Afternoon all...Its snowing here and 25..We have 4 inches now...I'll have a cup of egg nog and coolies please..Thank you...Got football on the tube planning on watching the Colts game latter..Getting started on a laser kit..Saw Pit store....
Jim...I like your decals..hope to see some of your stuff when you get them painted and decaled...
Jeff..Looks like you scored some goodies..Hows the foot doing?...You are in my prayers...
You all have a good one...Jerry
Good afternoon. Coffee please. Got some snow last night and I scooped the drive. Woke up this morn to more snow, and I scooped the drive. Went to church and attendance was down due to snow I guess, or pooped from Christmas. Came home and it had snowed some more. Scooped the drive. Then it snowed some more. I'm still inside.
About time to head downstairs to you know where.
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.
Todd- I guess that it means you are a "super , duper, snow scooperer." Don't want to complain about our cold weather here. Altho it might make you hot under the collar. lol
Galaxy- Anything in particular in B&O / C&O ?? In H O of course.
Flip
Merry Christmas!!!
Hello everyone! Been busy with visitin' folks and family... Hope everyone had a very pleasant and happy Christmas!?!
My wife got me a Bachmann Spectrum Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation DCC Equipped for Christmas!!! So I now own one of the Steam Loco's from New Hope &N Ivyland!!!
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I just need to pick up an 0-6-0 steam switcher (NH&I #9) ( I think it is also baldwin manufactured, but not 100% sure)
I wanted to know if any of you have one, and if so, is it of good quality and who made/makes it?
Chloe, may I have a Pastrami on Rye and a large coffee in an NJT mug please?
I'll be in the corner for a little while, then I have to go out for the afternoon with my wife and her best friend!!!
I'll try to stop back in later!
Thanks for any input you can give me on the Steam Switcher!
BTW, if that IS our diner, it explains why everything gets thrown around when the switcher moves it!!!
Sam
May He bless you, guide you, and keep you safe on your journey through life!
I Model the New Hope & Ivyland RR (Bucks County, PA)
Cox 47Jeff. Hows the foot doing?...You are in my prayers...
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Good Afternoon, Janie - I'll have a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of creamy tomato soup with some cheese croutons on the top, please, with a RBF also. Thanks!
So Ulrich, was this your and Petra's first introduction to Steffi (or had you met her before this Christmas)? And if it was, what'd you and Petra think? Did 'young' Christian make a good choice? Know that tonight and tomorrow we will have you and the hospital doctors, nurses, etc. covered in our From my guesstimations, you are about 7 hours ahead of us, yes? What time do you have to get to the hospital (or what time is your test/surgery/doctor's visit)? And would those 'youthful' comments in setting up the computer be the ones that start with "Well, GEE, Dad..." (in THAT kinda "I can't believe my own father doesn't know how to...." tone)? But good that you have the 'puter in place and w**king okay now.
Todd, you scored big time at the 'office party'! Was it like some office parties I've heard about - lampshade on your head, etc.? Has Brenda seen the videos on YouTube yet? (Just funnin' ya - I haven't seen any, although that's no guarantee that somebody might not have posted a video or some pics...) Ah, the downside of wonderful technology... Hey, I was impressed about DerJohn's ballasting too, but remember, he was only doing that in iNvisible scale.
Rob, for your heliport on the hospital, you might see if a LHS or H-L has decals or dry transfers (such as for race cars, airplanes, etc.). They might have something like what you need for your pad. Are you thinking of a circle and/or crosshairs for the heliport? Think the one at the hospital closest to my place is like that.
Galaxy, it sounds like you did up your Christmas celebration for everybody on the gifts. Can I be a relative of yours next year? We tried to do our part to keep things toned down, and besides, this is Elliott's (Trackside) Diner, so we usually wind up having a mug of coffee (or something stronger) after things wind down and we settle down at the RC.
Robby, I hope you don't have a repeat of THAT trip to w**k from several days ago...Maybe the boss will take your word if you say that it's a bit too hazardous for driving in (this time).
Trainman Sam - I'm hoping your Bachman looks better than that one in the pics you posted! That's some severe weathering job, all right... If you're in HO scale, I have their 0-6-0 (saddle tanker) switcher, which looks pretty good and runs okay (so far as I can tell- did some test runs on the MRR club layout). I think your 'puter may have the hiccups, looks like your photos are duplicating or something.
Careful Flip - Todd might re-route some of his sn*wy weather back down your way, even if he has to send it by a hopper unit train!
Jeff, that Aleve doesn't have the potential to become addictive, so that's another plus for the Aleve over the Lortab. I've heard of people on some pain meds (as prescribed) who wound up getting addicted to them and having problems getting off them when their body healed up.
Still none of that white stuff here, although they keep saying there's a possibility of some s**w flakes drifting down from the sky. We got to about 37 F today (about the same as yesterday), and the wind's still blowing with a wind chill that has a little bite to it. Guess that it's so dry in Chris' area that all the moisture gets sucked out before it gets to us, so nothing to come out of the sky. I'm gonna be careful what I say though, so we don't get socked with the stuff like Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas have been. From the weather radars, it looks like this big white pinwheel is parked over See Der Rabbits and just spinning around the s**w...
I got back to some MRR'ing stuff this afternoon - PC shamed me into it! I figured I'd better be doing something so he wouldn't leave me in the dust with his projects. Got some more done on the Delaney Transfer Co. building that I'd showed here a while back. Will post the pics in WPF too, for others to get a chuckle out of... Here's a couple of pics of it:
I still have the roof braces to put on under the eaves, and I think I'm going to put the cupola on the top of the roof (though the directions say it's optional) and a couple of signs, one over the door and one on the roof. I also mentioned yesterday that I was w**king on some W-S pine trees, spiraling the trunk/branches from their original state (on the left) to a more-random and natural distribution of the branches (on the right):
Still a bunch of w**k to go on things, but a start's a start, right? I have another 7 or so of the trees to make, and then there's the painting of the Delaney Transfer building (next time, I'll do the painting of the walls and foundation before adding the roof...).
I'll be at the window booth, seeing what's up with all that switching today. Hey, Barry, scoot over a little and give me a little room to sit, please. Thanks!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
JimRC: I kinda like the way those trees are coming together. That is going to be a bit of a job on the painting I'd think but then again I'm in the process of deciding how the Olsen Feed/Larsen Implement kit is going to become part of the overall Leemer Farmers Coop complex. It has a lot of tractors--about 3--and a couple of combines as well so that'll add a number of things to the set up as well. I'm going to like painting all those bits---- I'm going to spend a few days rejigging the set up there--
JimRCGMO Got some more done on the Delaney Transfer Co. building that I'd showed here a while back
There is a lot of progress there!! Did you have a location for it set up? Like the above---I end up having to fiddle with everything---one thing don't fit then end up moving 5 different things before things fit again
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/
JimRCGMOJeff, that Aleve doesn't have the potential to become addictive, so that's another plus for the Aleve over the Lortab. I've heard of people on some pain meds (as prescribed) who wound up getting addicted to them and having problems getting off them when their body healed up.
Jeff, let's see - you could take the Aleve Monday and Tuesday and maybe be irritable, or you could not take anything and be really ticked from the pain. Do I have the choices about right? Actually, I did a search on WebMD.com and it didn't look like the irritability was mentioned as a side effect (so it might be, but it's likely way low down the list). Guess you could call your doctor's office in the morning and ask them... Only place I found irritability listed on the same page with Aleve, was for neck pain & whiplash (which if I recall correctly, isn't what you're taking the Aleve for, right?).
Barry, as far as my painting the trees goes, I expect to use a Roof brown over the whole tree, and then after it's dry, go lightly back over that (once dry) with a grey/greyish-brown (dry-brushed) for some textural effects. I've also debated about taking a file or some picks to the trunk to add some grain to the bark (before I start any painting). THEN, I'll get around to the foliage-adding... The Delaney will be tougher, I expect. No location for that building yet, as the place where I took the 2nd photo only has enough room for one truck to drive by (so unless they have a side-loading door, none of my trucks could 'back' up to the dock to load/unload). I'll need a bit deeper of a space between the one track on the side of the Delaney building to have room for trucks to turn and back up to the loading doors. With that location in the pic, the truck could only get to the one lading door on the narrow end of the building.
Janie, could I have a hot fudge sundae and a Santa Fe mug of decaf, please? Thanks again.
Just a quick stop.......Gotta beat the snow!!!
Jim........I've been torn up all day about this. They are calling for 2 inches tonight!!!! That's by day break, and I have to get up at 3:00am. I'm sure the roads will be a mess. I honestly don't know what to tell them. I'm not to drive with that guy again, and I'm not putting my car in danger. If it gets wrecked, well.........I will be out of work for a few days, or will have to leave work early (take the wifes car to work). Either way they won't like that. I just don't know what to do.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
JimRCGMOJeff, let's see - you could take the Aleve Monday and Tuesday and maybe be irritable, or you could not take anything and be really ticked from the pain. Do I have the choices about right? Actually, I did a search on WebMD.com and it didn't look like the irritability was mentioned as a side effect (so it might be, but it's likely way low down the list). Guess you could call your doctor's office in the morning and ask them... Only place I found irritability listed on the same page with Aleve, was for neck pain & whiplash (which if I recall correctly, isn't what you're taking the Aleve for, right?).
OK, just so we're clear, I haven't tried to bail on you all!
I've had car problems and computer problems. As such, nothings been done on the layout.....but......I did promise some starting point pics, so here they are. It's a two level layout with staging under that. (It needs a TON of imagination to see it right now.)
As you walk into the train room, you see Andrew's Junction. This is a working interchange between a class 1 RR (tentitively called the Northern New England RR for now) and a shortline RR (the focus of the layout, called the Autumns Ridge Railway & Navigation Co.). Trains in the class 1 come from staging through the backdrop (on the left) onto the sceniced layout. The interchange tracks are in, but the tracks to the shortline only have the turnout in yet. (Yes, I have a "few" model cars laying around. Many of them are rare or collectable. I used to have time for them, then I didn't, but I kept aquiring more. Now I don't do that either. Guess I should sell them off for RRing cash, huh?)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/IMG_1.jpg
As you come around the end of the island, you see the main (class 1) and it's siding. the shortline will run just inside of them.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/IMG_2.jpg
Above the interchange, you have what will be the final terminus of the line (at least the modeled part), the port city of Autumns Ridge.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/IMG_4.jpg
(Not much of a city yet, huh?)
Ok, back to the tracks.......down below Autumns Ridge, we see the end of the mainline siding and towards the back is where the main heads off stage. The shortline will cross over the main, obscuring the disappearence of the main to staging. On the right you can see where I had the staging done with Atlas track, but now I'm removing that to put in Unitrak. This staging will all be hiddden and the shortline will have a town above it (like 6" above it). You'll notice the upper deck above.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/IMG_3.jpg
And here's some more staging......
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/IMG_5.jpg
And now we come to the far corner of the room.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/IMG_6.jpg
And here's the loop to head back through staging. A helix will be here to get trains from the top to the bottom levels, and vice-versa.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/IMG_7.jpg
And thats how she sits......for now.
Train control is DCC through a Digitrax Super Chief Radio Equipped setup with a DT400R and a UT4R.
For those interested in a track plan, here's the staging (i've slightly changed it since this was drawn, but you get the idea)
The door to the room is in the top right of these plans.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Track%20Plans/My%20Plan/Blank3004-1R1Keeper-1.jpg
Here's the bottom sceniced level.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Track%20Plans/My%20Plan/Blank3004-2Keeper-1.jpg
And here's the top level.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Track%20Plans/My%20Plan/Blank3004-3Keeper.jpg
A bit of a closeup of the interchange looks like this. When I drew this, I had the layout planned to be flipped from where I ended up building it. The tracks are in the same orientation, but it's like a mirror image, OK?
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Track%20Plans/My%20Plan/PhillipMain.jpg
And to prove that at one time, it all DID work, a short video of the staging yard and interchange, showing the first train to move on the line.
http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/?action=view¤t=262699db.flv
OK, so enough about the past.......time to press forward!
Robby - that sounds like a very hard call. I'm sure a lot of it depends on several factors: how cold it'll be tonight, how cold the ground is (cold for several days might be better than if the ground is warming up what s**w falls, and how quickly), what your roads there are like (hilly, good general condition, or not), how well your car does on s**wy streets, and your comfort level with driving on such (have very much experience on that kinda slush/s**w/whatever?). Plus there's how much the thought of dealing with the idiots who also are on the road with you at that time of the night/morning does/doesn't raise your stress level. Then there's also how many miles your drive to/from w**k is.
You might talk it over with your wife, the Big Boss, and (if possible tonight) your local FedEx boss/supervisor (and with that last, explain to him your reasons for hesitancy about driving under what your conditions there are/are likely to be). You'll need to be (reasonably) okay with whatever decision you come up with, and whatever results are connected with the decision. There's a lot of your situation that I (or anyone else here in the Diner) don't/doesn't know the whole story about, and besides, we're not the ones whose safety/paycheck is affected by the decision. I will put your decision in my (tonight, before bedtime, since you'll have decided before my alarm goes off in the morning). Especially (IMHO) talk it over with the Big Boss and the wife, I'd say.
Blessings and prayers,
Robby, that is a tough call! I think Jim has hit the nail on the head though. Always remember.....your wife knows where you sleep! If she ain't happy, you ain't happy! Forget the boss......if she's OK with your plan, you're golden! I'm not saying the boss isn't important. It's just that in the grand scheme of things, the wife outranks the boss any day of the week.
Hey ya'll. RBF for me
Got my car on the ground last night and drove it to work today. It still needs to be aligned, but thats happening tomorrow. I'll drop it off for alignment before I go to Pensacola to get some more parts (quarter windows and passenger side rear interior panel) and pick it up on the way back. When driving I noticed that the shifting was a little bit stiff, but it might be the new throwout bearing. I have a spare T5 that I can have a friend rebuild in the event this one acts up.
Wish I had some funds since one of the hobby shops over there is have a sale on certain Athearn RTR PS boxcars, at 5 bucks each... That and I need Kadees and metal wheelsets.
Todd, Chris, and Jim (and anyone else I'm forgeting): thats for compliments regarding the Geep.
Robb, tough call there.
Jeff, nice haul there.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
My "driving weather situation". I have hills (lots of hills), a Dodge Neon that is just to light for snow. Heard a lot of people who own them say they are bad in snow. We also have a Sonata which might be good, but not very good tread on the tires. The ground is froze, so it will stick. So it will be a mess in the morning.
I agree 100%!!! Its not that I don't want to go to work, I don't wanna wreck my car, get hurt, etc...
I want to get snow tires, but who knows when that will be. I will wait and see what the roads look like, and she already said "if they are bad, your not going!!!" She even asked if I wanted her to call me off. I would like to see my supervisor face on that one.
Well its bed time. I will catch everybody tomorrow.
Oh and I will let you all know what happened.
Mama knows best!
Good Evenin', ladies? double cheeseburger basket with a tall 7-Up please 'n thank-ya, yep...at the RC.
Hey JIM: "Dry"??? We got 2-3 inches of "flurries" last night. It s**wed to beat heck just before we reached See Der Rabbits this mornin', and we're supposedly supposed to get 15-20 mph winds to whip the powdery stuff around. Probably due to THAT swirly thing you saw on the weather map.
It just won't go away...
ROBBY P: I absolutely HATE driving in those conditions. I've irked a few bosses in the past with my decision to preserve my life, limbs, and property. One thing I've found helpful here in Iowa, is the IDOT puts a map up on the web with road conditions: "normal," "fair," "difficult", and "travel not advised." Difficult is described as "a hazardous environment." Not sure if your state DOT does something similar or not...if so, it could be a help in a) making the decision, and b) 'splainin' to da boss man. Whatever you decide YOUR safety and well-being has to come FIRST. You won't do them anygood injured or worse. You won't do them any good sitting in the ditch with a wrecked car. Hopefully, this isn't the first winter your boss has had to have trailers jockeyed around in. Hopefully he cares about his guys a little more than he does quotas.
Stay SAFE, my friend.
JEFF: I think Aleve is naproxen...which can irritate the stomach and make stomach problems (like ulcers) worse. Never heard of it irritating people in general. It IS good stuff however, seems a little more potent to me than the feared ibuproffen, which I live off of at times.
JIM: Love the paint scheme, by the way...can't wait to see it in photos of actual units.
TODD: What? You mean you didn't faithfully recreate a La-Z-Boy in all it's intricate details?? You didn't craft an exact replica of a Bark-O-Lounger? I'm shocked! Nay, STUNNED, appalled! Actually, even a lump of putty shaped kinda like a chair would w**k just fine for an unofficial "break area" kinda toward the back of the bay...near the future so-dee pop mochine. Also, it sounds like you've re-certified in "advance s**w shoveling" with the successful completion of a number of practical evolutions today. We'll have to see about finding you an appropriate certificate.
PHILLIP: Ok Pally, we've seen where you're at layout-wise... whaddaya wanna do now? We're ready to start pokin' and prodin', just need to know which direction we should point you in.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Getting the new staging in is first. That, and general cleanup........
Ulrich: glad you had a good visit from Christian and Steffi. I'm wondering how long it may be before our granddaughter will be bringing a boyfriend to "meet the grandparents"! BTW, did you get the emails I sent over the last few weeks? We'll be thinking of you heading back to hospital.
Todd:
the amount of ballasting you did in one fell swoop!
The strips of masking tape I used for forming "foundation trenches" in the ballast worked reasonably well. The engine shed was the more complex, and the wall trenches came out pretty accurately. I pulled the tapes up after about 5-6 hours drying time. Jim, if you are thinking of trying this, don't forget to leave pull up tabs sticking above the surface of the ballast! The interlock tower I left as a plain rectangle as there is no visible floor for that. With both buildings, I'll have to dress up the ballast against the base once the building is in place. I ordered up a Yard Office by the manufacturer of the tower last night. It was the last one Internet Model Trains had in their post Christmas clearance. There will also be a sanding tower going in the foreground stretch of that yard. I'll soak the ballast to be able to shift it for planting those in due course.
After dinner t his evening I finished the track cleaning (600 grit emery then 1200 grit) and Gleaming (burnishing with the ss fork handle and polishing with Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish) Jeff, I had a think about the cork - the nearest Wally World being well over an hour's drive - and decided to try small pieces of the thin blue "Click Floor" underlay that I had bought for the yard re-model to make an applicator with a buffer tool at the other end. I took your advice and used a very thin layer of polish on the applicator, and there was no polish residue marring the rails. The material buffed up the rails very well. You can see that it is tough stuff. The wear is from Gleaming that entire yard, plus the main line at the back of it!
CapeJim: Nice looking freight shed there - even if it is Horribly Oversized!
Barry, as far as my painting the trees goes, I expect to use a Roof brown over the whole tree, and then after it's dry, go lightly back over that (once dry) with a grey/greyish-brown (dry-brushed) for some textural effects.
I'll need a bit deeper of a space between the one track on the side of the Delaney building to have room for trucks to turn and back up to the loading doors. With that location in the pic, the truck could only get to the one lading door on the narrow end of the building.
Chris:
One thing I've found helpful here in Iowa, is the IDOT puts a map up on the web with road conditions: "normal," "fair," "difficult", and "travel not advised." Difficult is described as "a hazardous environment." Not sure if your state DOT does something similar or not...if so, it could be a help in a) making the decision, and b) 'splainin' to da boss man.
It's time for bed yet again. Good night all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evenin' folks!
Janie I'll just have a cup of decafe to warm me up before bed... I'll go sit at the Rivet Counter for a little bit.
Der John, funny I spent part of the evening doing some ballasting yesterday as well.... Tonight I reinstalled the facia board, and began to cut some foam board to creat the "cut" in this location. As soon as the foam is in and I add plaster cloth to it (at each step checking for clearances...) I will do the rest of the ballasting at the location. The Old and Weary had several cuts in their northern sections that gave them the fits each winter. They were forever getting trains stalled in the snow drifs that would fill in the cuts and it would take days to dig them out, opnly to have it happen again next storm...... Lucky I model Mid-August so i won't have the problem on the SLOW.....
Robby, If you do decide to go into W**k tonight, I hope you have a very uneventful trip both ways! BTW I found out a while back that 27 states down here in the U. S. of A. have now passed laws against texting and driving at the same time. Sounds good except for fully 25 of those same states now send out road traffic and weather updates on Twitter...........
I think it was you Jim who figured out my MO with the Granddaughter Thomas set up....... Actually the parents decided it would be a good thing to keep here as they have little space in the house they are now in. That will change soon as they are closing in a couple of weeks on a much bigger house with a couple acres of land in the area. I do think the Thomas Set will probably stay here for those times she comes to see Grandpa.
This morning was definitely "Low Sunday" at Church. After two weeks of services being 300 or so people, this morning we didn't quite break 100.... Doing the count was much easier I might add. The Usher Folder has been properly turned over to the next sucker, uh, I mean, "Volunteer" to do the Month of January. I have one more day of Kitty duty at my sisters. Tuesday I get to drive to Rochester during some whit pouts from the storm moving in to pick her up at the airport...... Aren't I lucky!
Forecast for here in the Finger Lakes is 1" to 2" of fluffy white stuff tonigh with 2" to 3" more tomorrow and an addition 1" to 2" tomorrow night. Tuesday calls for more of the same but this time with wind.............
Ulrich I hope you have a good visit at the Horse Spiddle and will be told you are on the mend and sent back home soon!!! Glad you finally have a hook up at home to get online.
Prayer for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Got called in to work tonight. Right as Brenda had supper ready. A smart man I was and said, "I'll eat first" All is well. The guys at work understood and agreed I'd made the right choice!
Flip- Ha ha. Thanks for not "burning" me with your winter temps.
Jim- The party was not a wild party at all. (thank goodness. My wild party days are waaaaaaay long over.) Bingo for prizes, almost like a retirement home party. Suited me just fine. If it was on the You Tube it would be a nice video to watch to put you to sleep. And no, I wouldn't send this stuff to the other Philip with one L. He deserves all the nice weather he can get. If I was smart, I'd be there too. No, on second thought, probably somewhere like Fredericksburg, TX. Cold enough to know it's winter but not real bad. And, no chuckle on the transfer building from me.
Oh great. That's all we need, an irritated Indian.
Oh and Jim, I know there has to be some realism, but don't get too hung up on actually enough room for things like enough room to actually move several trucks around or enough parking for business' ez...ez. I do that quite a lot and get frustrated with not enough room. Then when I see some of these fantastic layouts they don't have that kind of room devoted. Usually a suggestion and with the overall effect it isn't really noticeable. Gotta draw the line somewhere and that's up to you but keep that in mind. Saves the hair too. Also DerJohn beat me to it about the tree colors. I did it the way you described (always been told tree trunks were brown) and they didn't look right to me. Then I looked at trees, tried it the way John said and mucho bettero. Also a slight smattering of white to accent some more. Very slight.
Jeff- That sounds like the very thing my BIL had (disk in neck problem). Then I saw it on the TV show "the Doctors" (Moms favorite show) BIL had the surgery and feels great. Two or three days after the proceedure he went to Hawaii with the family. They made a small incision in the front of this neck and replaced the disk and was out of the hospital that night. Of course insurance has a lot to say if it will be done or not.
OK Philip- Even though the video is a rerun, I'm not going to call it cheating. Why you say? Well since you asked, because your back thinking about it again. Good start. Keep stepping in the room and addressing the layout. You'll be doing things before you know it. Oh by the way, sorry about the sidetracking problems, hope they didn't take too big of bite out of the budget.
Robby- Tough call. Jim and PC are right, the wife and your comfort level with the whole situation are the main things. Growing up in the country with this cra...stuff, I have a very different view of what is too bad of driving conditions. So my opinion on that, and with limited knowledge of the conditions there, I don't think I would have a fair opinion for you and probably they feel kinda sorta the same way. No, Neon's ain't the best or any other light car for that matter, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Don't want you to loose your job, but mainly, don't want to loose YOU! If the boss is a jerk, the best thing happens, you're still healthy and alive to look for another job. Worst thing happens, well we won't go there. Hope you find the right decision. Actually I hope the roads don't get bad.
Ray- Ironic about the Twitter thing isn't it. Attendance at our church was down today also. Of course for us 100 would be a full house. 90 is a good Sunday. We usually have around 80. And do you suppose there could conveniently be something wrong with the Thomas set you'd want to work out before turning it over should the subject ever come up?
Prayers for those in need and especially for those dealing with doctors.
Hey all, I know that its a late-night post for me, but I just got caught up with things. I finally made my first purchase with MB Klein last night. I expect it in on or about Wednesday, its not much, just a Bachmann SD40-2 with DCC (was only $40 plus shipping). I don't know much about them, I hope that it is at least a decent runner and will get me back into pullling some trains (of course I'm going to have to build a small layout) again. Right now all I'd be able to do is run the locomotive in DC, but I don't see why that would be a problem.
I do have a question that y'all might be able to answer. All of my rolling stock and other locos still have plain ole horn-hooks on them. I'm fairly certain that the Bachmann engine that I've got on order will probably come with some form of knuckle coupler. The obvious question is will the two work together, or will I be stuck having to immediately convert all my existing stuff over to knuckle couplers (planning on doing that in the future, but its not a "do it right now or else" thing on my list). I'm also looking at getting a few parts for my GP40-2, too bad I can't find any of the stuff in stock.
Youse guys wouldn't happen to have a worm gear assembly, top cover for the truck, and maybe even a front driveshaft laying around for an Athearn GP40-2, would ya?
Good Morning,
Chloe, just a coffee to go, please. I have to get ready to be taken to the hospital. Petra does not like driving our old Merc - she hates automatic transmission - so I am glad it will be already daylight when she has to drive me there. She is just like your Loving Wife, Chris - she likes the VW Bug. Years ago I bought her one of those New Beetles, which earned me the biggest hug I ever got .....
Jim - it was the first time we met Steffi - well, what shall I say? She is quite OK, but a little too "pale", or better say "anemic". But as our son likes her a lot, she is welcome. Btw, you were quite right with your statement of "Gee, Dad ..."
John - my e-mail account was inaccessible for me for the last few months, as I was unable to pay the fee for the pro account which I used. I have just converted it to a free account and now try to "retrieve" all the mails I did not receive. My e-mail address will remain the same, as I stay with the same provider.
I was hoping to be able to take my copy of January MR with me, but it has not yet arrived. You guys will be receiving your February issue before I will get the January one. My subscription will end with the April issue and I will not be able to renew it. It is like saying good-bye to a life-long friend...
Jeff - take care while I am gone, will you?
You all have a good time! Will see you next year!
Good Morning
Ulrich: We'll keep you in our prayers---hopefully things will work out--
'Spring' is all cuddled up with me so I'm typing using the 2 finger hunt and peck. He's being a furry purr motor right now
Got a bit of snow overnight. Enough to allow one fellow to park on someone else's lawn--missing the house by about a foot We had so little snow up here that have a little bit o' snow and ev'bod' go into a panic here. And to top it all off the weatherguessers are calling for a possibility of snowsqualls for us'uns. Maybe up to 15cm worth---
I got a bit o' work paperwork to do this afternoon---enough that I gotta show up at the office--yay Then it'll be off the the LHS to pick up some supplies for a certain elevator I'm sticking together
Chloe, I'll have a full breakfast platter and a bucket of rawcaffeine please----I'll be over at the RC for now-
BamaC,
Your new loco will more than likely have Kadee type couplers. Sometimes a set of horn couplers will come included. If not, simply install one Kadee type on one of your cars so it will couple to the engine while allowing all the other cars to use the horn type until your ready to convert.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
TMarshJeff- That sounds like the very thing my BIL had (disk in neck problem). BIL had the surgery and feels great. Two or three days after the proceedure he went to Hawaii with the family. They made a small incision in the front of this neck and replaced the disk and was out of the hospital that night. Of course insurance has a lot to say if it will be done or not.
Good morning. Light snow all day, but nothing major.
Well I amde it to work. I was in luck.....no snow was on the road. It came down while I was at work, but by then the DOT was working on it.
Thanks for the input. I like to see what others thought. I will keep all of that in mind.
Not much planned today. I do wanna work on my "lift out" bridge. Maybe get some shots of the layout as well.
Hope everybody has a good morning, and I will pop back in later.
Tom (tc), that's kinda what I figured, i may just convert the rear couple over to a horn-hook for the time being until I can get all my other loco's and rolling stock swapped out.
Well, not a whole lot on my plate for today, I've got to do a single injector swap on a Cavalier, then check (if not replace) the rear brakes on a Grand Am. After that I'm free till around 4 when I go and pull my volunteer shift at the firework's stand. Its the rest of the week that will be busy for me.
Chloe, I'll have some biscuits and gravy, along with a tall glass of milk to go please ma'am. I've got to go and get some tools tossed into my truck so I can go car-fixin' at the owner's appartment. Ahh, the life of a mechanic.
Good morning...It cloudy and 22 here..we have 4 to 5 inches of snow...I'll have coffee and toast please...Thank you...
Jeff...Hope your foot is doing better..Gotta stay off it and take care of yourself..
John..Layout is looking good..Yards look great...
PC...Good to see you back working on your layout!..