I did a little work today on a Seaboard boxcar. It's just a start.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Flip- that's ok, I set me off, not you...
fec153Bikers have to face the prejudice caused by the anal ones.
I ride a motorcycle too... I won't go THERE!
My prayers go to those affected by the tradgedy in FL... My most recent encounter with persons tresspassing on Transit porperty were actually a bunch of teens running across the tracks near Manasquan, NJ. There were six of them that crossed, The train I was operating was still a good football field or two away (they still shouldn't have crossed where they crossed, when there are grade crossings withing 100 yards of where they were...)
Oh, I posted over in the "Prototype" section, and thought I might ask here too. Does anyone know if plans or kits are available for this type of station? Or will I have to do what I have been planning to do, scratchbuild?
EDIT: here's what the "Diner" looks like again... I am only going to paint the "stripes" and the signs for this thing. Iwill be painting the whole thing with a "Stainless Steel" paint first, then the stripes, the plastic is too dark grey to pass for stainless steel...
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)
Sam ... That's a neat old station. ... Looks like something to model. What is the history of the GP30?
Inch ... I'd like some of your ham and beans. Is this a place for your kettle. Some outhouse!
Ray ... the coal hoppers and the scene look nice.
Remember ... A pediatrician is a doctor of little patients.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Bowl of chicken chili, please.
***Ray, really like your layout pic.
***Barry, I see you're not far behind me there with the monitor business. Hope your results are equally good.
***Jim, that order to call my wife first is in place. My wife could not talk the idiot nurse on duty out of calling 911. Even the EMT's told us there was no need to bring them to the hospital and questioned what the heck the staff are being paid for at that facility. They should have helped him up and gone about their business. While they were still doing paper work at the hospital, an actual SERIOUS call came through and they had to send another crew. Bit of humor, my SIL (a personal injury attorney) admitted she is partly responsible for such crazy over reactions. Wow, a lawyer admitting some responsibility?
MRR mag arrived today. Looks like some good stuff in there.
Rob
Heartland Division CB&QWhat is the history of the GP30?
Here are links to see what NH&I 2198 looks/looked like!
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1680199
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=10487
This beauty of a GP-30 was built in May 1963, as Pennsylvania RR 2250, then sold to I believe Penn Central, then Conrail, then NH&I!!! I don't know this for sure, I would have to look it up, sorry I can't get definitive answers.
Thanks for info, Sam .... It looks better now than it did in either of those pictures.
Good Evening All,
Another long day at the shop and another tomorrow but at least we're making good progress. FWIW, when my MIL falls out of her bed or chair, the nursing staff is required to call and have her transported to the ER for a check. To not do so makes them liable if anything is missed when it happens (and it happens all too often these days). Sad but true waste of time in this litigious age we live in.
Going to get some needed sleep in a sec once I finish my RBF and apple pie ala mode. We will try another old layout shot this from the double bridges on the upper level looking down onto the industrial area. Hopefully this'll w.rk again. CUL, J.R.
Good mornin', a RBF and a slice of apple pie ala mode sounds good...really good!
ROB: I was gonna comment on the situation with the FIL/MIL...but JIM and JR beat me to it, and nailed it. I'd also echo trying to get an SOP in-place for calling you before calling 9-1-1...but I doubt their risk-manager would go for it. About the time there would be a delay or something else...a negative outcome would result. 'Ol Murph is pretty good about THAT sort of thing.
I had a kid with frequent black-outs/seizures when I was the campus medic (had him again as the Amana Medic...go figure!). His mother was adamant he was NOT to be transported unless she was called first. For the college, we got it in writing, the muckety-mucks were OK with it, including the Dr. who served as medical director for Campus Health. The nurse and I were able to function under his license. If we screwed-up, it was his butt too. At Amana, the kid chose to drop in an area with multiple conveyors moving heavy refrigerators. His pass-out/drop like a sack of wet.....stuff episodes were always "un-witnessed," and he landed on concrete. So.....I had no choice but to go with the C-collar and back-board and transport by ambulance since he couldn't tell me what happened to him, and nobody else could either. Actual odds of him injuring himself? Slim. Actual risk to me for not taking all possible precautions? Tremendous. THAT's a big part of why I got OUT of Emergency Medical Services...too much CYA in place of common sense.
Simply put, nobody in THAT factory was worth my certification, or my house!
No Zoe, I don't need the soapbox...I'm done.
Honest!
TOM (in PA): Neat. My first helmet number was 10, with Central City Fire. At Springville, our badges only said "Fireman" without any numbers, no helmet numbers either. For Troy Mills, I was railroaded (not in a good way) into being the Fire Training Officer... I think the POS helmet might've had a number. I didn't care, I just had a new front piece made for MY Carins 1010...without any number. For Clarence (1-3-1 as Cedar Co. calls us), I was hoping for 10 (again) or 17 (since I'm a Matt Kenseth fan). I got 19. It was the only one open...but my gear is in spot #3 on the crash truck. Go figure?
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Welp, the RBF and pie are history...and thus ends my broadcast day. Facetime with THAT in the morning, and probably two shoots in the evening: a Jr. High lock-in/dance followed by a dance show at the high school. OR...I might get to shoot Iowa City West High vs. Iowa City, City High in a Class 4A district final basketball game. We'll see.
A quick process/write job on both either later tonight...or sometime Saturday, then... MODEL RR TIME!!!
YAY!
Gotta fix THAT gap on the roundhouse...and see what steps I need to take to prevent it on the other 8 roof slabs.
G'nite...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good Afternoon Folks,
it is past noon here, lunchtime! Chloe, I´ll have just a steak, medium, and a salad, Italian dressing, please! And a coke to wash it down!
It is a day of bad news and good news.
Bad news first. Our house will not be sold to the people who had a look at it last week. It will now end up in a foreclosure sale at a fraction of its value, leaving us with a debt for nothing! This will put an end to all our plans of getting back into a "normal" life (and the end of all my model railroading dreams). Second item on the list of bad news is that my heart is giving me problems again - it´s those panic attacks, which put a lot of wear and tear on the old ticker.
The good news is, that my son has completed his exams today and was awarded his bachelor´s degree in computer engineering science. He will go for his master degree and, if things turn out as nice for him as in the past, go for a university career. In Germany, they are being paid well and have an almost secure job!
I am really proud of him!
CUL
Good (double header rotary plow) morning all,The rear bumper on my truck sits roughly 2.5 feet above the ground, I had push through the snow drift with it to get on the street this morning. The storm just started, it will be an interesting drive home today.Sam, tell her you found a great sale on dishes, when the billboards arrive act upset that they sent you the wrong thing! I think the regular price is $5. I used POLY stainless for my diner. I did a full interior with a red/black tile floor. The tables and stools I used chrome and red. I’ll find some pictures and show you. Yes the light tape, where did I see that???? I’ll go on a mission today to find that stuff. I think it’s popular with the passenger car details. I installed the transparent green blinds at different heights and it made the whole kit pop.Flip, good news about Deb.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning All!
Well, the wife and boy are in Florida. They pulled into Sebring (their destination) about midnight last night. I'm not even going to ask the temp........I don't want to know!I took off last evening to go meet up with some christian bikers that I've hung with a couple of times. Met at a little Italian place and had some excellent chicken alfrado. If I am what I eat, I'm now offically a cheesy chicken! Oh, and here's the biker groups web site: http://www.gearedforchrist.com/
Also, I nabbed this shot of a loco while I was out and about! I had to leave the shuttter open for 15 seconds to get the shot, it was so dark (even with the lights). It's a little grainy, but it's an unusual subject.
Prayers for all those in need.....and thats all of us really!
Good Morning All,
28 and sn*wy this morning. Everything was iced over but mostly we had rain all last night. Roads were ok, but I don't envy those of you like Lee with feet of the stuff. And PC, it's 36 and sunny in Sebring with the high today at 61F. Rain tomorrow though, I leave for Sebring Weds morning with the team as we race there next weekend.
Ulrich - that's another bummer for you and Petra. Normally here if they take your house that's it the debt is gone as well. Sounds like a raw deal all the way around (except for the bank).
Lots to do again today and I'd best take my to go and do so. Cul, J.R.
Good snowy morning. Its windy, and snowy. Oh and fun to drive in!!!!
I'm off to a job fair this morning. Hopefully the roads will look better, and then off to a LHS. I sold the "Saskatchewan" hopper last night, and got a email from someone wanting one. They didn't get a chance to buy it. So.........Hopefully the LHS will have it.
Also maybe something good will come out of the job fair.
PC.....I like the shot of the engine. Its a neat looking thing!!
Ulrich........That is some bad news. Hope it all works out. But......That is good about your son.
Well everybody have a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good morning all. Absolutely nothing will get done today in trainland. It is FISH FRY DAY for the Williamsviille United Methodist Church, corner of Elkhart and Jones. Serving fried fish, cole slaw and potatoe salad. Homemade dessert and ice tea, lemonade or coffee. Serving starts at 5pm, but if you show up about 4:30 you'll probably get served. Cost $7. Sounds like a lot, unless you are from a very large city maybe, but considering the cost, believe it or not the profit per dinner is not as much as one would think. But, we do it more out of tradition and fellowship anymore than big fundraiser. I will probably head into town about 10:30 to get the fish and then come back to Billyville, put the groceries away at the restaurant, then get over to the Township garage, which will/should be cleaned up by then and get out the racks and start thawing fish and setting up. Won't be in til late tonight.
Garry- I understand the fear of going into your home and finding someone else there. Takes the safe feeling away. Brenda, when she lived in Springfield, had her home broke into. Luckily they were gone when she returned, but the safe feeling was gone. I hope they regain the "trust" of their home. Sure glad no one was hurt. As if the tragedy of the other family isn't bad enough, the details are just horrible. I'm sure it isn't the right way to feel, but in this case, the sentence is a bit light. You're outhouse suggestion gives me an idea. Now to figure out how.....
Sam- I can't imagine what it would be like to have to sit there and watch the unavoidable event unfold. No way to swerve, and no chance to stop, even with a good distance, you just set the brake and watch helplessly as it happens. Awful. I hope you never have to experience that. But New Jersey....afraid you're probably right. The odds are not in your favor. Yes I understand the sorrow of the family and they just want to memorialize their loved one, but I don't think they realize what they're doing to the one it happened to also, that couldn't do anything about it. And then again, sometimes, the thoughtless self centered unreasonable ones do. Like the Engineer should have done something. I think Ray's engineer spoke of the type. OK, me and colors don't get along but I'll give it a shot. MoPac paint scheme. Ooops, I see you've already decided. Say, since every one probably has their own idea of what this place looks like and colors too I suppose, why don't you paint it the colors of yours-s-z passenger colors, or if it's gonna be a made up, er, I mean "freelanced" what you'd like them to be. Of course, that style of building does look good in stainless.
Flip- Good news about Deb!
Ulrich- Sorry to hear that. But don't give up the dreams. Things will get better.
WOW! Were'd the time go? Took me over an hour to do this post? Probably morn half that time was spent backspacing. The new term for erasing and correcting. Anyway, gotta get a move on.
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.
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Good mornin,'
ROBBY P: Good luck at the job fair!
ULRICH: Sorry to hear of the latest kick in the scrum... what happened to your thoughts of maybe teaching?? There's always a need for qualified individuals to try and teach the ignorant masses. I don't have the foggiest notion what the educational system is like in Germany, but our 2-year community colleges, at least the ones I'm familiar with, seem to be in perpeptual hiring mode for "adjunct faculty." I know you're probably sick of hearing it, but I'm gonna say it anyway...hang in there!
Gotta go...Rerun is asking for his trip outside...into the frozen tundra. I keep telling him, if he'd just use the toilet, it'd save us all a lot of grief and bippy-freezing!
Hoping for a good, SAFE day for all...
***EDIT*** Oh shazbot! Top! OK you chow-hounds...order up! Rerun won't be taking your orders this time, but the ladies are back and ready to dish it out.
Morning all, just a tall glass of milk to go for me. Gotta head off to w**k and sell auto parts to the masses. Will be back later this evening after I get off. See y'all later
PC: Interesting loco picture, looks like a GP38-2, and its fairly colorful.
Well see youse guys and gals.
Lee .... You requested a rotary plow yesterday. Here you are.
Ulrich ..... There is a lot of advice here in USA for people facing foreclosure. They say to negotiate a deal with a bank. One strategy is to rent the house from the bank at a surprisingly low rent. Prblem I know is you already moved. ... That is great news about your son graduating. My son is in the computer field also.
JR ... Thanks for posting teh layout picture, I like the creative way you did a two level layout. The city scense are what I admire too.
PC .. nice looking GP38. What shortline is that?
Mornin'!
Here in the Beautiful Finger Lakes Region of NYS, today has been canceled!
Photos later.......
Zoe I'll need something to warm me up and give me a bit of fuel for the digging out ceremony this afternoon after the "partly cloudy" stops falling out of the sky and blowing around sideways and piling up on my porch, driveway, and car. How about a full stack of buttermilk pancakes, bacon, and lots of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug.
Actually looks like we may have gotten between 6" and 8" of snow overnight. Winds of 20+mph have piled it pretty deep in places. It is still snowing outside as I type, but has settled into just a light fall. There is a deep pile on my porch just outside my front door. I may have fun just getting to the snow blower......... Ah a moving pile of snow just went down my street......... Oh, just a car not completely cleaned off.
Ulrich sorry your house didn't sell. Better days will come! You remain in my prayers.
Best get moving!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning. It's 42 and wet. The high will be in the mid 50's and will it continue to be wet as we have a better than 65% chance of rain all day topping out at a better than 80% chance.There likely won't be much MR work today as my sister wants me to be at her place to sign for some packages coming in by FedEx sometime between 10 am and 4 pm. I can think of more pleasant ways to spend my time. Get dental work done, listen to my off-key neighbor attempt opera, etc. I guess it could be worse. It could be raining. Oh what's that? Yeah, it is raining. That lets out any outdoor paint work as well. At least I'll have a chance to attack her fridge.
TMarsh Garry- I understand the fear of going into your home and finding someone else there. Takes the safe feeling away. Brenda, when she lived in Springfield, had her home broke into. Luckily they were gone when she returned, but the safe feeling was gone. I hope they regain the "trust" of their home. Sure glad no one was hurt. As if the tragedy of the other family isn't bad enough, the details are just horrible. I'm sure it isn't the right way to feel, but in this case, the sentence is a bit light. You're outhouse suggestion gives me an idea. Now to figure out how.....
Todd ... The murderer in this county actually was sentanced to 6 death penalties. I suppose they will only administer 1 of the 6. ... As for our family in Cincinnati, they got a dog that is half great dane and half pit bull. They also had an alarm system installed. Our grandaughters still have nightmares and fear the dark which did not bother them before. ..... Prayers continue for your situation. Let you family know we diners care for them.
Hi again,
Zoe, I´ll have a mug of cafe au lait, and a slice of this delicious cheese cake, please!
Yup, Petra and I are really proud of our son - he graduated "summa (c)um laude". I don´t think it will be long until I have to say "Herr Professor" to him... , but, of course, he will always remain my "little one" - just because he is 2 inches shorter than me!
In Germany, although the debt is on the house, you are still held liable in person for this debt. There is no way out of it - unlike most countries in the world. That´s why the suicide rate is so high, when people are not able to pay the mortgage anymore. Well, I am not thinking of that, but it definitively means the end of all my dreams. Wish I just could come to the US and go into teaching, economics or German, or whatever...
At the moment I don´t see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Sorry for ranting...
Ulrich ... Have faith in yourself. You can rebuild. Here is a tidebit of trivia that may inspire you. Col. Sanders started Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) after he was bankrupt at age 65.
Mornin...Coffee please...large bore needle...wide open drip. Actually...how about just a couple of spoons of grounds on my eggs. I have just spent the last 4 hours snowblowing. I actually had to stop to refill the gas tank twice!! My street got about 26 inches of the stuff overnight. That does not count the 12+ I snowblowed last night beforehand. Unreal. I will pop in later after I go out again and help the neighbors out. 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?
fireman216 I have just spent the last 4 hours snowblowing. I actually had to stop to refill the gas tank twice!! My street got about 26 inches of the stuff overnight. That does not count the 12+ I snowblowed last night beforehand. Unreal.
Mornin' Tim! I guess you got all the "partly cloudy from both Barry and me....... Winds from the North West! In Geneva the biggest problem is just the drifting snow. It has created some interesting patterns like my kitchen window.
My dining room windows.... (Notice there is no snow at all on the roof of the house across the street. There is a 4 foot drift on the sheltered part of my roof right over my doorway.....)
I will have to dig out the snow blower before I can put it to w*rk today. It sits under the roof overhang!
There is about a 2 foot deep drift on the deck. Notice there is a bare spot in the driveway behind the car. You can just see it through the rails of the deck.
I will be playing outside with the blower later today after everything has settled down a bit more.
Jeff, looks like a bunch of rain in/near your townDoes the SLOW have a plow???
LSWrrDoes the SLOW have a plow???
Nah! But then it is August 15, 1925 on the SLOW........
The wind has calmed down, but the Lake Effect generator is bringing a lot of flurries this way. I will wait a while to fire up the blower.
Hello
Don't you just love this wind? We had about 6" fall last night from a "partly cloudy" and get knocked around by that wind. Not much wind but enough to drift things up and make for interesting driving---seems a lot of roads around here are closed or nearly so.
I ran around this morning getting a bunch of mailing and bill paying and other grocery buying and blah blah done----now I can sorta kinda rest before more running around is done---
Chloe, I'll have a plate o' fries with mushroom gravy and a RBF please-----I'l be 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/
Coffee in a small SANTA FE mug, please.
***Philip, interesting loco pic. Was it idling at the time or parked there?
***Ulrich, sorry to hear the bad news. Ouch! Congrats to your son.
Off to do critter rounds and call in a hay/feed delivery.
Have a good day all.
We have had about 4" here outside Pittsburgh. Just enough for the snow blower early this morning, and then a couple of minutes ago. I'll keep ahead of it this time around. This really is nothing compared to some of you other folks.
Ray, I was just thinking how pretty the view must be looking down on Seneca Lake from various points along Route 14. I love it in the other seasons, but I'm too old to challange the winter upper there, no matter what kind of enticements Glenora Inn & Winery send me.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
I will stop complaining about the cold x 100 . Should I print or write in script? Jeeze, guys.
Deb is back to her normal Irish/Indian temper. Had a set to with daughter. Should have asked her dr. for pills to have her sleep or something. Luckily I haven't crushed the eggshells I've been walking on.
Dropped into my LHS and had shell-shock. Prices are atrocious. Didn't buy anything but man, there are three boxcars would fit my FEC rr and an engine also a Tropicana car. Man, if I can hit the lottery. lol
Herr Ulrich, we are all pulling for you. Congrats. to your son.
Prayers for all.
Flip
p.s. Oh good grief! T O P My credit card is by the register, so enjoy. Heck, no wonder I don't have money for more rolling stock. lol