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Elliot´s Trackside Diner May 2011 - Welcome Aboard, Everybody!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, May 20, 2011 4:24 PM

It's 92° here and not a drop of rain in sight as of yet. Weather guesser says we're supposed to get some today. I'll believe it when I see it.

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Friday, May 20, 2011 2:19 PM

Whistling

G'd Afternoon Gang,

I'm a little late for lunch so, just make me a plate of left-overs, OK girls ?   RBF to chase.

Well here I am sitting at w**k again and wishing I was at home, but spending a little time surfing the net and decided I should give you folks a bit of a history lesson again as it has been almost a month since the last one.  This will be especially interesting to our transit / traction lovers.  SO, HERE GOES >>>

Hope you enjoy it.

The Passing of the Old-Time Dummy.
Railway and Locomotive Engineering—June, 1907

Editor:

At Mt. Lookout, near Cincinnati, there has passed before the advancing tractions one of the last of the curious steam railways, which, for want of a better name, were dubbed "dummies."

The "dummy" was rather in a class by itself. Basically it was a car, rather the shape of the old-style railway cars, but was considerably broader and without platform at one end. One end then was given over to the engines. These were simple, plain steam engines of the sort needed to propel the car. They were cramped, or, rather, it was the style that the engineer's portion of the car should occupy the minimum of space. Grades were fairly easy, and there was no particular striving after speed.

The fore half, or, better, three-quarters of the car, held the passengers. Just a bench of plainest wood along either side with an aisle down the middle. At the farther end was the platform where the conductor had his place. When he was sick or off duty the engineer collected fares. The stations were just sheds, as a sort of shelter in bad weather, along the route, from the city to the outlying suburbs. Most of the traffic came from sightseers, visiting the university observatory on the two nights of each week when strangers were shown the skies.

Often as not you got to the end of the street car line to find that the "dummy" wasn't running. Then you either had to walk or else give up the trip. It was awfully cold in that car, despite the stove they put up in it. But who cared? It was primitive and picturesque, and all a phase of the jaunt to the observatory! Most persons made such a trip but once in their lives, so they could stand it, if the others could.

Then, too, they were accommodating on the dummy. If, for some reason, a party was delayed they would wait until the last straggler had come in. In fact, people came to love the sturdy old creature and hated to see it go, much as they welcomed the electrics. Nothing was too good for the memory of the dummy. The old cars of the line were taken to a point on Mt. Lookout and given public cremation. There is even talk of a monument being put up on the site of the ashes' interment, but as yet this has not come.
FELIX J. KOCH
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Johnboy out............................................for now


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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, May 20, 2011 2:13 PM

galaxy

Dad nab blast it all!

I spoke too soon. It has now started raining again!!!

 

Well start pushing those clouds this way. I've about forgotten what a raindrop looks like.

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, May 20, 2011 2:05 PM

Dad nab blast it all!

I spoke too soon. It has now started raining again!!!

 

-G .

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, May 20, 2011 2:01 PM

Well. I'm done for the day.

Except maybe to go to the "moonlight madness" sale at the grocery store. That's from 5pm-midnite.

WEll, the dentist adjusted the clamps on my partial, but one has broken off, hence the troubles with it. I hadn't nooticed. Now have a headache starting form the pressure it is now exerting where it was loose before. Just a tad of a nuisance.

KEN- I wouldn't give up my Bachmann EZ Command DCC system either. I MAY upgrade to a more expensive model...but right now I think I have more trains than I know what to do with,s o we are haulting buying trains for now. The house comes first. But I will keep the EZ C. If fact I have 2 of them.

Well, it has FINALLY stopped raining for a bit..maybe tomorrow MOH can get the lawn mowed IF the sun holds out like its supposed to. APril showers may bring May flowers, but April showers this far  into MAy is BAD.

TTYALLL8R

 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, May 20, 2011 1:54 PM

Coffee refill, please.

Managed to free-up and stomp flat the 7 sections of tin in the front pasture and ready most of them for the roof. Will do some more work this evening when the sun is lower.

Hey, if the world is ending this Saturday, does this mean I can quit repairing roofs and go run trains non stop until then?Laugh

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, May 20, 2011 12:25 PM

It's noon...... I'll have soup and salad.

Todd had non-skid pancakes (waffles) this morning, and Ray chowed down a big Number 2

Barry ... Speaking of chowing down., where are you?

CN Charlie .... I looked at the link to Colin Murry's layout photos and I was very impressed. I sad about his cancer. Prayers for him.

YGW ... I'm concerned because you said your wife was to get test results, and I have not seen you posting the outcome. Prayers continue for your wife and for heeling of hear cancer.

Duke tells me the E-units are funny looking things. I notice he has not posted any more berkshire pictures. Evidently he sometimes plays possum instead of just sleeping in the corner booth. 

Simon .... I have seen the Chicago museum, too. It's well worth a trip to the WIndy City to see the Pioneer Zephyr and the big layout. The layout cost $4.0 million. Todd says its in his basement. Do you think that's so?

Curt .... I really like the FP7 and all of the progress you are making on the layout. 

Jerry in IL  ... Oil Derrick looks good.

Jeff .... I suspect there is no car wash at Exra's based on the dirty GP38.

Rob ... I bet you would prefer pulling trains on the layout over pulling all of those nails. 

 

 

 

GARRY

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Posted by howmus on Friday, May 20, 2011 12:14 PM

Afternoon.....

Zoe, just a cold Dr. pepper for me right now. 

Got a bit more of the lawn mowed.  Grew another 3/4 inch yesterday....  By the end of the afternoon i will be half done.  I put the bagger back on.  Could mow about 100' and the bag was full.  Mowers are running all over the neighborhood as everyone else is in the same boat. Tall, heavy and wet grass to keep in check.  More of the same weather for the foreseeable future here in the Finger Lakes.  BTW, it did start to rain again while I was out w*rking on the lawn.  Today it waited until the lawn mower batteries and decided to dampen everything while i was using the trimmer. 

It is only in the mid 60's here today, but with the humidity in the high 80% it is very uncomfortable and sticky.  I may start the air conditioner and try out the dehumidify mode it has.

I am printing out the last sheets for the NMRA Division newsletter THAT should have been mailed yesterday at the moment.  By the time I get THAT folded, stapled and addressed, it will be time to do some grocery shopping after going to the Post Office...  Then I will try to do a bit more lawn!  May get the first half finished today....  YEA!  Whistling

Later!

73

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We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, May 20, 2011 11:06 AM

Coffee in a SUNNY & SOUTHERN mug, please

***Jeffrey, as long as the hungry engineer isn't holding up auto traffic.

***Jeffrey, looking forward to seeing that on your layout.

Trying to work up enough energy to go pull more nails from tin so I can continue work on the tractor shed this evening.

Have a good day all. Healing thoughts for those in need.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, May 20, 2011 10:39 AM

One of the local train nuts found L&A 240 (GP38-2) idling beside Ezra's place while the operator is picking up a to-go pizza order.







 

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Posted by howmus on Friday, May 20, 2011 10:33 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe I'll have the #2 Special this morning.  Over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of the sour dough toast along with lots of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Museum mug.  Thank you Ma'am.

Went to the Museum Meeting last night.  It was election time....  basically re-elected the same crew we had this year.  They did a great job of things so another year was in order.  A lot of guys just out of college (RIT) make up the majority of officers at the moment.  Good bunch!  We also voted to drop the museum from the NRHS.  A lot of discussion has taken place over the last year........  Most feel the dues are just too expensive and have prevented several possible new members from joining.  We still can join the NRHS as Members at large if we want (I probably will).  Also found out the total paid admission to the museums last Sunday was close to 1,250 people.  They were only able to transport 750 down the line as the Trolley can only hold 60 (SRO) at a time.  My son and his family went out.  Got there around 1PM and was told the earliest they could get the trip to the R&GV RR Museum was at 4PM.  They looked around at the NYMT and then headed home.  We hope this all bodes well for a good summer.........

Ulrich, I don't really have a "green thumb" although I have been told several times THAT I am full of a particular form of fertilizer.......Laugh

Ken, IIRC, the "setting" of the DB150 is not really a reset.  Don't think it can used to power a reversing section by itself, it can be used to power a reversing unit, but it can do that at the same time as running track.  The DB150 is either wired to be the main unit or the slave unit depending on how it is connected to the power source.  One thing to check is to make sure all the wires (on the front) are solidly connected in place.  I have had a couple times when the unit got slightly moved around and one of the wires failed to make a solid connection.  THAT could be your problem....  maybe????

Now I am going to go and make a thunderstorm appear....  Yep, time to mow the hayfield!

Later!

73

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, May 20, 2011 9:29 AM

Good morning,

No new houses on the market save teh expensive taxes one my agent sent yesterday. Out in the country adn 1 3/4 acres Taxes in NY are some of the highest in the country.

Well thanks for all the advice against purchasing the 2 we looked at yesterday, but we know what to look for in terms of problems {maybe nto everything} but we know we want NO h2o problems with foundations, or bowed walls either.

Went adn did grocery shopping this early AM...spent just over a hundred, but saved nearly 40, and walked away paying just over 60 dollars. Nice. everything was on sale and with a coupon save one item. I'm getting cheap nowadays. Like to do early AM shopping cuz fewer people.

Its warm in here, cool outside so the a/c isn;t working so hard and i am sweating like a stuck pig at teh county fair. The a/c won't really run if too cool outside. The dehumidifier is running also, pumping  out heat. doesn't help. ALl those of you who want rain, come take some of ours!!! Ask, RAY he will tell ya! we've had ENOUGH! The moisture in the air doesn't help the a/c or me sweating either! Or my asthmatic breathing!

Have teh dentist to adjust my partial today. At least its not a filling.

Well, thats my exciting day, as TODD would say, "If anybody cares".

TTYALL8R

 

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Posted by simon1966 on Friday, May 20, 2011 9:16 AM

Ken,

Right from the Digitrax Tech support Depot web site.

http://tsd.digitrax.com/index.php?a=1213

It has a real nice search function and you can find answers to almost any Digitrax question on it.

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Posted by Curt Webb on Friday, May 20, 2011 9:06 AM

Morning All,

Supposed to get to 93-95 F today. I  havea bunch of errands to run today but got side tracked reading the forums this morning, which is not hard to do.

CNCharlie- I am very sorry about your friend. I ment to post that last night.

Todd- I think most people's  pets are really spoiled but they are part of the family aren't they. Yes MOH is very organized and she feels about sewing the same that I feel about MRR. I will put it this way, when my daughter got married several years ago MOH took a month's vacation from work and sewed a embroidered wedding gown for my daughter. I believe she also sewed the maid of honor dress too but I am not sure about that. That gown looked incredible.

Ken- Have you tried calling Digitrax Tech support? I will see our club DCC guy tomorrow. We use Digitrax. If  you send me what the issues are I can ask him and let you know what he recommends doing.

Jerrry- That is going to be a neat addition to your layout. 

Well I better get going. Everybody have a good day.  

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, May 20, 2011 9:05 AM

Good morning. It's 76° and cloudy. The high will be near 90° and there's a chance of thunderstorms.

We have a 10% chance of rain this morning increasing to a 50% chance of thunderstorms for afternoon/early evening. A wind advisory is in effect until 7 pm. Sustained wind speeds of 25 to 35 mph are expected. Wind speeds over local lakes and waterways could be 5 mph higher.

I'm looking forward to getting some layout work done later today. For now I have a low blood sugar issue to deal with. Tested at 62 this morning so I'm just waiting on a high starch breakfast to finish cooking. That should help get the level back up.

Curt: I've seen the Walthers engine house before but didn't realize it and the old Pola engine house that I have (I looked and it does have 'Pola' on the backside of one wall) are so much alike.The gondola was stationary when the shot was taken.

Ulrich: It isn't easy making plastic rust. AIM weather powder helps a lot and gives a very realistic appearance.

Lee: I'll get back to you on that.

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Posted by Cox 47 on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:43 AM

Good Morning All....Its cloudy and warm here this moning..Weather guesser on TV says chance of rain every day for the next week....I'll have Biscuits and Gravey with cofffee please...Thank You...

Jeff nice weathering on the NKP gon...

This is the oil derrick I have been working on..don't have it on layout yet...

You all have a good one...Jerry

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, May 20, 2011 8:19 AM

 Morning Folks!

 Flo, coffee to go pleases.

 Lee I was asking about resitting the DB 150 which is the Digitrax Command Station. From what I understand it has 3 modes. Command Station, Power Booster and Reversing Loop Controller. I am hopping a reset my solve some of the problems.

 Taking the Daytona to work today, wish me luck with the starter.

          Ken

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, May 20, 2011 7:55 AM

Good Morning!! Waffles please. Syrup? No, I think I’ll have that strawberry topping stuff with whipped cream instead thank you.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Looks like we’ll be in the 70’s and lower 80’s for the next few days.

Simon- Oh you sneak…Embarrassed… How’d you get into my basement to get pictures of my layout? I was gonna surprise everyone. Great photos though, thanks for posting. Yes Ken sure has trouble with that throttle.

Yep, I remember when my kids graduated grade school. Let’s see , that was…Indifferent….I need a nap.

Curt- THERE you go! See? No pain. Just like I said. Looks real good too. Great idea having the wifes sewing stuff in the same room. I take it she is either reeeally organized and prepared, or she is more than just a casual sewer (ok, spell check took it, dictionary says it's correct, but it still doesn't look right "sewer" (chuckle) Gotta love U.S. English.). Problem I see if I shared the same room with my wife….that noise she makes would drive me nuts. Sounds like “whohn, whohn, whohn….Did you hear me?”

Charlie- Sorry to hear about your friend. I will add him to the list. Awesome looking layout he has too. Thanks for the link.

Lee- Oddly enough I understood that and have no excuse as to why I didn’t think of it myself. Now that you mentioned it, I does seem to work that way. Looking for the tape the other day, I did manage to find my little pocket knife I laid down and couldn’t find for a week.

Don’t know what I’ll get involved in again today so I guess I’ll just play it by ear. Probably work on the tractor or…

Excuse me, the dog has just informed me she needs me to go to the basement to retrieve her rubber bone because she is scared to go down there alone, Mommy has turned off the lights. And, of course, she needs this now. Not later or even in a minuteSigh. Also, while I’m up, she would like her water freshened. She'll want it when she wakes from her morning nap. Spoiled dog.

Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, May 20, 2011 7:19 AM

Good Morning,

The 16 month old alternator had to be replaced in my truck yesterday. So I missed a day of work and paid $327 for a new battery and alternator.  I did get a lot of yard work done, planting some new bushes, cutting grass, weed pulling. I found two frogs in my yard, I live a mile from the creek they inhabit.

Todd, I found it helpful to search for something else to find what you want. Lose your keys go look for duct tape, it never fails; you’ll find everything but the tape.  Some of you understood that.

Jeff, the next time you want to purchase something from Walther’s let me know I have a BLHS (Basement Local Hobby Store) that always does me right on prices especially if I put an order in for close to the $150 minimum dealer order. I have to put an order in for the club layout the first week of June for ground cover and some buildings.  I only pay $8 for the large shaker bottles of WS and $10 for WS ballast.  He doesn’t provide quotes, but it’s always lower than the advertised price.  If it helps you out you can add your order to the club order and just send a check when you can.  Email me and we can work out the details.

Galaxy, water issues in a house is an expensive problem to fix, and the cost compounds it’s self with every day that goes by without a repair.  You were wise to pass on those. Maybe you should invest in a humidity gage, looks like a stud finder but it measures humidity in concrete block walls.  When I bought my house the basement block walls humidity level was less than 40%, the inspector I hired was astounded (had been raining for 2 weeks straight) and went to his truck to get a different meter.  Recently I learned my 1949 house was built with real cinder blocks so the carbon content (like steel) is through the roof keeping the water content low.

Simon thanks for sharing those pictures!

Ken, are you trying to reset a decoder?

Curt, that engine house may have been a Revel kit, if not it was Heljan.  Your progress is doing very well on the layout.

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Friday, May 20, 2011 4:02 AM

Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 20, 2011 12:36 AM

Good Morning Gang,

it´ll be a bright and sunny day here in northern Germany. We will be going to see my mother today, but, again, not by train, as the strike continues. Oh, well ...

Chloe, coffee and buttered toast with jam, please.

CNCharlie - my Angel go out to your model railroading friend!

Jeff - that rust on your gondola really looks real - how do you make a plastic car body rust?

Curt - that´s going to be an awesome layout Bow

Galaxy - obviously, these houses are just crap. You´d never know how much money you´d have to sink in them. Keeping my fingers crossed for your house search!

Ray - maybe you have the literal green thumb? Lawn is the most expensive plant in a garden. When we still had our house, I spent a fortune on fertilizer and other chemicals to control the weeds, but all I got was moss. Each year I had to spend endless hours scarifying the lawn, but still - just only moss. That´s the part of my gardening efforts I certainly don´t miss at all.

Simon - boy, what a layout. The skyline of Seattle is very well captured. I did recognize the Space Needle and Smith Tower. During my time as an exchange student on BAinbridge Island I was able to see the sun rise behind the skyline of Seattle - that was some sight. I have not been there since 1978 ...

I can´t wait to get home, but it´ll be a few more days. I miss Petra (and her cooking, of course), I also dearly need a rest.

Have a good day - TGIF!

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Posted by Curt Webb on Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:47 PM

Evening Again,

Jeff- I believe it is a Cornerstone but I don't really remember. From pictures I have seen of yours I believe it is the same as yours. Is that gondola stationary only?

CNCharlie- Thanks but don't beat yourself up. I have a job that is 3 days a week, 4 with OT so I have lots of time that I am home by myself to work on it. I have also worked a ton of OT since November and that paid for Xmas and the layout up to this point.

Have a good evening. 

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Posted by mononguy63 on Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:33 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 galaxy:
 

 

Yep. The house was fine, though each and every one of the double pane windows, save one, had broken seals and moisture inside them. It was the foundation that was the problem.

That is obviously why the BANK is having a hard time unloading it too, and at the bargain price they have listed on it and why it hasn't sold yet.

 

I wouldn't take it if they gave it to me. The problem with the basement would require replacement of the foundation and that is a VERY expensive proposition. It's only a matter of time before the walls cave in or the basement becomes a lake or the house falls into the basement, which I have seen happen.

I used to do a lot of work where I went out to investigate & evaluate homes where the owners were having a variety of problems. My first item of business was to "go find the water." 95% of the time that led to the source of their problems. Especially if a home is built on a hill, proper waterproofing, foundation drainage, and backfill is vital, or else there will be problems down the road. It can almost always be fixed, but almost never easily or inexpensively.

No train time for me tonight. After band practice and helping kids study for their tests tomorrow, the house is just now quieting down and it's a half-hour before midnight! Yipes. See you all at breakfast.

Jim

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Posted by james saunders on Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:04 PM

Gday folks, Friday arvo here... looking forward to the weekend! hopefully get some layout work done saturday night and sunday...

take it easy, I will check back over the weekend


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Posted by CNCharlie on Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:55 PM

Good Evening,

Just got in the door as we have been out at the garden centres.

Ulrich, hope your Mom is doing better and you need to take care of yourself as well.

Jerry, the I&S is looking good but I couldn't see the oil derrick in the photo. Are you still working on it?

Galaxy, I agree with the others too on the foundation issue but watch out to for those window seals. We had to replace all the thermopane windows in our house for the same reason and it did cost quite a bit.  I can appreciate your frustration though as you just want to move along on the housing front.

Curt, you sure are making a lot of progress on that layout. I look at what I've done on my door layout, i.e., nothing, and have come to the conclusion that I must be lazy or just bone idle. I have installed 6 decoders in the past few weeks so I guess that counts for something. Oh and my other excuse is that I don't have enough track yet. Yeah that 's the ticket, no track, no railroad. I can keep using that one for some time as the track has been ordered but I will have to wait until my next trip to Minnesota to pick it up.

Bit of a sad time for me. I have been exchanging e-mails for a while since I got back into the hobby with an old high school chum who has cancer now. He is truly a master model railroader and you can see his layout on his website at www.cmgraphics.ca. Anyway he isn't doing very well at all according to his wife. He's home but on a lot of morphine. I'm thinking of you Colin.

Very quiet at work right now and likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future. In fact it has been very quiet for over a year now.  It is very boring but they are paying me well so I can stand it.

I'm sure glad it is Friday tomorrow and we have a long weekend!! We are taking a friend out for dinner tomorrow night. She is 87 and all alone here in Canada. All her family are still back in Germany. She is an amazing lady who is a retired pharmacist but she went back to university and got a Masters in French when she was 75. She doesn't have TV or a computer but does read a lot.

Hope everyone is feeling ok tonight,

CN Charlie

 

 

 

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:50 PM

Curt Webb

http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/DSCF1416.jpg 

Looking good Curt. Is that engine house a Pola kit? I have one very similar to it.

 

Here's another shot from my layout:

 

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Posted by Curt Webb on Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:04 PM

Evening All,

Made it home on time tonight so thats good. Tomarrow I go to Chiro, then run errands, go to the bank, go to PO, then come home clean house and cook dinner for MOH when she gets home from work.

Thank you everyone for your support. I really appreciate it. 

Ulrich- Sorry your Mother had a relapse. I havesaid it before, steam loco's are like crack when you start running them but they will drive you crazy with their problems.

Jery- I really enjoyed your photo. Very nicely done.

Garry- You are right on the location. The picture was taken in 1968.

Galaxy- All I can say is YIKES about that house.

A PRR FP-7 waits for clearance in Sandusky yard  

 

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:31 PM

 Evening Fellow Dinners!

 Flo, F-7 club, tender of fries and tank car of Beer pleases!

 Simon, thanks for posting the pictures! Far as smoking around the throttle I have thought of that. That was why I was storing yours in the zip lock bag.

 Train Front Looks like another trip to TravelParadise for the DT 400, this time it might be taking the DB 150 with it for company! While Simon DT 402 is working better, I cannot control the engine (#9) that is on the left side of the display? Nor can I change the engine address? On the right side of the throttle I cannot get the engine to back up.

 Couple of things that might have accorded. When Simon and his sons where over, all 3 of us had throttles and none of us knew what the other one was trying to do. While I find it to be unlikely, maybe one of us pushed the wrong button and changed the settings of the DB 150. 

 More likely today before I got Simon DT 402 back, my DB 400 was doing some real strange stuff when I pushed any button, it wanted to break up or added consists, wanted to go to programing, to switch control and other things I never seen before. I know my DT 400 is messed up, it was squealing like Ned Beatty in Deliverance! Whistling

 Simon or anyone else know how to clear and reset the DB 150? I will post later in the DCC system if no one here knows how.   

 K-10 Model Trains Picked up the last of the turnouts, got some Tannen (is that Germany for trees)? All so order 2 kinds of Talus (fantasy word for gravel I think) and ordered 4 switches to control turnouts. This package is going be bigger than the last one! Thanks Folks! Big Smile

 Did buy my self a few things as well. Bought a replacement DH 163 for Proto 2000 SD 7, I think I found what killed the other one last week. (I hope that is) All so bought my self a old Custom Painted Athearn Blue Box Covered Hopper.

 Bachmann E-Z Command I have came close to giving it away a few times to people that wanted to get into DCC. Say what you want about it, but it has never gave me a lick of problems in the years I have owned it. Looks like I maybe back on the E-Z again till I get the high dollar one working again!

           See you all Friday

                         Ken

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:09 PM

galaxy
 

 

Yep. The house was fine, though each and every one of the double pane windows, save one, had broken seals and moisture inside them. It was the foundation that was the problem.

That is obviously why the BANK is having a hard time unloading it too, and at the bargain price they have listed on it and why it hasn't sold yet.

I wouldn't take it if they gave it to me. The problem with the basement would require replacement of the foundation and that is a VERY expensive proposition. It's only a matter of time before the walls cave in or the basement becomes a lake or the house falls into the basement, which I have seen happen.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:01 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 galaxy:

The house with the cracks that went from one window well, down the wall, across the floor and up the other wall to the other window well on each end of it with a third crack starting in the middle down the wall and across HALF the floor and a leakage at one corner Was A POURED CONCRETE FOUNDATION, NOT block. SO, Yes, It meant get out of the basement NOW!

 

Can you say 'MONEY PIT'? YIKES!!

Yep. The house was fine, though each and every one of the double pane windows, save one, had broken seals and moisture inside them. It was the foundation that was the problem.

That is obviously why the BANK is having a hard time unloading it too, and at the bargain price they have listed on it and why it hasn't sold yet.

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

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