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

[TurboOne]

Good morning coffee clubbers,

Thanks for remebering the big 25th anniversary of my 21st. [:D][:D][:D]

We are going to Legoland today to celebrate. Yes I am a big kid. [(-D][(-D]

They are having the grand opening of New York with the freedom tower added. My favorite train set around. Will take some video and some pics.

Hope everyone in the storms path comes out ok.

Take care guys.

Tim

[twhite]

Good morning all, my usual Vienna Roast, one for Spooky too (with that cream, of course), I'll have a Danish and Spooky will have one of those Tuna Blintzes that Zoe made up for her, yesterday.

Ed: Spooky asked me to remind you that she's a She, not a He (even if she IS built like a linebacker for the Packers, LOL!).

Fergie: Ken uploaded the URL for Aggro's article on furnace-filter pines, it's on the previous page. Thank you, Ken, by the way! An RDC? Heavens! But they're cute little critters, aren't they? I used to watch them putt up and down the Feather River Canyon when I was a kid--the WP used them to sub as their 'end' of the D&RGW "Royal Gorge". I think they called them "Zepherettes." When you start making your furnace-filter pines, you can also turn them into Fir trees by using a little coarser foam for the branches. If I get time, I'll post some pics on the differences, today. But first, I've got to find a 'cure' for the pesky turnouts on my return loop. (Teffy--HELP!!).

SiberianMo: What a GREAT layout!! Love to see some more pics of it--you should get a website (if you don't have one already) and post it so that the rest of us can drool! Nice work, my friend, REALLY nice!!

Philnrunt: Yah, I wondered how they got all that N-scale debris flying around, myself when I saw the movie. Probably Digital--I mean, EVERYTHING'S digital down there in Hollywood, today. And yes, I saw THE EARTHLING--really fine film, wasn't it? If you want to see a Holden performance that will really drop your jaw, watch him in THE WILD BUNCH, one of his last performances. REALLY violent film, but dang, is he good in it!! Terrific actor, always was one of my favorites.

Well, Wiley just barked, Spooky just whacked him and Lowell's looking for his stash again (I keep hiding it)--another typical morning at the residence. Time to feed the little critters and get out to the garage and see if I should replace my Sinohara's with Peco Insulfrogs. Br. Kurt at the Retreat Center just e-mailed me and asked if I could play about five extra Masses between now and Easter. And some of you guys thought that musicians can actually RETIRE!!
Later--have a great day!
Tom (and Spooky, since she's stealing my posts, lately).
[:P][:P][:P]

[der5997]

Steve:

QUOTE: all the mills closed for the annual holiday at Blackpool,

That would be it. The first time I encountered it was in Preston, and the atmosphere cleared, and parts of town I'd not seen up til then came into view[:O] True story folks, from the 60s!

Uh ho, a reply from the website techies, better go and see if they have solved the problem,
see you later.

[JimRCGMO]

Must be about lunchtime, Zoe - I'll have an OJ smoothie, with some of that New England Clam Chowder, please. Smells great! [C=:-)] Did some of our Nor'east contingent send us a shipment of clams? Yum![dinner]

Well, I finally got a start on my color scheme. Still need to design the logo (I'm finicky, so that may take the entire weekend and more). But here's what I have so far:



It may be hard to tell in the JPEG, but the base color will be a dark grey, or maybe just a black weathered down a notch or so. I'll probably have some simpler logo, in maybe that sandstone or the rust color as the main color, and a drop shadow in the other. Sort of early diesel era colors (not as simple as some modern schemes), but with a simpler, blockier logo shape/design. Oh yeah, it's gonna have the Zebra-stripes a la SP/ATSF, on the front and back ends.

Fergie, after I sent you the link for AggroJones' trees article, I scrolled down and saw Ed had posted it too. [#oops] I went looking for it this morning and found that. Previously I had found AggroJones' site, which has more pics of the trees and his layout, but hadn't found the articles until this a.m.

Well, I'm off to our local K-Mart/Big K, to see if they have any of those blue filters on a blue-light special. Be back later in the day to see how many pages you all have piled up on me.[;)]

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[grayfox1119]

Good afternoon all..........yes, it is cloudy and snowing again here in central Mass, 1000 feet ASL. We will miss the big nor'easter forming off our coastline tonight, but New Hampshire and Maine are going to get clobbered once again with 15+ incheas and more than that up near New Brunswick. Luc, Fergie, Der John, you may get snow this time, and a lot!!!

Jim: Yes, we went claming this morning before the snows came, Zoe has two bushels, and we also sent down some Legal Seafood clam chowda.

Ed: we are all out of OJ, please send another tanker via CSX to Rochdale, Ma siding #2.

Siberianmo: That is one nice layout !!!!! When I enlarged it, it really showed the detail!!

Der John: Your layout is with bridges is so impressive. Are you modeling the Canadian Rockies.

Fergie: Yes, I do believe that the snow was that high. My daughter was dating a guy that had family in Moncton , and she told me about the depth of snow up there.

Tim: happy to hear your son is doing well, that sure is a relief. AND.......happy birthday big guy !!![bday][bday]. Did you get a new loco from the wife ??

GaTom: happy to hear that all went well for Luise, that is really gratifying news.

See you guys later tonight, unless the forecasters are wrong.....

[siberianmo]

G'day folks - back again for a brief stop - no coffee, thanx - I just want to sit.

From the comments I've read - looks like my layout photo has attracted some attention. Thanx! I have an album with RailImages - http://www.railimages.com/gallery/thomasweber
- for anyone interested in checking out the rest of the shots ........


grayfox1119

QUOTE: Siberianmo: That is one nice layout !!!!! When I enlarged it, it really showed the detail!!

Glad you appreciate it!

twhite

QUOTE: SiberianMo: What a GREAT layout!! Love to see some more pics of it--you should get a website (if you don't have one already) and post it so that the rest of us can drool! Nice work, my friend, REALLY nice!!

Appreciate the kinds words - see above for the website photo ablbum ......

der5997

QUOTE: Siberianmo: that is some layout, and a clean trainroom!!!!!. The mountain is very impressive, how tall?

Cleanliness is next to ....... I'm a retired sailor (amongst other things!) and "ship shape" is what I'm all about - got that from my sailor grandfather and father .......

The mountain is 64 inches from the floor and 34 inches from "sea level" (aka: table top).

SilverSpike

QUOTE: Siberianmo,
Wow! That is great, three Eagle Scouts, you must be very proud! My son just earned his Webelos badge and is now working on his Arrow of Light, the highest rank in Cub Scouts. We already have our sights set and pick out a Troop to cross-over next year. These guys are very active and have many Eagle Scouts, looking forward to that next year. When I was in Boy Scouts I made it to Star and was a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, then moved to Explorers and became so involved that I stopped working on merit badges, but had a great time on trips. We did a lot of canoeing and backpacking, including trips to Arkansas (Buffalo River), Mississippi (Okatoma Creek), Florida (Ocala), and Colorado (Rocky Mtns.).
BTW, great photo at the bottom of you post, is that the Matterhorn?

Yes, there is a great deal of pride to go along with the accomplishments afforded us by the Scouting program. Sounds as if you have shared many of the experiences that we did.

Glad you enjoyed my layout photo - I call it "Mt. Mayer," named after a good friend and neighbor of mine who convinced me to get back in the hobby a couple of years ago.

egmurphy

QUOTE: Nice layout, Siberianmo!!! Wow. It shows very nicely when you click on it to enlarge the photo. Looking forward to seeing more. Quite the forest you have there.

Appreciate the kind words about the layout. Thanx to YOU, I've figured out not only how to address the "customers" who frequent the "shop," but to post pictures too. See what you started?[tup]

The number of trees on the upper level (mountain range) exceeds 4,000. That's no error - four thousand. I have an inventory - believe it or not - of EVERYTHING that I purchased, right down to the containers of ballast and snow! Yeah - I have a problem! No more coffee for me.[:)]
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Here's a view of my Union Station passenger teminal:

[Anonymous]

Evening all

Siberianmo, that's a great passenger terminal. Wish I had space to build something like that!

Steve, not sure about diesels not talking to you - I've ridden on a few DMUs that were definitely trying to tell the driver something (possibly along the lines of "I have a serious mechanical problem")! Worst has to be the 153 I rode back from Shrewsbury a few months ago - driver nearly stalled it trying to pull away on a slight gradient, had to reapply brakes and rev engines again before it would move!

Well, saw something unusual today. Read on BBC news website about a new scheme to move timber out of Aberystwyth by rail (about time too - the line is underused and the road is clogged with heavy trucks). Today, I actually saw the train arriving - a pair of the "Network Rail" freight railcars (basically a container flat with a cab and a truck engine to power it) with a few 4-wheel bulkhead flats between them. They load logs from trucks (which bring them down from the forests) using the grab crane on the truck just outside the station - all that's needed is some flat ground. Will be interesting to see how it goes - apparently a trial scheme at the moment but it might be extended if a success. Hopefully it'll be extended to other forms of freight too - there's a few supermarkets and other large stores that could easily get their stock by container.

Well, tomorrow with any luck will see me up to my knees in bits of N scale loco - the parts should have arrived by then. Thanks to all those that wished me luck with the essay too - handed it in (to a deserted departmental office!) at about 11am before heading downtown in search of the Hornby wagon of the year - they've done a specially-painted wagon every year since 1992, and I have the lot (apart from 1993), so am now up to date again having bought the 2005 one. Paid £6.50 for it then came home to find one on ebay going for £14 and another for £16 - evidently to people who don't realise that they're still available new! Always kinda satisfying when that happens...[:D]

Bye for now

[twhite]

Stopped by for lunch--found the problem on the return loop spurs--forgot to install two NECESSARY insulated rail joiners--BUH-DUHHHH! Senility is fun, but I don't reccommend it unless you can REALLY handle it. But the return loop is running fine now, time to weather the rails and then get to installing Sierra City (hats off to my Sunset AC-6 cab-forward which patiently tested my re-wiring). So I don't have to run over to my LHS and stock up on Peco Insul-frogs--the Sinoharas will do just fine, thank you.
Talk to you later.
Tom [:-^]
[#wstupid]
(TOLDJA he needs a keeper!
Spooky)

[der5997]

Am in ongoing cyber-conversation with the techies, hope thye find an answer over the weekend,

***

QUOTE: Are you modeling the Canadian Rockies.

That's "were you", because the layout in question was dismantled in 1981[sigh] It was a ficticious division of the BCR, and the mountains were generic mainland B.C. Coast, Selkirks, Rockies, who knew? The base for the plaster was sheet pulp from the local mill. I wouldn't do that again, as it's really difficult to puncture to plant trees.

siberianmo: Fantastic passenger terminal - and parking meters to[:O] [bow] I'll see if I can find a pic of my B.C. Rail RDC (only had the one, but it had lights fore and aft, and the twin exhausts) I've a pair now in Normal, but they are painted still for Santa Fe. (...and a voice from Texas says "and what's wrong with that? [:D])

Must get to work on the foam and rocks.....

[der5997]

CapeJim:

QUOTE: Careful, Steve, in my line of work, if someone says their engine is talking to them, the word “commitment” comes to mind... (tee hee)

I kid you not, the slogan of the Stony Plain Hospital in Alberta is "Committed to Care" [banghead][:O] [(-D]

[philnrunt]

Just a daytime visit to see what I miss at night- place looks the same, don't know if it's Chloe or Zoe-as Homer would say-D'oe!
Fergie- It was a quiet night, and the sad truth is talking to this gang is hundreds of times more interesting than whats going on at the PD. I would'nt know any of you - 'cept Tom Watkins and Bill Mathewson - if you walked by me, but I feel like I "know" you as well as my non-virtual friends. And some nights, I'm just a ratchet jaw. And anyway, Bill M said that if a post dosn't fill the page, whats the point?
Then again, it could just be nervous energy from waiting for my SDs to arrive.
KenLarsen- OK, so you're NOT the Larsen that writes the articles for MR and RMC? Now you know why I never made detective. Gonna have to start reading members profiles. I might not even have his name right. Oh well, as twhite said, senility excuses lots of stooopidity. My apologies, and yes, I will check out your site. Promise!
Siberianmo- I have a friend that calls her husband Fuzz Butt. Don't really want to go into that too deep, now do we? As for waiting being part of the fun, exactly when DID that feeling wash over you? I've yet to reach that level yet. Give me hope, friend. I guess those who wait also serve. Now about that layout and that layout room- OUTSTANDING! I also promise that I will look up your site. Wish my house was that nice!
Twhite- I know the Wild Bunch well. Agree, it's one of his finer efforts. Counterfeit Spy is another one of his that is rewarding to view. He was a great actor.
grayfox1119- My Transport Dept forwarded Ed's tank of oj your way just before the last snow, and as best we can tell, it's in a drift, chilling nicely, even as we speak. Just not sure which drift. Hang in there.
Tim- Happy B-DAY! (disclaimer- All information regarding Tim's birthday is based on information supplied by Ed's Birthday ClearingHouse, and any mistakes, blunders,errors,inaccuracies or goofs, missed b-days, added b-days, or other slips are the resopnsibility of said Ed.) Many happy returns!
Toodles, all of you daytimers!

[GDRMCo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JimRCGMO

Must be about lunchtime, Zoe - I'll have an OJ smoothie, with some of that New England Clam Chowder, please. Smells great! [C=:-)] Did some of our Nor'east contingent send us a shipment of clams? Yum![dinner]

Well, I finally got a start on my color scheme. Still need to design the logo (I'm finicky, so that may take the entire weekend and more). But here's what I have so far:



It may be hard to tell in the JPEG, but the base color will be a dark grey, or maybe just a black weathered down a notch or so. I'll probably have some simpler logo, in maybe that sandstone or the rust color as the main color, and a drop shadow in the other. Sort of early diesel era colors (not as simple as some modern schemes), but with a simpler, blockier logo shape/design. Oh yeah, it's gonna have the Zebra-stripes a la SP/ATSF, on the front and back ends.

Fergie, after I sent you the link for AggroJones' trees article, I scrolled down and saw Ed had posted it too. [#oops] I went looking for it this morning and found that. Previously I had found AggroJones' site, which has more pics of the trees and his layout, but hadn't found the articles until this a.m.

Well, I'm off to our local K-Mart/Big K, to see if they have any of those blue filters on a blue-light special. Be back later in the day to see how many pages you all have piled up on me.[;)]

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

Hey Jim maybe I could give you a hand with it.
Mitchell

[Noah Hofrichter]

Steve, Could you tell me what you think of the current York railroad Museum? My Dad and I are most likely going there this summer, and we want to go to the museum. There is supposed to be a train you can ride somewhere, my Dad’s been looking into that a little. I’m curious to know what you think of it though.

Siberianmo, how do you do your Snow for your layout? I might do a modual of a snow scene, and I'm curious how you did it.

Well, Better get going, I have nowhere to go this weekend, and a long list of modeling projects to do. I’d like to get started on them tonight.

See ya!

Noah

[Anonymous]

Just a quick visit.

more work to do from work....

[#welcome][#welcome] KenLarsen good to see you here. Do come in often and have fun with us. I'm another one from Nova Scotia, about 1.5 hrs from John and 15 min from Fergie.

Tim - [bday][bday] Hope you have/had a great day and many more to come.

Time to get going.

Happy MRRing

[e_bone9]

Fellas and Fellettes (and since it's Friday so I'll have a Gin and Tonic- put it on someone's tab that's not looking) [oX)]

Just lurking and enjoying the chat- learning as I go... but I had to drop in a quick note...

[bow][bow]SiberianMo- I know the 9th tells me I'm not allowed to covet my neighbor's house.. but I'm gonna covet the HE** out of your layout! Fabulous... I'm not showing my wife cuz I don't want her to have expectations of that magnitude for my future efforts.. [;)]

Have a great weekend all. Caboose Hobbies is going to get another visit this Saturday for sure!

E.Bone

[Anonymous]

afternoon all....

nothing really going on with me.... thinking of heading to Home Depot to check some prices on lumber.... I have the list of what I need.... just have to price it now and see how much more money I am going to need..

well I'm off for now.... see you all later.

[bjdukert]

Evening all and Chole nothing for me,I can't stay long.
Will say a short HI to Attaboy and jdolan and then be on my way and check in tommorrow morn.

Siberianmo-Looked at your site a while back and all I have to say is WOW [^][:)][tup][bow][bow]

Oh,and Chole if Fregie should happen to stop by tonight put his drink and food on my tab,sure wouldn't want to see him suffer,espically if he hasn't had ribs lately. [:D][swg][:-^]

Brian-Watch the lumber at HD or Lowes,it isn't always the greatest,just my opinion.

[bday] Tim

Talk to you later
Duke

[Anonymous]

Evening all. Good news, my dad came home today (Friday, Mar. 11). He is doing well. The results of the MRI hasn't arrived yet. When I find out something, I'll let you all know. Thanks again, for your thoughts and prayers.

Well 'til later

Robert

[Attaboy]

Good evening all, I see LilRob is in here. Since there is no OJ I'll just have the Fuzzy without the navel. My sniffles turned into a full blown head cold. Maybe that will help, can't hurt.[:D] That's why I didn't check in last night.

Happy birthday, Tim.

Siberianmo, GREAT looking layout. I'm turning green and I don't think it's the cold.[^]

A belated welcome to KenLarson, Ebone and anyone else I may have missed. The eyes have been watering a lot the last couple days, makes it hard to read sometimes.

It's nice to see so many people getting through their health problems. Being sick is never fun. I'm hoping this cold clears out enough to do some work on the train room this weekend. I had hoped to have it ready for bench work this weekend. Oh well, a couple more days won't hurt.

Guess that's about it for tonight, see you later.

[der5997]

Noah:

QUOTE: Steve, Could you tell me what you think of the current York railroad Museum? My Dad and I are most likely going there this summer, and we want to go to the museum. There is supposed to be a train you can ride somewhere, my Dad’s been looking into that a little.

Have a look at the Brit Rail web site. There should be a deal called a Brit Rail Pass. It can only be bought outside the UK. The one I got (2001?) cost $99 Cdn. And gave me masses of rail travel options all over the place for the one price[yeah][tup] I really used that puppy[^] It doesn’t do for the Chunnel however[tdn] I hope for your sake the deal is still available, but I can’t say at what price.

[egmurphy]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers

Well it was another beautiful day down here in Paradise. Warm and sunny in the morning. [8D] It was really beautiful walking along the river in the morning, I need to post a few photos of that someday. Clouded up this afternoon before it got too hot. So I skated through another day without the a/c. [^]

We went back out to the orange grove today for more juice and fruit. The majority of the fruit has by now been picked and sold. What a change it makes. A couple of months ago the branches were heavy with fruit and hanging down to the ground (we actually lost a number of branches that broke due to the weight). Now you can see through the rows again, and the branches have by and large returned to a vertical orientation. The trees almost seem relieved to be rid of all that weight. There’s still enough misc fruit that escaped picking to keep us occupied for a few weeks. Plus we have 16 trees of juice oranges that are the last to ripen. They are sweet, but still not ready to pick, probably a month or so away. So the season will extend out for a while more.

So the FCVN has more juice tankers and ventilated reefers heading north with some of this latest stuff. But the FCVN can’t be responsible for what happens to those cars once they cross the Rio Bravo. So I don’t want to hear any complaints from the northeast if certain elements divert cars to other parts (Indiana comes to mind, I don’t know why).

QUOTE: (CG)Jim: One question: did you brush, or spray the base/paint before adding your first layer of the ground foam?

That tan latex paint was brushed on long before I did any ground cover. I don’t try to use the paint to stick the first coat of foam. When I’m ready to apply ground foam I brush on a coat of slightly diluted white glue and sift ground foam over that. Since I put several colors on, one over the other, the glue doesn’t penetrate through to the top. So after finishing the foam, I mist with a mix that is probably 70/30 alcohol/water, then dribble on a real thin mix of white glue and water, probably 70/30 water/glue (not really very exact).

QUOTE: My question on the glue gun was more about what kind of glue, actually. I know there are varying speeds of setup, and varying heat levels, and I wanted to know if it makes much/any difference for gluing the supports for scenery.

I think there are only two major types, hot glue gun and low temp glue gun. I think the glue sticks are silicone and are all basically similar. For gluing supports I think either would work. Of course, you could just ask a clerk in one of the arts & craft shops, they’re probably familiar with the differences. I don’t think it really matters.

QUOTE: der: Is that masking tape on the tracks? Do you find the tape glue stays behind on the rail head?

Yep, masking tape it is. Don’t know, guess I’ll find out. That crossed my mind too. Have brightboy, will clean rail.



Thanks to all for the kind words on my progress. It’s not all that much but it is moving ahead. It sure doesn't compare to the work some of you guys have done on your layouts, but I’m learning as I go.

QUOTE: TrolleyRob: I've not bought a digital yet. How if anyway would one post prints.

You already got one suggestion from (CG)Jim on scanning. Another is that if you take more pictures, it’s easy these days to have your photo finishing place make a CD with digital images of your prints when you develop the film.

QUOTE: I actually met another forum member over the weekend…… Turns out he's one of the forum members that lives in TO so it's a small world.

Out of curiosity, who was it?

Btw, did you see the article on turning a Bachmann Brill trolley into a gas-electric railcar in March RMC? What’s that? You’d rather turn the gas-electric into a trolley? [:D]

QUOTE: Ken L: BTW, it appears that Paul's ore dock is on the loading end, whereas mine is at the un-loading (steel mill) end --- sets the stage for a different 'flavor' of point-to-point operation...

Puts a whole new twist on the concept of interchange, doesn’t it. I can see you guys mailing a ship model back and forth to simulate inter-road traffic. [(-D]

QUOTE: Birthday Boy: …we update green crepe paper with the life like grass mat. Much better, his Thomas layout is a temp layout on an extra dining room table in the living room…

Yup, sounds like the classic progression. And probably more family friendly than gluing down ground foam to the dining room table. [:)]

I’m glad I got your birthday right. I was a bit nervous after the Krump event. By the way, I don’t show any more birthdays until end of June. But there are a lot of guys on here, not just the newer ones, that I don’t have a date for. November and December are our heaviest BD months here in the shop.

QUOTE: (northern)Phil: Amy also mentioned that I needed to get going on the next layout.

Definitely a keeper. [tup]

QUOTE: Our 4WD and camp trip to Va is about 6 weeks away, but I want to go now.

Is that the big popping the question camping trip? [:0]

QUOTE: Fergie: Layout in the Master Bedroom?! If it were my house … Lisa would have a fit! Hence the basement. ….

No basement here. It’s either where it is, not set up at all, or build the second floor addition on the in-law’s house. Fran has been very nice about letting me keep it up instead of asking for it to be put up when I’m not actively engaged in doing something on it.

QUOTE: BTW I probably won't be shipping Lobster, shrimp, Cod or Haddock as my service is just for the "Halibut"

That’s okay, I really like halibut too. It was one of the fish varieties that we had at home most often when I was growing up. Oh, that’s not what you meant? Sorry. [swg]

QUOTE: Siberianmo: I've been finishing my decaf, listening to what has been said, and came to a conclusion: one should not miss even one day, let alone several, at the 'shop,' otherwise playing catch up can be a royal pain in the "pa-toot."

That’s about right. And most people who hang around here come to that same realization pretty quickly.

QUOTE: Ryan: Two weeks from today we fly out to Las Vegas and rent an SUV for 9 days of driving, 12 national parks, 27 restaurants, unknown number of pit stops…

Are you serious about trying to 12 National Parks in 9 days, [:0] or was that just for effect?



LilRob, good news about your father.


Okay, that should get me about caught up. I’ll see if I can get a bit more done on the layout this weekend, just to keep momentum going.


Hasta mañana

Ed

[Fergmiester]

More bad news for the MESS, Both owner and investor took their DAR RDC1 for a trial run and decided it was lonely, So a second one has been procured for the MESS.

Oh my, what is this world coming to!

It's been a long day as I continue to blast out the bedrock on the outer loop. Blasting was so bad several cars left the track and I bent the blade on the Jig saw, darn!

However I now have an alcove with a road "blasted" part way into it. (This is getting way too real!)

Jim: Love the colour scheme and I think I have a logo for you if your interested! Mountain peak above the clouds with a whisp of cirrus whafting across the top of it, Kinda Mount Zeus like.

Phil: Any chance of taking a kit to work to widdle away the quiet hours? Oh how many anchor watches have I stood awaiting for the sun to crest so I could lay me weary head down.

Mitchell: Good to see ya as we were getting ready to launch a search for ya.

Si: Love the layout, almost looks like my size and dimensions. We'll have to wait and see!

Duke: I'll pass on that drink and wait for ya to sit and have a quiet one with me.

Anyhow time to give it a rest

Later Gents
Fergie

[egmurphy]

Couple of days ago Tom W and (northern)Phil were talking about copper mining in North Carolina. I just tried doing a Google search on "copper mining north carolina" and got more hits than I could shake a stick at. Here are a couple of excerpts and their address links. You can mess with those search terms to get the info as close as you want..

From: www.theblueridgehighlander.com/fannin_county_georgia/history

In 1906, the railroad's machine shops were moved further up the line into Tennessee, the progressive momentum of Fannin County was beginning to slack. The hordes of mineral mining was running thin. By the 1920's, 80% of the ancient forest was lost to loggers, land clearing or disease. Copper mining defoliated 60,000 acres before its halt, some of which were in northern Fannin County, although the majority of the copper mining was done in the southeastern corner of Tennessee.


From: http://www.gamineral.org/copperbasin.htm

"MINERALS AND MINING OF THE COPPER BASIN"
by Kim Cochran

The Copper Basin is found near the junctions of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. It covers about 60,000 acres, most of which lie in Polk County, Tennessee. A small area extends into Fannin County, Georgia.

Lot’s more on this site, looks like a good source.



Not North Carolina, but ASARCO is a big producer. This is about their operations in Arizona.
http://www.asarco.com/AMDC/frames/AMDC_Frameset.htm



from:http://www.blueridgehighlander.com/polk_county_tennessee/reclamation_project/

Sixty years ago, nearly 36 square miles of the hills surrounding Ducktown in Polk County were devoid of vegetation. Known as Copperhill, the region, which included parts of Fannin County, Georgia, and Cherokee County, North Carolina, was famous for its environmental degradation.

Nearly one hundred years of copper mining and ore smelting had totally stripped some 23,000 acres, and another 9,000 acres a total of 50 square miles ? had been impacted by the mining. The most intensive mining occurred after 1891, when the North Georgia Railroad was completed through the area.


Try using the Google search egine when you're bored on the night desk tonight. It's amazing what it can turn up.

Regards

Ed (who had no idea they ever mined copper in North Carolina)

[siberianmo]

I'm absolutely stunned by the comments regarding my Can-Am layout and train room. Thanx for the responses.[:)] Of course I'm proud of the way it turned out and it was the first time I ever got into landscaping at any level. Still much more to do .......

It's an odd thing about this hobby - one never really "knows" about how something like this has turned out until "endorsed" by those who share the fun of what we do. I really appreciate knowing that it really did turn out well.[tup]

I'll post the individual replies in the AM ..... so, for now - I'll pass on to my bride the comments made by fellow model railroaders.

Til the morrow - g'nite.

[Fergmiester]

Sorry Si but you're missing something..... let me think now.... Mmmmmm... MMMM

THAT"S IT!!

NO MESS mates

Talk to you tomorrow

Fergie

[egmurphy]

Decals look real good Fergie, are those the ones you had done just before Christmas?

Ed

[Anonymous]

Zoe, I need an Alan Jackson-type drink tonight, make it a double!

This has been the kind of day that totally KILLs any enthusiasm I might have for doing train-related activities. First, I hear news at work that may - or may not - cause my job to disappear (I'm over 50, not easily relocatable). Then as I'm driving home I see that the price of gas has shot up to 2.13/gallon, a 15-cent jump from this morning. So, let's see... my disposable income is being depleted, and I might lose my job[:(]...should I even bother doing the insulation over my trainroom tomorrow? Yeah, might as well, I haven't seen the pink slip yet and I may actually still have my home a year from now. Just need to dress protectively, gather the necessary tools, then get up there and start laying down that fiberglass...gotta focus...focus...focus..!

Pardon my ranting, had to vent, feeling much better now[:I]. Let's see whats happening with....

siberianmo:

QUOTE: Originally posted by siberianmo

...Awsome![tup] Makes me think I might want to do passenger after all, but that would require a second deck and a few helixes..

Phil:

QUOTE: Originally posted by philnrunt
KenLarsen- OK, so you're NOT the Larsen that writes the articles for MR and RMC? Now you know why I never made detective. Gonna have to start reading members profiles. I might not even have his name right.

Maybe you're thinking of Russ Larson, the former publisher of MR?

Luc:

QUOTE: Originally posted by luct
[#welcome][#welcome] KenLarsen good to see you here. Do come in often and have fun with us. I'm another one from Nova Scotia, about 1.5 hrs from John and 15 min from Fergie.

Thanks Luc, I'm happy to be here, I'm not always this cranky...

I desperately need a good night's sleep. May not be posting again for the next 24 hours, don't want to get any fiberglass dust in my laptop...and the ethernet cable won't reach out to the garage anyway! Good night...[|)]

[grayfox1119]

Good evening gents, I hope you all enjoyed the Clam Chowda we sent to Zoe from New England...

kent: if you want to rant...you go right ahead, that is what the coffee shop is all about, and many of us have been there before with pink slips. I remember the day in June when I got my layoff notice ( the only one thank God). Lorraine was home taking care of our four kids, a new home, no work meant no vacation possibly that summer. Luckily, I received two job offers withing a week and went to work at DEC ( Digital Equipment Corp.) for the next 23 years....so sometimes good things happen after a pink slip Kent. Don't worry until you have something to worry about, you can't do anything about it anyways.

Ed: where desperate for the Oranges and OJ....is the tanker and box car on it's way yet ???

Siber: I "did" show my wife your layout, my strategy was to show her what an excellent layout looks like so she will be more understanding when I buy things.[}:)]

Rob: Very glad to hear that your dad is home and doing better...real good news. I hope you give him some MRR mags to read.

Matt: How is the composition coming? We are counting on an "A" for the course you know, or we will cut off your OJ at the coffee shop!!![:D][:D]

Fergie: just a thought on cutting the mountains, have you considered using a Dremel tool, or one of those new RotoZips that contractors use to cut sheetrock? I have used one with metal and wood cutting bits and they do a great job with the added benefit of better control in tough places than a saber saw...less dangerous to fingers also.

Brian: keep buying at HD Brian, I am counting on you et al to keep the stock price up !!

Ryan: my wife and I want to do the same trip sometime soon. We will probably do it in late May early June before the summer crowds, or, after Labor Day. We plan to fly to Las Vegas, rent a Ford 500, and hit all the parks. Of course being retired, we aren't time restricted, .....money...yes!!! I had thought of driving out there from Mass., but with an Explorer , and gas prices going nowhere but UP, that idea got trashed real fast.
I was thinking that all us MRR friends could open our homes for vacationing members of the Coffee Shop as we travel about the country, Mexico and Canada at times. Great food, great hospitality, see others' layouts in person, meet our syber buddies for real and their families ...what a great idea !!!!!!!!!!!!!![^][^][8D][:)][:P][C=:-)]
[dinner][swg][yeah]

Ohh my, it's 11:56, I had better get to bed, 9+ more inches of snow due tomorrow morning...that means more shoveling.....

Good night all, bon soir...............

[trolleyboy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JimRCGMO


Rob, if you have (or know someone with) a scanner, have them scan it in and save it as a JPEG, then post that to railimages or your pics hosting site of choice and link from there. HTH![:)]

Jim in Cape Girardeau

Thanks Jim I do have a few friends with them,or I may buu one myself. Any software needed for the jpeg conversion? Thanks rob

[selector]

Good Day, all. I'm here late (left coast time zone), and for the first time. Hope I'm welcome.

Egmurphy, noticed an observation from somone, and a reply from you confirming, that you had used masking tape on your track. I have heard that it leaves more residue than what is called 'painter's tape'. I used the latter on my tracks, and it came away clean. Mine was green and comes in various widths...2" in my case, so it covered the EZ Track i was using fairly well.

Not sure if that is old news to you, but thought I'd pass the tip along, as others did for me.

Cheers.