All right, we just got cut loose. I've left a RBF, pie crumb and french fry trail to our last siding here: http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/165037/1829833.aspx#1829833
Well not much happening in my neck of the woods today, have to be at w**k at 2 this afternoon, expecting delivery of my SD40-2 tomorrow, as of this morning, it was in NC and heading this way. Looks like I'm going to have to get my parent's to bring all my old MRR stuff from their house that way I can have some track to at least build a loop to run my -2 on. Just hanging out at the house in-town today as I had to run and errand for the better half and well, there was no point to going back up to my land.
On the front of hunting, I got squat! I spooked one on my walk in and didnt' see diddley doo doo the rest of the afternoon. Oh well, there' still the rest of the month. Well, guess I'm going to be getting the rest of the stuff set-up now that we're moved.
OHHH, and the first round is on me...y'all eat up!!!!!
So wait, we have 2 track 23s?
Vincent
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2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
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OK ... Was the diner moved with a steam switcher or a diesel switcher?
GARRY
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- seems as if the Diner has been moved twice, so let´s lock one of the new locations!
Crandell - can you please lock this one (it came just 6 minutes too late )
Well, as the thread that I´d opened just disappeared by pure magic, this seems to be the new location of our Diner - so, again, a big n´ hearty
Sir Madog - seems as if the Diner has been moved twice, so let´s lock one of the new locations!Crandell - can you please lock this one (it came just 6 minutes too late )
Evidently not....... He locked the other one, and the old diner so we can't leave a working trail to this one....... Guess the move was made with CSX this time....
Zoe my cup of coffee got spilled all over in the move, so can I get another cup of dark roast in a FGLK mug? Thanks!
Have to go out and deliver a few posters and check out the local dollar store to see if they have picture frames for certificates to be given out on Saturday at the NMRA Meet. So I'm gonna take my mug with and get to it!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
jeffrey-wimberly A new diner has already been opened. It can be found here.
A new diner has already been opened. It can be found here.
JEFF, maybe pull this post as it isn't accurate and leads nowhere.
Thanks, Johnboy.....................
[Edit: Working link to new diner has been edited/updated in Jeffrey's post to this one - Tom]
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Frokm the old diner; Chris, yeah man. I'm glad I'm not in the front row, lol.
Well, early release day today, lol.
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I apologize from the bottom of my heart on this one y'all. I didn't realize that Ulrich had hooked to the other end of the diner with a switcher too. Well this page and the next are on me. Ulrich please sir, have anything you want, I didn't know we were both moving at the same time.
Ohh, I just checked on my SD40-2 here before I get ready to head into w**k and its in Doraville, GA (Atlanta area), so I might get it late this afternoon depending on how long it stays in GA before heading off to me, besides, Doraville is only about 3, 3-1/2 hours away.
Moving down the track.
We are moving what....Once every week or two?
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good afternoon,
Hey BAMA CSX and ULRICH: looks like "great minds think alike." Kudos to ya both, even if the Kalmbach yardmaster did get a bit confused...
SAWYER: Yeah, getting clonked in the scrums just doesn't sound like much fun. Sounds very British though... "ye, the laddie got hisself clonked in the scrums" (said in a Monty Python style, heavy Cockney accent).
Or not...
Having a zero motivation day... waiting for the next "winter weather event" to hit. Snowing already in Cedar Rapids, still have partly cloudy skies 35 miles to the east (Clarence).
Have a good, warm, SAFE rest of the day... Rerun and I will stop back in later for burgers. Looks like a good afternoon for a NAP!
Chris
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Afternoon all. Chloe, I'll take some hot chocolate, thanks.
I see we've moved. Nice place.
I have some homework, but I should be able to make it in later.
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Just keep on movin' on-----
I knew it was about time --- we're moving on here--what---every third week? We're going to have to apply for federal aid to expand this switching yard if this keeps up---
Got a bit of a break in my work here so's I be restin' up.
Chloe, I'll have a RBF please----might as well set fer a spell----
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AmanaMedicSAWYER: Yeah, getting clonked in the scrums just doesn't sound like much fun. Sounds very British though... "ye, the laddie got hisself clonked in the scrums" (said in a Monty Python style, heavy Cockney accent).
A scrum is actually the way the ball is restarted after a stoppage other than a score or the ball going into touch (out of bounds). here's a youtube video and another one
Packers#1A scrum is actually the way the ball is restarted after a stoppage other than a score or the ball going into touch (out of bounds).
Yeah, I know... it just sounds like a humorous euphemism (sp?) for...well..."bits."
"Oooooooooooh, he got clonked in the bits did he?"
I know, I know...I lead a very dull life....
EDIT: Whoops! Late lunch or early supper is on me...
AmanaMedicPackers#1A scrum is actually the way the ball is restarted after a stoppage other than a score or the ball going into touch (out of bounds). Yeah, I know... it just sounds like a humorous euphemism (sp?) for...well..."bits." "Oooooooooooh, he got clonked in the bits did he?" I know, I know...I lead a very dull life.... Chris
lol, figured as much man, lol. it's all good.
Bama:
On the front of hunting, I got squat! I spooked one on my walk in and didnt' see diddley doo doo the rest of the afternoon. Oh well, there' still the rest of the month.
RobbyP:
Sawyer: The Youtube vids were helpful, especially in bringing us up-to-date! I see where StarTrek has pervaded this arena too, with the final scrum command by the ref being "Engage!" Also, the "Touch" Command gives a terrific opportunity for a Vulcan who happens to be playing Prop to administer a deft nerve pinch.
Getting towards Dinner time, a nd Rosie-the-Dog, whose usual water dish is still missing after the storm (although the bird feeder that blew away in the same storm turned up today) is beginning to make noise. Chamber of Commerce tonight, so I may not be back in. TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Fairly dull day so far. Went down to my parent's place and did some laundry. The Home Health nurse came by and reattached mt wound vacuum and redressed my foot then she changed the dressing on my central line. Antibiotic treatment continues though by mouth at this point. Looks like one or both of the rear brake wheel cylinders on my car are going out. I'm thinking about just having the rear lines blocked off. I've done that on a few other cars and drove them for years that way with no problem. Maybe later today I'll get some of the junk cleared off the layout. Right now I'm just so tired.
Evening all. Chloe, I'll take a bacon cheeseburger and a RBF, thanks.
I have practice tonight at 9:10 , but this rink is an hour away. So I have to leave here at 7... And I won't be home till 11:30... Joy...
Question for the audience:Say your girlfriend (of 3 weeks) is supposedly cheating on you, but she denies it. BUT, the person she is cheating on you with basically confirms it. Would you trust your girlfriend and stay with her, or would you trust your friends (and the evidence) and break up with her.Cause this is happenning to my friend. Everyone knows that shes a, well, I can't say it here but you know what I mean, but he doesn't think she is and that she is cheating on him.We're all trying to convince him that she is, but he won't believe it. Here's the evidence:1) She refuses to tell her parents that they're going out.2) She didn't want to talk to him because she thought he was mad at her. He said he wasn't, and asked why she was, but she refused to tell.SO, what would you do?????????
Well, I have more homework, and I'll catch up if I can get to it before practice. If not, then I will tomorrow after school.
Joe, ah, strap him in a chair, slap him hard across the face, and throw a bucket of ice cold water at him (shouldn't be tough to find that; y'all are in New Jersey, lol) and pray that he wakes up and sees what's happening. It's probably just he doesn't want to admit what's going on and break up with the girl.
John, yeah man. lol, we'll see how the american style of rugby plays out, lol.
FORWARD: The following may seem dated as it was posted this morning to the diner Ulrich started. Unfortunately there seems to have been a problem with that one and they hauled it to the car shop taking my highly important babblings with it. So... so you folks won't miss anything I shall repeat.
Oh my aching face. Something warm and aromatic please. (achoooo! Sniff, sniff. HONK! HONK! Cough, cough, Sniff, sniff) Excuse me. I do believe I have developed the sinus infection from Hade's. Nasal passages swollen and getting ready to explode, sinuses draining, coughing until my lung tubes and throat are so sore it hurts to cough.... And yet I'm luckier than many so, Coffee please. Thank You. Don't worry, no fever, not contagious, just sounds bad. Go through this at least once sometimes twice a year since I can't remember when. I'll understand if you sit ways away.
Just got finished reading a post about Uncle Al. Which I thought was in response to our beloved Al May-ash-Ho, (use a bit of imagination for that one), and thought, gee that sounds awful familiar. I think I'm psychic! Seriously, it's a shame the few raise a big enough stink to turn people off. By and large the overwhelming majority of people on this site are fantastic.
(HONK!, blow HONK! Sniff,sniff) Enough about that let's talk about , errr, um,, let's see....ME! As I said yesterday, I had to go into town to get some W-2's for the church and it happened to be a Tuesday and Castle Trains JUST happens to be open on Tuesdays and the Office stores in Springfield all happen to be on the same end of town.........Yes Chloe I'll speed it up a bit. Anyway, I stopped in and horror of horrors! I drew a blank as to what I needed. Luckily they aren't charging for browsing yet so I attempted to take inventory. I did pick up a code 100 to 83 transition track section, Yeah, I know DerJohn, it's cheaper to mash the joiners and I don't know why I don't do it because with all the transition track sections I'll end up having probably, with no more 100 track that I have I'll probably have as much wrapped (aaachooo), excuse me, up in transition track as I would if I'd just replaced the track with 83. I don't know why I do some of the things I do.
(bloww, sniff, blooow, sniff) Where does all that stuff come from?!
I got dibs on Jeff's other chili dog if he doesn't eat it!
Chris- Thanks for the pic of the Cougar. That sure is pretty or, was pretty. I always said if I every dropped the Pentastar, it'd be for a Cougar.
Sawyer- You keep talking about dressing warm for cold weather by only putting on a long sleeve t-shirt and long socks and us guys from the Midwe.. (achooo!sniff), Midwest are gonna lock your scrums!
Well, I guess I'll head down to Toddland (of which I'm king) and see what I can get accomplished. It's taken me so long to write this post with all the (sniff) interruptions, the time has slipped away. Hopefully I'll get "A Horse With No Name" out of my head! (Was it really written about a Heroin trip?)
Have a Great Day!!!
Update: Made it in the trainroom and looked for a bit but just didn't have the gumtion to do anything. Returned to the upstairs chair and plunked down. Stayed there all day. Now I must go to the meeting at church.
Todd
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Afternoon all from FoggyCal:
Good thing I had the Yellowstone all steamed up, had to find this place again (yes, that was the loud noise going by on the adjacent track, LOL!).
Well, not much from FoggyCal. Went back to school this Tuesday, everyone was walking around the halls in the annual Post-Christmas 'daze'. I didn't want to tell them that officially Catholic Christmas isn't over until this Sunday, with the Baptism of the Lord. Besides, they all know that.
Father Bonafigilio came into my office Tuesday morning and pointed to the calendar muttering to himself. I asked him what the problem was, he said, "Look at this. Lent starts in a MONTH!" "Oh yah,"I grinned. "Remind me to take my outdoor Christmas lights down pretty soon. Last time this happened, I got caught short." He cracked up.
Lost my very favorite Tenor this semester. Seems his AP US History conflicted with choir. I just stared at him and asked him which was more important (joking, of course). He blinked, looked at me and said, "Doc, we're going to be discussing TRENCH WARFARE this semester." Well, of course I'm not going to stand in the way of TRENCH WARFARE, especially when he's got a 4.3 GPA in History (it's going to be his subject in college). Anyway, we put our little heads together, and I'm going to sneak him the music for the Spring Concert, give him some private coaching, he's going to learn it, join us for the dress rehearsal and concert. I'm arranging for him to get Extra Credit with Administration. Besides, I'll have him the ENTIRE year, next year when he's a Senior. We're reviving some of the songs from "Carmina Burana" for the Spring Concert, and the guys are all hyped.
Life is good.
Well, after thinking long and hard about it, I cancelled my order for the Sunset Z-6 Challenger. Kept thinking about the fact that as a Great Northern engine, it would only see 'loaner' service on my Rio Grande Yuba River Sub, and besides, I came across this absolutely NEAT brass Rio Grande L-97 3400 series 2-8-8-2 at an absolutely BARGAIN price at Caboose Hobbies in Denver. Now this is a Rio Grande loco that has only been made ONCE in brass, by Key, about 15 or so years ago. And it's a model of the first 'heavy' compound mallet ordered by Rio Grande in 1916, so I know I'll use it more. Anyway, I should have it within the next day or so. This is the one that had the 'bummer' drive shaft that Bob Zimmerman at Caboose hobbies said he'd repair before he sent it along. I can hardly wait. Bob's my new hero, BTW. Some stores might just send it 'as is' and let me do the repair work. Not the guys back there in Denver, God bless 'em.
Photos, of course, will follow.
Sawyer: You're playing Rugby? Don't BREAK anything, guy--that's one HELLUVA rough game, 'American' or not. Our high school (Jesuit Marauders) became National Champions four years ago in the National High School playoffs in Connecticut. They came home VERY bruised, but happy. That's one INCREDIBLE game! I never miss any of our home games. Some of my choir guys are on the team--they're built like Sherman Tanks, LOL! It's incredibly exciting to watch.
Several of my guys are also on our LaCrosse team--now THERE'S a sport that might not look like much, with those weird netted 'hockey' sticks, but oboy, do they get out there and SLAM each other on the field. I was reminded by one of my guys that way back when, about the 17th Century, when the Indians played LaCrosse, they used the heads of their enemies as balls. Gives you pause, it does.
Well, nothing much else here on the home front except back to teaching and (anxiously) awaiting my package from Caboose Hobbies.
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
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Good evening gents, the cold weather continues unabated with very little snow melting. Not much MRR work done today, headed for the Mall with the wife for some items on her list, and I tried to find a replacement cooling fan for the video graphics card on my old PC. The fan makes so much noise it sounds like a 707 taking off. I have cleaned the fan blades, etc.to no avail. Of course no one had replacements, not even TigerDirect.com on line. There are some I found on Google search, but I dont know if they will mount OK.
I see the Diner has moved again in the freight yard, but what I want to know is, WHO LEFT THE OUTHOUSE ON THE FLATCAR??? They forgot to set the brakes and when I walked out the door the car was rolling free at 25 mph onto a siding headed for a dead end bumper! Luckily I jumped free before the outhouse crashed and sent ( how shall I say this nicely ) a "defication" storm all over the CEO Caboose! A certain someone was sleeping in the CEO car and was NOT too happy folks ! Hint: he likes Berks !! LOL hehheheheheehhehe
RAY: Where is the Engineers hat for your little grand daughter ???
JEFF: At least the PC is working, too cold to work on brakes anyway, wait until warmer weather.
JOHN: Those were nasty waves that ravaged your dock and seascape.The photos were awesome to view. No Rosie dish yet I see, just dont go snowblowing a path near there, you will do what I did several years ago, one mangled dish and two broken shear pins and 2 hours trying to free the stainless steel dish.
JOE: Advise on girls....they are like kids in a candy store, they cant make up their minds which one they like so they sample. If she leaves him and doesnt come back, it was never meant to be, move on, there are plenty of fish in the lake.
MID WESTERNERS: Get ready!! The worst Arctic blast of the winter is headed your way and headed further south also. A big storm is also going to pound you. Bring in the wood, stock up on blue boxes, and settle down for a long winters nap.
WA1VEI "73"
grayfox1119JEFF: At least the PC is working, too cold to work on brakes anyway, wait until warmer weather.
Hmmmmmmm ... Evidently, there was some confusion today with a switcher coupled to each end of the diner...... Glad it is now safe.
Cal Tom ...... UH, Oh ...... No Z-6, eh ...... Oh well. I'll look forward to pix of the next arrival, a 2-8-8-2.
I attended lunch with the local model rr guys. Gus was telling some of his adventures of plowing thru snow when he was an IC engineer.
The new year is nearly a week old. Have you all completed your New Years resolutions yet?
Heartland Division CB&QThe new year is nearly a week old. Have you all completed your New Years resolutions yet?
twhiteSawyer: You're playing Rugby? Don't BREAK anything, guy--that's one HELLUVA rough game, 'American' or not. Our high school (Jesuit Marauders) became National Champions four years ago in the National High School playoffs in Connecticut. They came home VERY bruised, but happy. That's one INCREDIBLE game! I never miss any of our home games. Some of my choir guys are on the team--they're built like Sherman Tanks, LOL! It's incredibly exciting to watch.
Yes sir. lol, already cracked my nose running straight-up into a guy. learned to lead with my shoulder. it is a very rough sport; but still not as rough as football comparatively in my opinion. Though there are no pads, football has pads now b/c if there weren't the season wouldn't last a week because there'd be so many injuries from the brutality of the game.
Todd, you got a point about the cold weather man, lol. Ain't been this cold down south in a LONG time though.
Evenin' folks!
Flo just a cup of decafe if you please. I'll go sit over at the Rivet Counter for a bit. Want to stay away from who ever is practicing on the "Left Handed Sewer Wrench" over in the back. Sheesh, counld't he at least have put a mute in it. Man THAT is awful. What, that's Todd with a sinus infection.....??? Maybe Tom can help him tune it up a bit........
Todd sorry you are not up to pitch...er....par tonight. Hope you feel better soon!
Just got home from Deacons and at the end of the meeting I was showing a couple of photos of my Granddaughter watching the trains. The lady who is in charge of the Ushers came over and looked over my shoulder and told me her Father in Law is a Master Model Railroader. We chatted for a while and i found out he is in his 90's and still comes up here to Geneva once a year to visit. I told her when he comes up they are all invited over here for a tour of the SLO&W... Her FIL is C. I. Siebert MMR #62. Never know who has connections to the hobby.
grayfox1119RAY: Where is the Engineers hat for your little grand daughter ???
I'm working on it......... Might have a problem getting THAT by the parents. Probably will have to be another item to keep at Grandpa's House.
Hope you all have a wonderful evening, and stay warm! I am going to go feed the wood stove myself.
(...puff, puff, wheeze, puff...) Sheesh! Almost caught up with the Diner until that switcher got going to the new track!
Good not-yet-sn*wy Evening, Chloe! I'll have a bowl of chili with oyster crackers, some shreded cheese on top, a RBF, and a little later, a hot fudge sundae, please 'n' thankyouma'am!
Hey, Garry, I was trying to dodge the cold breezes out there. The Diner blocks it if you come in the side door instead of the end ones. Should prove useful, so long as those cutting winds are blowing out of the north. Good to hear you're managing to get in some MRR time even with all the other stuff going on in your life lately. Oh, and as for those 'resolution' things, I'll just what Jeff said...
Chris, how do you hide it in plain sight, unless she has no clue that she's gonna get the present? I'd like to know the secret of THAT trick.
AmanaMedicYeah, getting clonked in the scrums just doesn't sound like much fun. Sounds very British though... "ye, the laddie got hisself clonked in the scrums" (said in a Monty Python style, heavy Cockney accent).
Ulrich, that's a good idea to recycle that layout plan - I liked that when you posted it before, too! And when you get to move across the pond, maybe it could be split up into easily moveable sections (and then add connecting lines at the ends to more layout!). Hey, gotta plan for the long haul, right? It's a shame you aren't related to the other Ulrich - I have one of their truck/tractors that I built a while back and I still like it!
Robby, if that '303' book is the one by Dave Frary, I have it, and it's great, with lots of useful tips. In fact, most any book by him is worth the money. You should enjoy that (and I'll bet your results will look better than mine (and definitely than my attempts so far...).[ I don't think our library here carries anything that new on model railroading, alas.
Vincent - your instructor sounds like one of those who forgets that you actually have OTHER classes than his/hers...Always hated it when I'd get one of those. Best wishes on the job thing (if GM is aware of the problem, who knows? You could discover next week that you have a new supervisor at w**k... (heh, heh, heh...)
I saw that Crandell fixed the sign at the old siding so it pointed to this one. But hey, I always trust the bread and pie crumb trail, and the RBF's were a tip-off to the right direction.
Joe, I can tell you one additional thing about your friend's deal with the girlfriend - I've seen guys who *want* to steal her away, tell the boyfriend a lie (that she's already cheating with newguy), so they break up, and then he 'consoles' the gal. But that whole bit about her not telling the parents where she's going on dates, doesn't sound like a good thing. Not a healthy relationship indicator, is my (personal) opinion. Your friend's mileage may vary...
Hey, Tom if you have another articulated coming in a day or so, of course "life is good"! And if you have any pull with Bob at Caboose, can you talk him into making it where when you place something into your cart, it still shows up a stock number (not just a description)? That is one thing that keeps me from ordering from them again. I asked them about it, and felt like I was blown off about the idea. I'm used to websites where you don't have to guess what's in your order by the time you get to the shopping cart. (okay,mini-rant over...) How's your 'white stuff' supply holding out there, by the way? And if you do still have some sn*w, are your furry felines enjoying it?
It's 28 F (-2 C) now and supposed to drop another 3 degrees tonight, with Chris' present for us due to come in around midnight on (arriving in plain view...). I think the weatherguessers are still trying to figure what this one will do - forecasting 3-5 inches to the north of us (Farmington, MO or St. Louis), 1 or 2 inches down in the Bootheel, and our area supposed to get 2-4 inches. Of course, I think it was the same weather folks who didn't predict the 14 inches of white stuff back in the late 1970's - that closed down most of Cape, including the university....
I'm on-call tonight, but expect that I may not get any calls out - and if I find someone who's out after midnight in that cold and sn*wy stuff, I'll know that they are crazy and probably need admitting to the unit! More of the white stuff is predicted tomorrow, I think (but again, that's subject to change of the weather gurus...). We had a bunch of people calling in this afternoon (when I was in to see my 2 afternoon clients), cancelling for tomorrow already. Sheesh, bunch of 'certain decorative flowers'! I could see it if they don't know how to drive in sn*w, but this isn't supposed to be more than a few inches of the stuff. Well, tomorrow is payday, so I'll go pick up a pair of pants to replace one pair that has worn out at the cuff (puzzling why it wears out there first), and also pick up some milk and OJ (alas, they don't carry Ed's line there). Might get some MRR'ing done, if my 1 p.m. client cancels; we'll see.
Hope you all are staying warm enough and out of that white stuff tonight and tomorrow. Will probably be by tomorrow.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau