galaxy Chris I'm glad somebody is!
Chris I'm glad somebody is!
Galaxy, I WAS a happy guy... Don't knock armchair railroading...it has it's advantages. Being a "railroad modeler" seems a lot safer on the sanity. Oh well, I have a few other trackplans I've snagged over the years. I think Space Mouse had a few in one of his crazy contests I nabbed and filed, so not totally giving up yet.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
galaxySawyer hope your "negotiations" with the parental units went well! Hope the rest of the weekend goes well for you! AND thank you for posting a pic of that beauty! MY MY she makes 'em look good! I can see why you put her in your avatar.
Sawyer hope your "negotiations" with the parental units went well! Hope the rest of the weekend goes well for you! AND thank you for posting a pic of that beauty! MY MY she makes 'em look good! I can see why you put her in your avatar.
Ain't tried again yet; just going to either look for an opportunity or attack when they're in a good mood, lol
and thanks for the compliments, those are abt. the only few good railfanning shots i've taken 9well, maybe the only railfan shots I've taken). Have so,me of some CSX power somewhere.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Hi guys!
New place again. I'm think I'm getting too old for all this change.
Thanks Jeffrey for the friendly reminder, and saving us from locked doors! Thanks Jim for opening the new place. When I used to do invetory work we always took our breaks near the front doors to watch the people come right up and run *smack* right into the locked doors {even with a huge sign on it that said "closed for inventory"}. It was hilarious! Maybe you had to be there!
LOTS of the local firestation's sirens going off around here, must be something BIG is up.
Thanks to all those who gave words of soothing and encouragement and suggestions for my hobby in the old dinner. What will happen will remain to be seen. First I have to FIND the layout and the room it's in again first! If I go armchair for awhile, I do.
Howmus you always look like you're playing the grand organ for Phantom of the Opera on that thing! {I can hear the bloody music}
Robby P. ....Well I spent 5 hours in the ER last night. Ok I didn't but the wife was in bad shape. That "female problem" was acting up....
....Well I spent 5 hours in the ER last night. Ok I didn't but the wife was in bad shape. That "female problem" was acting up....
Robby P: the prayer candle is lit for anyone who needs thoughts and prayers, with an extra prayer said for your wife.
AmanaMedic I'm a happy guy.
I'm a happy guy.
Todd there are plenty of pies, so not to worry. They are right next to the Black Forest Cake and the giant cookies. I am baking more cookies tonight so choco chip oatmeal cookies for all!!!
Hmmm {stroking my red and gray beard} VOLCANOS? I climbed a VOLCANO in Hawaii. Would gladly do it again if I have the energy and non-asthmatic breath.
Theres a train around the Dole Pineapple plantation. And there were trains for the sugar plantations on Hawaii- so perhaps a sugar processing plant might be around a volcano and need a train???
Well, guys have a happy and safe ST. Patty's day weekend!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Rob; If your volcano is active, perhaps a gas separation plant would be appropriate. Many useful gases are emitted from volcanos; Nitrogen, Argon, Helium, and others..... of course this would require gas storage tanks..... Hmmm. Well.... it was just a thought.
uhh, is there any cheese cake left? If there is I'll have a decaf with it.
Eric
Rob .... I suppose you may try loading up pumice from the volcano. I suppose voered hoppers would be appropriate. I hope it is not an active volcano.
Chris ... That's a neat old picture of Cedar Rapids.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Cederstrand OK, so what Industries could revolve around a volcano? Thermal Energy plant, Colored glass making, Pumice Soap, what else? Anything to do with building roads? Any suggestions will be appreciated. IF I do this thing, there should be more to it than just the volcano. Rob
OK, so what Industries could revolve around a volcano? Thermal Energy plant, Colored glass making, Pumice Soap, what else? Anything to do with building roads? Any suggestions will be appreciated. IF I do this thing, there should be more to it than just the volcano.
Rob
Well Rob, How about a factory for ASH TRAYS with a little coffee shop on the side called "LAVA JAVA"
That's Bad, I had better go lay down for awhile.
Johnboy out....................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
We just got from running around to various fleamarkets and, yes, didst fall over a few deals--3 Proto N EMD SW8's,3 Alco RS2's, 2 more Bachmann FM H16-44's, a USRA 0-8-0 (Walthers-Heritage) and 4--count-em--4 used KATO RDC2's--my empire is growing!!
And I only had a smoky credit card fire--none of that 6 alarm stuff to boot!! Most have DCC with sound no less---
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/
TMarsh CederstrandOK, so what Industries could revolve around a volcano? Hot pads. ROFL. Sorry Rob, no help but I couldn't resist. Besides, Ray was gonna say it anyway.
CederstrandOK, so what Industries could revolve around a volcano?
Hot pads. ROFL.
Sorry Rob, no help but I couldn't resist. Besides, Ray was gonna say it anyway.
Uh--Geothermal Power? You could throw in a asphalt plant--It'd have a good heat source---
Banking on our newfound success, here's a 1970s vintage postcard showing (top left) the Rock Island yard, Quaker Oats, and a bit of downtown Cedar Rapids. I-380 was in it's early construction phases. It now runs alongside the grain bins (lower right hand corner) and over the concrete bridge under construction.
Obviously, I'd needa very large space to replicate all of this. A LOT of "selective compression" was figured on from the start.
OK, we'll try this again. I think the site in general "kinda left reality" for a few moments.
JEFF: a BIG thanks!
AmanaMedicWas gonna try to post the CNW track chart for the real Quaker Oats, somehow, I'm not getting the image to appear. I posted it to photobucket, copied the IMG code, pasted in here...and that's all it did. I know it's been asked...and answered a bazillion times around here, but WHAT am I missing???
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
TMarshQuick, help me get it before he shows up.
Ruh row Raggie... We'd best be a-hustlin', I'm a-guessin'...
Was gonna try to post the CNW track chart for the real Quaker Oats, somehow, I'm not getting the image to appear. I posted it to photobucket, copied the IMG code, pasted in here...and that's all it did. I know it's been asked...and answered a bazillion times around here, but WHAT am I missing???
I hate computers almost as much as I do arrogant little doctors...
AmanaMedic Anybody know if Phillip's pie case made the move?
Anybody know if Phillip's pie case made the move?
Uh oh! *%$&! Knew we forgot something! Quick, help me get it before he shows up. I wouldn't want to be near here if we don't!!!!!
Ya, ya, ya, girls I know. Here's the card. I'm on a mission!
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.
Flashwave Suggestion: Build the benchwork with carjacks in the legs That way, when something fails, you can drop it straight downin sections, and bend over instead. (If yu can make this work, we MRRs would love you forever)
Suggestion: Build the benchwork with carjacks in the legs That way, when something fails, you can drop it straight downin sections, and bend over instead. (If yu can make this work, we MRRs would love you forever)
Maybe I'll just lay the track on the floor... and play GODZILLA everytime I need to switch "Elevator G", "Short 6," and "Mill 6" tracks.
Anybody know where I can hire some 1/87th scaled switchmen? Not sure how they'd open up those Kadee 5s though.
*sigh*
AmanaMedic My loving wife suggested a "Mission Impossible" harness suspending me from the ceiling over the layout. *sigh* I said it before, I'll say it again...WHY do we do this????
My loving wife suggested a "Mission Impossible" harness suspending me from the ceiling over the layout.
I said it before, I'll say it again...WHY do we do this????
-Morgan
Good afternoon all, hope everybody is having a good and safe Saturday. Sunny, and WARM (50's) here in Clarence. Just waiting to roll on a field fire, seems a lot of other depts. are out today playing in the grass.
Had another DOH! moment in track planning last night. I dusted off an old favorite from the pages of Model Railroader, it was called The Free Haven Terminal RR, and ran in October of '90. Whoever it was that drew it up, devised an around the room (10'x11') based around a port. At the time, I fell in lust with it, as it was similar to the CNW and CCP around Cedar Lake in Cedar Rapids; the area I want to try and recreate in one form or another.
So, last night, I'm fiddiling around with the plan, and realize with a little track addition here, and a little shifting there...I can have a Quaker Oats plant similar to the real one, with multiple tracks coming in from multiple directions (again, like the real one).
EUREAKA!
I figure, I'm finally on to something I started back in Oct. of '90. At the time, I had all sorts of diagrams, and lists, and what-not on how it would work. It was going to be great! It was going to be spectacular!
Of course, I can't find ANY of that paperwork now that I can actually USE it for something.
I'm still a happy guy (at this point), however.
Then reality crashes back down upon me.
I double check a few measurements, and realize the farthest track in the Quaker complex would be...oh, SIX FEET from the aisle. Don't know about any of you guys...but I know I can't reach that far. Oh, and it would be in a "canyon" formed by grain silos and a mill building too. Even if the RR was built 2 feet off the floor, I'd never be able to reach in there.
The original, published plan had the farthest track 4 feet off the aisle, which still seems like a long reach, especially over the yard tracks.
I thought about getting one of those reacher/grabber things, the home healthcare place I used to work for had them up to 3 feet long...but I don't think that's the way to go. Back to the layout article file, I guess...see what else I clipped over the years.
Ladies, a double bacon cheeseburger, fries cooked up in beef fat (the way it used to be), and a large Coke please while I go sit in the corner and sulk...again...
Hi,
I haven't been on in forever. This is due mostly to my layout not being up and not getting or doing anything with trains...
Outside chores finished. Time for a coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
Trainman SamWe got to take a tour of the locomotive maintenance facility, WOW! you should see the size of the cylinders that are in the prime movers!!!
I'd rather not. If I have to see them, that usually means something broke...
Morning All. Ugh, not another new place. before long, we're gonna have to change the name. The Roman numerals will be longer than the store front.
Love that E6 Garry!
How about a modern day rendition? Norfolk Southern F9A is parked at the head of a cut of coaches during masters week in 2008 at NS's compound for their business train in Augusta.
and this is the shot that's my profile pic (yes, I took both)
Well, gonna be a lazy Saturday here. probably going for a run soon before it starts raining. Thank the Lord for sleeping in late!
Also, just watched most of Alien Vs. Predator on FX. I'm gona have to rent that sometime! Was as good as the movie Doom (yes, they made a movie version of the video game: it had dwayne Johnson in it).
Southern or Frisco fans may appreciate this old photo in Birmingham, AL of a SOU E6 and a Frisco E8.
Cold rain here. Late start, so a Large Coffee TO GO, please & thanks.
***Sam, that sounded like a fun & informative field trip.
Have a good day y'all.
(pant, pant, puff, puff) Whew, took the long way from page two to get here. Had to catch up.
Eric- Red primer works good for brick as you said. I've also use Polly scale MRR Maroon as a touch of darker stained brick kinda thing.
Gotta go clean the Township garage then off to a benefit fund raiser for some friends of ours son who has Leukimia.
Have a great day
Good morning.It's 42 cloudy. Looks like the high will be in the 50's and there's light rain on tap.Spent part of yesterday working on some structures I received in the mail. A Bachmann Plasticville gas station, a small machine shop, a loading dock and a trackside shack. The gas station and loading dock are already on the layout. The gas station will receive som e weathering and will be boarded up. Being across the street from Ezra's gas station isn't good for business in today's economy. I probably won't be doing much today. Wasn't feeling too good this morning.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 3/14/2009Wind Chill: 37°FHumidity: 93%Dew Point: 40°FSo Far TodayHigh: 43°FLow: 41°FRain: 0.51"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 8mph ENEToday High: 52 Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight Low: 38 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming northeast after midnight.
Mornin' everyone!
Just popping in to grab a mug of java on my way to a funeral this morning. The deceased was a retired State Trooper and a fine Saxophone player. Member of my church and the husband of one of the ladies on the board of deacons. He was a very kind, generous, and helpful person who will be missed!
I catch up to you all later (if they don't move the place again..........)
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning everyone!
I'm glad someone left the trail of pie crusts out there leading to the new diner location. I thought we had the terms for the previous siding for longer than a months time? I guess the yardmaster decided to use the MoW equipment that was behind it huh?
Well, I'm sure glad to see that we are all still here!
I've had an interesting week at the 1:1 scale RR... Thursday we had a "Field Day", where they taught us the proper procedures and safety rules for walking in yards and climbing on equipment, how to set the hand brake properly, how far away from equipment you have to be in order to cross the tracks in front of it (15 feet). Very fun day as all the information now floating in my brain started to click into place!
We got to take a tour of the locomotive maintenance facility, WOW! you should see the size of the cylinders that are in the prime movers!!!
I hope everyone is traversing these economic times well? Prayers for all who need them.
I'll be sitting in the corner booth, finishing the massive ammopunt of homework I have been assigned for the weekend!
Chloe, can I please have a RBF along with an order of scrambled eggs, scrapple, and some whole wheat toast? Thank you!
Sam
May He bless you, guide you, and keep you safe on your journey through life!
I Model the New Hope & Ivyland RR (Bucks County, PA)
A new place, well someones stocks didn't fall .
Well I spent 5 hours in the ER last night. Ok I didn't but the wife was in bad shape. That "female problem" was acting up. So they gave a ultrasound, and some meds. Well nothing new, same ole' problem. Thats why we are seeing another doctor in April. Hopefully we can get rid of the problem.
I guess we will go shopping early, kinda beat the Sat. crowd.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Morning all!!! Floe, Bacon&eggs with rye toast and a decaf please.
Rob, thanks for the insight and support. Ray, I can't imagine that type of hurt. God bless you and all my other friends.
Jeff, That station looks familiar, seems I've seen it somewhere before......
Jim, your kitbash looks great. The paint job would answer my question... what kind of paint did you use?
Good Morning from London ON--We're going to a high of 10C today with our low going to -3C tonight--And we're going to be sunny!! In fact, we're going to be that way until Monday when we'll have a 40% chance of showers but--still getting sun--heeheehee
Audrey & I are going fleamarket hunting today as well as visiting some friends for the afternoon. Someone has found that this one fleamarket seems to have a bunch of N scale stuff--so I'll investigate the place
Rob-When I think about the volcano and prison--I keep thinking of a prison sitting over the volcano--"Hell's Prison-presenting Bernie Mad(e)off---"
Chloe, I'll have a jug of coffee and a toasted muffin with cream cheese please---I'll go to back by the windows and watch the trains---