Good Evening All,
Got down to the basement tonight and discovered ...... a layout! Started on the swing bridge that spans the entry to the isle. Little by little using scrap from other projects. Finished the pinout of the new data harnesses at the shiop (a laborious project involving D-sub connectors and a meter with adaptors to suit).
Jeffery wanted to know what we had on our layouts now out on Main Street, Right now, mothing at all but trrack and a few trees. Once I get the bridge done, I intend to finish the drops and run some before starting the other scenes.
Packer - nice score on the tires. I never got that lucky.
See Y'all Later, J.R.
GMTRacing Jeffery wanted to know what we had on our layouts now out on Main Street
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Never did get around to mowing the grass today. My father came up with other things to do. Got a new keyboard for my computer. The old one has been slowly dying for about a year. My new one is a Delux K7018 Executive Standard. Also got a new mouse for the computer I have at my parents place. The old one died last week. The place I got the stuff is going out of business so I got a really good deal on them. $16 total.I got a little work done on the old tractor this morning. Looks like it's gonna be a two man job.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
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
Good Evening...
We had a busy day here...all kinds of stuff done, including some deck repairs....dang deer.......Audrey went out the back door and said deer tried to run through the railing..it was on the backdeck when Audrey opened the door..scared the poor thing...
Anyways...off to
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I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
NKP depot, Alexandria IN,1960-1970s
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning all,
51F, 61%, Hi 74F, PM Showers
Jim, yep second career and a second chance to prepare for retirement properly this time, when I started with the CG in 1987 they didn’t have a 401 type plan and making less than $19K a year didn’t leave much room for retirement investments. Divorce at year 16 in a 22 year career didn’t help anything either. So this time I started off right with TSP (a 401 type plan) and in 16.5 years I hope to be able to retire properly at the age of 61.
Paul, I hope everything works out during the next medical appointment.
Curt, you need to get better so you can play with your trains!
WARNING the following comments are on topic
discretion is advised
Couple of weeks ago I bought a Bachmann Mogul from the local hobby shop (LHS) for $44.00, NIB. I ran it on the club layout last night and it pulled 8 reefers no problem. Club members were impressed with the details and compared the unit to the current Life-Like models from Walther’s. This week I’ll add some Bullfrog Snot to a couple of the drivers and oil the unit. I’ll need to erase the NYC markings and numbers and add the LS&W markings and numbers, but I’ll take it back to the club and run it for a while before I add DCC and see what improvements were made. The unit is DCC plug and pray so it should be a simple upgrade.
I heard a rumor Life-Like is starting to power the front driver on their steam locomotives, giving the units more weight upfront allowing the units to pull the locomotive rather than push the front wheels. I understand it provides more weight to the front end causing fewer frustrations with temperamental track plans and turnouts.
I’ve been absent from my layout for almost 15 months now but with the cooler weather I’m getting the itch to get back into the train routine. I plan on rebuilding Fox Creek Junction with the new turnouts I bought last spring from the Erie Show and building a new bridge for the duck under section to replace the drop leaf section I have in there now. Not sure if I’m going to replace the creek section or not.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Gidday All, A mug of hot chocolate please.
JimRCGMO Galaxy, I tend to think of Charlie Brown when I see various forms of "Aaaaaarrrrgh!" (He's usually saying that right after something to do with his ball team...) Blessings and prayers, Jim in Cape G.
Galaxy, I tend to think of Charlie Brown when I see various forms of "Aaaaaarrrrgh!" (He's usually saying that right after something to do with his ball team...)
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
I had a similar or of thought JimRCGMO when I saw Galaxys' post, it reminded me of a high school friends poster, back in the early 70s, which depicted Snoopy in his WW1 flying ace gear sitting on top of a Lockheed F104 Starfighter with Charlie Brown sitting behind him going Aaaaaaaarrrrgh !!
OzJim. What thickness of MDF are you using for your new layout top??
Well as it's now 2349 hours here, currently 43F with the chance of a light frost in the morning, followed by a fine day with a possible high of 55F, its time for bed.
Thoughts and best wishes for all who need them,
Cheers,the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning...
Got 'dem ol' Raining Kinda Day Blues Again Mama...raining and a little bit cool out there...only 46F out there right now going for a supposed high of 64F..in the rain....well....maybe...
Got a few things need done this morning then it is off to LHS to see about getting a new pinvise...so that the other one will show up.....
Anyways...have a good day!!
Good Morning All,
42F and mostly sunny (the optomists partly cloudy). Getting things calmed down and smoothed out in the shop. Met with our proposed new truck driver yesterday - seems a nice competent person and should fit in with the rest of our bunch. We have no race this weekend for once and the next event is the end of the month so I can breath a bit.
Roughed in the swing bridge underpinnings last night but I need to make the whole thing sturdier so I don't spend all my time running after adjustments to keep things on track. I'm seriously considering leaving the track uncut until I get to the point where it is an issue ducking under. The bridge is at the head of the isle I need to access to get into the layout. What do you think?
Haven't seen Ulrich or Der John in a bit. I know Der was looking at moving - any more on that? Time to pick up tools- the vultures are circling the office. CUL, J.R.
Good morning, Diners. I have my computer class today at 10:30. It will be nice to not hurry. We had our OSHA/WISHA class after work yesterday. So now all I need is the BLS renewal part.
Thanks for all the compliments on Larry's painting. I told him that I would go with him to his art league meeting tonight.
Did someone say that der is moving? He has that huge layout.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee, a couple eggs over medium, hashbrowns and a couple three strips of bacon please. Thanks.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Currently it’s 53 and doesn’t feel too chilly anymore. Guess that’s the sign of things to come. Winter is coming.
Still plugging away at the projects. Little by little I’m gettin ‘em done. Maybe this winter, I’ll be to the point where I can get back to normal. Of course normal hasn’t been here since Mom started getting bad and she started moving out of her house……you know, I couldn’t even tell you how long ago that was. 4….5 years ago? Ah, it don’t matter. Main thing is, there is still a lot of cleanup to do around this place even after the Remodeling is done.
Still waiting for mortar to dry before able to proceed with shower topside..
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.
Todd: I know that when my father passed away it took us around...oh...7 years to get out from under all that stuff in our basement and wherever.......and my remuddling has not even finished either...
Sue: JohnDer mentioned his move awhile back...I'd like to know how that is coming...
Good morning. It's 63° and the humidity is at 70%. Could the gauge be broken? The high today will be 85°.We have plenty of sunshine this morning. It's streaming in through the window in the door and shining right on my video screen. Makes it somewhat difficult to see what I'm typing. I'm wondering if I should mow the grass today. With there being very little or no cloud cover it could make for a bad burn. Because of a side effect of one or more of my meds I sunburn quite easily unless I take certain precautions and then I'm very uncomfortable. Power went out a little while ago for just a matter of seconds. When it came back on my clock came right back with it. No need to reset it. Proof positive that the problem with it was the backup battery. My new keyboard is working out quite well. I had to print up some sticky labels to put on the keys so I can see them better as they came black with small gray/white characters. I have a hard time seeing gray. The labels are white with large black characters an dare much easier to see. Two things nice to have are the keys for 'My Computer' and my internet home page. I can bring up my Firefox with all ten tabs by pressing one key. No more having to click the Firefox icon and hope I don't accidentally click something else. Time to get about the days business, whatever that may be.
Oh yeah, got a haircut yesterday. Maybe now my neighbor will quit trying to put a leash on me.
More Morning Coffee. PLEASE
I was up early to gas up MOH's minivan and then had to do some shopping. Those who know me know I like to do that EARLY before crowds hit at Wally world.
Noticed MOH's minivan's steering is getting tight when turning, I asked how long that has been going on. MOH grumbled in the whiny voice "well if it is, it just started, I haven't noticed anything". I couldn't see a durn thing under the hood,even under the bright lights of the gas station's canopy, so I said we will have to check for fluid level in the afternoon when MOH is home in daylight. I know for a fact, having had 3 Dodge minivans, the power steering pumps and systems tend to wear out and leak quicker than one would like. I fear that another repair bill is coming on...I think {without diving into my repair statements, we did the power steering already on this one about 44K miles ago}.
WEll, I got laundry going and dishes half done. half done on both actually. Need to get back at it, before my back gives out.
Tomorrow I got o the grocery store to get more canned goods..they have a sale going on o canned goods..good time to buy and stock up. I wasn;t going to go to the grocery store this week, bt this is worth every penny to stock up on canned goods. Usually they have this sale in Feb. but now this time of year too.
Had the urologist yesterday, and dentist tomorrow. Urologist said things look good and my other meds may be causing problems for me. {benign Hyperplasia} OUCH. Have the dermatologist on Monday..they just called to remind me. SO many Drs. so little time...!!!
Thursday next is the furnace guy to repair the new furnace. It is out of warranty naturally and only "clicks" when we tried to turn it on. We have a different company coming out than the one we bought it form...they didn't do something right on installing the roof jack {chimney}-they only used regualr caulking to "seal" the jack to the roof- so it leaked..we have a sinking feeling the furnace is damaged from leaking and we will have to repair it and take installing company to court!
Well, I am running on high though my back is starting to aggravate me muchly.
later dudes
-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.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of Buttermilk Pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup, a sausage patty, and keep my R&GV RR Mug full with the dark roast coffee please.
A crisp Fall like day outside here in the Finger Lakes this morning. Currently 60°F under bright sunny skies with a high this afternoon of 72°F. It is all of 67° here inside the house as I type. Tonight is the monthly meeting of the R&GV RR Museum out at the Museum. I should be riding one of the cabooses as car host again.
I may decide to run the rototiller in what used to be the garden today. Hopefully the bunny rabbit has nested somewhere else. As much as I hate the things, I still don't like to chew them up with the tiller... Makes an awful mess and I don't like to injure and then have to beat them to death. I hope to build a couple raised bed gardens out there before snow flies this year so I best get it started. The lawn should be mowed again also, but that may wait until tomorrow.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning fellas
Looks like I spoke too soon yesterday. My sister's car locked up the thermostat. Now guess who has to replace it? You guessed it me and my dad. Found where the cotton picking thing's at, but still got to get one and hope that it's not going to have any hidden 'fun'.
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Afternoon Folks.
Flo, Diet Dew Pleases.
Have pretty much spent the day waiting for the VA Clinic to call me back about the infected toe. Toe is still swollen but looks like it's normal color again. I am all so back to wearing the Stupid Break My Neck Boot! I hate that darn boot!
Figures the toe had to act up and I am missing work again. Had a fair check coming till this happened again.
See you all later.
Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken am all so back to wearing the Stupid Break My Neck Boot! I hate that darn boot!
Got the grass mowed this morning and still got a burn even through my shirt! I was at Lowe's this afternoon and spied a full set of 12" stencils. I've been looking for a set of those for a couple of years. So I got them and a can of starting fluid.
"JaBear"OzJim. What thickness of MDF are you using for your new layout top??
Bear : I use 9mm MDF.
Well it's friday. Top today of 98F so we should see a decent storm line develop this afternoon as the CAPE is very unstable. Here's hoping!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Evening All,
Last night after a day of feeling well my fever came back with a vengeance. By the time I got to the ER my temp was 102.7 F with a HR of 140 and O2 sats around 90-91%. After all the tests the MD says I have pneumonia and I need to be admitted. So I spent the night at the hospital getting IV antibiotics. Today my MD shows up asks what happened and looks through the blood work and chest x-ray and says the Radiologist said you don't have pneumonia and it is probably Bronchitis. He walks out of the room and within 30 minutes they are discharging me. That was the good news.
As I am leaving the room and my wife calls me and says she has brought our son in with a overdose of alcohol and sleeping pills (possibly 40). He is doing OK physically but obviously there are mental and addiction issues present.
I ask that anyone that is willing, to say prayers for my son in the coming battle he and our family are going to face.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Curt WebbI ask that anyone that is willing, to say prayers for my son in the coming battle he and our family are going to face.
You got it Curt! Just when I was thinking my life sucked.
Evening Folks
Flo, a beer to take the edge off pleases.
Well I am still waiting to hear back from my Worthless PA. Oh, that's right they closed at 5:00 PM and it is now 6:10! My PA's name is Shelia Dunn, hum we know what Dun means! Should have drove my Happy Cabooses to the VA Hospital ER , but Know I did not want to wait 8 hours!
Sue is going back for her stress test Friday at 8:00 AM. After that I have a few lose end's to take care of and then of to the VA Hospital. I will be surprised if they don't admit me.
Going to run the trains for a while, i feel like steam tonight so I am breaking out the work horse Y6 b.
Well what I got today is a pretty bad sunburn and it wasn't even the hot part of the day. We're talking morning hours here! I even got burned through my shirt. Most areas that were covered got burned a little. I was wearing denim pants so no burn there except where the fabric was pulled against my skin such as the knees. But even through a long sleeve pullover shirt and a T-shirt it baked me a light red. The exposed areas are really red. Glad I can't feel my arms. Even my eyelids hurt. I've put on some Solarcaine burn relief gel and it's helping a bit. Man, what if I'd been out there in the noon-afternoon hours? It wasn't even 85 today. I suspect that in the coming days I'm going to be peeling like crazy! I installed some software today for my new keyboard. It was on a 3.5" floppy disk so I had to borrow my mothers USB floppy drive. She doesn't need it. I copied the files onto a USB thumb drive so I can get at them in the future without a floppy drive.Well that's it for now.
Time for me to call it a night. Maybe this sunburn won't hurt so much after a nights sleep. See y'all tomorrow.
Howdy ....
Ulrich .... Where are you?
Ken .... I like your photos of the club layout. I would like seeing it some day. Our trip through Illinois will be mostly on I-57, and that is too far east of you. We'll be staying west of Chicago most of the time, but will make a brief side trip to Milwaukee area.
Tod .... I think I'll be on the wrong freeway. You're off I55 if I recall correctly.
TSF ..... I was wondering what your square shapes were in your posts and then suddenly I paid attention. It's the IH logo. Is that on an old tractor there? .... You're near Joliet if I remeber. I'll be north of you next week .
Vincent.... Sounds like you have a challenging project.
Bill T.... That is a unique old depot. It has a bay window on the side as well as the front. Or may be the one on the side is a "bay door".
Curt ... Sounds like a nasty fever. Take care.
JR .... I'm glad you ar emaking layout progress. Maybe you can post a picture of teh swing bridge.
Lee .... 15 months away from the layout? ... Wow. I'd have a lot of trouble with that.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Friday, September 21, 2012
Tipton depot, Tipton IN-Schoolchildren waiting to take a trip by train to Frankfort-1949
Monring Coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
Bill has provided the date
Our grandparents and great grandparents {and perhaps parents for some of us} often spoke of the "good old days", and times when you didn't really need a Doctor to fix what "ailed you" unless you were dierly ill. Swamp Water and even a refreshing drink Of Coca Cola {containing Cocain until illegal to do so} could "cure you". Here is the reason, And no wonder why!: {these are actual "OVER THE COUNTER" medicines "for what ails you" from late 1800's through early 1900s}:
Have you ever wondered why our great grandparents all had such fond memories of their youth?Well... I'm surprised they remembered anything at all !!!Forget Tums & Tylenol. Forget Aleve & Benedryl. Look at the cool stuff they had back then! A bottle of Bayer's 'Heroin'. Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine..It was also used to treat children suffering with a strong cough. Coca Wine, anyone? Metcalf's Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Everybody used to say that it would make you happy and it would also work as a medicinal treatment. Mariani Coca Wine.Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous Coca wine of it's time. Pope Leo XIII used to carry one bottle with him all the time. He awarded Angelo Mariani (the producer) with a Vatican gold medal.Maltine.take a full glass with or after every meal Produced by the Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York . It was suggested that you should meal. Children should only take half a glass. Paperweight advertisement containing Ferratin- "Iron Tonic and Food" and Lactophenin- "antipyretic sedative, Etc". Also touted as the "Largest makers in the world of Quinine and cocaine! promoting C.F. Boehringer & Soehne ( Mannheim , Germany ). They were proud of being the biggest producers in the world of products containing Quinine and Cocaine. Opium for Asthma:At 40% alcohol plus 3 grams of opium per tablet. It didn't cure you... but you didn't care! Cocaine Tablets (1900).All stage actors, singers, teachers and preachers had to have them for a maximum performance. Great to 'smooth' the voice.Cocaine drops for toothache.Very popular for children in 1885. Not only did they relieve the pain, they made the children very happy! Opium for newborns.I'm sure this would make them sleep well. (not only the Opium, but also the 46% alcohol) It's no wonder they were called, "The Good Old Days".
Galaxy:
Good Morning!!
And on that note..I'd like to say that we are experiencing some sun, some cloud, and a bit of rain later on...high of 66F expected this afternoon.
Going to spend part of the day at our local food bank helping out...without doing heavy lifting here...
Have a good day!!
Good morning. It's 55° with 95% humidity. It's partly cloudy. The high will be 85°.Well this morning I'm definitely red and it hurts to move. The plan today is to stay in and do as little possible. I may get some cleanup done on the layout later.
Coffee and eggs Benedict please. Thanks.
Barry- 7 years….well, I guess we’ll probably be there soon. Problem is Mom had soooo much stuff and you can’t just throw stuff away without going through it first. Never know what’s in there. So we still have a basement full of that stuff and then when Brenda’s Mom passed unexpectedly so soon after my Mom’s, well, I guess it was over a year, but Brenda spent many a day and night through this period and frankly didn’t have the time to go through much, then add her Mother’s stuff to that…. We do have a mess. Oh boy do we have a mess.
Upstairs ain’t much better either with the remodel still having things in shambles (shakes head). Not like downstairs, but with Brenda in harvest and me….well….being me, the place hasn’t even been put back in order from that. We’re counting on this winter to get things back to pre turmoil. We’ll see what comes up to stop that. Never lived in such a mess. Gettin used to it. May just add some more stuff and say to heck with it.
Curt- I’m sorry to hear of your son’s issues. My prayers go out for all of you. I am glad you’re out of the hospital and it wasn’t pneumonia at least.
Jeff- Luckily, I don’t burn. Yes I get red in the beginning, but it doesn’t burn except in the shower with hot water and it is just barely a burny feeling. Then I usually don’t peel, it just turns tan. Brenda says she’s jealous of that. I remember as a kid and occasionally now with some adults(odd), they would grab my arm and say “ooo! That burn?” to which I would look at them quizzically and say….”um…..nooo, why?” I have burned a time or two in the past so I do know what it feels like. Mom used to say it’s because as a baby she would put me out in the sun and I guess roll me around to brown me evenly on all sides. Basically roast me. Like eating poison ivy, I’m not too sure that had anything to do with it. My sister used to, and still does....I guess, haven't talked to her in almost two years, complain about the non peel part too. Guess Mom didn’t roast her like she did me. Myself, I couldn’t care less about a tan. It’s something that just happens. Kinda like gas.
Garry- Yup, I-55.
Galaxy- Oh yeah I’ve read aaaallll about the “gay ‘90’s” ( now you know why they called it that). They used some pretty potent stuff, but really, othern the over the counter part, is it much different than some of the stuff they use today? We’ve just relabeled the stuff from yore. It wasn’t until years later I learned what it really was, but as a kid my nighttime cough medicine was Honey, Lemon and Jack Daniels mixed in equal parts and served elegantly in a Mason jar. (We have noticed that our potion tastes a lot less whiskey-y than Mom’s so we think she may have put a touch more Jack in hers. She, however, denied that. )Yup, guess what Nyquil is. Just substitute Black Licorice I guess to mask the whiskey taste. I have tasted Nyquil and preferred the taste of Mom's. Brenda wouldn’t touch the stuff, but finally tried it a few years ago for the first time on a particularly coughy and sleepless night for like the third night. Slept like a baby and no nightmares. She can’t take Nyquil because it gives her vivid nightmares. She swears by Mom's tonic stuff now. I tell her it's a very common thing for...well, almost anything that ails you including cuts. Odd. She gets sick a lot more in the evening too. Must be she’s getting older
TMarshJeff- Luckily, I don’t burn. Yes I get red in the beginning, but it doesn’t burn except in the shower with hot water and it is just barely a burny feeling. Then I usually don’t peel, it just turns tan.
My younger sister is the one who tans well. She burns once then peels and afterward is a rich golden brown. My older sister just burns. I used to tan up well with only a very light burn. Since I started taking a certain med for hypertension I get only a light tan and burn savagely. Hardly an equal trade.
Todd: Our problem just was not limited to our house. I found my BIL and sisters house to be just as bad as ours, then my other sister? OY. It was a clutter. Now my BIL is going through it with his mother passing away...and what are they doing? Moving to the country as well...with all this other stuff...it is like being a turtle carrying a whole bunch of barnacles on top....