I'm debating on whether or not I want to pick up my check and head out to home depot to get a new couple plywood boards or the stuff for the benchwork, looks like I've decided to switch to DCC I just need to send some loco frames to Aztec to get milled. well I suppose I should save money so I can pick up A dcc system from the LHS.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Hi Guys
Well I have had a good few days Id say. I started a job on Monday which although isn't all that bad its part time and not really what im looking for.
I had a interview yesterday at another place and they called today to say I got the job, which is great also. But this morning I received two phone calls for interviews from two places in town, one which is a car parts manufacturer and another a printing company. Both full time and paying more then I had at my job that I had for ten years. I'm not all that great at interviews, I just try to be myself and honest and not blow smoke up somebody's butt about how great I did this and how great I did that. I'm surprised at how many times I see people go into a place for a job interview or to drop off a resume wearing old jeans and t-shirts. I wear golf shirt and khaki dress pants like dockers and a nice pair of shoes whether dropping off a resume or a definitely a interview with a potential employer.
Anyways Im off until Monday now so I am going to start work on that scrapyard scene and cath up on the last few days of the diner here.
Brrrr! Hey y'all, is it me or is it cold outside?
Just went outside to cut the wood for a shelf I want, plus get the steel brackets out of the shed, and also to salt the driveway.
I salted the driveway, then got the brackets, but when I turned on the shop/garage lights, only 1 came on!
Hmmm, wonder why? A quick glance at the thermometer gave me a clue, its only 17 degrees in the garage!! So what else could I do, but open the bay door to let in enough light so I could see my way with the power saw! Got the garage closed up, brought in all the tools, brackets, etc. only to discover the part of the brackets that screw to the wall are too tall, so now I have to go back out and cut some off of them to clear the small ledge that encircles the basement! I don't wanna go! My toes are just starting to warm back up!
I'll bet Murphy had something to do with this!!
Oh and Tom, Congrats on the 49th wedding anniversary! And for the top of the page! See, you can still buy us dinner!! LOL!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good morning everybody,
First of all, our condolences to all who have lost loved ones lately. We have been through all the tribulations that so many of you have been dealing with concerning elderly parents and siblings. Although it's difficult, we all seem to manage somehow. Just do the best you can.
It's been very cold here all week, but it didn't stop us from doing a little railfanning this past Sunday. We have developed this little routine which the wife and I both enjoy. We stop at one of the fast food places and pick up a "to go" order than hit our favorite spot for a couple of hours. No telephone, doorbell or chores, just some quiet time to talk about things and watch trains. Although the wife can't see a lot of details, she can recognize most type of railcars.
Speaking of the wife, today is our 49th wedding anniversary. Don't ask me where all the years have gone, but I still remember the first time I saw her. Sometimes you just get lucky. We had planned on going out for a nice dinner tonight, but because of the weather here, we will put that off until Sunday evening. I did take her out for breakfast this morning.
It started to snow while we were at the restaurant and have about a half inch so far. Depending on which station you listen to, somewhere between 4 and 6 inches is expected by the evening's rush hour. That's why we postponed our anniversary dinner. At this point in out lives, we don't go looking for trouble. Have a great weekend and stay safe.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Cederstrand***CDN Dennis, terrific looking Train room. Nice layout in progress, too. Well done! At what height is your layout?
Thanks Rob, it all turned out well enough. Although I have to say that my quality of work has diminished somewhat over the last 10 years or so. Age thing I suppose. Even 5 years ago, i could have installed the ceiling in a day but the body says Öh no ya don't" Oh well, it's a hobby after all.
As for the layout height, since we live in a by-level there is a shelf running along the outside walls where the concrete stops and the 2 X 6 framing starts. That sort of determined the ground zero height at 49 inches. Now because my layout is located in the Canadian Rockies, the trackage varies from the bench work height of 49 inches up to 24 inches above that on the one spur the runs up to a mine complex. Still need to put that spur in but I'm tired of laying track right now so I want to get what is already running properly and fine tuned before I do the mine spur.
Have a good one
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, are there adapters which allow use of Atlas switches to connet with Bach EZ track?
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***Jeffrey, are there adapters which allow use of Atlas switches to connet with Bach EZ track?
***Garry, yes indeed. Whatever I think is cool looking and can fill some role on my very un-prototypical layout. Now I kinda wish I had not ordered a BLI Mallet, as that would have been a good start towards a Garratt fund.
Rob
Today's freight has a helper and slug pushing.
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, are you still using Bach EZ track switches and track, or did I miss a change over to something else? I'm still leaning towards using that for my layout expansion.
Good Morning ..
Curt ...... I hope you are already safe in OH. .... Looks like there is plenty of freezing rain with ice in KY, TN, NC, and GA. ... The weather map shows the entire distance from Atlanta to Cincinnati will be affected.
I'm recalling the KY ice storm 3 or 4 years ago. We were stranded here in our house 9 days with no power, no water, no land phone, and no cell phone. Many other people had much worse experiences. Entire forests were knocked to the ground across KY. Utility poles were knocked down. Even some of the big steel tower structures for the main electricity trunk lines were broken and on the ground. Ambulances could not get to heart attack victims. Big trees fell through houses. It was terrible.
Barry ..... I think I've heard of Woodstock.
Rob ...... you certainly are looking for a variety of locomotives.
BN24 ...... If you are running a Santa Fe passenger train in Washington State, perhaps you should call it "The Lost Chief". .... Also, I run a fictional Great Northern passenger train called "The Plainsman".
Cheers, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning coffee in a SLEET & SOUTHERN mug, please.
***James, perhaps I could swing one of those beauties if I used it for industiral, switch yard, long haul freight, logging, mining and passenger duties on my layout. OR, sold off more stuff than I had planned on, which actually IS a possibility. Heck, I've been trying to figure out how to justify replacing my (Kato-N) Southern Pacific Daylight set, with an (MTH-HO) version. Major price difference there. Perhaps getting the new (HO) layout built first, might be the best idea for now, but lord are those Garrats tempting.
***Jeffrey, are you still using Bach EZ track switches and track, or did I miss a change over to something else? I'm still leaning towards using that for my layout expansion.
Ground is covered in freezing rain.
Cheers! Rob
Good Morning
We had a bit of snow last night...8F right now..going to a high of 16F today.
I had an operating session last night..no incidents or accidents, nor Broake and Howe people floating abouts. Good thing too, as I had to go through three redesigns here... We had a trainshow in Woodstock ON recently ... I missed it when I got the creeping crud...
Curt: Our condolences on your loss as well..
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/
Rob - To satisfy any curiosity check out the Eureka website http://eurekamodels.com.au/Garratt.html
They have some available... Weathered with QSI sound for $960 AUD. Bit out of your price range?
They are a beautiful locomotive.
I posted a photo in WPF of the layout progress... exciting!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good Morning all,
Curt, I’m sorry to hear about your loss. My Aunt and Grandmother lived long lives, my Aunt had issues remembering anything past 1959 in the last 2 years of her life, but I was fortunate to have had several good visits with her in the last 12 years of her life. I remember on one of the lasts visits I was taking care of little odds and ends for her and every time I walked past her I had to introduce myself and explain why I was there. It was very tough.
So my neighbor (85) was fussing with his snow blower and noticed his neighbor (97yo) across the street shoveling. My neighbor continued to work on starting his snow blower when he finished his driveway in the blowing and falling snow he walked across the street to help his neighbor and found him unconscious in the drive. He had passed before my neighbor found him but the medics did everything they could to revive him. We don’t know for sure what happened.
Things have gotten real busy here for me and I hope to have more time to spend in the diner once I get a few fires sorted out between the house and here at work, nothing out of the ordinary or mundane but still require copious amounts of time out of my schedule.
My lswrr email is still OOC but lsoule@ameritech.net works
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning!!!
Coffee, two eggs over medium, sausage links, hashbrowns and a couple pancakes with maple syrup please, thanks.
A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 34.
Curt- Sorry to hear about your Grandmother. Be safe on the drive there and back.
CDN Dennis- Great Job!! Unfortunately for me, I’ll have to do the same as you did some day. Maybe. I got too far ahead of myself on the layout before putting the ceiling in too.
Well today, or rather tonight, I w**k. I had plans to do some stuff in Toddland (of which I’m king) today, aaah but alas my buddy asked if I’d make pizza’s today for some special event going on at the mine. I said I would so…..lucky me. Tears up most of the morning and into early afternoon. Not much time to play so might as well not. Maybe a load of laundry and a quick scout of……where in there to put the left over wood flooring. Yes I had to open a box for…5 pieces. That means out of a box containing 24 sq ft, I have 21.25 sq ft of left over to put somewhere. Trainroom at this point is the only option until I can figure out what to do with it.
This cleaning up in the trainroom and getting rid of stuff only to fill it up with other stuff, isn’t exactly what I intended to do.
Hm, I beat Galaxy in.
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.
CederstrandI like the abandoned/pulled track bed. Nice touch.
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Sometime yesterday I broke 21,600 on my post count. Surprising I haven't worn my fingertips off!
***Jeffrey, interesting mix of locos you're running there. I like the abandoned/pulled track bed. Nice touch.
Good morning. It's 59° with 100% humidity and patchy fog. It'll be cloudy with a high of 75°.I have a freight train running this morning so my SW1500 KCS 4331 can have a good run. It's on the head end followed by a GP7 (L&A 116), F unit slug (TEBU 007), GP35 Frankenstein L&A ?? and a GP7S (L&A 192) and a string of cars that stretches halfway around the layout. Normally I don't run more than four locos at once but the KCS unit doesn't get run much so I made an exception.No plans for today.
Mint tea, please.
***OzJim, Yup, the HO AD60 was a Eureka model and looks pretty impressive.
***Bear, thanks for the link. Excellent!
Wind is howling here. Heard a tree crash outside a few minutes ago and it sounded like it hit a fence. Guess I need to bundle up and take a peek. Shouldn't be where any animals are, so no biggie, just more firewood to cut up later on.
Have a good day all! Rob
CederstrandI saw a (HO) AD60 class 4-8-4+4-8-4 Beyer Garratt loco, sold in/from NSW Australia. Cool looking beast and something I always dreamed of in N scale. A bit too expensive though. Anyone ever seen one of these models run in person???
I've seen the QLD Garratt run.A slightly smaller version of the AD60.
Was the HO AD60 a Eureka model? They are a very very nice model.
Laid some flex down today. Got enough to run a 5 car train about 8 feet and reverse it. Time to start planning industries.
TTFN
OzJim
Curt,
Sorry to hear about your grandmother. Our sympathies for you and your family. We're really having a rough month.
Ulrich - we can sympathize with your situation ah well. We went through this with my MIL and now my mom is struggling to maintain her independence only made possible by the near proximity of my sister to coordinate the people who come in to help. Many times the right thing to do for your parents goes over like the proverbial Led Zepplin but it needs doing. Our prayers you stay strong through your situation.
Time to get some sleep. Long day coming tomorrow. CUL, J.R.
Evening All, any chance of a banana milkshake please ???........
Curt, my deepest sympathy to you and your family.
Cederstrand Rob. here's a link that I hope is of interest to you..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc-fNy4JtO0
Currently 2155, 56 F, 68% humidity.
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that 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! from Tipton IN.
Friday, January 25, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf please...
Oh man! What a day. Been going about as fast as I go all day long, but did get a bunch of things done. On the other hand every time I finished up something I either got an email or phone call asking me to do a couple more things that were needed yesterday I think.
One thing I wish I could find a bit more time (Read , A LOT MORE TIME) for is some hobby work! I hope by next week I will have all the distractions behind me for a bit and can spend a day or two down in the train room.
Another very cold night here in the Finger Lakes. Current temp is 9°F, wind chill at -5°F. Saw a bunny rabbit in my side yard this evening when I got home from the Scout meeting.... The deer has been back as well as I have found tracks in the snow in the lawn.
Guess it is time for bed. 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!
Chamomile tea, please.
***Jeffrey, nice looking passenger cars!
***CDN Dennis, terrific looking Train room. Nice layout in progress, too. Well done! At what height is your layout?
***Garry, good luck with the install. Can't imagine how they stick both DCC and Sound in the non-tender saddletank version???
Have a good night all.
Heartland Division CB&Q BN24 ..... That's a good idea to have your own name for a Zephyr. My schedule has three fictional Zephyrs...... Prairie Zephyr (morning train) .... Heartland Zephyr (mid day train. Looks like the KCZ) ..... Twilight Zephyr (night train with sleepers and mail-express cars).
BN24 ..... That's a good idea to have your own name for a Zephyr. My schedule has three fictional Zephyrs...... Prairie Zephyr (morning train) .... Heartland Zephyr (mid day train. Looks like the KCZ) ..... Twilight Zephyr (night train with sleepers and mail-express cars).
Howdy .... I'll have hot chocolate, please.
CDN Dennis............. GREAT looking ceiling! ...
Curt .... I'm sad to hear about your loss. Prayers for your family. ...... Where in Ohio is the funeral?
YGW ...... I tried to do the PM conversation thing. I hope you received it.
Jeff .... I like those heavyweight cars. I recall you did that maybe a couple of years ago.
Rob .... You inspired me to run my Mantua 2-6-6-2 ...... It was undecorated, and I applied CB&Q decals. ... Mine is DC, but I will make it DCC in the morning. It would be a tight squeeze, but I think a speaker would fit in the tender. ... I'll let you know what I think in a day or two.
Cheers everybody
Looks like it's time for me to call it a night.Low of 58 tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy fog after midnight.See y'all tomorrow
jeffrey-wimberly Burlington Northern #24I think I have an Atlas addiction, my Montana rail link GP9 just arrived boy atlas put's out some great RTR locomotives. Kato does as well!Gee, you think so? It's easy to do. I have a few Atlas locos myself. My SD27J, H24-66, U30E567, GP40, two FP7's. The GP40 and one of the FP7's have been remotored.
Burlington Northern #24I think I have an Atlas addiction, my Montana rail link GP9 just arrived boy atlas put's out some great RTR locomotives. Kato does as well!