Ray,
PURE GENIUS!!!!!
They're gonna have a SEVERE water problem the first time a train hits that. Who thought that one up, Stanley or Oliver?
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
ROFLMAO!
Proper water supply protection. Always be sure that you use these like you were taught in Pump Class! Right Jeffrey?
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hello everybody...
+9 degrees here.
Weather forecasts suggest Wednesday would be the best day for us to go to CIncinnati. Tomorrow has freezing rain forecasted over the entire 300 mile route to Cincinnati, but Wednesday, it will be warm enough for normal rain. I certainly wish the USA had the passenger trains available now as it once had in the 1950's.
JR.... It is good to hear you are at least in the planning planning stages toward rebuilding the layout. I have missed seeing your city scenes ever since your devasting fire, and I look foreard to seeing photos in the future.
Cheers everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin' everyone!
As for this mornings weather...... Ah, what Lee said only farther East! Camping Weather to be exact.
I still have to con .... Ah, find 4 or 5 more ushers for the 2 services left this year and then I will be done with all the hard w**k for this year.
Flo, HOT Coffee, dark roast if you got any left. Oh in a FGLK Mug.
Gotta go feed the wood stove!
Morning all!
Yeah, after a rather nippy night (-2 with a wind chill of -25), it's warming up nicely around here! Heck, it's above 0 now! Time to break out the burmuda shorts! (Where's my snorkle and fins?)
The Wind Chill Advisory has been extended until 10:00 for most of the area, but has been dropped for Bloomington, Columbus, and Seymour (the southern areas). The Wind Chill Warning for a few counties in eastern Indiana will remain until Noon.REST OF TODAY: An area of high pressure will slide towards the state, and lighten up winds, so the wind chill values will improve this afternoon. Temperatures will stay cold, but should manage to hit the mid to upper teens.TUESDAY: Another storm system out of the southern Plains will race into the state. With cold air still in place, ice could be a problem, especially north of Indianapolis, where a Winter Storm Watch has already been issued. (Makes you feel good when they're already issuing the warning for tomorrow, huh?)
So whats this all add up to?
Today: 16º Sunny, but cold, lighter winds by afternoon
Tonight: 11º Partly cloudy. Still cold.
Tuesday: 35º Wintry Mix. Some snow showers to start. Sleet, ice and freezing rain by the afternoon before changing over to rain.
OK, enough with the weather. It's depressing!
So, has anyone had any Christmas getogethers yet? If so, whaddya get?
We had two yesterday, but they're mostly for the kids. I did get a GPS unit though. I'm thinking that'll work well on my bike. Ya know, trying to read a map on a moving motorcycle is a challenge, and that says nothing about trying to fold it up again! You think it's hard in a car? (Just kidding of course......I ALWAYS know where I am and where I'm going. Just ask my wife, she'll tell ya!)
Well, I best be off!
TMarshIt's 1 degree.....hrrrummphh. I'm going back in.
Wow It's cold everywhere even here in Houston its 36 and won't get above 40 for the day
and the wind makes it bitter
I'll take a large hot chocolate please
TerryinTexas
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Mornin,
It's 1 degree.....hrrrummphh. I'm going back in.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning All,
Whoo it's chilly here this morning 10F but with the winds it feels colder than the -6F they say it is. Mostly sunny tho so it's not dreary and cold. Worked on the house tidying up and the shop getting ready for the move all weekend. I have to go through the downstairs stud by stud pulling all the left over lath nails out and digging out any remaining shim and lath down by the floors. We should have a heating system started the beginning of the new year with the second floor system going in once the plumbing is roughed in. We ultimately decided on radiant floor heat with a boiler and all energy star equipment eventhough we aren't getting any significant help with rebates or grants just because this system made the most sense.
No real progress on the MRR front though I have started doodling with the floor plan of the 12 x 20 shed I will eventually inherit. The current plan is to incorporate what is salvageable from the previous layout and expand on the Norwalk to Canaan via Danbury theme. The industrial area I had will be the basis for the Norwalk section and I'm looking at an island to place the Danbury yard loop on continuing up to Canaan where I will place the new model of the station there once I hit the lottery. Fill in the space between with sidings based on local industry and it all sounds easy whilst sitting at the kitchen table.
Jeff - that layout is looking better all the time. The pics are a real inspiration for me and help to keep me motivated to return to the hobby asap.
Well, lots of other stuff to get on with this morning so I'll take my regular coffee to go and run. Catch y'all later. J.R.
IT IS COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Current temp 4 wind chill -15.
I believe the high will be 15. I was going to finish up some christmas shopping today, and now I have to pull out the lonnnnnng johns.
Well I will probably piant some hills today. I plaster them yesterday. Father in law is taking us out tonight. Kinda wanna get the layout looking good. Well better than it looks now.
Well everybody stay warm. I know I am trying. The temp. in the house says 60. I have it set at 67, I don't think its going to make it.
Stay warm
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good morning.It's 28 here with a wind chill of 19 and it is clear. The high should be around 40 and it will be partly cloudy.Not much went on yesterday. It was too windy to do anything outside that would be connected with the layout so no weathering, painting, stripping, etc. There was a little layout work done but nothing serious. My niece got the carpet put down in both bedrooms of her home yesterday, the kitchen sink went in and all the plumbing is connected. They now have water. My sister is hoping they're out of her house before the end of January. That'll give her another room for storage. I keep telling her she wouldn't need all that storage space if she wasn't such a pack rat but that only gets me a dirty look. Besides, she had a good teacher. My mother turned pack ratting into a fine art and is only now starting work on clearing one of three rooms that are packed floor to ceiling with the junk she's collected over a span of fifty plus years.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 12/22/2008Wind Chill: 19°FHumidity: 42%Dew Point: 8°FSo Far TodayHigh: 32°FLow: 28°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 16mph NNEToday High: 42 Partly cloudy early in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 16 to 35 in the morning.Tonight Low: 38 Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Not as cool. Lows in the upper 30s. Temperature steady or slowly rising after midnight. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Good morning all,
Today: Snow showers and areas of blowing snow, mainly before noon. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 19. Wind chill values as low as -12. Very windy, with a west wind 37 to 40 mph decreasing to between 29 and 32 mph. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Tonight: A slight chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as -3. Breezy, with a southwest wind between 13 and 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning everybody... Our forecasted high will be -7C as we are now under a snowsquall warning. we are expecting maybe 5-10cm today and maybe even more tomorrow. Right now the temperature is sitting at -11C with winds up to 40kmh.
We are going to do some running around today. Keep warm...
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
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hello evereybody ...
I'll have a hot chocolate, please.
Lee ..... I look at that laser art gas station you mentioned. i think that would be fun to put together.
Layout work today: I'm doing scenery in one corner of my layout expansion. One of the things is making more rubber molds, and these are for bridge abutments and a retaining wall.
Our Christmas travel plans may be disrupted by weather based on present forecasts.
Nice to see you Todd. Kinda cold innit? I'll have a cup of that Kona mocha java and a chocolate chip muffin to-night please.
I'm looking at completely frosted up windows. It is amazingly cold out there. I spent the evening with my catalogues et al. trying to find a few goodies that can be picked up for NEXT Xmas. I ordered a wacking supply of those modular sets as well as some more paints etc. 'Spring' is all cuddled up next to me purring away and Audrey has gone off to bed. All is quiet tonight.
Evening all,
Gav, I hope you have a good Christmas and Happy New year over there and we look forward to seeing you as soon as you get back to the diner, we will even let you pick up the tab.
Jim, I’ve seen several examples of the DPM “Odd fellow’s hall” converted into a movie theater, also the Bachman Lyric Theater is a good choice if you want a larger structure than the DPM and save a few $$. The ramp; I think I’ll continue the construction as before except place the ribs at about a 30 degree angle and just shorted the railroad ties to make the ramp.
40-50 MPH winds here, most of the anemometers along the highway I noticed were broke or missing. My speedometer said I was doing 70mph, but I figured based on the time I left Euclid and the time I arrived in Toledo my actual speed over ground was 60 mph. We have a snow squall stalled over Euclid and Mentor right now. The wind chill currently is -24 actual temp is -5F.
Its so cold here I couldn’t unravel the extension cord to plug my truck in. I had to bring it inside to thaw out.
I did have a good time running around visiting everyone and I got to see my kids tonight, wahoo.
Weehoo!! What ever you want gang it's on me!!
G'night
Hi gang
hope evryone is ok and keeping well
I doubt ill be in till the new year so Im taking this oppatunity to wish you all the best for the season and a Happy New Year
my thoughts are with you
If ya'll are looking at creating a switchlist, check this site out:
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Here's mine I created using this system (customized it a little bit though). All the lines from the Foreman/Engine No. line to the -Double A Service, To The T- line are 16 point font size, the lines just got cut off for some reason:
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Page 2? I won't hear of it! BUMP!
My niece got the carpeting put down in both bedrooms of her home today and the kitchen sink has been installed and all the plumbing connected so now they have water. Her place is really coming along nicely.
G-G-G-Good e-e-ev'ning pppeople---Gads it's COLD out there! We are now getting winds of up to 80kmh and with the temperature as it sits at -15C just gave us windchills of up to -29C! I'm so glad there was no outside stuf to do.
'Spring' is about 9 years old. We got this fellow from a farmer that sort of has a 'rescue' operation--not that it is voluntary mind, he finds that some(AHEM) individuals leave them there, in bags thrown out of cars(twice), or in this fellows case, stuffed in a box,ducttaped shut and with cigerette burns on his little body. He is a very loving cat with a bunch of energy
I'm happy to report that the mill is not going to have to be edited into a little form--everything fits to a tee...
I'm off to do some cleaning of my room---I need space for the mill again...
JimRCGMORay, happy cat-herding this morning - did you survive them okay?
Went quite well actually. All 6 of the High School kids assigned to be ushers are great kids who I enjoy being around anyway so that was a fun job. The comedy of the morning was the little 3 year old who was one of the (around 15) sheep in pageant. Her family was the ones who lit the last Advent Candle to start the service and she circled around and got into things all the time they were reading the script for the lighting..... Reminded me of when my youngest (now 39) son was a sheep in a Christmas Pageant at that age. He spent the entire time making faces at the light in front of him and waving to people in the congregation.... Much to the embarrassment of his parents. There are so many kids in my church that the play had to have 5 wise men...... (Extra Myrrh, I think....) The fun part for me was that I have to count the number of people at the service which is a lot of fun with all the kids moving all over the sanctuary for the pageant.....
Got most of the Christmas presents wrapped this afternoon. Why is it I can start with a piece of wrapping paper the size of a volleyball court and wrap a deck of cards and still have portions of the present showing....??? My late wife could use a 12" by 12" sized piece of wrapping paper and perfectly wrap a 747 with it with no problems... Must be a male thing I guess. Why do we wrap presents anyway? I think it is a ploy from the people who manufacture the stuff. After all it's going to get ripped off the package in about 15 seconds anyway.
Later!
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
Picked up a few more buildings on the-bay for wifes layout. One in particular will make a perfect "Buckaroo's" (feed, tack, saddlery store), like the one our neighbor across the road has in town. We thought he should be represented.
A night ago it was in the 50's, tonight it will drop to 18 degrees. Time to break out something to wear over my T-shirt. Rians are gone, just breezy. Tomorrows high will be 38.
Rob
Tom based on the picture of Spooky in WPF. I have no doubt the caption is 100% true. LOL.
I'm not a big cat fan, but your cats are beautiful. and listening to BC and his stories, I'd almost be willing to get a shot. (alergic you see)
JimRCGMOThanks for the 'Hit-and-buy', PC! (Hee, hee, hee...)
Isn't that just like my luck?
Afternoon all, ouch, must have been standing in PC's way Anything hot please. Last Sunday of Advent and the Preacher didn’t pick on me so all is well. Everybody in need has been uplifted so look forward to a very merry Christmas.
Yup that’s the glue I got and I think I’ll stick with Testors. I’ll use that Weldene stuff for things like puttin’ people in their place or other less important items. Even after 24 hrs you can push the parts apart. So much for trying new stuff. I might try to sand the surfaces and clamp (some parts are just not clampable) like Jim says to see if that makes a difference. It might be the way I use it being used to Testors and all. Besides it's gotta work or they wouldn't sell it. Would they
Stay warm Ya’ll. I think I’ll clean up the train room. The walls are closing in.
Afternoon, Janie - I'll have a hot roast beef sandwich (yes, open face would be great, with some gravy), some beef stew, and a cup of coffee, please. Thanks for the 'Hit-and-buy', PC! (Hee, hee, hee...)
Robby, one thing I heard recommended, and am in process of using/trying out, for filling in those cracks in models is this: Squadron Tools - Squadron White Putty (09065) - (65 g.) runs about $3.50 around here. If you need the address for your LHS to order, it's from: Squadron Products 1115 Crowley Drive Carrollton, TX 75011-5010
It's sandable after it dries, and won't dissolve the plastic around it. This one is fairly close to white, so I'm guessing that any paint color that would cover white plastic would cover this just as well.
Thanks for the confirmation on the cookie sheets, BC - I may start checking out the kitchenware aisle in the stores for those cookie sheets. I'll need to dig through my scratchbuilding tub to see whether or not I need to get a sheet of corrugated plastic. And what have you been feeding Spring, anyway? Sounds like he's getting stranger by the day. Are you sure he didn't order in some catnip?
Lee - thanks for the almost-ready-for-publication article - polish that one up, and you could probably sell it to MR. I would've probably checked Evergreen if I hadn't found the V-groove in Plastruct's listings, but you just saved me the time. And are you psychic, or how did you know I was thinking of adding a ramp to that? I like Branchline's Majestic Theatre kit, but at almost $100 , I can't justify the cost (not even with our LHS's discount for club members). If I get enough photos and take some time to draw out views of one, I might maybe try to build one with styrene at some point.
Todd, I've just been at this church for about the past year or so. Last spring the choir (and I) was involved with the worship team for a CD/DVD production (which wound up getting picked up by Universal/Devotion Records, amazingly) and sang for Easter, and we sang this morning for 'Christmas' (they won't be having Christmas Eve or Day services - what?). But before last year, their previous music minister had two play productions (Easter and Christmas) each year, that - his words from this morning (while we were waiting to go in) - "kept everyone busy 10 months of the year", and involved about 60-70 rehearsals for each production (counting different sub-scenes and groups). A few years back, I had visited one Christmas production (invited by a friend who was going) there, and it looked like they had between 50 and 70 people just on the platform area at the front of the church, plus sets, lighting, the whole nine yards. If they were doing that much now, I might not be as active in choir, I think. But I enjoy singing, and have been in various choirs over the years at churches I attended. When I've been in highly active choirs (since you have to sing for both services), it seems like I'm living at the church. I do prefer some chilling out time (not literally, given our weather today..) on Sunday afternoons, too.
On the Plastruct glue, if that's the one I have (and I'm not sure, since I'm not at home), it's designed for you to hold/clamp the two pieces together for a little so the glue sort of dissolves/merges them into each other. I would compare it to the types of adhesives (epoxies or CA) where you have the 5-10 seconds bonding time ones, the 30 seconds ones, and some that take longer, but hold like you'd welded things together. I use different glues at times for different projects/shapes/surfaces when I'm gluing.
On our local weather front, we have a sunny 24 F (-4 C) now, which means we're already on the downhill slide, temperature-wise, to our low for the evening of 9 F (-13 C) tonight. What I said yesterday about the cold temp was wrong - that cold temp is going to be tonight, rather than last night (with the subzero windchill). It's a bit windy (20-21 mph, out of the WNW - and it doesn't feel like it's a California breeze, either) - windchill of 12 F. Last night I was hearing the wind blowing at a point or two (but I just ducked back under the covers and went back to ...
blownout cylinderKinda give it the patched look--I'm looking at one combine I have and suddenly it occured to me that those loops they used to hoist mailbags into the mailcars et al. could've gave quite a few gouges etc to the sides by those mail compartment doors--more weathering fun! heeheehee...
Morgan, thanks for that tip on the tie-downs. Good to hear you found more (and a good 'rope').
Hope the power holds up for our Great Northwest Diners. Definitely a stay-inside kind of day!
Ray, happy cat-herding this morning - did you survive them okay?
I'll go join Duke in the booth, after I put another log in the stove.