Hiya gang!
Big out there. Our shop was one of the few open today, and despite out best efforts to get out of there today, I didn't leave until 6:15 tonight! Not because of the work,,the customers,, or the techs. Upper management felt the storm had been blown way out of proportion. Um,, when the states Governor tells everyone to stay home, it means nothing??
Actually, the ride home wasn't too bad, the was no traffic. But back streets were slick because of wet leaves. Also SWMBO was PO'ed that I had to stay all day, her office closed at 11 this morning.
Oh well, the power in on (knock on wood) , the house is warm, life is good again!
Prayers for the ill among us, and for the safety of all in the path of the monster!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Evening Dinners
Flo, beer pleases.
Well today has been a pain in the caboose so far!
Work Front Just plain boring! In 8 hours I only had 2 customers? Only thing that helped was being back in my shop and visiting with the guys!
Paycheck, got that fixed and I now have some money, well till I pay the bills?
Health Wise Felt light headed most of the day. I have been fighting a sines infection so was it that or my blood sugar was to high? Felt like my sugar was around 160 level. Tested my blood when I got home and it was only 91 so it must be the sines infection. Right toe is all so hurting a little, guess I will take a peak, but all most afraid to. It looked fine this morning (well as good as I can hope for right now) when I repacked the wound and applied the dressing.
Train Front Seems the trains have lost there Mo Jo tonight. I have had 2 major derailments tonight, normal bad luck is 1 in 30 days if that!
Jeffery One my current engine problems is BB F7A and B unit. When I was cleaning the wheels of the B unit I lost power when I ran it's front trucks a cross the towel paper. So I will I clean the side frames and make sure of the power leads have not failed. Now the A unit has me some what confused. Run the front trucks a cross the paper towel and all is fine. Hit the rear trucks, engine stops, but the LED headlight stays on? Just seems a little odd that the LED stays lite and motor stops, don't you think?
Richard Welcome to the dinner! M-60 Battle Tank, that is something I have not thought about for years! It was state of the art when I was in the services! Guessing you where Army as well, but I am pretty sure the Jar Heads had some as well.
I was in the XVIII Air Born Corp, 108th MP unit at Ft Bragg NC, and your self?
See you all Tuesday.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evening..
Been raining and getting windier as I type...winds trending north to northeasterly at 40 mph gusts up to 55 mph right now..supposedly getting higher later on.
So far power is still on although I did notice that down the road a ways no lights on....trees looking pretty bare of leaves right now.
Better be getting off the 'puter here...try to have a safe evening here....
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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like RAY, we are still "here" the wind is picking up. May not be as bad as they thought here. Certainly not as bad as the coastal areas and inland lower lying areas.
The worst is that the winds come from the east and our trees are used to winds from the west so stable for that onslaught, but not from the east. THere are trees behind the trailer I am concerned about. I told MOH we should sleep in the LR, but MOH says flat out "no", I will sleep in my bed". I Certainly hope nothing happens but if it does...can you feel a great BIG "I TOLD YOU SO" coming on????
WOn't stay long as like RAY, I don;t trust the power now...
GOt two reverse 911 calls alerting to the fact of states of emergency iin our county and towns... and in the next county.
MOH has tomorrow off work adn I am glad...at least we can suffer in darkness together...
No early morning, but we will probably be up anyway...routine habbit.
PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN THE STORM...and for others who need them!!!
-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.
--- weather forecasters
Hi Gang,
Here sits the western Canadian Canuck in Springfield, Missouri, and he is concerned for all those in the North Eastern USA and our Eastern Canadian Buddies. Our Best Wishes and Prayers are with all of you who find yourselves ducking for cover over the next few days.
You know it must be bad when Obama and Rommney quit the campaign trail because of it.
It was great to see that Rob, Cedarstrand, checked in again. Always good to hear from him.
Were leaving for home tomorrow, sad to leave our son again, but we will see him at Christmas.
Great pick-up Ray, love those lanterns, if you like ,I've got $300.00 that says their mine, DEAL ???
Stay on those meds Jeff, make it as easy on yourself as you can.
Johnboy ...................out for now. >> watching the box to make sure you guys make out OK..
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evening All,
Made spaghetti for supper. It has been chilly here all day. My son and I stood in line for 2 hours and voted early today. We got home and cleaned house. I go back to w**k tomorrow.
My daughter got some fantastic news today. She has been trying to adopt for several years and she got notified that she has been approved to adapt 2 brothers, 1 in second grade and 1 in Pre-K. She knows what she is getting into as she is a Elementary school teacher. Also all previous family rights have been terminated by the state. I am so happy for her.
I muted the lower weathering job on the RS-1. The more I looked at it the more I did not like my job on the trucks. The weathering was much heavier than the picture implied.
Stan- What a great buy.
Richard- Welcome to the diner.
Prayers for all of you in Sandy's path.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Evenin' folks!
Janie just a decaf...
Hang on! Here she come!!!
Steady wind here in the Finger Lakes is about 26 mph with gusts into the mid 40s at the moment. Two hours from now they are saying steady wind of 45mph with gusts to the mid 50s.... Hope everything around here holds together... We have already had several flickers in the electric. I shut down for a couple hours and just had to find a telephone # to call someone about a cancelled meeting tomorrow. Only place I have her number is on the puter of course. I'll be shutting down ASAP.
Stay safe and have fun!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I`m thinking of grabbing a sheet of plywood and going outside to see if I can fly myself like a kite..........Really? no not really.
Reality......I just go back down in the basement (cave #2) and do some more work on the layout.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
narrow gauge nuclearThe doc who finally got to me told me I would have a barometer for a right ankle for the rest of my life. He was right! Sandy is hitting right now and all day, my ankle has hurt when I get up and walk due to the changing weather.
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
First time at the dinner.....
Jeffrey, I have an old injury from Vietnam also of the ankle. I jumped off an M-60 tank, my foot went ankle deep in thick mud and my body spun around but my ankle didn't. Painful dislocation that wasn't treated for a few hours! (Never a good thing on a dislocation.)
The doc who finally got to me told me I would have a barometer for a right ankle for the rest of my life. He was right! Sandy is hitting right now and all day, my ankle has hurt when I get up and walk due to the changing weather.
Think I'll just sit back, sip a brew and read some of the back issues of Narrow Gauge Gazette that I bought at the Timonium, MD show this past Saturday.
Richard
If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed
We have 3" of rain on the ground right now and 45mph north winds with gust up to 50mph....
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Jeremy, best of luck to you and your coworkers, I think we all need to keep in our thoughts those that have to work tonight.
They issued a flood warning for the Conestoga River and though I'll be not to close to it, many people do live by it and I hope the waters will keep from getting to high.
I'm working tonight, have an overnight bag with some food packed. While I get overtime for staying longer I'd much, much prefer not too.
Alvie
For all of you in the path of the storm, good luck and stay safe.
Hope everyone else is doing well these days.
I'll have a in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Cheers! Rob
Well Im about to head out to work soon.
I can imagine when I'm done at 11pm that the winds are going to be whipping around pretty good. I think there calling for 50mm of rain and 70Km winds around that time.
Might try to check in later tonight. Stay safe guys. especially the ones in the real dangerous areas.
Good Afternoon everyone!
I'm getting ready to go out and prep the yard for Sandy's visit. They're calling for 40 mph sustained winds with 65 mph gusts here in WNY. It won't take me long, and I can get the kids to help once they're off the bus.
We had another great weekend at the museum with some good news. Some friends of mine stopped by after they ran a special excursion on the WNY&P RR in Jamestown NY for the dedication of the renovated station there. We talked in great length about the possibility of excursions from the museum It's been over 20 years since we were able to do that.
A young lady stopped by the museum Saturday with a set of B&O caboose lamps that her Grandfather got from the East Salamanca yard. She heard that I collect these things, and would I be interested in them. Well, I'm $250.00 lighter today, but that's ok when you see what a pair of these fetches on Ebay! Here they are cleaned up, lit, and hanging on our P&WV RR caboose:
These were made by Handlan in St Louis probably in the 1940's and they're a little different from my set of Dressel caboose lamps of the same era:
These guys have seen some ard time out in the elements when I'm at the museum, so now I can set them aside for some tlc and repainting. The B&O painted them both black and yellow, and I've seen both versions on freight and passenger trains. When I put a set of markers on my HO cabooses, it's usually the yellow ones on my B&O and Pennsy cabooses. and black on everything else.
Ok, it's time to get to work. Everyone have a good day, and my prayers go out to all of you east of me who may be a little closer to Sandy than we will be.
-Stan
Afternoon!
Chloe, a cup of hot cocoa would do nicely right now. Please and Thank You!
Wind is starting to pick up here in the Finger Lakes. Getting 15mph winds from the North with gusts around 25mph. Not bad yet. still another hour before the Wind Warning takes effect...
I went down to Mother Earth Natural Foods and got my dark roast coffee supply this morning. Three pounds worth, so I am all set. Galaxy, I had one half pound of the Marrakesh Express ground so I will have a good supply I can perk if the power fails.
As soon as School lets out for the day, this part of NYS appears to be closed... I have been making blocks of ice, getting a water supply drawn, and just getting ready for what ever happens in the next 36 hours around here.
here is something to help you pass the time from the excursion last Saturday. It starts out as the train passes the Industry Station (Museum). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi-7w4Uno3Y
Stay safe!
Here I sit in my warm house in Alberta, looking out at a dull, cold (-5C) day and grumbling about it. That is until I logged on here and stated reading what all you folks on the Eastern Seaboard are staring at or are going to be facing an suddenly the weather here is not even worth mentioning.
Having spent 30 years in the Fire/EMS world, I've seen and done a lot of stuff for people in horrendous situations that were not of their doing. For all of you in harms way, my thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Stay Safe and be smart!!!!!!!!!!!!
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
My thoughts are with those in the path of Sandy, and there are many of you. Sandy. Such a pretty name for such a terrible storm.
..... Bob
Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here. (Captain Kirk)
I reject your reality and substitute my own. (Adam Savage)
Resistance is not futile--it is voltage divided by current.
Hi
Well, ok so far...I see Lancaster county PA is about to/is getting it big time now.
Like RAY said, light winds/getting windier. winds will be high tonight here. May make it hard to sleep they say on TV news. Schools have all let out early by 1 pm..
RAY..we have coffee ...MOH asked why I bvought Name brand Ground instead of whole bean last week,... cuase I had coupons that made it $2.50/bag adn they only had ground. MOH likes to grind fresh in Am. I wasn't gonna argue over it. We HAve a Melita ceramic funnel coffee maker that goes over a cup or pot to make coffee without power. NOW, MOH is Thanking me for getting ground!!!
Sure hope the trees behind the trailer hold up. We paid and had the park pay for some each to have dead and diseased trees taken out behind us. Hopefully the remainders are strong as we sleep back there!
They expect more stuff later tonight for us.
I have a Drs. appointment {neurosurgeon} and I called so far apts. are as scheduled.
Called about extra O2 tanks. they don't pass them out until you are actually out of power. I tried.
Got some extra cash {not much we don't have it} but have it if we need it.
I went to bread store outlet..first customer. asked the cashier "how long do you think before you are sold out and how long before you loose power?" She said she didn't know, of course!
NYC is shutting down. The tunnels are closed, the subway shuttering and the bridges will be closed when winds reach 60 MPH {I think the Governor said}.
Flights on east coast were mostly shut down and planes moved out yesterday.
Trick or treat may be very different this year! We don't do it anyway, but with no power they won't know if our light "should be on or not". Thankfully some neighbors already know we don't "do" Holler ween.
Well, I am biding time til Drs. apt.
See y'all later {I hope}.
Safe for those in harm's way!
good luck out there in the storm.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Mornin'!
Zoe, lots of dark roast coffee in my FGLK Mug this morning....
Just popping in to see how you all are doing... Especially those who will be impacted by Sandy over the next day or so.
Right now we are having light rain nd winds of 12 to 15 mph. THAT should change big time in a couple hours.
As others have said, may not be back in for a while.... Just all depends on how things go around here. I need to go downtown ASAP and get some coffee beans! I'm even going to have them grind some for me as the coffee grinder also uses electricity...
Hope to be in later, but know my prayers are for all in harm's way (including myself and family!!!)
I`m in Lancaster County PA.........right in line with the storm.
Guess I`ll just work on the layout today to get ready for the first of two weekends for open house starting this weekend.
It's 42° here with 82% humidity. It'll be sunny with a high of 65°.Not a good morning for me. My ankle is causing me a lot of pain so I'm trying to stay off it as much as possible. Good thing I didn't have any plans to go anywhere. I may be able to get some cleanup work done on the layout today. It just depends on how I feel later.Looks like nasty Sandy is making her move. Good luck to all in her path.
Hi All.
Jeffrey, that freight house of yours has a very familiar bearing about it....
I forget the website that offered the paper kit for free. I've built two buildings from it, though (I like free!)
Wanted to check in to see who's under Sandy's guns. Hope all stay safe - that's a big nasty gal out there. We're under a wind advisory due to the storm as far west as here in Indianapolis, with possible gusts up to 50 mph.
Jim
Wow, I pop in here once in a blue moon, and in return I get to pick up the tab this morning. Looks like Second Breakfast is on me.
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
I'm about a hour from Barry and there calling fore pretty much the same here. Getting windy tonight and into the overnight and about 2 inches of rain. Its the wind that concerns me the most as my neighbors have some pretty big trees that if fell would hit my house for sure.
Can I call in to work and tell them I cant make it because its rainy and windy?
Morning Dinners
Flo, Coffee pleases.
Back to work, I have to start to get ready here in the next 14 minutes. Go in at 9:00 AM and have no idea when I will get off as of now.
Hope to get my pay card going today, had to wait till Payroll is open. Down to $7.00 cash, that is low!
Just check the 5 day forecast for Maryville IL, 5 days of sunshine, so I guess there maybe no Sandy fallout for us!
What do you call a beautiful woman on a bassist's arm? A tattoo.
See you all later, Ken
Good morning, Diners. I was top of the page yesterday and totally missed it, so coffee for all on my tab.
I am taking a water color class today, and plan to pay property taxes / take in absentee ballot while I am in town. I don't remember having a ballot with so many items on it.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning!!!
Just coffee please. Thanks
All I want to say is praying for all who are in the path of the storm and those of course who will be affected. Stay safe and if in doubt, get out. May not be just that easy but please try.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
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
Well, they have a wind warning out for us'uns here...winds from the north this afternoon 35-45 mph then up to 55-60 mph all night into tomorrow before it all dies down...apparently we are only going to get about 2" of rain here...after all the dang rain we got all last week....
If you all do not hear/read me on this forum it will be because we have lost power as well....so take care, everyone!!
I was too optimistic:
Wind and rain will intensify throughout today. It will be dangerously windy this afternoon through Tuesday morning with wind gusts to 70-80mph. This will cause power outages as well as the potential for significant wind damage to structures and roofs.
So I guess if you don't see me online that means we lost power....