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Posted by Burlington Northern #24 on Friday, January 4, 2013 12:01 AM

I think my model railroading purchase(s) next month will consist of a DB steam locomotive, and some passenger and freight cars.

SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 4, 2013 1:46 AM

Good Morning!

Hurry up, guys & gals, we have a train to catch!

Today, our journey through Austria will take us back to St. Poelten, this time riding one of the modern EMU´s of that line.

Quite a show for a 2 1/2 ft. narrow gauge line!

In St. Poelten, we will change trains to head for LA - that´s Linz in Austria, not, what you just thought Smile, Wink & Grin

Linz  is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich). It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is 191,107, and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about 271,000.

The city was founded by the Romans, who called it Lentia. The name Linz was first recorded in AD 799. It was a provincial and local government city of the Holy Roman Empire, and an important trading point connecting several routes, on either side of the river Danube from the East to the West and Bohemia and Poland from north to the Balkans and Italy to the south. Being the city where the Habsburg Emperor Friedrich III spent his last years, it was, for a short period of time, the most important city in the empire. It lost its status to Vienna and Prague after the death of the Emperor in 1493.

One important inhabitant of the city was Johannes Kepler, who spent several years of his life in the city teaching mathematics. He discovered, on 15 May 1618, the distance-cubed-over-time-squared — or 'third' — law of planetary motion. The local public university, Johannes Kepler University, is named after him.

Another famous citizen was Anton Bruckner, who spent the years between 1855 and 1868 working as a local composer and church organist in the city. The Brucknerhaus is named after him.

Upon arrival, we will enjoy a ride on Linzer Lokalbahn to Neumarkt, arrival there in time for lunch.

Back in Linz in the early afternoon, we will take a walk through the city to Pöstlingbergbahn station and ride up the Pöstlingberg. Though the line has been thoroughly modernized in recent years, we are lucky to catch one of the old electric cars.

A short visit to the church up there and than back to Linz.

It´s not that late in the day, so we decide to proceed to Salzburg, where we will spend a full day.

Have a nice day!

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Posted by james saunders on Friday, January 4, 2013 2:13 AM

Ulrich, I'm enjoying the tour of Austria so far.


In weather news here, Tasmania which normally has a summer average of 20c (68f) Today they reached 42c (107f) an all time record high for the state. In Western Queensland (the state I live in) it reached 48c (118f) and it's going to get hotter next week. The highest temperature recorded in Australia was 51c (123f)

The way the heat wave is going it will be broken. The high heat and high and dry winds are creating alot of wild fires, in South Australia and Tasmania there is a warning for catastrophic fires which indicate death or serious injury is very likely. We have seen many homes already lost.

After 3 years of flooding rains we are now moving back into extreme drought. You would think it would take longer than 12 months for the ground to dry up, but no.


We badly need some rain otherwise we will have many fires.



In good news, I bought more lumber today to continue the building of the layout to the rough layout I posted a couple of days ago. I will be getting started on that sunday.

Off to run a few errands, TTFN

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, January 4, 2013 3:26 AM

Morning Coffee in the diner with friends..

Good Morning!!!

Today is Friday, January 4th, 2013!!!

Sometimes, iN MRR, when trying to complete a task, we may be 'barking up the wrong tree', SO:

Meaning:

Making a mistake or a false assumption in something you are trying to achieve

Origin:

The allusion is to hunting dogs barking at the bottom of trees where they mistakenly think their quarry is hiding.

The earliest known printed citation is in James Kirke Paulding's Westward Ho!, 1832:

"Here he made a note in his book, and I begun to smoke him for one of those fellows that drive a sort of a trade of making books about old Kentuck and the western country: so I thought I'd set him barking up the wrong tree a little, and I told him some stories that were enough to set the Mississippi a-fire; but he put them all down in his book."

The phrase must have caught on in the USA quickly after Hall's book. It appeared in several American newspapers throughout the 1830s; for example, this piece from the Gettysburg newspaper The Adams Sentinel, March 1834:

"Gineral you are barkin' up the wrong tree this time, for I jest see that rackoon jump to the next tree, and afore this he is a mile off in the woods.

 

For Some guys, MRRing is a 'Blast From the Past' when they pick a particular era or RR to model, SO:

Meaning:

Something or someone that returns after a period of obscurity or absence. It is normally applied to things that that were thought fondly of previously and are making a welcome return - especially pop songs.

Origin:

Used first by US radio DJs when introducing old records. It isn't clear which DJ coined this, and no one lays especial claim to it. A strong contender has to be Jerry Blavat ('The Geator with the Heater'). Blavat's style was frantic and he was known for his impromptu 'stream of consciousness' verbal delivery. Here's an example from an article about him in 'The Progress', a Pennsylvania newspaper, from 1967:

"Kings and queens, yon [sic] royal teens, this is your Geator with the Heater coming to you on Big-Tahm Tuesday where we rock the big tick- tock, where we got the class to beat the blast from the past"

The article began with a dictionary of 'handy translations, straight from The Geator', including:

Groove, blast - great    Golden Oldies - old rock 'n roll songs

 

AngelThe prayer candles will be lit for those in need of thoughts and prayers, in need of healing thoughts, adn for those whose loved ones may have just passed on {as long as I am home}Angel

 

Make it a great day and Smile at your adversary {it will make them wonder what you are up to!}

Geeked

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 4, 2013 6:05 AM

Lunchtime!

I just had a too generous serving of Petra´s lasagna and need to go for a rest. Befoe retiring to the sofa for a nap, I thought I´d post a map of Austria, showing our itinerary.

As of now, we have made it to Linz, but will be leaving the Danube Valley soon and head for the mountains. Tomorrow will be a day off for the tour guide, so you can explore Salzburg on your own.

Just a few words on Salzburg.

Salzburg, literally: "Salt Castle", is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Salzburg's "Old Town" (Altstadt) has internationally renowned baroque architecture and one of the best-preserved city centres north of the Alps. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Host to three universities and a large population of students, Salzburg is is noted for its attractive setting and scenic Alpine backdrop. Salzburg was the birthplace of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the mid‑20th century, the city was the setting for parts of the musical and film The Sound of Music.

Traces of human settlements have been found in the area dating to the Neolithic Age. The first settlements at Salzburg were apparently begun by the Celts around the 5th century BC. Around 15 BC the separate settlements were merged into one city by the Roman Empire. At this time the city was called Juvavum and was awarded the status of a Roman municipium in 45 AD. Juvavum developed into an important town of the Roman province of Noricum. After the collapse of the Norican frontier, Juvavum declined so sharply that by the late 7th century it had become a "near ruin". The Life of Saint Rupert credits the 8th-century saint with the city's rebirth. When Theodo of Bavaria asked Rupert to become bishop c. 700, Rupert reconnoitered the river for the site of his basilica. Rupert chose Juvavum, ordained priests, and annexed the manor Piding. Rupert named the city "Salzburg". He traveled to evangelise among pagans. The name Salzburg means "Salt Castle". It derives its name from the barges' carrying salt on the Salzach River, which were subject to a toll in the 8th century, as was customary for many communities and cities on European rivers. The Festung Hohensalzburg, the city's fortress, was built in 1077 and expanded during the following centuries.

The entire city is filled with M&M´s, and that´s not the candy we all like, but Mozart & Music.

Salzburg is also one of the very few cities in the world, that still sports a network of trolley buses.

Enjoy the city´s unique atmosphere, the music and the food!

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, January 4, 2013 6:46 AM

Good Morning

Well, kind of hard to follow up Ulrich's wonderful imagery here...especially the sweetsStick out tongue...gee thanks...don't mind if I do....Smile

Weather here is just the same as ever...dull and ccold...and snowy....high of 30F expected...low of 25F....Sigh...like to see some sun on occasion....

Another day of fun at the office...4 boxes distilled down into 2 binders and a couple of Powerpoint things...yay....

Well, off I go to Get-R-Done

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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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, January 4, 2013 7:00 AM

Good morning all,

 

OzJim, sounds like you’re having the same summer we had, but just to let you know it was 14F this morning when I let the dog out (-10C).

 

 

Jerry I hope Sallie is doing ok today…

 

Vincent, if you have a Harbor Freight Tools (HFT), or go visit their web site.  I went and looked at airbrush compressors with water separators at Pat Catan’s and they were $400.  I went to a store that sold makeup and tattoo equipment and they wanted $400 to $1K for a compressor.  I went to HFT and bought the exact same compressor with water separator for $40.  Super quiet.  The only difference is the name brand sticker on the side of the compressor.  If you spend $80 at HFT you can get the compressor, water separator, and a single stage air brush.  Great start up kit for the beginner, the compressor is super great for any skill level.

 

Harbor freight also sells some fine modeling tools….

 

Tom, I have a few Union hoppers on my layout, not that they really had their own hoppers, but it blends in with my railroads of the Great Lakes theme.  All but one or 2 locomotives are LS&W, but the cars are from a variety of Great Lakes railroads pre 1959.  I guess I need to look closer at PA and see what they had to interchange with my Buffalo to Chicago freelance line….

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, January 4, 2013 7:44 AM

Good Morning!!!

Coffee and Strudel please. Thanks. Indifferent NO! WAIT! STOP!!! Oh my gosh…..I have to have that Toffelspit thing and kar, karfiol and kar-toe-fell-n. Oh baby and that Palatschinken has GOT to show up on my dessert plate!!!

Don’t think I’d want to live here…., everything’s too hard to spell. But man-o-man could I eat here!

Sunny, with a high near 33. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Looks like we’ll be hitting the mid to upper thirties and then into the 40’s through next week. Odd. Two reeeeally mild winters in a row. At least so far. I just hope we get some rain to amount to something this time. So far…..not looking good.

What is that noise? Oh Duke and Ray.

Glad you’re feeling better Ray.

Ulrich- Every country and town has it’s areas, I just know that most all of the folks that went to Germany came back saying it was beautiful and clean. Cleanest country they had been to.

Dennis- I feel your pain….I feel your pain. Master bedroom is next at our house too.

Lee- That’ll work. Just spread it around if you would. Um... Snow that is.Whistling

Terry- I like that building on the right. It is a very good likeness to the old Ben Franklin 5 and Dime in Pittsfield. But alas I have no use for it in Toddland (of which I’m king).

I have a problem with liking or wanting a model that does not fit the layout but just looks cool to me. Maybe I’ll just get one and build it just for kicks. Who knows. Nah, that’d take money I could spend on something I need.

Well yesterday saw some laundry done and it also saw the relocation of some trash from the trainroom to dumpster at the elevatorYeah. A few thousand more trips and I’ll be pretty close to almost doneYes. What didn’t get done was the light. Maybe today.

Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!

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I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk. Laugh

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 4, 2013 8:53 AM

Good morning. It's a nice balmy 40° with 81% humidity. It'll be cloudy with a small chance of rain. The high will be a blazing 50°.


Nothing much planned for today. Work on the layout, watch some TV, wonder what those in better circumstances are doing. In other words pretty much a normal day.



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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 4, 2013 9:02 AM

Todd said: "Don’t think I’d want to live here"...

Well, Todd - I don´t, either. I am a true-blooded Prussian, who have still a strong disregard for Bavarians, Austrians and the likes. We think of Bavarians being the missing link between Austrians and human beings. Laugh

The Austrian German is very much different from the language we consider to be German, and not only by pronunciation. Just to give you a few examples:

  • Salary: Gehalt in German, Salär in Austrian
  • Cauliflower: Blumenkohl in German, Karfiol in Austrian
  • Potato: Kartoffel in German, Erdapfel in Austrian
  • Cream: Sahne in German, Schlagobers in Austrian

We can talk to each other for hours without understanding each other.

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Posted by tcwright973 on Friday, January 4, 2013 9:07 AM

Lee - Actually the Union does have their own hoppers. Most are in sort of a captive service hauling coke from USS Clairton Coke Works, Clairton, PA and USS Edgar Thompson Works, Braddock, PA. However, I just recently saw a picture on a Yahoo group site with a new hopper complete with logo. I don't know if this link will work or not.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unofficialurr/photos/album/257019700/pic/1361042005/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 4, 2013 9:14 AM

tcwright973
I don't know if this link will work or not.

It's saying that I have to join the group to view photos there.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 4, 2013 9:20 AM

Sir Madog

The Austrian German is very much different from the language we consider to be German, and not only by pronunciation. We can talk to each other for hours without understanding each other.

I know that to be true. I saw it for myself. A man who lived in the same building as us married an Austrian woman. Listening to her going into a rant was something else! She got into an argument with a German maintenance man one day. He said he didn't understand half the stuff she yelled at him.Laugh

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, January 4, 2013 9:49 AM

Your daily dose of Great Lakes Trivia for your personal edification:

“Mackinaw” is derived from the word Michilimackinac. In the Ojibwa language, it means “Island of the Great Turtle.

 

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Posted by howmus on Friday, January 4, 2013 10:21 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, I'lkl have a bowl of the Vanilla Almond Granola and lots of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug please.

Ulrich, as always your photos and tours are wunderbar!  Thanks!  I am definitely sticking around for dessert tonight!!!

Currently 32°F under dark cloudy gray skies here in the Finger Lakes.  Winds are WSW @ 28mph with gust up to 40 mph.  could get a few snow showers followed by some snow flurries today....  I keep hoping I have enough of the white stuff cleared from the roof to get the system to fire up and start to melt what is left.  Not happy to lose over a week of production from it just because I can't get enough white stuff off the roof now.  next week Tuesday through Saturday is supposed to be above freezing with a bit of brightness from time to time, so it should start to produce again then if not before.

Lee, according to the Haudenosaunee (The people of the Longhouse, or Iroquois, a derogatory French term) we live on Turtle Island...  All interrelated in many ways!  I am very fascinated with Native Culture and beliefs, BTW.  Thanks for posting that!

Best get moving.  lots to do today and the morning is getting gthin.  Later!

73

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, January 4, 2013 10:45 AM

Gee

Well, got the rest of the grocery shopppin done, and unlike Jeffrey yesterday I am pleased to report, , I had NO van trouble! We should be set for about 2 weeks now, except the seltzer and tonic waters.

Now ,y bcak says enough as i carried in 4 12 packs, and 3 24 packs and 6 1 lt bottles of waters and several bags of cans at the "go can crazy" sale at the store...

Going to make an off-due payment on the CC for the food as I have the money...

Whew!

TIred, time for a nap.

later.

Geeked

 

 

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Posted by Burlington Northern #24 on Friday, January 4, 2013 11:48 AM

homework, math homework!?!?! Huh? AHHHHH!

SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, January 4, 2013 11:51 AM

Good Morning all,

 

Ray, our big ice breaker is named the CGC Mackinaw and they have a “big turtle” award they give to those that serve on the ship.  We use to have a series of Cutters named after Indian Tribes.

 

Our weather forecast just changed: 40 mph winds 1-6” of snow, weekend high of 34F.  Right now with the wind chill it’s 14F outside.

 

Tom I’m going to join that Yahoo group just to see the pictures….

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 4, 2013 12:01 PM

Petra is complaining about me spending too much time at the computer. Well, she is sitting right next to me most of the time, chatting with her friends.

A lesson I learned today - the time your wife spends at the computer may be the same time by hours or minutes, but it is different Whistling

Calling it a day for today and give my computer a chance to cool off.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, January 4, 2013 2:33 PM

Hello everybody ....

Ulrich ..... Thanks for the photo tour. The food looks very tasty!

Jerry ..... Prayers continue for Sallie.

Curt ...... I thought you would like this Pennsy box car I have just completed. It is made from a Branchline kit.

Another just completed model is a Burlington "economy baggae car". It was made from a kit made by an on-line seller of Burlington stuff called Q Connection. It is the bagge car immediately behind the E8. The second baggage car is one I kitbashed from a Rivarossi baggage car a couple of years ago.

This picture is in WPF.

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Posted by howmus on Friday, January 4, 2013 3:13 PM

Afternoon folks!

Chloe a cup of hot chocolate with a daube of fresh whipped cream on it would do very nicely rioght now.

Looking good Garry!

Ulrich....  Took you all these many years to figure out the concept???  BTW, I'm saving room for some of those desserts tonight!  Yummy...

I've been out running errands, doing some shopping (new sneakers), stopped down at church and some other places to drop off flyers for the MLK Service later this month, and finally got a huge amount of snow off the rooftop panels.  They are now about half cleared off.  The sun came out for a bit this afternoon and the system almost turned on...  The light was flashing waiting for it to start producing power most of the day.  It did produce enough heat to help me get about 9 inches of heavy wet snow unstuck from the panels and dropped on the deck.  Tomorrow is going to be a mix of stuff, flurries, clouds, and occasional brightness.  Maybe they will come back on line sometime tomorrow.  "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love you , Tomorrow, your always a day away!....

Still have a bunch of things I have to do today, so I best keep moving.

Later!

73

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, January 4, 2013 3:29 PM

 Afternoon Folks

 Flo, Beer Pleases.

 Got up this morning at 5:30 AM but felt like warmed over death. I was going to go in anyway with being the Opener. Then I came out to the Garage / Snake Room / Train Room / My Offices and looked at my copy of the schedule. Tyler was all so opening the store, so I called him and told him I would not be in work today. My days of going in sick is over! I uses to go in when I had a fever 100.8, but I was a manager. Now I am just another brick in the wall so screw that!

 VA Hospital Visit. While I was feeling badly this morning, main reason I called in sick was because I did not like the way my toe looked! It has been swollen for a week or so, starting to turn red and a blackish band was starting to form. I would have went in yesterday but I felt worse Thursday than I did today.

 I was surprised when both the Nurses and the Doctor told me it did not look that bad? (but it is not there toe either) Doctor said the Ulcer Tissue it self look great! He seems to thing the redness is due to my nail fugues problem. He got me a antibiotic that will help with the infection and head cold. He also said to soak my feet in Epson Salt, that may help kill the toe nail fugues.

 Flo, may I have the Soap Box Pleases?

 BoS RantSoapBox

 There is a very good reason I call them Bank Of Stupid and not Bank of America! Today when I got home, on my door step there was not 1 but 2 FedEx packages from BoS. Both had the same paper work for filing for a Loan Modification! It is all the same paperwork I filed right before Thanks Giving! Bang Head Then it gets better, about a hour latter I hear a knock on the door! Looked outside and it is FedEx again! Want too guess what they where delivering? Whistling Yet a 3rd copy of the same paper work? Bang Head

 Way I have came to look at it, the longer they screw up (and they excel at that) longer I get to keep the houses! It is just sad, a single swipe of a pen this Loan Modification nightmare could be over! I could afford the $600.00 house payment if the did the modification but no way in heck can I swing the current $998.63 payment. What do they have to lose? It is a VA Home Loan and I have only lived here for 21 years now?

 See you all later!  

 Ken

 OK Now I Am Really PO- ed! Photo Bucket Has High Jacked My Account Again!

  

 

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Posted by Curt Webb on Friday, January 4, 2013 3:47 PM

Evening All,

Ran some errands, cleaned house and did my laundry today. I also put some small areas of ground cover down on the finished sections of the layout. I also did some staring at the layout trying to figure out what I want to do hill wise. I do think I may order some Rubber Rocks and give them a try.

I got a fantastic gift at work Wednesday. My partner who is also the Daytona Speedway logistics Chief for their FD brought me a Coparts shirt with John Force's (my favorite driver) and Kenny Bernstein's signatures on it. To say I was stunned is to put it mildly.

Garry- That Pennsy Boxcar looks great. I have a couple of them also. The WPF picture looks great but what are the 2 triangular shapes on the front of the E8?

Ken- Hope your work days and big toe have gotten better.

Ulrich- Great tour. I remember going to a huge salt mine that the Germany army used for art storage in WWII. Unfortunately I can not remember whether it was in Austria or Germany Dunce.

BamaCSX83- Would shrink tubing work?

Terry- Looking good on the layout.

Galaxy- That verse was on Hee Haw.

Well I am being mobbed by a herd of skunks for their supper, so I hope everyone has a great night and prayers for those in need.

Curt Webb

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, January 4, 2013 5:04 PM

 Car Freaks, if you like Cobras you got to watch this!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYrncKrh2Gg

While I am a Mopar Guy, if I could have any car, it would be a Cobra!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, January 4, 2013 5:53 PM

Good evening.

Ray ... Thanks for comment

Ken .... Sorry to hear the toe is acting up again. Also, I sure hope the bank gets everything squared away eventually to your satisfaction.

Curt..... Thanks for commenting. I was trying to figure out what triangles you are talking about. Are you seeing the striping next to the upper headlight? Burlington E-units originally had striping on the nose to replicate the front of the shovel nose zephyrs such as the Pioneer Zephyr. The stripes next to the headlight are the "grills" as is on the old shovel nose diesels. That may be what you were talking about. The broad horizontal stripes were supposed to represent the windshields on the older tains. Around 1960, the stripes were changed to red instead of black. One more quirk is the number of horizontal stripes across the front ("windshield"). Early E-units E5's and some early E7's had three stripes, Late E7's, E8's, and E9's had four stripes. ..... Aren't you glad you asked?  

GARRY

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Posted by JPowell on Friday, January 4, 2013 6:03 PM

Evening all and Happy New Year!

Hope this finds everyone in good health.

[JP .... Good to see you here in the diner. WS makes good stuff, but I have not worked with that particular product. Good luck making a layout. I suggest doing one small section at a time.] - Garry, the WS Mod-U-Rail system is sets of 3'x3'cornersand straightsthat come w/ all items needed to make a part of a layout, vice rail, building, people and vehicles. They look pretty straight forward. I built one of their Learning Kits a few years ago into a decent 18"x24" module.

Todd - I  "there"yet, due to needing $$$$ for Christmas presents for the g/f, her 10yr old daughter, and my whole family, but I plan on it.

Well gang, I'm off to get some desert. Cheesecake.... maybe ice cream. Or wth... both!

Take care!

//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)

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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010

I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017

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Posted by Curt Webb on Friday, January 4, 2013 6:04 PM

Garry- Actually I am glad. I learned something new. It sounds like the shapes represent grills. What I am talking about is on either side of the upper headlight above the 4 black stripes.

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Posted by JeremyB on Friday, January 4, 2013 6:39 PM

Hi Guys

Cold out here today 23f but feeling like 10f. Tomorrow morning at 3am is the bronze medal game at the world junior hockey tournament, hopefully Canada will take the bronze. At 8am is the gold medal game between Sweden and the USA. Did a little weathering work today and cleaned the layout up a bit. I want to BBQ some steaks tomorrow but dont know if I want to stand out in the frigid temps,lol.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, January 4, 2013 6:51 PM

Curt Webb

Garry- Actually I am glad. I learned something new. It sounds like the shapes represent grills. What I am talking about is on either side of the upper headlight above the 4 black stripes.

Yes, the "grills" were painted on each side of the upper headlight. 

GARRY

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Posted by howmus on Friday, January 4, 2013 9:32 PM

Evenin' folks,

Janie, just a cup of decaf before I head out to bed tonight.  Have to be up early tomorrow to help load and move furniture from the Boy Scout office to Camp.  The office building has been sold, the office closed, and all the better furniture will go to camp to be used there.  They can use a bit of an upgrade.... Believe me!

I did get a few things done on the layout this week...  Got the .009 wire (Ernie Ball High E extra light Guitar strings) installed on the water tower.  Now that I'm done, I almost know how to do it.  Next one should be better.

With the roof installed:

Hope all of you have a great 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! 

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