Hello ...
Rob .... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your better half.
Regarding the Great Smokey Mountain Rairoad:
Here are photos of our trip in the GSMR 1 1/2 years ago.
Here is the huge Lionel layout and collection at GSMR
It is a worthe while trip.
Bama ... Thanks for your kind remarks on the scrap yard and the appointments. This morning I saw the doctor who takes care of the implanted device. Now, Barry has a similar device.
George ... The MILW rides again on that hopper.
Bary and Chris ... Rivit ***? Yikes!
Tom ... Gald to know your wife's surgery was OK.
Inch ... Good to see you. Thanks for the humor.
Ulrich ... If that's the same "bug" we have here, it takes weeks to go away. We had it over Christmas holidays, and it still lingers.
Robby ... I like the hopper. It is "weathered" in the snow.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening all. Zoe, I'll have a hot ham and cheese on wheat with some cheese fries and a RBF to wash it down. Today was BEAutiful! High was in the lower to mid 60s and the winds were just right. Great day to spend outside with the girls, which is precisely what I did. Speaking of my daughters, they're both currently out like little lights (think I wore them out), and Amy's off having a girls night with a friend, so I'm here able to relax in the peace and quiet of the house. Hope that everyone else's day has gone well.
Garry I like the picture of the scrap yard and glad that things went well at the Dr's appointments.
Lee Thanks for telling me, I'll be keeping my eyes open for the kit, for a set of hand rails, for the front drive assembly, and for some LED's to do away with the standard light and get something better on it. Of course, I'll also be looking for a decoder for the locomotive, but I'll have to see what kind of funds I am going to have available (should have plenty as I'm taking some of the tax refund to the show). Guess I'll let y'all know how that went after it comes and goes in a couple weeks.
Well, I see my food is here, so I'm going to sit at the RC and enjoy it.
BTW, Chris, I like the semi-corrected foobie, looks good!
LSWrr Jeff, shoot me an email or PM with letter height. I have a few extras at the house in different sizes.
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Hello and good to see everybody.
I just returned from Nashville. Doctor appointments went very well I'm pleased to say.
I'll read your recent posts more carefully later.
Here is one of four pictures of my scrap yard I just psoted in WPF (Weekend Photo Fun)
Here are couple of pics I thought I'd share.
The first is of a car I photographed in UP Riverdale yard about a week or so a go. A pristine Milwaukee Road covered hopper! Untagged and unchanged except for the reporting marks!
The next image is of my plan for my Trenton Cutoff layout. I photoshopped it a little to make it look like an old time blue print - I'm funny that way.
-George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
blownout cylinder.I'm a little worried about what certain...erm...rivet nazi's might think...
I've got a few suggestions for them rivet nazi's...a warm place they can go, and some "self-......cation" exercises they may attempt while enroute to THAT warm place.! I don't worry too much about them, at the same time, I try to maintain the ability to sit at the RC by virtue of striving to have my stuff "look right," even if not exactly exact. If anything, based on the car number and photo research, the rivet nazi's would likely have more and bigger fits based on the car being a basic ACF CenterFlo. At least doing the Pressuraide conversion, even if minus one bay...brings it closer to "compliance," as it were.
Smeg.
I think I just got talked into doing the conversion... Here's how the Pennick and Ford conversion turned out last year:
Chris
***EDIT*** GEESH! First I get talked-into undertaking a conversion project...then I get stuck with the late lunch crowd/early dinner crowd's tab!
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Jeff, shoot me an email or PM with letter height. I have a few extras at the house in different sizes.
Robby nice winter shots!
Bamba, most LHS carry them on the shelf, they are Digitrax in a bag with a white motor mount and clips on the decoder leads. Can’t miss them, but if you need the stock number I can hook you up when I get home tonight.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Robby: Love the Beetle!! I used something like that in my Beetle at one time...racing cam..my neighbours did not like me one bit...gee, I wonder why.......btw...I like the hopper ( and the winter pix)!!
Chris: I'd be almost thinking of doing the conversion myself..sounds like a good idea...although if it only a 3 bay.......I'm a little worried about what certain...erm...rivet nazi's might think...
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/
Thanks for the comments!! I guess I could have gotten rid of the trip-pin. I normally do when I add the cut-levers and air hoses.
Chris........Yeah that's the one car I would love to have again. I did get another bettle but it just wasn't the same . The engine was so loud (thanks to the cam), the neighbor said she would call the police. I had people argue with me saying I had a 302 in the car. I asked..."don't you see its a VW motor" .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon, Barry-sized bacon cheesburger please 'n thank-ya with a bucket of Coca-Cola...
INCH: Good to see you again! And, BRAVO! on the random thoughts on the passing scene (with a hat-tip to Thomas Sowell).
ROBBY P: Nice shot of the hopper! And, despite ULRICH's fears, yes, the Wife will see the BUG tonight. You may well hear the "Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!" from far away in the distance.
TODD: Sounds like the house and dog survived the "hen gathering." I about did serious internal injury from laughing at your clucking predicament, I'll have you know!
Well, I've got a dilemma. A Christmas present in-Accu-rate Rail hopper has *surprise surprise surprise* proven to be a FOOBIE!!! Now, I "could" leave it as-is and use it as a standard grain hopper leased by Cargill (ACFX reporting marks). OR, I "could" carve off the grain hatch on the roof, replace it with small (Athearn) hatches, add strip styrene braces to the ends, fabricate a control box, and obtain Pressurade parts from Atlas...and have a less-Foobified Foobie... a 3-bay Pressurade car (should be 4-bay). I did it last year to one in Pennick and Ford markings, turned out well.
Decisions, decisions, decisions.
A good, SAFE rest of the day to us all...
Good afternoon all. Just stopping in for a quick RBF and see how things are going.
Robby , that hopper looks amazing in the snow, great job.
Lee, thanks for the PM, and I plan on looking for the parts you mentioned.
inch LOL, that was great, I needed that!
Well all, just an update on things, woke up this morning ot find small clumps of hair on the floor. When I got into the living room I found Heather (the 4 year old) and a pair of scissors laying next to her.....you guessed it, she butchered her hair! And we can't take her to get it straightened out for a week because she's got the flu! Great huh?
I'm off from w*rk today, so the day will be filled with taking a certain 4 year old outside to play her little heart out, and grilling some chicken in a bit, gotta get the chicken unthawed then onto the grill it'll go. I'll be sure to bring the left overs by for you chow hounds to have.
Good Evening,
It´s bee a long day for me. My partners and I spent the entire day looking for a suitable office to rent. After going through a number of more or less drab and dingy places we found one that meets our needs and is also in an acceptable shape. The owner is even willing to cash out a few bucks to improve it! We´ll nail that one down on Monday! There is another tick mark on the long list...
Zoe, I am freezing, so I need a hearty meal. How about a sirloin steak, medium please, baked potato & sour cream, a salad with blue cheese dressing and a ?
Ron - a big from the other side of the Big Pond.
Flip - that´s a good one!
Tom - glad to hear that your wife´s eye surgery went well. My father had a similar thing done a few years back, and it improved his vision dramatically!
Robby - if it were not for the trip pin, you could not tell that this is a model! Great shot of a great car! And I just love the Beetle! (don´t let Chris´s wife see it!)
Jeff - I am glad you´re feeling better!
The bug has not yet left me - I am still a bit of a miserable sod. Gotta get one of those John´s Whisky Macs and retire to the sofa, neatly tucked up in a warm blanket ...
CU tomorrow!
Extra strong coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Robby, great looking car pics, but the snow could use some work.
***Tom, glad the wife's surgery went smoothly.
***Der, the silos arrived and in great shape. Thank you so very much. Wife really likes them. Guess I'll need to buckle down and make the chicken house to go with them. I expect to hit the PO Tuesday. I'm helping wife with her folks through the weekend, unless they become too challenging and wife returns them to the assisted living facility.
Going to celebrate wife's birthday, today. It's close enough and I'm anxious to give her the new (HO) cleaning car so "we" can give it a try.
Gotta run...have a good day y'all.
Rob
It was a tough year, but I made it !!!
But not everyone is as lucky as I am...... The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. I ordered a burger at McDonald's, and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?" CEO's are now playing miniature golf. If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you have to call them and ask if they mean you or them . Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM. McDonald's is selling the 1 /4 'ouncer'. Parents in Beverly Hills and Malibu are firing their nannies and learning their children's names. A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico . Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting. Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore. The Mafia is laying off judges. BP Oil laid off 25 Congressmen. Congress says they are looking into the Bernard Madoff scandal. Oh Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $ 1 .5 Trillion disappear! And, finally... I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, our shrinking 401k Plans and our bleak future, that I called the Suicide Life line and was connected to a call center in Pakistan . When I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Tom........Glad to hear your wife did good.
Ray.......Have fun on the switches!!!! Nothing like working in a hard to get to place!!
Here's a few pictures I got outside. Why use fake snow when you have the real thing!!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe just a cup of dark roast to go.....
I am just about out the door to go to the home of one of the NMERA members to help him wire and install a couple tortoise machines this afternoon. It should go smooth except for the fact they are both in places hard to get at. It is a very well done layout that has been recently converted to DCC (He loves it BTW) and hopefully we will have some time to run a few trains....
The Great Smokey Mountain RR sounds like a "must visit".......! Tom, glad your wife is recovering well from the eye surgery!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
We have been to the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad twice. What terrific rides they were. The last one was especially interesting as the car in front of the one we were riding in derailed and went to ground. I won't bother telling you whose batteries decided to die at that moment and who now makes his wife carry extra batteries in her purse. Everyone had to move forward to continue the ride back to Bryson City. As the power car had to be left behind, the return trip was in the dark. I must say riding through the forest at night with no lights was a special treat and most enjoyable. We are hoping to return someday before I get to old to drive all that way.
The wife's eye surgery went well. Total time from when we walked in the door of the Surgery Center until we walked out was 2 hours. Talk about a well organized outfit. She had a post-op visit with one of the doctors this morning and everything is fine. She says things seem a little brighter now in that eye, but we will have to wait for a few more days to see if she will have a little better vision. Thanks for all the good wishes.
Everyone have a good day.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
LSWrr Jeff, I might have MOW markings at the house in black on clear.
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on a snowy Friday morn other then Spring is 52 days off..I can't wait to go trackside again.Modeling wise yesterday I added the radio antenna and sunshades to my new Geep..I now need to add a high mount bell on the long hood..OC GP7 1501 is a Ex-Youngstown & Austintown/P&LE 1501..The Internet is a great research tool.Hard to believe not so long ago it would have taken me days to gather that information..I shall have a cup and look over da forum.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Ken: Have you found a good box yet?
Morning Folks
Flo, corn flakes and a glass of OJ.
Feeling somewhat better today, and did seem to sleep better last night. No chills or fever but did get sick to my stomach a few times. On a scale of 1 to 100 I feel like a 78.
Todd Thanks for the answer. Guess the reason I asked if the $125.00 sounds right is because I never replaced one. On all of the other repairs I have had Bob due for me, I have done something similar so I understood the time required.
Better get ready for work, see you all later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Just a quick stop.
I was looking in some boxes in the attic and came across a few jars with some rail joiners, and some other items. That will help, and then I found a picture of my old VW Bettle.
Here's a shot of it. It was painted (by me) with a color called "real teal", with a purple pearl. It would change from teal, to blue, to purple. It was lowered a few inches, chromed out motor. Dual carbs, drag cam, you name it. The interior was out of a old mustang. Very comfortable!! If I could have any car back, it would be this one!!
Good Morning! Coffee and a heaping plate of SOS please. Haven’t had that in too long a time. Thaaaank you! Today: Cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind around 10 mph becoming west.
Good Morning! Coffee and a heaping plate of SOS please. Haven’t had that in too long a time. Thaaaank you!
Today: Cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind around 10 mph becoming west.
Welcome Ron!!!
Ken- $125? I know it seems a bit high, but actually, it’s not too bad especially if he comes in shy of that. It’s sometimes best to bid a job counting on a few “problems“, if you know what I mean, and then ask for less. Makes people happier than asking for more, or having to eat it. My parents had a couple Lincoln’s ( not at the same time) of that style you have. They were good cars, but I can’t say as I remember anything about the oil filter adapters. Don’t know if they were angled, or just the regular flat to the block kind. I’ve seen way too many oil filters over the years to remember one. Like J.R. said, based on what you’ve said, I’d trust him.
OK, so yesterday didn’t see me installing any foam. Maybe, this morning before I have to get to the Restaurant. Don’t see why not, there isn’t that much to do. We’ll see. Maybe I’ll head down there right now before my phone rings with updates on what I will need to do. Any bets I make it?
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 morning. It's 42° and clear. The high will be 66° and it will be sunny.I feel much better this morning. No pain in my neck, just in my back, knees and my right ankle. But I always have that so it's no big thing. Today I'll likely be doing some work on the layout. Being that half of it has new track I have some work to do. I got a small plastic sanding block that I will be making even smaller. I'm going to use my Dremel to cut it down about 1.5" X 2". That will be just the size I need for it to span both rails without hanging over much on either side. I already have the 600, 800 and 1200 grit sandpaper I'll be needing along with several 6"X6" sheets of cork. My jar of Blue Magic metal polish is close at hand as is a piece of the handle of an old stainless steel spoon. What is all this for? Why is it all important for getting part of the work on the layout completed? G-L-E-A-M. The new track (about 50') needs to be GLEAMed. That means sanding the railheads starting with the 600 grit sandpaper then with the 800 grit and finally the 1200 grit. Following this I'll go over all the freshly sanded rail with the piece of stainless steel then use a piece of cork to apply the metal polish to the tops of the rails. After that dries I'll use pieces of cork to buff the polish off. That sounds like a lot of work but it really isn't. It gets the track really clean, gets rid of gouges in the tops of the rails and reduces future track maintenance (cleaning) to a minimum. The old track that has been in place since around 2004 was GLEAMed in the summer of 2006 and hasn't required more than an occasional wipe with a dry cloth since. The reason I would like this should appear to be obvious.
Where we live we hear train horns all the time...Sarnia Road bridge is practically at our doorstep so the CN and CP tracks both go through this kind of bottle neck thingee about 200 yards from us...
Good Morning,
Ron, I’m sure they will know what to do with that plow in the mountains. Does the plow fit on the front of the locomotive or is it something they push ahead?
Larry, I hear train horns so much I don’t even notice them if they are off in the distance. I live just north of the Collingwood yard on the east end.
Looks like NY will be glad when summer gets here. I wonder what they do with all the snow.
Jeff, I hope you feel better soon…
Good snowy morning.
We had one snow clipper come by this morning and another one late tonight. So far we are 13+ inches over the normal.
Made it by the LHS yesterday to get some rail joiners, and the store was broken into. The manager said that they took a RC car. You know what that means.......That was a customer that knew what they wanted, and had been in the store before. I hate that kind!!
Maybe work on the layout some more today, and try to get some picture of a car (hopper) outside in the snow.
Ron..........I rode the train when they had the old steam engine going. Very fun!! Its been years( about 8 or so) since I've been on the Smokey Mountain train.
Good Morning...
Ron!!...The locomotive sounds interesting...they'll have fun with that one I'm sure...
We got up to another 3" of the white stuff...I guess I get to go out and do some plowing again
We are supposed to see another 1-3" tomorrow as well...today? A mix of sun/cloud and a slight chance of the white stuff dribbling down on us'uns...
I'm going to get some stuff ready for my weekend on-call ting as well as my Monday night classes...then I may get to go and do some trainroom stuff...
Flo, I'll just have a coffee this morning..I'll be at the RC for now...
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening All, just coffee for me. I just talked to a friend of mine that works for the Great Smoky Mountains Railway, and he told me that they have purchased a new steam engine to replace the one that they blew the boiler on. The engine is a Swiss built 4-6-0 and is equiped with europian style hook and buffer system so they have also purchased the coaches to go with the engine. The engine is coal fired and they are going to leave it that way, they have also purchased a BUDD car and a snow plow. All this equipment is going to arrive here in Western North Carolina in early spring, I cant wait to get some photos when it arrives.
Well just wanted to share this with all you Steam Fans.
Good Night All.
Ron
I refuse to grow up!!!