TSF: Having to put down a loved pet is never easy but many times it's the right thing. I've had to do it a number of times. The last was a cat with leukemia. I don't know who's misery was greater, hers or mine.
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
Well after all the work I put into fixing the track problem last night and this morning the trains now run smoothly all the way around the layout. The lap time I just checked was fifty-seven seconds covering nine inches of track each second. I don't know what scale speed that works out to but it looks believable.
Worked on two NS SD70M's today where the wires were touching the worm drive and causing noise,they run better now,when you fix a problem like that it really makes a EMD loco run great.
Russell
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me....
Going to turn in a bit early tonight as I need to be on the road to Batavia by 7AM tomorrow morning. I do hope I have remembered to pack everything we need for the day. I'll be assembling some Tichy Train Group flat cars. One gentleman is building an old O Scale Locomotive kit (I do mean old as everything has to be soldered in place - Brass), and another will be installing decoders in some ancient locos he has acquired. we will have a bunch of handouts for people who visit the booth as well, and I am always available to chat about the NMRA and the hobby with people./
If you are coming to the show, be sure to stop by and say hi!
I won't be in before I leave, so I'll have to get breakfast their I guess. I am looking forward to a Beef on Weck for lunch!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
jeffrey-wimberly Well after all the work I put into fixing the track problem last night and this morning the trains now run smoothly all the way around the layout. The lap time I just checked was fifty-seven seconds covering nine inches of track each second. I don't know what scale speed that works out to but it looks believable.
LION is not that sure anymore either. I once worked up a "timetable" so that I could use a stop watch against 300' of moving train (regardless of scale). For my 300' trains to pass a marker takes about 4 seconds, or 38 mph.
I have timed BNSF trains from my train room window. Six coal cars = 300' and they pass in about three seconds which figures out to be about 50 mph or so. I'll have to look in the train room to see if I can find that crib sheet, or maybe some mathematical geenus can produce a similar sheet.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
TSF ... Sorry to hear about your dog. Pets are so much a part of the family.
Ray ..... Sounds like you have a good day planned, I like your cloud tutorial.
Russell ... Good to see you in the diner, and I'm glad you solve the problem with the NS locos.
Rob ... Good to hear you workd on HO signs. I bet the green peppers were not HO.
Jeff .... I'm glad you got your track in good running condition.
Ken ... will you have a model of that car on your layout ?
I posted this photo in the "Show me" thread. I am working on the stone retaining walls. Also, I just completed upgrading the Con Cor CZ dome observation.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Solving Jeff's math problem.
9 inches / second
x 60 = 540 inches / minute
x 60 = 32,400 inches / Hour
/ 12 = 2,700 feet / Hour
x 87 = 234,900 feet / Hour ...(HO is 1/87 scale)
/ 5,280 = 44.5 mph ...... (5,280 feet per mile)
44.5 mph would be a good speed.
Heartland Division CB&Q Solving Jeff's math problem. 9 inches / second x 60 = 540 inches / minute x 60 = 32,400 inches / Hour / 12 = 2,700 feet / Hour x 87 = 234,900' Hour ...(HO is 1/87 scale) / 5,280 = 44.5 mph ...... (5,280 feet per mile) 44.5 mph would be a good speed.
x 87 = 234,900' Hour ...(HO is 1/87 scale)
I got this one off a music forum I'm on...
Bird joins Bluegrass band....
http://www.dogwork.com/blugrs9/
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/
blownout cylinder I got this one off a music forum I'm on... Bird joins Bluegrass band.... http://www.dogwork.com/blugrs9/
Hahaha I love the bird joining the blue grass band! That guy on the guitar seems rightfully surprised but at the same time amused. I have a very helpful cat blocking my view as I type on my laptop.
Last fall, I acquired two Merchandise Service X29s (Red Caboose) and finished the second one, and fixed up the first as I'd slipped and fell on my butt going down the basement stairs to put it away. A few parts were broken but easily repaired, especially once Red Caboose sent me new stirrups. They're awesome about that, I asked them for new parts and he sent them right away free of charge! I have a lot of steps in case any more break. I am down to three X29 kits now and looking forward to finishing them, not just assembling them but adding proper couplers, weathering and some detail parts in time.
Alvie
Hello folks, been working on a few things today. Planted some grass, and also finished the Walthers bridge, and also made some bridge track for the bridge.
Whats everyones thoughts on painting the bridge? Grimy black? Silver? Leave it as is?
EDIT
here is another one last bit of work I did tonight was cut the track to suit and install the bridges temporarily, I will remove it down the track to paint it, but for now I will work on making some trees and working on other parts of the layout.
Cheers,
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, March 25th, 2012!!!
DO you believe it, only ONE WEEK of March left!!!!
Enjoy your 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! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning. It's 54° and clear. Wind NNE 0 mph. The high will be 82°.Power went out for a short time early this morning (around 3 am). I woke up when the familiar noises stopped. You'd think noises would wake you up when they start, not when they stop.I had a problem with the trains last night that was a bit of a head scratcher. I had rearrange some of the cars and from that moment on one of the locos (didn't matter which set was pulling) would derail at some point on the layout. Each loco set had it's favorite spot. With the Bachmann GP7's it was the turnout next to the east wall and only the trailing unit. The Atlas FP7's it was the curve in the north corner of the layout and only the lead unit. With the Atlas GP40's it was the north turnout next to the west wall and only the lead unit. The GP9 Frankensteins were the only ones that had no problem. Go figure. Well, since all this started after the cars were rearranged there must be something about that because I don't see that many varied track problems popping up all at once. The two cars just behind the locos are a pair of Tyco Old Dutch Cleanser covered hoppers and all I'd done with them was switch them around. Both have metal wheels and both both have body mounted Kadee #242 coupler boxes. The only difference is one has #118 shelf couplers and the other has #119 shelf couplers. It seems crazy that one car would cause the locos to have problems while the other one didn't but I decided what the hey. I changed them around again, put the lead car behind the one that had been behind it and what do you know, the problem vanished, at least with the GP7's and GP40's. I haven't tried the FP7's yet. Correction, I'm now running the FP7's and they too seem to be happy now. Stranger and stranger.
Howdy!
Another nice day. Took a little while for the fog to lift, but now it´s nice and sunny outside. All the neighboring kids are outside - incredible, how much noise just a handful of kids can make. In my childhood days, this would have meant a no-no for us, on a Sunday!
Had a close look on my Z scale stuff. Cleaned everything and gave the locos a lube job. That stuff is really tiny! Took some pictures to share with you:
That´s my entire roster. Some more detail shots:
The little red switcher is just an ich long.
... and my favorite:
That stuff is so small, that a healthy sneezer would blow everything off the track! At today´s prices, the lot has a value of about $ 3,000! Incredible.
Will continue to do some planning for that Z scale layout - with those values attached to it, I feel obliged to do something with it instead of letting it rot away in the attic.
Have a nice day!
Ulrich: yep..definite layout on that one!! WOW!!!
Good Morning..well...kind of....
Got a call from the hospital last night...it appears that the fellow has taken a turn for the worse...we be heading up there this morning to find out what is happening....
Barry - my for him!
Barry, good luck with your friend.
Flo, Diet Dew to go.
Had a reply about the wedding, but hit the wrong button again and Poof, it was gone.
Time for work.
Ken
69 Charger 500, they had a flush grill.
I hate Rust
Good Morning!! Sunday breakfast buffet please. Thanks. Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Didn’t make it in yesterday as you saw. Or didn’t see. I think. Cooked for the pancakes and sausage free breakfast for the community yesterday morning. Served a bit over fifty. That’s like what 3% of the population. Pretty good considering percentage wise that would be 3000 people in a city of 100,000. I should work for a politician juggling statistics. I love percentages. You can make anything sound good or successful if you us the right percentages. “Based on a recent survey, 90% of all America from across the nation, agree that there is a Sasquatch living within a mile of them.” Did they mention that they only polled a random 10 from three “Squatchy” conventions in LA, Chicago and New York? One turned out one in New York was the soda guy there to fix the machine, therefore only getting the 90%.
Good Morning!! Sunday breakfast buffet please. Thanks.
Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Didn’t make it in yesterday as you saw. Or didn’t see. I think. Cooked for the pancakes and sausage free breakfast for the community yesterday morning. Served a bit over fifty. That’s like what 3% of the population. Pretty good considering percentage wise that would be 3000 people in a city of 100,000. I should work for a politician juggling statistics. I love percentages. You can make anything sound good or successful if you us the right percentages. “Based on a recent survey, 90% of all America from across the nation, agree that there is a Sasquatch living within a mile of them.” Did they mention that they only polled a random 10 from three “Squatchy” conventions in LA, Chicago and New York? One turned out one in New York was the soda guy there to fix the machine, therefore only getting the 90%.
Ken- what? You…. You don’t miss Ziva. You feeling ok? I know things have been a bit stressful for you there but you don't miss..... HEY! Guess what I saw on the news?! Now I want you to sit down when you hear this. Don’t jump for joy and run down to the Bank and kiss them, but I saw on the news….ready for this????? Bank of Stupid is gonna help some of there customers out by……ready???? Renting them their own house back . Isn’t that great. What a relief for all those folks. I’m thinking about starting a campaign to get them a Nobel Prize or something. SOMEthing for their generosity.
Galaxy- WHAT? A new end of the world? What, since they realized the Mayan calendar actually ended seven or eight months ago, they’re gonna try again? Newton huh? Well at least their leaving old Nostral-damus alone. (sounds like some sinus infection doesn’t it) If you take in the times they claim he’s predicted the end of the world, he’s been wrong more than right. At least they can prove the alien advisor to the President is real. I seen pictures.
End of the word and when? Well I’m stickin with the guy who says no one will know the time.
TSF- I’m sorry about your dog. I know how you feel.
Barry- add me to the ones praying for your friend.
Ya know, last time I was in that room in the basement, now that you mention it I think I saw a MRR in there as well. Maybe I’ll get back down there today and check that out. Oh wait. I have to paint the kitchen now that the “prep work” is done so says the boss.
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, Gang. I think the strong coffee sounds good, Chloe.
I came home from my computer training yesterday to find a new BluRay player and flowers for my birthday. We are going out for lunch today. My birthday isn't until Monday. Looks like parties all next week, too.
Ulrich, Nice layout. Looks like a fun one.
TSF, Sorry to hear about your dog. We have a lab, too. They are such lovers.
Garry, Thanks for sharing your photos. Is the stone retaining wall Chooch? How did you join the panels?
Ray, Do you like the Bachmann because of the Tsunami sound?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning,
TSF, sorry to hear about your dog.
Sue, Happy Birthday!
Jeff, http://www.mcr5.org/NMRA/articals/speed.htm
James, nice progress. Are you going to dry brush the center pier to eliminate the shiny plastic finish?Jeff, did you check the wheel spacing with a NMRA Gauge? Had the same problem with the club rolling stock and a couple engines, sure enough a few of the plastic wheels were out of round or the spacing was off.
I am looking for a recommendation on DCC Caboose Lighting…..
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Afternoon!
Flo, coffee and a slice of that apple pie, please & thanks!
Finalizing my layout plans right now. I am not sure whether I have all the track I need for it. There may be a shortage of turnouts - have not yet counted them. At $ 50 a piece they are out of reach for me, might have to re-design the layout or leave out a few tracks. Whatever will not go into the layout will be sold via the evil bay.
Here is the updated plan:
There are a number of inexpensive paper % card board buildings available in Z scale, that should make building the backdrop flats easy.
LSWrr Jeff, http://www.mcr5.org/NMRA/articals/speed.htmJeff, did you check the wheel spacing with a NMRA Gauge? Had the same problem with the club rolling stock and a couple engines, sure enough a few of the plastic wheels were out of round or the spacing was off.
12:02 pm EDIT: Checked the cars in question. Wheel gauge is dead on.
Morning
Thanks for all the condolences folks, Now for the hardest part, me and my parents decided that Duke's suffering has been too much for him. Right now I'm listening to Stairway to Heaven and it's actually helping me alot.
Mom and Dad had me go with my sisters, one of my sister's boyfriend, and his mom and sister to the park in town. I wanted to be there by Duke, but I think it was for the best.
Sue - Your right about that, dogs don't ask for much. Just give them your heart and they'll give you their's
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Afternoon folks!
Had a pretty good weekend so far, although the airsoft match yesterday didn't go too well. Gabeus I have an M16- had lots of troubles with it yesterday. Mags wouldn't feed, motor locked up a couple times, battery died... it wasn't a good day.
I gotta run and play bass now for my Croatian heritage band. I'll talk to y'all later!Mark
Coffee in a BURLINGTON NORTHERN mug, please.
***Sue, did I hear correctly that it is your birthday? If so, then a very "HAPPY BIRTHDAY".
***TSF, very sorry about Duke. Labs are the best.
***Barry, sorry to hear that.
***Ulrich, that's quite a nice collection. My oldest brother has Z scale, too. Has been unable to do much with it yet. Switches and such are not cheap.
***Jeffrey, another nice pic. Wonder how much trouble it would be to paint the AC unit to sorta blend in?
***OzJim, hope you don't forget when those bridges are out...could get ugly. Nice work!
Rob
Good Afternoon, Flo - I'll have a bowl of chili and a RBF, please. Thank you!
I'm beginning to think our weatherguessers got their days turned around - they said yesterday we'd have some scattered showers and today sunny. Yesterday afternoon it was sunny (I was able to do some painting that I'd planned for this afternoon). Then today when I came out from church, it had clouded over and looked like it might (so far, it hasn't...). Go figure!
Gabe, your railroad there sounds like the flipside of what I've sort of expected nowadays (usually a RR might start out, maybe with support of businesses that it will serve (but privately owned RR), and then when the RR gets absorbed into a megarailconglomerate, they drop service in some outlying areas, and then local businesses/communities get a little shortline to connect them the rest of the way to a bigger railroad. Hey, takes all kinds of RR's, I guess.
Jeff - like your 'shorty' KCS cov'd. hopper there. I'm sure you're glad to track down what was causing your problems with the power on that loop. Sometimes Mr. Murphy sets us a delayed-fuse trap... You don't have a Bermuda Triangle of your own there on the layout, do you?
Bill T. - nice semaphore shot there at Edwardsville (yesterday's). (I like semaphores, though I'm partial to the upper quadrant one...)
Lee, I like your 'hiding' your mine back in the trees a bit. Nice touch there! (Even better if you were able to do all that with 'seconds' trees!)
Ulrich, I'm guessing that since you have your layout started in the one room, it's safe from being taken over when MIL arrives? Somehow, the lady of the house has her way of getting the HD list into even a 'mancave', it seems (no escaping those...) Nice little layout design there - but all that nice yard on the other side would be a shame not to put ballast on, and do some train make-ups there! Good luck on getting your CFO's approval of the expansion, too! Hey, how far across is the width on your photo of the Z scale stuff that's spread out? Never mind, I sorta figured it out from the red switcher's size that you mentioned. That's a bunch of Z scale trains!
Chad, congratulations on getting going with a 'computerized' layout (AND getting DCC going successfully, which is more than I've managed yet)!
Well, Galaxy and Jeff. after hunting down Newton's thoughts on that, I think the second one I went to read said that they recalculated Newton's stuff, and it looks like 2013 might (yeah, might...) be the EOTW date instead of 2060. So hang on, you might get to see it after all! (Just don't ask for a clerk to take out your supplies to your vehicle for any EOTW parties...)
Galaxy, hope your sleep improves for you (and soon enough). If you don't have your AC put back in yet, I can understand your not getting sleep (equinox or not)! Hard part, if you're like me, is that when it's hot it saps so much of my energy, too.
Guess if EOTW comes in 2013, no matter who ends up getting elected, we won't have to put up with them for long, eh?
Ken, that SuperBird doesn't look like it feels very Super... Poor thing!
Rob, will you be posting any photos of your sign?
TSF, sorry to hear about your dog Duke's health (especially with his being a lab, as they're pretty much always friendly!).As Jeff said, sometimes it's the humane thing when one of our furry friends' time to go has arrived.
Russell (csxns) - not sure if it's been a while or you're new to the Diner, but
Ray, hope you had/have a good day at the train show. You had me looking up.. "What's a weck?"
Barry, that video was hilarious! As the guy said, "I'm not sure what to do..." Little bitty chippee it was!
CatsThinkWell, better be careful, or your cat will develop a "taste" for bluegrass. Feel free to post photos of your X-29's once you get them weathered and all.
OzJim, good progress on the scenery! Looking like some rough woods and terrain in the vicinity of those bridges. As for painting/colour, I'd say that depends on your taste in rust/weathering, eh? I've seen bridges in black or silver (some of which had varying degrees of rust, depending on how well-kept the bridge is).
Barry, just read your post about your friend in the hospital.
Todd, sounds like you... almost... made it back to the basement and that rumored train room(!). Hope you get a bit closer next time. I'm beginning to think that your HD list is one of those - what are they... - Möbius bands? Where you take a piece of paper and give one end a half-turn and glue it back to the other, so you can go and go, but you never run out of list? Sounds like some HD lists I've heard about in here... y'know.. only hypothetically speaking, of course.
Sue, sounds like you trained Larry well, with early presents AND dinner out, plus parties next week, too. Enjoy!
So, Matt - is your band more traditional Croatian music, or the Croatian punk-rock kind? I saw both kinds mentioned when I did a search on that.
I mentioned getting some painting in yesterday. That was on my double-wide Heritage Furniture (background) building, which is about 20 inches across. I also today got the window frames all glued into the back of the wall openings (and when there are about 80 individual ones, that can get a wee bit tedious, let me tell ya). Here's the wall structure before painting:
and here 'tis after painting:
Then today, after putting the window frames, here are a few of the walls, and a couple of close-ups:
I didn't put the doors in yet, as I want to paint them a silver color first instead of the black color that the plastic is. I've also decided that this won't be a furniture factory but some other kind. Part of that will be because of my RR's setting (Southwestern US), where having the supply of enough wood might be a bit of a stretch. I may instead make this my Acme Manufacturing Co., and use the brick background building that I'd been w**king on into a furniture factory (smaller footprint and therefore less implied need for wood as raw materials) instead. For those who hadn't seen it, this is the other building:
I'll be at the window booth, seeing what that switcher's up to this afternoon. Prayers for healing, comfort, and good night's rests for you Diners, friends and loved ones.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Evenin'
I've been thinking about Ten Joo Berry Muds.
Ever feel like this??? {especially when talking ot a credit card company, internet provider, or online banking service?}
By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND TENJOOBERRYMUDS...In order to continue getting-by in America (our home land), we all need to learn the NEW English language! Practice by reading the following conversation until you are able to understand the term "TENJOOBERRYMUDS".With a little patience, you'll be able to fit right in with the growing trend!!!Now, here goes...............................The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest androom-service:Room Service (RS): "Morrin. Roon sirbees."Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."RS: " Rye Roon sirbees...morrin! Joowish to oddor sunteen???"G: "Uh..... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs."RS: "Ow July den?"G: ".....What??"RS: "Ow July den?!?... pryed, boyud, poochd?"G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry... scrambled, please."RS: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?"G: "Crisp will be fine."RS: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?"G: "What?"RS: "An toes. July Sahn toes?"G: "I... don't think so."RS: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???"G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahntoes' means."RS: "Toes! Toes!..Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin webodder?"G: "Oh, English muffin!!! I've got it! You were saying 'toast'... Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine."RS: "We bodder?"G: "No, just put the bodder on the side."RS: "Wad?!?"G: "I mean butter... just put the butter on the side."RS: "Copy?"G: "Excuse me?"RS: "Copy...tea...meel?"G: "Yes. Coffee, please... and that's everything."RS: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin, we bodder on sigh and copy... rye??"G: "Whatever you say."RS: "Tenjooberrymuds."G: "You're welcome"
Dinner will be roast of Beast with gravy over noodles with a side of Broccoli, OR should I say " rose beefe wid graby oer noo-dells wid a sigh ov broggolee"?
Tenjooberrymuds!
Hab a nighz ebening.
Okay, Todd, how long have you had your little gal in black staying with you and Brenda in that other room? Or did you just go to her restaurant for lunch today?