Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
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
Good morning all,
Well I have a bunch of stuff to do and only 4 days to get it done before the guys come over for operating session #3. I'll post some pictures tonight or Sunday with my current progress.
Rob, Well I've found those tell tale symptoms I mentioned yesterday and very accurate indicators that something is wrong. I like the progress of your house, looks like things are coming together very nicely. Have you thought of using live plants on your new layout? You have enough windows to pull it off. Bonsai trees look very cool on a HO-layout. I'm thinking about a metal roof for my house, tell me more.
Fergi, that brass beauty you have there is awesome, and the track area around the picture looks good too!
Jim, I'm divorced, Dorothy is my GF. Yea it works 99% of the time.
Rob, I sent you an email.
Trainsrme1, not too bad. I have some outside chores to complete today and some volunteer work Dorothy and I will be doing Sunday morning-afternoon, but I plan on hitting the south rooms of the basement hard today in preparation for the layout expansion.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
I don't know about where you are, but around here it is one BEAUTIFUL day!
I went out on my lunch break the other day and shot some pics of the fair train. Yeah, it's that time again! Time for the Indiana State Fair!
This year the train looks very similar to last year. The train consists of lightweight passenger cars with a GP7 and a GP9 arranged on each end in a push-pull fashion. Here's a few pics for ya!
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0093.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0096.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0095.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0099.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0101.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0105.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0108.jpg
One for you Burlington fans! http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0109.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Captured2006-8-1200025.jpg
And as the train heads out....... http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0113.jpg
All thats left behind are the memories and traces of the mighty steam power that once ruled these rails. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Prototype%20Train%20Photos/Fair%20Train%202008/IMG_0115.jpg
Fergmiester wrote: SnipSnipFergie
Snip
Fergie
I really like the second photo what loco is that
TerryinTexas
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Good morning.
Breakfast time. I'll have a pecan roll (sticky bun) with coffee, please.
PC ....... Thanks for posting the pictures. That Burlington baggage/lounge car is familiar to me. It was part of the Twin City Zephyr consist and was delivered with skirts the full length of the car. Those skirts are long gone evidently.
My train riding experiences included the TCZ and some day I will have a replica of the entire train. The combine can be kitbashed and I have a Walthers combine for the project. The original prototype TCZ had 2 E-units, the baggage/lounge, four dome/coaches, a dining car, and a parlor/dome/observation. The train was very popular and extra cars were often added. The extra cars would be another dome/coach, a flat top coach, and/or a flat top parlor car. I have some pictures stashed away that I took from the front seat of the first dome car in the looking over the roof of the baggage/lounge. The dome car was one of the two original doem cars with flat glass instead of curved glass.
I often get on my soapbox regarding decades of anti-passenger-train policies of the government. USA had the best passenger trains in the world in the 1950's. I rode on several of those trains, and the TCZ was an outstanding example.
Philip, thanks again for posting the pictures.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
C O Fan wrote: Fergmiester wrote: SnipSnipFergie I really like the second photo what loco is that
Good Morning Terry
She's a Central Vermont 2-10-4. Smallest for her class but largest freight engine to run in New England, 10 were built for CV and had a grate area of 84 square feet (Small)
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
in a SOUTHERN DAYLIGHT mug, please & thank you!
***Flashwave, sounds like you had quite a run. The world sure has it's share of numbskulls.
***Lee, the last Bonsai tree I had is now all dried out and ready for dipping into glue, followed by a touch of paint.LOL Those windows are NNW facing (I think) and will not give plants direct sun. I'll pass on anything more that I have to water.
***Philip, will view all your photo links this evening when there isn't so much glare on this puter screen.
The Atlas turntable arrived today. Went ahead and ordered a motor for it. Now, how to turn a cheap looking plastic TT into something halfway believable? Suggestions?
Have a great day, all.
Rob
Cederstrand wrote:Now, how to turn a cheap looking plastic TT into something halfway believable? Suggestions?
While maybe not a perfect solution, perhaps this will spark some ideas?
http://2guyzandsumtrains.com/Content/pa=showpage/pid=11.html
I'll take some OJ in an ITM glass today. And how about some Tuna Helper?
PC: Musta Missed ya. I;m on Afternoon shifts until Monday.
Rob: Yep, that's one way to put it.
Here's some stuff I shot, But all of it was during work so I couldn';t really set up. I'm not going to continually slack off. These were during Shift change and the train was rolling by.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1362.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1371.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1372.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1374.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1373.jpg
I found a builder's plate during a stop http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1382.jpg
And to compliment PC's shots, here's the inside of the Silver Salon. Theses I had to take at night when my coachwas empty, and therefore lit with my lamp. I wouldn't touch her electrical system if I were the Michelin Man. Too many old wires, no clearly marked lightswitch.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1390.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1391.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1392.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1393.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1394.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/TitanXP/Fair%20Train/100_1395.jpg
Silver Salon is our Toolcar, carrying the genrator and the crew lounge. The closets on board are usually full of brakeshoes. We did hve to stuff passengers into her once yesterday because we were full up everywhere else. The eight main coaches are the entirety of ITM's fleet, there may be one other in the shops. They are 72ft Budd Lightweights built in 1937 for the ATSF. The museum calls them by single digit numbers, but they are offically numbered in the 3070s, 3080s, and 3090s. I think they're the ATSF numbers, dunno. Beyond that is the buisness car NKP 1. It;s run a s a first class upgrade, but all I've seen of it are a bunch of rich snobs I had to meet. NKP 426 is a GP7 and is actually one of the engines that roamed this line when it was in active duty. ITMZ 200 is a GP9 and used to belong to UP.
-Morgan
This is what four seasons of Star Trek Enterprise looks like after it's been remastered from PAL format to NTSC format. There's forty-two DVD's there. That was lots of work. Now it'll work on my equipment.
Afternoon Gang: The weather here is sunny, 103 the last time I looked and very high humidity. In other words I can't stay out long to get done what needs doing.
Flash good to hear that the troopers were on board. It's a shame that they are needed. I hope that the miscarrants get socked with the fullest extent of the law.
Rob that's good to hear that you are going with a metal roof. Will it be silver or a color? Ours is brown. Big mistake we should have gone with silver. It reflects more heat. Live and learn. Actually I knew that but we were trying for the look of the shakes. Oh well.
:ee tje ,eta; roof has a very long life span and you can get discounts from the insurance companys. The galvanize color is a good heat reflector and adds to the insulation of the attic. Up there that may not be high on your needs though. The roofing comes in different patterns the regular corragated, standing seam, 3 ribed and more. Get with a supplier and get some info.
I've got to get back at it. I'll spend another half hour or so out in the heat and come back in for a break.
Afternoon, Janie - I'll have (...okay, let's see, what would I have for my afternoon beverage?...oh yeah...) a root beer float, please!
Thank you, ma'am!
Fergie, I'd agree - you have a couple of beautiful steamers there. Well worth totally rebuilding your layout to show them off, right? (Well, maybe you won't have to re-do the whole thing, I hope!)
Rob, I only wish my new train mechanics could continue working (with only 1/87th scale noise level) on my train stuff while I sleep or was away at w**k... On your wiring, I figured that as far out in the country as you were, maybe they didn't require code out there. But heck, if you can put the sound system wiring in, that'll save a few nickels (or bigbucks, if you had someone install you a theater sound system in the house)
Cederstrand wrote:Have been planning the front deck. Going to do it myself and save the $$$$. Although wife is impatient, I explained that for the amount I would save, we could put that towards more important things. I know what you folks are thinking.
Have been planning the front deck. Going to do it myself and save the $$$$. Although wife is impatient, I explained that for the amount I would save, we could put that towards more important things. I know what you folks are thinking.
Uh, whatever would we be expecting you to use those savings on, Rob? And it sounds like your experience with the bonsai tree was about like my brown thumb skills with plants.. Hey, you asked Jeff for a solution on the lottery, and he gave you one, all right!.
Jeff, all those DVD's look purty, yessiree! Bet you're glad to have that job done with.
Paul, I'm sure you're right about the 1:1 scale ballasting - not at all like 1:87th ballasting. How much longer will you have to be fiddlin' with the pump, by the way? Is that just until the rains start up again, or what?
Garry - your situation there on Friday was something to try the patience of a (or any) saint. I think a deacon or someone might need to take the heads of the 'Family' aside and explain a few things to them (say, manners,...?). That's just rude.
Hoople, I knew who Led Zepplin is/was, I just don't know all the bands on sight from all those years (only the ones I really liked, and back then I was more into folk music - 50's/60's/70's - and then I was busy with family and work from the mid-70's on until couple of decades ago). I never got into heavy metal much at all, mostly just what's now called classic rock, rock & roll, rhythm & blues, etc. But obviously many people did like other types of music, since they sold a goodly number of records then... Hey, hang in there, only two years until you get your driver's license, right?
Flashwave, I'll [ditto] Rob's comments about the numbskulls who couldn't think of anything better to do with their spare time than trash the trains & tracks. Hope the troopers track 'em down and hang them up by their thumbs (and worse...)! Thanks for posting the links to the passenger car pics.
Lee, sometimes the GF's can have every bit as long of a HD list as the wives, I understand. Good that your method works to allow you to keep at the MRR'ing. - and good luck with your ops session. Don't send Murphy an invitation...
Oh, Rob - on the turntable, somebody a while back had a article about driving a turntable using the Atlas underneath (via an epoxied film can and a bolt, I think) - I think the article was in the main MR forum, so you might try searching in the general MR heading and check out there for it. I might be wrong, but was thinking that it might've been one of our longer-standing Diners, but it's likely been a year or maybe two years ago.
Oh, and Diners - it's my daughter and son-in-law's fifth anniversary today. Took them by a card with a little something inside for them to cover most of a dinner out.
If any of you Diners have a Hobby Lobby in your area, it might be worth swinging by their MRR'ing aisle today. I went by ours here, and they were re-doing the aisle - had a sign up that the figures were all 30 percent off (Woodland Scenic, LifeLike, etc.), so I scored a few more for my layout:
Dock workers
Road crew details
Assorted skids
Track workers
and they're carrying Classic Metal Works vehicles now, so I got a '54 Ford F-350 truck (Meadow Green) for my work crews, too.
I have the road crew set that goes with the details set, so the roads leading into town (that had the potholes in them, those ones?) are going to improve fairly soon (once the job supervisor gets there, at least...).
Hey Duke, wake up and scoot over please, so I can sit down and have my RBF. Thanks (I think he grunted at me - I guess that's what it was).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
JimRCGMO wrote:Jeff, all those DVD's look purty, yessiree! Bet you're glad to have that job done with.
Morgan, MORE NKP PASSENGER CAR PICTURES PLEASE. Friend of mine is pulling his hair out looking for color pictures of NKP passenger cars. Thanks.
Rob, I'll look into the metal roofing, maybe next spring. This fall I need to replace my driveway apron and buy a DCC unit for the basement.
That Atlas turntable is modeled after (of many examples) the B&O roundhouse out near the east coast. Rumor has it due to several inches of snow each winter they built a complete 360 deg building with that decked turntable inside it. Also I hear out in the NW they had issues with snow and rain so that design helped out. I'm sure someone in here has some articles to share.
Almost ready for the camera need to do a little cleaning up and I'll be done with the yard.
Wow Jeff, I doubt you'll want to watch those now after all that work, LOL
The nearest hobby Lobby for me is 2 hours away
LSWrr wrote:Wow Jeff, I doubt you'll want to watch those now after all that work, LOLThe nearest hobby Lobby for me is 2 hours away Lee
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you!
***Paul & Lee, all our roofs here on the ol' farm have been metal. The house structures (and one small shed out back) have been brown, while the barns and other out-buildings have silver. They are easy to install and can handle medium falling branches & large hail without a problem. Only negative I can think of is the colors fade over the years and they are louder during rain storms, unless you use spray foam insulation in the attic (which I highly recommend).
***Jim, good haul there. Looks like it will be a tight fit transporting all those fellas & stuff in just one pickup. Perhaps you need to pick up an extra truck. And then, when you have more space in those two trucks than you need, you can pick up yet more workers. And then when...
Off to do evening critter rounds. Had to bring in our little bull & cows, as he was teasing the neighbors HUGE bull on the other side of our old flimsy fence. Bad idea!
Rob Here is one article on making a pit turntable from the Atlas and I have another here that I will have to dig out and scan. It deals with the 35mm film canister JimCG was talking about. I tried it and would try something else over the canister but the idea is a good one.
http://cs.trains.com/forums/1159391/ShowPost.aspx
Duke
P.S. Keep the noise down a little guys it's getting a little hard to get a nap anymore and I want to start practicing to be an ORF. Oh and wouldn't you know it,I get top honors now.
"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
critter rounds done...yawn.
***Duke, that is an excellent looking TT. I think something along those lines would be doable for me. Might simplify it even more, but shoot for the same kind of effect. A project for when the new build is finished (and I have no more HDL items left....if that actually ever happens while still among the living).
Need to dig up something to eat, then lay down for a bit. Have a good night all.
You could dress that turntable up like Bob Grech did his.......
Some pictures of what I've been up to this week;
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2822616750029441264ZnavHk?vhost=rides
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2451907010029441264fNAFzY?vhost=rides
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http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2654887620029441264DIgPEw?vhost=rides
Good evening....
Looks like Duke woke up for a minute or two.... A bit crabby with complaints about noise and stuff..........but awake nonetheless.............
Lee..... that's impressive.... Lots of hoppers there!
Tom W ........... I really like the photos of your layout in WPF.
Jeff..... you too.... You've been busy!
Guilford Guy has some photos of a neat Geep in wpf, too.
Happy Model Railroading!
LSWrr wrote: Morgan, MORE NKP PASSENGER CAR PICTURES PLEASE. Friend of mine is pulling his hair out looking for color pictures of NKP passenger cars. Thanks. Lee
Well, NKP 1 is a buisness car not common carrier, but it's just pullman green. I doubt I can get any inside shots, I'm not trusted in that car by most of the people who own it. (New guy+teenage rep=Cold stares of death and unfair treatments). Let me see what I can do Monday. my next session. Tell your friend to hunt down the Video of Pere Marquette 1225 on her first march to Steamfest. NKP 1 is in the consist. There's also a Trains and Locomotives of NKP stock footage, abouyt 30 minutes, that I believe includes some Passenger in it as well.
Interior is a milk white color. There's a mohogany colored rectangle over the open section in back.
PC: Then we probably saw and talked. I've said hi to almost any cameraman I've seen. Thursday was in Csar 7, second from the Buisness car. (Consist: Salon, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, NKP1. Yep, they aren;t in order) Looks liek I might be in that Platorm pic, Iwas ither by the car or the ones with my arms on my hips. There;s no good lighting under the shed to tell who that was. I'm, usually wearing my Bellcap, and a paper Volunteer pin. Monday I start the 8-4 shift though.
Whew!?
Whatta work day!, I had to clean the roof of branches we uesed a power washer, and yes we are getting a new roof soon! Man do we need it! there was moss growing in some spots, we live by alot of trees,But it was cool though,not hot all, I would say about 65-70 degrees,partly cloudy, one of my best friends came over to help
LSWRR- I did run my arrands and went by the hobby shop and pick up my loco could you find out for me if there's a "HOBBY LOBBY" close to Portland Oreg, I would love to check out there deals
Hoople- I'm sorry your having a boring weekend at your dad's,does he like trains?? ask him to take you to a hobby shop or go to a movie. You are going to be a Freshman this year congrats! That's one of the best times of your life!!!!!!Well all, I'm draggin' I'm even to tired to eat so I'm rollin' home now and I will see ya tomorrow
Happy Modelrails-
Trainsrme1
PS for Hoople
I'm not sure if they still do this or not, but watch out for "Freshman" day , that can be scary
TrainsRMe1 wrote: Hoople- I'm sorry your having a boring weekend at your dad's,does he like trains?? ask him to take you to a hobby shop or go to a movie. You are going to be a Freshman this year congrats! That's one of the best times of your life!!!!!!Well all, I'm draggin' I'm even to tired to eat so I'm rollin' home now and I will see ya tomorrow Happy Modelrails- Trainsrme1 PS for Hoople I'm not sure if they still do this or not, but watch out for "Freshman" day , that can be scary
I'll be a freshman next year... This is the last gradeschool year. I think some people do freshman day... I hope they don't. My sister will be a senior then, so I think she might give me away...
Dad doesn't really like trains. Being one of three (in the middle, of course) I can't go anywhere by myself. Well it'll be over in... 18 hours? Yeah, thats right I think.
Mark
Morning all
Cup of tea please
Wow Lee Great looking yard and fueling station
do you plan to use the ship on the shelf for the layout ?
Fergie Your loco has a massive look with those tanks on the front
kinda like a C&O loco
Well i'm going to the both in the back and see who shows up