Evening Gang: Not much new here. I am still working on my Milw Rd depot. I got the platform installed and a first coat of paint but I'm not real happy with the results. I'll go over it with a weathering spray and try to get a dirty concrete look.
Cederstrand: I have the Fox Valley Hi and am very happy with it. It does have a few small problems with the couplers but they were easly taken care of. The locomotive runs great, no wobble. I did hear about that problem in some of the units but not mine. I talked to Fox Valley and they said that they were taking care of anyone with that problem. They have also brought out the no. 2,3,and 4 and I haven't and I haven't heard of any problems with them. I run the FV cars along with the Walthers Hiawatha cars and heavy weightsand some AHM and IHC cars and haven't had any problems. For a dedacated Milwaukee Road fan just being able to finally get Hi equipment the problems I can live with.
Well I'm going to head for bed.
***Paul, thanks for the bit of info.
Been outside all evening and tonight with Melody, one of my mini mares. Called the vet and discussed everything with him. The exact cause would be speculation on my part, but there really isn't anything that can be done for her at this point. Neurological in nature. Tears at my heart. Nothing else to say.
Rob
Today's word:
-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.
Mr. B. SO 29 years for you? If I calculate right?
We have beeen together 15 years, but got hitched 13 years ago, and renewed our vows 3 years ago...I think we are now stuck with each other... as we done got hitched! Was that a mistake? the so called "marriage penalty" hit us harder than we thought! Still does, many years later!
Packer{Vincent?};See above to Mr. B's.....THen my parents were married 5 days after my mother turned 19, a month later than our anniversary, but she has passed a decade ago,so my father is now a widower. He doesn't celebrate as there is nothing to celebrate anymore.
well we are off to the stores...
later!
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have a nice steaming hot bowl of grits with some butter and cinnamon-sugar and my usual gigante cup of coffee with boo coo cream, please.
Yaaay! It's officially spring and warmth is on the way, sort of, so why are we scheduled for snow tonight?! Grrrrr!
Nothing to report train wise. Still using the next two Sunday's for spring cleaning.
happy to see Ulrich is getting his new glasses.
To all who are going under the knife, and there's more than one, I hope all goes well or went well and that everyone heals quickly.
We are having a mayoral election coming up soon in the city, and the TV ads are going at it. I had never seen politics like this before I moved here.
I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good Morning
Well, after a nice dull start to the day it ended up pretty nice, albeit a bit on the ccold side. We had about 125 people show up at the open house so we were packed and busy...
Ken: I've been in situations like that...i would rather had seen it handled way different than that.
Ray: Making progress!!
Well, I'm going to have my favorite this morning....coffee and omelette...the thick kind
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/
Coffee TO GO, please,
I was shocked to find Melody (mini mare) up and alive this morning, as was the Vet. He's on his way as I type. Still not a good prognosis, but perhaps he can pinpoint the problem and I'll learn something new from it. Anyway, I'll be down in the barn today.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Kashi Granola Cereal and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Coffee this morning.
AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH! Ahem.... Now that I got that out of my system, yep, it is sn*wing here. Something called Lake Effect. We got a couple inches at least overnight and we are under an advisory for Lake Effect untill 11AM today. This afternoon the sun is supposed to come out and melt off all the sn*w and the eensey, weensey, Spider goes up the spout again....
Rob, so sorry to hear about Melody's problems. Hope there is something that can be done to keep her around and have a bit of good life left. Minis are such wonderful horses (at least any that I have been around)!
Barry, little by little...
I am skipping church this morning... I am still wiped out from yesterday. Besides I can't understand a thing that is said in the church anyway. Funny thing is that now that he is retired my former pastor agrees with me as he has spent some time sitting in the congregation! He too wants us to get going with the sound treatment. I think I shall do some self reflection while I work on the railroad down cellar. This afternoon I will have to venture out to drive to Canandaigua to feed my sisters little kittie cat.
Good thing he is a sweetie as he is incredibly strong. He has a largest front paws of any house cat I have ever seen. Weighs in at just under 20 lbs. and not an ounce of fat on him.
Sun is trying to peek out around the flakes that are still falling outside. Time for me to get moving I think!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning! We've got sunshine, blue skies and a wind chill of 10 degrees. Somebody forgot to send the "spring" memo to the weather gods here. I will be driving up to Maine in a few hours. You won't hear from me again until Friday. No laptop, no smart phone, so I'm off-grid until then.
The other night I finished wiring the between-the-rails phototransistors for my flashers-only crossing, and I was running a steamer around with a few coaches, just to test it out and to enjoy some railfanning. That crossing works in both directions now. I was playing with the room dimmers to see how well they worked in low available light. Once I found a happy spot, I turned on the structure lights and street lamps and sat back to just enjoy the moment.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but flashers and gates when the steamer drew near! That crossing is partially wired, but with infrared phototransistors across the tops of several tracks. I'd had pretty much zero luck getting these things to work at all. I think they started to work because they were seeing the street lamps across the tracks. The gate that's hooked to the Tortoise lowered, and went back up when the train passed, just like it's supposed to. Now, if I can only get it to work in the daytime....
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning.
Rob ... I hope your horse gets well soon.
Ray .... We have 3 cats, and they are good company. Fun to watch them play.
Paul .... Glad to see you posting. You have said, you have a lot of ore cars. I have a mix of various manufacturers for my ore cars. Currently, I am upgrading old AHM/Rivarossi ore cars. Walthers current flyer advertised ore car trucks without wheel sets. I have good wheels sets which I previously put in the AHM trucks, but they don't work well. So, now I am putting the good wheels in the new Walthers trucks and installing them on the cars. The old AHM trucks are being discarded. (Quite a while ago, I put kadee couplers on the car bodies and cut the coupler mounts off of the AHM trucks.) ... My other ore cars are Walthers and Roundhouse products.
Barry .... 125 people!... Sounds like a great turnout.
Happy Model Railroading !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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.
I spent the weekend surrounded by the ladies in my life--my wife and daughters. Life is good.
Richard
Good Afternoon!
Thought I drop by for a moment to have a brief chat. I had some pretty rough days lat week, as my old ticker was acting up again, giving me pulse readings anywhere between 45 and 200. It´s fairly stable now, so I feel much better. I am eagerly waiting for the optometrist to call me to pick up my new glasses. I am a bit worn out by now, not being able to read, watch TV, or participate in this forum, which has become a lifeline for me in the past years. I hould be hearing from him not later than coming Wednesday. Hopefully that period of my life will be over soon.
I have learned a big lesson the past 7 weeks. People with an impairment of their eyesight are lonesome folks! My plea is to make friends to a blind and near-blind person, so he has a minimum of a social life. A soon as my vision is back to normal, I will see what I can do in my community.
Back next week!
Blessings to you all!
Good afternoon diners, Breezy, chilly early spring day in SE Ohio.
I hit the jackpot yesterday as both my Walther's order and order for a mini bench grinder arrived shortly after lunch. With all the power tools I have, have never owned a bench grinder. The one purchased was $39 plus shipping. I decided to purchase it as users claimed it was the same mini grinder offered by a firm specializing in modeler tools for $79.
Plan to put the grinder to use making the first hand laid turnout. Still need to lay about three feet of ties on the curve for the wye before starting the switch. Its an adventure.
Bob, hope your horse recovers.
Howmus, enjoy your stay in the northwoods off the grid.
Uhlrich, hope you receive your new glasses soon and that your health issue has stabilized.
Jim
Strong coffee in a HIAWATHA mug, please.
***Ray, that is a BIG cat.
Whatever is going on with Melody, she does present a cranial nerve problem. She also seems to be responding to the treatment of steroids and banamine shots(s). Will have a better idea next time I check on her. Have never liked having to give horses shots, but sometimes it is necessary.
Well, think I am committed to having a Hiawatha train on my future layout, for no other reason that I have always thought they looked really cool. Picked up two cars on the-bay the other night. Hopefully when the new releases come out, I'll get a good running loco, free from issues.
Cheers! Rob
Sir Madog I have learned a big lesson the past 7 weeks. People with an impairment of their eyesight are lonesome folks! My plea is to make friends to a blind and near-blind person, so he has a minimum of a social life. A soon as my vision is back to normal, I will see what I can do in my community.
WHy, Ulrich what a wonderful thing to do!
It often take one to be in the shoes of such to appreciate things.
AND MAYBE, Just MAYBE, you can make a PAYING job of it somehow!
Start a charity and be the CEO, you have the skills!
You could start a "driving club" to take the visually impaired to Drs. appts and grocery.
You could start a fundraiser to collect old eyeglasses like the Lions club does here for the less fortunate...
YOu could even just start a club to READ To the blind,
And write letter/fill out forms for them!
The possibilities are endless!
Hope you succeed!
-galaxy
Good Afternoon
Nice and ccold...and windy out here...had to do some work in our garage...wish I didn't. All I managed to do was rewire some of the studio back there and do some general cleaning up....anyhoooo...
Garry: When my sister hosts her open house she has around 200 show up...but then that was when she lived nearer TO than she does now.
Galaxy: All kinds of good ideas there.
Rob: Hope Melody gets better...also, good call on the Hiawatha series...
Flo, I'll have a couple of sandwiches with Cucumber, Lettuce and Tomatoes as well as a Kona Dark Roast coffee please.
5Pm here on the East Coast....PBS station "Create" is running a "restoration series" on restoring an old train fish car called the "badger"!!
Tune in and watch!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf please... Huh, No already had supper over at my son's house... Pulled Pork, sweet corn, cole slaw, and tater tots. For dessert a freshly baked brownie with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup. Yum!
JAMES MOONHowmus, enjoy your stay in the northwoods off the grid.
Huh??? Have no idea what you are talking about....
Most but not all of the sn*w that fell last night and this morning (but not all) has melted with the nice sunshine this afternoon and early evening. My kitties have, ever since I stopped using ghe wood stove, parked themselves most of the time right in front of the hot air vents from the furnace. Manét sometimes will be sound asleep with his head right against the vent... As fo me, I'm ready for spring to arrive. I'd like to get the parsnips out of the garden, and I need to have the stuff in the side driveway melt so I can start moving the firewood over to my son's house. That would give the contractor a driveway to use while they are working on the living room (also on that side of the house). As soon as the yard dries enough so I can drive on it, my son and I will load up the rest of the firewood into my little trailer and clear off the back porch. Then they can use it as a work space as well.
Catch you all later...
TODAY'S "interesting info":
On Los Angeles highways arteriousWe shout, “Will you be {crazy} serious!”In that kind of trafficOur language gets graphicStay calm, though, if CHiPs stop and query us.
was told by a clever young nerdThat “aerious” was a real wordBut it was so rareThat it meant only airOr at least that is what I inferred.
When game of Scrabble I play,I love to play the word, ai.This duoliteral word,Is a sloth, so I’ve heard,Helps me to win, by the way.
I DON'T know whay that post came out the way it did, nothing is wrong with the way I wrote it! And I didn't do it all in green either, only the Healing parts! And I did not bold or put the poems in green either!
Oh, wel, the miracles of modern tech!
howmus I'd like to get the parsnips out of the garden,
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Mornin'.......
Sn*wed again last night.....
Zoe, I'll have the #2 Special this morning. Over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sour dough toast. Will also need a 20 cup urn of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast coffee to wake me up.
Galaxy, you forgot to put in the backslash.... Should be [ /color], not [ color].
Bear, you've been told right! That is why the parsnips are still out in the garden. I usually go out in mid January when we have a thaw and get them dug. This year the ground has been frozen solid since mid January.... The raised beds had around 3 feet of sn*w on top of them most of the winter also.
Currently 16°F outside with a high of 28°F this afternoon. Everything has a nice coating of white on it.... There are a bunch of Robins and Starlings trying to eat the berries from last fall in my Flowering Quince tree.
Catch you all later!
Good morning, everybody.
Hey Earl, grab the shotguns we're havin goose for dinner ye haw.
Galaxy if your knees are like mine you must do a prety good two step wooble
Mister B- I too have an old heinz pickle car, now to find some where to use it on my layout.( early diesel/really late steam). but no matter how things go , you got to love a train show.
Melody died overnight. RIP sweet little mare. Rob
Melody died overnight. RIP sweet little mare.
Rob - I am sorry to read about Melody´s passing. She looks so cute on the picture. It mut break your heart!
Good news on my end! I just received a call that my new glasses are ready to be picked up! Won´t be able to go there today or tomorrow, but Wednesday seems to be the day they will bring me back into a normal life again!
I am so happy - feel like huggin´ the whole world (Petra will have to suffice )
Without your help, this wouldn´t have been possible!
Chloe, just a cup of hot chocolate for me right now...
Rob, I'm so sorry to hear about Melody. She was certainly a beautiful mini! Always hard to lose an animal that is like a close friend. Will be thinking about you and will keep you in my prayers.
Ulrich! Wonderful news! Don't foget to take a selfie and let us see them... Do hope they are able to let you see well again!
Later!
Richard - I have three daughters at home, 1 female cat, two female dogs. I need some one to ship me some male hormones ! But as you said life is good and I love my daughters.
Mr. B - You are a good cook ? How about a Pecan pie : )
Garry - Glad you enjoyed the steak
Richard - Happy belated birthday
Galaxy - How long before they want to do the surgey on your other shoulder ? I bet you are excited about Ulrich getting his glasses ?
Rob - Sorry to here about your loss. That can be painful.
Howmus - did you build the trestle ? Noce looking progress.
Anglebob Is your brother getting fired or laid off ?
Ulrich we cant wait for you to SEE us !
Cuda - Oh my Gosh that is a BEAUTIFUL is that a 68 and a 69 ? How old is that pict ? They are not going t give you any money for managing ? Hmmm. I hope you are still looking.
Welp lot of stuff happening on my end. MOH and I made a bid for a nice house with a few acres Sunday. There are two unfinished rooms in the basement. MOH asked which do you want for a train room Yep I have a good one folks !!! Life is GOOD. Gotta get back to w**k.
TTYL
YGW