Lone Star please. I need it. Well not really. I just realized a few hours ago, by getting Brenda's car in the garage, which I did and am now a hero by the way, I have more drive to clear! Work went well and we haven't any snow yet. So far.
Aztec- I hear ya on the country music. I don't even hardly listen to the radio any more. Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings (my favorite), Willie, Bobby Bare, Merle, George oh the list goes on. They live on cd's and that's just about all I listen too. Early congrats on the great Uncle too!
Jim- I don't see anything wrong with code 100, I guess I just remember when I was young in the early to mid '70's, back when music was good, I'd read in Model Railroader and I could swear it was called Railroad Modeler, but not sure, about code 83 and knuckle couplers. I always said that my dream layout would have both. So, I got 'em!
Der- Yup, same idea! Thanks!
Tom- With your love of the steam loco I have no doubt this little jewel has found the perfect home. And once your done nursing her back to health, she will return the favor and perform beautifully for you.
Well, time to hit the hay. Prayers for those in need.
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.
Evening all from AgainRainyCal:
Ah, yes, we got a peek of sun for a couple of days, but Alaska and Hawaii couldn't stand it, so they BOTH sent us a storm that's supposed to last until Saturday. Hasn't really hit (according to our weatherpersons), but it should move in Large Scale tonight.
Of course, it's rain and cold, so Uff-Dah the Wegie and Spooky the Maine Coon are just beside themselves with sheer, unmitigated joy. Hey, it could be worse, I could have Abyssinians and they'd be hoping for a DROUGHT, LOL! Right now, the Northern California Water Table is at about 115% of normal, and we haven't seen that in almost six years, so nobody's really complaining.
Barry: I hope Spring survived those neighbors of yours. Hoo boy, sounds like a real PACK around your house. Hope the garage door isn't too expensive. I've got a couple of weird neighbors down the block, but nothing like that!
Ray: What a GREAT Troop meeting that must have been for you. Cheers to you for doing that. I love that caboose comment, LOL!
Sawyer: Take it easy and careful, my friend. Rugby and Bronchitis are not a good mix. Rest up, okay?
Todd: Thanks for the compliment. My 'rescue' locomotive is kinda/sorta like my Uff-Dah, who was a 'rescue' purebred Norwegian Forest Cat. He came to me very shy and very introverted, he's now a Major Goofball. Hopefully, my 'baby' rescue locomotive will turn into a good runner.
Speaking of: and you KNEW I was going to give you all an update: Said 'baby' brass Mallet got worked on until the wee hours, last night. Stripped the rods with DioSol, there was paint on paint WITHIN paint on the rods and eccentrics, couldn't strip the paint from the drivers because of the reaction that might happen between the DioSol and the insulation, but a few drops of LaBelle #8 at strategic places assured a rear driver set that started running extremely smooth. For safety's sake, I did the same to the front set of drivers, hooked them up, applied a little power, and the little girl's mechanism just HUMMED. Set it aside. Got up early this morning, applied a little power in both directions. Still HUMS. Which means, it crawls forward and backward quite smooth.
Okay, mechanism is in good shape. After school I went over to Bruce's for some stuff. Here's the fun part. I looked for lead sheet weights. Always found them there. Couldn't find them at all. Asked Frank, my buddy, he gives me a very Conspirital Look. "They're HIDDEN," he whispers. Leads me back of the counter, opens a 'secret' door. I look at him. "How come they're hidden?" "It's LEAD," he whispers. "And?" I ask. "A woman came in with her husband," Frank looks around to see if we're being overheard. "She saw them on display and threatened to call the authorities because we had poisonous, Cancer-causing materials where anyone could get hold of them."
I just stared at him. Then I remembered: I live in CALIFORNIA, where EVERYTHING causes Cancer, according to the Idiot Liberals who just keep MULTIPLYING here! If you don't believe me, TRY and find Corning Pink Extruded Foam around here.
"Well, I'll take a one-pound pack of poison," I shrugged. Frank chuckled. We sneaked it up to the counter. "They DO know that I wash my hands with soap and hot water after using this stuff, don't they?" I asked Frank. "No," Frank grinned, "Remember, out here in California, men are stupid and need to be protected from themselves."
I sighed. "Oh, yah, forgot."
Anyhow--next part of the 'rescue' project: re-weight the boiler of that cute little 'rescue' loco of mine.
Ulrich: I'd post pictures, but seriously, once I get started on the various parts of this EXTENSIVE project, I just get too involved to find the camera, LOL! I will try. I promise!
So that's it so far from RainyCalifornia.
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
"I won't take my coat off - I'm not stoppin'"...
Todd and Ulrich: This is thought to be the original cartoon on which the far more common image is based...
Goodnight all, Prayers and Blessings.{angel]
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Barry- Glad to see you and property are safe and sound... Those people still haven't learned, check to see if the neighbor is a cop BEFORE attempting to steal anything from neighborhood... DUH! Lol
Well, I got lucky, the instructor engineer I was working with got "bumped" from his job, but I was able to switch to his "new" job and continue to run with him! Now I'll have the weekend off! I start out of Bay Head on Monday... We shall see!
Hope everyone here has been well... I think we ought to get a guard dog for the diner. I don't like thinking that it's just Chloe and Flo in here at night!
We have a security system on our house. The neighborhood isn't bad, we just thought that having a NEW house in this neighborhood might attract the attention of some "unsavory" characters and wanted to protect the house and garage. I'm glad we did, we've heard of some breakins in the next section over recently... I believe that if the government GAVE every law abiding citizen a weapon, we would see crime reduce quite dramatically! Oops sorry
Well, I had better get ready for work. Sign-up time is 2:19am in NY Penn, and I have to catch the train at 12:40am out of Morrisville Yard in order to deadhead to NY, where I take over the train and take it to Sunny Side Yard in Queens!
TTFN!
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)
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll have a hot fudge Sundae and a cup of decafe. I'll be in the back booth by the stove relaxing.
Well, the troop was here tonight. Only 6 of the boys made it tonight (8 in the Troop) but they had a great time. One asked if he could run a train. He is the oldest (mid 30's) and is a very responsible Scout. So out came the 3rd. throttle and he got to be engineer for the fruit train express. He did very well (he has run DC before but not DCC). Within 2 minutes he was on his own and having a great time. I gave his trian priority over the other 2 we had up and running. The guys running the trains were very helpful to the Scout(s) as well. Only had one derailment all night and THAT was from a run turnout.... We had a 20 car coal drag being pulled by a 2-6-6-2, the milk run (one reefer and two old Overland Coaches) pulled by a ten wheeler, and finally the fruit express, about 14 reefers, pulled by a Mike. When the Mike first hit the mainline out of the staging area the kid who is severely autistic started going nuts. He shouted, "Oh Cool! A Mikado!" He was grinning from ear to ear all night! Some of the guys have only one more requirement to do and they will be finished. I even got throgh to most of them who FRED is. The Scout driving the train looked and said, "This has a caboose on it". I said well back in 1925 they used cabooses. What do they have today? He immediately said, "Flashing Rear End Devise!" FUN!
Barry, we don't seem to have many incidences like you had in my neighborhood. Guy across the street has a 110lb American Staffordshire Terrier. He lets his owner know if anything is not right! I wouldn't want to be somebody who broke into his house...... He appears to be well behaved and gentle, but I don't go on their property unless the owner is outside! He is a BIG BOY!!!
OK, I have to go shut down the layout. We just left everything stopped but on when they left.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hello--
Chloe. What happened to everyone? Oh? OK---why? I left this morning and that was pretty well it---so----?
Oh well. Had a busy day today. Everything settled down at the house--found nothing was damaged/stolen from here but he did try to jimmy the garage door open with a crowbar. The frame and the door itself look to need some repairs done---I just did something of a temporary repair to it---the dang door opener still works!!
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a slice of Pumpkin Pie please----I'll be at the corner booth for a bit
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/
Good Evening, Chloe - I'll have the baked potato soup with croutons, and a grilled cheese sandwich and an RBF, please. Thanks!
[Edit]: Well, looks like I have the TOP for the evening dinner and dessert crowd, so eat up, folks. Chloe, start my tab!
CederstrandToday turned into a rough one after trying to get a stubborn mini cow (Cowmilla) to go through a gate. My lungs (heart?) are thrashed. I can't be doing much of anything physical anymore, period. My wife had no trouble at all moving the little cow when she got home.
After today, I'll tread lightly, Rob, but maybe you could parlay that into 'light duty' from the wife? Hey, was worth a shot, anyway, maybe get authorization for some layout room time?...
TMarshMaybe I'll pee in all the corners of the room.
Chris, I'd be inclined to possibly agree with Tom's comment about the previous owner of that gorgeous hunk o'brass giving it to his 3 year old (okay, maybe 8 or 9 year old...) to paint. ...and Tom? I think you're just joshin' us about how much you 'hate' stripping/regearing/remotoring/tuning up your locos.
Ulrich, good to hear you got a good night's sleep (unlike poor Barry's night...). Hey, our bodies have their ways of getting their required sleep if we don't give it to them any other way. Good to hear that your sentence is almost over at the Gulag, and that you're proceeding with your cruise company plans as well. The further along you can get with those, the sooner you can 'hop' over to the American side of the pond.
Lee, sounds like your roundhouse sold for a good price (depending on your shipping costs). Hey, six stalls on your Atlas is a good number (unless you were like Tom and have a gazillion articulateds to house...). Thanks for your email! As for your weather, we're getting rain tonight (and lucky for us, the temps are staying above freezing down our way). I think by maybe sometime tomorrow it might drop below the 'sn*wline' temp - the weatherguessers were saying we might get a half-inch (centimeter or so) of the white form by late Friday or Sat. a.m. Shouldn't be too bad, except for the transitional period, depending on if it slacks off or stops the precipitation around then...
Robby, bear in mind that not ALL roadkill even gets as far as the centerline, you may need some on either lane (depending on where the varmits start from). Some that I've (over the years) 'squashed' didn't even seem to have made it to the middle of my lane. I can recall one raccoon (sniff!...), another that was at night and I had no clue what it was (except that it was NOT a skunk or polecat!), and one long (black)snake - which looked like it was trying to double back out of the way as I got up on it. That's all I can recall for my standing score... You're right, if you had road kill right before the centerline swerves, it'd look like that was why they 'curved'.
AztecEagle - congratulations on (soon) becoming a great uncle again!
Well, on the MRR'ing side of things, today I started going through my MR and RMC collection, and found I have more issues than I had recorded in my list on my 'puter (that's good, so long as I can get all of a year's issues assembled together for when I want to track one down... (Garry? Did y'notice that one? ). I think I probably had pulled some issues out of the holders or binders to start on a project from an article, but never got further along on it. Oh, does that sound familiar!
Haven't seen anything from JR or Bama, who I think might be able to give me an approximate ID on the brand of the scout van/truck that I had posted. From that, maybe I can find an HO model that would fairly closely match it.
I'll be at the RC for a bit and see who comes in. (So far, haven't had to go to the ER on any calls, which is good for me) Tonight and one more night and it's MY MRR'ing time! [YAY!!]
Prayers for continued healing and comfort for those in need of same.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Well,one more day and I can have a good breakfast!!!
Problem is during the week,I don't have the time to eat a nice breakfast,so it means that I have to eat Pig in the Blankets or Toaster Pastries Monday-Friday.
And my work's been slow so I'm lucky to get two days a week!!!
Come Monday,the ol'Aztec Eagle's gonna be a Great Uncle again!!!
My Neice and her Hubby are expecting their first child-a little boy!!
Hopefully,when he gets a little older,they'll take him down to Flatonia and let him watch the Choo Choos some weekend!!
Heck,I finally lived long enough to have sent two nephews off to war!!
Luckily,they both came home safe!!
Your Horoscope For Today:Friends Will Soon Think Of You Everytime a Gasoline Truck Crashes Into a Burning Building.
"Kharma Is a Funny Thing."-Earl Hickey
You do have a point!!The last great Country Song that dealt with Trains and Salvation was Josh Turner's"Long Black Train"from a few years ago.
One of today's country music problems is that no one wants to sing about trains;trucks;cheating;lying and dying!!
Oh well,I've still got my "Ride This Train"by Johnny Cash LP and Merle Haggard's"My Love Affair With Trains"LP to keep me sane!!
I had to go out to the Pickering flea market (biggest in this area) to find a good VCR. All the ones any of the pawn shops had were worthless junk that wasn't even worthy of target practice. My old Toshiba (10 years old) finally bit the dust this morning. It suddenly decided that instead of playing or recording tapes it would simply eject them and tangle the tape up in the spindles. I got it to work but it's iffy. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I sorted through a bunch of old VCR's until I found several that met my criteria. It had to work well with no hesitation and require no fiddling with it to make it work. It had to be Hi-Fi with extra ports on the front. Two looked like they had belonged to kids and one acted like it. It just flat out refused to even power up. The other one worked great until it came time to eject the tape. Took several tries but it finally did it. The third one, a Sony unit, looks almost brand new an dthere's zero dust on it or on the control buttons. It relatively new as it's digital converter capable. It works perfectly! No hesitation, no drag, no tracking problems and it records very clear with no static. Price tag? $20. Now, I know there are many out there who have the obvious question on the tip of their tongue. What the heck do I need with a prehistoric device like a VCR? It's kinda hard to transfer VHS tapes to DVD's without one and I'm not spending $200 on a combo unit. I had one of those some years ago and was very unhappy with it. Using the VCR I can play the tape into the computer and burn it onto a DVD.
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Hi folks. I'm tired after school, probably from both rugby and the screwed up sinuses. I need some warm weather soon. After abt mid-january it's gets real old real quick! Am looking forward to practice tonight, but after school tomorrow I think I'm jsut going to lay in my recliner and R-E-L-A-X
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Afternoon'!
Hey! Anybody in here? Oh there's Zoe at least... I'll have the soup and sandwich special with a Dr. Pepper for lunch. So what happened THAT everybody left. Todd and Barry did what after eating just one little thin mint at the end of their meals? OMG, are they going to be alright? Well THAT explains the buckets and the mops..........
I have been furiously cleaning the upstairs of my house (main floor) in anticipation of Troop 1 arriving tonight to see the layout and do one other requirement for the MB. My son called me first thing this morning to tell me they had no heat in the house this morning. He thinks it is the thermocouple on the boiler. Guy is coming to fix it this afternoon..... Just popping in here while I wait for the floor to dry in the kitchen. Still have the living room area to clean.
OK, back to w*rk!
Good morning ....
WOW! Looks like both flo and chloe are getting quite a workout today. Look at that wheelbarrel full of Barry-sized pancakes and coffee going to the corner booth to Barry and Ulrich! .... Amazing!
I think I'll sit at the corner booth with Todd as he finishes his normal sized order. Coffee and a donut for me please.
I have been continuing my cleaning chores in the train room. Almost done with that. Then, I hve several projects lined up.
Happy Model Railroading !!!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Gooooooooooood morning. Its not to cold, maybe 30 degrees or so. BUT, a snow storm will hit us tomorrow. They are calling for 4-8 inches.
Thanks for the comments. Very, very rarely does someone see my layout. At least I can show you guys on here. Plus the comments, and tips help out as well .
Jim/Chris..........Maybe I should do some road kill all along the yellow line, then it won't look as bad .
Lee.......Thanks. I never got around to emailing you. I will try to get to that today or this weekend.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning. Pancakes look good. I'll take a normal sized stack and some sausage please. Yes coffee too thank you.
No RR related stuff planned today other than driving across the real tracks on my way into town. Mom day and I must haul another load of sh....stuff . Then gotta work tonight.
Speaking of that, the cattle have sure been letting us know they're there the last few days. The surface of the pasture thaws during the day and when the wind shifts from the south....
Barry- Didn't some druggo attempt this awhile back to the same end? I guess they aren't any smarter N.O.B.
Ulrich- I hope once you get out of the Gulag and get some of your life back without being insulted by being forced to "learn" basic things you've known and done for years, you will begin feeling somewhat better. Hang in there and be the animal who's hand is out of the mouth of the animal eating them, choking his "eater" . That probably confused you if you‘ve never seen the picture, but someone in here has that drawing. It's funny, but a good meaning. Never give up.
Lee- So far they are saying 3 - 5 starting Thursday night thru Friday here.
Jim- Not that I could be sure anyway. Without seeing the front, I have no idea the make. As for the year, well, aside from a few iconic cars in the mid fifties, I have trouble with years prior to 1960. Like now. We've turned full circle. Ah for the sixties and seventies when you could tell the year of car easily.
Welp, best get a move on.
Have a Great Day!!!
Chris, I did look at the roundhouse foot print last night and I think I’m maxed out for space with the 6 stall roundhouse and machine shop. So I guess 9 is out of the question and the number will remain 6. 12 would be totally out of the question. My round house and machine shop’s primary purpose is to keep dust off the locomotives. I have room for several outside short storage tracks for critters and the modern GP7’s. Unless dust is considered weathering maybe I need to hire the collage girl from across the street to dust my GP?Dick, we will continue to add 2 minutes of daylight now until the next equinox. That is if you’re above 40 degrees north. I haven’t figured the time of day equation for less than 40. Robby I’m still impressed with your boxes.AztecEagle, I would have to insert Patton for my “ALL TIME FAVORITE”. There are so many good ones to choose from but Patton has to be the one I could watch once a week. Jim, great troop van picture, thanks for sharing.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning,
well, after a night´s sleep, I feel a little better. I was really down yesterday, physically and mentally exhausted.
Flo, I´ll have coffee in a Barry-sized mug, hot cakes, also Barry-sized, with Canadian Maple Syrup, an order of bacon, scrambled eggs and a glass of OJ, no, not the Simpson brand. Thank you.
Wednesday next week will be my final day at the GULAG. To say it was a complete waste of time would be a gross understatement. What eats me up, is, that I had to spend all my (at the moment) limited energy on this useless exercise. It just kept from doing the things that will actually bring me forward (and closer to our dream of relocating over to your side of the Big Pond).
Starting next week, I will be able to work out the itinerary of the cruises I plan to offer to the wealthy Germans, who want to discover Nova Scotia in a way which is not yet availbable in the market. Put into a nice and powerfull presentation, it will help me to attract the leading travel agencies here that I want to cooperate with. A cooperation agreement will allow me to win investors - the key step in realizing my dreams.
From today on, things can move only upward!
Tom - my to your caring hands for your loco. Please keep us posted on the progress you make (pictures!)
Barry - thanks for introducing this really good food here in. Those Barry-sized dishes are just great!
CUL, folks!
AmanaMedic Welp, looks like I started us down a potentially dangerous road here, asking SAWYER what they was a-edumacaten' him on. All this non-practicing non-denominational is gonna say, is THAT it seems many of the various faiths all seem to be talking to pretty much the same guy, with the same destination as the goal. Its just a difference of how they do it. And JOE? TOM beat me to it, explaining why its not a bad idea to learn the history/origin of things. I went to a Catholic high school (actually, from 2nd grade on was Catholic schools) and took comparative religions my junior or senior year. We hit the big three: Christianity, Judiasm, and islam. We sat-in on a service at a synagogue, and toured a mosque in Cedar Rapids. Later in college, I suffered through eastern thought and had another religions of the world class THAT went a lot farther than good 'ol Fr. Thoman did. I didn't pay much attention to it all then, but the older I get and the more I pay attention to what's going on in the world... believe me when I say it's all a heckuva lot more relevant than I ever woulda thought back then! In other words, learn all you can.
Welp, looks like I started us down a potentially dangerous road here, asking SAWYER what they was a-edumacaten' him on. All this non-practicing non-denominational is gonna say, is THAT it seems many of the various faiths all seem to be talking to pretty much the same guy, with the same destination as the goal. Its just a difference of how they do it. And JOE? TOM beat me to it, explaining why its not a bad idea to learn the history/origin of things. I went to a Catholic high school (actually, from 2nd grade on was Catholic schools) and took comparative religions my junior or senior year. We hit the big three: Christianity, Judiasm, and islam. We sat-in on a service at a synagogue, and toured a mosque in Cedar Rapids. Later in college, I suffered through eastern thought and had another religions of the world class THAT went a lot farther than good 'ol Fr. Thoman did. I didn't pay much attention to it all then, but the older I get and the more I pay attention to what's going on in the world... believe me when I say it's all a heckuva lot more relevant than I ever woulda thought back then!
In other words, learn all you can.
Welp--THAT about says it all. There is so much to learn out there about the various religions. My edumication even went into religious studies at the University of Western Ontario through King's College, which is the Catholic college connected to St. Peters Seminary. That really was a neat experience--
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Good Really Early Morning--
We had a bit of excitement here tonight. Audrey and I were going to sleep when I heard a bang at the back door. The next door neighbour and some other dude were duking it out in our back yard and just as I was going to find out what all the fuss was about a bunch of police showed up and cornered the guy who was fighting my neighbour. Turns out this idiot had tried to break into my garage after he broken into my other neighbours garage, just as my police officer neighbour was getting home. Another druggie looking for something to pawn off for that cash for his drugs---
Now I'm all piculous and awake-------GRRRR
So what am I doing at this hour all energetic like? LAUNDRY----that's what.
Ain't it exciting?-------
So. With the weather being a little milder they're coming out to play----WWEEE---NOT!
Chloe. Now that I'm up I'll have a big ol' pile of pancakes with maple syrup and a bucket of coffee please---I'm going to sit by the corner booth and be quiet now
Good Evening, hmmmmm, smells like chili around here. Ah, the large tub there. Yep, that'd do it. Chloe? I'll take a helping of THAT...uh, no, a sink-sized bowl will be plenty please 'n thank-you. Oh, and with a bucket of Coca-Cola.
JIM: I like your thinking (Rerun and Missy), but since Rerun has his own e-mail account, I don't think he'd need e-DogHarmony...I think him and Missy probably exchange IMs when us "parents" are asleep! And as for the mouse and the architect scale...I know there's some manner of collusion going on there, when the mouse leaves...*ahem* evidence...of his passing through, and would've done it right under Rerun's nose... THAT can only lead me to the conclusion the boy has struck a deal with the mouse. And yes...he probably is holding the scale so Mr. Mouse can draw a straight line as he designs a new "apartment" for himself. I'd like to think Rerun has the scale, and is using it to design a better mouse trap.
You know, its a little surprising and sometimes shocking some of what shows up in his inbox...
ROBBY P: I think its somewhere on FAILblog.org where they've got a picture of a dead possum with the centerline painted up and over him... Could be a nice touch for your road...a little something to get people to do the old double-take.
TOM (California Tom, THAT-is): Wow... yeah, ya gotta kinda wonder who had THAT nice little brass engine, and how in the wide, wide world of sports they managed to cluster it up so badly. Poor thing, sounds like she's in a good home now! You know, they say rescue dogs make great companions...I wonder if the same is true for rescue locomotives? Sounds to me like you've saved her!
TODD: I see they beat me to urging you to seal-off the RR room from your wife. I think JEFF is right, she'll see all THAT space THAT has opened up and come up with all sorts of funny ideas... Yep, ideas so funny, they'll reduce you to tears...
BARRY (I think it was): Yeah... I need to get a better shot of THAT shop building. Its (if its still there) one of the few things remaining from the Burlington Route yard THAT was. The depot still stands, and I think is still being used as city hall. AMTRAK has an "AM-Shack" next to the BNSF yard office, but the roundhouse and pretty much everything else has been torn down. I don't think the yard is even as...complete? as it was. I think some track has been taken out and the place down-sized. Creston is still a division point, but much like Boone on the Chicago and Union Pacific NorthWestern...just not what it used to be.
I'll yield the floor...looks like Chloe and the gals are wheeling out THAT sink of chili...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Evening Just got back from church meeting. Pulled all the trash to the road. I'm pretty proud that I got the layout scraps into the trash and out to the street in one day. Yup, shore did. Used the TV box and filled it with foam and ceiling tiles. Basically a lot of learning is poised for a trip to the dump via the garbage truck.
AztecEagle- Welcome to the diner. I've seen you around, but don't recall if ever in here, if so, welcome back.
Tom- I realize you hate working on brass steamers, and that the only reason you're even bothering with that one is because you need another loco, but please...., have a little patience.
NOTE: The preceding comment was just chock full of sarcasm!!!!!
Jim- Not really. Well actually yes I will save quite a bit I guess. The obvious stuff, structures and the track. I won't be using all of the track as some track and most turnouts on this section were old brass code 100. It's still "good", but I won't be using it probably. At least a big nope on the turnouts. They are old, like from the early '70s old. I don't want to be fighting worn pivots too soon. I'll be using code 83 like on the rest of the layout next to come down. No problems or dislikes with 100, just prefer 83. I don't know why either. I might find a use for some of it as I have some NS 100 that is good and a couple of switches. We'll see. The material on top of the bench work was various scraps of plywood covered wit either bead foam or ceiling tiles. So that's all at the road now to be hauled away.
Jeff- I guess I won't have much of a problem after all. I never noticed until I went back down there, but the room is a mess. I didn't realize how much stuff gets stored under the layout until the layout's gone. Brenda did offer for me to be putting the structures and such out on the table in the main room. Thinking about what you said, I declined. I'll keep the room full. Maybe I'll pee in all the corners of the room.
Think I'll call it a night. Prayers for those in need.
Evening ya'll, celebratory RBF for me tonight
now, I FINALLY got the car running right. Whatever I did before only helped for a few days. Today, I changed the spark-plug cables, distributor cap, distributor rotor, and fixed the timing. The car had well over 158K miles, and still had the original stuff. I bought a set of MSD cables and a Borg-warner distributor rotor and cap. I was thinking about advancing the timing when at the track, but it is a REAL PAIN on the 2.3 and not worth it.
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.
Chamomile tea, please.
***Tom, sounds like that ol' brass beast has lots of character.
***Jim, I tend to agree with you that no news is good news.
Today turned into a rough one after trying to get a stubborn mini cow (Cowmilla) to go through a gate. My lungs (heart?) are thrashed. I can't be doing much of anything physical anymore, period. My wife had no trouble at all moving the little cow when she got home.
Have a nice night y'all.
Rob
AztecEagleWe were talking about how some Evangelical Christians beleive that Halloween Is Really Satanic in Nature one time.
We were talking about how some Evangelical Christians beleive that Halloween Is Really Satanic in Nature one time.
Ah. I'm of that group as well. and also the speaking in tongues group. What's funny is we went to a Baptist church until I was maybe in 5th grade or so, lol. Oh well; we're starting to delve into subjects that would get this thread locked, so anyways...
Rugby was AWESOME tonight. did some tackling drills and then ran some defensive drills for the backs. We only had 4 members of our scrums there tonight (only half) there were 5, but our current fly-half is hurt so our eight-man got moved out there.
Good Evening, Chloe - I'll have a hot chocolate in a Santa Fe mug, please 'n' thank you!
I'd mentioned earlier about wanting to have that Scout campground, and wanting to make a troop van. Well, got the photo of the van our troop (many moons ago, grasshopper...) would use to haul all the tents and cooking gear and grub in to take to the camp:
I was looking earlier online, and thought (just from memory then) that the van looked like a Ford one, but I'll let those more familiar with vehicles help me out. What kind of van (make and approximate year, since I know the photo was taken in the summer of 1955) would this be? JR? Bama? Anyone else care to guide me to the right model that I can modify and paint to approximate this one? I was almost thinking that the milk truck that W-S makes might match, but to buy that just to repaint it, seems to be a bit expensive of a route to go.
howmusI have actually, more or less, or should we say "good enough" cleaned off my workbench. Found an amazing array of little tiny missing pieces THAT I have lost over the last few years. Probably should clean it off more often.
Hey, Chris - as for Rerun taking a detour to Illinois to see Missy, how do you know that those two haven't linked up (through eDogHarmony)? Maybe Rerun's in cahoots with that mouse on the architect rule, too. Didja ever have a little trouble locating your camera, only to have it show up a little later? Y'never know what our four-legged critters might be doing when we're not watching them close...(doo-doo-doo-doo..doo-doo-doo-doo..)(cue the Twilight Zone music...)
As for the confused Protestants, Chris, I have seen a 'family tree' (sort of) of various denominations that somebody drew up - now THAT's interesting, and just think if you added all those others you mentioned to show all the belief systems!
Lee, I will look forward to seeing your roundhouse pics - and I need to look at our MRR club's roundhouse, since they used the Walthers one (plus a 3-stall addition). Check your email, too.
Ulrich, keep hanging in there - for the long haul, and on THOSE days when, as the proverbial story goes: "It's hard to remember your initial objective was to drain the swamp, when you're up to your [#censored#] in alligators!"
Robby, (as others have said) I like your center section (too) - and on anything like a fence, you can go back and modify/replace it later, so no biggie! The only way I know to get even and straight lines is, use tape or have a straightedge to paint along. Oh yeah, another way is a lot of w**k, and involves taping down either side of the stripe (one at a time...) and painting, letting it dry, removing the two pieces of (masking) tape, place them (or new pieces of tape) down for the second stripe, paint that, and again... wait, then remove the masking tape. (A LOT of bother, though I hear rumors that it might do the trick...) So, are you gonna do the roadkill along the stripe?
Todd, I hope you get the w**kbench covered back up/cluttered before what Jeff said might happen, happens. And my condolences on taking down the old layout stuff. Anything you'll be able to recycle for the new one (besides the benchw**k)?
Duke! You're awake! Oh, there he goes, back to sleep again. How does he do that so quickly?...
Calif.Tom - but at least once you get your 'new' loco all re-done, it'll be something that has a part of you in it (maybe a few parts, depending on how many pieces of your skin get caught in the gears in testing...). Good to hear things are going well with the chorus project!
Started going through the new MR issue today, and may have a few things I can put to use on the layout. We'll see. I'm still in shock that Jeff's NOT going to patch over a UP anything! [gasp] What IS this world coming to, when you can't count on a few tried and true things?
Hope everyone gets a good evening's rest, and I'll probably see you in the morning, if my on-call goes smoothly.
Oh Yes,The Famous Four Square Pentecostal Church,Founded By Aimee Semple McPherson.
One of the great Radio Charlatans of the 20's and 30's like"Doctor"John R.Brinkley from Del Rio!!
Funny thing,I married a Pentecostal,although she's not a practicing Assembly of God Member,although she's kinda pestererd me from time to time about"How I Really Should Go To an AofG Church Sometime.I Might Like It!!"
Now I can't help it,it's nothing personal but since I come from a long line of Baptists,Methodists and Presbyterians,that whole"Talking In Tounges"Bidness is just plain weird to me!!
Plus,as my little philosophy about religion goes"When We Were Kids,Some Of Us Wanted To Be'Little Sunbeams For Jesus'And Attended Chruch Regularly.On The Other Hand,There Were Some Of Us Who Wanted To Be Richard Widmark*in'Halls of Montezuma'.I Was One Of The Latter.".
(*Insert Favorite War Movie Of Your Choice).
I said"You Know,That's Offensive To My Scots-Irish Ancestors!!I Have No Way Of Knowing Whether or Not They Committed Human Sacrifice On Samhain*(*Pronounced'Sow-Een'.An Ancient Celtic Holiday.The Forerunner of Halloween),But I'm Pretty Sure That For The Most Part,They Simply Got Drunk and Danced Around a Bonfire!!".
She then said"Well,They Found Presrerved Dead Bodies In The Bogs and Moors in Scotland and Ireland,So I'm Sure That They Were Human Sacrifices!!".
So I Said"Well,The Aztecs Committed Human Sacrifices,So Does That Mean We Should Quit Eating At ElChico??I'd Sure Hate To Give Up The Enchilida Platter!!".
Gustatus Similis Pullus
Evening all from--GASP!! SunnyCal:
Yup, nice sunny (well, partly cloudy) day here for once. Supposed to be rainy tomorrow through Saturday, but it's been a kinda-sorta nice break.
I could tell it at school today, the guys were all Looney Tunes with the sun out--TONS of Teenage Energy, but luckily I was able to channel it during Chorus classes. We spent most of the day going over the Medieval Latin for "Carmina Burana", and they're really GETTING it! In fact, they're getting it so fast that I just might add a couple of more pieces from the work for them. The chorus parts aren't hard at all, it's just getting the 'feeling' right. What really helpsl is that they're all really Nuts about the piece and are willing to work to get it just right.
Oh, Joe: I teach at a Catholic High School (Jesuit, here in Sacramento) and believe me, those Theology classes really help you not only understand the history and rituals of the Catholic Church, but also the similarites and differences between Catholicism and other faiths. If anything, they teach something that we all need a lot of right now--tolerance and acceptance.
Sorry, I got sidetracked into a lecture.
Well, the further adventures of my new brass locomotive: Got everything stripped and ready for repainting, and now the danged DRIVE TRAIN has started to have fits! The rear engine is catching somehow. I took it apart, removed the motor and gears, ran the rear engine up and down a piece of track (pushing it) and it catches going forward. I've gone over the rods and eccentric gears, done some adjusting, it's starting to move a little more freely, but I swear to God, whoever had this locomotive before me absolutely TRASHED it. Pardon my Rant, but I don't understand how someone could take a rather expensive brass loco (new, these puppies cost somewhere in the $900 range when they came out and it wasn't THAT many years ago), and just try and JUNK it! It was bad enough stripping the paint off of the superstructure, now I am going to have to take a toothbrush and some DioSol to the driving rods and try and get the gunk off of them in order to find out where the rods are hanging up. It's not in the gearboxes--they run smooth, it's in all the paint splattered on the wheels and the rods.
I swear, this locomotive belonged to someone who bought it new, turned it over to his 3-year old and said, "Paint this for Daddy, okay? Use the BIG brush and the housepaint."
I know that Bob at Caboose Hobbies did what he could before he sent it out, and I appreciate it. But this little puppy is going to need probably a COMPLETE rebuild before I'm done. Okay, I've done it before--when you're a 'brass man' because of necessity, you learn how to do this. But this is going to be a Major Project. If I work VERY carefully and don't end up throwing things at the wall, I might have her up and running by Spring. She's just too cute to give up on.
But oh, would I like to have a CONVERSATION with the original owner!
Okay, end of rant. I'd better get back out to the kitchen table and do some more work.
Dick
How is the repair going on 1225 Berkshire?
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Hey Ulrich!!Good to see the diner's open in a new location!!Only you really oughta call it the Whistlestop Cafe(Specializing In Fried Green Tomatoes!!).!!
Tell Flo to bring me a Steak&Shrimp-Well Done;Baked Potato;Garden Salad and a Glass Of Tea-Unsweet,No Lemon!!
Since it's only 6:35 in Fort Worth,it's too early for the #2 Tex Mex Breakfast!!!
Gustatus Similois Pullus
jeffrey-wimberlyCareful/ Now that you have it cleared (or nearly so) the wife will awnt the space for whatever and give you a closet.
Good point! I'm going down to close the doors right now!!!!
TMarshBoy there's alot of stuff in that room. Good news is, I had to move the workbench so that meant clearing it off. Once I get it put back together, I must take a picture. Then 3 hrs later, I'll take another. See if you can find the desk.