Hey all. Just wanted to pop in and say hi. Thanks for the welcomes i recieved. My family had christmas a little early for my wife and i this past weekend as I'm working christmas. My mom bought me John Armstrong's book on "Track Planning for Realistic operation" and she also got me The Model Railroaders Guide to Trackside Structures. I started reading John Armstrong's book and wow I'm impressed and only 25 pages in. Havnt started on the other yet.
Afternoon all. Just stopping in before heading off into town to do some running around and a small side job. I've been a bit lazy today, although I've been more active than other days off I've had. Yesterday I had to w**k, so I got nothing done. Oh well, I'm going to get something done today. I'm not 100% sure of what I'm going to do today, but I think I'm going to weather my Dash 8 (FINALLY!). Welp, I think I'm going to head off for now, I've got to get all my girls (including the wife) out the door.
Joe: Great on your acceptance!
Ulrich and Todd: I have to agree with what y'all both said on the work issue, its good that you hold yourself to a higher standard than just achieving material wealth.
Well I'm off y'all!
EDIT I've got TOP, y'all eat up
Wouldn't you know it..it warms up some today and I get a migraine. so far not so bad as others, but with a new cold front and that massive strom heading our way, I imagine I could be in for a triple-dayer headache. Hate them with a passion. Have gotten worse as I get older.
SO needless to say I won't be doing much today.
NOH is off today but went in to work to show new Dept. mahager how the computer schedule COrporate policy says all are to go by differes from what the New Dept manager supposedly put in for MOH. She says she will confront the General manager, who she {and MOH] think is playing with teh schedule after she finalizes it. GOod.
So nothing else now later.
-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.
Afternoon Modelers!
Temps are falling and so is the white stuff. Hot Chocolate and a Splice of Hot Apple Pie please!
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
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Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, short stack of Buckwheat pancakes, sausage, and NYS dark Amber Maple Syrup please. Oh! Don't forget the Dark raost coffee.... Thank You Ma'am!
Late getting in here for breakfast as I already had an hour and a half meeting to re-register the Cub and Venturing Units I am commissioner for. It is a pleasant 46°F here in the Finger Lakes with a predicted high of 44°F today. Ah......... yep, THAT is what it says!
The Good News around these parts is the two wind turbines at the Zotos International plant in the Geneva Business Park now has the Wind Turbines they installed over a year ago turning and producing power... This 7 Million Dollar project got put on hold as NYSEG prevented them from starting them because their power lines were too close to the plant and if the turbines suddenly just fell over or something they could fall on their power lines..... yeah, right! Anyway NYSEG moved the power lines and now Zotos is starting up the turbines. They will provide 60% or more of the electricity they use and 5% of the power will be given to the Geneva Schools to cut their electric costs! They figure the project will pay for itself in about 20 years, and should produce power for well over 30 years. It was nice to see one of them operating when I drove home from my son's house last night.
Jeffrey! Don't you dare dirty up THAT Airstream!
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning. It's 53° and cloudy. The high will be 67° and it will be cloudy. There's a 10% chance of rain this evening increasing to 50% after 2 am.Nothing in particular on the schedule today but I'm sure I'll find something to do. There's a bunch of movies on the DVR that need watching before I delete them. Also need to transfer a bunch of Battlestar Galactica episodes (not as good as the original series) to VHS. Someday I might be able to afford a DVD recorder.
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Southern Traction & Power Honey and Cinnamon, has possibilities jerrold
Honey and Cinnamon, has possibilities
jerrold
Cinnamon flavoured honey is delicious! There's a place in a tiny little town less than an hour away that sells locally produced honey with different flavours in it. My favourite is cinnamon. I love it! Interestingly, the place that sells the honey is a cheese manufacturing plant. They make the best tasting cheese you'll find anywhere. They make many different varieties of cheese from milk from local dairy farms. Our favourite is their two year old cheddar. It bites back! Now that's what cheese should taste like. We usually drive out there at least once a year and stock up on cheese and get a jar of the honey.
..... Bob
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Good Morning. LION will have Pancakes for breakfast, with butter and real clear maple syrup!
LION has been fooling around with Helicon Focus, looks like him kneads more work on it, but here is my first attempt. Eventually this will be the Prospect Park Station.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
My usual bagel and coffee.
Saw a Zoie Pizza and sub down in NC. Wonder if it has any connection to this diner?? Spent the week end helping my daughter move. That is a long story i don't want to get into. Another beautiful day in store here in central-southern VA. need to get in some wood for the week,usually do it on Saturday, heat the house with a wood burning furnace in the basement.
Haven't been upstairs to the RR since last week. Have enough on my plate to keep me bust for a couple days down here.
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Jeffrey, nice layout pic!
***Roar, spent some time on your website. You do some impressive work.
I'll be back in the corner booth awhile until the coffee kicks in. Rob
Good Morning fellow Modelers!
It's 29F with 1-3" in the forecast today. Picked up a 2TB External Drive over the weekend and started compressing all the AVI files I generated from my old Video Tapes and putting a copy of them on there. Should have all 996 GB of files copied over to it by Tuesday night. With that project nearly wrapped up I got my Georgetown Loop Trip Report going again yesterday.
LSWrr Jeff, if you don’t want to mount a box McHenry makes the replacement couplers for the Rivarossi locomotives and passenger cars that have a pin the coupler snaps onto. You could insert a machine screw and snap the McHenry right onto it and avoid mounting a box if you’re concerned about space and clearance. That is a cool bus, where did you find that???
Morning Folks.
Flo, Coffee to go please.
Yuck, rain, I hate working in the rain. Makes it very hard to write on the paper sheet I have to fill out at the customers car's.
Sue is slowly but surely cleaning out the account for her Christmas Gifts.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Morning All,
Getting ready to go out and get a haircut and get gas in the truck for the work week. It's a bit chilly here this morning although I don't know the temp. Need to drill 2 holes for my signal placement. I always hate drilling through the layout now that the scenery is pretty much done.
Lee- Thanks for the info on the car.
Talk to you all later.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Chloe, I will have a quick coffee with Barry.
We got most of the painting done yesterday. I will finish Friday, and we can put the living room back together.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
mmmm...I got top again
I may as well leave my CC here on a semi permanent basis....
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...
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Good morning
I, too, will see some rain today as I have to pick up some wood stuff as well Later on tonight we are supposed to go down to 20F..with just enough moisture on the ground to go into icy and slippy tomorrow morning..
Speaking of which, we are going to have..up one day, down the next, up the next day type of weather here,,today will be 46F, tomorrow will be 28F, then on Wednesday back up to 54F...just lurvly stuff..
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC for a bit...
Good Morning All,
So I’m on the last page of my 2011 calendar; worried that the earth will end when the calendar ends. Thankfully someone anonymously sent me the new Model Railroader calendar. Thanks, now I have another year to plan MRR projects!
We received 3” of snow this weekend in Euclid, Slavic Village received almost 7” and it’s still on the ground. Today it will be a blistering 44 degrees and should melt the snow off. Rain for the next 3 days with temperatures around freezing, might make some interesting commutes to and from work.
Jeff, if you don’t want to mount a box McHenry makes the replacement couplers for the Rivarossi locomotives and passenger cars that have a pin the coupler snaps onto. You could insert a machine screw and snap the McHenry right onto it and avoid mounting a box if you’re concerned about space and clearance.
That is a cool bus, where did you find that???
Southern Traction; I just read an interesting article that honey and cinnamon on your bread or bagel is supposed to help clear arteries and better manage diabetes. I don’t know if that’s true or not …
Ulrich, it’s better to stay away from the not so honest. I’m sure something great will come your way soon.
Garry, all my DC friends enjoy running on my DCC layout, their just too stubborn to admit its more fun. My GF bought me a DCC system a few years ago and I love it. The transition was easy since you can connect the DCC to your layout and still run your DC stuff.
Curt, I have one of those cars in my collection, mine is a Rivarossi. All it has on the bottom is made in Italy.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
(yaaaaaaaaawwwn) Good Morning!! Coffee please. Thanks. Hm. Looks like I fell asleep in here last night. Stopped in last night and then Brenda came in and wanted me to cut her another piece of trim cause the first wouldn't stain due to the built in polyurethane coating of which she says she will not buy again, and I got up to do that and forgot I was online. Imagine that..... Me.... Forget. Well let’s seeeee, what’s the weather…Rain likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 51
(yaaaaaaaaawwwn)
Good Morning!! Coffee please. Thanks. Hm. Looks like I fell asleep in here last night. Stopped in last night and then Brenda came in and wanted me to cut her another piece of trim cause the first wouldn't stain due to the built in polyurethane coating of which she says she will not buy again, and I got up to do that and forgot I was online. Imagine that..... Me.... Forget.
Well let’s seeeee, what’s the weather…Rain likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 51
Oh you have GOT to be kidding me!!! Really? Rain? Really? Today? Of all days? I guess it’s the way things go for me. I'm supposed to pick up the wood floor material today. And yes, after noon sometime. Figures. A truck full of wood flooring that will have to be hand unloaded…., and it’s gonna rain. Hasn’t rained for a while now, but NOW it’s gonna rain. And for the next THREE days. And you wonder why I don’t gamble. I guess I shouldn’t complain, after all Christmas is in less than a week and it’s barely been below freezing yet and now sign of …(gulp)..sn*w. BUT STILL! Really? Today?
Churchwork this morning then clean up around here and wait for the call from Lumber Liquidators saying come and get it. Say, I wonder if they deliver for free?
Speaking of Lumber Liquidators, not real overly impressed as to what they claim. Prices are about the same as Menard’s and Lowe’s, they just claim lower prices. When we were shopping for the laminate flooring for Mom, they did have flooring priced less, but it was cheaper flooring too. Actually, they are more expensive for comparable materials. It appears the same for wood. I’m not knocking the place, everywhere has their budget line, and we'll include them in our shopping. But it just kinda irritates me when a business claims to be selling you at such huge discounts and really they’re the same or more than most places around. Sorry, pet peeve of mine.
Well, as usual situation arose with the setting of the toilet (terlit). Didn’t get the tile in one spot close enough on one side to the drain. THAT elicited a response heard around the town I will say. It at least got Brenda from downstairs and up to the bathroom tude sweet. (that was Spanish by the way). Missy was a bit concerned as well. But, got that fixed with a minimal amount of "can't you do this's" and "can't you do that's" and "well I'm just trying to helps" and of course a couple of the usual, "I just wanted to see's". Now have to go into town and get a new wax ring before THAT can be done as hoped for last night. Other’nat things are well here.
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!!!
Today is Monday December 19th, 2011!!!
Now Hear this!!!! PREPARE YE!!!! PREPARE YE!!!
The END of the YEAR Cometh soonly!!!!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Hum, anyone here?
Flo, wake up, I like a please.
Pretty boring day today at work, only 10 cars in 9 hours? Ricky played nice today so I did not go through with writing him up. Seems Dave did call them as soon as I called him. Why stir anything up at this point?
Going to assemble my last Blue Box Hopper kit. I do miss Blue Box Kits.
Cuda Ken
Here are the 2 cars. Hopefully someone can help identify the manufacturer.
Thanks
Evening All,
Flo could I have a decaf please.
MOH and I got back home at 4 PM today after our skunk trip to Jax. The critter should be in her new home in SC now. When I got home I cleaned ground cover off 4 small square areas where the signals are going after Christmas. I made and painted 4 bases and drilled 2 holes for wires then my rechargeable drill died so the other 2 will be done tomorrow. I should get the wire I ordered tomorrow, and if it is early enough I'm going to cut it to length that I need and tin the ends.
Last night at the club a English gentleman (here during the winter) gave me 2 old time passenger cars. They are probably from the early 1900's time frame. They have metal wheels and KD couplers and look really good behind my 4-4-0. I offered to pay for them but he wouldn't hear of it. What a nice gift. I was looking for the manufacturer but can't find a name.
Jeff and Lion- Your Christmas trees look great
Everybody have a good night and prayers for those in need.
The LION was in his train room too. I had four trains running all at once. (Making proper stops of course!) I also mounted some Tortoises at the Prospect Park Interlocking. When that glue is dry, I'll mount some more until all eight machines are solid, and then I'll wire them.
I was also working on my PCO system (Power Cut Off switches) for you non-traction types. There are 14 bush buttons around the layout, and pressing any one of them breaks the relay circuit stopping all of the trains and the clocks and timers as well. Like a master pause button. They can only be restarted from the tower. But that is a draw-back of automatic operation. Sometimes you need to stop the whole thing to fix something, and you might be nowhere near the control tower.
In theory the PCO system works, in practice... Eh? Only two of the buttons are working. I glued the buttons to the fascia and that seems to be causing a problem. I'll have to pull each one out, clean it up and return it to service so that they will work the way I want them to work. The button locations are illuminated with blue LEDs to make them easy to find, just like the prototype!
ROAR
I hear crickets in here. Where is everyone?
Took a trek into the smaller section of future pasture, across the creek behind the house. Man, there is a LOT of down tree branches and stuff that will need to be cleaned up. And that's before the stumps can be removed, as they are hidden under everything right now. Sure looks like a lot of root-grapple work. Beginning to think a 60HP (minimum) tractor will be required for such work. It had better be mighty sturdy considering how much of this work is on a hillside, too.
Did not made it back into the train room this evening. Getting tuckered out for much of anything now.
Have a good night all. Rob
Afternoon folks!
Zoe, I'll have a nice hot cup of hot chocolate please. I'll be unwinding a bit by the stove in the back.
Today was the Sunday School Christmas Pageant at church during the late service. My #1 Granddaughter was one of the lambs.... She was great... Turning into a real sweet young lady she is! The little one was removed from the service (by her Dad) just as the pageant started as she insisted she needed to be in the middle of it even though she is too young to be in it....... Takes after her aunt I think.
Need to do some quick shopping and then I will be going over to my son's house for a Birthday party for his BIL. Unfortunately my son won't be there until late as he has to w*rk this afternoon. He was supposed to w*rk all day (12 hour shift) but got somebody to cover so he could be in church.
Coffee refill, please.
Got the hay in the barn and headed into the train room. The sheetrock mud stayed put and is starting to dry. Might find something else to work on down there later.
Safe journeys to those traveling. And healing thoughts for those in need.
Rob
Good morning all...Its sunny and 41 here...I'll have coffee and a couple of Christmas cookies please...thank you...well one week till Christmas...Sallie is coloring sugar for her Christmas sugar cookies..Not much going on the railroad as she has a bunch of Christmas packages for grand kids on the layout!..You all have a good one...Jerry