Morn... Ah, I guess I'm too late to say that... Afternoon everyone!
The site has been flaky all morning and I couldn't get to the page to reply... Anyway it appears to be upo and running now, so I will have breakfast. Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with real maple syrup, a couple sausage patties, and lots of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug. Thank you Ma'am!
Jeffrey, I still miss my parents too. Especially my Dad. But time will heal and thoughts will be a good remembrance of your mom... Good thing to keep busy with other things for the moment.
Ulrich, my prayers for your family at this time!
Have stuff to get done... Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Lehigh Valley 2089 Good morning. Not feeling to great this morning, but I finally have work tonight. First night in quite a while. I've been saving up for a train show that's going to be in Scranton in early March. Will be looking for mostly Postwar Lionel, but if any N scale locos or freight cars catch my eye, they could end up as a part of my N scale roster. Modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna in N scale during 1963. Steam still rides the rails, but is counting down the days (yes, the end of steam is literally just days away in the layouts timeframe). The roster is dominated by diesel locomotives from the native BT&S and the parent railroad, Lehigh Valley.
Good morning.
Not feeling to great this morning, but I finally have work tonight. First night in quite a while. I've been saving up for a train show that's going to be in Scranton in early March. Will be looking for mostly Postwar Lionel, but if any N scale locos or freight cars catch my eye, they could end up as a part of my N scale roster.
Modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna in N scale during 1963. Steam still rides the rails, but is counting down the days (yes, the end of steam is literally just days away in the layouts timeframe). The roster is dominated by diesel locomotives from the native BT&S and the parent railroad, Lehigh Valley.
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
Extra strong Italian Roast coffee in a CLEAR LAKE LUMBER CO mug, please.
***Jeffrey, it has been about 20 years and I still miss my mom, it is only the intensity that fades, not the memories. I understand.
***Karl,that ad got to me, too. Especially the part about horses, having been there. Could have swapped farmer for rancher and would have had the same impact. Paul Harvey was great.
***Jake, nice layout!
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Well,
went to Physical Therapy {PT} for knee and hip. Did a few exercises and got a wonderful hip massage! feels better but will have to see how it is tomorrow..
Now to some laundry.
A few dishes.
Super bowl is only football I watch too. I was a skinny short runt in HS and didn't get in the way of the big burly footballers in HS who played for the school! SO, I never followed the game. We only watach the super bowl for commercials like Jeffrey said, and I went to bed shrotly after the dismal half-time show, as I had to get up early for 8 AM PT.
ULRICH- Sorry to hear about your father,
So, now for a nap and then to household chores.
later...
-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.
Good morning. It's 49° with 87% humidity. It'll be cloudy with a fair chance of rain. The high will be 68°.Nothing in particular planned for today. I might be able to get in some uninterrupted layout time today. Then again someday pigs will fly. Yesterday I had time to run a train around the layout a few times after I shut the computer down last night but not much else. By that time I was wiped. Looks like I have some older freight cars and bits and pieces headed my way. I'm also working on picking up a used loco or two. 70's and 80's era stuff. Looks like the projects will be picking up again. Good thing too. I need something to keep my mind off recent events. The more the better. Who am I trying to kid! It's just fantasy project work and I'm trying to bury myself and my feelings in it. I said good-bye to my mother a long time ago when she still knew who I was but it's still hard to take. I miss her so much.
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
Morning gang!
Flo, can I get a plain stack of pancakes, and some purple grape jelly to smear all over them, oh and coffee in a Ravens mug!
Oh the nutcases spilled out of the bars last night and into the streets, and the party continues tomorrow when the team comes home and they get paraded across Baltimore! Glad I don't have to go to B-more for anything!
Ulrich, sorry to hear about your Dad. prayers for peace
Jeffrey The VW commercial was especially funny, all it needed was that bus in the backround!
Speaking of commercials, this one got me. Not that I like Dodge trucks, but because of where I was raised. watch?v=sYJzSiPSN 0
Time to get stuff done, catch y'all later
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a couple Strawberry Pop Tarts please. No just cold thank you. No wait, I like Pop Tarts, but not as much as that Pineapple plate. I'll have that istead please. Hold the poi . Thanks
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38.
Great. Now you watch. Ray’s set that water tower on top of that pretty power plant and next thing you know, it’ll probably sift down making that thing dirty too. (siiigh)
Speaking of Ray, we Methodists seem to have assigned seating. Come in and someone is sitting in your spot, they get glared at. There also has been heard whispered to another (oh, they sat in so and so’s seat). New people are always welcomed at the Williamsville United Methodist Church with open arms and a bag of microwave popcorn (Thanks for popping in) and for a limited time until supplies are gone, a coffee mug with the Church’s picture on it (to help you wake up and remember where you’re supposed to go)……as long as you don’t sit in the Marshall’s spot. Hey, our family settled this tract of pew long ago.
Oh I have C-Nile virus. BOY do I have C-nile virus.
I could adjust I think to any shift I suppose. I prefer days naturally, but I could adjust. I know some people who actually prefer midnights. But the one I wouldn’t want, would hate actually, would be swing shift. The mine does that and so does the glass factory in Lincoln. One week days, then days off (your weekend if you will). Then next week afternoons, then days off, then midnights, then days off. Then days again….. Don’t see how they do it.
Vincent- In the picture the tape looks fine. In real life though I would think the thickness of the tape would be a distraction. Don’t know. Maybe not. But like I said, in the picture it locks fine.
Ulrich- Be careful on the trip……prayers for you and your family continue.
Didn’t get to the trainroom yesterday. Started to, but between Ziva and well...., shear laziness, I didn’t make it. Last week I think I did nothing at all for the good of anything. Hope I don’t do that this week. I have things to do! I did go uptown to watch cartoons last night, a weekly ritual , and that’s when I remembered the Super Bowl was on. Got ther the last 15 minues of the great power outage break. I said….what, they play in the driving rain, blinding snow, slop through slippery mud, but when a few lights go out they can’t play? I mean it was still as light a s a cloudy day there, maybe brighter. They said something about the radios or something not w88king so the coaches can’t talk to the players. I said I bet Terry Bradshaw and Roger Staubach worried about that. But all in all I gotta say what I saw was not too bad I suppose. A couple commercials got a chuckle from me.
Welp, off to the Church……then we'll see.
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.
Jeff: Sounds like you had a good time then.
Well I just called the fella I have to meet for the orientation today to see If I would have to bring a lunch. He said that I would be done around noon. So I guess I have to get ready to go soon as it starts at 10am and then after I might go to the hobby shop.
be back later this afternoon.
JeremyBJeff: You went to your Dad's to watch the game? I didn't think you liked football?
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Jeff: You went to your Dad's to watch the game? I didn't think you liked football?
Ulrich : Sorry to hear about your Dad
Thanks for the tips Thayne and J.R. I hope I can adjust to it okay. I guess I will soon see. I have Orientation today at 10:00am, I don't think it will be more then a few hours. He said I didn't have to bring my work shoes so I can imagine it might be to just fill out some paperwork and such, I might give him a call quick before I go just to make sure because if it does run long I might need to bring a lunch. After that I'm going to the hobby shop about 30 minutes from here. I'm looking at a scrap steel load for my scrap yard. I just don't have enough junk parts or sprues to put together a convincing pile.
Good Morning All,
24F and intermittent snow showers today. Couldn't sleep, hacking and coughing maybe coming down wid eh code?
Jeremy - I used to stand watch in the Navy and the mid watch was toughest. When I got out the only job I could get was factory w..k on - you guessed it - the graveyard shift. Once I adjusted to the schedule again, I kept to it even on the weekends though I did weasel around it for social events, etc. It was ok until i found a mechanic job days.
I used to solder all this piano wire together when I built slot cars, don't know why I'm having so much agita with it but I'll try different solder and flux tonight and see.....
Ulrich - sorry to hear your Dad's going downhill. You and your family remain in our prayers.
Watched most of the game last night on and off. Actually very exciting though I don't much care for either team and therefore didn't care who won.
Time to get going to w..k I'll catch y'all later. J.R.
Good Morning!
Jake!
Alarming news about my dad. He seems to be getting ready for his final journey. He is hardly awake, and if he is, he is not able to speak. I am getting ready for my trip up north. Called my mom´s neighbors and they are with my mom right now. Guess I will be out for some time.
Blessings to all!
Monring...Kona Coffee with friends in the diner...
ALOHA!
Today is Monday, February 4th, 2013
Pineapple breakfast plate for all!!!
The prayer candles are lit for those in need...
Make it a GREAT day!!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Monday, February 4, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Chamomile tea, please.
***J.R., thanks for the info!
***Garry, I do have one of those BLI T1 versions on order. Suppose I need to make more time for work in the Train Room so it will have a place to roam.
Sounds like those Garratt models require a minimum of 20" radius.
Good Night Y'all.
Rob
Well it's that time again. I gotta call it a night. It's been a busy day here and I'm wiped out. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me right now. Ah, What's going on here? Seems like half the diners are jumping up and down with huge grins on their faces and the other half are on the verge of tears.... Huh? Oh the Stupid Bowl is over! Did the Bills win? What the Ravins...? Nevermore!
Jake! I'm sure Galaxy will explain the simple rules of etiquette and how to keep Cousin Vinnie happy.
Went to dinner at an excellent Italian restaurant over in Waterloo with the family tonight. We were celebrating my son's MIL's 65th. birthday. After dinner we went back to my son's house for cake and ice cream. When we got there the Stupor Bowl had just started. I watched a bit of it until my son had to go to w*rk (he got home from w*rk round 8:30AM this morning), and uncle Ben decided he needed to leave as well. The ladies then changed the channel and put on Nick for the kids and found the Fresh Beat Band Pizza fiasco to watch... I decided that was far worse than even the Supper Bowl, so I came back home where I don't have TV as a welcome relief!
Gave Blackie his evening meds a while ago. He appears to doing about the same, but did eat a lot of food after I gave him the pills. He then layed down on the carpet in the dining room and groomed himself. First time I have seen him do that in a week or so. I'll take it as a sign he may at least be feeling better?
About time to call it a night I think. Prayers for all in need...
Heartland Division CB&QJeff . Your family had so much food. Do you still have leftovers.
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Well, SF gave it a valiant try in the second half but lost by three points. 34-31 Ravens! Where were you when the lights went out?
I don't get local channels here so I went to my fathers place to watch the game there. My younger sisters other half wasn't happy. He was rooting for the 49ers.
Jake .... It's a pleasure seeing you in the DIner. Everybody is welcome! .... Feel free to tell about your model railroading. I like the steam locomotive in you avatar. ..... My layout is a fictional division of the old Burlington Route. I aim for 1962, but the era varies from mid-1940's to mid-1960's.
Jeff . Your family had so much food. Do you still have leftovers.
JR ... Sounds like a challenge with the wire. Sorry, I have no suggestions.
Vincent .... I bet you did a great job installing the anti-climbers, but it's hard to see in the photo.
Rob .... I did have a Bowser Pennsy T-1, but sold it.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey, decided to come to the diner to see what it is about.
Ravens better get their act together, 49er's catching up fast. As far as Eagles making it to the Super Bowl, I'm not getting my hopes up.
My prediction, the Steelers are definitely not winning this one. Never putting money on the Mets.
Getting late, better go to bed, though I won't be sleeping for a litlle bit yet.
Good Evening All,
Jeff - glad your Moms' service and the subsequent get togethers have gone well. It's always a stressful time.
Ulrich - I'm happy you got through those severe winds unscathed. We had gusts of 70 here during "Sandy" and everything not nailed down moved.
Just wandering through for a minute. Catching up on posts and all. Not much interest in "the game" since the Giants are not coming thriough with another spectacular victory..
Rob - the tanker between the engines is almost certainly for water. You can see the coal piled high in both tenders. When first introduced in Africa I think most of the Garretts used wood to fire and the proportions of the tenders would have been correct. With conversion to coal the water tenders would have been too small and so an auxilliary tender in the form of a tank car.
Bear and Jim - the gallantry and courage of the Anzac troops is unquestioned. I was inpressed by the number of monuments in both countries. My dad served initially in northern Austrailia before shipping out north to hop islands before being shot down off the coast of the Phillipines. He was part of a force with the ancronym ANZUS before ending up with the 5th bomb group 13th Air Force (think I have that right). I remember sitting with Aussie troops around Viet Nam time. I love the back and forth between the two countries but know if the chips are down you all have each others backs. And yes the accents are distinctly different. Sort of like North Carolina and Texas y'all.
Spent a couple of hours on the layout putting in the actuating rods for the turnouts. I am having one issue where the music wire needs lengthing. No matter what I try I can't get a good join on the .047" wire. I have some .047" i.d. tube to join them but solder won't stick and CA is ineffective. Any ideas? FWIW I'm trying to use rosin core with electric solder. I have access to everything else under the sun - braze, t.i.g.welding, crimping, etc. Can I use plumbing solder and acid flux? Just need to find what will stick.
Catch y'all later, J.R.
I don't know the age of your boxcar but I do remember the '72 Dolphins were the ONLY UNDEFEATED team and STILL the only undefeated team .
Phil
Evening guys. I'm pretty wore out right now. I just pulled a 12 hour shift tyesterday followed by a 10 hour shift today... No breaks either way, but at least tomorrow is a normal shift.
I did play with trains friday though. I installed anticlimbers to my pair of BLI C30-7s. I notched the rear of the anticlimbers to go around the handrails. The only issue is the green I sprayed the anti-climber with didn't stick too well. It'll recieve touch up soon.
I still need to add beacons, antennae, plate over the class lights, and find a correct set of sideframes for one of the units. For some reason, BLI put different sideframes on the C30-7 depending on which cab it had. 4 windows had ones with outside brake cylinders, 2 with inside. The BN ones have inside ones.
I also experimented with automotive striping tape on some MDC thrall gons.
I figured doing this would be easier than masking off all but one end and painting it white (and of course adding decals. Everytime I've masked a factory-painted MDC car, the lettering has came off. The tape is about the right width to represent the stirpe used to mark the rotary end on similar cars. I haven't found a photo of an Thrall Gondola with the stripe (much less a picture of the thrall gons dated from the 70s or 80s)
Do you guys think I should just paint the rotary end white (I could touch up the lettering and such), or keep on with the tape?
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.
that's a long time ago, I wonder how old this boxcar is?
Well
It is about 1:30 pm HST and 78 Degrees F or 26 Degrees C in Wahiawa, on Oahu ! Nice, Warm and Balmy... perfect day to mosey on down to Waikiki beach and surf a wave or two...darn tourists...have to park in one of them Vertical Parking lots in Honolulu/Waikiki.... naw, lets go to Sunset Beach on the North shore...instead
That C-Nile Virus...I was born some shade or two after 1956 like Jeffrey, but like any virus..IT SPREADS...Adapts...and changes...and grows...as I HAVE IT TOO...I think? now what was I talking about?
As for the "super" bowl...I predict ......the NY Mets will win!!!
Eh? whats that? wrong game? Oh...then the NY GIANTS will win!
Darn it now where did I put my parasol?
And my straw hat?
Where's the suntan lotion?
OOPS! forgot to put on my bathing suit!
LATER EDIT: Looks like I got tops...so Pineapple floats, shave Ice and chocolate macadamia nut clusters for everyone!
Jeremy,
I have worked graveyards since 1994 and I have never gotten use to it. What I try to do is make sure I get at least 6-8 hours of sleep. I start at 11:30pm on Sunday and usually get back home Before noon. It is tough. You miss things like Sunday dinner and the Superbowl But my bills are paid and my wife and I enjoy a pretty nice life. I am very thankful to have my job and to work for a great company. One more thing, some of the guy's I work with keep the same sleep/awake schedule even on their days off instead of throwing their body,s back and forth on the weekend if that makes sense.
Good Luck to you.
Thayne
Burlington Northern #24my dolphins may never see the superbowl then again I'm only 18 got a long way to go.
Anybody remember the Heidi Bowl? Poor NBC sure got their clock cleaned on that one! The Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns in the final minute to win the game. Problem was a lot of people didn't see that! The game ran long (scheduled slot was three hours). At the end of that three hours (New York Jets were winning). NBC executives had ordered that Heidi start on time. As 7 pm approached, many members of the public called NBC with questions about the schedule, or to complain, jamming NBC's switchboards. As NBC executives were trying to call the same switchboards to implement their decision, the change could not be communicated (the switchboards overloaded and shut down), and Heidi began as scheduled. The movie pre-empted the final moments of the game in the eastern half of the country and viewers were outraged because they missed two Oakland touchdowns that turned the game around. NBC didn't hear the end of that for MANY years.
Evening All,
Waiting for supper (pork chops). I weathered my 2 new box cars and cut the carboard strips I need for my next project. Now I am waiting on the conveyor belt and rock faces before making the carboard lattice. Other than that I have been watching Ziva for several hours.
I go back to w**k tomorrow so I will talk to you all Wednesday night.
GO GATORS
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/
BroadwayLion LION SUPPER BOWL PREDECTION Chilli, Pizza, Beer, Pop Corn, and Chips with Dip. Should be able to find plenty of dips around here, eh? Anyway... The football game: The VIKINGS CANNOT POSSIBLY WIN! ROAR
LION SUPPER BOWL PREDECTION
Chilli, Pizza, Beer, Pop Corn, and Chips with Dip.
Should be able to find plenty of dips around here, eh?
Anyway... The football game:
The VIKINGS CANNOT POSSIBLY WIN!
ROAR
my dolphins may never see the superbowl then again I'm only 18 got a long way to go. I know for sure that my San Jose sharks will be taking the stanley!!!