Tall glass of lemon water & a plate full of chocolate chip cookies (as if I need them), please & thanks!
***Jeffrey, good to hear you will be getting an eye exam & glasses. Ever thought of putting an adjustable valve infront of that cat. converter? (I assume they still make & sell them for "open road use".
So far I've only installed one of the three ceiling fans for our little Diner. Perhaps tomorrow I can get the others up and then get back to work on the front deck. Today I had to put together an electric fireplace for the Library room. Wife found one half price and grabbed it. Not the same as the real thing, but it looks nice enough. Would sure benefit from a sound/smell generator though.
The new Atlas diesel arrived today. All my train stuff is packed away, so no way to test run it. Why did I buy it again? Sure doesn't resemble a steam loco, nor would it look right running beside past one. It will live on a shelf (yet to be built) in the new train room next to the other few token diesels. Sure wish the contractor would finish this build up so we can settle in (ie: start building train tables).
Rob
Hey, I almost forgot.......
I saw something interesting yesterday. At about 5:45pm CSX No. 428 followed by CSX No. 413 came by with a decent sized train. The interesting part was near the end of the train though. About 6 or 8 cars from the end was a wide vision caboose. All the windows were covered over and the whole thing was painted a cream color. Kinda strange to see that I thought.
rtraincollector Okay lets see if I can hide these pies from PC there for the Sunday dinner . Flo I'm putting them in the back bottom shelf no one ever looks down there for anything. lets see 1 chocolate merrange, 1 lemon merrange, 1 banana cream, and 2 apple 1 dutch and 1 lace.
Okay lets see if I can hide these pies from PC there for the Sunday dinner . Flo I'm putting them in the back bottom shelf no one ever looks down there for anything. lets see 1 chocolate merrange, 1 lemon merrange, 1 banana cream, and 2 apple 1 dutch and 1 lace.
Heh, heh, heh......lets see now, any booby traps? Hmmmmmmm, looks safe enough.......
blownout cylinder Sawyer; The layout is so full of possibilities it will definitely make for a lot of scene developments.... As for new body for GP9 I can remember a few specimens of my own. I have a kind of 'black museum' of painting disasters sitting in a rubble pile behind the engine house...
Sawyer; The layout is so full of possibilities it will definitely make for a lot of scene developments.... As for new body for GP9 I can remember a few specimens of my own. I have a kind of 'black museum' of painting disasters sitting in a rubble pile behind the engine house...
It is. I can see what I want to do in my mind how it will take shape. I'll probably wait until my 4x8 is up and running and the yard has basic scenery. Speaking of my 4x8:
went up there today, and took out a switch for the yard. I don't need 4 tracks, and I can work with only 3. The A/D track can act like a 4th classification track, and wrose come to worse, the main as a 5th. I also moved the engine shed again. Now to get the track for my yard tracks, then ballast it, get the lot down around the engine shed, and get the forest started (going to need A LOT more pines, lol).
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
How about a cup of egg nog, and some pumpkin pie
Well I got out of being a juror. I will have to go 8/10/09 thou.
Finally finished upi the Railbox. I finished it up the other day. Heres 2 shots of it.
I can't get rid of my head ache. I guess I will hit the sack early tonight.
Everybody have a warm night,
Robby
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Robby, your weathering skills ASTOUND me!
Having fun here for a change. I'm watching 'Smokey and the Bandit' on the Slueth channel and having a laugh a minute.
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Robby - nice job on the box car! Glad you were able to reason with the jury folks.
BC - the rotesserie is to rotate one frame at a time. We need paint coverage all around all the tubes and trying to paint a bit at a time then tipping the frame on it's side to do more always results in dry spots and orange peel plus usually spots missed entirely. We have two crashed frames underway right now with a third coming in Monday plus four "tubs" for Indy Lights cars to do after that so the rotisserie should be appreciated by the paint shop.
PC - please step away from the pies - one might be booby trapped! Hate to see you needing to mop the floor and scrub the walls, no ? And weren't you warned about Chloes mean left hook?
Jeff - glad you have a solution for the glasses gig but hold the olives, they're right off my diet.
CUL, J.R.
now theres a shock PC. pie raiding might have to have a word with Vinny about this
Evening, Chloe, Diners. I'll have a bowl of that hot veggie beef soup and a cup of decaf, please. Thanks!
Jerry, rest up and get over whatever it is that you have right now. You sure don't want to be sick in bed when it's Christmas time and the grandkids want you to run trains!
Sawyer, one thing I saw done once with an old shell of a loco was - chop its height down so as to make it look like the loco went off the tracks and got buried in the (river) mud, at a slight angle. You could do some practice weathering/rusting on it before you 'plant' it in the mud... Hey, can you post a drawing of your (modified) track plan? Y'got me curious how it's looking now. Thanks!
Jeff, that's outstanding that your Dad sprung for the eye exam! I have confidence that (even with your Wallie-World glasses) you'll have the engine figured out and fixed up running better soon.
JR, when you first described the rotisserie, I had this bizarre image (had been reading the latest issue of MR at the library earlier tonight) of "John Allen's #13" on the rotisserie... If you know what I mean.
Aw, Robby, you're makin' me drool with all that fine weathering! I know, I know, I'll get the chalks and paints out this weekend and see if I can practice some weathering myself.
But it'll be a busy weekend - Friday night one friend from church is having a (children's) book signing from 6 to 9 p.m. (she already gave me one copy of her first book; not sure if she'll have the second book out yet, but she said the draft copies were sent off to the publishers a couple of months or more ago). Also Friday evening, I'm supposed to have my birthday dinner with daughter and son-in-law (and handsome grandson). Then Sat. a.m. is the usual laundry time, followed at 1 p.m. by MRR club's Christmas dinner and train running (which may take a few hours, as he will have us switching lists to take care of, if it's like our last year's event). And somewhere in Sat. night, I need to finish up tweaking the lesson notes/plans/copies for the Sunday Singles small group. Okay, maybe Sunday afternoon I can do weathering...
PC, if I were you, I'd watch out for Chloe and Vinnie - I think RT asked them to 'run interference' and protect the pies... You might draw back a stub, as they say. On that closed up bay window caboose, maybe they were transporting 'something' down Southwesterly to Roswell?
Rob, I can tell you're chomping at the bit for moving day into the new part of the house to come, huh? Hang in there, they're bound to get done soon. What else can you tell that they need to finish yet?
I'll ease into the corner booth and finish my soup before I head for home. See you all tomorrow!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Well, here's one happy dog:
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Funny! Now, can you imagine a cat doing that?
Evening Gang: This will be short tonight. John moved the rest of the furniture out of the former bed room including the desk that had the computer on it. Right now the monitor is on the tower and the keyboard is on my knees. It's not too handy but it works. This room willbe turned into my office untill we get the room across the hall fixed up for my office. When that will be is anybodys guess. I have soom old pieces of tops from a office at Six Flags that I can use for a desk for the computer. I'll put one of them across a couple of two drawer filling cabnets.
Robby that box car looks like you shrunk a real one. Well Done.
I was offered a job today at Clark Gardens helping to take care of the garden layout. I told them that I take being retired very seriously. I will think about it and maybe do a couple of days a week there. I'd be mainly doing repaire work on the rolling stock and locomotives and the track. I could use the money for MRR stuff.
Well I'm going to hit the sack.
Good Night All
Robby P. Robby
Robby! you know you can't take a pic of a real railcar and call the weathering your own!
SWELL job!
-G .
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After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Well. There seems to be quite a lot of pies going around so I think i'll just check out our pumpkin cheesecake and get a slice. Maybe get a little eggnog on the side...
I'm going to go into the t.rm.and see if I can't get some stuff done on the wye...
Have a goodnight
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Good Evening Diners!
Well it's a nippy 2F out there right now so winter is certainly here. At least there isn't much snow but I expect that will come soon.
Jeff, it was good to hear your Dad is helping you out with the glasses. I can imagine how frustrating it was to lose them. I just got my first pair of presciption bi-focals as I was tired of taking the reading glasses off and on but am having a hard time adjusting to them. I probably should get some strings for them as I can see putting them down somewhere and losing them. I think my wife would kill me if I did put those strings on them.
Robby, that is truly a great job of weathering on that box car!
Not much new here, just work, eat and sleep it seems.
Hope everyone is well,
CN Charlie
Large glass of Eggnog, please & thanks.
***Philip, were there any FBI Agents in the vicinity of that wide vision caboose? (Jim, we think alike)
***Robby....Outstanding weathering job!
***Paul, sounds like some perfect "extra work" for you. Anything to keep the MRRing funds in good shape.
***Jim, still needs carpet, front porch screens, commodes, hook up sinks, etc...& LOTS of clean up. A few goofs here and there were made, but nothing that I can't live with. It is "close" and the days left on the contract are ticking down.
Well, the med for my insomnia is starting to kick in. Hate taking anything, but there is a point at which even I realize the risk of doing nothing can be very detrimental to health, especially with certain issues are already creating havock.
Goon night all. Rob
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
I see Bill's been in already so I'll have Grandmas Pancakes and some juice with that coffee - O.J. from Eds' grove of course! Bill - have you had a chance to start a layout or are you still basking in the glory of not having to go to work daily?
The John Allen debates are still going full bore out on the main here. I think that the combination of tenacity, skill, vision, and the ability to photograph and describe his layout inspired a lot of people. He may not have been the first or even the best, but I think we owe him a debt for moving the hobby forward. I am still amazed when I see the early color pics just how real the overall effect is. I appreciate the whimsey as well in engine 13, the inspector, swaybacked cars, etc.
Lots to do again today and I'm ready to get started. I'll check in later. CUL, J.R.
Good morning. It's 47 and cloudy. High today should be around 50 and it'll be partly cloudy. We had a long, hard, heavy rain last night with quite a bit of wind. Fortunately there was little damage and no power outages. In just a bit over two hours I'll be going into town to have an eye exam done, the first step to getting my new glasses. I know from past experience that my eyes will be very sensitive for the next few days. Now get this. On the 10th I have to go to Alexandria to get my eyes checked for diabetes damage. That's gonna be another few days spent in darkness. Oh joy! I'm really looking forward to that. NOT! Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 12/4/2008 Wind Chill: 43°F Humidity: 95% Dew Point: 45°F So Far Today High: 55°F Low: 47°F Rain: 0.12" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 26mph NNE Today High: 50 Partly cloudy. Much cooler. Highs around 50. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 35 Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill readings as low as 23.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Well for some good medical news: I finished up my physical yesterday afternoon. Everything passed with an A+ however my calcium was 10.6 MG/DL and the target goal is 8.6 – 10.2, Doc chalked it up to just recovering from bronchitis. My LDL = 94 and my HDL = 44. My eyes are good to go as well.
LSWrrJeff good luck with the optometrist, do you have a VA or a VFW close to you? Several of us Active Duty donate our gently used glasses to be cleaned/sterilized and given to veterans. It saves them over $100 on eyewear.
A good morning to everyone from us. Right now I am working on attempting handlaying a wye on our RR.
Our weather is forecasting lower temps in the afternoon with an 'incident' or two of sun... maybe
Back to the wye...
Pie?
What pie?
I don't see no pie!
Morning guys, I'll have a big mug of Hawaiian Kona Sunrise coffee in B&O Capital Dome mug. And a hard boiled egg and cheese sandwich, and my glass of fiber, hmmm tasty.
Today we have decide to take a "day off" from doing anything. My other half suggested it, and I couldn't agree more or less. While I enjoy a day of doing nothing but resting, we have some things to do.
So, maybe while he takes the day off, perhaps I will get the oil changed in the van {overdue}, the inspection on the van {due}, and finally get the new wood for the xmas tree layout, so we can put the tree up.
Picked up an ornament of a moose for friends who are "moose crazy", and found some crystal snowflakes for us as our ornaments to ourselves this year. I like crystal or "sparkle" type ornaments that bounce the lights around and shimmer. Each year, we each find an ornament that strikes our fancy to add to our collection. Last year we couldn't find one, let alone two, as we thought them all "crappy". {what do you expect from the chinese?} The year before we went to nearby Corning Museum Of Glass {CMOG}. There besides the museum they have a back shop where, with help from a professional, you can blow, shape, mold glass into various selected items. So, at CMOG, we actually got to blow our own xmas ornaments!
Well, a cold front is supposed to be moving in. Awaiting notification of HEAP award so we know how much energy we can use to keep this {trailer} house warm. As for now, every time I hear the furnace kick on, I hear ka-ching ka-ching as the dollar signs go by my eyes and ears. One of us likes it cooler than the other. Liking it cool, and saving energy. Guess who? I sweat to death at 70* and above. Thank the great articulated 4-8-8-4 designers that we have natural gas for heat.
I grew up as a teen during the 70's oil embargo and when gasoline went from $0.20 to $1.00/gal home heating oil did too, and we had oil. At night we kept the heat at 55* f. If you were cold, "throw another blanket/quilt on your bed" was my mother's answer. I was the first one up and allowed to turn the heat up to 58*. Then when my father got up he turned it up to 60*f, where it stay. Mother's answer to being cold was "put on another sweatshirt, sweater, or wear your robe. Put on another pair of socks and wear your house slippers." We all had afagans crocheted by mother and g-ma to snuggle under to watch TV. Nowadays they have those fleece throws. ONly on bitter bitter cold days/eves {like the tens, maybe the teens} would the heat go up to 62*f . We often had "cold days" instead of snow days at school because the schools did not want the expense of firing up the oil-fired boilers to heat up the school for the day on bitter cold days. They kept it heated at about 65*f during the school day. Again, wear warm clothes was their advice.
Oh, my, I digress.
Good luck Jeffery with your eye exam. Hope you can find a reasonable pair of glasses.
Have a great day everybody
Good Morning, DIners! Zoe, I'll have a couple of waffles with syrup, glass of Ed's OJ and a cup of coffee in a D&RGW mug, please, and thanks.
Paul, that Clark Gardens offer sounds like being paid for the kind of stuff you do a lot of anyway. Hope you get the office set up (at least in a temporary fashion.
Rob, it's the weird creative types like us who come up with the 'out-of-the-ordinary' explanations for stuff (Kind of like Calvin & Hobbes...) Hope you sleep okay with the medication (long enough for your body to catch on that that's how it's supposed to work ) Yeah, I'd say they're not done if the commodes and sinks and plumbing aren't in and hooked up yet. Well, unless you have an outhouse a not-too-far run from the house, that is.
Blownout Cylinder, careful - Vinnie may be watching the pies (and you don't want to cross Vinnie...)!
PC, is that going to be your new avatar pic, after you shrink it down some?
CN Charlie, you're having a real winter up there (and please, puhleeeeze keep it up there!). I hope you have a log stove (and abundant supply of logs for same). What've you been up to lately on your layout?
Lee, good to hear that your checkups went well at the doctor. You need a healthy body to cope with your weather up there lately, eh?
Galaxy, hope your 'day off' is a productive one (and that you can get a little MRR'ing in).
We had rain/slush/something last night in Cape G., and this morning the car had ice drops on some of the windshields. One frustrating thing is, I noticed that the car - when I started it up, turned the heat and windshield blower on - is tending to have 'fog' on the inside of the windows(!). I could keep an old t-shirt in the car for wiping it off, but I wish I could track down what's causing it and eliminate the fogging altogether. Anyone know what usually causes that? The car before this one had it, but it had some problems with a leak or bad seal around the front windshield, and this is a much newer car than that (so I would not expect it to have the same thing). May have to ask my dealer's repair guys (the car's about due for the regular maintenance, anyway).
I'll be in the front booth for a bit, having at my waffles.
Blessings,
Good Morning!
Just popping in for some of ED's OJ. Just wondering is the Great Train Expo is any good? They're going
to have one at my local fairgrounds and was thinking about going. Also, do they major distributors there like
Bachmann, Broadway Limited Imports, companies like that.
Luke
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Ha!!! I got mail. My LHS actually sent me my Proto 'N' GP18, 2 50T low boy flatbed trailers and a crawler with ripper. Now I save up for the 20 or so hoppers...
I'm still trying to configure PITA wye...
Hi, Luke - some of the GT Expos can be good, but your best bet might be to ask other train people or your LHS(es) how past ones can be. I don't know about major manufacturers being there (you might, with being in a larger area, but then again the companies may be cutting back on their ad funds for stuff like that). What you want to check is - how much will admission be (and gas $ to get there), and set yourself a dollar figure that you want to stay within (so as to not overspend and be totally broke for months after). You may find some bargains, but get there early and allow time to go through any booths that have your scale stuff and things that are interesting to you. Know about what the cost of a new item (if it's still in stock with Walthers or Athearn) is, so you don't wind up paying full retail for an item (that you could've got through your LHS or at a discount online). Take a list of your current rolling stock, etc., so you don't do as I have a time or two, and buy what turns out to be a duplicate unnecessarily If there are back issues of MR or RMC or other RR mags that you want, take a list of those issues you want (sometimes you can get a really good deal on back issues that they don't want to haul back home).
Hopefully, somewhere in all the above may be something to help you with your question.
Good morning, All. I am going to sit in this back booth and enjoy my coffee and cinnamon roll. Anyone care to join me to discuss layout progress?
This afternoon the ladies from work are coming out to build Christmas wreaths. I still need to clean off the layout and vaccuum before they show up. Last year they wanted a demo so that will mean dusting the track, too.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Afternoon everyone!
Flo how 'bout a bowl of the hot vegetable beef soup you got on the stove and a cup of dark roast in a Rochester and Genesee Valley Museum mug. Yeh the one with LV 211 on it would be great.
Sue how's the layout coming along? I'm still contemplating that "dusting the track" thing......... I hope to get some work done on my layout, uh, ............... as soon as I find some time!
blownout cylinder looks like Santa arrived early. Nice haul. Have fun with all of it! I'm still waiting on Walthers Out Of Stock to send some ordered items to my LHS for me.
Jim sounds like you have water leaking somewhere and hopfully it isn't antifreeze from the cooling system. I would get it looked into ASAP........
Galaxy I was in my first teaching job in the Southern Tier of NY during the 70s Oil Embargo and remember it too well. Our school had a few "Cold" days and then moved the intermediate school students into the Jr. - Sr. High school for several days. What a mess that was! Especially for a music teacher - no books or other materials, no piano, and classes scheduled all over the place. Just me and my guitar! Kids thought it was a blast. We lived in a Mobile Home (high class trailer......) that was easy to heat. We still kept the heat in the mid 60s at home. Tough with two small children.
I am starting to get caught up on the "should have been done yesterday" list. No sooner got out of the shower this morning than my son calls to tell me the child seat won't fit in the truck and I need to pick him and my granddaughter Olivia up and take her over to day care. His wife's car is in the shop for a new clutch so she has his car and he has my truck for a few days.
I have to start getting everything together for the RIT Train Show this weekend. Lakeshores Division, NFR, NMRA will be having a Modelers Corner at the show (if everyone that is supposed to be there can be....) If any of you attend the show, stop in at our table and say Hi!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!