Hey Barry...
Try Fast Tracks. If they don't have it in stack, Tim will make one for you (for a few $$$$)
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Having a bit of an issue here...does anyone know of a jig for a 10 degree crossover?
I thought there was one but I can't remember where I saw it...
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/
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have a breakfast Bagel with bacon and cheese... Blood sugar was 77 this morning so I guess I can boost it a bit with a bagel. Oh, and don't forget a cup of that fine dark roast coffee you have in here. Put it in my R&GV RR Mug please!
Barry, glad to see THAT Jeffrey was able to salvage THAT Mogul THAT got itself derailed.....
A dark and gloomy day here in the Finger Lakes. Currently at the high for today of 38°F outside. Calling for sn*wshowers this afternoon. They say "No significant accumulations....". Guess THAT means I should be able to drive through the drifts with no problem.... I have to pick up my sister's lawn mower and take it in to be fixed for her before she puts it down cellar for the winter.... This year I will try to get her to run it dry of gasoline beofre she stores it down there with her furnace and hot water heater....
Have a full day of odds and ends to get done, so I best keep moving.
Later!
Coffee in a SUNNY & SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Jeffrey, sounded like quite a day you had. BTW, nice little Southern loco. Bet it is not DCC.
I forget who posted the steam train wreck, but it is now on my puter screen. Thanks!
Didn't sleep well at all last night. To cold to wear the Cpap mask without total rain-out, so have been going without. I suppose winter will not be getting any warmer, so time to start looking at wood stoves.
Have a good day all.
Rob
Good morning. It's 39° and mostly sunny. The high will be 68° and it will be mostly sunny.Yesterday morning I took my fathers Mercury Marquis (older of the two they have) to the GM dealership in New Llano so some handycap equipment could be removed from it. It's being traded in on a Chevy hardtop convertible. My mother wanted a BMW but my father (predictably) told her it would be a cold day in h*** when he bought her one of those. So she settled on the Chevy convertible. The only problem I can see with it is that the space between the console and the brake pedal is tight. I can barely get my walking boot to the gas pedal and I'll be the one driving the car quite a bit as my mother can't drive due to health problems that make her a hazard to anything on the road. My boot is five and a half inches wide and the gap it has to fit through is five and three quarter inches. So I told my father yesterday it needs part of the brake pedal removed. Either that or find somebody else to drive her to where she needs to go. If I know my father (and I should, I've only known him for like half a century) he'll get that brake pedal modified so I can drive the car to take my mother to wherever she needs to go for virtually nothing rather than pay somebody to do it. The man's a classic cheapskate and will find any way he can to keep from spending money. Now the fun (depends on your point of view) yesterday started when I got to the car lot. I removed items that my father wanted (Rotary Club plate, sunglasses, paperwork, a couple of blankets, etc) then told the salesman I needed to see someone about getting back some of the money taht had been spent on the extended warranty. It still had two years left on it and that amounted to a couple of hundred bucks. The woman I would have to see about that was busy with a customer but it would only be a few minutes. It would have to be as I had more important things to get done before noon. A few minutes turned to fifteen, then thirty then forty-five. All this time my niece has been waiting for me outside. She was my ride home. Finally the customer left the office and I started toward the door paperwork in hand. It had been close to an hour now. Before I got to the door she called in another customer. That tore it! No way was I waiting around for another hour or more. If my father wanted that warranty cashed in he could darn well do it himself. I had my niece take me back to my parents place where I had left my van earlier. I told my mother what had happened, left the paperwork with her and went about the business of getting gas for my van (took eighteen gallons to top up a twenty-four gallon tank ($55.78 at $3.099 a gallon) then getting two bills paid, buying the groceries and getting back home. I still have to reimburse my father for paying my electric bill and car insurance. After that's done I'll see if I have enough left to send a couple of things out.
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.
Wolfgang has a nice photo in January Trackside Photos, So, I started a thread to congratualte him.
Wolfgang: The picture looks great!
Our CZ trip of about five years ago took us to the Moffat Tunnel. On the way there we passed several freight trains on sidings including this BNSF train. It was a steep grade all of the way to the tunnel.
Grandson and Son In Law are here from Michigan, and I'm spending time with them of course.
Happy Model Railroading !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning!! Coffee and a sweet roll please. No make that a caramel bun thing with pecans all over it. Those sticky brownish things. Thanks Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Floor Wars:Williamsville Day 3... Welp all is going well, slow but ok. Not in a real big hurry, but I don’t want to dilly dally either. Brenda has informed me I have until next weekend to get her house back in order because her Pampered Chef thing is next Sunday. Sue, you like PS, If you happen to be free you’re more than welcome to pop in. Aaaanyway. Lost a good chunk of yesterday due to her calling me to help her at her Mothers, but that’s ok. Oh man I hope California Tom is ok with all the stormy winds and power outages and such. Welp, best get crackin on the floor. Like to get most done before w**k tonight. Then Brenda wants to go shopping tomorrow for a Christmas tree. I don’t know why she needs one NOW. She does that though, gets you started on a project then decides she wants you to go do something with her, then talk about how long it takes to get things done. I admit I’m no Speedy Gonzales, but I sure don’t need any help to slow me down.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a sweet roll please. No make that a caramel bun thing with pecans all over it. Those sticky brownish things. Thanks
Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.
Floor Wars:Williamsville Day 3... Welp all is going well, slow but ok. Not in a real big hurry, but I don’t want to dilly dally either. Brenda has informed me I have until next weekend to get her house back in order because her Pampered Chef thing is next Sunday. Sue, you like PS, If you happen to be free you’re more than welcome to pop in. Aaaanyway. Lost a good chunk of yesterday due to her calling me to help her at her Mothers, but that’s ok.
Oh man I hope California Tom is ok with all the stormy winds and power outages and such.
Welp, best get crackin on the floor. Like to get most done before w**k tonight. Then Brenda wants to go shopping tomorrow for a Christmas tree. I don’t know why she needs one NOW. She does that though, gets you started on a project then decides she wants you to go do something with her, then talk about how long it takes to get things done. I admit I’m no Speedy Gonzales, but I sure don’t need any help to slow me down.
Ray- Cute little 44 tonner. (runs out the door)
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.
I see I'm at the TOP again...have at it !!
Thank goodness my CC is all paid up....
Good Morning
We are getting another dusting of snow with the attendant stories of accidents galore..we went out for a walk earlier in the snowfluffies and threw a few snowballs at each other..I seem too have got the worst of it ....
Today is work in the trainroom a bit and then see whether some of the photos actually came out...
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now please...I'll be at the RC ...
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, December 2nd, 2011!!!
Only 23 More Days shopping til Christmas!!!
Be sure to send Santa an email with direct links to your favorite train items from your favorite hobby e-tailer so Santa knows EXACTLY what to get you!!!
-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 evening all. Again, just stopping in before heading off to bed. Its been fairly busy here around the house and at w**k. I've gotta go and get a bit of sleep and then get up in the morning, install a cv axle and brake master cylinder in a Toyota Rav 4, then go sway a p/s pulley on a jeep (it kinda busted). Haven't been able to do anything on my MRR stuff, but I did get the new issue of MR in the mail today. Going to start reading it here in a bit. I get some vacation time on the week of the 11th, so I should have more time to work during then on my MRR stuff. I have been working more on my wish list for Christmas.
Well, I'm glad to see that we've moved to Denver, I've heard its quite nice here, going to enjoy it for sure.
Later taters!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf..., Thanks!
As of this evening 14 of the 15 Scouts taking the Railroading Merit Badge with me have completed it. Since tonight is Dec. 1, I can also claim 3 months from the start of doing the Merit badge... So, adding everything i have so far with the Scouts, the opening of the layout for NMRA tours, and the months so far I can use as Superintendent towards the 60 units needed for Association Volunteer, I now have 34 units... I hope to convince a couple more nearby troops to do the Merit Badge next Spring.... I also was greeted tonight by one of the Assist. Scoutmasters whose son has completed the MB. Gave me the Scout handshake and then produced his NMRA membership card which just came in the mail. So, I also got a new member for the division out of this as well! The Troop gave me a Tree Ornament in the shape of a locomotive (steam of course) and a nice thank you card signed by all of them.
Thayne, sounds like you had quite a white knuckle day driving the Brown Truck..... Glad you made it through safely!
The 45 Tonner I posted the video for this morning has been in the shop for restoration for about 6 years. A lot of volunteers have spent many, many hours working on her. Hopefully she will be a common sight on the tracks between the Industry Station and Midway Station (half way to the New York Museum of transportation) next year.
Prayers for all in need!
Time for me to call it a night. It's been a busy day for me. Maybe I'll tell you about it tomorrow. See y'all tomorrow.
Hello every one, I made it home we had one heck of a wind storm today here in Salt lake City. The winds were 40 to 70mph but they had some gusts over 100mph just north of town, A bunch of semi's blew over and alot of property damage, trees fell and there are alot of people without power. the golf courses lost several hundred large trees. I rolled through a dust storm for about 20 miles just east of Elko Nevada. I have never seen anything like that. I could not see the road a few times, It was kind of like being in the fog only the dust/sand was going sideways at a high speed. Kind of freaked me out.
Sue, They dispatch us with triples pretty much every day. they don't care if you live or die. but if you wreck they will be happy to fire you. If you know trucking then you know that everything is the drivers fault, Trust me I will drop a trailer faster than a jack rabbits behind!
Lion, That makes me sad your brother wont come and see you! I would love to come and be a Temporary Jr monk for a few days. I would love to see that layout of yours!
Ray, Nice job on that locomotive!
mmmm...anyone here??
Hello?
Oh!! Hi Chloe...I'll have a coffee and a eye of round steak please....
I just got more shopping done..all the Xmas stuff is done and wrapped now...now we watch the merry mayhem develop over the next little while...
I'll sit over at the window booth for a bit...
Evenin'..... Ah..... Hmmm. Anybody here?
Oh at least the waitresses are still here. I'll Have the NY Strip Steak, med rare, a baked potato and a trip to the salad bar for supper tonight. Oh and a cup of decaf along with it please.
I am just about out the door to go to the troop meeting and finish a bunch of Railroading Merit badges with the Scouts. There are 3 that I just have to sign their blue cards (they didn't bring them when they came to my house), and several others that have one requirement (the Amtrack schedule) to complete.
Got the other Horizontal Boiler kit in the mail today. Know what I shall be doing the rst of the weekend.....
Picked up this little group on the-bay. Will add the truck to the "Sell" box. Thought the tractors could work for the Soylent Green Plant. Doubt I'll bother with the expense and time to convert trucks to mimic the movie. The bulldozer (below) is exactly like the yellow version I recently got, which will end up on the farm.
High of 55 today, so opened up the house to warm it up a bit. Rob
Rob ... Thanks. We like Chattanooga. It's been several years since we have been there.
Lion ... I recall being in idaho Springs, CO and that was a very long time ago.
Here is a picture I took on the train after departing Denver. We were beginning to climb the foothills. I UP train is visible ahead, and it is waiting for our train to pass.
***Ray, really enjoyed the vids. Well done!
***Garry, perhaps one day you'll make it down my way, about 1 hour drive south of Chattanooga. You and yours are always welcome.
Mandatory early meeting and errands done. Now just going to rest awhile in a corner booth.
Uh... Duh!
Must be the lack of oxygen.... or the fact I am still not quite awake.
Thanks Barry! I'll link them in my post as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmgjwaKQKPg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MPwx8d-g_s
Both linked...nice work there!
Mornin'.... pant, pant.....
Man just walking into the diner has me out of breath this morning....... Denver? You don't say? Mile high? Wow! (I knew THAT....) Guess I better go easy with breakfast until I get used to the lack of air up here... Zoe, just a Raisin Bran Muffin with real butter and a cup of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR Mug.
Speaking of the R&GV RR Museum.... Brought somethig for "Show and Tell" I did! RG&E GE 45 Tonner #1941 (after the year she was built) is almost ready for service. Only needs to have a governor adjusted on one of the Cummins Prime Movers. Here she is being taken out the shop to be washed a couple nights ago.
No, it isn't a cute little 44 tonner, it is a 45 tonner! GE made 44 tonners, 45 tonners, 80 tonners, 110 tonners and a whole lot of other tonners as well. This one is clearly identifiable by the side rods linking the axles together. here is what she looked like in April 2010:
[edit} Now they are linked....
My brother's winter home is in the mountains far above Denver. A place called Idaho Springs. So Close, and I can not get him to drive up to North Dakota!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Galaxy .... Thanks for handling the move across the Sunbelt in November.
Ulrich .... Denver? Okay! My Denver Zephyr is on the way.
Meanwhile, here's a picture I took departing Denver on the California Zephyr about five years ago. We did stop in Caboose hobbies while in Denver before boarding the train.
We were in Nashville yesterday. Next few days will be busy, too. Not much model railroading to report.
Good morning. It's 38 and sunny. The high will be 64 and mostly sunny.Today is December 1st and as such is the beginning of a new month. It's also bill paying day. I've already paid quite a few online. The others must be paid in person as the places the money is owed to haven't come out of the stone age yet. I also have to take one of parents cars to a garage in town. After yesterdays weathering marathon there's nothing else scheduled for today.
Hey Chloe, glad you made it. Hope you enjoy Denver for Christmas. Thanks, Ulrich for the move. I will have a quick coffee. My friend just got back from Denver. He said that they haven't had the new snow that we have had in the Cascades.
Today is my day volunteering at the Union Gospel Mission Dental Clinic. If I am efficient, I can get my laps at the pool beforehand.
Thayne, Triples can be dicey this time of year. I have driven doubles, but never triples. When we had our own truck, I used to run down into California with Larry. I remember passing triples on those hills in Oregon. Be careful.
Off to the pool, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
An extra large coffee TO GO, please.
Cheers! Rob
Caboose Hobbies anyone?
Morning All,
At w**k today. It was 44 F out the door this morning. First day this season to see the breath outside. It's supposed to get to about 70 F today then be in the 80's for several days.
I have never been to Denver before so I am excited but not so excited about snow
Talk to all of you later.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/