Hello
JimCG .. Good to see you. Keep us posted about the golf course.
Ray .... Speaking of nutrtion, I commonly have a well balanced meal. Half nutrition and half junk.
Jerry .. That must have been quite a trip to Jack Danials with a BL2.
Todd ... Gald you are asking about the MIA's
We need a search party. Keith? PC? many others?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Robby P. Well I hate to say it but.........Its been snow flurrying all day!!!!! Here's the sign/banner for the train show Jessica has been working on. We went with the chalk board instead of the dry erase board. Since I will be doing demos, why not a chalk board.
Here's the sign/banner for the train show Jessica has been working on. We went with the chalk board instead of the dry erase board. Since I will be doing demos, why not a chalk board.
Purty.
Psst: You need to get me an address Robby...
NERM: Here's what I took away from my readings of the 5th of November. It's for the Brits what Cinco de Mayo is for us (and the Mexicans, but mostly us): A largely pointless Holiday celebrating something rather trivial compared to other holidays of historic events) except that serves as an excuse to drink LOTS of Beer AND play with fire AND SHOOT OFF BIG EXLPLOSIONS.
Did I get that about right?
-Morgan
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Mourning AZ
Flo, BLT and Diet Dew
Well, looks like it is time to either replaces or reformat the computer. It is moving so slow it takes 10 to 15 seconds to open My Documents. Finding all the software will not be fun either. It is all over the garage, luckily with the cleaning I did I did unearth some of the CD's. Have not seen my AOL CD's for 4 or 5 years. Don't use my E Mail much but I still use it.
Part that is going to blow the most is losing a lot of the web address I saved. I did back a lot of them on my Thump Drive when I was having problems a month ago, but not all of them. Guess I better did out the Lap top that I have files backed up on.
I can see this is going to take most of my day up. Here I was hoping to go to K-10 Model Trains for the open house.
Ulrich and Morgan I did get the drawing done of the Garage. But, I cannot get it uploaded to my Photo Bucket account. Guessing it is because of the computer problems. Plus when I reformat, it will be gone.
Fireman I know what you are going through with your wife. My wife is disabled with back and knee problems. Sue will not get better, only worse with time. I hope your wife makes a speedy recovery.
Howmus That but a smile on my faces! I wonder how people from England fair with heart attacks.
Time Change When I cam out to the garage and fired up the POS Computer at first I thought the clock was off because of the computer problems. Guess not!
Jeffery Good chances I will keep the Athearn's I found under the bench. They where very good runners.
Going to give a last ditch effort on getting the computer back up to speed. Personally I think it is the Charter Anti Virus I downloaded. When in doubt, Blame Charter! It works for me!
If you don't see me for a while you will know why.
Ken
I hate Rust
When in Doubt Blame Charter seems to have been RIGHT! Just uninstalled the Anti Virus (Called F-Securities and I am not making that up)! Computer is now moving fine again! I wounder what the F stood for?
Even got the garage drawing uploaded to my Photo Bucket account.
Good, seems to posted as a bigger picture this time. Now for the tour so to speak.
At the very top, I subtracted approximately 3 inches to clear the braces and tracks of the garage door.
Left side starting at the 10 foot mark. That is where my window A/C unit is located. I marked out a 3 X 3 section so I can get to the A/C unit for when it needs work. I am thinking of doing a lift out hatch so I can get to the A/C or build that section extra strong If I have to get on the bench.
Bottom left side. Small box is my wall mounted breaker box, and big 3 X 3 section is my up right 100 gallon Air Compressor, I all so have a 3 foot wide walkway by the breaker box.
Bottom Right is the door that goes to the patio.
Left side 8 squares up is part of the dressing room that was in the garage when I bought the house. House has a in ground pool and that section was for guest to change in. I ripped out most of it when I bought the house so I could have my desk there. It will not come down due to having electrical connections (wall socket and light switch) in it.
Left starting starting at the 13 foot mark. That is the door that goes into the kitchen. As long as the door can be opened to 60 degrees I am fine with it.
This is with the storage room removed.
What I did not show is my desk It can be moved. Where it currently sitting is right where the small ends. Right front corner of the desk touches the end of the small wall. Desk it self is 5 foot by 30 inches.
Well there is the run down and looking forward to ideas. If you like real pictures I be happy to post them.
Now that the computer is happy again I think I will play with the RTS program some more.
Sing along with me.
Charter Suck's, Charter Suck's, everyone that has Charter Know's they Suck!
See you all later.
Good morning.
Well one week to get ready for the show. The sign was going to have more on it, but I thought it looked to "crowded". Plus my business cards have all of my information.
Galaxy......... I hope it goes good for me. That's my biggest concern.
Morgan.......I sent you a "PM".
I guess I will watch some football, and call it a day!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Morning!
Hope you turned your clocks back for those who do!Got an extra hour of sleep and didn't use it! woke up anyway! WIll take a nap later though. ALso woke up wiht a major charley horse cramp in my right calf. Both calves have been doing tha lately. Online it says potassium and magnesium help wiht that, but I find it is not helping as I have added the supplements to my medications at night. will have to ask Dr if any meds i take do that....I even take a strong muscle relaxer {for my back} and that doesn't help. I also take a leg cramp pill at night, but it wears offf IF it does any good after 4 hours. Dunno.
Robby P. Galaxy......... I hope it goes good for me. That's my biggest concern.
Robby- Your products are FAR SUPERIOR to what he had available! YOu should do well, I think! Like Sawyer passing his driver's test...you will pass with flying colors!
Robby- SWELL sign too!
Robby-Tell me more about this show...where is it, when, link to a web site for it, admission cost, etc. Maybe WE will come and see what is what!
jeffrey-wimberly I'm trying not to overdo it this time. I just work for a bit, usually 15-20 minutes then rest a bit, say 30-45 minutes.
I'm trying not to overdo it this time. I just work for a bit, usually 15-20 minutes then rest a bit, say 30-45 minutes.
SOunds like me anymore. Unload the dishwasher and sit for an hour, then load it with dirty. tehn sit for an hour, THen get up and roll it to sink to connect it and run it. TG the washer/dryer have time lengths between runs alread "built in". Ineed to steam the back floor by teh wacher/dryer but have to do it in 3 parts- vaccuum rugs and floors, then rest. then use steam mop to clean floor, then rest. THen put rugs back and rest. The steam mop is push down and forward to make steam, and pull up back to release...taht actually sounds easy but is really hard work and the mop has to substitute as my cane while I do it.
Fireman- for the wife. I ddn't bother to ask which one of you at the Syr show layout was "fireman" as I don't really "know" you form the forum here and there were lots of people there when I was by. Sorry.
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Galaxy:
A} The CAnadians can KEEP it
...We're in the middle of three successive rain and wind systems that have all come up from south of our border,and will be with us through Tuesday...so whose weather is THAT?
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NOw I was talking about the cold and snow heading down from Canada. At least we sent you ONLY RAIN and wind NOT cold and snow!!! And the cold you have is your own so there {rasberry}
howmus Oh. man, am I gonna be in trouble tomorrow morning when I try to get out of bed.... Just spent all day out at the museum cutting, splitting, and stacking wood. I already have some back muscles talking back to me and can barely move my hands.... 6 Hours of running chain saw and rolling rounds over to the splitter. Two of us did several face cords today. Well anyway, the wood pile is finished for the year, and the splitter is back home sitting on the trailer in my drive way.
Oh. man, am I gonna be in trouble tomorrow morning when I try to get out of bed.... Just spent all day out at the museum cutting, splitting, and stacking wood. I already have some back muscles talking back to me and can barely move my hands.... 6 Hours of running chain saw and rolling rounds over to the splitter. Two of us did several face cords today. Well anyway, the wood pile is finished for the year, and the splitter is back home sitting on the trailer in my drive way.
I couldn't even begin to THINK of doing all that RAY! I was hobbling around on my cane yesterday by 3hours into the train show! Speaking of which...to bad you weren't there,,,,would have loved to have seen you....
jeffrey-wimberly Only one clock to turn back. It's an antique Westclox LED alarm clock I got way back when I was in the army. Amazing it still works after all these years. All the other clocks and even my watch (which I hardly ever wear) reset automatically.
Only one clock to turn back. It's an antique Westclox LED alarm clock I got way back when I was in the army. Amazing it still works after all these years. All the other clocks and even my watch (which I hardly ever wear) reset automatically.
WE have two atomic clocks that reset auto, and the computer and tv auto. the rest, including the talking clock, have to manually change but thats ok. WE accomplished it.....
ALSO for those who change clocks they also recommend you change batteries in your CO2 and Smoke and Fire detectors now too! We did, did you?
Well, I think I have bored you all enough this morning - I know SO early for galaxy to bother us {puts back of hand to forehead}.....
TTYAL:LL8R
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
No serious work on the layout this morning. I'm going out to lunch with my sister later and I don't want to get committed to a project or problem that can't wait. There will be plenty of time for it after lunch. Still have lots of cables and individual wires to clear. After that I'll have to go through and use my multimeter to see what wire goes to what rail. Wouldn't want the hot rail to be on the left in one block and on the right in the next block. The DCC system wouldn't like that! What complicates it is that the feeder wires in each block aren't standard. One block may have a black wire and a green wire and the next block could have a red wire and a blue wire. I pretty much used whatever scrap wire I had laying around at the time. There was a time that I had very little or no income after my disabilities got so bad I could no longer work as my hands and legs don't always do what they're told (been disabled for many years but worked as best I could). Until I got my SS started my family had been paying my bills and any stuff for the railroad was whatever I could find free somewhere or had something to trade for it. So I had plenty of wire but in a whole bunch of different colors. This time I'm trying to standardize the wiring. I'm using green and white for the buss wires. Nor will the buss wires be the length of the entire track but only the length of the block they're under. So block 1 will have it's own set of buss wires that will get their power from the control panel. At the end of block 1 the block wires will stop. There will be a short gap of 1 to 2 inches then the buss wires for block 2 will start. The feeder wires for each block will connect to the buss wires every 4 to 6 feet. I'll have to take this slowly as my damaged nerves will start my hands to shaking after a while. I wouldn't want to accidentally cut the wrong wire or drop the cutters altogether because the muscles in my fingers spasmed. So the #1 rule of the project is going to be to take it slow and easy. I may get the track rewired in a couple of days or it may take a few weeks. It depends on how much my problems let me do. Hopefully I can knock most of it out in a week or two.
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
Speaking of turning you clocks back.......The neighbor didn't!!! She needs a new muffler and everyday I hear her start her car (6:15am), and I heard he this morning about 5:15 am. About 10 minutes later I hear her turn it off .
Here's the website for the train show www.greenbergshows.com
They told me this is the biggest show they have. About 7,000+ people will show up, over two days. I will be located at the entrance of the train layouts. The show is at the Monroeville Convention Center. We are planning on leaving early Saturday morning. They say you can leave your stuff, but I am taking the powders and cars with me both days.
I have 24 cars going with me, a Bachmann DCC system, and misc. items. Along 60 sample packs of powders....35 individual powders....and 12 big pack of powders.
I should have enough. I'm still debating to get one or two more cars.
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then I went to the hobby shop yesterday morning and picked up my 2 Athearn fantasy CR GP60Ms.Both units are smooth and quiet runners-no Athearn BB whine even when tested at high speed on my 6' test track..I was mildly surprise that the shop was fairly crowded and notice many was piling up their purchases on the show cases-just like years ago when a trip to the hobby shop on Saturday morning was a ritual.I shall have a cup and look over the forum.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Morning All...Its sunny here after dropping down near 25 last nite..weather gusser on TV says back near 70 next week..Indian summer?...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll...please...Thank You...Granddaughter Tootie spent the nite and my Brother is coming this PM..Good to have some company..probaly not much railroading today...You all have a fine sunday...Jerry
Good Morning! Dark roast coffee please and a big ole Happy Standard Time Day! Sorry, no card. Maybe next year. Besides, I’m a Daylight Savings guy.
Got the laundry room floor laid yesterday as well as a few odds and ends. Then had to stop early for a Grandson Anthony's 3rd B-day party. (grump) Not that I was grumped at the grandsons party, but because it was at Chuck-E-Cheese. AND I had to stop for Chuck-E-Cheese. If you are not familiar with this horribly over priced establishment, it’s a pizza joint for kids. They have Jungle Jim things and games galore you pay to play with tokens and win tickets to trade in for trinket junk. Little kids love it. I..., well, I despise the place. You almost die from the noise, the parents let the kids just go bazerk, however THAT's spelled, and I just sit in a booth trying to choke down some of the ab-so-lute WORST pizza I’ve ever eaten. Fun times to be had at Chuck-E-Cheese. Today the bathroom floor and YEAH except for grouting, all the floors are laid.
Chris- Doubt Pearl will be in your future. Lone Star, well it depends. The distributors dropped it here several years ago and then recently in Peoria. The lady in Peoria said it was difficult to get it when they did. Seems Lone Star didn’t send regular shipments when ordered as is the normal procedure. You got whatever they sent, whenever they decided to send it regardless how many times you contacted saying, "when will I get it" To which they respond, "it's scheduled on the next truck. 50/50 chance of that. I’m sure it had to do with sales in the area. (kinda makes me wonder if thekind folks at Lone Star would make good on their promise to drop off a couple cases whenever I ask at the Love's truck stop if ever that becomes legal. Dang Mafia) She said (lady at the distributorship in Peoria) they always sold out fast, but getting it was a crap shoot. Same story here in Spfld. Again, not in Texas, and sales quantity. Good as I say? (chuckle) well, I tend to like the beers that are the, um, shall we say, “less refined” beers. Such as, Hamm’s, when we could get it, Falstaff, when they made it, Old Milwaukee, Milwaukee’s best , Stag, ummmm, of course Lone Star and Pearl, and then there's my usual standby, good ol Pabst Blue Ribbon. In order of prference, my choices are, 1 Free, 2 Cheap, and 3 Cold. OH! You mean brands. (chuckle) Lone Star, Falstaff (gone now), Pabst, Pearl, Old Mil. For a high falootin’ beer I like the Shiner brands Bock and the Blonde isn’t bad if they don’t have any of the above listed fav’s. As you can tell I don’t spend a terrible large amount of time in bars. To find a beer I like that is available in the establishment is difficult at best. ( I know, you ask “not all bars carry PBR?” Odd but they don’t) And I don’t care to pay 2.5 to 3.5 United States dollars for a beer that tastes like, to me, what all American beers taste like to Ulrich. I can wait and buy from 60cents to a dollar a can/bottle the good stuff at the store.
Robby- I’ll chime in with G here. I don’t think you will have much of a problem selling your work. Your prices are not over the top and the work you do is far superior to most others within that price range. Most weathered cars I see at local train shows here, appear to have just a dusting of some color I can’t describe other than possibly a dull dark grey or maybe Grimy Black airbrushed evenly over the entire car so as to give all the cars the same toned down, flat appearance. In my opinion, they don’t look weathered, as much as they appear coated with a light spray of say……., grimy black. For your saking price you are getting not only weathering due to well, weather, but other of railroads little incidents such as scrapes, scratches, and of course, rust. I think you will do well. Of course the one thing you cannot control is the audience. You never know what someone can or is willing to spend on a car regardless of what has been done to it or how well it is done. Should you not sell out, you always know you can reach those who spend a bit more on the bay. But, with a show that size I think sufficient people will be there to make packing up a lot quicker each night.
WOWZERS! Look how long I’ve talked. Gee WHIZ!
Well, I must get a move on I have things to do today as I mentioned earlier. Muuuuuch earlier. I’m going to try and surprise Brenda in a few hours with a trip into Springfield when we go see Mom. Well, the trip to Spfld won’t be the surprise, but the stop at the IHOP oughta get her bloomers in a bunch! I should be rated as the number one husband. Man I’m good to that woman. Of course she’s pretty darn good to me.
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
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 afternoon folks:
Had a pleasant surprise yesterday evening. A phone call from Teffy in Texas! Turns out he's been looking in the window on the odd occasion. Didn't see anyone he recognized from the Coffee Shop. I told him the ones I remembered from those days - I guess in the times he looked in none of those were on that page. He asked after Spacemouse (Is that you Jeff? - I told him about your re-build anyway. IIRC Teffy dropped off because of pressure of work-beyond-retirement. Long story short, he's not doing that anymore. However, has not touched his layout in 2 years. He gave me his email address, and I've sent him links to some of my Photobucket albums- those should bore him senseless! If he drops in, give him a big Hello!
Ray: If I may add to, and possibly refine your English as the cause of death ( and answer Ken's question).
6) The Scots eat deep fried Mars Bars and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
7) The English eat Yorkshire pudding, fatty roast beef with dumplings, roast potatoes and lashings of greasy gravy; followed by Sticky Treacle pudding - and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
Ergo, it's not speaking English, per se which is the culprit; but speaking English with American spelling and accent!
Morgan:
NERM: Here's what I took away from my readings of the 5th of November. It's for the Brits what Cinco de Mayo is for us (and the Mexicans, but mostly us): A largely pointless Holiday celebrating something rather trivial compared to other holidays of historic events) except that serves as an excuse to drink LOTS of Beer AND play with fire AND SHOOT OFF BIG EXLPLOSIONS. Did I get that about right?
BRAKIE: Welcome! It's been a while since you were in, hasn't it? Any layout pics?
Getting close to lunch time here. Today it's pork chop casserole followed by plum pie and custard. A break in the weather may make an after lunch walk possible - I sure hope so.
TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Goooooooooood *ow* Mornin', bucket of coffee please...
Well (NOT a deep subject), some of you may recall THAT on Friday, I declared THAT this weekend I had "no deeds to do, no promises to keep." THAT all changed yesterday... For years, the Wife has been cogitating upon the notion of relocating the bedroom from the first floor to a much larger room on the second. For years, I kept saying THAT couldn't happen because the mattress (king size) would never make it up the stairs. So, the upstairs room has been the junk/storage/Rerun's bedroom, and occasional home to "Lucky and Rerun's Virtual Junk E-porium."
But, yesterday, I made a fateful mistake I am paying dearly for today. The Wife and Rerun were sitting out on the porch. I asked her "how serious are you about moving the bedroom?" She said very serious. I said a whole lot of stuff would have to be moved to make it happen. She flew off the porch like her pretty tail end was on fire. What followed was a long afternoon/evening of relocating "stuff." Then came the acid test: moving the mattress. It just barely made it up the stairs (halfway up the stairs take a 90 degree turn, there is also an odd overhang from the evil cat's apartment to contend with). From there, it was all downhill.
Today is a Menard's run for closet stuff, and I will be remodeling/reconfiguring the closet into something useable for clothing. So far, it has been a place to stack boxes and packing materials.
Oh joy. Oh rapture.
But, the Wife is happy...and that's what really matters...right???
JERRY: Thanks for the kind words on the DPM buildings! Right now, they're in the "3-foot" category...they look good from 3-feet away. A little w**k, some rehab on 'em, and they'd look really good. I just won't have any place to use 'em on the future layout. As for THAT ICG geep...my gut tells me it was either a late-model GP-9 or a GP-18.
***update*** I just found a CC&P roster, it says THAT is a GP-18, built in 1960, and used as a "B"-unit. The Chicago Central also had a black one with the old IC diamond on the cab THAT showed up in Cedar Rapids too.
BRAKIE: Good morning sir, welcome to the Diner! I've been following your words of wisdom throughout these forums for a few years now.
ROBBY P: Good looking sign! I have no doubt you're in for a successful day with the weathered cars. There are some real "hacks" out there...you're not one of 'em.
CUDA KEN: I use AVG anti-virus (free edition), and Super Anti-Spy Ware (free edition) and have not had any issues with 'em while using Firefox. I also got a freebie called "Crap Cleaner" THAT does a nice clean-up job.
Onward I go... the Wife is ready for the Menard's run, I think...
A good, SAFE day to all!
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Hi Brakie! Welcome!
CHRIS!! Thanks for the photo! That is the look I want for my S2. I know I know. The loco pictured ain't an S2, BUT It's close enough for my world AND has a paint scheme, approximately the same, (actually in my little world it IS the same), as the Basement Texas &Pacific. (big difference in the BT& P and the actualT&P) A plan that was devised a while back to be able to use C&NW locs with minimal talent needed to adapt. How noticable Is the difference in CNW yellow and Swamp Holly Orange to the average bystander anyway? None.
Oh yah. Sorry about the bedroom thing. Now I understand all the talk of beer around here with the remodels going on.
Good Evening Folks!
Pitch-black dark night outside - feel like looking for my cave to hibernate!
With all that talk of beer, I´d thought I bring some good stuff to share with you:
That´s tasty stuff and a little stronger than your regular US brew.
No, not for me, Zoe, I´ll settle with a plain ol´ but good coffee, please.
Chris - that "dishwater" thing comes from that fact that it is as foamy as some of the beers I had in the US, and the taste was pretty much alike. I know there are some good beers around, not easy to get though.
Ken - thanks for the drawing of your train room! Now i will have to get into thinking mode before I will be able to come up with something close to your ideas. It is not going to be easy, as your wish list is quite extensive. It´ll be some days before I can start on it, so don´t be angry if I cannot provide a plan in short time.
You all help yourself to some of the above
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have the #2 special this morning, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sourdough toast. Oh! And a large cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug if you please (and don't forget to refill me often....).
Well! (deep subject) I actually feel pretty good this morning. Other than having a few sore muscles, I'm not in any pain. I should probably get out and do some "Physical W*rk" more often.
Brakie, Good to see an LHS doing a good business. I have always tried to patronize the hobby shop here in Geneva as much as possible. A couple of years ago something happened to their business practices along the line..... Used to be I could walk in, look around and if they didn't have an item I wanted, they would order it in and I would have it within a week. They also give regular customers a 10% discount on anything in the store. When the economy turned sour a couple years back for some reason if I order anything, I wait and wait , and wait. The last order I gave them was for some items I needed to complete the Module I just had judged for the "Civil" certificate. THAT was 5 months ago. Still waiting! I placed the order 3 months ago with Caboose Hobbies. Got it in 6 days...... I have told them I will not order any more from them until the order I placed comes in.... So, I haven't shopped their much lately since most everything I need is not on the shelf. Sad, as I will always patronize local business when possible!
[edit] Got interrupted while typing this earlier........ About 3 hours ago. Oh well.
later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Boy it does not seem like 12:30, going to take a while to get use to the time change.
Got a few more Honey Does done. Got the new shop light up and sure woke up the right side of the garage. Brought out some plants and fixed the wife's Mop. She said she wants to Mop the new floor. I am not holding my breath. I be happy if she did the darn dishes.
Ulrich Thank you for taking a interest in my project. I played with it some today but I keep coming back to the same thing. Might be I am just to use to seeing the garage. Looking forward to a different point of view.
See you all later, Ken
Larry (Brakie) ... I, too, am glad you are here in the diner. Feel free to vist often.
Der John .... You said, "Also, Kris says to mention that we in Nova Scotia get the Alberta Clippers, what you guys get are Montana Clippers." ....... Here, I use hedge clippers in the summer. ... (The new smilies don't have my favorite one anymore.)
Ken ... I did not read all your posts. Are you re-doing your layout?
Jeff ... Speaking of re-doing layouts, you have quite a challenge there.
Ray .... Did the LHS also change owners? I would think they would try even harder in a down economy.
Todd ... glad you are one of the faithful, almost daily visiters to the diner.
My basic track plan works fine for me. It is an aorund the wall layout primarily. It's double track with a reverse loop at each end. Towns and industries are located along the way as is suitable. My plan does have a couple of peninsulas, too. Also, I included a second level on part of the layout.
Happy Model Railroading.
KOstriker.....better off the tap
Tried the wet decals last night. I don't know if it was lack of coffee, exhaustion, or what but I could just not get it going! I finally said Eff if, this starting to feel like w*rk. So I snagged some thai food, and came back to it. I realized the complicated striping that I"m looking for would be better off painted! Spent a good hour with the masking tape, and came up with something marvelous. I'll try and post pictures today after the paint sets!
Kyle
PUGET SOUND LINES
"Service, Pride and Efficiency"
Heartland Division CB&Q Ken ... I did not read all your posts. Are you re-doing your layout?
Yep Gary, if I can find a suitable plan I am breaking out the saws all. As a whole I like the bench but after 5 years I am getting bored with it. Main thing is I want 4 or more main lines so I can run 4 trains with out them hitting each other if I get distracted. Plus, it is flat, I am sick of flat.
der5997I guess in the times he looked in none of those were on that page. He asked after Spacemouse (Is that you Jeff?
Ken:
By Chris - CUDA KEN: I use AVG anti-virus (free edition), and Super Anti-Spy Ware (free edition) and have not had any issues with 'em while using Firefox. I also got a freebie called "Crap Cleaner" THAT does a nice clean-up job.
Ray: I hear you on the LHS drop in service issue. There are two LHSs from which I can choose. The smaller I'd like to patronize more, but it takes forever to get stuff, and as far as my needs go, he just doesn't carry the things I'm after most of the time. Gives me a discount and so on, but I've pretty much gone over to the less convenient to get to but better equipped for my purposes one.
Garry: Here, I use hedge clippers in the summer. Anyone can do THAT, both the A and M Clippers are winter ones, very special! LOL (The new smilies don't have my favorite one anymore.)...send me a PM or an email, and I'll see what I can do. I've a number of the old ones on file.
Here, I use hedge clippers in the summer.
(The new smilies don't have my favorite one anymore.)
Jeff:
Nope, me no Spacemouse.
Getting dark out now....so I guess Dinner (more like tea) is the next thing.
A quick Good Ev'nin' to you, and Flo, could I have a RBF to go, please. Thanks!
AmanaMedic Oh joy. Oh rapture. But, the Wife is happy...and that's what really matters...right??? ...
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Chris: (A) Joy and rapture, indeed, and yes, keeping her happy is of primo importance in MANY households...
B) Nice weathering job on your switcher there - WHAT?! Oh, that IS prototypical, eh?
Wonder of wonders, Teffy is around and peeking in the Diner windows? He's one of the earlier (Coffee Shop, pre-ETD days) Diners who persuaded me to chop my 4X8 into four pieces and to go with sectional around-the-walls kind of layout (plus, I have a nice 2-6-0 Mogul that I have by way if Teffy. Hey, Teffy, how're you and Stephanie doing? It has been 'ages' - too long!
Hope Robby's been doing gangbusters at the Greenberg show this weekend. I'm sure you'll do well, and drum up some more business as well.
Brakie, to the DIner (again? It must have been a while back, or I was doing like Duke and catching some at the time when you were by). I have enjoyed your wisdom in the other parts of the Forums around these parts.
This weekend, I myself have been doing assorted MRR-related things. Checked my list of MRR books (still have one to determine if I really have it or not), also took the vaccuum cleaner to the bedroom (around the shelving where I have the MR mags in their little 'boxettes' - those ones with the open top where you put the issues), and put a lot of my flexible track into a box (less sliding down the pile and off the top of the shelves...). I now have a few sore spots on my hands, from trying to fit 'just a few more' pieces into a box that was likely not really big enough. (Of course, getting track pieces into a box is not as easy as it is to get them *out* of same...). But I got a lot of the track into the box for now. And that end of the bedroom is less dusty and somewhat neater than before.
And the pager just went off, so I'll be heading out. Oh, I neglected to re-set my clocks, so got up an hour earlier than needed to go back to wind up a commitment at one local 'gendarmarie' (hey, you might be able to figure out that kludged word).
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
cudaken When in Doubt Blame Charter seems to have been RIGHT! Just uninstalled the Anti Virus (Called F-Securities and I am not making that up)! Computer is now moving fine again! I wounder what the F stood for? Even got the garage drawing uploaded to my Photo Bucket account. Good, seems to posted as a bigger picture this time. Now for the tour so to speak. At the very top, I subtracted approximately 3 inches to clear the braces and tracks of the garage door. Left side starting at the 10 foot mark. That is where my window A/C unit is located. I marked out a 3 X 3 section so I can get to the A/C unit for when it needs work. I am thinking of doing a lift out hatch so I can get to the A/C or build that section extra strong If I have to get on the bench. Bottom left side. Small box is my wall mounted breaker box, and big 3 X 3 section is my up right 100 gallon Air Compressor, I all so have a 3 foot wide walkway by the breaker box. Bottom Right is the door that goes to the patio. Left side 8 squares up is part of the dressing room that was in the garage when I bought the house. House has a in ground pool and that section was for guest to change in. I ripped out most of it when I bought the house so I could have my desk there. It will not come down due to having electrical connections (wall socket and light switch) in it. Left starting starting at the 13 foot mark. That is the door that goes into the kitchen. As long as the door can be opened to 60 degrees I am fine with it. This is with the storage room removed. What I did not show is my desk It can be moved. Where it currently sitting is right where the small ends. Right front corner of the desk touches the end of the small wall. Desk it self is 5 foot by 30 inches. Well there is the run down and looking forward to ideas. If you like real pictures I be happy to post them. Now that the computer is happy again I think I will play with the RTS program some more. Sing along with me. Charter Suck's, Charter Suck's, everyone that has Charter Know's they Suck! See you all later. Ken
You would have to make it difficult... Ah well. I need to finsh up a shell and then I'll stare at it for a while. Actually, what I'll probably do is paste it onto RTS and stretch it until the gridlines all match up, then see if I can't tunr the yard to make things fit. I really think Madog is overcomplicating things for himself, the Station doesn't need to go in until the rest of the line is plotted, just like a real town. Take that aside, and the only big pieces are the yard, the Grain Silo, and the Mine. To get a yard long enough for twenty cars (5.5 in a piece is 9 feet in the shortest track, and then you need almost 7 feet for yard leads total) That yard may have to angle, but then an angle can be longer than a straight side.
Afternoon folks!
Janie, a cup of hot cocoa would hit the spot right now.
Looked out my living room window a while back and noticed my driveway on THAT side of the house is very full of cord wood..... The guy evidently brought the rest of the wood yesterday while I was at the Museum. So I will be stacking firewood most of next week as well as getting ready for the train show next Sunday.
Heartland Division CB&Q Ray .... Did the LHS also change owners? I would think they would try even harder in a down economy.
Nope! In fact the son of the owner who now manages the store is a former music student of mine. Whenever I go in we always have a great talk about everything from trains to music (he is also a composer). Some of the problems I know have to do with changes in how much credit they can get from Walthers... But I would still think that items they can get in and have go right back out the door would be a good thing for them. I don't know?
Later!
Evening all.
Ok, so I finally picked up my genset today.I was originally supposed to get it in January.It got pushed back to June.Then to September.It shipped in September.Called the LHS in October, they didn't get it.They got it last week (Monday or Tuesday I believe).Picked it up this afternoon, a full ten months after the original delivery date. Fifteen months after I ordered it.
So by now, you must be thinking, "Great, he finally has it! Now he can be happy!"
Nope.
It's missing a handrail. I already emailed Atlas's parts department, so hopefully I'll get a reply within the next few days.
I just can't win.
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Good Morning,
I am up early today - have to take my car into the garage. It is the 2nd attempt, I hope the have the right parts for it now. It is going to cost me a fortune, money I had reserved for some MRRing
Flo, just a coffee for me please.
Ken - if I understand that drawing of your train room correctly, there are some bad obstacles which eat up a lot of space. I understand the lower part of the room to be more or less off limits for a layout, and the A/C unit on the left will also require some access to it. The door on the right needs access as well, and maybe even an aisle leading to it. It is not going to be an easy task to come up with a track plan that incorporates all your druthers and still looks good. I will need a lot of thinking time (which I have).
I must be getting ready to go now - CUL
Good Morning everyone,
thought I'd stop in for a meet & greet (it's been a long while), mocha coffee with a frosted cinn bun please. so greetings to all, and esp to my long time buddies
cheers, krump
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