Happy Birthday, Paul. Did you manage to blow out all the candles?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Evening Gang: thanks for the B day wishes. The supper was all right. Mainly it was on them. I had the prime rib with baked patato and ceaser salad and a glass of Merlot. the horse radish with the prime rib was really hot. The prime rib was good but I've had better. this was one of those up scale steak houses. Some times the lower scale places have better. Last night we ate at Colden Corral and the steak was melt in your mouth tender.
I got the decking done on the yellow flat and got one half of the lettering done. I'll do the other side tomorrow and then take the trucks and give them the once over and a lube and put them on the cars. There isn't enough time now to overhaul and paint them so I'll do that after the run day. All my cars are coming home from now on. I'll make room for them in the tractor shed.
Tom it's nice when the problem is easy to find. I guess you are on pins and needles untill Saturday.
I'm off.
Good Night All
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
The community tree has been erected in the park.
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Tom, it sounds like you and Remi are old friends already! Isn't it strange how some animals are just so naturally drawn to us, and we are natually drawn to them as well?
And Paul.........
Paul. And many more!
Well, for all of you that might have complained about Decoders and BLI's and P2K's going whacko and having to send them back to the Mfgr. because you can't figure out just what the heck all those wires are going to when your locomotive goes down--
--here's mine. Running a train today. Middle Yellowstone (meaning the second one I bought) gets hooked up to a nice, long freight, I pull out of Deer Creek yard, locomotive goes THUNK-THUNK, JERK-JERK on the first curve near the Champion Mine. Jerks around the curve, hits the straight--no problem. Hits the reverse curve around Wagon Wheel Gap--THUNK, THUNKI, JERK, JERK.
Well, in my feverish little mind, all I can think of is: "Oh, Dang, that NWSL Universal I'm using between the first and second set of drivers has gone all blooey." Bring the loco in to the kitchen table, undo the four screws that holds the body to the frame. Nope. Universal is still set perfectly. Um. (In the meantime, Spooky has hopped up to see if Dad needs any help). Bring out test track, hook up. Loco is fine. Can't think of what might be happening. Test track is a piece of flex that I can bend anyway I want. I bend it. THUNK-THUNK, JERK-JERK. Nothing in the mechanism (Akanes are like that, the mechanism is right there STARING at you!). Hm. Check connections.
AHAH! For the first time in my entire life, the little wire that presses against the tender connection on the loco drawbar has come LOOSE! De-soldered itself from the drawbar. Okay, soldering iron. Find that. No solder. Now I KNOW I had some four days ago, I used it to put in a feeder. Find the solder. Clamp the wire back to the drawbar, use my handy-dandy dentists tool as a heat-sink, convince Spooky that she doesn't need her fur singed, she hops off the table after seeing that there are no stray parts for her to steal. Blip. Soldering done. Perfection. Take Yellowstone back out to the MR, re-attach it to 25 car freight. Smooth as silk. One happy loco, one happy loco operator.
And I didn't have to send it anywhere, LOL!
Okay, I'll shut up, now.
Oh, PS: Jeff--do those lawyers have a branch office in Sacramento? Swear to God I saw one downtown on J Street.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Happy Birthday Paul!!.....Hope your having a great day....Jerry
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Jeff, I like the signs on you store fronts!
Tom ... Congats on your getting Remi. That's quite a process to get a pet.
Vincent ... I bet you let the next hot pocket cool down ater nuling it.
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
jeffrey-wimberlyI have the two Amtrak SDP40F's running on the layout right now and they're as quiet as any Atlas or Kato I've seen. They run just beautifully.
Nice loco Jeffery, that model was the second loco I've ever owned, bought back in the 1970 something, from Trainworld for about $25.00 I recall. I still have it around here somewhere.
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PackerI burnt myself on a hot pocket earlier.
Evening Gang: Just a short one tonight. It's my birthday and Mary Ann and I are going out for a steak.
Tom that's great news on Remington.
I'm off. See you all later.
I'll have some vanilla Icecream, I burnt myself on a hot pocket earlier.
Well, I got around to putting in that order to walthers to get the parts I needed. Unfortunantly, the prices went up on parts for engines made in the 90s (older GP30 and SD9) and I wasn't the original owners of the engines, so no warranty. However I finally will be able to get my GP35 externally, SD9, and 4-window wood caboose off of my bench in short order. After that I'll just have finishing up my SW15s and C424s.
I still need to get 2 3-chime horns and a pair of driveshafts. But I can get those off of epay easily.
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.
I just finished replacing a block switch on my control panel, the only plastic center-off DPDT on the panel. And it was for block 1. There wasn't anything wrong with it on DCC but on DC no power was going through it. I've got an all metal DPDT in it now, identical to all the other block switches on the panel. At the time I built the panel I didn't have enough of the heavy duty all metal DPDT's and had to use a plastic one for block #1. I think it did good to last 7 years. It was a Wal-Mart cheapee too. All the others came from Radio Shack.
I'm so happy right now, Kato will be making a SD70ACe in N scale. My RR will need three
twhiteJeff--nice shots! I like your backdrop--especially the big sale on Genesis, LOL!
This one's a classic!
Jeff--nice shots! I like your backdrop--especially the big sale on Genesis, LOL!
Well, for those of you waiting with bated (baited?) breathj--IT'S OFFICIAL! Remi arrives Saturday! Yay! Had a talk with the foster owner today, I've been wholeheartedly approved--evidently the cat liked me as much as I liked him. He's being delivered sometime Saturday, so here we go.
And funny--his name "Remi" is short for "Remington". I found out today when she read the registration papers for him. So I don't have to change his name at all. Contest canceled, LOL! Now "Remington" sounds like a REAL Maine Coon name, so that's what he's gonna stay. Full name, of course, none of this 'cute' nickname shortening for me. So for those of you who suggested it--Jeff, Morgan--you WIN, LOL!
Okay, now I'm going to shut up about the cat for a while. Official Photo to follow in a few days.
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Here's a descent shot I got this morning. Ex-Amtrak 505 running parallel to 3rd street.
It's about to cross in front of a LHS that's advertising Athearn Genesis trains for sale.
For those doubters out there, here's a closer shot of the storefront.
I will have what Jerry's having Zoe, execpt with some of Ed's Oj, if there is any left.
Just popped in to say that Abiline & Smoky Valley's former Santa Fe 4-6-2 is steaming once again! More Here:
http://www.abilene-rc.com/index.cfm?event=news.view&id=87D5AC85-19B9-E2F5-46E3E8C46A115218
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Good Morning All...Its cloudy and 48 here this morning...I'll have Biscuits and gravey and just set the coffee pot down...Please...Thank You...Got the weathering done on train set gon..I'll try to get a photo of it latter..Yu all have a good one...Jerry
pcarrellHey Jeff, if you put those Christmas light strings on a rheostat you can dial them down a bit to a more realistic glow and they'll last virtually forever.
Don't need a rheostat. The bulbs are 6 volts, the circuit is 12 volts. By putting three bulbs in series into a structure I get plenty of light. In this way the bulbs get 4 volts each.
Morning all!
Rode my new scoot to work today. It was a little cool this morning, but I bundled up and didn't feel the cold at all. It's supposed to be 60 degrees and sunny for the ride home. Think I'll take the long way!
Wife's got me doing a minor kitchen remodel. I'm adding a trash compactor and a wine fridge. To do it I'll have to lengthen the counter top and build the supporting cabinetry below it. Not a problem. It's already shaping up good.
Hey Jeff, if you put those Christmas light strings on a rheostat you can dial them down a bit to a more realistic glow and they'll last virtually forever.
So, what's up with all of you?
Later!
Oh yeah, prayers for all of you!
GMTRacingJeff, I can't believe the L&A would pass up the lucrative excursion business. Besides that way you could send a train to pick up the RVers clammoring for better weather and bring them to an L&A resort saving gas and making even more so you could rename it the L$A. . J.R.
Jeff, I can't believe the L&A would pass up the lucrative excursion business. Besides that way you could send a train to pick up the RVers clammoring for better weather and bring them to an L&A resort saving gas and making even more so you could rename it the L$A. . J.R.
The excursion business has already been sewn up by the MGRy. A tourist train of heavyweight cars pulled by a 2-10-2.
Good morning all,
Today: A chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of showers, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 56. South wind between 14 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.Tonight: A slight chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind between 13 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
GMTRacingJeff - is that the Amtrak you got from Lee? Looks good, now you need some coaches to go with it.
Good Morning All,
It's in the low 40's with drizzles this morning. Not an awe inspiring day, but a good one to stay in the shoop and do some w..k. With the basement mostly disassembled and stored I was able to get to a couple of other things this week and ended up spending yesterday at the New York Botanical Gardens helping the folks from Applied Imaginations set up their G scale Christmas display. Some of the local train groups help and the Danbury museum was invited last year when it was time to break it all down. putting stuff up was much more fun! What they do is put up displays in several locations nationwide (the core group is off to Chicago next, then Grand Rapids I think). The theme is trains with lots of loops running through the sites and in the New York case 4 huge bridges including the Brooklyn, Manhatten, George Washington, and Hells Gate (the New Havens massive rail only bridge into the city). There are also models of New York architectural landmarks including the art and science museum, old Yankee Stadium. etc. All of these are modeled with natural found items bark, branches, acorns, leaves, etc sometimes over cut lumber, but very convincing and recognizable as the items they represent. Pretty cool stuff. The Botanical Gardens give them a room where they set up whole trees and other plants and dig water features with waterfalls and ponds all with the G gauge running around and through it. I spent the day on a ladder fixing the Brooklyn bridge which has a pair of trolleys running back and forth on two parallal tracks and needed a new section of track and joiners along with jumpers soldering on between the joins so the track never has an open joint to stall a train. The exhibet will open next week and run through January so reliable running is paramont as there is only a skeleton crew there os mostly temps to keep the trains running. All in all a busy but fun day though my back is paying for it now.
Tom - good luck with the cat search, hope your "references" are good enough for the placement group.
Jeff - is that the Amtrak you got from Lee? Looks good, now you need some coaches to go with it.
Hope the rest of you have a sparkling day. Our prayers for those in need. CUL, J.R.
Good morning. It's 56 here with dense fog. The high will be around 70 and partly cloudy with a small chance of rain. Worked on the layout some yesterday. Just a partial general cleanup really. I relit several structures with the Xmas mini bulbs as they seem to last much, much longer than the little bulbs from Model Power, plus they cost a lot less too. I can get a 20 bulb string for a couple of bucks while a 20 pack of the Model Power bulbs cost around $12 to $14. Being larger they put off more light too. After that I worked on some rolling stock. After all that I was a bit tired and all these meds were taking their toll too, so I went back to the bedroom for a short nap. Did I say short? It lasted a little over three hours! I must be getting old. I have the two Amtrak SDP40F's running on the layout right now and they're as quiet as any Atlas or Kato I've seen. They run just beautifully. Thank you Lee. I think for breakfast today I'll have the bacon and eggs. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 11/13/2008 Wind Chill: 55°F Humidity: 99% Dew Point: 55°F So Far Today High: 59°F Low: 55°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 5mph NNW Today High: 72 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning. Isolated showers in the late morning and afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Tonight Low: 52 Partly cloudy with isolated showers in the evening... Then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
twhite Afternoon everyone. Here's the latest on the Great Cat Hunt--went up to Cameron Park this afternoon and met with Remi's caretakers. Nice couple. GREAT cat! Brown Tabby Maine Coon with a white vest and paws, really laid back and friendly, HUGE green eyes and ENORMOUS feet. About 2 years old, probably between 16-18 pounds, give or take, so he's far from full grown and some parts of him need to catch up, LOL! I told them it's a go. Now all I have to do is fill out an application for the organization, pay the fee and they'll deliver him. So I should have a buddy for Spooky by the weekend, I hope. He and I got along from the get-go, so we'll see how it goes from here. I really admire the organization, they check VERY carefully to make sure their placed cats have good environments. So if I can get him, Spooky will probably train him very quick on how to steal cabeese. Ah, it'll be like the Old Days again, LOL! Best to all, prayers to those in need. Tom
Afternoon everyone. Here's the latest on the Great Cat Hunt--went up to Cameron Park this afternoon and met with Remi's caretakers. Nice couple. GREAT cat! Brown Tabby Maine Coon with a white vest and paws, really laid back and friendly, HUGE green eyes and ENORMOUS feet. About 2 years old, probably between 16-18 pounds, give or take, so he's far from full grown and some parts of him need to catch up, LOL! I told them it's a go. Now all I have to do is fill out an application for the organization, pay the fee and they'll deliver him. So I should have a buddy for Spooky by the weekend, I hope. He and I got along from the get-go, so we'll see how it goes from here.
I really admire the organization, they check VERY carefully to make sure their placed cats have good environments. So if I can get him, Spooky will probably train him very quick on how to steal cabeese.
Ah, it'll be like the Old Days again, LOL!
Flashwave jeffrey-wimberly The Remington Steele I was thinking of has nothing to do with a rifle and a lot to with an old TV series Pierce Brosnan starred in. Check it out here. Ah. I thought it was a movie. I'm the pone who thunked of the firearm. Paul: DON'T tempt the fates. he be a gone kitty if he's within a foot of the Yellows
jeffrey-wimberly The Remington Steele I was thinking of has nothing to do with a rifle and a lot to with an old TV series Pierce Brosnan starred in. Check it out here.
The Remington Steele I was thinking of has nothing to do with a rifle and a lot to with an old TV series Pierce Brosnan starred in. Check it out here.
Ah. I thought it was a movie. I'm the pone who thunked of the firearm.
Paul: DON'T tempt the fates. he be a gone kitty if he's within a foot of the Yellows