Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning Coffee in the diner with friends...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, March 16th, 2013!!
Spring is getting CLOSER..
The prayer candles will be lit at 8AM for those in need.
MAKE it A GREAT DAY!!
-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.
Thankyou Mr. G.
Prayers and Blessings to all.
Phil
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, where would I find a 1K resistor? Radio shack perhaps?
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 Morning
"Into each day a bit of snow must fall"...or so it seems around here...yep...another dull snowdribbly day for us'uns here..high....30F...
Got my order picked up yesterday...a couple of warehouse kits and some covered hoppers ....like I need more of them...
Since I also went and picked up more groceries today and tomorrow will be my trainroom days....hope...hope....hope...
Have a good'un!!!
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/
Good morning. It's 55° with 100% humidity. The high will be 78°.Today I intend to get some cleaning up down on the layout. Some freight cars that have been converted to Kadee's must be put away so they're not taking up space on the layout. There's also some things that have to be prepped for sending out.
Morning
Flo Diet Dew to go.
Yea, it is that time all ready, W@@K.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and…..peach pie please. Thanks.
Ray- If I had one of those cars, I would be doing the same thing. I remember when I got my first car that read out the fuel mileage. Played with that thing for the longest time.
Today……ummmmm. Today I’m gon…….nuh….. hm. Welp, don’t know what I’m gonna do, It'll morn-likely involve the grocery store, eating out, and some odds and ends. Hopefully this will be a MR weekend as well.
Highs today about 49….ish. Ohhhh, let’s just say 50. I mean it sounds better and really, do you think you could tell one degree if you didn’t have a thermometer? I think not. I guess it sounds good for the weather guessers to pretend they can predict the weather to within 1 degree. I know I’m impressed I love it when the forecast sounds like this….(ahem) “Well the high today will only be 49, getting down to 34 tonight. Tomorrow we’re going to cool off a little bit with the high of only 47 maaaaaybe 48, but Monday we’ll break that 50 mark with a high of 51! Ah Spring like temperatures are coming at last folks.”
Who says we don’t fall for Gypsy fortune tellers anymore.
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.
Italian Roast coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Jeffrey, next time I'm in the BIG town will definitely pick some up. Question, since I prefer not to solder (terrible at it), would adding a second section of feeder track to the program track and then just attaching the ends of the resistors to the two connecting screws work OK?
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a nice bikg bowl of hot oatmeal with brown sugar and lots of dark roast coffee for my R&GV RR mug.
TMarshRay- If I had one of those cars, I would be doing the same thing. I remember when I got my first car that read out the fuel mileage. Played with that thing for the longest time.
It is fun too! I forget who mentioned that I had a new toy yesterday... Absolutely! Today I plan to steal some electricity from the Boy Scout Camp when I go out there (at least 25¢ worth...). I will ask the ranger before I plug in though.
Have a meeting this afternoon about the old sound system out at Boy Scout Camp. Would be nice to get an upgrade for the speakers on the roof and a couple things on the inside if possible.
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!
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, next time I'm in the BIG town will definitely pick some up. Question, since I prefer not to solder (terrible at it), would adding a second section of feeder track to the program track and then just attaching the ends of the resistors to the two connecting screws work OK?
Hey guys, I was playing microsoft train sim. last night. I was running an unusual train, a BN covered wagon and an SD40-2. well I got stuck, I'm uploading the video right now. let's just say autoracks aren't my friend.
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
Afternoon All,
Sitting here at home by myself. MOH is in Lakeland at a quilt show and my son is at the county convention center for Mega-Con. Shortly I will go to the train club. I go back to w**k tomorrow. It is supposed to be 84 F by Tuesday. This week I am also w**king on Thursday for a time trade someone asked me to do.
Here is a picture of me with Robert Hight (Funny Car driver)
Hope everyone has a good day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
You too Curt!
well the crew of BN #738 is gonna have some explaining to do, unfortunately they are out side of Essex and pretty far away from help. watch?v=i9fNmG28Tsg
Well I went to the train club and I think today murphy had it out for me...
So maybe next weekend when I'm in Pensacola I can swing my the West Florida Train museum. They have a lot of detail parts, so they may have some Leslie-3 chimes (RS-3L) and firecracker antennaes.
Gary, I was painting on top of black plastic. I did several light coats. It's lighter than everything else I've seen...
Ken, good to see it's working now. Those old P2K can run really well. Now what about the SD9?
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.
Packer Well I went to the train club and I think today murphy had it out for me... Turns out between Tuesday and today, someone took the horns off of 2 of my units I keep at the club. The holes are still there, so they didn't break off. Also the wind deflectors on one of my engines was smashed in. Lucky it's metal so I was able to fix it. All my modified BB 85' flats decided to be a PITA, looks like I need to use a narrower truck than the athearn to clear the sill. I think the ones they used on newer cars or the MDC ones would work well. My walther's 89' channel side was also a PITA, needs 28" wheels to lower the coupler height as it seems to have warped. My GP15-1s headlights are acting up. One was abnormally bright, the other dim, and the gyralight is dim... The abnormally bright one burnt out... Luckily I figured how to the the shell off of the thing... So maybe next weekend when I'm in Pensacola I can swing my the West Florida Train museum. They have a lot of detail parts, so they may have some Leslie-3 chimes (RS-3L) and firecracker antennaes. Gary, I was painting on top of black plastic. I did several light coats. It's lighter than everything else I've seen... Ken, good to see it's working now. Those old P2K can run really well. Now what about the SD9?
PackerTurns out between Tuesday and today, someone took the horns off of 2 of my units I keep at the club. The holes are still there, so they didn't break off. Also the wind deflectors on one of my engines was smashed in. Lucky it's metal so I was able to fix it.
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I worked on the FP7 some more and found why it was buzzing like the barbers clippers. There's a plastic piece that fits on top of the chassis. It covers the motor, flywheel and shafts and is also handy for laying the wires and decoder on. The front drive shaft U-joint was just touching this piece and that was causing the buzzing sound. I cut a small piece out of the plastic cover so the U-joint was free and clear. This thirty-plus year old Atlas/Roco FP7 now runs as smooth and quiet as my new E-R Models FP7. Murphy has been sent begging once again.
Howdy ..... Just checking in. Returned from Cincinnati about midnight last night.
Son and Daughter-in-law in Cincy spent big bucks getting a five foot high fence installed to keep their giant dog confined in the back yard. Guess what. Giant Dog goes over the five foot fence with ease. He's some dog.
Still haven't read everybody's posts. I'll catch up later.
Cheers!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
GARRY, But it would keep my miniature Dachshund contained height wise, but the little bugger would probably go under it. Lol. What kind of a dog is in Cinnci?
Must go outside right now and shovel out the deck and dog pen although I don't know why ??? We are expecting another 15-16cms tonight, for you Yanks that is another 6-7 inches of that white stuff. This will set a record for us in all recorded time for snow depth in one season. Everyone is praying that we have a real drawn out spring, because if we don't there will be major flooding again this year, worse than 2011. I hope our friends in Minot ND. and Winnipeg are prepared for it. There will be a lot of land that the farmers probably won't get on this year as some land from 2011 is still soggy to the point you can boat on it.
Anyone heard from Ulrich ? Sure hope no news is good news.
I see Fergie on some of the other threads, but he hasn't visited the Ol" Diner in a very long time.
Good to hear that Ray is driving for free !!! Just how much did that Prius cost him ?? He could have just put an electric motor in his old Dakota and bought a long extension cord and ran it off the solar panels. Just joshing Ray. Hope you have good luck with it.
Will check back later. Prayers and blessings to all in need. There is sure a bunch of us in that area.
Johnboy out...................................shovel >>>>shovel >>>>> shovel Maybe some RR. time if the shovel breaks.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Vincent: Check your PM's.
Looks like evening chow down is on me, again.... Eat up, it's on me
Howdy all, a dull sn*wing cold bla day here in "Sunny Alberta". What happened today...
Furniture delivery this AM, 9 AM sharp, 3 of 4 dining room chairs arrived - 4th one had to be re-orderd because 4th one was damaged. They set up the new table, wife looked at it and it was damaged as well. Now it has to be re-orded as well It's no wonder this stuff costs an arm and a leg if they have to supply two of everything to get one good set.. Sheesh. What a way to start the day.
Spent most of the rest of the day in the RR room, getting a variety of things worked on. Seems my attention span is short so I work a little here and a little there.
Here is an attempt to make a short video. Nothing special just a little different for me
http://youtu.be/xE0cPQ4XrZY
Not too much of the Green Beer tomorrow eh.
Warm thought to all in need
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Howdy
Johnboy .... The Giant Dog is a mixed breed. Part Great Dane where he gets his size and part Pit Bull where he gets his muscular build. The fence is a 5' wood privacy fence. He jumps up and hooks his front paws on the top. then he just pulls up an over. It takes only a couple of seconds. ..... They acquired the dog from a Humane Society rescue center. They got him after a very bad experience. One afternoon, our daugher-in-law came home with our 2 granddaughters. There was an intruder in the house. It was a nightmare for them. Police came and took care of things. Now they have the big dog, one regular size dog, and an alarm system. The Big Dog has mostly black fur and is very protective.
Cdn Dennis ..... Sounds like a real adventure with furniture. Stuff like that makes us wonder.
If you are interested in how I made this tunnel liner, I explained it in the tunnel liner thred currently in the Forum.
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer's!
I wonder how much Old Man Harris from Pawn Stars would give me for all my train stuff? Personally I think Chochowillie (Dennis) is the guy from Pawn Stars.
PackerWell I went to the train club and I think today Murphy had it out for me
No Vince's my friend he is camped at my house again!
Hard day at work today and looked forward to some train time, not going to happen!
1 Lost control of my Monon B unit, stuck at lighting speed. Try resetting the decoder, no go. So I got out a new Digitrax DH 123 that I bought for the new engines. Load the save program of CV's with decoder pro. Speed match was no where close? Looked at the messed up decoder, it is a NCE. Funny decoder pro can read the CV's but not change or reset the decoder.
2 OK, one PK F3A can pull this train, but they look funny to be with out a B unit. Got a dummy and threw on the matching B unit shell. The Dummy derailed on every turnout it hit? But, tracks just fine on the A line?
3 OK, I will just run the A unit! Nope, it is not going to happen! Seems I may have lost power pick up from the rear truck. When the F3 hit's one spot on the layout it stalls. Guess the B unit was pushing it though so there was no stall.
4 OK, I will use the MRC Santa Fe F7's! Hum, not happening? For some reason they started picking like Roy Clark! I am trying to run the above trains on my K-10 Mining loop that is also my test track lop. They ran just fine there when I was speed matching them?
5 OK lets get the A line running! Want to take a guess? Yep the PK GP 20 is back to it evil tricks and won't move! The Bachmann GP 30 cannot drag the freight by it self and I am to tired to mess with it now!
Well the B line is up and running, so that is something! Funny last night I sat in the layout (It is G shaped) for a hour and enjoyed my little Empire! Tonight?
Vince's I way things are going tonight, no way am I touching the SD 9! Besides one of the thing I hated about my SD 7 was the poor headlights! So I am going to install a LED before I run it. Weren't you going to do that for me? No big deal at this point, simple to do. By the way I have a box to ship the grab irons in and will ship on my next day off.
Later Folks, got to beat some engines.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just my decaf please...
Been a busy day, but a good one. Drove out to the Boy Scout camp where I met with the director of the Rotary Handicapped Camp about the sound system and we agreed on what was the most likely thing to do first and how to start the ball rolling to accomplish it. I will be setting up a visit from a company I recommended to get a recommendation for new outside speakers. Another Scout Volunteer will be contacted about finally getting communications in some if not all the campsites and program areas.
By the time I got back home I was chilled to the bone, so I lit the wood stove.... Got some more scenery done this evening too.
Got an email from my son in Chicago telling all about the Presidents visit to Argonne National Labs yesterday. He and his team worked 10 days straight 10 to 12 hours a day to get everything ready for the visit. He said he was "honored to be asked to attend the President's private tour of the Center for Transportation Facility, leading the press pool. When we got the signal, we were allowed to enter the facility and there the President was, about 10 feet from me, speaking with our researchers........ " He said he was only manhandled once by a very scary looking Secret Service agent (for standing in the wrong place); she was quite strong! My son Matt spent about an hour talking to the press as the spokesman for the National Lab right after the tour.
He said the best part of the day was after the Presidents address, he and 3 colleagues who worked on the event were pulled into a room, presumably to talk about taking down the stage, getting the media back on the tour buses, etc. They waited a few minutes, when suddenly President Obama walked in! He came by to thank them for their efforts and to shake their hands. They posed for a photo, then he departed in his motorcade, back to the Helicopter, and to Air Force One. Matt was blown away by the fact he took the time to meet with him and the others! He is exhausted but proud!
Needless to say His Dad is proud of him!
OK, sorry for bragging...
Anyone heard anything from Ulrich? Do hope he is OK!
Prayers for all!
Good Evening, Flo - I'll have a go cup of hot chocolate, please. Thank you!
Wanted to show myself in the Diner and see what's new (or more accurately, a fraction of what is) with y'all. (Hey, I live in the SOUTHeast part of my state, right?) Also to let the bloodhounds get a little rest, since they won't have to go out hunting for me...
Earlier this evening, I was reading the 'obnoxious punny names for industries' topic. Definitely got some ideas for a few of my industries. (Including some that a few Diners posted in the topic)
Alberta Dennis (Choochoowillie) - a really nice first train video (I'll have something to shoot for, once I get further along on my layout - & cleanup of surrounding area)!
Todd - gypsy fortune tellers, indeed! [(-D) Loved that one! And yeah, I had sorta a 'whatever' Saturdays today too. Laundry, came home, was thinking about getting by the post office to check mail, but then saw that it was about 12:30 p.m. (our P.O. closes at noon on Sat., natch), decided to fix lunch, then frittered away some time, was going to go to a wild game feast at a friend's church not far from here, took a nap and set an alarm on my mobile device (and proceeded to sleep through THAT...), woke up, fixed dinner, ran by the grocery store (my local one is only a handful of blocks away) & picked up a few assorted munchies (peanut butter, raisins, almonds, milk) that I was either out of (or close to), got looking at some train plans on the MR website, and moseyed on over here. Reallllly productive, eh?
Actually, my not going to that wild game feast was likely a good (for me) thing. Last night (Friday), our church had their men's event, with 16 oz. pork steak, baked potato, green beans, and all the cupcakes you could eat (the last there, provided by the ladies of the church). Speaker was Keith Tower (formerly played in the NBA with Shaq on the Magic, then played for the Clippers and the Bucks), who had some funny tales of his being given the task (first day of drills for the Magic) of stopping Shaq from making a goal (Tower is about 7'...). But back to why it was a good thing - after the whopping big meal Friday night, I probably would've pigged out if I'd gone to the wild game feast at the friend's church. (Can you say Bloat City? )
"Loco love," eh Ken? I'm hoping that your w**k day you described (customers there, you there, & Tyler in a good mood) means you got some sales! And NOT having to fiddle with that GP-20 sounds great.
Got the MRP 2013 issue (digital, the print one is still on the way), and it's pretty good. Seems like not as many layout designs in this issue, compared to previous years' ones. But worth the price.
Barry, I hear you about having covered hoppers..coming out of some (unspecified) orifice... I was trying to sell off some PS-2 (2893) 3-bay covered hoppers several months ago, but didn't find any takers, so I'm waiting for spring to have another go at selling them off. (Western RR's - D&RGW, ATSF, SP (I think). I decided that they were pretty late into the era I model, and figured if I could sell them off, I could get some more 2-bay (2003 cu. ft.) ones instead. Ah, well. Now boxcars, I likely have most of what I need (and then a few), except for some of the bigger Eastern RR's that might have been more likely to show up in the Western states (PRR, NYC, few others).
Sounds like our NOTB (Canadian) friends have been getting a bunch of the white, fluffy stuff. Our local 'gypsy fortune-tellers' (as Todd described 'em) are saying that the Illinois counties to our north (and maybe also, say: Todd, Ken, Jerry, Inch, & others) may get a bit of THAT tomorrow morning, while my area & Garry in Kentucky just get colder weather. And I'm sure that Chris in Iowa is getting (he already has, from an email he sent last week or earlier) his share of the wintry delight!
That's about all the (non-news) I have to share for tonight, so I'll mosey on home. I hope to maybe make a lineup of some structures I have been putzing around with and (even moreso maybe..) post a photo or two tomorrow afternoon.
Prayers will continue for those Diners who are MIA (Ulrich?...), in need of healing, comfort, jobs/income (Galaxy & YOH), sleep and other (unnamed) needs.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Well today was somewhat of a busy day for me. This morning I got about a dozen freight cars put away, boxed up three locos, two loco shells and two 1/87 vehicles for shipment. About 10am I went to town to deliver my fathers tax paperwork to the AARP volunteers. As usual he didn't check ahead to make sure he had everything he needed so it was a wasted trip and a waste of my time and gas. I was NOT a happy camper. So I came back home and ripped into the primer gray Atlas FP7 to find out why it was buzzing like the barbers hair clippers. The solution was to simply cut out a piece of plastic a half inch square. I took away it's buzz as this short video will attest. It's the gray loco.Well that's it for me. Time to shut this mess down. See y'all tomorrow.
How about that! My post count is all 2's.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
jeffrey-wimberly Well today was somewhat of a busy day for me. This morning I got about a dozen freight cars put away, boxed up three locos, two loco shells and two 1/87 vehicles for shipment. About 10am I went to town to deliver my fathers tax paperwork to the AARP volunteers. As usual he didn't check ahead to make sure he had everything he needed so it was a wasted trip and a waste of my time and gas. I was NOT a happy camper. So I came back home and ripped into the primer gray Atlas FP7 to find out why it was buzzing like the barbers hair clippers. The solution was to simply cut out a piece of plastic a half inch square. I took away it's buzz as this short video will attest. It's the gray loco.Well that's it for me. Time to shut this mess down. See y'all tomorrow. How about that! My post count is all 2's.
Morning Coffee in the diner...
GOOD MORNING!!
Today is Sunday, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day!
EVERYONE is IRISH for today {we Irish SHARE our holiday!, yes, I am, of course, a wee bit o' the Irish in me!}
The prayer candles will be lit at 8 AM. For those in need.
MAKE IT A *GREEN* DAY of FUN, but DON'T be drinkin' to much the ol' Irish Green ales!
Good morning everyone. and top of the morning to you Flo, yes I know, I haven't been around lately.
for me, 2 eggs over easy with a side of scrapple YUM also a side of grits.
maybe someone mite be able to help me. I been changing out the trucks and the wheels, on some of my rolling stock. but the only thing is, with the trucks, I am using a nut and screw to hold them on.but if I tighten the screw, then the truck woun't turn to good.to loose and they just good all over the place, and derail. so how do I fix that ? the screw just seem, like it just looens up all the time.
Thanks for any ideals, on how I can fix is.
Ron