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QUOTE: Missouri Jim: Thanks for the suggestion Ed - but after looking at the prices for the Walthers' turnouts (looks like about $15 a whack, and the plan I'm looking to build has 10-12 of them, plus flex track, etc.), I may have to start with the brass code 100 I have until I win the lottery or get more saved up.
QUOTE: Originally posted by TEFFY Good Morning All: Fergie: Have a safe trip and I hope that you will be along side for Christmas. Just out of courisity, do you have any guns on your ship? John: If you want some more blood on your layout - Fergie is going to sea and might be in Sheet harbour for a while Ha Ha Ha, so he can donate. Wait while I stop laughing. After all you do have a knife to open him up and a soldering gun to close the wound. Just picking, Fergie. I'm feeling pretty good as I haven't dropped any solder in my lap now for about three weeks, but God will get even for the last statement and I'll have to be careful for awhile. Ya'll have a blessed day and remember SANTA FE ALL THE WAY Bob
QUOTE: Originally posted by JimRCGMO QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy Don't know if you have a decent size hobby shop within driving distance, but some of them are willing to take stuff on consignment and sell it for a % of the price. Probably takes longer but it's a kind of no stress way to sell it. Regards Ed Thanks for the suggestion Ed - but after looking at the prices for the Walthers' turnouts (looks like about $15 a whack, and the plan I'm looking to build has 10-12 of them, plus flex track, etc.), I may have to start with the brass code 100 I have until I win the lottery or get more saved up. [:(] Hey, Luc - like your kind of _large_ photo of the Royal Hudson loco on one of your posts. Did you supersize that one? [;)] Paul, I actually found all my boxes of MR stuff in my storage unit(!). [:)] I'd been *about* to build a layout in the basement a year or so before my divorce started (so never got too much further along on it). I'd boxed up all the important stuff when I moved my stuff out of the house, and had it in the back of my storage unit here. Guess I'd figured I wouldn't be starting back on the layout for a while, and then forgot (almost) it was there. But all the lumber and Homosote I've had leaned against the one side wall reminded me, over time. Glad it did! [:D] QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy Have a good and safe voyage, Fergie. We'll see how many pages we can fill up while you're gone. Poor Fergie's gonna have very, *very* tired eyes after he reads through all the posts...[:(] Hurry back, Fergie! QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy Those are MAJOR Coke bottles if the Camelback is anything to go by. Hey, some of us get thirstier than others...[;)][}:)] Well, Teffy, our Missouri weather may be as crazy as yours - it _warmed_up_ to 63 degrees by the late news tonight (our time, about 10:20 p.m. CST). I may have to get my summer pj's back out! Maybe we can get JP to send some of that cooler wind down our way? [;)] Local club? If there is one, i haven't found it yet - we're lucky to have a LHS. [:)] So JP, do you guys go for the spicy wings, original crispy, or (as my friend from Memphis would say it) Bah-bee-kew?[;)] RDL, I hear those 'blue peanuts' work well for the rhodents. Many years ago, my dad used 'em on some pesky squirrels that were getting into his & Mom's tomato plants. Pesky buggers would get a tomato, haul it up the tree, take about one bite out of the tomato, and throw it down. Kind of got Dad {censored]-ed off with the furry ones... Well, it's about bedtime for me - one short cup of the decaf, please and I'll be off to sleep. I can sleep in a bit tomorrow - I'm on call tomorrow night and don't have to go in until 1 p.m. our time (CST). Tomorrow's payday [bow] - so I'm planning to pick up a 2005 Walther's (got my Woodland Scenics 2005 in the mail today). May also get the Jan. 2005 MRR at our Barnes & Noble; saw they had them in over the weekend. Will check back in tomorrow (either before or after I go to work or on-call) and see what everyone's up to. Hey, JP, maybe you could get Rosie to handle your rat situation?! If she got a full belly of rat, might mellow her out... [:)] Blessings, Jim in Cape Girardeau
QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy Don't know if you have a decent size hobby shop within driving distance, but some of them are willing to take stuff on consignment and sell it for a % of the price. Probably takes longer but it's a kind of no stress way to sell it. Regards Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy Have a good and safe voyage, Fergie. We'll see how many pages we can fill up while you're gone.
QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy Those are MAJOR Coke bottles if the Camelback is anything to go by.
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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
QUOTE: By Lawrence: Well, we paid the piper today in northern Indiana.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
QUOTE: We have a good pizza parlor about 5 minutes from the house... it's run by the Greeks.... Best D**N pizza and wings we've had. Go figure... Greeks making AWESOME Italiant and American FOOD!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by der5997 QUOTE: Does anyone know where I could get a keyboard that can spell? Darn, throwed myne ought larst weak. Culdn't finde eh usse four ite. U shud hav sed. [(-D] Where did you find my old keyboard? [(-D][(-D][(-D] Humour is still the best medecine.... Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 7:04 PM setting up the tree at the moment, taking a break to eat, also working on putting some sound insulation in this noisy old tree train. hope it works, im just using some foam scraps from when i make coal loads for my hoppers. covering this godawful motor in foam. Edit fec153 Member sinceJuly 2003 2,124 posts Posted by fec153 on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 7:19 PM Paul- maybe Texas has an import tax on E mails. Fergie and Lupo got the pictures. I also sent them to krump and Teffy but don't know if they got them. Flip. It's almost my bedtime, so goodnight. Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 7:27 PM The day is done, time to curl up with a good book and wait for the sandman to take over. Good night all may your dreams include driving your favourite engine. Edit Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 8:12 PM Well, I tried cats. After three months of claening up cat hair the locos still come in with hair on them. I don't know which is worse the cat hair or the rodent leavings. The Canadian Government has been considering arming the Canadian coast guard vessals. I don't know what kind of weapons would be involved. I can just picture Fergie with a 5" rapid fire on the foredeck of the Cornwallas. Fergie, Have you heard anything on that subject? I've just about deceided to start over on a new layout. The more I try to make the old one do what I want the less I like it. I've been doing some work with the layout in the December MR. The one based on the John Armstrong designe. I have a little more room so I'm enlarging the min. curve radius to 30". The curve into the Elkins yard is going to have to be 28" , but I can live with that. The ore dock will go on the end of the industrial area at Elkins. I'll add 6" to the width of the Elkins yard so I can get a couple of addtional tracks on the left of the main. I'll also run the lead for the ore dock along the back of the Elkins yard and around to the right to the dock. I'm still working on the rest, so stay tuned. Everything still dependes on getting the basement cleaned out. By the by. Fergie does the Capt. know about your disability with soldering irons. Hope you have a good medic on board. Ice breaking does sound better than fighting the north Atlantic in winter. At least you have plenty of ice for the margareties. Paul the Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU egmurphy Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Mexico 2,629 posts Posted by egmurphy on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 8:31 PM Okay Paul, no cats. One more suggestion. Have you tried those stickly glue traps where you just put them down in corners where mice tend to run and wait for them to step in them and get stuck? We've had some success with them in cases where it's been needed. They also work well on scorpions, trust me. Okay breaking news..... Ed's doing the Happy (sort of) Dance [:D] [^] [:P] [swg] [tup] [:D] because we finally ransomed the car back from the repair shop. It only took a week and about half a G and change. The brakes still seem a bit soft to me but it stops fine. It's getting to the point where I'm asking myself if it's really worth it to keep repairing this dude. But then I figure, it's almost completely rebuilt by now, how many more things can go wrong??? (Yeah, I know the answer to that, it was a rhetorical question). A piece of pumpkin pie, some coffee, and we're getting close to calling it a day. Catch you all tomorrow, Ed The Rail Images Page of Ed Murphy "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home." - James Michener Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 1:26 AM Noah [;)] Didn't we have an agreement last year about me doing your homework and you and Jesse going to work for me? Well since Jesse no longer posts here maybe Chris will fill in for him. I am about ready to renew the agreement. [;)] A friend of mine sent me a short video of a squirrel and a deer. The squirrel wasn't too happy with the deer and "told" him about it. It is kinda funny to see the little guy take on the much bigger deer. I am going to email it to Chris but if you need a little funny straight from nature drop me an email and I will share it with you too. [:)] The weather seems to just get crazier all the time. We still have bees, wasps, flies, mosquitoes, and ants everywhere. I just check the temp: Houston 55, Dallas/Ft. W 46, and Little Rock 43. It really should be some colder than that. Those who remember me posting about David's (El Parro) Union Pacific forum, we now have 12 members but of course are looking for more. I have posted some pics there of the 3985, bridges, etc., and will be posting more stuff soon. Come on over and join, it is a nice friendly forum and best of all, there is no Kissmycaboose. [:)] [}:)] [;)] (And there won't be either.) http://s8.invisionfree.com/unionpacific/ I hope to see you all in the forum. Thanks. Ok, got to run, getting tired now. [V] Edit krump Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Beautiful BC 897 posts Posted by krump on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 2:06 AM Fergie - have a great trip out, and safe holiday season... a mocha is waiting for you when you return later. All we ask is that POSTCARDS are sent for everyone [^][^] cheers, krump "TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6 philnrunt Member sinceMay 2004 From: central Indiana 775 posts Posted by philnrunt on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 3:27 AM Fergie- Fair winds and a following sea. I still think it's pretty neat to be able to say I know a member of the CCG! As for rats, I had that problem until the 9 PC's (Patrol Cats) moved in with me. Now, except for inside the pup prison- which currently has an inmate pop of 8- NOTHING lives in my yard that the PC's take notice of. I've found remains of-rats, mice, moles, gophers, chipmunks, and something with big nasty teeth. 9 PC's can really tear up the rodents roaming over a couple of acres, and I love every one of 'em. Some people love 'em, some hate 'em, but you have to respect a near perfect killing machine. Like the Alien, but a bit more tame. Or you could set up a local rat-fari and make money on hunting it. My gee-ler friend and I are thinking of taking my 24x30 trainshop and turning it into a house until we can pay off enough debt to build a log cabin, which should be in about 3-4 years. She is actually more concerned about my not having a place for my trains than I am. I've explained to her that as I havn't laid a foot of track in the 7 months since I tore it down that maybe this is a good use for it, and I can build a small layout until we move into the cabin, and then I'd have a great trainshop! I'll let you know how it goes. Robert- i'm fighting the same sugar problem as your dad, only mine never gets too low. I think it's only a matter of time before we get it under control, but working midnights plays havoc with establishing a routine to follow on your diet. Ed- how about setting up a unit train with some of your heat and running it my way- loading would be simple, but loss in transit might get a bit out of control.How many N-ormal scale hoppers of 90 degree air does it take to warm up 2 acres, anyway. Get your sales dept on it and let my MIDwest people know. I'll be glad to back load all of the ice, snow and grey weather you can handle. Wish you were in 'G' now. Okey fine, gonna try to get some scale lumber ordered this week and build a big, neat, ...bunch of ...scale lumber ..kinda ...things. philnrunt Member sinceMay 2004 From: central Indiana 775 posts Posted by philnrunt on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 3:44 AM Sorry about the second post, but Jim, I used some of my old brass track for abandoned sidings and unpowered interchanges, you can weather it up as much as you want and it looks pretty good. I don't know about your LHS, but I can't imagine getting any kind of a decent trade or price out of brass. It also looks good as spare rail placed next to your mainline. Hope some of this helped and i didn't repeat what others already said. egmurphy Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Mexico 2,629 posts Posted by egmurphy on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 7:31 AM Good Morning Coffee Clubbers, Weather continues warm down here south of the border. Maybe there's something to this global warming after all. Oh, what's that, you say it's not warm where you are!!!!! [:0] Oh yeah, forgot that a lot of you are not in the land of the palm trees. My bad. [:D] Robert, glad to hear that your father is better. Hey Phil, good to hear from you again. Glad to hear you’re still working on having a real-life railroader for a F-I-L. Interesting concept that, turning your layout room into a house. Wouldn’t that free up some space in the trailer/pup prison that you could then use for a layout? I suppose I could get a mini compressor and see if I can get some warm air in the Pemex tank cars that I have and ship them north. Won’t hold much though. They’re made to hold liquids at atmospheric pressure, they’re not lpg cars. Sorry….. Brass track? Were you talking about selling old brass track, Jim (Cape Girardeau Jim, that is)? [%-)] When you said “…sell some of my old brass…” I thought you were talking about a brass engine or two. I thought that would give you plenty to buy new NS track. Okay, guess my reading comprehension skills are slipping a bit too. [:)] Hasta luego, Ed The Rail Images Page of Ed Murphy "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home." - James Michener JimRCGMO Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Cape Girardeau, MO 3,073 posts Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 10:34 AM Good Morning, All![:)] [8D] [:)] Got my bottomless cup with me, so I'm ready for the haul today. (I was on-call last night and am off today as a result. Got a whole 5 hours of sleep last night!) [zzz] QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergmiester Very(!) nice tree, Fergie! But where's the train around the base?[;)] Phil has found the secret (or his Pack o'Nine - Cats - has) for controlling the varmits. Just wear 'em down! Of course, there is the offsetting costs of kitty litter and food for 9 cats, though... [;)] Oh, and I **love** your precise terminology for those scale lumber projects - will you be getting scale widgets to help assemble the projects, too? [;)] Thanks for the ideas on using the brass line, too. The penny-pincher in me likes the idea of not wasting the old(er) track. Actually, besides Phil's idea of sending the air by rail, we could all just spend a few hours chatting up north - ought to thaw that nasty white stuff really quickly! [:D][;)] Besides the Walther catalog and the Sassi book, yesterday I bought the Jan. issue of MR mag, and was thinking the extension they had in there could easily be modded for Sassi's layout. But then again, I kind of like the folded ovel (figure 8) type of layout for the smaller size I'm looking at right now. Or I might just count up all the track I have and see what kind of layout I can make just from that and get started. I think that most of the switches I have (maybe 6 or so?) are Atlas Custom switches and I have the (clip-on) motors for them. I'll want to replace with under-the-track motors later, natch (maybe Tortoises). Anyone here have experience with using the Tortoise switch engines, or have other motors that you like? Tell me what you have/like and why. (You can email me separately if it'd be too long to post here). Weather here has been trying to make up its mind - we've been getting light frost on the windshields at night but warming up to the upper 50's/lower 60's in the days. I'm not taunting our Canadian friends, really! Well, need to refill my cup, so I'm heading for the coffee pot for now. Smooth running (track and engines, and anything else, for that matter) to all of you (and efficient snowplows for our more northern folks), Jim [{(-_-)}] Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 2:21 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335 setting up the tree at the moment, taking a break to eat, also working on putting some sound insulation in this noisy old tree train. hope it works, im just using some foam scraps from when i make coal loads for my hoppers. covering this godawful motor in foam. How do you go about making coal or rock loads from foam? I need to make a whole train full of rock, and I would use the real thing but I am going to pull it with an Atlas Dash-8 and it just doesn't have the power. QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153 Paul- maybe Texas has an import tax on E mails. Fergie and Lupo got the pictures. I also sent them to krump and Teffy but don't know if they got them. Flip. It's almost my bedtime, so goodnight. Its just Texas, what can you expect[:D] Paul; I know how the layout goes, I'm not even done yet, and I already have my next one planned. (doubt if it'll happen for the next ten years though[:D]) Fergie: I'm with Krump, bring me a postcard, and I'll be expecting a gift too[:D]!!! Class is almost over, got to go, Greg Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 2:48 PM Krump: As for the rat trap. We've tried them, they didn't work. And, a rat stole the trap. We had to buy another, and tie the trap down. We bought something called "Just One Bite" to put out. Maybe this will work.[xx(] My dad is still in the hospital. He's doing fine. Hopefully, he'll get out Thursday, or Friday. Awhile back, I spoke about my layout, and didn't know what to call it. I want to inform everyone that "The Valley Belt Railway - VBR" has just been established. It will serve a fictious area based in East Texas. I still haven't started on the design, yet. The major industries will be a paper mill, sawmill, port, and auto distribution facility, as well as smaller industries. It will connect with the BNSF railway. It will be in HO, modern. Any advice you have will be appreciated.[?] Fergie, all the best to ya. That's about all for now. Robert Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 3:35 PM Hello all... I am now the owner of an Athearn AC4400 [8D] Edit « First«122123124125126127128»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
QUOTE: Does anyone know where I could get a keyboard that can spell? Darn, throwed myne ought larst weak. Culdn't finde eh usse four ite. U shud hav sed. [(-D]
Does anyone know where I could get a keyboard that can spell?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergmiester
QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335 setting up the tree at the moment, taking a break to eat, also working on putting some sound insulation in this noisy old tree train. hope it works, im just using some foam scraps from when i make coal loads for my hoppers. covering this godawful motor in foam.
QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153 Paul- maybe Texas has an import tax on E mails. Fergie and Lupo got the pictures. I also sent them to krump and Teffy but don't know if they got them. Flip. It's almost my bedtime, so goodnight.