Good Evening, a little break in-between hammering out content for THAT...
DANNY: Geesh Man! Don't let THAT Silver Pilot twit see you ask what a RBF is...he'll positively come out of his tree over it... Why, he'll probably demand you use the website's search function and sort through thousands of posts to find the simple answer.
I've said it here before, I'll say it again: he must be one miserable sot.
Naming a cat Topeka? Good name... neat city close to my favorite "hide from the world" spot.
SAM: Congrats and good luck...though again, I've got a strong hunch you'll nail the next one too.
JEFF: Didn't your Mama ever tell you, "no good deed ever goes unpunished?"
PC: Great news on Mrs. PC!
ULRICH: I tell ya Pal, we're sharing a brain when it comes to layout dreaming, design, hoping, wishing, and facing reality. I say again...we WILL have our layouts, it's just a question of when.
Speaking of layout ideers... I got some updated/corrected information on what was and what woulda been in Flush. I thought the RR running from Westmoreland to Blaine was going to expand south through Flush. WRONG. Turns out, The Wamego and Rock Creek Valley was formed to run from the UP in Wamego to Louisville, angle over to the northwest to Flush, then north to Westmoreland. The company bought parcels of land from farmers and the church, and the ROW was graded. My dad remembers encountering it while working on the church farm and other farmland in the immediate area. The Flush elevator was built in 1912. The RR was history by 1914-15 without a single rail ever laid.
Somebody wanna go buy me the winning lottery ticket so I can have a building large enough for my ultimate Cedar Rapids CNW layout...AND a second layout featuring "The Flusher?" Maybe the Prez will float me some "economic stimulus."
NOT
Gotta go... I still owe THAT a JV and varsity girls' basketball write-up, and a blurb from a ribbon cutting I attended today.
RERUN and I will stop back in later to see what's gone on around here...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
tbdannyBarry, there's one thing I've been curious about for a while now - how did you come up with your cat's name? We don't have cats yet, but Alisa wants to get some - I've already convinced her to name one of them 'Topeka'
'Spring' came about because of his habit of 'Springing' up on to the top of kitchen cabinets, bookcases, tops of doors, ladders---that and he is a seasonal 'Spring' who arrived here in the winter.
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/
Danny- I FAILED MY EXAM….
NOT!!!!
Well, I passed my written and verbal today! YEAH, just have to get through the written and verbal for my transit stuff tomorrow, then off to train handling!!!
Barry- Why do you think I almost always sit in the corner booth!!!
Der John- Thanks for the suggestion, I think I might just do that! ( I couldn’t quite figure out what I didn’t like about that section of the layout. Now I know, the building was sitting “square” with the layout edges… BORING!) Your suggestion will help fix two problems I had!!!
Ulrich- APPLE STRUDEL!!!! Drooool Droool, wipe wipe wipe. OK, copied the “INFO” will work on it… On the “memorial service”, at least she had someone show up! I think it would have been worse if not a soul had shown… My hat is off to you, my friend!
WOW, three pages since last night??? We are a talkative bunch!! YEAH!
Phillip- EXCELLENT news! Glad she is home!
Well, off to studies again!
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)
Good evening: It turned out sunny today, slowly but surely. Colder tonight, but clear. No mmr, beyond clearing my desk of the tools etc. used in the last 24 hrs. Tomorrow is another day, and time to say
Jeff:
They've let the lake down 5 times in the last 2 months because of all the dang rain we're getting.
Vincent:
I'm not sick or anything (AFAIK), it's like something is "missing" and really don't have a whole lot of motivation.
Danny: Good to see you follow the food tastes of your earlier State Governor Rt Hon Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane Baillie, Baron Lamington, GCMG, - you realize that those things would be dipped in batter and fried in Scotland . I had to ask about RBFs too. So, to expand on Ray's explanation...First of all, a float is any pop drink ( what our USA friends call sodas) with icecream floated ( try to get it to sink...that would be something!) in it. A RBF uses Root Beer - aka Dandelion and Burdock, as far as I can tell. Judge for yourself, but it doesn't "float my boat" (Groan)
PC: Great news about Mrs. PC. Bet you're al glad she's home!
Once more, I'm off to bed. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll have a nice big slice of Pecan Pie with a scoop of vanillka Ice cream on top. I think I have earned it. I'll be in the back booth getting warm by the stove.
Philip, indeed some very good news! I'll bet you will miss the hospital food though...... Hope she continues to heal well and that the operation will be a great help to her quality of life!
Sawyer sounds like you should have an interesting year next year. Some work cut out for you, but I know you will do very well with the course load.
Danny, RBF = Root Beer Float!!! Yum!
I just got home a while ago from doing the Merit Badge presentation with the handicaped troop. Funn bunch of young people actually and very much into the MB. One of the kids is autistic and railroad trivia is his thing..... Every question, his hand goes up and and he can answer the question with much more info than you needed. They completed 7 different items tonight. Those attending each of the sessions have only 2 more requirements to complete to finish. One option we are going to do is have a railroad employee come in a have the Scouts interview him. So happens that one of the Scouts uncle is an Engineer on the FGLK. We are hoping he will be able to do the interview for us. The only other requirement they have to do is plan a 500 mile trip by rail and I think I have it worked out how we can do that next time I see them (they will be coming to my house to see the SLOW). I have to check with one of our District Executives to see if what we have in mind will meet the requirement for them.
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
G'day all,Chloe, long black coffee, no sugar, in your biggest mug, and could you make it double strength...? Thanks, and an omolette as well. I don't care if it's Spanish or French, I'm going to eat it, not talk to it . I don't suppose you have any pavlova or lamingtons at all? Well, just the cheesecake for dessert, then.BTW, what's an RBF?Well w*rk's still fairly quiet - I've spent the last 2 hours being briefed on on-call for my first week of it, starting tonight. One of my colleagues has gone through all the stuff you only learn from experience - much obliged to him for that. Alisa's still sick as well - we got to the train station with about 8 minutes to spare, then she started coughing. Managed to run her back home and just catch the train - thanks to it being a minute late Got to swing by the post office this arvo and pick up a package - it's either 4 DPM kits or the Atlas Shay I found on Ebay. Haven't cancelled my pre-order with a certain shop in Denver, though - one of my colleagues wants to buy it off me, and I've agreed to do the DCC install for him. His will be the second install in this model, so I'll use it to do the writeup for my website.I guess I lucked out with w*rkplaces. There are 5 model railroaders here that I know of, and four of them (including me) are in my club.I apologise if my mention of the NW2 caused any confusion - I picked that as my 'ride', as the Kato N scale version is the main workhorse on my layout (custom-painted in Zebra stripes, of course.)CN Charlie, thanks for the welcome.Sam, how did your exams go?Barry, there's one thing I've been curious about for a while now - how did you come up with your cat's name? We don't have cats yet, but Alisa wants to get some - I've already convinced her to name one of them 'Topeka' Ulrich, if that apple cake tasted half as good as it looked, I'm sure 'Petra's Pastry Parlor' would be a smash hit - would Petra be willing to share the recipe at all? And I know I'm a bit of a latecomer, but what is 'the gulag'?Lee, love that quote about the track plans and the benchwork. Perfectly true, too!Jeff, I agree with you completely - no sense in witholding information (unless you're James Bond or something ) [comment removed]Rob, glad to hear things seem to be looking up for you and your wife - best wishes.Phillip, great to hear your wife's out of hospital. I'll bet she's glad to be out.I'll be over in that corner booth by the window...
The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, OregonThe Year: 1948The Scale: On30The Blog: http://bvlcorr.tumblr.com
hey ya'll, rbf for me
Despite the crazy rain this morning, I did get some more work done on my car, mostly re-seat the e-brake light switch (cantankerous little thing, fist doesn't want to come on, then doesn't want to go off; it's behaving now). Still have a few more dings here and there to fix up before I primer it.
Aside from that, I haven't done a whole lot. Have been feeling like crap both mentally and physically. I'm not sick or anything (AFAIK), it's like something is "missing" and really don't have a whole lot of motivation.
Phillip, that's good news
Blazzin, that just means they are down here in Florida right now
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.
DITTO !!! Very happy for you and family. Ain't no naysayers here . Prayers work.
[comment removed] As to getting on the forum and asking for help, maybe the guy is like me. "Puter Illiterate.. I can turn it on, get here, turn it off and Lose important items, such as RR Inventory. Took Deb 45 minutes to find it. NO JOKE!
Have tomorrows manifest and so, shower and bed.. Wish y'all Enough. Prayers on way. G'nite.
Flip
pcarrellThe good news is..............I've got her home from the hospital!!!!!
YES!!!! that is great news!!
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Great news Philip!
rugby was rained out today. Oh well. Did get the practice shorts and practice jersey I ordered. Hopefully our coach has the game jerseys in; then we can play in a scrimmage Sunday. The season starts next Friday, I think. Also got my classes for next year requested. they are as follows:
Honors English3
Honors Algebra2
Honors Chem1
Honors World History (i think I could have taken AP European history, but I'll take that in 11th and then in 12th take AP US History)
CP Spanish3 (honors spanish3 is if you're continuing on in it and I'm dropping spanish after next year and taking German my 11th and 12th grade years)
CP Computer Aps
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Great news there Philip.
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TMarshPC- Great news! But full after less than two medicine cups? That doesn't seem to be enough food even for a bird. Does the fullness have to do with other temporary things? Surely her appetite will increase some.
A little, but after the surgery her stomach went from the size of a football to the size of a golf ball.
The good news is..............I've got her home from the hospital!!!!!
All,
I caught CSX 22 trying to sneak through town earlier today, but I was quick with the camera phone!
I'm going to slurge and have the Meatloaf Dinner with green beans, baby carrots and potato casserole, please & thanks,
Wife persuaded me to start the MP this morning. Just took my third pill an hour ago and thus far, everything is cool. BP dropped to 86/42 with HR of 62. Wife assued me that as long as the mean ends up staying around 50 that the kidneys, etc are being transfused with blood and all is well. One interesting thing I have found is my irregular heart beats have seemingly gone away. Will be most interesting when I meet the cardiologist next week. If a new EKG no longer detects the arrhythmia, I'll be quite pleased. Time will tell.
Ran errands all day, so no train room time. But IF I start feeling better as my wife is already (only 2 days ahead of me with the treatment), then I anticipate I might just make it back down there yet. Several of her pains (swollen lymph nodes, tooth pain, etc) have already gone away.
Have a great evening y'all.
Rob
Hey, leave that omlet alone. Love 'em. I had numerous Cubans for customers. We learned each others language for the various auto parts I sold and they needed. Yes, most of them very hard workers and I rarely had any poblem. It just bugged the heck out of us citizens that they, the loafers, got food , meds and lodgings for NOTHING. Not to mention S.S. and never paid in a penny. End of RANT. Sorry folks.
Aussie Dan, about a year or so ago, we had another Aussie on board who was or did, open a Hobby store. We lost track of him.
More later- diner ready. Prayers for all
And a good evening to everyone!
I had a good afternoon with Audrey watching a bunch of videos. And being cuddled by 'Spring'. We also had a wonderful walk through Springbank Park in the sun.
Now, I'm going to hide in the trainroom and see about applying more self stick aluminum foil panels to more grainbins----heeheehee
Chloe, I'll just have some coffee and a cinnamon bun please---I'll think about what I'll really have later.I'll be at the cornerbooth for a bit---gotta catch up on some readin' here---
Thanks Jeff! We in mid Fla. are now getting hit with YOUR mess.
It's 73 here, so it's one whole degree ABOVE what the weather guesser said it would be. However, there is ominous news. Thunderstorms are moving in tomorrow. Whoopee, more rain. They've let the lake down 5 times in the last 2 months because of all the dang rain we're getting.
Ah Ray I guess no need for you to play Spot eh? You've already done. I am in the middle of making a new wishbone fixture as someone was a Loonie here as well. If it's needed, most spring shops can get the springs no problem, but if the axel is damaged beyond repair, it's frequently cheaper to get a whole new assembly. Unless of course it's one of those family heirloom models made from great grampas model T truck type axels. The fun just never ends.
Afternoon folks!
Zoe a cup of decafe in a FGLK Mug would hit the spot.
What? Are we now playing, "It's time to play, 'Spot the Loony'"!
I have the PowerPoint presentations done for tonight. Still need to write out the plan for the evening and get some other materials together. My son is coming over in a few minutes to help me block up the trailer THAT he severely overloaded a couple days ago. The net load is 1500lbs. he has at least a ton in there. His weight sets, steel wrokbench, outboard motors, tools, etc. etc. ect. floor to ceiling. He kinda noticed THAT it was riding a "little" low when he drove it back over to my house...... "A little low"...... There is no spring left... I hope he hasn't ruined the suspension or axle on it.
fireman216No Ray unfortunately I was not there for that meet..You have to let me know if you decide to "take that short drive" and come "over" for the show and meeting.
Not sure yet, but it is a distinct possibility. I will let you know closer to the time... please remind me! BTW, you missed a good meet!
Catch you a bit later!
howmus Hi Tim!fireman216Ray you should come up in February to our club show..we also have our division 10 NMRA meeting that day...you can see the layouts and bring some greenbacks for the vendors. Would that be the Syracuse Model Railroad Club Open House and Train Meet on February 21? If so I am sitting here looking ata stack of flyers I have for the event that need to go down to the LHS. Were you at the combined Central NY and Lakeshores Division Meet a week and a half ago???Curious minds want to know! No Ray unfortunately I was not there for that meet..You have to let me know if you decide to "take that short drive" and come "over" for the show and meeting. Coffee is on me of course!!..Tim 73
Hi Tim!
fireman216Ray you should come up in February to our club show..we also have our division 10 NMRA meeting that day...you can see the layouts and bring some greenbacks for the vendors.
Would that be the Syracuse Model Railroad Club Open House and Train Meet on February 21? If so I am sitting here looking ata stack of flyers I have for the event that need to go down to the LHS. Were you at the combined Central NY and Lakeshores Division Meet a week and a half ago???
Curious minds want to know!
No Ray unfortunately I was not there for that meet..You have to let me know if you decide to "take that short drive" and come "over" for the show and meeting. Coffee is on me of course!!..Tim
A true friend will not bail you out of jail...he will be sitting next to you saying "that was friggin awesome dude!" Tim...Modeling the NYC...is there any other?
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Keith the Ice houses and icing platforms go back to the days when reefers had ice bunkers at each end..ever so many miles they had to be reiced..Most of the ice was harvested from rivers and lake and stored in ice house in saw dust..took alot of man power to harvest ice and to fill ice bunkers...Jerry
Good Evening Folks,
I am back from my day in the GULAG, where I spend most of the time writing posts to the MR forum
No, Zoe, nothing to eat for me this time, just a coffee and a Calvados for me, thank you! I just had supper, Petra made something out of nothing, but it was delicious!
LSWrr Track plans are great until first contact with the bench work!
Lee - wiser words have never been spoken on that issue! A plan is just a plan, as long as you don´t give it a try!
John - I have stopped thinking about my layout, if only for a little while. The best ideas I gather when I don´t think about it. Your dad´s from Ealing? Well, what a small world! When I worked in London, my little flat was in Ealing, just off Ealing Common. Every night, when walking home from the tube station, I was greeted by a little old lady, who was looking out of her 2nd floor window, with a hearty "Good Evening, Sir" and I answered " A Good Evening to you too, Madam". It was a kind of ritual that lasted nearly a year. One fine day, when I returned from home leave, the window remained closed - forever. A few days later I went to the Ealing Anglican Church to maybe find out what had happened. I was informed that she had died, and that the memorial service would be the next day. Guess who took a leave from work to attend the service! It was an honor for me. Sadly, I was the only one attending!
Handlaying turnouts would certainly stretch the buck a little longer, but I have never done it before, and my soldering skills are, well, better not mention it.
Jerry - that is a good looking ice platform you have built there
Todd - just kidding us, eh? I know there is a longer post in the pipeline!
My January copy of MR has just arrived today, so it is back to the sofa for some cheerful reading!
Have a good one!
Cox 47 Good morning...Its rain'in and 36 with a wind from the east..I'll have coffee and toast please...thank You...Not much happ'in round here..preasure sores keeping me in recliner alot..Did finnish up Walther's Icing Platform that my Son and I started as a Father Son build but He never had time for...I got the kit 3 or 4 years ago in a Ebay deal for kits that where hobby shop returns for missing parts..didn't have 'nuff parts to build bothe platforms but didn't have room for both anyway.. Got the ice house almost done.. You all have a good one...Jerry
Good morning...Its rain'in and 36 with a wind from the east..I'll have coffee and toast please...thank You...Not much happ'in round here..preasure sores keeping me in recliner alot..Did finnish up Walther's Icing Platform that my Son and I started as a Father Son build but He never had time for...I got the kit 3 or 4 years ago in a Ebay deal for kits that where hobby shop returns for missing parts..didn't have 'nuff parts to build bothe platforms but didn't have room for both anyway..
Got the ice house almost done..
You all have a good one...Jerry
Jerry now you've got my attention. I have one of those..but to be quite honest... I don't know exactly the time period or if anything else should go with that ice house. Is there suppose to be a building that goes with that? One that stores the ice.. I'm at a loss here.. I really don't know much... lol. I bought one... cuz it looked nice.. and I think it goes with an older layout. Just wondering. keith
Ah you Canadians.... I worked with Canadians. As a printer I was one of the smallest of a 100 men team. 9 crews, each with 11 men on a crew. But these Canadians.. I joined them one time for lunch.. we were drinking beer for lunch... then it was all the time. The these guys would get together and starting singing "Oh Canada~" and would almost come to attention.. and sing it earnestly. But when a 'Pot Luck' sign came.. it would always say... 'Bring a Dish' or pay ten bucks .. Canadians $15.oo.. they'd get so razzed about that. Of course everyone was always kidding... but Canadians.. yeah.. I've worked with them~.. and drank~. Good peeps. I knew that would get someone's attention.~! lol.
Danny:
so is your mother Australian, then?
On the publishing - go for it! Especially if you aren't looking for an income stream
Keith:
Yes.. Welcome. Aussie's are free .. Canadians we charge here at the Diner.
CNCharlie:
Always wanted to visit your country.
Ulrich:
Just leaving a train on the main is not the way I want it, as I´d like to have incoming and outgoing trains, enabling me to have two people to operate this layout. The only way I see is to have a sharp turn to the right and add a fiddle yard, but this would result in an L-shaped layout, which I will have a hard time to get approval for from SWMBO. Also, the curve would be a sharp one, not more than 18" , making it difficult to run cars longer than 50´ and 6-axle Diesels. I also need to store an outgoing train, but this could be done by leaving it on the main to Seward, i.e. the left hand cassette staging lead. I might even be able to add a switch and a second track there.
An Atlas code 83 switch is about $ 20, that´s what I can spend in a month.
Petra and I should really move to the US or Canada and open up a German bakery - "Petra´s Pastry Parlor" - how´s that? I guess, it would be a gold mine!
Lee:
derJohn; They make decoder testers, actually my Digitrax Super Chief came with one. It's a pig tail that plugs into the systems jack and you stick the wires from the decoder in the other end.
JR:
Keith - charging Canadiens indeed. You're loonie enough already - you don't need more!
Well, this is fun, so has to stop. Real lunch in a few minutes then snow clearing and wood hauling before getting down to the museum for a meeting at 3:00; oh joy! TTFN.
Mornin' everyone!
Chloe I'll have a big bowl of hot Cream of Wheat and some NYS Maple Syrup to go along with it. Don't forget the cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug. I'll be in the front booth with the others watching the switcher outside.
Thank you for your prayers for my BIL folks! Haven't heard anything yet, but he is probably in surgery right now.
DerJohn, French is just Italian with a sinus problem.............. OW! Hey, cut it out.... Sheesh! (I said THAT in the faculty room once many years ago in front of a Latin Teacher who was head of the Foriegn Language Dept. Barely escaped alive!) Is this seat taken? No? Who's Spanish omelet is THAT? Flip? Thought he doesn't like...... Ah, I see.
I have to finish a PowerPoint presentation for tonight and run through what I am planning for the Troop a few times. THAT should take most of the day.
Catch you later!
Good Morning. Say, did you just see an old cop car tear out of the parking lot with two people wearing black and sporting dark sunglasses? Gotta meet with the Preacher at 930 am to fill out some goofy end of the year financial statement for the Gestapo.
PC- Great news! But full after less than two medicine cups? That doesn't seem to be enough food even for a bird. Does the fullness have to do with other temporary things? Surely her appetite will increase some.
Ray- Your BIL is most definitely on the prayer list.
Lee- Never a truer statement was made about track plans!!
LOOK EVERYBODY.......I made a short post!
Welp best get moving in that direction before Flip comes in and blows his top over the Spanish Omelet I left for him. (laughing maniacly as I bolt to the door)
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.