Robby P. The driver door would come open while you are driving.
Nice. One of the vans I drove in the home healthcare delivery days would do that. A real thrill at 60 on the highway.... Then there was the time I got hit from behind in the Astro van. It was a surprise to find out the rack of oxygen bottles wasn't bolted down (like DOT says it has to be, with good reason). In my auction house days, the trucks we ran couldn't have passed a DOT inspection if they had to. We feared the little blue squad cars (commercial vehicle enforcement, IDOT) and took as many backroads as possible. Sad what employers will do to save a buck.
Good afternoon. Ladies? If the coffee is on, I'll take a cup...yeah, the CNW Iowa Division mug would be just spiffy, thankyamuch.
Chris
Whoops, top. Supper/dinner is on me...and THAT editor.
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
We tied our soccer game last night 1-1. I played well though, didn't make a mistake that caused a goal.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Evenin' folks!
Zoe, I'll have the hot roast beef sandwich with mashed tators, and a nice garden salad for supper. I'll go sit at the back booth and stay warm by the stove.
Sawyer good on ya.... I bet you did a whole lot more than just not make any bad mistakes.
Robby and Chris, when I was a boy growing up on the farm, we never had any of the doors open up on us when were driving..... My dad took them all off so we didn't have to fiddle with them to get them to open.... Brakes still even worked on the old 1934 Chevy. It had the old cable ones. We could always get at least one brake to more or less work. The hydraulic ones on the 36 Chevy didn't work at all, but we still could stop the truck with the emergency brake..... sometimes.
I downloaded the photos I took at camp last Saturday at the w**k day out there. The last one I took was as I was driving back up one of the mud roads on the far side of the ravine. I think it came out pretty good..... I would love to have a critique from those of you that are real photo pros....
Ah my dinner is here. I chat later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Evening
Thought this would happen--classes got cancelled tonight----prof was sick!!
Ray: One of my jobs at this garage I worked at was making a run to Ingersoll from Woodstock to a tire dealer to pick up a bunch of tires/wheels. I frequently used a "tire truck" fashioned --roughly speaking here---from a 1961 Chev Impala front clip and frame, a bunch of welded together steel/iron bits/pieces for the 'tire rack' and a seat mounted directly on the frame---with a hint of a floor board so I had a place to rest my feet. People must've had a hoot with seeing that contraption! Whenever there was a safety blitz on the owner of this garage merely would use a beat up 1950's pick up with the loose flapping box to do the work----on the backroads. Then again, I'd see all kinds of rattletraps running the back streets/roads when the safety blitz be on.
Sawyer: Sounds like it was a well fought game!
Chloe, I'll have a Hot Chicken sandwich a plate of 'taters and veggies and a slice of pecan pie please---oh---and a coffee as well please---yes, I'll be with Ray at the corner booth---gee that fireplace is nice at this time of the year--
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/
Thanks guys! hehe, now I can beat people by dribbling around them. I don't just kick the ball up anymore (though that sometimes is the ebst thing to do), but I can dribble around people and pass.
Good Evening,
RAY: Don't know if I'm a "pro" or not...but I like the photo, very pleasing, easy on the eyes. A nice, "rural" fall scene; and a heckofalot more/better fall tree colors than anything we've got around here.
Seems kinda slow in here today/tonight...
Well, it's been one heck of a week! I've been so busy that I haven't been in here, or basically anywhere, for a little over a week. I've been learning songs for the band at church (they asked me to join.......had to learn 12 songs in 4 days), working like crazy (they changed how I do my job so that I'm less productive, but at least it takes me a lot longer to do.......wish I got paid by the hour), and multiple doctors visits (looks like the wife and son both need more sugeries.....we knew that might happen), and so on, and so on........
If I missed anything important, catch me up, OK?
Icecream sunday, please.
***Jerry, that's a nice tribute pond idea. Look forward to seeing how you complete it.
Has anyone here modeled a sink hole? Turns out one persons home is sitting over an old gold mine and the hole that opened up next to their house is downright frightening.
Been very busy doing farm stuff. Looks like a busy weekend of chores as well.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Rob
Just stopped by for a hot cider before heading to bed, Chloe.
I charged the battery for my camera. That is step #1 before photos.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good morning.It's 52 and clear. The high will be in the upper 60's and it will be partly cloudy.Looks like today will be a slow day for me. Not much to do besides lay back and watch movies. I did get a photo of part of the layout earlier this morning though.
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 are having enough wind to set up a "Wind Chill" of -6C from a 0C temp. Nice and chilly at this hour. Cloudy with sunny periods is in our forecast this fine morning. Todays will be 7C ---Tomorrow will be sunny with the high at 10C. Tonight will be clearing up with the low at -4C. Frost? What frost?
Well, I got the seminars to do this weekend so I'm off and all piculous getting the stuff ready for it--my so called notes are going all over the map today so who knows where the discussions will lead. One of the topics we've been yippering about is "conflicts of interest"----OY
Sue: I'm always going around about that---"camera--check------batteries---now, where did I put the batteries----oh---in the camera------I can take pictures---YES!!!" I was lucky this year as I was actually putting new batteries everytime I went out------now---what I need to do is close ups without fuzzinesses
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and toast/jam please------I'll be over at the RC and see if'n anyone show up this morning--
Mornin'!
I'm almost awake.... Zoe need about 4 cups of coffee to wake me up... On second thought just a couple will do.
I am heading out this morning for a day of trains. The Central New York Division of the NMRA is haveing a bus trip today to go to the RR Museum in Medina, NY and visit a very large train/toy store as well. I decided to join them so the bus will be picking me up at the Thruway exit North of Geneva in a bout a half hour.
blownout cylinderSue: I'm always going around about that---"camera--check------batteries---now, where did I put the batteries----oh---in the camera------I can take pictures---YES!!!" I was lucky this year as I was actually putting new batteries everytime I went out------now---what I need to do is close ups without fuzzinesses
I'll second or third that.... Just charged the battery last week so it should be good for a couple hundred or so flash photos. Hopefully I will have some stuff to share tonight after I get back.
Best be gulping down the rest of the coffee and hitting the road. Catch you all later!
Just a quick stop.
Hope everybody has a good day, and a warm one at that. Another cool one here!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Today: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 48. East wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: A slight chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. There is a “hard freeze” warning for tonight.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning everyone. I'll be helping out the SAMS (Students Applying Math and Science) club of my school that I'm a member of at SEED (Science Education and Enrichment Day) day today at the local university.
Speaking of high school football, we went to Ben's high school game last night, real fun time! Ben's school Wake Forest Rolesville (WFR) stomped on Wakefield High 47 - 0. Go Cougars!
Here is some warm slow-cooker Black-Eyed Pea Stew for these cooling days....
You all have a great weekend!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Chloe, I will have scrambled eggs on an english muffin with my coffee, please.
Barry and Ray, The battery thing is my downfall. We went to the local airshow, and guess what, I ran out before the good stuff.
Mornin all nothing but coffee please. Gotta make it quick. Brenda has to work at 1 and she wants to go to the Great Train Expo show at the fairgrounds so I'll have to get going here soon. It starts at 10 am. Not a whole lot to spend, (my trucks got a weird feeling to it and I might need to fix something) and I'm not going to make it to the bank to get a fist full of ones like Lee (too bad I wanted to try that). Besides, the first thing on the first day they might not be as willing to haggle anyway.
Jeff- I like the tag on the hopper, of course the other side looks great too.
Tom- Yes I heard about your "situation" on the weather channel. When Jim Cantori is there, something's up. Glad you made it through fine. Hope it dries up so you won't have to wear the mask much longer.
Garry- nice F units
Chris- Did you ask, if a sparrow can carry a coconut, why can't a hawk carry a dog? At least a small one.
Best get movin. I'll pick up after Jerry's post on the pond, very nice by the way, when I get back from the show, then it's back to cleaning the train room.
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.
Sue was saying something about clotography so I decided to take a stab at it myself. This is a truck on an old express reefer.
Morning...The sun is shinning and its 42 with a frost warning for tonite..I'll have biscuits and gravey and coffee please..thank you..I got layout cleaned and put back together yesterday ran train for awhile..my Son is posta come today so don't have any railroad plans..you all have a good one..Jerry
I forgot who had the under layout wires that they were going to insulate with masking tape but I finally found this that might help you out; www.micromark.com item #82216, liquid electrical tape.
Today I was looking at a couple of the Athearn BB locos that are on my layout. Among them are this GP38-2:And this SDP40F:
Good afternoon, ladies? a bowl of chili please 'n thankyou...
Back from a fun morning/afternoon of covering girl scouts with their first pinewood derby. As usual, I've got far more photos than THAT editor will ever be able to use.
TMarshmy trucks got a weird feeling to it and I might need to fix something
I know that feeling all too well. All 4 shocks are completely shot, the truck pulls to the right (goes around curves just fine and dandy, don't even have to steer), and a "shackle bracket" which somehow holds the box to the frame or spring or something...is broken. The box tilts down to the left. A very sad looking Ranger. But, with 201,200+ miles on her, she sure runs good (knocking frantically on anything wood).
Another paycheck or two...and I "should" be able to get some repair w**k done. The parts aren't so bad, it's the labor. For a guy who's not a mechanic, and really doesn't have the means to do the job... I'm kinda at their mercy. We used to use a mechanic in a nearby town. He had a "pay me what you can when you can" policy. But, he got so successful, it now takes a few months to be able to get in for a brake job. If I called him today, he could probably get me in sometime in February or March. That's no exaggeration.
TMarshDid you ask, if a sparrow can carry a coconut, why can't a hawk carry a dog? At least a small one
*DING DING DING* The King of Toddland figured out exactly what I was gonna ask the nice U of I bird lady. Maybe I shoulda...
Extra bold coffee in a large UNION PACIFIC mug & a bowl of that Black Eyed Pea Stew, please & thanks.
***Philip, sending healing thoughts your families way.
***Jeffrey, nice work on the truck! Are you going to be re-paiting the SF loco?
Put in a new gate where it will be easier to give the goats & cows hay from during winter. Also put together a new hay ring for them, as their old one is dangerously falling apart Did a hay run to rest of the pastures/paddocks, so everyone is set for the coming week. One more gate to put up and 4 peach trees to plant and I'll be done for the day (excluding night barn feedings).
Have a good day all.
Good Evening--
We're seeing a sunset here---first time for everything --especially around here at this time of year! They are now saying that the low for here wil be -6C
Had an interesting day--discussions did center around the "conflict of interest" thing that rears its head every so often. Even popped the issue of kits being taken out of various companies inventories and the search for a higher profit margin. We are seeing something of an interest in building a market via filling a hole in the market. Now, if one can get $$$ together
Chloe, I'll have the coffee for now, I'll think about the chowdown---I mean--supper a little later--whew--that was close-------oh---yes---I'll be at the RC---
Well, had fun working at SEED. went to the hobby shop afterwards and picked up some fine gray ballast and medium cinders ballast. Also soldered some feeders today, I'm out of black and red wire now, but I've gotten enough feeders soldered to ballast all the actual yard tracks. still need to solder feeders on the yard lead, engine servicing, and furniture factory areas.
Also picked up some model master white paint and some testors thinner that works w/ model master. also have some model master red paint. We'll see what happens to the locos overnight, eh?
Good evening Diners: Nearly a week since Columbus Day, so I'd better answer Ulrich's comment and say what I was going to say before the Diner is towed away again!
The book that I go by for this pre-Columbus discovery of North America stuff is "Atlantic Crossings Before Columbus" by Frederick Pohl. Google the title, and the first result should take you to a download of almost, but frustratingly not quite, the entire thing!
Pohl starts with the Phoenicians, and I would add that since we've been in Canada, a stone anchor of the typical design used by the Phoenicians has been dredged from the St. Lawrence at or near Montreal. In a footnote Pohl mentions Roman coins having been found in Venezuela.
Pohl then discusses St. Brendan of Ireland and his voyages - and how very possible a sea-going leather clad vessel is. He strongly postulates an Irish presence in Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland before the Norse.
Then there's the Heavener ("Heave" as in lift) Runestone - a Norse petroglyph in Oklahoma written in an alphabet going out of use before Leif Erickson's voyages to Vineland the Good!!
Skipping ahead, because the Vineland Sagas are long and detailed, we come to the Kensington Runestone in Minnesota. Unearthed from inside the roots of a stump being pulled in 1898, this stone records, in a mix of language sources, Swedish, Norwegian and 14th Century English, the plight of 8 Goths (Swedes) and 22 Norwegians...attacked by the indigenous population of the area, and preparing for their "last stand".
The aerial photos of a "fort" mentioned by JR(?) fits in very well with the terms used on this stone for "home" rather than an overnight camp, BTW.
The remains of a Norse type boat was found at the north end of Grant's Lake, just 6 miles from the Kensington Runestone find, which may indicate that the last stand was about as successful as Custer's!
Pohl brings us to within 100 years of 1492, and to Nova Scotia with the story of Henry St. Clair (Sinclair in today's English) Baron of Roslin, and Earl of Orkney. Orkney at the time ( Henry was born in 1345) belonged to Norway, but became Scottish. Sinclair brought a fleet of ships to Newfoundland, but the natives were not friendly! So he went further west and landed in Nova Scotia, where there is fair evidence that he may be the historical personage behind the mythical Mic Mac hero Glooscap, who had "come among them as a visitor". 1398, or thereabouts.
So, having bored you all silly, I'll have a JR Regular and an oatmeal and molasses cookie, and join the newly ORFed Duke in the corner booth.
LSWrr: That micro-Mark liquid insulator looks to be just the thing! thanks.
Picked up a sanding tower and sand shed on evilBay last night. I've also decided that I really have to re-configure my main yard. The operating plan relies on reversing trains into sidings, and the #4 turnouts I have in the ladder and approaches are not friendly to cars over 40'. Since I'm aiming for a modern look, most of my stuff is 50' and up So, major work ahead......
Maybe this weekend will get rainy enough to stop the outside yard work so I can get some mrr time.
Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of healing, comfort, peace and prosperity.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, nice work on the truck! Are you going to be re-paiting the SF loco?
Got back from the Central NY, NMRA trip a few hours ago, had supper and have busied myself getting the photo from today downloaded, processed, and uploaded to Photobucket.
Flo just a cup of decafe and one of those chocolate brownies with vanilla ice cream on it for me.
Trip was a blast! They had a bus full and a van besides. We stopped at "Ridge Road Station" a very large train/hobby/toy/Christmas year around shop and then proceeded to the Medina RR Museum. Both the store and the Museum have very large and excellent layouts. The Store has an inside G scale layout, and the museum has a huge HO scale layout. I will post photos over in the WPF thread soon. Here are a cpoulpe to whet your appetite:
G scale swimming hole....
This photo was taken just past the half way point of the museum layout. The dispatchers office is in the middle of the layout. The overhead lights going down the center are all over the top of the layout.
We got to ride in style on coaches from the NYC 20th. Century Limited, complete with an appropriately dressed conductor:
If any of you are bored and want to see all the photos, they can be found here.
Got to meet some wonderful other people in the hobby (one of which has been known to lurk hereabouts from time to time....) see some great sights, and have a lot of fun!
Sawyer sounds like you have had a fun and productive day!
Sue, the battery worked all day with no problem.... In fact I got to play with my new boot flash for the first time and found with today's photos that if I was able to bounce the flash off the ceiling, it made a much nicer, softer, photo of the models.
Barry? A sunset....... Wow! I was sitting on the bus as we were loading up after the visit to the store and suddenly this bright orange/red thing was in the sky...... I thought for sure they would have to cancel the rest of the trip, but luckily it disappeared back behind a cloud and we were able to continue....
Der, definitely fasinating stuff!
Hope you all are having a great day!
Yeah ray, it was. Sweet pics, looking forward to the rest in WPF