ELLIOT's Trackside Diner VI: The Full Meal Deal!

[JimRCGMO]

 Afternoon, Zoe - I'll have a root beer float, please.

       

Thanks!

Busy day here at w**k (just wanted to make all the ORF's jealous at what they're missin'...)

Tom, I really like your Deer Creek Yard also. Got a diagram of what the whole yard (approaches and connecting tracks as well) looks like? Or can you crank that high-level creeper of yours up for an aerial photo of the yard?

Lee, I'm probably okay on my ShopVac, as that is its proper name, rather than Ridged. Whew!  Ah, you lucky Great Lake people - tomorrow we'll have some frost (possibly) to scrape. I saw some video on the morning show as I was getting ready for work, of blowing snow in Cedar Rapids (Iowa). Said they were having some wind damage to go with that. At the rate you're getting snow, I might need to get me one of those rotary plows!

Paul, you had me wondering when you started talking about going back to school... Thought they revoked your high school diploma for some reason.  

Gonna stop by the local electrical supply place after work today to get the barrier terminal strips for my wiring. Sounds like they have the right size ones.

Mark, loved those pics (the penguin one is a good size for my desktop at work).  

NH I-5, a handful of those Moguls and you could cover the price of that Porsche that PC wants. Think I'll stick with HO scale for now...

Jeff, how'd your doctors' visits go today? Good word, hopefully.

grayfox1119

RETIRED GUYS ON SS et al:  Great news, we are getting a 5.8% raise and get this, they are not increasing Part B Medicare taxes on SS this year, it is staying fixed at $96!!! Can this be all do to an election year???

Surely not, Dick, right - would a politician do that?

Cary

No More Coffee for Phillip! I think he has lost it.

  Uh, Duce - are we sure he ever had it?

Fergie - what a cutie (okay, both of them). Is River 'full size' (always thought that was a funny term for them) or toy breed? Just make sure Molly is fed well, so she doesn't get any wrong ideas.

Zoe, have you switched Duke's coffee over from decaf to regular? He's a lot peppier and more vocal than before.

Well, I'd best get my RBF finished up and head for the electrical supply place now. Fergie, you might have some duty tonight, clearing some streets in Cleveland, from the sound of it.

 

Blessings and a good evening for all,

Jim in Cape Girardeau
 

[bjdukert]

Afternoon all

Good to see you back Ed.

New Haven

This may fit your budget

That wouldn’t work either,as much as I would like, but when the CFO talks it is the same as what Fergie’s has said.

"NO MORE BRASS ENGINES!"

Different scales and material but still the same.

Dick About the only thing I would get in large scale if I did try something like that,would be a lump of coal.

Jeff Coal tower looks good.

Jerry Too bad you don’t have the room for HO because of what you can do with the iNvisiable scale with the painting ,weathering,and all.

Heavy chain?? What heavy chain????

That’s about it

Best to all on sick call and those recovering

Talk to you later

Duke

[twhite]

Morning everyone.  It's actually CLOUDY out here in SunnyCal today, and we're supposed to get some kind of precipitation by the weekend.  Hope its more than just a little drizzle, when I was up near Truckee this weekend, you could actually see SHORELINE on Donner Lake, that's how dry it's been.  We NEVER see shoreline on Donner Lake, you're supposed to step out of the back-door of your summer home and right into 800 feet of VERY frigid water, LOL! 

Fergie:  AWWWWWWWWW!!!!  She's so CUTE!  And I"m sure that Miss Molly will get over her little sad tiff and adopt her within a week.  Dogs are much more sociable to each other than cats, who tend to carry their own personal 'space' around with them all the time.  I notice that since Lowell's gone, Spooky's personal space has increased to include the entire house.  And she's underfoot all the time, with that "Where are you going, Daddy and why am I not included" meow of hers.  I think I'll hit the animal shelter in a couple of weeks before she gets TOO wrapped up in herself--and me.  Look for a male kitten that she can either raise or ignore. 

Mark:  Those photos were HILARIOUS!  Especially the penguin with the cymbals.  I fell out of the chair.  Thanks for sharing them. 

Well, my Z-6 should be in by late December, according to rumors at the LHS.  Hope my Yellowstones don't get too jealous, LOL!  I've been looking over my brass roster, and I think that I'll make the Z-6 the last purchase (yah, sure! ).  Well, at least for a while.  Of course, the Roseville MR show hasn't happened yet, so God only knows what will happen when I go over there.  Last year it was my Basket Case Yellowstone.  This year I think I'll just put on a pair of blinders.  Yah, right. 

Well, it's a nice cool day today, so guess I'll head out to the California Basement and do some fiddling around with the trains.  Wouldn't you know it, yesterday I posted a photo of the Deer Creek yard, and last night when I was doing some switching moves, one of my Sinohara turnouts went dead.  Ah, the joys of tinkering!   Sometimes I think this hobby is a lot like smoking a pipe--you spend more time fiddling with the equipment than you ever do using it. 

Best to all, prayers to those in need. 

Tom

 

[Fergmiester]

 Well Hopefully I got it this time as i had to open a Photobucket account

 

 This is "River"

Though I wanted to call her Frankie, short for Frankfurter! NO WAY!

Anyway My Mother in Law kinda missed having a pet to follow her after Bertha her Persian, passed away a few months ago. So we found out a breeder was getting out of the business and so we were offered River.

Everyone is very happy with the new addition well... Almost Everyone

Miss Molly is none too happy

 

Richard: No mountains in the offing, Maybe a CN Northern though 

Fergie

[Fergmiester]

 

Good Afternoon All!

Welcome Cary!! Glad you could drop in. As customary for all our new patrons you have choices...

1. You can sing for your meal, though a few got tossed out due to noise ordanance By-laws... Jeff

2. Dance on Tables, Notice the heavy chain on the light fixtures... Phil, Duke and Ken

3. By everyone a meal (The preferred method)

Wait now... You're not "that" Cary that Flo put the run to are ya?

Lee: Snow eh? Remember I got that back in September in the Arctic and I'd not like to think about it until say... December 24th Unfortunately it is a coming!

Ken: Relax and take deep breadths and some of Ed's OJ, with a touch of fermented Potato extract. Works Wonders!!

Ed: Excellent Pics Love what they've done with the locos at St John's. Somewhere I have before pics of all those engines. I'll have to dig them out and share them. May not be on my Railimages site yet. Something I'm presently cleaning up.

Duke: I feel your pain! I have been told "NO MORE BRASS ENGINES!" Might have something to do with new Pick up in the driveway

Tom: Loved the Picture of the yard! excellent work I'm really inspired by it!

Anyway it's been a very busy weekend as we have a new addition to the family

Yes she's 9 pounds  and a real bundle of joy...

I could get the pics to show up though I guess I'll go work on that now and see what the problem is.

 Later All

 

 Fergie

 

 

 

[Cary]

No More Coffee for Phillip! I think he has lost it.

 

ED Glad to see you. Its been a while. Hows the O.J. life treating you?

 

 

Duce

[Cox 47]

Good Morning All...Its sunny and 38 here..We are posta get a hard freeze tonite...Sallie and I picked the last of our tomatoes saturday and pulled the plants..Tonite will get the flowers...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please...Thank You.....

I got the walls up on laser cut kit...It is lots of glue and wait...I got a package in the mail Saturday from a Friend with some Acumate couplers so I can rehab some more cars...He also sent me a SAL box car its the new Trainman line by Atlas ....

Ed...Good to hear from you..Hope the Oranges do well for you this year!...You gotta get back to work on the railroad..The last photo I saw of it looked good..

You all have a good one...Jerry

[grayfox1119]

Good morning everyone......another bright sunny day here, temps now is 57F (13C), but snow flurries are forcasted for Wednesday morning. The time for MRR full time is rapidly approaching.

TOM: Layout photos are really great, I love the mountainous scenes with tall bridges.

RETIRED GUYS ON SS et al:  Great news, we are getting a 5.8% raise and get this, they are not increasing Part B Medicare taxes on SS this year, it is staying fixed at $96!!! Can this be all do to an election year???

DUKE: I hear that Santa might be bringing you a large scale surprise??? Any truth in this rumor?

FERGIE: Is there a Mountain in your next plans?? CN? or Rutland?

Later,

[pcarrell]

Mornin' all!

What up?

Cold around here!  They're talking FLURRIES tonight!  I WANT TO GO ON RECORD RIGHT NOW AND SAY THAT I AM NOT DOWN WITH THAT!!!!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Good morning.

It's 55 and clear. The high should be in the mid 60's and it will be sunny.

I don't anticipate getting much done today as I have two doctors appointments to go to. The first is this morning to the foot doc so he can poke and prod my feet some more and the second is this afternoon to my primary care provider so he can poke and prod me all over. Maybe I'll be able to get started on the top roof of the coaling station. I'm also working on a 4 track pedestrian bridge so my people don't have to be walking across the tracks.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      10/27/2008

Wind Chill:  53°F
Humidity:  36%
Dew Point:  29°F

So Far Today
High:  67°F
Low:  55°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  26mph NNE

Important Message
    
Lake Wind Advisory For Today...

.A Strong Cold Front Moved Through The Region This Morning Bringing Northerly Winds Of 15 To 20 Mph And Gusty. These Conditions Will Continue Through The Afternoon Hours Before Settling Around Sunset.

Today  High: 65    Sunny...cooler. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight  Low: 38    Clear...colder. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

 Yes, I am the bearer of bad news this morning…….  It is SNOWING on the south side of Cleveland this morning.  I’m glad I have the rotary plow up and running for the layout.     Lee

 

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

[New Haven I-5]

bjdukert

Lee

your pictures want me to buy a house with a larger yard!

I have mentioned different times to the CFO that it would be nice to have a steam loco in the 7.5" gauge as well as take up flying again. She said it wouldn't be a problem,but there are some other things that I would have to give up (motorcycle,HO trains,R/C planes as well as some other things) and I don’t think I am ready to do that. In other words,guess who gets the last word and over many,many,many,many moons of marriage I think I might have learned.

Talk to you later

Duke

  This may fit your budget: http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/forsale/1_benjamin/index.htm . There is another one $1,000 chaeper on there too.

[Hoople]

 Evening all!

How about the Rigatoni with meatballs... And a coke. Thanks Chloe.

Twhite: Can do. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it, so, I will leave it there for time to come.

 Heres another funny.

 

Beware the cute duckling scam.

Mark

Edit: Decided to give you guys a double whammy.

 

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: I got to clean the corrals again today. That took about an hour and a half. Then I had to give that heifers a fresh bale of hay. The one I gave them the other day was not very good. In fact it was really bad. I think that it got baled while too damp and was full of weeds to boot. Anyway the new bale was better. I also cleaned up the area where we put out the hay for the rest of the herd. I'll tell you the poop really piles up. I need to find the parts for the manure spreader fast.

I did get the parts for the trucks laid out and started to sand blast them. I got to the last set and ran out of blasting medium about half way through. Figures.

Cary I'm happy to hear that you are doing well and that your family is doing well. Good to hear that you have been accepted for the border patrol. I'll sleep better with you on the job.

Ed I think that yu had better post a whole bunch to make up for making us worried. I kind of figured that you were off in the great north. How are Fran and your son doing? Up date please.

Well I guess I'll head for bed. tomorrow is a school day and we have to get up early. No we arn't going back to school but we have to take care of the granddaughters. They arrive about 6:30. The oldest gets on the school bus and the youngest we take to pre school. We get back home about 9:30 and then we get to go pick up the youngest at 12 noon. There is never a dull moment anymore.

 Good Night All

[LSWrr]

Jim,  RIDGED is the name brand of the recalled shop vac.

Tom, nice yard

[twhite]

Ed: 

I was having a devil of a time getting it coded, even on the old Forum.  I finally e-mailed Bergie and he set it up for me.  I don't know how, but suddenly it turned up on my signature and transferred over to the new forum.  He's really nice about doing favors like that.  He even uploaded the code for my other Photobucket album.  Send him an e-mail, explain the situation and he should do it for you.

Looking forward to posting into your photo website, BTW.   For one, I've missed your postings.  Glad you're back. 

Tom  

[egmurphy]

Hmmm, top of page, huh?    Just noticed the pages on the new forum have fewer posts than the old pages.  Guess that's what I get for staying away so long.  Order up.  Can I pay in pesos??????? 

Ed

[egmurphy]

Tom,

How do you code that link to your photos that says "View my layout photos"?  I had one in my sig in the old forum, but this new software seems to want something else.  Now just the label is showing up, without the live link to my RailImages albums.

Thanks

Ed

[twhite]

Mark--

That is one of the funniest things I've read in years!  I guess I live a sheltered life, I've only been to a K-Mart twice that I can recall, but I can just SEE something like that happening.  The last time I was there, I was looking at a DVD I was considering purchasing, and some very fat lady with six kids came up, grabbed it out of the bin right in front of me and yelled, "THAT'S MINE!!!"   I couldn't argue, her BO just about slammed me to the floor. 

Needless to say, I haven't been back, LOL! 

Now here is a Subliminal Message to you from me:  YOU MUST KEEP DUNECAT!   Repeat it like a Mantra about ten times a day.  Always sign your posts with the photo.  IT MUST BE DONE!   Lowell would have loved him.  Spooky already does, I think.  At least she was pawing at the screen last night when I read your post.  Dunecat Controls The Spices, Spooky Controls The Cabeese.  Together, they control the Universe.

Jim: I'm still recuperating from that episode in Truckee--I haven't seen so many trains go through there in such a short time since I was a kid and it was Espee Cab-Forwards, LOL!   It's nice to know that the Original Transcontinental main line over the Sierra is still viable--and quicker, despite the 2.2% grades.  Think I'll plan some railfan excursions up to my favorite places along the line, now that traffic has surged.  Kudos to UP--frankly, I was beginning to think they had their brains firmly implanted in their pants for a while about Donner Pass.  Now that they're finally shoving traffic over there, I've got about six favorite spots I used to hang out at when I was younger, and I'm planning on trying them out again.  See what I get.  Not that the Feather River Canyon isn't a great spot for train-watching, but there are spots on the Donner Pass line that are just SPECTACULAR!  It's a ridge-route, not a canyon one, and it's rugged as all get-out.  Who knows, I might even learn to LIKE Armour Yellow and Gray, LOL!   However, of course, my MR will still be FIRMLY Rio Grande and Espee Big Steam, by golly!  I mean, hey, I'm still a kid at heart, LOL! 

Sue:  I popped another photo of my yard on WPF, but if you missed it, here it is again.  Like I said, it's laid out on a kind of Wing and a Prayer, but it really works well for me.

Best to all, prayers for those in need. 

Tom

[JimRCGMO]

Afternoon, Janie - nice sunny day, so long as you don't have to go out into the wind, anyway. I'll have a cup of coffee and wait for Ryan's lasagna to get done in the oven, please. Oh, what the heck - and a root beer float in the meantime, too, please. Thanks!

Jeff, thanks for posting the link to your coaling tower topic (and for all the pics) - great work. Sure makes that Plasticville built-up look totally unlike its former self (way better!).  

Cary

I am happy to see some the fellas. I kinda missed you guys. I dont know why. lol

 

Dunno, Duce - must've been the coffee and the occasional wild parties in the Diner, I guess... Of course, now that you have a kid at home, you don't need our parties to keep you up, eh?

Tom, glad you got it. Sounds like you had a lot of fun, in spite of all the monkey wrenches that were thrown into your and your buddy's afternoon. Yeah, it's only Murphy's Law on not having the camera along. Had you remembered to take your camera, your buddy would've gone at a time when there wasn't as much traffic, and the railfan guy wouldn't have been there to fill you in, either. Now you know if you want to get some railfanning in at Donner Pass, though.

Paul, good to hear your pump's going - kind of funny that they'd start it back up, with gas prices down, unless they're figuring that OPEC's threat to cut back production will make it more profitable for U.S. production. Can you sell off the golf balls to a local driving range, or back to the neighbor across the road, for a little more MRR money?

Lee, I'll check the company's website on the shopvac, but I already put it together and vaccuumed the tops (and what I could get to of the sides) or the heaters. Mine is a smaller model (6 gal., 3 HP), and the next-to-smallest one they had in the store. Don't recall it having ridges on the outside, though, as I said, I'll check when I get home. Thanks for the info.

And I think I was prepping my taste buds for Ryan's dinner, as earlier this afternoon I went by a reception (for the co-worker who got married a week or two ago on the beach in 'Bama). Another co-worker cooked crablegs, shrimp and the boiled veggie fixin's (the cook used to live in Louisiana for about five years, and threatens to move back there to retire). I think the crablegs were Alaskan but not totally for sure (box said 'Caught wild' - does that mean that they could see a Russian trawler in their part of the ocean? ). Plus, they had fried chicken (white meat) and lasagna as well. I'm pretty stuffed already. I'll probably be waddling off into the sunset after Ryan's dinnerfest...

Sue, sorry to hear you weren't able to get your painting done (and that you lost a LHS, also). I haven't looked at my spray paint setup, but I have another Badger kit still sealed in plastic wrap. I need to get one of those MicroMark battery-powered paint stirrers and a filter for the intake tube (need to order, actually). But by the time I get to painting stuff, it may be too cool out on my deck (my painting 'booth'). We'll see.

Ed, nice photos from your trip, and thanks for ensuring that we don't all come down with scurvy. It'd be neat to see your photos of what an orange grove looks like.

Mark, that's a fun one with that letter - looks even better with the 'logo' at the top.

I'll settle in the booth until the lasagna's ready. Yum!!

 

Blessings and a warm spot for you tonight,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[gear-jammer]

Good afternoon.  Did I hear that Ryan is cooking?  Set me a place, please.  Larry should be in shortly, too.  Sunny & windy here and about 65.

Hi, Ed.  Haven't  heard from you in a while.  Thanks for the railfanning photos.

Well, no painting on the coaling tower this weekend.  We opened the badger, and discovered that we needed an adapter.  After two days, and many stores, all we discovered was that we lost another LHS.  I guess we will order the part.

I think that I will study my 3-in-1 kit that I plan to kitbash into a background building.

We did clean the garage enough that my painting table will be free when we are ready.

Later, Sue

[Flashwave]

Well, I think I;m back in play. Didn't take as long as mom and I feared it would to get reset. We'll see if it worked.

Did I win something? No game that I know of.  

Garry: I just realized what that steamer was. :ast I saw he, she was shoved in the back of the shops with no track to support her weight. I;m glad to see her under a roof.

[grayfox1119]

Good afternoon to all, just stopped by to see if everyone is having a great Sunday. Clear skies here today after a wild evening with heavy rains and winds gusting to over 40. Most of the leaves are off the trees now, except for those Oak tree leaves.

ED: Great Museum up there in NF, that RR station is a real beauty, I wonder if that will ever arrive as a Laser Kit to build?? What a project that would be.

Lasagna for supper I hear, a new recipe from RYAN, that means Cajon sauce, ALRIGHT!!!

I off to the dinner table ! Wake up Duke, time to eat...

[Hoople]

 Lee:(and everyone who likes funny pictures) speaking of Kmart...

 

[LSWrr]

Afternoon all,

Howdy Cary, I see we have another BM in the group, even though you appear to be a flying variety.

Welcome back ED, the whole diner has been just short of the scurvies waiting to hear from you and get some of your oranges!

Oh I finished watching the RFD-TV show I had on the DVR, PRR steam in Ohio and there were more Oscar Myer Hotdog box cars in the 1952 footage.

Lee

[egmurphy]

Good afternoon sports fans,

Found my way to the new site and, based on the questions regarding orange juice shipments to the diner, I figured it was way past time for me to drop in.  Not much new down this way.  I haven't done anything on the layout in so long that I can't remember the last time I touched it.  I still try to get in a bit of railfanning now and then.

The orange grove is coming along nicely.  We're just starting to pick the new crop.  The mandarin oranges are the first of our varieties to ripen, and they are just now starting to be ready to pick.  Traditionally down here the end of October is the start of the mandarin orange harvest, so we're right about on time.  Looks like it will be a pretty decent year for the grove, so we should be able to supply the diner with juice and fersh fruit for several months.  I need to upload some photos of the grove to some online photo host so that you can see what it really looks like.

We were back up in Newfoundland again this summer. Unfortunately it was a quicker trip than we wanted and I only had a couple of opportunities to see anything, not that there is that much left of the old 3'-6" narrow gauge Newfoundland Railway.

There were a couple of old diesels in parks in St John's that were badly in need of care and new homes. I believe, but I'm not sure, that one was in Bowring Park and one in Pippy Park. In any case, the folks up in Clarenville (an old division point) raised enough money to get one moved there. Here's number 900, an NF110, built in 1952 (delivered in 1953) by General Motors Ltd of Canada, and the first road diesel in Newfoundland. She's been cleaned up and given a coat of paint in the original as delivered CN paint scheme. Could still use some body work, but at least they've stopped the major deterioration and she sure looks good.




Here's a head on view, showing the narrow track gauge.





The other unit was moved to the Railway Coastal Museum in St John's. It's also an NF110, but until they finish the repainting (or until I get busy and check info on the Yahoo Group for the Nfld railway) I don't know what number she is. Also repainted in the original CN paint scheme.

She has a mail car and (what I think is) a diner behind her. That is the old station/museum in the background.  I seem to recall that Fergie posted some photos of this locomotive a while back after one of his visits to St John's.





Blank number boards. Has to be between 901 and 908. I'll find out sometime.




Here are a couple of shots of those two cars behind the diesel in St John's. First is what I believe to be a diner. (Corrections and additional info welcomed). Looks like they have just done exterior cosmetic restoration. I have no info at this time if they have any ideas of restoring the cars inside.





And here's the mail car.





Here's a better shot of the museum building. This was built as the headquarters of the Reid Newfoundland Company, and new St John's station, in 1903. The Reid Newfoundland Company was the firm that built (most of) the railway and operated it up until government takeover (by mutual agreement) in 1923. It was refurbished a couple of years ago and now houses the archives of the City of St John's on the second floor, and the Railway Coastal Museum on the main floor.





At the back of the museum these two old railway cars have been built into the museum. Inside they have been opened up and reworked, and now present a diorama showing sections of different railway cars, including a sleeper, coach, diner, kitchen and mail car. The museum in general is very well done, even if it doesn't have a lot of rolling stock.





That's about it for this year. Maybe I'll have more time next year. But in reality, I've already been to the two main railroad museums in the province (St John's and Corner Brook), and seen several of the displays of rolling stock (Clarenville, Bonavista, Avondale, and Whitbourne), so new pickings are getting slim.

Last weekend we went on another railfanning trip with our usual group down here.  While I've loaded the photos from my camera to the computer, I still have a lot of editing to do before I can do a writeup of the trip.  But I'll leave you with this link to YouTube.  It's a video that one of the guys in the group put together with short clips of what we saw during the 2 day trip.  Fran and I show up quickly at the 2:00 minute point.

http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=FxJkr0kO3Fc

 

 

That's about it for now.

 

Best regards

 

Ed

[Packer]

Just stopping in again. Seems like you guys have been busy.

Earlier this week I got 2 used athearn BB SW15s in the mail (my first athearn BBs btw). Suprisingly the powered one runs really nice and quiet. I painted the walkways and step edges the right colors. I haven't painted the handrails yet. I plan to add the cal scale detail kit, LEDs and DCC/sound (dummy gets sound only decoder) to the units. My concern with the pair is the dummy is rather light, so IDK if it'll pull the amount of cars I hope it will (I'm hoping for at least 12)

My C424 project is on hold because the SW15s should be pretty easy and my GP35 project is almost done. Another reason why I'm putting the C424s on hold is because the apint won't come off. (it's been in pinesol since wendsday)

[Cary]

Morning fellas,

 Thought I would pop in and say hi.

[CNCharlie]

Good Morning Diners!

First of all I'd like to thank all of you for your kind words on the loss of our little Jamie last week. It really meant a lot to me. He was a popular fellow as evidenced by the cards and flower arrangements that arrived last week. We are slowly adjusting to his not being here but I think Pippa, our other Westie, is having a harder time as she keeps looking in all the rooms for him.

The weather here has been unusual to say the least. I think we've only had one night with a light frost. We even have a few impatience plants still going and it doesn't take much frost to turn them to mush. That will change this week as it is supposed to go down to 18F on Tuesday night. Right now it is about 40 and the wind is 30 mph gusting to 45!

I'm about to go downstairs to tackle a decoder install in my Mehano 2-10-2 that didn't go to well. I put in a TCS decoder but it just didn't work. I bought a Digitrax decoder yesterday and so I'll soon find out if it was the decoder. At first I thought that the solder point on the can motor was too close to the frame and that was causing a short but I'm not sure. Just hope no magic smoke appears.

We had a train show here last week and I picked up a few things. Got a Blueprint kit for $5 and finally found a '55 Chev. I can't believe how few mid-'50s cars there are considering how popular the transition era is. I even had a look at a few N scale layouts and must admit they did look nice. I'm actually thinking of getting a few pieces to see if I like or can even work with something that small. I blame my wife as she went with me and said  they looked really nice and why didn't I get some so who am I to contradict the CEO.

CN Charlie