blownout cylinder Lot of the cars on the front and rear said Do Not Hump. Well we all here know what a Hump Yard is, so I understood. But, I had time to reflect on what the none rail road person would think if they saw Do Not Hump!
Lot of the cars on the front and rear said Do Not Hump. Well we all here know what a Hump Yard is, so I understood. But, I had time to reflect on what the none rail road person would think if they saw Do Not Hump!
Barry ... Well, imagine what non-rr persons will think of the next sign: "Hot Box Detector".
On that note ....
Ray .... I like the coach and congrats on the certificate.
Jeff .. Hope it is a quiet night. Otherwise, I hope you air horn works and is very loud at 6:00 am.
JimCG ... Thanks for the comments. I had fun with the scene. I like being whimsical with the layout. Still working on the AL situation.
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Evening,
Todd, I have a couple of IHC steam engines which of course where made by Mehano. I have a 2-10-2 and a 4-6-4. The 2-10-2 has better detail than some other Mehano engines and amazingly will go around an 18" radius curve. They are both smooth running engines. I believe that the drives on Mehano engines are generally regarded as being quite good especially for the price.
Jim, on the steamer theme, you really can't go wrong with a Spectrum Consolidation. They are very nicely detailed, run well and pull well. I also think they are one of the better looking small locos. I have one with the factory Tsunami sound and it is really nice, one of my favourites. I have a Spectrum Decapod too but while the detail is great, I just don't like the look of it much sitting or running, and as a result I don't run it much. Maybe it is just a little too old looking for my taste.
Well today my wife and I bought a painting to hang in our dining room. We had wanted one for a while in that spot and found one at a local gallery. The artist is Geoff Farnsworth. He's on the net if anyone wants to see what he does.
I placed an order with Kleins so now I will have all the track and turnouts to get my little N scale layout started. I decided to go with Micro Engineering track and turnouts. I especially liked the turnouts and think they are a little better made than the Atlas. I also ordered a Dynamis DCC system for it. The price was right and it should do all I need on a little door layout. I thought the wireless feature would be neat. All that stuff plus a few decoders, building kits, etc. resulted in by far the largest order I've ever made from them. Oh well, I should be all set now.
The weather here has been about 50F so the snow has largely melted except for some in the back of our yard where it is very shady. The Red River is really high so they finally opended the gates to the floodway. Even with that there are a few homes on the north side of the city that have been flooded out.
Getting late so I think I'll sign off for now.
CN Charlie
Fruit & veggie smoothie, please.
***Ray, cool pics. And CONGRATS!
***Jeffrey, that sounded like a close one for you. Do be careful.
Long day here. Tuckered out tonight.
Rob
Good Morning Gang,
it´s a lazy Sunday morning. I went to our local church to light up a candle for our neighbor. She is in hospital and was diagnosed with cirrhosis. Her husband has left her not long after her twins were born, leaving her all alone in a foreign country. She is from Scotland. There must have been a period when she sought too much bottled comfort and will be paying a high price for it now. She is up for a transplantation but chances are pretty minimal that she will live to see that done. Petra and I are very, very sad, because we like her very much. Please include Allison in your prayers.
Flo, I am not up for a big breakfast, just a mug of coffee, please.
I am still a bit annoyed that my order has not yet arrived. I am so much in the mood for getting started on completing the track on some modules and get the first train to run. I have no clue when that order will finally be delivered. I don´t even get a notification from them - typical behavior in a country where customer service is mostly unheard of.
End of rant!
Ray - congrats - those pictures are just great!
If you like to get an idea of what I am up to with my layout ideas, here is a link to some videos which pretty much show what can be done with those mini-modules.
Have a good Sunday, Folks!
Good Morning..
Well, it may be a lazy Sunday morning but not here..I've got a bunch of stuff to do at the office today which means my day is pretty well shot......a few 'incidents' occurred yesterday...so here I go report writing...
It is supposed to get to 77F today with the ever popular chance of those ol' t'underin'boomers coming here this afternoon till tomorrow evening...
Flo, I'll just have a 40 cup urn of rawcaffeine please...i'm going to need it today...
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I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Not feeling good today. May just go back to bed. On the other hand, my DVD copy of 'The Train' came in yesterday so I may just lay back and watch that. May watch 'Unstoppable' again.
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Morning All,
Not much going on here. Slept in this morning untill 0800. I don't think I will be working outside today. The wife has a bad headache which usually means that her Meneers (spelling) is getting ready to flare up. She has to supervise the yard work...so no yard work. Unfortunately I need to go to Wally World to buy latex caulk and some sttuff for work for the next 2 weeks.
CNCharlie- I have read some postings (either this site or a PRR modeling site) that ME flex track is sometimes not gauged properly when you purchase it. I have no expeirence with it but some people posted that they loved it and others that they would never use it again. I am not trying to tell you that you are wrong, just that there may be some QA issues. I hope all of yours is fine.
Ulrich- I will keeep Allison in my prayers. It sounds like she has had a tough life.
Todd- I agree with Jim about the Spectrums. I have 2 K4s of their's that I run together. They run great, can pull a decent load up a grade and look wonderful. I put DCC in both and Sound in one. I always get compliments whenever I run them at the club.
Blownout- Is that a picture during the Civil War? That time frame has always fascinated me.
Jim- It sounds like your grandson had a great time. Looking forward to pictures.
Well I need to get moving so I can get things done around here. Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Curt, Jim, Garry, Rob, BOC, Ray and anyone I may have missed. Thanks for the concern about my entrapment yesterday. I'm still feeling a bit tired and not quite feeling like my usual self, not to mention I'm still sore in a few places, but I'm all right. Nothing broken or dislocated.
Curt: I am tempted to assume such. The tents at the top of the ridge and the way the steamer looks are quite close to that era...if not about 10-15 years afterwards...
Good Morning!! Just a mug of Dark Roast coffee please and I think I will sit on the vestibule while enjoying it and talk through the window thank you. What a Beeeeeautiful morning it is here in the land of political corruption and deceptive practices known as Illinoyz. Illinoy if you insist, E-lee-nwah if you want to be correct. Just ask a French guy to pronounce it. They named it, they oughta know. HELLOOOO! Miiight get a few moments in for the railroad today, but not much. Read the latest thread on modeling my way this morning. I always like those. They remind me I’m really not THAT much different than the majority out there and reminds me that even though others don’t feel the same way I do, most don’t care how I model as long as I enjoy it my way. This is gonna kick off another song from Ray I know.
Good Morning!! Just a mug of Dark Roast coffee please and I think I will sit on the vestibule while enjoying it and talk through the window thank you. What a Beeeeeautiful morning it is here in the land of political corruption and deceptive practices known as Illinoyz. Illinoy if you insist, E-lee-nwah if you want to be correct. Just ask a French guy to pronounce it. They named it, they oughta know. HELLOOOO!
Miiight get a few moments in for the railroad today, but not much. Read the latest thread on modeling my way this morning. I always like those. They remind me I’m really not THAT much different than the majority out there and reminds me that even though others don’t feel the same way I do, most don’t care how I model as long as I enjoy it my way. This is gonna kick off another song from Ray I know.
I have to run out to Mom’s house and sweep up any Asian beetles that have expired laying around. The Realtor wants to have another Open House today. I’m beginning to have thoughts of replacing said Realtor with someone from say a company like Re-max or Caldwell Bankers. This guy is an independent and though he is an MLS dude, he is not aggressive at all. Kinda sit back and lt the folks from some other realtor sell the house. But, he was a long time friend of Mom and Dad and she says he’s a nice man and wanted him to sell the house etc, etc, etc….
Anywho, then we have the benefit thing for our friend who passed in end of Jan this afternoon. So hopefully between when I get back from Mom’s and when I have to de stink myself for the benefit….. Brenda has already walked by twice reminding me of the time. Good woman. Don’t know why I even need a clock. She has to be there around noon to help set up I guess. I hope she doesn’t expect me to be there too. Maybe I oughta ask. Maybe I won’t and claim ignorance.
Jim- Yes I do believe if Jeff had the time to wait, any of us would have come down to help him. He would however still have to put up with a few chuckles though. AFTER of course we found out he was OK. - As for the lampshade covers, I wasn’t aware you were to remove them right off the bat. Ours are still on and when they get too bad off, remove the plastic and BAM! New shades.
Ray- Great photo! I’m glad you chose that on, it is a second looker. Is that the same one you showed earlier or did you retake? Again, congrats.
Ken- Thanks for putting it politely. Very nice way of saying it was long Unfortunately there are so many reasons something doesn’t work, it takes a while and even then you always seem to miss something. It’s harder and longer to say it than do it and of course without the car in front, you forget things you normally just do. So to save a few trips in and out to do the “Now what’s?” well… you know.
Brevity is not one of my virtues.
Charlie- Thanks for the info. I’ll take IHC off the “not really interested in” list and put it in the “depends on this” list. Like I said, exact detail is not all that important to me, though I don’t necessarily want it to look all cast like a $3 plastic toy would, but I do want something that will run good at least for a reasonable time.
Well I….., WHAT!!! I guess I best get movin. I’m burning choo choo time today.
So…. A hump yard is not a place were…..
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this glorious spring like morning-61 degrees..Well,the shows over and I spent zero dollars because the N Scale prices was to high and 90% of the HO was out of my era.There was a lot of deals such as a built MDC 2 Truck Shay for $40.00-asking $65.00 drop to $40.I was tempted.The Atlas diesels was competitive price and there was several older P2K diesels for $45.00 and many dealers willing to haggle from that price..Looking back..There was a W&LE BB SD40-2 for $40.00..Maybe I should have haggled and bought that one.I operated the first 2 hours with zero derailments.Needless to say I am rather proud after all usually with other modelers taking in the operation things has a tenancy to go to hell in a hand basket..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!"
(Walks in, looks around, smiles, and bursts into....) "I did it my way......."
Mornin' everyone! I'm awake (more or less.... OK, less), I'll have a couple of eggs over easy and a side of bacon, sour dough toast as well to go along with a pot of dark roast coffee. What? Barry drank the entire pot you had done this morning? I'll wait until you get another pot done then.
After being on my feet all day yesterday, I can barely stand today.... Getting old I think. Thank you folks for the kind words. Todd, yes I have posted THAT photo here before.... maybe a couple of times. It is one of my favorites. I am skipping church this morning (I always give up going to church for Lent anyway... (Old family joke). Just seems like this time of year gets very busy for me. I can't understand what the Rev. is saying in our sanctuary anyway. Combination of horrible acoustics and the fact that he won't wear his mike properly and it pick k k k k ssssssss up p p p p ec c c c c ho. My being deaf doesn't seem to help either. Too bad as he is a wonderful pastor, great preacher, and a dear friend.
Jeffrey, watch the sugar and take evasive action when needed...... Hope you get feeling better today!
On my way to Hammondsport yesterday, one of my tasks was to stop at Dunkin Doughnuts and buy 4 dozen Doughnuts for the Meet. I am thinking the whole time we will probably get 20 people max and half don't eat doughnuts anymore, so I will be taking home 3 doz. of the things which I know must not be thrown out (Mom said there were little children in China Starving..... so eat your food!). Figured THAT would seriously do in the A1 test scheduled for the week after Easter. Right after our break between clinics I moseyed on over to get one where they put the coffee pot and the doughnuts and..... They were gone! Every Last one of them! I said a quick "Thank You Lord!" and went back to the presentation. Now all i have to do is have someone hide the Easter Baskets some blasted bunnies keep bringing me until after I have the bloodwork done!
Barry, I think you are right on the pic. Very likely it is a Civil War Vintage era. One of the Tenders says Military on it. I tried all the tricks I know to read the names of the locomotives, but couldn't make it out and enlarging it was too fragile for the res of the photo.
OK, I have a lot of things to unpack and put away. best get moving!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning, well almost Noon to you all
I removed yesterday's rant. It wasn't necessarilly fair.
I should go out and remove the winter cover and insulation from around the A/c inthe LR. It hasn't rained yet as they "promised" it would. I'm not sure it's going to. Partly cloudy, but warming up in the trailer fast. I hope the sun stays hidden it will be cooler in here then. Yesterday got up to 73 in here. Not exactly bad, but I sweat like a mule pulling a hayride at anything over 70*, even with just shorts on.
I got the dishwasher done yesterday. Today I should unload it and I got one load of laundry done and inthe dryer. Need to fold the clothes now and should run atleast one more load of laundry. Not much but with a bronchial infection I can't breathe well. Antibotics have taken away some of the congestion, but still having tight lungs breathing. Like Jeffrey, I have to take things slow and easy.
Speaking of Jeffrey- sounds like a real fiasco. Aren't cell phones wonderfull for emergencies? Good thing your sister and husband were available to get you out. I can see where it owuld have worn you out for the day. Take it easy and rest.
WEll, I should get a move on.
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.
Coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Hope y'all are having a great day.
Cheers! Rob
Evening All,
Not much going here. Our daughter is coming over for dinner since her husband is working tonight so that will be nice. We are having one of those flavored pork tenderloins...yummeeee...
Worked on the layout for about 4 hours today. I was cutting, fitting and soldering flex track in a portion of the layout as you enter the coaling area (probably the most work intensive section). I also hooked up the end of the passenger merge with the main and laid the diesel servicing facility. I have noticed that everything takes about twice as long to do as I plan on.
I'm off tomorrow and I had planned on laying track, but you know I feel more like running trains. I haven't run any for almost 2 weeks and I am going into withdrawls so off to the club I go. I guess my next track day will be Friday. I realized today that I don't need to kill my self making the layout-I have no schedule but my own.
PRR T-1
I hope everyone has a great Sunday evening.
Oh I almost forgot. How do you get color in your posts?
Coffee refill, please.
***Curt, sounds like great progress there. And thanks for the reminder that this is suppose to be a fun hobby and not a time trial. I sometimes get overhwelmed when walking into our train room. Neat pic, btw. Wish there was a model of that available in N scale.
Did some outdoor (priority) stuff today. No MRRing.
Evening folks
Flo, OK you got me one all ready
This year weather wise as been something. Last week I was running heat and now A/C over one weekend.
Work Front Still not the weekend I was hoping for but still not bad. Again Sunday was messed up, for 2 hours not a soul came in, then slammed and then nothing for the rest of the day. At this point the store is on track for $56,000.00 this month! Boy if we can hit that number I should get a little something extra in the pay check.
Train Front Well, the DT 400 is working now (user error ) so it does not another to Digitrax. Getting ready to open up the Y6 b, starting to get a wine out of the engine after a while. Has not been lubed for about 100 hours so it is time.
See you all Monday.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Evening..
Everything is all quiet here..I ended up spending most of it in the office getting paperw**k done and then did nothing but walked around downtown for a bit...
As it is I'm going to have a sit me down and think about what other scenic stuff I have that I may need some more of....
Chloe,I'll just have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC for a bit...
Evenin' Folks!
Deep breath........... Ahhhhhhh! Steam power.... Thanks Barry!
Flo, just a decaf and a seat by the open window where I can watch and smell coal burning locos..... Mmmmmmmmmmm!
After unpacking and putting away all the Division stuff today. I decided to do a bit of tweaking to the Rivarossi Coaches and Baggage car. They were derailing constantly, comming uncoupled every time the loco hiccuped anywhere on the layout and i didn't like the look of the distance between the cars.
So I pulled off the el cheapo whisker type couplers that come with the cars and tried to figure out which Kadee couplers might work on them..... Got out the bunch of #5s I have (I use a lot of them) and they, of course where considerably shorter. On the other hand the distance between the cars would look right. So I put on a #5 and couldn't get the bracket that goes under the coupler pocket to not scrape on the coupler.... I was taking the #5 back off and figured tomorrow would be a run to the LHS when... The light bulb went on. The little bracket would fit just fine if I turned it around and put it on backward. So the cars are now no longer uncoupling every 10 feet, and are derailing much less often as well (still have to do some tweaking. One problem on one car was a truck was too tight....). Now they look like this:
Have a great night! Prayers for all in need.
Evening, Flo - I'll have the grilled chicken please, with asparagus and a half-peach, and a Rio Grande mug of decaf. Thanks!
[Jeff wrote:]
Jeff, good to hear - Question for you, since you've seen "Unstoppable" - how'd you like it? I was debating about renting it someplace local to me.
CN Charlie and Curt - thanks for the review of Consolidation locos (and of Mehanos). (But Curt, it was CN Charlie who told me, not moi. )
Ken, sounds good for you at w**k - will you get a bonus from your boss? That'd be great!
I attempted some w**k on the Jordan bus earlier today (so-so results - those seats are the dickens to get lined up and glued to the floor!). Even considered whether to pay a guy I know to put this thing together... (Decided not to do THAT)
But I was able to get some of the photos resized from Drew's party uploaded to P-Bucket, so here're a few. First, Drew (in the green shirt; his mother is behind him wearing the turquoise shirt) with Ken the giraffe:
And this Ken really liked his carrots (you could buy two for $1 to feed him):
There were some Jacob's spotted sheep (with between one and four horns on some):
And next to the tables where the cake and presents were opened was Jeckers the blue and yellow macaw (with a sign warning people NOT to get close, since he bites)
(Hopefully I won't be killing those of you using dial-up connections...)
About time for me to finish up supper and head on home. We have a storm watch in the area for tonight/tomorrow a.m., which I hope will amount to...nothing!
Prayers for Ulrich's friend Allison, for Jeff to get recuperated up, for a good night's rest for us other Diners, for Ken (the two-legged Diner) to get that bonus, and for a good week ahead to get in some MRR'ing time.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
JimRCGMO [Jeff wrote:] Curt, Jim, Garry, Rob, BOC, Ray and anyone I may have missed. Thanks for the concern about my entrapment yesterday. I'm still feeling a bit tired and not quite feeling like my usual self, not to mention I'm still sore in a few places, but I'm all right. Nothing broken or dislocated. Jeff, good to hear - Question for you, since you've seen "Unstoppable" - how'd you like it? I was debating about renting it someplace local to me.
Hi, all. Been an interesting couple days around here. Last Thursday was the end of the 90 day wait for a divorce, Yay! Not surprisingly wife refused to sign, boo. She said she has a couple doctor appointments on May 3 and May 10 and can't pay for them without my insurance. She also went to visit her mother yesterday and her son went along. He came home but she didn't. When he got here he said he told his grandma what she did (refusing to sign divorce papers) and "Grandma was really pi**ed! She sat mom down at the table and had a long talk with her." Told her if she said she would sign the papers to get back here and sign the d**n papers. That she had no right to do that to that man. I almost laughed out loud. Tonight wife said she would definitely sign the papers on May 11 after her appointment on May 10 and offered to put it in writing. Which I accepted not that it really means anything. So here's hoping.
Otherwise not much happening. Keeping my nose buried in MRR mags or hiding in computer room to avoid conflicts. Glad I got those subscriptions renewed last year.
Jim- Sorry for the confusion. I must not of given enough attention when I was reading. I am making a list of everyones screen name and real name as I figure it out. It can be confusing at times when people go back and forth.
This may seem stupid to those of you that are around farm animals (I never have been), but is it normal for a sheep to have more than 2 horns? I have to say that it looks pretty strange.
Curt Webb This may seem stupid to those of you that are around farm animals (I never have been), but is it normal for a sheep to have more than 2 horns? I have to say that it looks pretty strange.
Hi Gang: It's been a Really long time sinc I've droped a line in the door. As I have said, " Retirement is alot more work then having a job." I worked on fences most of the day with some help from my oldest granddaughter. She is in FFA and needed some time for her grade. She is also in color guard at school. She is doing very well there. I don't know how she does it sometimes. Any with her help we got alot done and I'm really pooped.
I haven't done a thing on the HO. I've been wanting to but the ranch won't let me. Right now we are in hopes of getting some rain. It's been very dry here. Out in west Texas there is a fire burning 125 square miles of country. Here we are in a fire ban for the last month and I don't see it being lifted any time soon. They did let me burn a couple of brush piles two weeks ago after a little rain.
Well I'll be heading out. I'm really tired. I'll try and drop back in soon but don't hold your breath.
Good evening.
Paul ... It's good to hear from you! Great to hear about grand daughter and FFA. Wish you could work on HO. What about the big live steam? Hope Mary Ann is OK.
Ray .. Nice work on the coach couplers. I have mounted Kadees on numerous passenger cars. It is better to mount directly on the car body. Long shank Kadees help cars on the curves.
Attaboy ... You adventure does not sound pleasant.
I'm in Alabama helping my 91-year old mother with stuff. I just discovered yet another huge problem that will be time consuming for me. All of these problems are wearing me out.
Yay, been to long since I've been to the diner. A piece of Apple Pie ala mode please Flo!
Jim, I love the Giraffe pictures, I've yet to meet a Giraffe but look forward to the occasion if it arises.
I came into a nice bit of extra cash and order a slew of stuff through Walthers (including 8-different passenger cars) and an older P2K 0-8-0 that I'm looking forward to doing much work on, including weathering substantially and upgrading the electronics. The latter will happen after I have somewhere to run it of course.
Seven of the eight passenger cars will be part of my rendition of the '49 Crescent. I'm going to try swapping sides with NKP Car Co. brass sides and see how that goes. The project will be ongoing, and likely take a long time to do, but that's fine with me! As it gives me plenty to look forward too.
Alvie
Howdy all!
I can't even remember the last time I was in. Good to see a few familiar faces around though.
I decided to pop in because my head has been thinking about trains once again, for two reasons: 1. I rode the D&SNGRR last summer and narrow gauge steam has been haunting me (especially seeing as that's what my Grandad liked best), and 2. I drove by my LHS a couple days ago only to see signs saying that it was going out of business in less than a week. It's really sad to see North End Trains finally end... I remember going there years ago with my grandfather. Good times those were... I suppose I'll have to find a new LHS around here. I guess google is my friend.
Alright well that's it for now
Mark (Hoople)
Good Morning America!
A new day is breaking - seems as if we are getting a fair dose of sunshine today! Nothing much planned for the day, I am just hoping for my order of track to arrive!
Zoe, just a coffee for me, please. I have to go easy on that hearty food here in the Diner.
Mark - good to see you back. It´s been a long time - maybe two years?
Have a good start into the new week!