Here's a video. It's a snow plow operating in Kansas ....
http://videos.komando.com/2008/12/05/snow-train/
Perhaps the crew would enjoy some of Ray's cookies, too.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hello All; This is all a bad day mother died,Kathy is in the hosp. again.Sorry about the large print .All is well now been wait for mom to go 96 and alh.Inher sleep very quiet and good Kathy has a lot of tests today and tom.she is doing pretty good, call me the 10 million man now,8 plastic joints and 2 pacemakers can't run but can walk and bend over pretty well.nuff health news.
Been missing all of you, rain started again rock driveways to ryroom are OK walls are all painted will start clouds and all as soon as Kathy is home. We got two of mantuas art. engines both the old style, run very good, and pull 8 loaded log cars up a 10% grand I made up in the shop. I've been enjoying the posts here when I get enough time away from taking care of my lovely wife[ she is probably reading this now on her new dell] . She is trying to write a family history[hers] they came out here in 1834, a lot of portland and troutdale used to belong to her family, now only this place and a few houses in portland and troutdale. OH UH UH Kathy is on the phone. Later
Fair Winds and Following Seas!!!!!!!!!!! chuck
Flo, since Jeffrey has top honors at the moment I have a bowl of the Vegetable Beef soup you have and a cup of my usual Jave in a R&GV Mug.
It was 11°F outside this morning when I got up and currently 24°F outside. Already past the predicted high of 20°. I have a seat over in the corner next to the woodstove........
pcarrellHeartland Division CB&Q Ah ha........... Ray says he is on a diet, and next he says he is baking cookies. Sounds typical here in the diner.....Ryan?.........JimCG?........PPC?......actually it's quite typical!..What a bunch of chow hounds.!...... HEY! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!!!!
Heartland Division CB&Q Ah ha........... Ray says he is on a diet, and next he says he is baking cookies. Sounds typical here in the diner.....Ryan?.........JimCG?........PPC?......actually it's quite typical!..What a bunch of chow hounds.!......
Ah ha...........
Ray says he is on a diet, and next he says he is baking cookies. Sounds typical here in the diner.....Ryan?.........JimCG?........PPC?......actually it's quite typical!..What a bunch of chow hounds.!......
HEY! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!!!!
Yes,,,,,,, And your point is?????? But I promise that any cookies I actually eat will be eaten standing up. That way it doesn't count you know. I will also break them in half and thoroughly shake out all the carbos first. I mean i have to sample them......... Ah........ to make sure they came out alright...... Yep, that's it. To make sure they are all right.
Actually some of them will be for the baskets Deacons assemble for the shut-ins for Christmas. Others will go to family and friends as well. But you can bet I will eat my share!
The lights already arrived (a day early) so I will be changing out the bulbs in my decorations.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
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
Ryan, I'm glad to hear that Monique is better! It's awful when our partners in life are suffering, isn't it?
Good morning folks!
Just played catch em' ups from page 96 or something like that and now time to make my mark too.
Der John - Salt in the air and high humidity may be the issue. A de-humidifier might help with drawing some of the moisture from the ambient air. I used to run two of them in our house in New Orleans, because the house was always 100% humidity and condensation would settle inside the kitchen cabinets. And what you said about the ballasting and painting is most likely another big point too. The adhesives and paint from weathering and ballasting track are a big culprit with getting hindering electrical contact between the tracks and metal pick-up wheel sets.
Heartland Division CBandQ Ah ha........... Ray says he is on a diet, and next he says he is baking cookies. Sounds typical here in the diner.....Ryan?.........JimCG?........PPC?......actually it's quite typical!..What a bunch of chow hounds.!......
Yup! You got me pegged! My "seefood" diet continues....I see food and I eat it!
I worked on my layout backdrop last night painting in some mountain ranges from techniques described in the Painting Backdrops "How-To" guide. The paint was still wet last night so no photos taken yet, but will try to take some tonight and post them soon.
You all have a great one!
P.S I have had to edit this post 4 times now because the text keeps rolling up into one large paragraph. Hopefully this is the last time I have to edit it!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Lee..........I agree with you on your advice to Rob on sealing tiles. It's really not a hard job to do baased on my experience with it. Rob should make sure he gets a good qualty sealer.
Jeff.... that building looks great!
Der John....When I use a Walthers Bright Boy, I don't have problems with scratches on rails. Rail Zip is good as noted before, but I don't know how effective it would be with heavy residue.
Jerry ... It sounds like you will be operating a large piggyback business on your layout.
I will have some coffee as a wait some diet cookies.
Happy Model Railroading!
Good Morning All....It cloudy and warming up overnite here...32 now with rain posta come in weather guesser on TV says up to a couple of inches....I'll have Ham and eggs and toast please...Thank You...I am getting ready to put alittle ground cover where I moved a road and put a coat of paster on"hill'...Won 2 more 50 flats with trailers on Ebay last nite that will make a 4 car pig train which about the railroad can handle..You all have a good one....Jerry
Mornin' everyone!
Flo lots of coffee, dark roast in a FGLK mug if you please, and a bowl of "old Phart" Raison Bran cereal. Gotta get back on the diet!
I have some stuff that needs to be done today including shopping for supplies for Christmas cookies, baking some of those cookies (don't worry. I will share), starting to work on my Christmas card this year, printing out photos of my granddaughter to put in the cards, and a whole lot of stuff like that.
I am expecting UPS to deliver some new CFL Full spectrum light for the layout and some LED lights for the electric candles I put up in my windows for Advent and Christmas. The LEDs will cut electric use for them from 325 watts to 7.8 watts. I figure they will pay for themselves in 60 or 70 years................
Ray, your Christmas lights look about like the ones I hang most years. The wife decided this year that she'd rather have a trained monkey hang 'um, so my son did it!
f-unit, welcome to the coffee shop! This is a little bit different kind of place on the forum. It's a place to let your hair down and talk about most anything (as long as it's not vulgar or illeagal). It's a place for modelers to connect on a more personal level. I mean, we all have modeling in common, but by hanging out and whatnot, we often find that we have other things in common as well. Many long friendships have been forged in this diner. Come on in and sit a while.......I'll buy you a cup of virtual coffee.
Good morning, Chloe. Coffee please before heading to work.
Rob, Sealing the tile helps prevent stain and mold from seeping into the grout. If you are good at following through, you can easily do it.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good morning. It's 42 and partly cloudy. The high should be in the mid 60's and it will still be partly cloudy. Didn't do much yesterday. I repainted my old Walther's Midtown Consolidators shipping building. It is now white brick with green window frames and has a couple of 'broken' windows. I also moved a colonial style house from the spot it has occupied for the last 6 years and placed a small Cape Cod style house there. It looks better in the small space. The colonial has been relocated to the larger spot the Cape Cod was moved from. I also applied L&A decals to some rolling stock and one of my 250 ton cranes as well as a truck trailer. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 12/8/2008 Wind Chill: 39°F Humidity: 83% Dew Point: 38°F So Far Today High: 43°F Low: 41°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 7mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 65 Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Warmer. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Various relatives showed up--hence crowded condx. As it was it took awhile to clean the mess up. 'Spring' hid under the tree all night--didn't come out until this morning.
Anyhooooo--and a good morning to all of you!
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/
LSWrrDolittle raid: I don’t remember the name of the book, but it focused on a first person account from the plane called the “ruptured duck” .
Rob Wrote: Our contractor seems to think that "sealing" the tiles is something we should do (at our expense) after he is done??? As I understand it (from talking with tile guys), outdoor tiles require sealing or you run the risk of them coming up and/or cracking. If so, then it seems to me this should be HIS responsibillity.
Rob, you can do it cheaper and better that the installer. I went through this before.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning,
John, once the ballast dried did you run a shop-vac over the rails? After I scenic an area I always scrub the area with a stiff brush and run the shop-vac over the entire area.
Jim, I’ve only had small handful of problems, those were during the first gulf war. Matter of fact it got so bad my unit would not allow us to leave the base in uniform.
Blownout: you had 40 people over??? I don’t think I even know that many people, LOL. You should have put them all to work on the layout, LOL.
Ray, some of the wheels out here are a bright rusty red. I think it’s due to the high amounts of Taconite, salt and coal that we move. Not to mention at any given time there are 10,000 too many sea gulls at the rail yards and docks.
Paul, I hope everything works out for you, hanging out at hospitals this time of year is the pitts.
Dolittle raid: I don’t remember the name of the book, but it focused on a first person account from the plane called the “ruptured duck” . I think by far the best book on the subject. I read it in Jr high and I can still remember most of the book (scary I can remember the story line, but can’t find my car keys).
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream & some decaf coffee, please 7 thanks.
***Sue, will look forward to seeing the update photos.
That's what I get for buying a diesel I didn't need. Had to dig out a transformer and some test track to try it out. In reverse it makes chirping noises? If this is a "new" Atlas loco, then I have changed my mind about their products and will stick with other brands. It "chirps" when it runs in revers at medium-slow to medium speeds. Real slow and real fast I don't hear it. Any thoughts/suggestions?
Our contractor seems to think that "sealing" the tiles is something we should do (at our expense) after he is done??? As I understand it (from talking with tile guys), outdoor tiles require sealing or you run the risk of them coming up and/or cracking. If so, then it seems to me this should be HIS responsibillity.
Rob
My ground goop should be dry in a couple of days. I will try to get an updated photo of the riverbed.
Looks like I buy.
Good evening folks, and thank you for all the suggestions about the track crud problem. I don't think it can be any deposit from the hot air system. I "Gleamed" the entire layout in late January 2008. At that point a clean wheeled loco could be taken at a crawl anywhere on the layout. While that means the furnace was on for the first few months of the cleaned track's time, it has been off for the summer and Fall. It hasn't come on at all for about two weeks as we've been burning wood 24/7. We had the wood stove on days-mostly in January through March. Any other wood burning mmrs have a problem with track cleanliness due to wood fires?
I'm beginning to think the root of the problem is not simply salt air, heating systems or road dust. It really started after I painted the rail and ballasted the track. I used acryllic paint. The worst crud build up is in the lower yard. That's the one which long time Diner (aka Coffee Shop) patrons may remember I foolishly ballasted with wood-stove ash, and had to re-do. In my hidden loops the track is not painted. I've just run my "Port Authority" loco along the longest of the hidden, therefore unpainted, sections, and it was flawless. The only track where it lost conductivity was out of the tunnel, on painted ballasted track.
As to the road, it isn't busy, in fact a rural backwater. Although gravel, I don't think it's dust from the road. The one part of the layout that runs at all well right now is the container port, and that's quite close to the room's only window (which does face that road). Incidentally, the room's only hot air vent is under that window. In fact dust (and the need therefore to vacuum) is not the cause on its own. The crud isn't loose, and doesn't respond to vacuuming.
The track is nickle-silver, Flip, so it's not rust. And blownout, you're right, it's build up, not pitting. Does acrylic paint react with salt air to cause a build up? Any chemists out there? I dislike going out onto the main Forum, but may have to start a topic on this. The thought of re-painting al that track with a solvent based paint gives one pause, but if that's what has to be done in order to use the layout.......
I don't want to go back to abraisive cleaners like bright boys, as the scratching of the railhead leaves places where dirt can accumulate. That's the beauty of the Gleam Method, the rails are burnished and polished. I have a Centerline car, that I use for my alcohol application. I could try the clipper oil (I've a small quantity I used for the throw bars of turnouts during ballasting so the glue doesn't stick them) I may think again about Goo Gone and Rail Zip, and as suggested, letting the stuff dry.
In the mean time it looks like my hand held cab for the NCE Powerhouse DCC system is dying, losing control of loco speed on some locos, and of one decoder completely.
It's that time again, must get to bed. Thanks for listening, and please keep those thoughts about this coming. goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Well, finished all the cleaning up around here. Now we have enough leftovers for a week.. This will keep me busy for awhile...
Have a good night people I's be heading for bed
Evening, Janie, I'll have a cup of cocoa, but with whipped cream on it tonight, please, in a Pearl Harbor mug, if you have another one. Thanks!
twhiteJim: A C&O 2-8-8-2?
Sorry to mislead you Tom, but I was using the Whyte name designation for the 2-8-8-2, not the RR line. I'm pretty sure it wasn't C&O, but don't recall the RR line it was lettered in.
twhite...IF it's an H-7 (I think). They sorta/kinda looked like a Rio Grande L-131, with the overhung feedwater heater and all the guts hanging out on the front and sides. Of course they had smaller drivers (57" as opposed to 63") and lower tractive effort, but they were sure sweet looking articulateds. But if it's the one I think it is, it's probably not a BLI. Maybe one of those Custom Brass models that the owner popped a sound decoder into the tender. But then again, it might be a stock 2-8-8-2 with C&O markings on the tender.
Okay, Tom you're WAY over my head about the models of 2-8-8-2, better give those things to me in monosyllables, I'm a on much beyond counting the axles to figure the number designation; for the name, I have a file with the Whyte names I have to open up and look at... Sounds like those two cats are having totally too much fun, and you are probably wise to go check up on them in the den (or anywhere else close to an articulated). You may also want to invest in the cat food company, at the rate Remington's growing.
Paul, sorry to hear about MaryAnn's health problems. Will keep you both (and Daisy) in my prayers. Take good care of her, and make sure she does what the doctors tell her to do (food, therapy, etc.). Glad Lara loaned you her Mac laptop - see how easy they are to learn?! Careful, or you'll get spoiled by that one...
Lee, I bet your encounter with that huge biker guy could have been much worse if you'd said you weren't in the service, and if he was mad at you.
Aw, PC, you pick the easy chapters to teach, don't you?
pcarrellI can't wait to go back to work tomorrow and get a break from this Hunny Do list!
I'm sure you do, PC - just don't tell that to your 'Hunny'...
Ray, I think you won the prize for the fastest time on putting up your Christmas decorations. I'd say, go for it with those old lights! But have your fire extinguisher ready... And I like your arrangement better than some of the 'trendy' varieties of lights they are coming out with each year. Liked your 'greens' joke, too - bet Garry will like it as well.
B-C - Forty people? Yeah, I'd call that way more than a little swamped. Good thing the fire department didn't swing by to check maximum occupancy on your place!
Jeff, thanks for the photos of Pearl Harbor.
to the Diner, F-unit! (Have you been in before? Thought your name sounded familiar)
Today I got treated for breakfast (along with the rest of our 'Twelve' - it's sort of a leadership/small group for small group leaders, if that explains things) by our Twelve leader, at the local Cracker Barrel.
Church was a bit rough for some of the singles who knew Daniel (who died Friday and I just got the word last night). His best friend Tim was having a rough time of it, so I sat up in the row he usually sits in (and some other friends of Tim sat in the row behind). I teared up some, but I think it helped Tim some that we were there, and a couple of the people took Tim to lunch after early service.
Tonight I went back for a special guest the church had - John Bevere. His message was great, and convicting in several parts. Our Twelve has been studying his recent book "Honor's Reward".
It's cold enough tonight; 29 F (-2 C), and wind chill of 22 F (-6 C). But at least we don't have snow!
Hi Flip - hope you're staying comfy warm down there in Florida!
Well, I'm gonna finish up my cocoa and then I'll be heading for home. See you all in the morning!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Cederstrand***Ray, how much time did it take you to create such an elaborate light show, or did you have a crew of helpers with that? Excellent!
I was in a bit of a hurry................. Actually my Daughter in Law sent it to me in an e-mail and I saw it as something I would do (just to embarrass the neighbors....). I fact I might just do that. I have a few old strings of lights that haven't been used in years........ Hmmmmmmm,
Tall glass of cool lemon water, please & thanks.
***Ray, how much time did it take you to create such an elaborate light show, or did you have a crew of helpers with that? Excellent!
Waiting on the season finale of Storm Chasers to come on. have a good evening all.
It shouldn't be hard to model that.
Ditto on hilarious. Hey, better than no lights at all. lol
Wish you all a WARM Holiday- CHRISTMAS and New Year. May Peace , Health and Funds be with you.
Best wishes and Prayers for all.
Flip
Welcome to the diner f-unit! Ray; Well you got the lights up!
Welcome f-unit....Ray now that is funny!!.....Jerry
Hello F-unit... It's about the modelers and their families as well as their models. Thanks for asking. Glad you are here. Feel free to share your "whatevers"......... Have fun!
f-unit What is this, food, war,god,sick people,etc,etc,what does it have to do with train?
What is this, food, war,god,sick people,etc,etc,what does it have to do with train?
Absolutly nothing, lol.
Welcome to the diner, where you can talk about anything, including, but not limited to, trains, war, God, sick people, food, drink, your day, etc., lol. Pretty much think of it as an actual diner or other hang-out spot.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout