Cederstrand That's a healthy number. All repaints? And do they all play well together, so to speak? Have been curious how folks get multiple DCC units with different decoders to run as a unit?
That's a healthy number. All repaints? And do they all play well together, so to speak? Have been curious how folks get multiple DCC units with different decoders to run as a unit?
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Evening All,
At home from my early shift. I made 2 batches of POP rocks for the landscaping I have to do. I figure that sitting for 2 days they will be dry and can be painted.
Jeff- You continue to amaze me with your versatility. I'm kinda of embarrassed to say I have no F units. The only freight diesels I have are the new "Sharks". I have E units, PA's, and switchers. At some point I would like to get a RS-1 and a couple of F-3's.
Everyone have a good night.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Curt Webb Jeff- You continue to amaze me with your versatility. I'm kinda of embarrassed to say I have no F units.
Jeff- You continue to amaze me with your versatility. I'm kinda of embarrassed to say I have no F units.
Howdy.
We're in Southern Arizona okay. It's a nice visit so far. ... The UP RR line is busy as it was last time we were here.
Regarding the bridge that collapsed before we left, I've not had much chance to learn more. Picturesmake it look like the ship was too tall. .... Glad our neighbors who were on the bridge were not on the spans that fell.
We heard our niece's husband is having good days mixed with bad days in the hospital.
Hope each of you is doing well.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' folks!
Chloe, I'll have the hot turkey sandwich, fries with gravy, and a trip to the salad bar. need a cup of decaf with THAT as well. Thanks.
Ahhhh, I haven't felt up to par today. Woke up with a stiff neck this morning and it steadily got worse until about noon. Seems to be holding it's own right at the moment, but it has put a damper on the rail painting for today. Probably all the reaching across the layout putting in the railbars yesterday and then sleeping wrong on it. Spent most of the afternoon doing demolition on the plywood central. I have to remember the order it went together in most places and do exactly the reverse to get it apart. Do remind me not to use white glue to glue down cork roadbed..... It comes up much easier if you use pliobond....... I did get it glued down very secure though. It does come up after an ample flooding with wet water.
Hope you all are having a good day....
[edit] Well! See what happens when my typing gets interrupted? Order up and eat well, my friends!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Decaf coffee, please.
***Terry, I would never try using it "as grout". I can use it for scenery creation on the (N) layout. If it cracks or does something unusual, that will just add character to the river/mountain/whatever.
***Garry, thanks for checking in. Remember to howl at the moon for me down there. I will always love the AZ. desert. Enjoy the Union Pacific trains.
Rob
Evenin', Janie - I'll have a RBF, grilled cheese sandwich, and a bowl of the chili, with some of those little crackers, please. And a Santa Fe mug for my coffee later. Thanks!
Looks like everyone has been pretty busy since yesterday when I was in , what with Floor Wars - Extreme Makeover Edition, all of the business Jeff and the Sundown shops have been doing on the motive power, and some excellent photos from SaronaTerry (thanks! and check your PM/conversations, please). Oh, yes, and Todd, you are definitely in my prayers (for strength and sanity) !
Curt, hope your sleep gets itself back in order again soon. Good that you're getting a little more sleep for now than you did earlier, at least.
And NSJoe, verrrrry nice set of train photos (and commentary; ever think of being a tour guide on an excursion train?). Hope before too much longer, you may hear final word(s) back on some of your college applications.
Broadway, I'll ask you about that urban myth regarding computer installations/rooms - can you really warm up your lunch for a mid-afternoon snack on top of one of your 'puters?
Garry, as Rob mentioned, thanks for checking in from Arizona. Love that area and the scenery!
Rob, maybe Wile E. and friends gave up chasing roadrunners out in AZ land? Sounds like the Beast is just what you needed for your place.
Ray, hope your neck gets feeling better by tomorrow morning - not at all fun when it ain't cooperating.
I have a question for any of you Diners who have put together cast resin building kits (think Magnuson and others, but not Walthers, which are styrene or such). The surface seems sticky, and has some shinyness, too. I have tried washing with dishwashing liquid/water, cleaning with GooGone or Diosol (and using q-tips with each, but nothing seems to make much of a dent on cleaning 'sticky-shine' off of the surfaces of the parts (and we're talking the exterior, visible surfaces, not the insides). Anybody in here who has a suggestion for cleaning it off, please post and/or send me a PM.
Think I'll sit at the window booth and polish off my dinner for now. Prayers for healing (and for projects that can actually have an end, without a new one right behind it), and for good night's rests.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
In case anyone's interested, photos of the inside of the FP7's. First the Atlas/Roco, second the Con-Cor/Roco.
Good Evening.
It was a fun day to be had here..we got snowed on and some freezing drizzle showed up to make for an interesting drive home tonight...now I get to wait untill tomorrow evening to see if more 'stuff' happens...
Then I might see about the continuation of Floor Wars, London ON division.
Seeing as how I am too bushededed to do anything else I'll just have a coffee and go sit in the corner booth 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/
Well, YES! not on the case of course which is cooled, and the innards which have fans and heat sinks, but it is not overly uncommon for a processor to reach 85 - 95 degrees Centigrade. Remember that water boils at 100°C.
In addition other chip sets, video cards, monitors and such also throw off heat.
LION has four monitors attached to his workstation and only one of these is a flat screen monitor.
The servers have eight hard drives, and quad CPUs.
At the moment it is 72°F in my office, with the air conditioner running. but then it is also 50°F outside at the moment too.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Evening Folks!
Flo, Beer please and hot water to soak my feet in.
Was pretty busy today at work and my feet are hurting. I did not make much in commission so far, right around $85.00 for the last 2 days. Larry The Services Writer pretty much hogs all the extra sales oneness the car is in the shop. You really cannot make much commission on tires only.
Dave the area supervisor did stop by last night after closing to see what I thought of Larry and Jim and how the shop runs now. I sort of hate to admit the fact that now that Bill is not the acting manager and Tim the lazy sales person is out of the shop it is running better.
I all so Dave I was ready for a shop. We will see if anything comes from that. I do feel ready now, and it has taken a while.
Todd, buddy and pal. Would the range happen to be gas? Our gas range oven stopped working 4 years ago and the repair cost is more than I paid for the range in the first places. Yo could finally get to see K-10 model trains and help a friend. I would even chip in on the cost of gas!
Jeffery Than Penny F units looks pretty good. Does it pull well and have a matching B shell? Let me know, I do like the way it looks. Let me know.
I still may have more F's than you, not a thing to be proud off!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken Jeffery Than Penny F units looks pretty good. Does it pull well and have a matching B shell? Let me know, I do like the way it looks. Let me know.
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Hi, diners!
CapeJim, I received your PM but cannot respond.( 'puter issues) Watch your E-mail for a message title "throttle".
Rob ,I missed the rest of your post about the grout, sorry! It'll work GREAT for scenery!!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Janie, just a cup of decaf please. I'll be in the back sitting as close to the stove as possible. Heat feels very good on the sore neck!
At least I'm pretty sure the neck thing is just muscle pain. If I put my head in my hands and totally relax the neck muscles, I can turn my neck with no pain at least. I did get quite a bit of the demolition of the staging area done today. A couple more days at it and I should have it down. Couple photos for you.
Found some calling cards from THAT nice little mousey poo I had move in there a year ago. he didn't get to stay long after I noticed the damage he had done to some scenery. This will get vacuumed up tomorrow.....
When the whole area is finished, I will actually end up with more usable staging than I had originally. Only thing is trains will have to be taken out after operating sessions, turned, and backed into staging to be ready for the next time. Not a problem as I like to run the trains anyway.
I think I will turn in a bit early tonight and i have several things to do before bed, so i will call it a night in here.
Have a good and safe night!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Monday, January 30th, 2012!!!
Make it a GREAT 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 All,
33F and very windy here in Ct . Amhearst show went well with good weather and 23,000 people through in two days. We did great at the museum tables selling off about $600.00 in surplus stuff plus one members stuff from which we'll get a donation. Spent my free time looking around but didn't go nuts buying things as normal. Did pick up some custom lettered New Haven tank cars and got a good deal on a new in box light mike also in New Haven livery. Mostly I got some couplers and wheels I needed (36" passenger by Kaydee) plus some embossed sheet styrene for the building projects. Lots of nice scenery stuff was there also with decent prices but I still have a bunch left from before and didn't need to stock up on any of it.
Hope the rest of you are doing ok and I'll stop by later. CUL, J.R.
Good Morning
Sun is out and it is a chilly 19F right now...going up to 30F later on today then going up to 44F tomorrow...
Today will be hoping no one else has issues that need solving..yesterday was interesting.
Tomorrow I will actually get a bit of mrr time...maybe...we still need to figure out the tiling issues here for Floor Wars:London ON division, pt 2 .....hang on to your'n hats folks...this could get tricky ...
I'll have an extra large coffee with 1 sweetener in it please...black.....I'll need all the rawcaffeine I can get....
Good Morning!! Coffee and a cinnamon sweet roll please. Thanks. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 56. Ken- Sorry hoss…electric. I wish it was gas. In fact we have discussed that if we ever had to replace the stove we would go gas. (this is the first electric stove we’ve had) Now, I’m thinking sticking with electric. I’m not in the mood to run a gas line from one end of the house clean to the other. Well, today is Church bookwork day. Got payroll, w-2’s, deposit, pay some bills, ummmm, what else. Don’t know. Hopefully nothing. Then it’s off to Menard’s. Small change in plans yesterday. She decided that the trip across the street from The Walmart would have been too long for her to get back in time to take her Mother to Bingo so we scrapped that in favor of me going today. Oh well. We’ll see what else pops up. Sure would like to get the kitchen up and running again. Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning!! Coffee and a cinnamon sweet roll please. Thanks.
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 56.
Ken- Sorry hoss…electric. I wish it was gas. In fact we have discussed that if we ever had to replace the stove we would go gas. (this is the first electric stove we’ve had) Now, I’m thinking sticking with electric. I’m not in the mood to run a gas line from one end of the house clean to the other.
Well, today is Church bookwork day. Got payroll, w-2’s, deposit, pay some bills, ummmm, what else. Don’t know. Hopefully nothing. Then it’s off to Menard’s. Small change in plans yesterday. She decided that the trip across the street from The Walmart would have been too long for her to get back in time to take her Mother to Bingo so we scrapped that in favor of me going today. Oh well. We’ll see what else pops up. Sure would like to get the kitchen up and running again.
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, Chloe. I will have coffee and a cinnamon roll, please. I don't have to hurry this morning. Our start time is a little later today.
Ray, The photos are fun. We usually see construction rather that destruction. We have a duck under that we wish wasn't there sometimes. Most of our MR friends are older and we worry about them crawling on their knees. Occasionally, we bump our heads.
I am dispatching this weekend at a friends layout. I am pumped.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Afternoon Folks!
It is sunny outside, but icy cold. Temperatures dropped to 14 F during daytime, and the wind-chill factor brings it down to - 14 F! Not good for spending much time outside.
I made a cardboard mock-up of my "train table" yesterday to find out whether I can move around the planned layout the way I will need it. Guess the result Either I have to make it less deep by 6" or cut about 10" in length. I will probably do the latter one. It´ll cost me train length, but this we I can keep the 11" minimum radius. No idea when I can start on the layout, but my hands started to get that itchy feeling.
Janie, coffee and a slice of that apple pie, please!
You all have a good one!
Funny things you find doing automotive research. Check out the Chrysler/ALCO link in history.
http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/walter_p_chrysler_and_alcos Alco of course won the Vanderbilt cup race - the first American car to do so beating the europeans. J.R.
Good morning. It's 38° and mostly cloudy. The high will be 70° and it will be partly sunny.Today's project is to get the FP7's to the paint shop. They're long overdue. The road names need to be painted out and the L&A logo applied. Other than that there will be some more layout cleanup being done. Amazing how fast little things pile up.
Good Morning Modelers!
It's35F and Sunny here in Denver this morning. It figures it would be a nice day when I have to be at w**k!
Oh well, enjoy the day!
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Morning All,
At w**k today and tomorrow. High for both days in the mid 70's. Our low today was 49 F which is warmer than some of your high's today. MOH went to work today for the first time since her surgery. I called her to make sure that she made it OK. I got behind a dump truck this morning doing 20 mph on a 2 lane road with no chance of passing him.
Jeff- I'm always sorry to see any PRR equipment get repainted into another road, but you have to do what you have to do. Oh I forgot that I do have a FP-7 for freight ops.
Everyone take care.
Curt: You might like this..yesterday, while answering a call out of town I had to follow someone's farm tractor...going at 5 mph.....
Good morning.
Garry the ship that hit the bridge was in the pleasure boat navigation channel instead of the commercial navigation channel. It was 2 spans to the east of where i should have gone under.
Now they think there was damage to the pier and that they will not be able to replace the span which was the original plan. They think the pier is moving. They are placing sensors to check for stability. If this turns out to be the case they will never be able to repair this bridge. They will build the new one that is slated to be built and finish tearing this one down.
Other than that Mrs Lincoln how was the play......
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IT also took out a large AT&T fiber optic cable wiping out most internet for the school systems and the hospital where I work. ( luckily we had back up internet backbone)
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sour dough toast. And don't froget the dark roast coffee in a R&GV rr mug plkease.
Everything is white outside. Current temperature is 25°F with a high today of 30°F. They are talking 1 to 3" of light and fluffy tonight possibly. We have about 1" on the ground at the moment. Looks much better than brown. My neck is a bit better this morning. Still a bit tender, but nothing like yesterday.
Have a lady coming to the house to pick up the remaining Art and Poetry. She works with the Colleges After School Program and has for several years now taken care of both getting kids to enter, and returning all the entries after. I will also be calling my dentist to see about getting the tooth repaired ASAP. He will probably recommend a crown as there isn't much tooth left. I can't afford the expense of the crown right at the moment (saving my pennies for new hearing aids - $5,000 worth or more).
Barry? 5 mph? Were you following a McCormack Deering 10-20 or an old Fordson?
Best get going, need to get in the shower, and then get ready to face the world......
Later!