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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
TrainsRMe1: There's a PM waiting for you that you haven't looked at yet on how to post pictures.
Hey Zoe ,
I will take a slice of that apple pie and a glass of milk, Thanks, I just finshed converting one of my cheapie BN loco's with new couplers it was not easybut I did it!!!! I have two more to go though. The weather tonight is well you guess it still hot,right now it's about 85, with a low tonight of (get this) 70. And this is Oregon? (Sheesh!?) Tomorrow we have another delighful day A HIGH OF 102 Jim, our puter is upstairs and boyhowdy does it get hot upthere,so alot of time is spent in the living room where we have A/C. The Layout is in the basement and it stays cool even when it's hecka-hot! so working on the layout is no problem I'm learning how to post pic's, so this weekend I hope to have pic's of the layout, the BN loco;s and of corse pic's of my grandson (engineer in training) Thanks for the invite to the cooler I think I will take you up on that, is there room for my family??
Where's Hoople? is he OK? Hey guys and gals it's gettin' late and I've been up since three this mornin' I'am beat I had a long work day. And it's the weekend, Family and Train fun and of coruse relaxin' Talk to you later.
HAPPY RAILS and NO DERAILS K?-
Trainsrme1
Picked up another IHC carnival item for the wife a few minutes ago. This one is a set of consession stands: The Frog Pond , The Ring a Bottle and The Kentucky Derby. My train funds are getting low again. Will need to sell something soon. Least I could do for the wife, considering what I recently got myself.
Night all. Rob
galaxy wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: twhite wrote: Jeff: Always wanted to do that to one of my little houses. You inspire me. Hm. Just black paint and lotsa glue to warp the eaves, huh? Dang, you're clever! I make the best of what I've got, which ain't much. If I spend $62 at the LHS that's 1/10th of my monthly income, so I have to be picky about what I get. The guy who runs the place knows the position I'm in and takes as much off as he can, so sometimes I can get a Proto 2000 loco for 1/2 price. I went there one day and walked out with three Athearn BB F7's and two MDC RS-3's for less than $50!I see lots of *inexpensive* locos I'd like to have but they don't have DCC, and I don't know how to convert the *cheapies* into DCC...I'd fry something for sure! And Proto's say they are "DCC ready" which I understand can simply mean the weight has been modified for a decoder to be installed...hard wired in that is, and that is what a non-electronic person like me can't do...NUTZ!
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: twhite wrote: Jeff: Always wanted to do that to one of my little houses. You inspire me. Hm. Just black paint and lotsa glue to warp the eaves, huh? Dang, you're clever! I make the best of what I've got, which ain't much. If I spend $62 at the LHS that's 1/10th of my monthly income, so I have to be picky about what I get. The guy who runs the place knows the position I'm in and takes as much off as he can, so sometimes I can get a Proto 2000 loco for 1/2 price. I went there one day and walked out with three Athearn BB F7's and two MDC RS-3's for less than $50!
twhite wrote: Jeff: Always wanted to do that to one of my little houses. You inspire me. Hm. Just black paint and lotsa glue to warp the eaves, huh? Dang, you're clever!
Jeff: Always wanted to do that to one of my little houses. You inspire me. Hm. Just black paint and lotsa glue to warp the eaves, huh? Dang, you're clever!
I see lots of *inexpensive* locos I'd like to have but they don't have DCC, and I don't know how to convert the *cheapies* into DCC...I'd fry something for sure! And Proto's say they are "DCC ready" which I understand can simply mean the weight has been modified for a decoder to be installed...hard wired in that is, and that is what a non-electronic person like me can't do...
NUTZ!
Some old Athearns have a copper top thingy, Digitrax sells a decoder with one of those on it already. Used it (by that I mean, Dad, the electric guy with patience) and we like it.
Jim, Tom, and people who care: I counted 18 stalls. Figure qabout 40 full circle. Almosty big enough for me.
-Morgan
Evening, Chloe. Yeah, it is good to finally get out from behind the dishwashing sink...Sheesh - some Diners can really eat when I'm buying. Ah, well, could've been worse (at least PC was here only briefly and we weren't having an AYCE piefest...). I'll have a cup of hot cocoa for myself, please.
Thanks!
BridgeTom, that roundhouse that Duke posted the pic of, might actually have room enough for all your articulateds (and the ones you want to buy, but haven't - yet!). I didn't even try to count all those stalls, there are so many. I do believe Northlandz can make you drool faster than anything except maybe a new articulated at your LHS, right? Good to hear Lowell's up to his more usual appetite (and how're things with the cute vet's assistant and you? Mmmm...?) I'd agree with Rob about the troop train - whatever you think looks good, it's your layout, so you can do as you dang well please. I think I once saw a picture of a tank on a flat car, and I think the treads did hang a little bit over the edges...
Jeff, when you have a LHS owner like that who treats you right, I can see why you go there all the chances you get. That's a good 'special' on the Athearns and the RS3's, too.
TrainsRMe1, I asked Chloe if they could move all the cold stuff over to the second freezer tonight and let you sleep in the (now) empty cooler to cool off. That's brutal weather you have there. Are you doing like some of us in the Midwest do in the summer - living in the basement for the summer (or is your 'puter on the 2nd floor)?
Lee, which billboard(s) did you get? I've been accumulating some Bar Mills ones (that they've stopped making) from various dealers, so now I'm having to figure "How many billboards is too many?" That, or I'll have to build a bigger layout than I'd planned, just to have places for them all. I guess for me, billboards are like articulateds are to Tom...
Speaking of LHS'es, today I picked up a 50' Santa Fe flatcar kit (BB), a RTR Atlas Cotton Belt PS-2003 covered hopper, and the Walthers track scale buildings kit, all on sale, totalled a bit above $42 or $43 with taxes. Haven't double-checked the number on the covered hopper yet, so I hope I didn't duplicate a road number. I also this afternoon noticed that one 50' SP boxcar that I already had, had too late of a date on it. But when I checked the RR Register for its number, the number was in there for the 1953 listings as another type of boxcar. I think I'll change one of the numbers in its road number, and backdate the build/rework year.
Well, I'll get back to my hot cocoa now. It's seemed like we haven't had as many Diners with major health things lately, so that's good. Prayers continue for the other concerns, and for the house building projects underway.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
-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.
bjdukert wrote: Galaxy Remember the pics I have been posting are all from Northlandz and maybe someday I can have a layout that looks as nice as it as well as what some of our Diners have. Duke
Galaxy Remember the pics I have been posting are all from Northlandz and maybe someday I can have a layout that looks as nice as it as well as what some of our Diners have.
Duke
Oh, I know.....Maybe someday I will get to Northlandz...... I will never hope for such a layout, but I would take a roundhouse like that one there...
somebody pass the biscuits please....and the gravy....
twhite wrote:Jeff: Always wanted to do that to one of my little houses. You inspire me. Hm. Just black paint and lotsa glue to warp the eaves, huh? Dang, you're clever!
Tall glass of lemon water please.
***Duke, anything I ever do with my layout is going to look miniscule by comparison. Wow, that is some bigtime scale modeling there.
***Tom, only claps & chears from me for that troop train, however prototypical it is or is not. I say "go for it". And good to hear your Yellowstone is happy and pulling it's share again.
Picked up an HO "Sky Wheel" carnival ride for the wife's layout this evening. Will need to find a motor for it next. She should be pleased.
Being impatient waiting for the GS-4, I pulled the 10 car Daylight set around with a Berkshire. Forgot how nice the sound of N scale wheels rolling along the tracks is. Can hardly wait to have a real layout to enjoy running trains on, not to mention having them out of their boxes where I can see them. Sure will have a lot of vintage freight car couplers to upgrade...yikes.
Talked over a couple changes to the build with our contractor today. No problem at all. Has been a quiet few days here, but they will resume work on it (bang bang bang) early in the morning.
Rob
Afternoon all--a nice, brisk 103 out here in SunnyCal, but believe it or not there's a breeze, so the air quality is not bad. Unfortunately, I went out into the garage an hour ago and it was 114. Had to open the door to breathe. Now the garage is only 105--WHOOPEE!--and I can probably go out and do some fiddling in a couple of hours.
Was running my infamous 'Basket Case' Yellowstone yesterday, and as it went around the curve by the Champion Mine, suddenly BAM! WHIRR! ZZSST! WHACK-WHACK-WHACK! Stopped the little dear, found out that the Universal I installed when I rebuilt it had decided to self-destruct. Well, not really, but evidently I cut the shaft just a little short, and the ball and socket decided to part company. No problem. Just adjusted the socket forward on the shaft, gave her a few tryouts, then put her on the track with a full load of about 20 reefers (that's what she's supposed to do, LOL!) and she went back into 'let's raise the garage door' mode. She seems happy. I like happy locomotives, don't you?
Lowell's had a couple of really GOOD days, eating like a horse and actually starting to GROOM himself again. The vet's assistant (the cute one I was telling you about) said they had four cats like this, and the longest one was about three years. So there's hope. She said he'll have up and down days, and to just keep watching him.
Lee: That roundhouse should belong to ME, darn it! Neat photos.
Went over to the LHS to pick up some flatcars for my tanks, yesterday. Found out that one of the VERY detailed metal tank kits I VERY painstakingly put together is GERMAN! Whoops! Do you suppose anyone will notice? I guess I can always say it's 'captured' and on its way to an Army base for study. Or something like that. And the two Shermans that I know are AUTHENTIC have treads that hang over the sides of my flatcars. Now I have to figure how they got them on and off the flatcars to begin with. I'm beginning to wonder if this 1944 troop train is going to be worth it, or a kind of 'let's look at it and giggle' kind of thing. Oh well--
Speaking of, back to the garage, I think it's cooled down a bit.
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!
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Zoe,I will take a LARGE glass of ice water, and a bowl of rocky road ice cream..... Pllllleeeeeaaaasssseee! Man, day two of this heat wave and yes it's hotter than yesterday, it's suppose to cool down to 95 on Sunday. Anyway,How's everybody else doin', any layout work plans this weekend? Ore puter is upstairs here, and it's HOTTER THAN EVER!!! so I'm shuttin' down and goin' downstairs to watch TV, with Mrs, Trainsrme1 Talk ta later tonight.
WATCH THOSE SUNKINCKS IN YOUR RAILS --
Jeff & Fergi gave me some good ideas today. There is only one place in Ohio I can get the Rivarossi spring I need, so I'll be calling them this week to see what they have. I went to Harbor Freight Tools today and picked up a bunch of tools for the layout, then went over to LHS and I only spent $27. 1950's billboard were on sale for $4.99 so I picked up a couple of them and some glue and stuff. I'm painting some cabooses and working on swapping out more couplers.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
bjdukert wrote: Afternoon allJust some more pics todayTalk to you laterDuke
Afternoon all
Just some more pics today
Talk to you later
Now that is a fine looking roundhouse!
Afternoon Gang: it rained last night. I didn't even hear the wind but it was pretty strong. We got a half inch of the wet stuff. It really soaked in. We are supposed to get some more tonight and for the next four or five days. I need to go and put out hay for the cows later. Right now I'm granddaughter sitting. It's the two year old, she's lying down watching cartoons in the master bedroom.
JP: The car in the forground with the excavator on it is interesting. I would guess that it is used to get the excavator up onto gons to unload them or to use the excavator for ditch cleaning or picking up scrap. Herzog has a system for getting a backhoe loader up on gons and hoppers that is interesting to watch, check there web sight for a video.
The rain soaked in so well that there isn't any mud. A good thing since I pressure watched the tractors yesterday.
Well I'm going to see what else is doing on the puter.
See ya later.
That's about it
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
galaxy wrote:So Jeffrey, that "magic jack" thing is for real? Not just hype or a rip-off?no hidden fees? no annual payments? works with any computer and any OP system like they say? (like a Dell and XP?) You don't need your land line anymore?But if power goes out, you don't have a phone then do you? Just like all computer/cable based phone systems?Sorry for a ga-jillion questions, but enquiring minds want to know!!
So Jeffrey, that "magic jack" thing is for real?
Not just hype or a rip-off?
no hidden fees? no annual payments? works with any computer and any OP system like they say? (like a Dell and XP?)
You don't need your land line anymore?
But if power goes out, you don't have a phone then do you? Just like all computer/cable based phone systems?
Sorry for a ga-jillion questions, but enquiring minds want to know!!
JPowell wrote: Evening all - Galaxy - Being in Binghamton, you get to see more than NS. CP and NYS&W go thru there as well, don't they?Take care!
Evening all -
Galaxy - Being in Binghamton, you get to see more than NS. CP and NYS&W go thru there as well, don't they?
Take care!
Yeah CP goes through here,and an occassional Susqhehanna. Very little goes through here anymore. The CP yard in Conklin you can't get anywhere near without them raising a big fuss. I know, we've tried. The NS yard in Binghamton has an overpass over it and a "secret" entrance,which, if you know where it is, and respect the "private property" line sign they won't bother you. Only about 4-5 trains go through though.
JimRCGMO wrote:Have you heard back from young David since the move, Jeff?
Have you heard back from young David since the move, Jeff?
hey all.
PC. hows your layout comming? or should I say do you have the basices in place? (ie, track down with trains running).
I'll have a root beer no ice, and a larger fry than what PC has.
Jim's buying?
Sign me up!
How's everyone doing? I've been pretty entertained with life the past few days, so I haven't swung by much. Doesn't mean I haven't thought of you all though. Prayers have been said for all those in need.
OH! Gotta run! Later!
Hi Zoe, Rob. Zoe, I'll have an open face roast beef sandwich with a pickle spear on the side and some cheesey fries, please, with a Dr. Pepper also. Thanks! I figure I may end up covering lunch, but we'll see. [Edit] Yep, lunch is on me, folks. Zoe, get my apron ready for after I finish my lunch, so I can work off everyone else's lunch tab.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:You're using an older Mac I presume. I see there in the FAQ's where they say 'Intel based' MAC's. Too bad. If you had a pc running XP or Vista there wouldn't be any problem.
From some of their description on the site, it may as much be the horsepower of the CPU that's needed, I'd say. But there are other ways - this just sounded not very expensive, and simpler than some. Have you heard back from young David since the move, Jeff?
TrainsRMe1, you have me and Jeff confused, but yeah, a block of ice would be good for your heat there today. I saw that the weather report for you today said 'Hotter', and I thought, "as if he needs it any hotter!" Maybe you'll get some clouds to screen out some sun and take it down a few degrees. Good luck on getting the coupler fittings corrected.
I went by our 'local LHS' this morning (in town), and they didn't have much new in. They are more into wooden trainsets, collectible dolls, and some airplane hobby stuff than model trains (judging by the square footage devoted to each compared to MRR'ing things). I might go down the road to our LHS this afternoon, the one that's operated by one of our MRR club members, and see what he has.
Cooler here today, and cloudy, some slight rain or mist, whatever you might call it. We're at 76F with a high of 79 F predicted. Wish we could send a bit of this to Paul (and some rain to wet your fields and lawns).
Lee, looks like Jeff and Fergie have given you some ideas on your loco derailing problem, so hopefully you'll have that taken care of soon.
Rob, I'm not familiar with the TrekDeck - what's that like? I'm still awaiting word back on your question for now. On the Preiser figures, you'd best be checking out online places that discount them, before that 'team of horses' gets away from you...
Well, I'll slide into the window booth and start on my lunch.
Blessings and cooler weather for ya,
in a SANTA FE mug, please & thank you!
***Inch, although I have no idea if $4,000 is a deal or not, sure would be neat to fire it up and use it to plow a field. Heck, just driving it around the pasture would be a blast...well, wouldn't want it to be a real blast, but you know what I mean.
The TrekDeck we ordered is in. Having them cut it into 8' sections to fit in the pickup. Also need to pick up some Quickcrete and lumber, then I can get rid of "the gangplank" (as wife calls it) out front. Will probably tackle this Sunday. It's crazy how much TrekDeck costs, so we're only using it for the section that connects the front door to the concrete walk.
Wife was looking at Preiser horse & cow drawn wagons, carts, etc... last night online. I think we're in trouble as she likes quite a few of them.
Mornin, an irish coffee please Zoe. Suppose to be a tad warmer today, but still nice out.
ROB,,, my step FIL found a steam tractor not far from here for $4,000 that was in good shape, no major repairs needed. But it has to be re-certified before it can be run. Cost about $3,000 for that and might take 2-3 years for the state to get it done. We figured we'd have about $9 to $10,000 when finished.
GALAXY,,,, grape tomaters can be caanned, whole n use in veggie soup n such. Your suppose to peal them, but we've done them whole. After washing, place them in a pan and boil for a few minutes. Them put in sterilized canning jars, add some of the boiling water, to within 1/2 " of top, add ½ teaspoon salt per pint. Put sterilized lids n rings on, place jars, in boiling bath for, pints 35 min, 45 min quarts.
JP,,, thanks for the SOO pics. It's been a long time since I've seen one of those over in Terre Haute.
DUKE some more great bridge pics, thanks.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
LSWrr wrote:Since you guys are on a roll; I have a few used #4 turnouts in my yard. They have the points that are riveted to the traveling bar that operates the turnout. The rivets are a little loose and cause rolling stock to pick the switch. How can I glue those points in place without gluing the whole darn thing to the layout?
Since you guys are on a roll; I have a few used #4 turnouts in my yard. They have the points that are riveted to the traveling bar that operates the turnout. The rivets are a little loose and cause rolling stock to pick the switch. How can I glue those points in place without gluing the whole darn thing to the layout?