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

[Anonymous]

Luc: Great website, that was my first time to check it out.

[der5997]

Ed:

QUOTE: Oh, I suppose so, okay. But you know where this will lead to, don’t you? Pretty soon someone will show up who is in 1:1, and he’ll bring along his latest acquisition, and then where will we set the coffee pots and the trays for the sweet rolls?

Look around, aren't these 1:1 passenger cars? You'll have to ask Elliot where he got them.[(-D]
[#welcome] to all the new chaps, especially Matt in Welsh Wales. I remember a summer holiday cycle trip as a teenager up the A487,the Cader Idris pass, and down to Harlech castle on the A496. It was of course raining, and I had a cycle cape that caught the spray and grit from the front wheel despite the mud guard, and kept it all inside for mile after slow mile up that long grade! So much fun[;)] , but the castle was worth the ride. (I don't remember those road numbers, I got them from our copy of Bartholomew's which we brought with us when we came to Canada in 1967.[:D])
Tom:

QUOTE: Paul, what you can do yourself and what has to be done by a licensed person does vary greatly by area. The regs are still pretty relaxed around here. As the area grows and becomes more developed, they will tighten up considerably.

We were amazed in Spruce Grove, Alberta that I was allowed, even expected, to install the natural gas pipe line for the fireplace we put in our basement. Dug the trench, laid the pipe, made all the connections except the final one to the gas meter. Our next door neighbour had a pressure test meter, so we pumped up the system, and it held overnight. Next day the gas company came and did thei r final hook up. I can't think of any concievable way that would have been allowed in the UK. What do you think, Matt?
Ed:

QUOTE: Then you’re right in the middle of some of the best preserved steam in the world. I’d love to have time to visit Wales and wander around visiting all the old steam roads and museums.

My favourite tea towel, now getting a bit past it, features "Great little trains of Wales" reading clockwise from the top left they are:-Snowdon Mountain Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway, Fairbourne Railway, Ffestiniog Railway, Llanberis Lake Railway, Welshpool and Llanfair Railway, Bala Lake Railway, and in the middle, the Tayllyn Railway. Maybe I'll scan the pics before the towel falls apart.[:D]

It's getting late again. Cold day tomorrow, but not as cold as TrolleyRob has been having it.
Good night all, and God Bless.

[Anonymous]

Evenin' y'all

Got a lot of train running done tonight, ran the Kato for nearly 2 hours, and the Atlas and P2K for about 1 hour each. It sure is nice when you re-reach the point where everything runs right and smooth without having to help them.

trolleyboy: That's the advantage of having a Digitrax recruit at your local LHS, he has been asked to work for DT when he retires from the OKC fire dept. Z, N, and HO all have the same output, so it doesn't matter. I asked him why they made the different sizes instead of making them all smaller, and he couldn't figure that out either. I actually had him install, or actually teach me to install a decoder in an HO Kato, and the Z scale was his choice. That is something that makes a lot of difference in putting them in, it might mean you don't have to remove a weight.

Der: Ooops

[#welcome] to the new guys, Matt, cheese3, and anyone else I might have missed.

*** and Duke: Plowing i has got to be bad. Never done it myself, but I have seen the pile at the WalMart after a large snowfall. I know its no fun to feed cattle in though, We had a 9180 CasIH four wheel drive tractor (roughly 40000 pounds on 8 48 inch tires) sliding sideways pulling the Chevy through six foot snow drifts last time we got a good snow. Its hard to imagine a machine that pulls a 54 foot field cultivator running 4 inches deep can actually falter like that in any condition.

OK now, question for the experts, or xspurts in Fergie's case, what is this loco? Just wondering what AT&L had been up to...



Well, better go now,
Greg

[tomwatkins]

Good Evenin' Everybody,
Today was another good day in the mountains. Not much railroading got done, but quite a lot was accomplished on the bathroom remodel. It was sunny and warm today, but the temperature is dropping rapidly and there's a winter storm warning for tomorrow night and Saturday all the way down into middle georgia. They're calling for ice, freezing rain or snoah, depending on how it develops. We'll just have to wait and see.

Welcome to all the new folks who have stopped by in the last day or two. Have some coffee or tea, and something to eat. Drop by often and enjoy.

Welcome back, Robert, we were all hoping you'd come back.

Re the guy in California who caused the accident: two bucks worth of rope sounds like a good solution to me. All those innocent lives ended or changed terribly, and he didn't have the courage to do it. Unfortunately, the people of California may well wind up paying for his care and treatment for a long time. Justice can be hard to come by sometimes.

Philnrunt, I think one of the good things about getting older is that we learn what's really important and what's not. Consequently we pick our fights more carefully. I think there are a handful of really important things in life and they are worth fighting fiercely for. Most everything else is piddly stuff. The trick is recognizing the difference and acting accordingly. Sometimes it's a lot easier to say than it is to do.

Paul, what you can do yourself and what has to be done by a licensed person does vary greatly by area. The regs are still pretty relaxed around here. As the area grows and becomes more developed, they will tighten up considerably.

Luct, I'm sorry to hear that your wife is still having problems with the kidney stones. I hope she gets better really soon.

I'd better go for now. Have a great evening everybody,
Tom

[egmurphy]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers

I can’t believe how easy it is to fall significantly behind in posting. And I’ve actually chimed in with a few short ones over the past couple of days. But with you guys getting prolific, and with all the new customers dropping in, it seems like we’re just flying through the pages.

So first let me say welcome back to the guys who are dropping in after being gone a long time, including Dave9999, and JCtrain

And [#welcome] welcome to all the new guys in past day or so, including:
trainsRme
CFournier (Chris)
Cheese3 (Adam)
RailroadingBrit (Matt)

And of course, welcome back to LilRob! [:D] [tup]

Btw, looks to me like trainsRme and JCtrain live in the same area, Portland, Oregon. Have you guys ever tried to get in touch with one another?

QUOTE: JP:
Did you by chance 'note' my b'day as well? LOL......

I didn’t notice that you had mentioned it before (although I could have missed it in a post) or I'd probably have it .

QUOTE: (CG)Jim:
… regardless of what Ed says, we can accept all sizes, including (Zimpossible, Ginormous, Horribly Oversized and others…

Oh, I suppose so, okay. But you know where this will lead to, don’t you? Pretty soon someone will show up who is in 1:1, and he’ll bring along his latest acquisition, and then where will we set the coffee pots and the trays for the sweet rolls? [:0]

QUOTE: jdolan:
Hope to get it done by Sunday, then will get some photos and post them.

Jack, do you already have a photo hosting website set up? That’s usually the first stumbling block people find when they try to post photos. You can’t post directly from your computer to this forum. If you already have an account somewhere, fine. If not, this might be a good moment to visit railimages.com.

QUOTE: Railroading_Brit:
I'm 22, a full-time student at University of Wales, Aberystwyth…

Then you’re right in the middle of some of the best preserved steam in the world. I’d love to have time to visit Wales and wander around visiting all the old steam roads and museums. I was there very briefly in 2001 for a visit to the refinery at Pembroke.

QUOTE: grayfox:
… the 2-6-6-2 is sweet, it doesn't go with my theme of MEC and B&A, B&M RR's, but who cares right ?

RIGHT! Heck, I’d even run a 2-6-6-2 on my layout (or try to) if DW decides to get me one. Actually, it wouldn't really be out of place, NdeM had some 2-6-6-2's.


Teffy needs to be concerned. I actually got the lead out and restarted work on the layout this afternoon. [:0] Did the roadbed and prep work for the last three spurs. If I get the track laid tomorrow that will be essentially the end of trackwork. Then on to foaming, I mean on to foam scenery. [;)]

Catch you later,

Ed

[fec153]

krump- welcome back. got your 'puker fixed,or a new one?
Flip

[Anonymous]

Good evening everyone.

A nice cold crisp day here, did get a lot done as I work late on Thursday's. CFO said she passed a srone today, she has had major discomfort in the last couple of days, now she's resting.

Elliot - Have fun with your show and take lots of pics to share with us.[^][^]

Robert - A big welcome back!!!! I, I mean, we did not want to see you go. Zoe, whatever he wants on my tab. Robert please put all that behind you and have fun moving forward. [:)][;)]

John - CFO usually reads these along with me on most of my visits and when she can't, I sure pass on everyone's concerns/comments/wishes. She won't admit it but she likes a little attention. Thanks for your prayers. [:)]

TrainsRme - A big [#welcome] and drop in often.

Chris - Special [#welcome] to you. Which part of town are you in/from? I grew up in Ville Lasalle. Have not been back there since I graduated McGill class of 68.

Brian - [bday][bday], Hope you had a great day!!!!

Tim - Be vewy vewy quiet!!! It's pawot season!! [oX)][oX)][:-^][:-^]

Cheese3 and Matt - [#welcome][#welcome][#welcome][#welcome] to you as well. hope you visit often and fun with the rest of us.

Fergie - Remember, no crib sheets allowed!!!!![:-^][:-^][:D][:D] Good luck with your exam.

Time to go.

Happy MRRing

Luc

[bjdukert]

I'm back in for just a short.
***,I sent you an email by way of the forum and wondering if you got it?? Also,we have our share of that white stuff here in Mich, the south eastern part,or about 40 mi north of Detroit. I work at a car dealership,and guess who gets to plow the lot,so I know what you mean when you say there is no place to put that nasty white stuff.
Oh yeah,welcome to all of the newbies from a newbie.
Ok,out of here for now.
Duke

[Noah Hofrichter]

Robert, welcome back, We've been hoping you'd come back!

Well, I got more progress on the building. I can now set the main building next to the covered loading dock and it looks right, it just needs a roof. Then a coat of dull coat to take away the sheen, and a little weathering.

Well, I better get moving, it’s supper time and then I got to get onto my Homework. I’ll see you all later.

Noah

[Fergmiester]

Welcome Cheesie and Welcome Chris

Chris be very thankful you don't live in St John's, NF as they are getting clobbered once again this year.

Not much on the go as I'm studying for my final test tomorrow. Then I should be finished. This will give me a few days off before I go back to work.

Later Gents

Fergie

[grayfox1119]

Good afternoon everybody!! Thank you all for the BD wishes, gee I don't feel any older until I shovel snow.

A big welcome [#welcome] to the newcomers to the coffee shop, LilRob, Duke, TrainsRMe, Chris from Montreal, Cheese3, Matt from Wales, JCTrain, have some Swedish Apple Pie and if your real hungry, French Meat Pie, just ask Zoe.

Jim, the first laser that I worked on was White light, I walked into the lab and it was dark, the PHD told me to stop and put on these special glasses. In 2 short minutes, I knew why......he turned on the make shift laser and it burned a perfect hole right through 1" plate steel!!! That impressed me! I worked with him for about 2 months on the project. The company was a small R&D non profit Co., it was funded by big Co's who wanted us to find uses for new technology/tools on the threshold of discovery. Never, did I realize when I worked on that 1st laser, that some 40 years later, this tool would burn DVD's, perform medical operations, dental laser, lasers to correct eyesight, etc. etc.

Luc, I hope Gloria is feeling better today, we shall continue to pray for her.

Fergie, the 2-6-6-2 is sweet, it doesn't go with my theme of MEC and B&A, B&M RR's, but who cares right ?

Paul, just tell Mary Ann what Lorraine got me, in a nice way of course, maybe she will surprise you with a new loco instead of a package of underwear or socks.[;)]

Rob, sure, you guys can play with my new toy, heck, I'm still building the room, all I can do is look at it and drool.

CBS showed a graphic last night of how the CA train wreck occured after that dimwit left his truck on the tracks. He obviously is a very sick person. I really feel badly for those families who lost loved ones and many more are injured too.

Happy Birthday Brian !!!![bday][bday] 28 years old!!! My God, when I was 28 my 4th child had just been born, we just moved into this home that I live him now. Where have the years gone ??? Enjoy everyday Brian, time goes by sneakily fast. I hope you get a Loco for your BD too!!!

Robert, I never got to know you, but I stand in judgment of no man, lest I be judged too. It takes a real big man to realize when he has crossed a line, to admit it, and apologize. The world needs more people like you Robert, A big welcome back my friend !!![:D][:D]

Rob: Yes, I barely survived my BD. With all the excitement of a 2-6-6-2, nice dinner, strawberry shortcake for desert, and a bottle of wine later, man I slept late this morning!!

Tim: would you believe I saw a blue parrot on the birdfeeder today? The 1st I have ever seen here in New England, and in the WINTER too. He seemed to love the snow!! He had a sign on his back saying NS or bust.....I assume this means he is headed for Luc, John and Fergie's bird feeder next.

Chris: you may not like the snow in Montreal, but it sure is nice up there in the summer and Fall!! BTW, all of my family on my father's side came from Montreal area, Valleyfield also. The 1st came from France in 1680's and many large families after that..Jubinville is as common in the phone book of Montreal as Smith and Brown are down here. My GGgrandfather came to this area from Canada in 1870's.

Train room update: Today I thought I was going to start early on the room to get the joints all plastered, but a 7am my son called from work and asked me to do some snowplow duty. You see, I have two sons that live over the hill from me and have driveways that would scare the h... out of most drivers, like fuel oil delivery trucks. Their driveway is a winding 450 foot long road up the side of a wooded hillside, rising 160 feet above the lower town road. So good old dad had to go plow last nights 2 inches, ontop of yesterdays 7 inches. Of course Saturdays 22 inches left very little room to push snow, and edges are completely hidden by the drifts. Get the picture of this guys??
The old PU truck performed well and an hour later we arrived bach home safe and sound. Now they tell us that we have yet another snowstorm due next Monday into Tuesday.
And the U.S. Weatherbureau just said that Boston, and Worcester, Mass, have broken their all time January snow records!! I can hardly wait to see what February brings!!!


[dinner][dinner] Lorraine is ringing the dinner bell........time to leave the coffee shop, nice talking to all you fine gentlemen, see you later,

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CFournier

Matt,
Believe me you DON'T want the kind of snow we get here!!!

Hmm, I've seen the photos, it looks kinda fun - had a great time with my Land Rover last year in our brief snow season (got two days off out of it - uni closed down!). On the other hand, when your local shop carpark turns into a skating rink it can be a nuisance!

[Anonymous]

afternoon all... fairly nice day here in cali... no rain but it's still cloudy with more rain on it's way.

just be glad that you guys don't live in the LA TV market... all day yesterday was nothing but news on the derailment.

thank you all for the early b-day wishes.

Zoe - one Mt. Dew and a 3 Musketeers Mitched please... and when are we going out.... lol

[bjdukert]

Zoe I would like a hot cup of tea while I try to sort out what the inquiring minds would like to know.
I am like a few of you,had a small layout going at one time,then kids and had to wait awhile before I could start again. Kids are married and have thier own now, so I am finally starting some bencwork again. I am one of those HO guys,and it looks like they need a little help from time to time.
As to my BD,my mind tells me I am still about 25,but then my body reminds me that I am 57 and will be one more in Oct. if I make it that far.
Paul, I have a friend (I think I am up on my dues) in Del. that is into the 7.5 as well,and I see him once a year in a little town called Apex N.C. I first met him when I was stationed at Dover,and he taught me to run a 15" Crown. It was a lot of fun!! STEAM!!!!
I think I have answered some of the questions,but I can't answer all of them now,because there wouldn't be anything more to learn.
As time goes on,I will learn how to some of the little extras.

Oh yeah,I don't even want to get started on the Cal. thing.

Talk to everyone later

Duke

[CFournier]

Matt,
Believe me you DON'T want the kind of snow we get here!!!

[cheese3]

i do not know anyone in here. but i'll say hi anyway

[Anonymous]

Re-intro!

Haven't posted here for ages,
OK male, 15, Portland OR
American Flyer and HO layout.

Is this like a "BAR"?

[Anonymous]

Hi all, have been meaning to join in here for a while now (just got round to it!) Guess an introduction would be in order, I'm 22, a full-time student at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and model HO scale - my layout's a fictional museum vaguely based on the Illinois Railway Museum. Having said that I also have some N and G scale equipment, the N's mainly German as is the G. I also have some British OO scale.

Have been reading the posts about snow - wish we had some, best so far this year's been about 1cm of the stuff, hopefully there'll be more before spring arrives!

[Anonymous]

Evening all. I just wanted to apologize to everyone, whether or not you knew about it. So there wouldn't be any hard feelings about it.

I want to say [#welcome] to all the new guy's in here.

Also, [bday], to those that will and/or had them, this month.

Oh, one more thing about the freebies stuff. I don't really have any room for anything. I have no idea why I posted about it to begin with. If any of you have sent stuff to me. I will accept it as a friendship gift. To those who haven't, but, have thought about it, I say, no need to. Maybe at a later time though. ok. I'm moving on now.

Zoe, I'll again take the Mitch deep fried special. With a tall cold glass of tea.[:D]

Well, guy's, guess I'll go for now, and it is good to be back.[:)]

Robert

[cheese3]

hi, i have never been to the coffee shop before. it is pretty cool

[krump]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CFournier

Thanks to all the guys who are welcoming me in this Coffee Shop! I will come back!
Chris

[#welcome] Chris, Greetings from BC Canada, where I work as a Youth Probation Officer, and have a passion for this hobby. My Model RR plans include an entire Criminal Justice section - pull up a chair and have a mocha...
Greetings from the Shuswap - the snow is melting ([8D])

Everyone - it's time that I bought you all a free coffee refill [:)]

[CFournier]

Thanks to all the guys who are welcoming me in this Coffee Shop! I will come back!
Chris

[CFournier]

Rob,
I just checked your profile and saw you are into naval history. I too have some interest in that. I just bought the movie "Master and commander; The far side of the world". (I saw this movie 3 times at the theater!)
Chris

[der5997]

TrolleyRob:

QUOTE: Greg watch the Z scale I'm not sure if they will handle the same amp draw as an HO one. They are more spensive and I'd hate to see you blow it at an inopertune moment. Rob

You're right, but if Greg would go Normal, he could get away with it[(-D]

CapeJim: Good sermon. A suggested text would be Romans12:2

LilRob: No need to appologize on my account. I was blissfully unaware of the whole thing except when a draught of it would come in the door of the Coffee Shop from time to time[:D]

Zoe, a large hot chocolate please while I say Hi! and [#welcome] to Chris in Montreal.

Spent the latter part of the morning watching the 60th.anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on BBC World. Very moving and solemn, especially as day went to dusk and then dark, with snow falling. That's when the heads of state of all the European countries involved began to place candles at monuments along the rail line that had brought so many hundreds of thousands to their deaths there. In the final minutes fires were set along the rails for perhaps 100 yards.
The President of Israel was pulling few punches when he spoke not only of the Nazi brutality, but also of the reluctance of the allies to bomb those tracks and stop the masacre. Somber thoughts.

Greg:

QUOTE: Brian: Looks like it must be time for a[#welcome] !!

You'll make it a long weekend for Brian if you start now Greg, it's the 31st.[:D]

Zoe, I'll have a large hot chocolate sugar free, and one off Duke's plain donuts, if there are any left.

I'm waiting for a reply from a chap on the ndcc.yahoo group. Sounds like he has a NCE DCC system that uses a 6 wire phone line for the walk around. The MRC Prodigy I have requires an 8 wire ethernet cable(expensive) to do a walkaround, and I've got the 6 wire already installed for my Tech4 in DC. So, I'll be interested in what he has to say.
Looks like we may chalk up another "page decade" today. Glad we got thte second car to hold all the folks who come by. Amazing how Zoe keeps all the orders straight![(-D]

Better go down and see to the fire. Kris gets her head into a book, and the wood stove is ignored.
TTFN.

[CFournier]

Rob,
No offense here ! I understand what you meant.
Chris

[jdolan]

Good afternoon People, have been working on my redesigned layout and have most of the subroadbed down, now to lay the cork roadbed and the track . Hope to get it done by Sunday, then will get some photos and post them.[#welcome] to the new folks and I can be added to the list of older modelers, 64 until august . Back to work on layout time.
Jack

[trolleyboy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CFournier

Rob,
I'm in Montreal, I model mostly the WP in HO, central California...(I hate snow !). As for the charges against the guy who caused the accident in Calif. I can't comment too much... I'm a Crown Prosecutor myself...Sooooo....
Chris

Hey Chris don't i feel silly[D)][D)][D)] Don't get me wrongI have the utmost resopect for what you do,my dad was a police sergent for many years and saw many a real bad guy get the 'ol' pat on the head slap on the wrist type thing. Not the crowns falt or the judges for that matter some of our laws just need some revamping. Enough rambling I don't like snow either have way to much piled up outside my house. i'm in Brantford BTW glad to have you aboard let me grab the next round. Zoe two of what ever is hot and not moving. Cheers Rob

[CFournier]

Rob,
I'm in Montreal, I model mostly the WP in HO, central California...(I hate snow !). As for the charges against the guy who caused the accident in Calif. I can't comment too much... I'm a Crown Prosecutor myself...Sooooo....
Chris

[trolleyboy]

QUOTE: Rob: Seems I remember seeing one of those on Digitrax's website, but I have some decoders I need to use up. I'm just hoping the body will fit after its in. Otherwise I'll have to put a Z scale in it.

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Well, better go,
Greg

Greg watch the Z scale I'm not sure if they will handle the same amp draw as an HO one. They are more spensive and I'd hate to see you blow it at an inopertune moment. Rob

[Anonymous]

Well, another great day of school we got here [|)]. This is a great class though, play on the computer nearly all hour.

CFournier:[#welcome]

Brian: Looks like it must be time for a [bday]!!

Tim: Parrot hunting time!!!! [(-D]

TrainsRMe: [#welcome], drop in any time!!

Rob: Seems I remember seeing one of those on Digitrax's website, but I have some decoders I need to use up. I'm just hoping the body will fit after its in. Otherwise I'll have to put a Z scale in it.

Got Bullnanza coming up Saturday, oughta be a good show, but it always is.

Well, better go,
Greg