The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

[egmurphy]

Staying with the golf & marriage theme...

There was a foursome putting on the 6th green when a girl in bridal gown comes running down the fairway, waving her arms and screaming. As she approaches the green one of the guys looks up and says "I distinctly said, if it rained!"


Same golf course, different hole...

Bob's regular weekly foursome was getting ready to tee off of number 4, which runs right beside the main road from town. As they were getting ready, a funeral procession went by. Bob took off his golf cap and stood in silence for a minute. His friends commented that he had acted very properly. He said, "It's the least I could have done. We would have been married 36 years next Thursday!"



Ed

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang; Well page 338 just went to the right way beyond the screen. All I can say is Rats. Well I just went back to the page from Word and it is back to normal. Goldurnrackinfrackin computers. Boy that drove spell check nuts.

Fergie got us again.

Ed; I’d call that a discussion of current events and not political. That’s just facts.

There was just a news item on the television about finding a body in a creek about 7 miles east of us. Seems that that body of a young girl was dumped of a bridge about a week ago and was found today.

Luct; All I can say is “ Dhoooo.”

Welcome to all the new guys. I’d buy you all a round but seems like several have beat me to it. So if Zoe will make a note of it I’ll buy the next time you’re in.

Night All

Paul

The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern

“ The Superior Route “

[siberianmo]

The Polar Express arrived - great looking box!



Inaugural run on the dining room table - where else?



Polar Express Berkshire 2-8-4 and tender ..... great looking loco!

Thanx to all for you kind words and especially the blessing from RevAndy .........

By the way, my HO Can-AM layout photo's are now uploaded with RailImages.com ..... check 'em out at

http://www.railimages.com/gallery/thomasweber

G'nite .........

[siberianmo]

Hey late nighters!

My sincere apologies for the repetitive posts of my Polar Express pictures. All I can say is that those ***ed Gremlins have found a home - and it is with me! Don't know (and really don't want to know!) why each time I posed those pix and got a confirmation - that they DID NOT show up on the site. Haven't had that happen before on other forums, but .......... Then when I rebooted my computer - zing - they were there - all of them over and over and over!!

I accept full responsibility - feel bad - and hope that I can be restored to my place in the corner, back against the wall - of course!

Nite!

[trolleyboy]

good evening everyone,gray and rainy here in middle Ontario,beats the snow however. [#welcome] to penny and e bone good to have more new peoples welcome welcome please stay and enjoy our insanity.[:p][:p][:p] Ed yes I did notice that Mickeygaw is concidering a trolley line good man the more people who dive into these waters the more mfr support we will get.If you are an HO modeler do yourself a favour and spend a bit more and pick up some bowser equipment .They run well and are fairly well detailed,not to hard to paint either.Revan***ilbassa and beans[?][}:)]Hope your choir isn't seated behind you in the church[:0][:0][:0][B)][:D] Of interest my F-I-L who is also a member of the trolley museum has managed to convince our pastor to join.He is an Normal scale modeler or "Nnglican" as ed would say so all in all there is a lot of clergy MRR's[:D]Well I'm off to prowl the rest of the forum by for now. Rob

[trolleyboy]

Siberianmo you are forgiven. However for penance you must write a research paper on Dr Tubifeur and submit it to Fergie for approval.[;)][}:)][8][:0] BTW glad your polar express got to you.I was always drawn as a kid to Lionel trains I loved the burning ozone smell from the transformers and old locos. I'm sure that they now have more top of the line motors and such in them , but seeing your pictures brings back alot of fond childhood memories. I remember looking in the Eaton's dept. store windows at their Lionel displays [8)][:)]and always circling their pictures for mom and dad in the Eaton's catalogue. Enjoy them. Rob[8D]

[trolleyboy]

Chloe put the drink orders on me. MR top of the page boy...

[philnrunt]

Evening all- Hope everyone is taking it easy, not letting gas or any other prices drive you nutz! Everybody seems to want in your pocket, glad I wear cargo pants so theres room for 'em all. Nothing else in those pockets except moths.
Welcome 9 bones, trevor and pennsyper, good to have you aboard.
Siberianmo- I was wondering why I could'nt sleep these last few days- now I think I'll be able to catch up! Glad it came, glad it was what you hoped for, and glad it's up and running! As our Brit friends would say---Brilliant!
grayfox1119- So you can smell coal and diesel smoke, eh? Strange, whenever I do wiring, all I smell is ozone and burnt flesh! Wonder what you're doing wrong?[:D][:D]
Ed- Don't have a real life? Sounds to me like you are one of the few that has at least some of this world figured! Spending the day picking oranges in 80 degree weather and paying 6 bucks for car repair? You better think about trading that for working midnights at a small police dept, living in a trailer and spending Nov thru April shoveling snow and mud. You just be ready when we all retire and head your way. Is there an old school or armory you could buy and start fixing up for us? Don't worry about the cash, the checks are in the mail! Along with your April MR!!![:D][:P][;)]
Went to the jewelry store today, started looking at engagement rings for Ajo. The owners think of Amy as their second daughter, and the fellow that owns it has a nice N scale layout upstairs. We get along pretty well.He drove a GE 44 tonner up in Ft Wayne and has been on my back ever since to do it. Good people. So when I told them that I'd gladly get Ajo a ring, but she needs to look into getting me a couple of the new Kato SD38-2s, they understood. Now we have to figure out how to mount them so she can slip one on my finger![;)][;)]
So does anyone else think those are the sweetest things Kato has brought out in awhile? I deeply need to see an EJ&E and USS set tugging coal cars around on my future layout! Love those six axle beasts.And for the money I'm spending on Ajo's ring....nah, better not head down that trail. Even with 4WD, thats bad news.
OK guys, take care, and remember to always take the road less traveled.

[e_bone9]

Hi again all.. thanks to all for the warm welcome. As long as I'm a newbie I'm comfortable asking a newbie question... when in Rome, act stupid.. I think that's how the saying goes.. anyway: my pop worked for the M&StL back in the 50's in Marshalltown Iowa. I'm thinking about trying to model "of that time".. is that a common way for modelers to go about their business? To grab a chunk of time and space.. and then try to build in the spirit of that time? I'm not going to go nuts about it.. but I feel like that gives me a direction at least. And so.. how did a railyard work at that time? How did the railroads work? If I saw a train leaving that yard would every single engine and rolling stock be lettered with the M&StL logos? Or would it have had some other road stock included? Who owned the yards... the city of Marshalltown or the railroad?

I saw a string of freightcars today and there were boxes from Santa Fe, BNSF and some hoppers from C&NW.. how did all of these lines' cars end up sharing the rails being pulled by a BNSF engine?

Forgive me if the questions are braindead... I'm simply trying to picture what would have been riding on the rails around Marshalltown at that time and why the trains would have looked like they looked.

Any direction (send me to a better forum or book) would be appreciated.

Have a good night all!

[trolleyboy]

Your on the right track e-bone(no pun intended) if you pick a time and place it does make theplanning stages a bit easier.I'd lok for books on the particular railroad www.morningsunbooks.com would be a good start. Morning sun books are exclusivly railroad and the M&SL even if it hasn't had it's own book written it's likely mentioned in others.In the 50's my feeling is you would have a larger percentage of home road painted cars and loco's but you would hve other roads rolling stock in the yard and trains as well.Again you would have to do a bit of research as to who and what they interchanged with. I'm sure some of the other coffee shoppers would have some thoughts as well. I'd go out to the trains forum and ask there as well you'll likely as not have some guys out there who are famillier with the ins and outs of 50's yard operations and of the road in question. Hope this helps. Rob

[twhite]

Spent the day rock-casting the gorge, had to make an emergency trip to my LHS and Bruce was out of Sculptamold! He'll have it in Saturday, I'll pick up about eight bags on my way to Vespers. In the meantime, it's Hydrocal. Oh well--if I hadn't made the canyon so darned deep, I wouldn't need all that granite, right?

Siberianmo: Yeah! HOORAY!! What a neat looking train--easy to see why it's not staying on the hobby shelfs very long--that loco has personality plus! Congratulations.

Fergie: Love the Tubifeaur--especially all the delicate struts and latticework (!). Easy to see why he was so famous (and died so young, yuk, yuk!). Actually, I'm thinking seriously of incorporating one of his bridges to span the American River to the planned staging yard on the other side of the garage. Not sure what I'm going to use for bridge-piers, though. Maybe something unique like patio blocks, bwaaa--haaaah!

e_bone: Not a dumb question at all. Actually, congratulations on picking a specific time and place to model. As to foreign road cars, they'd be coming through all the time, just like they do on my Rio Grande. It has to do with where the cars originiate and where they're going. Say some shipments originated on the east coast in Pennsy or NYC cars, and they're heading to California, and part of their transit is on the EJ&E. That railroad will carry them to its own western connection, and they'll continue west on, say, the Burlington, Rio Grande and finally arrive in California via the Western Pacific. Same thing coming back, you may have an EJ&E eastbound consisting of mostly cars from western railroads like SP, WP or ATSF. That's what makes freight railroading so fascinating.

RevAndy: LOVE that golf-joke, and I don't even play. Keep 'em coming.

Well, time to watch TRAINS AND LOCOMOTIVES on RFD-TV. I hear it's about Railfair in Sacramento the year Union Pacific wouldn't let the Daylight from Portland come down on it's ex-SP Shasta line, so BNSF brought it down over their ex-WP High Line. I think that's the year that UP also brought over their Northern and Challenger from Cheyenne and the two of them couldn't garner enough power to make it over Donner Pass without slipping halfway back to Truckee. Hm--are we talking 'lightweights' here?
Gotta go, Wiley's standing outside the den door barking again.
Later,
Tom [:P][:P][:P]

[Fergmiester]

Well good morning all

It's a rain day and we had our first clap of thunder for the year this morning.

With John over last night the Gremlins decided to rear their ugly little Bhinds once again. So what's next on the agenda?

I think today will be a Triple "R" day (Rain, Rage & Rip). By the time this is complete I'll have another culvert installed and as I'm thinking/writing about it I'm thinking "Salmon Ladder". Did they have Salmon Ladders in the 60's?

Anyway things to.

Later Gents
Fergie

[tomwatkins]

Good Mornin' Everybody,
It's a gray and nasty day in the mountains this morning. Temps in the very low 30's, and it's been snowing off and on all moring. The reason it's not a beautiful, snowy morning is that I've got to take Shawna to the eye doctor in Hendersonville, NC today. She's got some scaring down on her right eye from the cataract surgery several years ago. It's a simple laser procedure, and we had it done on her left eye last summer, with really good results. Hendersonville is about 120 miles from here across the mountains. We've got several gaps to get over that are up around 3300-3800 feet. The drill will be leave early, go slow, and be prepared to turn around, come home and try again another day if needed. There's nothing else for it.

The work day and meeting yesterday were a lot of fun. We got quite a bit done on the modules, with lots left to do. Bill M did make it up to the meeting. He said it took significantly less time to get to Copper Hill than it does to get into Atlanta. We may have another convert.

Der, the foil castings look good. I'm definitely going to give that a try.

BJ, I think even with 3/4", I'd hold the distance between joists to 18" or so wherever possible. I'll admit that I don't think you can build a bridge too strong, but small vertical deflections and changes in grade can have a big effect on train length and operating reliability.

Phil, Atlantaitisis a very common malady around here. I suffer from it frequently, so that could very well be what it was.

Fergie, both the loco and the trestle look really good. Curved trestles are beautiful structures and that one looks great. 2x4's, or other suitably sized pieces of wood make excellent stand-ins.

Siberianmo, the Polar Express looks good. The dining room table is perfectly appropriate for the break-in period. Enjoy! Don't sweat the computer stuff. The pics look great.

I'd better go for now, and get the day going.
Have a great day, everybody,
Tom

[red p]

Pennsyperson,

Are you having fun with it?
Thats all that matters.I got into model railroading at a very young age also.I remember when I was in the 5th. grade I used to save my lunch money every day so I could run down to the local hobby shop and buy the latest MR and MRC.Now Im in my 40s, Im still here and will be for life.Like many other people on this forum.[;)][2c][#welcome]

[siberianmo]

trolleyboy

QUOTE: Siberianmo you are forgiven. However for penance you must write a research paper on Dr Tubifeur and submit it to Fergie for approval.

Methinks Dr. Tubiefeur needs to get a life. I mean, perhaps there are times one might appreciate being stiff as a board - but, all of the time? Where I live - we simply refer to the good doctor as "Two by."
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philnrunt

QUOTE: Siberianmo- I was wondering why I could'nt sleep these last few days- now I think I'll be able to catch up! Glad it came, glad it was what you hoped for, and glad it's up and running! As our Brit friends would say---Brilliant!

Anticipation is all a part of "it," so I've heard. Now that the train is here, I'm beginning to think about destroying redoing a room in our house for an O-gauge layout! Good Gawd! Does this ever end?
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twhite

QUOTE: Siberianmo: Yeah! HOORAY!! What a neat looking train--easy to see why it's not staying on the hobby shelfs very long--that loco has personality plus! Congratulations.

Yes, it is a great looking train with perhaps one of the finest "toy" loco's I've seen in years. But then again - I've been very much into HO and haven't spent too much time "wandering" ....... Thanx!
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tomwatkins

QUOTE: Siberianmo, the Polar Express looks good. The dining room table is perfectly appropriate for the break-in period. Enjoy! Don't sweat the computer stuff. The pics look great.

I can't speak for anyone else's dining room table - but ours just doesn't get the use, with just the two of us here (sorry - Juneau! But, he doesn't occupy a seat at the table - yet!). So, what better use for the table than to be the setting for the inaugural run, along with a few others. Appreciate the reassurance.
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As a comparative newcomer to these discussion groups, I'm finding that TIME really flies when involved with reading - replying and, of course, waiting for my dial-up mode to do "its thing" with the server. Arghhhhhhh ...... hurry up and wait. Geesh - I though I left all of that way behind me when I retired from the service!

Gotta get back to "my" discussion topic over on Trains - Railroads "Canadian Passenger Trains - Let's talk!" Come on over ...... some interesting 'stuff' there too.

G'day ..........

[TurboOne]

Good morning all, busy weekend as many heard. Thanks. Hope everyone is doing well, I have a few pages to catch up on, so [#welcome] to the newbies.

Great phone call, and love the chat. You know who.

Guys, add my 6 year old to your prayers please. He is going in for surgury Wed. morning 6:30am pst. He is having an adnoidectomy and tubes put in his ears. Seems as if he is deaf in one ear, but it is caused by fluids. Tubes are suppossed ot fix that.

Hope everyone is doing well, wifey is getting me new train sometime after Bday, hopefully cab forward. Friend has used one, he put a VCR motor in it and does it pull and go fast. He removed smoke, think that can be added again. Would really like BLI version with all the bells and whistles literally, but looking for better price that $529. May have to go ebay saw one go for $280 the other day.

Take care all

Tim

[e_bone9]

Tom and Rob- good insights and thank you! So... a boxcar owned by B&O system needs to deposit its load in CA and therefore makes its way across the US on different roads. The road hauling the load charges the originator for the trip I assume? And also for the trip "back home"? Did B&O know where all of their stock was? Seems like quite a chore to keep tabs on all those cars going all over the map. And the "coordinator" (not sure of the title) would make calls UP and Santa Fe, etc.. to try and get the best price for a trip to Los Angeles?

Last question for a while... in the movie "After the Thin Man" (1936) Nick and Nora travel across the country, New York to San Francisco on a gorgeous steam powered train that appeared to have domed stainless steel cars.. Any idea how I can find out information about what train that was?

Going for a refill of the black gold - hope all have a good day and thanks for the brainpower!

E-bone

[twhite]

Morning all, waiting for the Vienna roast to brew. Was up till all hours in the garage last night, Pete came by and said, "Holy cow, Tom, wasn't that all FLAT yesterday morning?" Going to spend the day putting in a highway, then choir practice tonight. Rehearsing for Good Friday--think I'll take my sleeping bag along, just in case.

Hey, [#welcome] Pennsyperson. Glad you can join us, and I'd love to see some pics of your layout. You're about the age I was when I built my first Silver Streak caboose (still have it) and man, was I proud of THAT baby (still am)!

Tim: Your son is definitely in my prayers. God grant that the tubes are only temporary. On another subject, a VCR motor in a cab-forward? Egad, that little devil must pull the paint off the walls at 85mph! He should name it 'Seabiscuit'. Hope you get yours for your b-day, those BLI's are really sweet locomotives.

e_bone: You've got me on that one, my friend. I can't think of any train using dome cars in 1936--as I remember, the first dome cars weren't used until the "Train of Tomorrow" back in 1946. The only train that sort of fits your description might be Burlington's "Pioneer Zephyr", but it didn't have domes. It was, however, a frequently photographed train in the 'thirties, there was even a movie made 'starring' it in 1935 called "Silver Streak" (no, not the newer one with Gene Wilder, gang). Perhaps that was the train in the movie. I'll have to catch it next time it's on (I love the original "Thin Man"). Of course, sometimes the way Hollywood used trains in their films, it could have been ANYTHING, even a photographed model.

Well, time to feed the cats and find out what Spooky did with that gondola I accidentally left on the kitchen table last night when I was changing out the wheelsets. More than likely under the grand piano, that's where she usually hides her (my) stash.
Later, gents.
Tom (BridgeTom or Cat Tom or whatever--)[:P][:P][:P]

[JimRCGMO]

Good morning, Coffee Clubbers! Zoe, I'll have an OJ smoothie, please. Already had (more than) enough coffee at work this a.m.

Tim, will keep your young'un in my prayers, and that the draining of the fluid will give him back his full hearing. That "VCR-forward" sounds like it should pull like all get out. Might even need some downgearing for the slower speeds, huh?[}:)]

Well (Bridge/Cat) Tom, sounds like you've not been sitting on your kiester (spelling?) the past day or two. Hope you can keep the progress going some more today. Also hope you track down the missing gondola to the "lair of the beast(s)". [;)] Sounds like Spooky might teach your new cat some bad habits.[|(]

e_bone, my memory wouldn't be the last word on it (by any means [;)]), but most of the streamlined trains I recall (from the 50's is my earliest recollections), were by then powered by diesels, sometimes streamlined ones. Think in terms of Burlington's Zephyr, for example - streamlined engine and cars - the Art Deco look. Maybe someone more knowledgeable here can fill you in more on details than I can.

Pennsyperson, one neat thing about this hobby is that you can start smaller, and build and grow as your skills (and finances) increase. And of course, we can always go back and re-do stuff, re-cycle a structure (see Art Curren's/Kalmbach books on kitbashing structures, for example), etc. There are so many facets to MRR'ing that if one area gets tiresome, it's easy to take a break and do something else. Tired of laying track? So long as you have a few feet laid, you can practice running trains (or switching/operations). Tired of structures? You can go do some research on engines or rolling stock. There are so many ways to go (and you don't have to be a rivetcounter to do most of them, either).[:)][8D] My [2c]...

Guess I'd better get working this week on geting my plywood sheet cut so I can actually report more progress on my own modeling, huh?[}:)][;)]

Well, gotta get back to that work thing. Zoe, I left you a tip on the table. Say hi for me to the late-risers when they come in.[;)]

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[e_bone9]

Tim- I am praying for your son! Hope all works out well. Nothing can make a person more upset than worrying about a child! It's all our worst fear.

I think that Jim and Tom must be right and that the train in the movie does not have domed cars... must be my penchant for Irish embellishment [B)] But it's a good train scene none-the-less... steamer rolling across the country and a nice few moments where the train enters Union Station in San Francisco... I used to ride CalTrain up there frequently from San Jose.

What trains were running coast-to-coast in the middle 30's? I own the tape so I'll rewatch and perhaps post better intel.

All the best,
E

[krump]

[:(] at this point, I am so far "out of the loop" that I have no idea what is going on here...
I guess that being computer deprived is a major disadvantage.
So, I'm grabbing a mocha, pulling up a chair and bringing the family update... thanks to all that recently "celebrated my birthday" - I have other birthdays planned in May (actual) and October (bogus, but someone still sends me a card - don't tell anyone...)

my good wife is beginning to feel better, there are still several medical "unknowns" but there is permanent hearing loss, dizziness, headaches, balance issues, and that complicates all of the previous medical "knowns" (been a difficult winter, but the sNoah is finally gone - yeah)
the kids are doing great, Spring Break begins next week - so we are going to visit the outlaws in Northern BC
my daughter (the RINGETTE star, age 7) had a great season, with at least one goal in every game - fun to watch
the two others - daughter 9, son 6, are gearing up for more gymnastics
we (family) are actually making a 5 year plan to buy acreage and build a suitable barn style house - one that will accomodate any medical adjustments, a scrapping room, and a train room (current house still suits us for the short term)
in light of the decision to build and move - my HO / On30 layout is going on hollow -core doors - so that I can move it more easily when the move occurs

mocha........

greetings to the crowd that recalls me way back when (pg 271 I think)... hi to the new guys/ gals

cheers all

[jdolan]

[#welcome] to all the new comers since I posted last. Have been busy with layout and wife's doctor visits so haven't had time to post. My prayers go out to all who are sick, and to the families of the RCMP officers who were killed. Have got all the track board and cork roadbed layed for the mainlines, and built and installed lift bridge at enterance so no duck under. Will start laying track today and maybe can run trains by the weekend.
bridge Tom, my cats steal all the pens in the house , but do not steal trains or mess with the layout .Will post again later need to lay some track.
Jack

[Anonymous]

Morning/afternoon everyone.

Not much going on today.... possibly in the next couple of days I should be getting some wood for my benchwork.... got my $60 that I was owed.

[#welcome] to all the new guys.... Hope you enjoy your stay here.

[Anonymous]

Evening all

Well, still no mail orders arrived, would be cancelling them were it not for the fact I can't get this stuff anywhere else. Currently outstanding are a small pile of parts for my Fleischmann N boxcab electric, a load of Fleischmann HO couplers, and two sets of LGB metal wheels. The first coupler order was placed back in early February, having emailed them to ask where it went they responded "ah, sorry, we left it out of our order to Fleischmann" - wi***hey'd get a move on!

Found something amazing today - anyone else know of the Bluebird speed record boat (the one that crashed killing its pilot, Donald Campbell)? I heard a while ago the wreck had been recovered, but what I didn't know is that the current plan is to rebuild her to working order - information at www.bluebirdproject.com - they apparently decided that rather than put her on show as twisted wreckage, they would rebuild her. Amazing amount of work required (the crash effectively ripped off the***pit and foward section of the boat), though it'll be worthwhile - this is a major part of the speed record history and will also commemorate a great man.

Siberianmo, have been admiring the Polar Express set - very nice! I have a small collection of reproduction Hornby O-scale (these were made for a Hachette partwork magazine sold in France, I managed to find someone over here selling a few copies - guessing Hachette are not allowed to sell it over here (copyright?) though it would fly off the shelves - issues were priced at the equivelent of around $16 and included either a loco or car, and sometimes track sections), so the coarse scale side of the hobby definitely appeals. Were I not into LGB, I would definitely be looking at buying Lionel. I'll post some photos of the "repro" tinplate O I have if anyone's interested?

Also currently ploughing through my essay - another 1000 words to go, so should be able to finish it Thursday. Ah well, it'll be in on time!

Bye for now!

[twhite]

Lunchtime---turkey and peaches (How come doctors, like to take all the fun out of living longer?). Had another one of Ed's smoothies for b'fast--banana, strawberry and peach. No yogurt (tummy doesn't like it) but Oboy, are they good! Got the highway put in this morning--major construction, because it's sort of a cliff-hanger and I had to use Sculptamold for the base--looks pretty cool, though if I were HO scale I certainly wouldn't want to be traveling it very fast. But then in 1942, nobody went too fast anyway, heh-heh (unless you were the Chief or the Daylight).

Jim in Cape Giradeaux--out here we spell it "keester", but I think you're more correct--it is a German slang word and it means exactly what you think it does.

e_bone9: About as close to 'coast to coast' as you'd get with a passenger train was from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, though some roads like the Pennsy and New York Central had 'through' Pullmans from New York that were added to trains like the "Overland" and "Chief" trains headed for the Coast. As to the movie's authenticity, I'd be hedgy, since like I said, Hollywood was prone often to just showing footage of any old passenger train, anywhere in the US. I'm a movie buff, and believe me, some of the gaffes that Hollywood made when it came to trains would blow your mind. For instance, Alfred Hitchock has SP's "Morning Daylight" pulling into what is supposed to be Washington DC Union Station in "Strangers on a Train, " and I've seen Cab-forwards photographed on Donner Pass pulling Pullman consists in films purportedly set in Canada. It's a real catch all, sometimes with Hollywood (thought sometimes they REALLY get it right!).

JDolan: I wish I could train MY cats to steal pens--but they're convinced that they're furry little Godzillas and my train cars (mainly cabeese) are in Tokyo. Gondola was where I thought, under the grand piano. Funny thing, as big a thief as Spooky is, she never harms anything. Maine Coons are like that--moosey, but graceful.

Well, time to see if the Sculptamold is dry--nice weather out here in Northern Calif, should be able to get a lot of scenery done this week. I've already promised myself that I'm going to start on some of Aggrojone's furnace-filter evergreens tomorrow. We'll see. His look great!
Later,
Tom[:P][:P][:P]

[steveblackledge]

TIM,

QUOTE: Guys, add my 6 year old to your prayers please. He is going in for surgury Wed. morning 6:30am pst.

hope all goes well Tim, best wishes to your son, Steve[:)]

Bridge Tom, Cat Tom, Tom'o'Cats or whatever[%-)][%-)][%-)]

QUOTE: time to feed the cats and find out what Spooky did with that gondola I accidentally left on the kitchen table last night when I was changing out the wheelsets. More than likely under the grand piano, that's where she usually hides her (my) stash.

Spooky will sure have a superb train collection soon, she will be joining us in the coffee shop before you can say where's my Yellowstone gone
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[siberianmo]

Hi Y'all - Just stopped in to ask a question:

What are your thoughts regarding high speed internet (cable vs phone company - sorry, no satellites)?

Now that it appears I'm hooked on these discussion groups - the amount of time spent waiting and waiting and waiting is getting to me! Argggggggggggggh

I'll catch up on any prior comments in my morning visit ........

See ya and thanx!

[bjdukert]

Afternoon all

Tim-My thoughts and best to your son and I hope that is all that is wrong.[angel]

Siberianmo

QUOTE: What are your thoughts regarding high speed internet (cable vs phone company

I just went to DSL with SBC around OCT of last year and haven’t had any trouble and much faster than dial-up. In my area the DSL is less expensive than cable and by the time we added up the cost of dial-up,callwave,$.75 for the busy line forward for callwave it came to about $5 less then we are paying for the DSL. My friend in Penn. has cable and my DSL is just as fast. Good Luck.

Ok I’m outta here
Talk to you later

Duke

[Fergmiester]

Siber: I couldn't handle slow speed Internet! I'd be ripping my hair out or what's left of it.

Tim: I'm sure your little guy will come through with flying colours, as tube implants are fairly common in these parts. There was talk about doing both my boys with tubes but one grew out of the monthly ear infections and the other landed up with "Kissing Tonsils" and had them removed (wasn't pretty).

Just spoil him with ice cream and keep him smiling!

Well not much on the Go, Son No. 2 went to see the Dr. as he was developing a nasty cough, figured better safe then sorry, as No. 1 son just over mycoplasma (walking pneumonia). Been home for the past two days.

Any way, I replaced 18" of track as the old piece was causing me derailments (I should know better then to throw down a pair of pliers in disgust). I'm just waiting for the glue to set in the ballast. This time last year a job like this would have taken me three times the time to complete. Tomorrow, I think I'll get the upper loop working and work on scenery.

Later Gents

Fergie

[Noah Hofrichter]

Just making a really fast stop today, I have alot of things to do today, so I can't stay. Give me an OJ in a to-go cup, and I'll see you all tomarrow!

Noah