V8Vega Do you drive that Grand National or has it sat in your garage for 15 years?
Do you drive that Grand National or has it sat in your garage for 15 years?
I bought it used so i drove it a few years then stored it away. So yes, she has sat in my garage for 15 years with the exception of taking her off the blocks, pushing her outside, washing and waxing and letting the doors sit open for a while for some fresh air. Keeps the interior soft (velour). I only do that in the summer, so she does get to see sunlight now and then. I do not start it, stored-no fluids.
Evening fellow diners. My second time here. First time i came in and read the posts, they didnt appear to be train related, yet personal stuff. So i didnt hang around. (no offense).
That was until I saw CudaKens post with a pic of his Charger. Well that definately peaked my interest! SWEET car! So if the topic is automobiles, then i would like to toss in my pink slip's worth and mention Im the proud owner of an 87 GN. My second. Currently residing in a garage for the last 15 years slumbering away nicely. Not quite as modified as Kens charger, but its no slouch either. I didnt alter this one much as it has T-Tops. Im sitting at around 400hp give or take. To go much more I would need a cage to keep the body from twisting and popping my tops.... the hard way! One thing about those turbocharged grenades, they are definately torquey! I always envisioned putting one of these motors in a chevy monza. THAT, would be a perfect sleeper! That would also have to be a cage car because that motor would shred that unibody car just turning the key.
I spose i am to mention also what im doing railroad wise. Well there is my studies. I always do that. You can never learn too much in this hobby. Layout wise im am being lazy. I love designing track plans but to my own demise, i cant settle on one!
There are other projects im doing - making my own equipment/details, posting on this forum, staring at rolling stock on the shelves, hoarding steam videos, spending money i shouldnt (who doesnt do that??) and the like.
One thing im not doing is digging out from under snow. I really wouldnt mind if you Buffalo folks would send some of that down my way (Va). We rarely get snow here. Just the freezing temps and black ice. The Applachians block most all precipitous weather from here. And I know for a fact you can spare a few feet of it! Come on.... share the wealth!!!
Well thats pretty much it in a nut shell. Spose i will mosey on over to a booth and order - one Pepsi, no ice, frozen glass and this months issue or MR, thanks Alice.
PEACE!!!!
PM Railfan
Well hello all. I got myself a new tablet, and really like it. Works been interesting, and I did have a good birthday last week- got a Jordan spreader in ho scale. I also had a doctor appointment. Turns out I am in excellent health and lost 5lbs. But yeah, I need to use up my discount by the end of the month.
Railroad wise-we opened up the layout for nmra members and had a couple bugs to work on. First off,our camera train tookva nose dive off the layout. Its fixed but still. Second, we had a switch motor go. By go I mean FRY. Smoke and everything. Well, we open for the general public next week! So wish us luck. Hope everyone is okay. Sending out a kind thought to Jeffrey, Since things were rough for him the last time I checked in.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Well:
Railway related:
NS is proposing to buy some D&H lines, to bring more rail traffic through the Southern Tier of NY, If a decision is made by the second quarter of 2015. See here:
http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Railways-to-realign-in-Southern-Tier-283252871.html
~Not much else, Got the HEAP application, will need documentation copied and ready to go tomorrow.
~DO Hope Jeffrey is doing well, and standing on his own two feet now.
~ Went yesterday for my shoulder surgery pre-admission testing, made the intake nurse do her work and earn her pay I tell ya! SHe was glad I had a list printed out of medical history. The surgery has been pushed back to December 17th, so I can get my spinal nerve shots next week and not have a conflict.
~I will pick up the TUrkey on Saturday, it can thaw most all week then. Hope everyone as a turkey this year. I will donate another one IF they are still collecting them then.
That about it,
later
-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.
Ray that thing could star in a horror movie ! I can see it now - Santa Claus stuck in the snow delivering presents to the cows for Christamas and - Whoa look out here comes scrooge driving that thing to eat Mr. Claus and all of thr trains he was delivering to the cows ! Has anyone every hit something buried in the snow with that thing ?
CN - Gee, How fast were you going to catch your wife if she was driving the muscle car ?
Ken - Please say it isnt so - A gutted N&W ? !!
Todd - Well it wasnt to boring in here the other day !
Folks I will be out next week taking some much needed vacation days and tomorrow will be preparing for the BIG Bosses to come around. So if I dont get a cahnce to stop in the rest of the week I will extend prayers to those in need ( especially Jeff and Ulrich) wish you all a HAPPY Thanks Giving -
TTYL
YGW
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.
Mornin'................
Snowin'............. Gonna get worse! We're in a Lake Effect band for the afternoon here in the Finger Lakes.
Zoe, I'll have a #2 Special, over easy eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of Sour Dough Toast to go alomng with a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Coffee this morning please.
Little by little information is getting done for the article I need to send out by tomorrow evening for the Region Newsletter. There is no way everything can get approved by the deadline as I havn't even seen it yet and it needs several approvals before I can get the matertial finished to go to the editor. Hoping he can give us a few days more...
Buffalo had had 5.5' of fluffy white stuff in places! Some great photos of the unfolding disaster on the Weather Channel online.
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning,
It is a balmy -7F right now with a -20 windchill but it is sunny. Oh the joy of winter in Winterpeg. Tomorrow it is supposed to get up to 32F and that isn't minus!!
Today I hope to start ballasting the sidings and might even get it all done. Then I have to clean up all the little stray bits of ballast on the side of the rails which is a lot more critical with N scale. Hope everything still works ok when I run trains.
Ken, I forgot to mention that a couple of weeks ago I was parked beside a '70 Road Runner that had a large hood scoop with ' 440 six pack' on the side. It was a 4 speed version and fully restored. The rear tires looked like slicks--- don't know how there wouldn't be a lot of scuffing against the wheel wells as they sure were stuffed in there. I thought of you. My wife learned to drive on her father's car, a '70 Chrysler 300 with a 440. She said not many guys could beat her away from a stop light.
Well time to get moving here.
CN Charlie
Good morning, everyone! Sunny, low 30s, and an easy commute. Only 13 more round trips until retirement! Yay!
Penny is off to Florida to see her parents tomorrow. She'll be gone until the 3rd of December. I have lots of layout projects to work on. I'm picking up some lumber for another short extension, the last one currently planned. Most of Phase 3 of my layout is staging, but this is a "destination" at the end of a branch line.
Train show this weekend, too.
I've also decided to order a CVP wireless system to add on to my Lenz DCC. They have them on sale right now. This will give me a couple of more throttles so I can host operating sessions when I'm ready. I also won't have to run a throttle bus into Phase 3, so I won't need to cross the aisle with wires.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. -
Nadine Gordimer, novelist, Nobel laureate (1923-2014)
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please
Uneventful Day at work. New store sighn has help with customers coming in, I had 7 today. 3 bought but it was all little things.
Train Front Gutted the N&W GP 20 and found some melted wires. What I find strange is they are all in the lighting wires? Reason I find that strange is the lights are the only thing that still works on the decoders. Here is a little bit I am going to test the motor and see what kind of Amps the motor pulls.
Starting to make some more coal loads for the coal cars. I just do not like emptys for some reason.
Sure like to hear from Jeffery and Ulrich soon! With there on going health problems it does make we worry some when they are out of touch.
See you all later, Ken
I hate Rust
Howdy ..
Good to see everybody.
JohnBoy ... Prayers to you and for heeling so you can eat normally again soon. I sent an email about your question. We Diners are now wearing our halos again and adhering to our host's rules.
Happy Model Railroading !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
yougottawantaRay - is he driving that fancy snow blower ? Geez that thing is IMPRESSIVE !
Nope! But I know of a couple people who have made some monster ones using Big V-8 car motors... About 8 miles down the road from here there is a farmer who has a combine with one of the Rotary Snow Plow attachments and uses it on the long road/driveway leading back to the cow barns.
Later!
Good evening Rob can I buy you a cup of Joe in a UP mug ? Or would you like to have todays special in an M&W mug it is flavored with a bit of coal dust
Galaxy - How is Ulrich doing ? How serious ? Who lives local to Jeff tht may be able to check on him ?
Ray - is he driving that fancy snow blower ? Geez that thing is IMPRESSIVE ! Where is everyone. Heck even cud hsnt been in today ! Hello - Hello echo echo . Hmmm Well anyway Pryers to those in need and as Galaxy says I hope they get the healing they need too.
Hi Gang,
Chloe
I am late for lunch today, but I would like a double Denver with home fries and a Dr. Pepper to chase, Please. If only I could.
We had a good trip despite a good deal of ice on our trip to Billings / Laurel last week. We left a week ago Monday and came home on Sunday, through a lot of blowing snow and high winds.
Had a great visit and helped with some of the renos on Son's and DIL's new/older home.
JEFF, This just for you. I saw a covered hopper on a siding in Billings that was colored a light blue/green and in large white letters the length of it said "CREATIVE NATIVE" and I immeadiatley thought of you. I think you should repaint and reletter one of yours that way, it would be most appropriate.
Poor old Buffalo, they got as much snow in 24 hours as we got a couple of years ago (total for the year) when we set a record for snow fall. Don't envey them a bit.
Had a nice visit with John at Jim's Junction in Billings and picked up some bits and pieces, mainly repair and detail parts, nothing major this time around.
I've looked for the debalkel that caused Mr. Otte to issue his moratorium but I have been unable to find anything. What happened and has it been pulled ?
Barry, So glad to here you are still with us and glad you have come back on line. Hope you recovery goes well. It is the sh-ts when the Golden Years we were waiting for turn out to be only a racing stripe in our shorts.
Next week I go to Saskatoon, 156 miles north of here for a second opinion on my esophagus by a specialist there. Sure hoping for some kind of help to get back eating and drinking normally again.
Sure interesting talk lately about B-mann GP-30s being noisey. I have three of them and love the look of them and they all were quite noisey. I just started to run them LOTS, both directions, usually as a second unit in a lash-up and two of them run almost silent now and the third one is much quieter but still has a little purr/growl.
Sure enjoy hearing from Inch, Flip, Chuck and Keith again. Hope others return as well.
Wishing the best for all in need, Ulrich, Jeff, Barry and all others. Wish Paul would check in.
Congrats Mr. B. on the retirement now, and again when the time arrives for sure, I am sure the new commute to the train room and ski hill will be much more pleasant.
I had best get back to work here and look productive, after all they are paying me, somewhat......
Will be back later, Gators.
Johnboy Out..................................till then
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Seattle's Best Dark Roast coffee in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please.
***YGW, I suggest You acquire one of every style RR cup and mug available, have a coffee in each one of them, and let me know the results.
Watched a C130 fly over the farm today. Usually they train over in groups of three. Sometimes so low I think if the pilot waved, I would see it.
I'll be in the corner booth near the wood stove keeping warm.
Cheers! Rob
Hey look .... Ray has another vehicle for his next road trip.
SO Glad I am not in Buffalo where they are expecting a total of 6 FEET of snow!
MOH needs the 'puter for "homework' from work so I will see you later!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could use a refill of the decaf right now if you would...
Got my sister home safe and sound... Well, safe anyway. NYS Thruway was dry and clear until I got to the Victor exit (44) passed under the bridge and whalla! Snowy and wet roads. Had to drive straight into a 35 mph wind the whole way so gas milage was terrible. Worst I have ever got on the PiP at 44mpg on the way to Rochester. I decided to take a chance and stay on the thruway to exit 46 where the road was closed passed that point. Real nasty driving by the time I got off at I-390. Bad all the way to just before the Airport too. We decided to take I-390 back to exit 46 on the Thruway and take that way home rather than drive though Rochester with the idiots at rush hour being far worse than driving in a blizzard! Other than wet and windy roads, it wasn't too bad on the way home.
Claude and Clim were happy their Human had come back to them, and Clim even let me pet him again.
Still waiting on the paperwork that has to get to the editor by Friday.... I have some bad feelings about the success of the Convention if I don't get the needed stuff done correctly in time to publish. The next issue of the Region newsletter won't go out until March. The Convention is in May!
Hope you all stay warm and safe!
Well
SO GLAD I AM NOT in Buffalo, as parts got a whole 51" {yes four feet, Three inches} of s**w. such a dirty word.
TRAIN RELATED:
~ I worked on the train room all this morning. What a mess! I piled all train stuff floating around on top the train table. Probably not the best thing to do as it adds weight on top the tracks. But for now, where else to put it?
~Only threw out 3 bags {giant 39 gallon ones} of "garbage" from the room....as a "hoarder" which i am beginnig to think I am, seriously, I cannot bear to throw something of"value" or "stilll usefull"... out except when i am in a "throw away mood". I was only half way there today.
~But most importantly I DID find the floor,and that with half the stuff GONE{IF I get ridof it|}, I COULD get back to work around the layout...just still not quite able to expand it to the 4.2 foot x 6.5 foot i'd LIKE to make it. The room is only 9'x8'! And chopped up with the "furnace bump", the closet and the window and door...so with the "furnace bump" it really is only about 5.6-6' deep there.
NON TRAIN RELATED:
~Wrapped PRESENTS for the great nephews all afternoon. Not all of it/them/the stuff, but a LOT of it. Some will go in stocking with glitter-glue names on them. The glue has to dry before I can do much stufffing. We will be going out there {a 45 minute drive} this weekend, so IF we don't make it again before that holiday I cannot mention, the presents will be there. Also wrapped some for MOH and some "to US from Santa"....
~Now as long as I remember where I hid them from MOH?
HALFWAY TRAIN RELATED:
~ The tree will go up thanksgiving day while the turkey is roasting....THEN the presents can go under the tree. It is the small 2' from last year, and NO, I WON'T be putting the 40" {or is it 42"?} square train layout under it this year. Too much hassle as it DOES tend to block part of the entrance to the kitchen, and MOH has a fit over it. I personally, as a fat jolly old man, do not find it a nuisance, though-even though I have to tunr sideways to get through.
~For those who are wondering....I have heard from Ulrich, he is dealing with a major health issue.
~wonder what is up with Jeffrey? I think he said he had to share someone's wifi or something, so must not be sharing anymore? Hope he is doing just fine. I know he will.
!well, nap or bed time, which ever it turns out to be...
See you in the A of M...
Good Afternoon from a chilly Winterpeg,
Chilly as in 18F with a wind chill of 4F right now and it isn't even sunny.
Well we finally made it down to Thief River Falls this past weekend so I now have my HO layout running again with the new DCC system. We had a great visit and a great meal out at the Evergreen restaurant where they serve great ribs. Ride home wasn't much fun with strong NW winds causing a lot of blowing snow and poor visability.
I am nearly finished ballasting the main line on my N scale door layout. I just have to put the glue on a few more feet and then it is done. Next up will be the sidings which will have different ballast to reflect the usage. After that I think I will get the roads and streets down.
Mr. B, gongrats on the retirement. I joined that group a year ago and I think you will be glad you did too. People are right who wonder how they had time for work in the first place. I do find that I am staying up a lot later but then get up later in the morning. It's all my wife's fault as she is a night hawk so I wind up watching something on the TV often until 12:30.
Barry, nice to see you back !
I've been reading the posts in the diner and am not surprised Mr. Otte stepped in--glad he did.
Well soon time for supper.
See you soon,
Afternoon Dinners
Warming up the grill and going to do the Artic BBQ. It is all the way up to 26! Might as well enjoy the warm weather.
Train Front Well it did not go well. While the wiring looks well done by Vince there is something very wrong. Seems what I thought was a Dazed and Confused Decoder is really a BBQ decoder. I made the mistake of installing the decoder from my UP F7A unit and cooked it as well. With the F7 decoder it did the samething, run, stop, run and stop. Installed it back in to the F7 and it was DOA. Only thing that will work is the lights, just like in the GP 20.
I am half way thinking the DH 123 /163 decoder is just to big. With the shell off, it ran. Install the shell and started acting up. Think I am going to try a N scale decoder the next time around. Will start gutting the engine later tonight.
Blowout (Its Berry Right?) I assume you are asking me if the Blower is the latest version? Far from it, it is a old school GMC Big Bore 6-71. It has a few trick things like teflon wipers, matched ported and flowed BDS Tented intake. I all so have a 250 HP Fogger set up to cool the fuel temps if I ever make it a race car. OK, it is for looks, if I use the bottles (Have 2 for the trunk) it will break the Charger in half. Never did install the fogger set up, goes under the carbs. After I saw the Dyno numbers I knew I bite off more than I could chew.
Dennis is a Mopar friend and is the cam designer for Reed Cams. He is the one that set up the cam profile up and had it made for me. He out did him self! Idles smooth but will nail you to the seat. I was hoping for 500 HP! Heck, it made 300 HP at 2500 RPM's. I quiclky under drove it 10 percent.
Thinking about buying a new computer. I found out where my company buys computers and it is local. I am looking for something new than my Dell 3300 with DDR 1 Ram. My budget is no higher than $150.00. Couple I am thinking about.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-745-Desktop-Celeron-D-3-07GHz-80GB-HDD-2GB-RAM-CD-Loaded-w-Win-7-/361098470378?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item54132563ea
I do perfer Intel and Dell so maybe this one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precision-T3400-Core-2-Duo-2-4GHz-80GB-HDD-4GB-RAM-DVD-ROM-Loaded-w-Win-7-/231386712094?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item35dfb9081e
I will do some research on line about them I just wonder what you folks think.
Garry - thanks for the email. Wasnt sure what happened here. But it sure sounds like a lot of folks got their panties in a bunch. Cannot figure out why folks get heir panties in such a bunch as something that is meant to be as Galaxy says "Healing power".
Ken - LOL, DC Dazed and confused ROTF. Which charger body style was your favorite ? What did you think of the 66 like Elvis drove in that movie ?
Galaxy - even though you dont know how to spell Christmas ( you are short a few letters ) I for one do not wish you pain. I rather enjoy your daily post.
Howmus - do you send some of that cold weather here ? With the wind chill it feels like 16 degrees today ! Maybe that is because we are next to Washington DC. I think we should change it to Washington Dazed and Confused : )
Rob - No Problem. I have a question for you. Do you think it taste better because it is in a train coffee cup or because it is a UP coffee cup ? I wonder if I get an M&W trin cup wht it will taste like ? Maybe I will Ask for one as a Christmas present.
Mister B. - Congrats on your retirement or not retirement. Any way Congratulations I am sure it is well deserved !
Welp gotta get back to that awful word w**k - now that is a word that should be banned - TTYL
Mornin' everyone! Oh, Mornin' Barry! Zoe put Barry's tab om my account will ya?
Zoe, I would like the #2 special this morning, over easy eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sour dough toast, and bring over the jar of strawberry preserves please.
Currently 20°F outside, up from 18°F when I first got up this morning. High today will get up to 24°F... "We're havin' a heat wave.... Tropical Heat Wave..."
The sun is trying to peek through the clouds every now and then... I get to drive to Rochester this afternoon and chauffeur my sister back home. Glad she is not coming into the Buffalo Airport as Buffalo has had 3 foot of lake effect and is closed (state of emergency)! The NYS Thruway (I-90) is closed from the Henrietta Exit (46) to the Pennsylvania State Line.... Haven't had much here (knock on wood). A little over an inch. The roads are clear so no problem until I get to Rochester. I use the Henrietta exit and I-390 to get to the Rochester Airport. Fun, Fun, Fun!!! I read recently that the amount of water that lake effect can remove from Lake Erie is more in one hour than goes over Niagra Falls in a week.... All that moisture then comes back down as white stuff from Buffalo East when the wind is out of the West. So right now Buffalo to Henrietta and Watertown area are really getting dumped on.
Best get moving I guess! My best to all of you.
Good Morning
Das pain from das rear is annoying but I managed to go downstairs to get track cleaning done.
BTW...the H-16-44 is a FM. Precisely...that,s why I am looking for them!!
Anyhoo...we are getting up to 45mph gusts here...which is making our measely 24F feel more like 4F....or lower
Ken...is that the latest model you have? Beautiful set up there!
Hope Ulrich is doing better....
Galaxy...hope the pain does not get to you!!
Better get at the track cleaning ...again.
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/
Mornin, coffee dear with plenty of irish. A very cold morning here at 8 with a wind chill -7. Sun early then clouds n flurries, high near 20 maybe. Warmer weather for the weekend highs low 50’s, but rain.
Game Sun was ok, boys lost, but played hard. Hada light sn;w going up, still,still sn;win after. The ½ hour drive took 65 min home, and 2.5” of white on the ground Mon. 1 year ago yesterday, we tornado warnings and 71.
MR BEASLEY,, sounds like a great plan for retirement
The number of trains outback are down only get bout 15 or 20 instead of 30 or 35 , like we were, guess the xmas rail delivery are pretty well done.
Bouts time for chores, plan on some train room cleaning. Thoughts for all in need n ya’ll have a gooden
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Train related:armchair modeler: I LOOKED at the train room yesterday and nearly fainted. It has so much other stuff in it it is impossible to get to the train table right now. TOday is garbage day, but I should do grocery shopping, maybe I will do some "cleaning and throwing out stuff" It works as "Storage roomn" too. I once had it all neatly done when I built the the small HO layout: 3.5 feet x 5.1 feet. BNow it takes up so much space it isn't funny...the room is ONLY 8x9 feet....
~I should go grocery shopping BUT i think i WILL see what I can throw out today...gotta happen sometime i guess...I can go grocery shopping on thursday...now if only my back holds out...
~back WON't hold out long as my spinal nerve injections are next week, so It won't take much before in agony. I have a call in to the Surgeons office to find out IF I can go ahead with the injections or nto...a spinal epidural may NOT be best thing afore a surgery... will find out,sooner or later.
~since the spinal nerve injections take about a week to get over and takes place one week before the surgery adn I am in agony for the week, THEn the shoulder surgery, I will BE one hurting puppy for awhile. SOme of you may wish I was in pain...
well that about all form the NE territories!
Flo, Warn Beer Please
Dang it is cold for this time of year in Southern ILL! It is 17 degrees right now and I am missing the 15 pounds of fat I lost! Normally I handle cold well, not so far this year.
zstripe Do You want to run for pink slips...against My 64 Fairlane ''Thunderbolt'', it only has 600 + horsey's. If You frequented the drag strips, You'll know what I am talking about.
Z Strip yes I know what a Thunderbolt is and belive it or not, I am not shaking in my boots. While it is not in a light weight I have a 1963 Super Stock 426 Maxie Wedge in the 68 Road Runner. Right now it has 906 383/440 heads for street driving. I still have the 4:38 Gears, Heads and Cross Ram intake for the motor. If some time you like to chat on the phone, I will tell you the story about how I happen to get the Compelet Maxie Wedge for $50.00.
Love to see some pictuers of the 427. I wish I had kept the 427 Mustang I had. When I got out of the Army I had no way to get 2 cars home, so I sold the Stang and kept my 68 Road Runner.
By the way, my 69 Charger is no slouch.
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With it over driven 10% I made 698 HP at 5200 RPM's and a frame bending 750 foot pounds at 4800 RPM's. All she needs is a 6 point cage to stiffen up the body and a 4 link and slicks.
Train Front Think I have found two of the problems with Shaky the GP 20 I got from Vince. I call it Shaky because it would run, the stop. Shake it a little and it would run again.
1 Found a lose wire to the rear truck. Easy fix.
2 Seems to have a DC decoder. DC in the case means Dazed and Confussed.
Going to install the decoder in a diffrent engine and see what happens. If it still acts Dazed and Confused I will reset to default and cross my finguers.
Later, Ken
Chamomile tea in a SOUTHERN mug, please.
***YGW, missed your previous post. Yes, coffee does taste better in any railroad themed mug. As for teams, of my three "bird teams" (Falcons, Seahawks, Cardinals), only the Cardinals are doing well. So, there is still hope.
***Keith, nice work!
Healing thoughts for those in need, including 4-leggers.
Yawn....... Oh, yep, I'm awake.
Janie, can I get a refill for the deacf, please...
Garry, yep! My sister got very lucky this time with her cats and she has finally learned that cats don't need to go outside where they can get run over or killed by dogs, catch parasites, and play havok with the songbird population of the neighborhood.
These two cats came from very different backgrounds. Claude was adopted from the local ASPCA Shelter and was part of a litter from a home somewhere locally. He had been very well taken care of and was in beautiful form when she got him at a few months of age. My sister just loved his markings. We both think there is some Scotish Wildcat somewhere back in his ancestry as he is huge (Weighs in at 17lbs) is very strong and loves water! He tends to be very friendly but somewhat alloof at times.
Clim was one of two kittens from a litter born to a ferral cat out in a barn/garage about a block away. About the time he was weaned his mother was killed and a few months after that his sister was run over and killed in the street. He started showing up at my sister's house just a few weeks after an older ferral cat with long hair had disappeared (probably died). My sister found out some background about him from a nieghbor down the street. She left some food out for him and he became a daily visitor to her house. He was frightened of most everything and was a sad little guy. He soon decided that my sister was OK and would come over and sit on her lap and get petted every day when she fed him. One day she let him in the house to meet Claude. They had been staring at each other through the window for weeks... For the first few minutes Clim seemed fine and was nose to nose with Claude. He suddenly realized he was trapped inside the house and became terrified (He had spent 6 weeks trapped in a barn accross the street when the people went to Florida for the winter. Somebody finally saw him and opened the barn and let him out. He was in very bad shape when he reappeared at my sister's house). He literally went beserk. My sister thought she was never going to get him to go out the door. He finally found it and left. Didn't come back for a couple days... Little by little over the summer he got so he would come inside for a few minutes, play with Claude, and ask to go back outside.
Then Winter came last year! One day he came in for a while on a wet cold day and didn't want to leave. My sister let him stay. He still hasn't left. So here is scared little ferral cat who made friends with an indoor cat and a human and has adopted them and claimed the house as his. I was very pleased he decided to accept me today! He has turned out to be a sweet little (10 lb) kitty who loves to cuddle with his human all the time...
Well, I seem to have written a short story tonight. Never did get down cellar to the trains today. Hopefully I will for a bit before I drive to Rochester to pick up my sister at the airport tomorrow.
Be blessed!