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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:28 PM

I was looking through some stuff in the closet and came across a couple of items. One is a shell from an old Mantua F unit. I put it on a Varney frame so it can at least sit on a siding. The other is a Bachmann FT shell on an Athearn chassis with a Proto 1000 motor. DCC of course, a DZ125 decoder still set on address 3. It has some pickup issues and feels like it has a cracked gear in the rear truck. Nothing I can't fix. Once I get it working properly I can put an F7B body on it or maybe an F3B body (don't have any more A's) and start building another multi-unit consist.

Well time for me to call it a night. I'm still not feeling well and am very tired. See y'all tomorrow.



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Posted by JeremyB on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:06 PM

Hi Guys

Had to get out and shovel again. I did my driveway and my neighbors across the street, he was quite happy when he came home to see it shoveled. Placed a order again at the hobby shop which I will pick up on Monday morning other then that I will be back doing some more work on the layout tomorrow.

have a good night guys.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:02 PM

What's this? The Bored Meeting?

Curt ... I like the coal trestle scene very much. Nice! 

Dan, Gus, and I had a workshop session today to install the new MRC "drop in"  sound decoders made for the Proto 2000 E8/9's and Alco PA's. The phrase "drop in" makes it sound easy, and it's not at all easy. My E8 now works, but not its headlight. More work for next time. 

Smile, everyone!

Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:17 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 

 Cederstrand:

 

Bored tonight and to tired to do anything.

 

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Same here.

No energy here either....

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:15 PM

Curt: Great scene here!!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:57 PM

Cederstrand

Bored tonight and to tired to do anything.

Same here.

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Posted by Cederstrand on Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:50 PM

Chicken with veggie plate, please.

***Curt, excellent job on the coaling scene.Yes (Horse is improving. Thanks for asking!)

Bored tonight and to tired to do anything.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:41 PM

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Curt: The coal trestle looks very good. Great job!

 

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Posted by Curt Webb on Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:15 PM

Evening All,

Just got done with supper so Flo could I have a cup of Decaf please?

Got a lot done today. I finished the coal yard, and completely replaced, painted, and ballasted the inner rear track (and tested) in preparation of modifying the back of the layout. The 2 RF-16 A units arrived today so I ran them for about 30 minutes then put KD couplers on them and decaled unit numbers on them. Saturday I'll go to the club and program the numbers into them and set them up as a consist. I'm still waiting on the train phone supports to arrive.

Barry- That's a nice looking kitty there.

Rob- I hope your horse is doing better.

 

 

 

 

 

Hope everyone has a good night and stays warm.

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Posted by Cederstrand on Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:29 PM

One last coffee to cap off the day.

***Barry, Sweetpea is gorgeous!

Finished critter rounds. Put new bat. in van...started right up. Still have it on "storage", so can't drive it on road yet.

Tuckered out. Will be resting in the corner booth awhile, waiting for the next train to pass by. Seems a bit quiet tonight?

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:05 PM

We got the fireplace going in here as we got into the 'teens F now...going to a low of 7F tonight. 

Things be doing well here..everything was picked up but I forgot to take something back to Home Desperado so I be doing that tomorrow...

A pensive Sweetpea contemplating the state of the world...

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Posted by Cederstrand on Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:32 PM

Coffee refill, please.

***Zan, sounds like you're about to make some real progress there. Hope your friend gets hooked and helps out.

***Jeffrey, nice layout shot! Hope you get to feeling better soon.

Back from running a bunch of errands. Picked up tiles, horse stuff, new battery for the van (old one was at 6 volts), and discussed hay baling equipment with a dealer. A productive day, for me.

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Posted by JeremyB on Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:59 PM

snow is really coming down here. I was in the train room working on the layout and didnt realize how much we had on the ground. I went out and shoveled the driveway and will have to go out later on to do it again for sure, first real decent snowfall all winter and there calling for snowsqualls until later on tonight. The wife picked today to go shopping with her friends, well at least she stayed in town and off the highways.

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Posted by Zandoz on Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:56 PM

Good afternoon folks.  Mid 30s and cloudy here, but I won't complain....we've gotten off easy so far this winter.  I'm pretty much out of it today...not much sleep last night.

On the model railroad front, a couple small but huge to me advances..I have my 2 HCDs in their intended locations (but on saw horses), to test the room flow...so far looking good.   The other is that yesterday I arranged for a friend with a truck to pick up the first round of benchwork lumber. Also, I think he is interested enough in what I'm doing to possibly want to lend a hand.  That would be a BIG thing for me.

Have a great one!

 

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Posted by ns3010 on Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:37 PM

Afternoon all.

After another short break, I'm back. Still busy, as always...

Today was the last day of exams. I'm just happy to have those out of the way... Let's just say that it wasn't the most fun two weeks of my life... And we'll leave it at that.

Other than a game, I got nothing going on for the rest of tonight. I'm off tomorrow as well, so hopefully I'll be able to stop in a few times.

Catch ya later!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:37 AM

Good morning. It's 53° and cloudy. The high will be 68° and it will be patyly cloudy. Looks like rain tonight.

Not feeling good today so I'll be taking a break from the layout. There's been some kind of bug going around and I think I caught it. I need a break anyway. I've been working on locos so much lately I'm seeing them in my sleep. Even so, watching the trio of F3's pulling fifty NMRA weighted cars like they weren't even there yesterday was a pleasant sight. Gonna be watching some movies for a change. See y'all later.

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Posted by howmus on Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:04 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes and a pot of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug.  Oh, and bring the bottle of Day Brothers Farms Dark Amber maple Syrup here at the table....  You know the bottle I brought in last week?  Day Brothers Farms right over on Pre-emption Rd.   Pre-emption Rd. here in Geneva, that was where the New York - Connecticut State Line used to be...  (I don't think the waitresses know much about local history around these parts....)  No, the farm is not on Pre-emption Street, Pre-emption Rd.!  The real Pre-emption line......  Well if you want, you can read about it here: http://www.joycetice.com/articles/preempti.htm

Barry?  What you been puttin' in that fudge you made?

Curt, 80°F?  You can keep that place along with the bugs, snakes, and snowbirds!  I have relatives down there THAT keep wanting to have me come down for the Winter.  What Winter?  Been way too warm up here this year, but lucky we have had a few days of decent weather this past week.  Right now it is a nice 24°F with partly cloudy skies.  Prediction a couple inches of "partly cloudy" today.

Terry, nice weather your having!  (I think nice weather is anything THAT promotes me being in the train room!)

Todd, well said sir!

About all I will be doing today is taking the first place Art and Poetry over to the newspaper for them to scan.  They always do a nice write up about it.  Then a couple hours in the train room, followed by dinner at the home of the president of the colleges here.  The colleges have Rev. Harold A. Middlebrook Sr. speaking at the monthly forum tonight.  Rev. Middlebrook was standing near Martin Luther King Jr. at the time he was shot and killed.  I have met him once before and he is a very interesting speaker and a true gentleman.  I am looking forward to it.

Have a fun day, and stay warm (Curt doesn't have to worry about that last part).

Later!

73

 

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Posted by TMarsh on Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:38 AM

Good Morning!! Coffee and a Denver omelet please. Thanks.

A 40 percent chance of snow before noon. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 18 by 5pm. Winter I guess. But stay tuned for Sunday and Monday’s temps.

Boy Jeff sure was grumpy yesterday. Oh, prostrate exam. Ya, that’ll ruin yer outlook for a bit.

Ray- Yes no matter the circumstances, loss of life, especially young is always tragic. Most times the attention is focused on the victim. Many don’t think of the officer. Real life is not TV. Most officers never even shoot a person, let alone kill them. When they do it’s not like on Law and order or NCIS where they just check for a pulse and go on with their lives as if nothing happened. Good people take death at their hands very hard even when there is a gun involved. I feel and pray for the officer as well as the family of the victim. He has a whole pile of feelings going on when the “weapon” was a cell phone. Despite the possible findings of the investigation, run by folks who have probably not been in his situation and even if they had, there is a very high standard for a Police Officer, almost impossible to maintain in this type of situation, I also feel he acted, based on what I’ve been told, in a proper manner. Probably not much comfort at this point though.

Lee- Well, as I think about it I don’t know why, but I was thinking more in lines of a traditional chest of drawers. You know, deeper and say only three or four. Why? I don’t know. Especially when I knew it was for your trains.

Welcome MLC4! A Stooges fan. I love ‘em myself. One of the few acts that actually make me laugh. Mind if we call you Stooge? Or…..maybe not.

Well, don’t know what today will bring prior to w**k this evening. Maaaaybe, start a bit of cleanup in Toddland (of which I’m king)Big Smile. Thinking about changing eras. Again. I really would like to go back to my original 70’s time frame. Don’t know. But I like my modern era. Of course the transition era would be nice, but then again…..Don’t know. HmmCould just stick with the current plan of modern era with only older small towns involved therefor letting me kinda have the best of both worlds. Ah the problems faced being the king of a worldSigh.

Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!

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Posted by saronaterry on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:34 AM

Morning!

-14f, windchill -30f. Another trainday for me!

Still working out kinks and bugs in the operation scheme. Nothing major and a lot of fun! Finding all the little stuff that needs to be adjusted/ addressed on equipment and track. Even though I really tried to be diligent in laying track , some things are bound to crop up. Found I need to add another track at Spooner yard to ease traffic volume there. Was going to at the start but used the turnouts elsewhere.

 

Glad we didn't get your snow ,Sue.

You guys NOTB can have your Canadian Clipper back now, too!!

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:31 AM

Good Morning Modelers!

It's 38F here in the Mile High City with a forecast high of 59F with a bright a sunny sky.

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Posted by Cederstrand on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:24 AM

Italian roast coffee in a  UNION PACIFIC  mug, please.

Have a good day all.

Cowboy Rob

 

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Posted by Curt Webb on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:08 AM

Morning All,

I think it's supposed to get to 77 F here today and by Sunday 80 F. I doesn't look like we are going to cool down much this winter which probably means this summer is going to be brutal.

MOH has already said we are going grocery shopping today since everybody is off today including our son. I have the OT shift that I am w**king tomorrow.

Train wise I want to pull up a 4 ft section of track in the back of the layout (inner loop), remove 2 turnouts and lay straight track. This is in preparation for removing the outer loop and elevating it a little bit to make it more interesting and easier to see from the front of the layout.

Everyone take care. 

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:07 AM

When I mix coffee with fudge my mind goes crazy for a while. I get strange thoughts. Weird calculations, funny lights, and comparisons. Like how things have changed in my old age. You may have seen this before but here it is again;  


Then: Killer Weed  
Now: Weed Killer  

Then: Being caught with Hustler magazine  
Now: Being caught by Hustler magazine  

Then: Hoping for a BMW  
Now: Hoping for a BM  

Then: The Grateful Dead  
Now: Dr. Kevorkian  

Then: Getting out to a new, hip joint  
Now: Getting a new hip joint  

Then: Moving to California because it's cool  
Now: Moving to California because it's warm  

Then: Being called into the principal's office  
Now: Storming into the principal's office  

Then: Peace Sign  
Now: Mercedes Logo  

Then: OJ, cutting &slashing  
Now: OJ, cutting & slashing  

Then: Getting your head stoned  
Now: Getting your headstone  

Then: "The Making of the President"  
Now: The making of the President  

Then: "Going blind"  
Now: REALLY going blind  

Then: Long hair  
Now: Longing for hair  

Then: Acid rock  
Now: Acid reflux  

Then: Worrying about no one coming to your party  
Now: Worrying about no one coming to your funeral  

Then: President Johnson  
Now: The President's johnson  

Then: Fighting to get rid of the lying President  
Now: Fighting to keep the lying President  

Then: The perfect high  
Now: The perfect high-yield mutual fund  

Then: Elvis in the army  
Now: Elvis in a UFO  

Then: Keg  
Now: EKG  

Then: Swallowing acid  
Now: Swallowing antacid  

Then: You're growing pot  
Now: Your growing a pot  

Then: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents  
Now: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your kids  

Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor  
Now: Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor  

Then: Passing the driving test  
Now: Passing the vision test  

Then: Seeds and stems  
Now: Roughage  

Then: Popping pills,smoking joints  
Now: Popping joints  

Then: Whatever?  
Now: Depends  


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Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:54 AM

Morning again from Paducah Ky 

cold but not as cold. 

working on computers here preping for use in the hospital.

I'll take a window booth so I can see the snow.....

 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:40 AM

Good morning, Chloe.  I will have my coffee in a NP mug today, please.

Our snow yesterday was 14 inches before we went out  to shovel the deck.   It is a long deck, so lots of exercise.  Two or 3 more inches floated in on the clean deck.  About mid afternoon a fine rain/sleet started.  We now have a hard crust on the top.

I should  get off the computer before the power goes out.  If that happens, it could be a week.

Later,  Sue

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:04 AM

Good Morning

It is rather windy still out here..and cold...and damp...28F right now going to a high of 30F later...in the snowflurries...

Get a bunch of track relaid last night...and now my back is having discussions with my brain about the procedure I did yesterday.Black EyeGrumpyWhistling

Today I hae to take something back to Home Desperado for a refundGrumpy..some mfg's seem to have nil QA anymore..Bang Head

Flo, I'll have a coffee for now please..well OK..a 50 cup urn will do it..Big Smile..I'll be at the corner booth for a bit.Cool

One of those days...

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Posted by LSWrr on Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:15 AM

Good Morning All,

 

I scanned the original August 25, 1988 permit blueprints of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Swing Bridge over the Maumee River at Toledo, OH. The interesting thing is they show the position and draw of the original swing bridge (built circa 1855). They are in TIFF format and they are huge files. The original prints are approx 24" x 36" and the scans are 1:1 of the original.  If you're interested in them I can email one at a time to you.  If you’re interested please send me a direct email to: lee.d.soule@uscg.mil and request a copy of the Permit File for the NS RR Bridge at Mile 5.76 over the Maumee River.

 

When I get some free time (ha ha ha) I’m going to draw plans for my rolling stock dresser (picture links posted 2-3 pages ago) and share them with the group.  The completed dresser cost was $300 ($150 for the hardware and $150 for paint, glue, screws, and wood).  The budget killer was the bottom mount, self closing, ball bearing drawer guides ($90) and the brushed nickel handles ($27).

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:53 AM

GOOD MORNING!!!

Today is Thursday, January 19th, 2012!!!

Only one more day after today to the weekend!!!!

Make it a Great Day!

Geeked

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Good Morning...
Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:35 AM

 

Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.

 

 

Cool

 

 

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Posted by Mr. Dispatcher on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:55 PM


( Tore apart an Athearn F7B Hi-F dummy loco and put in a Proto 2000 FA1 frame with EMD F7 trucks. So now I have a powered F7B with an Alco FA1 fuel tank and trucks that are set a bit closer together than is normal for an F7. It's a little bit of an attention getter ).

Jeffrey- Maybe you can reclassify that as an F6 1/2 B ?.Smile, Wink & GrinLaugh         Otto


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