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Posted by tcwright973 on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:17 PM

Good evening all,

Well, the wife and I drove up to North East, PA on Sunday to visit the Lake Shore Railroad Museum for the first time. Has a great afternoon looking over their locomotives and rolling stock, as well as watching CSX and Norfolk Southern traffic, which runs right past the museum. The best part though was the conversations with two fellas who volunteer there. Great stories and a lot of information to fill in some of the many gaps about railroading I have. Unfortunately, it was very overcast so I didn't get much in the way of photos. On the other hand, that's a good excuse to go back.

After checking into the motel in Erie, we went up to the casino, where we also had dinner. Monday morning we drove down I90 to Conneaut, Ohio, which we visited two weeks ago. Watched the CSX line for a couple of hours, then drove on home. Another nice little get-a-way.

By the way, the museum has a very interesting electric locomotive built by GE. Only 20 were built for delivery to Russia, but delivery was cancelled due to the cold war. If anyone is interested in more details, just Google "Little Joe locomotive". They were called that because they were going to Joseph Stalin's country. When I first saw it driving up to the museum, it reminded me of a double end E7/E9.

I'l post any decent photos after I download them, but I'm not too hopeful. Besides very dark clouds, my photography skills leave a great deal to be desired.

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Posted by nik .n on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:06 PM

tcwright973

Good evening all,

Well, the wife and I drove up to North East, PA on Sunday to visit the Lake Shore Railroad Museum for the first time. Has a great afternoon looking over their locomotives and rolling stock, as well as watching CSX and Norfolk Southern traffic, which runs right past the museum. The best part though was the conversations with two fellas who volunteer there. Great stories and a lot of information to fill in some of the many gaps about railroading I have. Unfortunately, it was very overcast so I didn't get much in the way of photos. On the other hand, that's a good excuse to go back.

After checking into the motel in Erie, we went up to the casino, where we also had dinner. Monday morning we drove down I90 to Conneaut, Ohio, which we visited two weeks ago. Watched the CSX line for a couple of hours, then drove on home. Another nice little get-a-way.

By the way, the museum has a very interesting electric locomotive built by GE. Only 20 were built for delivery to Russia, but delivery was cancelled due to the cold war. If anyone is interested in more details, just Google "Little Joe locomotive". They were called that because they were going to Joseph Stalin's country. When I first saw it driving up to the museum, it reminded me of a double end E7/E9.

I'l post any decent photos after I download them, but I'm not too hopeful. Besides very dark clouds, my photography skills leave a great deal to be desired.

Tom

 

I just got back from Erie, too. I was up by Presque Isle.

Milk, and a Heaping platter of Wild Bill's Beef Jerky, Zoe. Dinner

RAY, AND ANYONE ELSE: The BL down at the museum amazed me, so I made this, (I hope the museum doesn't get mad because I quoted the infoShyAshamed) Yep that's the BL, recreated in Circles, Squares and Triangles. Here is something to compare it with. This game is amazing. you can build anything you can imagine, as long as its 2D.   Here is some more of my stuff. Just look for the names of Locomotives, Wheel arrangements, and Rolling Stock. (Warning: Some REALLY SUCK! Especially the mallet, and this game is for faster computers only.) I am most famous for the Big Boy, so that might be a first pick, and that the C&O  Hudson is not clickable, so here it is. EDIT: To play the game, hit PLAY. I know that it sounds like I'm babying you guys, but I'm playing safe. If you need more help, PM me.

I'll sit in the back and see who comes in....

 

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:00 AM

 Good morning.

It's 74 and cloudy. The high will be in the low 90's and it will be partly cloudy.

The mower drama played out just as I thought it would. I changed out the deck belt on it in just 5 minutes with no tools. Getting up off the ground afterward was the hard part but I managed alright. I then mowed the yard since I was already there anyway. This was after I had already spent half the day mowing my parents yard so I was already in not so good a mood.  I just hope it cools down this year so I'm not still cutting the grass at Christmas. So all in all it was a fairly busy day for me. Didn't get a chance to work on the layout but I may have time for that today.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      8/26/2009

Heat Index:  78°F
Humidity:  72%
Dew Point:  65°F

So Far Today
High:  75°F
Low:  72°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  6mph E

Today  High: 92 with a heat index of 101.   Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

Tonight  Low: 68    Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph.

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Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:33 AM
Good morning, I looked at the cash for clunker appliances; $50 - $200 off any new appliance that meets the new GREEN requirements.  No trade in required.

Barry, that’s a good idea using cotton panels.

Ulrich, I liked the track plan.  Want to draw one up for me?  Actually I need two.  One for a 3 foot by 8 foot table where the trackage will enter from the left 3 foot side and the other 3 sides are water. The second area is 3 foot by 80 inches and the trackage will enter from the right hand 3 foot side.  I intend on a Hewlett dock and coal dock and a general break bulk dock with 3 traveling cranes.  I liked your previous ideas especially how “busy” the area looked with smaller spurs for various consumers.

 

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:52 AM

Good Morning--

We are DULL today. Oh. And rainy---a lovely morning in London. High will be 24C with our low at 9C. We are supposed to clear up this afternoon to some sun

I'm going to be doing some more trestle bents today and then assembling part1 of the overall trestle bridge----this oughta be FUN!!Smile,Wink, & GrinMischief

Ulrich: I like that switching layout! Took a closer look at it with a friend of ours--he thinks that it almost looks like the layout in Owen Sound north of here---CN had one side of the bay/harbour with CP at the other side--and an interchange----all this was pretty much cleared out by the 1970's/80's.

Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toasted bagel please---I'll be at the window booth watching the morning switching---Smile,Wink, & Grin

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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:47 AM

Morning folks! Sign - Welcome

I'll have the Fresh Fruit Bowl with Ed's Oj and a tall cup a Joe in my NS mug, Chloe! Thanks.... Dinner

Ben's baseball practice went well last night, he started out on 1st base and learned some new techniques, never played 1st much before. Then went to 3rd base and finished up at pitching, he throws about 10 mph faster now than in spring ball. His BB coach from spring was there to watch with us and is going to help Ben practice pitching tomorrow night, really nice of him to come out and support our little Ben!

Garry, sorry to hear about your mom and hope that all gets straightened out soon. All the best too for Diane, hope the move is beneficial for her recovery efforts.

Mike (Inch), glad you liked the old coffee shop link, memory lane is nice to stroll down every so often. It's always good to remember the past.

John P, sometimes travels like that can be both annoying and exciting at t the same time! Sigh

Barry....looking forward to your bent and trestle pics! Laugh Whistling

Going to try to get some more work done on the track loop redux tomorrow, here is the plan with the loop going over the stairway.

Before

After

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Posted by TMarsh on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:27 AM

Good morning, Coffee, ham, beans, eggs, Spam, beans and Spam please thank you. Woke up this morn at 3 am with a headache that you wouldn't believe took two Ibuprofen and nothing. Finally got up and took a hot shower, that helped and now the coffee is helping a bit too. Sorry to those of you who have or have had Migranes for my "whining" about a bad headache. I know it ain't nothing by comparison.

Looks like the weathering thread is behaving itself. Aggro posted a nice little how-to on a tank car. Which by the way answered a couple of questions I had (well ok, one question) without even asking.

Last night I saw a NS C40-9W leading a UP C44-9W( I can't get a good look at the them because I'm seeing this stuff as it whizzes past the elevator so I only get glimpses as the pass the gaps in the bins. That‘s what they looked like and considering the amount they have more than likely) from the kitchen door at the resataurant. First I've noticed them on this stretch of track. According to the NS website they shouldn't be there. Oh well they were so, run what ya brung.

Jeff- 20' motor home? Boy, did you by chance coin the phrase, "I don't need much space" ? At least in that the kitchen was bigger based on my understanding of your description of this one. Hey, if I happen to be in the area in the next couple of months, I'll let you know and you can tell me how to get to your sisters place and I'll put that belt on for youSmile,Wink, & Grin. Oh I see you already got it. Just thought I'd help, sounded like it was going to be a while if left up to him. Bill him? Sure, how long would you have to wait for that. I'm still waiting on my son to pay me from when he was 16. 10 years ago! I guess he hasn't got paid yet. That's what he said "pay you back after I get paid". I think I was conned.

Barry- Sorry about the shinsLaugh. We had, at a town meeting a few years ago, a feller that was upset because the blacktop road, I guess it's a street, in front of his house was "repaired" (and he did the little quotation mark thing with his fingers) in the spring, and all they did was spray OIL and then cover that with ROCKS. (the nerve) And then in the summer the oil started seeping through and getting all over his car and all they did to correct that was PUT ON MORE ROCK! And that made it dusty!!!!(the imbeciles ) The Mayor at the time said he'd look into it. I of course said, "First, you need to learn the difference between Blacktop and oil roads. Second, if you don't like to live on an oil road, you shouldn't have moved onto one. And third, if you don't like the way they maintain the thing, wait till it's time to redo it." He said " how's that?" I said " we'll save that for a surprise." Transplants, bah.Grumpy

Lee- I have the same color tint problem with my room. The walls are mass murder red and they not only absorb the light, but give a weird tint to the room. I personally think the thread would be a good idea. Only how about a calendar insteadWhistling.

Ryan- Didn't we have a constipated cat in here a little while ago? Nope haven't herd from Garry. I hope all is well, the spider bite sorta kinda has me a bit worried. Oh I see he's stopped in. Also haven't heard from Galaxy.

PC- Funny how sickness just hits kids. (and adults too) Of course with my kids..... Convenient was a better word.

Jim- You seem to have more work as a backup than when you are on call. Do you think they might be calling you a bit more than they need too?

JP- I hope you hear soon. Praying she's safe.

Jerry- Any word on Sallies hip?

Rob- Fortunately we also have a pretty good John Deere dealership in somewhat nearby Petersburg. And that is fortunate because it sounds like you have discovered that talking to Deere is a waste of time because what their dealer says goes. They stand behind their service guys unwaiveringly. So if you have a bad service people. You're sc***d. Fortunately Deere makes a good product as does Case IH. I guess it's not IH any more New Holland maybe? I don't recall.

Garry- That's too bad about the scammers. They ought to be strung up from the nearest tree when they take advantage of the elderly.

MILK and COOKIES!!!! I getting on the bus to Inch's house.

Well I best get some laundry done, outta britches. Since it seams to have a 30% chance of storms today and a high of 85F It seams like a good day to do that.

Have a Great Day!!!

 

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:16 AM

Good Morning all..Its sunny and 70 here...Coffee and a sweet roll please...Thank You..I got Dr. apointment in yesterday..I have lost 20 pounds since I was in hospital I havn't been trying but I'll take it!..Sallie was in so much pain they couldn't get her settled down to get MRI...I havn't ran trains for a few days but planning to get things going this afternoon..I don't have a project on work bench right now but gotta get going again..I guess I've just had to much on my mind...You all have a good one...Jerry

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:40 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, whatcha got good this morning? .................  "But I don't like Spam!"  Huh?  OK, I'll just give my Spam to Todd, he loves it!  Oh don't forget my cup of dark roast coffee in a R&GV Mug.  Thank you!

Todd a few years back they "Tared and feathered.... er chipped, aka: resurfaced the county road that is the "back road to Canandaigua" here.  Of course the company hired to paint the stripes on the road arrived a couple weeks early, so they resurfaced over the already freshly striped road.  I was a high school friend of the guy who was the county highway super at the time and ran into him at a party a couple months later....  I DID have a bit of fun jerking his chain on that one! EvilWhistling

The City of Geneva is outside across the street this morning digging a big hole.......  Starting work on a catch basin for the storm sewer to reduce the lake that forms in my neighbor's yard every time we get a downpour.  Right now there is one guy pointing and waving his arms while 4 more poeple are leaning on rakes and shovels or standing with their hands in their pockets....Wink   Since water and gas lines are right next to where they are working, I think they are trying to see how they avoid messing it up???

Nik, there should be a problem with you quoting the museum's web page as you gave them credit.  Neat game, BTW.  That little Plymouth is an interesting old loco isn't she.  It used the old link and pin coupler and only pulled some very small, special, cars used for construction, etc.  I has seen her run on a couple of occasions.

I went and bought Mac OSX.5.6 (Leopard) yesterday, so today will be upgrade day.  Snow Leopard which will be out in just a few days won't work on the old IBM G5 processor Macs, so I figured I should get Leopard while I still can.  Knock on wood....  The upgrade should go smoothly.  I will unhook the 1 terrabyte HD that all the data is backed up on before the upgrade and make sure everything is working on the main HD before I reinstall it. 

I'll go sit at the front booth and watch the switching in the yard. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:55 AM

 Good Afternoon, Folks,

it has been a nice autumn day today, sunny, but not too warm. Nature starts to prepare for winter, I can already feel that. We had the first flock of geese flying over our house, heading south - signs of a cold winter to come! I did some w**k in our yard, cut the grass, washed the windows and also our "oldtimer" Merc.

I dearly miss my locos and cars, which I had for such a long time. I sometimes spend hours just checking on them, testing them, maintaining them - and now?  The room is so empty, my eyes are getting filled with tears when I see the empty spaces in the display cabinets.

Janie, a mug of hot chocolate and is there some of Petra´s strudel left?

Barry - I checked Owen Sound on Google Maps. From what I could see, your friend is right - my layout could actually be based on this location. Although there are no tracks to be seen anymore, you can still get an idea of what it must have looked like twenty years ago. Was CN or CP who served Owen Sound? May be I relocate my layout... Big Smile

Jerry - I also lost 20 pounds over the last weeks - my worries keep me from eating the amount I should eat. I hope Sallie gets well soon! Angel

No word from social security yet - and no check either. The food we have will go for another 4 days - what then? I dunno... Sad

The "weathering" post has turned into a pleasant thread to read.  I still would not dare to post any of my weathering attempts there, in fear of being torn apart by the "experts".

To those who are just starting the day - have a good one, y´all!

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Posted by nik .n on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:19 AM

howmus

Nik, there should be a problem with you quoting the museum's web page as you gave them credit.  Neat game, BTW.  That little Plymouth is an interesting old loco isn't she.  It used the old link and pin coupler and only pulled some very small, special, cars used for construction, etc.  I has seen her run on a couple of occasions.

 

There is? Or there is not? 

Yeah, I thought they banned the link-n'-pin from use, and I saw the little "Hopper" in the video.         

What is that rusted metal thing on the front that looks like a cross-section of a coupler?

Overall, yall did a very good job restoring that unique piece on equipment.

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Posted by Robby P. on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:33 AM

 Good afternoon.  Just a quick stop.

 I'm waiting for the UPS guy with my next cars to weather.  I was going to order some flex track today, but it seems like I have enough for the upper part of the layout.  My plan is to do the upper part first, and slowly work on the bottom.  I will try to get some shots maybe for WPF.

 Hope everybody is doing good Big Smile

 

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:53 PM

nik .n
There is? Or there is not? 

 

Ooopppsss!   I should never post without rereading my post several times.......Blush   There should NOT be any problem.  That should be within fair use as you are only quoting them and giving them credit.  Besides someone might just see it and decide to visit the museum, volunteer there, or donate a few million (yeh, right).  Besides, I ain't gonna tell on you! Wink

Yes link and pin coupling was banned on interchange service a long, long time ago.  The plymouth was only used on construction sites and therefore is not under AAR rules.  We have one or two of the small cars that can be pulled by her.  Mostly we just start her up and set her out where people can see her when they visit the museum.  She is usually kept in the restoration building.

I am now visiting here with the help of the Mac Leopard....  So far it appears to be working very well.  Hope it stays that way.......

Later!

73 

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:08 PM

TMarsh
PC- Funny how sickness just hits kids. (and adults too) Of course with my kids..... Convenient was a better word.

MINE TOO!!!!  Coincidence?  I don't think so.............

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:09 PM

TMarsh
Jeff- 20' motor home? Boy, did you by chance coin the phrase, "I don't need much space" ? At least in that the kitchen was bigger based on my understanding of your description of this one. Hey, if I happen to be in the area in the next couple of months, I'll let you know and you can tell me how to get to your sisters place and I'll put that belt on for youSmile,Wink, & Grin. Oh I see you already got it. Just thought I'd help, sounded like it was going to be a while if left up to him. Bill him? Sure, how long would you have to wait for that. I'm still waiting on my son to pay me from when he was 16. 10 years ago! I guess he hasn't got paid yet. That's what he said "pay you back after I get paid". I think I was conned.

I learned to make do which with tight spaces long ago. The kitchen in my old RV was a simple walk-through affair with the microwave and postage stamp sink on one side and the fridge and entry/exit door on the other.

 

Lots of people taken by surprise by the weather today and I know of at two construction foremen that are severely ticked off. The forecast last night and this morning said nothing about rain, just partly cloudy. Near noon a line of thunderstorms came crashing through so quickly that the weather service didn't get out a warning until the leading edge of the front had passed through. We got 1.4 inches of rain in less than an hour on a day for which no rain was forecast. Meteorology must be the only job in which you can be 100% wrong and not get canned.

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Posted by TMarsh on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:29 PM

Just got back for my errands one of which was to see about the Township/Village garage for the chicken fry Friday night. In spite of all these guys have been doing and all that is needed they are STILL going to shut the garage down, clean it and let us use it Friday at noon til we're done. That was a load off my mind I was trying to figure where we'e setup if they couldn't accomodate us this year. Under the circumstances I'm kind surprised. Nice guys.

Jeff- Isn't it amazing that like you said, the weather guessers get paid good money to be wrong and not get fired. But, what do we do? We sit around and complain that they are wrong and how you can't predict the weather then cut the conversation short because we have to get home to catch the weather report! Laugh

EDIT: Oh that could cost me. Suppers comin' on. Order up I'm gonna try this fade thing again.

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Posted by nik .n on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:37 PM

I just recived news that my step(?) uncle had died. And the wierd thing is, I never even met him. (That I know of.)

Sad the think we all go where this unit is going:

 

Sigh We all get philosophical around deaths. (The Photo is a link to a really cool site. the ruins home link has more)

Over and out

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:08 PM

Hello dere

Been kinda busy with neighbourhood BBQ being planned for sunday---hoping the weather be cooperativeWhistling and not be busy dumping more rain on us--we seem to be going to have a few days of the stuff---OYSigh

Ulrich:  CN had the East side of the harbour while CP was on the West there at Owen Sound--I'm guessing that the interchange was near the bottom of the inlet. Traffic was a little congested there during the 1950's--according to Ian Wilson's "Steam through Palmerston" the lines were so crowded in that people would leave their car keys in the cars so that the poor engineers could move the automobiles out of the way!! I'd be guessing one could make a real operating challenge out of that!

I'm nearly done with another 11 bents---that'l give me enough to start the first assemblage of that trestle---hohoho--he mumbles to himselfTongue

Chloe, I'll have a burger and fries please--and a RBF as well---I'll be at the RC--Dinner

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Posted by Robby P. on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:38 PM

 Well its bed time.  Gotta go to work in a few hours Blindfold.

 Everybody have a good night.  

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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:47 PM

Chocolate dipped cone, please.

Lots of farm & gardening work today. No model rr'ing to report on. Maybe tomorrow I'll make it back into the train room. (that's sounding all too familiar these days..."maybe tomorrow"Sigh)

Healing thoughts to those in need.

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Posted by BamaCSX83 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:34 PM

Evening all, just stopping in for my nightly RBF.  No, Rob, I would have rather wished that it was for model making supplies, but it was for my "job".  Right now I'm working as "contract labor" for my pastor's business.  In this case, my contract includes working out on his farm and cutting down low-hanging tree branches and working to bush hog what I can of the 65 acres of his farm.  The ankle feels better now, just scabbed up at the moment. 

 Weather for tonight is a low down to about 67 degrees, with partly cloudy skies.  Tomorrow will serve up a 50/50 shot of rain and thunderstorms, high around 90 with light winds (kinda hoping it does rain so that my day will be cut short, could use a short day). 

At some point in time this week I've gotta pull the exhaust manifold off my Jeep ('97 Wrangler, 2.5L 4-cylinder), its cracked, no big deal to do, just gotta get some time to actually do it.  I'm also going to do my best to get on the bike (probably going to do it on saturday, forecast for good weather, and I've got nothing to do). 

Well, nothing else is happening on my side of the world, sitting with the little girl on the couch and watching Blue's Clues.  I'll be off for the moment, gotta question that I'm going to go and propose in the prototype information forum to see what comes up.

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Posted by nik .n on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:11 PM

BamaCSX83

Evening all, just stopping in for my nightly RBF.  No, Rob, I would have rather wished that it was for model making supplies, but it was for my "job".  Right now I'm working as "contract labor" for my pastor's business.  In this case, my contract includes working out on his farm and cutting down low-hanging tree branches and working to bush hog what I can of the 65 acres of his farm.  The ankle feels better now, just scabbed up at the moment. 

 Weather for tonight is a low down to about 67 degrees, with partly cloudy skies.  Tomorrow will serve up a 50/50 shot of rain and thunderstorms, high around 90 with light winds (kinda hoping it does rain so that my day will be cut short, could use a short day). 

At some point in time this week I've gotta pull the exhaust manifold off my Jeep ('97 Wrangler, 2.5L 4-cylinder), its cracked, no big deal to do, just gotta get some time to actually do it.  I'm also going to do my best to get on the bike (probably going to do it on saturday, forecast for good weather, and I've got nothing to do). 

Well, nothing else is happening on my side of the world, sitting with the little girl on the couch and watching Blue's Clues.  I'll be off for the moment, gotta question that I'm going to go and propose in the prototype information forum to see what comes up.

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Posted by teen steam fan on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:19 PM

hey guys,

Chloe, I'll have an order of saurbraten.

I've had my share of cat problems on the layout. I broke the mold and use live loads, well, the resident feline wasn't too happy about having a coaling plant going, so she kept pushing the tipple over.

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Posted by BamaCSX83 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:19 PM

Not going to disagree with you nik, not at all.  However, I'd still have to pull the manifold to JB it properly.  Besides even JB Weld is a crap shoot on whether or not it'll work. 

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Posted by ns3010 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:27 PM

Hey all! Zoe, I'll take a RBF, extra large, thanks.

Well, I see we moved to a new place. Feels great to be back!

I was in Florida. On a boat. In the middle of the ocean. Stranded without food, and miles away from civilization. Without any way of reaching land. And I eventually drifted to Cuba.
Not really. I was on a sailboat for a week. I have tons of pictures from Key West and snorkeling on the reefs, so I'll post some of those when I get them.

So today, I went to a LHS that I had never been to before to order my Atlas Genset. While I was there, I picked up a Walthers Platinum P&LE bay window caboose. Since it is already yellow, it will be easy to paint it as a MOW caboose (which would be yellow anyway) and throw it into service. I'd just have to patch over the P&LE marks and letter and number it. So now my rolling stock fleet is one NS boxcar, and two TSRy cabooses (one for regular use, and another for MOW use).

I also got my Blue Box SW1500 from Atlas in the mail just before I left. Since I don't have a layout down here, I haven't gotten a chance to run it yet, but I'll be home on Sunday.

Which reminds me, school starts on Wednesday! Wednesday is Sophomore/Junior Orientation (I'll be a sophomore). Then I don't have to go back till the next Tuesday! So I basically don't start for another two weeks! So I'll be spending the next week just hanging around.

It's likely that I'll be working Saturday, and possibly the Saturday after that. And I'll be down every weekend in September, so I can work if they need me to. And my aunt still owes me birthday money from June...
So I might be able to start tearing down my current layout and starting construction on my new one sometime soon (September or October). It all depends on income and stuff, because I don't want to use all money on my layout (spend some on other non-train stuff, and maybe even save some).

So what's new with all of you? I'll be in the back corner just chillen.

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Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:32 PM

 

Pumpkin Pie and Maple Walnut ice-cream please Chloe, both nsa, and a dob of whipped cream, if you please.  Luc says to say Hi, and that link to the original Coffee Shop has got me in contact with Lupo (he'd be one on that list you wanted nik.n) I'll maybe post his reply in here, if that's OK with him.

I've been having fun with the Tar Trailer project. I figured out what to use for the propane tanks, the rod from those shoes I mentioned some while ago. Here's how they would fit. That rod has to be shaped of course. I said I'd make the burner out of rusted wire, and that's how it turned out. It's sitting on three HO 2x3 stand-offs.

The axels - how to fit them to the frame? I figured that the best way would be to make leaf springs, so here's  the fixings for them, made from thin Evergreen sheet material; and this is how they turned out.  Here they are on the frame with the axels attached.   The axels are 0.035" Evergreen rod #220.

Last night I painted the frame and tank, installed the burner, and then the tank. The springs are rusty, and that rust seems to have gotten onto the frame too. Won't Robby be pleased! Tongue Incidentally, Ulrich, I don't think that anyone in the Diner would rip you up for any weathering pics you might post.Yeah!! 

I puzzled a bit over the wheels, as I've no HO vehicles to cannibalize.  I thought of rounds cut from a pencil (most round pencils are 24" HO - tuck that away in the database!), but cutting the incurve for the hub was a bit daunting. In the end I made them from rings cut from soft plastic tube for the tires, and rounds from a straight sided paint brush handle. That handle exactly fit the ID of the tube. Here's the particular ones I used. I trimmed off the edges of the 9" HO rings I cut from the tubing; and that's easier if one does the first edges before each ring is cut off, there's more tube to hold on to! The tires were then pushed down onto discs of paint brush handle. I hope acrylic paints will stick to the tubing. Lucked out in having the tube on hand that's 24" OD in HO, and the paint brush matching the tube ID.  The propane tanks are next; but not tonight.Zzz

That pie was great, but now I must say Goodnight and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of healing, comfort, prosperity and peace.Angel

 

 

 

 

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:37 PM

Evenin' folks!

Didn't get a whole lot done today except for the upgrade on the 'puter.  Leopard is purring like a kitten!  As always a lot more bells and whistles on it that I will "discover" in the days and weeks to come, but I am pleased that the whole thing went well.  Only thing that I lost was some email that I should have backed up.  Couldn't recover the old inbox from OSX.3.9.  Not sure exactly what happened, and it may still be recovered later.  I also put Office for Mac 2008 in it and checked everything out to make sure that is running as it should be.  All my old programs seem to work with it including a few very old ones like Appleworks 6. 

Also made the rounds to a few stores today.  Went to the LHS to find some gold or brass colored paint.  No such thing at least in stock, so I mixed up something close from some other colors I had.  Went to the Value center on my way through town and picked up some CA glue, then did a bt of grocery shopping.  Got down to the layout for a while this evening and continued w**k on a 1911 Model T Ford Van (which is what I needed gold paint for some minor trim).  

Hope you are all doing well and having a great evening!

73

[edit] Der, you posted while I was writing.  The Tar trailer is coming along superbly!!!  You have given me a couple of ideas that might be transposed into something from 1925........

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:08 PM

Good Evening, Chloe, Diners! I feel much better after getting more sleep last night (more in a minute). Chloe, I'll have an oatmeal raisin cookie and a Santa Fe mug of decaf, please, 'n' thank you!

Well, last night - after making it through the 'w' thing and getting home, I fixed dinner, did the dishes, brushed my teeth and went to bed around 8-something (I think 8:30ish or 8:40ish, maybe...), slept through until 3:45 this morning (Central time). Then I got up, went to the bathroom (loo/W-CWink), came back to bed and laid down on my other side, went back to sleep. Woke up one other time, but I don't look at the clock usually when I get up in the night, so no idea when that was - turned back over and went back to sleep until the alarm went off at 6:00 a.m. Amazing what a bit of sleep will do to help balance out that rare night of only 3 hours!

Ulrich, you've probably already thought of this, but you could put that ARR-Whittier plan on top of a couple of bookcases (so long as they aren't about 2 meters tall!) and not lose much real estate in whatever domicile you're in. I stole that idea from a combination of Iain Rices' book ("Small, Smart and Practical Track Plans") and John Olson's Jerome & Southwestern layout (where he put magazine storage and spare rolling stock storage under the layout). But I bet anyone who's lived in cramped quarters or on a boat/ship (which usually is about the same thing) also could tell you that much. Yeah!! Nice plan, and keep yourself going forward and checking out all your options. Thumbs Up

Hey, I understand that just after I dozed off yesterday, Zoe was running a Timesaver Special for lunch? Darn - missed it! Ray, did you get that for your lunch? Smile,Wink, & Grin

By the way, although my Dad sounded like a good ol' chainsaw, I never had my wife tell me when we were married that I snore, so I don't think that was me you heard. Now as for Duke, I can't speak for how silent he may or may not be...Shock

Lee, I'm not sure if I already did (so my apologies if I'm repeating myself repeating myself...), but yep, got the PDF file(s). Sent you my RSVP on the second one, too. Wink If you get the Walthers e-letters, did you notice that their 'Details' piece at the bottom this time was about custom scenes for your layout? (Do you get a commission on that idea?).Oops

Jeff, I think I can see where you might've made the mistake on the order of your backdrop panels...Whistling Since I saw that you finished your parent's yard, should I guess that the nephew got your sister's place done himself? Banged Head (NOPE!!) I like your idea of billing him for your time - but include the time wasted waiting for him to get it done, get the belt, etc....

Jerry - tell those folks to include a spare tire for your replacement when you get it (and a jack, too...).Smile,Wink, & Grin

Garry, Sign - Welcome back from your Mom's birthday party. Sad to hear about Diane, but glad to hear Shelley's treatment/medication is helping. Hope the police nail the creep who cheated your Mom out of the money or belongings. Angry

JP, hope you hear something soon from your girlfriend.

Tom-of-the-Not-So-Fair-Weather:

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Got both the Challengers done, the 3 Yellowstones are next.   And after that, my 3 2-8-8-2's and then the Cab-forwards and--well, you know. Whistling 

 

...Buy more articulateds and repeat? Smile,Wink, & Grin

Todd, as for my primary on-call for Monday night, I don't know for sure - at times, she leans in the direction of Jeff's nephew, but other times she's better about doing stuff herself... Your guy on the oiled road sounds like he was spoiled by 'city' living (or else he's silly enough to have a dark color car and live there on his road!). Of course, if he wanted the more 'laid-back' life in a smaller area, maybe he should've looked it over before moving there, eh? Even I know that there are trade-offs between living in the city and the country, so you better recognize what they are... Whistling Oh, Todd, you'd probably fit right in with Yazee and the crew at Inch's - he'll never notice one more (slightly larger) 'kid' around the place. Oops

And Chloe, why is Barry sitting at the counter and muttering to himself, as he stacks and unstacks those trestle bents? Might want to hide those from him for a bit... Think the poor guy's been too hard at it for too long.Dead

Teen Steam - I'll just refer you on your cat problem to some of our other Diners; maybe one of them can tell you how to (try to) keep a cat out of the train room... Whistling Luckily, the cat didn't mistake the tipple for a kitty litter box! Shock

Good to see you back in town (and at the Diner), NS Joe. Thumbs Up Good luck on the layout rebuild!

DerJohn - Wow!!!!BowBow

Got a new WiFi card in today that I'd ordered. It's an 802.11n (faster), with WPA2 capability (which now allows me to use the public WiFi at w**k with my own laptop, so I can save files on my drive instead of just sending myself links to pages). Took a bit of fiddling to get it w**king right, but don't most things computer?

Nothing new on the MRR front - possibly something either Friday evening or Sunday after church (since I'm the primary for Saturday (8 a.m., to Sunday 8 a.m.).

High time for me to get going home for the evening (which hopefully will NOT include any calls from my primary du jour for the evening...). Prayers for all those in need of healing, comfort, encouragement and de-stressing (think that covers about all of us).

 

Blessings and a good night's rest,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

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Posted by TMarsh on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:11 PM

Evenin' RBF and an Apple Dumpling with cinnamon sauce please.

Trustees meeting with the church went off without a hitch. All is well.

Nik- sorry to hear of you Uncles passing. Angel

Barry- I got my fingers crossed for good weather fo the BBQ. I also got ‘em crossed for our chicken fry Friday night.

Bama- They still show Blues Clues? My gosh they showed that when my daughter was little (21 now). I never had good luck with J-B Weld. Not knocking the stuff, I know guys who can make it work real well. I can't even get the stuff to stick to itself.

Joe- Ya got me for a second there! Laugh

DerJohn- Oh my gosh. You made leaf springs. Individual leaves! Bow

Ulrich- Johns right, no one here will knock you. We all started out too. Some of us are still trudging along.

Which reminds me, my still scene is coming along better than I thought. Boy I wish the boy would RETURN THE BATTERY CHARGER!!!!!!!!!! Kinda pleased I am. Also the fade went not great but ok this time. I wanted to post a picture to get an opinion of whether to try again or not before doing the dull cote but it seems Jeff's nephew would have changed the belt twice before my son will BRING BACK THE BATTERY CHARGER FOR THE CAMERA!!!!!!

Might just call it an early night.

AngelZzz

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Posted by BamaCSX83 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:31 PM

Yep Blue's Clues still shows.  Heather watches it every night at 8:30 on Noggin, then I go and toss her off to the bathtub and then off to bed for her.  Normally I follow pretty close to right behind her, but not tonight.  I wanted to stay up a little bit.  Well, its sprinkling outside right now so maybe tomorrow morning I'll wake up to the sound of rain on the roof.  Which means I can take the day off from work (gotta love working outside so weahter is a factor).  I really would like to work on my GP40-2, which means taking her out of the alcohol bath and then sloppy slapping some grey primer onto it (I don't have to be perfect, I just want something other than B&O blue on it).  Well, its off to bed for me, I'm going to check on my post in the prototype forum, then head for sleepy land.  Goodnight all!

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