Good morning everyone.
I could go for a bacon, egg, cheese sandwich. With a big iced coffee on the side.
Garry, I'll keep your family in my thoughts and prayers. I'm sorry and saddened to hear of the situation they're in.
I had the last two days off and got engrossed in getting ahead on various model building projects. I'm down to the finishing line for an NACX milk tank flat car, and Borden's butterdish milk tank car. Both by F&C. I've a second milk tank car I've not started yet. I'll get on that before to long. The kits are not particularly difficult, just considerably more time consuming than styrene kits. That's okay by me, as I love the greater satisfaction from these kits.
For more freight car project fun, I love Pennsy REA X29s and I've been building up a fleet of the Red Caboose models. I've built up three factory painted models so far. I have one more that needs decals, and three more factory painted kits to assemble. Two kits that I've painted and just need to finish adding parts, than decals. Finally, three unpainted kits to build, paint, and letter. For paint I'm using an approx mix of Polly-Scale SAL orange, and Zinc Chromate Primer tweeked to try and match the factory painted Red Caboose kits. Not perfectly matched, but I don't care. Lite to moderate weathering on all the cars will help later on. Some will have dreadnaught ends and Youngstown doors, but most will have the plate ends and creco doors. Some models will have horizontal brakewheels.
-Alvie
Hello!!!! From cannot figure whether spring is here or the return of winter part 22....
I am going to have a nice weekend of nothing doing. The band is firing on all cylinders and the set list has 15 great tracks on it. Still trying to figure out the tour details though.
My health is still a bit of a up/down affair but a LOT better than it has been.
to those still suffering from different health issues and such.
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/
Goedemiddag Allemaal
I'll have a mocha please.
Sir Madog - hoping you feel better soon. praying
Heartland - the situation is also in my prayers
Saw a few more names that I recognize. How is everyone today ? I'm just on a study break, to have a coffee.
cheers, krump
"TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6
GARRY,
I run a PRR GG1 on the freight line and two PRR T!'s on the passenger lines and an F7A passenger train on the branch line.
I think I am getting "writers block" or whatever the model railroader equivalent is "MR block".
I just need someone to give me a "crazy" idea and then I can go for it.
Chris.
Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.
Sit back and enjoy your track...
Evenin Dinners
Flo, please and a Fire Hose!
Seems Part Of My Town Blew Up!
A constrution company hit a 10" gas line while digging. I was about a mile away when it went off, sure woke me up! This is what I saw as I was going into a Walgreen's. I did not take the photo, I was just a little behinde the person that took it. One worker has burns on 70% of his body. After being taken to a local hosptial he was flown to a St Louis Burn Hospital that has a Burn Center.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Howdy
Alvie and Krump ... Thanks for your thoughts and prayers regarding our situtation.
Ken ..... That's exciting. I hope the worker can recover okay for those burns.
Barry (Blownout cylinder) ... Good to see you. I hope your health has much more "ups" than "downs" .
Chris .... There is a PRR modelers association which might have ideas you could use. If you Google Pennsylvania Railroad Models, you might find some images with ideas too.
Mr. B ... I don't play hockey. My skating is awful. Everytime I fall down, even the ice makes a few cracks.
Reinhardt .... We have a white cat similar to the one in your avatar.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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Hi All.
A nice hot coffee would hit the spot now. Nothing like that coffee after work.
Ulrich - hope you are feeling better and hope the pain is going away.
Garry - the cat is my best buddy and he loves the railroad (he never jumped on the railroad but enjoys watching from the engineers chair).
Expecting rain this evening and tomorrow with possible rain mixed with snow on Saturday; crazy.
All the best.
Joe F
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
My thoughts are with you and your family, Garry, especially the kids. I'm sorry to hear about the situation. I'm just wondering whether it's good for them to be around a dirtbag, I mean bad influence like their seed donor/biological father. Can they terminate his parental rights in Michigan, and is your daughter considering doing so? Regardless, I hope this turns out well.
LION have TUR-P tomorrow morning. I did not know that they performed TUR-Ps on LIONS, but I suppose there is always a first time for everything. I'll drop in again when they let me out of the cage.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Morning!
The night was awful! Just when I found some sleep, the pain meds wore off and the ones I took did not kick in until early morning. But now I have traded joint pain for stomachache.
Needless to say I feel pretty miserable!
Garry - family situations like yours are not easy to bear for an adult, but for children they are traumatic experience which may show effects decades later! My prayers go out to them!
I´ll be staying at the RC for a moment, listening to what the pain tries to tell me.
Not happy today.
Good morning ...... I'm glad Canadians are here; so I may have a Tim Hortons coffee with a T H Old Fashion Donut. .... Yum..
Uncle Bob ... Thanks for your thoughts. The court just decided the kids' father may see the kids only in a neutral location with a social worker present for only 1 1/2 hours per week. (If he is sober enough to go) . That is much less than he was seeking in his motion, and he is angry at the court now.
Ulrich ... Thanks for your prayers. Praying your health improves.
Der John ..... Happy birthday to your daughter a day late . Your track plan looks like a fun layout. Keep us posted about your progress.
Reinhard .... All 3 of our cats are neutered females. The white one was rescued from Cincinnati, OH. Here she is at Christmas time.
V8 Vega.... You might like the Lionel trains we have.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have my usual pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Organic Coffee and a couple of those Dougnuts that Garry brought in...
Ulrich, hope you get to feeling better quickly, my friend! Keeping you in my prayers. Prayers also going out to Garry and his family for a good resolution kin his family!
Today is dark and gloomy outside. Currently 45°F out there with some drizzle and lots of heavy thick clouds. This is supposed to continue all day.
I will be starting to get everything ready for the Batavia Train Show this Sunday. I know I need to print a supply of materials for the table. We usually give out information on the NMRA and the Division. I always have a pile of old newsletters to hand out. this time I will proint up a bunch of extra ones from last month announcing our Spring Meet the end of this month.
Want to get a few laps in over at the fieldhouse too, so I best get moving... Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
krump I'm putting a Tardis ph booth on my layout - that way I can travel between N and HO
I put a phone booth on my layout, too....
Some clown in a funny costume mistook it for a changing booth!
I was productive, too. I made a cardstock mockup of the small church I plan to put on the latest section of my layout. All the HO scale models I've seen are either too big, too expensive or too plastic for my taste, so I decided to scratchbuild one. Northeast Scale Lumber is a short drive from home, so I will go there one of these days and personally select the necessary materials. For now, the mockup helps me visualize the church so that I can plan the pink foam terrain around it.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Afternoon Diners,
After seeing free shipping on the Micro Mark shop I decided to get my DCC system. It will be a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra Set.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good Afternoon Diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra large coffe with lots of cream, please.
Weve been having winter still linger a little. Right now there's snow or sleet flurries, but it's not that cold that it was a month ago. Can't wait until it warms up for good.
I saw some post that said the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan 49 years ago today. If my memory serves it was February 1964, just a few months after President Kennedy was assassinated. This April 2016. Hmmmmm! Obviously, that was an old post that was resurrected for some reason or other. However, I do remember that momentous event. It was a long time ago.
Der: I like your latest version of the plan. Not too many parallel lines. My thought is that angled lines always add interest.
Garry: hope your family situation works out.
Ulrich: hope you get to feeling better, soon.
YGW: thank you for the update on SIL. Very glad to hear that she is getting some functions back. It's important for her children. Hope all else is well for you.
Dennis: Not a thing wrong with 3-rail. They're really a lot of fun.
Lion: i don't want to find out what a TURP is, but hope you're OK.
Hello to all, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
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Heartland - That is precisely where I'm headed in the next 10 minutes ... I'll pick up your order also
Mr B - that is hilarious, have you seen that Mantis monster on the other thread?
take care all
All the HO scale models I've seen are either too big, too expensive or too plastic for my taste, so I decided to scratchbuild one.
howmus For the past couple months every morning when I check the Weather Channel Page it tells me it is still the day before.... So right now the main page for Geneva, NY says it is 6:25pm yesterday here in town, but over in Waterloo right next door it is 10:25am the next day.... Go figure. The hourly forecast says it is now 35°F outside but the main page says it is 27°F.......???? I guess I will just add it to the list of things I just don't understand.
For the past couple months every morning when I check the Weather Channel Page it tells me it is still the day before.... So right now the main page for Geneva, NY says it is 6:25pm yesterday here in town, but over in Waterloo right next door it is 10:25am the next day.... Go figure. The hourly forecast says it is now 35°F outside but the main page says it is 27°F.......???? I guess I will just add it to the list of things I just don't understand.
Sure you aren't looking at the weather in Geneva, Switzerland?
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Regarding churches. ..... My background church is a Hallmark Christmas tree ornament. I sprayed it with matte spray because it had a glossy finish. It is undersized for my HO layout, and that is consistant with nearby background buildings to force perspective. Being in the background of the layout, it does not get much attention.
UP831 .... thanks for commenting about our situation.
Krump .... Mmmmmm .... The TH donut was tasty.
Hello all from Stormy cold Va. Crazy weather. Last week 70s, Daffodils are up and they are calling for snow this weekend !
UP831 - Great to see you in here ! We are doing well. Overworked is about all I have to complain about. How are you ?
Garry - Is the kitties eyes pink ? Did the deacons take the wheels off of teh cars so they couldnt leave before the offering plate was passed around in your church photo ?
Ulrich - Hope you feel better soon. That is a bad place to be. No sleep and in pain!
Ken - A ten inch gas line ? That is a HUGE amount of gas. Consider this. Our "main" for an entire subdivision of 50 homes with gas furnaces, gas FP, Gas HWH, Gas cook tops, opt gas grills etc....is only 2".
DO - Sorry to hear your health is not 100%. Here is a for you.
Reinhard - Me too on the work front I am insode and thankfully I get top work outside.
Lion - I looked up TURP. Geez ! Here are a couple of for you.
For you old time gospel Hymn lovers I just heard the most interesting story on the song "What a friend we have in Jesus" It was orginially a poem written by Joseph Scriven. Apperently he lost two Fiances. The first the day before he was to marry, she was thrown from her horse and she drowned, the second of pneumonia. He wrote the poem after the loss of the second. Aperently it was sent in to a paper ? and was turned into a song. It was sung ten years before he revealed he was the author.
W**K Front just got worse. Sales sold two more houses. Now have 13 homes, was 14 but one settled this week. Someone throw a life line !
TTYL
YGW
Good afternoon. It is rainy and chilly in the mid-Ohio valley today. Took the dog for an abbreviated walk as it started to rain on us before finishing are normal mile loop.
Krump, the tardis sounds like a great idea. You could not only switch back and forth between N and HO but go anywhere from John Bull to the latest diesel monsters.
Uhlrich, prayers headed your way for healing. Hope you get to feeling better soon.
YGW, 13 houses is a lot of inventory. Here's hoping the economy cooperates so you can get them sold.
Spent part of the rainy afternoon kerfing out more homosote to lay out the forth lead into my planned yard. I pin nail the curve sections with 16 gauge 1 inch nails with a trim gun. Still getting lots of use from all my construction tools. Plan to stain up another batch of ties tonight.
Looking forward to real spring weather.
Jim
Flo got any chocolate chip cookies?
70% burns, pretty grim. I took care of an engineer who had every engineers worst nightmare....he hit a 18 wheel truck hauling gas. Poor guy had a gazillion operations.
Expiration dates exist so you will buy another one. Aspirin is one of the things that truly do go bad.
More rain today and still chilly. I accidently threw away the tip of my airbrush that was sitting in solvent. Waiting on Badger to send me a new one.
Amtrak fell out of the national news, but there were multiple rule violations, including a change of shift that may have contributed. Apparently workers can "short" the rails and trigger a red signal. A posted lookout is required as Lion said. The loco was traveling within the speed limit, but at 106 mph and braked 5 sec before the wreck. It was on a 2 mile straight away. The supervisor is said to have died trying to save the guy in the front end loader.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/after-amtrak-workers-killed-in-crash-federal-regulators-order-safety-review/2016/04/07/c076eea6-fce5-11e5-9140-e61d062438bb_story.html
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Yard Wars Had to work in Rodger's yard to day to cut the stuff down. Cutting the stuff down was easy. Throwing the stuff in to my yard as a bite. Mainly because it was a tangled mess, I hate wild grape vines! Some of the trees are trying to grow back, not this time. Used some Round Up Poison Ivy Killer on them.
Last Photo I posted.
And After Today Efffort.
Most of the fence post can be reused for now.
While it may not look like I have done much (some of the stuff I cut down is still blocked by the junk still on my side)
yougottawantaKen - A ten inch gas line ? That is a HUGE amount of gas. Consider this. Our "main" for an entire subdivision of 50 homes with gas furnaces, gas FP, Gas HWH, Gas cook tops, opt gas grills etc....is only 2".
YGW Yes, even I knew that was big. Just heard on the news that the Construction Company knew it was there? And you thought it was bad when the Plumber cut your power line.
yougottawantaIt was orginially a poem written by Joseph Scriven. Apperently he lost two Fiances. The first the day before he was to marry, she was thrown from her horse and she drowned, the second of pneumonia. He wrote the poem after the loss of the second.
Hum? Was he thanking Jesus that he stayed single? I am sure I am not the only man that as felt that way sometimes!
Speaking Of Being Single!
V8 Vega You The Man!
While I am not a fan of 3 rail O Gauge, to have it in your living room! I am slowly lossing the battle to keep the wifes junk out of the Garage / Train Room. I would love to see some pictures from you.
Time for Fried Chicken!
Ken
I am really hooked on B&O, sure you sick of seeing this photo.
Flo: Maxwell Dark Roast please.
On the topic of shorting the rails, a set of booster cables, clipped to each rail works nicely.
That is/was the preferred system for native Canadians setting up a rail blockade a few years ago.
Dave
Good evening to All.
My after work coffee please. Another wonderful day with heavy rain in the Northern Virginia Area.
Garry - I hope and pray that your family situation gets better for the sake of the children and for all. Alcohol is bad, however, a cocktail of drugs and alcohol is leathal not only for the individual but for the entire family.
Our cat was a stray who, my wife and I think, was dumped by somebody. This happened in 2008 when many folks lost their jobs. He was in our yard looking for food, I called to him and he came right over, stayed on our patio overnight and would not budge. Thats when we took him in. He was neutered and well behaved and about 5 years old at that time (thats why we think he was dumped). I can't understand somebody doing that to a member of the family. We have been best buddies since.
YGW - got lucky today, stayed in the office all day looking out at the heavy rain. They say possible snow for us on Saturday.
BroadwayLion LION have TUR-P tomorrow morning. I did not know that they performed TUR-Ps on LIONS, but I suppose there is always a first time for everything. I'll drop in again when they let me out of the cage. ROAR
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Br Elias:
I'v had a turp before. It's not so much that it's na invasive process, BUT WHERE it's invasive! once you get over THAT, you'll be fine, and er um ah, things should flow freely.
Busy days haven't been in. TO busy for me that couple wiht insomnia at night and not sleeping much if at all is wearing me down. DID sleep a few hours today but not last night and probably not tonight its alreay WAY past our bed time nad not a bit sleepy.
MOHs clients have been shorting hours of work, which means a low paycheck, not to healthy for the mortgage! Dunno how we will manage if it keeps up.
-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.
Good Morning!
Well, the night has been a little better than the one before. The pain has lessened, but now I feel sick in my stomach. What a trade!
We are enjoying perfect April weather. Within half an hour, you can have anything from heavy snowfall to hail to rain to storm to nice & bright! I could use a little more sunshine to lighten up my spirits!
No plans for the day, just trying to relax and not think about all those beep (expletive, deleted) illnesses and ailments.
If you have nothing better to do, here is a video of a cab ride along the Bergensbana in Norway, the country which is hosting the diner this month:
Warning - the video shows the entire train ride, everyx single minute of it, so this is 7hrs. 14min.!
Dennis - this one is only for you:
Janie, I´ll be in the backbooth, enjoying my