Der ( hope you are okay havent heard from you in a while )
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Steven Otte galaxy Go Ahead, Make Mr. Otte's Day! Is that really necessary?
galaxy Go Ahead, Make Mr. Otte's Day!
Go Ahead, Make Mr. Otte's Day!
It's HUMOR, Mr Otte, Laugh, laugh.....laugh a little...
Drop a quarter already...
-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.
ULRICH: Join the club...I have been contemplating life for a while.....
I wish you well, old friend....
I sit here, fat, dumb, and contemplating life....
Which came first,,, the chicken, or the road it crossed?
Ulrich,
I contemplate life's finiteness all the time. However, I do sometimes wonder when I was young how I never shortened my life by doing stupid things. So I guess there is a plan for all of us. Like the end of "blade runner" - I dont know how long she's got - but who does?
I guess I just wake up every morning and thank god I got another glorious day to deal with.
The sun is shining and the grass is green.
Chris.
Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.
Sit back and enjoy your track...
Flo coffee and a bagel.
Get well to all those that are sick or in the hospital or going into the hospital. It's hard to keep track of who is having what anymore. My sympathy for the many of you who have lost friends and relatives.
The battle of the caboose continues. I thought I did not want 2-toned so I painted it, what turned out to be electric blue. Stripped it, gave it a couple coats of Milwaukee Road orange (MR hint) Masked it with the hospital green painters tape and darkened up the blue and did the roof and cupola. As stated in another thread by another modeler, paint runs under green tape.
Decided to try to paint over it, rather than stripping it again. Seems to have worked.
I used a ultrasonic cleaner to remove the last little bit of paint. There wasn't enough to make a definitive judgement as to if it was any faster. 91% alcohol has a flash point of 57 degrees F. The US cleaners have heaters. I did not use the heater but I had it in the kitchen with a gas stove (electronic ignition). Is it unsafe? I don't know but if you are going to try alcohol in a US cleaner, you should consider the risks.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Afternoon!
yougottawantaUlrich - you okay ? used to seeing you here in our early morning.
Not really - I got my results today and they leave me with a lot to chew on. I am not the most communicative fellow today, so please excuse me just staying in the backbooth for a while, contemplating life´s finiteness.
YGW,
You have the right idea - the glazed donut hot off the assembly line is the way to go. They have lots of other donuts but a hot glazed is the BEST. The cappucccino coffee aint bad either - if you have a low expectancy level. But the two seem to go together well.
Hello
All getting ready to go in for the procedure tomorrow at 11am. Calling venders letting them know I will be out, made a list for my helper, made another list for the VP. Informed family...... I am sure the procedure will go well, did last time, I am actually looking forward to being in for three or four days with nothing to do but catch up on my MRR & NMRA Magazines, talking to you all on the forum....
I wonder if they will let me work on a few kits while I am in there ? Hmmm wonder who I ask about that ?
Angel - what is MT CR ?
Galaxy continued for your health. Buddy Hackett I havent heard that name in years. He was so funny ! Parsimany - I will have to remember that one - I have been called "frugal" a time or two.
Bob - what trains did you run ? Man that is a LOT of vehicle work !
V8 - WHAT ???!!! Dont curse like that around here - "robust yard" oh my ! sounds like you will be mowing soon !
Garry - I go in Tuesday at 11am. Keep MOH in prayer. Her first husband she lost to a heart attack ( while she was preganant with their daughter when he passed ) and when I gave her the news of what the docs said she started crying really hard. I reassured her it would be okay, but you know women they just worry to much.
Howmus - Oh, that is what it stands for. Thanks. I looked at the website. Nice photos. I was impressed with the depots. Man they are built nice.
Chris - Crispy Creme ! I have never been there but apparently somewhere in Alexandria Va. they make them fresh daily and you can drive by there and get fresh hot crispy creme donuts at a drive thru window at the donut factory ! I am putting that on my bucket list !!!
Mr. B - sound like an AWSOME DAY if you did "mostly train stuff" yep thats a two thumbs up day !
Cuda - did you see my PM ?
Jim - Thanks.
Ulrich - you okay ? used to seeing you here in our early morning.
Lion, Up831, Der...hello and good morning !
Steve WROTE " Is that really necessary?" LOL I thought when I read Galaxys comment I wonder how Steve is going to respond to THAT ! Hope you have a good day.
Well gotta git back to the ole grind.
TTYL
YGW
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of raison bran cereal with skim milk and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast coffee for my FGLK Mug, please...
Sun is trying to shine here in the Finger Lakes again today. Currently 54°F out there. Just about at the high for today. The weather people tell me it is cloudy outside. Hmmmmmmm.....
I need to go over to STAPLES to get a couple more large black cartriges for my Canon printer. Don't think I have enough to get the newsletter printed for the 20 or so people in the Division who haven't quite (and never will) gotten into the 21st. century yet. Lucky, they just sent me a coupon for 15% off on ink purchase. I'll be recycling a bunch of cartriges when I go over too.
Found one piece of Poetry that didn't make it back to the school. I'll stop at that school on my way to the pharmacy to pick up my Diabettes med this afternoon. Tonight I'm going to try to pay a visit to my other troop... Haven't done my visitation there in a few months, so it is overdue. Might even find a few minutes to do some scenery on the layout.
Wonder how Barry is doing today. Hope the IV meds are doing the job!
My quote for today: "The really good idea is tracable back quite a long way, often to a not really good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting." - John Cleese
Have a great one out there, and don't bug our nice moderator! He has enough to do already.... Hi Steven!
73
Ray
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning diners,
I got my Rix products Roadway instead of my original order on some traffic barriers. So it doesn't really matter because I didn't't have the road before, and it was cheaper than the other three people were selling. I decided to write to Rix if their still making guard rails. I might get an answer later on today or later this week.
Train News: I decided to purchase a MT CR test car...
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Aw, man, Frank (zstripe), that's gotta be awful for you. Sending good thoughts.
Entering week 12 of respiratory distress.....I THINK I am gaining on it, though now....
Time for a late night cup of tea.
Weather was nice this afternoon and had a nice walk with the new dog. She is fitting in well. Went to the local dog park yesterday to see how she does off a leash. She knew to come when called by name and the command to come. I think she is a winner.
Did a little more work on laying homosote road bed this afternoon. Have enough ties glued down for another three feet of track and two turnouts.
YGW, best of luck on your hospital visit Tuesday and prayers for speedy recover from the procedure.
Barry, hope the doctors are successful in clearing up the MSRA soon.
Galaxy, healing prayers for your continuing respiratory problems.
Steve Otte, hope your wife is on the mend.
Enjoyed the final episode of Downton Abbey tonight. Really got hooked on English history since first watching the first episode four years ago. In fact, I have signed up for a course on early British history through the local Institue for Learning in Retirement which starts two Friday's from now.
Good night to all.
Jim
Hello all
Nice weekend here in the Ol' Pueblo.
Ulrich - that's a good synopsis of the RMS Mauretania. She was a beautiful ship.
Frank - my thoughts and prayers for you and your friend's family
We tested both the sanders on the 1924 Brill trolley Friday and both work fairly well (I volunteer w/ a local historical trolley/bus group). Been one of my projects, but like a lot of things w/ the car, it was the work of many.
Worked on getting a couple of the buses in the collection running yesterday. The '89 RTS still wont run on it's own fuel. Going to talk to a friend who works on the modern fleet about it. On the '73 GM 'fishbowl' we replaced an air pressure regulator and finally got air to the suspension system, but then found that the front air bags have leaks. We will have to tow that one to the new location.
Today I helped a friend unstick the back seats in his Rav4. Then replaced the ignition model in the Datsun and installed the new license plate. Also started assembly of the bearing units for my '65 4dr Corvair that I will be selling soon.
Oh, and I ran trains last night:)
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening ..
Cowboy Ben .... Welcome to the Diner. ... San Diego, eh ? ... We were there a little over a year ago. Don't get there often. I like the model train layouts in Balboa Park.
YGW ... Thinking of you as you enter the hospital for tests and procedures Tuesday. (I think that's the day) . Praying all goes well .
Barry .... 101 temp? ... Not good if you hope to be discharged soon.
Ken ... Sometimes I have similar problems where derailments are inconsisant. Sometimes the trin pases by with no deraillments, and next time it derails. Usually it is caused by a slight imperfection in the track. As soon as you find it, you can fix it. ... A like the photo of the steam powered train leaving St Louis Union Station.
JohnBoy ... Sounds like a nice family get together.
Church this morning was unusual. There was a wedding as part of the church service. That's what the couple wanted to do, and so that's what was done. It definately was a red neck wedding.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could sure use a pot of decaf, yes the french roast stuff, for my FGLK Mug (Finger Lakes Railway) http://www.fingerlakesrail.com/ Please and Thank You Ma'am!
Have been busy with odds and ends needing to get done since I got home from my Son's house tonight. Nice sunny day here in the Finger Lakes Region so it was a pleasant day even if a bit chilly. The solar panels had the best day so far of 2016 churning out over 20 kWh of power. That could be the first day this year where the panels have produced more power than the house used, or at least fairly close to that. Got quite a bit done for the NMRA meet in April. Basically the morning program is all set... Just need to arrange it (who does what when) and get it on paper. I have a big box or two in one of the spare bedrooms of old cars and other items for the door prizes for the meet. I need to get them out and see what is in there. Also need a few more layouts for the afternoon tours. So pretty much a productive day around here.
Hope all of you have a good evening and a restful night. Prayers for all in need of them!
Chloe, a bowl of water for my dog and a crispy creme for me (and maybe my dog).
So we adopted a dog from the rescue center and he is pretty good, Likes train layouts and and loves the different whistles. His name is "Mickey"
So my layout is good, but the house may end up in chaos. Poop and the other things all over the place.
He takes us for a walk not the other way around.
The wife got back from whatever and asked what I'd done with myself today. To my surprise, the answer was "mostly train stuff." I think I've been stuck considering how to proceed, and now I'm over that hump. I started work on the scenic cover for the staging tracks the other day, and now it's just moving along and progressing.
I found a couple of parts to an unfinished Rix switch stand a couple of weeks ago, scattered on the floor. I searched around, found most of the parts but I knew something was missing. Today I found it, sitting right were it belonged on the plywood board I keep in the trainroom for doing projects on the coffee table. It was the only part that had NOT fallen to the floor.
The cold is still with me, but today I felt well enough to go to the supermarket and make us up a hearty dinner of veal and eggplant Parmesan, with pesto linguini and broccoli. Yumm. It felt good to be cooking again, too.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Evening Dinners
Flo, please and give Cowboy Ben a brew on me.
Mystery's of Model Railroading. OK, I do understand many of the reason that will cause a derailment, picking of turnout and just plain bad things that happen. The one mystery I cannot wrap my mind around is why a train can get through a turnout 2 times, then derail on the 3rd time around? Why can't they dreail all the time, be easier to find the problem! And of corse it will be in the most hard to get to and most poorly lite area of the layout.
Cleaning the work bench / desk. Moved the RIP Track from a top of my scanner too behinde my chair sitting on top of a box from work. Part of the mess is paper work I need to scan and save on the computer. While it was a small step, it was a step! While moving stuff I did find my shrink wrap tubing!
Think I will watch Major Dad on U-Tube.
Ken
I hate Rust
Well Hello all.
Church was AWSOME today. Spoke on faith. Came home had lunch/dinner with family. Lots of laughter. Good food. Ice cold water. Life is good especially after the laundry room project is completed and MOH is so DELIGHTED with the make over she made me vegetable soup with a ham hock !!! Yummy ! It has green beans, carrots, corn....of course ham ! it is so good. I will share if anyone wants a bowl ... I made a couple of honey do repairs today. Installed a base door stop, installed some wall coat hangers. replaced ball catches on four doors...
Howmus - what is FGLK ? Sounds like you are off to a great start on the NMRA meet.
Ulrich - Is the train whistle and the church bells from the set or were they added into the video ? Either way they thrilled my heart
Frank with stripes - I am very sorry to hear about your friend. Here is for you and his family.
BO Cylinder - Man you just cannot catch a break. Here is another prayer for your health -
Lion - I want to echo everyone elses comment on the building and what you have done with so little. Love the action shots
Garry, UP831, Galaxy, Der ( hope you are okay havent heard from you in a while )....Hello
Train front - in celebration of the suriviving the laundry room I put a couple of bids on ebay on some N&W stuff. Doubt I will get it because it is low priced and I am sure the price will go much higher and I am just not going to pay to much. Well I am gonna head down and unpack a few more train boxes...
Oh almost forgot - Steve hope you and YOH are feeling much better.
F'narg'n!!
Now that I got that out of the way I'll say Good Afternoon!!
Lion: Great scenery work there!!
Ray: Good luck on the NMRA meet.
Well, so far the fever has not got much higher than 101F But there have been moments.
to those in need, medical or otherwise...
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/
Barry and the rest of y'all...MRSA is bad BUT I have been in two hospitals within the past year and there is not even a though about MRSA because they now go further in disinfecting everything. And they wear masks almost all the time especially after a surgery. What I worry about is the DENTIST and there disinfecting of tools, drill, etc. I am in San Diego. Sunny san diego! NOT! We are finally getting the el nino back. It rained last night and we have a drip coming down. Now for storm #2...Thats this evening thru Monday. Expect about 1-2 inches of rain where I live. I am about 3 miles away from the beach.
Afternoon (puff, puff, puff...) folks,
Chloe, a cup of hot chocolate would hit the spot right now.
Just got home from the fieldhouse. Did 8 laps today (just under a mile and a half). I did stop and take a few minute break after the first mile, and then added two more. Feels good to be back walking again. They had a girls indoor tennis tournament going on there thi afternoon also. Will be heading over to my son's house in another half hour or so. Granddaughter #1 will get her guitar lesson and then we will sit down to leftovers from yesterday...
Looks like the Spring Meet for my NMRA Division is coming together well. Have enough clinis to fill the morning session. Have one layout for sure open during the afternoon. Need to find 2 or 3 more. There are several I can depend on to open up if I ask them in the area. Would like to get one or two new ones that people haven't seen.
Church was good this morning... The sound paneling that we are going to put up in the sanctuary will be arriving tomorrow I guess. I will be just happen to stop by during the afternoon to check it out. our accoustics are terrible in the space and it only took me 25 years to convince the "powers that be" to finally do something about it. Of course we now have a new minister and choir director who both realize what the problem is and that our entire worship experience will be better once that issue is resolved....
Hope all our injured, sick, and under the weather members here are on the mend!
Catch you all later!
BroadwayLionWhen you cannot afford to buy things you have to make do with your tallend (such as that is.)
Tallend? Is that tailend or talent? ROAR
Heartland Division CB&QWow , Lion ... The background building is impressive. Is it a new addition to the layout ?
Actually that is the first area to be decorated, but I did do some work on the station platforms. The buildngs were made using Serif PagePlus, printed on an 11x17 color Xerox printer and affixed to the foam to give the buildings some depth. When you cannot afford to buy things you have to make do with your tallend (such as that is.)
ROAR
Good morning ....
Wow , Lion ... The background building is impressive. Is it a new addition to the layout ?
Ulrich ... Your Swiss layout is very impressive. You even have a very neat control panel.
Everybody .... Happy Model Railroading.
Lunchtime!
Just coffee for me, Chloe, I have to go easy on food these days!
I borrowed a long drill bit from my friend Lothar, which enabled me to drill all the way through those 4 inches of foam and plywood. Three little holes, a length of not so felexible plastic tubing to assist in threading the wires through the holes and now the three streetlamps are in place, waiting to be wired up!
Just a short video, which, I think, shows the current state of the layout a little better:
Enjoy!
Henry - people not yet born when the film was made are in their 90th year now, so chances anybody still being alive are not really big. The boys shown in the film most likely did not survive the war and the girls fell victim to the Red Army ...
Going for a snooze now, I didn´t get much sleep last night.