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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:41 AM

Good Morning fellow Modelers!

It's a sunny cool morning in the Mile High City!  In a much better mood today so the coffee is on me!

Still working on getting my Trip Video library backed up to a secondary disk(s).  If I recall I was doing a Railfan Trip report that I need to get back too.  I think I was doing something on the Georgetown Loop and was about to work on it's video section when I found it's video was not yet on the computer to process.

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:38 AM

 Morning Folks

 Flo, Coffee Please.

 Go in to work today at 10:00 AM and must say I am dreading it. Last 2 days I have felt like I have had 2 pound rock in my stomach. I just just have to keep reminding my self that last Monday was the worst day I have had at work, the other ones where not as bad. Besides, I now know what to look for in Tim's tickets (if there is one) and fix them before the customer gets to the counter!

 All most got the UP Cover Hopper together. Could not get the trucks screws started and could not find my hobby knife until way to many Beer had been consumed. Beer and knives do not go together.

 I should get off at 5:00 PM, but seems I never know for sure.

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Posted by LSWrr on Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:36 AM

Sue, I did all of it myself except the rubber roof and the window install.

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Posted by gear-jammer on Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:04 AM

Good morning, Chloe.  Coffee, please.

Lee, Sorry about all the home repairs.  We are lucky because Larry & I can do most repairs ourselves.  It saves a lot of time but sometimes waits until there is  some  kind of push to get it done like Christmas.Bang Head

Ray,  You are working your fingers to the bone.  Great progress.

Garry,  Feel better.  We have been nursing the same crud.  Everyone has it.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:56 AM

Ulrich: That was quite the rat nest you discovered. Hopefully the fact that it was handled well and was some time ago will weigh in the company's favor.

 

Good morning. It's 66° and cloudy with patchy fog. The high will be 76° and it will be cloudy with rain. There's a 50% chance of rain all day.

Good sleeping weather today and I may do just that. I don't have any projects going right now and I don't have any planned.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:46 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkuopDCny4s

Check your rubber hoses!!! this fellow had his fuel line go poof on him!!

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Posted by Curt Webb on Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:46 AM

Morning All,

At w**k today so no modeling for me. I plan on redoing that small section of track tomorrow, how long can it take? Probably most the day.

Jerry- Congrats on your Grandson.

Ulrich- Thats tough having to do that. Do you still have a job? I'm not sure how things go over there, but it seems that if you stand up for the right thing you will end up paying a price for it here.

Todd- As someone that has laid a lot of tile and some wood flooring I can definitely sympathize with you.

Everyone take care.

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Posted by TMarsh on Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:35 AM

Good Morning!! Coffee and a sweet roll please. Make that two thank you.

The garbage man cometh.

Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 38 by 5pm. It’s 51° now.

What's that you say Barry? Molding? No haven't got the molding up yet. Have to wait to grout. No I wouldn't say Brenda's hyperactive.

Jerry- Good to see you’re back in. Congrats on the Grandbaby. They probably would have rather waited a while before coming up to Springfield, but glad to hear all is well. Sorry you have to move, I hate it myself, but sounds like in the end it’ll be better apartment? At least sounds like it from a the I&S standpoint.

Galaxy- Ah we missed ya hoss. But like Ray said, you being attacked by those migraines, we just figured you’re sittin it out ‘til you can stand the light of the monitor and the crash of the keys as you type. Besides, everybody gets lost for a day or two now and then. It’s when they’re gone for an unusually long time we begin to worry.

Ken- That’s a great picture of Tiff. I hope you hang on to it forever.

Ulrich- I hesitate to congratulate you on the job prospect as they have a tendency to be pulled out from under you. HOWEVER! I will congratulate you on you w**k you have done so far. Fantastic on unearthing the….frauders? That looks good for you and also the ability to get the banks to look again says bucket loads about you. Say, you don’t suppose you could talk to the Bank of Stupid for Ken do you?

Welp, the tile is all laid except for the decorative strip in front of the tub, and the four tiles at the door. Why? Well as sort of predicted, Brenda picked the stain last night. Nothing we found was a good match so she picked one that was close. Of course, as usual;, the stain on the wood we’re using is lighter than the display tab. Both are oak, but the species or density is obviously different. We’re used to that. Anywho, I’ll finish the tile this morn and probably start grouting the parts I did yesterday, though I’d prefer to wait until tomorrow. I like to wait a good 24 hours, though some say you don’t have to wait that long. 12 is enough. I don’t know. Rather be safe than sorry especially with my luck.

Gotta w**k tonight and tomorrow night so only half days.

Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!

Todd  

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:26 AM

Ulrich:  Wow!! That must have been something to have fallen over that rat's nest!!! 

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Good Morning...

mmmmmm...I seem to be having a hyperactive bolding going on here 

mmmmm...like I said...hyperactive...SoapBoxGrumpy

We are under heaps of rain and wind today..another dull week is ahead of us as well...not much sun around here, I'm afraid  

I guess bolding wants to be bolding everything.....Grumpy

Next I'm expecting random colours to show up.....Whistling

Going to have to pick up some stuff from the w**k today then it will be off to the LHS to pick up BIL's present...

Then, maybe if'n I'm  lucky, I'll be in the trainroom tonight running some trains...

Flo, I'll have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC for a bit...Whistling  

......Sigh

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Posted by LSWrr on Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:54 AM

Good Morning All,

 

50f, windy, and 1” of rain today.  I’m tired of the rain, ready for snow!

 

Jerry, congratulations on the grandson, and good to hear he is doing ok.  Isn’t that #4 grand child for you?

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Good Morning...
Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:09 AM

 

Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.

 

 

Cool

 

 

 

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:59 AM

GOOD MORNING!!!


Today is Thursday, December 15th, 2011!!!

Only 9 more shopping days til Christmas!!!

Happy Holidays!!!

Geeked

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:57 AM

Good Morning Gang!

Gosh, I just realized that there are only 9 more days till Christmas. In Germany, the big day is Christmas Eve. It´s about time I start to think about a little present for Petra. I will use the remains of my train money on it, but it won´t be enough for something big.

The last few weeks have been like a crime story. I dug deep into the company´s records, just to get a background on the bank debts of it. I unearthed two serious cases of fraud and initiated legal charges against two former business partners. The cases are pretty waterproof now, which helped me a lot negotiating new loan arrangements with the banks. It also cut the owner of the business from the hanging tree. He is a good guy, but lacks that safety valve when it comes to selecting the right partners for his business. My Christmas gift to him is that he will be able to keep his business and even make a living out of it - not a big and fat one, more of a very basic one. From next year on, I will be on his payroll, with the same meager salary and an option for partnership as business improves. It´s not a bright future, but at least a silver lining at the horizon.

The weather has been frightening over the last weeks - lots of Storm and Umbrella. No prospects for a white Christmas this year.

Have a good day, everyone!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:37 PM

Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:07 PM

Ray: Your work is looking good so far. Keep it up.

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:59 PM

Evenin' Folks!

Janie I'll have my usual cup of decaf to warm me up.  I'll be in the back booth by the stove for a while.

Glad that many of you enjoyed the video.  I watched it twice just for the steam clips.....

Today was the first day in ages that I spent some quality time in the layout rooms.  Tomorrow I have a lot of stuff I must get done so there won't be much time for trains...... Grumpy  OK, one of the things I will be doing is going to a Museum Meeting...  Of course the program will center around trains... 1/1 scale.

I creosoted some ties:

Started putting in the new turnouts and track.  Mid afternoon the area looked like this:

A few minutes ago right before I turned off the lights and came upstairs the same area looked like this:

The straight track (siding) isn't glued in place yet.  Still have to paint the PC ties.  Then it will be glued down to the regular ties.  Hopefully you can see the difference between the new turnouts and the old Atlas ones........ 

Prayers for all in need!  Have a good night everyone!

73

 

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:42 PM

Curt Webb

Jeff- Hope you had a nice time on Ft. Polk.

Oh I did. My mother and I went there in my father's car (Marquis) and he drove her car (G6). I'm not comfortable driving the G6. The brake pedal is too close to the gas pedal so until the brake pedal is modified there's too much of a danger that my boot will snag the brake. He had to remain on post because he was due on shift right after the dinner, hence the need for us to go in two cars. Most of the food was Wal-Mart deli fare. It was a nice low key event with employees, their families and some friends in attendance and I got to see some friends I haven't seen in a couple of years. Some of them were surprised how much my physical appearance has changed in a short time. I'm weaker now than I was just a couple of years ago and a lot of my muscle mass is gone. Photos of me then and now looks like two different people. The only constant in life is change. On the way home we had to wait at the Ford Stewart Road crossing for a KCS general freight to pass. That's only three miles from home by road, slightly less than a mile and a half as the crow flies. I took my mother to her home where I picked up my van then returned to my home. By then I was pretty well wiped. I made a few postings online then crawled into bed to get some sleep. After a couple hours sleep I've been watching some shows I recorded on the DVR. A couple of Monster Jam freestyles and something from the SYFY channel called 'Snowmageddon'. Looks like your typical class B disaster flick. Other than that, nothing going on today.

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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:05 PM

Salt & Vinegar Chips, please.

***Garry, hope you are feeling better very soon.

My sister game em a GPS for Christmas this year. Told me which package it was in and to open it early, which I did. Now, if it would take the form of T-X from Terminator, Rise of the Machines, now that would really be something. Haven't tested it yet, but if there are assorted voices to choose from, that sounds interesting.

Can hardly keep my eyes open tonight. Think I'll hit the hay early. Good night all.

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Posted by CNCharlie on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 7:41 PM

Good Evening Diners,

Well another mild day here in Winterpeg, we hit 30F which is very warm for us this time of year.

Ray, thanks for posting the clip about the station here. It was very interesting as I recognized a lot of the scenes. They did get the time line a little mixed up as some shots shown were actually later than indicated but we'll just put it down to poetic license. Also a shot of a rail yard was actually the CP yard and the shot dated 1939 was actually in front of the CP station, not the CN. I do remember going to the CN station as a kid and it was always exciting. A lot of the station is now inaccessible as it contains a lot of offices and some of it is small shops but Via does still use it. It also contains a railway museum that includes the first locomotive in western Canada, the Countess of Dufferin. That is probably more info than you wanted.

Galaxy, nice to see you back and glad to hear you are feeling better.

I'm typing this on the new computer. First post using it. We've only had it for 6 months, why hurry? It is set up at the office desk and Robbie is curled up underneath. Funny in that it is the same spot Pippa used to be in whenever I was here.

Well time for a little TV , coffee and one of those great mincemeat tarts I bought. They were always my Dad's favourite Christmas treat so I guess the apple doesn't fall that far from the tree.

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Posted by Curt Webb on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 6:17 PM

Evening All,

At home since this is my short day. I stopped by Lowe's and picked up a small plastic  level that someone on here recommended the other day. MOH had her blood work and EKG for surgery done today.

The new Bachmann Mogul will  be shipped out to me tomorrowBig SmileBig SmileBig Smile

Garry- Hope you feel better soon.

Jeff- Hope you had a nice time on Ft. Polk.

Ray- That's a great video

Galaxy- Hope your Migraine is better real soon.

Hope everyone has  a good night.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:42 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 

 Seamonster:

 

Jeffrey:  Haven't  you got a nice female voice on your reader?  Our GPS has an assortment of voices and I like to set it to a female Australian accent.  Drives the wife crazy.

 

There are quite a few but they all sound like mechanical feminine Schwarzenegger's. Or would that be terminators?

 

A few that I have on Dragonspeak sound like one of them there Russian female Weightlifters back in the 1980's-1990's   

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Posted by galaxy on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:28 PM

Seamonster....I have had Migraines form about age 16 on. My mother had them and if they are hereditary, I got 'em. Just had a MRI done which they didn't have in the days long ago...didn't show up anything. My mothre's sister has had a constant headache for about 30 years to, SHe went to a clinic and they decided to cut the nerves up the back of her neck, which DID cut out the pain...for about 2 months. I seem to get them when the wearther/barometric pressure changes  a lot. Spring and fall when it does that a lot I suffer greatly...2-3-4 day headaches. I have all kinds of pain killers in my arsenal. SOmetimes one will work sometimes not.

Ulrich- I lurked a time or two and wondered about YOU, sir, as I didn't see you posting. I see you are busy working...for a paycheck I hope??? Leading to one???

Jeffrey- I read aobut your sense of humor, or your claim to lack thereof. If many of you haven't figured out by some of my postings {although I often don't humorize them as I don't want it misconstrued}, I have a very dry and often sarcastic sense of humor too. I tend to dead pan someting that turns out humorous- much like Bob Newhart {for those who remember/ watched him}.

Well, it is raining now. Went to a neigbors who gets "goodies" {breads and sometimes goodies} from the local grocery store {which happens to be the chain MOH works for}. They are about to be day old and gets to distribute them among the "poor" in the trailer park. AS we are a favorite couple of hers {though we don't know why as she is very religious- anohter story}, so I am about the 3rd person she calls on WEdnesday, "goodie day". I went later this evening and boy oh boy the humidity about knocked me over makes it hard for me to breathe when so humid in the air. She kept urging me to take stuff..so I did. I usually only take 3 items for the two of us...leaving plenty for those who have families..but apparently tonight she wants to get rid of stuff... MOH COULD have gone,,.,but never does {feeling like a beggar is the answer} and told me to "get bread"...I came home with Pumpersnickle, rye, sourdough, french peasant loaf, bagels, chocolate dunking doughnuts {the heavy ones}, and one or two more! Two bags full, and of course the religious tracts for the month. A good haul overall. can we eat it all before next Wednesday when ti will go bad? DOn't know..MOH likes to toast bread and eat it...and can afford the calories...I CAN NOT.

 We went out to Friendly's to eat...our once a month-if-we-can-afford it binge...they don't have discounts for AARP members so we may not go again! Denny's does, and our usual haunt is there...

well, I have tfalked enough, and only 2-3 hours to bed time, so I bid you all g'nite!

G'nite Jeffrey

G'nite Ray

G'nite ulrich

G'nite John boy

G'nite....

zzzz   Zzz

Geeked

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:19 PM

Seamonster

Jeffrey:  Haven't  you got a nice female voice on your reader?  Our GPS has an assortment of voices and I like to set it to a female Australian accent.  Drives the wife crazy.

There are quite a few but they all sound like mechanical feminine Schwarzenegger's. Or would that be terminators?

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:18 PM

Good to see everybody.

The weekend I was working under the table so to speak.  I was wiring under the layout.

Then I was under the weather, and still am. Hope to be okay by tomorrow.

Cheers.

 

GARRY

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Posted by cudaken on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:16 PM

 Evening Fellow Dinners

 Flo, Beer please.

 Been a interesting day. This is all about me keeping the house stuff.

 Had the conferences with IHDA (ILL Hardest Hit Program) and I won the appeal! Smile, Wink & Grin Well, they said I did, we will see. Reason I was turned down was because when I started the paper work in Oct I was not working. Now that I am working, they will help. (Still not holding my breath) Hum, if you are unemployed and can't help why did they have me start the paper work in the first places? Whistling

 Called Bank Of Stupid Next. Told my rep what IHDA was doing for me, getting me caught up and should make the next 6 house payments for me. Well Great News! But now for the kicker, My VA Loan Can Only Be Modified If I Am Behind? Bang Head

 So in a nut shell, IHDA will get me caught up, then after they make the next 6 house payments, I have to let my self get behind again, so I can get the Loan Modified? Bang Head

 Another fine example of Big Banking And The Government Working Hand In Hand. Whistling Folks, this country is screwed!

 Picked up Tiffs ashes today from the vet. Hard to believe she has been gone for 2 months now. Sigh

 This weekend her ashes will be taken to Build A Bear and placed in a stuffed American Eskimo dog.

 Train Score! Went too K-10 Model Trains today and was hopping to see a Bachmann EM-1 first hand. Well, Ken is not going to stock them so I did not get to see one first hand. But, guess what I did find? Found 3 new Blue Box 55 foot center flow hoppers for only $6.95 each! Big Smile Seems they found some forgotten about stock, and just put them out. I had just missed out on a pair BB SD-40's that sold for only $25.00 each. Well you cannot win them all.

 Like I need anymore Rolling Stock. Guess it is just a sickness most of us have. I have around 80 cars that I don't have room for yet I could not pass up a good deal? Guess it is time to count what I still have in the way of rolling stock, I have gave away a lot of stuff over the years.

 Galaxy I did miss seeing your posting, but I have been wrapped up in my own problems and kept forgetting to ask where you where.

 Ulrich Glad to see you back posting. Hope things still work out for you and the company you are helping. Be nice to see some $ as well.

 Well, going to watch some NCIS and work on the new Rolling Stock.

            Ken

 

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Posted by Seamonster on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:00 PM

Haven't had a chance to post for a while and so I've got some catching up to do.  Here goes.

V8Vega:  Only $3.39 a gallon for gas?  Lucky you.  In Canada we measure gas in litres, a bit smaller than a quart.  That works out to 89.5 cents a litre.  Our gas prices have dropped to $1.10 a litre which would be $4.16 a U.S. gallon.  I hope they're still that low tomorrow morning when I fill the tank. 

Jeffrey:  Haven't  you got a nice female voice on your reader?  Our GPS has an assortment of voices and I like to set it to a female Australian accent.  Drives the wife crazy.

Howmus:  We have a salt problem on the roads here too.  They don't use much salt but when it's slippery they'll mix it with sand and put it down on the intersections.  Considering that it's sort of raining a tiny bit today and the temperature will go well below freezing tonight, it should be fun when I go out tomorrow morning.  At least it's not as bad as those folks who live near the sea.  The salt air just corrodes everything.  When I bought our new car a year ago (it will be exactly one year on Friday) they installed one of those electrical current rust inhibitors under the hood.  Don't know how well it works.  Only time will tell.  Supposed to work like the sacrificial anode in a hot water tank.  But, in the long run, every car will get rust on it somewhere eventually.

Cudaken:  That doesn't sound like a particularly good place to work.  I hope you can find somewhere else to work.

Galaxy:  I can sympathize with you about your migraines.  After receiving a severe head injury in a single vehicle car accident in my youth I was plagued with the most horrendous headaches for the next 30 years.  If, on a scale of 1 to 10 a migraine was a 10, some of those headaches were 20s.  I was eating the strongest painkillers I could get with a prescription like they were candy.  The headaches suddenly disappeared after 30 years, almost to the month.  They never did find out exactly what caused them (other than the obvious accident injury) despite giving me every neurological test available at the time.  I feel for you.  I know what it's like.

Ulrich:  I hope things improve on your job front and your employers recognize the contributions you're making to the company.

Well, it's off to do my Christmas shopping tomorrow morning.  Considering how crowded the stores will be and how crowded the parking lots will be I should be in the same mood as one of the Lion's kitty cats who has missed feeding time.

 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 4:48 PM

Decaf coffee, please.

***Ray, excellent video. It is remarkable how early rail was constructed and just how much of it, too. That short clip of the steamer snow plowing is very cool.YesCool

***Jerry & Galaxy, good to see you in here again.

It was warm enough today to open up the house for a few hours. Hope this continues, as I don't look forward to the next power bill. Got to the point the cold was getting to me so had to turn the heat on at night. Holding off on the wood stove (and everything else) until I know for certain finances will be OK. That might not be until the end of Jan.. Oh well.

Rob

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:42 PM

Ray:  You're right! Very well done video as well.Big Smile

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Good Afternoon

Very dull this afternoon-raining rather heavily right now. Yay.

Had some things that needed done with our decorations...now I have glitter bits all over me....Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:27 PM

Afternoon All...Its cloudy,damp and 54 here...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please ..Thank You...I havn't been in for awhile...Got a new Grand Son Bradley Andrew..He had some problems and had to be airlifted to Springfeild but He's home and doing better...Looks like we may move to another apartment so the Illinois Southern and Illinois Central will get some more room...but I sure am not looking forward to moving...You all have a good one...Jerry

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:11 PM

Afternoon folks!

Chloe I'll have a hot chocolate and one of those vanilla ice cream cover brownies with chocollate syrup to tide me over to suppertime....

Ulrich, good to see you, sir!  Hope things continue to turn for the better with the company, and they see the important contribution you are making.

A member of the R&GV RR Museum forwarded this to our membership.  It is in celebration of the 100 year history of Winnipeg's Union Station.  It was commissioned by VIA Rail Canada and shows the importance of rail service to the Nation of Canada during the century it has been in service.  Some fantastic footage!  I know Barry and others will enjoy:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OtQC263gVQ&feature=youtu.be

Be back later!

73

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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