Jerry, The BL2 picture you shared the other day; who made that locomotive? Looks great thanks for sharing.
Ray the slow is looking really good.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Rob.......I was thinking a warehouse, or more like a industrial park.
Well I better get to bed. 3:00am comes fast.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Steak & Lima Beans, please.
***Jerry, how many calorie kit is that one?
***Sue, we're high & dry here, as are our barns. Just the pastures that flood and only when it rains a LOT, following the groud being previously saturated. This is perhaps only the 4th time I remember such flooding in the 15 years I've lived here. Each one they call a "Hundred Year Flood".
***Robby, looks good so far and all that additional track will be great. What kind of Industries will you go with on that table section?
Another long day on the ol' farm, including some temporary fence fixes. Tonight could bring another 2"- 4" of rain.
Wife asked me today if there was anything new to see in the train room....IS SHE KIDDING? As if I've had any time (or energy) for working on the layouts lately.
Rob
Cox 47I call it Redneck Gingerbread...Being a card carring Redneck I got a kick out of this...Jerry
That is one cool pad there!!
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Good Evening
Had a bright and early morning for some running around with a friend of mine---picked up some stuff for the nephew--and myself, heeheehee---and did some afternoon things as well
Keith, Jeff: Some stuff I have here are old Civil Defence training films and the like----one of my majors at UWO was in 20th cent. history---hence my oddball collections
Chloe, I'll have a pork sammich with a large RBF please---I'll be at the RC for now
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Afternoon..I been busy this afternoon on a new building for the I&S......
I call it Redneck Gingerbread...Being a card carring Redneck I got a kick out of this...Jerry
Blazzin: Midway is on eof my all-time favorites. I've also got 'Desert Victory', 'The *** Strike', 'How Hitler lost the war', 'The Longest Day', 'A walk in the sun', 'Gung Ho', 'Go for Broke', 'Desert Commandos', 'The Battle of the Eagles', 'Tora-Tora-Tora', 'Pearl Harbor (the original', Pearl Harbor (with Ben Affleck)', 'U-571', 'The Great Escape', 'The Great Raid', 'Eagles attack at dawn', 'A Yank in Libya', 'Waterfront', 'Anzio', 'The Train', 'The Eagle has landed', 'Enigma', 'Bataan', '633 Squadron', 'The Dam Busters', and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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Jeff, you sound like my kind of people> I love war movies. I have quite a collection. I put on a movie, then go to work on the layout. My latest purchases were Von Richthoffen and Brown. not an actual real life movie.. but the WW I bi planes and stuff is great. The other was Dresden, a love / war movie.. to appease my wife... but it was good. I was so happy when Hell And Back came out... with Jeffrey Hunter (Capt. Pike on Star Trek and Zulu as his step brother).. I went out and bought it. I had actually talked to the guy on the phone.(Guy Galbadon) the actual war hero. I was going to go meet the man, but we both came down with the Flu. Since then he has passed away. But war movies.. I've got em. Couldn't tell ya which one I liked best. But probably Midway is one of the top 3. My dad was a ww II hero, and we never knew.. he never talked about it.. till much later in life. I have 2 sons.. in the 20's and they were suprised to hear Grandpa talk of his WWII Pacific Tour. My mom and dad really didn't get out much, so I would take them movies.. to watch. Then weeks later.. I'm at the house.. aND my mom tells me.. "You know.. that saving Private Ryan brought back some memories to your DAD~" "Ah come on.. Dad wasn't in the fighting.. he told me he strung telephone poles in Japan after the war." "Dad~' you mean to tell us now.. you were in the actual fighting? Like D day invasion?" he replied.. "We fought in the south Pacific ... took islands and beaches" "We fought an enemy that was prepared to die" He told his stories.. as my sons ..just listened. Never before had we ever heard anything like that. I knew he had 'Night Sweats' and bad dreams.. but never did we ever think of him fighting. When my dad past away, all his medals he ever earned.. I saw.. there were plenty.
Keith
Decided I better catch this before it slid off page one. Just been watching a bunch of old war movies over here. Things like 'Aeriel Gunner', 'Submarine Base', 'Pacific Inferno' and 'Casablanca Express'.
Ahh, lunch time! I'll have the chicken fried steak, mashed taters with gravy, and peas, along with a glass of sweet tea. I know what you mean Robby! I don't exactly like hearing myself either, but hey it be what it be. As far as things in the south, grocery stores are pretty well grocery stores, you've got what you need, only difference is you might find stuff like pigs feet and such every now and again. And don't get me started on southern food....You've just gotta be here to enjoy it! Well, I think I'm going to go up to our house this afternoon (since I've got the day off w**k) and put up some trim, do a little painting and more or less hide out for the afternoon. Tonight's agenda is going to my mother-in-law for dinner and to get a few gifts for Amy. Part of me can't wait for that.
Well, enough of my rambling, I'm going to try to figure out what kind of pictures and information I can find on the Dothan Sub from eras past (kinda interested to see what rolled along the rails down here from yesteryear). I think I'm going to jump into the window booth, eat this wonderful and delicious food that is always served here at the diner, and research.
Just a quick stop.
I've been trying to get the top finished (for now). Painted the backdrop, and added some grass, weeds, etc.
Ulrich.......Thanks. You just can't get enough "yard", ya know.
Bama.......Yeah I hate hearing myself on video. I still get people confused when I talk. Then a few people I work with wants to know what the "south" is like. Grocery stores, food, etc......
Well I will pop back in later.
Good mid-morning to you all! Just a glass of sweet tea for me. I'll be back in after a bit to partake of lunch. Just stopping in this morning since I haven't been able to do more than peek in the windows over the past few days. Heather's got an ear infection and Amy's been feeling miserable (gotta love the last few weeks/days of pregnancy when she just wants it all over with). I've been pretty busy busting my tail. No work to speak of on the MRR front, although I did slap another coat of primer on the GP40-2 within the last day or so. I'm still thinking about getting ahold of all my cars and track and such and seeing what I can do from there.....but I dunno if I'll get time in the near future or not.
Rob, sorry to hear about the flooding and fence damage, but at least it wasn't a "needed" fence, and besides we all knew you were looking for a reason to pull that one up anyway
Jeff glad to hear of improvement on the foot, just keep doing what the doc's tell you, (along with all us doc's in here). Continued prayers for you sir.
Ulrich I know that this time of you and Petra's life is hard, but there is a brighter pasture and greener grass just around the corner, keep your head up. And when it gets hard, you've always got that beautiful woman by your side plus all your friends and fellow trainheads here in the diner to keep you company and offer prayers.
Robby I liked the video, and can't help but say "sheesh boy, you sound like me!" with the southern accent, but hey, the chicks dig it! Keep the pictures and videos coming, I like 'em!
Ray, just as Keith stated, I too have studied your pictures so that I will know what to do when it comes to the backgrounds and scenery on my layout (once I build it!). Its always good to see and study the stuff the experts do.
Well, I've got some things needing to be done around the house, so I'd best get a move on, but I'll be back in for lunch.
"Coffee please"
Good morning~ West Coast checking in late.. although I think I saw someone from WA. Rained last night.. the sun is out.. a perfect 70 degrees today. Fresh as rain. I must admit, I'm glad I did all the things necessary for a coming /storm. I always do, every year. Certain things have to be done every season. I also change the filter to the heater, if you don't do it now, first cold snap everyone goes ..but there none left.
I would like to thank you guys for posting your pics and video.. your updates are inspiration for newbies. Imagine walking into Model railroading fresh and new, its overwhelming. As far as an update on my layout... Phillip was right. As I went through this layout, redoing alot of vertical beams... especially the mountain ridges.. well some of them fell apart before I could re-enforce it. I foresee myself spending almost another month .. just to make sure it all going to hold...especially the weight behind all the plaster laid upon it. I also rearranged the mountains.. making more room upfront.. instead of hiding the tracks. A painful adjustment... but worth the time.
"MMMMmm coffee .. I love it!"
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have a bowl of hot cream of wheat this morning with some brown sugar and cream. Oh yes! I'll need several cups of dark roast coffee for my FGLK Mug. I'll go sit in the front booth and watch the switching going on outside.
Its a chilly, dark, and damp day here in the Finger Lakes. Cloudy with a few showers. High near 50°F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Low tonight around 34°F and colder tomorrow. I'll be using the wood stove this evening again.
Sir MadogCompared to what we now see here in Germany and France the Acela is already a slow train. The French TGV and the Germnan ICE 3 exceed 200 mph on their daily runs!
Afternoon Ulrich! And what amazes me is the sheer number of trains that are run with an excellent safety record. I hope to see some major improvement in high speed rail over on this side of the pond in the next several years. Good luck to you with the move. You are still in my prayers!
I need to start getting all the materials together and my plan written for teaching the RR Merit Badge to a handicapped Scout Troop Thursday evening. Since the time I will see them next will be a trip to ride trains at the museum Nov. 1, I will be concentrating on the safety portion if the MB. Have several PP presentations that I need to update from the last presentation about the merit Badge to some Scouters that I need to get done.
Still waiting on one person to get back to me for the judging date.......
Best get a move on so I'll catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning, Gang. I will sit in this back booth to see if anyone shows up this morning. Just coffee this morning, Chloe.
Rob, Sorry to hear about the flooding. Are you high and dry? Just stuck at home? Or do you have to do the sandbagging thing? I have done that. They predicted a storm with high winds here last night, but nothing here so far.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Afternoon everyone,
well, in terms of weather, it has proven to be a nice day today - lotsa sunshine and clear and crisp air!
The mail man had some nasty letters from my banks, which kind of spoiled the day for me, although I was expecting them...
Flo, I´ll have a coffee and a sweet roll, thank you.
Jeffrey - good to hear you are improving
Robby P. - nice looking layout you have got started there, with lotsa yard trackage for your wonderfully weathered cars!
J.R. - I like those "boxcabs" quite a lot, they are strong pullers in their days with 5,000 hp power. modern locos have up to 9,000 hp - I don´t know how that computes into tractive effort (lbs). Compared to what we now see here in Germany and France the Acela is already a slow train. The French TGV and the German ICE 3 exceed 200 mph on their daily runs!
Btw, building a catenary is quite some tasks - Sommerfeldt is offering a highly detailed system, but the prices -
Those of you who are just getting up - have a good day!
Good morning..Its cloudy and 42 here weather guesser on TV says we may get a freeze saturday nite..We already have our tomatoes vines pulled we had a good crop..I'll have coffee and acouple of biscuits with grape jelly please..Thank You..Glad to have Jeff back..You all have a good one..Jerry
Good morning. Not to cool this morning, but its coming (from Canada ).
I gotta do some running around town, and get some things. I will try to finish up the upper part of the layout today. I finally added some track yesterday for the bottom part, and it can run in a loop, rather than back and forth. Now I'm just confused on the whole "waybill" thing. I wanna try it, but it seems like I need to do some reading on it.
Here's a update on my layout. Yeah I know..........Southern accent . Plus I think its time to get the other camera going. I didn't know the video came out that bad!!
Good morning all. It's 72 and cloudy. The high will be around 80 and there's a chance of rain.Today will likely be a slow day. The only out of home activity will be around noon. I'll be going over to my parent's place (I'll use the car to cover most of the distance so as to keep off my feet as much as possible) to wait on the Vernon Home Health nurse to come change the dressing on my central line. There's much more room there so it's more comfortable. Being that the central line is located right where my right shoulder meets the chest and neck it's quite hard for me to do it easily, besides which, she has all the stuff required to make sure it's done correctly. With all the surgery that's been done lately this is a very dangerous time for me, so I have to be extremely careful. Some of you have asked about how my vision is doing. It's doing all right and is getting a little better every day. Sometimes I can't really notice any change while at other times I can see a marked difference. Right now I estimate it to be only 10% down. When I got out of the hospital it was about 30% down, so a dimly lit room was just a dark space with black blobs where the furnishings should be. As of yesterday the same dimly lit room shows up much more clearly and I can pick the furnishings out quite well, though they still lack some detail. I'm also expecting my next shipment of iv antibiotics and associated supplies soon. I'll be glad when I no longer have to use them. I'm sitting here looking at the layout and it is so begging for attention. I'll have to give the track a good wipe down before running anything.
Good Morning All,
40's and wet this morning with showers on and off all day. Spent time cleaning the shop yesterday, did a bit of government work on the Focus, then to the house and unpack, clean, install new cooktop (CFO wiped out the old one but she's ok ). Boxes everywhere but it's starting to feel like home again.
Ulrich - I love those electrics ! We call them box cab electrics and the less charitable call them toasters but pound for pound they pull more and are more efficient than anything else we have. The fastest train we have in service now is Amtraks' Acela which is electric and streamlined to beat the band. The Acela is second in speed in this country only to the late lamented Turbo Train ( a New Haven project that tested at 176mph on the New Jersey flats of the Washington/Boston corridor). The New Haven railroad made extensive use of electrics including the EPs' that provided the running gear for PRRs' GG-1 and my favorite, the EP-5 jet double ended streamlined motor. I keep thinking of adding catenary for at least a bit on the next layout but it seems daunting to build to look accurate.
Jeff - hope the good reports keep coming. Before you know it you'll be back in business with the layout.
Jerry - love the BL-2's. You're developing quite the roster.
Lee - lots of good w..k there. Still like the service station but the rest is coming along nicely.
Rob - better check the caulking on the lifeboat. Rain is better than drought, but too much of either yeilds the same result.
Jim - makes me nervous to have sketchy neighbors. When we had the off base apartment in Homestead Fla we had a parade of shady neighbors on one side of us. At least we knew where to look if we needed the police as they seemed to be there regularly.
Well lots to do as usual, catch y'all later. J.R.
Good morning. Coffee please.
Work on the board for Gold Creek is progressing well. The board is done and mounted. Now to finish wiring. Maybe today.
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.
Good Morning everyone,
A clear and very cold morning. Cold? Frosty! Zoe, a hot coffee in my LKAB mug and an order of hotcakes, bacon and scrambled eggs, please.
We are waiting for the landlord to "accept" our application for the flat. We plan to do the move beginning of November. There is so much to be arranged for that - time is running short. It will be a new experience to live in a flat after more than 20 years of life in your own house - . Petra and I will try to make the best out of it - after all, we still have our dream of moving across the Big Pond
John - talking of paint schemes, the old but famous "Rhinegold" train sported a blue and cream livery in the 1960´s. It looked nice as the cars were kept clean.
Here is a pic I found in the web:
Everyone have a good day!
Chamomile tea, please.
To clarify a bit: The flooding was more of the "entire valley" sort, rather than just our property. The fence by the road held, as it is heavy duty and void of any "no climb" wire which we have on much of the property. It was an inner fence that came down between our middle and back pastures. The secondary fence behind that one held. The two fence buffer played a roll back when we were in the horse breeding business. I'll just remove the fence that washed out completely and use those posts elsewhere on the farm. Still beats a drought.
Time to hit the hay here. Good night all.
Evein' folks!
JimRCGMO"Discretion is the better part of valor."
Falstaf: "There is virtue in that Falstaf; him keep with, the rest banish" "My King my Jove! I speak to thee my Heart!"
Hal now King Henry V: "I know thee not old man. Fall to thy prayers!" "How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!"
Ah Shakespeare! (I would have quoted the lines of Falstaf just before the discretion one, but I doubt the forum software would have tolerated it.....)
I'll have a decafe and a piece of that fresh pumpkin pie if you would Chloe.
Been trading emails with a couple people trying to set up the day for judging the layout. Waiting on one other person to chime in on possible dates. Lit the wood stove when I came home from MLK Committee meeting so the house is now warming up nicely. Getting hot as a matter of fact so I'm going to go damp it down.
"Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me." "I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men."
Der and Barry- On the west coast they have found what seems to be Anchors from Chinese vessels from the 13th century.
Jeff- Welcome back.
Prayers for all.
Flip
OH , OH ! Here comes Vinnie. Everything on my tab- BY-BY
Good Evening, Chloe, I'll have a hot fudge sundae brownie a la mode (with a scoop of the French vanilla ice cream), please 'n' thank you. Oh, and I'll take that at the window booth, too (since I'm not restricted to the RC now)! (Oh, and I'm using a blue-purple color/colour for the names tonight, in honor of those Diners who have had the treat of some frosty weather recently...)
Sawyer on your soldered wiring joints, you could maybe get a larger size of heat-shrink tubing to slip over those and insulate them. Anyone know how big of a size you can get in those?
TMarsh Jim- Next time you're out driving around and cross a railroad track, ... and pay attention to how straight the big boys make theirs. As long as the train doesn't derail, it's straight enough. Now sit up straight at the RC and relax. Oo. That's gonna cost me and it's suppertime too.
and pay attention to how straight the big boys make theirs. As long as the train doesn't derail, it's straight enough. Now sit up straight at the RC and relax.
Oo. That's gonna cost me and it's suppertime too.
Oh, a quote (for no one in particular...):
"Discretion is the better part of valor." [Sorta like knowing what NOT to say at the right time]
So Barry - will you be transporting your layout to the location where the show will be, for everyone to 'Ooh' and 'Ahh' over? I mean, doesn't everyone have a (semi-)transportable layout? As for those Viking forts (and did you mean Canadian norhtern plains, or those barely SOTB?), are you sure they'd come that far south? After all, Calif.Tom's been telling us how much Uff-Dah does NOT like warm weather in his area. Hey, keep finding those and you can open a used Dremel shop to sell the extras! On the tractory tractor, I'm guessing the TSC one will cost you less for the nephew than a JD one would. One of our MRR club members gets all the Athearn HO scale JD stuff when it comes out (but he makes way more $$ than I do).
DerJohn, thanks for the link to Old Blackie's photo; that was neat! And I wouldn't get certain clothing articles 'in a wad', as the saying goes, since I haven't done very much on that or other MRR projects lately except for that mainline I posted the photo of over the weekend in here... As for the NZ Diner's name, I'm drawing a blank on who that was - I recall one or two in Australia, but nobody who was in KiwiLand.
I forgot to mention earlier that when i was at Chuck's Depot on Saturday, I got a look (even inside the box) at how the Woodland Scenics 'Pre-Fab' buildings are done. They come in a box with the four sides (glued) together, and all the detail parts on sprues. The material it was cast in, looks a lot like the Railway Design Associates stuff on their kits that I've bought - kind of a cream/off-white color, not very flexible. I'm guessing that you glue the strips on the sides under where the roof goes, glue the roof on top of those, and add on the detail parts. Oh yeah, you do get to paint the walls whatever colors/colours suit your fancy. I might get one of those eventually (if I haven't filled up every square inch or centimeter of my layout with buildings by that time...).
Chris, good to hear you'll be making some progress (with Loving Wife's assistance) on the benchw**k and layout. Got a chuckle out of your two options on the photos, too. Best wishes on the project, though!
TeenSteamFan - better to be done with that than the flu virus (of either kind)!
Lee, I don't feel so badly about my pawltry progress on my layout now, knowing I have 2 or 3 years to get done. What've you been up to lately? (Ah, I see - backdrops!) Did you get your other season done for that corner lot on the downtown section yet? Oh I think your backdrops link maybe should be www.sceniking.com.
JR - hope your team does well on this trip! That was very kind of those folks to be flexible on your rental setup.
Jeff - Great to hear your doctor's visit went well and that you're healing fine. Keep taking the antibiotics; there might just be a connection between them and your progress on the foot, don'tcha think?
Ah, Jerry, those cute l'il 'ugly ducklings', the BL2's - I love how they came up with BL2 for their name, too.
Keith - on your "foreshortening via HO-N-Z", one thing that may be needed is, to limit the view of that road (and the buildings) to a small angle of sight, so it's not obvious what's going on to the casual viewer of it. Use trees, mountains, etc. to block the view from other angles...
Rob, I'd agree with Barry - you are getting way too much rain there. Maybe you should have those concrete guys come back and pour you a storm culvert to drain the flood waters away from the road when it's like that (if the road is on your property).
Ah, Robby, you're just saying that 'cause your avatar has that white stuff in it! Got your s**w shovel ready? LOL
I went by MRR club for the meeting tonight, and found the landlord had apparently changed the water meter arrangement inside our wall by the front street, but they may have had some kind of leak, as there were several fans going in there, most everything off of the carpeted floor, and a bit of a mildewy smell to the place. Our secretary/treasurer/LHS owner was going to be gone, and another officer is in New Yawk seeing the sites (like the burger fro $17.50 that he emailed us last week ), so I decided rather than have a permanent smell of mildew in my sinuses, I'd leave. Hadn't seen anyone else by the time I left, either.
Time for me to finish up my dessert and head for home. Hope those of you east of us have your heat on. We're supposed to have a chance of some rain (mostly south of us in Missouri, and Memphis will get most of this round). Prayers for warmth, thanksgiving for good doctor's reports (and for holidays), and continued drying out and healing for all needing it (several of us).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good evening, All. Chloe, I will have a hot cider, please.
Well its a cool night, and the weather man said "maybe some wet snow flurries Friday". Yeah I know I said it .
Anyways.......................
Jeff........Glad its going good for you.
Rob..........Thats not good at all. Will the city/state pay for any damages since its under the main road?
Lee......Very nice pictures.
Well Its almost bed time.
I will be back in the morning.
JohnDer:- The fort mentioned by me was mentioned in a Kodak Handbook on Infra Red Photography---the photo used was an infrared aerial photograph that plainly showed the outline of a 9th/10th century fort----IIRC the site was in North Dakota. There is/was a claim of one found in Minnesota some time in the 1960's but---?
Oh, I forgot to say that I've a thought or three on the whole pre-Columbian crossings theme. I'll get those together and wade in in the next while. The northern plains fort is new to me, but ties in exactly with a fascinating find from that area in the 1800s. Later....
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.