Morning Folks.
Flo, the Hot Chocolate sounds good! I take a cup and a Blue Berry Muffin.
Well we are getting freezing rain and it pretty nasty outside. Tree limbs are hanging down quit a bit. Called the owner of the company I work for, we are closed today thank goodness.
Todd Let me know if you need anything for your Road Runner. I have door handles, window cranks, fender bolts, side marker lights, well just a lot of stuff.
Lee Most of my train stuff is from the 50's. Far as engines, BL 2's, F 3, 7's and 9's and E 6 and 8 units, pair of Erie Built, RSD 15, SD 7. Then there is the steam power, Big Boy, Y6-b, Hudson, M1a and Heavy Mike. Most of my Box Cars have walkway's on the top, so they should fit into the 50's as well. Cannot say I have ever bothered to read the markings. Have some where around 50 2 and 3 bay coal cars, one here on my desk has a build date of 04-45.
See you all for lunch.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning Gang, I'm not sure about the good part, but it is morning.
I'll have a Western Denver Sandwich and a HC. Thanks Girls.
This is just a short note to make a lot of the diners feel better in the face of the winter storms that will be blowing through from Oklahoma to Nova Scotia. On my way to work here this morning it was -35c with a wind chill taking it down to -48c. One lady came in this morning saying that she had to hold the door on her car closed manually as once it opened this morning it wouldn't latch in the cold.
I ordered some of those Chinese trees they have on E-bay. I think they will have to be topped up with loose foliage but the price was good and they looked quite good. Will let you all know when they arrive and my opinion on them for what it's worth.
Hope you are all stocked up with groceries and batteries, water etc., just in case you end up out of services for awhile until they get to handle the snow volume you'll be dealt.
Have the best day you can, and keep smiling until it hurts.
Happy railroading...
Johnboy out.............................and back to work.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have ..... Ooooo You have blueberry pancakes on the menu. I guess I'll have a short stack of Blueberry Pancakes, a side order of fresh Country Sausage, and uh... What sure put some Grits on the plate but no gravy, and a cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug. I'll go sit in the front booth and watch the weather outside.
We got a couple inches of "partly cloudy" overnight. They have let the road crews sleep in today though so they haven't -plowed or salted. Only a few cars out on the road. I thing most everyone around here are just gettings hunkered down for the brunt of the storm which will be arriving tomorrow. Forecast for today calls for 2 to 4" of fluffy, tonight 4 to 6", and tomorrow......... 10" to 15" of white stuff. A couple of schools nearby are operating on a 2 hour delay or have closed. Bet tomorrow the Finger Lakes Region will be "Closed"! I do hope that if my son has to go into work tonight, he will have the common sense to hole up where he works instead of driving home..... Once the wind kicks in roads will not be passable.
Sol (the note between Fa and La), I think I will try to get as much wood brought over and stacked as possible early today, and then retire to the train room and see what I can get done on a couple projects.
Lee, I did the exact same thing (furnace filter on a box fan) for use in the train room when doing any project that makes dust. I got one THAT is a Hepa Filter.
Ulrich, no problem on the shirt, it was an old Boy Scout T-shirt that had lots of stains anyway, it just woke me up in a hurry having hot coffee spilled all down the front of me. Get yourself looked at very soon. Breathing problems can tunr ugly very fast!!! Prayers....
Barry, "Clean White Shirt"....... I thought you knew me better than THAT!
Stay warm and safe!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning all. I see we're in Mobile. Whooo hoo! Hey, Ulrich chose a great spot, I see BB60 just on the horizon, and we're next door to CSX Siebert yard, and not a long shot from the Alabama State Docks....
Just going to take an order of biscuits and gravy with a large glass of milk. Wife had to take our 1 year old (Mikayla) to the Drs yesterday, she was running a 101 temp. So now BOTH of my children have the flu. Oh well, I'm not getting it, however with the weather change I have starter sinus drainage, but that's normal for me.
As for today I have to go and check out whether or not the fuel pump is working, or the injectors are not firing on an 89 Nissan 300z, not a big deal, but I can't easily find a wiring schematic for it, which kinda makes it harder, but not impossible. Tomorrow is an a/c job on a 99 Chevrolet Silverado, which won't be hard at all. Its been kinda a busy week for me as far as the automotive jobs are concerned, not that I'm complaining, we really do enjoy the extra income in the household.
Welp, my food is here, and I see a CSX coal haul coming down from the M&M (Montgomery and Mobile) subdivision to be unloaded, so I think I'll watch it.
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this Tuesday morning other then yesterday I placed the layout board on the dinning room table(I'm allowed-I'm a bachelor.) and use some flex track I have on hand and the 4 switches and wasn't to thrilled with the results.Here's the ticket..I want at least 1 engine and 2 50' cars on the run around leads-I decided to add a run around so I could add 2 more industries.So,back to Bing maps for some guidance and some more Rubik Cube track planning is on tap for today..I did come up with a workable idea yesterday so,Slate Creek construction is drawing nearer and I decided on Micro Engineering weathered flex track and Peco switches.This combination is a first for me.Another goofy idea cross my mine was the thought of using Sargent couplers but.....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!"
Lunch time.
Still got some light rain falling. Anything is better than ice/snow.
Been reading up on the NS interview. Found a few websites that talk about it. Basic math, some reading, and a personality test. Most of the "website responders" said. "Get at the interview at 8:00 sharp!!" That NS will talk a few minutes, and then you get a break. Then you come back and take about three tests, just to make sure you have common sense. Pass those, and its on to the interview part. Fail and you go home. After the interview process, you will get a notice 48hrs or so about the next step. Physical, drug test, etc............. Then pass that and your off to Georgia to get the training you need. They give about a month or so notice before you go to GA.
They also said to be honest, and know some history about the company. Hopefully the tests aren't that bad. They also said about 50 to 100 people show up for the interview, but they get weeded out fast!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Well, golly gee, I go away for a day and a whole new month, a whole diner move, and 3 pages go by!
I skim read what peeps wrote, and won't comment on anything as I got a headache trying to keep up!
I don't care where the diner is, I Look around me and see......snow snow and more snow. Snow everywhere. SNow coming down in fine misty whispy stuff, but accumulating just the same. Supposed to be 6-12 inches by time done tomorrow! May havet o break out the roof rake and rake of the roof of the trailer and that of an elderly neighbor who shares her bounty with us and the neighbors. She getsa package of day old stuff from a grocery store {actually the one MOH works at to be precise} but she can;t eat any of it as she is a "siliac"- can't have wheat or wheat gluten. SO she shares with us. MOH is down now shovelling out her driveway, even though later today there will be a van of peeps coming around from elder services to shovel her drive-a service she gets free as a Sr Citizen in this county. I checked to see if I am available for that service as a disabled person as MOH can't always shovel-especially when at work and it snows- but I am not as I am nto 65 or over. Yet. ANd they don't do disabled people. Bummer.
New heat tape next Monday. hope this one lasts and the dripping of water keeps the pipe from freezing with the cold snap we have coming.
Well I have talked long enough.
I shall have to look around the forum and see what else I missed.
TTYALL8R
-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.
Good Afternoon all, it is raining and cool here in the smoky mountains, perfect weather for old achy joints. Flo how about some of that 100 mile coffee, the stuff you can stand a spoon in, and an order of onion rings.
So Mobile Al. do you think we will be here for Marde gra. Been up in the studio moving the kilns and getting things ready for to finish building my modules. Looks like I can have a 12' x 8' foot print and have plenty of room to walk around the layout, and still use the studio, table saw and some of my bigger woodshop equipment will be harder to use when the layout is up. But that is why I am going with the modules, the plan is to build a storage rack that the modules will slide into when the Wife or I have bigger projects going on.
Well I had better get back to it, want to have this done today.
See you all later, and everyone stay safe out there in all that white and icy stuff.
Ron
I refuse to grow up!!!
Italian Roast coffee in a STORMY SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Robby, sure hope that works out. You will be the second Diner patron to be hired by NS. And of course you are always welcome to visit us here on the ol' farm.
***Larry, will be interesting to see what you eventually end up with. Extra industries is always good.
****Johnboy, I have a bunch of those trees, too. Perhaps a dusting of muted colors will fix them. The basic structures are nice. They come in BRIGHT green.
***Ken, you have a nice train roster there, especially the steamers.
Considering re-doing the hospital rock walls, as they look rather sloppy. Think I rushed them in an effort to speed up progress. Will let the wife decide, as it is her layout.
The wind is blowing with rain on the way. Off to hay the cows, then spend some time in the train room. It will be a good day for the latter.
Cheers! Rob
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon, the mother of all blizzards draws nearer and nearer...
ROBBY P: At the last CNW hiring session I attended (spring 1992), the "talk" consisted of the most grizzled railroader I'd ever seen doing his best to talk us OUT of hiring-on. He laid-out every negative thing about RR life: weather, life on-call 24/7/365 for a decade (extra board), death to any meaningful relationships, weather, risk to life and limb, etc., etc., etc. Along the way, he'd pause for a moment or so...at which point a number of guys would dash for the door. After his speech, maybe a dozen of us were left. As you said, we took a short break (just long enough for everybody to get a smoke in), then had two (I think) tests. Reading comprehension was one...and I believe the other was a "logic/reasoning" test. There "could" have been a basic mathematics test too...don't remember for sure. The interview was one of the most unpleasant of my life. The grizzled railroader didn't blink, didn't smile, didn't frown, didn't...seem to breathe. I'd hate to play poker against him, put it THAT way! Good luck to you...
Oh, and THAT advice about being there at 8-sharp? Our session started at 8 am. The door to the room opened at 0759, and was closed at 0800, opening only to let people OUT.
CUDAKEN: A rough deal for sure. Maybe you oughta put a list up on HO YARDSALE. It's free, you can post the whole list in one shot...might get you some bucks.
Gotta go clear-out Rerun's trail...again... A good, SAFE afternoon to us all! Best wishes to all in need...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Power went out here shortly after my morning post. The rain was coming in hard but it was difficult to tell sometimes exactly what direction it was going, as it actually appeared to be going back up at times. The drive into town was quite interesting partly due to the rain but mostly due to the wind. I came close to doing a few unintentional lane changes and twice I had to pull over and wait for the rain to let up a bit as the wipers were completely overwhelmed. Wiper speed on a lot of the old Dodges was slow at best and my van is no exception. I also had to keep a rag handy to periodically wipe the inside of the windshield. Due to a lack of defrosters the windshield would fog up from time to time. Some day I must install a heater core and a blower. Power came back on close to noon. Some areas are still without power at this time.
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BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Howdy ...
Well, since we decided on Mobile, AL, here's a welcome to AL. It's at the welcome center on I-65 at the TN border.
South of Birmingham is the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum including this steam locomotive.
I will be traveling to Alabama in a few days to help my sister with our 91 year old Mom. She has been "friends" with a 90 year old widowed man which has been nice in some respects. (My Dad died 20 years ago.) Her friend is now gravely ill in ICU, and might not survive. If he does not survive, Mom will then have a transition. This may be a very difficult trip.
Has anyone heard from JimCG, lately?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
LSWrr Jeff that’s some bad rain storm, I see the weather channel is calling for “flooding” rains for your area
Hey guys.
Mobile, eh? That's about an hour and a half away from where I live.
Right now I'm drilling and taping the styrene truck mounting insert so I can use athearn trucks on a few AHM covered hoppers. I had just got back from the bank and autozone (MSD distributor cap and rotor) and the weather was nice when I left. On the way from back from the autozone to the bank (there's a dental office between them) it got really foggy and windy. Could this be the same system Jeff is going through?
Jeff, Have you used RainX on your windshield? The stuff works really well for me, only problem I have with it is that it seems to come off after a few months. I need to put a new application of it on, but before mine wore off I could drive along at 35 in moderately heavy rain without using wipers because it would roll right off; only in pretty heavy rain would I have to turn the wipers on. Might help your van with the slower wipers.
Robby, Good luck with the RR job.
John, never heard of that movie.
JR, When you were in Pensacola did you ever go to Five Flags speedway or the Emerald coast dragway (actually were they even around then, and when was then)? I'm intending to take my '94 mustang GT up there in a few weeks. Those Mchenry couplers you're talking about look like this one right?
I think I have some of them laying around that I probably won't ever use.
Rob, You're talking about the Athearn Genesis SD60I, right? Model railroader did a review on the SD60M not to long ago. Should be the same from a model standpoint.
Check here, there is one from the MR staff, a reader, and some on the older proto 2000 SD60s: http://mrr.trains.com/reviews-search.aspx?product=%7bE88D0088-3CB6-4D8B-81BA-75F39D040BB0%7d&scale=%7b182F69E6-E29B-4E09-BF9B-B0B9EFA81ED4%7d&type=&keywords=sd60m
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.
Fine, we'll go Alabama. Well, at least it stopped raining out here. However, we have a problem in the railroad. Progress has been halted due to this weird thing called 7th grade. Man, cant wait till summer.
BLIZZARD!!!!! RUN!!! HEAD FOR INDOORS!!!! IT'S A FLIPPIN BLIZZARD!!!!!
Can't see to the street, the neighbors are GONE I tell ya GONE!!!
The owner of the restaurant called and said she's not opening. Feels it'd just be a waste of time and dangerous for even me to try to get there. I have to drive halfway across town (5 blocks I think) and the other guy has to come from Springfield. He wouldn't make it.
The roads have gone something called level 3. All roads other than the interstate and RT66 (why 66 ? I don't know) are closed and it is against the law to be on them after 9 pm. Never heard of that before. Nobody in their right mind would be out NOW, let alone after dark and I ain't skeered a nothin.
Haven't tried the snow behemoth yet. It would be pointless. It's chompin at the bit in the garage. Tomorrow. Brenda seems most concerned with her footprints disappearing and not being able to see the front step. I said it's concrete. It ain't going anywhere. The lack of her footprints I ignore.
The lights have flickered a couple times this afternoon but so quick it makes you wonder if they did or you blinked. But to be on teh safe side I think I'll just shut down the ole 'puter. The wind is howling so it's possible we lose power. The generator does run though so who knows.
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 All,
Snow has quit for now about 6" down so far and a bunch more due tonight. I'm getting ready to head out between sessions of the white stuff. I'd just as soon it stay all snow and not turn to ice/rain tomorrow - what a mess THAT would be.
Vincent - went to 5 flags several times while I was stationed in Pensacola. It was dirt and no fences on the perimeter. If someone helped a bit you could sail right off the track in back (big wood retaining wall in front) and some nights that would happen and a bit later the hitee would come roaring back over the berm and resume (or more likely retaliate). At the time they had a "foreign car class" and my friend ran his big Healey (Austin Healey 3000) and did very well until they banned sports cars. He'd only gotten in because the car had a back seat and he claimed it was a convertible sedan LOL. Yep - those are the Mc Henry devices I'm looking for - specifically the #53's for the 6 wheel truck. Let me know if you want to sell or swap for them.
Jeff - glad you're on higher ground. Might want to check that life raft anyway?
Gotta run - want to beat the next front home. CUL, J.R.
Evening folks.
Flo, a please.
Well No Snow, just sleet! Darn, I was looking forward to some snow.
Not ready to sale my HO stuff just yet. But if I do I will let you folks know. If I lose the house, Simon 1966 said I can store the train and stereo gear at his house. Besides, never know what the future holds.
Rob I have some newer engines as well, GE 6000, Dash 9, SD40-2 and a couple of SD 50's.
Darn Digitrax DT-400 is acting up again! While I can control all the functions, the Liquid Crystal Display is not working right. Only thing that shows is the power reading for the two engines. Everything else is missing! Guess it is going back to Florida again for a vacation.
See you all later, heading to the DCC section of the site.
Good Evening
Wel, we are not seeing a dang thing falling ...yet..but it is a'coming....
I got some kits built..a couple of churches and a few elevator parts put together...and since i am not proposing to do any travelling around tomorrow I just may post something up..providing I can get the manual to work here...
Chloe, I'll have a pentuplet burger and a plate o' fries with that as well...I'll be sitting at the window booth watching the scenery go by...
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/
Went to Captain D's for lunch today. Without even batting an eyelash the girl behind the counter rang me up on the senior citizens discount. Why do I feel so old all of a sudden? I know I have some gray and some wrinkles. OK, a lot of gray and some wrinkles a mountain climber could get lost in. But I don't look all that old for 50!
Coffee refill, please.
***Ken, seems you could use some additional motive power, huh!
***Garry, sorry to hear the news.
***Der, finally took a look at the extra stuff under the magnifier. Should be able to use most, if not all of it. I still haven't made it to the PO yet.
Wife really liked the hospital area, so there are no do-overs. As long as she is pleased, that is all that matters. She likes her U30B CSX loco, so I'll work on replacing it with an identical DCC/sound version.
Rainging cats & dogs outside, (or on them). Heading back down to the train room. As long as the power stays on, it's good MRRing weather, IMO.
Evenin' folks!
Flo, I'll have the hot roast beast sandwich, side order of fries (with some beef gravy on them), and a trip to the salad bar tonight. To drink? Oh, just a cup of decaf please.
Nothing more than a light flurry here today. But THAT is supposed to change by Midnight. Heavy snow will start in the wee hours. Six to ten inches should fall by morning with another 4 to 6 inches tomorrow. Then taper off to flurries with 1 to 2" tomorrow night. Thursday will be dig out day for me. "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow....."
I moved and stacked 5 wheelbarrow loads of firewood today, and I am exhausted. Most had to be unfrozen and dug out of the pile, then run the wheelbarrow through the accumulated snow back over to the porch.... Maybe next year I should get it all piled before Winter sets in??? I also looked up 25 or 30 NMRA members phone #s online to update our records.
Tonight I am spending some time on projects down cellar in the train room. Really!
Stay dry and warm (and safe) out there.
Stopped at Circle K to get gas this morning. It's one of the cheaper places in town. Still $3.04 a gallon for regular unleaded. For that price and with the old battleship I'm driving there should be an oil company rep out there cheering me on. Van backfired through the exhaust when I started it up after getting gas. Made a very loud ka-boom. Literally scared the$1****$2out of some guy. Well, I guess when you gotta go you gotta go. And he went!
Hey guys. Figured I would need something like this pretty soon. Driving home was a mess. Sometimes I think I would of had better luck keeping my Jeep in 4x4 low and first gear. May need this soon to get out.
So Alabama huh. Well, I'll be. Looks like that dixie horn is going to get used after all.
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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!
What else? OK, the blizzard seems to have tapered off. Not without losing power for about 2 seconds. enough to shut down the TV's and of course the computers WHICH for some reason I hadn't shut off yet. Was pretty much on my way in to do it like I said I was going to. All that to say now, I've turned on the computer and the screen is all faded and pinkish. Like there is a color missing. Green possibly because that is the only color on the menu I can't seem to do anything with. Already rebooted. Maybe 1 more time then restart tomorrow.
Ahem. Brenda has just informed me I'm missing black. Not green
Weather guesser is making unpleasant noises about snow and ice being possible here Friday!
Sorry Jeff, though I don't want the stuff, I did NOT ask to send it your way.
Just looked at the drive. You know the part were the snowblower will be used? Well, it has maaaaybe an inch. Piled and drifted everywhere else except the drive.
Well, it started here about an hour ago...and we already have about 2" of the stuff on the ground here...
And, no, we canna see a thing here, cap'n....