Good morning. ... Coffee and donut, please.
Barry ... Just read your news Wow!. .. Sorry to hear about it. Prayers for you.
PA Tom ... Prayers continue for your wife.
Ulrich ... Continued prayers for you. I know its bad in Europe with 11 countries in recession. I wish you could move across the Atlantic. Unfortunately, the economy here is basically stagnant and any job growth is more than offset with population growth and productivity. Perhaps, you can somehow make money with your own small business.
I know there are others with difficult situations, too. Perhaps, the Chapel Car should be dispatched to the DIner again.
Let me remind everybody that in spite of trials and tribulations, LIFE IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
I'll be busy again outside. Rented a Bobcat to move some dirt.
Cheers, everybody!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning. It's 76° and sunny. The high will be 90°.Not feeling my best this morning. Woke up with a blood sugar level of 62. So I had a breakfast that included a lot of starch. I feel better now. Nothing on the schedule today. I may make up a set of torpedo tubes for the H24-66 and GP35 later.
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
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 Special this morning, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of that sourdough toast my dear. Thank you much!
Currently 70°F under bright sunny skies here in the Finger Lakes. High be be in the low 80's.... getting too much like summer for my likes. I better get the fan in the window soon and some windows open. I need to get out and finish the lawn before it gets too hot also.
Ulrich.......... I wish there was some way I could snap my fingers and make life better for you! My prayers go with you for better days ahead. Stop in and say "Hi" every chance you get! We will miss you!
Barry I do hope your treatments will do the job and get rid of the tumor without making you too uncomfortable. Prayers continue from here......
Doesn't look like I will get to the train room again today, and tomorrow is opening day at the Museums.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning All,
Sitting here drinking a second cup of coffee. I go back to w**k tomorrow and it will be the usual hot and humid temps. MOH gave me a choice last night: 1. Go to the train club today or 2. Go to Disney tonight to watch Mickey Dolan (Monkeys) in a short concert....Guess which one I picked?
Next week I am taking a Spectrum K4s in to Jon to replace the burned out headlight. It drives me crazy to run it without a light. This is my sound equipped one.
Next week I am going to at least start the last project on the layout (the pond next to the farm).
Galaxy- I meant to mention last night to take care of yourself and I hope you get some relief from your back pain Monday.
TSF- Congratulations on your HS graduation.
Ulrich- I am very sorry about your situation. I know it must hurt deeply to not be able to participate in our great hobby. As always you and Petra are in my prayers and hope things will soon look up for you. Please remember not to close yourself off from the people that care for you. Take care of yourself.
Everyone take care and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning
Sunny and a high near 78F today
Well the best part of the news is that at least it appears to have been a slow acting tumour-such as THAT is.. So my 'prognosis' as my doctor put it is actually quite good...but the treatment...oi.
Thanks for the well wishes...gonna need those...
Today we have already done the rounds of some yard sales around here and did come across another hoosier cabinet for Audrey's workroom...needs a bit of refinishing but no big deal...
Going to go back out and see what else one might find around our neighbourhood...
Ulrich: Well, gee, that bites...try to visit a bit more often though...keep the chin up!! We'll pray something comes up your way...
Chris: Did you come up with a magic formula for the paint scheme? I've come across a couple of foobied GP9 units I might redo at some point..
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!!!
Today is Saturday. May 19th, 2012!!!
The weeeknd is here!!!
Enjoy your day!!!
The Prayer candle is lit for all those in need of special thoughts and prayers. It will be lit all weekend {unless we leave the house for errands}.
-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.
Morning guys.
My foot is still sore from my father dropping fruniture on it last night. I can walk normally, but I'm not putting weight on the outside of my right foot.
Ulrich. That suck. Keep your head up, and hopefully you can find a job somewhere.
Chris, I've read that the West Burlington shops used a BN green from a different manufactuer than Alliance or any other of the BN's shops. The walther's one is supposed to represent an ex-C&S unitthat had the back end patched. The fade color is what bugs me, it looks almost blue, but the BN green looks right compared to some other locos...
Prototype: http://archive.trainpix.com/BN/EMDORIG/SD9/6219.HTMModel: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/920-48601
Not to mention it looks like the Walther's model is the wrong phase. I like the picture of the C30-7s and the GP39E
As for that CNW car. I have a friend who models the CNW in the 80s-90s, and he likes my weathering. So perhaps if I can't make the CNW yellow-orange look something like zito, I could try selling it as a weathered car. I haven't actually decaled anything yet and IDK if painting the athearn hopper bottoms the body color counts as painting.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Ulrich,
It is terribly saddening to see you in this situation and having little choice but to give up your beloved hobby, car and home. Three years is a long time to be out of work. It is a shame that someone who to me seems to have a great ethic and be willing to do anything cannot get a job. I really wish we could all help you out in some way.
I'm sure the entire diner wishes you well, and I do truly hope you will one day in the near future gain employment and your situation improves.
Please also do stop in from time to time, You are a nice fella and I don't think the diner would be the same, at the very least stop by and post the new diner...
As to the folks such as Barry etc who are having health issues, good thoughts are with you.
Once again Ulrich, thoughts with you mate.
Cheers,
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Dear Friends,
you have probably noticed that I turned into an infrequent patron to this place lately. I have been lurking around, but not posting in the post days.
As I found out that not being able to have a more active part in our hobby is adding to my depression, I have decided to take a longer break. I don´t know whether I will be able to return - there are just to many things that need to be sorted out in my life before I may return.
Having to say goodbye to our hobby, which has accompanied me for nearly 50 years, hurts very much. It is just like losing a good friend. But unfortunately there is no way for me to stay in it.
My job situation has not been resolved - all my attempts failed. I have to accept, that applying for jobs in the US and Canada does not work unless you are already a resident there. I am out of a job for three years here in Germany, removing me completely from the job market. I don´t know how to achieve this, but Petra and I will have to settle in the situation we are in, which means, there is no room for any extras, not even a car any longer. Petra and I will have to relocate to a place, where we don´t need a car to get around. Given the budget we have for housing, this won´t be a fancy place in a posh neighborhood. A thought which had been unthinkable so far!
I am really sad to hear that so many of you folks have ongoing health issues - please know, that you will always be in our thoughts and prayers.
Fondly,
Ulrich
Barry and Tom,
You Fellas and your Families are in our prayers.
That is sad news from both of you.
Know that we are here willing to do what we can to ease the burdens.
Galaxy, please light the prayer candles tonight before we shut down the shop.
Garry, Glad to see that the new bridge span is going in so quickly. That did surprise me.
Congrats to all the Students who made it through another year. My Son at MSU (Missouri) is sure glad to have this year in his tail lights. He will be taking one course through the summer as well as the research work he has to do there and that will make his final year of his Masters a little lighter.
Prayers and blessings to all in need this evening.
A special "HI" to Chuck, Bama, Ryan, Keith, Fergie, and all other MIAs from the Diner.
Night all, I am off to dream land (I hope ).
Johnboy out............................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Thank You Flo!
Well my next post will be #6000! All that really means is I broke a lot of stuff and need help, or I was in the dinner keviching about work. Hum, don't think I spelled that right!
Work Front Got out late again, last customer out the door at 9:30 and I got out at 10:05. Dave jumped my caboose again and finished with " I am told you before, stop being lazy"! Well he never has told me before and I pointed that out to him and all so pointed out to him I have done everything you have told me! He just stormed off and went home I think.
What I did was tell the customer in the waiting room he needed brake work and gave him the specks and explained why he needed the work. Now in retrospect, I should have taken him out to his car, showed him his brake parts and explained why they needed to be replaced. Guess I got in that habit from being around I Am The Larry. After all, why would Larry want to take them out to show them a perfectly good part and explain why they need to be replaced?
First off, Dave was right, I should have taken him out to the car. What made me mad was he said he has told me before!
Dave dropped in after all the customers where gone again. (hum, think he had been ) I took that time to apologizes and admitted i made a mistake and I will never do it again.
I all so pointed out.
Dave, I have done everything you have ever told me. I take the customer out with me every time to get the car information like you said. His answer was, I Know.
I never asked if there car has TPM's at counter after you told me to stop. His answer. I know.
Dave, I willing to come in on my days off early so you can teach me stuff I need to know! His answer was, I know.
Dave, did not come here to sell tires, I want to be a manager! His answer, I know.
Well, I need to stop talking about looking for a job I guess and do it. Your answer, We Know!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Barry - I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Petra and I send you all the best wishes for the upcoming therapy and a healing .
Tom - your wife is included in our thoughts and as well!
VINCENT: That's right...they had even OLDER lettering on it ("Line"). I remember now how dismayed I was when I first saw it. I want to say Zito first appeared in '81 or '82. I doubt you could fade it enough to "Zito"-it, but I'm not gonna say you can't try to either. You do what you want to do, live like you wanna live, rock on wit yo' bad self! Athearn got the Zito pretty good, so with the 86' hicube, you've got a target to shoot for on THAT RBL (insulated box car).
One of the many sad things about Walthers, THAT lousy CNW yellow (orange)? THAT is their "default yellow" for anything CNW.
I "need" a fleet of RBL's, both to service Quaker Oats (proudly shipping yesterday's Crunch Berries tomorrow don'tcha know?) and to deliver the crappiest beers on the planet to Jerabek's Distributing. So, between Walthers, Accurail, Athearn and Details West; I've kinda had the occupational hazard of kinda learning about them.
As for botching the BN green, I remember a photo in a 1980s railfan magazine THAT showed a herd of BN SD40-2s. The greens didn't match. I think the darker green units in the photo were C&S units... But, the GE's I tacked up earlier were darker than the EMD's I remembered. Lighting, film used, who mixed the paint, who printed the photo/scanned the negative all impact what any color looks like.
Weathering is your friend...
It could always be worse: Athearn blew it big-time when they released an Iowa Northern CF-7, a one-of locomotive. The IANR used what looked to me like John Deere yellow. With a shop in Waterloo (Deere country), it makes sense. Uncle Irv's Chinese friends picked and used a putrid yellow-orange shade nowhere near reality. Put it this way, Athearn's color not only isn't in the same Zip Code as the prototype, I'm not sure its even in the same solar system...
Bottom line, this all points to why I love UNDECORATED KITS: I can take 'em, compare 'em to photos, modify, paint, decal to match (more or less). With factory decorated stuff, I have to try to match their paint and most of the time knock it down so it doesn't look "factory fresh." I also enjoy taking the factory stuff and dunking it in brake fluid (most of my purchases are 1980s vintage kits, when plastic was plastic and brake fluid was the standard stripper). I love "rolling my own" when it comes to paint and decals.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Evenin' folks!
Janie I'll have a cup of decaf and the strawberry Cheesecake, please.
No train stuff today, but I did get a lot of other things accomplished and a new supply of code 83 rail arrived this afternoon, so all was not lost!
About time to call it a day I think. Prayers for all in need.......... you know who you are.
Chris, I think Walther's is more geared towards the MILW. How could they get the green on the new BN SD9s so wrong, especially given they were in ex-GN territory. Technically I model 1977-1987, mainly adjusted to have tiger stripes and ALCOs.
I did some searching and it says zito yellow came out in the early 80s, so it looks like my athearn 86' hicube boxcar is fine. Mine says Chicago and NorthWestern Line. But it does look a bit orange. There is no date, so in theory I could fade it out enough to look like zito yellow. I think the BN had a few of these, but they could be cars closer to the DW insulated boxcars.
"Chris, is the CNW FGE box accurate? I assumed that because it's a newer Walthers kit that it'd be fairly accurate."
Yeah, I did too.
Actually VINCENT, it's not TOO BADLY far off... For a company headquartered IN former CNW territory, you'd think they would nail it. But, alas. Here's where their Chinese artists goofed. The CNW logo says Railway. This car shows the final paint scheme (a too orange "traditional yellow," large CNW and the colored ball and bar). The herald should say "System." To be clear, it would be from top to bottom: Chicago And NorthWestern System. I guess the Chinese artist can be forgiven for dropping a 1960s ball and bar on a 1992+ paint job I also have always felt the large CNW was too thin and a little short height-wise. I never quite got around to digging out a Microscale decal set I've got for the 1992-end of CNW cars to compare though.
I added an extra "System" herald I had from a Herald King box car set. I couldn't abide the error. I also cut off the draft gear and added Walthers extended cushion coupler set. I hope they get THAT item back in-stock, it's only been listed as "unknown" on their website for a year or more. To be honest, I "goofed" too when I "fixed" their boo-boo. I neglected to hit the car with Glosscote first, so there is a lovely bit of decal film visible as with any decal applied to a FLAT surface.. It may end up rebuilt in the not-so-distant future.
If I remember right, you're modeling the 1970s/80s? If so, these strip pretty easily and repainting them is a snap.
A Paint scheme for your era, patched for mine
I just realized, THAT's a Details West car I did, but of a very similar look to the Walthers. Turns out the Walthers cars I re-did went into the Zito yellow scheme (also too "new" for your era).
Here's what they looked like after the Cheap and Nothing Wasted got their hands on 'em.
TEEN STEAM FAN: Congrats on your graduation!
Well (down a little, toads are very happy however), this weekend I have nowhere to be. THAT means I'll have little to no excuse to not mow, yank offending weeds, and any other tasks in need of doing. Next weekend is busy with a high school graduation to cover as well as a Memorial Day event. "Three day weekend?" Not for me it 'taint.
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
I was just helping my folks attach felt feet to the furniture to protect the new floor. I say was because my father dropped the TV wall unit on my foot. This thing is so heavy hit has to be moved in 3 pieces by two people. Luckily it was just the lower part. No swelling yet, but I stuck a bag of soybeans (couldn't find peas) on it as a precaution.
TSF, congrats on getting out of the [blank]hole that is high school. Are you going to go to college?
Barry - Our very best wishes for a quick and complete recovery.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
YAHOOO
I'f free of the pain in the rear that is Joliet Central High School.
Today was my last day of class. Graduation is Friday, and I am finally getting over the surrealism that my 4 years there are finally over.
One thing I did was work on the benches for Chicagoland Speedway. The school actually put up a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJJbFqY6GTo&list=UUvwxk9ia_t4Aq-sAIEQChdQ&index=2&feature=plcp
That ugly fella at 41 seconds in is ME. (I was working on 2 days without shaving )
That's my big news. Spent today chasing skirts (Hey, last day, sue me.) and wrestling with a Dead in Transport mower. One of those zero turns too. Not pretty.
Hope things turn up for everyone else
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!
Packer Jeff, BN actually got a few of the Torpedo-tube GP35s and a few Alco-trucked GP35s from the SLSF. I think a couple may have had both torpedo tubes and ALCO trucks.
Jeff, BN actually got a few of the Torpedo-tube GP35s and a few Alco-trucked GP35s from the SLSF. I think a couple may have had both torpedo tubes and ALCO trucks.
I got three things in the mail today.
1. A stewart F-chassis with an F9A and F9B shell. Painted for Jeff's RR.2. A 1977-1980 BN annual.3. A bunch of freight car kits. UP PS hopper (BB), SSW centerflow hopper (BB), CNW 50' FGE insulated box (Walthers), MKT 50' modernized PS1 (E&C/LBF), and a BNFE 57' reffer. Most of the cars are in good shape. The BN reffer needed some help, I replaced the missing stirrups with wire. The actually underframe broke. I've reglued it back together, but IDK how well it'll hold. I may have to get a replacement from athearn.
Still waiting on 2 BN GP38Xs (ex-conrail GP38s), a CB&Q SD40, and F7 AB shells.
Barry, Sorry to hear about the news.
Chris, is the CNW FGE box accurate? I assumed that because it's a newer Walthers kit that it'd be fairly accurate.
Janie, just a decaf for me right now.....
Haven't even been down to turn on the lights in the train room today. Had to do some shopping, groceries, and new sneakers for the year. I got a pair of Bib Overalls to wear out at the museum for car host duty. Wish I could have found a pair having the typical RR Strips on it, but they don't seem to make them anymore, so these are just plain denim. I bought shortest ones they had in my waist size so I will only have to cut off 4" excess material and re-hem them later tonight.... Also mowed about 2/3rds of the lawn. Will finish tomorrow.
As soon as I got home, I took my old sneakers out of the new box (I wore the new ones home). The box was sitting on my bed and was immediately tested out by Manét:
He just fit!
Barry! So sorry to hear about your test results. You are and will be in my prayers!
Curt, nice work and nice photos!
I best be getting the hemming of the new coveralls....
Barry- I am really sorry to hear your news. I will continue prayers for you.
Nothing much going on here. Did a little work on the H24-66 and the U30EM645. Other than that I've been watching the TV and running a couple of trains.
Packer Jeff, Trust me, we noticed you do things your own way (Fs on AAR trucks). I tend to be fairly strict about my stuff bein prototypical, Chris is probably a little more strict than me. Each to their own I suppose.
Jeff, Trust me, we noticed you do things your own way (Fs on AAR trucks). I tend to be fairly strict about my stuff bein prototypical, Chris is probably a little more strict than me. Each to their own I suppose.
Curt: Good work on the turntable. I like the cover you made for it. Reminded me of the numerous hat boxes my mother has tucked away.
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooood afternoon everybody. I thought I heard my name called out.
"Chris is probably a little more strict than me. Each to their own I suppose." Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll yes and no Hoss. For example, I can live with the fact THAT the nose on the Walthers GP-15 is longer than CNW's units had. I can't live with the fact THAT Athearn put the CNW's "Falcon Service" logo and engine numbers on later-model SD40-2s than what the CNW used. The nose length isn't as noticible. The detail differences in the 40-2s was. So, those two Athearn "Special Edition" locomotives were stripped and repainted for units in the appropriate number series. Likewise a GSB Ltd. SD40-2 I picked up was "perfect" for the CNW's first units, so it became the CNW 6801. There are some RR-specific details I didn't incorporate, and I'm cool with THAT. The locomotives look like what they're supposed to look like, and THAT's my goal.
I will add styrene strips to a boxcar, hopper, etc. to get it to look closer to the real thing, but you'll never find me in the "expert" lounge at a convention. I'll leave the extreme rivet counting to others...besides, I lose count too quickly!
Selective strictness perhaps?
Best wishes to all in need,
Here's a shot from 20 years ago:
***EDIT*** I see we got "top," so order-up boys and girl. Rerun will go fetch his apron and start washin' dishes since payday is NEXT Friday.
BARRY: Sorry to hear the diagnosis, sounds like you're familiar with it all though. We'll send some additional good thoughts your way.
Good Evening..
We found some sun today..after a dull start...
And...Got more tests done..they think I ended up with another dang bone tumour. I had one of those dang things when my Leukemia kicked up a fuss several years ago. If so I'll be doing the full on chemo/radiation/surgery routine on my leg....
Afternoon All,
Went grocery shopping earlier. Got home and painted the stand for the programming track and hooked it up. I was successful in changing a loco number and back again. Thanks Jeff.
I put together a $1.20 cent cardboard cover for the TT when not in use, while I find something nicer. I also put together some Cornerstone track bumpers. They are better than nothing since my suppliers of the PRR concrete bumpers are all on backorder.
Has anyone heard from Barry about his results?
Tom- I continue to say prayers for YOH.
Garry- Thanks. You have another great scene on WPF and I resemble the remark. I'm trying to get it passed at the club that every train has a PRR car. Not much chance but a man has to do what a man has to do.
Everybody have a good night and prayers for those in need