plumber and electrician, all of whom will need access to the workshop ceiling. Nobody has showed yet. Not even the roofers, which would be mighty nice before the next rain hits.
Sure am looking forward to having that designated train room. And what makes it even better is the enthusiasm my wife has been showing towards working on them together (at least in the case of her HO layout).
Feel pretty spent today so might need to give my joints a day of rest. Will be in a corner booth awhile working on my coffee.
Rob
refill, thanks.
Tonight 6:00pm EST "Trains & Locomotives" on RFDTV, PRR 1361: "The Pride of Altoona" Documentary 2008.
Roofers are here and making good progress. With 30% chance of showers tonight, 50% tomorrow, I hope they work all day on it.
G'Morning, Zoe! How about a ham and cheese sandwich, pickle spears on the side,
and a glass of Dr. Pepper, please,
and a chocolate frozen yogurt concrete, too.
Thanks!
Lee, glad that site helped, and Tom may be about right on the year approximation. I sure couldn't prove him wrong!
Morgan, not a bad haul for a small train show, huh? The work train sounds interesting - I have a couple of three work cars, and am in process of picking which crane car I want to go with my boom car. The handouts/articles on operations and switchlists sound good, too.
TrainsRMe, I think a lot of us can relate to feeling that way (even if it was about something other than DCC wiring, a joy I haven't experienced yet...). All Zoe and Chloe ask is that you put the stuffing back in that old punching bag in the back shed after you finish pummeling it. I'm kind of with Rob, about wondering if my electrical skills are up to DCC's requirements or not. Hopefully, you'll get it (re-)wired up all correctly this time, and not have to do it again.
Paul, you tried (I'm sure) to tell your son to take the better tractor. Guess he's more used to that other tractor, perhaps? On Daisy's improvement, you might need those tranquilizers to keep her subdued enough to finish healing up. I do recall that Daisy's been kind of energetic all along, right?
Rob, I'm sure you do not want to have to get at that phone line. Hope you kept that from the weather and that you don't get any
hungry gophers in your yard.
Terry, got your bags packed, just in case? Hopefully, Cuba will take Ike down to a Cat-2 (or less), so the impact will be less on Texas and Louisiana.
Sunny here today, and s'pposed to hit the 80's (F) around here. I'm okay with that! Yesterday was fall type weather - low humidity, sunny and the light quality is shifting to fall color/mode lately. Of course, we have the fair in Cape G. this week, too.
Yesterday and over the weekend, I got my music files backed up to disc, and next need to hook up the external drive to back up everything else. Got some more CDR's over the weekend so I can make another music CD for the car. Also watched DPB vol. 4 and some of vol. 5, which I'd borrowed from one of our MRR club members (who has a lot of them, though not quite all). Will need to take them back tonight and maybe see about borrowing another one. I might find out if he wants to sell off some of them (depending on my funds and his price).
I'll be at the window booth, having my lunch and looking to see who else comes by.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hi All
Lunch Time
How about one of those Cheeseburgers I dream about
and a root beer float ?
Spent some time working on The Station at Cotton Hill
I posted some progress photos @
http://cs.trains.com/forums/1522969/ShowPost.aspx
I found another program to keep on the DVR: "Voyages" on the PBS stations is a train and toy train program like the discovery channel or History channel programs. Last week was how the toy train evolved, yesterday was how locomotive speed increased over the years and the rivalry between the NYC and PRR systems.
Jim, I have a sure fire cure for gophers! You let my dog stay in your yard for 30 days and you'll never see another gopher. Your yard will look like a WWI movie when she is done, but hey no gophers.
***Lee, give us a holler next time one of those train shows airs, please.
Good evening Diners: A medium JR Regular please, and the last bit of the blackberry and apple, with some nsa icecream, thanks Sawyer.I'll go and bug Rob in his corner booth.
Glad you liked the Starlite Diner pics. There wasn't a real "corner booth" there un fortunately, but you could see where they had been! It's a pity the juke box wasn't up and running.
What was left of Hanna passed to the north of us yesterday, meaning that we got a bit of wind, and not very much rain. Today we shared with Dick in a pretty nice sunny Fall kind of a day. All the rain we have had made digging a hole for the highway sign for our local museum (better late than never) this evening far easier than I had feared. At least the job's done, ready for next year. The post is actually vertical, which is more than can be said for the "Highway ends in 1 Km" sign nearby.
Really liked the videos. Got me to thinking that I could maybe try one or two. That got me to thinking...I really should carve out some mrr time...that got me to mixing up a better batch of ground cover paint and getting busy...that led me to ripping up the container dock (not the tracks, just the "concrete") because when I laid it I miss-measured the height from base to railhead, and the bodging I had to do to make the container cars run there just did work well enough...see what you started Garry? Anyway, I'm not using foam-core this time around, but that coloured spackle stuff that dries white and can be sanded and painted. I put the first layer on last night, and by this morning it was a much paler pink, not yet dried out. I experimented with it a bit at that stage, and found that you can trowel it smooth more easily at that stage than when it's first applied. I want to end up with the concrete just below the railheads, not flush, to avoid any possible hang ups with the trucks and running gear; and to make track cleaning easier. This not-completely-dried plastic stage will help a great deal in being able to get that, I think. BTW, once the old foam board was up, it was fun to run that little yard again!
CapeJim:
Have you talked with Luc & Gloria in a while?
Trainsrme1: My current (pun intended!) DCC frustration is a Kato RDC that refuses to do anything but respond to headlight commands. It was running fine on its own. I consisted it with another Kato RDC, ran fine there too. Now I've killed the consist, one of the pair runs OK, but this one has decided it doesn't want to play. "Cannot Read CV" comes up on the programming mode, but the lights work, so power and commands are getting through to something in its tiny brain. ...Now Rob, despite all that, I don't think I'd want to go back to DC, and all the block toggles, and not being able to leave a loco on "live" track while you do something with another one, etc.
Terry: Thanks for the walk through on your station construction. Great stuff! Not "average" at all. I'd say.
Looks like I'd better get going, Midsomer Murders is on in a bit.
Good night all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
-Morgan
I've been working on my GP40 today. It's a modified Bachmann body on an Athearn GP60 chassis.
This morning it looked like this:
Now it's in the black and white freight scheme of the MGRy and has some light weathering:
Rob the DVR is fire and forget. I tell it to tape something every time it comes on and I get suprised when I get home. The recent voyages was about whale boats :( so no trains there. Check your listing for your PBS station is all I can tell you. I'm hopeing TRACKS AHEAD will be aired in January with the new season. Right now it's on the Chicago PBS but niether one of my stations carry it, maybe they have it on DVD?
I see IKE is a CAT 1 right now, maybe it will remain a CAT1 or drop to a TS.
Format C:/u is more powerful but not as powerful as DELPART C: (See I do remember my DOS a little bit).
Morgan: I did do a factory reset, but the decoder is a Digitrax, and the system NCE. Normally (on other locos/Digitrax decoders) that doesn't make any difference, but maybe it does in this case, as the decoder is a bit odd ball in any case. The only bit of reset it seems to have picked up was the short address 3 under which it responds to the headlight and interior light (F1) commands. Maybe it will have to go back. Fortunately the LHS from whence it came has a great returns policy, and as it happens, we are due to go to Town (Dartmouth) on Wednesday. Maybe I can stretch that to crossing the bridge and make it a trip to The City (Halifax). At least I can pick Mike's brains on the subject.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Evening Gang: Well John finished the cutting the hay and guess what? It started to rain. I don't think that we got enough to ruin it but it depends on how fast we get some sun to dry things out. He used the new tractor.
Daisy is really being hard to keep quite. She will run up the stairs if I'm not watching her.
I had to put a set of new tires on the ranch pickup. That's another $500+ that we haden't planned on spending. OH WELL, It's only money.
Time for bed. I got another 100 ft of the UP right of way cleared. Only a couple thousand feet to go.
Good Night All
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
A regular and a blueberry bagel to go please Zoe. Back at the shop and back at it with all the cars from the last month to clean and prep plus some more extensive upgrades on others to complete. Watkins Glen went well even though we took 15 cars. A few minor problems were fixed and with one exception (first time out with this car and we lost the water pump belt) they all finished the weekend.
A bit of bad news, the tarp on our roof ripped open during the remnants of Hanna and we got 5-6 inches of rain in the house. The parts of the downstairs that had survived unscathed got soaked and the kitchen and train room took the brunt of it. I need to go in now and rip out everything that was on the floor and ceiling of the layout room and may end up tearing out the whole setup. At least the actual layout is fastened to the walls not the floor so I can do the demolition with minimal impact beyond what the water and soaked falling ceiling tiles already did. f course I had also placed all my LP records in there as well (cool and dry - couldn't put vinyl in a storage container or they'd all have warped) so that needs evaluating as well.
The worst of it is that the rebuild on the house is pushed back again. I'll keep you posted as we go along. Catch y'all later............. J.R.
Today: A chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 66. North wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 56. North wind between 7 and 10 mph.
JR sorry to hear about the water damage.
Morning all Hows all doing ? I'm doing fine today spent Sunday afternoon till monday about 2 p.m. in the hospital with a soreness in the chest tightening of the chest and got tered and weak all about the same time. Wasn't a heart atack but because my heart history they want to do a cath to my heart. guess that will be nextrt week sometime. I 'm going to have to goto Agusta, GA. for that, from what I understand it will be the downdown one. I don't believe I will be able to drive home after that ( as they will keep me overnight anyway) so will have to have them take me in the van. and pick me up in the van.
On train news I'm getting my TMCC Chessie train set this week and I also ordered a tmcc N/S SD-90 engine that I'm going to get in this week also. ( hopefully all in same box) Can't wait for them as this is a major up grade for me as I'll be able to uncouple with a touch of a button any where on the track not just where there is a ancoupler track piece, ( the engine) have crew talk, smoke, and real train sounds.
Picked up the set for $300.00 ( been making payments on it to a freind that owns a hobby shop he used it a demo set on the shop layout. and the engine also was a demo till saturday when I talked him out of it for $175 retails for about $350.00
Now guess its time to start working on my train room have enough trains for now.
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JR: That's bad news about the water damage. As a fire fighter I know how destructive it can be. Good luck.
Good morning.It's 73 and clear but it won't stay that way. As somebody has said, if you don't like the weather here, wait 15 minutes, it'll change. The high should be around 90 and there's a possibility of thunderstorms.Yesterday was devoted mostly to working on my Bachmann/Athearn GP40 as I stripped it of it's bogus SF paint job and repainted it in the black and white colors of the Midland Gulf Railway freight scheme. After a light weathering the unit awaits it's new number and will go on the waiting list for a decoder. A photo of it in it's present form is at the bottom of this post.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/9/2008Heat Index: 79°FHumidity: 87%Dew Point: 71°FSo Far TodayHigh: 76°FLow: 73°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 0mph NNEToday High: 90 Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. East winds around 5 mph.Tonight Low: 72 Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
RT, I hope the visit to the hospital goes well for you and that train sounds neat, uncouples anywhere? Very nice, I'm still using the uncoupling tool here.
I worked on decals for the flat cars last night but didn't get any work done on the laundry room floor. Tonight I guess I'll need to get busy on that.
I spoke to Dale; he said he was working diligently on buildings for my layout (nice to have friends that don't have room for their own layout). This weekend I need to finish some track work I started 2 weeks ago so he can store some of his diesels in my yard.
Good morning Diners!
How about some Hearty Breakfast Casserole this morning Chloe!
JimRCGMO wrote: Ryan, how do you keep up with where all your family members are? D'ya have GPS trackers on them? You're right though, that this hurrican season is gonna mess with everyone's plans from the Mason-Dixon line south and east. And we're only into the 9th-10th letters so far; how far back was it that the NOAA had to go beyond the first alphabet run - doesn't seem that long ago, does it?
Ryan, how do you keep up with where all your family members are? D'ya have GPS trackers on them? You're right though, that this hurrican season is gonna mess with everyone's plans from the Mason-Dixon line south and east. And we're only into the 9th-10th letters so far; how far back was it that the NOAA had to go beyond the first alphabet run - doesn't seem that long ago, does it?
Hey Jim! Your so right about keeping tabs on the traveling evacuating family members and friends. My folks just drove back to NOLA yesterday since Ike looks like it is moving more westerly than north.
Paul W. Beverung wrote: Well I guess I'll head for bed. Ryan check your E-mails.
Well I guess I'll head for bed. Ryan check your E-mails.
Thanks Paul, got everyone of em! Really appreciate the offer of help too, it was nice knowing they had an option in their back pocket if they needed it. They drove to Vicksburg, MS on Sunday and then called yesterday afternoon to say they were on their way back to NOLA since Ike is turning more to the west than north.
Der, nice diner and layout pics too!
Garry, really liked the videos from the blast furnace operations! Sorry to hear about the loss of your family member, hope your feeling better soon too!
J.R. sorry to hear about the water damage due to Hanna! She dropped over 6" rain between Friday PM and early Saturday AM in our area.
RT hope you are feeling better real soon!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
in a SANTA FE mug, please & thanks.
***JR, that is terrible. Why is it taking so long to fix the roof? Sure hope your LPs are not ruined, let alone your layout. That stinks.
***RT, that cath aught to find what is going on and perhaps it is something that can be fixed at the same time. Great news there on the train front. Sounds like Christmas comes to your place this week.
Because the roofers didn't finish yesterday and it stormed last night, there are parts of the interior of the new build that are still collecting large puddles of water. Hopefully they will return and finish the tin today so it can dry out for good.
Morning all
JR that's sad news on the roof
That's what i fear the most about storms !
I can deal with fixing the house but the train layout is not replaceable
I posted some more progress photos on my Cotton Hill project
you can see them here
http://cs.trains.com/forums/1529548/ShowPost.aspx#1529548
I'll be in the back listening to the weather report
I'm having a birthday party on the 15th and Ike is not invited
Lee: I got your package in the mail this morning. Thank you. I set right to work on two of the hoppers and have one in service already. It has new trucks and body mounted couplers. The second one is almost ready.
Here's a photo of the first one.
Jeff, That looks pretty good, are you planning on changing the road name? Although it sounds impressive that my line is nation wide, LOL.
Morgan, your big brown envelope was put in the mail this morning.
LSWrr wrote:Jeff, That looks pretty good, are you planning on changing the road name? Although it sounds impressive that my line is nation wide, LOL.
Here's the second one:
Thanks that's pretty cool. The trucks were too damaged to repair and at the train shows I can pick up hoppers for $1 each (cheaper than replacing the trucks). I'm glad the stuff went to good homes. I think the stuff I sent to Morgan had lead weights since his shipping was twice as much as anybody's at 15 oz.
I think you'll be moderatly impressed with the flat cars I'm working on. I've been experimenting with a weathered wood look for plastic decks. Dorothy picked them up and thought I glued little wood boards together and put wood stain on them.
Waiting on my final publishing meeting here.
Now that I've given Lee a head the size of Montana I'll have the steak and lobster.