BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Well its sunny and kinda warm, but I believe that the storms are coming!!! *Just checked the radar, and YES they are coming!!*
Well I am adding a diesel shop to my layout. I have the dummy engines sitting on sidings, and yards. I rather them sit at a shop. I was going to expand the layout but I will pass on it. Now I have to build inside of the layout. Now I have to have room for me, as well. I hope to get the track done today for it.
Whats been happening lately, is that the wife is forcing herself to work. She works as a preschool teacher for families under a income bracket. She likes the job, but the lady she works with isn't doing anything. She has had TWO meetings with the lady, and the supervisor. Nothing is done. The other lady says "this is her first teaching job". My wife is very upset with the whole thing. My wife's surgery is next Friday,and maybe a week off will help her. She wants to get into a school district but its VERY VERY hard here in Pa.
Well I think I just heard thunder, and I guess I better clean up some.
Ok, enough of me on my soap box.
Everybody have a gooooooooooo Splaaaaaaatttttttttt. Must we waste pie??? If we are going to throw pies, throw them at the guys in the back table .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Raisin Bran cereal and lots of dark roast caffee in a FGLK Mug. Thank You!
Another gloomy day here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 59°F with a high of 66°F this afternoon. Lots of drizzle accompanied by high wind.
Still can't get in touch with the dealer for the truck! Called twice and left messages. I'm thinking the problem may be the main brake cylinder as they have replaced just about everything else already. Other than that problem, the truck is still in good shape and only has about 65,000 miles on it.
Hope you all have a great day! I have to head out to school early this morning to set up the other monitor speaker before the rehearsal. Tonight is the concert. Oh and if I was closer (a bit of a long drive....) I would love to record that service for Tom!!!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Mornin All, Bacon, eggs over medium, biscuits and Strawberry jam please. Coffee also thaank you. Well, dodged the storms again. The bad stuff split and just the tippy tip of the storm passed over us last night about oh 11pm. We got just shy of two inches of rain, a good wind and a pretty light show complete with sound that Ray would be proud of, but nothing severe. I hope every one that is still in the path of this thing fares as well. Stormed off and on pretty much all day yesterday. Pop ups and rain. Nothing severe. Supposed to get a nice day today, sunny and about 72, then rain and possible storms tomorrow. Mom shopping day today so, since I don't need anything (do we ever need anything?)from the FLHS, with all this talk about it, I just might hit the H-L and use the coupon on something like the W-S stuff. Good idea Jim. Besides, around the diner it sounds like H-L is upping the amount of MR stuff they carry. I want to check it out. Since that too is in the area of Mom's new digs.... Wait. OK just printed the coupon out so I don't forget. My memory is the second shortest thing I have. Ahem, I was referring to my paycheck.
Sorry about the other day, I shouldn't have carried it that far. I hope I didn't turn anyone off. Like PC said I was getting a bit uncomfortable also, I didn't want to get us in trouble for something I did and well, you know, Rules are rules and I do think it is a good rule. Same with the politics one, Hey! That reminds me....SHHPLLAAAT!!! Thanks, I almost did it again.
PC- I just might take you up on the offer. Give you a chance to use some of that education on me! I might be able to say what mean better, "unrestrained" so to speak. Oh, I see Jim's got the same idea.
Galaxy- It's moot at this point, but I don't reeeally think it would erupt into a flame war on this thread, IF and ONLY IF, it was the regular customers. (Maybe a thrown pie)The occasional window peeker might jump in and throw a match though! The land sounds great!! I hope you can find a way.
Chris- I am not going to comment on Dingleberry road. (snicker)
Jeff- SD-27J looks good!
BridgeTom- Sounds like you had quite the welcome back! Bet you were floating a few inches off the ground by the time you left the place.
Nittany- Hee hee, Welcome back to "The Hobby" (said in a kinda eery Scooby Doo ghost type voice)
Lee- Whoa! That's a load. Did you use the Bullfrog snot stuff ( wasn't it you that got some? Or were you just thinking) or just bare?
Robby- Not only do I hope her surgery goes well, (of course) but I hope your wife gets some rest from the w**k side and not think about it too much. We all know too well the frustration, (could use much stronger terms) that come with that type of situation with those kinds of co workers and "supervisors"
Some more coffee please. Hm. No ones there. She must be in the ladies room, I'll get it myself. Say, what's this? Do we have a TV or a Juke box in here? There's a remote here for something. Hm, only one button. Must be old. Oh, well, Anybody else need some coffee?
Have 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.
howmus Oh and if I was closer (a bit of a long drive....) I would love to record that service for Tom!!!
Ya know, I was just thinking as I was reading the posts from yesterday. I bet if Ray and Tom were not a country apart, they'd probably put on one heck of a show.
JimRCGMO PC and Jeff - some good ol' loco photos; thanks for posting them! I was gonna guess SW7 on those pics, one of my favorites.
PC and Jeff - some good ol' loco photos; thanks for posting them! I was gonna guess SW7 on those pics, one of my favorites.
We have a few "old men" running around here.........
(click any pic to enlarge)
Some are in better shape then others...........
TMarsh PC- I just might take you up on the offer. Give you a chance to use some of that education on me! I might be able to say what mean better, "unrestrained" so to speak. Oh, I see Jim's got the same idea.
PC-
That would be great........maybe my brain cells will kick in and work for a change!
pcarrell
Hey PC, where did you find/take that pic of Steamtown's GP-9?
Good Morning, Diners! Zoe, I'll have a cinnamon roll and a cup of coffee, please (in a Santa Fe mug). Thanks!
No major storm problems here in Southeast Missouri last night/this morning. Got some rain, but that was about it around us. Supposed to have some possible rain today and temps into the 80 F range.
Nittany Lion, if I were having that problem with cutting that plastic, I'd be tempted to find someone with either special tool or enough skill to do the cuts for me (just to save myself the aggravation). Hope you get things lined out on that okay.
Ray, glad you got the speakers problem taken care of that 'easily'. Hope the dealer gets things fixed up pronto on your truck so you don't have to hitch a ride to camp on the weekend.
Robby, hope to see pictures of that diesel shop when you get it further along (or done). Sounds like a good idea for your dummy locos - my only dummy is my older (MDC) 0-6-0T saddle tanker switcher, which I plan to put like Jeff's one loco, beside the enginehouse. Maybe while your wife's getting some rest after her surgery, they'll realize how much she did (and hire her for next year).
Jeff, have a good trip to the doctor's this afternoon, and hope you get a good report. Your newest diesel mod looks good.
Lee, hope your ops session goes smooth as silk, and that everybody has fun!
PC, thanks for the additional photos of the SW's and the Geep (and the RS's, too).
I'll start on my cinnamon roll now. Hope everyone gets some sunshine after this front moves through your area. Lee or Dick, get those empty tankers ready with the open tops, so we can ship 'em back out to BridgeTom's area.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
***Ray, sometimes you cannot tell by looks (or even actions) alone. Some folks are a mystery and perhaps most of all are the "quiet ones".
***Morgan, anyplace we can see pis of those Saddletanked Duplex Cab Forwards?
***Nittany, thanks for reminding me why I'm sticking with kits and ready-built's. Hey, at least you're learning what doesn't work and that is an important step to get out of the way early. Good luck and remember, "this is a FUN Hobby".
Waiting on a call and then plan on hitting the train room for a bit. Have a great day all.
Rob
JimRCGMONittany Lion, if I were having that problem with cutting that plastic, I'd be tempted to find someone with either special tool or enough skill to do the cuts for me (just to save myself the aggravation). Hope you get things lined out on that okay.
I have some sort of mental block on doing something right when I need to do it. If you gave me a piece of paper and said "slice this up into eleven inch long strips 1/16th of an inch wide" I'd produce several hundred strips for you. But plastic sheeting that doesn't seem as disposable to me makes me feel more pressured by me and mistakes happen I guess. I bet Micromark makes some sort of plastic cutting up machine that I could get. Probably wouldn't be that bad an investment, if I plan on doing this a lot.
I think I'm trying to get this part perfect because its the foundation and if something isn't quite right, it will be very evident. One wall is a 1/32nd of an inch too tall and nothing lines up right. If the roofline isn't perfect, well, maybe its just a trick of the eye. As I recall, the ancient Greeks were the first people to figure out you can play with phyiscal dimensions of something to get it to look right even if it isn't. Columns have to be wider at the base than the top if you're working with stone. But if you make the fluting slowly change size as it goes up the column, it produces columns that look completely cylindrical not tapered.
Cederstrand***Nittany, thanks for reminding me why I'm sticking with kits and ready-built's. Hey, at least you're learning what doesn't work and that is an important step to get out of the way early. Good luck and remember, "this is a FUN Hobby".
I'll have you know I've never had fun at anything and I intend to keep it that way! I'd build lots and lots of kits if someone made buildings that looked right for me. No one wants to make big industrial buildings, apparently. Or a kind of house that's very common around Pittsburgh and Western PA but I don't see much of elsewhere.
Well here's my engine house. I thoughtI would try to build one from scratch. I have no IDEA on how to build things. So I added some braces for the walls, and roof. Its pretty sturdy. I still gotta add a few things, but I think it turned out ok. Total cost $19.51.
I made it a single work shop. I will only have a few engines for the bottom, but on the outside of the shop will be a extra siding.
Good afternoon everyone, cloudy, showery and 56F today. I just received an email from MTH, their new 4-12-2 is now out, UP 9000 models. But unless you have around a 42" radius, you are not going to operate this baby very well on 22" radius, and forget 18" ( HO scale of course )
The Train trip of the Providence & Worcester RR last Saturday went very well. It was my 3 year old grandson's first ride on a train. He was used to Thomas the train and when he saw this big locomotive and the passenger cars, well, lets say that his eyes were quite wide, especially when he found out that he was about to board this big hunk of steel. I have some photos which I will post up on Webshots soon.
The transmission failed on the 1980 Wheel Horse, I removed the xmission to save on labor, and brought it down to my service guy, he is swamped, so I don't think I will see this back for a month. In the meantime I have made arrangements for the local sheep to take care of the lawn..LOL.
ROB, RAY, Cape JIM: Definitely take the kids on a train, it is so well worth the experience for not only the kids but for you also.
JEFF: Iron and steel does not cut very well !!!
LEE: Love those Berkshires !!!!!
Later guys , the wife has a piece of Strawberry-Rhubarb pie ( aka SR pie ) with french vanilla ice cream ready for me, eat your heart out Bob !! LOL,
Todd,
I haven't used the Bullfrog Snot yet. I have it sitting on the table ready to go.
Lee
Speaking of Berkshires… Last night my humble Bachmann Berkshire pulled 36 forty foot box cars. That’s 6.75 pounds worth of freight!
the wife has a piece of Strawberry-Rhubarb pie ( aka SR pie ) with french vanilla ice cream ready for me, eat your heart out Bob !! LOL,
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Hi guys!
Just a Cup 'o' java this afternoon.
JimRCGMO ... Naw, on the property, I was just hoping you wouldn't have to fool with taking out that existing trailer yourselves. Now, if you could just continue to use the existing septic tank and not have the $$ outlay for connecting up to city water and sewer...
... Naw, on the property, I was just hoping you wouldn't have to fool with taking out that existing trailer yourselves. Now, if you could just continue to use the existing septic tank and not have the $$ outlay for connecting up to city water and sewer...
We hope to look at it {drive by} live in person this weekend. Then contact the realtor next weekend. It's been on the market a few months. The existing trailer still may be livable, but not much value to us. It would be like trading in a newer bigger car for an older and smaller one. And, yeah, the city sewer hookup issue may be out of our hands, and the better option anyway, it's just the cost...
Went and took 3 old tires to the town pickup site for such. I think there are 2 more buried in the shed we need to get to {if we can find the inside of the shed}. 2 were old "donuts" we had and one we took for FIL. Is nice of the town to take tires and rims free {up to 8 and Up to 19"}. Hope they get recycled well.
Raining here today so no planting.
Anybody want some N scale Bachmann EZ track? I'm not sure what is in the box, but its about 5" x 12" x 12" with straights, curves and switches. If no one wants it it will probably wind up in the trash!
Also,how many you guys keep your old empty train boxes? I have a big box of HO boxes I need to get rid of. I think I will keep endflaps so I know what my fleet consists of, but throw them out?? I want to get some of those storage boxes with the foam in it. I know..only I can decide to throw them out. Just wondering how much you guys keep such "crap" around. The plastic Bachman boxes are probably recycleable.
If y'all can't tell, I'm getting in a "throw-out" mood. Need to decrease our load of "shtuff" around here by about half just to get a lighter load, have more room and decrease clutter, and by about 2/3 rds if we want to move! Everything must come OUT of the trailer for it to be moved, then moved back IN when it gets situated at it's new locale. I am putting the cart way ahead of the donkey here, but it is true. I don't know if we know what is even in the shed anymore. One thing is the flip table I built for an N scale layout my other half wanted to do, but there really is no place to flip it horizontal to do anything with. Design is ok, but a little unstable. I think I take the wheels off and scrap it.
Well, I have bored you to tears enough.
EDIT: A CUP 'O' JAVA ALL AROUND FOR MY FRIENDS!!!
-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.
nik .n pcarrell Hey PC, where did you find/take that pic of Steamtown's GP-9?
That the Indiana Transportation Museum's GP7. And yes, she's a working train. She's shown here pulling the pizza train from Fishers to Cicero.
Visit to the foot doc went well. I believe we've found the culprit for the mysterious swelling in my lower legs. Lyrica, a pain killer I've been taking for years has been found to cause swelling in a lot cases, even with people who have used it for a long time like myself. He advised me to stop taking it for a while and see what happens, so that's what I'll do. On the home front, I got my parents yard cut this morning as the weather guesser says it's gonna rain for two or three days. That's all I'd need is for the grass to get out of control. Instead of a minor nuisance it would become a major headache, and I don't need any more of those. Speaking of which, anybody know of any highly visible modifications that were made on the GE U30C that don't appear on many models? In case you haven't noticed I like to play around with the unusual.
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pcarrell nik .n pcarrell Hey PC, where did you find/take that pic of Steamtown's GP-9? That the Indiana Transportation Museum's GP7. And yes, she's a working train. She's shown here pulling the pizza train from Fishers to Cicero.
PC: Speaking of Ol' ITM, You got plans to use their new Bycicle car?
Rob/Barry/etc: All I have so far of the Cf-D class steamers are some of the Paintshop line drawings I whacked up, I need to hunt down the artists to get permissons, or I could e-mail it out.
-Morgan
Good evening----
Nice and sunny this evening after getting poured on most of last night and most of the morning. It seemed that we entered into one of those evaporation/downpour cycling things that come about ---but with a 10 minute cycle instead of a day or two.
Spent the day working on a presentation package for work. Have a seminar to do and that means in my case that I had to live with Office in all it's ------aherm cough cough hack--glory. I'm still discovering neat little tricks to the suite---and I'm not being sarcastic here----but what the hey. I'm doing this as a favour to one of the guys that used to work here until he got called into the ministry of his church---two boxes full of stuff showed up on my desk this morning so here we are----buried under paperwork
TomW, Ray:--Hope everything works out in both cases!!---now, if only----
Morgan: I have one photo that my aunt from Germany had that shows one of them things but it is so old it probs would fall apart on me!! She couldn't even remember where she got it from----
well. Chloe can I get a SRP and a RBF please----I'll sit with the pie besplattered bunch back---
SSCCHHHHPPLLIIIRRTTSSZZ!!!---oh well, I match some of you guys now---------
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/
Anybody notice how I seem to know exactly when to duck?
jeffrey-wimberly Anybody notice how I seem to know exactly when to duck?
What pies? I don't even recognize flying pies!
Some people are born with built in flying pie radars----others not so---
I am new here. I am trying to find out who were the first reefers used to hall oranges in the Riverside, CA area? Tom Parsons
Welcome Tom Parsons!
I finished my balsa wood genral store, except it looks like it's O scale. I'll get pics later when I get my old 2.0 megapixel clunker of a camera working.
Evenin all, how bout a barley pop please Cleo.
NittanyLion,,,, something I do to help with straight cuts, is clamping a cutting board [$5 Big Lots] to my work bench. Then using my steel scale rule as a guide and clamping it on top of the plastic. I've not got any projects like that going on right now, but I set it up to give ya an idea of how it looks.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g214/inch53/001-9.jpg
It's close to what I use for wood working long cuts with a skillsaw.
OK, as to whats going on here, mostly mowing between rains, kids and honey-do's. Farming n gardening works done for a few more days now, after almost a 3" rain in the last 24 hours, another inch or so tomorrow into Sat. Nobody I know has any crops out yet [corns bout 4-5 weeks behind, beans 3]. I got a little bit out, but most didn't come up, so it'll be plant if it ever dries enough. My 20-mater plants are yellowing from the wet n cold.
Been getting some MRR time, not making much progress.
I best get round, hope ya'll has a gooden
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Evening, Chloe - I'll have a slice of butterscotch pie with graham cracker crust, and a cup of coffee in a D&RGW mug, please. Thanks!
Robby P.Well here's my engine house. I thoughtI would try to build one from scratch. I have no IDEA on how to build things. So I added some braces for the walls, and roof. Its pretty sturdy. I still gotta add a few things, but I think it turned out ok. Total cost $19.51.I made it a single work shop. I will only have a few engines for the bottom, but on the outside of the shop will be a extra siding.
Robby, great start - now, where's the corrugated aluminum walls (good for rusting and weathering...)?
Nittany Lion - maybe you should sub-contract the cutting on your job out to Robby...?
Galaxy - about the train boxes, I probably have most of mine left (except for whatever got lost along a move or two). I haven't decided on anythin else to put my various freight cars into yet. Most of what boxes I've seen look huge (and where am I going to fit THAT box?!). So those I don't have the boxes for, I line up in rows/layers in a bigger cardboard box, with corrugated cardboard between the layers, and some of the cars in original BB and such at the ends to cushion the couplers some.
Tom Parsons - to the Diner - I bet BridgeTom (northern Calif.) may be able to tell you that answer (or maybe some other Diners can, too). Tell us a bit about yourself and your layout/plans/RR empire dreams - scale, time period you model in, major RR/fictional/short-line type or whatever. Just give your beverage and food order to one of our virtual servers (Zoe and Chloe - the twins and proprietors of the Diner, plus Janie, Flo and a couple other servers who work weekends and busy times). Watch out for hitting the TOP (top of page), as that'll land you with the (virtual) tab for the food and beverages on that page - and this crew is one hungry bunch! Oh yeah, and do watch out for the pie catapult. There's a remote hidden somewhere for that, but we're not completely sure who has that. (And to introduce myself, I model in HO scale, a fictional short line set in the 1950's in the Four Corners area of the Southwestern U.S., called the Colorado, Arizona and Western)
Jeff, hope that the discontinuing your Lyrica takes care of your foot problem (without any worsening from quitting it). I think you're getting some of the back of that front that moved out on us today. We may still have some more rain here through Saturday night, the weatherguessers are saying.
I'll get to my dessert quickly now (before someone tries to launch it)...
Prayers for those in need of healing and comfort (or drier weather...).
Blessings,
FlashwavePC: Speaking of Ol' ITM, You got plans to use their new Bycicle car?
You mean the velocipede?
They've had that for years. I'd love to ride it!
Evenin' folks!!!
Welcome to the diner Tom Parsons! Stop in and enjoy the chat often! You might want to ask that question over in the Prototype information section of the Model Railroad Forums (just click on "Model Railroad Forums" and you will find it). You will most probably get a quick answer to it over there.
What a day! Much better all told than yesterday. My truck went in to the dealers for repair this afternoon and all it was was rusty calipers ( I thought they were replaced when I had the brake work done last fall.....). I will most probably have them done before I start driving the truck out to camp this summer. I don't drive it often (which is also part of the problem with the old calipers). So the truck is up and running again.... Of course I had already packed half of the stuff that I need tomorrow out at camp in the Yaris, so I decideed I will pick up the truck tomorrow after I get back from camp.
Went over to school for rehearsal this morning and who walks in but...... Well first I should say that all week long the new director has been trying to find a bass player so she wouldn't have to play keyboard bass and try to direct at the same time.......... So who walks in but Phil Flanigan! Phil is a Geneva High Graduate and is one of the shining stars of Geneva musically. Has played with many big names, or should I say that many people have had the luck to have Phil perform with them. Nothing like getting a world famous Jazz Bassist to come in for the day and lay down the foundation for the choruses! For those of you who don't know who he is (which is probably most of you unless you happen to follow traditional Jazz) you can read about Phil here: http://www.thejazzcorner.com/artist-profile.php?ID=103 The percussionist was also a Geneva graduate who is now teaching percussion at the college level and sometime subs in the music dept. here. He was one of my student as a 6th. grader and is an Eastman Grad - also an awesome performer! Needless to say the kids rose to the occasion and were just plain AWESOME!!! Standing ovation several times and a constant standing ovation for an encore of the final combined piece complete with student and director improvisation (an arrangement of Bridge Over Troubled Water) Edit, wrong song Bridge was the final number of the Varsity Singers, the combined number was "Seasons of Love" from Rent. Also known as "525,600 Minutes". I told the Superintendent of Schools that for 32 years as a Choral Director I had to struggle just to find a pianist who could actually find middle C and now both the Choral Directors get people like they have for the last 2 concerts..... He just grinned from ear to ear.......! Of course I got to sit in the back and do this:
Sorry to go on like this, but if you knew how many years I struggled to help bring the music department at this school forward to where they were performing to this level..... It does my heart good to see the level of accomplishment that is happening. This was the best High School concert I have ever been to in Geneva and one of the best Vocal concerts I have heard in any High School. If you think I am on an adrenaline high, you haven't even come close!!!
Have to get up very early tomorrow to finish loading everything and head out to camp. So I guess I will just foot the bill for dessert for everyone. And make sure Barry eats his pie instead of making a mess again, OK!
Evenin' all, (munch,chew,munch,chew) Sorry about the mouth full. Just baked a Rhubarb custard PIE! Mmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm. Is it good. I've brought in plenty and the milks fresh. Got Mom taken care of. Went to H-L and got some W S horses for the corral behind the Livery. 40% off with coupon of course.
Nittany- I hear ya on the mistakes with the stuff that's either in short supply of expensive. Me too.
Robby-Engine house looks pretty good so far.
Galaxy- Just train boxes? Amateur. I find myself keeping the boxes the car and structure kits come in. I just ran across the box the controller came in. Why do I keep these things?
Jeff- I hope that solves the problem and it's nothing more serious. Of course you have to find another pain med and look for side effects for that. Vicious circle. You? Play around with the unusual? Hm, I hadn't noticed. Oh and Yeeeees, (scratching chin and squinting eyes) You do seem to know just when to duck or go to the back room.
Tom Parsons-
Inch- Sounds like you got a bit more rain than we did. I guess nothing got tore up too bad from the wind.
PC-I'd love to ride that thing too. Only problem would be, remember when you were a kid, and you'd get pedaling on the tricycle so fast your feet would come off the pedals? That'd be me. Only with the Southbound 4:30 screaming down on me from behind!!
Ray-"Sorry to go on like this"? Nah, don't be. You're happy and rightfully so. It makes me happy to hear about it.
Jerry didn't come in for breakfast this morn. Hope the storms didn't affect him.