Lee back about 25 years ago My oldest brother came home from just getting done 4 weeks of reftra in cuba well bright eyes here ( oldest and youngest never really got along ) had a recording of this is a drill this is a drill general quarters general quarters all hands man your battle stations well you can guess what I did my father was laughing so hard he started to cry. I still get comments about that from time to time lol. ( I still owe you for your GQ prank you know)
We do seem to get along thou now a lot better than we did before. lol
Evening all not to much happening did have my conventional engines running in TMCC today for about 5 minutes but then I fried the controller by mistake so that will cost me $60.00 to replace . I will also have to get an 7amp inline circuit breaker to prevent that from happening again.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Evening, Chloe, I'll have a hot fudge sundae, please,
and a cup of coffee.
Thanks, RT.
Ah, nothing like the evening dessert, coffee and a string of Budds pulled by a Geep. Thanks, Morgan. And say Hi to your Dad for us.
RT, good that you were easily able to fix things up and get going again with your 'puter. And thanks for getting the TOP honors. That deal with the recording sounds like something I might've pulled, actually.
Jerry, hope Sallie's pride is the only thing that got hurt there today.
Paul, thanks for asking about the YOKE report (and Lee for the explanation) - I'd thought about asking, but (fancy that...) I got distracted by something else. Maybe my dessert got me off track?
I got a nice surprise at work this afternoon - our payroll gal popped in my office to tell me that I'd have a little something extra in my paycheck envelope tomorrow. I'd forgotten, but when you've been there five years, they give you a $500 bonus!
Nice!.... Even after getting some bills taken care of and putting some in savings, I'll probably still have a bit of MRR cash left.
Think on that note, I'll just kick back and continue with my dessert.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
JimRCGMO wrote: RT, good that you were easily able to fix things up and get going again with your 'puter. And thanks for getting the TOP honors. That deal with the recording sounds like something I might've pulled, actually. I got a nice surprise at work this afternoon - our payroll gal popped in my office to tell me that I'd have a little something extra in my paycheck envelope tomorrow. I'd forgotten, but when you've been there five years, they give you a $500 bonus! Nice!.... Even after getting some bills taken care of and putting some in savings, I'll probably still have a bit of MRR cash left.Think on that note, I'll just kick back and continue with my dessert. Blessings,Jim in Cape Girardeau
That MR money should just be enough to pay this page s bill so that should be nice of you lol
Hint hint lol
Tall glass of cool water, please. (too late for coffee, especially since I didn't get to sleep until 6:00am and then wife woke me up to run errands at 10:30am)
***Lee, real slate is too expensive. Although we did look at some the other day and really did like it.
***RT, sorry you fried a controller. Bet you don't make that mistake again.
Stopped at that internet based train store today with the intention of blowing "investing" money on one of those SP GS-4 locos with the 10 car set, but they were closed. Hey, while I still have the wife's OK on it (she probably forgot how much those items cost), it's the right time to strike. (shhhhh!)
There are stacks & stacks of lumber out on the drive now. Early tomorrow morning the framing crew arrives. Contractor said we will be surprised how fast it all goes up.
Hope everyone is doing well this evening. Rob
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Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Greetings from Salinas,
Rained buckets on the way to JFK airport this morning, but we got through before the puddles on the Hutchinson River Parkway got too bad and made the flight ok. The drive from San Jose to Salinas down 101 was fine and we'd just checked into our rooms when the truck driver phoned in so we met him and got some dinner. The cars made it out ok though he lost about a day at Penske repair terminals (it's a rental tractor) trying to get the truck to run uphill at more than 25mph. With luck we can get into the track tomorrow and get parked though we don't know for sure and the organizers seem more than a little disorganized.
Charlie sorry to hear about your loss. Our thoughts and prayers for your wife and you.
Packers #1 - don't feed the sharks - ok? I had a large shark pop up way too close to my surf board one summer when I was a lifeguard and that was enough of a thrill forever for me thanks.
Catch y'all tomorrow. J.R.
Hey everybody!!!!!
How's things tonight? I'll take the Elliot's Trackside Special, The Ribeye steak cooked to prefection, roasted corn on the cob a cool crisp salad, (gotta watch the weight!) and a tall ice cold rootBEER I mean rootbeerand for desert gotta have some peach cobbler. Welcome home JP, we are so glad for your return. Anyway here in Portland we are cooling down from a mini heatwave, with a chance of thunderstroms in the Cascade Mountains, Charlie, I'm sorry to hear about the death in your family my wife and family will pray for you and your's.Jeffrey-wimberly, come on in sit a spell, we enjoy each other's company talkin' about MRXRding, family, more MRXRding, trips of railfanning, MRXRding,Just great company, come on in say hey to Zoe, Elliot's out right now, but he'll be back,hey I'll buy ya dinner, we can eat and chat with the other's in the sports/railfan veiw room, I understand that it overlooks the Union Pacific Bailey Yard!!!!
HAPPY MODELRAILS Y'ALL-
FROM TrainsRme1
Evening all.
Bored outta my mind... Stuck at my dad's house with a computer. And a TV. And annoying siblings that won't let me watch the new mythbusters so if I wan't to watch that I'll have to wait till 1 AM... Good times.
Anyways, I've been doing some more work on the layout. I ballasted a section of track about 2' long, I don't see why people hate doing it, it was fairly simple... Just had to run a fingernail along the rail to keep stuff off. I tested it with some older rolling stock (tyco) and they run through just fine. It's actually quieter than the rest of the track, which is good. I also got a backdrop that I have in the background, which is a painting someone made for PFM, where my grandad worked so I got it eventually, and it looks great. I'll get some pictures when I get back home.
On other things, summer is almost over, less than a month left. Football practice starts next week, and I turn 14 in a couple weeks. Hopefully a new engine or something will come. But then again, that weekend I'm at my dad's house... So if it's a new engine, only a switching layout to run it on, and if it's a drum related thing, well the kit is at the other house. Should be fun...
Talk to you guys later.
Mark
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning all
I'll have a cup of tea Please
spent yesterday drying out after the storm .
We got some much needed rain and very little wind damage
I got a suprise in the mail it was a Walthers Flyer
made for some good reading
Lots of neat stuff to look at
I'll be in the back booth Join me if you can
TerryinTexas
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Mornin' all!
I haven't really been around much lately. Work and school keep getting in the way ya know. I did manage to swing by the tracks yesterday and catch some of the goings on there. Looks like major construction work is gearing up! (Warning: Big pic!) http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/IMG_0009.jpg More MOW arrived while I was there. I'll show more picvs later if you like.
Gotta run!
Good morning all,
Jim, good luck with that bonus. Every time I get "extra" cash and have my sights set on MRR stuff something breaks! Starter, breaks, new window, you know all that boring stuff.
RT, nice sounds like you guys got along well (not), LOL
Rob, yes the slate is nice and it will last over 50 years, and freezing temps won't mess with it.
TrainsRme1, Welcome to the diner!
PC, Sounds like you have a busy schedule.
Mark, I did some ballast work last night myself. I did a little track area and some larger areas around the icing track and ice house. Laid 1 coffee can of ballast, tonight after work I'll vacuum up probably 90% of what I put down.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning.....
It's been a little hectic for me and so i've been absent from the diner. Looks like it's been eventful for many of you.
In partuclar, I'm truely sorry to learn about CN Charlie's FIL. We'll continue prayers.
I guess JP is still getting back to normal. I hope he saw the marching band. U of M is fine with me becasue I have lived in Ann Arbor.
I've been in Cincinnati last couple of days. Shelley was there the past week to be with granddaughters. The 18-year-old intruder who scared the daylights out of DIL and the two granddaughters is guilty according to our wonderful courts. Not burglary or some major felony. He's guilty of tresspassing, a misdeamor. The sentencing has not occured yet, but he's out of jail. He can't come near our son's house or or son's wife and daughters by court order. He must live out of the neighborhood and now resides with his grandmother 10 miles away. That grandmother phoned our daughter in law and chewed her out because her grandson could not possibly be guilty of anything. Of course, the 18-year-old's parent's did not wish to have their kid stranded and grandma's house, and they took his car to him. DIL is to appear at sentencing, and the judge will allow written statements from neighbors who have had some very bad experiences with this person for several years. Son and DIL would like to be compensated for cost the new ADT alarm system they had installed. In addtion to the alarm system, their new dog will be huge when he grows up. It's a big, black boxer / great dane puppy that already has giant paws. ..... Anyhow, we got home late last night.
Happy Model Roading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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Mark: The problem with ballasting is not 2 feet. It's 20. That much ballasting gets monotonous.
Hope you enjoyed the runby. I'm gonna see if I can;t get some video from the other side. Not as much fun though.
Last night weas slow, but first day on Wednesday usually is. they say we should be killing ourselves by the weekend. I'd like to get a busy car today though, I got forced out of my first one. Conductor just said pick a car, But after putting my stuff down and helping people on, When I got back in my car, another car attendent hasd already taken over. We don;t need two people working one car unless the other needs help, which I later did for a gentleman with trouble walking, and didn't want to create a scene in front of people, so I got to look like an idiot trying to find a open car instead. The one at the very back of things. Not today.
Here's a funny thing though. A bus was so far up on the crossing, that the gate was hitting the roof above the passenger body, almost to the first of two escape hatches on top. Not sure how we missed him, but we did.
Salon Car was having brake issues. Figures the car powering the air-conditioning would... Such a prima.
I'll get pics of the inside of the Salon car up for Antonio's interior reference page,
-Morgan
FIRST PHOTO OF WIND DAMAGE FROM TS Edwardo
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in a SANTA FE mug, please & thank you!
So, is there "shark" being served in the Diner now? Never tried it.
Framers have been pounding away all morning. It's already tarting to look like something.
Severe thunderstorm warning out for our area now.
Had the tractor picked up today for a bunch of maintenance & one seal to be replaced. I did the other side last year when I replaced some busted up gears. Just don't feel like messing with it right now.
My eldest brother had another heart attack. Stent #3 now. I told wife I would see the Doc next week, just so she'll leave me alone.
Final house check came today. Nothing else to report on.
Rob
Hey gang!
Just a quick stop in today. I'm still working on gettting me back to 'normal' after the long flights and the deployment. Thanks for the party. I really enjoyed it!
I had figured that during the last week, the CS was going to get moved down the tracks again as we were nearing the 200 page count. That seems to be the magic # before Bergie comes and and asks us to move to some new digs!
I'll be in and out over the next few weeks as I'm on vaca till the day after Labor Day. I have to also do some house hunting and work with realtor and the mortgage company for the financing.
Take care and if I don't make it back in till next week, enjoy the weekend!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
20 feet of road bed to ballast? When you get done stop over, I have 3 mainlines 64 feet long. The yard has 13 tracks each about 8 feet long.
Terry, that's horrible, and I bet your insurance company won't replace/repair the wind damage/loss either, ROFLMAO!
ROB, I'm sorry to hear about your brother, how is he doing?
Good news on the check for the house and the progress the builders are making. When I was in construction we would have the rough frame up and the partition walls done in the first 5 days.
JP take it easy, I know it took me a couple weeks to get adjusted to the severe cold of northern Ohio (it was only 96F outside when I got back, down right freezing when you use to 135F)
LSWrr wrote: snip Terry, that's horrible, and I bet your insurance company won't replace/repair the wind damage/loss either, ROFLMAO! snipLee
snip
They took the container to an independent lab for testing to see if the contents
are flat
If so then they will claim it was a pre-existing condition and will refuse payment
rtraincollector wrote: Geeze look whos getting stuck with the bill if its not one bill its another eat and drink up guys.
Thanks RT, I'l take it easy on ya and just have a RBF! Thanks!
Hey Jim, looks like you are rollin' in the dough now! And I ain't talkin' bout the biscuits either!
Cederstrand wrote: There are stacks & stacks of lumber out on the drive now. Early tomorrow morning the framing crew arrives. Contractor said we will be surprised how fast it all goes up.
Wow, framing crew huh! Sounds better than sitin' round and watching the grass grow! Actually, Rob, do you still have a camera to snap some shots while all this construction is going up? Would love to see em!
Oh, and shark is not bad eating! We used to deep sea fish em out of the Gulf!
Packers1 wrote: I'm ba-ack! and before you ask, yes, i did see a shark at the beach. He (or she) was a about a 3-4 ft. shovelhead shark (member of the hammerhead variety or whatever). It got to within maybe a yard or 2 of me (was mostly within 20ft. of the shore). It was a beauty too, man that was cool.
Swimming with the sharks huh Packers! Reminds me of when I was working on a research vessel in the Bahamas many moons ago! We were just off a shallow reef, about 15' of water and my dive buddy and I saw a twelve-footer about 20 feet away doing some circle eights. That will make your heart race...
Hey JR! Thanks for the west coast report....sorry about the Penske rental! Pesky trucks....
Sorry for the hectic-ness lately Garry! Hope it gets better for ya soon!
Jeff, that sounds like a major project you got there with all the STE DVD's. I like TNG, but that's just me I guess. "Make it so #1"
CandO Fan wrote: FIRST PHOTO OF WIND DAMAGE FROM TS Edwardohttp://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q4/TerryinTexas/001.jpg
Dang Terry! You lost your brew to the storm.....might need to file a claim pronto!
JPowell wrote: Hey gang! Just a quick stop in today. I'm still working on gettting me back to 'normal' after the long flights and the deployment. Thanks for the party. I really enjoyed it!
back JP! Glad you like the BBQ and all.
Well, guess that's about it!
Thoughts and prayers for those in need, assistance and recovery!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
in a SOUTHERN DAYLIGHT mug, please & thank you!
I did it! Ordered me up one of them KATO GS-4 locos with the matching 10 car set. Will pick it up the next time I'm in that town, probably next week.
Other good news, we found our black & white porcelain tile today. The white tiles are actually grade 2, but they looked fine to me. The price was real cheap them and the black tiles were quite reasonable as well. Looks like we'll have our checker board style Diner floor afterall.
When wife and I walked into the (now framed) train room, she said "wow, this will be a big train room". It's 18' x 20', which is about right for our two layouts I think. As long as mine is along the walls, there should be ample room for her free-standing table layout. Will take photos tomorrow if it's not raining.
Had 1" size hail not far from here today. Glad we didn't see any.
Hope everyone is having a good day. Rob
Good evening, another wild day here in central New England, tornado warnings, the weather crew is checking one in Amhearst new UMASS. Hail, heavy downpours, this weather pattern just won't change. Upper level LOWS form over the Great Lakes, move east then swing up into Canada near Nova Scotia or Quebec, and just sit there pumping cool air down over the whole northeast. This causes all kinds of instability in the atmosphere and some violent storms. This is a WINTER pattern, not Summer!!! In 69 years, I have never seen a Summer like this......has to make me wonder what Winter will be like.
CN CHARLIE: Very sorry to hear about the passing of your FIL, please give your wife and her family our deepest thoughts and prayers for her comfort. You have lost a very good friend, and that is never replaced.We are here for you buddy.
TERRY: WOW, that was violent wind, but thank God everyone is OK
ROB: Looks like you will make it in for Thanksgiving, and as Ryan said, send update photos. It is also a good idea to take pictures of the open studded walls after the rough wiring and plumbing is installed for future reference. This has helped me on several occasions after the walls are closed in.
I picked up some foam ( 2'x8' ) for mountains and hills, luckily here in the north it is quite readily available although it is getting more expensive like everything else these days.
Where is Jeff, Luc, Fergie, John and Duke today???
Later
Good Evening All,
Nothing to do today but wait for the ok to get parked in the paddock so I took the crew for a drive down Highway 1 to Lucie and back. Lots of burnt underbrush around Big Sur and may other spots, but from the road at least it looks pretty good still. Some of thefolks in Big Sur were sweating it out as they had road closures on both sides of them and the fire homing in but they were spared. Looking out over the ocean it is just as gorgeous as ever.
Speaking of getting into the paddock, the Penske rent a wreck did make it up the 16% incline of the accesss road at Laguna Seca so that worry was handled. It's late enough now that we likely won't get in until morning so off to dinner.
JP - good to have you home safe and sound. good luck with your to do list. Catch y'all later. J.R.
grayfox1119 wrote:Where is Jeff, Luc, Fergie, John and Duke today???
Evening, Chloe - I'll have a cup of coffee and a glass of water, please. Thank you, ma'am. No, thanks, I'll pass on the shark steaks for now.
Packers#1, keep in mind that even those small sharks have sharp teeth and can take a nasty bite... Good to hear that you're back, though.
Jeff, sounds like you'll be busy for a while with the DVD's to convert. Good library, from the description of it. I liked pretty much all of the ST series. Haven't seen the new ST-E ones yet, though.
RT, bear in mind that in my pic only a little of the bonus money was left there. A goodly chunk of the money will go for my old phone bill (from AT&T ), and I have to cover some other bills with the money. Lee had it nailed about right on how much actually gets its way to my hand for MRR stuff... But I'll cover your dinner tonight, if you like (ONLY RT, please).Thanks, folks.
Good news is, Hobby Lobby's running their 40 percent off one item coupon this week. And I'll be printing up several of them to take in with me (let's see, it's Thursday now, then Friday night I can go by again, then Sat. a.m., another time in the afternoon, and again in the evening...).
Hoople, I see you got a new avatar pic since this morning when I peeked in the window. So, is that you on the drums?
Terry, ya gotta watch out for those Walthers flyers - they'll get you lusting after all kinds of MRR stuff, and there goes your bank balance... I know, from personal experience. Had to join a MRR-Anonymous group. But they do have some nice stuff in those flyers.
PC, nice shot of the MOW crew - looked like a lot of supervisors for the few actual workers, but that's just like the government.
TrainsRMe1, you might want to slow down on the caffeine a little bit... (Gee, I wish I had that much energy any more...)
Garry, hope the judge makes the kid have to pay for the whole alarm system. Might keep him busy having to work to earn the money (and maybe learn some better habits). The grandmother sounds like she might be part of the reason that he's as wild as he is. If I were at w**k, the phrase might be "uncritical of own behaviors"... ( Did I say that out loud? ) Hope he gets someone else in charge of him that can give him a better attitude about life, before he gets into even bigger trouble. Oh, that dog your son & DIL got sounds like a good choice - just don't feed him too much!
Cederstrand wrote:My eldest brother had another heart attack. Stent #3 now. I told wife I would see the Doc next week, just so she'll leave me alone.
Okay, Rob, now puhleease follow through, okay? We don't want ya having to do like your brother. (Even though I'm sure you'd almost sooner have 'em do a root canal...) It's good to hear that they're progressing well on the house so far. Tell 'em we said to keep up the good w**k.
Terry, I'll just Garry's and Lee's comments on your wind damage. And your adjuster's take on things sounds just like an insurance company.
JR, glad your rent-a-wreck made it up the hill. You guys planning on sleeping in the truck till morning? And good luck on getting things ready for your races.
Dick, it sounds like your weather got stuck - you need to whap it on the side so it'll move along up the coast line to DerJohn, Luc and Fergie! Not sure where our Northern brothers are, but I heard some snoring in the back, so Duke might be around...
JP, good luck with the house hunting, financing and all that 'fun' stuff. And back to double digit weather territory.
I'll have another cup, please, Chloe. Thanks. Tonight's my last backup on-call, so the weekend is mine without having to wonder if the phone or pager will go off. [YAY!] And some MRR'ing. Still need to sand down the filling I put on the Roberts building. May put together some more freight car kits and put Kadees on some others.
Prayers for Rob's brother, CN Charlie's family and others in need of healing and comfort.
Blessings and prayers,
JimRCGMO wrote:Hoople, I see you got a new avatar pic since this morning when I peeked in the window. So, is that you on the drums?
Well Jim, not really. That's John Bonham, Led Zeppelin's drummer, also my favorite.
C and O Fan wrote: FIRST PHOTO OF WIND DAMAGE FROM TS Edwardohttp://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q4/TerryinTexas/001.jpg
Terry, please tell me that FEMA is going to help you with that? Has the President offered government aid yet?
Thats the funniest thing I've seen in a while!