Jim and Barry thanks for the comments. The Lineside Telephone is a Details West kit. very simple only two parts. Paint them and ca them together. Done! http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/235-912
The Stop signs are scratch built using thin styrene cut to size (the Chopper 2 is a handy little tool for this). I hunted down a photo of the old time yellow Stop sign on line while researching them. I removed the yellow on them, resized to be accurate, and then printed decals of them. The styrene was painted a box car yellow, decals added and then mounted about 3 scale foot from the bottom of a 6' wooden post made out of scale 4 x 4. Very easy. I could get easily get away without the stop signs and be perfectly prototypical as many small towns did not have them installed in 1925. The design was made in 1924 by a traffic group called AASHO, whoever they were. The first stop sign appeared in Detroit back in 1915. Tomorrow I will install them on the layout.
The SLO&W runs in "Dark" territory so anytime a train enters the yard they have to call for permission of the yardmaster on duty. Since there are 2 points where the mainline connects with the yard, both points will be protected by using the telephone boxes. The other place is here at the end of the "drill track".
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
JimRCGMORay - the stop signs look good; what'd you use for the sign itself? Plastic? Thick printer paper? And that phone box is great - did you whittle that, or how'd you do that? (Inquiring minds and all that) Oh, I don't know that having a smelter in your house would be a good idea - your insurance company might frown on that.
Ray: The signs up here were about the same height. I have a couple of old photo albums from the 1920-1930 period from a recent antique show/sale that the mall up here had. There are a few other things about other signs I came across that seem to show that the pole height may not have been very uniform across this region though----like those signs though
As for "Burnin' Down The House-----" we's don't do smelting operations IN the house------'tis better in the garage/studio------heeheehee My Insurance agent knows about what we have and they have not increased it ----------yet
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Didn't get out of the parking lot, so I'll have an apple crisp, and a re-fill of the JRR, thanks. What i came back to say was , seeing as there are so many feliniophiles here, you may like to see what Kris got for her birthday from our New Glasgow friends...wrapped in a package that said "DIY Cat Diner"! In my photobucket account this shows as upside down, but when I go to edit it, it's alrready the right way up...wierd.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Evening, Chloe. I'll have the fudge brownie a la mode (yep, French vanilla sounds tasty ) and a Santa Fe mug of decaf, please. Thanks!
CederstrandA 4-8-8-8-8-4 would sure be something to see. Think of the tonnage.
Yep, probably would take code 200 rail for it, too! Rob, hope your headache and nausea go away (and that your bp goes down to a better level. Do you have migraines? Some of the symptoms sound a lot like those of migraines.
Garry - awesome drawing of that Quintplex (or is that a Hexaplex?). That F-9Am looks pretty sharp also.
Jeff, sorry I missed that post, or I would've asked off for the reception... So how did the reception and wedding go today? Are the couple newlyweds now?
Ray - the stop signs look good; what'd you use for the sign itself? Plastic? Thick printer paper? And that phone box is great - did you whittle that, or how'd you do that? (Inquiring minds and all that) Oh, I don't know that having a smelter in your house would be a good idea - your insurance company might frown on that.
Not doing a lot tonight - didn't have some of our regular attenders there for the DivorceCare group, so my co-leader and I talked a bit and then headed out. I got my RMC in earlier today, but ony one, maybe two articles that catch my eye just yet. There's an article on 'build-your-own' tanker cars, but that looks like way too much w**k for my tastes. I still want to look through the ads to see who has something new and exciting.
Saw a topic in the Forums about a small freight house craftsman kit (Sierra West), which only costs $55 or so (and for craftsman kits, that's a bargain, with all the detail castings that are included). Here's the topic link, if you want to take a look at the kit (assembled).
I'll check out what the evening switcher's up to outside the window booth. Prayers for those in need of healing, new job, comfort, and a good night's rest (which would be most of us).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good evening folks: I won't take me coat off, I'm not stoppin'. A JR Regular to go please Chloe. Dropped in to say that I emailed the Feather River Trains Newsletter to Ed, because it had this ...and he replied
Way too modern for me. I had heard about these coming out. I think they are going to do a KCS or KCSdeM unit too.Give the boys my best. We're up in Houston at the daughter's right now.Best regardsEd
Evenin' folks!
Anybody got a photo of that famous 2-4-6-8 (who do we appreciate) Loco???
So Jeffrey......... Any news? I seem to remember something important going on in your family today???
I got part of the lawn mowed today, some more of the garden weeded,and side dressed most of the vegetables with a little 46-0-0 urea fertilizer. The new lens for my Digital rebel arrived, so I have it unpacked and on the newer camera. Also got a few odds and ends done on the layout including finishing up some stop signs (1925 vintage) and putting together another phone box for a turnout.
Yes I know the poles are way too short for the stop signs (by today's standards) but in 1925 they were placed only 2 or 3 feet above the ground so they are correct! Nah, nah, nah, nah.... nah!!!! I am actually old enough to remember a few of the old yellow signs still being used. They were also only about 2' across as opposed to the modern ones that are 30" (and mounted 7' high).
Hope you all are having a great day!
That might be it----at least I saw a rendering of a 'Hexaplex' on the LOCOLOCO website under the Franco-Crosti boiler system. I'm kinda wondering about messing around with a CNC milling machine to come up with the frame for summat ---
OK.......Ulrich, Rob, Barry, and some of you other chow hounds..........is this what you had in mind?
My project for the last couple of days is C&S 700D. Colorado and Southern owned by CB&Q, and there equipment was lettered for the Burlington. 700D was part of a 4 unit set of F7's. It was involved in a head on collision and was rebuilt by EMD. After the rebuild, it looked like an F9-A, but internally it was still an F7. EMD desiganted the rebuilt loco to be an F9-Am. The model is a Stewart F9-A, and I added grab irons, hand rails, and spark arrestors. I painted and lettered it. It is not yet weathered. I might show more in WPF.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
JimRCGMOGood point there, about Jeff neglecting to mention the 'open' reception...
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1/2 cup coffee, please.
***Bama, hope you land that CSX job. Sounds like a physical job.
A 4-8-8-8-8-4 would sure be something to see. Think of the tonnage.
Well, last night my mild headache turned into nausea and has remained this way through the day. Sure makes doing critter rounds un-fun. Farrier came out today and trimmed Tinytoon's (dwarf horse) and Jellybean's (mini donkey) hooves. Other than that, I've been pretty much resting. BP is kinda high again. It should pass, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Have a good night all.
Rob
Good Afternoon/Evening---
Got all todays client visits down. Still have Wednesday and Thursday to do then I'll have a 3 day weekend---I left the house this morning and forgot the camera---came across 2 old, semi-abandoned mills and an old abandoned factory site north of here. Industrial Archeology here we go Phoned up friend of mine and told him of what I came across and we's goin' mill huntin' Saturday
So, Flo, I'll have a RBF and a Blueberry Pie please-----yes, the whole thing I'll be at the RC with Ulrich & Ray. Ulrich: a 4-8-8-8-8-4 might be a tricky one----but the funny thing is--these Quads/Quintuplexes did get on paper----it's just as well they never got done
Afternoon all. Got my car finished up this morning about 10, then it was off with the wife to her supposed orientation. I say supposed because it was supposed to be at 9am, although for some reason, she thought it was 1pm....oh well, we'll be going again, at 9am this time, next tuesday.
On the employment front, I filed an application with CSX for a trackworker, so I'm sincerely hoping that it comes through, since it appears that nothing else has. Well, we've got grilled and bbq'ed chicken leg quarters to do tonight (read: I've got to grill them), along with whatever else my wife thinks of for dinner this evening. The GP40-2 has been put on the back burner for right now, still soaking in its bath of 91% alcohol, so no work on it.
For the moment, I'll have a RBF and then I'll be off to get some dishes done now that the sink drain is finished (doggoned old plumbing cracking and leaking when there's am day and half's dishes to be done!). Well, I guess I'll be in later this evening after dinner and all with my family and friends.
Robby, I've got an MNS car as well.
Chris, it was. I'm probably going to either build a 4x8 layout with some extensions (a shelf with staging behind a paper mill) and also an extension at the front to handle a crossing by another RR (a guy on another forum offered me some turnouts and two crossings that I'll probably end up buying), or take adavnatage of a long area that would be perfect to have an industrial area, then transfer to a mainline w/ a pasisng siding and an industry or two.
There is a small chance that I will have to split the room I'm getting w/ my little brother this spring, in which case I would have to tear down what I'd built and build a smaller layout, though this would have a decent-enough mainline run to operate trains on, not just switch.
I'm leaning towards the extended 4x8 now though.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good afternoon everybody, Chloe? a bucket of coffee please and thankyou, yep, the strong stuff...
Don't know why I just don't have much energy here lately... I think since we got some window air conditioners put in a couple of weeks ago, the nicely cooled house just makes me wanna hibernate!!!!
Well, down to business.
ULRICH: The Railbox is looking pretty good! I agree with the "grease" on the door tracks. Go slow, look at reference pics frequently, and you'll come out just fine with weathering. The big danger, as I've found, is not knowing when to just leave it alone...
SAWYER: I was wondering if the 8x12 plan was included in the Right of Way and capital expenditures request process...
J.R.: The guy was technically "too big" to be a ball turret gunner. It didn't take many missions before they decided instead to train him to operate jamming equipment. The first ship bringing the stuff was torpedoed. It didn't sink, but the shipment was flooded with salty sea water...and ruined. So, he got a bit of a "vacation" while waiting for the next shipment. Since jammers were relatively few in number, he flew with a different crew each time. Neat guy! I remember seeing a movie, don't remember if it was a documentary, or some Hollyweird product...but they had the thing about having to retract the ball before landing, and I remember something about it being stuck in the down position... with potentially messy consequences. I've always liked the B-17s, very cool looking plane in my book. It's hard to imagine in this day and age of computer-driven jets, un-manned attack drones, etc.; to picture a plane with ten guys on it, and eight of them manning a .50 cal machine gun. Amazing.
JIM: Thanks fer lettin' me snooze.... although Rerun wondered why it took me so long to get home.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shazbot. I gotta make some calls for w**k yet today. THAT editor really wants me to do the article on our national senior bowling champ this week... School board meeting tomorrow evening, yippee yippee yippee.
I'd best get the calls made, will stop back later to catch up again....
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Well its afternoon, and I haven't done to mcuh yet. Now I think I will clean the house.
I did go by the LHS (thanks to the Ann Arbor car selling), and got my next project. Its a MNS boxcar. I just finished the fade, and I will let that dry over night. I did a fade once, and waited about a hour or so. Well that didn't go to good . Now I do the fade, and then let it dry.
Here's a shot of the car (before). Hopefully tomorrow I will get some progress shots up.
Hope everybody is having a good afternoon.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
TMarsh PC- Glad you got the wife to ride the bike. Now you can take those long rides and not feel guilty about leaving so long. Maybe.
PC- Glad you got the wife to ride the bike. Now you can take those long rides and not feel guilty about leaving so long. Maybe.
I was thinking the same thing!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have a bowl of oatmeal this morning with a couple handfuls of the those delicious looking blueberrys that Dick brought in on top. And my usual in a FGLK Mug of course.
I'll go sit at the Rivet Counter and discuss 44 tonners, how to get lost in a 3 horse town with less than 6000 people and 3 branches of the same bank, why we didn't get invited earlier to the reception (I think somebody knows what a party bunch we have here...), and how to keep from from burning your house down while doing metalurgy....
Currently 65°F here in the Finger Lakes with a high around 70°F later this afternoon. Lots of sunshine and winds of 10 to 20 MPH. Perfect weather for my liking. Think I'll work on mowing the lawn and finishing weeding the garden. May mosey on out to the museum this evening to give a hand with a few projects out there. I also plan on finishing up a couple of projects on the layout as well.
Guess I best get moving if all of those things are to get done.
Catch you all later!
Guys - thanks for your "praise" on my second weathering attempt. This morning, after my first coffee here in the diner, I just opened the looked at the box car I had assembled some days ago I decided to just try it again - after looking at Robby P.´s pics again.
I shouldn´t be telling you how I did it - or should I?
Well the experts will kill me. Here we go!
My compressor is out of service, no airbrush. I don´t have any chalks, just powder pigments and the don´t work the way I want it. I do have some rust colored paint that I applied with a stiff small brush, but very dry - hardly any paint on the brush. And I do have two spray cans, black and sand color. I just carefully sprayed a mist of color over the car, after I had dabbed on the rust - that´s all. I will, however, try out to work with those chalks, after I have found out where to get them - promised!
Jim - just for you, this was my first attempt:
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have a blueberry bagel and a cup of coffe in a Santa Fe mug, please 'n' thank you.
Ulrich, your 'start' looks great! (I didn't see your earlier weathering job) I'd bet that boxcar's only a few days out of the paint shop, eh? Keep at it and I'm sure you'll get better with it, too. Nice thing on weathering (with the chalks, at least) is that they seem to last a lonnnngggg while. The Dullcote probably runs out way before the chalks do, and the brushes don't wear out very quickly at all. Looks like the other Diners already had a couple of tips for you, so you came to the right place, didn'tcha?
I see PC's got a big smile on his face - bet he's been riding his bike recently - Oh, you were!
Looks like Jeff will have a full day - "all comers" for the reception? Did they post an invite at the post office? Well, hopefully the reception guests will behave themselves. Thanks for posting that ex-D&RGW diesel photo, too.
And JR, I see you've been making sure our border security folks are doing their job, eh? Hope you get the friendlier guards when you visit your mother.
Lee, best wishes on your scraping being done (and on the Kilz airing out quickly - boy, that stuff stinks! Got any plans/drawings for the port area yet?
Todd, are you saying that Williamsville is a two-horse town? Heck, Cape G. has some of those streets named after the town they used to go to (before the interstate cut them in half..). Good point there, about Jeff neglecting to mention the 'open' reception...
Our weatherguessers are saying we may likely get some rain later today (afternoon/evening) as the front moves through. On the radar this a.m. it looked like some of the front could be some heavier thunderboomers, so everybody to my east and north (Garry, our Illinois Diners, and our Ohio Valley folks), you may need to get off the computer when the front gets close to you. Gardens most likely will be watered by this front, I'd guess!
I'll sit at the window booth for now - it looks kinda lonely since so many have been sitting at the RC. (Poor little booth...)
Chris, I've got a great 8x12 plan now. Lot of industries on one side, a large fertilizer plant complex on the other, and a 4-track staging yard, though it won't be used except for display running unless it can fit a 13 car train+loco and caboose (fertilizer train) or a train of probably a dozen cars or so + loco and caboose (the local).
Jim, I'll be using Gothic Block-White lettering from microscale for the numbers, and that'll be all (in fact, jsut the caboose, rs-1, C-Liner, and GP35 will get numbers as of right now)
Garry, thanks!
Lee, good advice man, thanks. I don't have many train shows (in fact, pretty much zero) that I can go to, I don't have any way to use ebay, etc. I did get an offer of some track pieces from a guy on another forum, I just need to get the money. I'll be using flextrack and woodland scenics roadbed.
Mornin' all, (he he he) Pak-A-Pig, Man I love that. Just coffee please aaah maybe a sweet roll. Thanks.
DerJohn- Sorry, I haven't checked E-mail since the fourth of July! I get out of the habit occasionally. Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna give it a try.
Ray- Glad to hear the good Docs report. It was nice for him to send the good news via a cute carrier pigeon!
Joe- Track plan looks good. Or I should say the basic design relating to the bench work as a whole. I'm not good at track plans themselves. My comments on your thread were pointed mainly at the bench work plan. I could just see some things that when put to the wood so to speak, I didn't think you'd be happy with when you actually had it up. I'm sure you'd want some space for additional industries and things for your railroad to do. This setup will allow you to have room and make any changes a whole lot easier as you get into laying track. I ran into a very similar problem and I just wanted to help someone else NOT get into the same pickle barrel if they didn't have to. Sometimes however space dictates something totally different. Good luck!
Ulrich- Good luck with the F7. Boxcar looks good. It looks LOTS better than my second attempt. Or third, or fourth. You could get the hang of this real quick!
J.R.- Your diner and switcher setup sounds good to me. Also I've got an Idea on the border crossings. Maybe if you shaved, wore a white T-shirt,(plain not with any car related stuff. Do you have any? I would've had to say no a few years ago when I was into cars and shows) Some shorts with pockets that look like short dress pants, don't forget the black belt, black socks and some Wingtips or any black lace type shoe. Maybe you'd look like just any tourist and they'd let you right on through.
I always wear a big Lonestar Beer belt buckle, always have. The only place I had trouble getting through a metal detector, pre-terrorist attacks mind you, was George Bush Incont'l Airport in Houston (second most humid town I‘ve ever been to). Land of the big buckles. Ironic.
Jeff- I can understand her getting lost. 3 bank branches in one town? Streets with numbers? That must be a huge town. We have one bank and our streets are either named for trees, the town it USED to go too or the name of the first family to live on the street. Your burg must be HUGE!!! Oh wait, some people visiting get lost in Williamsville too. Never mind.
Speaking of Jeff, Did ya notice he waited until today to say the reception is open to all comers? No time for most of us to get there. Smart man.
Aaaand Ryan- If yer peeking in occasionally I want to say I made the Crawfish Monique, (with shrimp subbed) and it was delicious. Loved it. We had some left over (not much) and took it to a friend of ours and they raved over it! It will be made again. Yuuuuuuum, YUM!
Have a Great Day!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Mornin' All!
Make mine a BIG cup this morning!
So, how's everything in your world?
I see Jeff's got a full day planned!
I see that rain is heading across the Mississippi River this evening, but today looks good around here! Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East southeast wind around 7 mph. Perfect riding weather!
Speaking of riding, I finally got the wife to ride with me last evening. We rode down to southern Indiana (Nashville, IN) and rode around in the hills for a while. We did nearly 200 miles, and she loved it! She wouldn't ride with me before because she didn't have a backrest. SHE DOES NOW! I think I'm going to be sharing my rides a lot more now. I'm all for that!
Oh well, gotta run!
Later!
Good morning, another sunny day but very cool for this time of the year, only 59F at 8:45, unheard of in mid July !!
Waiting a few more minutes so that I can call MicroEngineering to get Sprue 12 that was missing from my kit. They are very good at customer support, so it will be sent out in the mail this morning I'm sure.
VINCENT & GARRY: With all the rains we have had this late Spring and early Summer, the blueberries are very big and very plentiful. And Vincent, the birds know it too, so get your bushes covered, the birds are up eating at daybreak while we are still in bed, they will pick the bushes bare in an hour or less.
RAY: Sounds like you had a very successful day under the benches with re-wiring! I hope your knees ar not in rebellion today.^_^.
LEE: I have noticed the same good deals at shows also, this is a great way to pick up many layout needs.
Time to call ME, talk later guys,
Good morning.It's 77 and sunny. The high will be in the high 90's and it will be partly cloudy.Today is the day for my niece and her fiance, their wedding day that is. We're expecting 30 guests for the wedding and the reception is open to all comers. It's gonna be a busy day for me so I won't have much time for the layout. On nice thing, my other niece (younger sister's daughter) drove in from Colorado last night. She arrived a little late because she got lost in Dallas. Been there and done that so I can understand how it could happen. But here's the funny thing. She got lost in Leesville! How the heck do you get lost in a little burg like Leesville? Well here's how. She had been told to wait in the Vernon Bank parking lot on the north side of town. Problem is, there are three Vernon banks on that side of town. She was at the wrong one so none of the landmarks she'd been told to look for were in sight. It wasn't until she was asked if she could see a Sonic restaurant that we realized what had happened. She couldn't see a Sonic but she could see a Leesville Leader building. That explained it! She was at the Third Street branch, not the Main branch on 5th Street.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 7/14/2009Heat Index: 83°FHumidity: 93%Dew Point: 75°FSo Far TodayHigh: 82°FLow: 77°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 7mph NNEToday High: 98 Increasing clouds. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.Tonight Low: 75 Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Good morning. I will take take the hungry mans breakfast.
Not to much planned today. Mostly clean the house. I'm out of trains to weather, and I won't get any more till I see what these two I did/do.
Ulrich.........I agree, along the bottom of the door needs a bit of grime. Much improved!!
Well I guess I will pop back in later.
Have a good one.
GMTRacing One tip is the upper and lower tracks for the door should also get a heavy coat of grease and rust as they take a real beating in service.
One tip is the upper and lower tracks for the door should also get a heavy coat of grease and rust as they take a real beating in service.
Thanks for the tip - I´ll wet my brush and put a little glossy black paint there
Good morning all,
I scraped, and scraped but I finally got all the loose paint off the basement walls in my third room down there. I don’t think those walls have seen new paint in the last 60 years. This room was a canning kitchen and had makeshift cupboards and counter tops. I gutted the room and will be converting it into a 12’ x 9’ “U” shaped port facility. Tracks will travel under the stairs to connect my main layout to this one. My neighbor gave me his old kitchen cabinets after I installed his new kitchen and these will go around the room for storage under the layout. I hope to put a second coat of KILLZ on the walls and set the cabinets in place today.
Sawyer: I spent 3 years collecting turnouts and stuff for my layout; if you plan on using flex track (much cheaper and versatile than snap together tracks) you can start shopping now for used items. Over 3 years I acquired over 100 turnouts for around $1 each. Some of the more exotic turnouts costing me a little more; 3 way turnouts run about $5-$10 used, Wye turnouts run about $3 used, I even have some curved turnouts with a 36 degree radius I bought for $10 each. Now remember this was over a 3 year period. If you go to train shows or flea markets watch for the boxes under the table or boxes of turnouts. If you buy flex track and flexible cork roadbed by the case off the internet you can expect to pay 50 to 99 cents for 3’ of roadbed and around $2 for 3’ of flex track. The price gets sweeter the more you buy so I went in with a couple of friends and bought 4 cases. I think I paid $1 for 3’ of flex track and 25 cents for 3’ of roadbed. I can’t help you out with your parent’s vision of your rail empire however.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning All,
A regular and a couple of glazed donuts please Zoe. Temps in the 40's (F) this morning but I'm not complaining.
Speaking of these monstrosities we keep seeing did I just see a prerelease announcement for the Baldwin Centipede or did I imagine that? Once they get the tooling, perhaps they'll make a babyface as well. That I would need for my (proposed on the layout) museum collection of unusual locomotives.
Chris - a ball turrent gunner eh? Probably was a little guy. That's what my dad did in the Pacific only they changed out the B-17's for B-24's fairly quickly (longer range, more payload). Little known trivia is the turrents were very small so usually the smallest crew were chosen for that job, and if the plane was hit and the electrics went out the turrent needed to be cranked back up manually and rotated as the parachute couldn't be carried in the ball. On the other hand, having that happen saved my dads' life as the rest of his crew were shot in their chutes and it took him so long to get out the Japanese forgot about him.
Ulrich - nice job on the weathering. We have a similar car at the rail museum here. One tip is the upper and lower tracks for the door should also get a heavy coat of grease and rust as they take a real beating in service.
I see we've moved again. May I propose a vote on the acquisition of a permanent switcher so we can move with impunity? I nominate the venerable GE 44 tonner. With two Cat diesels it is easy to work on and has enough grunt to shift three full size coaches though it is limited in top speed. That way we could treat the ladies to a full sized dining car and we could look for an observation car to add reading and lounge room. Whaddya think?
The trip to Quebec went well but U.S.Customs is turning into a real ordeal these days. Although I use an exempt motorhome (class 1) to pull my trailer I now use full commercial paperwork and get flagged to impound every time. Coming back through Champlain was no exception. I was sent to impound, had to pay an additional entry fee for the privilige of bringing my own stuff back in and got to get the rig X-rayed as well. Now don't get me wrong, I know what an important job border security is, but there is no signage or help for the various lots (a problem as I don't do this every day) and there is no reason for rude/surley people. I always treat the men and women manning the border with politness and respect and I don't think a little reciprosity on their part is asking too much.This year has seemed especially bad both times. I guess we'll see again when I go to visit my mom in Nova Scotia next week. Enough with the rant and back to it in the shop. Catch y'all later. J.R.
Dick and Garry, that reminds me I need to go out and pick some from the bush in my yard before the squirrels and birds get at them. That things puts out alot of them though.
Ulrich, that looks pretty good to me.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
I just had lunch - only coffee for me , Flo.
I´ll sit with Barry at the Rivet Counter to discuss and detail his Quintuplex issue.
Will that be a 2-6-6-8-8-10-4 or a 4-10-8-8-6-6-2?
years ago, Marklin put out a class 53 Mallet that never left the drawing board. There was an outcry in the community of serious MRR´s, but it sold well - mainly to collectors who thought they could make a quick buck. At least those BLI and MTH monsters have a prototype...