Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Tall glass of cool lemon water, please & thank you.
***Jeffrey, nice work, especially those towers of the Glue Factory in the background.
***Packers 1, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"
Tonight we took FIL to hear a superb bluegrass band for his birthday present.
Nothing new in the train department...or should I say Train Depot.
Time for a late night barn check. Night all.
Rob
And I was 14 in 1950. Our answerman, Ed, may still have the list with our birthdays.
Flip
Hello again, Diners
Perhaps some of you may be interested in one of my old locomotives. I've been running several locomotives to test my new track an this is one of them. The picture is on older track by my flour mill. The old Bowser 4-8-4 still runs like a champ. I'll post a CZ picture in WPF next. have fun everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I am stopping by after a big meal. Thanksgiving at my brothers was way too much food.
Jeff, Good idea for a pedestrian bypass. We are always looking for new ideas.
der, I can't believe how much you have acomplished on your layout.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Evening All,
I'll have a coffee and some apple pie ala mode if Phil has left any. Long cold windy day today cleaning out a 30 year accumulation of paint cans and "stuff". Found a few 110/220 electric motors to have checked out and lots of unrecognizable items. The new shed is just about full and the house is just about gutted.
Packers 1 - Happy Birthday a bit late in the day and all but .... Sounds like you made quite a haul and all useful stuff as well. No argyle socks from Auntie ?
Jerry - hope the party went well. It's nice most of the kids were going to be there.
Der - spent the day ducking under that loop and only hit my head a couple of times. Practice helps, no? I agree - the hard hat just makes it more difficult. With a little work I bet you can hit hard enough to sit yourself down.
Well another full day tomorrow ought to do it except for the radiators and furnace which will need to wait for more help. Then it's back to refinishing furniure and getting ready to move shop while the crew does the house. Catch y'all tomorrow. J.R.
Good evening one and all: I’ll have a black tea, and a bowl of those Oat O cereal things, with Mango and Passion fruit yogurt stirred in, instead of milk. A dusting of powdered cloves on that please Janie. Thanks Flip, it’s great to see you again.
Jeff: That pedestrian bridge is really beautiful, and the photo sure shows it off. I made one from a card kit on my B.C. layout. It was a Brit (GWR) type, and I had it on a LNER brick built station…bit of a stretch for a BC Rail subdivision! Nothing like as detailed, or as large, just double track.
Ray: Hey Waitress, what's her name? (don't know the staff this time of day yet...) I'll have some decaf as long as Flip is buying.…Great th ing about this place is the virtual staff. They change as soon as you call a name, so it doesn’t matter, and Vinnie becomes Vito just as soon as Flip says so!
Hey Waitress, what's her name? (don't know the staff this time of day yet...) I'll have some decaf as long as Flip is buying.
Blownout: Jeff; This almost looks like the ped. overpass in Palmerston ON. The photo gives it a presence... …We were living in Clifford when the old overpass at Harriston was made into a grade crossing. The bridge had been built some time like 1910, and was made from 12x12 B.C. cedar. That timber was still in terrific condition 60 to 70 years later.
Jeff; This almost looks like the ped. overpass in Palmerston ON. The photo gives it a presence...
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evening Gang: I finally got the mesquites grubed out. At least I think that I got them all. I may find some in the spring that I missed or didn't get all of the tape root. One nice thing about working in that field is it is right next to the UP tracks. Lots of train watching the last few days.
Happy Birthday Packers. I'm 52 years ahead of you. Jeff you're still a youngster.
Right now I'm aching and really thinking about going to bed.
Good Night All
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/
Another work of art by the artist now if we could just teach the artist to move glue bottles befor pics great job jeff looks excellant.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Here's something for you all to ogle at. It's a Model Power copy of a Heljan pedestrian bridge. That doesn't mean it didn't have a whole bunch of little bitty pieces. It took me about three weeks to put it together. This photo was taken in almost no light because I wanted a twilight effect. Focal length=6mm, exposure time=2 seconds, f/2.9, ISO=400.
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Evening all just got done rant and raving which I normally don't on this forum but theres a post out on the main menu about worlds greatest hobby and least user friendliest. I think hes I know everything but don't know (*&^%$ .
Okay rant over
Hows everyone doing I've been doing good. They basically ended the O.T. so no more 60 - 64 hour weeks sure going to miss the big paychecks lol but not the lack of sleep
blownout cylinder Packers#1; Do you have a warehouse? Another 4x8? OK you do have a warehouse. Do you do your own wiring? Have a good one!
Packers#1; Do you have a warehouse? Another 4x8? OK you do have a warehouse. Do you do your own wiring? Have a good one!
Nah, I don't have a warehouse, lol. Reason I went for so much rolling stock is that I'm trying to replace all my old bachmann cars w/ Atlas. It's now at 2 hoppers, 7 boxcars for the new cars, a decent start. I now have a plan for that 4x8, and bought the rest of the track I'll need today at the LHS.
Desktop layout is gone ya'll, and thank the lord for it, now I've got a desk where it's heated.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
fec153Nah! On page 70. bottom left of Boise car.
Oooo, Ooooo, Ooooooo (hand raised!) I know, I know!!!!!!!!
Evenin' all! I had a great day with a bunch of fellow Model Railroaders. Picked some brains for new ideas for the division. One of the MMRs was not able to be there but he was kind enough to e-mial some of his thoughts fro district activities to me. The other two folks that came from the district and I spent about an hour discussing ideas and we all are on the same wavelength. The gentleman who just moved to this area a couple of years ago brought a newsletter from his old division (Dallas, TX) that had exactly some of the kinds of things I was hopping to have brought up. That also dovetailed nicely with the e-mail. My treasurer who has been in that position for many years came in with some very similar ideas. If we can put these into motion this district will have some real fun... Oh, I should mention over here that I am the new Superintendent of the Lakeshores Division, Niagra Frontier Region, NMRA. We also spent about an hour and a half running some trains, and as is always par for the course, had several derailments.......... In places that nothing has ever derailed before!
Doggone!!!! Jeffrey beat me to it! Darn!
Hey Waitress, what's her name? (don't know the staff this time of day yet...) I'll have some decaf as long as Flip is buying. Maybe a slice of Pumpkin pie with some Vanilla Ice Cream on it. You know that Pie al la Calories stuff. Yep, that's it! Don't forget, decafe, I won't be sleeping tonight if I have regular, especially after today!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
fec153Nah! On page 70. bottom left of Boise car. Guess its a tree with bushes.
A question was given to me by a fellow about doodlebugs; esp gas oper'd ones. When was the latest used and by whom? This one made me brain feel like a warehouse...
Nah! On page 70. bottom left of Boise car. Guess its a tree with bushes.
Whoops. Been so long since I've been here that I have forgotten protocal. Belly up everyone. Zoe, or whoever is still working here will take your order. Hey, is that Janie? Vito still on duty?
fec153Yo,Jeff- What is that thing in bottom left of pix? Overgrown hedgehog??? Did your package arrive?
Yo,Jeff- What is that thing in bottom left of pix? Overgrown hedgehog???
Did your package arrive?
Yes, the package arrived yesterday.
Phil aka Flip
Blessings to all here.
Been doing a bit of work on the layout today. I got the pedestrian bridge in place and I did a bit of relighting work at the back of the layout.
Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone! Yeah, I did clean up. Mainly because my sister got a bike for her birthday back in April, so my parents spent more on me. Altogether, it was about $200. I set up a favorites folder w/ links to everything, and they ordered it all, lol.
So today, I'm going to take my allowance, and w/ a card my LHS sent me for my b-day ($10 off a purchase of $25 or more), I'm going to get some track and set up another 4x8 layout. Going to dismantle my desktop layout though, time to move on.
Good morning, All. I guess some of you are thinking about lunch already. We are going to my brothers for Thanksgiving dinner this afternoon. Looks like we will be partying for a week.
I am trying to get the ambition to do ground goop on the other side of the stream bed. If I do it today, I can do the streambed tomorrow, and then Larry can start finalizing the trestle. I am the one holding up progress now.
Rob, Sorry that your mare is not doing well.
Hello everybody!
Sawyer: Happy Birthday and congratulations for all the neat presents!
Lee ........ Sorry to hear you are sick. Get well soon! TG is almost here and you have a layout needing work
Jerry says his borther is cooking 20 pounds of pork. Would you like some KY BBQ sauce for that?...Or ask jeff if he still has some of that "bomb" sauce. Twenty pounds is good for you; what will your brother eat?
Yes, PC does work for the phone comapny. That's his hang up.
I'm really pleased with the track on my newly added lower level loop. None of my trains derails on it; even the most "picky" of my locomotives. Nothing needed any adjusting. I should be able to start building the upper level loop immediately after Thanksgiving weekend.
Happy Model Railroading!
Good Morning Crew,
I'm at work this morning so do you think I can get a carry out Chloe ?? Great, I'll have a cinnamon bagel and a double hot chocolate. In a paper bag please, I got to run.....................................
jeffrey-wimberly The year I was 14 was 1974. That was 34 years ago. That did it! Now I'm feeling old.
The year I was 14 was 1974. That was 34 years ago. That did it! Now I'm feeling old.
JEFF: you are still a spring chicken, when you were born I was already 20 years old.
You are only as old as you think. Start thinking about a couple of 20 year olds. LOL
Good luck with the foot, get it in good enough shape that you can start kicking field goals for the Saints.
ROB: Hope all goes well for "Sandy" You are going to have a wonderful 2009, after all you folks have gone through in 2008 you certainly deserve MORE than a break.
wishes......................
JERRY: and you have a good one, Happy Birthday to you Sport. Not too much bubbly now !!!! But do enjoy your outing with your family.
PACKERS: Best wishes to you as well on your BD. BOY, did you ever clean up. Have you got room for it all ?
TOM: That "Remington" looks like he'll be a great "Watch Cat" Just how big is he anyway??? and good luck when getting the two of them together this week-end. Hope all goes well.
CN CHARLIE: Glad to hear you are being a great Hubby and taking the little woman to the Opera, remember not to leave until the Fat Lady sings. Still cold weather on the way to you. Bundle up..
Have to work today and tomorrow then think we are off to Spokane for a short visit. SUE: keep all that wet sloppy white stuff on the coast, Thanks....
Johnboy out.................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good morning.....Its 24 here this morning...I'll just have a cup of coffee I'm saving myself for the Birthday dinner My Son is picking us up and taking us to VFW in Casey...Looks like all of my kids but 2 will be there along with all the grand kids...hope so anyway..My Brother-in-law has smoked and Bar-B-Qued over 20 pounds of pork!...
Packers#1...Wow!....Sounds like you hit the jackpot...
You all have a good one....Jerry
Mornin' everyone!
I'll have a bottomless cup of dark roast and a short stack of pancakes this morning.
We got around 3" of white fluffy stuff over night and they are calling for 2" to 4" more of it today here in the Finger lakes. Of course today is the day that several other train nuts are supposed to come over for a short meeting for Lakeshores Division NMRA to discuss meets and other activities. (Two of them are MMRs. One has recently moved into the division and the other is Super of a neighboring division.) I will have to wait and see if they decide to come or not. Oh well, the train room needed a lot of cleaning anyway....
Lee I know that section of I-90 all too well... I have driven it several times over the years and don't like the traffic even when the weather is good! She is a good, careful driver and will find a place to get off the road if the conditions get too bad. Thanks!
Mornin' Philip!
Jeffrey it is currently 19°F where I am, but will get up to 26°F today!!!
Packers1............. Happy Birthday to ya !!!! Hey, way back almost half a century ago I was that age too. Enjoy yourself and have a blast with the new stash of rolling stock and everything else!
Rob hope the mare and the cat both recover well.
Well, I still have more house cleaning to do just in case the visitors do manage to come over. See you all later!
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you.
Both phone & internet have been down for a couple days. Been a busy time here. Outside painters are doing their thing. Hopefully they will finish up today.
Sandy (old mare) isn't doing as well as we had hoped. Might have to call our Vet out, which I really dread.
Smitty (cat) injured his same leg as before so is relegated to the enclosed porch. Wife is giving him penicillin.He's a good natured, tough cat.
***Jerry, hope you had a wonderful Birthday. Sorry I missed the cake.
Gotta do critter rounds. Have a great day, all. Rob
Packers#1FINALLY! It's my birthday today! I'm turning 14. What all I've gotten is: A new Atlas U23B, ATSF #63304 Atlas boxcars2 Atlas plastic pellet hoppersA new MRC Tech 4 220, w/ momentum (I love it)GMR 2007A new watcha cool cross made from metal w/ the base being a shell casing (bullet)A new Packers hat (knit cap)3 CDs (two ealier Pillar CDs, and Relient K's newest)A pikestuff 2 dr. enginehousepikestuff roof ventsand a few other things I'm sure I'm forgetting.
FINALLY! It's my birthday today! I'm turning 14. What all I've gotten is:
A new Atlas U23B, ATSF #63304 Atlas boxcars2 Atlas plastic pellet hoppersA new MRC Tech 4 220, w/ momentum (I love it)GMR 2007A new watcha cool cross made from metal w/ the base being a shell casing (bullet)A new Packers hat (knit cap)3 CDs (two ealier Pillar CDs, and Relient K's newest)A pikestuff 2 dr. enginehousepikestuff roof ventsand a few other things I'm sure I'm forgetting.
blownout cylinderThe trip was cancelled--not by snow but by a last minute bosscall. Someone didn't do a job.
And a good morning to all. The trip was cancelled--not by snow but by a last minute bosscall. Someone didn't do a job... hence me rushing out at 3am this morn. Guy I was going to go with thinks we should do this trip sunday...
As it is I'm spending today putting up xmas dex and such...