Morning All,
Well back to reality. At w**k today until midnight. It is supposed to be 91 F today and very humid. It has rained here the last couple of days. We are actually almost 6 inches of rain ahead of normal. Obviously this is nothing close to what Galaxy and others have gone through lately but 2 weeks ago when I left on vacation we were behind normal.
Jeff- Those loco's just pop out of the picture. I really like them.
Ken- I believe it was labeled as a T1 but I'm not sure. It is a 2-6-6-4 wheel arrangement.
Hope everyone has a good day.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Curt Webb Jeff- Those loco's just pop out of the picture. I really like them.
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Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bran muffin with lots of real butter, a glass of Ed's OJ (where is that guy, BTW?), and a cup of dark roast coffee to go with it.
Barry, THAT is quite a set of lumps you got there........ I liked the mechanical coveyance you had here yesterday, but I think it is a bit small, even for me......
Curt, THAT T-1 is a beautiful beast! Looks like she was made for passenger service.
Will be spending the afternoon over at my son's house watching the girls, and I have a list of things to get done before THAT, so i best not linger here.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Curt A T-1 is a 4-4-4-4 Steamer, here is a picture.
On the page you first post pictures, it was the last one that I thought might have been a Class A. There are only a few steam engines I recognizes, mainly the ones I have and ones I want. Happen to want a T-1 and a Class A, long with few few others. But regardless of what they are I am enjoying the photos!
Well, I blew off the job interview. Called for details and got a phone message that stated "we have walk in interviews ever Tuesdays and Thursdays". What does that tell you?
Jeffery Hope you feel better later today.
See you all later.
Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken Well, I blew off the job interview. Called for details and got a phone message that stated "we have walk in interviews ever Tuesdays and Thursdays". What does that tell you?
That they have a revolving door on the hiring/firing/quitting line.
cudaken Jeffery Hope you feel better later today.
I do too. Right now I'm staying close to the heater.
Good afternoon y'all. Just an order of mozzarella sticks and a RBF for me. Today is a big day of nothing for me, I am off from w**k and enjoying some time at home with my girls and wife. Also doing a little HD-list stuff (gotta earn those brownie points!). Later today is going to be our weekly trip to the grocery store and Heather has dance class too, so of course a stop will be made.
Barry: You ought not be so mean to the girls, pretty soon you're head is gonna be unrecognizable!
Jeff: Hope that you get warmed up and that the feeling isn't a precursor of things to come.
Ken: I would have blown the interview off too, considering what you learned just from calling them.
Well, that's about it for me, I think that I'm going to be hanging in here for a bit, then might go take a nap.
Coffee TO GO, please.
***Ken, I hooked up a 100amp charger/booster and there was still not so much as a click. I could pull and check the battery, but wouldn't the 100amp assist have been enough to compensate if it was a weak battery? Lights are fine with just the battery.
Enjoyed seeing more train & layout pics here.
Rob
Rob, I would guess that you still haven't found your current tester, eh? Or did you also try the "whack the starter with a hammer" method too?
CederstrandI hooked up a 100amp charger/booster and there was still not so much as a click. I could pull and check the battery, but wouldn't the 100amp assist have been enough to compensate if it was a weak battery? Lights are fine with just the battery.
Good afternoon, DIners!
Ken ... THAT T-1 is a PRR T-1, and looks great.
Each railroad had its own Class Designations for steam locomotives.
A CB&Q T-1 was a neat looking little 2-6-6-2 that worked on Burlington's Deadwood Branch in South Dakota during about 1910-1950.
I'm "paving" streets around Union Station.
Cheers everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Afternoon folks!
Flo please, I will all so have a Spam Sandwich with mustard.
Gary And here I thought I knew something! Guess it is something like when I had the Cobra Mustang. It had a Ford 427 Medium Riser in it. Go to the parts store was fun.
Counter Guy What kind of car?
Ken 1968 Ford Mustang
Counter Guy What sizes engine?
Ken 427
Counter Guy You have a Chevy engine in a Ford?
Ken No, it is a Ford engine
Counter Guy Ford did not make a 427!
Ken Yes they did!
Counter Guy Here, look in the book!
Ken Come look under the hood!
And don't even get me started with the 1953 Packer that had a 327 straight 6 in it!
Rob OK, I will shut up now, 100 amp boost should have had something happening! Well, except one last question! It is a GMC right? If so what year? Did you try a different key? My wife 88 T/A would do the same thing, everything would work fine except it would not crank over. It was not till it was hauled to the dealership we found out her key computer chip was bad.
Over all I have had a pretty good day Must be the caffeine buzz, drank a lot of coffee. Have a few things to look forward too. Should get the flywheel puller in the next few days. Have 5 NCE decoders coming. I all so have another Santa Fe Warbonnet F A unit coming.
OH NCIS Tonight! I know where Todd will be!
Later, Ken
Making a pizza (well a frozen one), so I thought I would drop by.
Today was my first day at the new job. It was pretty good. The department I'm in, is very easy. Just put some gears in a "tote", and slide the tote into a cleaner, and that's it. The bad thing is..... After my training, I go to the 11:00pm to 7:20am shift
Other than that, same ole... same ole for me.
Hope everybody is doing good!!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
cudaken Gary And here I thought I knew something! Guess it is something like when I had the Cobra Mustang. It had a Ford 427 Medium Riser in it. Go to the parts store was fun. Counter Guy What kind of car? Ken 1968 Ford Mustang Counter Guy What sizes engine? Ken 427 Counter Guy You have a Chevy engine in a Ford? Ken No, it is a Ford engine Counter Guy Ford did not make a 427! Ken Yes they did! Counter Guy Here, look in the book! Ken Come look under the hood! And don't even get me started with the 1953 Packer that had a 327 straight 6 in it!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening all.
Sorry for my prolonged absences. Time just doesn't exist for me. Between homework, college applications, hockey twice a week, and everything in between, it's hard finding time for anything.
In all honesty, nothing at all exciting has happened since I was last here, so I won't bore you guys with any stories.
However, there has some progress in MRRland. On Sunday, between tasks, I made a stop at the LHS. Not a whole lot of interesting stuff, so I got an Atlas Trainman Railbox. Yesterday, I got my Walthers order in. It was for three Platinum Line plastic pellet hoppers and 50 trees from Busch. The cars are beautiful, and the trees are so-so, but you can't beat the price (50 trees for 30 bucks). Since I'm on a budget, and I don't have the time to sit around and wait until I have enough money to go crazy on fancy trees, they will have to do. They don't look bad, they're just not... great. But I can live with that.
Other than THAT, nothing else of importance is going on here, so I'll shuddup now. What's new with you guys?
-Joe
Concrete ties have been dropped along the Lackawanna Cutoff up to Brooklyn-Stanhope Road, with final placement and rail installation hoped to be in the near future. No ties have been dropped north of Brooklyn-Stanhope Road, but it is believed that the crossing will be installed and track installed north of there in the relatively near future.This is one of very few cases where a rail line has been abandoned, only to be reconstructed over 25 years later.
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jeffrey-wimberly cudaken: Gary And here I thought I knew something! Guess it is something like when I had the Cobra Mustang. It had a Ford 427 Medium Riser in it. Go to the parts store was fun. Counter Guy What kind of car? Ken 1968 Ford Mustang Counter Guy What sizes engine? Ken 427 Counter Guy You have a Chevy engine in a Ford? Ken No, it is a Ford engine Counter Guy Ford did not make a 427! Ken Yes they did! Counter Guy Here, look in the book! Ken Come look under the hood! And don't even get me started with the 1953 Packer that had a 327 straight 6 in it! Reminds me of the battle I had with a parts guy at a parts store in town about a two barrel carb on a 318. Parts guy said there was never a two barrel carb made for a 318. I had to get MY parts book and show him. 1979 4 barrel, 1980 4 barrel, 1981 2 barrel, 1982 4 barrel, etc. What a dope!
cudaken: Gary And here I thought I knew something! Guess it is something like when I had the Cobra Mustang. It had a Ford 427 Medium Riser in it. Go to the parts store was fun. Counter Guy What kind of car? Ken 1968 Ford Mustang Counter Guy What sizes engine? Ken 427 Counter Guy You have a Chevy engine in a Ford? Ken No, it is a Ford engine Counter Guy Ford did not make a 427! Ken Yes they did! Counter Guy Here, look in the book! Ken Come look under the hood! And don't even get me started with the 1953 Packer that had a 327 straight 6 in it!
Reminds me of the battle I had with a parts guy at a parts store in town about a two barrel carb on a 318. Parts guy said there was never a two barrel carb made for a 318. I had to get MY parts book and show him. 1979 4 barrel, 1980 4 barrel, 1981 2 barrel, 1982 4 barrel, etc. What a dope!
I had one clown actually tell me they never made a 429 Cobra Jet...I ended up showing him my 1968 Mustang fastback with the thing in it...then said to him...And Yet...IT LIVES!!!
He was a might embarrassed by that....
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Good Evening...
I'm in a piculous mood tonight...
I had a few people over from school as part of our group's get to know one another thing..and showed them my choochoos... And found that out of the 4 guys and 3 girls in our group 2 girls and 3 guys also had choochoos...
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC for a bit...
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/
Evening.
Well, I've been looking for a opening at all the railroads around me, no such luck. Went to my counselor today and well, had even worst luck there.
Main reason I went/got called in was I wanted to change my classes up. But I can't do that because its too late in the first semester (Filled out my call slip about two weeks into the school year) and I can't transfer in second semester because I "Am going to be lost"
Pah. its vocational auto, what ya do in there is polish and refine skills learnt in intro to autos. Besides, I want to work on diesels (heck, I got a friend's air compressor that needs the fuel pump replaced.) so I'd basically take timing, basic layout of an engine, and a few other things and toss things like spark plugs.
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!
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a decaf please.
Meeting tonight was short, only 4 of the dozen or so members were able to make the meeting. Got some ideas and direction for the programs we do and have a good start to the year.
Tomorrow I have to take the truck in for an oil change and yearly inspection.... Hope to can another round of string beans as well. Have an appointment to visit a layout tomorrow night. Trying to talk the owner into opening his layout for our Fall Meet in the Division. Need to nail down all the loose ends this week if possible.
Think I will turn in a bit early tonight.... Could use the extra sleep.
Curt ... I meant to tell you I like the layout pictures you posted yesterday.
Rob .... I bet you are tired of digging all of those post holes. I hop you did not find an "post turtles" while working on that project.
Bill T.... Which one of those cars is yours in front of Rosie's Diner?
Ken ... Sorry. I did not want to sound like a know it all about the T-1.
Ray ... I'm glad we don't have annual inspections here. So are some of the drivers of the older vehicles.
Happy Model Railroading, everybody.
Already ate toooo many chips & salsa, so just a glass of water please.
Truck = 1999 2500 Chevy longbed pickup. It was a basic service truck we bought used years ago. It's just a well used old farm truck now.
Walked through the train room tonight. Need to work on cleaning it up before I can even think of working on the layouts.
Moved one gate today and did a little fence work. Tomorrow will be pulling more posts day.
Have a good night all.
Evening all, just a stop in before I head off to bed. Did not do a thing today aside from go to the grocery store and pick up some much-needed stuff to go in the fridge and freezer. Tomorrow is truck day at w**k so I doubt I'll be able to do a whole lot then either, but that's all right by me.
Robby: Glad to hear that you started your new job, and while yes, the shift would suck, but as I've said before, SOMEthing is better than NOthing.
Ken and Jeff: I've been in that boat before. Now whenever someone tells me they've got something that either the book, or the computer doesn't show as being in there, I ask them either what it came out of, OR I go look at it. In no way am I going to tell a customer "No, it doesn't" when I know very well that people can make some serious Frankenstein cars. (not saying that either of what you two mentioned would be considered Frankenstein by me, heck I know they were in them).
Well, I guess I'm going to head off to bed now, later taters!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, September 28th, 2011!!!
Make it a good 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.
Good Morning...
Going to be a mix of sun and cloud with the ever popular 40% chance of rain be fallin' on our'n heads today..
Have a few things I need to pick up and do as well today.Great big ol' Honey Do list...
Might get a chance to work on some building later....
Flo, I'll just have a coffee and a 3 egg special please...I'll be by the window booth enjoying whatever sun comes up...
A southeast coal hauler/bridge route era 1980 very loosely based on the Clinchfield
A video tour of the railroad at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40#p/u/6/EPdw9Gr-Gt0
Larry
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/1/ppuser/8745/sl/c
Good Morning All,
The high’s this week will only reach 59F, with more rain. Currently this is our 4th wettest year ever.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Mornin'
Here we go yet again!
RAin, Rain, go AWAY!!!
There is a *Flash Flood Watch* in effect until 8 AM THursday for our county, and the surrounding counties!!!
It WASN'T so much the flooding that happened last time, it was the tremendous FLASH FLOODING that lead to the sustained FLOODING!!! I mean in a space of 3 hours on the 24 hour Time Warner cable local news channel I watched first West Corners flash flood to several feet of water and called MOH at work to mention it, hten a second phone call when they showed Old Vestal Road at Jensen being flooded rapidly and a 3rd phone call when the other end of Old Vestal Road flooded rapidly, and the 4th phone call...I said beg off and COME HOME or you WON"T GET home!!! NAD MOH begged off the manager to come home as did many others. APparently after that the manager went home himself and found that almost the entire Town was flooded!
People have been getting very nervous {or noiyvus if you are from Jersey} every time it rains here!!! Now there is real cause for worry as the strom is circulating around and around and dropping much rain on us!!
We do expect some "bits of dryness' but the waters will contimue to scale down form the hills and could cause flooding again in areas already hit hard.
Hopefullly THAT wont happen again.
All those who believe in prayer pray the rain goes to Texas where they NEED it!
This IS the wettest year we have had by 5 inches of precip.
Whew!
If I disappear for a few days again it will be becasue I got flood surround again and the power station {which they just rebuilt most of apparently} is STILL in the flood zone of Castle Gardens! The generator is NOT safe for "sensitve electronic equipment like TVs or computers" without a "current controlling device installed by a Certified Licensed Electrician.....whatever that is!
Well, happy rails to you!
Have a great day!
Morning!
Flo, coffee please.
Up at 4:30 AM today, this is getting silly.
Gary I was in noway insulated! In fact I am glad you spoke up, I learned something from it so thank you!
Heading in and see if I can get a nap in, see you all later.
Has anyone seen a message board discussion concerning the Hojack Railroad Bridge in Rochester, NY?
Chamomile tea, please. Not much sleep here, so not ready to start the day by a long shot.