Good morning all,
I’m glad the weatherman is sharing the snow with the southern states; all of you may need to weld plows on the front of your road units. LOL
Rob have you considered a double decked layout? You could install lights on the bottom of the upper level so you can see the lower level.
Terry, it snowed in Corpus Christi winter of 2000. Less than ½ an inch, but it closed schools and pretty much shut down the whole town.
Paul, glad to hear Mary Ann is back home, how is she doing?
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning, Zoe - I'll just have some scrambled eggs and couple strips of bacon, glass of Ed's OJ and a glass of milk, please, n thanks. Yeah, I'm running a bit of a runny nose, and my stomach likes milk better than coffee when I have that.
Jeff - snow? Even if it doesn't stick, still... that's very surprising down your way. Almost as amazing as Terry having snow in Houston.
BC, that black ice can be one huge mess (tm - sorry, Fergie!).
Garry, it depends on the maker for the fruit cake. I used to like the Corsica (TX) fruit cakes - my grandparents' business would get them - many moons ago - for business customers for Christmas. They're fairly good, but you have to keep them from drying out. And no, I do NOT want everyone sending me a fruit cake this year (or any other...). Thanks, anyway!
Tom, I wonder if brass is tougher than cats' teeth. Guess you could tell us, huh? Sure would be nicer if Remi wasn't knocking the O scale locos off the tracks (most of those locos are not lightweight, for sure). Good that your Z-6 may be in before Christmas. Did you LHS guy say how far across the Pacific Ocean the Korean shipment was? Can you track it online?
We're gonna have some sunshine today - let's see, what did that look like? - but it's not warming up very much, only about 40 F today or tomorrow either one. I think the temp with wind chill this morning was about 24 or 25 F. Bit on the cool side.
Paul, hope Mary Ann is doing better today. Take good care of her, y'hear?
Lee, actually, I will have plows on the front of several of my locos, since up in the Southwest mountain areas in the winter it can get a bit of snow (Hey, that's my story - it's 'my world' on the layout and I'll make it like I want...).
Rob, good to hear that (some of the time, anyway) you have been getting some sleep again. Hope that other stuff with waking up quits on you. How's the contractor moving along? Seen them again lately?
I'll be in the window booth, finishing my breakfast up. Glad the twins put the insulated glass in the Diner when they moved over here.
Blessings and a warm, dry place for your day,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hey Rob, do you own an Ark by chance? I've been watching the weather, and you may find that one will come in handy!
Mornin' everyone!
I'll have a pot of dark roast, Flo! How about a bowl of hot oatmeal with brown sugar as well. Getta get the chill out of the old bones this morning.
Currently 27°F here in the Finger Lakes with a high of 30°F predicted for this afternoon. Snow in Houston? To paraphrase a famous line by Crocodile Dundee..... That ain't snow! This here's snow:
Photo taken two years ago of my porch. Haven't had one of those yet this year, but it should be forthcoming. I like to play with the snowblower........
Last night we welcomed 6 new people to the Board of Deacons at church, filled bags with goodies for "Shut-ins", and had our annual Advent/Christmas/December party at the home of one of the Deacons. Fun was had by all, and I need to diet for the next several days to compensate for the injestion of calories...........
Jeffrey it has been a good many years since I have had to field rig a vehicle to get it running. Sounds like you did a good job of it. Growing up on a Dairy Farm that was an almost daily occurrence with the old junkers we ran.
Paul, good that Mary Ann is back home. Hope she continues to do well on Dialysis!
I best finish my coffee and get to work. I have a days worth to get done in the next hour or two.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning All.....Its partly cloudy and 29 here....I'll have a Ham salad sandwitch,chips and a diet coke please, Thank You...Thanks for for the prayers and thoughts for My Brother...He came thru fine and they think they got all the cancer..
Havn't got much done on Railroad..Maybe latter today...Paul take good care of Mary Ann..Jeff glad to hear you got a good deal on your glasses and that you got your car going again..I would have like to have seen you under it!!..
You all have a good one...Jerry
Hello ..
I'll have a bowl of chili. Just the right thing. Drizzle and mid 30's here. Yucky.
Global warming has brought snow to Houston and New Orleans. How terrible.
Jerry...... That's great news about your brother!. I hope he heals from the surgery soon.
Rob ..... Perhaps, you will sleep better after the new house is done, the stress of building it is over, and you are all cuddly with your better half in the new place.
Lee ... Another question about your fallen flag: Is the LS&W related to the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. I am wondering because I have a brass LS&MS 4-6-0. My LS&MS Ten Wheeler was acquired for my old 1900 era layout shortly before I dismantled it due to moving. The brass engine has been resting in its box ever since. It's a nice old engine, and I ought to run it every now and then.
JimCG .... Speaking of fruit cakes, have you ever experienced the Claxton funde raiser things?? They sell them every year at the local Tru-Value hardare store. When I first saw them there, I could tell I was in Redneck country. Where else do they display fruit cake on teh same shelf as the rat poisen and the snake poisen?
Stay warm everybody
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Jerry, GREAT news!
Continued prayers for Jerry's brother, Mary Ann, and all the others in need. Speaking of which, how are you doing Terry?
Heartland Division CBandQ Global warming has brought snow to Houston and New Orleans. How terrible.
I know it's just amazing! My cousins in Houston, step-son in Baton Rouge, in-laws and parents in New Orleans all called to tell us they have accumulation. And are shutting down the city by the minute...
And Garry, thanks for asking about Monique, she is much better now!
Jim - Yes, she is my new niece and Monique is much better now too! You asked about soup on Tuesday and I dropped the ball again. So to make up for that here is a soup selection for you a trio of soups; Crawfish Bisque, Black Bean Soup and Split Pea Soup...
Howdy and Welcome Back Flash! Long time no see! I love the Christmas train!
Happy Birthday Tom!
Ray - I've similar fire starters like the ones you did for Boy Scouts. We even used lint from the dryer put into the egg crates and dripped candle wax on those. Makes for great quick start campfires.
Glad you like the cookies Sue, Jim, Garry and Jerry!
As I mentioned a few days ago I did some progress on the backdrop of the west and south side of the lower deck on the layout this past weekend. Here is a photo and link to my story about how I did it all...
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
howmusJeffrey it has been a good many years since I have had to field rig a vehicle to get it running. Sounds like you did a good job of it. Growing up on a Dairy Farm that was an almost daily occurrence with the old junkers we ran.
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True Meaning Of Christmas
The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. He had no decorations, no tree, no lights. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebrate. There were no children in his life. His wife had gone. He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened up and a homeless man stepped through. Instead of throwing the man out, George, Old George as he was known by his customers, told the man to come in and sit by the space heater and warm up.
"Thank you, but I don't mean to intrude," said the stranger. "I see you're busy. I'll just go." "Not without something hot in your belly," George said. He turned and opened a wide mouth Thermos and handed it to the stranger. "It ain't much, but it's hot and tasty. Stew. Made it myself. When you're done, there's coffee and it's fresh." Just at that moment he heard the "ding" of the driveway bell. "Excuse me, be right back," George said. There in the driveway was an old '53 Chevy. Steam was rolling out of the front. The driver was panicked. "Mister, can you help me?" said the driver with a deep Spanish accent. "My wife is with child and my car is broken." George opened the hood. It was bad. The block looked cracked from the cold; the car was dead. "You ain't going in this thing. George said as he turned away.
"But mister. Please help..." The door of the office closed behind George as he went in. George went to the office wall and got the keys to his old truck, and went back outside. He walked around the building and opened the garage, started the truck and drove it around to where the couple was waiting. "Here, take my truck," he said. "She ain't the best thing you've ever looked at, but she runs real good." George helped put the woman in the truck and watched as it sped off into the night. George turned and walked back inside the office. "Glad I gave 'em the truck. Their tires were shot, too. That 'ol truck has brand new..." George thought he was talking to the stranger, but the man had gone. The Thermos was on the desk, empty with a used coffee cup beside it. "Well, at least he got something in his belly," George thought.
George went back outside to see if the old Chevy would start. It cranked slowly, but it started. He pulled it into the garage where the truck had been. He thought he would tinker with it for something to do. Christmas Eve meant no customers. He discovered the block hadn't cracked, it was just the bottom hose on the radiator. "Well, shoot, I can fix this," he said to himself. So he put a new one on. "Those tires ain't gonna get 'em through the winter either." He took the snow treads off of his wife's old Lincoln. They were like new and he wasn't going to drive the car.
As he was working, he heard shots being fired. He ran outside and beside a police car an officer lay on the cold ground. Bleeding from the left shoulder, the officer moaned, "Help me!" George helped the officer inside as he remembered the training he had received in the Army as a medic. He knew the wound needed attention. "Pressure to stop the bleeding," he thought. The uniform company had been there that morning and had left clean shop towels. He used those and duct tape to bind the wound.
"Hey, they say duct tape can fix anything," he said, trying to make the policeman feel at ease. "Something for the pain," George thought. All he had was the pills he used for his back. "These oughta work." He put some water in a cup and gave the policeman the pills. "You hang in there. I'm gonna get you an ambulance." The phone was dead. "Maybe I can get one of your buddies on that there talk box out in your car."
He went out only to find that a bullet had gone into the dashboard destroying the two-way radio. He went back in to find the policeman sitting up. "Thanks," said the officer. "You could've left me out there. The guy that shot me is still in the area." George sat down beside him. "I would never leave an injured man in the Army and I ain't gonna leave you." George pulled back the bandage to check for bleeding. "Looks worse than it is. Bullet passed right through ya. Good thing it missed the important stuff though. I think with time you're gonna be right as rain." George got up and poured a cup of coffee.. "How do you take it?" he asked. "None for me," said the officer. "Oh, yer gonna drink this. Best in the city. Too bad I ain't got no donuts."
The officer laughed and winced at the same time. The front door of the office flew open. In burst a young man with a gun. "Give me all your cash! Do it now!" the young man yelled. His hand was shaking and George could tell that he had never done anything like this before.
"That's the guy that shot me!" exclaimed the officer. "Son, why are you doing this?" asked George. "You need to put the cannon away. Somebody else might get hurt." The young man was confused. "Shut up old man, or I'll shoot you, too. Now give me the cash!" The cop was reaching for his gun. "Put that thing away," George said to the cop. "We got one too many in here now." He turned his attention to the young man.
"Son, it's Christmas Eve. If you need the money, well then, here. It ain't much but it's all I got. Now put that pea shooter away." George pulled $150 out of his pocket and handed it to the young man, reaching for the barrel of the gun at the same time. The young man released his grip on the gun, fell to his knees and began to cry. "I'm not very good at this am I? All I wanted was to buy something for my wife and son," he went on. "I've lost my job. My rent is due. My car got repossessed last week..."
George handed the gun to the cop. "Son, we all get in a bit of squeeze now and then. The road gets hard sometimes, but we make it through the best we can." He got the young man to his feet, and sat him down on a chair across from the cop. "Sometimes we do stupid things." George handed the young man a cup of coffee. "Being stupid is one of the things that makes us human. Comin' in here with a gun ain't the answer. Now sit there and get warm and we'll sort this thing out."
The young man had stopped crying. He looked over to the cop. "Sorry I shot you. It just went off. I'm sorry, officer." "Shut up and drink your coffee," the cop said. George could hear the sounds of sirens outside. A police car and an ambulance skidded to a halt. Two cops came through the door, guns drawn.
"Chuck! You ok?" one of the cops asked the wounded officer. "Not bad for a guy who took a bullet. How did you find me?" "GPS locator in the car. Best thing since sliced bread. Who did this?" the other cop asked as he approached the young man. Chuck answered him, "I don't know. The guy ran off into the dark. Just dropped his gun and ran." George and the young man both looked puzzled at each other. "That guy work here?" the wounded cop continued. "Yep," George said. "Just hired him this morning. Boy lost his job." The paramedics came in and loaded Chuck onto the stretcher. The young man leaned over the wounded cop and whispered, "Why?" Chuck just said, "Merry Christmas, boy. And you too, George, and thanks for everything."
"Well, looks like you got one doozy of a break there. That ought to solve some of your problems." George went into the back room and came out with a box. He pulled out a ring box. "Here you go. Something for the little woman. I don't think Martha would mind. She said it would come in handy some day."
The young man looked inside to see the biggest diamond ring he ever saw. "I can't take this," said the young man. "It means something to you." "And now it means something to you," replied George. "I got my memories. That's all I need." George reached into the box again. An airplane, a car and a truck appeared next. They were toys that the oil company had left for him to sell. "Here's something for that little man of yours."
The young man began to cry again as he handed back the $150 that the old man had handed him earlier. "And what are you supposed to buy Christmas dinner with? You keep that too," George said. "Now git home to your family."
The young man turned with tears streaming down his face. "I'll be here in the morning for work, if that job offer is still good." "Nope. I'm closed Christmas day," George said. "See ya the day after."
George turned around to find that the stranger had returned. "Where'd you come from? I thought you left?" "I have been here. I have always been here," said the stranger. "You say you don't celebrate Christmas. Why?" "Well, after my wife passed away I just couldn't see what all the bother was. Puttin' up a tree and all seemed a waste of a good pine tree. Bakin' cookies like I used to with Martha just wasn't the same by myself and besides I was getting a little chubby."
The stranger put his hand on George's shoulder. "But you do celebrate the holiday, George. You gave me food and drink and warmed me when I was cold and hungry. The woman with child will bear a son and he will become a great doctor. The policeman you helped will go on to save 19 people from being killed by terrorists. The young man who tried to rob you will make you a rich man and not take any for himself. That is the spirit of the season and you keep it as good as any man."
George was taken aback by all this stranger had said. "And how do you know all this?" asked the old man. "Trust me, George. I have the inside track on this sort of thing. And when your days are done you will be with Martha again." The stranger moved toward the door.
"If you will excuse me, George, I have to go now. I have to go home where there is a big celebration planned." George watched as the old leather jacket and the torn pants that the stranger was wearing turned into a white robe.
A golden light began to fill the room. "You see, George... it's my birthday. Merry Christmas." George fell to his knees and replied, "Happy Birthday, Lord."
"What you do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all your tomorrows."
Author Known To God
Wonderful story PC, just wonderful! Brought tears to my eyes at the end!
Thank you for sharing it here, and if you don't mind I'm going to have to copy that one and forward it along.
SilverSpike......and if you don't mind I'm going to have to copy that one and forward it along.
Please do!
Well, as if i didn't have enough on my plate:
I get to teach a model railroading mini-course at my school. And I'll be teaching my classmates,w hich really sucks. So now, along with all the other crud, I have to hunt down our career counselor (who's running these things) and figure out what I have to do from him, then I think I'm going to have to get some adult to help, and then i gotta teach it. So yeah, not going to have a fun January, lol.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
PC thats a good one..It made me tear up too...Jerry
River flood warning in the area (not here though). Even with all the recent rain, our big pond is still a good foot down from the overflow pipe. At least the smaller duck island & goose island ponds are full so the birds are quite happy now. The usual middle pasture gate across the creek washed out, so put the cows up in the barnyard for the nighe, incase Twister (mare) swims through the gap to "play with them". Still need to check the back pasture creek gates.
Wife & I are NOT happy with what the contractor listed for deductions. He left off a few thousand dollars worth in his figuring. We will be busy the next few days working up estimates to make our case. Fair is fine, but if someone tries to rip me off, I'll be more than willing to seek arbitration. I'm so wound up right now I could explode.
Plumber comes tomorrow.
Mailed back the defective loco with delivery confirmation. We'll see how that goes. Also shipped out more art prints, which (along with the rain) is something good I can report on.
Rob
PC; Tnx for that wonderful story...that does wonders to the spirit
Jerry; We'll keep praying for your family. Take care
Rob; ...and you still need to deal with the plumber after all this rigmarole? Sheesh!
'Spring' crawled into the tree, and apparently slept in it for an hour...Audrey told me this when I got home. Now we are trying to figure out whether he didn't really sneak off with something in the tree...
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/
Evening all.
The weather's been weird today. In the moringing it was fairly warm, but by the middle of the day it got cold. The mercury has been dropping since then. Hope it snows.
Today was the last day of college for me until next semester. Now I'll have more time for my projects. I managed to put together a Walthers 100-ton cement hopper today, tommorow I'll put together my SP double-door automobile box (which is probably too old for my era). I didn't have instructions for the latter, but I found instructions for a similar one on HO seeker.. I'll probably leave the roofwalks of so it doesn't look so out of place with my 70s-era rolling stock.
Yesteday my parents ordered that F45 that I wanted. It might not get here for christmas, but I can wait.
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.
Garry,
I’m modeling the track age of the LS&MS, but bringing it into the 1940’ – 1950’s under the name LS&W.
At the top of my web site is the track age map of the LS&MS.
Other than running through my home town the LS&MS hauled everything, and had connections with almost 100 different railroads/short lines.
Once the LS&MS finished its AIRLINE yards everyone wanted a piece of the LS&MS.
In October 1867 the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad leased the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad. The CP&A changed its name to the Lake Shore Railway on March 31, 1868, and on February 11, 1869 the Lake Shore absorbed the Cleveland and Toledo. On April 6 the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad and Lake Shore merged to form the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, which absorbed the Buffalo and Erie Railroad on June 22, giving one company the whole route from Buffalo to Chicago. The main route passed through Dunkirk, New York, Erie, Pennsylvania, Ashtabula, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, Waterloo, Indiana and South Bend, Indiana. An alternate route (the Sandusky Division) in Ohio ran north of the main line between Elyria and Millbury (not all track was laid until 1872). From Toledo to Elkhart, Indiana, the Old Road ran to the north, through southern Michigan, and the through route was called the Air Line Division or Northern Indiana Air Line. Along with various branches that had been acquired (see below), the Monroe Branch ran east from Adrian, Michigan to Monroe, where it intersected the leased Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad. At some point the original line to Toledo was abandoned west of the branch to Jackson (Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad), with the new connection at Lenawee Junction, the crossing between that branch and the line to Monroe.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway: 1869-1914
Around 1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt and his New York Central and Hudson River Railroad gained a majority of stock of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The line provided an ideal extension of the New York Central main line from Buffalo west to Chicago, along with the route across southern Ontario (Canada Southern Railway and Michigan Central Railroad). On December 22, 1914 the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to form a new New York Central Railroad.
While the original main line was to the south between Toledo and Elyria, the northern alignment (the Sandusky Division) eventually became the main line
It's gonna be a bit cool here tonight. 28 degrees. I'll have the heater on for sure. I was more of a polar bear in my younger days but now I'm more of a lizard. I love my heat.
Well I haven't been in here in awhile. Time to catch up.
I see a few people say they got snow in Tx. I know when I lived in NC, and when it flurried............Man was everybody worried, and everything shut down. I hate to see what TX was like.
Right now its just a cold rain here. Calling for 1-3 inches.
My railbox went for $52. More would have been nice, but I am glad its going to a good home. I think I am giving the eBay thing a good break. It's finally starting to slow down at work, and maybe I can catch up on my cars.
Jeffery I know what you mean with the heater. We decided not to get heat up stairs, and we have a space heater. I do get alittle worried at night thou with it going.
Well everybody stay warm. I'm off tomorrow, and I can spend most of the day on the layout.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good evening, Chloe - I'll have a hot fudge sundae (with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it), and a cup of decaf please. Thanks!
Ray, do you mean that the snowblower is under there somewhere? I can't quite make out its shape...
Jerry, good great to hear the news on your brother (and will continue).
Garry, about those fruit cakes at TruValue Hardware - I have tasted a slice of one or two that might've been placed a bit too close on that shelf... with about all the nutritional value of cardboard? And I've never seen 'snake poison' - is that like a solid metal egg that's painted to look like the real thing (to fool the snake into swallowing it?
PC - Thanks...
Sawyer, I hope the MRR'ing mini-course surprises you with how it turns out (and that you convert a few students to MRR'ing, too!). Just give it your best shot and share what you know, and your enthusiasm might just be catching.
Rob, good to hear you have some new sales. Best wishes on making sure the contractor keeps it honest (particularly on the final bill!).
Ryan, I LIKE that backdrop - and that's just so far, huh?
Robby, that sounds like a great price on your Railbox! Keep that up!
I hope Jeff and Terry - and all our other Southerners - have enough heat and blankets to stay warm tonight. Up further north, we have a better stock of blankets, heaters, sweaters and snow shovels, since we are more likely to get some of that *delightful* white stuff on the ground.
Everybody stay warm tonight! Chloe, can I have a hot cocoa to go, please? Thanks.
Blessings and a warm night for all you Diners and your families,
Evenin' folks!
Got home from the Holiday Concert at School. They all did a great job! I had a real work out as I had to push the on-off (mute) switch on the announcement mic 6 times tonight..... My finger will be sore for weeks..... I gave the music dept. notice that this is my last year of doing live sound for the concerts. I thought the Band teacher was going to cry....... I have worked with him ever since he came to the school close to 20 years ago. I also told them I would be around to advise and help with problems after this year. I want them to have time to decide how they will handle the situation. I have also talked to an English Teacher who is a brilliant musician and would like to take over as sound man. He currently works the lighting for Middle School Shows (and is a former student of mine).
Man Jeffrey, you folks are getting a taste of Northern Weather I see. It is 28°F right now here in Geneva. Hope your heater keeps you toasty.
JimRCGMORay, do you mean that the snowblower is under there somewhere? I can't quite make out its shape...
Oh that is the white lump in the bottom Left side of the photo. I had already run it. We had about 20" of "partly cloudy" over night and had just finished playing with the snowblower.
Ray; That is like being told one day it is going to be mainly sunny the next day only to find 33" of the white stuff on your front lawn!! Isn't life in the snowbelt invigorating ???
Good evening gents, been a while since I was in the Diner. The short story is, the wife liked my train room so well that she asked to have it for a storage room. All the seasonal stuff was spread out in 2 closets and two rooms on the lower level. So we made a swap, she got the train room, and I got two rooms adjacent to each other. Now I have windows for ventillation, two rooms, one is 19 X 12, the other is 10 X 19. I have all my tables disassembled and moved to one of the two rooms, all her stuff is now stored in the train room with spiffy new wire rack shelving, and I have one of the two new train rooms all done except for clouds, that will be tomorrow.
I have to get off the air, the power is dipping and we have one big ice storm here, 16,000 people are without power here now, I have the generator all gassed up and ready, and the APC is keeping my PC ready. I can hear tree limbs falling all over the place, front, sides, back, what a mess ( no not you Fergie ). I f we get ANY wind tonight as the LOW passes off the coastline, we are in for BIG trouble.
See you guys later with photos of new rooms.
Chamomile tea, please and thanks.
***Dick, CONGRATS on the train room swap. Sounds like you came out ahead. Good luck during the ice storm. They are beautiful, but sure can cause a lot of trouble, too.
Have a good night all.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
howmusMan Jeffrey, you folks are getting a taste of Northern Weather I see. It is 28°F right now here in Geneva. Hope your heater keeps you toasty.
Good morning. It's 37 and clear. The high is expected to be in the upper 50's and it will be partly cloudy. Spent part of yesterday testing some old power packs that I'll be sending out to people who have asked for them. Out of 7 tested only 1 showed up as bad so the rest will be sent out. Three are the standard Bachmann controllers, 1 is a BAchmann Spectrum controller and 2 are Athearn Train Packs. Also spent part of the day helping clean up after the storm night before last then spent the rest of the day recovering from the cleanup work. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 12/12/2008 Wind Chill: 37°F Humidity: 63% Dew Point: 26°F So Far Today High: 38°F Low: 34°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 6mph NNE Today High: 58 Mostly sunny until late afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Not as cool. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph. Tonight Low: 38 Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds around 5 mph.
Hello and Good Morning--We are expecting up to 4" of snow today with a high of -2 C and by Sunday we will be back to some more rain for our viewing pleasure....
Dick; I love that kind of deal!! That is a perfect opportunity for a good sized layout.