Well it is Thursday,
Well I am up way to late with me having to me at a 9:00 AM meeting but stuff happens right?
Finally got the trains running right
Ever hate your life?
Ken
I hate Rust
Evening All,
Ah Wednesday, my middle of the week day off. Did some grocery shopping at Walmart, paid bills, and spent a good portion of the day laying some new trackas and drilling holes for the Switchtender motors that should be here Friday. Also did some work on the PikeStuff engine house kit. I need to get some of it completed so I can check the track arrangement before installing the turnout and Switchtender.
While making my lunch for tomorrow, I realized Walmart forgot to put my jar of Nuttela in with the rest of my things, so I have to stop there before heading to work tomorrow.
Dennis, nice job covering that window.
Ulrich, I hope things work out for your parents in the nursing home.
Garry, I don't know if that family with the sick child knows about Caring Bridge, but it is a great site to post health issues and updates. It is a free site, and anyone can view it. It was very helpful when my wife was sick and then passed away.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Morning
Flo, coffee pleases
Jeremy Thanks for explaining why you clean the tank so much. I have really never had to worry about nitrates. I all so never kept goldfish either. When i worked in a pet shop I told customers to stay away mixing tropical fish and goldfish.
Far as me saying "It gotten under my skin", it was a bad choices of words.
On your work front, what are you doing now Jeremy?
Next few days will be tough ones at work. Today I go in at 11:00 AM and close, then Thursday I have a class that starts at 9:00 AM (Figures we have a Winter Storm moving in) and after the class I have to go to the shop and close.
Later, Ken
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OK, any one wondering why I am post as this being in the AM?
Flo, Beer Pleases!
Well let me tell you folks, it pretty much sums up my day!
Just as I was going to post, the internet, cable TV and phone crashed all at the same time! Plus I was scheduled too have a confreres call with BoS, Green Path (trying to help me deal with BoS) and I so I can keep the house! By using my wife's prepaid cell phone Green Path and I did did get hold of a idiot that works for BoS. Lets just say there is a reason I am calling Andaman (there version on Peggie) and Bank of America a idiot and Bank of Stupid!
And the day just kept going that way all day like a Evil Energizer Bunny!
Curt The E-6 is still stuck in stupid mode?
Vince Take your time! God knows I was I sure was slow!
Toe Front. Think I will have the skin graft done! Main reason, to get the heck away from the godawful job for awhile!
See you Thursday night after my 12 hour day!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf please.
Dennis, excellent job with the window covering!
I did laundry today which gave me an excuse to get a bit more done on the scenery on the layout. Started to put together the at grade crossing over the tracks and painted the plasterwork I added to the area yesterday. Did a bit more ground cover also.
Blackie hobbled over and wanted to be picked up... Actually it was 8:30PM and he wanted food... He doesn't get fed until after he gets his evening pill at 9:30PM, so I entertained the little bugger for a while until it was time to be fed. He appears to have evened out on his loss of mobility and I hope that means good news next Monday when he has a blood test at the vets. I still feel bad I didn't see what what was happening and get help much sooner.
Going down tom 15°F overnight so I may have to get up once and feed the wood stove during the night. just loaded it and it is nice and toasty in here (74°) at the moment. This should be the coldest night between now and when the new furnace will get installed.
Hope you all 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!
Good evening ...
Ulrich ..... Prayers for you family.
Bob K ... Thanks for what you said about me and the layout.
Several of you kindly commented about the tragic story I mentioned briefly earlier this week. .... The family has a Facebook page, and the story has thousands of "Likes" already. They are asking for prayers. Those who wish to know more can send me a PM note. I should warn you, the Facebook page tells such a tragic story, it will bring just about anybody to tears.
I've been doing more work on the layout this evening. Still detailing my downtown.
CDN Dennis..... Nice work blanking out the window. Looks like your layout is in the high rent district.
Dennis B. ....... Beam me up!
Have a good evening.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I got a little work done on the layout this morning. Then went to my fathers place to list some items on a local garage sale site for him. These included my mothers Pontiac G6. We had a lunch of pot roast, turnip greens, black-eye peas, sweet potatoes, biscuits and onions. After that we went to town. First the barber shop for haircuts. Now I don't have to apply for a dog license. Then to Wal-Mart to pick up some much needed essentials then back home. For dinner I had some homemade chicken, sausage and rice gumbo. Good stuff! Looks like plenty of rain coming tomorrow.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.
Great work Dennis!
Shoulders are hurting from gym today. Can't imagine what they will feel like tomorrow morning. Night everyone.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good work hiding the window Dennis. I put a backdrop up over five here.
Dennis-.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Great work there Dennis! Very innovative!
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
The Case of the Unwanted Window
Evening all, certainly has been quiet around the Diner today! Flo, I'll have a glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale please... What's that... you don't have Canada Dry? Oh right, forgot we are in the US of A. Ok, any ginger ale will do
Anyway, as some will recall, I had a large 6 ft by 3 ft high window in my layout room. It was also a phenomena hole as it conducted a lot of ccoollllldddd into the room. It had to go and the following is how I did it.
The window before I started the project. Note that directly below the window are two levels of track work. The lower one is a 5 track staging yard and the upper one is where the town of Crystal Valley will be located.
Step one was to glue spacers to the existing window in order to get out from some obstructions like the alarm dohickey. I used dap clear caulking for glue because I want to be able to pull all this out should we move down the road.
I used chloroplast cut to the size of the window opening. Once again I used the same caulking to glue the chloroplast to the spacers previously installed. While the caulking dried, I used tacks to hold the sheet in place.
Next, I ran some old scrap mdf baseboard around the inside of the opening setting it back the thickness of the Masonite I had on hand. The mdf was glued in place as before.
Next step was to install 6 inch fibreglass insulation in the opening. Good bye cold Notice that I tucked the insulation behind the mdf..
I glued the pre cut Masonite into place and put in a few drywall screws to keep it there till the calking dried.
A little joint filler to fill in any spots that weren't a perfect match took care of that problem. The Masonite was pre painted by the way.
After a touch up of matching paint, the finished product
Like MAGIC it's gone!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Had to fire up the old soldering iron for a repair on my Optivisor Quasar light.
Darth Vader ain`t got $#*& on me.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Sitting here waiting on supper.
Just spent big bucks on my truck. The pressurized line from the gas tank (?) developed a pin hole leak. After driving it Sunday to w**k I smelled then found the truck dripping gas. That night I used 1/4 tank of gas to go around 15 miles. The mechanic said that was the reason I was having to crank it to get it to start, because I had to re prime the line.
Today I put ground cover on 2/3 of the mine and hill. That needs to dry before I can do the last part so I should finish that tomorrow and tentatively put everything together on the layout on Friday. A friend at the club (works for local RR) gave me a container of coal that he picked up of the right of way where he was working, so I have to use some of it on the layout.
Ken- Glad your foot is doing much better. Did my suggestions on the QSI decoder help you?
Garry- Saying prayers for your niece's friends family.
Ray- Your progress on your layout is looking good.
Rob- Glad you found a great worker.
Ulrich- I am hoping that you are able to get your parents in the nursing home. I am sure that this will be a relief for you and Petra that they will be looked after.
Hope everybody has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, cup of hot chocolate please....
Ulrich, I do hope they do not change their minds again!!! Once they get into the retirement home they will likely find there is a lot for them to do and enjoy. Most places have good programs for the elderly... At least on this side of the pond. You are my constant thoughts for this to be resolved in their (and your) best interests!
Signed the contract for the new furnace and stuck in the mail early this afternoon. So far the house is nice and toasty as the wood stove is providing all the needed heat at the moment. 73° in the dining room/office at the moment. Here are a couple of photos of the old furnace and what happened. The burner would vibrate off the gas orifice from time to time, something like this:
Most times it would just flick a bit of gas out into the basement which would end up being sucked into the system and I would smell a very faint odor of gas. Go down stairs put the burner back in place, and no more problems for another few weeks. The last time it flashed back and flared out from the burner and did this to the wiring right above the orifice. Three of the wires have the insulation destroyed on them. When I went downstairs the gas pipe you see under the wires was also very hot! Not a good thing...
Today has been mostly cloudy outside. Also very windy and cold! Good day to sit and enjoy the wood fire!
Later!
Just a quick hello to all of you.
I am still at my parents´ place. Fortunately there has been a change of direction. Both now agree to move into a retirement home, where the necessary care can be given to them. I will make the move on coming Monday. It´s a big relief for me now.
I am exhausted, not able to read through all the posts. Will do that later. Thanks for bearing with me!
Blessings!
TMarsh G- I think rail between cities is a good thing. I just wonder if the cost of building it this late in the game will be whattayacallit…um….cost effective? Efficient…something like that. Worth it is what I mean but don’t want to say because it still sounds wrong. Loooot’s of money. Lot’s.
G- I think rail between cities is a good thing. I just wonder if the cost of building it this late in the game will be whattayacallit…um….cost effective? Efficient…something like that. Worth it is what I mean but don’t want to say because it still sounds wrong. Loooot’s of money. Lot’s.
Todd, oh your royal highness of Toddland, of which you are king, Did you watch the 1st of the 3 videos?
Video 1 was about the traffic congestion on H1, H2, H3 the "interstate highways" in Honolulu, Oahu.
Video 2 was the simulation of the train
And video 3 was about how to build such a thing.
Watch Video 1 again! When we were last in Hawaii, it was the last of Jan, first of Feb week/ weekend. The traffic wasn't't as bad as it could have been, nor as bad as peak tourist season, and the Hawaiian people are willing to let you in and out of traffic, but the congestion is getting to be paramount to that of Los Angeles!!!! It can take an hour to move 2 miles! The smaller tributary highways/roads {4 laners} can be as bad. the 'interstates" OBVIOUSLY can NOT be true "interstates" as they connect to no other state!. They are called that as we understand it because they were built to the high Interstate Standards.
There are elevated highways over the older "highway" routes. They are, frankly running out of land to do such things.
So the solution to easing the traffic burden is to build the train route. SO it is a matter of HAVE TO, not WANT TO, REGARDLESS OF COST. Video 3 talks about how it will get paid for. {or is it in the supplemental videos?}. Video 3 only doesn't tell how much the combined bus {called "THE BUS"} and train pass will cost. Probably because it hasn't been set forth based on costs yet.
What really really surprised me was that the Waikiki extension wasn't in the original plans and Will be an add on later. It would also seem to me to be beneficial to extend beyond the proposed Waikiki extension and include the lower half of Waikiki/Honolulu. But first they have to build what they have proposed!!! When we stayed in Waikiki, we were smack dab in the center,and the train seems to end about there. It seems it should cover more ground, but maybe I am not remembering something correctly. I'd have to let you know NEXT TIME we go, LOL!!!
It really is no different than any other city experiencing a boom in peoples who all want to use the same thing at the same time!!!
Well,
I went and did the grocery shopping, and now am paying for it wiht my back.
Looking for an important piece of paper from Connecticut, that should be in tomorrow if not today, hopefullly today. If nto, time to sceam at them again too. THey say on their computerized recording "only ONE message is necessary for your request". Pish posh and Bosh on that. We wil see if they send the needed paper!
HMMM- Unenjoyment, One payment was deposited the 11th, another the 14th, and none the 19 {would have been the 18th but holiday}. HMM maybe tomorrow it will be there? if not we have to Call someone and scream?! So it should be deposited on THursdays, not mondays???? and the first one was out of sync?
Today was free bread day, not much to get. I took down the bagies I got for the bagels and donuts. They come "en masse" in a big bags and need to be sorted to smaller bags I took for convenience. Adn it helps to give back for that which we are given. I also take the old plastic containers washed and sterilized to be reused.
Moh went to a job fair today. If nto hear by Friday,assume they weren't interested. Tomorrow has an appointment with the emplyment agency to help. We will see what help they are! I constructed a form for MOH to record all jobs applied for , but MOH isn't using it. it will catch up to MOh when MOH is asked to present such a sheet for unenjoyment to PROVE MOH has been applying and is "ready will adn able to work". We shall see.
Later,
LATER EDIT; I got top, SO Pineapple macadamia nut muffins and Kona Coffee for everyone!!!
-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.
Coffee refill, please.
Wow, this new guy is a terrific worker. Hands down the best one I have had yet. At the rate he works, I could run out of jobs for him in a week or so.
Been preparing kit parts for a storage tank and a couple other models for future placement on the (HO) layout. Not so sure I should work with glue until breathing better, but at least the parts will be ready to go.
Cheers! Rob
Morning guys
Been working on trains, installing a wiring harness into a P2K GP20.
Ken, I doubt I could get them to you by your birthday .I don't have a decoder to test the GP20 to see if the lights work right. On DC with an athearn dummy plug the headlight comes on in reverse, and the rear light doesn't light up. I wish I had a spare decoder to use to test the lights out. I may have mixed the motor leads, but that's fixable with some DCC programing. Maybe later today (I'm frustrated that I can't get one of the wires to stay attached to the frame) I'll pull a decoder out of one of my other locos and try it.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the breakfast buffet this morning, if you would kindly bring me my usual dark roast coffee please!
Todd, yes I have to think someone is looking over me up there.... Have had too many close calls with the old furnace. Garry, I will be limited in hobby money for quite a long time with all the "improvements" around here. I'm sure I will still find a few $$$ to spend though. I'll have to get a photo of the damage done to the furnace today.
I have the contract for the new furnace sitting in my email this morning. need to get back to them and see what they want/require for a down payment, print and sign the contract, and then get it back to them.
Bob, when I had the gas heater put in the living room (was originally a side porch) and the heater put in the layout room, they teed the line past the shut off for the furnace.... Was the quickest and easiest way to do it I guess. I will say that when the HVAC guy walked through the layout room he looked at the heater there and and said, "Empire! Good unit, top shelf!"
The Empire heater in the living room did amazingly well over night as in the dining room was 66°F this morning and the outside temp was down in the low 20's. Wood stove was probably all but out by 4 AM. I did find some live coals and it very quickly came back up this morning. We'll see how it does tonight when it gets down to 16° overnight. Worst case scenario, I get up and stoke the wood stove!
Have the new scenery glued in place on the layout, and have started to put down the "forest floor" material. Should have some hours to spend down there today after i go shopping and possibly take the new mic down to church and test it out.
Good morning, Ahh some dark roast to start off will be "Perrr-fect" in that Chessie mug
Ray: The scenery is looking awesome on the module! Glad you're making some progress w/ that old furnace. What are those other gas units tied into the gas manifold? Good thing some "aged" experienced input for the investment. Always better to be somewhat overfired (BTU wise). I've been using some backup elec heaters myself, as I'm really never here and that "Oil Monster" is killing me. Those oil filled elec radiators are safe and efficient.
Jake: Calculus was always a bummer for me, and I was very good w/ math back in those medevial times. As long as you have the mind set for engineering, it will come more easily than you think. I still employ much of my geometry/ trig on a regular basis and that's for carpentry and design. It's not so much as education as a way of thinking. good luck in placement.
Ken: I see there's still much going on. Happy to hear your foot is making progress. A couple club members had quite the ordeal w/ a toe/ foot infection (diabetic related) and took close to 6 mo for proper healing. One thru the VA and the other a specialist in Boston. VA may be a PITA but got the same care in the end. I see your frustration though! Having luck w/ those MRC Fs, one I tried just wouldn't run worth a damm w/ any of my others.
Jeremy: Yes, goldfish are rather messy in the tank, ask the fish store what plants and/ or (calcium) shells etc that may be added to help not having to clean/ change the water so much. A couple catfish used to help w/ mine also. Might be able to keep the nitrates in check a bit longer. Just a thought
Jeff: I too ended up w/ red tailed black sharks as well as tri-color. Beautiful fish. They loved the bottom, tetras, gorami and others enjoyed the rest of the "community".Raised Bettas in other divided 10 gallon. Fun hobby, seems a lot of "train" folks also have fish. Nice weathering on that 40' box
Garry: You always have kind words, love following that layout progress especially pics on WPF, Waiting to see how the city progresses. Remember when you were just starting the basic scenery. It's come a long way and looks fantastic. Prayers for your niece's friend.
Gary D: Don't get disapointed, take a breather, what do they know, before you know it you'll be back in the swing of things again. Idiots!
Todd: Always busy and the list never ends, But what else would you do? Work on trains? Your days seem like mine most times.
Ulrich, glad you're feeling better.
James: rather an omnimous cloud in that pic- don't think I'd want that coming in my direction.
So was hoping to get back in the swing of things after that rather "grueling" W**K adventure in Hollywood, FL.. Just feeling real "lazy" and need the rest. Need a vacation from that w**k vacation. Was somewhat rewarding, though, but I'm getting too old for that crap.(a few mo short of turning 60) 20 straight 9-10 hour days and only saw the beach/ boardwalk @ night a couple times (and 2 min away). Was under the gun w/ a deadline and many Xtras thrown in to boot! All the tools needed there were pulled from 2 W**k trucks and packed in my Caravan. Now it has to be sorted out and placed back. Just looking @ piles of tool boxes and real messy trucks. Ahh, maybe "tomorrow" hoped to maybe bring back some of that 70/80 degree weather back w/ me and make the job easier. Ya sure.. still have ugly piles of snow from that 'noreaster I missed w/ 30" of snow in Boston. and more on the way this weekend.
Quick video before running out
Do have a nice day, and prayers for those in need
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Italian roast coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Hope the new worker shows up today. Plenty of farm stuff to catch up on here.
Have a good day all.
Good morning. It's 43° with 69% humidity. The high will be 58°.I really have to do some cleanup on the layout today. The clutter is taking over! There's stuff that has to be put away and other stuff that has to be put out as trash. Other than that I have no particular plans for today.
Good Morning
The winds are cold here...14F feeling like -5F out here...and blowing snow...and snowsqualls....and yada yada...
Got a few things need doing little later on...doctor appointment came out OK....good numbers in a lot of areas...not so good in a few others...still low white cell count...for some dang reason or other...
off to do dese t'ings....have a good day!!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Good Morning!!!
Coffee and three vegetable spring rolls please, thanks you.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 25. Wind chill values between -4 and 6.
Thank you Lord for watching over Ray!!!! At least you have the wood.
Well now, what will I do today now that I’ve read the important stuff. Hm….gotta watch Ziva, then run the sweeper, change the bedding since we didn’t this weekend, tke the deposit from the Church to the bamk, eat of course…it’s Wednesday so Chinese day. Ummmmm…..there was some reason I had to go into town but can’t think of it right now. Oh well that’s what I have a wife for. Anyway, looking good for some train time today. I hope it comes through.
They’re calling for anywhere from 3 to 5 (some people say they heard 8) inches of sn*w tomorrow, I guess I should go see if the sn*w blower runs, but it’s cold out there and it is a Deere so, I’ll wait until I need it. If it doesn’t oh well, it (the sn*w) will be gone by Saturday, Sunday. Supposed to be about 50°. No wonder everyone’s sick.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
Oh I see they're now saying mid to upper thirties/low forties for the weekend. Still....
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.
Will need to catch up on some missing work, and there may be some work later today, but other than that, nothing planned for today.
Hi Fellas,
Just getting ready to head out to work again. We got a little snow over night ( the fluffy kind ) so hopefully roads aren't too bad. The wife has to go out of town ( about 20 minutes away ) so hopefully she has a easy drive. She lost her cell phone too last month, actually it was stolen. So I always worry about her in the bad weather. See you guys this afternoon.
well after I saw that I was working 9 days straight and the response from one of my managers the other day(the way the response was said, it was said like one would be talking to a child) really pushed my buttons, and any steam I had for both work and class disappeared. I can't even get myself to set the track up and run some trains, I've hit a wall.
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
Morning Kona Coffee from the Big Island In the Diner...
ALOHA!!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, February 20th, 2013!!!
DId y'all enjoy the video simulation of what the new rail train through Honolulu will be like when completed in 2014? No? You didn't watch it yet? Well here it is again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJWySRnVDG4&feature=player_embedded
The prayer candles will be lit when I return from grocery shopping/pharmacy.
Make it a great day!!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good evening! .....
Oz James .... I meant to say something to you last nigh about your photo. It's a very imporessive picture of a tornado, and I'm glad you were able to get it in the news.
Ray .... Sorry to hear your furnace conked out. There goes more train money.
Ken .... Nice thing about model railroading is you can do it your way. So what if the real railroad would not run F7's with FM Erie Builts? .. It's your railroad, and you can do it your way. ... I recall Santa Fe sometimes did MU the Erie Builts with Alco PA's. It was okay they both had GE traction motors.
Karl ...... Yes, it's a very sad story. I hate to think how the young parents feel. They are asking for prayers.
On the layout today, I did not get much done. I did some more work adding details to the city, but I would have liked to do more.