Inch even thou we had some corn down because of the storm I think we did fair on the yeild not sure thou as thats boss mans concern not mine lol.
Almost forgot not sure if told you all or not but edythe did pass and we put her to rest. seems like all happened at once . Plan to get up to PA come november to see mother.
Working last night and some this evening on some tips for the O gaugers in our model railroader club to pass on. Hey been working on a design for my layout and I'm thinking scince I have a old display case (type you use to see in stores this one is all wood and glass) of making 4 or 5 shelves in the front of it and take the glass out on the back side and one end and put it in the front of my layout table to suport my layout. The crazy idea I have is have 2 42" radius circles under the table with switches in it to accept or release trains to the level on the shelves and to get up and on top of the train table so in fact could have 5 trains on the outside loop but when not running in the display case in front of train table for all to see. my layout will basicly be 8' by 13' . Yes I understand I will have to make the circles at each end about basicly 5 circles on top of each other about 5" raise in hight for each complete circle so wonder what % of grade that equals in O gauge. Is it to steep ? time will tell when I get some track and try it.
Did buy 8 passenber cars togo with my Santa Fe ABA (wheres teffy when you want him lol) the cars mesure out to 138 1/2" or about 11 1/2' the ABA set is another 4 feet so I'm going to have 15.5 feet of Santa Fe train running on one loop lol. May have to make a ceciling layout around the house for that instead( Don't think CFO would go for that LOL)
Oh well you all have fun
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Fergie your family is in our prayers and good lkuck in selling Dads home.
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Inch53: I have been working on stuff and some of my other hobbies. I have been busy with alot of other stuff as well.
Everyone else: Glad to be back in the cs i missed it alot.
Welcome back Bigblue.
I wasn't able to get my car into the shop today, so I'll have to do that tomorrow morning. But I did get an account opened for direct deposit at the bank, then went to pick up the car parts. I had stopped at the junk yard this morning and told them what I needed and that I would be back about mid-afternoon to pick them up. Got most of my errands done in town, so it's now almost 2:30, I go to the junk yard, go to the desk where they said the parts would be and lo and behold, they're not there. Well, the boss man says they're real busy. I look around and see three guys sitting on their butts and ask him, what are they doing? He said they're on break. Finally one of them goes to get the parts. 2 hours and 35 minutes later he comes back with the parts. It's now after 5 o:clock. The shop is closed and I'm madder than a wet hornet. So I go and drop off the parts at the shop owners home, right next to the shop and tell him that I'll bring the car tomorrow. Maybe it'll be ready by Tuesday. That pretty much knocks my day into a nutshell.
RT: The crazy idea I have is have 2 42" radius circles under the table with switches in it to accept or release trains to the level on the shelves and to get up and on top of the train table so in fact could have 5 trains on the outside loop but when not running in the display case in front of train table for all to see. my layout will basicly be 8' by 13' . Yes I understand I will have to make the circles at each end about basicly 5 circles on top of each other about 5" raise in hight for each complete circle so wonder what % of grade that equals in O gauge. Is it to steep ? time will tell when I get some track and try it.
If I understand you right, you are talking about stacking 42" radius circles on top of one another with a 5" rise between each one. This is basically a helix. A 42" radius circle, or 84" diameter, has a circumference of 264". A 5" rise over a 264" run yields a 1.9% grade. Should be no problem for Lionel with "Magne-Traction". Actually, it should be no problem for any O gauge train.
Regards
Ed
Hi Gang: Welcome back Blue.
Just a word to say Hi. We've been chaseing around all daygetting things done. We did take along walk around our sons place. We haven't done that in along time.
It's late concidering that tomorrow is a work day. I'll say Good Night and see you all later.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Sounds like he's gonna be busy today.
Good morning. and the place is empty. Top 'o' the day to ye anyway. Steak and eggs this morning and keep the coffee coming.
Nothing on the agenda today except to get the car in the shop and work on getting more scenery base down. Gonna be a slow day it looks like.
Weather in Leesville today, scattered clouds with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm developing this afternoon. High 89, winds light and variable, chance of rain - 30%.
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Morning all
Thanks ed thats kinda what I thought but didn't have the math down .
And for the comment about having extra $ for trains well the 8 passenger cars I ordered comes out to be $400.00 ball park so you see where my extra hours pay went to lol.
Well time to run to local hobby shop to see what else I can go into debt over lol
Morning all –
A nice crisp, cool, yet refreshing morning out here in CNY. I spent the past 30 or so minutes out on my porch drinking my coffee. Looks like it should be a decent day around this area for a while today. Suppose to get cloudy and rain by late afternoon. Anyway…
Fergie –
That mug is a lot better looking than the travel mug I use for my daily dose of Java! Prayers for you and your family. I hope your dad pulls through again.
Dick / Ed –
Well, 2 more games and we can say so long to the 2006 season; one filled with a nice milestone by Big Papi. Looks like Papalbon is getting better. They say he’s been throwing on the side the past few days and may throw BP today. And Youk is out w/ a strained abdominal muscle. No time than the present for guys to get hurt again since there’s no rush to get them back to playing any time soon.
JimCG –
Good to hear from you the other day. Thanks again for the email!
Ok all. It’s Saturday. Almost time to watch some good football, and maybe a baseball game. Plus, I still have things to do around the apt that are on the weekly ‘to-do’ list.
Everyone take care!
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
hey guys I'm back
Afternoon all, think I'll have a coffee Janie, Janie, Oh, sorry didn't mean to wake ya. I see the shops quiet today.
Was planning on MRR time since it was suppose to rain today, but none yet. So seen outside finishing up some more projects.
RT, that's an impressive string of cars your going to be running. Sounds like your also going to a nice layout when done. All I can say is goood luck with getting the CFO to go along with a next to ceiling layout. I've had no luck with mine [yet].
Big Blue whats ya done on the the layout, how bout a progress update.
Jeff,, I've had the same problem with some junk yards. Call ahead to see if they have part, and how before it's off. Ended up doing it myself alot.
Jim CG,,, don't know bout the place in Bethany. Never run around up in that area, But it would work for a start on something else easy enough.
Best get back to chores. We have grandkids this evening for awhile, nothing will get done then.
inch
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I need a couple of parts. But I've taken the easy way out by asking my son-in-law to find them for me. Also, when we drive up at Thanksgiving, he can install them to boot! He's a lot more flexible and able to get into tight places than I am.
Cox 47 wrote:....I'll have a root beer float and onion rings please Thanks Ed.....
No problem. The girls give me a free pass on top of page honors in return for all the free O.J. and fruit that the FCVN ships up to The Coffee Shop.
Good Afternoon Coffee Clubbers,
Now that I finally wrote up our trip to Newfoundland this summer, I suppose it’s time to report on our trip to the National Railfan and Model Railroader Convention that we went to back at the start of August. Not much by north of the border standards, but it’s the only game in town down here. This year was the tenth annual convention.
The convention was planned to be held in Oaxaca. But due to ongoing problems in that city stemming from a massive teachers’ strike (which is still going on, now in its 5th month), a last minute change switched the venue to the national Railroad Museum in Puebla. That’s where they held the convention last year. Uncertainty over the location, the last minute change, and the fact that many had visited Puebla the year before, all contributed to a noticeably reduced attendance. No matter, those of us who went enjoyed ourselves.
As is our habit when traveling to Puebla, we stopped overnight in Apizaco, in the state of Tlaxcala, just about an hour before getting to Puebla. Apizaco has always been a railroad center, dating back to the time of the first railroads in Mexico. Nowadays, between privatization of the railroads, and centralization of services, the shops have been closed and activity in the yard is minimal. But it’s a good place to watch trains. It’s on the mainline of the Ferrosur line between Mexico City and the port of Veracruz.
Here’s a shot of the yard and local freight switcher #6798 (a GE C30-7) switching cars in the yard. This loco has replaced #9530, a GE SF30-C (rebuilt ATSF U36C) as the local switcher. But it has the same crew as the old unit. We dropped off some copies of photos we took of the crew last fall. They have been very nice to us on all our visits.
While hanging around the east end of the yard, we encountered two trains waiting for clearance before heading downgrade towards Orizaba and Veracruz. #6746, another GE C30-7, headed up a short train with flatcars loaded with new concrete ties.
#4407, a GE AC4400CW, had a mixed bag, but mostly container well cars, in tow.
Both crews took advantage of the stop to send out crew members to local food stands to bring back to-go bags for dinner. While waiting the crew of #4407 invited Fran and me up into the cab. This was my first look at one of the modern computer screen control panels in this type of locomotive.
Next day we were off to the convention. As usual, it was nice to see a lot of my new train buddies from down here. There were two presentations during the convention that stood out for me. One was a report by Frank Barry (noted rail photographer and author, see “Final winter for the narrow gauge” in the Winter 2005 issue of Classic Trains Magazine) about his first major rail excursion in Mexico back in the 50’s. Great presentation and absolutely outstanding photography.
The other presentation that I really enjoyed was put on by Dr John Kirchner (co-author of “The Southern Pacific of Mexico” and author of “Baja California Railways’) about the last years of the SP de Mexico, just before it’s sale to the Mexican government and it’s change to the FCP (Ferrocarril del Pacifico). Again, a very entertaining presentation. Interestingly enough, both these gentlemen were able to present their talks in Spanish.
I met Dr Kirchner at last year’s convention, and also spent time with him earlier this year during the activities in Acámbaro commerating the LXII anniversary of the construction of the “Fidelita”. This was the first time I had had the opportunity of meeting Frank Barry. Here’s a shot of your intrepid reporter with these guys. That’s Frank Barry on the left, Dr John with the blue shirt, me, and Tony Pawley, and enthusiastic railfan from Seattle, Washington. Four “gringos” at the convention.
Here’s a shot of some of the attendees making a record pose during a break. Yours truly is in the center of the front row.
The old locomotive we are standing in front of is this one, #40, an 1884 Alco built 2-8-0 that served until the 1960’s on the railroads down here.
I had another nice memory of the convention. As I’ve mentioned before, they have two PA-1’s at the museum. Ex-ATSF, Ex-D&H, they wound up their career down here. These two are still in operating condition. While they don’t move them, they do fire up the diesels every two weeks to keep the lubrication up. While we were there they fired up #19. They also blew the horn, which stuck open!! First time I had heard the horn, which had much different tone from anything that I could remember hearing before.
And here’s one last shot. This is an FP-9 A/B, just repainted during the last year in it’s “as delivered” paint scheme. A real beauty of a locomotive, which is unfortunately not in operating condition.
Guess that about wraps it up. We enjoyed the trip, as always. Next year’s convention will be up in Aguascalientes. That’s a real traditional railroad center which still has a lot of traffic. Looking forward to that one.
Hey guys, been a while since I've been in here again. School has been hectic as always, and actually a little Sad lately. I'm sure you've all been hearing out the High School Shootings going on lately around the country. I'm sure too, if you're anything like me, you usually give it that "it just doesn't happen here," aditude. Well, for me, it finally happened, near me anyway. At a school about 20 miles away, near the little town of Cazenovia, Wi there was a high school shooting Friday morning. Seems some dumb 15 year old kid decided he had to take a few people down with him as he ruined his life, and so he walked into school early in the morning with two guns. Two teachers noticed him, and they were able to get one gun, the only one they knew he had, away from him. They ran off to call 911, but he pulled the second gun and kept going. The Principal of the school then noticed him and tried to tackle him the the ground, but not before he was shot three times. He was taken to the hospital with wounds to the head, arm and leg, but he ended up dieing later Friday afternoon.
I didn't know the Principal at all, but I do know a few of his relatives from my school, and it's still definately effecting the community as a whole. And if it can happen at a school near by, it doesn't mean it's out of the question to happen at my school either. I never really thought about that before when things like this happen thousands of miles away in Colorado and Vancouver, but now it's happened near by. It really makes you stop and think all right. I guess I just leave things like this in the hands of the Lord, as there really isn't a whole lot I can do.....
Anyway, onto the positive side of things. I'm getting the chance to go do some railfanning tomorrow, hopefully along the Mississippi River with the Fall Colors out. If I get any good photos, I'll be sure and pop back in on Monday and post a few of them.
See ya around,
Noah
Evening all, I'll have a barleypop dear.
Didn't get any MRR time today, no rain like forecast, so it was outside chores and grand daughters.
Jeff,,, The scrap yards knew me and I always drove to what I wanted, also carried enough tools most the time do the the job.
91rioja,, no problem with brush here, just goes to the burn pile out back.
ED,, glad your trip went well there to the show, looks like you plenty of fun, and the pics are great, thanks.
Noah,,, good to hear from you, know your busy with school n all, no problem. Heard bout the principle up your way, sad very sad. Our thoughts be with the family.
Best get going KC wants to help me and she's not much help yet