Good Morning,
I'm in early as I'm just waiting to take my wife to a doctors appoitment so a nice strong cup of coffee please and toast with marmalade would be nice.
Mr.B, well I do know that Potion No.9 smells like turpentine and looks like India Ink. Thanks, now I have that song swirlling around in my head. 'I kissed a cop on 34th and Vine". Oh no.
Supposed to be a cloudy day and cool tomorrow so I might get some time on the layout. I have weathered and now just have to assemble a box car kit I bought a while ago. It's a Walthers kit that's about 25 years old I bought for $5 at my LHS. It was on consignment. It is a wood sheathed 40' car. The kit is very basic but I wanted a TH&B car and the price was right. I also bought a CN version.
Well time to go so see you later,
CN Charlie
G´Afternoon Folks!
Just read about that bridge collapsing near Seattle - yikes! Thank goodness no one was hurt badly!
I tried to build the baseboard using foam board - it wasn´t really a good idea. I´ll better use regular plywood
But before I can start, I will have to sell a few rail road items I don´t need any longer. I hope I can raise enough cash to buy that Busch train set. It is battery operated, with a simple box housing two AA batteries. Now that will have to go in favor of a regular pmw (pulse-width-modulation) cab control...
CU!
Thanks for the birthday wishes fella's! #750's on her way but first things first I have to prep to ship out two trains.
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
galaxy we have a bit of an odd situation here, most likely different from yours. It is a 930 sq foot trailer, which heats up like a tin can on a camp fire at the summer picnic in July. Front to back it is organized thusly: KIT, LR, BR{computer room}, BR {train room}, BA, MBR. There is a large unit 13,500 BTU in the LR that takes care of the LR and KIT nicely. There is a 6,500 BTU unit in the MBR that works very nicley for there, the bath and most of the hall. The computer room and the hall outside it seems to stagnate. no air flow directly to it. being mofre or less center of the home. A fan helps, but not cools enough to compare to the other areas of the house. Those two units pretty much cover the whole house, and often the MBR unit is not on, only when extrememly warm in here. {it IS on at night though from about April to November 30th.} If not too expensive, we have thought of the Mitsubishi air flow ductless A/C units for the computer room and to replace these units when they go. That way it is similar to Central a/c but still controlable per area. It will cost another $3k to have Central A/C installed to control the whole home. So there you go. Well, erm other things: I go to see the cardiologist shortly. Storm is coming in and a migraine is developiing so I'd best get off the computer!
we have a bit of an odd situation here, most likely different from yours.
It is a 930 sq foot trailer, which heats up like a tin can on a camp fire at the summer picnic in July. Front to back it is organized thusly:
KIT, LR, BR{computer room}, BR {train room}, BA, MBR.
There is a large unit 13,500 BTU in the LR that takes care of the LR and KIT nicely. There is a 6,500 BTU unit in the MBR that works very nicley for there, the bath and most of the hall. The computer room and the hall outside it seems to stagnate. no air flow directly to it. being mofre or less center of the home. A fan helps, but not cools enough to compare to the other areas of the house.
Those two units pretty much cover the whole house, and often the MBR unit is not on, only when extrememly warm in here. {it IS on at night though from about April to November 30th.}
If not too expensive, we have thought of the Mitsubishi air flow ductless A/C units for the computer room and to replace these units when they go. That way it is similar to Central a/c but still controlable per area.
It will cost another $3k to have Central A/C installed to control the whole home.
So there you go.
Well, erm other things:
I go to see the cardiologist shortly. Storm is coming in and a migraine is developiing so I'd best get off the computer!
I know what you mean about trailers heating up like a tin can, lol. We have a park model similar in size to yours in a town called Bancroft. Its our weekend get away place that we don't use much any more. We may sell it in the fall.
I got to go for a ride in a Porsche 911 GT3 yesterday. A friend of mine come over with it and all I have to say is what a car. I'm not a car guy but this thing is just a monster. He is taking it to Mosport Race Track in a few weeks to see just how quick it really is.
We are officially running trains on my layout. The 2 main lines are done and I don't have any issues with derailments. I was told to let it sit for 6 months before I start the scenery so that is what I'm going to do. I've got lots of building I want to order and get built so that is going to keep me busy.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot oatmeal with brown sugar, and lots of hot dark raost coffee to try to get warm....
I forgot to change the thermostat over to heat last night fully knowing it was going to go down to about 40°F here last night. When I got up tyhis morning the house was in the low 60s so first item for the day was to turn on the central heat. The through the wall heater in the living room has been off for a few weeks now. Currently 40°F outside with a high of 51°F later this afternoon. Dark gloomy, rainy, and windy out there.
Have to get my Shingles Vaccination early this afternoon and then decide what else I can get done. I was planning on going to a Mennonite Landscape Supply place near here and buying a large rock to go in the hole where the pine tree used to be and get 3 cubic yards of topsoil for the raised bed gardens. May wait until next week unless the rain stops this afternoon. This morning I need to write my small article for the Regional Publication (NMRA) about division activities. Shouldn't take long.
Happy Birthday Gary!
Read about the bridge colapse out in Washington State.... Some pretty lucky folks to survive the fall.... They would have much luckier to not have been on the bridge at the time, I think!
Best get myself moving... maybe I will spend some time with the trains today...??? Hmmmmm?
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 42 with an expected high of 74 under sunny skies.
Not having the greatest day today. Today would have been our 43 wedding anniversary. Many days the first year after losing a spouse are difficult. We have been through, one daughters birthday, that was the day after my wife passed away and was really tough on said daughter,Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, spouses birthday, Valentines day, other daughters birthday, Mothers day, and now our anniversary. Still have another six months to go, so we have sons birthday, and my birthday, until the first year is over. I hope it gets easier.
Daughters are taking me out for dinner tonight, so that should help.
Gary - Happy birthday and many more to come..
Will lay some more track this morning before heading out to do some chores and an eye doctor appointment.
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
Thank you for the birthday wishes guys.
Pascaff I hope you will feel better soon, I know how you feel. I had a family member who passed today, he was a dog I had once. we shared the same birthday, His name was gordon I miss him a lot.
Good afternoon.
Ready to take last part of Trig final. Feeling good about it.
However, I've just had some pain come from lower right abdomen. It scared me a bit, but it went away not long ago, so I'm not letting it worry me. Just want to finish the final for now.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Well, officially done with the finals. You can kinda guess how that makes me feel.
Lehigh Valley 2089Well, officially done with the finals. You can kinda guess how that makes me feel.
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Put the window glass into the F7 shell and put in the headlight lens from the old shell (old shell had no window glass so I had to scrounge around in the junk box). I still don't have the lower headlight lens. I got the shell mounted on the chassis a little after noon. So let's see, that's an Athearn shell, shafts, worms. Proto trucks. PPW can motor (or could be Mashima). Athearn weight. Stewart frame. Digitrax decoder. There may be some other manufacturers parts in there but I'm not taking it apart to find out.
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
Whew. It's hot as crap outside... I was out airbrushing some cars with my "el-cheapo" fade mix. It's part rustoleum flat white, and mostly medium reducer. Works great, is durable, but dries quickly (almost as fast as acrylics). I got the idea of using thinned white paint from Robby P., and using a "non-hobby" paint from Jeff. If how well it works is any indication, I have a guy who goes to RPM meets paying me to weather his stuff.
Gary, happy birthday
Well, Off to the bank to deposit my check. Then I'll be able to get those Walther's cars shipped to me finally...
After that I'm airsofting with my brother and out friends... I'll probably work on shaping the remaing thrall gon loads tomorrow...
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.
PackerI got the idea of using thinned white paint from Robby P., and using a "non-hobby" paint from Jeff.
BUMP....
Evening all. The CS was almost off of page one so I figured I'd make a quick post and "bump" it back to the top.
Garry - Glad to hear Gus is out of the hospital and at home mending.
As for I, with any luck, the ex will be completely moved out by Sunday night. That means I can get the spare bedroom cleaned and prepped for my layout. Woo Hoo!!! Today I spent $180 at the LHS for several Walther's building I had on order.
Anyways, I'm off for some food.
Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. Please remember those who sacrificed their lives.
Take care!
JP
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s303/nuts4sports34/
Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
JPowell Garry - Glad to hear Gus is out of the hospital and at home mending. JP
JP ... Thanks for commenting. Gus went home Monday, but Tues at 4:00 he had an ambulance trip to ER. Doctors worked on him for several hours. Things stablized, and he went home again. He is recovering at home. His heart rythm has not yet returned to normal, and he has some large areas of skin which are still heeling. The spider bite was 2 weeks ago.
Lee ... Where are you?
Din't get much done of hte layout today due to other stuff.
Top honors.... Chow hounds: good food is waiting for you.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening All,
I am sitting in a hotel room in Summerville SC (outside Charleston). We are supposed to meet some friends tomorrow for either lunch or supper. Sunday we head home and ill get there late afternoon/early evening (about a 8 hour drive). Monday the family is coming over for a BBQ. I go back to w**k Wednesday. This has been the best vacation I have had since I was a kid. I owe MOH BIG TIME.
Gary- Happy Birthday. You are also 1/3 my age.
Garry- Glad your friend is back home.
Here is the first of the videos I took. This is at Strasburg RR. Hope it works.
Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
I guess I will have to load the videos into YouTube to get them to run right.
Curt WebbI guess I will have to load the videos into YouTube to get them to run right.
Works OK for me.
Jeff- When I try to watch it on Trains.com it keeps stopping and buffering.
I guess my computer loads it's buffer faster. I clicked on the photo and the video played out in your PB account without interruption.
Curt WebbHere is the first of the videos I took. This is at Strasburg RR. Hope it works.
You just took me all the way back to my childhood Curt, Thanks for the memory
Works just fine the way it is for me too Curt.
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
No snow here....but they are calling for frost in low lying areas here.....sigh
Speaking of which...we just got back from hospital tonight...friend of mine in because of an accident...internal injuries as well as 2 smashed knees...sigh....would like prayers....
Curt...love the video!!
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/
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf please....
Cold around these parts today. No frost predicted like where Barry is though. The low tonight is supposed to be around 42°F. Five days from now they predict high 80s....... Anyway, cold, dark, gloomy, and rainy here in the Finger Lakes today.
Curt, nice video! I had no trouble with it here on my iMac. Of course i have a fast connection. Probably where you are right now the connection was not as fast as you normally have and that is why it wasn't smooth for you.
Figured you folks might enjoy this one from the R&GV RR Museum. We are currently restoring this old girl now that she is in the restoration building. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJTYYAwA1Qg&list=UUkoOG5exBPqBlrkK3GdlXhA
I did manage to get quite a bit done today, including some layout stuff... YEAH! I went over to the very large Medical Group right after lunch to get my Shingles Vaccination. Ended up sitting in the waiting area with a lady from my church whose son was a member of my Boy Scout Troop way back when. She was also waiting to get a shot and had to sit and wait for 20 minutes after she got it. She heard the receptionist call my name (I didn't as she was behind where I was sitting) and went over to the window to be informed there was a problem with my getting the vaccine. They needed to check with my doctor as one of the ingredients in the vaccine could be something I might be allergic too according to the the computer search of my file. I was told to wait until they knew whether or not I could be given the shot... A few minutes later the nurse came out and said the doctor had OKed the injection but I too would have to wait for 20 minutes after she gave it to me to be sure that they would know if I died or couldn't breath, or something like that and then I would be nearer the morgue. Anyway, with a bit of fear and trembling I got the vaccine and sat for 20 minutes waiting to go into shock and die... Didn't happen so here I am typing a message to all of you.
When I got home I put a load of wash in then headed down the road to the Landscaping place to spend some money (as long as I was among the living). Done spent a little over $350 on a rock, some topsoil, and the fee for getting it all brought over to my house. The rock weighs in at 1300lbs. and I don't think I would have wanted to put it in my old pickup truck and have to unload it by myself, and the PiP ain't gonna be enough to get it to my house either, but I did manage to convince them that I didn't need to have it brought over on the flatbed truck with the fork lift and all to set it into place. They will be bringing it and the topsoil on the same dump truck on Monday, thereby saving me $135... Yep I know that is memorial day, but they will be delivering stuff anyway as this is the big garden weekend around these parts, and besides the Pee-raid is tomorrow in Waterloo, NY (the birthplace of memorial day) anyway. At least the Pee-raid my granddaughters will be marching in is. Monday will be a pickynicky at my son's house when he gets done fishing in the Lake Trout Derby on Seneca Lake. Geneva, NY is the Lake Trout Capital of the World, in case you didn't know. Sunday I will at the Museum doing Museum Guide stuff... But you already knew that didn't you!
Barry, I will add your friend to my evening prayers tonight!
This evening I finished the roof on the Power Plant I have been trying to get finished for the last 6 months... Just need to clean it up a bit and it will get installed on the layout! Photos by the end of the weekend I hope!
Have a great night everyone, and prayers for all of you (whether you need them or not!)...
CURT-Strasburg is fantastic....we have been twice and may go a 3rd when we pass near it on the way to Baltimore in August!
Well erm,
What am I doing up now? Well, I had a migraine brought on by the brutal cold nasty Low pressure that descended upon us. High of only like 46 and we *HAD SN*W* here today..that makes the record books! The "latest day in the calendar year that we have had snow falling"!!! So with my migraine medication I slept a lot today{finally see below for why}.
I am on a MANIC tear lately.. Being Bipolar isn't fun. I didn't recognize it until I went to do the budget for June and realized my buying spree has cost us...severely....{$2,300 in 2 months} that and the fact that I haven't been sleeping, and that I have been listening to the same musics {CD's and on the computer- i have it going now!} OVER and OVER again...should have all alerted MOH to the fact That I am manic right now. Went to see the psychiatrist Thursday night. He increased my dosage of Meds. But I don't know if that will work. Just increasing a little may not help. I was ordering stuff Thursday online before I went to see him. {not trains stuff...MOH has forbade me to buy train stuff right now, but didn't say I couldn't order other stuff!}. so pray it helps...the psych wants a call next Thursday to see how i am doing. I have resisted the urge to buy today! {but I wans't feeling well!}}. May have to cancel the Baltimore trip.
Well now to try some sleep...
have a good sleep and dream filled night..
-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.
Cloudy tonight, temp 75, 30% chance of rain. Nothing special going on tonight. My niece is finding that one of the headaches of being a homeowner is that of expenses. In her case when it rains it pours! It cost around ten grand to get the west end of the house rewired to modern standards. The original wiring was pre-1970 and not a wire nut or three prong outlet in sight. She's just learning what circuit breaker controls what part of the house. Today she found out her a/c compressor is fried and of course it has to be replaced. Better it happens now than in the middle of the summer.Well in my little world the F unit Frankenstein trio is running again. The lead unit looks really good with it's shiny new shell. It got test run today to make sure nothing is binding or rubbing. It passed with flying colors. The third unit however was being dragged. A quick inspection revealed a cracked solder joint on the positive motor connection. A quick application of a hot soldering gun took care of that problem. I snapped a side-on photo of that locos drive. It's difficult trying to ID it in person much less in a photo. There's quite a few pieces there that weren't really meant to work together.Well, time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening
Just want to stop by and say Happy Birthday Gary, my wife has clothes older than you! Hope you have many more.
Ken
I hate Rust
Thanks Again guys! I have a locomotive that's six years older than I am!
I saw Oma and Adele and they're both feeling better and getting better!
Morning coffee in the diner with friends...
GOOD SATURDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, May 25th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 10 AM for those in need...
MAke it a GREAT day!
The Life Of Reilly:
This is not just an old television show from the 1950's. Back in the 1880's an Irish comic/singer named Patrick Rooney created a song about Mr. Reilly, who imagined what his life would be like if he hit it rich in California. The song describes his wonderful life of leisure. Soon, many who heard it identified with how nice it would be and would repeat the song, making the phrase represent having a real easy life
Rack One's brain:
Tanners stretched leather out on racks, which later caught on in as an idea as a form of torture to stretch a person out and get information from him. Eventually, this method to get information became illegal; but, the phrase became known in society as an expression to trying to find some answer or solution that was mentally torturous on one's brain or mind
Left-Handed, Left Handed Comliment:
If a nobleman married beneath himself, custom said that the man would give the bride his left hand, rather than his right. This type of "left-handed wedding" was not really worth much because the man's wife or children could never gain his property. So, the marriage wasn't really valid, but just for social appearances. By the 16th century, these were no longer performed. But, society still referred to anything that on the surface appeared to be something that it wasn't as "left-handed." Today, sometimes a compliment is really meant as an insult (or a snide remark) and is referred to as a left-handed compliment because it's not really sincere
So: don't rack your brain coming up with a left-handed compliment on the Life of Reilly!!!
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
5/25/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning. It's 69° with 98% humidity. The high will be 88°.I don't have any plans for today. I was busy until very late last night helping people on several different forums and didn't get to bed until around 2am. I usually don't stay online that long. I only got a few hours of sleep so I'll probably catching up on that today.
Good Morning
Sunny with a high of 55F here...we did end up with frost here...got down to 28F this morning....
Going back up to the hospital to spend some time with Gordon....he goes to the OR later today....oi.
Anyhow....have a decent, if somewhat cool, day....