BroadwayLion LION has not wroked on his layout all summer. Far too HOT in the train room for human habitation. (It used to be a classroom, you know) Looking forward to cooler weather and afternoons on the railroad. ROAR
LION has not wroked on his layout all summer. Far too HOT in the train room for human habitation. (It used to be a classroom, you know) Looking forward to cooler weather and afternoons on the railroad.
ROAR
Br. Elias,
You should ask for a transfer to a Monastery in Mexico where it would be permitted for you to have a Siesta in the afternoon and then work on the layout through the night after Vespers. What say you Brother ? or maybe you could do that right there. Does that class room cool off in the evening/night hours ? Maybe you should sneak out after lights out and see. I hate to see you loose so much layout time during the summer.
Johnboy out............... All this typing has made me think it is time for an afternoon snooze. (Siesta)
NB. Good name for a southern layout eh ? SIESTA & SOUTHERN
Top of the Page, haven't been there for a long time. Chloe, RBFs all around and a plate of chocolate donuts, Please & thanks.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Made Tuesday so that is a good thing Jeff like the photo with the F units and KCS hopper what scheme is the passenger train going to be painted in? I think I am going to run some trains so its down to the basement.
Russell
csxnsJeff like the photo with the F units and KCS hopper what scheme is the passenger train going to be painted in?
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
jeffrey-wimberly]L&A Midland Gulf.
Evening guys
Train club went pretty ugly early tonight. My BLI C30-7 sort of died. I say sort of because the sound died but the motor control works. A club member who has a bunch of QSI boards is looking to see if he has one that'd fit. So I ran my 2 F40PHs and Amtrak cars... Then my SP black widow ABB set with a refer block.
anyways I'm pooped, so night all.
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.
jeffrey-wimberly
You can't keep a good man down.
Was Varney a forerunner to Athearn or am I getting confused with Globe ???
Burlington Northern #24 Gary. Heck my knowledge of US geography is pretty basic but isn't putting the Pacific Northwest and Montana together stretching things a little ??? Anyhow keep those films rolling, Great Stuff. . (Who says you can't model 3 car passenger trains and a clerestory roof as well)
Heartland Garry, a belated . may those CB&Q trains keep on running.
The Drinks are on me!!!!! Jeffery has only two more posts than me (leaves diner quickly before Vinnie pursues me with a crowbar looking suspiciously like Todd.)
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!
Today is Wednesday, September 4th, 2013!!!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
Today's fun limerick:
"There's a train at 4:04," said Miss Jenny.
"Four tickets I'll take; have you any?"
Said the man at the door,
"Not four for 4:04,
For four for 4:04 is too many."
Olde tyme words:
You'll love this one:
Many of you may agree, that there are far to many 'Snollygosters'! - A dishonest politician, especially shrewd or calculating individual
NOTE: OUR very own ULRICH is NOT one of them!
If it weren't for 'Jettatura', I'd have no luck at all {bad luck}
DO you ever use 'Relexification' ?- {Replacing a word (or phrase) in one language with a word {or phrase} in another language that corresponds to it}
Gee, I wonder how many in the 1700s and 1800s had Tyrotoxism ?- {To be poisoned by cheese}
“Flog [or beat] a dead horse”:
Meaning: To do, or to attempt to convince somebody to do something although there’s little chance of success Origin: As he tried to prompt his uninterested peers in Parliament to pass a piece of legislation, 1860s British politician John Bright likened his task to “flogging a dead horse” in order to prompt it to pull a load. Photo: Getty Images
-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.
"JaBear"Was Varney a forerunner to Athearn or am I getting confused with Globe ???
You're confused with Globe. Athearn acquired Globe around 1950. If anything I'd think Athearn and Varney were competitors. Gordon Varney sold his company in 1960. What became of it after that I don't know. I do know that the plastic Varney F3 shell will fit on a modern Athearn F7 frame with very little modification. Just how little modification I'll be able to tell you by next week. Of course the same can be said of Penn Lines F7 shell and the F2/F3 shells used by Model Power. Bachmann's pre-DCC F unit shells can also be fitted to an Athearn frame but slots must be cut in the shell so it will clip onto the tabs on the frame. The DCC version of the shell requires more extensive modification, mostly internal.
Good morning.
Thanks again, everybody, for the B'day greetings. It was an international birthday with people sending messages from various places around the world.
Speaking of international, we ate last evening at a local restaurant owned by a man from India. He serves both Indian food and American food. Everybody else had Indian food, but I had a chef salad. I don't care for Indian food because it is too spicy, and it looks like the results of intestinal flu.
The waitress was not flirty, but I must not have charisma as Todd does.
We came home and had German chocolate cake with ice cream. Once again, I shared a birthday cake with the sister who was born on my 6th birthday. At least, this time we did not bother with candles. It is not likely any cake would be large enough to hold candles for both of us now.
Anyhow, it;s good to see everybody here. Keep on posting.
Jeff, I'm glad to see all the progress you are making with the F3's and the old passenger train.
Todd, did you find your layout yet under all the stuff?
Cheers!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and breakfast burrito please. Thanks
Sunny, with a high near 85.
Whew! Didn’t know I was that flexible. But my neck doesn’t hurt anymore. I guess I won’t mention that as of now Jeffrey has NO postings. And further I won’t make comment that before long he’ll be in the negatives. Ever see the Family Guy episode when Brian turns the time machine back and time starts going backward?
Oh I haven’t been to the Outback in several years. Done flung a cravin on me. I’ll have to add that to my list of….say, maybe for our anniversary. Can’t do it on the 7th cause that’s the day of the Festival sooooo, maybe Sunday or…don’t know.
Charisma? Oh Garry if you only knew me. I was in to the buffet yesterday and narry a look from any. I'm now just another Joe in for lunch. My whole life has been tossed upside down. (siiiiiigh) I guess I'll have to start all over again. This could take awhile . You know, I’ve never had Indian food so I can’t say if I would like it or not. However, I have seen it of course, and I have had curry powder in food and I’m not all that keen on it. So your description would pretty much match mine. Oh and yes I did get into the trainroom yesterday and yes I did get a few things out of there. Unfortunately it was a couple things someone wanted to borrow, so though they are out and there is a bit more room, they're coming back. Now the trick for me is, to not fill up the space vacated, so when they do come back, I'm not taking up even MORE room.
Well today I must do the Church stuff because of Labor Day Monday I didn’t do in and yesterday they are in the office til noon and I have to w**k in afternoon so can’t get in there to do stuff soooooo I’ll do it this morn. Then, who knows. At this point in my day I’m usually lining out what I want to do, then before I get to it, someone tells me what I am going to do.
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 near 74 today...tonights low is supposed to go to 46!!!
Got a bunch of outdoor stuff done and found a few more things needed moved ...to my supposed studio
Better get going on some chores here...have a good 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/
TMarsh I guess I won’t mention that as of now Jeffrey has NO postings. And further I won’t make comment that before long he’ll be in the negatives.
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Good morning. It's 74° with 95% humidity. The high will be 95° but will feel like 103°. with a No particular plans for today. I can't do much more model work until the new chuck for my Dremel comes in and at this point it's still in California. But I'm sure something of interest will turn up.
last mountain & eastern hoggerYou should ask for a transfer to a Monastery in Mexico where it would be permitted for you to have a Siesta in the afternoon and then work on the layout through the night after Vespers.
Transfers are not permitted to monks, who take a vow of stability (the only order AFIK to do so). Besides, I *can* stay up as late as I like, the only problem is with my sleep issues (I sleep more than 10 hours a night and still wake up tired), I think I would rather sleep. I am free to work in the train room in the afternoons if I like, and if I would have cleaned off some space in my computer office, I could have been assembling signals all summer in air conditioned comfort.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Transfers are not permitted to monks, who take a vow of stability (the only order AFIK to do so).
I thought that was celebasy not stability.
Johnboy out......................................and back to work
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry pan.... Done for the season already...? Oh well, then just a short stack of Buckwheat pancakes with a side of bacon and lots of NYS Maple Syrup to go along with a pot of dark roast Seneca Lake Roast Organic Coffee this morning.
The big yellow thing is up in the sky this morning... Should be a good day for making electricity. Just wrote the check to NYSEG for last months Gas and Electric. It was a whopping $46 it was. Good month all told. Would have liked to build up a few more credits ojn the electric side, but it did produce 586 kWh for me. Now I'll see the amount p[produced each month slide down the curve for the rest of the year.
Looks like Lion has been caged for life (this one anyway...)
Got to get myself moving... Just can't get myself into cleaning mode and I have to today!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
French Roast coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Saw a train recently that was a first for me. I was not close enough to see what it was carrying although it sure looked like continuous pipe laying on a few dozen cars. There were people on top of a few (different type cars) which were placed about every ten or so of the main train. It was being pushed, too. Sorry, no pics and not much of a description.
Had to bury one of my favorite mini horses last week after finding him floating in the pond. He was only 11 years old which is young. Have no idea what happened. Perhaps he was playing hard, fell in, panicked and drown, I will never know. Poor little Bucky.
Hope everyone is doing well these days. Take care!
Cheers! Rob
Afternoon All,
Currently it is 69 with an expected high of 90 under sunny, smokey skies.
Need to mow the front yard today. Second eye cataract surgery tomorrow. The daughters decided I should stay in a hotel tonight and tomorrow night instead of making the 50 mile, one way trip drive each day. One of them has points she needs to use, so it will not cost anyone anything, except for meals tonight and tomorrow. But hey, I think it is worth it.
Not much else happening here.
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 afternoon everybody,
We are having a nice break from the higher temperatures and humidy here the past 2 days. Dropped down into the 50's last night, so the air conditioner has been shut off and the windows are open so the house can get aired out a little. Yesterday we had both a good day & a bad day. The good part was we drove down to Ohiopyle to railfan CSX, but the only train we saw was across the river and thru the trees while we were at the visitors center. Still, it's a great place with rafting, biking and walking trails all right there. Wish they would have had all that about 30 years ago so I could have participated some. Then we stopped at Connellsville on the way home and did catch 1 CSX with auto racks and a GP38-2 in the yard. The bad part of the day was at a McDonalds where we stopped for a sandwich. Coming out, I let myself be distracted for a second to hold the door for a fellow with a young child in his arms. That's all it took. The wife tripped over a little curb and down she went. She's okay with a scrape on her knee and her shoulder is bothering her some. I'll say one thing. She no sooner hit the ground and there were a bunch of people offering help, including a couple of young lads. I truly believe that the vast majority of people are good and decent folks.
Been busy today with about 6 or 7 loads of laundry, mowed and trimmed the front and backs yards, did a little weeding in the flower bed, and started to cut back a Rose of Sharon that has gone crazy this year. Well over 15 feet high and spreading all over.
Outback... Boy, do I like that place. I don't think I've ever had a bad meal at the one we go to. In fact, about 2 weeks ago, I had the best New York Strip Steak I've ever had. What a great meal. Everything is always tasty. Now I've talked myself into going again this weekend maybe.
Got to fold some laundry now, and then hit the shower in preperation for a little nap. Done enough today I think. Hope everyone has a good one.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Made Wednesday at work it was a good work day need to change out some paper fifty ft Hi-Cube boxcars for four more loaded ones to ship out west and take a break from that and go eat and have another Sun-Drop to boot, Jeff keep me up on the passenger train.
Hiya Gang! Thanks for the anniversary wishes, bit cchillier here today, was 58 when I awoke, got up to 80, supposed to be 55 tonight! Yahoo!, Give my AC a break! Of course the only means a few more weeks til we have to clean the chimney and get wood delivered! Oh well!
Tom, Todd Shhhhhhhhhhhh , careful talking about Outback! 2 reasons, 1, you will enrage Flo, and 2, Barry might find them and eat his weight in Bloomin Onions!
Hey Jeffrey, that Pennsy unit looks good!
Oh well, back to my chores!
Karl
NCE über alles!
kbkchoochHey Jeffrey, that Pennsy unit looks good!
Hi Guys
Just sitting here going over my list of the things I want to do on the layout over the winter. Still biking so will keep doing that until it gets too cold. But there is layout time now and the fun of researching projects. I just love Fall, the leaves falling the smell of fireplaces on a cool evening with still warm days, my favorite. That also means NFL,NHL an of course model trains. I hope to have a a lot of time on the weekend to work on the trains after a bike ride.
The wife and I are going out tomorrow, might have to go in with her to one of her stores and find a pumpkin spice candle.
Talk to you guys later
Jeff : How are you enjoying Doom3 ?
Jeremy
Good EveningA cool one tonight..posta go down to 46 ...eek!I've done a few things today...although my studio looks more like a storage container ...again...sigh.
Who mentioned Bloomin' Onions?!? My fave dish!!
JeremyBJeff : How are you enjoying Doom3 ?
Well I spent much of the day working on the Varney F3A and an ancient F7 B unit, maker unknown. I was thinking it was Athearn but it doesn't have the tab slots that seem to be on all Athearn F's with the exception of a few HI-F models I've worked, but this doesn't appear to be from that era. Right now it's on a modern Athearn F7 chassis that's had the mounting tabs removed from the sides of the fuel tank. The ends of the shell had to modified slightly to allow it to sit correctly on the coupler mounts. The Varney has been put through a simple test to see if the motor works. I connected it to a 12-volt DC power source and it runs like a scalded dog. I put it on a postal scale and it maxed the scale out. I can't wait to see how much it can pull!Well that's it for today. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin. folks!
Janie, just a decaf please.
I have been cleaning house all day today in between running errands and going to Scout Meetings... (Commissioners Meeting followed by Roundtable tonight.) I can barely move at the moment. Did 2 loads of wash, completely cleared off the kitchen counters and scrubbed them. Then got to w*rk on the stove which really needed some elbow grease to make it look like a very bad greasy spoon diner one. (It was much worse to start with.) Went down to the Natural Foods store and got coffee, both regular and decaf, then headed to the post office to mail the Division Newsletters that I had assembled in between other duties. Stopped over at the grocery store to growl that they didn't credit me with buying the 5 needed items I bought to get a 20¢ discount on gas (I now have 90¢ off next fill up), came home put away the stuff I bought and got back to cleaning. The kitchen now looks pretty good except I have yet to vacuum and mop the floor.... That will be done first thing tomorrow and them on to the dining room where we will be meeting on Friday...
On top of everything else going on Tomorrow I have a doctors appt. (allergy recheck) and then a Scout Meeting I need to be at tomorrow night. The people on the committee will be arriving at 1PM Friday. Ready or not...
Think I will sleep good tonight... Oh BTW Blood sugar was 100 tonight! More like it! Today was also the best day for the roof panels I have had in a couple of weeks. Just under 24 kWh generated and I was able to get through the day without the air conditioner which would have been the big electric drain. So a good day in that regards.
Catch you all tomorrow! Prayers...
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Thursday, September 5th, 2013!!
For those who celebrate: GOOD Rosh Hashanah...
There was a young lady of Kent,
Whose nose was most awfully bent.
She followed her nose
One day, I suppose --
And no one knows which way she went.
{reminds me of "he never returned , no he never returned, and his fate is still unlearned, he'll be riding the rails 'neathe the streets of Boston, he's the man who never returned...}
Olde Tyme Words:
Have you given your trains a 'Equivoque'? - (kw-vk, kw-)Something that has been given the same name as something else. For example, if you named your pet, Harpo and that's also the name of one of the Marx Brothers. {French équivoque, from Late Latin aequivocus, ambiguous; also equivocal}
Ever experienced a 'Mesonoxian' delight?- Pertains to midnight
You all are a bunch of 'Tellurians'!!!! - (t-lr-n) Adjective meaning "of or inhabiting the earth." {From Latin word meaning "the earth" this is often used in science fiction}
“Bone of contention”
Meaning: An issue which remains in dispute, with the disagreeing parties unable or unwilling to resolve it
Origin: Let’s say you have two dogs but only one bone. What are they going to do? They will Battle over it, naturally. According to The Oxford English Dictionary, it was originally coined in the 1500s :
“The diuell hath cast a bone to set stryfe betweene you”. Photo: Getty Images
Coffee and an order of nachos with medium sauce please. Thanks
Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Good morning. It's 72° with 100% humidity. The high will be 95° but will feel like 104°. with a Lots of thunderstorms in this area yesterday. Some rain, very little wind, no damage to speak of.Today I have somewhat of a mystery I'm trying to solve. I have an F7B shell that I can't identify the maker of. Here's a photo:At the moment it's on a modified Athearn chassis. The number on the shell is either 9508-B or 9506-B. I did a Google search and 9508-B comes back to a Proto 1000 F3B. Totally different animal. 9506-B comes back to an Athearn F7B but it has the slots in the sides to mate with the tabs on the frame. This shell doesn't have those slots. It has everything else but not the slots. I thought AHM could have made a copy but no dice. Their 9506 is a C-Liner. Anybody have any clue? I'm tapped out.I may get into town today to do some grocery shopping. But that's not set in stone yet. No other plans.
Good morning. ...... Eggs, grits, hash browns, and wheat toast... with coffee please. Normal breakfast stuff. Not nachos. .... Nachos? ... Who would have nachos for breakfast?
Jeff .... Any more clues about he F7B? .... Is the dynamic brake fan same size as cooling fans over engine? Can you tell how the shell was supposed to be mounted on the frame without the slots where Athearn has them?
Still busy with family stuff. My sister leave tomorrow. Shelley and have our anniversary today.
Morning All,
Just stopped in to see what is going on. Heading out for second cataract surgery in a few minutes. Will check back later.