Jim- Next time you're out driving around and cross a railroad track, (I would say walk up to the nearest tracks and look down them but that would be suggesting something not so legal ) 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.
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.
Sawyer: I had a few of those when I started-----you think those are a mess?--HAH!! ---got you beat--I'm the worst when it comes to soldering!! That is why I'm mucking about with DIN rails and terminals that just plug wires into---
Good Evening--
We are getting a Christmas float together---this coming out of one of the committee meetings--we're also going to see about putting on a train show sometime next year---of course I got roped into it We seem to have a few closet MRRers in our midst---so out they come This'll help--
I got home to a 'Spring' who decided that he had to leap into my arms as soon as I came in the door---bit of a surprise---he was all purring and headbuts this evening---
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a Hamburger----no heart attack versions either!---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/
A great Sunday evening to one and all. I ate before I came, so a JR Regular is all I need please Chloë.
Chris: Here's a pic of Iowa Blackie, holding if my beady old eyes don't deceive me (old Goon Show reference, just couldn't help myself!) a book of those poems with the graphito you mentioned, on the front!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artistikfunk/2807916522/
While I am trying for as modern look as I can manage for the Maritime Trunk, defacing cars and buildings with graphiti isn't allowed on my layout. The King of Toddland will understand the thrill of such sweeping executive action, even if perhaps not agreeing with me in this case.
BTW, I go with Flip's stud finder solution, although I've used the series of small holes method with good success myself. Just remember that the bracket manufacturers have not yet tumbled to the fact that the lumber mills no longer produce true 2" studs. In consequence, the two top holes of a bracket will seldom align to the stud in question; one has to choose one side or the other. . Not to worry from an engineering perspective, as two screws should be quite sufficient to hold that particular share of the benchwork load.
Garry: Canadians .... I hear you have your Thanksgiving on first Monday of October. Any truth to that rumor? I hope it is a good one, eh! I heard from somebody in Halifax and they are celebrating at their house tomorrow. In Halifax, they have "Pumkin People" which is a lot of fun. Perhaps, Der John will join us and tell about it although he is east of there in Nova Scotia.
Canadians .... I hear you have your Thanksgiving on first Monday of October. Any truth to that rumor? I hope it is a good one, eh! I heard from somebody in Halifax and they are celebrating at their house tomorrow. In Halifax, they have "Pumkin People" which is a lot of fun. Perhaps, Der John will join us and tell about it although he is east of there in Nova Scotia.
Yes indeedy ‘tis our Thanksgiving; which has much more to do with the Harvest Festivals of Europe than your Pilgrim based celebration in November. Not the first Monday in October BTW, but the first Monday following the full moon after the Autumnal Equinox. Why make it easy when complicated is much more fun? THE Pumpkin People Capital is Kentville, where this year's theme is the 2010 Winter Olympics with over 280 life-sized pumpkin figures around the town. The city fathers front cash and municipal workers build a bunch, and the worthy citizenry do their own. Halifax's efforts pale by comparison. It is all however, as you say, all JGF!
We had our Thanksgiving feast today, as the family is here and we take everyone home tomorrow. Traditional turkey with all the trimmings. Got in a walk afterwards, which was very pleasant because the weather has been cloudless until late afternoon, and just a few stray clouds thereafter. Sorry about that Ulrich, but we've had such rotten dreary wet this year, that a little break is to be crowed over!!!
No chance of mrr this weekend because of the grandkids in general, and our granddaughter's sleeping in the train room in particular. Jim, I haven't forgotten those buckets, just haven't done anything about them yet. Never fear, the tar trailer project will get done.....
Ulrich: You've got me thinking now about my proposed colour scheme for passenger cars on the Maritime Trunk. I was going for a two blues and sandy cream to suggest sea, sand and sky. More blue than cream, but the mess of the good old 140323-7 gives me pause!
Sawyer: Let us know how your electrical tape holds up insulating those terminal strips. I find the stuff comes unstuck far too easily. Maybe I'm using the wrong brand.
Time to go do family things, TTFN, John.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
lol, aight Barry.
John, I'll probably wrap it with some other tape to keep it held onto the wires.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
TMarsh Jim- Next time you're out driving around and cross a railroad track, (I would say walk up to the nearest tracks and look down them but that would be suggesting something not so legal ) 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.
Todd: The crossing that I took the VIA locomotive from had a 9"--or so--float to it at one time. The train would go by this one spot and the track would go up/down about that amount. Now it is only ---oh---6" or so-- Now that I think of it I'm going to see if'n I can't grab me vid of that so that our group in my neighbourhood can see this thing!!
Good afternoon...
Well, Loving Wife and I decided we oughta get a something-thermic heater, as a supplement to our oil burning furnace. So...we grabbed one on sale at Menards. Looks like it'll do just fine. I decided my truck needs w**k more than I need to start benchw**k. Loving Wife convinced me to get the stuff needed for one bracket, to see if my idea will w**k, and to actually get something up on the wall. Great gal, love her more everyday. So...grabbed 1x4, a metal shelf bracket, and screws. I got one cut made, for the 2-1/2 foot long top piece. The vertical will go from the top of the baseboard up to the 4 ft. line, so will end up lopping-off part of it. Which reminds me: TOM and FLIP...THANKS GUYS! I'll see what I can do with the petrified wood baseboard (100 year old house). Flip, I've got one...it beeps at everything. Stud or lathe, it doesn't seem to matter. I believe I can "narrow down" where one oughta be with it, but I'm still gonna need exploratory holes to be sure.
Batteries for the drill are charging now so will get caught up more in here, make my remaining cut, start with the screwing, drilling, exploring, explative-speaking, assembly, and hopefully ultimately...installing on one "L" bracket for the future RR. Pics later if it w**ks. Pics of the burn pile outside if it don't.
Ladies, keep the coffee going please 'n thankya...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Sawyer: Masking tape should do the trick...we're dealing with low voltages and just a few amps after all. The more modern greens and blue, while easy to remove in their intended applications, may be too easy to undo when used as insulation. I don't know, just thinking out loud. Anybody any experience of this. Not rushing intothe family time as you can see, "Lord of the Rings" is the chosen watch, and I can hear most of it from here! Great shots of New Zealand though. Anyone remember the NZ mrr who dropped into the old Coffee Shop a time or three?
Der John: Yep...that kinda looks like the charecter. He's gotten a lot more "biker" than when I met him. No offense there PC... Maybe he was having a "bad day" when I met him, there is no way he coulda rode a Harley (or any 2-wheeled vehicle) that day. He seems to have "gone commercial." I can't quite put my finger on what's so different about the Iowa Blackie in the picture...and the one I met. The one I met seemed like he shoulda been in a home for retarded adults. That's NOT meant as an insult or in any way, shape, or form derogatory. He just wasn't "all there." The one in the picture seems more..."with it."
Maybe Iowa Blackie is like Ronald McDonald: Many take the name/wear the suit, live the persona...
And yeah, I've gotten bitten by the holes on shelf brackets before [:(!
Hey Guys Im back.
Finnaly got rid of the Alpha Antivirus
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
teensteam: Glad your virus is dead! Way back on the old siding, on Oct 4th. I posted a link you maybe missed becasue of that virus. You may find it of interest, given your liking for Brit steam. http://www.a1steam.com/ Their insurance companies must be more used than ours to dealing with 1:1 live steam issues! I understand from Canadians I've met who are trying to preserve the few remaining steam locos here that insurance is a real killer.
Lord of the Rings is still just as noisy, and has had only two of a possible six viewers for some time now. (Turns out it's the thrid of the trillogy). It's gettingon to bed time again, so I'll say Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of healing, comfort, peace and prosperity.
Evening all,
Jeff Sounds like you are properly motivated to get better soon, and it sounds as if your improving. Keep at it.
Tom, some of the people at the train shows are very talented, however I just learned a secret about one of my talented friends; It took him 7 years to finish a 16 foot section of layout and it hase never been powered. I do like to run my trains, maybe that's why he brings locomotives to my house, LOL.
Been working on backdrops all night, Dorothy is not thrilled about the clear coat smell in the house right now.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
"Hi~ I'll have the usual pleasue black"
Any night owls up at this hour? I'm sitting here writing out a list of things I need to get done tomorrow.. especially on the layout. I find just having a list of things to do, makes the next day easier for me. Seems, tonight I can remember what I need to do tomorrow...so all I have to do. is write it down, now! If you work on your layout for two weeks straight.. no matter how little you do.. but do it every day.. after two weeks it becomes habit. Its only 10 pm here... so I'm still pretty active. Although if this keeps up.. I believe it will be almost time for.. John in Nova Scotia to get up. Oh by the way..
RAY: Nice phtos.. I am inspired.~
Keith
Good morning All,
Still no hook up for the puter at the house but got lots of other stuff done and the last of the cleaning/vacating on the rental. I'll have a regular and a toasted blueberry muffin split and buttered please Zoe.
Should mention the rental a bit. When we had the fire we stayed at first in motels while we sorted the insurance out and got a listof possible rentals. The folks we ended up getting the rental from had had their house on the market for over a year, had already moved to NC, and were getting very worried pulling two mortgages and so put the house on the rental list. Still shell shocked from the fire, we passed the interview and got the house - nearly new and still mostly furnished as we'd lost virtually everything on the second floor and all the attic contents. These folks have been absolutely great to us extending the agreement after the great flood and other delays and generally being understanding in our time of need. They didn't need to do any of that and we will always appreciate what they did to help out.
Keith - the aluminum screen with plaster cloth works really well for scenery though not too well if you're trying for that craggy look. I used it two layouts ago stapling it to the wood mountain outlines. I (wearing heavy gloves) wrinkled it all up to make it more pliable and realistic and to minimize the fill needed to make worn eastern type mountains and that worked well. Make sure you cover any track beneath the wire with paper to keep the plaster off and make sure the track runs are all proved and have adequate clearance (especially away from the screening) before you add the plaster. Being lazy, when I added the plaster of paris over the plaster cloth, I put some paint in the mix to keep the inevitable chips from being too noticable.
Enough delays - time to get to w..k . Final loading for Road Atlanta - the truck leaves this afternoon and we fly out Weds morning. Catch ya later, J.R.
Good morning. Its kinda cool this morning. They are calling for a high Friday of 44 degs. Yeah, I think its time to start getting the house ready for winter.
Not much planned today. I did buy some stuff from a LHS, and maybe I can work on the layout some. Maybe even work on the house some as well.
Hope everybody is doing good, and has a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good morning. It's Monday, the 12th day of October, 2009. It's 64 and cloudy. The high is expected to be in the upper 70's and there's a chance of rain.I'll be on my way to see the foot doc later today. I anticipate a good report. I woke up with a low blood sugar level (64) but some sausage and potatoes took care of that by raising the level by about 100 points. The sausage doesn't do anything to raise the level but it sure makes the potatoes more palatable. I know there will soon come a day that I can get back to many of my normal activities and I look forward to it. The layout is showing some signs of neglect.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Morning--
We're doing a Canadian Thanksgiving thing today under the dull dull dull and COOL weather here---we're even going to see a 50% chance of showers---we actually had a t'underin'boomer last night even though none was forecast The igh will be 8C while our low tonight will be 1C---right now we are at -1C. BTW---another sign we are approaching that OTHER season-----being warned this morning to look out for black ice---
Going to clean up the trainroom a bit--more to find some tools that went MIA. I did find that I actually have 4 Dremels in here. I'm into getting some more trestles done up then I'll start figuring out the radii for the curve onto the other side of the valley---heeheehee
Jeff: Hope things turn out OK there---
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toasted bagel with an egg on it----I'll be over at the RC for now
I hate my computer. It shut off and lost my really long post again. Not gunna try to do that again...
blownout cylinder TMarsh Jim- Next time you're out driving around and cross a railroad track, (I would say walk up to the nearest tracks and look down them but that would be suggesting something not so legal ) 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. Todd: The crossing that I took the VIA locomotive from had a 9"--or so--float to it at one time. The train would go by this one spot and the track would go up/down about that amount. Now it is only ---oh---6" or so-- Now that I think of it I'm going to see if'n I can't grab me vid of that so that our group in my neighbourhood can see this thing!!
You guys wanna see rough track? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJDIFUOsZQ0 (not mine). Check out the second clip, at 1:50. Also, in that clip, note the third unit on the first train, right before teh slug
Speaking of the ________ (don't wanna mention it, I'll let you guys figure it out...), I'm going fishing today, and the river parallels the tracks, maybe I'll catch the H-02 with ________ on the head end. I'll probably catch some NJT stuff, since according to their schedules, they're not on a holiday/weekend schedule today.
I gotta go, catch ya later.
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I have a few of his videos saved. They are very cool. That reminds me..........I have heard a lot of NS this morning. Might make a couple of mile trip and see what I can get.
Good Columbus Day morning all,
Speaking of Plaster Mountains; don’t forget about the added weight. I noticed there is a minor dip in the bridge over Fox Creek on my layout. I used natural stone for the creek bed and Styrofoam and plaster for the creek banks then add the 5 pours of 1/8” polyurethane and it all adds up.My new hobby of refurbishing HO-Scale locomotives just picked up a little; I have a B&O SW and a PC GP38 sitting on my bench that needs some work.
I cut and pasted (the old fashioned way) the Senikings.com backdrops last night to poster board and gave them 3 coats of a matte finish spray clear coat.
Thoughts and prayers to those on the sick and injured list.
Good morning all and Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends and a Happy Columbus Day to my United Statesian friends. Very funny, no I didn't get you a card Zoe. Just a cup of coffee and some of Garry's ham on toast please. Thanks. I'm not sure anymore exactly why we celebrate Columbus Day. I remember as a kid in school they taught us Columbus discovered America, (and Henry Ford invented the automobile too. Both of which I learned later were WRONG! I wonder what else was wrong.) I guess there was a free day off for some and they just don't want to give it up. Think I'll take it off too in remembrance of ole Chris who just got lost and became famous. Maybe I'll go for a drive.
Columbus Day: Showers before 10am. High near 49. East southeast wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind between 3 and 7 mph.
We've had our morning rain and at 40F 'twas a cold one.
DerJohn- Ah the glories of being king and the sweeping decisions we can make (sigh) Wonderful isn't it. As far as your choice on Graffiti er..., the "G" word goes, I agree. However, not being king of anyone elses world, I'll have not a say nor even a disdainful thought if someone else chooses to indulge. For it is their choosing and likes, not mine. Kinda like parking at the Walmart. But easier.
Isn't it interesting that though we choose different ways of picking days, the reason is basically the same for Thanksgiving in different countries and somehow the Turkey also gets, shall we say, the place of honor.
Barry- Sounds like a good idea. Now that a train runs I should clear the layout off. Again.
Chris- I, like John, use the exploratory method. I just measured from the corner of the room I assumed was where they started from and, within the board width that will cover, tapped in the first nail. Repeating this process every inch until the stud is found. Language of course gets harsher with each hole until usually it gets to insulting the builder of said wall. In the case on the train room, that would be.......
JR- Alright, now I feel it is safe for me to say CONGRATULATONS on getting back into the house without me jinxing it.
Jeff- Good luck at the docs.
Say does anyone else get into a "why don't you park there" discussion with the wife, girlfriend, friend, person riding in vehicle, every time you go to park in a large parking lot. (for those of you in a small town like me, I'm talking one that holds more than 10 or 15 cars and usually doesn't involve staying out of the corner that doesn't drain and gets muddy). You see, I don't parking lot cruise. Nor will I wait 5 ½ hrs for a person to load their trunk and change the diaper on the kid while holding up traffic, to get their space. I also have this apparently very annoying and non understandable habit of passing up the prime spots most times. You know the few and far between times the spaces next to the handicapped and within the first 1/3 to ½ of the row. The copilot must cram their finger into the window saying in excited disbelief and over the sound of what very well could be cracking glass, "what's wrong with that one" as I calmly reply, "some older person or disabled who couldn't get a handicapped space may need it more than me" To which they reply with that tone of total frustration, "that's nice but it won't be them, it'll be some young person that gets it." Undauntedly I reply, "well that's them not me." Usually the walk to the store through the cold or the rain is a quiet one.
Have a Great Day!!!
Good morning, Chloe. Just a quick coffee before I head out the door.
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you north of the border.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good morning ....
Canadians ...... Happy Thanksgiving. Where are Fergie and Luc?
Der John .... Thanks for explaining about the Pumkin People. It would be fun to see.
JR .... It has been a long story for you and your family. I still recall the wonderful city on you layout before the your house fire. You even had your version of Elliot's Diner. I suppose layout re-construction will find its way in your priority list.
Ulrich .... Thanks for the photos of the electric locomotives. I liked seeing them.
Have fun everybody....
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
HAPPY Thanksgiving / Columbus Day!
I should get a calendar with all those "over there holidays" marked!
Zoe, I´ll just have my RBF and a handful of those delicious chocolate chip cookies!
After all the rain we had yesterday, it was a calm, even a little bit sunny day today. As I start to write this, the sun is getting prepared to set - it´ll be dark in two hours! An uneventful day - and that is perfectly OK, surprises now mean bad surprises!
Watched TV this afternoon, a nice report about Swiss railroads. My gosh, that whole country is just one big model railroad! Those train shows on TV are getting more and more popular. There is always a message attached to it - take the train and see, how beautiful mother nature is - leave the stinkin´ car in your garage! Until last year, we even had a railroad channel called BahnTV, but they closed down -
Jeff - do let us know how things are moving ahead with your foot!
A happy holiday, my friends!
"Coffee please"
Hey all, ... I never thought I'd end up closing the dinner .. again~ Asleep with my head on the table. This time I made sure the burners were off.. turned off the lights .. and locked the door on my way out. All of you...~! You go to bed with the chickens~! Well I got my list of things to do. Just a matter of drinking my coffee and head out. Chilly cloudy morning. You can certainly tell winter is on its way.
"oh... thankyou~ mmm coffee"
Goooooooooooooooood morning! And a wish for all of you North of the Border peoples to have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! Of course to those of us down in the States a great Columbus Day as well!
Zoe I'll have a big bowl of hot oatmeal to start the day along with a cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug.
Todd your mentioning the "history" thing made me think about an incident over 35 years ago when I was teaching Music in Chemung School. Chemung is a little bedroom community of Elmira NY but is part of Waverly Schools. Most of the students lived way out in the hills of Chemung County so it was rural bordering on Appalachia......... One day the week before Columbus Day the 2nd. grade class came into my room for music, and one little kid kept giggling. I finally turned to him and said Johnny, what is going on? He just giggled some more and said, "nothin'" A few minutes more I was getting a bit angry as he continued to sit and laugh. So I asked him again and told him he had better cut it out! One of the girls in the class came up to me and said, "Mr. Howard, our teacher just told us that Columbus discovered America." I look at her and said, "So?" She leaned over and whispered in my ear, "But he's an Indian!" That morning changed a lot about how I thought on several things........ ( I'm sure Jeffrey will appreciate that.)
We had a hard frost last night. Last time I checked it was only 39°F outside still. (Of course that was 3 phone calls ago....) Might get all the way up to 50° later today.
Well I have a long list of items that have to be done today before I can play with the trains, so I best get moving. See 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!
I have never understood, why they make such a big fuss about that Italian guy who supposedly discovered America in 1492.
To my knowledge, it was Bjarne, Herjulf Bardson's son, in the year 986, who was the first pale-faced man whose eyes looked upon the American continent - 506 years before "maledetto Christoforo Colombo" thought he´d found his way to India... Bjarne must have landed somewhere close to a place we know now as Nova Scotia - DerJohn can probably tell us...
Sir Madog I have never understood, why they make such a big fuss about that Italian guy who supposedly discovered America in 1492. To my knowledge, it was Bjarne, Herjulf Bardson's son, in the year 986, who was the first pale-faced man whose eyes looked upon the American continent - 506 years before "maledetto Christoforo Colombo" thought he´d found his way to India... Bjarne must have landed somewhere close to a place we know now as Nova Scotia - DerJohn can probably tell us...
A couple of sites are in Labrador---
There are a few sites currently under investigation in the northern plain states that has a distinct outline of a 'Viking' fort
good Morning..Its partly cloudy and a cool 53 here..I'll have coffee and a dougnut please..Thank You..I worked on a chain link fence while I watched football yesterday..gotta paint it and weather it latter..I got a couple of Life like BL2's saturday..one is C&O the other unpainted thinking about maybe C&EI...
You all have a good one..Jerry
"Ah... I think this is tomorrows menu... 'Turkey Taco Tueday'? Turkey and eggs? Turkey sandwiches? Turkey Enchilada's? " .. "I 'll have a BLT, heavy on the real mayo .. and a large Coke" "Thanks"
In case you peeps out there are wondering what I am up to.. ~.. ? I am now looking at just a few Z scale houses and a few cars.. to go along with my N scale layout. The other day, I was looking at some pics of layouts, and came across.. a 'Hill and Dale' road... it looked at is was designed from afar. But as I could see it.. that is.. through my eyes.. and the hills/road ventured out into the distant.. it seemed.. the road got smaller.. and so did the houses. I think I want to give it a shot. Hey I just wish someone here would tell me of their layout their building.. perhaps even give me a site to see~ Phillip, wow.. he must be knee deep on his layout.. haven't seen him in a bit. Ok.. heres' my BLT .. wow that was fast.. "Mmm smells good"~
blownout cylinderA couple of sites are in Labrador--- There are a few sites currently under investigation in the northern plain states that has a distinct outline of a 'Viking' fort
Well, how do you think "Oaf Dah's" (sp) ancestors got here? Tom will have to chime in on that.....????
Kieth the illusion using a smaller scale near the back of the layout can work, but can also be hard to achieve. I used 'n' scale buildings and scenery near the back of one section of my "HO" scale layout. It is about 4/5 foot back where it was used. You can see the "N" scale farm house behind the buildings in this shot:
Here is a shot of the same house showing the huge tracks going by the place.......
There is also an "N" scale barn and horses back there as well. So far no one has come to the layout and noticed the change of scale. I think it would be very hard to do without the actual depth of the layout in that spot.