to the diner!! L&NTim!! You'll find a lot of us are into a lot of different areas here...
You could post a bit about yourself and what you are modeling ...have a good time here!
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/
Good Morning!! Fruit platter please and of course coffee.
Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 107. Might get a bit warm out there today. Glad I'm not feedin the boiler on a Yellowstone today.
Speaking of Yellowstones, since we are on the subject I did some very half-donkey’d research on the two for no reason other than curiosity (which usually either gets me in trouble, or kills way too much time thereby…getting me in trouble)and because well, you brought it up. It is my understanding that the only difference, and we’ll take that as major differences, between a Yellowstone and a Big Boy is the 2 more front wheels?
NOW we’re getting back. Tom and Ray talking about stuff I haven’t a clue about and using names I never heard, but I still enjoy eavesdropping on their conversations. That’s two guys who share a passion I tell you what. Music I mean. Trains too, but their love for music is unsurpassed. Their modeling is an inspiration too. (I think Tom ran his daylight more than made some hills if I were a bettin man.)
L&NTim-
Welp, today may be an inside day for the most part afetr noon. It’s not like I have nothing inside either Mom’s or mine to do, but I do not feel like working out in the yard with the humidity the way it is today. We’ll see.
Walk slow and drink plenty of water.
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.
Yawn, Good Morning Folks.
Flo I pay L&N Tim's tap today, and I will have a bowl of Frosted Flakes and a Diet Dew
L&N Tim!
Feeling a little under the weather today, feel a little sick to my stomach. Plus I have a mosquito bit that is driving me nuts.
Tom, thanks for the link.
Well, just about time to get ready for work. I will see you folks later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning everyone!
Thanks to all for the nice comments and prayers for my friend. Being a RR enthusiast who sets up 3 retirement luncheons a year and attends 2 more in Punxsy, I lose a few friends each year. That doesn't make it any easier, though.
Chris, nice weathering! sometimes a light dusting looks perfect. We have one rule on our layout, nothing can look like it's new out of the box. Most of our rolling stock just gets the light treatment, while others like hoppers get a good dose of rust and grime.
Barry, I like that pic in Detroit! What RR is that DT&I? I'd like to possibly use that for a future painting if it's ok with you.
Ulrich, nice job on the model. I've kicked around doing some European steam paintings and you've kind of inspired me to give it a shot.
L&NTim, welcome aboard! L&N is a classy RR. I was always impressed with Rick Rideouts L&N layout. There are very few paint schemes out there as beautiful as the blue and cream used on the shovel nosed E units!
Well fellas, I had to re-start the NKP painting, I wasn't happy with the perspective, so I whited out the image and plan to lay out a new sketch today. In the meantime, here is an oldie but goodie:
This is my beloved East Salamanca station on the B&O as it looked in 1955. Built by the BR&P in 1913, It still stands today used by crews of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh RR for their northbound and southbound trains from Buffalo to Punxsutawney. My dad was the last B&O Agent there, and I used his desk there for my nightly conductor's run to Buffalo.
Everyone have a good day!
-Stan
Morning All,
At w**k today and it is already very steamy here. Supposed to be 50% chance of rain late afternoon.
Does anyone here have a Cornerstone DCC 130 ft TT ? If so, can you do a conversation with me about it ? I read a lot of negative posts about it yesterday and may have to rethink what I want to do when I do my add-on engine servicing area.
L&N Tim- Welcome.
Ken- Hope you are feeling better.
Stan- Another great painting.
Galaxy- Hope you can finally get those root canals finished.
Ulrich- Good luck with your search.
Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good morning. It's 82° and partly cloudy. The high will be 97° with a 50% chance of thunderstorms this afternoon.Well I've been slowly getting the layout cleared off but there's still some clutter left. I've also been helping another modeler via PM with a small problem he's having. Today I hope to get most if not all the remaining clutter off the layout. Sure as I get started on it though someone will call wanting me to do something else.
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 Afternoon,
Petra and I had a look at a place for my parents today. The apartments they off are actually nice and cosy,, the house seems to be well run, and they offer a wide choice of assistance, as much as you want or need. Of course, they have no opening ... We have put my parents on the waiting list.
I am still toying with the idea to change the storage to my layout to a long and narrow shelf, so I can operate the layout in storage as well. The more I think about it, the better i like the idea. I have made a rough plan, which allows for some operation. Remember, this is a shortline in Japan, which runs EMU´s and the occasional steam train special, so I don´t need a lot of trackage.
This is my idea:
It´s basically a two station layout, with a little bit of scenery in between. I can still make that roundy-rounder on my desk, if i want to have some continuous running. The best of it is, that I need only two or three additional pieces of track and a turnout control - I should be able to shoulder that.
Whaddya think?
Good Morning all..Its sunny and already 90 here...gonna be a day that I have to spend in under the A/C...I'll have a diet Coke lots of ice please...
Jeff..Nice photo..
I am working on a NKP flat and an odd 50 foor GN gon...looks like it might befrom the very early days of N scale..I replaced under side so I can change trucks and couplers..gonna have to figure out brake wheel and stand as it doesn't have one..
You all have a good one...Jerry
Mornin' everyone!
(Comes in singing.... "Shall we gather at the river.........") See what you got me doing now Tom!
Sorry to be so late getting in here this morning, but I felt a need to reply to certain person out in the main forum first.... Took my time and was careful with my wording too.
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of Blueberry pancakes, lots of real maple syrup, a side order of bacon, and several cups of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug. Please and thank you!
I'll go sit with Barry at the Rivet Counter for a bit!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning everyone.
I'm in the mood for one of those meat/potato/egg scrambles, so I'll order that. Heavy on the sausage, please. Dr. Yu says I can do one of these once a month, so THIS IS THE DAY! Oh yah, and my usual Major Dickenson's coffee--yum!
Woke up a little early and went out into the garage to look over and decide what Project I should to today. Well, first of all, I've got to vacuum my forest (again!). Seems I've got an influx of teeny, tiny little spiders who have a thing about my pine trees. I mean, these are LITTLE guys--can hardly see them. But where, oh were, do they store all that silk for those webs? Certainly not in their tiny little bodies--I think they contract out with bigger spiders during the night. Anyway, it's Shop Vac time AGAIN--
Ray: "Gather at the River?" Ah, now THAT'S an arrangement, isn't it? I always have a little trouble accompanying that particular song--every time someone sings it, all I can remember is the opening sequence of Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" where a bunch of Temperance people come marching down the street singing that song and--BAM!--get mixed up in one of the bloodiest gunfights I can remember, LOL! Whew! But then, let's face it, "River" is a little easier to sing than "Zion's Walls" (easier to play, too!).
Stan: Another beautiful painting. There's something about B&O steam power that I've always thought to be particularly handsome--their locomotives always seemed to be so perfectly proportioned.
Ken: Actually, I was being facietous about the Big Boy and the 4-wheel leading truck. There's a LOT of difference between a Yellowstone and a Big Boy. I've got to admit that UP steam power has never done much for me--there's something just too 'plain' and 'boring' about it. Well, okay, I think the 9000 4-12-2's are pretty interesting, and the "Bull Moose" 2-8-8-0's have a kind of Clunky Charm about them, but generally speaking, UP leaves me pretty cold. That's why a Big Boy has never graced the Yuba River Sub--just me, understand. I like my articulateds with a little more 'guts' showing (Elesco FWH, front-hung pumps, stuff like that). Actually, since I have enough Yellowstones (ya think, LOL?), I'm going to bite for the Bachmann new Mogul when it comes out in November. The pre-production model I saw at the train show yesterday is a real HUNK of 'little' steam power. Should prove to be pretty popular. But just between you and me, I think that Yellowstone of theirs is going to sell fast, big and popular. It's just a beauty!
Well, time to feed the cats--except for Uff-Dah, he's got a 10:30 vet appointment for his athsma shot so he has to wait until he gets home--and then go out and measure some drop-cloth to fascia the front of the layout with. I'm tired of looking at all the stuff UNDER the layout. If I can't organize it, at least I can HIDE it, LOL!
Everyone have a great day.
Later,
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
I,m orignally from Ky I live in St. Marys Ohio. I model the L&N the early 40,s I grew up just 26 miles south from Louisville. My home was only a half mile from the main line. In a little town called Lebanon Jct. My layout is still in the early stages as I just recieved some pics of the town as it looked in the late 30,s I hope to have most of the town done by next spring.
L&N.....Gone but not forgotten
Hi Tim - aboard!
Afternoon!
Flo I'll have a RBF to cool me off a bit...... Been out doing some work on the shed in the sun and the 87°F humid weather.... I can w*rk for about 20 minutes in this and then have yo take a 15 minute break. Waiting for my son to stop over and help me remove one of the teo doors on the front of the shed.
Oooooooohhhh Tom! Zion's Walls!!!! OMG! When I was a junior in High School I was privileged to get a seat in the NYS All Conference Mixed Choir (about 400 voices from all over New York). The director/conductor of the group that year was Dr. William L. Dawson. He left a huge impression on me which gave me an undying love of music from all over the world. The final piece on the concert was Dawson's acapella arrangement of Zion's Walls! Still sends chills up my spine. The final chord IIRC was over 5 octaves from the D below the bass staff to the F# above high C (yes we had a couple coloraturas who could handle THAT). The entire audience was on their feet and cheering before the final cut off...... and the tears flowed! Oh man!!! I think that was the moment I decided on a career in vocal music. Somewhere I have Dr. Dawson's autograph on my copy of Zion's Walls..........
Guess I'll have a look over the rest of he forum and wait for my son.
L&N... to the diner.
I am usually amongst the first to welcome new members, but have been suffering a root canal on a back molar that is spread over several sittings due to complications in getting it done, so I have been a little less than congenial and been on the good drugs lately..
The diner has a few rules: you can talk about anything going on in your life that you'd like to share.
There are a few "hot button topics" to stay away from: politics,religion, and any "protected" discrimination topics.you can mention church activities, but don't preach "hell fire and damnation" to all.
Don't use swear words either. And don't use things like "@$$" that are PLAINLY obvious what you are saying. "WORK" is a four-letter word here and often abreviated as "w**K" or "w*rk" to lessen it's "cussness"/
The waitresses will serve you anything you desire as there are no calories to anything here, and the prices are reasonable, BUT remember to TIP them, and to TIP them WELL. {15% is ok, but 20% is good...after all they give great service and deserve a raise over that stupid old fashioned meager 10% tip they used to get {and I practice what I preach in real life}. IF you get teh TOP OF THE PAGE POSTING-It is YOUR job to "pick up the tab for every other diner who comes in on that page. {don't forget TIP}. YOu can pay "cash", use a "debit card" or a "credit Card' to pay your bill for all.
YOu can have a , or a , or a here to, though most here don't imbibe. You can have or the preferred- PIE while here.
WAtch out for cousin Vinny as he rules the roost and he and Barry keep order.
We are allowed here to talk about anything in our live THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO DO WITH MRRing. It is the only place {thread} here that we can do that.
The RC is the RIvet COunter, so named after those who "count rivets" and want exact perfection in our hobby on anything. It is the general counter where you can eat here, and yes, it DOES have teh exact number of rivets to rivet teh stainless steel covering to the wood base.
The diner gets moved every month a nd new one created as MRR {our gracious hosts{ only allow so many pages for bandwidth per month for a thread.It is closed onthe last day of the month late in the evening and reopend that evening late as a whole new diner moved to a new location. The rule for moving it is simple: whoever gets to it late the last day of the month to close it and reopen it gets the right to do it. Often Sir Madog , or Ulrich to us gets to it first as he is in Germany and is time differentialed from the USA folks.
So, that is about it.
Again, and may you enjoy our safe haven here for all things life and MRring.
Have a great day
-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.
***Jeffrey, what is that steam loco doing outside of a park setting on your layout? Surely you haven't come to the dark, smokey, steamy side of model RRing.
***Tim, welcome to the Diner.
***Todd, ever find giant centipedes on your layout? Had one of those last night here, but it was in our bedroom. I thanked Storm Cat for pointing it out to me.
***Ray, your description of that concert nearly gave me goose bumps, and I wasn't even there. Life would be very dull without music.
***Ken, hows the car investigation/repair coming along or did you decide to give it a funeral?
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Cederstrand ***Jeffrey, what is that steam loco doing outside of a park setting on your layout? Surely you haven't come to the dark, smokey, steamy side of model RRing.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon, bucket of ice water please...thank-you.
to the L&N guy!
STAN: Thanks! There are very, very few cars in my fleet THAT have "new" paint for the era...but even they get rusty wheels/couplers. I don't think I have any "rust buckets" on the shelves...as in life, "all things in moderation" seems to w**k out pretty well when it comes to weathering.
Holy Bat Crap! Dodged a bullet this morning, apparently. About 0530 Cedar County wakes up every fireman in the county, for Storm Watch. Since I'm not on Storm Watch Duty this time around, I roll back over to sleep, hearing something vague about "high winds." Turns out, it was a real whiz-bang of a storm with heavy damage to towns in northern Benton County, damage just north of Cedar Rapids, and not too far north of little 'ol Clarence. Closer to Des Moines, WHO TV's "Mega Doppler Radar" was knocked off of it's tower, and deposited into some guy's spruce trees! The neighbor has some flattened corn, I've got a hunch I'm going to see a lot of flattened corn fields later today as I head for Iowa City and girls' Regional Softball action.
ULRICH: Uh-Oh. I've got sparks flying inside YOUR head now??? Be afraid...be very, very afraid!!! Seriously though, I really like your point-to point idea. Not sure what I said to put the notion in your head...but I've been accused of spurring WORSE ideas than THAT!
Have a good, SAFE rest of the day, and an even better evening everybody...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good Afternoon...
Chris: ....those storms must have been something else!!. Ummmmm, you mentioned something about weathering done in moderation...just checked out a video from the texas panhandle...noticed something there..hardly any graffiti on the cars...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77HIzcPMj2M...mostly just a few rust bucket looking things but mostly well kept by the looks of things...also love the elevator views here...
Ulrich: The idea of a shelf system point to point layout is a good idea ...especially if you can stretch it out a bit...love the looks of that one!!
Stan: I got the photo of the bridge from this site...http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=1050....there are scads and reems of this stuff on it...all 1,380+ pages of it!!
It did basically diddly squat for rain here...all the rain went south of us...so we got to spend the afternoon in the sweltering sun....
I'm going to be in the trainroom..with the AC on..and do a lot of scratchbuilding of another bunch of stores for downtown Cooper...a new extension of the layout..
Chloe, I'll have a 48oz. ribeye steak with all the fixin's and a large slice of the Lemon Meringue Pie as well as a giant tub of the bestest RBF you have here please...I'll be at the corner booth....
Some have asked for this so here's a quick look see at the layout as it stands now.
Good Evening All,
Back from Mt Tremblant this morning by 10:30 and have been in and out of the office all day chasing parts and scheduling stuff plus catching up E-mails. Weekend went well - I always like going to Tremblant because it's a resort as well as a race track and they normally have the race the same weekend as the Blues Festival. Very cool.
All 11 cars are still running and we did well, won the enduro and second , won the formula libre race, won the Monoposto Classic race plus third, fastest laps, just real good. The crew was outstanding so the drivers had a good time (Time For Fun, right?).
The main outdoor stage for the festival was right outside my room so I had a birdseye view of THAT plus they move it inside by 9pm so I was able to get sleep as well. Even had enough time for a run down the street luge and finished second behind the team nutritionist (but she jumped the start [harrumph]). The Audi, Formula Atlantic and one of the formula B cars are on the way to Elkhart Lake as we speak, and the rest are back at the shop. I'm not doing Elkhart as we are getting ready for Pittsburgh and then Mt Equinox then Lime Rock Park on Labor Day weekend. Catch U'all Later, J.R.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hi Gang:
Well it's again over 100F. Today it really feels like it. Yesterday I worked on the creek crosing all day and it didn't feel too bad. Now the crossing is finished except for some concrete to keep the creek from washing it away when it floods.
Thank you all for thinking ablut that young man that was lost fighting the fire. He's special to us since the fire involved my sons ranch. I want to correct the number of fire fighters lost this season. He makes four, far too many.
Well I'm going to head for the basement for a bit before I have to put out hay.
My best wishes too everyone.
Coffee refill, please.
***Jeffrey, ah ha, a tourist train. That explains it.
Rob
wetidlerjr
wetidlerjr MUST have some of the "good drugs" I do...he is posting daytime and in characters!
Tie that man down as he is floating above even me!
Hey guys.
I hate Fords. Reason why is because I had to change the oil in my mom's van. Did I say I hate Fords? The cap wrench I always use on this type of filter. But the geniuses at Ford gave no room for leverage to get oil filters off. And then they put the catalytic converter right next to the oil filter. What where they thinking?
No Flo, I'm done, I won't need the soapbox.
Welcome to L&N Watch out for Flo with her frying pan. A few of us have dealt with the dreaded skillet better than others.
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
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!
Boy am I tired tonight. Remember what I said this morning about getting started on the layout and someone would call? I was just getting a really good start and my father calls. They're going to Captain D's and my presence is requested. No, make that required. I didn't have much of a choice. Other family members were approached but they had other things to do. One wasted no time getting started on his lawn. Another was at work. My nephew disappeared not that they wanted him along anyway. When it comes to drinking he could give W.C. Fields some very serious competition. So I went with them. As usual the stop at Captain D's was the first of more stops to come. The bank, Lowe's Wal-Mart, the list goes on. Five hours and some change later we're back home. Now this evening I asked my nephew to do something for me. Something very simple. Move four trash cans to the roadside so they can be emptied tomorrow. He drank some, called friends some, drank some more, put a fish finder on a boat that hardly runs, fixed trolling motor control on same, then the friends show up. I know now that he's not going to move the cans. My knees are already from the past week and today didn't help any. So I moved the cans. While I can walk somewhat pushing or pulling something is very hard. So I dragged each can slowly and carefully out to the road. It took the better part of twenty minutes with my knees and my ankle screaming at me all the while. While dragging the fourth can my back joins in and I'm feeling really miserable. I get the last can out to the road. Relief at last. It's seventy-five feet back to the door of my trailer. I had to stop three times to wait for the pain to subside enough to move again. By the time I reached the door I was moving very slowly, just carefully moving one foot ahead and desperately trying to keep my my balance. Just open the door and go up three steps and I'm there. After a few more minutes I'm inside. I close the door and collapse onto my chair and just let the pain go crazy. I'm still sitting, too tired and in too much pain to move. It'll get better eventually and I'll be able to get to the bed, only about fifteen feet away. Now tomorrow I have to go down to my parents place. They're going to be out of town and the plumber and a couple of other people are coming. Guess who has to be there. Me. Why can't I get a break!