blownout cylinder Hello 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!!
Hello
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!!
Audrey ... Thanks for keeping us informed. Prayers continue. Looking forward to hearing from him when he feels up to it.
I will have an appointment with my cardiologist Monday. Everything seems to be under control, and I doubt he will have any bad news for me.
Ken ... SD7's have two ladders on the short hood, and SD 9's have one ladder on the short hood.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Afternoon, Folks!
Yoohoo! Anybody here? This place looks deserted!
It´s a nice day - lots of sunshine, a bit cold, though. I went for a nice walk, so very little wass done on the layout. I took the time to make a new video and here it is:
Zoe, just a coffee and a pretzel, please! I´ll stay in the corner booth, waiting for some company.
Good Morning, Diners! Flo, a cuppa coffee with cream and a doughnut, please
Good to hear the Barry is doing better; thanks for the good news, Audrey.
The Decoder expert sent me back the decoder, said it was OK. I finally finished installing it - soldered the wires, used the shrink wrap, an all - and when push came to shove- I put it on the track and Lo! Movement...Lights...and Sound! I was pretty happy. First time I have installed a sound deocer.
Ulrich, great progress on your layout, I wsh i could say the same, but I will get there eventually.
Yesterday we saw some Blubirds out at the feeder, so Spring can't be far behind.
Best to all
Peter
Good morning!
First off - don't worry about me! I'm telling you right here and now that I'll be going skiing later today, and will be off the grid until late Friday.
Thanks to The Lion! It appears that I've got a bad motor in a subway car. I started a thread about it in Electronics and DCC, and Brother Elias replied with the part number I need to order from NWSL to replace the motor. A ROAR of approval, please!
While I'm gone, everyone get well and nobody else get sick, OK?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the Breakfast Buffett this morning. Just bring me a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee for my R&GV RR Mug.
Currently 52°F outside under "partly Cloudy" (The sun has been shining all morning here but they say it should clear up this afternoon.... Really!) skies. Little wheel attached to the inverter down cellar is spinning wery nicely this morning. I have to get photos for publication of all the art work from the MLK Art and Poetry Contest done this afternoon as I want to get it all back to the schools tomorrow.... All I have is the winners in each catagory and once started, it will take me about an hour of time to get done. I may have tyo run over to the hardware stare for more making tape to hold the entries on the wall I use as the background first though.
MrMick two days ago as I was having breakfast, I looked out my kitchen window to find two Robins, one woodpecker, and 16 starlings trying to find food in my lawn. (Mine is one of the few they can feed in and not get poisoned around here...) Yep, Spring has officially arrived amongst the sn*w, sleet, cold temps., and ickyness of late February here in the Finger Lakes. They arrived about 3 weeks earlier than normal.
MrB, have fun skiing! I used to do some Nordic skiing, but I am afraid those days are over now. I'll be happy if I can get up to walking two miles by the end of March. Should help me working on train this summer.
Back to w*rk! Catch you later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
There is a prototype for anything, but you wouldn´t dare to lay your track as bad as this one:
Afternoon Diners,
Ulrich- The layout looks fascinating! Where's the back drop. That video reminds me of the Penn Central video in the 1970s.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmyYqfNYnc
I used my 50% off with free shipping coupon to get Trains Sept issue. And I also got Freight Cars of the 1940s and 50s.
Everybody have a good day.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
I would have it do a scan at boot up, sorry I don't remember how that is done in AVG.
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.
and Brother Elias replied with the part number I need to order from NWSL to replace the motor. A ROAR of approval, please!
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Goog afternon.
I am stil kinda high from the stuf they put in me..but it is working its way out..
I was told by Audrey that the docs have me here for another week before I get released though...they want to see how it works out...I may get a chance to get some kind of walking in tomorrow...with assistance ...
Good Night...I am heading back to
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/
The Barry-Audrey posts got me thinking. It would be great it all of the regulars would make sure there is a significant other who has the knowledge and credentials necessary to update the others if something were to happen. This would reduce the consternation when someone goes missing due to health problems.
Richard
LION went up to the train room. Plan of him was to clean the work bench. Him did some of that, but olny a discerning pack rat would notice the difference. My eye fixed on the subway train of him, and with a push of a button... the train is running.
This is one of the ones I just upgraded with a gnu motor. Works perfectly, except... some of the drawbars need work as there is some binding on the tighter curves. Easy to fix.
LION must go down to the metal shop and see if him can find some suitable material to fabricate some new drawbars with.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Welcome back to Barry... you got a tablet or a phone or something.
Credos of LION are on the 'puter, but I doubt if anyone here would stop in to let you know if something happened to me. Of course calling the Abbey would work. The forms on our web site come to me, so those might knot get answered.
blownout cylinder Goog afternon. I am stil kinda high from the stuf they put in me..but it is working its way out.. I was told by Audrey that the docs have me here for another week before I get released though...they want to see how it works out...I may get a chance to get some kind of walking in tomorrow...with assistance ... Good Night...I am heading back to
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Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Work Front. Had a good day, it would have been a Great Day if I was working alone. Jerry was up tohis old tricks, trying to sale something that we don't have and are not made any longer. Saved two of his sales so I got half.
Lion I know how you feel. I clean the desk / work station and junk just shows right back up?
Blow Out Good to see you back on line.
I am beat, so later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Hello all
Shaping up to be another quiet night.
Ulrich - Nice video! I used to live in a small town in Germany in the 70's. Had an opening skylight in my room and I remember hearing the church bells on Sunday.
Now I've heard that logging railroads use temporary track, but that was bordering on the ridiculous. At least they had a stereo in the cab!:)
der5997 - that's a good idea for the trolleys. These are of Japanese design so I'm not sure they will fit in, but that's the fun of a model rr. You can do it your way.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening. Haven't been on the site this week with the fast trip to Little Rock to pick up Adele, our new rescue airedale. She seems to be adjusting to her new home nicely. Took her for a long walk in the town park today. She is a little leary of bicycles but did well with people walking by. Nice weather here today with temperature around 70 F, not bad for February.
Uhlrich, the Russian logging train looked more like a water park amusement ride. They certainly did not go in for any type of permance on ties or rail installation.
Found out that a good sharp wood chisel does a nice job of cutting glued down Homosote road bed. I finally got back to work on the missed up lead into the planned four track yard I am planning on laying.
It is almost time for the dinner to move on.
Time for some zzz's
Jim
Hi all
Coffee and a lamington please.
Well the pre op is done the vampyres fed, a train to get around the hospital would have been handy, my feet where killing me after all that walking around.
Well what a surprise when the surgery is done on the 8th of March I will only be in over night for what sounded like a particulary serious and grusome opp but then they know what they are doing and I have the top man in the state doing the knife work.
I think I prefered my tame version of what's happening to the full bloody version of whats to be done.
I expect I will have to hang around the big smoke for a week after the opp before they let me go home.
So hopefully back to propper modelling soon.
Have been haunting youtube a lot watching rail videos and was surprised when on one.
Some one said token working was dangerous err how no token or staff for the section and you are not going any where how is a system that only allows one train in a section at any time dangerous.
Me thinks maybe not a railway person and definatly knows nothing about train operating systems confusing the lack of signals with dangerous practices really.
Any way back to the big smoke again at the end of the week.
Regards John
Good Afternoon!
February says good bye to us with a nice and sunny day, but still fairly cold. I like it that way - the air is crisp and clear, much better than the wet & windy weather we usually have at the end of February.
Hard to believe that this month is almost gone!
I did only a few small things on the layout, like ballasting the little path along the tracks and planting some more trees. Not to forget finishing the river in the upper right corner of the layout, so both water features are now completed!
The trees do make a big difference to the looks of the layout, although they are the el-cheapo bottle brush kind. There are much nicer trees available, but I don´t have the kind of $$$ necessary to buy them. It´s a layout on a bufget - and a tight one!
I am also not happy with the blueish color of those trees, but that I will change!
No trains will be run until everything is nice and dry and the excess stuff has been vacuumed off!
John - keeping our fingers crossed for a succesful opp and a speedy recovery!
Flo
Brunch is on me. Fill em up for everyone and anyone who wants anything ! I am celebrating the break of weekend before last awfulness. This week end was pretty good for a change. All four women, wife and three daughters ( for the most part ) got along with each other including one female cat and two female dogs. I think I will put a historical marker out front and say on this day in 2016 7 females got along with out one cat fight . Also the terible Laundry room has finally hit its final stages of finish. Sanded the drywall ( looked like I had a fight with a ten pound bag of flour from the drywall sanding ) my wife came home as I finished sanding and busted out laughing . Painted teh ceiling, cut the walls in and painted one wall ( ran out of paint ) then painted the trim, hooked the dryer up to the new vent, worked perfect, and reinstalled the switch cover and installed the rod in the laundry built in. Almost there !
Train front - the new building the for that will hold the train room stalled because of the power line that runs right through the middle of where I wanted to install teh building. This past week I talked to my engineers and they agreed to help at either pro bono or reduced cost to help me come up with a solution. that project will be restarting soon !!!
Another bit of good news. I have a 1994 F150 XLT pickem up truck. The enging after 252k miles developed a severe engine problem ( two cylenders ran w/o oil ) so an engine overhaul was in order. I have saved and scrimped and paid for the engine as the funds arrived. Well this weekend I drove the ole ford home , I love that truck. I am delighted that my daughters love it two - but I can see a fight brewing. There are three girls and only two seat belts - they all sat in the bench seat and said Daddy look we can fit we dont need seat belts. I told them there momma would kill me ! Then they went to mom which they were met with a resounding - ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! Not sure how I am goona work that out ? Wonder if Momma will let them ride in the bed ?
Ulrich - That is INSANE track work in the video. What type of trees are you looking for maybe I can share some that I have ?
John - what an AWSOME idea tracks in the horspital for moving around !
Jim - if you want to make the chisel even sharper - cut a hone in it, sharpen it on a stone and then sharpen it on a piece of leather - if you do that it will shave hair !
BO - Glad to hear the good news. Tell Audrey - THNAK YOU - for keeping us posted.
Lion - did the cleaning of the bench get side tracked by the train running ?
Richard - agree
Mr. B - B careful skiing
Ken - call me when you get chance
Der - what would custom do if you rolled up with a truck load of material. The Pastor I gave the material to ( this was his second load ) cried ! He is remodeling a house now that he is retired and he ran out of money for the material. I gave him enough material to trim the entire interior, a Jacuzzi brand soaking tub, exterior soffit and fascia ( very expensive synthetic stuff ) framing material, siding. He went away praising God for his faithfulness.
That Pastor, when my wife was about to die came to the hospital bed where my wife lay and we were waiting for her to pass. We had, had two other Pastors pray over her and she had stirred a little. But after he prayed - she immediately came to ! Saw our children satnding there beside her bed and she reached out her hands, touched them and said these words - I love you - it was the last time my children heard these words from their mother - what a wonderful gift from God that they were able to hear that before she went home ! I am forever in his debt for his faithfulness.
V8 - Welcome to the club.
Tmarsh - drywall finishing is like painting with metal knives. For me the worst part is the sanding ! Here try some southern tea, It is made with black tea, lots of sugar and a splash of lemon !
Garry, Bob, Angel, Galaxy, Henry, Howmus
.....Hello guys hope your weekend was great.
OH PS almost forgot - I found Pelle Sourburg ( sp? ) on facebook and I sent a friend request to him and - he accepted - so I thought well isnt that amazing. So I thought I will send him a message and guess what ? He responded back welcoming me to his page ! I am impressed with his responding so kindly and so promptly. He has a made a new friend !
TTYL
YGW
Good Morning
Well, had a good sleep last night. I see we are going to get dumped on again tomorrow and, of course, my doctors up here are telling me that they are waiing a few days before they know if I'll be ready to leave here...
JohnB; that the op will be successful!!!
Ulrich: Good looking little layout there...the trees look more blueish? Not here they don't.
yougottawantaWhat type of trees are you looking for maybe I can share some that I have ?
YGW - there is a quick & dirty (and cheap) way to make tthos trees look a lot better - more like the larches they are supposed to represent. I will spray them with a flat, very dark olive paint from a rattle can and while the paint is still wet, hook up my ancient static grass applicator and sprinkle fine grass fibers on them. I have more of those trees on order - probably enough to "populate" my layout sufficiently.
Pelle Søeborg is probably used to having his name misspelled slightly, but Sourburg is a new one
Barry - good to see ya! Continuing for you!
Barry, Should you guys do another improptu Bluegrass jam hopefully somebody could record on a i/smartphone and upload to u-tube. Even though I am in "paradise lost" my Ky hillbilly roots are still there.
Get well soon.
Good Morning,
It is a rather frosty -12F with a -32F windchill right now but it is sunny.
Barry, glad to hear you are on the mend!
I really don't have much to report here. We have been doing some sorting of cupboards and so not very exciting. No real work on the RR, just a little train running on the HO.
Yesterday we were at the gym doing our laps. I have now gotten up to 2 miles which is good but a little slower than I would like. The facility is right beside as in 50 feet from the CN main. The end walls are all glass so I get to do some railfanning while doing laps.
Well it is time to get outside and tend to the bird feeders and top up the water in the bird bath which is heated. We had about an inch of snow last night but the snow elves came this morning so the drive is shovelled.
CN Charlie
Mornin' folks!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Vanilla Almond Granola with blueberries, and a pot of Café Justo Dark roast Coffee. My R&GV RR Mug would do fine. Thank You Ma'am!
It is 36°F and partly cloudy outside this morning.... Sun is out, then gone, then shining, then dark..... I think they got it right for a change.
Just finished up and filed my taxes, so that is taken care of for the year. Got a warning from the tax program that i will have to update the OS on my Mac next year as they no longer will suoppoort my old OS. Probably time anyway.... the new OS has lots more "bells and Whistles" that I don't want and won't use, but better security thay say.
Barry, good to have you back in here. Hope you continue to recover and get stronger, my friend. You are in my prayers!
Haver a great day out there everyone!
*cough* *cough*
What with all the regular Diners who are in the hospital or otherwise dealing with more severe ailments, my little cold seems hardly worth complaining about... yet it's only through the grace of Day-Quil I am here today. I just hope it doesn't get as bad as my wife has it; she's been knocked for a loop all last week. I can tell you, I'm also not looking forward to the 3-6" of snow we're forecast to get tonight. And it was in the 50s yesterday!
Best wishes to all those battling health issues, and to those who don't want to be, stay clear of this end of the lunch counter... a mug of chicken soup, please, Daisy... *sniff*
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Steve wrote "my little cold seems hardly worth complaining about... yet it's only through the grace of Day-Quil" Steve sorry to hear you are under the weather. Hope you feel better soon. I hope as rotten as you feel that you dont have top go out and shovel snow, that could make you lot sicker. Here is a for quick recovery.
Ulrich LOL !!! Yea I did kinda butcher his spelling - ooops - if you need some trees just let me know I will send you some at my expense.
CN Charlie - What did you run in HO ? Steam ? Diesal ? Passenger ? Coal ? Freight ? You are just teasing us ! I would find it very difficult to try to jog and not stop and watch the trains. How in the world do you stay focused when something passes by ?
Gute Besserung, Herr Otte!
yougottawantaHow in the world do you stay focused when something passes by ?
Depends on what that something passing by is
The city of Wuppertal/Germany has a slightly different rapid transit system:
Enjoy watching the video!
Steve: you can complain about your cold here. for you and your wife.
Waiting for the pain killers to kick in I am going to be resting ... have a great afternoon..
Hi Gang,
Let me order first. Chloe, when you get a chance, see if you could rustle me up a Double Denver with Home Fries and bring along that Jet powered blender so I'll be able to get it down my tube. Cherry Coke to chase, Please and thanks.
Barry, Glad to see you back in here, hope things progress quickly and you get back to normal (whatever that is ) or even better than before.
Not much happening on the LM&E lately as I have just been too busy with work and we have been looking after our Grandson and my Son's two dogs for a week while they were in Vegas on a bit off a break ( which is what we need now ) It is amazing that a four year old can take a 75 year old right to his knees, boy do they tire you out.
Well, it is now that time of the year to start to get all the income tax info and papers & receipts together. RAY, just reminded me of that, so I guess that is what I will do this afternoon.
Mr. Otte, sure hope you can kick that "bug" quickly too as the colds going around this winter are not nice at all. I think it is because of the milder weather that a lot of the bugs and things have not died off. Time for some Rum and Hot Chocolate, it always used to work for me when I still drank a little.
John Busby, Good luck with the upcoming surgery. for you and your Surgeon.
Ulrich, Your layout has come along great. It really has the right flavor. Great Video, I love Monorails.
James Moon, Congratulations on the new adition to the Family. Rescue dogs are great. My Son in Grande Prairie, Alberta has always had Airedales. At one time he had three of them at the same time.
CN. Charlie, Sure glad you got that bathroom finished. It gives me hope. We have been doing our main bath for about as long as you were. We have the tub and shower done, the stippled ceiling stripped off and painted the walls are painted, new toilet and floor, two days ago we ordered the new vanity top with sink, will probably order the new mirror this week and I have the supplies for all the new moulding and trim. I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, just hope it's not the CZ.
Haven't posted for awhile now, but I have been sitting in the back watching some of the action. Some of it is pretty sad, some of it has me ROTF. It is also nice to see some new faces as well as a few MIAs. We've missed you guys.
For those who are interested, my health is fairly good, I'm maintaining my weight although it is about 30 lighter than when I was first diagnosed. I still cannot swallow anything and probably never will now. And my blenders have become my best friends. I count my blessings everyday and know how fortunate that I am to be Cancer free now.
Thanks again for all of your kind considerations,thoughts, prayers and emails and PMs. They really helped and was great to know Fellow MMRs cared enough to think of me.
Prayers and Blessings to all in need, especialy for Kelly, (YGW's SIL ) and her Boys.
Johnboy out......................Later Gators
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Don't worry Steven. Most of us small colds, I slept half the day yesterday on my cold. I can't even stand after trying to wake up. I forced myself to wash dishes and cook dinner for the family. (When I sleep in the daytime there's a problem, I normally don't take naps.)
Take care.