Jim, I make my coal loads out of painted florist foam. I cut a block to fit in the car, shape it with coarse files and sandpaper (I perfer grits between 200-220 for sandpaper), then paint it black with acrylic paints using a stiff brush (a kiddie brush with plastic bristles works fine). I like to stick steel weights on the back of the load so I can pull it out with a magnet if I want to run empties, but this also brings the weight up to where it's supposed to be.
Well I stayed up for the new years, so I'm going to hit the hay. Big day of train running later today (in the morning).
Edit, looks like I'm the picking up the first tab of the year....
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.
LSWrrJeff, That is the same station I have, ATLAS has been making the same kits for as long as I can remember and they never go out of style! Nice Firehouse you picked up, I was hoping the fire trucks were on sale this month, but no just the fire chief cars are, oh well maybe next month. The volunteer department I was on maintained a 1950 ford chassis with an American LaFrance pumper unit on it for in town service, since I work mids at the time that was “my” truck, I hope to find one for the layout. The only reason my FD bought a new truck was to keep the insurance company happy. At the time if your department’s newest truck was more than 25 years old your insurance rates doubled.
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, please tell me your layout already has a Fire Station and this new model will be a second one!?!?
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
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
2009
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
HAPPY NEW YEARS!
Morning all hope its a good one for everyone !
Well its been since before Christmas I've been in here so heres my Christmas booty lol I got a Lionel Cascade train set that comes with a 0-6-0 Dockside switcher and 3 log cars and a caboose, I also got (coming in tomorrow) 3 NASCAR expansion packs which each have 3 cars and 3 sections of fast track by Lionel the car vary from set to set but the each have a race car on a flat and trailer ( no tractor) on a flat then one set has VAT car, one has a spot light car and the last has flat car with crates on it the 3 packs I got were for race teams Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart.
Well time to get ready for work talks to you all ater hope you all have a good one.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jeff that would be cool, BTW did the package come back to you yet?
I’m going to try to get the LHS today and order some stuff out of the Walthers sale catalog.
RT, is the Jeff Gordon car the Coast Guard car????
Phillip – It’s hard to believe my Grandpa has been gone for 17 years; he passed away 3 weeks before my son was born, his second great grandchild. When I was a kid my grandpa and I would “re-work” my train layout while watching the parades and football games every January 1st.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
HAVE A GOOD AND HEALTHY ONE!!!
Our normal noisy, rousing entry into the new year was a tad muted this year---I didn't have enough pots for the people in here to bang et cetera.....
Tom; I think REMI will get over the shots easier with you doing them but still---eergh
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/
Well it s NEW YEAR!!!!
Seems like the same to me .
Well I went to bed at 11:00pm. Man do I suck, and I'm only 29 .
The wife and I plan on taking down the tree today. It was a real tree so I am going to hack it up and use some of its limbs. Like for cut down trees, stumps, pulp wood cars, etc. Kinda makes me wanna do a small lumber yard. I might look into it.
Other than not, not much going on today.
Well I hope everybody new year is a good one. I will pop in and out today.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Well Good Morning Everyone!
So.....2009, huh? MAN, I'm getting OLD!
Oh, and Johnboy......it's all good!
Think I'm going to spend today working on my bike. Had a fuse blow, twice, the other day on the turn signals, so I must have a short. Probably just a wire rubbed raw and touching something. Tomorrow might be warm enough for a ride, so I'd best get it fixed today, ya know?
Prayers for all those in need, and for a good year for everyone here!
PC; I'm assuming your definition of warm isn't quite like a fellow's done the street from us who just took his '56 Indian out for a spin this morning--- at -10C!
LSWrrJeff that would be cool, BTW did the package come back to you yet?
in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.
Have a great day, Y'all.
Rob
Happy New Year. Welcome to 2009.It's 35 here and clear. The high today will be around 60 and it will be partly cloudy.I had intended for New Years to be a quiet time at home last night but that didn't happen. Just after 9 pm a group of twenty-somethings hauled me off to their party in my niece's trailer. I'm certain she was behind it. I can assure you that I was a perfect gentleman and didn't touch anything alcoholic. I watched them as they played their drinking games and when most of them were well plowed around 10:30 I made a bold dash for the door and made my escape with my sanity intact. The rap music they had going was about to drive me crazy! I went over to my sisters place and we watched 'Journey to the center of the earth' (the new one). About this time my parents arrived for the midnight festivities and we watched the ball drop at midnight (what little they showed of it) then I had a drink of a non-alcoholic sparkling berry champagne substitute and made a big dent in the ham and cheese audurves and the Chex Mix then went home. Of the original group of a dozen twenty-somethings five were still standing and three were actually coherent. If these people survive long enough to raise families I'll be surprised. They were really putting the beer and mixed drinks away. As for me I put my new Model Power Fire Station kit together then got a couple hours of sleep.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/1/2009Wind Chill: 37°FHumidity: 65%Dew Point: 30°FSo Far TodayHigh: 41°FLow: 34°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 8mph EToday High: 60 Partly cloudy. Highs around 60. Southeast winds around 5 mph.Tonight Low: 52 Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
from the Land of Cheese.
This is my first trip to the diner, so I think I will have a Denver Omelette with a side of toast and some OJ. What a great way to start the new year.
I envy you in the south with your "cold" temps of 30 degrees. Last night's low was about -5 (even less with the wind chill). I think we're expecting a heat wave this weekend, as highs are projected into the low 20's.
Anyway, I just wanted to stop in and say hellow and wish everyone a healthy and prosperous new year. I have several projects I need to tackle today (installing a decoder, doing some coupler conversions, and tackling my trestle project.
Take care,
Scott
GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
pcarrellSo.....2009, huh? MAN, I'm getting OLD!
Time to get up and start enjoying the new year! So I'll start with my usual dark French roast coffee in a R&GV mug Flo. PC you feel old? Hey, you still got a long way to go to warrant that title....
I spent last evening at my son's house. The celebration was pretty calm as several of the people who have traditionally been there didn't come due to the weather. My DIL's mother, her uncle and her brother and girlfriend were the only other people to show up. Three of them left before midnight to either drop in at other parties or go home to go to bed (her mom had been at work since 5:30 yesterday morning and was a bit tired). So there were just 4 of us witness the horror of Dick Clark ushering in yet another year. Before that we watched 3 hours of "Dog Whisperer" on National Geographic Channel and some other stuff that we have to pay money to have invade our homes these days. They also played a new board game for an hour or so. I did make several New Years Resolutions not to buy several products due to their ridiculous TV ads..... I will probably keep those as I have never bought any of those products anyway. We had a glass of bubbly and then I drove home and went to bed.
Hope that all your dreams for this New Year may come true (especially if they involve peace and joy for all people)!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
blownout cylinder PC; I'm assuming your definition of warm isn't quite like a fellow's done the street from us who just took his '56 Indian out for a spin this morning--- at -10C!
I don't usually ride below 40F, so I'll go a bit cooler then he will. I've got decent cold weather gear and a full face helmet though.
sschnablI envy you in the south with your "cold" temps of 30 degrees. Last night's low was about -5 (even less with the wind chill). I think we're expecting a heat wave this weekend, as highs are projected into the low 20's.
Howmus,
Bubbly... I can't believe it. Where's your regional loyalty. Here I am in Pittsburgh and served some really nice wines from Prejean's, Torrey Ridge and Glenora over the Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities at our house. Looks like I will have to make an extra wine run late this Spring to replenish my stocks. Wishing the S.L.O.W. and all the others a very Happy New Year.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
tcwright973Howmus, Bubbly... I can't believe it. Where's your regional loyalty. Here I am in Pittsburgh and served some really nice wines from Prejean's, Torrey Ridge and Glenora over the Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities at our house. Looks like I will have to make an extra wine run late this Spring to replenish my stocks. Wishing the S.L.O.W. and all the others a very Happy New Year. Tom
Oh we make "Bubbly" right here in the Finger Lakes! Not sure what I was served last night as I didn't see the bottle but I wouldn't be surprised that it was local.
Tom, you have excellent taste in wines BTW! Let me know when you come up to replenish your stocks and I will give you a tour of the SLOW.
Good Morning all. Biscuits and suasage garvy please and Thank you. Well what happened over there?
Boy did I have a rough one last night. Went bowling at a Scotch doubles tournament at 6:30, 8:30 at a local Mexican restaraunt for supper, back to our local "lounge" to wish New Years to friends, and home by 11:00. In bed by 12:15. Don't know how I handle this wild lifestyle.
To the diner Scott. How are things this year up in "Yah hey der land". ( Friend of mine from Wisconson called it that).
Hopefully I'll get to work on the layout today. Even if it's just for a few minutes. Seems like the thing to do.
Wishiing everyone a prosperous and wonderful New Year. As we reflect on our loses of last year, let us not forget our blessings. And I realize that I am preaching to the choir here.
Phillip no one could have said it better. After what you have just gone through at the time that you went through it, Someone definately was there with you.. It gives your comments even more meaning. I am humbled by your strength and faith.
Oh and can I get a cup of coffee please Zoe or is it Chloe? I get you two mixed up. I'll get it straight someday.
Todd.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Ray,
Thanks for the invitation. I will take you up on that.
A very Happy New Years to all from FoggyCal.
Wow, Jeff: That New Year's Eve party sounds like something you have to SURVIVE, let alone attend, LOL! I wonder how many of them were conscious enough to ring in the year by the end of it. Whew!
Spent a quiet New Year's Eve, listened to the firecrackers going off across the street--for some strange reason they started in at 9:30 and by 10:30 they were all done. Yo, people, plan AHEAD!
I got some pretty devastating news last night--my best friend, mentor and choir director--James Mitchell, who I worked with for well over thirty years died last night of complications from surgery. He was undergoing carotoid artery surgery, and a blood clot got loose and before they could catch it, it entered his brain and he died of a massive stroke on the operating table. We've known each other since we were fellow music students in college, I accompanied several professional choral groups that he conducted until he retired a few years ago. He was a terrific musician and a terrific person--we took choral groups to Europe several times. Marvelous man. He even introduced me to my ex-wife (and yes, I'm still grateful for that). His wife is devastated. I'm going to help with the music for the Memorial Mass that takes place a week from today. I'll be meeting with Father Andrew at Presentation Parish tomorrow afternoon with Jim's wife to discuss it. The area here has lost a really GREAT musician and a wonderful person.
On the brighter side of things, Remington turns 3 today. And no coughing spells. I'm getting him a horned helmet and a battle-ax down at Petco for his birthday. Not that he needs them, understand!
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
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 New Year!!
Tom: My feelings for you in the loss of yoour friend. Happy B-day Remington!!
Luke
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Tom; My prayers go out for you---take care of yourself. We'll be here---
as for REMI needing any horned helmets---NAH!!! He really needs those--- I think maybe you could use a fulllface helmet and a good pair of shoulderpads---the way 'Spring' launches himself ---or rather tries to --- you could use those on yourself. Then again---try this trick we used on a cat we named 'Baby'--a 25lb bull elephant of a Maine Coon--we had to use a BIRD CAGE if you could believe it when we got that one's Rabies shots! He'd glare at us but he took the shots---after we got home I let him out and he would bolt under my bed---wouldn't come out til the next day---
Tom, my deepest condolences to you on the loss of your friend and colleague. I will keep you in my prayers as you help his family celebrate a great life! That will be a bittersweet service to play.
Glad Remington's therapy is working well!
Tom- Sorry to hear about your friend. It sounds like you had some wonderful times together. That makes for beautiful memories. My conolences and prayers for you and his family.
Tom-So sorry about your friend, that's just something that you never expect during surgery.
HAPPY 2009 EVERYONE!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good morning, All. I am getting a late start on my coffee and cinnamon roll. For some strange reason, we slept until after 8:00 this morning. That is a record.
The results of the countdown was Stairway to Heaven. Led Zepplin rules they were all over the top. Four of them in the top ten.
On a more somber note, Tom. Sorry for you loss. It is so hard when you loose someone so close. And your neighbors, maybe the were celebrating a New York New Years.
Later,
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
gear-jammerLed Zepplin rules
Oh yea!! (dancing around faking Jimmy Page while singing du-du-du-du-duuu-du. du-du-du-du-duuuu-du-etc. to the tune of the intro to "Black Dog". Then pulling a john Bonham on "Rock and Roll"!!!) Whew made myself dizzy better sit back down.
More coffee please Thanks
"To Go", please & thanks.
***Tom, sorry about your friend. On an upbeat note, do post some pics of Remington sporting his fighting regalia when you get the chance.
Picked up 3 more circus cars for the wife today: vintage Trapeze, Clown & Thoroughbred cars.
Been marking up the Walthers flyer with items the wife wants. Seems to me, some of the prices are pretty reasonable.
I put in tile around the kitchen opening, where there will eventually be a small counter. Need to let the tile set/dry for a few days before framing around it.
So, is there any model RR'ing use for several GALs of AcrylPro ceramic tile adhesive?
Need to go start work on a new shoe for Tinytoons.
Evening---I'll be going for a lg mug of coffee and a muffin please
Boy, is the internet slooooowww tonight. I'm having one of those nights I guess---We got a bit more snow this aft after having SUN all morning---
I'm reworking my weathering on the e8. Hopefully no sssttttrrrrrreeeeeaaaakkkiinng this time
Rob; The only thing I can think of was stucco on buildings--but GALLONS? Why? I mean, how'd you get stuck with that much?