Afternoon folks,
A large cup of hot chocolate would suit me well right now, Chloe.
YGW, I have already said this is not a topic that should be discused in here.... If you want information on this subject, try here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debtors'_prison, https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery.html (First paragraph explains it), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servant (read part titled North America). For many who signed, it was come to the New world, or stay in prison for many many years, or be put to death. Many were simply caught on the streets, thrown in prison, and told to sign or else... I could go on but I have already overstepped the boundaries as I know it. No more on this!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
last mountain & eastern hoggerUlrich, maybe you can tell us more. ?
Johnboy - I couldn´t tell you more than you posted in the paragraph underneath the picture. They were used as motive power for park railroads - mainly on a temporary basis for the duration of the Federal Garden Show, which is held in different cities each year - from April till end of October.
The gauge is 600mm, about 60bhp
14 were built, but to my knowledge, only one still in service in Cologne, one in Karlsruhe, one in Saarbrücken and a fourth one in Amsterdam.
Sir Madog last mountain & eastern hogger Ulrich, maybe you can tell us more. ? Johnboy - I couldn´t tell you more than you posted in the paragraph underneath the picture. They were used as motive power for park railroads - mainly on a temporary basis for the duration of the Federal Garden Show, which is held in different cities each year - from April till end of October. The gauge is 600mm, about 60bhp 14 were built, but to my knowledge, only one still in service in Cologne, one in Karlsruhe, one in Saarbrücken and a fourth one in Amsterdam.
last mountain & eastern hogger Ulrich, maybe you can tell us more. ?
VW ? Porsche ?
rear engine ?
air cooled ?
LOL
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Afternoon Diners,
Train News: On Monday I ordered some track at my hobby store. I received an email that my order left today.
The casino give their players a free dining voucher for today only. That place was packed filled with people with extremely long lines to restaurants and the kiosk machine for their ticket.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Productive day.
Hung the thermometer in the bonus room. Hung the stick-match holder by the stove. Hung the bathroom mirror. Moved the cabinet out of the bath to the bonus room, moved into the bath the small dehumidifier...{we are developing a small spot of mold on the bath ceiling above the window}. Mounted the hooks for the bathrobes. did some morng shopping ,and bought a new oriental-look rug for my"feet palce" at the couch so as to not dirty the carpet.
WIll still hang a few things, such as the hook by the back door, etc. Tired, my wrenched knee is telling me all about it, the matchng hip from climbing on the step stool is telling me about it.
We will see what we shall see when we see it.
Train nut friend siad he might stop by, but by the looks of it here at 5:30 he ain't a comin'.
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.
Steven Otte galaxy Steven Otte No religious discussions in the Forums, fellows. Hmm, Mr. Otte, thanks fo the reminder, BUT, I must have failed to see any religious discussion? DId I miss it? The discussion in question was removed. Repeating its contents to tell you what it was would be counter-productive. Suffice it to say that the things mentioned by you (offering prayers for fellow Diners) and Ulrich (discussion of modeling a chapel) are acceptable. Unprompted exposition on personal and potentially divisive religious viewpoints is not. Now, let's drop it and carry on. I don't enjoy having to play Cousin Vinnie any more than you enjoy his visits. The brass knuckles are too small for my hands.
galaxy Steven Otte No religious discussions in the Forums, fellows. Hmm, Mr. Otte, thanks fo the reminder, BUT, I must have failed to see any religious discussion? DId I miss it?
Steven Otte No religious discussions in the Forums, fellows.
No religious discussions in the Forums, fellows.
Hmm, Mr. Otte, thanks fo the reminder, BUT, I must have failed to see any religious discussion? DId I miss it?
The discussion in question was removed. Repeating its contents to tell you what it was would be counter-productive.
Suffice it to say that the things mentioned by you (offering prayers for fellow Diners) and Ulrich (discussion of modeling a chapel) are acceptable. Unprompted exposition on personal and potentially divisive religious viewpoints is not. Now, let's drop it and carry on. I don't enjoy having to play Cousin Vinnie any more than you enjoy his visits. The brass knuckles are too small for my hands.
Steven ... I suppose to you, the role of playing Cousin Vinnie may feel like a thankless job. ... However, your efforts are appreciated. We know Kalmbach owns the forum, and those who post in the forum must adhere to the rules. Kalmbach needs somebody to manage the forum and keep it under control. .... Also, we don't wish to see our fellow model railroaders arguing about non-model-railroad-stuff. ...... So thanks for what you do, and have a coffee on us.
I hope Barry's (Blownout Cylinder) surgery went well, and he is recovering as well as can be expected.
Heartland Division CB&Q I hoipe Barry's (Blownout Cylinder) surgery went well, and he is recovering as well as can be expected.
I hoipe Barry's (Blownout Cylinder) surgery went well, and he is recovering as well as can be expected.
I concur....I was just coming here to ask him about it, but he is probably "sleeping it off",.. hope it went well and he is up and walking around tomorrow and in PT on Saturday.... hope the morphine drip serves him well :-)
I share everyone's wishes, concerns and prayers for Barry. I was on an IV infusion of narcotics for 2 days after my surgery. That zaps your ability to concetrate or your need for entertainment on the Internet.
Everything could be fine and we might not hear from him until the middle of next week.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Hey all the terrible w**k week is finally over. The company in a cost cutting effort released one of the vender. The VP sent out one of his minions to inform me I now had to do the venders work. I sent him back with a message that I am already working way more than I should be and after hours too and that I could not possible take in the work of this vender. Not sure how this is going to turn out.
Steve - I agree with Garry statement. Sometimes I feel like the enforcement is one sided. But it is your game so if we want to play we play by your rules. I will still advocate for more inclusive discussion.
Barry - praying for a quick recovery.
Der how is your week been
Galaxy, Lion, UP831.... Howdy
YGW
Just dropped in from the Coffee Pot on the 3Rail forum hoping to hear that Barry's surgery went well and on his way to recovery. Hope we hear all kinds of good news from him or his BetterHalf tomorrow. I'm another train-nut with a bum ticker.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Proud New Member Of The NRA
Hello
My hubby is resting right now. He was in OR for 4 hours. Thanks for the concern and support you have given to us.
Audrey
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/
Heartland Division CB&QVW ? Porsche ? rear engine ? air cooled ?
Garry - I am sorry, but those locos were not built by VW or Porsche, their engine is water-cooled and somewhere in the front.
They are called Porsche-locos, because their design incorporates supposedly features of the Porsche 356 of the 1950´s.
Good Morning!
Another bright, but icy cold day here. I´ll just be running a few trains today. There are a few places which need to be w*rked on, but that will be messy, so I postpone it to keep Petra happy!
Audrey - good to hear Barry´s surgery went well. He is in our !
I´ll be back later!
blownout cylinder Hello My hubby is resting right now. He was in OR for 4 hours. Thanks for the concern and support you have given to us. Audrey
GOOD to hear Audrey, Thnaks for letting us know.
DO keep us aprised until he is well enough to tell us himself!
Hope the morphine IV drip is doing him some good :-)
GM, MEN!
Still contemplating life in this corner....
Today's word:
Today's life quotes:
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~George Bernard Shaw
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
~Abraham Lincoln
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
~Henri Nouwen
Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
~Arthur Miller
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
~Albert Einstein
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
~Alice Roosevelt Longworth
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
GO AHEAD, MAKE IT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!
Now go wash your alars...{hee hee}
Hello all
It's been a while since I've been in the diner. Glad to see it's been named in honor of Jeffrey. I miss him.
Got involved in N-gauge a while back and then decided it was too small and stuck w/ O-gauge. Then I started volunteering w/ the local historical trolley/bus group and found an N-gauge trolley that is the spitting image of one of ours on the bay. So I got another N-gauge loop of Kato track to run it. Then a guy I volunteer w/ offers me his 3 X 9' layout. I decided to think about it. In the meantime he gives me a bunch of old rolling stock. One night I'm sitting at the kitchen table messing around w/ it and I realize there is more stuff sitting on the table than all the O-scale stuff I have. I was hooked. Well, that layout now dominates the living room of where I live. I ended up trading off a lot of my O-gauge for some older N stuff and here I am again.
Glad to hear BOC did well w/ his surgery.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Afternoon!
Boy, do I need a rest! Janie, coffee in an IV bag and something sweet to chew on, please. Apple pie, topped with vanilla ice cream and rum raisins? Sounds great!
Bob - welcome back! So you have no entered the world of model railroding in the iNsane scale! Trolleys? Kato, Tomix and Modemo have quite a lot of schtuff for that. Arnold, which is now Hornby´s N scale brand, also has a streetcar available. I bet transit modeling will catch on!
I feel knackered! In the morning I had to go to our post office to return the sound module, which just does not want to work. I hope the replacement will do its job! Saturday seems to be the day when the ladies return all those dresses and shoes they ordered that one size to small, so there was a huge queue. Took me an hour to post my little parcel.
Back home, the battle of the foam started ad, at first, it appeared to be an easy win for the foam.In the end I won and I am now not at all sad to announce that there is no more pink foam visible on my layout (give or take one or two spots requiring some touch-up)!
Another little step done!
Lion - lovely picture!
Good morning ......
Audrey .... A big thanks to you for keeping us informed ! ...... Prayers continue for Barry.
To celebrate Barry's successful surgery, I'll have a Barry-sized bowl of oatmeal with orange juice.
Bob .... Nice to see you.... Please continue visitung here.
Dougdagrump .... Good seeing you, too ..... You are always welcome here.
Morning Dinners
Flo, Please
Last night while I was posting here in the dinner Iwas looking up a word that I could not spell. My computer was attacked and a bunch of Red Flags Poped Up! AVG shut down the computer (very had that happen before) and restarted it. Seems to be fine now.
Train Front Been playing with some layout designs to see what I can fit in the garage with my 68 Road Runner. While it is tight, there is room for both.
YGW Hope next week is better! On the N&W coal cars, only 1 or 2 of the kits are built, guess that was why some where priced more than the others.
Here is the link to the cars.
http://www.accurail.com/accurail/ART/7500/7519.JPG
Hope Berry is doing well today!
Ken
I hate Rust
Audrey thanks for letting us know about Barry, say hi for all of us.
Ken ...Never had that happen, though I have had warnings of unsafe websites or something trying to install a program. Anti-virus programs aren't always 100%. Also they don't automatically schedule a scan unless you tell them to.
I would have it do a scan at boot up, sorry I don't remember how that is done in AVG.
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! I didn't sleep well last night. I took a couple of antihistimines for my cold. I felt like they might have been the "non-drowsy" kind, but I couldn't find that on the package.
Ken, I've got the AVG free edition. It sounds to me like it did its job for you. I have mine set up to run every night at about 1 AM so it doesn't interfere with whatever I might be doing. AVG has an active component, too, that will generally watch certain things that nefarious hackers will try to do when you visit their pages.
I'm trying to get my other subway train running. One is fine, but the other one seemed to have a broken decoder. I had been putting off the task because it's an old Digitrax DH123 that's wired in, and I just didn't feel like soldering. When I opened up the new decoder and looked closely at both it (a DH126) I found that both actually have plugs at the decoder end, so it was a simple unplug and plug job. It seemed fine, but after a minute or two the engine wouldn't move and it would sometimes short. It's time to make a far more intrusive search for the problem. I'm thinking I may have a piece of wire stuck in the motor.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mornin'.... Well, it was when I got home from the fieldhouse!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes and real NYS Maple syrup, a couple sausage links, and a large pot of Café Justo dark roast coffee for my R&GV RR mug please and thank you!
Yep, done went over and got my mile of walking in... Seems to be getting easier to do each time so next week I shall add another lap to it. Ran into some old friends today. One is a High School Guidance councilor and professional musician locally. His daughter was the red head that gave me a big hug a week ago over there. I found out his daughter is finishing her Doctorate at the college! He told me just to keep moving and don't worry about how fast I get it done... He also said just put all life's stresses out of your mind while walking (I told him about some crap I have been dealing with). So I said that is easy to do and that I like to notice the scenery at the fieldhouse. He grinned, nodded his head, and said, Uh-huh!!! I also got to chat for a couple minutes with an old music teacher colleague of mine (we taught music together for several years at the middle school). He had just finished 50 laps running!! 50 laps! That is about 9 miles... He is training for a mini-marrathon this Spring! He is 70 years old!
When I left to go to the fieldhouse it was cloudy here in the Finger Lakes Region. Sky is clearing and the sun has now made an appearance! 33°F outside on its way up to 42°F this afternoon.
Todd, good to see you! I do love your posts... Get yourself out and find some waitresses to flirt with. I would hate to see the consequences pf eating too many "Horseshoes"... Your method of dishwashing wouldn't work around here. The kitties are too fussy about what they want to eat.... I remember reading that your method works very nicely to get guests to go home after they have overstayed their welcome........
Oh... Audrey! Thanks for the update on Barry. Please tell him we are all keeping him in our thoughts and/or prayers...
OK, have a lot of "must get done yesterday" stuff to do... Have a great one!
73
V8VegaMan I hate the government here.
Well, I suppose that makes you like most of the rest of us.
Ray, keep going with the exercise. That's been the key for my improving health with the Type 2 diabetes. I started out walking a mile or so, but once the nice weather came along last year, I ended up doing 2 hours on a typical bike-ride day. I do 2 miles on the treadmill in the gym now, waiting for summer, my pastures to change. I set it to 3.6 miles an hour, a brisk pace. I want to get it over with because treadmills are dreadfully boring.
Der - the cake eater was cute.
Don't understand the plan for the stuff underneath.
Shame you don't live closer. Today I gave a local pastor a trailer full material and I filled up the back of his truck with tile, exterior trim and the back seat with tile grout. It was either donate it or pay to throw it away.
Come down this way bring your trailer.
Henry - my favorite line is the former Furka Oberalpbahn (FO), a narrow gauge railroad from Brig to Disentis.
Barry’s Audrey: Hello My hubby is resting right now. He was in OR for 4 hours. Thanks for the concern and support you have given to us. Audrey You are both entirely welcome – and please pass our very best wishes to him, as well as letting him know we’ve got his back, as far as we’re able.
Hello My hubby is resting right now. He was in OR for 4 hours. Thanks for the concern and support you have given to us. Audrey
Tuscon Bob: Glad to meet another Normal scaler! Was thinking of returning to HO because of eyesight / dexterity issues, but budget said “Use what you still have!” Getting set up now…
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Evening!
Bedtime is coming up, but before hitting the bhay, I thought it to be nice to have a nightcap
der5997when the sections which are on casters, are moved around. Such movements would be to aid layout construction, and possibly maintenance
That´s why my layout rests on a table with casters. It is really handy to move the layout around with no effort at all.
This is how it all got started!
der5997I have similar feelings for the Romney, Hythe and Dimchurch railway in Kent, England.
I rode the RH&D Rlwy. back in 1973, all the way from New Romney to the lighthouse in Dungeness and I have fond memories on that trip!
Time to call it a day - CU tomorrow!
Thanks for the kind welcome.
Ulrich - two of the trolleys I have are Modemo. They are really nice little runners. The layout I got from my friend was supposedly modelled for Salt Lake. I'm slowly trying to make it a more SW look. One idea was to try and model the Magma Arizona RR which ran between the mining town of Superior and the interchange w/ SP south of Phoenix. Not sure where the trolleys will fit in, but I like 'em anyway.
I managed to get an old Trix 0-6-0 running fairly well last night. Think I'll try and run that as a second train on the layout when I get home next week.
Evening Dinners
Flo, please
What A Day! I feel like I have been beating like a Mule! It was a great day outside, felt like it was around 70 and not a cloud in the sky. I was sure we where going to be slow. Not! Started out slow, then around 1:30 the dam broke! I am not sure how many people really came in, we claimed 19 but more than likely 25. There was no way I could keep count.
Jerry is slow and was not much help. I handled twices the number of customers and had 4 times the sales. If we had some one as half as good as my self, we would have had $5000.00 in sale. I had $2800.00 and Jerry had $650.00.
Train Front Before we got busy I got one idea done for the new layout bench. I hope to post it here in the next few days. It will have a lift out section on wheel about 10 foot long. Next one will have a duck under so I can get to the Road Runner.
YGW I was going to call you today but we got busy. Coal Cars are still being made and at the Accurail site they are $17.95 each I believe.
Gary Which SD engine as two ladders, 7 or 9?
AVG Yes it did it's job! It was Jeffery that told me about AVG.
Berry Hope to see you in the dinner soon! Was it a burnt Intake or Exhaust Valve? (Car joke folks, Berry is a old Drag Racer like me)
BBQ is done and so am I.
Me and my Bird, I think I have owned 48 years now.
Barry seems to be doing better tonight. Maybe he will be well enough to come here.
Again, thanks for the good vibes and prayers. Audrey
Ken:...I mentioned your comment to him and he said it felt like it was both!!