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

[egmurphy]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,

I apologize for not posting sooner, but it’s just been real busy here getting things back to normal after the trip. Anyway, I finally got around to editing and uploading pictures from the trip, so without further ado, here are a few of the better ones.

First we have your intrepid correspondent with his gracious host, Paul B.




Here’s Paul on his outside 7-1/2” gauge railway with his diseasel. He was getting it fired up to take us around the course.




Here we are riding behind Paul on his layout, out behind his house and barns. This is one spectacular trestle, and if I recall correctly was built largely by Paul’s son John. That’s paul’s wife mary Ann with the sun hat. Fran is in front of me but out of the shot to the right.




Here’s Paul and his pride and joy, an 0-4-0 live steamer. This is in the workshop / enginehouse at his club layout.




Here’s Paul and me inspecting a steamer of one of his club members at the club layout. Paul says this guy virtually scratch built the steamer. The drivers still have a “10” stamped on them, as they were turned from 10# barbell weights!! We got to ride behind this beauty on the club layout. It takes 25 minutes to go around the whole layout!




This thing burns real coal!! The firebox door is open and you can see the fire.




On the following day Fran and I went to the Railroad Museum in Dallas. They have some nice pieces there, including a Russian Decapod and a GG-1. But the prize possession has to be their Big Boy. Here we are together. Unfortunately, the loco is in very bad shape and needs some serious maintenance. Like all museums, I suspect they’re short of funds. They said they may be moving to a new location. Hope they get more room because all the pieces are crowded together here. By the way, the museum’s website is:
http://www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com/




They also had a very nicely restored ATSF F unit (I think, but not sure what model F it is) in the Warbonnet paint scheme. Impressive, even for a steam fan.



Sorry, but I didn’t get any shots of Paul’s HO gauge layout in his basement. And also didn’t get any of Teffy or his club layout.

Okay, I’m way behind (again) reading posts, so I’ll try to catch up again. Just wanted to get these posted. By the way, [#welcome] welcome to 304live/Chris and to spidge/John.


Best regards

Ed

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang:

Welcome 304live. Please have a cup or glass of whatever on me. One thing about HO over iNvisable scale is that you don't need a magnifine glass. At least not untill you get to be my age. I need a magnifier for my 71/2 in gauge 4in scale live steam!

Oh boy the folks up in the north east are really getting it. At least they won't have to worry about a drought.

Not much going on tonight. Mary Ann and I took her truck into the tire store to get a couple of tires for the rear. $367 later she has two 10 plys on the back that will hold up for awhile. We also found that the rod ends need to be replaced so that's going to be another $500. I don't think that the truck is worth that much. It does have a sound 6.9 diesel so I guess we'll just have to keep on keeping on.

I think that I'll head for bed and let you all have the place. Just one unknown guest and me here. The girls won't make much at that rate.

Good Night All

[spidge]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Cox 47




Spidge.....Checked your pictures out looks like a real nice layout in the works....Whats the total size? Whats your favorite railroad?

Cox 47. I use up most of two walls in the garage 15x17, and I grew up in Lancaster and Fontana/Colton Ca. I used to put pennies on the rail and try to find them after a train went by, my search afterward did not yeld much. When I could I would go to the Colton yard a watch a bit, I realy like the arangement on the east side.
Although my layout wont have many of the features to represent Cajon it is loosely based on the area.

[der5997]

Good evening all: Looks like our good weather is coming to an end. It’s not ***’s drenching moving north however, but some other system presently out to sea.

CAJohn: Thanks for the explanation of spidge. I’ve done much the same with my handle for ndcc Yahoo group. Aroundtheroomshelf. All the short ones with anything like my name, initials, etc. had gone, so I went for a description of the layout![:D] You’ll see what I mean if you check out the Railimages in my sig. It’s not up to date, though. The recent stuff is all posted here through PhotoBucket.

NJBill:

QUOTE: Being new to this hobby I feel like I'm walking blind. It nice to know I got one thing right.

…The great thing about mrr is that it’s your railroad, your rules. By the look of the start you’ve made you are going to have a really fine time with it.[tup]

PC:

QUOTE: I misread what the person was saying and have come to understand that it was meant as a joke.

…Oh brother, can I ever relate to that![B)]

Jerry:

QUOTE: How did you like the DVD I walk the line?

…Amazingly good. The early scenes were reminiscent of O Brother where art thou? Kris isn’t big on country, and she really enjoyed it. When you think they did their own singing, not dubbed in, it’s even more remarkable. The “true” voices turn up in the songs behind the credits, and sure there is a difference, but it’s very convincing while the movie is playing.

***:

QUOTE: Thank you for sending the storm away, the Lord has answered you!!

…Now ***, you know better than that! I took no responsibility for bringing it, and I take none for its going. Glad you didn’t get as much as some. I was saying to Kris at dinner time that your hill might be an island by now![:D]

Chris:[#welcome] to the Coffee Shop.

QUOTE: dont have alot of space so im either going to model a HO scale switching heavy layout or a N scale switching heavy layout with alot more stuff crammed in the same space....

…Go Normal. Then you won’t have to cram, and still end up with lots of stuff in the same space.[tup] [yeah]
Glad to have you on board.

Mike: Your pics hadn't come in by the time I posted, but had when i checked back from doing so! Nice work , it's looking godd.[tup]

JR:

QUOTE: Now you have to work on where the phrase "bite the bullet" came from.

...One explanation I've seen is military surgery without the benefit of anaesthetics. Need I say more. [:O]

That’s it for me for today. I think I may go find the Flex Paste and smooth out the road that looks like gravel. The lumps of coal have dried from being washed, and I am delighted to see that there are even more interesting rock faces to make molds from than I thought at first. Can't wait to get that molding rubber on Thursday.

Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all those in need of healing, comfort and peace.[angel]

[GMTRacing]

Good Evening All,
A nice shot of Henry McKenna would take the chill off just now. Loading trailers in the rain is no fun. The city did dig out the ditch that abuts our shop and the one next door so no harmful floods from this heavy rain. I feel for the folks upstate and east of us - what a mess (sorry Fergie - no other words for it).
welcome 304live - this is a friendly place to posit questions and just hang out. All we ask is no profanity, no flaming, and no politics.
Working a bit on the layout tonight cutting some foam for the raised section of the main (it will be elevated like the NH shoreline main where I grew up but 2 tracks instead of 4 or I won't have room for anything else). Also working on bashing some plate girder bridges to make them angled so I can run streets at an angle to the track. That should add some depth to the city scene and make some of the construction easier as well. Should be fun.
Inch - thanks for the history lesson. Now you have to work on where the phrase "bite the bullet" came from. I would guess the muzzle loader era as you get right busy loading one of those and the ball (bullet) needs to held somewhere convenient while you jam the wading and powder down the barrel. So much for conjecture. CUL and my prayers for those in need. J.R.

[304live]

i see this is the chat area of the forum.... i guess let me introduce myself

name is chris im from charleston west virginia.... 30 years old i run an afterschool program for west virginia state univ's extension and a summer camp for a living and make music as one hobby

just now getting back into model railroading after a very extended break (aka i loved it as a kid and got rid of it when i was in my late-teens but kept up with it via magazines and now have some disposable income and want to get back into it)

in the design/dreaming stage..... dont have alot of space so im either going to model a HO scale switching heavy layout or a N scale switching heavy layout with alot more stuff crammed in the same space....

i have already found out some great information from reading older posts and hopefully they will help me make some informed decisions on my upcoming purchases

thanks!

[inch53]

Evenin all, Cleo, I’ll have some of Fergie’s good stuff now.
Alls quiet here, kids are gone and Mothers stretched out on the couch.

Jim CG , some times and most the time not, at the flea markets on train stuff. Just lucked out this time to have friends who go when I can’t.

PC , the history lesson was just some of that nice to know ----, but will never use or remmeber.

Bill N. , did you move quick enough or will the injuries heal soon. Know what you mean bout a short tempered wife, mines mostly Irish.

*** , me and mine will start 27 years together in July. Don’t know were the times gone.

RT , your last post sounds offal familiar to me. Maybe that’s what I have

Think I’ll go play with trains awhile
Inch

[rtraincollector]

Okay I know we all have commented on simular times like this (well most of us ) so this is a warning for the younger ones (the ones under 50)

QUOTE: Subject: Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.


Thank God there's a name for it, I just thought I was losing my mind.


Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D.

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wa***he car.

I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to pu***he Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

I realize the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

the driveway is flooded

the car isn't washed,

the bills aren't paid

there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, there is still only one check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.

Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

You all have a good evening

[grayfox1119]

Good afternoon guys......ohh ohhhh there goes another pair of animals two by two to the ARK...hey Noah, wait for us !!!!!! Actually, we lucked-out here in the central part of Massachusetts, we have received only 1.79 iches of rain from this 7 day storm thus far. There is another band headed our way that might give us as much as another inch, but it seems to be falling apart on the radar as it comes north from Hartford, CT.
But!!!! Our poor neighbors in the Northeastern part of the state, and southern NH and coastal areas of Maine (south) , have had over 12" in some places, and the Merrimac river is at the 2nd highest flood level in it's recorded history at 26+ inches over flood stage, the worse since 1936. Schools are cancelled in many communities in all those affected areas. The good news is...this system is finally breaking down and moving ON, and we are due to see some sun tomorrow and much more from then ON. Noah, you can start removing the animals from the ARK.
BTW, we had no looting, and everything seems to be in control. Much damage to clean up though, and Federal disaster funds will be needed in many communities on Northeastern Mass, SE New Hampshire, and SE Maine.

FERGIE That new pup for Lisa, is that a Newffie that you brought back with you? Areal nice looking dog for sure !!!! But, if he/she gets into your train room.....Ohh Oh, I hate to think of the gnashing of teeth!!!!

DER JOHN Thank you for sending the storm away, the Lord has answered you!!

RYAN, MIKE, et al thank you for your congrats on our 46th!! I can't believe that I was only 21 and Lorraine was 18, and that many years have gone by so sneakily fast!!! I guess all of us who are over 50 say the same thing.

BILL N You have to get a video camera, and get this on film!! This would be hilarious to see the bear sneak up on the porch, then a blast of 105db's from the horn, enough to scare the devil out of the bear, and send it at break-neck speed off the deck knocking over anything in it's path. I know that the Rangers use rubber bullets to hit the bears in the a.. to try to keep them away and hopefully never have to kill them. They also use some sort of gun that shoots something that looks like "cherry bombs". They fire them "near" the bears as they run off, and this usually scares them so much that they never come back. I saw this on either the National Geographic channel or the History Channel about a year ago, as they showed how they handle trouble Grizzly bears along the Alcan Highway in BC, Canada.

OK, time to get back to more RR planning, see you guys after supper,

[Anonymous]

Hi Gang,

Thanks for the welcome back. It's good to have friends.

Mike and Guys

QUOTE: Bill N , great trick on the bear. Did he come back for another visit?

Yes, we either have a slow learner, OR we have more than one Bear!?!?!?!?[%-)]
I have to redirect the photo eye so it'll pick up his motion sooner, because the last time he got scared, took a swing and ripped the side off Kitty's new feeder.
For his protection I'd better warn him sooner. Kitty's small but fiesty. You have to remember, she's one of the meanest guilt creating creatures under heaven. "A POLISH GRANDMOTHER." The pour thing wouldn't stand a chance.

Gotta run, NO really I gotta run. Kitty saw what I wrote about her.[:O][B)][xx(]

Catch you later,
Bill North

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JimRCGMO

Hey, PC, Paul's buying! [;)]

Better him then me!

I'll just have a Moxie please!

inch,
That is indeed a history lesson! I think I might have been OK if I didn't have it, but now that I have..........[8D]

[JimRCGMO]

Hey, PC, Paul's buying! [;)]

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[JimRCGMO]

Good morning, Janie, and I'll go light on Paul's wallet. Just a mocha in a go-cup, please. I'm at work and my 12:00 appointment will likely be arriving soon.

Mike, you do pretty well at the flea markets, from the look of that engine. [yeah] Of course, for me that would also be too new of a loco, but looks nice! Good progress on your layout, too. Thanks for the pics (and I'll go check your other pics when I get some time later today.

Hope everyone is doing okay and the health problems are improving. I see I have about 4 or 5 pages to catch up on so far, so I may get a look this afternoon or evening.

Blessings, and I'm out of here,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[inch53]

Just some coffee Zoe, still raining and cold here, but there is some sun forecast later this week. Some thing to look forward to anyway.

Jerry , heres a shot of the $5 flea market Chessie. Need to replace a coupler and fix the hand rails



It's more modern than I'm modeling, but what hay.
I have made a little progress on the layout. This is the farm hills



The milldam



Seems like very little, but some.

Paul , i'm the same way, knew some, not all.
I'll have to get into some of FERGIES good stuff later, after Mother gets home.

Bout time to fix couple PB&J for Leroy.
Inch

[Paul W. Beverung]

Oh No! I hope that Fergie isn't in. Mike I see you there so have some of the good stuff on me. Janie. Set up the good stuff. I'll beat Fergie to the punch and bite the bullet.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Inch: Thanks for the education. Some of them I knew about but most were new to me.

It's almost lunch time here so I'd better see what I can scare up. I used to eat in the park a couple of times a week but it's gottan too expensive even with my discount.

I'll see you all later. Oh by the way there is a live steam meet this week. Starts Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Guess where I'll spend most of my time?

[rtraincollector]

1st welcome to all new members

2nd PC you have been in the corner long enough you may come out now who ever it was I'm sure they forgive you LOL

afternoon all in for a quick bite of lunch will talk more tonight

[inch53]

How about a lunchtime history lesson, that Jerry sent me

LIFE IN THE 1500'S

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June.
However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married..

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water,
then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children.
Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying, Don’t throw the baby out with the Bath water..

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath.
It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof.
When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house..
This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings
could mess up your nice clean bed.
Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.
That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying, Dirt poor.

The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet,
so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing
As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until,
when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside.
A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.
Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot.
They ate mostly vegetables and! did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner,
leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day.
Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas
porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon.
They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid
content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning> death
This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so,
tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt
bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top,
or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would
sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone
walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family
would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.
Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks ! started running out of
places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones
to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins,
1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they
realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist
of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground
and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all
night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be,
saved by the bell or was considered a .dead ringer..

And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

Educate someone. Share these facts with a friend

[Cox 47]

Good Morning all...Its a rainy damp monday morning here...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please...Our place is kinda lonesome today with the Grandkids gone and Sallie off for dialissis....Got the Uboat running laps I put another road crossing in I had a piece of masking tape holding down the highway at the rail crossing my son brought one of the coal drags around not knowing about the tape and had a massivederailment...but the line is back open and coal is flowing out of southern Illinois..

Bill...Your bear alarm sure gave me a good chuckle this morningI wish I could have seen the Bear take off....

John...How did you like the DVD I walk the line? Sallie and I thought it was pretty good...Again thanks for the layout pictures

Spidge.....Checked your pictures out looks like a real nice layout in the works....Whats the total size? Whats your favorite railroad?

Ding....Tell us more about your new track plan....What type of changes are you going to make? Remeber change is good....

Mike..Sounds like you scored some goodies ...What type of Chessie engine did you get?

Got some things to do..You all have a good one....Jerry

[SilverSpike]

QUOTE: Ryan - I guess it never got quite that cool on the Delta during this time of year huh?

Ken You got that right! And I am loving it!

[Anonymous]

Good morning shop dwellers,

Wasn't in front of the 'putor very much this past weekend because I was racing to finish 3 separate scenes on the layout (more about that later). A lot of the MRR time was spent hand-painting the concrete trim on my new Walthers Heritage Furniture backdrop kit. Not exactly difficult work, just time-consuming; spent some of that time chatting on the phone with Paul B when he called.

spidge - [#welcome] to the Coffee Shop, your Esspee layout seems to be coming along nicely!

Bill N - good to see you in here again to liven things up![;)]

Gumby - I see you've added some border protection to your layout also, looks good!

Dingo - good luck with your new layout plan! Quick question though: Did CGW use steam after 1959?

Phillip - I'm pretty good at that myself [B)], I feel your pain!

Ryan - I guess it never got quite that cool on the Delta during this time of year huh?
. . .
Time to go, C-U-later

[SilverSpike]

Monday, May 15, 2006

Weather turned foul late yesterday afternoon with strong winds, tornado warnings, hail, and rain. At least the morning and early afternoon was nice, we did enjoy our lunch on the back deck.

Wow, 50 degrees during the drive into work this morning, and plenty of fog too. It is still cool and in the middle of May, I can really get used to these cool spring temps here in North Carolina.

I am considering scraping the roundhouse and turntable on the layout plan, the only reason I have included it in the plan is because my father and I built the roundhouse over 30 years ago for the layout we had back in the 1970’s, and it is still in good shape today. It just needs a few touchups and could be even better if I detailed the interior and exterior. I am thinking of replacing the space it would otherwise occupy with a reverse loop, that way I can have the option of a continuous loop. Since I am not going to be running much steam, the roundhouse does not make much sense at this point. If I scrape it from the layout plan, I might build a small diorama with it to display all the old steam locos that I still have from the original layout. The only steam I was thinking of running is a Shay engine kit that I need to build for a logging scene. I might just build it and put it on display too.

inch53 Thanks for the compliment, it is still a work in progress!

Bill, [#welcome] back, sounds like you had quite an adventure!

Happy Anniversary to you *** and yours!

spidge [#welcome] to the Coffee Shop! And thanks for sharing you really nice layout photos!

Thoughts and prayers to all in need!

Cheers,

Ryan

[pcarrell]

Forumers,

A few days back someone called into question something I said. I immediately went on the defensive and shot a reply back. [soapbox]

I misread what the person was saying and have come to understand that it was meant as a joke. [#oops]

Have you ever felt like the biggest heel on the planet? [banghead]

I'd like to apologize to all of you for being that heel and for forcing you all witness it. [V]

I'd especially like to apologize to the person who was involved in that conversation with me (you know who you are). He sent me an Email and gently and politely pointed out my mistake, and did so with much more grace then I showed. [*^_^*]

Again, my apologies.

Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to go stand with my nose in a corner now. [B)]

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,
Coffee and and one of Bills doughnuts please Zoe. Late start here this morning. Overcast outside but no rain yet. Hope all your mom's had a nice Mothers' Day and got a chance to relax a bit.
Welcome back Bill N. When do we get to hear about the road trips?
Gumby - the Lexan works real well and is much less brittle over time than the plexi. You can block sand a radius on the top and that makes it much more user friendly than the sharp edges one normally ends up with.
Spidge - welcome to the coffee shop. Like the layout. Riverside will always have a special place in my heart as it was one of my favorite race track locations and was one of the truly historic US road courses. It also saw some of the highs and lows of my pro crew career and we were all sorry to see it go.
Gotta run - we load for Elkhart Lake and Summit Point both this week - I'll be headed south whilethe second(first) crew heads west. It's the start of the busy season.
CUL, [:D]J.R.

[pcarrell]

Well good morning everyone!

Coffee over here Chloe, thanks!

I see we aquired a new crew member yesterday! Welcome to the coffee shop spidge! We can use all the N scalers we can get! Like Cox said, we gotta stick together! I haven't checked out your pics yet on photobucket, but I will later. My pic accounts don't show much in the way of models as I packed it all up about 8 or 9 months ago to move. My move got delayed, so here I am with no layout for a while. In the meantime, I got a digital camera, so it was to late to get any pics of the old layout. I do go to the local train museum a lot though, so I've got some decent pics of that. Anyways, welcome to the coffee shop!

EDIT: I checked out the pics. That's quite a setup you've got there! Very nice work so far!

dingoix,
Changin' things up, huh? New layout and new era. Thats a lot of change my friend. Can't wait to see it!

Well, gotta run! I'll catch up with you later.
Prayers for all, especially Luc!

[inch53]

Mornin all, coffee Zoe
Not even going to talk bout the weather, other than nothings changed. Didn’t get any MR time yesterday to speak of. I did get the holes cut in the dam for the mill way. Won’t be much today, got kids.

Bill N , great trick on the bear. Did he come back for another visit?

Der I was only kidding bout slowing down. Every body’s progress has got me moving more on mine. Keep it up

Bouts it fur now, need to get to morning chores. Thoughts n prayers for all in need and hope every one has a good day
Inch

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana. [:D]

[Anonymous]

Good morning all.

The usual please....yes...coffee and a donut.

Hello to all the new folks in the shop.[#welcome]

Really busy weekend and Mother's Day. One of the rare times I'm looking forward to being on the road. I might just get some rest.[;)][:p]

QUOTE: Originally posted by der5997
NJ Bill: Velcro for the removable facia, and the Lexan for machine-ability is brilliant![bow] Thanks

Thanks der5997 for the compliment. Being new to this hobby I feel like I'm walking blind. It nice to know I got one thing right.

Well I'm off. See you all on Friday.

[spidge]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Paul W. Beverung

Spidge: Nice bench work. I am woundering with that grade that you have in the works are you going to have a second level? I also like the track arrangement at the grain elevator. I guess that guy driving the bug is getting a ticket for not stopping for the grade crossing.

Paul, That grain elivator is on a small 14"x36" module I built as an add on to an old layout. I tore down the layout but kept this module as I can run trains on it. I will be discarding it soon. The track layou is very similar to the layout addition to the Jerome and Southwestern.
Most of the pictures are of the new permanent single level layout. It has a vary long three track staging yard, small town with three sidings, a summit with passing track, and a yard that will have many industries to switch. It looks like if I can come up with an operating scheme I could keep a few people busy. Now I just need to find operators.

Well, I should go say goodnight to the little woman as she is reading in bed. This usually quickly leeds to her falling to sleep.

See ya, and have a great week.

[Anonymous]

Well, I've suddenly scrapped my old layout plan and am developing a new (somewhat smaller) trackplan. I tell you I hate these spur of the moment changes. but anyway, I hope I can makes this one work. Tomorrow I'll post the trackplan in my topic on the forum about it. BTW, it'll be primarily steam power[swg]

I'm gonna go watch some train videos.

Cya all.