hey guys, late night visit for me.
Well, took finals and am on CHRISTMAS break, I don't care what anyone says, to me, its Merry Christmas.
just got home from a wedding, and learnt two very important things, one is to never trust my mom when she says somethings 'fun'. Very relative term. And secondly, I dance like a white man. Tried telling her I don't dance. Does she listen to me? Nooo.
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Lunchtime in snowy Germany!
Zoe, hot dogs & fries and a coffee, please.
Last night, I did not catch an hour of sleep
Thank goodness, one of our fellow patrons volunteered to be a victim of my track planning mania, so fired up my old computer and started to draw yet another track plan.
It is supposed to be a slightly larger ISL, but with a feature to allow for continuous operation. Have fun trying to read the names of the industries the line serves!
CUL - I am going for nap now!
Oh! Another Fred Astaire . Or Gene Kelly?
Flip
Yes, I know its sunday but with the holidays on the weekend, Dialysis schedules have been changed. So Hi,Ho ,Hi Ho, its off to work I go..
T G I F Today GOD Is First.
Prayers and Blessings to all Have a Merry CHRISTMAS.
Good cold morning.
I was going to get some roof shots of some hoppers this morning, but I think its just to cold!!! We might even get a white christmas this year (again).
Not much planned today. Watch the Steelers later, and see what else I can do.
Hope everybody has a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning...
It is a cccold gray day here... with little tiny snowfluffies abounding...
It's going to be a quiet day today...another in a series of them...might get a bit of the laundry done, that'll be about it...
Flo, I'll have a cup of coffee as well as a breakfast bagel please...I'll 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/
Mornin' all!
Zoe just another cup of dark raost, to go this time.
I'm on my way to Church to count sheep....... I'll explain later.
hope all of you have a wonderful day!
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 35 and sunny. The high will be 58 and we're looking at a full day of sunshine.Been busy this morning. At about 5 am I started in on the repair of my HP F4100 series scanner/printer/copier all-in-one. The printer part worked just fine, however I have a HP 3930 Deskjet to do my printing with. It's easier to use and more accessible. No, the problem with the 4100 is that the copier/scanner functions wouldn't work. The light came on just fine but the scanning device inside wouldn't move. I suspected this was due to a bad board or a bad motor. The problem turned out to be the motor. Fortunately a friend of mine had a similar HP all-in-one that got fried by a lightning strike (he's a firm believer in surge protectors now) that he gave me to use for any parts I could get from it. Only real difference I could see in them is that his cost about $50 more than mine did and had a fax built in. Mine was on clearance and I snagged it for $40 at Wal-Mart. Anyhow, I tore the donor unit apart and liberated the scanner motor. It's the same type that was in my unit. After an hour and a half the transplant was done and I put the 4100 back together. I hooked it up and installed the software then did a test scan. SUCCESS!! It works! It's a little noisy but who cares. In other news, my sale of HO items is going well. I've moved close to half the items on the list. Today I'll likely be doing more work on the layout. There's still some snowy white areas that have to be painted a more agreeable color like some shade of green or brown. That will make for using less ground foam later.
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
Morning all. Just stopping in for a cup of coffee.
No time to stay. Gotta finish up THAT paper.
I'll be back later.
My Model Railroad: Tri State RailMy Photos on Flickr: FlickrMy Videos on Youtube: YoutubeMy Photos on RRPA: RR Picture Archives
Sir Maddog, Ulrich, check your conversations.
Johnboy out................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Goooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon, plate of cheeseburgers with a bucket of Coke please, and thank-you.
ULRICH: I'm liking THAT trackplan! Umscheid Brothers 'eh?? Well, THAT must be Leroy and Eldon (Dad and Uncle repsectively), or Anton (Tony), Delbert (Del), Eugene (Gene), and Ignatius (Nates); Grandpa and three Great Uncles respectively. I'm an "only," guess the parental units decided to quit while they were behind! A hat-tip to you though, for the "honor!"
On my own trackplan dilemma, I'm thinking of going back to an earlier idea, THAT of an "invented" part of Cedar Rapids (City of Five Seasons)...adding some tracks/yardage THAT doesn't exist in reality yet keeps the "flavor" of Cedar Crapids (City of Five Smells). I'm having fits trying to adapt two of my all-time favorite trackplans from MR to fit in my space. There's one from...one of the annual publications...THAT seems to "fit" better, and would still keep me busy running switch jobs. I "might" have another look at it later today.
Oh joy.
Oh rapture.
JOE: So what exactly does this "theology paper" involve??? I'm a product of 11 years of Catholic schools and never had to take theology. I did get either a C- or D+ in "development of a Christian personality" though. What can I say? The nun teaching the class and I had fundamental differences politically!!!
DER JOHN: On those chicken feed bins: and THAT N-sane scale signal: "WOW!" just doesn't begin to cover it.
I'll have a seat at the RC, cogitate a bit, maybe even converse a bit...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Afternoon everyone!
Flo just a large Dr. Pepper to tide me over to the Annual Christmas Open House at the Pastor's Home this evening...
Had a fairly easy day as Head Usher due to the fact it was The Pageant Sunday put on by the Sunday School.... Talk about herding cats! I did manage to get a semi accurate head count as I got to work on it before the kiddies did the pageant. I put the count down as 255 people attending + or - 25 or so..... THAT should give the secretary a chance to roll her eyes tomorrow......... Amazing how much more fun these pageants are when you have a Granddaughter in it. She was one of a large flock of Lambs who showed up to make faces at the Baby Jesus and sing a little song.
I have been spending a little time here just picking up a few things and clearing off a place to wrap the Gifts for next weekend! Did find out from #1 son that the Christmas Schedule will remain the same as it has been for the last many years. His wife's family will be coming over after the the Children's Service at our church and before the Christmas Mass for most of her family on Christmas eve. I will go over for breakfast and gift exchange on Christmas Morning, and then we all head out to my sisters for Happy Holidays........... THAT should keep peace in the Family for another year!
Ulrich, I really liked the plan you posted! Very, very nice, sir. Not a bad track plan either!
Currently 27°F here in the Finger Lakes and is at the high for the day. Rather gray skies, but lots of warm hearts!
Good afternoon. Coffee like Inch gets it, heavy on the Inch, and a nerve pill please. Make it two, thanks.
Just got back from a quick trip to the Walmart. Needed and few things for the cupboards ya know. I want you to know I did NOT retaliate against those countless nice holiday shoppers who tried to kill me because I was in their way. Neither did I do anything other than appologize to the lady who rounded the corner and rammed my parked cart at the canned fruit section and then gave me the dirty "watch where you are going you thoughtless hoodlum" look as she drove another happy shopper into the canned goods. Nor did I give any dirty looks to the two ladies in front of me at the checkout who kept asking for a total after each and every item was scanned AND decided to take back the two boxes of oatmeal with fruit and exchange it for two without. She can add her own fruit. Thrifty. WAIT! She decided she needed another box......after, of course, she returned to the register with her first two exchanges. "I'm sorry sir it's taking so long" she said to me. "No you're not, but thanks for saying it anyway" I muttered "What?" "I said, "that's ok, it's Christmas" " " next time, I kiiill you "
Aaaany way, that was a two and a half hour fight for my life, BUT We will eat on and up to Christmas day and have something to wipe our........sit-upon's with.
I've got to make a quick trip out to Mom's house to apply one piece of trim and attach a water line to a toilet, then I will return and hopefully shift a few things around in the, waaaait for it, waaaait for iiiit.....trainroom. (crosses fingers)
Welp, better hit it. Again.
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.
Careful, Todd. Inch's coffee is like bunker C oil.
Chris I like the action shot of the Geep.
Flip ... Glad to see you. Blessings.
Robby ... Football? Do you wether cars in front of the TV.
On the layout, I'm working an an area that will be a scrap yard. Now, I am working on a replica of an ugly old iron fence as part of the project.
Also, I just replaced wheelsets with gears on my GN Alco FA1's by Proto 2000. Chalk up more broken Proto gears. These engines have been off the layout in recent months pending this repair.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Well the Steelers lost, but what a nail bitter!!!!
Garry.........I'm out of train cars to weather right now. I was going to make a order to MB Klein, but never did. I have been known to put kits together in front of the tv, and spilled stuff everywhere. That didn't make Jessica to happy!!
Evening all. Just stopping in for the night. I've got the girls to watch as Amy is out with some girlfriends having some "girl time". Past couple of nights have been busy, as Friday night was our church Christmas party, and then last night we went out on a date. Saw the newest Narnia movie, pretty good, but not worth the cost for what little 3D footage was in it. Still slowly working on my locomotive painting. Kinda figured out that the yellow that I have isn't the "right" shade of yellow for the current CSX locomotive paint scheme, but I'll make due with it for now and get the "right" shade at another time. Besides, i can always repaint them when the time comes.
Guess I'll get out of here, I've got my girls to keep an eye on until Amy gets back home.
Later taters!
Evening all. Just doing some catching up.
DerJohn, I'm not sure if Century Gothic is MLA or not. Either way, that point is moot because we don't need a hard copy. We had to submit it to Turn It In to check for plagarism, but she didn't require us to print it out.
Chris, being a product of 11.5 years of Catholic school myself (a total of 13 after senior year), Theology papers are pretty easy for me.For this, we had to pick a charity of our choice and write about how it shows "Love in Action." I picked Toys For Tots, and I was going to go to the train last weekend, donate, and maybe ask a few questions. But then my dad's friend, who was involved in the train, asked if we were interested in going on and helping out (the train is not open for the public to ride). So we went, I got some railfanning in, and interviewed the coordinator for my paper.Although the photos have nothing to do with the paper, they're on my Flickr (link in my signature) if you wanna check them out.We have a nun teaching my Theology class, and according to some people, they don't do well because "they have different views on morality (the topic of the class this year) than she does."
I'll be at the RC for a while while I look over the rest of the forums.
I'm finally back....
TGIF- The Ground Is FREEZING! It has stayed in the 40's in my neck of the woods in Florida, and the temprature has been dropping ever since.
Well, now that I got that out of my system, I'll have a gallon of hot choclate, and a cookie.
Not a whole lot going on right now. I finally bit the bullet, and have started buying after-market detail parts for my locomotives (first for me) First up is that un-finnished Con-Cor SW/1500-to-MP-15DC project that I got at a train show about a year ago.
I did figure out a name and logo for my fictional railroad today. The Florida Interstate (est. 2010) will begin operations on CSX trackage, switching the local industries and working for a local industrial park, with a seccond-hand MP-15DC, being re-built and re-painted on a siding in the Reynolds Industrial Park in North Florida, which will also home base for the Florida Interstate.
Here's the logo, which will be used on MP-15 FLI 001
Let's see if it comes up.
After I make sure the logo immage comes up, I'll be returning to work on the re-build.
EDIT: Yes, It's up. Now, back to work on the locomotive, and a possible paint scheme.
Evening guys
Flo, large bowl of caramel popcorn and a root beer for me. Just sitting at home watching the Packers game. Against the Patriots with a back-up rookie QB is gonna be a tough one but they are up 17-14. (in the time I posted this it went from 10-7 to 17-17)
Ate dinner at the local wing joint for my brother's birthday.
Robby, Check PMs. (dunno if you did)
John, So you used multiple strands? I have a large roll of 0.5mm and have tried that, with one strand and using testor's clear parts cement. wasn't impressed looking through the amber beacon on my Atlas U30Cs and my Athearn SW10. I managed to get a microbulb in the U-boat, but I'm thinking an SMD would work best.
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.
Vincent.........I did. I will get the car mailed out to you tomorrow 12/19.
Good evening Diners. A black tea and a small plate of the bite-size sausage rolls please Chloe.
Chris:
Joe:
DerJohn, I'm not sure if Century Gothic is MLA or not. Either way, that point is moot because we don't need a hard copy.
Vincent:
Well, the end of another Sunday, and the last of the steady sunshine for a while as another nasty Nor' Easter is headed our way tomorrow into Tuesday. Rain and wind - it will take all the Christmastime-look from our island, and leave us mud and unasserted debris. Did get some mrr time today, and the second silo is ready to be fixed with its smaller cousin on a "concrete" pad, and the discharge mechanisms and piping made and fitted. The it's the paint shop to get a universal dull zinc-grey on everything. Here's a quick shot - not good lighting, the roofs are hard to tone down, they reflect too much.
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Morning Diners,
again, an icy cold day at 22 F, with some more snow to come. As I am probably the one among us to be the closest to the North Pole, so it be! I am glad I don´t have to be on the road like in the past years.
I am happy that my little layout idea received some liking here in the community. There are still lots of industries to be named, like The Bama Shoe Co. (that´s actually a real name), Boyd´s Beauty Products and many more. Suggestions are highly welcomed!
Finally, i was able to buy an office chair. I have been looking for a long time to find a chair which suits my size as well as the size of my wallet. I can now spent more time at my computer without my back starting to hurt. Will there be more track plans to come? Maybe, but I am right now trying to revive that TV project and there are some nasty deadlines to meet.
Zoe, just a coffee, please.
Have a good day!
14° F here. More snow and maybe freezing rain today !
Good Day All!
Cup of coffee please.
Hope everyone has a Great Day!
Steven
Morning Folks
Flo, a big Diet Dew if you would.
Really have nothing to say for the last few days. Work is going OK and our weather is getting back to normal for this time of year.
Now that I have a track plan, kind of getting bored. Glad I am working for the fact it gives me something to do.
Have been running the new layout using the 3rd Plan It program and it is a keeper. 3rd main has a lot of alternate routes that I can run.
Today is Tiffany s 16th Birthday. Yep she is sweet 16 today. I have never had a dog live this long and she seems to be doing pretty dog gone good on her new dog food.
She you all later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Tiffany!!
It is a kind of chilly 17F going to a high of 26F today. In the lightly falling snow....
Welp, it has been an 'interesting' year for me. Heart attack with attending Cardiac Arrest then a new ICD placed in me...then my exercising which lead me to lose about 50lbs--then my work got reshuffled around--I now have a corner office---yay!!
Today, i get to go and complete the so called Xmas shopping list---provided I do not lift anything over 10lbs with my left arm--as that is where my ICD is placed--left side... Then I clean out the closet in my trainroom and get ready t put MORE STUFF in it...
Flo, I'll have a coffee and a toast with jam please. I'll be at the RC for a bit here...uh, excuse me Flo? Uh...did someone forget their Whoopie Cushion?
Good Morning! Coffee please.
Tiffany!!!
Not much going on today, bookwork for the Church, call the realtor and put the house back on the market, take Mom to the doctors office for a follow up. Who knows what else. Hopefully not much else. Seems every time I get thinking I'll have some time to get to the trainroom something comes up to squorsh the idea. (That's "squash" for you non midwesterners.) Oh well.
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Good Morning,
Dorothy and I decided to open Christmas presents last night since both of us are working all week and things will be hectic over the 25th and 26th. I cleaned house this year on tools and stuff from Micro-Mark. Nothing fancy, several small tools that I wouldn’t have bought for myself. On the layout I installed the WS roofers on the movie theater and continued to work on the Dairy and fire station back lot details.
Jeff, those Kaydee couplers are the best, however on my budget I couldn’t afford to switch over completely to Kaydee. I haven’t had any problems with the Bachmann or Mc Henry brand couplers. I did notice the tuning fork style hand uncoupling tool works great with Kaydee and not so great with the others. As far as weight I’ve pulled 68 40 foot boxcars without any of the couplers failing (mix lot of non-Kaydee).
Garry, thanks I think I have enough of those Accumates, LOL. I’m using them as pallet loads by the RIP track.
Howmus, I “opted out” with the big three credit reporting agencies a few years ago. Now (unless I already have an account with you) you must have my signature to run a credit report on me. I haven’t received any unsolicited mail for loans or credit cards in about 5 years.
Der, those silos came out really good!
Team Steam, have you ever seen a walrus trying to get back to the top of a beach? That’s how I dance, so don’t be too hard on yourself…..
The ICE is melting; you can see a little green poking through the snow in some of the yards again, and most of the driveway is clear. Flurries and light snow for the rest of the week with the temps remaining below freezing. Just wintery enough to stay indoors and work on the layout but not too bad to run to the LHS…
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Thanks Todd for the Happy Birthday for Tiff.
I am not sure how this is going to work, but here is the new plan. (I had to scan the print out and turn into a JPG) Main thing added is the reversing loop on the right and the wye in the center. On the left side, the holding yard is on a 2% grade and goes up to around 7 inches. The branch line (3rd main) goes under the 2 left hand mains as they make ther climb.