Time for me to call it a night. Had two characters pop in on me unexpectedly. Tiredness and exhaustion. Time to go see what my pillow is doing. See y'all tomorrow.
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howmus Evenin' folks! Chloe, I'll have the BBQ chicken dinner... Huh? well whatever they serve over here close to THAT. Oh, a cup of deacf to go along with it....
Evenin' folks!
Chloe, I'll have the BBQ chicken dinner... Huh? well whatever they serve over here close to THAT. Oh, a cup of deacf to go along with it....
Here ya go...
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening All,
Back from the club early, just couldn't keep interested tonight. I am back to w**k tomorrow and there is a 20% chance of rain but I am not holding my breath. I expect it to be around 90 F and dry, so I should be busy.
When I got home tonight my SIL was replacing our pool pump with a new one he had in his garage. Our old one was shot and a estimate to just replace the pump was $1800. It is good to have a SIL with general construction and pool experience.
Well I hope everyone has a good night.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Chloe, I'll have the BBQ chicken dinner... Huh? well whatever they serve over here close to THAT. Oh, a cup of deacf to go along with it.
cats think well of me I grabbed some lunch, fridge-raid plus creativity equals lunch of course, and went to an event downtown featuring local, live music! Something I love doing occasionally. And for more art and culture, I have a ticket for Madame Butterfly at Franklin and Marshall later tonight. I've read about the show before and know it's famous, and heart-breaking, but had never seen it, so tonight's the night that last part changes! -Alvie
I grabbed some lunch, fridge-raid plus creativity equals lunch of course, and went to an event downtown featuring local, live music! Something I love doing occasionally. And for more art and culture, I have a ticket for Madame Butterfly at Franklin and Marshall later tonight. I've read about the show before and know it's famous, and heart-breaking, but had never seen it, so tonight's the night that last part changes!
-Alvie
Ah yes! Madam Butterfly.... Alvie don't forget to bring a very large box of tissues with you as this one falls into the "14 Handkerchief" variety. A little history. Pucchini was a diabetic and was very fond of the new automobile among other things. This wonderful Opera was originally cast poorly and it's first performance was a complete disaster. In the "Garden Scene" several audience members had been hired to make "bird sounds" and such during part of it. By the time the "Garden Scene" happened the Leading Soprano had pretty much lost her voice, there had had been several dropped lines and miscues. So instead of nice romantic bird sounds, the audience members began making the sounds of dogs barking, donkeys braying, cows mooing, and such. The audience went hysterical and laughed all the way through to the "Die Aria" which the soprano had by the end of the opera...... The greatest thing was the Review in the newspaper the next day... "Butterfly Diabetic Opera! Result of automobile accident!" Written by a guy named Chris I think.....
My Mother studied voice for many years and was exceptionally good at butchering "Un Bel Di". I can still hear the catterwalling in the living room while I was trying to eat my breakfast......... My mom should have been a Contralto, but her teacher insisted he could make her into a Soprano.... About all she ever had that sounded Soprano was the Vibrato you could drive a truck through.....! He later tried to turn me into a tenor, but soon realized I would make a better Basso Buffo!
Got the rest of the lawn mowed and the trimming done outside today. Took inventory and used up the last 2 PC ties I had for the sleepers in the yard... I have more PC ties on the way from Fast Tracks. should be here Monday or Tuesday. I am completely out of tie stock to cut more ties so it is a moot point. I have Two 3 packs of Micro Engineering code 83 rail left, am out of rail bars, and a few other things. I ordered some Homabed roadbed a month ago and was told they would get to my order within 2 to 4 weeks... They didn't mention what year though. Guess I will just do some other projects i was supposed to do last year.....
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Well,
The weddnin' was great. The weather was cloudy until right before the outdoor ceremony started under the pergola in the north-western corner of the north-east garden in the north back 40. When we gathered by the pergola, the sun came shining through! Not a hot sun as there was a gentle breeze to offset the heat. I, of course, wore my air-conditioned {hole filled} wicker dapper chapeau. The weddnin' party had Christian, Native American and Jewish influences in the ceremony, along with arias and noted songs of ceremony sung by volunteers. The stomping of the glass was a troublesome spot, but otherwise it went without a hitch, well, except for the faux pa of mixing up the banded rings! The Hitchin' at the Hitchin' post of the Hitchin' parties was the only other hitch that there was!
The ring bearer boy {2 going on 3, note} was unsure of how to lead the procession, until MOH jumped out into the aisle {a trusted member of the "family" that surrounds this little boy} and urged him to "come hither" with his pillow, which the cute but active toddler was all to eager to give to MOH rather than carry it up and deposit it on the altar under the pergola! Likewise the flower girl, all of about 9 or 10 wasn't so sure how to "spread flower petals for the weddnin' parties to trod on. MOH kindly motioned the directions with the "come hither" motions when it was her turn.
The parties from NYC, in a chartered bus, arrived almost "fashionably late" but early enough in time.
The Manor Mansion house fairly shined wiht the efforts of the cleaning crew, who doubled as the catering/serving crew. The head housekeeper is meticulous in all her extra efforts to maintain a clean house wiht all the trafic to and fro. She was even seen wielding a Dyson contraption wisking away dirt from the room sized oriental rugs.
Food was delicious, though MOH wasn't impressed. I tried a small helping {I emphasize small as there was a lot to try} of each, save the Seafood Newburg, as shellfish and fake lobster and crab meat and I don't get along so well. There was wine of all sorts and soft drinks for those who choose to imbibe with their favorite under the big tent. After the first dance and toast, MOH got me on the dance floor {which I am loathe to do} but I humored. I also insisted we dance with each of the weddnin' parties! Tired, and well, near deaf from the LOUD music, and my back not liking me much, we bowed out gracefuly and exited stage right. provided by the DJ, who tried in vain to get anyone to take him up on his karaoke, but found no takers by the time we left.
The seven {yes seven} cakes sort of stole the thunder away from the floral arranging MOH did for the ceremonies, so MOH is a bit miffed. The cakes were beautiful, but once cut were as dry as a cattel head in the death valley heat! SO MOH was "vindicated" somewhat. We both declined to taste such carbord offerings.
The Weddnin' party has been together for 10 years, 2 years shy of MOH and I. We figured it was about time they got themselves hitched. I knew both parties separately long before MOH did, who. of course, met the weddnin' parties through me. I had nothing to do with bringing both parties together, though, so I can take no credit there, and seek to take none..
Now home and out of stuffy suit of dress clothes {which I used to love to wear, but now can't stand and only wear once every 5 years it seems} I am in comfy clothes with a cool can of seltzer water-pomegranate flavored, mind you.
Ah, the respite of rest bestows me to perhaps take a long over due nap. But first, I think I shall partake of an offering NOT avaialble at the weddnin'....some ice cream," what would I do for a Klondike bar" to be exact.
I do belive it will be an early night.
Hope you'all enjoyed 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.
I'll have this...
Good day!
I worked this morning, second job on weekend mornings, and that went well enough. I borrowed a car from a friend, returned it back to original spot, than realized after I got home, I'd left my laptop bag at their house, so I walked back, it's a short walk, grabbed it and just left for home. When home, I grabbed some lunch, fridge-raid plus creativity equals lunch of course, and went to an event downtown featuring local, live music! Something I love doing occasionally. And for more art and culture, I have a ticket for Madame Butterfly at Franklin and Marshall later tonight. I've read about the show before and know it's famous, and heart-breaking, but had never seen it, so tonight's the night that last part changes!
On the MR front, there is very little to report, I have about a dozen freight cars without couplers and after another paycheck, I'm making sure they're not without a way to connect to the other freight cars. A few kits have yet to be built, but overtime I'll change that too!
A couple weeks ago, I helped a friend consolidate stuff from 2-storage units into one, and while she went through one drawer there were two double action airbrushes and a compressor! I'm selling one airbrush, an Olympus, and keeping the other, a Paasche VL with 1-3-5 tips, plus the compressor, also Paache! I've fixed up the VL and started practicing creating smooth, consistent lines on some cardboard before I move to junker piecess. I can't wait to use it to weather my freight cars and steam engines!
Got my Walthers Flyer in the mail today. I was just glancing through it when I came across the new SD9's. They look really good but at $189.98 for standard DC ($289.98 for DCC/Sound) I won't be buying one anything soon nor anytime in the foreseeable future. The manufacturers must think we all have money falling out our butts.
Good afternoon, so we're in "Swiss 'er land" 'eh? Neat. Maybe I can pick up some genuine "Swiss cheese" for Rerun while we're here.
I don't want to stir up anything over the whooping cough issue, and I generally ignore "news" from outlets with a "B" as their second initial... THAT said, the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) school district (my assigned beat) had enough pertussis (whooping cough) cases confirmed THAT it sent a letter out to all of the parents: how many cases, what to look for, what to do, what not to do (panic, for one thing), etc.
Naturally, they didn't seek out me or my "media outlet," so I haven't heard the exact number of cases. The Middle School principal confirmed they'd had "a few" cases in his building. But, no mass vaccination clinics, nobody running around in gloves, masks or moon suits. The schools haven't been locked-down and encapsulated in large bubble tents with 'quarantine' signs...
Far from "epidemic" proportions to be sure, but it is out there. Silly me, I thought it had all but been wiped-out. Guess not. Maybe people stopped getting the DPT (Diptheria (sp.), Pertussis, Tetanus) vaccine for their kids?? Probably the same parents who didn't get MMR (Measels (sp), Mumps, and Rubella) shots for the kiddos who then go to community college for a health-sciences program and are denied access to a) the program, and b) clinical rotations because they don't have all of the required (CDC requirements, maybe OSHA too, don't remember) vaccinations.
All THAT said, I get to interview a chiropractor who just recently hung out his shingle in North Liberty. He's among the "don't even think about vaccinating yourself or your children!" crowd. *sigh* I'll ask him why he thinks THAT way, he'll tell me about all of the terrible things in vaccines. I'll report his opinion as his opinion, and privately agree to disagree.
W**k has kept me busy of late, RR projects on the w**k table now have a lovely layer of dust upon them. Thanks to the arrival of a partial order from Walthers, some "needed" parts have shown up for the CRANDIC SW-something project, and a re-build on a CNW GP-50. Now, I just have to have time to do something with this stuff. Gee, maybe by the time I can spare some bucks for the next Walthers order, the "out-of-stock" stuff will be back "in-stock." One can hope, I 'spose.
One good thing about today, no assignments in Iowa City (Das People's Demokratik Republik of Iowa City). I'm not sure which they're celebrating more there today: Marx' birthday, or one battle in Mexico's Revolutionary War. My guess would be Marx' birthday. After all, it's very "forward" of them...
Well (full from recent soaking rains, frogs and toads are very happy little campers), I'd best get back to the w**k I'm 'sposed to be getting done today: a business feature on a new cafe' in North Liberty and some kind of article about some really awesome high school kids trying to show middle school kids THAT they don't have to: drink, party, fornicate, chew, smoke, toke, etc., etc., etc. to be cool.
What's the Swiss word or words for "seeya later?"
Chris
By the way, I still have some surplus buildings needing a new home. *hint hint* *nudge nudge*
And, a parting thought/shot. I found a bunch of Pacific Rail News magazines at Train Life.com. They had a bunch of CNW news from my time frame. In 1987, when the following pic was shot, the 950 was the only "original" SD-45 running on the property, with the rest of the 45's parked due to a downturn in business. Lucky me, I caught her on a westbound empty coal hopper train in the summer of '87.
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
The Orignal Norfolk Southern was acquired by Southern Railway in the mid 1970's. It's GP 18's such as in Bill T's post were then rebuilt to Southern's standards with high hoods and running long end forward.
Today, NS is running the original red paint scheme on it's heritage locomotive. The original NS had a fleet of Baldwin road switchers with the red scheme.
Watch this You Tube ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkFisKoVc0
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Derby Day... Have some Ky Derby Pie ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_pie
I like that track plan Ulrich. Swiss photos are great.
Ken ... I have the Santa Fe Erie builts too. Full ABA. Santa Fe bought only one set of 3 units of that model. I saw photos of them late in their lives working in Oklahoma sometimes with Alco PA's. The Erie Builts are a favorite of mine.
Sue ... Thanks for the comment. I suppose, it should have been NP.
Curt Webb Ulrich- If your friend is close by maybe you can help him build it so you get some MRR time in.
Ulrich- If your friend is close by maybe you can help him build it so you get some MRR time in.
I wouldn´t call 280 miles close by
Barry, Ray - having no $$$ for my MR is what´s putting me down. When I had plenty of it, I had no time, now I have the time, but no funds
A former colleague of mine is planning to build an old fashioned Marklin HO scale tin-plate layout and has asked me to design a track plan and wiring diagram for it. This is what I have come up with:
I did the diagram in the same fashion as Marklin did in their track plan brochures of the early 1960´s. It is not yet complete. The best part of it is, he will be paying some $$ for my work.
Blessings!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with real maple syrup a couple sausage links and a cup of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug.
Ulrich, WOW, great photos this morning! Especially the stone arch bridge. Can you imagine working construction crew on that?
Barry, I know what you mean about no $$$ for the hobby. Early next week I will be calling about getting a new roof put on the house. I am starting to run out of supplies for the projects I want to get done right now. Guess I will have to just do some other stuff on the layout.
Need to do some quick errands, and then finish mowing the lawn. Got half of it done last night. Should get to weeding the Herb Garden today also. Tomorrow afternoon my son and his wife are going on a wine tour. She won tickets somewhere, so I will be going over to their house to help watch the granddaughters do his MIL can make dinner for everyone..... I have a blood draw Monday morning so I will only get to sample the goodies.
Catch you all later!
Good morning, Chloe. I will have a quick coffee before we head out for a morning run.
Curt, I spoke with Larry. He said our TT came with detailed instructions, but that was first generation DCC. He said after it is indexed, when you take the bridge off to clean it, remember to 0 it out again. Other than that have fun with it.
G, Glad you had a good preventative visit to your dental hygienist.
Debbie, Glad you stopped by. The Whooping Cough vac is especially important for those around small children. It is just one of the many vaccines that we have as children and forget to get boosters when it no longer required.
Garry, Nice Burlington photo. I don't remember seeing that angle of your layout. Great.
Ulrich, Thanks for you nice tour. The viaduct view would make a great painting.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this damp foggy Saturday morning other then I set up the Dining Room Table yard(DRT) switching layout yesterday afternoon and switch cars off and on for four hours with flawless operation.I gotta hand it to Kato their Unitrack is top notch for these temporary layouts and its hard to beat N Scale for such layouts.Speaking of that a follow N Scale club member used a old dining room table for his permanent layout.He glued blue foam board to the table top and judging by the pictures I've seen it looks like he built a nice loop layout..I shall have a cup and look over the forum.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Bill: Interesting NS colour set here....
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Good Morning
Sunny and a high near 66F today...a lot less stick and gum as well....
We did an early morning yard sale hunt and found nothing of interest...although I didst bespy a layout in a garage near here..still being worked on...
We had an interesting evening here...a good 4 hour operating session with 6 operators and NO INCIDENTS at all!!!....yes!!!
And, we are still working on our house..now we need to work on a new back deck...sigh..which means a continuation on the next to no $$$$ for mrr stuff
Have a good day!!
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/
Morning All,
Not much planned today. Probably go to the club later. I decided to take today away from working on the layout to give myself a break, I figure I worked on it 16-18 hours this week. Progress is really slow because track wise everything has to be perfect to work properly with the TT.
Next Saturday I am taking Mom and MOH out for supper for Mother's Day since I work on Sunday.
Ulrich- That viaduct would be incredible to ride over.
Ken- I like the coaling facility behind the trees behind the tracks. To me this really gives it depth of field and makes it look like much longer distances then it really is.
Everyone have a good day and Cinco De Mayo. Prayers for those in need.
Good morning. It's 73° and cloudy. The high will be 88° and it'll be partly cloudy.Well in a little while I'll go check on my mother and see if she needs anything. Later I'll be seeing how some structures look in the area recently vacated by the Shell Service Center. That structure will soon be on it's way north to a new home in Iowa.
Good Morning!!! Coffee please.
Big garage sale day today. We aren’t having one as that is Brenda’s thing and she has been with her Mother so she has had no time. Just as well, those things usually create more of a mess than the stuff you got rid of made in the first place. At least in this house.
Hey Deb. Good to see you. Thanks for thinking about us.
Welp, time to start scrounging around and see how many times I can fill the truck up with junk to take to the Township garage for annual spring cleanup day. Then, who knows what.
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 Afternoon Gang,
By his hour we will have reached Disentis. Time for a shower to get off all the soot and grime we collected during the steam train ride over the Furka Pass. Before visiting the famous monastery, there will be still time to enjoy a few and a little steam talk.
Tomorrow, we will ride the Rhaetian Railway´s famous Albula line to St. Moritz, that posh mountain resort for the rich and the famous. The first leg will take us to Reichenau-Tamins, where we change trains. We gain will pass through some spectacular mountain sceney, so be sure to have your cameras ready. Highlight of the line is the famous Landwasser Viaduct.
The entire line is part of the UNESCO world heritage program, and once you´ve been down there, you know why.
We will stop for lunch at Filisur, where we also can take a close look at the station building, which is a typical representative of the kind of depots you´ll find on the Rhaetian Railway.
St. Moritz sports a very impressive station building for a narrow gauge line.
There will be time for some window shopping - gentlemen, hold on tight to your credit cards!
Enjoy your day!
NS (the original NS)
MOH is a nervous nelly right now. MOH gets that way when events are going to take place.
We have 160 people a comin' to a Wednin' today we have to help with. Long day with my cane definitely as my crutch. We aren't QUITE the "Best People" at the Wednin' but real close runner-up second understudies! We are the "second best best people" along with a handful of others....Of course I get to sit a lot and leave the heavy lifting to others...Sprinkles in the AM followed by what promises to be a beautiful day, though it may be partly cloudy {not exactly a bad thing..keeps down the solar heat}. That, of course is according the weather guessers.
It will take place under a circus sized tent in the gardens of the Manor house. It will be a fetted ocassion with a "Cinco de Mayo" theme. Taco salad and enchiladas and the like amongst roasted Chicken, mac and pot salads, etc. A real Shin-dig!
The couple gettig married will be our "Best People" if we do manage to afford a renewal of vows/wednin' ceremony this July to commenorate our 10th year anniversary. But money is tight, the buffalo on the nickle is squeezed so hard he poops! We'd like to have the ceremony AND go on a second honeymoon to Hawaii, But alas,
Well, heres hoping it all goes off without a hitch! Or rather, here's hopin' the hitchin' goes off without a hitch when they get hitched!
later
Evening folks.
Great day of cricket today. It was the first game of my full season as a captain. Had a win, Very pleased.
On antibiotics for the 'problem' I posted about on page 1.
Heading to the model train show tomorrow. Will be taking video as its the last year it will be held in it's current location, after 35 years it's moving to of all places next year a race course (for horses) the current venue is getting demolished as part of a revamp of our showgrounds.
Hope to find a few goodies too.
Good night all.
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, May 5th, 2012!!!
Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!
Make it a Great Day!!!
Evening Folks.
Flo, thank you dear.
Going to be a short visit, I have to be up at 7:30 AM. Will be hard for me now that I am use to getting up at 9:00 AM. Seems we have lost out extra help for a few days. So it will only be Dave and I working the shop.
Gary That Dash 9 is the only Athearn RTR engine I have that has been worth a darn. Now it has problems as well. My guess is the motor bearings are going out, needs oil a lot to keep it quite. I like the UP tunnel motor engines in yellow, not crazy about there F's.
Curt On liking my back ground, are you refereeing to the trees and mountain or the computer and car stuff? I do like nosing around when people post pictures showing what they have in there house in the background.
Well I will see you all Saturday Live, if I don't have Saturday Night Fever!
Ken
My current work horses Erie Built A and B
I hate Rust
Debbie ... Nice of you to visit. That was good advice you gave. The dog house would have been appropriate, but you were nice to let Flip have the couch....... ooops .... Oh, hello , Flip.... ... I did not see you. How are things?
Vincent ... Too bad you lost the bids, but there will be others.
PA Tom ... Sorry to hear about the medical issues with your better half.
These are my Stewart FT's I detailed and painted a couple of years ago. I got them at a train show from a desperate seller for about $35 for each AB set. They are very nice, and are now DCC-equipped. The prototypes worked many years before being traded in to EMD by CB&Q for GP20's and GP30's..
jeffrey-wimberly Packer: Well My F-unit hunt hit a snag. I got outbid on all the Fs except a dummy B. I have a few contingency plans though. All but three of my F units are rebuilt junkers. I had some of the parts already. Other parts I got in trades or from Ebay.
Packer: Well My F-unit hunt hit a snag. I got outbid on all the Fs except a dummy B. I have a few contingency plans though.
Well My F-unit hunt hit a snag. I got outbid on all the Fs except a dummy B. I have a few contingency plans though.
Mine new one is a dummy stewart. A dummy is fine for me because I could make it a sound car for a few other powered units. Now to find 2 powered units.
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.