Let's see...Well first... Lisa P! Yes, the Coffee Shop is a great place to jump into the forums.
PC: I got my car back at about 4:30ish or so...I dropped 'er off at 9:00am. They had my car for almost 8 danged hours. But it was worth it. Airhorns, and new ignition items.
happy jack wrote: 409, those sound great,love it! Had to show that one to my wife, she just gave me that look, like don't get any big ideas. Wonder how they would sound on my new Honda Element. How has every been besides hot. I have had it with this summer, I like fall and spring, nothing above 70. Right now I would even take a nice Wis day in Jan.
409, those sound great,love it! Had to show that one to my wife, she just gave me that look, like don't get any big ideas. Wonder how they would sound on my new Honda Element.
How has every been besides hot. I have had it with this summer, I like fall and spring, nothing above 70. Right now I would even take a nice Wis day in Jan.
Happy Jack: DO IT! That would be awesome. The Wolo Silver Streak Express DD is the kit I bought. It has of course the horns, all wiring and the fuse, a button, and a direct drive compressor so that there is no need for an on-board air tank. I know well of the Element, my older brother has a 2003 Element EX. However, I'm not sure of the engine compartment, and whether there would be a good space to mount them. I'm sure you could...I needed professionals to do mine, because I couldn't make a bracket myself. $150 for the Silver Streaks, and $100 for the installation. $250...That awesome compared to on-board systems. Check out www.wolo-mfg.com to see some other horns.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Scott:
Okay y'all...This is what you've all been waiting for...MY AIRHORNS ARE IN, AND SOUND AWESOME...But aren't as loud as I had expected.
Lisa: . We are pleased to have you make this your first port of call. Is that true, about NH having no Sales Tax, AND no Income tax? Enquiring minds will need to know stuff about your mrr plans, layout, scale, era, etc.; or your Railfan preferences. All this as a cover to just shoot the breeze and help each other with this and that. Hope you enjoy the company. What can Chloe bring you? It’s on PC’s tab, as he won top of page.
I think I’m going to have to replace the turnout that links my container dock to the spur to the mainline. Doesn’t seem to matter how many times I tweek it, trains still de-rail there. I think it’s just too small a radius for the site. Means re-arranging the tracks a bit to get a longer turnout in there. However, it should improve the fun to frustration ratio.
Ordered August’s MR from the library today, and moved a train or two, which is the first time in far too long. However, the track is once again in need of de-crudding. It has to be something to do with the salt in the air. Just having the layout stand idle builds up this film of train stopping stuff.
Bedtime once more. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all those in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Hello all! My first post after the forum change over (finally).
Not much going on, hot as could be expected in July in Philly.
Welcome Lisap, Happy Jack, and anyone else that I may have missed.
Around the beginning of the month I switched to using Firefox as my browser... somewhat better than Internet Explorer but I’ve lost my bookmarks twice to crashes (didn’t have to many fortunately) and certain threads here (such as the Coffee Shop and threads with a number of pictures) don’t seem to want to load properly.
There was a CSX B36-7 on the Tropicana Juice train (K651) a few days ago, too bad I didn’t see it. Would of been a nice change, as CSX power seems to be heavily SD70Mac’s and AC4400's and AC6000's and NS power is heavily Dash 9's with some SD70M’s thrown in.
A little segment on the news said that there is a bill going through that would fine people who get try to go through a flooded street and get stuck up to $2000. I think this bill is long overdue.
Is it me or does there seem to be less and less worth watching on TV anymore? There currently is a grand total of 8 shows plus the news that I watch that are currently producing new episodes. (It was 9, but That Seventy’s Show ended this past May).
I believe that is about it for now, Live long and prosper.
der5997 wrote: Scott: Okay y'all...This is what you've all been waiting for...MY AIRHORNS ARE IN, AND SOUND AWESOME...But aren't as loud as I had expected.…probably because you are in the car, and the vict…er...people are on the outside. That reminds me of this ditty from my childhood. “My face I don’t mind it, for I am behind it…it’s the people outside get the jar!”
Come on J, I was standing outside my car when I took that video clip...I've even lifted the hood and blew them...They have a great tone to them...But they aren't much louder than what my horn was.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
07-29-06
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
SCOTT: I think you did good. Great sounding horns. Now I really think you need a cow catcher on the front.
LISA: Sorry to hear about the A/C. I think a lot of people are ready for the fall.
JERRY: Sorry to hear about Salley's Father passing. Our hearts and prayers are with you and the family.
MIKEY: Welcome back. Is it me or does there seem to be less and less worth watching on TV anymore? Thought it was just me getting bored with TV.
Is it me or does there seem to be less and less worth watching on TV anymore?
DER: MoM is the President of the Quilters Guild here in Lafayette. They have a, what they call "twin" there in Nova Scotia. The club there send them material to make a quilt and when it is completed, is given to someone in in memory of that guild. The people here send material to that guild for the same reasons. Maybe we should do something like that with our stuff.
HAPPYJACK: Girls about a 5# bag of ice to go! What happened the icemaker not making enough? Our icemaker went out a couple weeks ago, and i refused to have it repaired again. You can almost buy a new refigerator for what they charge for the repairs. MoM gave up and came home with some ice cube trays from Wallyworkd the other day. Guess she got tired of bringing home bags of ice.
Girls about a 5# bag of ice to go!
P.C. Thanks for the settin of eggs and the side of ham for breakfast. Haven't had one like that in a long time.
Well I guess it's time for me to go find something to do. Oh don't take it wrong the company is great here in the cafe.
Neal
Mornin all, coffee n a couple doughnuts please Janie.
Another hot one on store here today, not so much the temp, but the humidity, so working outside will be slow for me. Went up to Paris last night for grandsons 2'nd B-day, and he had a good one, got plenty of Thomas trains.
PC, hope the checks ups came out ok for the wife n kids.
DICK, don't think a move to another state is in the future plans. It'd be hard to get Mother to move very far from the grandkids.
PAUL, don't think $10 beef would wake them, or running out of water even. They'ed just expect the GOV to come and take care of them and keep their lawns green.
RYAN, glad the family fellin some betters and your make it through all your nursing duties. We've grilled alot of corn in the husk. As a kid we use to go camping next to a corn field and cook it on hot coals in the husk. Have ate so much, it was hard to get very far from the outhouse the next day, but it sure was good
LISA P, Welcome to the CS, and hope you enjoy your visits here. I see DER has already ask the nosey question.
MIKEYGAW , I use Firefox also and like it, but can't get copy/paste to work right with the new CS format, I have to do pics in Explorer And your not alone with nothing on TV fit to watch, unless your really into staged reality shows or 1/2 hour commercals. I've been watching even more PBS and old videos.
JERRY, sorry to hear bout Sally's dad, if there's any thing Mother n me can do, give a holler out this way.
Not much planned for today, Mother get a cake to finish and deliver over in Casey this morning. I'm working on the shed addition and a little yard work, and the boys are leaving today [thank god] still alive, but with an attitude ajustment. We talked bout going camping, but Mother's decide we're staying home and enjoying the quiet. Time fur chores, hope ya'll have a good day
inch
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to Lisap. Nice to have you aboard. I spent a lot of time in and around Nashua when I lived in Lowell MA. The White Mountains are just fantastic, and Mt. Washington was one of the highlights of my trip deep into the state. Are the Polar Caves in NH? It was in the late 70s as a single Airman out of Hanscom AFB and again with my kids in the late 80s that I visited the caves...made it thru the Orange Crush, for those who know the caves...I was fit & trim back then
Good morning, everyone. My wife, Sandi, just invited me out to take an exercise walk with her through the park. She has re-started her workout routine this morning. I reminded her that I have a 1/2 acre yard to cut before it gets hot, and she said <quote> It will only be a 20 minute walk, then you can cut the grass<unquote>. I reminded her that cutting the grass would serve as my exercise, I'm old and don't have the insurance she is banking on to carry her for the rest of her life when I die so young.
Those airhorns sound like a neat item. I imagine the volume is set low, no louder than a standard horn, because our wonderful government is protecting (sarcasm here) the rest of us from the dangers of loud horns. Amazing how we, who now regulate everyone elses lives so thoroughly and flippantly, grew up WITHOUT all this so-called protection. No fireworks, have to wear a helmet on a BICYCLE, seatbelts, gun-control of law-abiding citizens...the list goes on and on. Who is Uncle protecting, and at what cost to freedom? oops, I need to go to the Soapbox Forum...sorry about that, coffee crowd. If it happens too often, just cram a muffin in my big flapping mouth
Have a wonderful day, all. It's Harley riding for me as soon as I get that danged grass cut. Someone could be a billionaire if they can figure out how to get grass to grow to a certain height, then stop.
IndySon
Hi lisap!
TrainFreak409 wrote:PC: I got my car back at about 4:30ish or so...I dropped 'er off at 9:00am. They had my car for almost 8 danged hours. But it was worth it. Airhorns, and new ignition items.
Sounds great though!
inch,
Sorry to say they didn't go so well. My daughter is doing OK, but my son and wife are not doing so well. Hopefully some new medications and some physical therapy will help. We'll see........
Hi Wetidlejr. I see you are located only about 20-25 miles N of Indianapolis. Is that correct? Just wanted to invite you down to the airshow in Indy on Aug 26 (I'll verify that) where about 30 of the USS Indianapolis survivors will be gathering for a mini-reunion that weekend. I'd be honored to introduce you to them.
Regards,
Hey ya'll!. I'll have a cheeseburger, fries, and a diet coke please.
It's been hot, humid, and rainy down my way. Some in the area have had close to 60 inches. I'm ready for the fall season. Oh....can someone say, football? It's about a month away. Training camps have started already.
Scott, the horns sound great. How about a loco paint job next and that cow catcher bumper?
Hey Mikey, back.
to Lisa P, and the other newbies.
Til later,
Hi every one.
I'm new to this also. I lived in central Washington State until my wife passed away last December. Now I am in the Tucson area where there are two seasons: Warm and HOT. I put a thermometer out front last week and it showed 116. The past few days we got rain. A lot more than the official records in the paper. The pool raised about 2 inches in three days.
I enjoy reading what you all have to say. Reminds me of a real coffee shop in Snohomish, WA that I used to go into every morning. See ya later, TARP
Hi Gang: The daughter and her gang are here. We met them at the airport and hauled them home. Tomorrow they have to leave for Albuquerque. Not near enough time to visit.
LisaP and Tarp. Have a cup of what ever on me. Lisa I'll second what Der said.
Tarp: How about telling something about your self. What scale, era, location, protype, freelance, and whatever you can think of.
Mary Ann is waiting to see the pictures from England so I'd better get out of here.
Night All
Greetings all, Thought you might like to see this.
Like Mississippi, Louisiana was home to many hundreds of interesting logging railroads. As there seems to be virtually no information generally available online about these operations, I will try to post a few tidbits from this area once in a while. I am slowly wandering over to courthouses in Louisiana to research logging railroads. If you are interested in a specific company or region, just e-mail me and I'll be more than happy to see what I might have.
Some Louisiana Logging and Sawmill Postcards
The Natalbany Lumber Co. built this large mill at Natalbany, just north of Hammond. Their standard gauge logging railroad was the New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez, which ran northwest as far as a connection with the Y&MV north of Slaughter.
The sawmill of the Industrial Lumber Company was located at Elizabeth, in central Louisiana. The company operated an extensive standard gauge logging railroad system north and south of Elizabeth.
The Long-Bell Company operated several huge mills in Southwestern Louisiana. This is one of their many Baldwin 2-6-2's with a log train of Long-Bell subsidiary Longville Lumber Co.
Another Long-Bell affiliate was the Hudson River Lumber Co. in DeRidder. Here is their large mill in 1909. The original Hudson River logging railroad out of DeRidder ran eastward. After the Long-Bell-owned Louisiana and Pacific Ry was completed into DeRidder in 1904, Hudson River log trains also ran over that line.
The Longville Lumber Co. , a Long-Bell subsidiary, built a large mill at Longville in 1907-8. Here is the company's commissary at Longville. The mill burned to the ground on June 3, 1921, and was not rebuilt.
The Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber Co. was another Long-Bell mill at Lake Charles. This mill was purchased from the Bradley-Ramsey Lumber Co. in 1906. Included in the sale was a 36" gauge logging railroad, the Lake Charles & Leesville Ry. Long-Bell standard gauged the line and it became part of the Louisiana & Pacific Ry. This mill cut out in October 1928.
The Gulf Lumber Company had the second largest sawmill in Louisiana at Fullerton. An extensive system of logging railroads was built northward out of Fullerton, and operated as the Gulf and Sabine River Railroad. A separate branch of the railroad was also operated out of Stables, on the KCS. The mill cut out in May 1927.
Here is a photo of King-Ryder Lumber Co.'s Porter 0-4-2T No. 33 with the track laying train in the late 1920's. King-Ryder was another Long-Bell subsidiary located at Bon Ami, Lou. from 1898 to 1925.
Hope you enjoy.
IndySon wrote: SilverSpike wrote: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 IndySon, glad to have you with us in the CS, and yes, it is a great place to chat. I keep a running journal in MS Word of all my entries, and reflect back on them often. We are only about a four hour drive to Roanoke, VA and I have that museum on my “to do” trip list someday. It looks like a great place to visit. Hey, I think one of my ole elementary school friends lives in Waynesboro, VA! BTW, what is “Lean Manufacturing”? Cheers, Ryan Well Silverspike, "Lean Manufacturing" is what we used to call "common sense" in the good old days, but now some brilliant college grads have captured yet another way to shake down the government and all it's suppliers with a new fad. Mind you, I am a college grad with 26 years experience in manufacturing, quality, engineering and business management...so maybe I'm not too smart and need Uncle Sam and his cohorts to tell me how to better run a business (since they are the experts on efficiency, operating within a budget, on time delivery, and customer satisfaction). Lean Manufacturing, in it's simplist form, is manufacturing with no non-value added activity...i.e., no unnecessary material, labor, movement or time waste. Everything must add value to the product or service. Problem is, when you work under contract directly for the federal or state government, and they require you "subscribe" to their Lean Program to participate in their job awards, well, they don't exactly encourage the elimination of non-value added activities because by their very nature, via contract requirements, they force waste. I know I sound sour to it all, but I'm not. There are tidbits of helpful info in the Lean doctrine, but for the most part, private business is much more "lean" than the agencies who cram it down our throats. I think the biggest joke is whne you must feign wonder at the "helpful suggestions" <sarcasm> your customer makes in how to improve your business while trying to determine your level of buy-in to the program. So much wasted time and resources. Makes you want to cry. What ever happened to just buying from good manufacturers who give you a quality product at the best prices, and just stop buying from shoddy suppliers/service providers (i.e., common sense). As for the Transportation museum at Roanoke, when I return from my trip this week, if you want, I can send you some pictures I took while I toured the place. It was worth the 1 hr 45 min drive for me. I think you will enjoy it, but try to go in the fall or spring when it's not so hot. When I stood in that GG1 cab, I was cooking. All the trains are outside, but some are under roof. They also have cars, trucks, and carriages & wagons. You know you're in the south when you turn the corner to see the back side of a diesel loco and come foot to stream with a 4 yr old taking a pee behind the exhibits...LOL. When you gotta go, you gotta go. My next Harley excursion is to Cass in WV. Haven't been there yet. On my list for this summer. For all you model railroaders out there, what's the best railroad exhibit, museum or excursion train you've ever experienced? I've been to the Colorado & Pennsylvannia state railroad museums, rode on the Idaville RR (MA), Strasburg (PA) and Georgetown Loop (CO) railroads, rode the ICE train from Oceanside to San Diego during a demonstration in the early 90's, rode the Coaster and Metrolink as a commuter in CA, and routinely experienced the subways in Boston & DC. I think the Georgetown Loop ranked highest for me...wow, what a feeling when you are in the middle of the trestle and can see both ends of the train easily on the loop, with mountain goats dotting the steep landscape all around you. I'll never forget that. Take care, all. IndySon
SilverSpike wrote: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 IndySon, glad to have you with us in the CS, and yes, it is a great place to chat. I keep a running journal in MS Word of all my entries, and reflect back on them often. We are only about a four hour drive to Roanoke, VA and I have that museum on my “to do” trip list someday. It looks like a great place to visit. Hey, I think one of my ole elementary school friends lives in Waynesboro, VA! BTW, what is “Lean Manufacturing”? Cheers, Ryan
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
IndySon, glad to have you with us in the CS, and yes, it is a great place to chat. I keep a running journal in MS Word of all my entries, and reflect back on them often. We are only about a four hour drive to Roanoke, VA and I have that museum on my “to do” trip list someday. It looks like a great place to visit. Hey, I think one of my ole elementary school friends lives in Waynesboro, VA! BTW, what is “Lean Manufacturing”?
Cheers,
Ryan
Well Silverspike, "Lean Manufacturing" is what we used to call "common sense" in the good old days, but now some brilliant college grads have captured yet another way to shake down the government and all it's suppliers with a new fad. Mind you, I am a college grad with 26 years experience in manufacturing, quality, engineering and business management...so maybe I'm not too smart and need Uncle Sam and his cohorts to tell me how to better run a business (since they are the experts on efficiency, operating within a budget, on time delivery, and customer satisfaction). Lean Manufacturing, in it's simplist form, is manufacturing with no non-value added activity...i.e., no unnecessary material, labor, movement or time waste. Everything must add value to the product or service. Problem is, when you work under contract directly for the federal or state government, and they require you "subscribe" to their Lean Program to participate in their job awards, well, they don't exactly encourage the elimination of non-value added activities because by their very nature, via contract requirements, they force waste. I know I sound sour to it all, but I'm not. There are tidbits of helpful info in the Lean doctrine, but for the most part, private business is much more "lean" than the agencies who cram it down our throats. I think the biggest joke is whne you must feign wonder at the "helpful suggestions" <sarcasm> your customer makes in how to improve your business while trying to determine your level of buy-in to the program. So much wasted time and resources. Makes you want to cry. What ever happened to just buying from good manufacturers who give you a quality product at the best prices, and just stop buying from shoddy suppliers/service providers (i.e., common sense).
As for the Transportation museum at Roanoke, when I return from my trip this week, if you want, I can send you some pictures I took while I toured the place. It was worth the 1 hr 45 min drive for me. I think you will enjoy it, but try to go in the fall or spring when it's not so hot. When I stood in that GG1 cab, I was cooking. All the trains are outside, but some are under roof. They also have cars, trucks, and carriages & wagons. You know you're in the south when you turn the corner to see the back side of a diesel loco and come foot to stream with a 4 yr old taking a pee behind the exhibits...LOL. When you gotta go, you gotta go.
My next Harley excursion is to Cass in WV. Haven't been there yet. On my list for this summer.
For all you model railroaders out there, what's the best railroad exhibit, museum or excursion train you've ever experienced? I've been to the Colorado & Pennsylvannia state railroad museums, rode on the Idaville RR (MA), Strasburg (PA) and Georgetown Loop (CO) railroads, rode the ICE train from Oceanside to San Diego during a demonstration in the early 90's, rode the Coaster and Metrolink as a commuter in CA, and routinely experienced the subways in Boston & DC. I think the Georgetown Loop ranked highest for me...wow, what a feeling when you are in the middle of the trestle and can see both ends of the train easily on the loop, with mountain goats dotting the steep landscape all around you. I'll never forget that.
Take care, all.
Lean Manufacturing sounds like the former 2LM in the AF. Unfortunately, it's no more and now we only have LL (Lean logistics). To put it in laytman terms... If we can't fix it, or are not authorized to fix it, we send it to a depot for them. Otherwise, they either go to DRMO or if authorized by coding and regulations, trash it!
JP
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
Evening all -
Hope this finds everyone in good health. Sorry I have not been around the past few weeks, but in the past 12 days, my 3 man office has dropped to 1 - me. I had one guy retire a week ago yesterday, after 34 yrs in our unit. The other is in the process of preparing to go to Iraq at the end of the month for up to 60 days, only to return for about 45 before heading out tehre again for at least another 45 with our unit in December.
As for everything else, not much else has changed. Still have the layout on hold. On my volunteer fire department job, not much there either, especially now since I am required to be on call 24hrs a day for work till Feb of next yr due to the deployments and such. Our local Sherriff's Dept investigators have found a few of the spraypaint cans from the incident at the CFO's condo complex 2 weeks ago. No arrests have been made as of yet cause they are still doing the investigation and don't want to make a mistake in it. Obviously, she is happy to know they have suspects they are checking out, but still a little upset they have not moved any quicker than they are. Oh well. She did get it detailed last weekend for $50 by a friend of ours who has a business doing such things.
Ok guys (and gals), time for me to get going.
Take care!
Afternoon all... i nice warm 25C down under today
to Lisap please tell us more about yourself we love to listen
Scott: Those horns sound great! I love hat too
No railfanning scheduled today, but i plan on heading down next sunday... The Level Crossing were I frequent, which you would have seen in my video a few days back, is now likely to have an overpass built within a few years...projected cost $A40 million!! somehow I don't think the public will like that, especially when for a couple of thousand dollars some extra signage and flashers at the crossing would be just as effective.
I Told my mum about how much it will cost and her jaw dropped... she then went on to say I don't care, in this day and age we shouldn't have to wait for trains. I said they aren't building it because of impatient drivers its for the safety of the road users. she went quiet. Last sunday when I was there, I saw an incident of Impatient drivers, the lights started to flash and a car stopped at the line, but from when the lights start to flash to when the boom gates come down is about 8 seconds, so anyways... the car behind the one stopped started beeping his horn and forced the driver in front to drive through the crossing just seconds before the gates came down very very impatient, and silly... I can see that will end up in tragedy one day... and I don't want to be there if it happens. but the idiot drivers who go around the gates and ignore the lights, its their own fault if they get hurt.
now my ramblings are over, you may get back to your coffee and cake
all for now Oz
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good evening folks, as everywhere else it's a real scortcher here again, hit the triple digets for the second day in a row.It scared up an awfull electrical storm but no rain with it today
Lisa and tarp, pull up a couple of chairs and make yourselves comfortable.
Ryan - Smoothies every day this week ? Man your going to burn out your blender. Sounds as though you need Ed to drop off an entire tanker of OJ at your place to combat all the colds and infections. Here's hopping that you guys get on the mend really soon.
Scott - sounded pretty good to me. Perhaps the compressor that they sell with the kit hasn't got enough preassure to make them really loud, still they sound good and that wasn't all that bad of a deal for the installation and cost of the kit. I agrre with everyone else, a nice railroad paint job and suitable locomotive pilot are now needed to complete the ensemble.
Steve and Mickey back to the forums, nice to see most of the gang all back in place again.
Well nite all the bed beckons.
Rob
Good Morning All.
Just a coffee, please, Chloe. Thanks.
The problem with be away from the coffee shop more than a day is trying to keep up with all the coming and goings of this group.
As I mentioned before, July is a killer month for me. And it's going to exit like it entered, like an out-of-control freight train. Just got back from a gig. A church located on the Jersey Shore held a Saturday night service on the boardwalk and they ask our band to do the music. It was fun but very hot. We had a land breeze instead of an ocean breeze. Today we are doing the worship music for a rescue mission in Philly. Unfortunately the place has no AC. Well at least I know my sweat glands are working.
Well need to get some sleep. Later.
Howdy howdy howdy.
Neal: Yes, a cowcatcher front is necessary. See below for further details.
IndySon: Yeah, Uncle Sam's a party pooper, ain't he? Maybe that's why us younger generations aren't really the same as the previous ones...We are so over protected...I hate it. Now, so far I have not found a way to adjust anything on the compressor of the horns, nor are there any silencers on the trumpets themselves...It probably the weak output of the compressor that creates the low volume...But I'll fix that eventually.
PC: Yeah, the appointment was definitely worth the time. Air horns , and the small tune up. My car accelerates better uphills now, and runs a bit smoother I think.
Lil Rob: Hmm...A railroad related paint job...Maybe...PRR...Red and gold stripes... I'll have to consider it. But for the cowcatcher, see below.
Tarp!
James: Well, I might not have that hat for too much longer...I'm looking for a new one...But right now, I don't want to pay $40 at least for a new straw hat...Or any $60 and up for the soft ones...So I've got this one. I do need a new one...It's too small.
Trolley Rob: I emailed Wolo asking about the compressor to see what they say...Maybe they offer a more powerful one...Or they just need to be broken in. And about the railroad related car...See below.
Okay y'all...A little tid-bit of information. Before I ever got my license...I expected my first vehicle to be a truck. And with the aid of my older brother...I was going to turn it into a locomotive of sorts. It was to have a cowcatcher...It was going to have dummy steam drivers that would some how spin along the bed of the pickup. A smoke stack from the front of the hood...You name it. But now that I have a Marquis...Things have changed.
COWCATCHER
I was actually thinking of how I could add a cowcatcher to my Marquis after I got my SBLoco vanity tags. I have a nice lip on the bottom of my bumper. Using maybe eight bolts or so...I could build an cowcatcher and easily install it. I was thinking about the design...My brother is a machinist, so he could easily help me with acquiring metal and shaping it and all. However, it would have to provide ample clearances for speed bumps. My car does sit rather high...But a cowcatcher would drop below the height of the curb...So I may have to back into a few parking spaces (Big car...nose hangs onto the sidewalk at times...), but that isn't a problem. I'll have to look at the underside of my bumper, and take some measurements; and then talk with my older brother about it.
Now, I'm not exactly sure what to name this "Project." I was thinking Project Locomobile...But Locomobile was an actual car company at one time...Project Rail Roader could work too...Anyone else have some ideas?
Welp, time for me to hit the hay...And then maybe go to bed. Catch y'all later.
Mornin all, coffee please Janie,
NO KIDS, OH what joy it was to spend a quiet evening last night. Jamie came and got them yesterday, but they still caused problems. They locked their moms keys in the trunk, so I had to take out the back seat to get'em out. Those two make Dennis the menace look nice.
PC, hope they get all the meds workin right again, we'll keep ya'll in our thoughts.
TARP , to the CS have a cup on me this day. This place does kinda reminds me of the shop here in town, most always interesting conversations going on.
NEAL, thanks for the sawmill photos. My Aunt Francist lived down in Yellow Pine AL. and I remmeber a lot of white pine logging going on there when I was kid.
JP, good to hear from you. Sounds like with work and all your going to be a tad busy for a spell. Hope things let up afor long.
Got some pics for today, but for some reason I can't get the photos to show up, so here's the links. Their of a 1958 motor car, that was over to Altamont.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/17900/cat/500/ppuser/4309
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/17902/cat/500/ppuser/4309
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/17909/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Got a heavy Aug. fog here this morning and I can feel it with the achey joints. Mother wants to go over to Effingham today and I'm guessing I'll end up going too, maybe get a little rail fanning in. Needs to get moving on chores, hope every one has a good day and stay cool
07-30-06
Hi everyone,
Was out to Grand Crossing at 3am this morning, only time you can stand being out for any amount of time. I get up at 3am every morning for work so on the weekends I just can't stay in bed. Lots of trains this morning, had a train insight almost the whole time I was there. BNSF won with 5, 3WB 2 EB. CP had 4 trains 2wb, 2eb. BNSF has been hot. Did you see their 1st Qt. post for the year their stock was up 28%.
Hope to get some freight cars together today, bought a A-B-B-A set of P2K FA's all four powred, off eBay Sat for $100 thats 25 per unit not bad. Their NYC lighting stripes, thats becoming my new railroad after 15 yrs of modeling the SOO Line. I only plan on modeling the NYC with the lighting stripes.
Well have a great day, and stay cool.
Dave
Dan
Trainfreak409 wrote: Now, I'm not exactly sure what to name this "Project." I was thinking Project Locomobile...But Locomobile was an actual car company at one time...Project Rail Roader could work too...Anyone else have some ideas
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My first thought was "Project Cannonball" because of all the obvious analogies to Casey Jones and the famous No.1 train incident in 1900. See the explanation/historical account below. IndySon
On the night of April 29, 1900, Casey Jones took over the run normally assigned to Samuel W. Tate, who was ill. At that time, an engineer “held” a particular engine much like a fighter pilot is assigned an aircraft. It has always been assumed since Casey used engine 382 that night, it was assigned to him. However, the book History of the Illinois Central Railroad, which was published in 1900, shows that engine 382 was assigned to Sam Tate. Apparently Tate held the regular run of trains No. 1 (south) and No. 4 (north).
In February of 1900, Willard W. Hatfield transferred to Water Valley leaving open his job out of Memphis, the run of the No. 3 (south) and the No. 2 (north). According to the book, he had charge of engine 384. This is the job that Casey bid on and won. The day of the wreck, Casey had apparently returned on No. 2 with engine 384 and was asked to “double back south” on Tate’s run on No. 1 with engine 382.
Over the years, there has always been some question as to what the train was called. All official reports about the wreck refer to the train as the No. 1, which was the ICRR designation. Newspaper reports from the time called the train the New Orleans Express or the New Orleans Fast Mail. There have also been some references to the Southbound Fast Mail. However, there is no mention of the Cannonball.UPDATE, July 2006 - According to the Official Illinois Central public timetable dated February 2, 1900, the No. 1 train is called the New Orleans Special.
So, where did the Cannonball designation come from? Very little seems to be know about that. While the name isn't found in any of the reports or articles from 1900, a newspaper report from 1903 is headlined, "I.C. Cannon Ball Wrecked Near City." The article describes the wreck of #1 near the Florence Pump works in south Memphis. Apparently the public referred to any fast train as a "cannonball" and it is believed that is where the name came from.
It would be many years later before the #1 train was given it's final - and many believe its most impressive name, "The City of New Orleans."
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Time to go out riding the Harley again today. Probably ride down to Lynchburg if the weather holds up. Got some late afternoon rain yesterday...typical summer stuff. Had ridden up to Natural Chimneys in VA and the first chimney I saw was a free-standing brick chimney, remnants of a home long gone. I'd post a picture or two if I knew how. Can anybody give me pointers on how, if you'd like to see a few from that trip and also of the trains at the Transportation Museum in Roanoke I took a few weeks ago, including their model railroad.