Hello, performing some work on my work caboose today, it's quite far along for just one morning. But then again, it didn't need a whole lot of cutting and gluing. It was mainly just some altering of parts.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Heartland Division CB&Q Goog morning! Fergie ..... Good to see you! How is the MESS? Todd ...... You'll be glad to know we had Asian food. We took the granddaughters to a very good restaurant in Murray which means we drove across Land Between the Lakes with them. Lots of deer on the way back. Almost hit some with the car. JohnBoy .... Here is my new Greyhound Scenic-cruiser ...... Hi Garry, Mine arrived about a week before yours did. Mine came out of California. Thats a great scene with the first and second section of that bus trip on the bridge. I'm here at work today, but now have the week-end off. Must go and do my closing rounds. Hope to get back in soon. Prayers and blessings to all in need. Still haven't found the tall German. Johnboy out.........................................
Goog morning!
Fergie ..... Good to see you! How is the MESS?
Todd ...... You'll be glad to know we had Asian food. We took the granddaughters to a very good restaurant in Murray which means we drove across Land Between the Lakes with them. Lots of deer on the way back. Almost hit some with the car.
JohnBoy .... Here is my new Greyhound Scenic-cruiser ......
Hi Garry,
Mine arrived about a week before yours did. Mine came out of California.
Thats a great scene with the first and second section of that bus trip on the bridge.
I'm here at work today, but now have the week-end off. Must go and do my closing rounds.
Hope to get back in soon.
Prayers and blessings to all in need.
Still haven't found the tall German.
Johnboy out.........................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Hi Fergie - Were you able to contact Teffy?
Thanks to all for your Prayers for Deb. Wednesday the stitches come out.
Wish all GOOD FRIDAY and HAPPY EASTER .
Prayers for all.
Flip
Good Evening...
We had a good day today...nothing but sunshine so it made it easier to get outside to clean up all the detritus from last fall/winter....billions and billions of thatch I tell ya!!!
Chloe...I'll have my favorite quadruplex burger slathered with mushroom sauce and suateed onions with the 5 lb tub of poutine and the 5 gallon keg o' RBF as well please..
...oh and THREE Strawberry Rhubarb PIES as well....
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good evening.
Pretty much done with the caboose except for cleaning, painting and adding decals. Will post pic of it ASAP. Will be working on the P-38J a little bit later to get to work on the Me 109 kit soon.
Evening All,
Just finished hot dogs for supper with fries (Nathan's of course) and now having my evening cup of coffee.
I feel like a slacker this week. Other than cleaning the house and grocery shopping I really have not done anything in the last 3 days.
I picked up a set of 5 Con Cor PRR FOM branch line cars (65') on the Bay yesterday. I have been looking for them for quite a while. The only reason I could afford them was our union at work finally settled with management for the contract and we got our back pay this week. Speaking of work, I should find out Monday who I am working with and what posts/days I work for May 5- Sept 8 (our very busy time).
Garry- Glad you had a good lucky day.
Barry- I have not had a Rhubarb pie for years. I used to love the tangy sweetness. My grandmother used to make them all the time.
I 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/
Evening guys
Well I tried my air eraser again. It worked, but kept jamming. So I decided to drill out the center hole a little bit. Well it didn't drill (carbide?), it came out of the tip. So I tried to hammer the end into a smaller tip. Well the JB-weld joint broke. At that point I pitched it. I'm going to try something I saw online.
Garry, Nice pic. I have a caboose like the one in the picture; except mine's Green.
Dennis, I personally think that orginization should be disbanded or at least reformed.
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.
Well,
I done did it.
I feel crushed.
Now I feel empty.
I packed up the trains.
For the under-the-tree mini layout.
Had to.
MOH insisted, INSISTED, mind you, that if the HS diploma searched for was not IN the bookcase{it wasn't}, It HAD To be behind the bookcase. SO, in order to get to THAT area, we had to move the trains, the table it sits on and all the trappings around said table.
So, I HAD to pack up the trains.
the diploma? NO it was NOT behind the bookcase, which I INSISTED all the time!
But, now, I don't have to listen to MOH complaining about the trains "taking up to much room in the living room" {remember, the table top is only 40 INCHES by 40 INCHEs, while the LR is 13.5 FEET by 16 FEET!!}
NOTE: WHO used the table top layout as a massive "dumping ground"????
NOTE: it was MOH who did so!!!
Now with the table exposed, MOH will pile IT high with stuff in no time I am sure. Positive.
Now I cannot run trains. {GASP!}
MOH actually said, the other day, "maybe we should sell the trains"!!!!
ANd, here, all along, MOH Was INTO trains {or so I thought}. After all, MOH could runt he N scales on the table top layout that MOH so dearly loved..so WHAT? Of course, MOH wants EUROPEAN N scale to run, and NO SUCH animal here in the USA OR they are rather expensive!
NOW..WHAT IS UP WITH ULRICH??? he NOw has ME worried. A few days in the hospital would be "normal" given his situation, BUt a longer stay? Or worse???? I have an extra candle lit for him anyway, hope it WORKS.
-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.
galaxyNOW..WHAT IS UP WITH ULRICH??? he NOw has ME worried. A few days in the hospital would be "normal" given his situation, BUt a longer stay? Or worse???? I have an extra candle lit for him anyway, hope it WORKS.
I thought I saw a recent post in another thread just the other day from Ulrich.....
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Yes Ulrich posted a comment on the Dockside viewing post, I thought it was strange when he had not been here after all of you have been looking for him.
Thayne
Last post I can find for him was made on the 14th. He said his heart was bothering him and he'd have Petra take him to the hospital if it didn't improve.
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Jeffrey,
sorry about that, I just looked again on the urban dockside post. and it is a old one. my mistake. I thought he wrote it today. I hope he is ok.
I got a few things on the layout put away today and the GP7's, GP35 and the slug got a good run. The last couple of days I've been watching a lot of my Star Trek 'Enterprise' shows. I'm up to the last DVD on season two. Two more seasons to go. I've got them all as well as the all the movies, the original series and the animated series. I hope to someday be able to get the entire Star Trek 'Voyager' series. I don't care much for the Next Generation and DS9. Looks like we might get wet this weekend and the weather guesser is talking about rain all the coming week.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Canopy is going on the P38J Lightning. When I get all of the detail parts on it, I'm going to set it aside and start on the Me 109. Will get the paint and decals on some other time.
Nothing to really report today other than that I applied for a scholarship through Penn Tech. Checked to see how much assistance I would get from the feds. Guess how much it was? ONLY $302 FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER! PENN TECH IS 5 GRAND PER SEMESTER, AND THAT'S ONLY COUNTING TUITION! I know, it's something, but it feels like a slap-in-the-face low amount. Jeez.................
Now for my and off to bed. Night night.
Good evening....
JohnBoy ..... I thought you would like that picture, and I am not surprised you aleady had your Scenic_Cruiser.
Everybody else who commented on the photo: Thanks.
We picked a very bad timne to take the granddaughters to a movie in Clarksville, TN. It's about 50 miles from here, and most of the driving is on Interstate 24. It took almost 3 hours to get to the movie. The freeway was blocked by a terrible multi-vehicle accident at the KY/TN state line. News report said the victims were out-of-state and children were involved. There were three deaths and some others were injured. I saw some of the pictures later and it was really bad. In particular, one photo was a bloody child seat laying on the pavement next to the badly wrecked vehicles.
The movie we saw later than planned was called "The Croods" and was good for the girls ages 9 and 11.
I, too, am very concerned about Ulrich. Recently I tried the email address I had for him, but evidently he changed email addresses because it is no longer vald.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I hope and pray all is well with Ulrich.
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me tonight.
Sun finally showed up at 7PM tonight right before sunset.... However it is supposed to be clear tonight! Whooopppie! I did end up getting 8.93Kwhs of power off the roof which more than brought the total for March over 300 Kwhs. Went down town today to buy some very pricy chocolate from a gourmet chocolate store we have called Whisper Chocolate. Got five 5 oz bags of their "bark" to pass out to family on Easter. $10 each... Good though! Store was packed as well. They make all the chocolate confections right there and use German Chocolate and local fruit and nuts in it.
Drove back home and got caught up on a few things, and then had to drive across town for a Crew Committee meeting (Scouting Ventures Crew). They are still struggling to get more members. I gave them some more ideas on how to approach the recruitment of new members. Managed to drive all over today on just the EV mode in the PiP (about 8 miles). Got home and still had an estimate of 2.1 miles left on battery alone. Gas millage this tank is now at 81 mpg.
Tonight I spent about an hour and a half in the train rooms doing some stuff... Cut some more chipboard for the fill for the track going over the gorge sooner or later, and also weathered about 5' of track so it now is good and rusty.
Hope all of you have a great night! Prayers for all in need, but especially that Ulrich is OK!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening
Flo, Beer pleases
Well one mystery solved! Oh Vincent, what do you charge of a complete and properly working PK SD 9? I finally pulled the B&O SD 9 from the bench because of lack of pulling power. I could spin the rear wheels with my fingers? Well that explains why the Bachmann GP 30 could drag it down the line! Sometimes the wheels seemed to catch a little. So either there is a broken gear, slipping flywheel or a missing drive shaft?
Where did you get Shaky the GP 20 and Borkey the SD 9 from anyway? Not mad, just poking a little fun at you. Didn't I ask you to test run them a little while back before you sent them?
Early day Saturday.
Ken
I hate Rust
Ken ..... I have not had a similar problem with my SD7's and SD9's by Proto 2000. ..... The early SD7's derailed sometimes, but that was fixed. One SD9 was my "floor model" meaning it fell to the floor. It was fixed mechanically, but one of the steps is not fully repaired and does not look right.
Heartland Division CB&QKen ..... I have not had a similar problem with my SD7's and SD9's by Proto 2000. ..... The early SD7's derailed sometimes, but that was fixed. One SD9 was my "floor model" meaning it fell to the floor. It was fixed mechanically, but one of the steps is not fully repaired and does not look right.
Confused Gary
Vince's now the rear wheels seemed to be locked in places like they should be? Guess I will give it a try again after I get home Saturday.
Ken, They both ran before I sent them. Likely they got tossed around in shipping (I've seen them just toss a box with "fragile" written all over it onto the floor, not your box mind you). Maybe the rear truck came loose (does it move around a lot more than the front one) from the worm. I had a NIB P2K GP30 with sound that had that problem..
Jake, My brother went to Ohio state (to be with his girlfriend). I recall my father saying something about $40-60K just to go up there for 4 years. I went to my community college and because of my scholarship, I was under $400 a semester...
Wonder's what's happened to Ulrich? It's not like him to drop like this, is it?
anywhoo, I'm off for the night
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning Coffee in the diner...
GOOD MORNING!!
Today is Saturday, March 30th, 2013!
The month is almost over, about time!
I DO have the prayer candels lit...with an extra one for Ulrich. and for those in need...
MAKE it a GREAT day!
I hadn't noticed his absence until it was mentioned here! I have enjoyed conversations with Ulrich and I hope everything is alright!
NP 2626 "Northern Pacific, really terrific"
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association: http://www.nprha.org/
Concerns for Ulrich, hope he is doing well.
Good morning.
Going to tie up some loose ends on my P-38 before starting on the Me 109. Some final assembly, paint and decals are all that are needed.
Good morning. It's 59° with 100% humidity. There's a fair chance of rain. The high will be 78°.It's very cloudy here. No rain yet. I have no plans for anything today. Just whatever comes up I guess. Looks like the next thing I'll be needing for the FP7's is #37 Kadee couplers for the pilots. Modifying the rear coupler mount for a #148 is easy. But doing that kind of modification on the pilot would require more work. It's far easier to simply mount an undershank coupler. Two packs would do it. Guess Ebay would be my best bet.
Thayne: Your Willie Nelson quote reminded me of a comedian I heard many years ago, His name escapes me now. He did sound effects just with his mouth and a microphone. He was GOOD. I was lucky enough to catch a live performance and later acquired a recording of his work which I can't locate now. One of the stories he told was about when he was returning home from a gig and he passed through a small sleepy little town in the middle of the night that had an abandoned RR track. He decided he'd bring the trains back to the town. Of course, he had an amplifier and speaker installed in his car, so he made the sounds of a train passing through the town. He did this every night that he drove through the town. He said he had the townspeople digging up the tracks looking for the train. The other story I remember involved Halloween. He installed speakers in the house next door which was under construction and when the children came up his front sidewalk he'd make the sounds of wild animals, especially the big cats, snarling and growling. He said that one father bringing his little child to his house was so terrified that he turned and ran, leaving his child standing on the sidewalk. Boy, I wish I could find that recording!
..... Bob
Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here. (Captain Kirk)
I reject your reality and substitute my own. (Adam Savage)
Resistance is not futile--it is voltage divided by current.
Italian roast in an UNDECORATED mug, please.
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob
(Stumbles in covering eyes to protect them) Mornin'!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of organic pumpkin seed granola and lots of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug. Please and thank you Ma'am!
Whoa... This is the first time this has happened in over a month. First I didn't even wake up this morning until 10AM, then I cam out and it is all bright outside with some big yellow thing up in the blue sky! We got shadows and everything. Currently 45°F under bright sunny skies here in the Finger Lakes with the same thing forecast for all day with a high of 49°F this afternoon.
Jeffrey, I see passenger service is running this morning on the MGR.
I have a bunch of stuff I should be doing today and will likely spend some quality time hiding down cellar in the train room to avoid getting a sunburn outside...
Later!
Are you talking about the guy from the "Police Academy" movies?
That would be Michael Winslow