At last..... after 4 days and nights of cloudy really windy weather it's finally settled down and is now raining. Boy do we need it too as things a really dry dry dry. Can't say I'm sorry the howling wind has finally stopped because it was driving me around the bend I hate the wind with a passion.
Got busy and put decoders in 3 more Locomotives today and fixed the headlight foul up on another one. I then fired up my dedicated laptop with JMRI on it and once again, I get the dreaded "No port found" message. Just once I'd like to be able to actually use JMRI to do the programming. Of course, my son in law set it up running under Lynx which I know nothing about so now what? I have another spare/old notebook that runs Windows XP that I'll try JMRI on I think.
Well, I think I'll go read some of the other posts and call it good for today.
Take care all
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Evening guys
Well today's been kinda weird...
I got about 1/3 of my thrall loads shaped. 2 lost a bit much in the sanding phase and had rather large gaps. Eventually I'll do the wax paper and black beauty (media blasting material) trick I picked up somewhere... I also started work on my first commissioned car. A club member is paying me $15 to weather his cars, per car. First up is a intermountain 52'6" AAR flat in PC. I have the trucks done and the wheels half done. I'll do the body tomorrow after work...
That was all before 1pm. I took a nap, woke up at 3 and went to my appointment.
Seems kinda slow in here today...
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've been working on the Athearn F7 shell today. It's painted for the most part in the black and gray of the L&A. I still need to get windows and headlight lenses for it. I'll be adding the horn either tonight or tomorrow. I'm not doing too badly considering I have the full use of only five fingers including my thumbs and next to no feeling in them.Talk about handicap modeling. I could probably write a book on it.
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Lehigh Valley 2089Burlington Northern #24 Lehigh Valley 2089 Will be working this evening. Some more money for those old Lionels, and looking for an Atlas RS-11 decorated for the Valley in N scale. http://blwnscale.com/atlas-rs11.htm here you go Jake! Thank you!
Burlington Northern #24 Lehigh Valley 2089 Will be working this evening. Some more money for those old Lionels, and looking for an Atlas RS-11 decorated for the Valley in N scale. http://blwnscale.com/atlas-rs11.htm here you go Jake!
Lehigh Valley 2089 Will be working this evening. Some more money for those old Lionels, and looking for an Atlas RS-11 decorated for the Valley in N scale.
Will be working this evening. Some more money for those old Lionels, and looking for an Atlas RS-11 decorated for the Valley in N scale.
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
Howdee folks!
Lookin for storms tonight, and temps to drop til Saturday,,,,its ok,,,its been 80+ most of the week
Ray,,,,Grand daughter is a cutie.I'd buy cookies from her! .Hopefully I'll have one someday. But after 5 sons,and 3 grandsons,,,its not lookin good!
Ken,,,,,your boss is an idiot Yup,,,you got your own special kind of meathead there. My condolences.
Ulrich. I'm still filling out those blank ballot sheets.....You want them mailed individually or just shipped in one big box??
Got to replace the hot water valve over the washer tonight,,,,new washer comes Saturday,,,,it would be nice to be able to shut the water off while we swap machines Then its onto money paying projects for other folks.
catch y'all later!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Burlington Northern #24Lehigh Valley 2089 Will be working this evening. Some more money for those old Lionels, and looking for an Atlas RS-11 decorated for the Valley in N scale. http://blwnscale.com/atlas-rs11.htm here you go Jake!
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Italian Roast coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Jeffrey, finally made it to Radio Shack to buy those 1K (1,000 ohms) resistors. What I didn't know is that there are many watts to choose from. I bought the 1-Watt pack. I hope this is what I was supposed to get for the DCC programming track???
Turns out my MTH loco does not come with the DCC/DCS swtich, for the reasons stated below by the MTH folks. Whew, it had me worried there!
[The product your customer purchased should not and does not come with a DCS/DCC switch. There is a hole for said switch and instructions in the manual because both the tooling and the manual are generic for our regular Protosound 3.0 as well as our Protosound 3E+ models. The PS3E+ models run on AC power & are Marklin stud-rail compatible, so need the DCS/DCC switch. The regular Proto-3 engines can only be run on DC power and automatically receive both DCS & DCC signals, therefore making the DCC/DCS switch unnecessary.]
Hope everyone is having a good day. Rob
Not much new around here. I did stop in at the heating & a/c company on Tuesday afternoon and requested an a/c check up. I also told the service manager about a lot of corrosion around the humidifier. They installed the new furnace and a/c about 13 years ago, so he had all the information. He said that particular humidifier turned out to have some leakage problems over time and he recommended it be replaced. He also said they move them over to the cold air return side of the furnace now. Anyway, Wednesday morning a young fellow showed up and replaced the humidifier. He also cut out all the corrosion and patched the sheet metal. Did a very nice job. He then did an operational check on the a/c and everything was fine there. Can't beat service like that.
Got up early today as I had to get some blood work done. Then we went for breakfast and ran a couple of errands. Came home and called and made appointments with the Doctor for the wife's annual exam and my 6 month exam. I have a load of laundry to get done, and then I'm calling it quits for the day. Well, maybe I'll go down in the basement and practice my soldering some more. Who knows, I might even get good at it some day. I know I'm getting better because I didn't burn myself last practice session. Guess I shouldn't have bragged about that because now I'll probably set myself on fire...
Hope everybody has a good one...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Uh! Huh? What... sigh... OK, I'm awake! Didn't sleep well last night Way too much adrenaline pumping through my veins. A good morning to all of you from the ever changing Finger Lakes.
Zoe, just more dark roast coffee, please. Lots more!
The Scholarship dinner went very well last night. Only problem was the air conditioning failed at the college and the room was about 95°F and humid the whole time. Meals were excellent. We had a large crowd, and all but about 5 people who said they were coming showed up. I had several good comments on my powerpoint presentation which played for the gathering and during dinner. In fact one of the pastors attending wants a copy of it to show at a diner at his church. One family accidentally sat at one of our two reserved tables for the committee (Right up front because many of us had to be able to get up to speak and such). Turns out it was the family of a college professor who walked in paid for his bills and wrote us a check for $500 to the Scholarship fund! I assured him his family was welcome at our table. We had three extra places there anyway... Problem was there were two more of our members who needed seats and there were four in his family. One of our members who wasn't speaking graciously sat with some friends at a different table. The two members were late to get to the table as they were working the check in table out in the hallway.
I will be babysitting for my granddaughters this afternoon, have to get my allergy shot, do some grocery shopping, and then get to the Troop's planning meeting by 6:30 tonight! I may get to check out the basement and make sure the model trains are still there sometime tomorrow!
We are still threatened with some strong thunderstorms today, but it looks like most of them will not go through Geneva or Waterloo...
Hope you all have a great and safe day out there!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Heading to school to take the first part of my trig final.
See you all this evening.
Morning All,
Currently it is 36 with an expected high of 64 under mostly sunny skies.
Opening shift today, so layout w**k this morning, but hopefully this evening.
Yesterday it never really warmed up enough to glass bed my friends rifle, so that will have to wait for another time.
I was able to lay some track, and wire in two Switch Tender motors for two turnouts. I am w**king from layout plans in my head, kind of. Sometimes I have to make compromises because things do not turn out like I envision they should. So far I have not been to disappointed with the results.
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
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and an egg salad sandwich please, thanks.
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 63.
Ken – Sorry, just curious. Tire markings have changed some between the two, but I believe the combined letters LT are used as a designation for Light Truck still today. Not all light truck tires say LT on them, like my factory tires on my truck, but I have yet to see LT on a car tire anywhere. And for liability reasons, I doubt a tire company would compare a car tire to a tuck tire, but comparing a truck tire to a car tire as they did would not cause any confusion issues. So it rides well. Car tires and truck tires are interchangeable as long as the sizing and weight ratings are adequate. For liability issues and ambulance chasing lawyers I would steer clear of that, without a signed waiver of liability understanding the tire may/will not handle the weights normally expected with a light truck, but based on what you’ve described, I don’t believe you were selling a car tire anyway.Sleep well. I think your boss may be an idiot.
Garry- Glad the reports were good.
Welp, got a phone call for breakfast so I’m back now. Re read my posting to Ken and believe it or not shortened it considerably. Maybe I should wait another hour and I can shorten some more… And now for a load of laundry, then hopefully the grass will be dry enough to mow before I need a baler. They just fertilized it Tuesday so it’s off and growing like….a weed.
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.
Howdy. Good to see everybody here.
We returned from Nashville last evening, and I will conclude the appointments with the surgeon were very good.
Rob .... I was starting to notice you were not posting, and I'm glad to see you here now.
Ken .... I must wonder about the rusted old switchers in the picture. They should have been sold for scrap long ago. Railroad scrap can be valuable.
Jeff ...... You mentioned using a thumb nail to complete the paint stripping, You may be interested in knowing I also have two of those versatile thumb nail thingees in my workshop. Handy tools. Right?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning from sunny foggy New England! It looks like we will be socked in for the next couple of days, and the weekend isn't looking too promising either. Unless, of course, you define "promising" as "good modeling weather." 3 days with no SWMBO-induced yard work should yield great progress on the layout. It will be warm, and I can spray paint in the garage if I have to.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning. It's 71° with 100% humidity. The high will be 92°.Got the Athearn F7 shell out of the alcohol this morning. There were still some stubborn holdouts but I was able to gently scrape them off with my right thumbnail. I was able to recover most of the alcohol so it can be used again. However I'll have to get a new cover for the cake pan I use to immerse items in for stripping. The elements have taken their toll and most of the plastic cover disintegrated when I put it back on the pan this morning. UV rays and plastic don't play well together. But then UV rays and most things don't play well together. I washed the loco shell with clean alcohol and let it air dry. So far I don't see any white or gray film developing except on the very end where I didn't clean it as well. It's gonna be covered in black paint anyway so no problem there.No plans for the rest of the day. I may work on the layout later.The word for today is saloli which translates to 'squirrel'.
Good morning.
Don't have to be in until about 1:13 today. Trig final.
Hope it goes as well as the Physics final. 23/30 on that.
It's been a while since I posted some "tidbits" and "origin of speaches and phrasiology" SO:
Hands Down:
This basically means to score a victory without much work. One version is with horse racing the jockey doesn't even have to lift his hands to guide his horse if he's way out in front. Another one is for boxing in which the opponent is a pushover and so the winner doesn't even have to raise his hands to protect himself.
ROBOT:
Karl Capek, a Czech playwright was a pioneer in science fiction. He wrote a play during WWI called "R.U.R., which was a group of mechanized monsters revolting against their maker. The Czech term for work or drudgery was robota, and so Capek shortened his characters to be robots.
Gibberish: {do you speak it?}
Sounds or words that can't be understood are said to be gibberish. Back in England, people any foreigner with dark hair and olive skin was assumed to be from Egypt and were nicknamed, "Gypts." Later the word became "Gypsies." Their talk wasn't very understandable to the British so they would say they were talking "gibberish" (the "g" is pronounced like a "j"). Other phrases used to describe their talk was "gibber" and then "jabber."
Nothing to sneeze at:
The upper class years ago had a craze for sneezing. All the elite would carry snuff boxes with herbs, which made them sneeze when they put a pinch into their noses. It was said that a good sneeze was a way to clear one's mind. Soon, a sneeze was a way of expressing boredom. They'd hear something and if they weren't impressed, they'd sneeze afterwards. Therefore, if something wasn't sneezed at, it meant that it was important or interesting. Today it simply means it is worth taking notice of
Have{ing} an axe to grind:
Benjamin Franklin published a lot of stories, one of which he was the central character. Franklin was approached by a stranger who stopped to admire the family grindstone. He asked to be shown how it worked and offered Ben Franklin an axe to demonstrate. Once his axe was sharp the stranger walked off laughing. Today "having an axe to grind" means that someone has a selfish or mean motive behind their actions. It also means to have a grudge or dispute with someone in which that person seeks some confrontation, justice or reciprocated action. This can be openly known or a hidden agenda, also
You don't know beans:
This phrase comes from an old riddle often told in old rural country stores. The question: How many blue beans does it take to make 7 white beans? Do you know? If you don't then you are said to "not know beans."
{The answer is: 7 blue make 7 white. Why? When you peel 7 blue you get 7 white- UH DUH!}.
The term today about "you don't know beans" refers to anyone who doesn't know anything that should be common sense or general knowledge
HOCUS-POCUS:
Early jugglers altered a Latin phrase used during Holy Communion. They took the word "hocus" which means "here is the body..." and just formed a rhyming word go to with it for their magical presentations resulting in "hocus-pocus." The pocus added to it assumedly meant to play close attention to the object
Alternative meaning:
In the Middle Ages, most people were illiterate and certainly didn't understand Latin, the language of the Catholic mass. During the Eucharist in the mass, the priest would turn away from the congregation and look at the cross, making his words hard to hear and/or understand. When he raised the host (bread), he uttered the words "Hoc est corpus mei......", or "This is my body....", in Latin. The congregation didn't understand the meaning of the words, but they did know that, somehow through some magic, these words turned the bread into the actual body of Christ, the fantastic magical event of transubstantiation. So, words that sounded like "hocus pocus" to the illiterate and uneducated masses would enable a magical and miraculous event to transpire, and, presumably, these words were a facilitator or enabler of a magical act or event.
HAVE A GREAT day!
Smile
-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.
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
5/23/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning Coffee in the diner with friends...
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Thursday, May 23rd, 2013!!
I will have the prayer candles lit as long as I am home today for those in need...
MAKE it a GrEaT dAy! Help someone today!
Good MorningUp at funny time of morning...been one of those daysHigh will be 60F today...after we had highs around upper 70's/low80's here...mmmmm...Friday appears that high will only get to 54F...Saturday operating session coming up this weekend...hopefully no Broake and Howe boys show up....If anyone is up at this funny time of morning..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/
Well not much done here today. I played around with a rebuilt F7 that's a mix a Athearn, Proto and God knows what else. It's good mechanically but it has a Bachmann decoder and has less than stellar performance. I my be able to get a DZ125 decoder for it. That would improve it's performance greatly.I got another Athearn F7A shell in the mail today. Union Pacific paint. I put it in the alcohol for a few hours. Most of the paint came off but there's still some patches holding on. I'm leaving it to soak overnight. I'll check it sometime tomorrow. If there's any little spots left I'll scrape them loose with a small screwdriver.Time to call it a night here. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Pleases.
Work Front Evil Tyler did peak out for about 5 minutes and that was about it, so today was not bad and getting off at 5:00 AM was heaven!
TMarshKen- You never told us what the “T” stood for in the tire thing. Or I missed it. By the way, I agree with Jeffrey.
Todd, sort of wishes you did not bring that up, but here we go. I have readed to versions.
Extra Load Tire and Extra Load Truck.
Here is where the problem started with Evil Tyler.
Had a lady come in with a 2005 Ford F150 4 X 4. She wanted a quite and smooth riding tire and never had or wanted to go off road. She did lite hauling and not often. So I set her up with a set of XLT tires and sat a appointment for my day off.
Tires load limit and speed rating meet what her trucked need. Plus, it paid better that the BFG, OK I some what greedy.
Tyler was the one that helped her when she came in, and changed the tires to BFG's. Reason?
Tyler told me they are car tires and not truck tires because they say touring. Hum, some BFG truck tires say touring? In fact our own web site says "The comfort of a passenger car tire with the durability of a truck tire"? Weight range was the same? Speed rating was the same? So why could they not be used on her truck?
After 20 minutes of berating, it was because he was worried some one like at Jiffy Lube would tell her they car tires and we would have to eat the tires, and give her another set for free. They are more for crossover vehicles.
But the kicker? If someone with say a lowered F-150 street rod truck, Chevy 1500 SS, or a 1979 1500 Dodge Little Red Wagon came in, they would be fine? What can I say, I must be stupid!
Later, Ken
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I hate Rust
Good evening.
Getting cloudy now. Sister said she thought she heard some thunder earlier, so we may see a storm here in a little bit. Plan on adding some more decals to the 109 here soon.
The House Special, please.
Finally received the last of the pre-ordered locos. The Walthers 0-8-0 looks sharp and I will test it this Sat.
However, the MTH Daylight appears to be missing a switch for DCC/DCS that is clearly shown on their website, located on the bottom middle of tender. Nothing but a hollow rectangular hole where the switch should be? Just e-mailed Trainworld to let them know and ask how to proceed from here. For the amount those locos cost, they should be delivered tested, ready to go, with a rose and mint on my pillow as well.
Have a good night all.
Cheers! Rob
Well
The cardiologist says I "still have a heart". He just doesn't know I wear it on my sleeve.
MOH and I wore our matching Hawaiian shirts { you can get them that way} and made an impression on all hwo saw them {they are new ones}. People commented on them form all walks of life and asked where they came from, we were pleased to say "from Hawaii, of course".Jealousy rears its ugly head sometimes you know.
well off for a nap as a storm blew through here giving me a migraine...
later
Good afternoon.
Well, I'm done with Physics for the year. Took the second part of my final today. Got some small decals on the 109. Feeling good.
The only thing that's not real good about today is the fact that it's hot and humid. Uncomfortable out now.
Thanks guys, yeah I feel a bit better. I have to push my luck though and go to "W***" I'm the only guy they scheduled to do my job tonight. it's going to be a long night, I'll just focus on my goal while I work.