Columbian roast coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Hope you are all having a great day.
Cheers! Rob
Laundry's done. I can mark that off my list of things to do this week. Sometime today I need to doa lube job on the GP38 and SD27J. Hopefully I'll soon have a Digitrax decoder for the GP35.
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Afternoon Modelers!
It's in the low 80's here right now and the local news is once again filled with a new wild fire up near Fort Collins. Hopefully they can keep this one contained in the valley where it is as not much for homes in that area but high winds could send it into more populated areas. Got Day#2 and Day#3 of our Wichita trip now in my blog and here is a photo from Day #2.
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Me again.
Boy, have I played pack mule today.
First it was the grocery store. Then it was the Mobile Food BAnk early this afternoon. They go to different areas to shell out food and other essentials during the summer months. Today they were in a nearby town.
Both MOH and I went. WE got bags of stuff! Never went before so didn't know what to expect. I took a huge "green bag" and MOH took smaller net bags we have from the dollar store. WE got salad greens: spinach, romaine hearts, iceberg mix, tomatoes, scallions; and we got some cracker boxes; some Pomegranate juices; some black pepper, some chilli pepper {canned}; some candy; some filter treated bottled water; some diet Pepsi 8 packs {I think for Canada}; cereal bars; cottage cheese {they tried to give us 3 each...we like it but not THAT much LOL}; mixed bag of spices; and some vegetarian beans {are there any other kinds? oh i guess as opposed to legumes Maybe?}and some Kleenex; soft handsoap, and more... we didn't take what we couldn't use...no reason to.
SOme kind sole who works with the pantry truck carried my big bag, so MOH didn't have to carry both loads. There was other stuff we didn't want, so we didn't take "one of each" or in some cases, multiples were allowed. WE are needy, not greedy!
Whew!
Then it was free bread day at the neighbors..who always collect it from the grocery store on Wed. and distribute to the needy here in the park...that load was easy by comparison. I gave them some of the ginormous bags of lettuces and a few tomatoes, a juice jug and cottage cheese. I shared the bounty with them.
WE found out about a new once-a month food pantry at a nearby CHurch as well...they distribute on Sats. we will investigate.
Jeffrey, I have wondered if {and if not, why not} you do your laundry at your parents house, in betwen mowing the yard for instance...cause letting you do so would/could be the least they could do to help out for you helping Them out...
SInce there are so many recently asking for thouhgts/prayers/healing thoughts, I have lit a prayer candle...
Well dinner tonight will be surf n' turf. please form a line....
-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.
Afternoon guys
Just got back from work. The girl that kept staring at me was there, so I figured I'd start teasing a little. She started teasing me back. Around the 3rd time I caught her staring at me I said "do you want my number or something?" Boy did she light up. She asked me if I wanted to hang out (IDK if she was asking me out), then after we traded numbers she said I'll show you a good time" and winked. I have an idea idea of what she was getting at, but that might just be hormones talking... I'll call her in a couple of days.
Barry, the dog and a bulb joke is funny, but kinda long. Did they update that one for CFLs?
Ray, I printed a scale ruler once. IDK if it was accurate though.
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.
galaxy Jeffrey, I have wondered if {and if not, why not} you do your laundry at your parents house, in betwen mowing the yard for instance...cause letting you do so would/could be the least they could do to help out for you helping Them out...
Good Afternoon..
Sunny and 52F right now....
Got the phonecall this morning from the oncologist ...looks like he has me scheduled for a consultation on Friday....
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...
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Packer Afternoon guys Just got back from work. The girl that kept staring at me was there, so I figured I'd start teasing a little. She started teasing me back. Around the 3rd time I caught her staring at me I said "do you want my number or something?" Boy did she light up. She asked me if I wanted to hang out (IDK if she was asking me out), then after we traded numbers she said I'll show you a good time" and winked. I have an idea idea of what she was getting at, but that might just be hormones talking... I'll call her in a couple of days.
VINCENT,,,,,,,,,,,,
You keep your eyes on B.N. Burlington Northern and not the Blond Nymph.
Right now for you boy, it is School, Sports, Mustang and Railroading............... That will keep you out of trouble that you don't need..
End of orders...............
Johnboy out..............................................and back to lock-up.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evening All,
I got everything done today I wanted to, and also put the roof on the Roundhouse, put up a couple of trees, along with weeds, and bushes. I think all I have left is to put some little people down and the extension will be complete.
John-Boy- Good advice but where's the fun in that?
Barry- Sorry to hear they want to do a consultation.I continue to say prayers for you.
S.Lion- That is a neat old looking loco. Although it looks like a 2-8-0 it sure looks like th Bachmannn 2-6-0 they just recently released.
Everyone take care and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Good show ol' chap!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Johnboy, Points taken and considered. She's a blonde but naturally a brunette, so I suppose it could be the Brunette Nymph... I only have this last semester left of college and then I'm done and look for a private contractor job on base.
Curt, I like what you've done with the roundhouse. Kind of intresting to see that modern Sargento boxcar though, but I like the las boxcar in the 2nd picture.
James, Thanks. It'll be intresting to see what happens with this one.
MR B- that is a cool looking aircraft.
Galaxy - it is good to see you are getting by, albeit painfully...
Stop back later,
OzJim
Vincent- Actually that string of cars belongs to my Dad. He also has the WM 2-6-6-2 in stall 1 and the Pennsy 0-8-0 in stall 6. He keeps his HO stuff on my layout. He has a portable O scale setup at home.
Evening Fellow Dinners.
Flo, Beer Please.
Darren I enjoying your trip so far.
Jeffery How do you clean the brushes on a PK 1 motor with it being sealed? Just spray the cleaner on the shaft, spin it by hand then re oil the shaft and run it on DC? Or do you pry the end off and clean?
I was pretty much worth less today. Spent way to much time napping. I am all-wise sleepy, it is starting to worry me. Did get the rear yard cut, moved the last plants out side, dumped the trash and went on a Beer run. Oh, I did get one engine off the RIP track, but added another one. If is official, my last PK 1 F3 Monon engine is dead. It's the one I oiled.But I sure got the use out of them! Dollar for dollar one of the best engines I have bought.
Prayers for those that need them.
Ken
I hate Rust
Pepperoni pizza, please.
***Curt, looks like the TT is getting a workout these days. Excellent!
***Ken, another outstanding layout pic I see.
Rob
Well I got another loco off of the bay. A Kato SD40 in CB&Q red for a whopping 45 bucks. Would have bought the BN one, but it went crazy expensive. I'll probably just patch it and run it with my Q SD24. There are a few BN GP38s and another C30-7 I'm watching. After that I'm done getting new locos for a while and will get decoders and parts.
Ken, Usually on a sealed can there are some metal tabs that can be bent outwards to release the end caps. That's the way the Buehler and the Kato motors I have are.
cudaken Jeffery How do you clean the brushes on a PK 1 motor with it being sealed? Just spray the cleaner on the shaft, spin it by hand then re oil the shaft and run it on DC? Or do you pry the end off and clean?
Got some goodies in the mail today. A Stewart F3B shell, an LBF 52' ACF boxcar (UP 553190). It needs couplers. A 60' double door boxcar (Southern 9427). It's missing two stirrups and part of one end is busted out. Two Digitrax HO decoders. A DH120 and a DH123. Anybody have two DHWH 9 pin connectors they don't need?
Just got back from the first day of my last class and ate (I bought that SD40 at the school). I had a quesadila, a cheese burger, and some chicken wings. I was really hungry having not eaten since 5:15 this morning...
I researched the CB&Q SD40 and found out something I should have looked for before I bought it. The Q never had any. Their subsidy, the C&S did. But I would need a light in the nose. IDK about adding one to a painted unit, so I may end up painting it out into one of the ones the BN ordered. If I can get the lettering off...
I'm off work and school for the next 3 days. I'll probably list my Walther's LMX 8-40B for sale sometime in there. These were brand new at the very end of my era, so I think they would be kind of rare. Besides I could use the cash to fund other projects. It's good puller and runs nicely, but the detail is comprable to the late blue-boxes. As for Ashley (the staring girl) I'll probably call her friday to see what she's up to.
Ken, Jeff's description is a bit more detailed than mine.
Jeff, I have just one. It came off a Soundtraxx decoder, but the 9-pin plug is the same for all manufactuers (Athearn RTR locos take advantage of this). I'm going to order a Soundtraxx Tsunami in a few weeks and it'll probably have another one. I may have another one somewhere, but it'd have short wires.
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a decaf, Yawn.......
Oh man am I pooped! The evening went very well! The band that entertained during the dinner had 3 of my old Middle School Students in it (4 total), all of which were great kids, BTW, and ones who all liked to hang around my room after school back in those days. Two of them have turned out to amazing keyboard players. I didn't know the 3 of them had become professional musicians until I saw the names of the people at the website..... Cool!
Only hitch for the evening was that every year we honor a local teacher/educator for the work they have done over the years helping those kids who needed a little extra push in school. This year it was my Pastors wife who was for many, many years the administrator for Head Start here in town. She was very touched by the honor. Only problem was that someone forgot to go down to the awards place and pick up the plaque for her to receive...... Guess who? Yep, totally skipped my mind! It is not one of the usual jobs I do for the dinner and I said I would pick it up in a passing conversation with the committee president a week ago and promptly forgot!
I did get some time to play trains today though. I finally gave up looking for the piece of rail I couldn't find last night, and cut a new piece form a full 3' section of rail. Got it all installed in place, and walked over toward my workbench and there sitting right where I had left it siting by one of the yard tracks was the piece of rail i was trying to find!!!
Packer, I guess we all knew why she was staring at you now! ,
..... I think I best call it a night!
Prayers for 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!
Howdy ...
Flip .... Sorry to hear about Deb's health. Prayers for her.
PA Tom ...... continued prayers for your better half.
Vincent .... The SD40's were for Q's C&S line. I recall they E5's were used as trade-ins. Eventually BN had many SD40's, but in the late '60's CB&Q, NP, and GN were buying SD45's. .... Sounds like the young lady has eyes for you. Good for you.
Today, a replacement span was lifted to its piers for the broken bridge near here. Next, pavement is to be installed. The investigation of the accident has not been completed yet. I suspect the ships insurance company will be paying for all repairs eventually. This is one of 2 long, old, narrow obsolete bridges near here. Both bridges will be completely replaced in the next few years.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
*YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN* good morning. Glass of 7-Up please with a shot of "night medicine," if you would. Thanks.
VINCENT: Three words for ya pal: Body Substance Isolation. If'n I (or CURT) need to explain THAT... Any way to do a little Recon work on her "history?" She sounds quite a bit like a former neighbor. I can't say much else about THAT without getting in trouble with the moderators (at the very least).
As Sgt. Esterhaus did sayeth on Hill Street Blues: "Let's be particularly careful out there."
I remember seeing ads for those Kato SD-40s in CB&Q red/gray, very nice looking units THAT was one of the factors leading me to thinking about a proto-lance CB&Q branchline in SW Iowa rather than the Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch (proudly shipping yesterday's Crunch Berries tomorrow!). Sorry to hear they're foobies as-is, ain't THAT the way it always goes? Putting in a nose light shouldn't be too tough. Heck, if I can carve up a nose to put in a CNW gong bell (thanks Plano for the brass template and mounting bracket!), I think you can manage the light. Touching up the paint would be the biggest issue, since no factory paint ever matches what's in the bottles. THAT's a case where weathering is your friend!
Best wishes for all in need,
Chris
Here's a little something unusual to start the day!
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Thursday,May 17th, 2012!!!
Halfway through the month already!!!
Have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and wa….oh! Eggs benedict! That sounds good. I think I’ll have those please. Thanks.
Sunny with a high of 79 today.
Curt- Wow!!! The TT and RH look great! Why I remember when that was just a vacant lot.
Ken- Try a teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar in a glass of water every day. Does wonders for all sorts of things. Give it a few days to start noticing.
Ended up not doing much yesterday after all. Got wrapped up in a Ghost Hunters Marathon.
Today, I get to burn a pile of branches, and do some laundry and some vacuuming. I have found that running the vacuum with the hose and floor brush attachment is far superior to the recommended dust mop method. They who came up with that, obviously don’t have a Lab.
Back to w**k tonight and I still haven’t got my office picked up. I need to do that so I can get this floor replaced. Then all that will be left will be the Master bath. The second bedroom and the Master bedroom are still getting carpet replaced.
Ya’ll have a good 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. This appears to be the first in a string of nice days here in New England, with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s. Well, when life hands you lemons.....I'll use this "bad modeling weather" to do some rattle-can spray painting.
Jim, that's the same aircraft. The tail number matches, although I don't have the last digit. (Update - yes, I do. It's under the wing.) There were a lot of these lined up in Zurich, but this is the only one with a fun paint job. As they drove us out to the plane on an airport bus, everyone was cheered up by our unexpected good fortune to be riding on this smile-inducing plane. Where did you get your photo?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Morning guys
Been hunting some out-of-production detail parts. I lost the auction on that C30-7 (would have been nice to have 3 BLI ones, it'd be fairly easy to speed match them) but a consit of BLI C30-7s and Atlas U30Cs looks pretty good. There are a pair of GP38s that I'll try to snag. There is the stewart BN F9 AB, but that costs almost twice what I want to pay. I really only need a powered and dummy chassis to have a full set.
Ray, Always fun to look for stuff that gets lost. Usually it's right there in the open and we totally miss it because it isn't hidden.
Garry, So that's where the E5's went? Are the cars on that bridge stopped traffic or construction worker's?
Chris: Lol, point taken about Body substance Isolation (had to look it up). You are probaly right there, especially given she thought I was a minor (I'm 22) until I showed her my liscense. I checked hers and she just turned 21. I probably should check her "history" lest she turns into the last girl at work I had issues with (selling something only legal to sell in Nevada).
Sunrise made a low-headlight insert, but I can't find the part number or a source. I could repaint that SD40 into one that the BN purchased (which don't have a nose headlight), but that would require stripping a Kato (which is next to impossible)
MisterBeasley Jim, that's the same aircraft. The tail number matches, although I don't have the last digit. (Update - yes, I do. It's under the wing.) There were a lot of these lined up in Zurich, but this is the only one with a fun paint job. As they drove us out to the plane on an airport bus, everyone was cheered up by our unexpected good fortune to be riding on this smile-inducing plane. Where did you get your photo?
It is a very cool plane. I actually had a friend who is living in Germany travel to Zurich a few weeks ago and managed to take a shot of it, although they didn't manage to get on it.I was to see the image you had posted and remembered I had the image on my email.
The Avro RJ 100s are a lovely little plane to fly on, we have a very close derivative in AU the BAE-146.
Cheers,
Good morning everybody.
Packer Garry, So that's where the E5's went? Are the cars on that bridge stopped traffic or construction worker's?
Vincent..... The bridge has been closed since a ship destroyed a 325' long span in January. Our neighbors were on another span of the bridge when the accident happened. This is the main highway running past our house, and for now there is very little traffic on it. .... After Amtrak took over passenger trains, the E5's were hauling freight trains. Traction motors were commonly burned out with heavy freight trains in Colorado. E5's were traded in for SD40's.