Heartland Division CB&Q Ulrich .... I'm sad to hear about your Dad's situation.
Ulrich .... I'm sad to hear about your Dad's situation.
Garry, I am at a point at which it starts to pull me down. In the last days, I had as much as 30 calls from my dad and my mom, most of them from my mom, who had forgotten she had called me a few minutes earlier. I have a hard time to stay calm. Whenever the phone rings, I fear for the worst, my BP jumps up and my heart rate skyrockets. There is not a night I find a proper sleep. Don´t know for how much longer I will be able to cope with the situation.
Talking of the curly-ques, they will be most likely banned here pretty soon. LED technology has made a step up development and prices for LED lamps have fallen below the mark of those mecury evaporating "energy-savers".
Edit: Oh, no! Tops again. Dinner is on me, folks!
galaxyThe Islands and some RR history:
What a great overview of the island's railway. You've filled in a piece of railroad history that I had no idea existed.
Thanks
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a couple of those Pineapple upside down swirly roll thingies and lots of dark roast coffee to wash it down with. Thank you Ma'am.
So we ended up in Hahwareya I guess. Nice morning swim to get here too... Actually all I could see outside this morning when I got up was white! Couldn't see the tree 50' away from the window.....It has since cleared up a bit, but we seem to be in a Lake Effect band today. Got up a few minutes early to check on Blackie.
Speaking of my cats... Blackie doesn't like the chicken flavored Pill Pockets and won't eat one even without a pill hidden in it. Manét ate the one I tried to give to Blackie as soon as I put it down on the floor. I will see if the vet has any of the salmon flavor ones and try that with Blackie. I had to stick my finger with the pill half way down Blackie's throat yesterday and this morning, but he did swallow it (after several tries). Since the pill bottle says to give with food, I offered him some of his new food which both of them love, from my hand. He eagerly ate it right up and then hobbled out to the kitchen to ask for more. So both cats got some food early today.
Ulrich, my prayers for your dad, but most of all for you and Petra during this time. I know you know that you have done you very best for them! To everything there is a season..... Peace, my friend.
Barry, take care of yourself with the cold! There is some nasty stuff going around so don't hesitate to seek medical help.... Ah, I'm preaching to the choir again! My sister brought a cold home with her from Ghana....
Rob, thanks for the cat food suggestion. I will look into it but would not get anything new for the boys without the vet saying it would be right for them.
So who are these birds, ah, did he say he has Ravens around that Karl is crowing about? Huh? oh! Stupid Bowl Sunday this week... I see. Nope, will probably not be anywhere were I will be subjected to the Idiot Box at that time. Sounds like a great time to do some model railroading though. My son won't even get a chance to watch it live this year as he volunteered to get some overtime at work and go in the night shift. He will be w*rking 24 of the 48 hours this weekend he says. Hope the roads are good and he stays safe. He is getting too old to be doing these 16 hour days. So did the Bills make it this year? Didn't think so.....
Jeffrey, sending good thoughts your way. May today be bittersweet in your memories. Enjoy your family and friends!
Gee, I took so long to type this that the sun is trying to shine now... WOW!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
V8Vega Sunney 77 today, this is the warmest day of the week though. T March you must be computer knowlegable to have the little circle degree symbol in your post on page two. I think I have it written down somewhere how to do it but it would take me awhile to find it if I even have it. I don't remember seeing it before in the forums. Today I am BBQeing 18 1/2 lbs of chicken, I do this perodically, by the time I have it all put away, mostly I freeze it, and cleaned up the day will be over for me.
Sunney 77 today, this is the warmest day of the week though.
T March you must be computer knowlegable to have the little circle degree symbol in your post on page two. I think I have it written down somewhere how to do it but it would take me awhile to find it if I even have it. I don't remember seeing it before in the forums.
Today I am BBQeing 18 1/2 lbs of chicken, I do this perodically, by the time I have it all put away, mostly I freeze it, and cleaned up the day will be over for me.
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
We got a fair bit of snow last night here. Spent the morning shoveling snow. I will spend the rest of the weekend working on the layout and other model railroad projects before I start my new job next week. I have orientation on Monday and then start Wednesday night. I'm going to try to finish up some small model railroad things because I don't know how long it will take me to get used to a night shift as I have never done it before. Im looking forward to the Super Bowl also on Sunday.
Coffee refill please. Running on fumes here, trying to stay awake for evening critter rounds.
Have been in touch with the Beyer Garratt folks and they do not have the model in stock that I would want, so big sigh of relief here. That said, they expect a shipment sometime next month that will have one.
Hope everyone is doing well. Healing thoughts to all those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Well the memorial service for my mother went very well. There were a lot of old friends there to share their thoughts and memories. It was a very good turnout. My father had a lot to say, sharing 57 years of memories takes a while. I got a few photos to share also.The podium for the speakers:Her graduation picture from Troup High School, 1955. Yeh Tigers! She and my father met at the high school prom. It was being held in Jacksonville Texas at the Liberty Hotel ballroom. He was in the army then stationed at Camp Chaffee (now Fort Chaffee) Arkansas and was hitchhiking home to Austin Texas to see his parents. He stopped at the Liberty hotel for the night. He cleaned up and went to see what was happening in the ballroom. The entrance-way to the ballroom is where they met. They got married in December 1956.Her final resting place at the Veteran's Memorial cemetery. She's on a hilltop where she can keep an eye on things.*Now to introduce you to my great-nephew John. A 5 year old train nut. The kid is insane about trains! He's seen photos and videos of what I have so I'm his favorite person. I think I caught him in the middle of a dance step in this photo.
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
Afternoon guys
I messed with tmy 2 BLI C30-7s as of late. I installed Hi-tech details anticlimbers (notched to fit around the handrails) to them and painted the cut levers black with white ends. Unfortunately the green paint I used on the anti-climbers is coming off. I noticed they had different sideframes. One has outside high brake cylinders and the other has inside low brake cylinders. I'll have to call BLI and see if I can get one of them swapped to the low inside type. (Atlas U30Cs have the right sideframes, but they have circular mounting pins, BLI's is square.)
Ulrich, Sorry to hear about your dad. The 100 MPH gusts don't suprise me much. We had some close to that here yesterday.
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.
Evening All,
I started my coal mine project by clearing the area. Because of the awkward location I will have to build the mountain off layout then place it on it.
My friend was able to go home today and says he feels great.
Tomorrow morning I am meeting Phil for coffee.
Jeff- It looks and sounds like your family had a wonderful service for your Mother.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Jeff: Looks like it was very nice service for your mom. Im sure there were alot of good stories and fun times shared today. Thanks for sharing the pics
Well I just had for the first time in I think 5 or 6 years a mcdonalds hamburger and fries. Wasn't bad but wasn't great at the same time. I have been just looking through some old MR magazines. I enjoy every now and then grabbing a stack and thumbing through them.
Good Evening...AAAAACCCHHHHIIIIINNNSKIIIII!!!!!!....HONK!!!....
Welb...dow every part ov be is all sore....lovely....
Had a wonderful day today, actually, got a few things done on an extension to the layout and found a few tools I thought I lost for good...of course, after I bought new ones
I seem to be on the verge of the no taste area of the cold here...I can't smell anything so who knows
Jeff: Sounds like a good memorial service for her...
Ray: I already talked with my doc about this dang thing...hope something works out for your little ones
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/
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of hot decaf for me right now....
Jeffrey, glad the service and gathering for your mother went well for the whole family. Like I said, these things are at best a bittersweet time, but can be a lasting memory and reminder of the good times and good people! 57 years, that's a good long time for them to be together! May they all be blessed upon their paths!
Barry, and others thanks for the well wishes for my kitties. Tonight I finally got Blackie to eat one of the pill pockets! Took it, forced his mouth open like i was going to give him his pill, and held his head up so he couldn't spit it back out. He managed to spit it out two times anyway. Then he licked his chops. looked at me and ate it right out of my hand... so i went and got his medication, split the pill (it is large for a cat) in half and stuck it in two of the pill pockets. Guess what? He ate them right up and swallowed the pill(s). Hopefully he will now take his pills well for me. A lot easier and safer than sticking my finger in his mouth.
Barry, hope you will be now on the mend...
I had to run a bunch of errands this afternoon including, picking up the Art and Poetry at the local paper (they ran a full page spread for us tonight!), getting my allergy shot, and running back over to the vet place to pick up some canned food for Blackie. He actually appears to be feeling better already, but who knows. We will know in 3 weeks when they check his blood again. He has been walking around more and acted very hungry for a change. I also assembled the water tower and the "steel" frame for the roof of the power plant. Did some light weathering and it only lacks a ladder (which I still need to buy) to complete it. I will likely glue it to the roof and put the ladder on later. The last step will be to "gravel" the roof like the rest of the roofs on the building. Phot later, maybe...
Have some more stuff to do so I will see you later!
Evening Folks
Flo, boy Sweet Cocoanuts! I take a Beer Pleases.
Jeffery, thank you for sharing the photos. Good looking Mother, did she serve as well?
Work Front, theme today was Duck And Cover!
Seems Dave (area Supervisor) was in the our shop Thursday and ripped the Taylor (manager) a new one! We all heard the saying Poop Rolls Down Hill, want to guess who was at the bottom of the grade? Out of the 8.5 hours (not counting my lunch break) I was on my feet 8.3 hours of the time. Anytime Taylor thought I was thinking about sitting down, he told me to "Clean Something"! I at one point I asked "Any suggestions to what to clean?", his answer was "Everything"!
Now to be honest, the shop was not well kept the day I went there. I tried to do some extra cleaning, but no one else did and nothing was ever said, so I stopped. Shop all so did not have any real cleaning supplies, no dust mop, no floor cleaner, mop is broken (I still moped but it was half butt) and tile floor need to be scrubbed! After I mopped the show room floor, it looked the same?
Taylor was very short today and border line rude, but I took no offense. My feet our killing me tonight, first time in sometime. Got uses to sitting when there was not a customer in front of me.
Ulrich, best wishes for your family in there time of need and ill health.
See you all Saturday!
Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken Jeffery, thank you for sharing the photos. Good looking Mother, did she serve as well?
Thanks to all for the kind comments on the service today. It's appreciated. Well it's been a busy day for me and it's time to call it quits. See y'all tomorrow.
just filed my tax return, I'm gonna say I'm a little bit disappointed but money's money.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Cederstrand ***Bear, I could see 2 Pacific locos in that pic, kit-bashed and MU'd together of course. Rob
***Bear, I could see 2 Pacific locos in that pic, kit-bashed and MU'd together of course.
Rob
Rob, the New Zealand Railways did some kit-bashing in reverse, here's the result......
and a link if you're interested... http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov12_08Rail-t1-body-d22.html
OzJim "We are friendly neighbours, Oz and NZ get along well, after all we are the ANZACS. Fighting side by side for many a war under that banner."
While I agree totally with your sentiments James, you do realise that on the two occasions that we fought together under the ANZAC banner, both were military disasters for both Oz and NZ, Gallipoli 1915, Greece and Crete 1941. No disrespect to those who made the sacrifice. "Lest We Forget".
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."
ALOHA!!
Morning coffee and donuts...
GOOD MORNING!!! {Or I should say Aloha kakahiaka}
Today is Saturday. February 2nd, 2013 OR
Po ‘aono (poh ah-o-no), Pepeluali (pay-pay loo-ahlee ) 'elua, 2013
The prayer candles are lit for those in need
Have a great day
A hu'i hou kakou {Until we meet again }
Mahalo {thank you}
-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.
Be it known that this "YANK" from "up over" thanks all the ANZAC s and all you cousins for being our friends.
Flip
Morning gang!
Flo, what do you suggest? I'm gonna need something that really sticks to my ribs today, got traveling to do.
Country fried steak & eggs sounds good, yeah, and coffee in that RAVENS mug.
"On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again" (apologies to Willie Nelson) but it's gonna be one of them days. Gotta have JR to work by 9:30 in Westminster, then off to Timonium(train show), then to see Mom at the hospital, (howard County) then back to pick up JR at 4:00.
G, whats them words you are saying, sounds like a cat with a hairball?
Karl
NCE über alles!
Morning Folks
Flo, Coffee to go pleases!
Well, off to work again. Today will be a short day, I get off at 2:00 PM. Going to see if I can get off at 1:30 by not taking a lunch break, after 5.5 hours we have to take a lunch.
Right foot (infected toe foot) and ankle is still hurting some. Yesterday was a rough one.
See you this afternoon.
Mornin...
CCOLD and snowy again today...16F for a high here....
After using some of Mattie's HOT chili and sweating under some quilts last night I seem to have 'burned' mot of the creeping crud out.....good thing too...
Slow day today...need it for resting 'dem ol' bones'....Ken: you hear me?!?!?!? Rest dem ol bones!!!!
Good morning. It's 48° with 81% humidity. It'll be cloudy with a high of 70°.No particular plans for today, just general cleanup on the layout. Staying ahead of clutter is a never-ending job and I seem to be losing all the time.First order of business is to get breakfast taken care of. My blood sugar reading was 78, low for me. At that level it's somewhat difficult to concentrate.
Ah ha... Morant's Curve on the CP main line just west of Banff AB Canada. The line follows to Bow river valley all the way from Calgary AB on the edge of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to Lake Louise then over the great divide and down through the famous Spiral Tunnels to Field. Field is small railroad community. Crew changes take place in Field. West from Field, the tracks follow the Kicking Horse river as far as Golden BC. Golden is a major divisional point. From Golden the tracks follow the Columbia river west till the rails leave the River and climb high over the Rogers Pass or rather under the Rogers Pass via two massive tunnels.
Yup, I've done a lot of research on that line over the years.
Any hoo, nice warm day here, Currently 32F high of 36F and cloudy. Another one of those Chinooks you hear me talk about They make life here in Alberta bearable in the winter time.
Let's see, Saturday... I have to block off a 6 ft by 3 ft window in the railway room because it will really spoil the continuity of the backdrop in that area, particularly since it's where one of my towns will be. So, I'm going to cover the glass side from the inside with white chloroplast, seal around the edges with caulking. After that, I'll put in 6 inches of fibreglass insulation and install the Masonite back drop as an insert into the opening. That will take care of the window and the cold conduction from the window which keeps the room on the cool side during those -35 F cold snaps we get in the winter.
That should take care of the day.
Cheers to all.
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup. Huh? Yes the real stuff imported from the north east US or Canada, please. Oh and lots of dark roast coffee to wake me up today.
Just waiting for the President of the MLK Committee to show up and sign a bunch of checks this morning so I can get some bills paid for them. I checked to see if Toyota Credit had made the transfer of funds to make the monthly payment on the PIP. They haven't, but it is likely due to the weekend so I will check first thing on Monday. This would be the first electronic payment so I want to make sure it has gone through. If it doesn't I'll have to contact them to get a payment extension to send a check.
Barry sounds a bit better this morning. Hot chili seems to be a good stuffiness cure I think.
Jeffrey, after yesterday I think a day of rest would be good for you.
Ken, take care of those feet! I hope you are still looking for a better job...
Thought I would show you folks what I have completed on the water tower:
Felt good to have some time to do some hobby stuff!
My kitties are laying on the dinning room floor grooming each other at the moment. Blackie took his pills with no problem this morning. Wasn't walking very good when he came out from the couch in the living room. At least he can still get up on the couch to sleep... The hope is too prevent further loss of use of his back legs... I hope we can!
Catch you all later.
well
Hmm...near the bottom of the page, can't have that!
have a migraine., so MOH did the dishes for me so I didn't have to stand in front of the window in bright light.
Bed rest mostly for me too..sounds like I have compnay, or SHOULD have company?
More ALOHA railroads? Well:
There There is a single book, Railroads of Hawaii: Narrow and standard gauge common carriers by Gerald M Best (1978), which is now out of print, rare and expensive. at $500+ at Amazon.com, I won't be buying it soon!
Take it easy,gentlemen. Have a good day.
Well once again my plans got hijacked for family priorities. Breakfast at the Waffle House with the family. The booths aren't big enough for seven so we took two booths. From there to Wal-Mart so my father could pick up some things for a family later today. Since I was ther I picked up some gauze pads and tape for what is supposed to be my right foot. Right now I'm on my old computer at my fathers place. The family barbeque isn't long off so it's better to remain where I am instead of going home and having to return in an hour. My most recent cable problem was fixed yesterday. The recent high winds had ripped the cable loose from the hook on the service pole so the cable was hanging low over the road where it comes across from the main pole. It was high enough for most vehicles to get under but if a high truck or RV had come through it would have gotten snagged. I called Suddenlink about it Thursday and they said it wouldn't be until Monday and I told them I didn't care what it took, I wanted it fixed by the end of the weekend. So they put it on an emergency ticket to be done as soon as possible. It was done yesterday. they had to change out that entire length of cable. I guess it was damaged. It had been up there a long time. I'm very satisfied with the work that was done.More from malfunction Junction later.
Howdy Aloha
Jeff .... Thanks for sharing some photos from the memorial. Prayers continue for your family. We call the Waffle House "The Awful House", but actually some of their food is not too bad except for the grease.
Galaxy .... I watched the video. Looks like the track is a bit rough for the Sugar Cane Train.
I'm still working on scenery for the layout. Also, I'm trying to kit bash a bus terminal at a location too small for one.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
good morning, grandpa is back from his month long camping trip, my Kato 4 car BN set came today as did some BLMA parts, gotta wait to put them on though. math homework or working on my three stall roundhouse, I think I'm gonna choose homework.
*reluctantly hands over card* I'm gonna go broke