Jerry ....... It's good to see you. We care about you, and if you need anything, let us know.
Chris .... I like THAT C&NW GP7. The C&NW prototype pictures you show remind me of the deferred maintenance that was common on the C&NW. For example, one picture showed the crooked track. ..... I do have a CN&NW GP7 myself. It's an Atlas/Kato model. I have not converted it to DCC yet.
Galaxy .... Sounds familiar to me. Automotive electronics get very expensive to repair. The physical-mechaical stuff is in good shape, but the electronics go haywire.
Jeff. Thanks for sharing the Native American words. I still can't pronounce. I'll have to find a website that would help with that.
.............
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QJeff. Thanks for sharing the Native American words. I still can't pronounce. I'll have to find a website that would help with that.
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
I hope your friend makes it through this heartland.
Jeff, should I chime in in chinese too add to the colorful flavor of languages in here?
anywho Ti"N"y is spinning up and I'm running idea's through my head about roads, what can I use to make a road, a grade crossing, and a couple small lots or a big lot for the layout. I'll go make a thread for it because I also have questions about wiring and what can I do so I can have lighting accessories on the layout but the wires aren't long enough to reach the powerpack.
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
Burlington Northern #24Jeff, should I chime in in chinese too add to the colorful flavor of languages in here?
jeffrey-wimberly Burlington Northern #24Jeff, should I chime in in chinese too add to the colorful flavor of languages in here? No, that could get confusing. Between Galaxy's Hawaiian and my Cherokee I think they're confused enough already.
ALOHA!
Well,
Erm
I got my new peepers. They are not quite right, but I will give them a week, if not adjusting, then they go back. What concerns me is the right lens..ti is well, for lack of better word fuzzy and OUT of proportion..makes the computer screen seem like ti is 8 inches high on the left, and 13 inches high on the right. so not right. will probably have to go back...that is the trouble when the script is so close to the old one.
The New Oxygen concentrator is here and the caravan done all at the same time!!!
NOw MOH is off picking up stuff for FIL.
well,now for dinner and when to start it as MOh could be delayed at FIL's.
-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.
Galaxy, I'm a Optometrist. That is not normal. Take those glasses back and demand a refund. You should be able to see perfectly with a new set of glasses.
Evening Dinners!
Flo, Beer Pleases!
Got most of the things done I started out to do today, all except cutting the rear grass / weeds. Wife gave me a reprieve due to it hitting 95 degrees this afternoon.
Train Front While I did not get everything I wanted done, done I did clear a Erie Built engine that had lost power pick up on the rear truck to active duty again.
Smoking Train Deal Remember this picture?
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Talked with the site member that had them today on the phone, he made me a offer I could not refuses! 11 engines for $250.00 plus shipping! Only down side, where to come up with $300.00 for needed decoders? Plus most will need to be hardwired Just what I need, more engines to work on! Jeffery I guess the Sundown Shop is not for hire? Trade you some engines!
Speaking of shipping.Vince's you have a small package heading your way finally! By the way, the SD 40-2 looks great!
Galaxy Seems you sort of lucked out, I was think a whole new cluster, around $1000.00, glad it was as little as it was!
See you all later, Ken
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I hate Rust
cudakenJeffery I guess the Sundown Shop is not for hire? Trade you some engines!
I just do motor decoder installs. I don't mess around with LED's and resistors. Any LED's I buy have the resistors on them already.
Good Evening Diners,
A sunny but very windy day here. I have managed to get most of the clean-up done on the back yard but hired a crew for the front who are at it now as we speak. There is too much sand from the winter application by the city, and too many spruce needles for me to reasonably clear so I decided to take the easy way out this year.
Todd, have you tried Tamiya masking tape? It is made for models and is only 1/4 " wide. It makes a very clean line.
Well tonight I might actually programme that BLI Pacific I bought in Feb. It has only been twice around the layout so it is due for a little run time. I had to paint the smoke box and firebox as both were painted in graphite. If BLI had bothered to check they would have found out that GTW( CN) only painted them black. Similarly the cab windows should have been red. They made other versions with a black smoke box and red windows, so I just don't get it. Oh well, they are the correct colour now. I used that Tamiya masking tape with nary a smudge or any bleeding. Brush only for me.
Gary, I will do a post or two about my trip but I have to go check on those fellows doing the front yard.
CN Charlie
jeffrey-wimberly Heartland Division CB&QJeff. Thanks for sharing the Native American words. I still can't pronounce. I'll have to find a website that would help with that.Never fear. I just emailed you a pronunciation guide.
Does this mean anything to you?
yo-nv- a-di-si
Heartland Division CB&Q Does this mean anything to you? yo-nv- a-di-si
Watched some sci-fi movies today. Later I gave four GP40's a good long run. Three are Bachmann rebuilds and one is an Atlas. Guess which one is loudest. It ain't any of the Bachmann's and only one of them is anywhere near new. My father and I went to Fox's Pizza tonight. He had lasagna with a side salad and root beer and I had a 9" taco pizza with a Dr Pepper. I sitting at home now typing this and watching the four GP40's pulling a thirty car freight train. All four have DZ125 decoders.
Evening guys
I changed my train at the MR club again. After nearly 4-5 years of continous use, the F45s and SD45s are back home. The P2K SD45s still run great, but cleaning the wheels every few hours gets old. I'm going to see if NWSL has replacement wheelsets for them. Mine are worn down to the brass. I'm now using my 2 BLI C30-7s and the ATSF SD40-2 (from ken) as a consist. I also changed the cars from Open autoracks and TOFC cars to a mix of boxcars, reefers, tanks, and a few other car types. My train length went down, but I nearly doubled my total cars.
Whenever I finish up my coal gons, and my other ones get here, I'm gonna run a coal train. I'll even get my BN SD40-2 if I can find a set of DW MU hoses and some lift rings.
Regarding paint, I use cans, brushes, and airbrushes. I tend to use the can, and touch up with the brush.
Ken, All of those engines except for the older atlas one are Plug and play (the old atlas Katos are pretty easy though). One of the atlases in there may have DCC already. All of the pictured P2K locos could use a DH163L0 or DH165L0, except for the switcher. NCE makes a decoder specifially for the P2K SWs. Wasn't I supposed to send you something?
Gary, I didn't loose layout space to my folks. I lost it to my brother; after he wrecked his miata.... Layout went away and the miata was stuck in it's place. As you probably can tell, I don't care for that miata. lol
Chris, nice looking GP7. Did you notice the BN torpedo GP9 (GP9s were numbered 1700 and up) in the background of the MP15?
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.
yeah Packer, I'm planning on saving up enough money to buy my own place. gonna try and get lots of hours this summer. Do you have any pictures of your Layout?
Burlington Northern #24 yeah Packer, I'm planning on saving up enough money to buy my own place. gonna try and get lots of hours this summer. Do you have any pictures of your Layout?
It never made it beyond the "styrofoam central" phase.... I have some pics somewhere.
Packer Burlington Northern #24 yeah Packer, I'm planning on saving up enough money to buy my own place. gonna try and get lots of hours this summer. Do you have any pictures of your Layout? It never made it beyond the "styrofoam central" phase.... I have some pics somewhere.
Guten Morgen, meine lieben Freunde in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada,
ich glaube, gelesen zu haben, dass einer von Euch mich aufgefordert hat, meine Beiträge in diesem Forum nur noch auf Deutsch zu schreiben...
Good Morning, my dear friends in the United States and Canada!
I believe to have read that someone asked me to write my contributions to this forum in German ...
As you can see in the above, I´d need much more valuable forum space if I do so
The last few days provided to be really tying to me. I am sincerely considering to withdraw from politics. There are so many things which go against those values, that have been guiding me all my life. Politics surely is dirty, but I had hoped not that dirty. This has nothing to do with democracy anymore.
Tonight, there will be an emergency meeting called in by me. The outcome of this meeting will determine, whether I´ll stick on ...
Have a good one!
Edit: I got TOPS! Flo, put anything these chow hounds are having during the day on my tab!
Sir Madog Guten Morgen, meine lieben Freunde in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada, ich glaube, gelesen zu haben, dass einer von Euch mich aufgefordert hat, meine Beiträge in diesem Forum nur noch auf Deutsch zu schreiben... Good Morning, my dear friends in the United States and Canada! I believe to have read that someone asked me to write my contributions to this forum in German ... As you can see in the above, I´d need much more valuable forum space if I do so The last few days provided to be really tying to me. I am sincerely considering to withdraw from politics. There are so many things which go against those values, that have been guiding me all my life. Politics surely is dirty, but I had hoped not that dirty. This has nothing to do with democracy anymore. Tonight, there will be an emergency meeting called in by me. The outcome of this meeting will determine, whether I´ll stick on ... Have a good one! Edit: I got TOPS! Flo, put anything these chow hounds are having during the day on my tab!
Aloha, kakahiaka ka'ahi ka'naka {good morning train men}
Morning Coffee in the diner...
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday,May 15th, 2013!!!
The month is half over already! I know!
i will light the prayer candles at 9 am for those in need of special thoughts and prayers!
MAKE it a GREAT day!!!
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
5/15/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Ulrich, das tut mir leid.
If good people like you who are disgusted by the sewer that politics has become all leave, then the rats have won. I was happy when you, an outsider, became a leader in a new movement, and hoped it could start to turn around the dangerous path that democracy is taking. When power for its own sake, rather than power for the purpose of doing good, becomes the way the system is run, then the whole concept has to be re-evaluated if it can't be changed.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
On a brightrer note, good morning from sunny (for now) New England!
As it has been for close to 4 decades now, Wednesday morning is that tired experience after Tuesday Night Hockey. Not quite as old as that, but getting up there, were my old hockey pants. I actually bought a replacement pair a couple of years back, but I kept using the old ones until one day last year when I decided it was time. It wasn't, as the pants were fine, but I had become, shall we say, rounder. After losing what I realize now is close to 20 pounds, I can now fit in those hockey pants, and I played in them last night. I'm a goalie. OK, we're not the Boston Bruins and the score was 15-14, but it was a hard-won contest. I'll probably take a nap when I get home from work today, though.
Good morning.
Same story as yesterday. Tomorrow it will be the usual getting up at 5 in the morning.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good Morning
Well, after our return to winter we are now in summer mode...going to a high of 76F feeling like 84F....
Today will feature some train running and cleaning out the lost cause that is our so called garage....
Have a good day!!
Ulrich: Hopefully you can still maintain some kind of role there...even a consulting one...
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/
Sir Madog The last few days provided to be really tying to me. I am sincerely considering to withdraw from politics. There are so many things which go against those values, that have been guiding me all my life. Politics surely is dirty, but I had hoped not that dirty. This has nothing to do with democracy anymore. Tonight, there will be an emergency meeting called in by me. The outcome of this meeting will determine, whether I´ll stick on ... Have a good one!
ULRICH- politics of any sort have always been dirty. If the other party can't be made to look bad the honest way, then resort to mudslinging, digging up dirt and looking for skeletons in closets.
If you have an honest platform you should be able to rise above it. People always want that change from "politics as usual".
And since you were a high level executive, you should have an exemplary record in the past, so there shouldn't be much dirt to dig up on you. {unless you were a ruthless dictator who tore apart companies and put people out of work! }
It is also said that one's whole family gets put on trial when one runs for political office, so expect that and let it roll off your back...you have to and so do they.
If you have thick skin, you will survive and if you offer a change form the status quo, you will succeed and then you can set about making change once on the inside!
ULRICH FOR BUNDESTAG!!!
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a pulled pork sammich with Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce and an order of fries please. Thanks
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Galaxy- I agree with every Optometrist that says…. There is no getting used to glasses. You either see right or wrong right from the git-go. If they tell you to give them some time for you to get used to them, hand them back and say refund please. If they refuse, ask them to put it in writing you need to get used to them. (They won’t) Them tell them you are going to take these glasses to every Optometrist in town to find one who says it’s the correct subscription. If none, you’ll hear from me again. Only time I had to get “tough” with any business, was twice. Both were eyeglasses places and for just that reason. Wrong prescription. Believe it or not, the first time the place said my eyes needed to adjust as my prescriptions I had had for the last almost thirty years was wrong and now my eyes have to be readjusted for the correct one. I hit the roof over that one and yes, I caused a scene being a bit louder than I could have been but I wanted to make sure everyone in the place, customers and all heard what they were doing and no they didn’t call the manager up as I was talking to her. She did ask me to leave, and that’s when I said the magic words I mentioned above. Then, she didn’t want me to leave. They did get my prescription right, I claimed they do this on purpose to cause people to need changing prescriptions and asked them, manager and all to watch me as I exit the building. I walked out the front door and in front of an entering customer, as luck would have it, dropped my new glasses on the ground on purpose, and smashed them with my boot using the over exaggerated knee above the waistline stomp. Lady heading in asked what was that for....I told her. Not because of me, but the place is no longer in business, at least in Springfield.
Charlie- No I haven’t tried Tamiya tape, but when I need to do that again, I will definitely try it and Jim’s tip as well.
Didn’t get much done of what I wanted yesterday cause I got called to do some more electrical w*rk at the restaurant. (shakes head) some numbscull really got that place aaaaallll whacked out. Anyway, gotta mow again which means what…..? I have no idea. I gotta get stuff moved….again, so Brenda’s car can get back inside the garage. Funny. She pulls the car out, fills the space with something and then somehow it’s my fault the car isn’t inside and gets pooped on by birds. She hates bird poop on anything. Pet peeve I guess.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!! Bie Bie!!
EDIT: Um, after re-reading the thing to Galaxy, I didn't just go off on them as quick as it sounds. That was after almost an hour of them trying to convince me, first it was the same prescription, because the doctor claimed my prescription hadn't changed, then went to the Doctor didn't mean exactly that, then the Doctor had to re-do my exam to be sure to recheck my vision just to be sure it wasn't the prescription. Ya, they claimed it could be the glasses were right but the Doctor's prescription might have been wrong. Don't try and figure that out. You can't. Then the old prescription was wrong, Blow up. then after a bit they finally made this comment that "they, as standard practice, take the Doctors prescription and bump it 5" but didn't think I'd notice. "most people don't". BUMP IT 5!!!! Oh I was livid by then and said you can't do that, what if a Pharmacist "bumped it 5". It's a Doctors order for crying out loud, not a shopping list for a party. Then the request to leave if I couldn't be civil. Then the request and comment I made above, then she wanted to see what they could do to make this right and please calm down could they get me some coffee or a soda.
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. It's 63° with 100% humidity. Cloudy today with a chance of rain. The high will be 82°.Looks like we have a chance of getting wet today. This morning I have the GP40's running. Later I'll switch them out and bring on either the four FP7's or the two GP7's, GP35 and slug. I haven't really decided yet. Other than that I'll be doing some cleanup work and watch a few movies. I'm still having some bouts with the dizziness this morning. That should clear later. Hopefully it'll be an uneventful day.
Mornin'!
Zoe, coffee (dark roast please) to go.
Just started up the puter again as a noisy ol' thunderboomer came by about the same time I started 'er up earlier this morning.
I got a great nights sleep on the new mattress and my joints feel the best this morning that they have in some time now. Think I made the right decision...
I'm just about out the door to a Podiatrist appt. So I will catch up with everything later.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning All,
Currently it is 58 with an expected high of 85.
Day off, but a very busy one ahead. I have on load of laundry going now and will soon start another. Have to vacuum, and clean the bathrooms. Cook several meals for the coming week.
I received one of the orders I placed last week, 8 sections of Atlas code 83 flex track. So later I will do some layout w**k, and maybe tackle a building kit or two, and do some scenery w**k.
Mister Beasley - I grew up in Hempstead, and went to Uniondale HS. Used to hate playing East Meadow in football, as they always seemed to kick our butts.
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