Good Evening
A nice yucky day with freezing drizzle and wet snowflurries which added about an inch more slop/ice on the roads Which gave way to drivers forgetting how to drive And lead to a generally cranky day as people seemed to be spending their time slamming on their horns and such
I did my running around and I found some more pink/blue stuff to work up that HO diorama...
Rob: I usually tell certain people that if they are not willing to be part of the solution that they are the problem then Usually gets their attention
Chloe, I'll have a decaf coffee and a bowl of fruit salad please---I'm at the RC 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/
Hey all!
How do?
Had to take the wife back to the docs ttoday for a checkup. Everything looks good, and she's still planning to go to Florida on Thursday. The doc's say she'll be fine for that. She's rebounding really well!
Thanks for all the prayers folks! I know they're helping!
TMarshPC- Soooooo glad to hear from you I was getting a bit worried something was wrong with the wife. Yesterday I was going to look for an E-mail or at least PM you but got involved with multiple unexpected things until work time. Then when I read your post I thought my fears were confirmed. I'm so happy to hear she's OK now. Whew. Other than the problems they just fixed, how is it going for her in the weight loss? Sure doesn't seem like 5 weeks.
Yeah, I know I've been MIA lately.....life keeps getting in the way, ya know? The weight loss has gone well. 30lbs so far, and thats while she's been less active some of that time during recovery. By the ttime she gets back she ought to be attacking the treadmill and execise bike with a vengence!
Good evening, did I hear right? Meatloaf was here earlier? Sorry I missed him... I like some of his stuff, then again his "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is one of THE most over-played rock songs in the history of recorded music...
Wow, what a week so far... I mean, we had the King of Prussia just a few days ago, and tonight...Meatloaf !
Hey ROB? I hear ya on the advice/desires but not putting the money where the MIL's mouth is... If it's any consolation, for my MIL, I'd be willing to find the bucks. Now for my SIL on the other hand...I'd go and find her a blasting cap to chew on... I see VINCENT provided a good summary on the friction vs. roller bearing thing.
THAT said, I ordered a pair of roller bearing trucks for my Atlas BN cement hopper (last fall, finally got 'em)...because I thought the "no friction bearing cars in interchange" applied to ALL as-of '91... BUT I can't for the life of me figure out where I got THAT idea. Per VINCENT's info, I could leave it as-is since my era ends in the early fall of '93. BUT, the car card/waybills for the friction bearing cars (99.9% homeroad) will still have the 40 mph speed restriction called for in the CNW timetables of the era. Even THAT is something of a moot point... I'll be modeling a 10 mph industrial branch!
Uh, by the way, anybody need a pair of Atlas 70 ton friction-bearing trucks??? Since I got the roller bearing set, I may as well go ahead with the change-out.
Speaking of BN and VINCENT: Hey, no sweat Guy...glad you can use it. And yup, looks pretty basic. The Athearn 62' tanks do show up on "theBay" pretty often. I hacked one up to make a CGW tank car a few years back and have been tempted to try another, so I look for the "raw material" from time to time.
PC: Glad Mrs. PC is still doing well...will continue to "send out good vibes" for her.
BARRY (I think it was): People forget how to drive in snow and on ice? Really??? Wow.... I was starting to think it was just an Iowa thing...
I'll yield the floor... have a seat at the RC AFTER looking for any critters, whoopie cushions, or other "disturbances in the Force..."
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good evening all: A hot chocolate, hold the whipped cream please Chloe.
Garry: Glad you liked the spiffy biffy! Here's another. Since you mentioned two holers, here's the non-splinter prone version! BTW, Double Headers? What kind of parties do you go to!
Lee:
I know some people will cringe when I say this; I use Vaseline on running gear applied with one of those white micro-brushes or a tooth pick. The Vaseline stays put, doesn't drip into places it shouldn't and will last the lifetime of the locomotive.
Chris: Thanks for posting that photo of the grain car. I was going to say to Robby that it should be a lighter rather than a heavier touch, but your pic is worth 990 words more than that!
Ray:
I managed to put on the 6" x 6" framing into one of the sides of the Engine house upside down (Shingles on the outside are wrong side up) so I will be making a couple modifications to how the walls were going to be to "correct" the situation.
To help keep those little difficulties to a minimum, I built a magnet car for the MOW train:
Sam: on the train handling today. Good feeling, yes?
With just a light misting, the rails become more slippery than usual, so it becomes harder to run the train on time. (Only harder, NOT impossible, as the seasoned engineers prove every time there is a rain storm!
they wouldn't have to go through the EPA to have a tank installed in-ground!
Rob:
***Chris, as for the friction bearing vs. roller bearing trucks, have not found out yet, uless I spaced out and missed an answer.
Dick:
who built the Outhouse that is just outside the back door, did I hear someone say Der John ?
PC: Good to hear that Mrs. C is recovering well. Florida next week - hope she has her long johns packed.
I'm off to see if I can remedy the ladder rung situation. I'm not going to let this get to me.
Then it will be bed time again. So, Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Well, I am just about to head for the sheets! Tomorrow is my “Friday” as I have the next two days as “relief Days”…
Der- “do you get problems in the Fall with leaves on the track? That's a seasonal reason in the UK for late running, I understand.”
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=301220&nseq=0
Yes, we suffer through what is called "Leaf Season" the above link as a pic of it in action! It is basically a huge power washer attached to a water tanker, pushed by any motive power available!
To answer your other question, NO I don’t think they are required to be underground, I was just assuming… WHUPS!
Vincent- has the letter been received as of yet? If not, should be there tomorrow.
Well, I am off to hit the rack! I’ll see you guys, and gals, tomorrow!
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 Diners!
Glad to see Chloe back as that fellow named Rocky never seemed to deliver all of your food order to the table and there was always a shortage of cutlery.
Well not much new in the GWN. Watching a lot of the games on TV especially the skating. The harbour scene is slowly taking shape on the Mortimer sub and perhaps I'll be ready to do the water in the harbour in a week or two. I'm going to use WS Realistic Water as that is the stuff I have on hand. I did manage to find a Cornerstone Rocky Point Lighthouse kit but had to get it from Trainworld. It is sold out at Walthers so the LHS couldn't even order one. I also ordered a MP Mikado in N scale as they still had some for $50. The same loco at the LHS is $195. Not surprising they don't seem to be selling many.
The telie is calling me so I had better sign off.
CN Charlie
Robby P. Sawyer......I will probably do the GP-30 just plain and simple. Just some dirt/grime. The hopper, probably like Chris showed. That will be easy to do.
Sawyer......I will probably do the GP-30 just plain and simple. Just some dirt/grime. The hopper, probably like Chris showed. That will be easy to do.
ah. awesome, looking forward to seeing the results!
man, today going to rugby practice I had the PERFECT shot of that BN hopper but my dang phone suddenly restarted! practice was great though. in one drill where we could tackle the coaches (we were receiving kickoffs) one of our coaches who plays rugby for USC got it and I ran him down at the sideline and tackled him hard and everyone was like "way to go man!" and the coach I tackled was like "good tackle" lol.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
der5997Since you mentioned two holers, here's the non-splinter prone version! BTW, Double Headers? What kind of parties do you go to!
There's just a little TOO MUCH "togetherness" with THAT arrangement!!!!!!
der5997Thanks for posting that photo of the grain car
der5997Dick: who built the Outhouse that is just outside the back door, did I hear someone say Der John ? Guilty as charged!
RAY's upside-down wall got me thinking...always a dangerous thing. On the box for the Atlas roundhouse, they show the short wall, above the big doors, with the windows "down," or toward the lower roof. The instructions show the same wall with the windows "up," or toward the large roof. Which one is right? In my case, it don't matter, I'm grinding off the window frame, grinding down the clapboard siding, and covering it all with Campbell's correugated alluminumuminum!
Updated M. Feder and Son's ex-Rock Island RR roundhouse pics coming....soon.
You've been warned!
Good Evening All,
Still sn*wing/sleeting/raining so we'll see what we have tomorrow. Roads were ok on the way home but I opted not to do the museum thing tonight as it's bound to be slippery when we normally knock off round 10pm. Didn't do much at the house either but it'll be another early day tomorrow morning.
The friction bearing ban is still rigorously enforced. When we were given the two 44 tonners by Electric Boat we needed to move them from Groton to Danbury it took months and the intervention of former Congresswoman Nancy Johnson to get the necessary permissions and exemptions for the move. Most of the rolling stock we've had to have trucked in at great expense. Just getting the equipment blue carded so they would be legal on a line has been beyond our capabilities and that's one of the reasons we only operate in our own switch yard.
I was cruising out in the big yard earlier and I was struck at how negative and hostile some of the denizens of the big room are. Don't see any necessity for it and i much prefer the company here in the diner.
Time to get some Z's - catch y'all later. J.R.
Der John said:
"Good evening all: A hot chocolate, hold the whipped cream please Chloe."
And Der John said: "Garry: Glad you liked the spiffy biffy! Here's another. Since you mentioned two holers, here's the non-splinter prone version! BTW, Double Headers? What kind of parties do you go to! "
Der John ... Chloe is still holding the whipped cream. Can she put it down now?
Regarding outhouses, I thought Canadian outhouses looked like this photo instead of those spiffy biffies.
Also, Der John. The two hole could be called a "dual stool". ... You asked what kind of parties I attend, but next thing I saw you were talking about vasoline. Careful there John. I'm not going there.
Dick ... I'm really glad you are making progress on your layout.
Everybody, watch out for the skunk.
Remember: A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QEverybody, watch out for the skunk.
This oughta get him moving...hope he doesn't "cut loose" from laughing too hard...
Here's what the real M. Feder and Sons, ex-Rock Island RR roundhouse looked like:
Here's what my shorter, condensed version is looking like so far:
I had a close-up of the left (mostly completed) side...but then I saw something THAT the camera found, and I didn't...a huge GAP between roof and wall!!!!!
HOW in the brackin-frack THAT happened...I haven't the foggiest. The whole "fit and finish" on this thing has been...disappointing. Not sure if it's old molds, imprecise Chinese manufacturing, or what... but I'm doing a lot more "custom fitting" than I thought I would.
Chloe? Janie? Flo? Zoe? Whomever, whichever... a bucket of 7-Up, a roll of Rollaids, a tube of Preperation H, and a bottle of aspirin please....
Heartland Division CB&Q
"It's a marshmallow world that we live in------"
Thanks ---now you got that running through my head
Evening all.
Havent' been in to catch up yet, because my dad took us to get ice cream. In the middle of a blizzard. But the good news is we weren't the only ones there.
Wow. I step in the door, and all I see is a picture of a giant marshmallow on top of an outhouse. Okey dokey then...
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Since Barry is buying, guess I'l have 7 of those humongo burgers!!
Chris, On the BN hopper, it looks like atlas wanted them to be ex-NP ones and the ex-GN ones had the roller bearings. By some irony a set of athearn trucks broke on me (trying to pull the wheelset to ream and install metal wheelsets) recently. I may be intrested, if I can find a car that will work with 70-ton trucks (I'm thinking a UP 50' gon with a build date in the early 60s might be the only one).
Sam, it has, but I'm waiting for the it to clear. (bank's idea)
I got those Kato drive put back together after re-painting the frames a bit. Can't see the coupler pocket mounting pad anymore. I'm going to file the weights a bit so that I can glue them to the frames and not have them sticking to the shell. They move around sometimes and I don't want them messing up any decoders.
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.
Sam, sounds like a great day of trainhandling! As for the rails being slippery, just wait till leaf season... Luckily, you're on the Newark side, so it won't be as bad. I hear THAT when it's really bad, they don't stop at Short Hills, or they can't make the WB grade up to Summit!BTW, nice avatar!
Sorry, Chris, I'm not a daughter or a dad either, so I can't help you with THAT
DerJohn- Yep about the AquaTrack THAT Sam metioned. Pretty cool thing. I saw it in Summit back in November (too dark to get a photo, not to mention THAT there was a set of Arrows blocking my view), although it was just sitting in the station, not in action.
I'm hoping for a delay tomorrow, MAYBE closing if we're lucky. Even if not, they're predicting snow in FEET for Thursday and Friday, so we'll see.
Honey Dew Melon, please.
Thanks for the info on roller VS friction. Interesting! Probably going to run steam & diesel on my 100% fictional layout so will try matching the cars I have with close replacement trucks, (or whatever I can get to fit).
Another killer power bill over $400, and after we seriously cut back. Don't know what else to do. Can't let pipes freeze...or us!
Have a good night all.
Rob
Remember the boxcar I referred to as being all canary yellow? Now it has a roof, doors and trim that are colored 'cool lava'. It won't be looking like yhis for long though for my devious mind is working on a weathering scheme for it. I used 'Rusted rail' on the other cars but this one will have a couple of deeper shades. I'll be working some 'Rusted earth' and 'Rustica' as well.
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CederstrandAnother killer power bill over $400, and after we seriously cut back. Don't know what else to do. Can't let pipes freeze...or us! Have a good night all. Rob
Rob, you have to go back to wind-up trains so save power. It's the only thing to do.
Johnboy out.........................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
*Door blows open with flurries of snow behind him, walks quietly to the counter orders coffee, pounds down the coffee .. saying I"m busy. Slowly walks over to the bulletin board, pins a photo.. then walks out the door*
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning all,Todd, actually what happened was I applied for a few jobs while I was still working (Min retirement in the service is 20 years I had 22), I was excepted for this job when I walked into the Commander’s office and asked if he had a minute, he said he was very busy and asked for me to come back in the morning. I said sure thing, but if you get a chance to look at these papers that would be great; oh by the way, I quit. He wasn’t that busy after all to review my retirement papers. I wound up taking 60 days of leave, but started working this job while on leave. So I never really stopped working.Train sale: www.trainworld.com is selling the HO-Scale Walther’s Billboards for 99 cents each!Sam there is a whole journal on the subject, just ask any carman. Speaking of that a friend of mine is looking to retire; he applied for a carman job with NS. I read the job description; wow he is going to get a work out!Chris & Rob, I’ve only had one person give me a hard time for mixed era trucks on my rolling stock (1950’s they should all be friction bearing) I set a coffee can on the table and said that’s the donation can if it bothers you that much. Really I’m doing ok, I have a few 36 foot reefers with the iron beam looking trucks that someday will be swapped out.The track maintenance crew on my layout is lazy as well; I’m constantly cleaning up after them. I left CA, 2 rail sections, and track cutters out near the roundhouse for a week and nobody did anything till I went down there last night!John, I put Vaseline on my Mantua gear boxes in grade school and they are still greased, dirty as heck, but still there.JR, they are all jealous of us!Rob, what are you running up there? Get a wind turbine for the farm, you could have the turbine paid for in 50 months at $400/month.Keith looks good so far!
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning. Its sunny, but that all will change soon. We are currently under a winter storm watch. The are calling this snow storm a "hurricane snow storm". We will get about 3-6 inches (thats what they are saying right now), but I believe the NY/MA states might really get it.
Well I'm off to the basement, and try to knock out the hopper. That should take about 6 hours. Its not a hard one to do. My normal rust bucket takes about 12 hours or so. I will get some pictures up later.
Rob.......Can you go on a payment plan. I know the power company here lets families.
Keith......Looking good .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good morning. It's 34 and mostly cloudy. The high is supposed to be in the low 50's and it will be mostly sunny.I spent a couple of hours this morning doing some work on one of the boxcars with several shades of rust. I like the result and I will see if I can do a similar job on the other two cars. Nothing special going on today so I'll just be getting some rest.
Good Morning
Our weatherbeguessers are calling for a nice windy snowy day tomorrow then we'll get some backwash from all that footage of snow being called for south of us'uns-----then we'll get rain on Sunday----
I'm going to spend some time in the trainroom doing some assemblage work---hopefully get SOMETHING done this week
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee and some toast please---no---not the whole loaf---sheeesh-----I'll be by the RC for the while--
Good morning all. Meatloaf! Meatloaf the singer (now ghost hunter) was here?! Wow, Meatloaf, train info and train pictures. You just can't beat that. What a great day! What? Oh. Meatloaf wasn't here. Oh well, Two Outta Three Ain't Bad.
Mom called last night wants to have Mom day today. Ok by me so not much will be happening in the RR world.
Chris- The roundhouse is looking good. The scale of the pliers to the right there is a bit off. Might wanta make ‘em smaller.
Lee- yeah I remember. You got a pretty sweet deal. PLUS.... You don't have to have the "since you're retired and have nothing to do could you......(insert request for assistance here)" Well, didn't you get a taste of it for about a moth or two if I recall correctly?
J.R.- Yeah, I see the same thing. Most are of the folks are OK out there, but a few are a bit over the top. Good thing it isn't a face to face meeting. There'd probably be the need for a bouncer.
Jeff- You might want to have the maintenance crew check out the roof on that boxcar. Looks like it's sat outside so long it might need some repair! Looks
Just got off the phone with Brenda from the hospital. Bad news. My daughters boyfriend was watching my two year old grandson who had an ear infection and apparently got upset with all the fussing the child was making and went off. Beat the child and when my daughter stepped in he beat on her too. She is ok with bruises and they thought my grandson suffered only some bruising also, so the hospital sent him home. They hauled him off to jail that day. This happened Friday morning. Yesterday since he hadn't eaten for a couple days or drank anything my daughter took him back to the hospital. After some more test they discovered his stomach was holding air and contained blood. The doctor said it appears he had been punched in the stomach area and damage has been done to the spleen and pancreas. The normal surgery is to remove them but they are going to keep him in ISU for at least 4-6 weeks to see if they heal so they can avoid doing the surgery. Turns out also the same day, earlier I guess, he beat their puppy about the head with a magazine and because the puppy began crying he beat it some more. The dog naturally was still crying and he then threw the puppy out the patio door onto the concrete courtyard below. They lived on the second floor. The little puppy didn't survive. He threw it in the dumpster. The puppy didn't even get to see it's 14th week of life. He's still in jail and the States Attorney is prosecuting vigorously. They are adding charges continuously. They used to hang people for this.
Sorry to bring this up but I just now got the news and I was in the middle of the post.
Have a great day (I'll try)
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.
Good morning~
Jeff.. wow...
I can only hope you are planning a demonstration of painting a car.. this is too much.. I'm excited.
Robby.. Garry.. Lee and others.. thanks for the pics.. I truly look forward each morning for breakfast at the Diner.
Todd........That is some VERY bad news. Hopefully the judge will throw him under the jail. No point at all to hit a child like that,even more.....just kill a small puppy. I'm sure he will be charged for that as well. I hope your grandson gets better.
Like I always say......There is always a HIGHER judge .
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe just a bagel w/ cream cheese and a cup of dark roast coffee. I'll go sit in the front booth and watch the developing storm outside.
The weather forecast?
... A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WESTERN NEW YORK...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY NEAR LONG ISLAND ON THURSDAY... REMAINING IN THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND REGION THROUGH SATURDAY AS IT SLOWLY SPINS ITSELF OUT. THIS WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT STORM... WHICH WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO THE REGION. WHILE IT IS A BIT TOO EARLY TO PIN DOWN EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS... STORM TOTALS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. SNOW WILL PICK UP ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING... WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE STORM LIKELY OCCURRING THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL ALSO BE A FACTOR DURING THIS TIME... WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 25 MPH PRODUCING AREA OF BLOWING SNOW.
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE... ROUGHLY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM BUFFALO TO ROCHESTER... AND POTENTIALLY EXTENDING INTO THE CHAUTAUQUA RIDGE AS WELL. SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN TIER... AND EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... THOUGH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES IN THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL.
WHILE SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... PERIODIC BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO BRING SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION... THOUGH IT WILL BE MORE PATCHY IN NATURE.
And I could have Jury Duty tomorrow and have to drive 15 miles to Canandaigua early in the morning to sit and wait........
Todd............ OMG! Horrible! What an awful thing to be dealing with. My prayers go out to you and all who are involved. May your grandson recover quickly and all of you be comforted and kept strong in the coming weeks and months while this plays out!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Todd- While that sorry excuse of a human being is in jail, have what he is in for spread around the jail. Cons do NOT like child beaters. Hope the child is doing alirght. And the piece of garbage killed the puppy? Hang him by his -------.
Deb goes back to the dr. to have the staples removed. Going to take months for the hair to grow back. They butchered the hairline, uneven and almost a G.I. .
pc- check the weather for Fla. Ain't gonna be nice.
Prayers for all
Flip
Ray......Maybe they will cancel Jury Duty. They did here when we had the two feet of snow.
Well here's some pictures of the hopper. I don't really like the pictures thou.
Before:
After: