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Posted by gear-jammer on Friday, November 14, 2008 10:31 PM

Jerry,

Are you all hopped up on Mountain Dew?LaughLaughLaugh

Sue

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Posted by Cox 47 on Friday, November 14, 2008 10:23 PM

Evening All..Just stopped in for a cup of Cider on Sue's tab....I am getting in the season got the tree up tonite....

You all have a good nite...Jerry

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, November 14, 2008 10:04 PM

Hot Cidar! ...I have three things to say about that: .......1. MMMMMM .......2. MMMMM ......3 MMMMM......... .........Thanks! Hits the spot!

Rob ... I hope the horse recovers OK. ..Enjoy the wedding.

Galaxy...... Sorry to learn about the 1 1/2 week hopsital stay .........and the tooth extarction....Feel better!

Texas Terry.... No gremlins allowed for the layout tour!

I worked on my layout expansion today laying track.

 

 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Friday, November 14, 2008 9:34 PM

Paul, 

Can't wait to see the NP flat car.

Sue

PS. I guess that I buy.  Hot cider for all.

 

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Friday, November 14, 2008 9:26 PM

Evening Gang:

Terry I'll keep my fingers crossed that the day will come soon when you can enjoy a good steak. I hope that the show goes well and that you can enjoy the visitors. It's nice that your friend will be there to handle the questions.

Rob I'm sorry to hear that your horse got hung up in the gate. It was a good thing that the painters were there and handled the situation. You'd better get them some donuts and coffee in the morning.

I got the flat cars all lettered and installed the trucks so I can run them tomorrow. I'll have to give all the trucks a good going over later. One pair of trucks will need new bearings. When I built them I had run out of ball bearings so had to use oil lite bushings in one trucks and let the other runm in the aluminum of the side frames. Actually the tender trucks on my steam locomotive have aluminum bearings and they have showed no signs of wear in the last 8 years. Of course these trucks have been running for about 25 years and haven't had the lub that the tender trucks have. It's no problem to bore out the side frames for ball bearings that I now have. I'll do that and get them back in service.

Well I'm going to hit the sack.

Good Night All

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, November 14, 2008 9:16 PM

Cederstrand

***Galaxy, a tooth extraction after a hospital saty? Gee, sounds like you are having way to much fun there. OUCH! Hope you are not suffering much. You have my sympathies.

Cowboy Rob

Thank you.

Next time I will be sure to share the fun and invite you to share my room! Smile

The Dentist was hoping to do a root canal, insert post, and reatach crown, but not enough tooth left for post. SO extraction was the only option.Dead

Literally I left the floor I was checked on to, and went down stairs to the in-hospital dental clinic for the extraction. They wanted to keep me on the floor another day or two but I said I would be a miserable s-o-b patient after the extraction, and felt well enough to go home and be in misery at my own home (around my trains). Only I don't really feel like playing with them now.

now...where's the chicken soup?

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, November 14, 2008 9:00 PM

***Galaxy, a tooth extraction after a hospital saty? Gee, sounds like you are having way to much fun there. OUCH! Hope you are not suffering much. You have my sympathies.

Cowboy Rob

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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, November 14, 2008 8:58 PM

Tall glass of cool lemon water, please & thanks.

***Terry, aren't there MOW/track-cleaning-cars for that? I would rather have a whole train of MOW cars than to clean a few feet of track. Guess that is something I have to look forward to, huh?Laugh

***Hoople, enjoy the Puyallup train show.

Wife is dragging me to a friends wedding tomorrow. Actually made me buy a suit for it. My old suits all burned up, so had no choice. At least there is suppose to be some good food there.Chef  

Electrician will be here with the contractor to finish up the remainder of lights (including the track lights in the train room) & the fuse box. The build is really starting to look like something now.

Storms are heading in tonight, so padded old Sandy's stall and locked her up. Afraid she might lose her footing on the slope when it is raining and gets slick.

Have a good night all. Cowboy Rob

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, November 14, 2008 8:42 PM

HI guys

A nice T-Bone Steak, baked potato with extra sour cream AND butter, and some steamed asparagus PLEASE please.

 Have been in the hospital for a week and half. To  best describe the food, Can you say sucked?           s-u-c-k-e-d. I knew you could!

Then today I had to have a tooth pulled. Only thing now is I can't chew the asked-for T-bone or asparagus. MAybe only the potato. Mashed.

Have to now hunt and poke over the forum to see what may have missed.

Y'all have a fime night now

 

-G .

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Posted by Hoople on Friday, November 14, 2008 7:14 PM

 Hey all.

Train filled weekend... Uncle is finally going to take me to the LHS (after saying he would for three months), and the Puyallup train show is also this weekend. I'll probably head out on sunday... Hoping for a blueline mikado.

Other than that, nothing much new... Got to get a funny pic now... Entitled...

"Redneck Mansion"

Redneck Mansion 

Mark

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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, November 14, 2008 6:54 PM

ok time for some dinner

I'll have soe stuffed peppers and Chocolate milk

I can't believe i spent the whole day cleaning track and fixing all the little gremlins that pop up

when you don't run for a couple months

I R Tired SighZzz

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Posted by gear-jammer on Friday, November 14, 2008 6:06 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 Page 2? This place needs a serious BUMP!

Yes.  It sure has been dead this afternoon.  I will buy a round of RBF's.  Maybe Jim will show up for that.

Sue

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Posted by Packers#1 on Friday, November 14, 2008 4:36 PM

Evening. Today it has been rain, rain, rain, and did I mention the RAIN!!! Sheesh, I'm surprised the place ain't flooded by now. I hate rainy days, if i want to go on the computer, I have to be downstairs, and on rainy days, my siblings get forced inside, and one is a girl who's 8 and a boy who's 7, and BOY, do they make noise!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 14, 2008 4:05 PM

 Page 2? This place needs a serious BUMP!

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, November 14, 2008 11:50 AM

Jerry, I’m still working on rolling stock.  I’ve finished 72 revenue cars, 9 Caboose, 5 MOW cars, not counting the cars I lettered for the LS&W.  Last night I worked on installing backdrops behind the roundhouse.  On the rolling stock I’m a glutton for punishment, I just ordered 7 more cars. I feel like a slinky stuck on an escalator !

 

I have 50” of brick streets, sidewalks, and alleyways sitting under the work bench to upgrade the downtown section, but I really want to finish the rolling stock project before I get started in that.

 

Terry, I have a few MANTUA cars some are easy to convert to knuckle couplers and some are almost impossible, good luck with yours.

 

Rob, I hope your horse makes a full recovery.

 

 

Lee

 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Friday, November 14, 2008 10:43 AM

Rob,  Sorry to hear about your horse.  It is hard to see older animals having accidents.  I  hope that she doesn't have any permanent tramma.

Sue

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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, November 14, 2008 10:29 AM

in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.

Hope everyone is doing well these days.

Painters are almost finished with the addition. Next comes the floors. Will try to snap some pics to share soon.

Our oldest horse got caught up in a cattle gate a few days ago while we were out and the painters came to her aid by removing the gate to free her leg. We thought it was broke and nearly put her down, but giving her the benefit of the doubt, she has come around and is putting weight on that leg. For now, she remains with us and we are thankful for that.

Have a great day all. Cowboy Rob  

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Posted by gear-jammer on Friday, November 14, 2008 9:06 AM

Good morning, Chloe.  I will have one of those giant cinnamon rolls with my coffee.  I am going to sit in this back booth for a while to see who wanders in.

I have not had much time here for a couple of days, so if I missed a post, keep after me.

Terry,  I hope that you have a fun OPEN HOUSE tomorrow.  Speaking of track cleaning, we should have a serious one.  Hope that everything runs smoothly tomorrow.

Sue

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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, November 14, 2008 8:49 AM

Morning all

just a cup of tea please

Can't stay long got to get busy cleaning track

Tomorrow is my Open House for the layout tour

have a friend coming over to be my voice and answer questions

Sure hope it all works out

 

Picked up a C&O Stock Car on e-bay and to my suprise it was made by mantua

it has a heavy metal bottom and not a bad looking car

I thought Round House was the only maker of metal bottom cars

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Posted by Cox 47 on Friday, November 14, 2008 8:35 AM

Good morning.....Its rainy and 49 here weather feller on TV says the high saturday will only be 38 with snow flurries..Casey has a playoff game in PM and weather may hurt their air game...I'll have A slice of Garry's Ham, Couple of eggs over easy,Fried Taters fried apples and Biscuits Please...Thank You...

Jeff....Thats a nice Christmas Tree but where is Santa and the Santa house with line of Kids?

Lee ....good luck with your physical today...Whats your next project on Railroad?

Looks like some of the Kids will be here over the week-end so don't know how much train time I'll get in..Some of the folks on the IC modelers are kit bashing side door cabooses and I am getting the itch to try one....

You all have a good one....Jerry

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Friday, November 14, 2008 7:36 AM

Morning, Zoe - just a glass of Ed's orange juice

           

and a cup of coffee for now.

           

Thanks.

I'll be here in the corner booth for now, and see who else comes in. Ahhhhhh - Friday!Smile

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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Posted by NS Luc on Friday, November 14, 2008 7:32 AM

Good morning

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, November 14, 2008 6:58 AM

Good Morning All,

    52F with fog and drizzle this morning. At least it's warmer than yesterday. I'll have a regular and an english muffin please Zoe.

Paul -  a belated Happy Birthday - must have been asleep in the back booth again. Any cake left ?

PC - yes we have some arcane jargon, but no worse than the trunnions, muff joints and gaiters we deal with here.

Back to the house for more demolition this weekend. We still have some bits of wall and the flooring on the basement slab to deal with but I haven't felt up to it these last few days. Hope you all have a good one.   CUL, J.R.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 14, 2008 6:22 AM

 Good morning.

It's 60, very cloudy and wet. Good weather if you're a duck. The high today will be in the upper 70's and it will be mostly cloudy with a fair chance of rain.

I fine tuned the SDP40F's yesterday and got the acceleration and deceleration rates to my liking and set the high speed to about 80 smph. I want to get the Kodachrome GP38-2 done but it's decoder went to the SDP40F B, so I'll have to wait until I can lay my hands on another decoder.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      11/14/2008


Wind Chill:  59°F
Humidity:  100%
Dew Point:  59°F

So Far Today
High:  60°F
Low:  58°F
Rain:  0.03"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  8mph SSE

Now through 07:00 AM CST November 14, 2008
   
Through 7 AM...scattered showers will develop over the coastal waters between Cameron and the lower Atchafalaya River out to 60 nm. This activity will extend inland across portions of southwest Louisiana...mainly east of a Cameron to Lake Charles to ragley line. Otherwise...an area of light to moderate rain will continue to move north across western portions of Louisiana and southeast Texas and the adjacent coastal waters mainly west of Cameron. Rain amounts will be around a quarter of an inch or less...except in the heavier showers where rates of up to one and a half inches an hour are possible. These heavier rains will occur mainly over the coastal waters from Cameron to 60 nm south of Cameron.

Today  High: 78    Patchy fog early in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight  Low: 45    Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Cooler. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.



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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, November 14, 2008 6:21 AM

Ya know, outsiders must think we're all NUTS!  We go around talking about brass worms, dead frogs, and all sorts of other goofy stuff!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 14, 2008 5:16 AM

LSWrr
Jeff it’s nice to see those SDP’s went to a good home.  What did you do with the original motor?  It only had maybe 5 hours of running time on it.

It's in the dummy frame along with the spline drive shafts and brass worms.

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, November 14, 2008 5:02 AM

Good morning,

Well it’s sad to see the E. M. Ford sold to the scrap yard, she was one of the last steam powered freighters up here on the Great Lakes.  She was joined at the hip with the rail services.  Launched in 1896 ish.

Jeff it’s nice to see those SDP’s went to a good home.  What did you do with the original motor?  It only had maybe 5 hours of running time on it.

Today is day one of my every 5 year military physical. Hopefully they have their ducks in a row, last time they switched labels on my lab work and I had a female call me in the middle of the night to let me know I was pregnant, diabetic, and that my cholesterol was so high they wanted me to go to the emergency room right away.

Ok I have to brush my hair and comb my teeth, maybe after I get violated at sick call today I’ll log back in and see how everyone is doing.

Lee

 

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Friday, November 14, 2008 4:18 AM

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! Big Smile

Clown



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Posted by C&O Fan on Friday, November 14, 2008 1:29 AM

Paul      HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! Dinner

I can only dream

of having a steak !

 

Tom CONGRATS ON THE NEW KITTY !!!
PHOTOS PLEASE !!!!

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:47 PM

Evening, Chloe - I’ll have a cup of coffee and a hot fudge brownie, please.

 

Thanks.

And a Happy B-Day to you, Paul! Did Mary Ann bake you a cake?

Probably missed a lot over the past couple of days, since I see there’s about five pages of posts.

Today, I was supposed to be in (mandatory) training (motivational interviewing) all day, and I had mentioned it to my supervisor yesterday (and she’d said she was going to cover walk-in and crisis today for me, by herself). So we’re going along and then someone’s at the door of our training room, wanting me. Apparently supervisor was slammed with walk-ins and crises, and they did go ask our clinical director before they pulled me out. But I missed half the morning stuff. Sad Was reasonably fortunate in that I was able to get the person an admission to the local hospital’s unit by about mid-day. By then, they’d broken for lunch downstairs, so I caught a quick lunch and caught the afternoon stuff. So I guess it was good that my supervisor now knows about how my days can often be...OopsEvil

Tom, I bet Spooky could smell Remington’s scent on you, and ‘got wind’ of his impending roomie...Whistling Won’t be long until the two of them will be chasing around the house (and maybe learning how to steal Yellowstones?)Smile,Wink, & Grin

OzJim, congrats on the new house, and I hope it’s just right for everybody (and has a bit of trainroom space).Yeah!!

Luc, I like your photo of the steamer. Thumbs Up

Packer, good that you have your SW15s pulling their own weight. Wink

Robby, nice job on the Conrail hopper there! Yeah!!

Heartland Division CB&Q
Winner can choose between a root beer float or a hot fudge sundae as the prize. (Jim CG will have a lot of entries in the contest, I bet.)


Hey! I missed the contest, Garry! DinnerTongue

Jeff, I like your storefront signs, too. Laugh I see your city’s holiday decorations are up, a bit after the stuff went up in the stores here, but...

I'll be in the corner booth for a bit. Hope everyone gets a good night's sleep (including me, since I'm on-call tonight)...

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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