Great Western was also the name of an arms company in California.
Great Western Arms
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
JimRCGMO PC, do you think that sign includes some of us 'unattended children' over the age of 21?
PC, do you think that sign includes some of us 'unattended children' over the age of 21?
Yes, Rob, Inch & Jeff are included!
Well, the newest member of our family has arrived. We have a working name of Max, but who knows if it'll stick. Anyways, feast your eyes on these two cuties!
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Jeff,
Guess what just showed up; 12 cars and 2 campers. You had the right address on the box, but the postal clerk put the wrong bar code on the package.
When your ready for more decals let me know.
Jason, what area do you live in? Are you modeling that area or a different area?
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
***Philip, cute puppy!
***Scott, how about posting some pics of your layout, whatever stage it is in. We would be intertested in seeing the early stages. (SP is a great choice)
***JP, how did those deer do traversing the roads? Nice pics.
Wife & I just returned from taking her folks back to their home/room.
We're in a rain cycle yet again here, so the mud-fest continues.
Going to mail in an order to Walthers tomorrow, since they don't accept Paypal online and we refuse to use CC's anymore.
Rob
LSWrrJeff, Guess what just showed up; 12 cars and 2 campers. You had the right address on the box, but the postal clerk put the wrong bar code on the package.
Philip,
Congrats on the newest member of your family. I like the name Max. I fits the wrinkley face.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Have I mentioned lately I really REALLY REALLY HATE the time-out error on the forums? I could nto get in the door. Or maybe Chloe was trying to contain you wackos and had to lock you in...
Welcome New guys, and old guys who haven't made a recent appearence! Do enjoy yourselves. On the Smith and Wesson RR, Samuel Colt is once said to have built a mystical track once, Supernatural poked fun at it, and I don't remember where else I read that. The gunmakers is quazy. Right Mrs. Winchester?
Jason, Looney Tunes is one of four reasons I will watch Cartoon Network. I cannot stand just about anything they crank out of their studios.
Happy Birthday Remi! And sorry for the loss BridgeTom. (gonna be weird getting used to that. You'd think after going through 11 years of school with a half dozen Morgans though...) I hate to admit it, but I forsaw someone else losing one. Death tends to come in three's. I hate being right sometimes. That's three, no one else can die now. Not allowed.
Naptown is going to the Great Train Expo or whatever it is now, that's tomorrow and Snday. Then it's back to the grind. And still no real start on the layout.
-Morgan
pcarrellYes, Rob, Inch & Jeff are included!
Hey, PC - I wasn't going to name any particular Diners. After all, somebody might name you or me in that categoy, too...
Jim in Cape Girardeau
I'll have a slice of apple pie with a piece of cheese on top and a cup of coffee please.
Well I got up this morning, and took my 3 year old on a ferry ride across the water to Seattle. We had a nice trip over to North End Train Center. He played with the Thomas display and I ogled over the Texas and New Orleans book by Signature Press. Any how, I asked him what Daddy should name his railroad and gave him the options. He told me that Great Western is best because Duck on Thomas is a Great Western. So that's good enough for me. Great Western it is. I gonna save Southland and Western, I'm sure I can come up with something to use it on.
LSWrr Jason, what area do you live in? Are you modeling that area or a different area?
I live up in Washington State. I'm from Ft. Worth, and I'm planning on modeling the Southwest.
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
Hi everyone, I have been visiting most of the diners for the past few years and decided to finally stop in, get a cup of coffee, and say hello. I run Normal gage and have a door layout. I usually run NH and my town is ficitious. It is a double track with two sidings at the present time, with one siding having a double spur.
John
JimRCGMO pcarrellYes, Rob, Inch & Jeff are included! Hey, PC - I wasn't going to name any particular Diners. After all, somebody might name you or me in that categoy, too...
I would wear the title like a badge of honor!
JOHN,
to the diner
Jason,
That's cool, how long have you been in the Navy? (USCG here).
What are the first initials of you your wife and kid(s). Yes just play along, I'm going to shoot you a reccomendation for your rail line with the information.
The cars are great!
pcarrellWell, the newest member of our family has arrived. We have a working name of Max, but who knows if it'll stick.
Aw......... Very cute!
OK, everybody order up! I got the top of the page.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
HA! Thank you for this one---I'll have a Doublecheeseburger with a side order of Coleslaw please. I'll have coffee with that as well---
PC; Max is cute---soon you'll call 'em Miximax---
Ray; A couple of years ago one deer sort of crashed into a store right off one of the busier intersections here---talk about a lot of flummoxed people and deer...
I'm going to find some better brushes than some of the wizened old things I have now. I finished another building today with a lopsided parapet--I discovered that it didn't seem to like being glued to the other wall so I patched it with a piece of 'C' channel to make it look like someone did an emergency repair job on the building---the building inspector mumbled something about people building to par and leaving it their---version of curses; foiled again. I'm still also lashing together some elevators----
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
LSWrrJeff, The cars are great!
Evening folks!
Chloe I'll have some that Tick Dip with Chips and a tall root beer float please! Thanks!
Welcome to all the new folks here in the Diner!
I finally cobbled together a short video of our family day on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad excursion which was on the Friday after Thanksgiving when we drive to Bryson City, NC for the depature.
I hope you like it, it is my first attempt at editing together an audio and commentary with several video clips into one video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJlmmooQYA
Thoughts and prayers to all in need and recovery!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hello...
I briefly reviewed the posts of recent days.
Tom W ... I am very sorry to learn of the loss of your friend, James. Prayers for you and James' family.
We left Detroit this morning instead of yesterday. Now we are in Cincinnati. (Yes, Lee, we take I-75.) Enroute, Shelley received very bad news on the cell phone. Her brother-in-law, Nick, had been admitted to the emergency room of the hospital. He had a stroke and now he has no feeling or use of the right side of his body. Nick is the husband of Nancy's (Shelley's sister) husband in Nashville, TN.
We plan to drive home in Western KY tomorrow, but are prepared to divert to Nashville if needed.
I hope the New Year is good to all of you.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I got a box in the mail this morning from Columbus Georgia. It contained five freight cars. Three reefers (2 Tyco, BN and ATSF, both with body mounted Kadee couplers and one Athearn, Seaboard) and two gondolas (1 ROCO, SP and 1 AHM, P&LE, both with body mounted Kadee couplers).
Garry,
Isn't it cold to be traveling this time of year? Hope that Nick is ok.
Nice haul. What is the road number of the Seaboard car, please. I'm trying to get as many different numbers as possible. So far 37 cars all with diff. #'s, and only 2 locos.
Flip
Lets see, I will get the chicken fried chicken, okra, mashed potatoes, and sweet carrots. Oh, and sweet tea.
I went to the hobby store to day to get a few more pieces of track. Ended up with 5 flexs, and a left turnout. Now I have more flex than I need, but I guess thats good thou.
I did get a couple of shots of the Wheeling Erie train. I try to wait a bit to see what I can get when I go to the hobby store. Thats what I got today. These guys were waiting and one had a scanner. He said this engine was coming. Boy my camera look like a kids camera, compared to theres. Turn my camera on and the battery starts to flash . So the shots aren't to good.
Jeff, everytime I get I come in here you have a new engine or boxcars. Man you have to have over 500 cars and engines by now . I keep weathering mine and selling them. I dont have hardly anything.
I hope everybody has a goodnight, and a warm one.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
fec153Nice haul. What is the road number of the Seaboard car, please. I'm trying to get as many different numbers as possible. So far 37 cars all with diff. #'s, and only 2 locos.
Rob I’m right there with you on the Credit Cards.
Jason, my free lance RR is the Lake Shore & Western, but the initials L.S.&W are also me and my kids initials Lee, Samantha, and William. Just a thought if you want a personal touch to the layout. The track age is modeled after the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. On December 22, 1914 the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to form the New York Central Railroad. I’m running with the idea they never merged with the Vanderbilt’s.
I'll have a meatloaf sandwich, a side of onion rings, and a cup of coffee please.
LSWrrJason, That's cool, how long have you been in the Navy? (USCG here). What are the first initials of you your wife and kid(s). Yes just play along, I'm going to shoot you a reccomendation for your rail line with the information. Lee
Ah a Puddle Pirate. My Great Uncle is retired Coast Guard, he joined in 1939. He's got some crazy stories about operating off North and South Carolina during the war. Anyhow, I've been in for 8 years, and I'm about to re-enlist for 6 more. My wife's name is Jessica, and my son's name is Owen.
With you in Ohio, I'm guessing your on Lake Erie. How bad do the lakes get in Winter? The Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca can get ugly.
Evening, Chloe - I'll have a couple of slices of whatever pizza you have over there. Supreme? Great! Oh yeah, and a Dr. Pepper, please. Thanks, Ray!
howmusAw......... Very cute!
Yep, my thoughts exactly, Ray - oh, you meant Max, , he's cute, too!
john1947Hi everyone, I have been visiting most of the diners for the past few years and decided to finally stop in, get a cup of coffee, and say hello. I run Normal gage and have a door layout. I usually run NH and my town is ficitious. It is a double track with two sidings at the present time, with one siding having a double spur.
Garry, sorry to hear about Shelley's B-I-L and his stroke. Safe travelling prayers (and for Shelley and Nick and the rest of the family).
Jason, you could have the Southland and Western as a connecting or branch line. Sounds like you got a good tie-breaker to help you figure out which to go with for now.
Robby - excellent shot of that diesel! And it's just the way you like 'em - pre-weathered! That didn't use to be a Rio Grande in a former life, did it? I like that color scheme, for sure.
For those with a store near them, H-L's coupon this week is 25 percent off any one item - plus, they're having sales on art supplies etc. (Robby, you might score some good prices on a few brushes...). Check it out on their website (www.hobbylobby.com) if interested. Didn't see their train stuff on sale, but it might've been last week and I missed it... I think last year their MRR stuff was on sale between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Well, I need to get home and catch NUMB3RS. I'll see everyone tomorrow. Prayers for healing and comfort for those in need.
Blessings,
Great! Thats one I don't have. It goes with 28175.
Are you, Oh mighty painter of cars, looking for anything in particular?
Jim I'm not sure. Heres another shot I took a few months ago.