Hope the Fire get's out fast and think you all for the B-Day wish.Will now take a trip down to the layout and see what to run,Be Back.
Russell
Afternoon Modelers!
Sadly a second person has been found dead in the fire zones today as the main fire is still 0% contained. I have seen confirmed reports / photos that air assaults are well under way so hopefully they can get this thing beat down soon...
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Good afternoon
Chilly here in the Southern tier. Hope the apple crops will make it it was 29* this early Am.
made the pharmacy run, so my running is done for the day.
ULRICH...Z scale is TEMPTING as we have little space, but the prices are enough to keep us away. Plus N scale is about as small as we'd likely to go. THere was at last years train show in Syracuse a vendor who ONLY dealt in N and Z scales...MAN was it tempting...the Z scales were so "key-ute". They had everything,...but I don't translate teh degree rating of curved track well to the measurements of what space I need to set up that curve. If we'd had money and such, we woulda got us some Z scale runners!
to those who need them.
Have a great afternoon.
-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.
Hi Guys!
Frankly, if that Z scale layout had not been a gift, I would have never considered that scale. You need an eagle´s eyes and very steady hands for it. Of course, you have to keep the track painstakingly clean. Maerklin has a track cleaning car, that actually grinds the grime off the track, but it does not help to get rid of over 20 years of corrosion. To clean the track, I use a track cleaning pad, which polishes the rails. The ones I did are just as good as new.
Once they run, the locos perform surprisingly well. I have a cab controller, which I built myself some years ago. It used adjustable pulse-width DC (or is it chopped off AC?) to control the locos, allowing them to creep along the track. The Maerklin power packs, however, know only three speed settings - 0 mph, 100 mph and 500 mph.
I am still not sure what to make out of that layout. I would just hate to see that stuff rotting away... What I am aiming at looks a little bit like this:
Ulrich, Nickel Silver (also known as German silver) oxidizes but the oxidation still conducts electricity unlike copper or steel where the oxidation does not conduct electricity. Too much oxidation and the resistance peaks preventing some of our trains from operating properly….
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning From Maryville ILL!
Flo, Coffee please.
Feeling pretty good so far today, my feet don't hurt!
Sorry it been so dry in some of you folks neck of the woods. Sure don't have that problem in my area! Rear yard is getting nuts and real need to get it cut.
Weed Wars Rear yard has been over taken with weeds. I think they are called Thistles, they are the weeds that have the round blue flower. Need to find away to kill them so I can get some grass growing again. Any ideas?
I have toyed with the idea of cutting a section say 10 by 10 foot on the lowest setting of the lawn mower they spraying the area with round up. How long would I need to wait to plant the grass seed?
I was all so thinking about using the patching mixes they have been pushing on the radio, any one uses theses and what kind of luck have you had?
Z Scale So Ulrich, do you enjoy working in that scale at all? You and I am with in 6 months of each other in age. I bet our eye sight is close to the same. So what are your thoughts on the scale? All so what do you do about sickening (spell check could not help me). I would think the normal stuff for HO and N scale would be way to big?
Wife is feeling a little better. She now can back it out to the garage to tell me how bad she hurts? Guess that is a good sign.
Going to the Lowe's sight and see what I can find out about my weeds!
Ken
I hate Rust
It was cold here in Western Pennsylvania this morning too. Some frost on the grass in the front yard, which by the way, I had to mow yesterday. Second time this spring the yards have been mowed. The farms here were worried about their orchards because all the fruit trees are in blossom. According to the news they were planning on burning hay bales last night and pulling these big fans behind tractors in the orchards. I wonder if it's possible to be a farmer and not have serious issues with ulcers. Gotta love them...
Not much new around here. We have a birthday party on Saturday for one of our great nephews. Hard to believe how fast they are growing up. It will be fun because some of the other great nephews and nieces will be there as well. I also have a new car that should be delivered to the dealer on Wednesday or Thursday. I'm looking forward to that. Well, the wife just let me know that the washer is done, so it's time to get the dryer up and running. Everyone have a good one. Tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a breakfast bagel with sausage and cheese and a cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug, please and thank you.
Currently 31°F here in the Finger Lakes under sunny skies. Low was 23°F with lots of wind last night..... Not sure how the fruit trees survived the night. probably will be a report on it later in the day as farmers assess the damage. They say the high today will be 42°F and the low tonight will be just above freezing with some rain. We are also under "No Burn" advisory around here as with the lack of snow last winter the grass from last year is tinder dry.
Next Monday the lawn mower will have to come out.... It will be April, so I guess it won't break any moral rules. Earliest i have ever even thought about it!
Ulrich, one of the real problems with the tiny scales is the contacts for good electric pick up. In z scale I would think everything would have to be clean as HO squared...... Good luck getting it running!
I have a bunch of items I need to get to today including starting Spring Cleaning around here (Lord knows it needs it!).
My prayers for those who have been impacted by the fires around the country with the dry spell.... And, of course, prayers for all of you suffering with other aches, pains, illnesses, and such!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning. It's 67° and partly cloudy. The high will be 85° with SE winds 5 to 10 mph.I was running my Atlas GP40's yesterday and noticed the trailing unit was getting a bit loud. Opened it up and lubed the motor bearings and worms. Put the shell back on then turned it over and applied a couple of drops of lube through the oiling holes in the bottom of the trucks. It runs much quieter now. They both still run pretty good considering they're pushing forty years and still have the original motors.I hope the trash pickup happens today. They didn't come last Tuesday but I put it down to the weather. This week it's bright and sunny. My father has been heating up the phone line between his home and the sanitation depts office so they can't say they're unaware of the problem.Plan for today is to relax and take it easy.
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
Sir Madog Btw, who says, that nickel silver rail does not corrode? The track was so dirty and corroded, that I used up a whole rail cleaner pad to get them shiny (and conductive) again Which leads me to the conclusion, that there is no way to get the "big" layout into working order - I will have to dismantle it, clean all track & turnouts and hopefully can start something new with it.
Btw, who says, that nickel silver rail does not corrode? The track was so dirty and corroded, that I used up a whole rail cleaner pad to get them shiny (and conductive) again Which leads me to the conclusion, that there is no way to get the "big" layout into working order - I will have to dismantle it, clean all track & turnouts and hopefully can start something new with it.
Good Afternoon Gang!
I spent the better part of the day trying to get those Z scale locos to run. They have not been running for at least 20 years! Opened them, cleaned them, checked the gears and the brushes, lubed them, cleanded the wheels. Well, I got a 6 out of 8 - the boxcab electric and the big Diesel won´t even give me a hum.
Darren - we are glad we have not yet had a forest fire in our neck of the woods. It is way too dry here and we are on a fire alert as well. We are hoping for some rain...
Barry - I am glad your friend is doing better. Continuing for him!
CUL
Good Morning Modelers...
Here is the latest news; the largest of the fires which broke out around 5:30PM grew from 15 acres to 3,000+ acres in a matter of hours do to strong winds. They evacuated 900+ homes already and were fighting the fire from the ground only yesterday do to the winds but I believe I heard an air assault started this morning now that the winds have slowed down. There are several other fires that have broken out all across the front range as yesterday our humidity dropped to 5% and with no snow/rain now for nearly a month it didn't take much to start them. Smoke in the city is not as bad this morning.
My thought go out to those impacted and still in harms way this morning...
http://www.9news.com/news/article/259104/339/Large-fire-scorches-Jefferson-County
Good morning, Chloe. I didn't realize how many friends that I have here in the diner. A quick coffee and off to the pool.
Thanks for the birthday wishes Ulrich, Jeff, Barry, Johnboy, Ken, Ray Gabe, Russell, TSF, & Jim. Had birthday lunch yesterday, and one of my climbing friends gave me a bottle of wine last night at the rockgym. Today another birthday lunch, and things settle back down I hope.
Johnboy, Larry teases me for hanging out with you guys, but if he wants something researched, he has me do it because I usually get responses and he doesn't.
Russell, Happy belated birthday. Thanks for sharing the day with me. Did you get any new MR stuff?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning All,
Jim, Rule #1: have a perfectly level work surface. Rule#2: never try to answer the phone or scratch your nose while working with self vulcanizing silicone, clean up gets real ugly real fast. Rule#3: never be in a hurry but hurry every chance you get. I will see about making a picture log, a movie would be boring since there is 30 minutes to 4 hours between processes. Maybe a slide show. What should I cast?
Todd, I cut my grass last Tuesday and it was about 8” high. Sunday I cut my grass and it had grown 4” in 8 days. Its going to be a long summer if this keeps up. Last summer it rained 5 days a week on average so I never really got to enjoy my yard I was always cutting it. I should have torn it all up and planted rice.
GOOD MORNING!!!
Tody is Tuesday, March 27th, 2012!!!
I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date,
No time to say hello, goodbye, I'm late I'm late, I'm late.
Good Morning
We are now sitting at 18F right now. Just lovely..have not gone out yet to see how our apple trees have done..seems that they survived last night though...so far...
Going to have a somewhat quiet day today..need to fix a few things around the house then get some painting done for a new backdrop as well..that is...if I am permitted to do such....
Got our early morning phonecall from our friend this morning..he is doing fine..or so he says..nurse confirmed that he was..have to check on this you know...we are bringing him his acoustic guitar so he can work some riffs out for a new song he is working on...or get into trouble with..one of the two..
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/
Good Morning!! Coffee and some French Toast please. Thank you. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind between 17 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Always gotta be windy. Not much to report or is going on othern painting kitchen and dining room. Now just waiting on countertops. They should arrive back in Springfield sometime tomorrow then just a scheduling to deliver. Grass is 12 and a half feet tall so I may break out the mower. Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning!! Coffee and some French Toast please. Thank you.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind between 17 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Always gotta be windy.
Not much to report or is going on othern painting kitchen and dining room. Now just waiting on countertops. They should arrive back in Springfield sometime tomorrow then just a scheduling to deliver.
Grass is 12 and a half feet tall so I may break out the mower.
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! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Darren: Saw the fires being talked about earlier today...those things are huge!!!
Just stay safe!!!
Sir Madog Sir Madog: Look at this: What scale is it? I better solve the riddle - it is Z scale! I could not believe my eyes when I found this on a German Z scale forum. It is a MTL kitbashed GP 9. What a wonderful job! The first picture is actually a little larger than the real model.
Sir Madog: Look at this: What scale is it?
Look at this:
What scale is it?
I better solve the riddle - it is Z scale! I could not believe my eyes when I found this on a German Z scale forum. It is a MTL kitbashed GP 9. What a wonderful job! The first picture is actually a little larger than the real model.
Good Grief!!
I'd never be able to do that quality of work on that scale!! Amazing stuff there!!
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Good Evening/Morning
Had some sleep and managed to get into the trainroom to run some trains tonight, as well as getting to clean out some old cupboards we have in our garage..good that the weather as as cool as it was..otherwise it would have been a real sweatbuster of a job!!
Well, we got a phonecall from our friend's wife tonight ...he is resting comfortably tonight...he was up and about earlier this evening so that is a good sign...I did manage to talk to him and he said that everything is looking like he may be out come next weekend now....
Gotta go do a few things before sleep ...have a good evening/overnight/morning..or what have you!!
Howdy .....
Darren ... I hate to see those fires, and I hope they are bought under control quickly.
JimCG ... You're welcome. Keep up the good work.
Rob ... How's that "sports car" doing?
Russell .... Happy B'day.
Sue ... I already said happy b'day, but I'll now add I hope it was good.
Ulrich .. I saw your post, and was going to guess Z scale because you have been dabbling in that. That is a nice model..... Also, I hope your health is okay now.
I was in N scale for a brief period myself, but I prefer HO.
In the news I heard form VP Cheney had a hear transplant, and I hope he does well with that. I also have congestive heart failure as he did, and I have been told if it gets worse I'll need a transplant. I'm definately not looking forward to that. Meanwhile, I'm very pleased to say my treatment is keeping it from worsening, and I am leading a close to normal life. I'm very happy about that.
Have a good one, as Jerry says...........
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening Folks!
Flo, Beer Please
Work Front Well the phones went CrAzY Today. And what I mean is they would ring, you could not answer them, would turn them self to speaker mode when no one was there and hang up on you when you where trying to dial out. Boy I hope they get them fixed by Tuesday! It was not just our store but nation wide.
Only good thing about work was Neil took me out to a Sushi Bar for lunch. Tried some sushi (have no idea what it was, Neil picked it out) and it was not half bad. Then I filled up on shrimp and mushrooms.
Well I am beat and will drop by Tuesday before work.
Just poking my head in the door for a brief stop before I head for home (long day at w**k, we'll leave it at that...)
Sue - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
MARK - my bad! Apologies, and can I blame it on being in the later part of the evening? (No?) I think your band sounds cool (even if I couldn't spell a lot of those instruments, either)!
TSF, sorry to hear of your furry friend Duke's passing, but I hope you will come (at some time) to doing as Ken, and remembering the good and the fun times with Duke. For now, know that our hearts are with you in this time.
Garry, thanks for the compliment on the buildings. I need to get where I can make signs efficiently on my computer and printer (which will help me finish some of those buildings I have part-way done).
Jeff, making good w**k on programming your locos, and excellent job on the billboard there!
Lee, just like you to actually know what you're doing there (unlike, say...myself) Hey, how about posting a tutorial on what to do (or not) for resin casting? I, for one, would like to see that one!
Ulrich, for what it's worth, we've been having some thick fog in the mornings here lately (0.3 miles of visibility for a couple of days). Our weather folks say it's because we are having a more settled weather pattern (no fronts in particular moving through...). Hope your pain decides to take a vacation - somewhere else! I like your changes to your Z scale layout design, too.
Galaxy, sure wish you could get your sleep lately (as I am sure that you would like to)!
Darren, your area may not be the only one looking at possible dry conditions come summer (unless we get some sn*w/ra*n between now and then (and if we get the white stuff, it may play havoc with our fruit crops here). Ouch! As you said, already starting in your area!
Johnboy, I'm with you (and Rob) about smaller scales than HO being hard on the eyes...(mine, anyway). Hey, can your wife charge for some of the folks wanting her to make cakes for them? Maybe you could help her, and split some of the proceeds (MRR'ing funds?).
Ken, sorry to hear about your wife's knee(s) today. Hopefully she will actually stay off her feet and heal/rest up.
Ulrich, on that SP Geep, I'd say whoever did the diorama scenicking did extremely well (and particularly if that is Z scale (or even N scale)!
Russell, to you, also! Hope you had a great one!
About time for me to zip on out of here for home. W**k awaits tomorrow morning. I'm awaiting Thursday and Friday, when I'm out of the office (and might get to get back to those buildings some more).
for comfort, healing and good night's rest for you Diners (and some well-needed rain for Darren's area).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
Sir Madog Look at this: What scale is it?
No worries, we live far enough away to not be worried about the fire itself; the smoke through is pouring into the city as there are now several fires have broken out. My thoughts to those who are seriously in harms way...
A large plume of smoke can be seen in the southern foothills of Denver near Roxborough and Conifer. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Hey guys
Sue- Happy birthday.
Jeff- The hopper cars look good
Well, I am trying to get used to Duke having passed on, I greatly appreciate the condolences. House was quiet until my sister's dog (Ok, not really her dog) Lucky started carrying on. No constant thumping from Duke's tail. It's going to get better I know.
Thanks for letting me know that I can talk to you guys about whatever is on my mind.
Spent the day after school working outside. Took a friend's well truck that my dad and I are working on, dropped off some pipe that was on it, and borrowed a lawn mower to cut grass. Got a call from my dad, had to pick up his truck from the train station in Manhattan and had to have my mom to pick him up from the train station in Joliet. Hope tomorrow goes better
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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
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Stay safe Darran.
goodnight
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OK, I'm calling it a night early. Ran trains about half the day. See y'all tomorrow.Tonight's photo taken with the train on the move.
Sadly my concern this morning has already become true, Fires! have broken out...
http://www.9news.com/news/article/259012/339/Residents-evacuated-due-to-fire-in-JeffCo
Happy B Day Sue,mine is today also,got two NS HH SD40-2's running today,will need to go to the LHS next week to get more scale Kadee's because the #5's looks to big on the pilotless 40-2's,and will use the #5's on boxcars because on that type of car they look better,to me anyway,so far its been a great day.