LSWrrJeff, did you get your box????
Gee, looks like breakfast is on me. I guess I'll have the bacon and eggs.
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
Mornin' all!
Love the tractor drive! Necessity is the mother of invention!
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning All
It's cold and there is ice on the lakes, albeit a thin skim in corners but ice none the less and my feets are C-C-cold! So Coffee please!
Been very busy the last few days with cleaning carpets, physio and getting ready to go back to work. Yes Charlie work! I join my new assignment on Wednesday.
Also been re-alligning my tracks for the big engines. Wish I had decided on 30" curves years ago but...
"I'll never need big curves because I won't need them as I don't run big engines"
YaHh Right who am I fool'n.
Ed: Really interesting pic of the Ferry! Nova Scotia has several cable ferries that still run but I think there equipment is slightly more modern then again it's hidden from public view so who's to say.
Lee: You did the right thing and it's never an easy thing. We put down our Terrier a few years back, I never knew how attached I was until then. As for the insurance and the idiot. I'm always wonder how we the upright citizens get screwed in the end Hand the %*&$%#@ to them on a silver platter and still get bamboozalled.
Terry: SOunds like you have a lot on your plate. If you're that unsure of status of your layout at present maybe waiting for another opportunity would be a good thing. If the layup is good to go and your more concerned with other issues then enlist some friends as it maybe good for your heart and soul to get out with other MR'rs. You never know you might meet some new friends and potential operators. Just some thoughts! Most importantly you don't want to get overwhelmed and cause more stress then it's worth.
Der John: Wonderful work on the crane! I will make it out to your place one of these days.
Well time for me to get husstling more physio and more house work!
Later All
Fergie
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
Good Morning All,
I'll have a regular and a danish please Zoe.
Lee - sorry to hear about your dog - it's been a bad time for pets here lately.
Ed - love the innovative rigging on the barge. Looks like it's kept up well also.
The problem with letting some fool hit you is you have no idea what will happen to you. It's a shame you damaged your car avoiding a crash, but the possibility of injury is real especially in a rear end collision. I had a very close call years ago while driving my friend home. We'd put his welding tanks in the trunk of my Mercury Capri not knowing any better and were stopped n Rt 1 to make a left turn when a drunk came over the hill behind us at warp 9. Fortunately I saw him just in time to start moving forward and that probably saved us. The rear of the car was crushed and the tanks were shoved up to the gas tank which sat in the trunk above the rear axel. If we'd been stopped still that probably would have been the end of us. Watching the drunk get arrested was very little consolation and I ended up walking until the insurance settlement came as I was to young to qualify for a rental car.
Spent time this weekend cleaning out the basement, boxed the rest of the buildings and cut the bridge approaches on the layout. So far so good and I haven't damaged any of the bridges taking them out (they are all in places where you would naturally split the benchwork so they had to come out). I hope to have the benchwork out by the end of the week.
Time to get back on with it as I lost a ton of time this morning sorting through the cable hookup which failed over the weekend. We'd had a power outage Sunday and after rebooting multiple times we finally got back on line. CUL, J.R.
Good morning.It's 47 and clear. The high today should be around 80 and it will be sunny and clear.Didn't get much done yesterday as the flu shot I got last week is doing what it's supposed to do, giving me a mild case of the flu. I should be over it in a couple of days they say. I do feel better today.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 11/3/2008Wind Chill: 47°FHumidity: 91%Dew Point: 45°FSo Far TodayHigh: 52°FLow: 47°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 0mph NNEToday High: 78 Mostly sunny. Patchy dense fog early in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.Tonight Low: 52 Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph.
CN Charlie! I heard you were 29 today too!
Thank you everyone for all the great BD wishes from Friday! Turns out that I did not have to cook for my BD since we ended up going out for lunch at the Mexican place Las Margaritas near our house and we were so full, just snacked later that evening.
My folks are in town and we've been touring around the area all weekend, went to Seagrove, NC to see all the pottery places and then to Replacements, LTD to see all the China and silverware too!
We went to dinner at the Bitzer's house last night, Don invented the plasma screen technology and won an Emmy for technical achievment in that a few years ago. I have never seen an Emmy before, just on the TV, they are bigger than I imagine. Really neat stuff! They have been friends of the family for many years and moved here in 1991 where he is a professor of enginerring at NC State University Department of Computer Science.
Well, I got to go for now....
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
SilverSpikeTurns out that I did not have to cook for my BD since we ended up going out for lunch at the Mexican place Las Margaritas near our house and we were so full, just snacked later that evening.
I see that Jeff is buying.......... I'll have Ed's OJ ( First Try) and Jeff's Biscuits and Gravy.
Be good people!
Quote Mark & Brian Radio show 95.5 KLOS.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Good Morning All..Its sunny and 65 here posta hit 70's today..Great weather for the 1st part of November!,,Every day we get like this gives us a break on Gas bill...I'll have Biscuits and Gravey and coffee and put that on Jeff's tab...Please...Thank You...
I got roof cut and glued back together on HO kit bash...Its kinda hard to remeber cuts I made better than 30 years ago!....I finnished up IC caboose
No prototype for this..Just a fantasy paint job IC didn't have anything close to this
Ed......Thanks for photos..Keep them coming I enjoy seeing them....
Jeff...Nice weathering job on Shell tanker..Hope your feeling better..
Lee...Sorry to hear about your dog..Do you have anymore painting/decaling done?
Well I think I'll get out on power chair and enjoy the nice weather...You all have a good one....As they use to call me back in my DJ days..The Round Mound of Sound....Jerry
Morning, Diners! Zoe, I think I'll have a plate like Jeff has there, please. Thanks!
PC - Tractor drive?? Think I missed that one...
Packers, sounds like a good op session at your club's layout (and good ideas on your few problem areas).
Sunny again here in Cape G., supposed to reach mid-70's today (again); almost as nice of weather as Ed's probably having down by the orange grove. Clear weather until Thursday, is what the weatherguessers are saying.
Paul, any idea of where the rat(s) got into the house? Like any gaps in the foundations, etc.? I'd be wanting to get any of those plugged up real quick. I too have noticed that I feel more tired in late October/early November when the light is chaning (and the time, on that Sunday).
Terry, I'd agree with what others have said - taking good care of yourself is job #1 for now, and if you feel up to the tour, or want to not tackle that yourself but help at a friend's layout, go with what'll do the least to wear you out (or will be more fun for you).
Fergie, can't tell too well from the photo - how does the new ship compare size-wize to your previous one? And will you be going as far out to sea as your last cruise was? On the curves, you're having me consider "How big IS the radius on my curves, and will that be big enough if I develop a craving for articulateds later...?"
JR, good to hear you're making progress on getting your layout stuff out. That was good that your bridges were at good places for separating sections. Otherwise in moving, they might've been damaged (even a little is too much).
Jeff, I like your work on that Shell tanker. I'm beginning to think you never mess(tm) up on MRR stuff (sorry, Fergie!)
CN Charlie, it looks like Zoe and the chef have your cake ready for you:
I'll join Jeff and JR there, Zoe, so just let us know once CN Charlie arrives and we'll have him cut the cake. Hey, JR, does that look like 29 candles on the cake?...
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
egmurphyThere were a couple of old diesels in parks in St John's that were badly in need of care and new homes. I believe, but I'm not sure, that one was in Bowring Park and one in Pippy Park. In any case, the folks up in Clarenville (an old division point) raised enough money to get one moved there. Here's number 900, an NF110, built in 1952 (delivered in 1953) by General Motors Ltd of Canada, Here's a head on view, showing the narrow track gauge.The other unit was moved to the Railway Coastal Museum in St John's. It's also an NF110, but until they finish the repainting (or until I get busy and check info on the Yahoo Group for the Nfld railway) I don't know what number she is. Also repainted in the original CN paint scheme.SBlank number boards. Has to be between 901 and 908. I'll find out sometime.Here are a couple of shots of those two cars behind the diesel in St John's. First is what I believe to be a diner. (Corrections and additional info welcomed). Looks like they have just done exterior cosmetic restoration. I have no info at this time if they have any ideas of restoring the cars inside.And here's the mail car. Here's a better shot of the museum building. This was built as the headquarters of the Reid Newfoundland Company, and new St John's station, in 1903. The Reid Newfoundland Company was the firm that built (most of) the railway and operated it up until government takeover (by mutual agreement) in 1923. It was refurbished a couple of years ago and now houses the archives of the City of St John's on the second floor, and the Railway Coastal Museum on the main floor.
There were a couple of old diesels in parks in St John's that were badly in need of care and new homes. I believe, but I'm not sure, that one was in Bowring Park and one in Pippy Park. In any case, the folks up in Clarenville (an old division point) raised enough money to get one moved there. Here's number 900, an NF110, built in 1952 (delivered in 1953) by General Motors Ltd of Canada, Here's a head on view, showing the narrow track gauge.The other unit was moved to the Railway Coastal Museum in St John's. It's also an NF110, but until they finish the repainting (or until I get busy and check info on the Yahoo Group for the Nfld railway) I don't know what number she is. Also repainted in the original CN paint scheme.SBlank number boards. Has to be between 901 and 908. I'll find out sometime.Here are a couple of shots of those two cars behind the diesel in St John's. First is what I believe to be a diner. (Corrections and additional info welcomed). Looks like they have just done exterior cosmetic restoration. I have no info at this time if they have any ideas of restoring the cars inside.And here's the mail car. Here's a better shot of the museum building. This was built as the headquarters of the Reid Newfoundland Company, and new St John's station, in 1903. The Reid Newfoundland Company was the firm that built (most of) the railway and operated it up until government takeover (by mutual agreement) in 1923. It was refurbished a couple of years ago and now houses the archives of the City of St John's on the second floor, and the Railway Coastal Museum on the main floor.
These are pics of what the engines looked like in 2006
First set is "906" at Bowring Park, your "mystery Engine"
Ed This is what 900 looked like back in 2006 while "moth balled" at Pippy Park
Lee: Just got the box. Thanks. Some of those bits and pieces are things I've been looking for for a while. The motor in the A unit was locked up but it didn't take but just a few minutes to tear it down and fix it. It runs good now. It took me all of about three seconds to surmise that these are Athearn BB units.
Jeff, that's good news. I ran those locomotives right before I put them in the box, they must have been dropped or something in transit. I'm glad you enjoyed the pices parts I tossed in there.
Lee
JimRCGMO PC - Tractor drive?? Think I missed that one...
Ed's barge drive system.
Alright, line up everyone!
Dinner's on me!
pcarrell Alright, line up everyone! Dinner's on me!
I take it that offer's still good? I'll have a bacon cheeseburger w/ extra fries please, and a Dr. pepper, because there's no school tommorow here in the USA because of the election.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
One bacon cheddar burger please.
Okay, double bacon cheese burger for me.
Tommorow's payday, so I can hopefully get some stuff to finish up some of my projects.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Afternoon Gang: The oldest grand daughter is joining the Civil Air Patrol. She went to a meeting last Monday with her mom so I thought I'd tag along tonight. I was in CAP for 5 years before going into the Army in '65. Who knows I may join up again. I have to make sure that I won't be messing in her rice bowl though.
I got some more sand blasting done on one of the flat cars. It is the one that had been painted and used. First I had to add the 2"x2" steel center sill to take out the sway back. Then weld in the king pins.
Oops I have to go and put out a bale of hay for the heifers.
See ya all later.
OK!! PC is buying! Its supper time...I'll have a T-bone steak,onion rings,hot rolls, and a slice of Pecan pie with Ice Cream please..Thank You...Jerry
Hello everybody...
Happy B'day to CN Charlie.
Jerry, I like the caboose. I also noticed you are hungry today. Wow.
Paul ...congrats on your daughter's deciding to be in CAP.
I'm continuing work on my layout expansion.
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Duke
"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
Good evening guys. Just a slice of pecan pie, and some milk. YUM!!!!
Well one day done 3 to go for work. I worl 4, 10 hour days. Rough on your feet.
I missed the weather tonight. The weather man was going to tell what the outlook looked like for us. So I had to look at the website. He's been right 8 years in a row. Don't look to good. Below avg. temps for Nov. About 12 inches of snow for December. With over a 50% chance of a white christmas. Well below for Jan, and with about 10 inches of snow. Feb, very cold with about 12 inches of snow. March about 4 inches of snow and, not to cold. I don't know what holds for ya'll guys above me (NY, MA) if we are getting this. Wifes not happy, but me being from NC I love it!!!
Well I guess I will finish watching the Steelers. Good game so far. Have a good nite people.
Robby
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Happy thankgiving guys. Have fun with this:
http://www.southbank-design.co.uk/turkeyshoot/index.htm
(No digtal turkeys felt pain in this exercise. Death was swift)
-Morgan
Good evening. I thought that I would stop by for a RBF prior to heading to bed.
I worked on a background building, made from Walthers modulars. I still need to get styrene for floor and ceiling. I tried to take a photo, but I am having trouble with the auto focus on my camera. I am hoping that it is me not being able to do the computer part of the camera. Maybe I will get a photo for next week.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Just a regular to go please Zoe. Lots of fog this morning, with the temps moderated it's logical. I'm still registered at the house so off to the polls in a bit when they open, then a couple of hours at the house then a meeting at the new shop 10 exits up the road. Lots to do yet and the December due date for the shop renovations is rapidly approaching. I figure we can probably move shop the start of next year (probably in the snow, right?)
I envy the layout progress you are all making - Jerry the IC caboose looks great and Der - the crane is a real tour de force. If you flesh out the descriptions a bit you could submit it as a "how-to" article. Good luck with your track mods Fergie.
Well - here's my coffee and I have to run - lots to get done today - Y'all have a good one. CUL, J.R.