jeffrey-wimberly
Jeff, I would imagine that you know this, but that is a model of an actual tag job.
I saw it in a magazine several years back and it was really a work of art.
Can you remember any more of the story about it ? If I remember right I think they thought it had been done in Texas. but I could be wrong about that..
Very nice piece though.
Hope you get back up to speed soon, Take care.
I can't forget a big and hearty WELCOME BACK to Flip and Keith. We missed you guys.
Johnboy out..............................off to Church now.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Curt Webb Jeff- That was a nice layout pic last night. This morning I saw the car with the bird on it, but the angle makes it hard to see the end. Are those baby birds or something else?
Jeff- That was a nice layout pic last night. This morning I saw the car with the bird on it, but the angle makes it hard to see the end. Are those baby birds or something else?
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Morning Folks.
Flo, Coffee please. By the way Flo, looks like there is a body in the dumpster?
It is a brisk 17 degrees out right now, but good and warm here in the garage.
Todd Did you see when I posted I will be up in your neck of the woods this coming Friday?
See you all later today.
Ken
I hate Rust
Ray - (and all you other Scouts)
Here is a link to an article on one of our local TV news channels that you may find of interest...
http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/us/hundreds-gather-in-kansas-to-remember-oldest-judge/nHZzp/
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Keith is back! Good to see, you, Keith. My son in law in AZ also has an El Camino he would like to restore. I'm impressed with what you said about the engine in yours, and would be more impressed if I was next to you at a traffic signal.
Flip .... I know what you mean about repeated numbers on our model box cars, etc. I would think there would be a prcess to rotate between various numbers when the car is manufactured.
Terry ... I have used repalcement wheels from Intermountain and other brands. They roll nicely of course. Sometimes too well if you wish to palce a freight car by itself on a grade.
Curt ... Thanks for commenting. My device also has a defrillator which re-started my heart 6 time in 2008. It really is a lifesaver.
Traffic certainly is light now as we head east from here on US 68 with the bridge out on KY Lake. I don't know what they will do. New bridges for each lake are awaiting funding because these are 1930's era bridges which are not very safe.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Extra strong coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Has warmed up to 27F so far. Still tuckered out, but probably need to break ice for the barn critters.
Have a good day all.
Rob
Morning All,
Flo cold I just get a refill on the coffee please? MOH made biscuits, gravy and sausage for breakfast. Did I ever mention that she is a good Southern woman?
I may start my next 2 projects by ripping up track and prepping the area. I won't have the turnouts until the last week in Feb so I have plenty of time to prep the 2 areas. I have to be at work at 5 PM today. Wednesday I'm taking my Dad out to lunch for his Bday.
Garry- I'm thinking of you and hope you have no issues with your pacemaker before the scheduled surgery.
Keith- Sorry for your financial situation, but the hotel sounds like a great idea and I wish you the best with it.
Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good morning. It's 27° and mostly cloudy. That high will be 48°.It's a nice 68° inside the trailer this morning. I have no plans for going out anywhere today. The cold has made my foot more sensitive than usual and just moving it is painful. In fact just having the boot on loosely hurts, tightening it is agonizing, so after I sit down I just take it off then I'm somewhat comfortable. Blood sugar was 72 when I checked it and I'm sure it's lower now so I'll be preparing a meal that'll punch it way up before I take my meds. If I take the meds now things could get ugly fast so I'll hold off and take them after I eat. I'll be resting as much as possible today. The work I did on the van yesterday has left me sore in some places. If my doc saw me doing that he'd have been all over me about it. But if I didn't do it it wasn't going to get done. I hope the rest of you have good luck with your daily activities and I have plenty of good wishes and prayer for those dealing with family, physical and mental problems. Have a good day.
Hey Flip, think we have most of the same cars!They are differently numbered. The ones I got Saturday are 27021,22,24. Also have 20051, and 2 27400 ,one will be renumbered .
4F and clear. Colder than my luck at Powerball!
Got the GN boxcars and 2 of the cabeese weighted, couplers adjusted and wheelsets swapped out last night.I kinda like those Intermountain wheelsets. I've never used them before. They look great and roll very well!
Today will be another train day. Have a good one!
Off to Church. BBL
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Good Morning..
Keith: Well, hello there!! I've been wondering what happened to you!! Going bankrupt is not a fun thing by any means but it sure does make it a little easier to rebuild...hope things are doing better! As for the car..heeeheehee I'm thinking that something like what you did would make it have get up and go!!..I got a project I'll be working on with a friend of mine..a 1963 Comet...right now we are looking at a 355 cu. in. for it...
Well, we got clobbered again with the good ol' fashioned snowsqualls..another 8" dumped on us last night..so we are back to the daily snowplowing and all that **** beeeeep!...stuff. Today? More of the same fricking fracking mumblety peg grumble grouchstuff..oh and a high of 14F....
And, today, will be basic survival foods buying and all that other stuff as well...oh...and some more vacuuming of dust around here
Ray: Welll........your trainroom looks a bit more organized than mine at present.....
Ken: Hope things are a little better your way....
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC 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/
fec153 Thanks again fot all the picture posts. I really enjoy looking at what you folks can do.[almost said all you guys then remembered SUE]
Thanks again fot all the picture posts. I really enjoy looking at what you folks can do.[almost said all you guys then remembered SUE]
TOP again. Eat up,y'all. As long as Vinnie ain't around, I'll be able to pay it off by doing dishes and cleaning the Diner. Enjoy the day. Stay warmand be good to each other.
Flip
Brrrr!!! Cold here,in the Sunny South. Gets below 50 and my old yankee bones feel it. 60 years in Fla. will do that to you.
Terry's 3 GN cars look to be all the same number. 27021. My only quirk is NOT to have the same numbers on my cars. Thats why I have 27021-22-23-24 and27026. Then jump to 27400 and then another 38 different cars and 5 engines. Then there are the BN's,BNSF,BNFE and the CB&Q.
It's a shame that in this hobby where friendship and help are a normal occurence every so often an Al or a Hector show up. Guess thats life. We don't know what good is till bad comes along.
Blessings and Prayers for all.
To Shi Ba, Samurai-sama!
Good Morning!
Day 12 in Japan! I hope you are still enjoying it!
The predicted snow did not come, just a little dusting of less than an inch. Temperatures are supposed to rise above freezing, with rain to come, which means icy roads tomorrow. I am glad I win´t have to go anywhere, maybe just a little shopping to do.
Keith - I am really glad to hear from you! Man, was I worried! Too bad your business is gone and you suffered such a big loss. We have been through this for three years now. It may sound pathetic, but we have learned that the riches of this world don´t mean a thing, if you still have friends. I have lost all my former so-called friends but one, but I have found new ones, right here in the forum. Hang in there, better times will come, I am sure.
Jeff - to what you are able to do with your van. I am totally lost when it comes to auto mechanics and electrics - which makes my garage happy. My little Renault is starting to develop problems. It needs new shocks, a new clutch and a quite a few other things. I don´t have the funds to do all these repairs, so no idea how long I can keep it running
Ray - it´s no switcher, it´s a road engine. Tank engines were quite popular on short lines, especially narrow gauge lines. You hardly see a turntable at the end of a line over here.
Ken, Jim and all others with work issues - there seems to be a complete deterioration of work climate and ethics these days. Long gone are the times when we talked about human capital as the most important and valuable asset in a company. People have turned into a resource up to be wasted - there are plenty on the market to fill a gap, so they think. You and I are not going to change that, but we all see where we are heading - end of rant.
As we are nearing lunchtime here in Germany, I´ll just go for some coffee. Janie, if you please?
Have a good day!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Yam aha
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, February 12, 2012!!!
Relax with the morning paper and have a cup o' Joe!
-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.
Blown Out Cylinder.. and Ulrich.. now how could I forget you two.. and I'm sure a few others. Ulrich.. ond of my dearest friends.. I felt your pain as well. I have kept a record of all my building on my layhout. I still remember you saying you would like to see some do a thread from start to finish.. well I have been taking pics for 3 years now. I've documented my work and I always think of you saying that.
Blown out cylinder... I just wanted to tell you .. that El Camino I got from my dad.. well its a Rip Roarin Machine now. It actually came with an Oldsmobile Rocket engine in it. I pulled the old carb and replaced it with something better.. lol. Now when you punch it.. you feel the four barrel kick in.. God its such a blast to race someone. Just from a roll, at a signal.. and just hoping the next guy is wanting to race. Every piece of rubber has been replaced. Every gasket.. and everything you could possibly imagine inmaking that engine brand new. Well the engine only has 27 thousand miles on it.. but everything did ahve to be replaced.
Ray, I think of you everytime I place my head visors on.. (just like yours) and just like you.. most ppl see me with them on. I forget they are on my head. I love those things... makes modeling so much easier.
Ok.. Good night all of you God bless all of you~
Keith
*Door blows open with a gust of cold air and snow flurries..
"Not a fit night out for man or beast" Argh~ Just when you least expect it, a blast from the past blows in. Oh I come by every now and then to read whats going on. I remember you all.. as if it was yesterday.. Chris.. you and your dog.. Jeff.. Ray.. of course Todd and Der John and darn I forget.. the one with the hopped up cars.
Well I'm doing much better than the last time I drop a note and said Hello I was .. Just O.K. Losing your business.. going under../ bankrupt.. losing tons of money.. well its almost so devistating .. I could bare to answer all the questions. Enough to make you lay awake in bed.. and not be able to sleep. But in short.. in answer to some questions back then... most of the family members had all chipped in.. way back when and we bought a Hotel. It was a special hotel..those of you that remember me.. well I love dogs and cats. This hotel was a hotel that would allow you to bring you dog. Some ppl would not travel unless they could bring their dog. So we were a special hotel.
Now as far as my layout goes.. well its been over 3 years now.. and I'm still buiding on the same layout. I work on it everyday.. and its finally coming about .. and who knows.. I might be able to lay track.. lol.. I always say that. Thats what I get for building a large layout.
I just wanted to say thank you all for your support.. and the fine nice letters some of you wrote me. It was very comforting. In fact, I read some of them.. over.. it was very heart warming. I just wanted to say Thank You~
I have moved this from another post I made earlier today. I didn't know if the Lion would find it there. So please forgive me for this repetition.
Brother Elias, In regard to the BARN.
This maybe a moot point, but, has anyone there considered approaching the North Dakota Heritage association??
By being on such a well kept property it may indeed fall into a category that there is some funding available to preserve it.
It is truly a shame to tear down such a beautiful, structurally sound structure. Everything that we can see is so square and upright.
Surely the Abbott, loves history and could be convinced of the worth of such a preservation, or how about a restored facility as previously mentioned to host activities associated with retreats etc.?
In this layman's opinion it should stay for all future generations to admire both architecturally and from the construction history. My vote would be to keep it in place.
Well it is bed time and it looks like i am the only one left in the diner tonight. Probably to cold for a lot of folks, so hopefully we'll see them tomorrow.
Night all
Johnboy out..................................... and off to ZZZZzzzzland.
Good evening everybody.
JimCG ... Thanks for commenting. ... They do not simply replace the battery; they replace the entire device. Some of the leads might be replaced at the same time. I may have a year to go before then, and this will be my fifth surgery for my heart condition. I'm very glad the treatments allow nearly normal life.
Jeff ... As I have said, you are an inspiration to the rest of us as you keep chugging along doing so many things in spite of serious health problems. Everybody should look up to you for that.
Flip ... It is good to see you here in the diner again.
Ray .... I like those Boys Scout patches. I enjoyed it when I served as Cubmaster. My Burlington books have photos of special trains to the Jamberie in Colorado Springs about 50 years ago. Many trains had an SD9 MU'ed with Burlington E-units along with old heavyweight passenger cars from various roads. The E-units needed the SD9 to assist on the grades from Denver to Colorado Springs.
Ken .... It's great of you to take time froim your busy work schedule to be a friend in the Diner.
Rob ... I hope you are doing okay there.
I ran some trains today instead of just working on the layout. Meanwhile, I am deciding what additional downtown buildings I need for the city. So far, I have made ten of them including one 13-story building and one 10-story building. ..
Curt ... You recently asked about photos, and I may get around to that. I don't normally photograph unfinished stuff, but I have done some.
Terry ... I like your selection of freight cars you acquired. My layout is before the BN merger, and my fictional CB&Q division has running rights agreements allowing GN and NP to operate on my CB&Q tracks.
Cheers, everybody!
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Night Stick in one hand and Broom in the other...
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I guess ULRICH or the STOURBRIDGE LION (not to be confused with the BROADWAY LION) will be in here doing clean-up again.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Chamomile tea & a small bowl of mixed nuts, please.
***Jeffrey, that's a great layout pic. Really like the lighting on it.
***Lion, another neat pic there.
Still entirely tuckered out and sore. Temps will be in the teens here. Kinda wishing I had worked on those tiles for the stove project. Heats on, but it will cost me. My own fault.
Have a good night all.
Time for me to call it a night. It's been a taxing, tiring day. I'm sure many people could have handled the work on the van quite easily. For me it was hard work. Well, see y'all tomorrow.
J.R.,Thanks. Curt and I ,tonight are in for Low 30's. Thankyou to our DARNYANKEE friends. lol
Wow,two posts in one day
Curt ,you are correct. Each of us has our own set of talents and do what we can. I've tried my hand at trees,buildings and other RR things. At least I have been able to put kits together and have my trains run and switches turn the turnouts. Two left hands and 8 thumbs make modeling difficult.
Y'all stay warm and be careful with your heat source.
Night folks
Good night all...I's be heading off to
Evenin' again!
Janie, need a refill om the decaf please.
Curt, Neat....??? Not me, my friend! Any time a person comes to my house, the first order of business is to appologize for the mess. I tell them to please ignore the mess and then say that it doesn't always look this bad. Then I tell them it is usually much worse! I have also told people THAT when I die and they have the service at church for me, I really could care less to have some get up in the pulpit and say, "I knew Ray well! He was such a good housekeeper....!" What Curt was talking about is THAT I took a little ribbing in the WPF thread after posting this photo of the layout room readied for painting the floor...
I replied with this photo:
Need to go feed the wood stove, so I'll call it a night here...
Prayers to all in need.....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Evening All,
32 and a wind chill so nothing done on the trailers today and probably not tomorrow either when we're not supposed to get above the 20's. Right now I'm trying to glue rail to the viaduct with Gorilla Glue. I'll let you all know how THAT worked tomorrow when i declamp it. Supposed to bond metal and plastic so we'll see, eh?
Sorry you got hacked Flip. There's been a lot of that lately and we keep vigiliant all the time. With the stuff we need to get all over the place we probably have more issues than most. I never see where they catch any of these folks either. I keep wondering if the CC companies just figure it's part of keeping the cards easy to use and don't look that hard for the perps. Hope your situation works out . J.R.