Evening all. Janie, I'll take a bacon cheeseburger and some hot chocolate, thanks.
It's currently a chilly 18 here, and our heat is out. Sometime this afternoon, my dad noticed that it wasn't as warm as it's supposed to be. So now I'm sitting near the fire, since it's the warmest place in the house. The heating people are supposed to be here sometime tonight, so hopefully it'll be back soon.
Ew, school starts again tomorrow... Break was way too short. Oh well, at least I'll be starting with double chem...
CN Charlie- Prayers for Pippa, and hope she gets well
Jim- Sorry, I guess I'll stop talking for a while...
This just shows how cold it is...
Have a nice, warm night!
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Good evening gents, more snow today ( 4", now 11.5" total ) as this huge Category 1 winter hurricane just stalls and spins backward dumping copious amounts of snow over upper NY and most of New England, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The winds were fierce all night, so much so that it awoke me nearly every hour. Drifts all over the place.This retrograding Low pressure is being stalled here due to a huge High pressure system up over Greenland, nothing can move eastward per normal, until this HIGH breaks down.
Global warming is also brought about by the erratic orbit of earth around the sun, in concert with zero sun storms (spots). This is an 11 year cycle that also varies with a longer elliptical pattern of orbit. The glacial ice has covered the Great Lakes at least 3 times, and humans did not cause those ice ages, nor the following warmer periods. Why did the Vikings call Greenland "Greenland" when they first settled there for a couple hundred years before ice returned? Global Warming caused by humans in 800AD, or, Climate changes caused by other factors not related to humans?
JIM: Plenty of firewood stacked, over 6 cords, enough for a "short" ice age. Micro Engineering are indeed very nicely detailed, and time consuming to build, but WELL worth the efforts. I will shoot a photo tomorrow unless we get another foot of snow. We will be able to use the upper windows to exit the house soon.
DUKE: Any progress on the layout?
ED: Cold enough yet down there in old Mexico ?
FOSSIL PHIL: (aka Phil, aka, FEC ) 34F???? you Pansy, I saw on the TV yesterday where Floridians were jumping in the ocean, nude beach somewhere near you, but I didn"t see you, how come ???
MRR: Now I have an issue to deal with on the layout. The large bridge is too high, so I either have to chop ( landscape) away some of the 4" of foam to lower the bridge, or, raise the meeting tracks. Man, that layout designer is going to catch h...!!!
Later guys,
Good Evenin', Rerun will take JIM up on his generous offer of a plate of singles...please 'n thank-you. Me? I'll take a double bacon cheeseburger basket with a Coke...thankyamuch.
JIM: I can get light-headedness, dizziness, and take a wonderful "trip" anytime I want just by holding my head at the right (wrong) angle...a permanant side-effect from the '96 fire engine rollover and resulting head trauma. But no...haven't done THAT yet today.
grayfox1119more snow today ( 4", now 11.5" total ) as this huge Category 1 winter hurricane just stalls and spins backward dumping copious amounts of snow over upper NY and most of New England, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Izzat the monster we had for so durned long??? Sure sounds like it, complete with the "spins backward."
I'm trying very hard to stay out of the "global climate change" discussion...I think I came very, very close to getting in trouble about Christmas so don't want to push my luck. The ONLY thing I'm gonna say about it is... GRAYFOX 1119:
IF I was to get going on THAT topic...I'd surely end up alienating, irritating, and probably getting myself tossed out of here .
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I just won't go there. I was going to rant about THAT instead...but decided against it. I've done too much ranting lately.
I think I'll just sit back and see whom else comes in this evening instead.
I will add THAT our current deep-freeze conditions screwed me out a chance to view/photo UP 1996 (SP heritage unit) with the UP 1995 (CNW heritage unit) in perfect light. The pair are on a stacker, THAT was due through here this morning. Hmmmm eastbound with the morning sun shining on it....sweet!
But, out in western Iowa, a manifest freight had an issue with a pull-apart/possible derailment of a car. The resulting torn-up track/disabled train bogged rail traffic to a crawl. The heritage units are apparently on the move again, out around Boone. They'll roll by just a few blocks away...in the total darkness of a January night.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Evenin' folks!
Just a cup of decafe and a piece of cake for me. I'm already stuffed and tired out.... I did remember to bring the leftovers for the folks here at the diner to gnaw on for a day or two. Came out pretty good if I do say so myself.
Of course the high point of the day was playing with the granddaughters!
My DIL is hiding behind Emily..... It is hard to tell where Emily's hair leaves off and mom's begins.
But the absolute best part of the day was having "help" running trains! Olivia came in, took off her coat and went straight for the basement door.... "Tains Gampa!" (she still needs w**k on her 'r' sounds....) So after we ate, she and I headed downstairs for a bit. She ran over and got the crate she stood on last time she was here and climbed up on it. Watched me run trains for about 45 minutes straight. Pretty good attention span for a 2 and a half year old!
I called for my son to bring down the camera near the end of the session and he got some great shots of us. I know she isn't smiling... She was concentrating on the train. Won't be long before she gets to try a throttle.......
Hope you all had at least half as good a day as I did!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Well, the heating guy just got here. Hopefully he can get it back up soon...
Dick- We drove through the beginning of THAT storm on the way home from Mass. on Thursday. The roads in CT were a mess!
Chris- Too bad you missed THAT consist; THAT would have been quite a sight to see!
Ray- THAT looks good!! Thanks for sharing! And the "engineer in training" looks like she's having a great time!
grayfox1119Global Warming caused by humans in 800AD, or, Climate changes caused by other factors not related to humans?
I know a few climatologists who claim that a few mini-tunguskas can do some damage as well---all the dust that the Tunguska comet fragment unleashed way back in 1908 made for some intersting weather effects as well. Just have a few of those set up and off we go. Around the 5th-7th century a series of migrations occured that left a few people puzzled. There seemed to be some mention of fire from the sky etc in a few mss from that period------mmm------maybe this whole thing is just a little more than Big Bad Man---
I usually find that asking "what caused the last Ice Age to suddenly end? mmmm?" usually brings a little more sanity to the debate-----
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As for this'un we went to do some shopping ---Audrey and I---- and did find that our friendly neighbourhood snowsquall gave us white out conditions everywhere we went It wouldn't leave us alone When we finally got home I had to get the snowblower out and do a quick path to the garage so we could get the car into said garage---now I'm getting ready to go out to do some snowblowing for elderly people down the street.
As far as how much is here now---almost 4' on the ground and the dang squall is hanging around---but only for a bit more----it is settling down for tomorrow-----I HOPE the weatherguessers are right
Now---off to do some MRR'ing-----
Chloe I'll have a coffee and a slice of Chocolate Fudge Extreme Pie please I'm going by the fireplace and warm up----
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...
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Rob; I’ll trade you weather forecasts for tonight; 6” of snow this evening, currently 6F outside, 25 mph winds.
Global warming; here in Ohio and most of Canada the snow and ice was 12 miles deep, then it slowly melted back to the North Pole creating the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. Sorry but it took scientists how long to figure out the temperature was warming?
Global warming is on hold for me here; Dorothy came home with new wiper blades and guesses who had to stand outside in the snow storm and install them? Not to mention something on my truck is draining the battery, tomorrow after work I need to have the truck towed to the shop and have “something” fixed. I think it’s a short in the starter, regardless it’s worth the $21/hour to have them work on it in a nice warm garage than me in the driveway.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Ray; looks like you guys had a great day.
Sawyer; nice job on the factory!
Rob; sorry to hear about the goats.
Dick- I was there and the camera broke when they took my picture. lol
I wish you all Enough warmth and a slackening of the snows.\
Blessings and Prayers for all.
Fossil Flip
Thanks Lee.
Well folks, back to school tomorrow. only good things that come of that: rugby and friends! However, this also means the pace of the layout will slow down, which is fine with me, lol. The next step will probably be figuring out some homemade ground throws for the town side and also operating the yard more.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good evening. Its been a cold day. The high was only about 15. Currently its about 10 degrees, and the wind chill is about 0 degrees.
Well seems like most of us had a busy day, and a few of us were fighting snow storms. Well not much has fallen here, but its just cold here. Didn't get any snow, well what they were calling for.
The Steelers didn't make the playoffs, so I guess I might become a new teams fan for a few weeks.
Got some space heaters going upstairs. Gotta get the cold air out before bed.
Well I guess I will stop by in the morning. Everybody have a goodnight.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Robby, both my dad and little brother are Dolphins fans, lol. Sweet work on your layout btw.
It was a good game. The wife did get mad a few times. I didn't even touch the layout today. Hopefully tomorrow. I also enjoy looking at your layout updates. I need to do one myself, its been awhile.
Been taking it easy since returning from grocery shopping. I took a somewhat nasty backwards fall down the steps while bringing the groceries in. Nothing broken but I have a little scrape and a couple of bruises. I'm gonna be moving even slower for a couple of days than I usually do.
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Robby, yeah man, I watched the second half for a bit. was a good game.
Jeff, ouch man. Glad nothing major happened though!
Evenin' again.....
Flo, cup of decafe if you please.
Rob very sorry to hear about the goats, Poor little things!
Jeffrey, sure hope nothing got worked up with your foot and such. Hate to see you have another setback!
One of the mebers of the Museum (R&GV) sent out this to the membership. Figured many of you might enjoy it as well!
Evening.
Geez, Barry, 4 feet!
Jeff- glad to hear you're OK after that fall
Since we have school tomorrow (UGH!), I'm probably gonna hit it pretty early tonight. Over break, I've been completely out of my regular sleep pattern (I was staying up really late, and sleeping in, but I can't do that with school...), and now I need to get back in it...
G'night!
ns3010Since we have school tomorrow (UGH!), I'm probably gonna hit it pretty early tonight. Over break, I've been completely out of my regular sleep pattern (I was staying up really late, and sleeping in, but I can't do that with school...), and now I need to get back in it... G'night!
Same here. I'll probably turn it at 11 tonight, lol.
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Snowsquall stopped a few minutes after the winds died down-----now it is all clear----and i'm hearing the snowblowers and the beep beep of the plows and all that------should be a little better driving around here tomorrow---
In our backyard---in a sheltered area-----42" of snow on the ground----that is enough thankyeverymuch---
grayfox1119Cold enough yet down there in old Mexico ?
Well, Dick, since you asked, it has been a bit on the chilly side the past week or so. Chilly for here, that is. It's been up in the high 60's in the daytime and overcast, but plunging down to the mid 50's at night. The Mrs. wants to break out the flannel sheets.
If anyone is interested, the orange grove is doing well. We're into the harvest season, and the mandarin oranges are at their peak. Not a bumper crop this year, but plenty for us, and to share with you guys here in the diner.
I haven't touched the layout in months, many months. But hey, maybe this year. I did buy a new locomotive and a new car last fall. So I suppose that I haven't completely given up on the idea of continuing.
http://www.wig-wag-trains.com/IMRC-Pages/01AA-Pictures/Locomotives/699xx_FP-7/69961_NdeM.JPG
http://www.wig-wag-trains.com/Atlas%20Pages/Atlas%20Pictures/Reefers/Wood-Reefer/41526_Banana.jpg
Hi to the old "Coffee Shop" regulars who still post here. And, of course, to all the new guys who I don't know.
Best regards
Ed
Good Evening All,
It's been a busy few days. The sn*w seems to have ceased for now and the winds have died down. We didn't get much accumulation but it's been miserable. Had to go out in the middle of it today as my MIL had fallen out of her wheelchair at the facility where she is staying and the caregivers aren't allowed to move her so a trip to the emergency room was under way. Fortunately there was nothing more than some bruising this time. It's sad because she is really not doing well - rarely knows where she is or who she is for that matter. At least she's happy if oblivious - my favorite aunt had Alzheimers for the last few years of her life and it just tore my mom up when she'd get nasty. No matter how much you tell yourself it's the illness it's still painful.
We did keep sorting and putting things away this weekend. We're down to a single pallet of "stuff" (2x2x2 boxes piled two high) and have put most of the rest away though a lot has gone to the round file just too sooty or messed up to save. It's good to see furniture back in place and book shelves full. One other bit of good news is the CFO has okayed a shelf layout especially if set up to transfer to the new layout once it's under way. Yes Jim I've already checked the link you sent Ulrich. Lots of good stuff there. I'll have about 9'9" x 16" to work with so probably a yard and maybe a turntable will be about it
Ray - cool link from you too ! Fancy a car company touting trains in this age. Gladyour dinner went well and thanks for bringing in the left overs for us.
Jeff - If it wasn't for bad luck... Hope the latest bumps are minor. Have you been able to run trains at all?
Vincent - glad you have the Mustang running well. Another idea down the road is to transplant the T-bird turbo motor into the Stang. Good power when you want it and good mileage if you can keep your foot off the throttle stop. I actually picked up mileage when I fit the supercharger to the Focus. I'm still waiting on parts for the brake upgrades (rear Wilwoods to match the fronts) and then it's off to the paint shop to finish the repairs.
Robby - both the Giants and Steelers are out and I'm now reduced to rooting for the Jets. Oh well, Giants fans are a very patient lot but the last couple of games really stunk. Wait'll next year i guess.
Time to toddle off and get the rest of the Jets game in. Catch y'all later, J.R.
AmanaMedicSAM: Like I said, I think you're on to something with that plan. I just hope I didn't come off as a jerk with what I was trying to say. For a guy who makes something just short of a living, using words...I don't always come up with the right ones.
I understood what you were getting at!
JimRCGMOSam, the two things I noticed were the mercury vapor lamp on the left side, and the bigger, multi-transformer power pole (top middle). Did I win the prize?
Ok, the power pole was one, if you look closely at the left side of the photo under the loco, you will see the hood of a vehicle (in the original) and it is missing in the "touched up" photo... yes, the mercury vapor lamp was another! Also, thanks for the link to the layout website, I put it into my favorites to look more closely at the different "Inglenooks"!
And with THAT, I have to call it a night... 4am wakeup call is not going to be easy when I'm coming off almost 10 days vacation... NOT looking forward to going back to work tomorrow... Anyone know the winning PowerBall numbers for the upcoming drawing??? LOL
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)
GMTRacingJeff - If it wasn't for bad luck... Hope the latest bumps are minor. Have you been able to run trains at all?
ED !!!!!!! Good to see you. I hope all is well with you! ... We've been enjoying your OJ in the diner, but the supply is low.
Speaking of stocking the diner, should I ship another load of country ham. Also, we have a local brand of bacon that is as good as any bacon anywhere. It has peppercorns embedded in each strip. Yum! (Not heart smart, but wow is it good.)
I was operating the layout this afternoon. To me, this is what the hobby is all about. I try to simulate a real transportation company. Each industry has certain car types to be spotted or pulled. It takes a while to do all of them without being involved with the steel mill which I operate on other days. The passenger trains have their schedules to follow, too.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey, just before I was going to log off and go to bed, I checked my email...
Here is a link to a satirical (hilariously funny) clip!
http://www.animatronics.org/strangers/strangers.htm
I couldn't believe it myself... sounds almost authentic!!! LOL
(diclaimer: this link is only for FUN... it is not intended for anything other than entertainment purposes)
Have a great night folks!!!
Tall glass of lemon water, please.
1:50am and I just finished breaking the ice for the various critters. Will do it all over again first thing in the morning. It isn't that it is "that cold" here, it is simply the increase in work load I don't care for. Might snow on Thursday, but have no idea how much. Best to pick up some extra gas for the generator, just incase.
Made it into the train room and took a short cut on a project that has been unfinished since that room was built. Was finally able to fold up the card table that has been in the way.
Good night folks.
Rob
Good Morning
We STILL have snowsquall warnings in effect for us today and tomorrow of all the dang things---may not get as much snow but there is about 30cm--or close to 12"--still coming. The high today will be -6C which is a little warmer than it was yesterday. Right now we're at -11C.
Work is gonna be kinda slow this week as all kindsa electrical construction destruction has to be done in the office----we developed a few "issues" over the holidays apparently----
So I have a few days where my work is done from home---certainly cuts down on commuting time
Chloe, I'll have a full breakfast platter with ham and homefries as well as a bucket of coffee please---I'll be over at the RC for now--
Good SNOWY morning. Its finally snowing here. They are calling for a dusting to a inch. Well I hate to say, but we already have about 2 inchs. Seems like the weather guys are wrong again.
Didn't even touch the layout yesterday, I will today thou. Can't do to much when its snowing outside.
Did anybody ever start a WPF, or did I just not see one?????
Hope everybody stays warm, and has a goodmorning.
Robby P. Did anybody ever start a WPF, or did I just not see one?????