well, tonight is christian's funeral/service. He was naturally cremated.
I have embarked on a diet to lose weight. I got down onthe floor the other day adn couldn't get back up on my own wihtt he cane. One day when we were moving, I did the same, and it took MOH and train nut friend both to get me up. I wrenched my knees and L hip trying to get up, so I need to shed aobut 50 lbs.
I don't feel like a word of the day today, so I will skip it.
tomorrow I see my therapist at Mental Health.
well, that does itfor now.
have as good a day as you can.
-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.
Morning all. Goinh to be a long day today,but its payday at least and my altas GP40 is going to ship to my house today! It'll still be 7-10days before it gets here, but still its on the way.
Galaxy- I know the feeling, I need to drop some fat as well. I've struggled with weight all my life so I know how the struggle is.
I am still undecided on what season I want to model my Wheeling and Lake Erie layout in, but its probably not going to be winter. I get enough of that in the real world. It's probably going to be in summer, but I think the !ocos would look excellent in a fall setting. Orange and black exactly like the Rio Grande scheme.
(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).
Knock, knock, knock.... Hello! Oh, hi Zoe. I guess you are open. No cars or buggies out front, I thought maybe you were closed for the day or sumpin'.
I'll have the #2 special for breakfast this morning. Over easy eggs, bacon, homefries, and a double order of the sourdough toast. A pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee is in order as well.
As Barry would say, dull here this morning with a bit of wind.... Currently 49°F outside with a high today in the mid 50's. This type of weather is not good for the friut farmers! It tricks the trees and vines into thinking it is spring and they start to bud out only to have the buds killed when the temp decides to plunge down below freezing for a few days.... We are under a wind avisory untill early this afternoon. We are having a 20mph wind at the moment.
I already made a few rounds this morning. Went to the vet's office to get some cat food for my boys and a bag of cat food for my sister's cats. She once again headed out to one of her trips and din't leave nearly enough food for her kitties. She also didn't leave any kittie litter for them either. Heck, why should she buy it when her brother will take care of it.... She always says she left plenty for while she is gone, but being an art teacher math is not her strong suit. At least being a Musician, I can count to 4! Sorry, that is an old joke from out at the R&GV RR Museum..... Had to do with getting car counts and I had to add them all up in my head and write the total down on the sheet...
Have to go feed my sister's kitties today, and then get to the Boy Scout District Roundtable tonight. 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 Evening!
Flo, how about handing me the dinner time menu? Thank you! Well, let´s see - I´ll have a sirloin steak, medium, a baked potato w/sour cream, a side dish of green beans and a , please.
It´s been a slow day. Due to the lack of sleep, I was up to nothing other than lugging my tired body around. I did the finishing touches on that cement silo kit (that greenish towering thingy in the last picture). Now it´s ready for a good dose of weathering. Guess I´ll be off to the hay pretty early today to capture some of the missing sleep.
Flo just a glass of water for me. I have a lot to do today. My 20+ year old Walthers white on manilla background paper decals were all but invisible. I got it done with Rail Graphics, same vintage but on blue paper. The home RR now has it's first box car, albeit lacking floor trucks and couplers.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Der John ... Thanks for the info regarding the CP locomotive. You may be interested, when I was a boy, we rode on CP from Vancouver through the Rockies and then to CP's connection with Soo Line at the border with North Dakotoa. Most of the time it ws dieseles but the train had a steam locomotive on its final leg to the border.
This worked great, there now a perfect fit. I’ll do the same with the other 2 pair.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evening Dinners
Flo, please.
Did not feel great today, not sick just tired. So I got a late start on the need running. I did make it to Lowes for some Bar Oil (Got a chain saw for Christmas that I now have to pay for?) needed Self Taping Screws to fix my control tower chair (did not have time today) and a Sunlight LED Blub for my wife night stand lamp. Well she hates the new LED and it does look more like a florasant over head bulb than sunlight. All so bought some contact cleaner and I hope to get the PK 2 B&O GP 30 up and running Thursday.
Wife wanted to go to Shop & Save with me. She used one of the electric carts they have. I would have been caboose off if it was not for the fact I am married to her! How she has not wrecked her car is amazing to me after today.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Henry, nice job with the decaling. I have had pretty good luck with Microscale decals and some of their liquids when I have repaineted cars and locomotives into the New Haven Scheme. I am not planningon weathering any of my stuff; that's a line I manotplanning on crossing. Today "weathering" a car used these days problably requires some graphiti decals to be 'accurate'; that's not to my liking, for sure!
todays task was to stain some tunnel portals from Woodland Scncs as per their YouTube. They came out presentable, somewhat to my surprise. Replaced an electric 'burner' on MOH's litchen range , too, so that works now.
Good morning ...... I'll have coffee and a donut please !
Henry .... Your box car looks terrific.
Jimmy ... Did the GP40 get to you okay?
Der John ... Keep working on the doors, and you can win the door prize.
Ken ... I bet your B&O GP30 looks good. Hope you get it running okay.
Mr Mick ... I hope your tunnel portal project goes well. There is a lot of good YouTube videos with how-to-do-it's.
YGW ... Any updates about your SIL?
Galaxy ... Prayers continue.
Happy Model Railroading, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin' everyone...
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Vanilla Almond Crunch Organic Cereal and a large pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee for my R&GV RR Mug please. I'll be in the back booth with [colior=red]Garry[/color].
Rather empty in here this morning... Wonder where Galaxy is off to? Hope he is helping his Train Nut Friend cope with the loss!
As Barry would say, dull...... Just plain dull here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS today so far. According to Weather.com it is currently 49°F outside with a high today of 39°..... Ahhhh??? HJmmmm..... Yep! That is what it says! That site has gone completely flakey lately. We will be getting some rain showers this afternoon, and I shall be hiding out in the train room getting back to w*rk on the Girder Bridge project... May have some progress to show later tonight after the Scout Meeting.
I need to get my shower taken and go over to the Fieldhouse at the college to sign up for a senior walking pass... Yep! need to get back in shape again.
Catch you all later!
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Not feeling well. Think I caught the 24hour bug. Still feeling very weak And tired.
My last post was interrupted by customers. I also wanted to mention that Feb. 2nd is also the day the music died. That's when Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens were all killed in a plane crash.
Nothing to report MRR wise.
Hello to all.
I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good Afternoon!
I am still suffering from that nightly insomnia attack, although I got an hour or so more sleep than the night before. So this big guy is not up to doing a lot these days, not even on the layout. All I got done today is to preliminary fit the backdrop to the layout in order to get the correct length and mark the openings for the track to pass through. With that done, I took the board to our DIY place to have it cut to size. Which they did - free of charge! Now isn´t that nice?
I have to cut the openings and install it permanently, for which I need a helping hand to hold it while I bolt it to the layout. Let´s see - maybe I can talk Petra into it
On the dang side of today, while packing some of my rolling stock away, I broke off some of those tiny detail parts from my electric rail car . I can get replacement parts, so it´s not a big issue.
Participation is somewhat low these days - we should do a MIA role call!
Morning diners,
Atlas released their 6 month product line on Monday. I spent 1/4 of the day yesterday looking at freight cars to see if they got their picture taken. That might be appropriate for the layout. I found some cars that will fit my modern era; really enjoyed the Conrail coil cars.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good afternoon
Just an Americano with cream for me Chloe!
Well I have now fully recovered( I had posted in Jan that I was back to visiting the diner) but there was a major set back but that is all cleared and we have a full bill of health. I have kept in touch with the diner by checking out the posts but felt that I didn't want to burden people with my minor problems when many of you were having greater problems than me! Galaxy what you have been through has been really terrible but hopefully things can only get better!
Ulrich I hope your medical problems are behind you and your layout looks very nice. By the way on EBay UK there is a HOem "tractor" for £575 €700 or $900 some people are rip off merchants!
To all others health and happiness to all!
cambus267By the way on EBay UK there is a HOem "tractor" for £575 €700 or $900 some people are rip off merchants!
That´s the regular retail price, without DCC or sound or even lights. These models are handcrafted, hence the crazy price.
Nah, the GP40 was shipped from Milwaukee on Wednesday, not arrived. It's expected to be here on Monday so I'm planning to do a review of it the first day off after I get it.
Work was work again.
I think I may consider doing two seasons possibly....mostly summer for the entire layout, but a section set in fall before the leaves fall may be an option for me. Had a good sized hoagie (Hero/sub/ for non Yinzers) for lunch today, and well yeah. I've got a new project I'm currently working on and check out the upcoming Weekend Photo Fun thread for a photo of it,.
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Ulrich did you move the dinner to a Land Fill? Dinner has been dead.
Took Sue to the Dentist an she had a tooth pulled. It was less than I was budgeting for so I was pleased. She was very happy to get the sucker out.
Train Front Funny thing happened when I went to K-10 Model Trains to pick up a pack of Kadee #5 couplers. I left with the following.
1 Pack of Kadee #5's.
2 AHM B&O Cabosse for $1.95.
3 Accueready B&O 50' Grain Hopper.
4 Digirax DH 123 for $14.95
5 PK 1000 C&0 RS2 for $34.95. Hum, I just realized it is not a B&O? Well, they are the same colors so what the heck! I have wanted a RS2 for some time now and I am 99% sure B&O and C&O ran together at times.
I was more interested in getting the B&O hopper on the rails than the RS2?
Gary Pretty sure there is just a lose wire in the B&O GP 30. Now that the Control Tower Chair is sort of fixed the layout chair is back by the layout. I will feel more like working with it. Far as it be a good looking engine, hum, well it is well detailed. I don't think any GP 30 is a good looking engine. Now the SD 7 & 8 and GP 7, they are good looking engines!
See you all Friday
Ken
opps
Flo make mine a double.
Ulrich forgive me for not commenting on your foam work. Nice job. Foam is messy stuff when you start cutting. I too have insomnia and the last several months, if anything wakes me up, like going to the bathroom, I am up for the rest of the night. I slept less when I was going through a divorce and when I had to put Mom in assisted living, but there is no major emotional turmoil in my life now to explain this.
Except we had a meeting at the assisted living place today. Looked at Mom's appartment and her little refrigerator was full of stacks of little disposible plates from snacks she brought back to her room and half the silverware was filthy. That's my explanation, she says she has no idea where those plates come from, the cleaning people sneak in her room when she is at lunch and use her silverware and leave the plates in her refrigerator. We threw away her Thanksgiving leftovers too.
Looked at new mattresses on the way home, had lunch and took Toby to the Vet's for some shots and a nail trim. There seemed to be only one other patient in front of us, and they left and we waited quite a while before being seen.
The beagle drama queen in him screamed, squirmed, cried and wailed like they were amputating each toe. They only cut to the quick on the last one. He was pronounced healthy, as healthy as he is going to be with inflammatory bowel disease. I was worn out after that and went home and took a nap.
Good Morning diners. I will have a cup of coffee, as it is snowing this morning and it is expected to last all day, so i am going to have to work on some inside projects.
I thought I would try to post some photos, following the notes posted by Mr. Otte . Another new experience, if successful. we will see....(or not, as the case may be)
I was at a friends house last night for 'Train Night"; a group of folks are invited over to run trains on his layout. Interestingly, his trains are all Marklin, some very old; and his electric trains are all powered off a catenary, which is different (and nice), running trains 'under the wire". The steam engines obtain power through a third rail. One has to be careful not to switch and electric train to a branch with third rail power only - it disturbs the passengers when the train suddenly stops! (Don't ask me how I know!)
The station stops are all German or Swiss, not sure I can pronounce them well at this point.
Hope you all have a good day...
Good morning ..
Mr. Mick .... I hope you an post pictures soon. The Marklin layout sounds fantastic. ...... You mentioned trains powered by the overhead catenary wire, and that reminded me. My "To Do List" includes putting up a trolley wire for my street cars. Mine operate off the rails only, and they would look better with the wire. I hestitate because cleaning rails is already challenging reaching between buildings.
Ulrich ... I bet you are interested in Mr. Mick's post about a Marklin layout.
Ken ... I like the photo of inside a lounge car. Look at the guy wearing saddle shoes ! ... I wonder if I can apint shoess on one of my figures to look like saddle shoes.
Galaxy ... We Diners continue to be concerned about you.
I just posted a picture with a Great Northern train and a CB&Q switcher in Weekend Photo Fun.
A dull and wet day! Add to that lots of and it´s a wise choice to stay inside.
I am taking a break from w*rking on the layout - partly because I want to give Petra a break from the mess this usually cause, and partly because I am waiting for a tool to arrive, which I need to continue putting the foam down. The tool is a Japanese saw which come in handy when cutting foam pieces exactly to fit. There are a few areas which needs some fettling - mainly the corners where the facia boards meet.
Heartland Division CB&QUlrich ... I bet you are interested in Mr. Mick's post about a Marklin layout.
Garry - you bet I am. I´d be very pleased to see some pictures of the layout!
While I can understand that Marklin was to a degree popular in the late 1950´s and 1960´s in the US, when many a GI took a train set back home from his stay in Germany, I´d be interested to learn why anyone would want to buy European style Marklin these days. The Marklin system with all of its components is a well-designed, simple to work with and rather fool-proof model railroad system, but still a little far off for someone outside of Germany (or continental Europe).
Galaxy - for you!
Goodmorning, its a nice sunny morning but cool at 26F in SE Ohio.
I spent time hand laying ties yesterday until I ran out of stained ties. Then I stained another batch of ties until I soaked up all the stain. Still need more stained ties, so I will be making up another batch of stain and doing an other handfull of ties.
I am taking a couple of course at the local college run by the Institute for Learing in Retirement. Today's course should be fun as it is on old movie westerns. Last week we watched Stagecoach with John Wayne. Good way to spend part of the afternoon.
The local contraversy on the police dog Ajax and his retired police partner was successfully resolve by the city attorney who found that state law allowed the dog to be retired and sold to the policeman for $1.00. The crowd funding effort started by a local interested citizen had already taken in over $57,000 which will now be used for providing bulletproof vests for police dogs in our community and around the state.
It's time to have a little breakfast if you please. A bowl of special K, and order of toast and a cup of hot tea will do nicely.
Have a great Friday everyone.
Jim
I found some cars that will fit my modern era; really enjoyed the Conrail coil cars.
These models are handcrafted, hence the crazy price.
I have wanted a RS2 for some time now and I am 99% sure B&O and C&O ran together at times.
Afternoon folks!
Chloe just a cup of hot chocolate to accompany one of those Chocolate Cigars that Der brought in this morning.
Der, we always new you were a Great Guy anyway, but nice to see it is nmow official! My congratulations on the addition to the family.
I was just about out the door to get in a nice walk over at the fieldhouse when the doorbell rang and it was my son. He had been over get his hair cut at the barber we both go to and decided to pay a visit. He just changed jobs... Turned out he hated the one he got a few months ago and found a job in Auburn. Actually closer for him as well (10 miles). Not terribly good wages, but hopefully will be something he can at least like again. His degree is in Fish and Wildlife. I wish he would try to get a job at one of the local State or National parks in the area, but he doesn't like greeting the public at all.... After he left I headed over for my walk so I didn't have time to visit the diner this morning. Did about the same slightly over 1/2 mile today. Monday I shall try another lap..... Would like to have it up to one mile by the end of next week. I did make the laps today quicker than yesterday.
Did a bit of scenery painting where the Girder Bridge will go. Need to finish ballasting the tracks there while I can get to them easily and before I get the second abutment and the bridge in place... One thing that has come from experience is a better sense of what first tyhing has to be done first.........
Hope to have a couple photod to share by tonight.
Oh Galaxy! Wherefore art thou Galaxy?
Der John .... Congratulations... If we light up a cigar, will it melt?
James .. Nice to hear about the police dog and his master.
John - that´s grrreat news! Congratulation!
Heading for the hay now ....
Congrats John on becoming a great grandaddy my mother has 7 great grandchildren but if you happen to mention the fact she is none too pleased maybe because she will be 90 in June!!! As for Americano you have obviously been away from the UK for sometime. Americano came about through the likes of St****cks and clone type coffee shops in your old homeland. It was a halfway between an expresso and a latte. Chocolate cigars I'm not sure!!!!!!!!
Flo, make mine a double Captain and Coke.
I'm not sure what this Diner post is about - at first I thought I was having a flashback to my "experimental" days of the 70's. But apprently its a forum where you can discuss most everything. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I worked the computer industry most of my life but I create the stuff people use - I rarely use it myself. Computer games, facebook. Twitter, Pinterest, linkedin, are all a waste of time as far as I am concerned. But if you pay me to write the computer code for it then thats swell. I really thought that this forum was to post questions and get answers - or read post and offer suggestions or answers. I guess I missed the more playful element.
Hope this post isn't too weird as I have never posted anything but questions or suggestions on this site before. Maybe I need to "lighten up a bit" but perhaps a little encouragement from you guys would go a long way.
Flo, my glass is getting empty - another drop of dutch courage please!
Chris.
Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.
Sit back and enjoy your track...
LOCO_GUY'm not sure what this Diner post is about - at first I thought I was having a flashback to my "experimental" days of the 70's. But apprently its a forum where you can discuss most everything. Please correct me if I am wrong.
LOCO_GUY,
Probably would have got a better understanding of the ''Diner'' if You read the very first opening post by Sir Madog who moved the diner this month.
I don't post a lot in the diner....but I do read it every day....lot of good people here and some close friends...past and present.
Take Care, All!
Frank