Good morning.It's 66, cloudy and a bit damp. The high is expected to around 74 and there's a chance of thunderstorms.I've put together some ideas, some my own and some from other modelers, concerning the GE U30C. Here's my plan of attack. The roof mounted radiators at the back of the shell will be removed and a dynamic brake housing and grilles from a SD40 will be added. The GE exhaust stack will be removed and an EMD exhaust stack will be mounted just behind the horns back of the cab. An EMD blower housing will be mounted just behind the step down from the cab and two EMD radiator fans will be added to the top of the hood between the stack and DB housing. That should be just about pegging the plausibility meter. I may even throw in an EMD cab to push it over the top.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/17/2009Wind Chill: 68°FHumidity: 93%Dew Point: 66°FSo Far TodayHigh: 68°FLow: 68°FRain: 0.01"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph NNEThrough 8 AM...a large area of mainly light rainfall...with embedded heavier showers...will continue to slowly sink southeast across east Texas and central Louisiana. Locations along and to the north of a line from Saratoga...to De Ridder...to Marksville can expect to be affected by this light rainfall. Rainfall rates will generally be under one tenth of an inch per hour...but will be up to one half inch per hour in the heavier showers.Today High: 75 Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cooler. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.Tonight Low: 55 Partly cloudy early in the evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Mornin, an irish coffee please Janie. Got a sunny but chilly day [high 63, NW winds] forecast here. We got out ½ inch more rain Fri night into Sat morn. The baseball jamboree was canceled due to 2" of mud
Mother had an appointment over in Terre Haute Friday so I rode along. We found a 100-ton crane sitting on the old Pillsbury siding.
And I got these two, one I think is an old PRR single tower and the other some parts of an old switch.
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I've got a use for some of my junk switches now.
GALAXY,,,, a friend of mine collects old radios and he gets tubes and other parts off the internet. He's found some tubes on Ebay.
RAY,, sounds like you had some fun at Boy Scout camp. The steaks sure sound good anyway.
JERRY,,, the yards looking good. You should've hollered when the power was out me n Deb could've run in n helped out.
CHRIS,,,, I've got a few electric fence stories from growing up on a farm, But since the diner has a G rating, I'll say it involves me, a couple buddies n a couple big city kids. They had to change their pants and sadly, I got back backside tanned when Mom found out.
PC,,,, congrads on getting your diploma.
We'd planned on a day trip to Tulip Ind today to get some pics of the trestle close to there and maybe catch a train crossing [INRD]. We decided to put it off till next weekend, hoping for warmer, drier weather. So, it's a honey-do day and some outside chores [maybe some MRR time slipped in]. Best round, thoughts for those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden
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Good morning---boy is this a lively place this morning.
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and the breakfast platter please.
Well, an interesting night with fireworks for the kids in the neighbourhood. Used the sports field behind us for the display---gonna be doing that tonight as well as we've got quite a lot of them for the weekend--between myself and 3 of our neighbours we must've bought a coupla large boxes.
I'll be at the window booth watching this day develop-------
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evening All..Its clear and cool here....I'll have a double RBF please...Thank You....Got LL Gp 18 running but only forward!! Gonna have to tear it back down I'm guessing a wire off some where...
Chris...Yes My lift chair has a back-up 9 volt battery but it just wouldn't bring the chair down and battery was only about a month old and I had never used it!...and yep I had portable tanks but I couldn't get to them..
Rob...I just pulled the fiddle yard to front of layout to make it easier to work on..When I get it going again I'll push it back to back to its back drop...Hows work coming on your layout?
You all have a good nite...Jerry
Evenin'
Rob glad to hear that the mallard is recovering. I hate to see any animal get hurt!
I'm still cleaning up and putting away from the last two days work at camp. I think I will sleep well tonight. Here is what we were finishing up today. New steel roof for the Trading Post at our Boy Scout Camp.
Found that none of the photos of the turkeys at the old Depot property came out well. The Huge Tom Turkey was strutting his colors when I drove by, but as soon as I turned the truck around and came back and parked by the side of the road, he made himself as small as he could and headed for the brush....... The White Deer on the site are a major tourist attraction around here and they will let people come up close to the fence and photograph them. Except during the Fall hunting season!
Hope you all have a great night!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Tall glass of cool lemon water, please & thanks.
***Jerry, that fiddle yard came out nice. Can you still reach the back of your main layout?
Haven't made it back into the train room. Been pretty busy with the farm lately. With an extra horse (Cold Mountain) in the barn to care for and horse rotations etc..., it takes longer to get everything done. Oh, the female mallard is now walking a good 10' before resting and able to stand for some period of time. Looks like she's going to be OK.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Rob
I've been down to my parents place helping my sister and niece open the pool for the season. They needed my help in getting the tarp off it. It takes three people minimum to get if off without dumping the trash on it in the pool. It's tied down along both sides and the ends. Now I told both of them to leave the north side tied down so that when the south side was pulled over to the north the south side of the tarp wouldn't end up in the pool. My sister had no problem with that. Her mind works in a logical manner. My niece however isn't a logical thinker and she just couldn't see how leaving that side tied down was going to accomplish anything and untied the part at the shallow end while no one was watching. Came time to pull the tarp off and my sister and I get on opposite ends of the tarp at the south side of the pool and pull it over itself to the north side. At the deep end everything is just fine. At the shallow end the unsecured edge of the tarp slips into the water and dumps it's load of gunk into the pool. My sister and I both glare at my niece and I told told her 'I told you to leave it tied down' to which she says 'I didn't know it would do that'. I had only told her ten times what would happen if it wasn't tied down. Guess who gets to give the pool it's first cleaning. It isn't me, nor my sister. That leave the niece! I bet she'll listen next time.
Evenin'---
Got most o' t'runnin' 'round done---sheeesh---all these dang accent bits---had a pile of of those basic household chores to do that tend to wanna pile up and go ---"Hi. How are you---"
Jeff-All I have from way back are two things --1) an Altair 800--don't ask where that came from. and 2) a Commodore vic20.And, yes the dang thing still works---the Altair not so much. There are two other old--or rather retired computers here---a 486 used to cache a bunch of stuff for a printer my wife uses for her work, and a Pentium III used for storing Hard drives being used for sound recording/ experimentation. These things still have some use---
Chloe, I'll have a SRP and RBF please---No, I'll take my pie with me thanks-----
Well, I've walked the stage and shook the hands, smiled for the pics, and got outta Dodge. Now, what is this I hear about SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT!!! (Licking it off my face....) Mmmm, strawberry! And since I'm on top, you guys can have some too!
JimRCGMOas for worrying about those school kids, you have to remember that they probably don't have an electric fence at home (unless Daddy's name is Hanibal...), so the first one who (shockingly...) discovered "Ooh - that smarts!" probably decided to play tricks on all his buddies.("Hey, Freddy, c'mere! I got something to show you...") They're just "culturally deprived" out there in Iowa...
And a good afternoon everybody!
JIM: Actually, it was more like..."Ooh - that smarts!....I think I'll do it AGAIN!" Whoda thunk an electric fence could be so much fun??? Had it been boys only, I'm sure some genius would've discovered the conductivity of a certain bodily fluid...
JERRY: There should be a battery back-up for the lift chair...a 9-volt more than likely. I'd have home health aide, neighbor, somebody get that changed-out for ya pronto! The hospital bed "might" have one as well...I know at the home healthcare company I used to work for, we routinely put them in the chairs, never did on the beds. As for the concentrator, your provider should have also left a portable O2 tank for that situation. Of course, if you can't get out of the chair to get to it...
Definitely have someone batterize that chair!
PC: CONGRATULATIONS!
Not much else to blather on about, so will yield the floor...
Chris
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Well the thunder is rolling. The rain is also coming down. I looked at the radar, and it seems it might break up.
I haven't done much today. Went to the casino to bet on the horses. Stopped at a hobby store, and they had some neat stuff. I might stop again next time. As long as the casino dosen't take much of my money $$$.
Well everybody, I guess I will be back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Afternoon everyone!
Got back from camp about an hour and a half ago. We had a few sprinkles this morning but nothing that got in the way of finishing the roof. About noon I put the steaks over the grill and immediately started getting harassed by one of the workers (a good friend actually) who wanted to know why lunch wasn't ready. I reminded him that we were at camp and lunch is not served there until 12:30 and we would eat then....... We went back and forth with that for a while. About 12:35 the steaks were done and we had lunch consisting of Steak , Potato Salad, Garden Salad, and all the trimmings. Ended up feeding 11 people and used up all of the steaks I had bought. They went through at least 7 lbs. of potato salad and then got into the potato chips and stuff as well. Anyway, no sooner had they finished eating than the front moved in and it started to pour. If I had served lunch at 1:00PM, they would have been completely done with the roof. Rain let up about 45 minutes later, and armed with a pile of towels the ranger supplied they got the rest of the roof done. All they had left was the flashing for the peak and some of the side panels (It was a metal roof we were installing replacing the old shingle roof).
I loaded up and headed home, this time with the camera ready incase some of the "White Deer" at the former Seneca Ordinance Depot were out feeding like they were at that time yesterday. Naturally they weren't! I did try to get a good photo of some of the other residents of the property, but will wait to see how they came out with the rain and the darkness when I look at today's photos. Driving into camp I saw a Pileated Woodpecker on a pine tree only a few yards away from the road. Of course the camera was in the bag and the woodpecker would have bee long gone before I could have gotten it's photo. Would have made a great one though.
I no sooner hit the web after putting things away this afternoon when I heard thunder. So i shut the computer back down. Good thing I did as we got nailed with a heavy thunderstorm. No damage and no high winds but lots of rain.......
Zoe I'll have a RBF to tide me over 'til supper.
Afternoon, Janie - I'll have a grilled cheese (on wheat toast), bowl of tomato soup, a nice dill pickle slice (NO, NOT "I don't want a pickle... just wanta ride on my motorsickle..."), and a glass of milk, please 'n' thanks!
Todd, good link for the Playing For Change video. As for the whole box thing, I do keep my (small) appliance boxes, printer boxes and such (for that future move, natch!). Hope that your 'Bay seller does like I had one or two do for me - when they sent the wrong item, they then sent me the right one, for no additional $$, so I got a spare freight car to boot! You could use the Carnation as the once in a rare while add-on to your passenger train, perhaps.
Jeff, on the computers, let's see what I have on hand: my Apple IIe (first computer I got, in '84) and a green screen Apple /// Monitor, and an Apple color composite monitor for it, two Apple IIgs's (one bought used, one donated to me) and one RGB color monitor for it (plus 2 each of both sizes of disk drives, my Mac Quadra 700 (bought used), Power Mac 9500, iMac (the original blueberry color one - gift from my brother when he upgraded/bought a new one), Power Mac G4 (also gift from brother in Calif., another upgrade), my PowerBook 2000 (current workhorse, still going strong after various upgrades I did on it), and I think that's it. Would've had one more (Radio Shack Model 100, from my days working in computer dept. at a store back in Poplar Bluff, gave that one to somebody). All of them work, though I don't have monitors for all of the older Macs. The huge CRT monitor that my brother sent me with the Power Mac G4 died a ways back, and it's in my storage unit currently - till I find a place to take it for recycling. Never did get a game computer, though I have a bunch of game floppies in a box somewhere here....
Chris, as for worrying about those school kids, you have to remember that they probably don't have an electric fence at home (unless Daddy's name is Hanibal...), so the first one who (shockingly...) discovered "Ooh - that smarts!" probably decided to play tricks on all his buddies.("Hey, Freddy, c'mere! I got something to show you...") They're just "culturally deprived" out there in Iowa...
Okay, BridgeTom - that is SO not fair! There you are, getting retirement pay, plus going back to working full-time, and getting paid for all that FUN stuff! Sheesh - so not fair... (shaking his head as he walks to the back booth...) Hey, enjoy it (your middle name wouldn't happen to be 'Riley' by any chance, would it?
Ray, looks like a productive day at the camp (in spite of the minor glitches). I never have had camp coffee - by the time I was drinking coffee, I was considerably past the maximum age for Scouting. I'm not sure if I still have my camp cooking gear or not, though I know I have me popup/dome tent and old Boy Scouts backpack (pre-frame and all that...). Sleeping bag's kinda old but still in reasonable shape (sorta like its owner...)
So, PC - are you all gradjerated and a diplomate yet? And did you check the diploma to make sure it wasn't signed in disappearing ink? Proud for ya, guy! I think today is our local state university's graduation, too (I know Panera's is pretty quiet this afternoon). Hey, we'll save the pies and a cake for you to slice when you get back from the ceremonies. I understand Cousin Vinnie's personally guarding the goodies himself, and already had (ahem, cough...) a word or two with certain Diners. Anyone touching the special pie and cake will have some trouble...
Jerry, after that spell of power problems, I think they should consider getting you a backup battery for that chair (and Sallie, too)! That, or call your son (if you have a phone that can work without the electric on). Good that the power came back on when it did.
I went by H-L this afternoon with my coupon, and saw that they have added some of the JL Innovative HO scale detail stuff to their stock (propane tanks, soda machine, RR crossing signs, etc.). At the current list prices on the JL Innov. items (didn't realize they were that much, or else the manufacturer's upped their prices), I'll be getting those only with the 40 percent coupons. I also decided to go with the DPM Goodfellows Hall for my town's hotel. I'll do some looking at the pieces before I decide whether or not to make it narrower in depth than it comes. There's some room on the side walls where I could shorten them and not look bad, I think.
Nice weather today, though a bit cool with the humidty and the breezes. I'm not sure it even reached 70 F this afternoon - maybe only 69 F.
Janie, I'll have a root beer float for dessert, please (well, to tide me over until PC arrives and the goodies become fair game...) Thanks again.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
I've been toying with an idea concerning the U30C. Here's part of it.
Afternoon All...Its partly cloudy and cooler here 61....I'll have a double pork burger with cheese,onion rings and a RBF....Storms for the most part went just north of us...But we lost power about 8:35 I was reclined in My lift chair napping and watching TV,Sallie was in bedroom in Hospital bed...I couldn't get out and she couldn'tget out...Power didn't come back till almost midnite...my concentrator was off so no Oz..and Sallie hadn't had supper and I was worried she was going to have a low sugar spell..Sure was glad to see the power come back on...Got up this morning and couldn't get this darn computer to work..My son andy came by on his way to Terre Haute and got it going again..I did work this morning on GP 18 and got it running...Yesterday I finnished ballasting yards..Still gotta go back and get glue ou of a couple of turnouts and ballast out of flange ways...
Youall have a good evening...Jerry
Oh! Oh! Oh! Don't get me started on the "soaking " of the consumer! On second thought lets talk about the.....SSSSHHPPPLLOOOK!!! Ya, yer right. Best drop it. (at least it's a cream this time).
PC should have a switched tassle by now don'tcha think? The girls got a big ole pie in the back keeping warm with some candles on it for when he gets here. Don't know what kind it is they won't let me near it.
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.
I use two straight pieces of Bachmann ns EZ-Track as a program track. When I don't need it I just unplug it and put it under the layout. I can make most of the CV changes I need on the main in OPS mode.
Hi guys!
HAsn't stormed YET here.
Had to take van in for brakes. {groan}. HAven't heard yet what it is and what it will cost yet. My theory {and seems reality} is the longer it takes someone to call me about repairs the higher the cost. {groan again}.
TODD- Actually I looked and some are older than 15 years. I have to keep the medical stuff, but don't really need to keep old phone/cable/utilty bills, now do I?! They only serve to remind me how {cheaper?} the bills were then. Don't need that. Just need to know how much they soak me for now!!
JEFFREY- My father worked for IBM, so NO a fruity computers at our house!!! BUT he still has his first IBM and monitors and several other computers from 1980 on to the one he uses today! I tried to get him to get rid of the old single color monitors and non working printers {I think Daisy wheel?} on computer collection day, but he said he'd keep them. Of course, I didn't exactly trot our old computer stuff down there either.
Why, o Why, DO we keep stuff that is old/out of date/useless???
Jeffrey, I won't bother to send the track along. Maybe the boy will get some enjoyment/use out of them. I was using two pieces including the connector piece as programming track, but think I can use other programing track, and maybe give him the complete cheapy UP set. It was my first foray into HO from N, and I thought I'd try it. I liked it. Hey Mikey. I DO run the N scales at xmas time around the tree.
ANYBODY- I have some N scale Bachmann EZ Track and some switches. Would anyone be able to use it?
Should do some more planting, but the storms are supposed to be rolling in any minuite, and waiting to hear about the van. Tried taking a nap to make him call while i was snoozing, but that didn't work.
Have a great afternoon guys!
-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.
Jeff, we should compare collections; I have the original Atari game console in my living room and a Commodore 64 my parents bought in 1983ish. I have a couple boxes of parts still for various PC that I worked on or upgraded over the years.
PC Congrats on the graduation.
Lee
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TMarshNot by much, but you win with the bills and the three computers.
Galaxy- I surrender You win! Not by much, but you win with the bills and the three computers.(only because last year the village had an old computer collection day. Otherwise we'd be tied there ) My Dad on the other hand, though he only had one tube TV from about the 60's, had every power bill from 1960 to 1998 (with envelopes) I found while cleaning out Mom's house when she moved. So don't feel too bad! It sounds like we are both on the road to recovery and more floor space. Hopefully not to fill up again.
Suns out so I guess I'll clean the gutters. I discovered last night that apparently the last storm on Wednesday clogged the gutters with who knows what. Hmm. It's not supposed to rain for awhile. Maybe I'll wait a bit. SSSSSHHPLLAAAAATT! Yeah, your right best do it now. (At least it could have been a cream pie. Them Apple pies kinda hurt.)
Hello.......
Oatmeal and OJ, pleae.
Wow, did you see that? It looks like Jeff's on some meds that shrank him to 1/87 scale. He's in the cab of that U30C! Amazing!
Ray and his group really showed how to chow down at the picnic table. Munch, munch. Of course, Ray has been in practice in the diner.
Speaking of food. I've been thinking of Cajun, but Ryan has been gone a lot. Ryan is putting us on a diet I guess.
Nice of Duke to wake up.
Happy Model Railroading....
GARRY
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galaxyJeffrey W.- I wouldn't have offered you the steel-on-black-roadbed track cuz I know It's crap. I truely thought it was the NS gray, but it turns out it is not! SO I won't be sending it along! Besides it goes to a cheap DC Bachmann set and I think I will get it all together to give to my brother, whose finacee comes complete with a bunch of kids and a boy who is interested in trains. He won't care yet.
Just coffee please. HAve to run to the bank soon.
posed to rain and storm today here too.
TMarsh Galaxy- Um,um,um,um, can you beat, um, OH, the box a pair of boots came in 5 yrs ago? Ok , I recycled that last week. How about a printer that doesn't work. Hate to get rid of it. It was a good printer until it quit. Seriously, isn't it amazing what some people, myself included, will save.
Galaxy- Um,um,um,um, can you beat, um, OH, the box a pair of boots came in 5 yrs ago? Ok , I recycled that last week. How about a printer that doesn't work. Hate to get rid of it. It was a good printer until it quit. Seriously, isn't it amazing what some people, myself included, will save.
I've got a few of those boxes, some have shtuff in them, some don't. But they are going. We have a printer that works good,just no longer compatible with our new system that I hate to throw out along with the three defunct computer systems I *might* need something from??? I have {paid} bills that are at least 15 years old in boxes in the closet. Why??? HOW ABOUT THIS: MY FATHER has a TV from the late 40's, one from the late 50's, and one from the late 60's-that all ran on vaccuum tubes- that don't work now- and can't get tubes for- still in the basement that he still won't get rid of !?!?!?
Jeffrey W.- I wouldn't have offered you the steel-on-black-roadbed track cuz I know It's crap. I truely thought it was the NS gray, but it turns out it is not! SO I won't be sending it along! Besides it goes to a cheap DC Bachmann set and I think I will get it all together to give to my brother, whose finacee comes complete with a bunch of kids and a boy who is interested in trains. He won't care yet.
Well, guys have a great day. Those of you in the paths of the storms take extra care today!
Mornin' all!
Looks like you all have plenty going on.
I've got a pretty busy day today too. I've got lots of boring speeches to listen to, some handshaking to do, and a whole lot of smiling for pictures. Yup, it's graduation day. I get my degree today, and all the hoopla that goes with it. Gotta do the whole cap & gown thing, moving the tassel, speeches, everything. Should keep me on the run for most of the day.
You all go about your day, and know that, while I want my degree, I'd probably rather be doing whatever you're doing!
Good Mornin, Donuts and coffee please. Thank you. WELL, that was quit a gully washer we got last evening. 1 ½ in an hour and a half. Followed by another ½ inch in about 40 minutes then just a gentle rain for bit to the tune of about 2 tenths, No real storm materialized though the spotters said they saw a wall cloud but they didn't see any rotation. Spent most of the night perched to run for the generato in case we lost power. A couple of flickers got me worried but never lost it. Sump pump has just about pumped enough to refill the Mississippi. Boy I wish I could send that water to those of you who need it. Sure seems a waste. Weather looks pretty good for the next week so crossed fingers.
Glad some of you enjoyed the video. I almost didn't post because it wasn't trains, and I figured it probably wouldn't impress everyone, but I thought that was just the coolest thing I'd seen in a long time. With some of the musical talent in this place someone might like it, and believe it or not, I figured if Ray hadn't already seen it, he surely wouldn't want to miss it.
I received my box car from the Bay yesterday, wrong car. First problem I've ever had. It was to be a Pearl Brewing car and I got a Carnation evaporated milk car. The guy said he would see if he had another Pearl Brewing car and send it out. He should have more as he e-mailed that he had more if I was interested .
I think it stems, at least for me, from your upbringing. Both my parents were depression babies, well mom was, 1929, Dad would have been about 11. Rural outside of tiny towns. They made and saved everything. Then as life went on the saving and "frugalness" never wore off and then like the flu....I GOT IT! Most of it's not bad, but some of the stuff I hate to get rid of is ridiculous. Come on! And then the pressure of the land fills......
Well can't do much outside just yet. Too soggy. And, of course, the neighbors may still be asleep. I did discover I need a top ball joint for the truck, maybe..... Ah, after a bit in the train room.
Have a Great Day!
Good Morning people!
We're getting showers and those T'storms pretty much all day today---highs up near 19C. Tomorrow will see clouds and a high of 10C. It's a classic Victoria Day holiday weekend. Rain,clouds,T'storms and cool/cold temperatures.
I'm doing some running around today to get the goceries---we do need to eat here on occassion --and pick up some stuff later from Home Despot. Lotsa fun.
Chloe, I'll have a muffin and a large bucket of coffee please---i'll sit with Robby and watch some switching going on down by the brewery
Good morning, and I'M HUNGRY!!!! I will take the hungry mans breakfast, and a sweet tea.
The storms are coming. The weather man said some bad ones this afternoon. We were going to go out today, but I rather stay in. Don't like going out when it rains.
Maybe just a layout day today.
Good morning. It's 70, cloudy and wet. The high will be around 86 and there's a fair chance of thunderstorms. Went to Radio Shack yesterday to get some 12v 25mA light bulbs and was wondering how I could get the light to be directional without having to tape off everyplace light could get out when I happened to catch sight of a package of black heat shrink tubing. It works pretty good. I just place a short section over the bulb so just the tip of the bulb is sticking out, hold a lit match under it for just a split second and it's done. I want to get started on my next project soon. I was thinking that would be the Atlas U30C but I couldn't locate the decoder I had set aside for it. I had just decided to put the project on the back burner until I could obtain another decoder but I knew it had to be around here somewhere. It wasn't in the parts box under the layout and not in the parts boxes in the closet. Well, I finally found it but only after I had taken nearly everything out of the closet. All that trouble just to find a 1 amp Bachmann decoder. I'm still thinking about how I can modify the GE so it stands out as being unique but so far I don't have the parts to go with the ideas. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/16/2009 Heat Index: 70°F Humidity: 94% Dew Point: 68°F So Far Today High: 71°F Low: 70°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 3mph NNE Today High: 85 Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight Low: 65 Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Good morning all,
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 23 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. West wind around 16 mph.