Morning All,
Just sitting here at home. I go to w**k at 1500 today. I guess I will pull the DPDT switches off the control panel before I leave.
Ulrich- Thanks for the info and best wishes for Thursday. How long will you be in the hospital?
Jeff- Another great couple of modeling projects.
Blownout- That is a heck of a motorcycle
Everybody have a great day.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a breakfast bagel w/ cheese and a pot of Dark roast coffee to start the day.
Barry, I didn't know the Jeffrey was a motorcycle rider..... He's not? Idunno (Yankee word) just looks like something he would have.... I sure wouldn't want to have to get THAT thing back up on its wheels if it got dumped over!
Lee and Todd, one thing I don't like about the Black and Decker 24v battery mower is there is no side discharge on it. The only options are to bag the grass at the back of the mower, or to mulch it. With the grass so wet, neither option is w*rking well at the moment. I think I will be raising the deck back up to finish mowing again this time. If the rain ever stops, I may be able to get it done with the deck back down where I normally keep it. The lawn is growing faster than I have ever seen it....... I see that B&D now has a 36v model with a side discharge as well as all the other options. It has a removable battery pack so if you run out of power, you just put the other pack in and keep going. It is also self propelled. THAT may be my next one.
Today I get to start testing my blood sugar levels.... Oh Joy! Oh Rapture!
BTW... Is the hobby dying???
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hello Bob. I'd wondered how you were doing. Good to see you here.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good morning. It's 76° and cloudy. The high will be 90° and it will be mostly cloudy and breezy.I used some of my abundant free time (wish I had abundant money to go with it) to work on two locomotives, one of which you've already seen. That was a major build. The second one was just some cosmetic changes on a GP7 cabless unit. While looking at some photos of a GP60B I saw that the dynamic brake had been moved to the short hood to get it as far as possible from the prime mover. I thought why not, Santa Fe can't have all the fun. This railroad of mine is freelance after all so virtually anything within reason can happen.
Sure are a lot of companies making things for model railroads considering it’s a dying hobby. Hm, speaking of that, isn't it about time for another “MRR doomsday" thread?
Todd: Don't be giving anyone ideas like that!!
We are now all dull again...
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/
Morning, all. Sounds like another rough weather day shaping up out in the Plains today. Waht a crazy crazy spring this has been. Wow. We had a storm roll through our area last night - got a few gusts but nothing too bad.
The whole week is supposed to be wet here in central Indiana. Kind of tough on those guys over on the west side of town - they try to have this big race out there about this time every year. In years past, guys had the entire month of May to practice - this year, because of a shortened schedule and bad weather, they had to qualify with just two days of practice, and may not have much time this week to work on their race setups because of the rain. Could make for an interesting time at the Speedway this Sunday afternoon.
No train time again last night. Got sucked into a band rehearsal that went on for three hours. So much for that evening...
Out for now
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
Good Morning!! Coffee and a Bankroll please. Oops, I meant sweet roll. Thank you. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81
Good Morning!! Coffee and a Bankroll please. Oops, I meant sweet roll. Thank you.
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81
Showing the house today at 1:30 (1330 for some of you) Hope this is a good sign, it’s somebody who has been through it before earlier. This time their realtor asked ours for all the disclosures and if we knew if the house was haunted or infested with werewolves. I’m sticking with “no” on the last one. The first is just too silly to reply.
Lee- glad the twister missed you. Hope all are well on the SW side.
I’m not real big on cards( I add that in case no one has noticed) but if it were me, Lee’s idea just might push me to buy one this time. No, that’s just mean. FUNNY but mean.
Today? Gotta w**k. Other’enat (local more efficient word meaning “other than that”) I should join Ray on the lawn, and I just may. I also should see about getting the pressure washer going and get back on the tractor project which I have yet to return to.
Ya see, I’m getting sidetracked here with scanning all the old family photos Mom had so’s my Niece can go through and take what she wants, then my sister, then me. Now I’m not real big on the actual photo itself, so a scanned one is fine by me. My Niece said scan what I want, then she’ll go through them etc. She is to come up this Friday I believe and, of course, I’m running behind. Imagine that. Me, running behind. In my defense however, there are a ton of photos to go through. A ton.
But first, before the grocery truck gets here, I may just sneak down in the train room. I need an alarm clock so I don’t lose track of time. Or maybe I should scan some more.
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,
Tornado in Cleveland last night on the SW side of town, several people without power. There are trees, lawn furniture, and BBQ grills everywhere. The drumming sounds of chainsaws hang thick in the morning air. Glad I live on the NE side of town.
Check this out: http://free-mo.org/ Modular system
Curt you can make a continuity tester with an old flashlight and 2 solid copper wires.
Ulrich, nice bridge!
Attaboy, please refrain from putting the eviction notice in the birthday card, it sounds good at the time, but it would be cruel and….Oh what the heck, go have some fun….
Ray, we have had so much rain here (about .66” every 48 hours) you can see water and grass shoot out the side. I wear boots and a lifejacket while cutting the grass.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning...
Well, the toll from that tornado is now sitting at 116...my heart goes out to those who are going through some tough times down there...
We are seing more rain and those ol' t'underin'boomers again today....what the farmers need here is at least a week's worth of drying weather...which apparently we are not going to see any time soon...
Today is going to be a busy day for me..get to go and pick up some more pink stuff and get some more glues ...I seem to run out of that one a lot...
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now...I'll be at the RC for now...
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
cudaken Flo, for everyone over 16 (Is that right Ulrich, with this being Germany). Flo, 25% tip on the tab!
Flo, for everyone over 16 (Is that right Ulrich, with this being Germany). Flo, 25% tip on the tab!
Not yet, Ken - it´ll be August 19th, before I get another year older
Legal age has been raised to 18 some years ago, after juvenile addiction figures had skyrocketed and quite a few kids died after attending what we call flat rate parties (all you can drink for only $ 10). Very sad, but did not solve the issue.
I have a hunch that you guys are cooking up something
My prayers go out to the people of Joplin, who lost a loved one or a home in the wake of the tornado. I saw pictures of the damage on TV. Not a good year so far.
Sir Madog Ain´t looking bad, Jeff! Burning midnight oil today?
Ain´t looking bad, Jeff! Burning midnight oil today?
Great Evening Fellow Dinners!
Joplin MO I am sorry to hear about there plight! You never know with Mother Nature. It is one of the highest death toll I have heard in decades for a tornado. Only one I sort of remember worst was in IND on a Easter Sunday when I was a kid.
Work Front That why I am such a good mood! Today I knocked it out of the Ball Park and bases load! ( Cardinals Bush Stadium, yes I am part of Cardinals Nation ) Would you Believe $4322.96 On a Monday! Plus one of the Mattress was a Kingsdown for a cash spiff of $30.00 to boot! Yep the door swung my way today! I just might make some $ yet out of this month!
Attaboy Bean, Beer and Cabbage. Or get a Irish Wolfhound! As much as I love the ones I had and have. But when they cut wind OMG, you can all most see the GREEN MIST in the air! Even I gag and have to leave the room.
Simon 1966 You are the best! Thursday at this point seems like it will work if you can make it over before K-10 opens. Or we could we could go together to K-10.
Ulrich Great looking train and tickled with you like the Portals and the package as a whole. If I did not all ready have all the Portals I need at this point, I would look to see if they came in HO scale. If you like this package, you will be doing the Happy Dances with the next one from me and the Mail Box Helpers here at the dinner! I still think you will need a bigger Desk!
I all so have a idea that will solve the gaps that are left. I will post the idea later. It is late and my cable was down due the storms. It is 11:31 PM, late for me to be in the dinner.
I wish all of you as good as tomorrow as I had today!
Overjoyed Ken Posting Again!
I hate Rust
Good Morning Everybody!
Did not catch much sleep last night - I guess I am overworked a little, also a little edgy about my bypass operation coming Thursday. It is not going to be a big thing - micro-invasive, that´s what the docs call it nowadays - but even so ... Makes me nervous. I´ll guess I´ll be out for a few days only.
Janie, coffee and a breakfast bagel, please.
Curt - that´s a Japanese EMU (Electric Multiple Unit), something in between a Light Railway Car and an interurban trolley. It´s got nice detail, even a full interior. I wonder where the motor is
Here is a prototype pic:
Ray - just for you, another pic of the museum line.
The loco shown actually is one of the three delivered initially to the line in 1894.
Well, I´ll be out.
Have a good day!
Proto2000 FA frame, motor, shafts. Athearn worms, trucks, Bachmann FT body and some determination to make it all work together.
Evening All,
Not much happening this way. I think I am going to hold off making the shelf under the layout until friday when I get my power busses from the LHS. I would like to mount them vertically if possible to give me easier access for wiring.
Ulrich- Is that a actual RR locomotive or like a trolley? I think European/British locomotives are neat because they are so different from US loco's.
I hope everyone on the board and their families are OK. Prayers to the people of Joplin.
Everyone have a good night.
I went into the junk box today and put together another locomotive. It's an engineering nightmare. Proto2000 frame, motor/flywheels and shafts, Athearn Blomberg trucks, Bachmann FT-A body. I still have to put in the wiring from the trucks to the motor.
PackerI was talking with some friends yesterday and they mentioned a fellow MRRer in the area lost his layout and his 1/2" gauge trains in a divorce due to community property laws. One saind most states are like that. Florida is 16-18.
Afternoon guys
Had the day off, so I slept in for once. I went and added a beacon and correct horn to my RS11. I had 4 packs of details west rotary beacons (RB106). I tried to modify one like Wolfgang did to light it, but I busted the ring. 3 left, took one outside to paint the ring. Once I picked the tape I taped it to, it fell and hit the ground. 2 left, get one right, set it on the bench for lunch and couldn't find it. One the very last one, I managed to get it installed in the RS11. Need to buy more and some firecracker antennaes. (RS11 needs one, but not the steam loco bell
Also attempted to start a front range 40' double door box car kit. I looked at all the doors, and then realized that the doors that came were all 6' and 8' (much less all incorrect, but one type was close). But they never fit right. The car has a opening just under 13', so I need a 6' and a 7' door. I'll have to bug accurail about that one, and maybe some dummy couplers.
Attaboy, I was talking with some friends yesterday and they mentioned a fellow MRRer in the area lost his layout and his 1/2" gauge trains in a divorce due to community property laws. One saind most states are like that. Florida is 16-18.
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.
Hi folks,
Just reading the terrible news on the latest tornado to strike... This time Joplin Missouri, terribly sad with the loss of so many innocent people, just heard at least 112 have died.
I hope that all here, their friends and family are safe and well.
Cheers,
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Coffee in a SULTRY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Cheers! Rob
Yes Barry, my next model railroad will have to include Bailey Yard....
Oh I can see something like that...75 tracks wide....mmmmmmm....
Afternoon folks!
Flo just a RBF for the moment.
Found one reason the mower was running so hard..... I turned it over on its side after it quite a few times this morning. The whole bottom was clogged with heavy, wet, rotting, moldy grass from the earlier mowings. Yuck! It was caked on within a half inch of the spinning blade. I removed huge globbs of the gunk! No wonder it couldn't handle the high stuff the other day. I got through the heaviest part (the bog between my property and a neighbors that has only been mowed completely once this Spring. Slush, slup, squish, squish.....) after setting the mowing height back down. I was hoping to get a good chunk more done later today, but it is currently precipitating again out there. A very heavy dew indeed...... Guess I'll putter around with some inside stuff.... I know! There is a model Railroad down cellar! YES!
blownout cylinder Ray: I want to see the yard that 750 track sign came from!!!
Ray:
I want to see the yard that 750 track sign came from!!!
Afternoon all, I just had lunch Flo, but I will wash it down with an RBF please.
For those that have asked or mentioned it, I have already checked with a lawyer about getting the ex out of the house. Worst case scenario, she will be escorted out and off my property by June 22. When I explained that to her all she said was "You can't do that on my birthday!".
Packer, there are no community property laws in PA. The most she could have claimed was any increase in value of the house while we were married. Since we were married in April 2009 right after the economy started to collapse the house has probably gone down in value. Mmm, wonder if I could claim she ruined my property value and demand payment? As for your friend at work, she would be safe here in PA. For statutory rape she has to be under 16 and at least four years younger than you. (was on a jury for a stat rape case one time) Don't know about Florida.
Todd, her sister's name is Peggy. Now if she was single. Well maybe not, it might run in the family. I'll consider your suggestion. I work at a grocery store part time and can get lots of beans.
Ray, already have the new locks. They'll be on the doors before she gets off our street.
Good morning. It's 80 and mostly cloudy. The high will be 89 and mostly cloudy.Not feeling well today so I won't be doing much. I'll just use the time to get some rest and watch a couple of movies. We have a wind advisory today. Sustained winds of 20-25 mph with gusts to 35.
Morning,
Off to see the GP abouta variety of things this AM.
Saw 2 houses on Sat that are promising. One flat on a slab with an extra room that could be "train room" or the garage could be finished off for a train room, BUT house is ELECTRIC HEAT {Expensive around here!} and on a slab, we DO want to know where the pipes are and if they ever had/have frozen pipes. It was a fairly large house thought the kitchen was huge, LR good sized and the extra room also had laundrya nd H2O heater in it, but... It also is on a HILL {fairly flat lot though at the top of the hill} so MOH wants to know about plowing and early morning leavings for work issues.
The second house I think we nixed. The locotion is on a busy thoroughfare and the house obviously had H2O/roof problems once. Bank owned and winterized in 2010! hasn't sold yet. 2 Br with a damp basement that we weren't sure would make good train room or not. Had a LARGE 3 car garage that was heated! THAT could be a nat gas eater! We liked the newer furnace that was gas, but old oil tank still there and can be an expensive prop to have removed. Also the wellhead in front of front door had sunk in as not used anymore, leaving sidewalk dangerously crooked vertically sunken/heaved. Now has city H2o and sewer apparanely, and don't know of old septic removed and filled in like the law says or not. House sold as is of course. BIG driveway for K turns to go out forward to busy street, but still was a challenge to go L out of with heavy traffic. H2O stains on Kit ceiling where an improper roof valley was done without flashing...think that is the problem, and NO type of Connection for missing stove! Dont know if was gas or electric or what..we have to have something put in for that then. Upsatirs Dining room huge off Kit in which we could put washer/dryer closet for one level living. {by the tiem we get to that we give up trains and such we think.}
I have found that these houses we havve looked at have narrow rickety stairs to basements too, and hard for me to navigate with my cane as my back gives me grief. SO the slab in the first descrioption is looking good now! But could be NIGHTMARE or EXPENSIVE should we have plumbing troubles...IF we can get a plumber who will touch it! A new Kit with built in DW would be nice, too, but running plumbing form where it is could be problmatic. ALSo would put in french or slider to back yard from Dining area as there is no direct acccess to back yard save a side door in extra room. Old people who can't take care of it anymore own it and are selling out as they can't take care and it shows...also need new carpets right away as they have deteriorated AND you can smell their dogs!!!
DUNT know, as Ricky Ricardo would say.
WEll, ahve a great day
TTYALLL8R
-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 Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this rainy Monday other then I been neglecting HO so long I haven't gotten around replacing my tools that was lost in the '07 flood,I'm low on common supplies etc.I do need to buy a better tool box...I also plan on buying some data only Accurail cars and decaling them.I would still like a short passenger train or perhaps a excursion train..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!"
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes, real maple syrup, side order of sausage and some dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug.
Barry, nice set of wheels there. Good to see you here.
Ulrich, it is great to see you making some progress with the layout! Looking good! I love the photos of the museum as well.
Ken, I'm betting your Digitrax problems turn out to be a loose wire somewhere making intermittent shorts or opens with the circuit.
Attaboy, don't forget to change the locks on all your doors as soon as you get her moved out!!! Be sure to keep the place locked up even when you are home for a while.
I think I will do something completely different today.... Hmmmmm??? I know I'm going to mow the lawn! I think I'll use the mulching thingy though just to be different.
Thought and prayers for all in need! have a great day!