Morning All,
Currently 58 with an expected high of 68 and afternoon thunder showers, not thunder storms. We do not get a lot of precipitation here in Nevada. Interesting fact about Nevada, it is the driest and most mountainous state in the Continental US. Who would have thunk it.
Mid day shift today, but a short road trip this afternoon to see about buying a gun collection from a woman who lost her husband a week after I lost my wife. So we have a few things in common.
Did a bit of w**k on the layout yesterday, and took the rest of the rolling stock out of the boxes and got them on the layout.
My old neighborhood in Brooklyn has changed a lot, but the one on Long Island stayed pretty much the same.
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
Well, erm
JAKE- oooooohhh senior trip to Vestal, oooohhh big deal! I live here not so fascinating to me.But it is your Senior trip, I know, I know.
A the Sam's club in Vestal is where my peeper will get exchanged. She tried to tell e they were correct, but I say different. Will need a look-see by the Dr. I told her,,so she did that. Will see him again.
You know, no WONDER the USPS is going broke! This is not to bash them though it will sound that way. I ordered X product. It left Michigan on the 9th. It stayed 2 days in Indiana, then it spent 2 days in NJ, then it moved across the border to Philly, where it has remained for 2 days AFTER being a day in the mail nether regions for an extra day...now it is who knows where..but it ain;t here yet. SO I could have driven to Mi in 8 hours, to Indiana in 8, to NJ in about 4, and Philly in 4, now where? maybe Syracuse or Rochester NY? I could drive there in 1.2 and 3 respectively. Here it is 7 dyas later, adn how many moves? no WOnder the USPS is losing money. I can have a product ordered from Hawaii in just 2 days , one if I order here at 9 am and they ship it 3 pm their time same day!...SO 5 liocations for my package form Michingan? what aobut diorect form detroit to Syracuse? there IS a flight like that I know!
away.
Well, erm got Merrygolds for the front planter..after we dropped off the old rims for collection day. Go aobut 5 varieties adn fertilizer for the hibiscuses...
well. erm off to do a few other things..
later
EDIT: HEY, I got top again!!! the stars are in alignment for me! Eat up..Daisy this will go on my Disney Credit Card...
-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.
hey guys, I'm tired and the railroad of the week on the N scale. org FB page is Pennsy so here's the one piece I own.
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
I was busy today cutting out 'KEEP OFF!' labels. Most of the labels are 7/16" long and 3/32" high. I cut out 200+ of them. My order of three packs of Athearn geep horns came in so I now have eighteen horns to put on the locos I have that have no horns or the horns are broken. That should keep me busy for a little while. I went down to my fathers place and we chowed down on pinto beans, green beans, corn bread and jalapeno peppers.
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
Well
They did measure the glasses as right for lenses {i didn't really dispute that} but they did agree maybe a manufacturing defect. so they ordered a whole new pair...and they came out with the same script a second time as the one form the other day. Could it be my dry eye syndrome only? They are better than my old script at the computer if they didn't make the screen look "wonky". They also changed to a different type of lense.
Jeffrey -some of the stuff you eat would give me the heartburn and "the wind" something fierce!!!
Well, soon for beddy-poos with the cat snuggled next to me.Hehad his treats today already.
Got MOH's check the second little one.
OH- OH OH- JOB! if one more step MOH passes {will} ..MOH will also have a new Part time on call job that MOH was wanting!! at a higher pay rate than at the grocery store..now to see if the two jobs can work together until MOH can get more hours!
S o soon we celebrate!
Hi Guys
Its Thursday so the work week is over for me ( I work 6am-4pm Monday to Thursday ) and its a real long weekend with Monday being a holiday. I plan on starting early tomorrow with house work at 7am and hope to be outside in the garden by 9-9:30. I am also going to clean the windows outside as well. With any luck I will finish it all tomorrow afternoon and get the rest of the weekend to relax. I am also going to head to the workbench to continuing weathering a gondola, probably have close to 4 hours so far into the thing.
galaxyJeffrey -some of the stuff you eat would give me the heartburn and "the wind" something fierce!!!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please. Make that a keg with a straw!
Was Not A Good Day To Be Cuda Ken! When I got to work at 9:01 AM, Evil Tyler (store manager) was there to greet me! He has two modes Help Full Tyler, and Evil Tyler. Boy he was in overdrive Evil mode! First he got in my butt about was deserved. Store has a standing order on BFG 245/50/18 tires so I took a deposit for 1 tire. What I did not do was check to see if our warehouse had them in stock, they did not so none was coming on the truck Friday. So I deserved that butt ripping! (I knew there where some in town as well so we have the tire)
OK, I had that one coming and I will take a chewing out when I should. But the rest of the stuff was just plain stupid stuff! At one point I was just about ready to walk out, but if I did he won and I lost (But Not Much) so I just smiled and keep taking the BS.
Oh, reason Evil Tyler was at work today? Had a problem Van with a odd over heating problem. (Evil Tyler all wise shows up when there is a problem) It took 40 minutes to over heat rather sitting or moving. They did all the normal things, and it kept over heating.
After 2 days we could not fix the problem, so Tyler told them he was refunding the $500.00 and they should take it to the dealership. After that Evil Tyler was gone! He also asked them to let him know what was wrong with the Van. Hum, I told him 3 times but what does poor old Cuda Ken know? Van had 195,000 miles on it and still the original stainless steel exhaust and cat. I told Tyler sounds like a clogged cat, told me it was not!
They took it to the dealership and called back just after Good Tyler left for the day. Want to take a guess to what was wrong? Yep, the catalytic converter was clogged up and causing the over heating! Boy I am going to have a field day with that Friday!
Train Front Got the shipping cost on 11 the engines, like $16.00? But Rich and I live in the same state so that helped a lot I guess. Cost me $3.50 to send real small box to Vince's.
Well I am beat, see you all later.
Ken
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I hate Rust
Evening guys
I got all but one of my thrall coal gondolas back together after striping them. The one I don't have together is missing the end ladders. I wonder if anyone here has a spare MDC Thrall gon laying around?
Ken, box arrived today. Never heard back from you on the B&O coal hopper?
Garry, mine was only shells. I'm taking the sills from the HH GP20s and using them under some GPs I'm building. The HH GP20 has the wells with the extra steps that most (if not all) the BN GPs wound up with
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.
I got new horns mounted on quite a few locos today. I put the FP7's back on the display rack and brought out the GP9's. They should get a good run tomorrow. Sometime tomorrow I'll bring out my rebuilt C420 and see if I can speed match it to the GP9's. It has a DZ125 so that should be a snap.Time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Good evening ....
Now that Ken has told us about Evil Tyler, perhaps Chris can stop by to us about THAT editor!
I'm still working on my sound decoder installation in my 2-10-2. I sent my Soundtraxx Tsuami back to the factory for warrenty work because the light functions did not work. They sent it back and today, I re-installed it. Lights work fine, but there is no sound at all. I checked the obvious stuff such as wiring and sound volume CV's, but I see no cause for this one. Time to email Soundtraxx customer support.
How about a new 1946 Ford ?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Aloha, kakahiaka ka'ahi ka'naka {good morning train men}
Morning in the diner with friends...
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, May 17th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 9 AM...for those in need...
Make it A Great Day...
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
5/17/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning.
Had a good time on that trip. Feeling tired this morning, however. But there's a few things going on that have my concern. Upset stomach, headache, sore legs, and slightly hard to breath. Have allergies, so they may be the cause of some of the symptoms, with the others from being tired.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and huevos rancheros please, thanks.
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79.
Hm….nothing to say. Odd.
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.
Good Morning
Sunny with a high of 66F projected.....we'll see it get warmer....
Not much happening today...we still be cleaning 'The Lost Cause'...
Have a good day!!
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. Temp 73°, humidity 93%, mostly cloudy, partly cloudy later. High 85°.First order of business on the layout this morning was to get my rebuilt C420 (Lima, Stewart, Athearn, Life-Like) speed matched with my GP9's. That took about fifteen minutes. Longest part of the process is moving the loco from the program track to the main and vice versa and making the entries for the CV's. Got it done and it no longer tries to leave the GP9's in the dust. I have more 'KEEP OFF!' labels to cut out. These are somewhat larger than the ones I cut out yesterday and there's not as many. Those yesterday are 7/16" by 3/32". These are 9/16" by 2/16". That doesn't seem like much but it's a very visible size difference. Later I'll see if I can get a photo of the two side by side. I have no other plans for today.
Currently 48 with an expected high of 70 with a thunder shower or two.
Opening shift today. One of my daughters is in a community theater play, she gets some type of college credit for it, so I am going to the show after work. Then both daughters and I will go out for something to eat after. Should be a long day. I have this weekend off so not a big deal getting home so late.
Received my package from Walthers yesterday, so tomorrow I will do some track rearranging, and some benchwork rearranging. If the Switch Tender motors show up today, that would be great, but probably not until Monday.
Mornin' everyone!
Another fine day here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS! Currently 56°F outside with a high of 67°F predicted for later today. It is also going to be partly much of the day. Party what? Who knows. Right now it is partly sunny, but earlier it was partly cloudy....
Zoe, can I get a refill on the dark roast coffee please? Thank you.
One of the members of the R&GV RR Museum found an old photo of our LV C-254 Caboose at the Fallen Flags site. I hope to be working on board her this Sunday for opening day out at the Museum.
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/el-C254bba.jpg
I have a long list of items that HAVE to get done today, so I can't hang around here much. Have a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hiss, snarl, hiss hiss @ lilacs!!!
I do fine wiht allergies until the {hisss snarl} Lilacs in the dooryard bloom! THEN I am in for trouble, and so is MOH who is already miserable with the tree pollen.
listening to the Merrie Monarch KANE Hula dances {men's hula class}.Boy I tell you these guys can move in ways I am not sure I could when i was young and flexible. Of course they do it all thier lives. and practice makes perfect. Pele {the goddess of Hawaii and volcanoes} is/would be proud!
MOH still wnats to learn hula..haven't heard form the studio in Ithaca. WIll have to call.
WeLl I have ophone calls to make, errrands to run adn such after MOH leaves for work...
JOB Front- MOH got the letter of offer last night for a new job,,,the one MOH wated to begin with!!! SO HOO-RAY! BUT mOH still has to be fingerprint/background searched first hence one ohone call to make appointement for next week for MOH to do so. SO Prayers continue....Thank YOU!!
well, best get at it, MOH gets nasty if I don't spend avaialble tiem before MOH leaves for work {MOH misses me while there Isn't that lovely?}
Well why put off til later what can be done now. Below are samples of the labels I was talking about in my earlier post. On the right are two samples of those that I cut out yesterday and on the left are two samples of those I'm cutting out today. They don't seem to be so small until you compare to the Kadee coupler box cover on the left.
Good morning, all.
Graduation weekend is upon us. Our daughter Annie gets her bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from the University of New England tomorrow. We will be driving up this afternoon. And yes, she has a job, although it's not a high-paying one. We're a bit concerned about her living plans, as she expects to rent a place with her still-jobless boyfriend. We've told her we're not going to pick up his rent. But, she's an adult now and will have to make her own decisions. She's done OK so far.
As it turns out, I missed the cutoff for this week's Walthers shipment to my LHS, so that stuff will have to wait. I'll be away anyway, so another week won't matter. I've learned a lot from this hobby, and patience is certainly part of that.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Guten Morgen, it's payday and hopefully I get enough I can order my birthday present an N scale version of SP&S #750. they only have the hourglass version left, and only a couple of them too. then I have to get some MTL heavyweight cars and some Kato Smoothsides to repaint and decal with locomotive decals.
Wow, Mr. B! ....... A big congratulations to your daughter Annie. I'm certain that accomplsihment was the result of years of very hard work.
Galaxy ..... Sounds lke good news for Mrs. Galxy. I doubt the background check stuff will be a problem.
Ray ..... You said the museum opens Sunday. Sounds like a fun kind of volunteer work.
Paul ... Enjoy the time with your dughters. A theatre play sounds good.
Jeff....... Sundown Shops and the Spray Can Rembrant are certainly busy, and I like the reults with the F-units in the photo.
Barry ..... Cleaning the lost cause? ... Perhaps I should not ask what that is.
Todd .... Yes, that is odd if you have nothing to say.
Jake ... Sound like your day is not starting well.
Bill T .... Thnaks for the coffee!
Gary .... I like the photo of the SP&S E7.
How about some new '48 Ford pickups?
Heartland Division CB&QJeff....... Sundown Shops and the Spray Can Rembrant are certainly busy, and I like the reults with the F-units in the photo.
Thanks Garry!
yeah #750 was the only Big EMD locomotive to grace the SP&S roster, I think.
Gooooood afternoon everybody,
I see somebody (JP maybe?) got the new Walthers fire department buildings. Turns out, the prototype for the station and shop is in Des Moines. *Useless trivial trivia tid-bit of the day*
THAT Editor update: THAT has been in Jamaica for the past week or so. Whoever subbed in the paper putting together dept. laid-out two of the best danged sports pages I've seen in my almost five years on-staff. Maybe she'll take a hint and continue what they started. I get to meet Sliced Bread next week, THAT Editor called-off facetime for today, said she thought she had a conflict. I resisted the urge to say I've often thought she was conflicted... I'm sure I'm in for a little butt chewing, I used a source she doesn't like, for petty political reasons. But, the piece I quoted him in, his opinion was as valid as anybody else in the County, AND he even advocated for an idea by a guy on the opposite side of the poly-tick spectrum from himself. THAT oughta count for something. But, we shall see what we see when we see it.
Thanks again to all who complimented me on the CNW geep! GARRY, I think, commented on the rough track in a photo, THAT was in the ex-Rock Island "North Yard" in Cedar cRapids. CNW put the bucks into the East-West mainline, didn't worry so much about a yard THAT was primarily a staging area for local industries. IF my plans actually w**k, I'll have to finger-out a way to replicate THAT wavy up and down trackage. Any ideers on how to do THAT and still have the trains stay on the track?
VINCENT: Yes sir, those BN geeps in the MP-15 picture belonged to the Iowa Northern.
Have a great rest of the day and an even better weekend. Thoughts and prayers continue for all in need. Chris (in Iowa) Here's a CNW grain train just east of Clarence, Iowa in the spring of '88. The Westbound main was still jointed rail, it wasn't until sometime in the early '90s THAT a massive Continuous Welded Rail project was completed. They did the Eastbound first due to the heavier traffic (coal trains). The Westbound had more empties. Two 4500-series GP-9s and a pair of 4600-series GP38-2s were the power on this one.
Have a great rest of the day and an even better weekend. Thoughts and prayers continue for all in need.
Chris (in Iowa) Here's a CNW grain train just east of Clarence, Iowa in the spring of '88. The Westbound main was still jointed rail, it wasn't until sometime in the early '90s THAT a massive Continuous Welded Rail project was completed. They did the Eastbound first due to the heavier traffic (coal trains). The Westbound had more empties. Two 4500-series GP-9s and a pair of 4600-series GP38-2s were the power on this one.
Here's a CNW grain train just east of Clarence, Iowa in the spring of '88. The Westbound main was still jointed rail, it wasn't until sometime in the early '90s THAT a massive Continuous Welded Rail project was completed. They did the Eastbound first due to the heavier traffic (coal trains). The Westbound had more empties. Two 4500-series GP-9s and a pair of 4600-series GP38-2s were the power on this one.
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good afternoon.
Real tired right now. Hope to be feeling good soon.
I dropped one of my F7 Frankenstein locos this morning. Busted the body into three pieces, knocked some drive parts out and broke a couple of solder joints! Put the drive back together and test ran it. Everything seems to work fine. The body however is beyond all hope. Looked on Ebay and found a used Athearn F7A body (UP) that'll make a suitable replacement after the Sundown shops have painted it into the L&A scheme. There goes $11 from the grocery fund. Oh well. It should be here Wednesday. I was going to put the Frankenstein F unit trio in service today but that'll have to wait unless I put on a Bachmann FT-A body.I got the large 'KEEP OFF!' labels cut out and put into an old pill bottle. That's what I keep my small model railroad parts in. Old pill bottles. Seems like a good use for them.In other news I spotted a brown recluse spider crawling across the top of my night stand. The TV users manual came in handy for once and the spider was no more than a greasy smear on the table top!
Hey gang, well my check was terrible. so to counter that I'm selling my Kato Amtrak set and Bachmann led ATSF heavyweight set, they don't really fit in the era/area I'm modeling respectively.
here's a funny picture courtesy of lolz trains