A large cup of that Instant Human coffee, please & thanks.
***Lee, thanks for the Info on that old photo.
With potential for rain tomorrow, I duct-taped that load of leftover foam insulation and tucked it under the porch. Still have not come up with a plan for the layout terrain. Not much else to report on....still working on non-mrr'ing stuff.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
Late last night I finally finished the new MoW car. I wanted to get photos up earlier this morning but Photobucket was undergoing maintenance so I couldn't upload any. I put the old Olympus D550 to work and got these five shots of the finished car.
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LSWrrBarry, my original thought was to drop a new motor and seal the tender wheels with metal preservative on each before I sold it so I thought $50 was a good price. The replacement motors run $30. I think I’ll restore each locomotive then tow them out to the bay for reassignment.
I think I’ll restore each locomotive then tow them out to the bay for reassignment.
That makes much more sense!!--
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
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Mornin' everybody!
Zoe, I'll have my usual dark roast in a FGLK mug with a nice thick slice of that coffee cake Philip brought in.
Currently 49°F here in the Finger Lakes with a high of 48°F....... That's what it says! Low tonight around 21° and the high only 31°F tomorrow. Winter has returned! Glad all of you have stayed safe during the recent storms.
Got some materials done for the upcoming meet yesterday. The more I get done, the more I think of things that I still have to do. I also started cleaning and putting away stuff in the train rooms. I have a crew coming over Sunday afternoon to do some operating and make a plan for the day of the meet. I want to have the layout running up to snuff by then. Today I have to do all the materials for Deacons tonight, and hopefully continue work for the meet. To complicate everything I should be doing sound for the Spring Musical at School. They haven't contacted me yet (par for the course) so I will throw them an email today to see what is happening.
Ah there's my breakfast, so I'll have a seat by the stove in the back and warm up.
Stay safe and warm!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
TMarshLast time I heard (last night) it sounded like PC was gittin' hit pretty hard and was moving off NE.
Yeah, we got some rain and wind, but it's mostly moved off to the SE this morning. I rode my bike to work if that tells ya anything.
Mornin' all, Coffee and a couple of biscuits with jam please. Well it looks like we have some good news floating around from shoes that are back to wives that feel better. We really dodged the old bullet yesterday. Not even a rumble of thunder. A bit of rain was all we got. I see Inch was in this morning so I assume he fared OK. Hopefully Jerry and Jim did alright and it looked like it made a swipe at Garry. Last time I heard (last night) it sounded like PC was gittin' hit pretty hard and was moving off NE.I also see BC and Lee made it in so I guess they did well too.
Jeff- I also like your non-prototypical sticker!!!!!
Lee-I don't know what steam prices are (25$ seems a bit low, I don‘t know), but it sounds to me like your looking at it from the right point of view Not wanting to overprice so no one buys, but not giving them away either.
Supposed to have sunny around 40 (F) today so gonna get out and get new Drivers License. Run some errands for mom and stuff. Hope to get some RR time. I stayed home ALL day yesterday on power watch and only looked at the empire of which I'm King. If we lost power and I wasn't home I never would have got to the generator to keep the sump pumps going in time. Luckily since I was prepared, nothing happened. Not complaining. We've still got plenty of time for power outages.
Oh it's taken so long to write this, I see Philip has arrived safe and sound. Thanks for the coffee cake. I'll be greedy and take mine with me. See ya!
Well hope all has a great day.
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.
Good Morning..I'll have coffee and a big slice of PC's coffee cake please...Thank You...
It sunny and cold this morning..had some rain last nite and temps dropped from 70 to 26 this morning..
Planning to do some more track work on fiddle yard today..I had trouble yesterday getting the lid off my flux..The can is probaly 10 years old but it is still half full..
Jeff MOW car is looking good..Do you have a MOW train? How about some photos?
You all have a good one..Jerry
Matter of fact, coffee for everyone Chloe! Yeah, throw in some coffee cake too!
Heartland Division CB&Q worked on the old Porsche and got it runnin, and I drove it a little. Some of you may recall the Porsche story of a few months ago. It still needs more work.
Refresh my memory. It's a little foggy this morning.
Good morning. It's 67 and cloudy. The high will be around 65 and there's a chance of thunderstorms. There's some good news today. Yesterday I got my left shoe back from doc's office. It feels a lot better on my foot than that old walking brace I was having to wear and is a lot less trouble to put on too. I worked on the MoW car project into the late hours last night and it's finally finished. In other news, I fitted my Chattahoochee hopper with all-metal sprung trucks. A 40' PFE reefer is almost ready. It lacks two roof hatches which I understand from an email I just read are on their way. Later today I'll be fitting a new smoke stack to my newly rebuilt Athearn caboose. I have also rebuilt a 1960's vintage Athearn F unit dummy loco and fitted it with metal wheels and Kadee couplers and it is now coupled to my GD30J. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 3/11/2009 Wind Chill: 67°F Humidity: 99% Dew Point: 67°F So Far Today High: 67°F Low: 64°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 9mph S Today High: 65 Patchy fog in the morning. Partly cloudy early in the morning...then a 50 percent chance of showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s to upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Tonight Low: 48 Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening...then a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the late evening and overnight. Cooler. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
I think I’ll restore each locomotive then tow them out to the bay for reassignment.Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
I guess I will take some pancakes and milk. I haven't had pancakes in awhile. MMMM.....
Well its rainy right now. I was going to try to do some train hunting, but maybe not till tomorrow.
I glad everybody liked the old house. I will finish up the old coal tower and post it at WPF.
Not to much planned today. I have to go to the post office, and mail a car to Canada. Hope its not to much. Other than that, maybe some layout time.
Well everybody have a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Well, Windows Update did it to me this morn--dropped me off into the ether again--so I'm going to attempt the attempt that I was attempting to attempt--or summat--
We are rather windy today as we are currently getting winds from 60-90kmh and higher gusts at times. Our temperature has dropped from a high of 11C at 6am down to 4C just a few minutes ago to this afternoon -3C then to a low of -11C tonight. So far the only thing flapping around are the garbage cans---
I've got a lonely petunia client visit to do in town and then I've got to find a couple of things at our farmers market. Today is going to be the day I sit with myself and do some redesigning of atrium---heeheehee
Chloe--I'll have a coffee and an egg on a muffin please--I'm going to the back and try to figure this dang atrium out---
Mornin, an irish coffee and the farmers special Zoe
After a warm morning yesterday, 64 and a high of 73 yesterday. Today it's 32, with a high of 35 and NW wind at 15 to 20.
CHARLIE,,, you don't need to open the cold gate, I've had cold enough already
JIM CG,,,, got E-mail #2,,,, don't know why, but it was another blank page. Anyway try sending me one thru here, maybe that'll work.
ROBBY,,, my wife had womanly problems for 15 years, before they did surgery [hysterectomy] n fix the problem. Sure hope they don't take that long for your wife. Liked the shack too.
PAUL,,, hope Mary Ann is doing betters now. I think she gave it to Jbirds, she got sick at school yesterday with a 102.6 temp.
Well I best get round ta chores. Planning on some playtime on the layout today, since I got no kids n to cold for much outside. Thoughts for those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Chloe, I'll take a chamomile tea and a muffin to go please---
I've finished a couple of buildings that I'll be using for anchors on the NEW atrium project--I've crumpled up the other one because it was giving me the mmm--mmm issue--no cooperation from warped styrene------GRRRRRR
I'm heading off to ---night all------
Well I see the crew has thinned out. They must be a bunch of sleepy heads tonight.. I see Phil ,Jeff, Lee, Charlie and Rob are still up so I'll sit with them for a while and have a Hot chocolate and a cinnamon danish to help my Technicolor dreams tonight.
I see that we now know the reason that Walthers kicked the Model railroad Club out of their warehouse.
You guys and Gals don't know yet ?? Well take a look at this notice.
BREAKING NEWS!Walthers to Offer Complete Lionel Line
Starting with new releases for 2009, the entire Lionel line of O Scale models will be available directly from Walthers. Over 500 new items are planned this year. Production of these new 2009 items will be based on advance orders, which must be placed on or before April 8, 2009. Orders for the new Vision line of highly detailed models are due by April 30, 2009. Details are being finalized and updates will be posted at walthers.com as they become available!
To Find Lionel Products on our Web site
So good news for the Lionel lovers and too bad for the club.
Prayers and blessings to all in need.
Hope all of you in the East don't get flooded now.
Still very cold here for another two days then they say it will get up around freezing. Tonight it is -32c. Boy has this been one heck of a cold winter. It dropped down to minus double didgets about three weeks prior to Christmas and other than for three days at the end of January it has stayed that low. Lots of times with the wind chill in the minus 40s. DARN SICK OF IT. The only good thing you can say about it is "there are no flys or mosquitoes.
Will check in tomorrow. Night all.
Johnboy out............................
May the Rails never be Silent.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
LSWrr Thanks Garry, I was watching the bay Jan and Feb and they were going for $45, I did a search tonight and noticed they dropped to the range you mentioned. I think maybe I should profile each one and go from there.
Thanks Garry,
I was watching the bay Jan and Feb and they were going for $45, I did a search tonight and noticed they dropped to the range you mentioned. I think maybe I should profile each one and go from there.
Just to be a bit more generous factor in a 15% markup from the average over a week--the prices do tend to bounce around I've noticed----
CNCharlie Well I do have a cure for all of you who have been having trouble with too much rain, tornadoes, flooding, mud, etc. I'll just leave the gate open so you can get some of our lovely cold air and no more weather problems!! It will be sunny, bright, crisp and indeed it will be, wait for it, A DRY COLD!! Right now it is -8F going down to -17F and a wind chill of -40 for tonight and all of tomorrow. A bonus is that you don't have to feel quilty about just staying in and working on your layout. What say you?? Shall I leave the gate open??
Well I do have a cure for all of you who have been having trouble with too much rain, tornadoes, flooding, mud, etc. I'll just leave the gate open so you can get some of our lovely cold air and no more weather problems!! It will be sunny, bright, crisp and indeed it will be, wait for it, A DRY COLD!! Right now it is -8F going down to -17F and a wind chill of -40 for tonight and all of tomorrow. A bonus is that you don't have to feel quilty about just staying in and working on your layout. What say you?? Shall I leave the gate open??
Thanks Pal... we've got it. The wind is howling out of the NW right now, rattling my antique windows.
Borrowing a trick from Jeff, here's what we're in for over the next few days in Clarence:
Overnight: Scattered flurries before 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -5. Windy, with a west wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as -15. Breezy, with a west wind between 20 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -5. North wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 27. Wind chill values as low as -5. **AMTRAK community informational meeting in Iowa City***Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 14. **LOTS of writing to do**Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. **Weekly staff meeting with THAT editor**Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.
You can just go right ahead and close that gate again...
Oh oh. Mr. Rerun has woken, and found me. He says he has urgent business, that must be conducted outside. In many ways, he and his intestinal system are far more reliable than the Postal Service, especially when it comes to rain, sleet, snow, high winds, bitter cold...
Any ideas on how to convince a dog to use a toilet?
Good night all...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good Evening Diners!
I think I'll have a bucket of whatever is hot Chloe or how about some mulled wine?
Been a week or so since I've been in so I have to congratulate Ray on the latest addition to the family. Great names by the way. Your son is to be congratulated on that score, none of those trendy names like Trinity, etc.
I finally got my little forest done and proudly showed it to my wife who said, Nice but it looks like it was planted. She's right, not enough small trees so I'll be ordering more trees. I have 30 conifers in that little corner and by the time I'm done I'll probably be up to 50. I can't imagine what people do with large layouts. I'm tired of doing scenery so I think I'll put together a car kit. I did order an N Scale RDC today as a store in Hamilton has them on sale and I even managed to get one in CNR livery.
Jeff, great job on your MOW car. I really enjoy seeing all your projects. What's next?
Jim, I finally bought a new card for my camera and will take some photos of the layout to send to you,. hopefully on the week-end as the light is better in the day time for photos.
Not much else is new here. Pippa is staring at me or maybe it's glaring as it's bedtime and she likes to use me as a heating pad.
CN Charlie
Lee ......
Have you clicked on completed listings in ebay... I just did.. Completed sales of Mantua 2-8-2's and 4-6-2's range from about $20 to $45. You should read each one to compare with what you have. While in HO/Mantua category search on 2-8-2. The click on completed listings. Do the same for 4-6-2's.
Everyone.... I did some non-model-railroad stuff today. I worked on the old Porsche and got it runnin, and I drove it a little. Some of you may recall the Porsche story of a few months ago. It still needs more work.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Berry, I think so. I would ask the twenty five, plus shipping. I can get the boxes for free from the post office, a little buble wrap and tape isn't that much.
Lee
Lee: I'd love one for a static display diorama if I could figure on how to do that--but are you sure S/H is enough?--and considering the packaging--how much of a bite is that going to take out of asking price? Then again----
Jeff,
I LOVED the decal on the edge of your layout concerning Don't tell me I can't do something because it's not prototipical!
Evening gang,
Concerning the retirement of my Mantua fleet of locomotives do you guys think twenty five plus shipping is a fair price for these? I’m guessing shipping will be between five and eight. I do plan on including the directions for installing a DCC unit with each locomotive.
Comments?
Evening all. Chloe, I'll take a burger and some fries, thanks.
I found a little bit of free time, so I thought that I'd drop in.
I hate when other people mess things up for me. I found a F40 on eBay for $15, so I placed a bid for 20.09. I asked my mom if I had gotten outbid, and she said that the highest bid was $35, which is too high (there's an add in MR for one for 30 at Trainworld). I just checked- it was only $21- which means I only got outbid by 81 cents. Darnit!
Absolutely no time for anything the last couple days. I was GOING to take the pictures of new stuff the other day, BUT the battery in the camera was dead, and I couldn't find the charger... Soon, I promise. :(
Lax is going well. On thursday, we get out at 1:05, so we're either going to have a double practice, or just one longer one. But I won't be there because I have Confirmation. HAHAHA! We have a scrimmage on Saturday, so chances of going to the train show in Edison are not looking good (still waiting to go for 10 YEARS!!!). :*[
Well, I'll try to be back soon; maybe on the weekend till then. Prayers for all in need. Have a good night.
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I chased tornedoes for some years and reported their positions back to 911 in the interest of public safety. My pay for this was zero. How close have I been? Try having one directly overhead. It effectively and quite efficiently removed every scrap of paper from inside my car then turned a mobile home inside out before moving off across the lake to wreak more havoc on the oppisite shore. How many have I chased? I lost count but I know it was more than several dozen. How many have I run from? About a dozen. Tornadoes can be tricky unpredictible beasts. Just when you think you have one figured out it pulls it's next trick out of the hat. The smartest thing to do if you see one coming is to get out of it's way.
Flashwavewindows were cracked, as far as I was told, because of air pressure that would pop the house.
Correct, Sir...but old theory. The following is a direct quote from the National Weather Speculators, Storm Prediction Center (SPC): "Long ago, I was told to open windows to equalize pressure. Now I have heard that's a bad thing to do. Which is right? Opening the windows is absolutely useless, a waste of precious time, and can be very dangerous. Don't do it. You may be injured by flying glass trying to do it. And if the tornado hits your home, it will blast the windows open anyway."
Sorry guys, NOT trying to beat the drum on this...or beat a dead horse. I've just had a life-long fascination (sheer terror turned to deep respect with serious curiosity) with the dang things.
Stay SAFE...
Good evening. Mom fixed a heavenly spaghetti tonight. Nothin' fancy really, but goo-ood. Mmm! SO how about some Fudge Marble Ice Cream with chocolate syrup.
windows were cracked, as far as I was told, because of air pressure that would pop the house.
Lee: If none else has already gotten to your locos and retiring cabeece? Got any pics so's that maybe one could be aquired?
-Morgan
jeffrey-wimberlyThe new MoW car is almost done. Just gotta do some touch ups on it.
Man, I'm really starting to like this car. Looks like it'd be right at home with the wreck train, or the rail gang.
Nice piece of work, Sir...