I was going to model the T&P years ago, but never got around to it before my tastes changed. Part of the problem for me was the incredible expense of research materials: Books about the T&P are long out of print and cost a small fortune on eBay and other online dealers -- when the books are available.
Sir [quote user="Sir Madog Garry - I sent an email to Galaxy a month ago, but have not received an answer. I am deeply worried.
Garry - I sent an email to Galaxy a month ago, but have not received an answer. I am deeply worried.
I have no idea what Galaxy's real name is, but if you do, you could try googling him or looking for his name on the local newspaper's website (http://www.pressconnects.com/) to see if there's any news about him.
As the son of a Marine and nephew of two other Jarheads, and the great-nephew of another seven combat veterans of WW2 and Korea, I thank all servicemen for their sacrifices for our country.
Heartland Division CB&Q Ulrich. My post is intended to be for honoring fallen heroes. It was not political. Your comment was political and I feel it was offensive . I'm not in the mood for politics.
Ulrich. My post is intended to be for honoring fallen heroes. It was not political. Your comment was political and I feel it was offensive . I'm not in the mood for politics.
I agree with Garry.....nuff' said!
Purple Heart Vietnam Vet..1967...with God's grace, I made it back...I wish some of My friends did....
Take Care, All!
Frank
Good Memorial Day to all, especially those who have sacrificied and served. Sunny, humid day in the mid-Ohio River valley.
Yesterday, the daughter and granddaughters showed up to basically move in with us. I guess the drunken SIL finally drove them to leave. Kind of a sad weekend for the granddaughters.
Yesterday as I was mowing the backyard, a big black cloud blew over from the soft west and I got drenched finishing up mowing. The benefit was that it cooled off about 20 degrees and the cicadas quit chirping for a couple of hours.
Layout front, glued down more ties this mornng and then started spiking down track on the ties glued down last week. I have finally mastered installing Microengineering rail joiners. My progress is a lot slower than Uhlrich's. Very impressed at how much track Z scale allows in such a small space.
Ricky, your work tales remind me of many of my wife's experiences when she was working in retail. The experience with the ex-manager says a lot about why she is obviously the ex and not the current manager. The wife had lots of good tales about coupons and discounts and how clueless so many customers were about how they work.
Time to head our for the afternoon walk with Adele, my dog.
Hope the holiday weekend has treated you well.
Jim
Good Afternoon Everyone
Does anybody here model the Frisco/Mopac/Texas & Pacific, I think it's time we see a train from one of those roads released.
here is a website I use for reference,
www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Howdy .... I'm still very busy, but here is what the day is all about.
Happy Memorial Day.
I will be on the bike in a little while, too. The sun is finally coming out and the temperature is in the high 60s. The streets should be pretty dry soon, so I'll take out the road bike. Did my upper body training at the gym earlier, so I won't ride too far today.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Ulrich: I like having the mug in the picture. It gives a sense of how small it really is. Very impressive!
Was out early again for today's bike ride. Things are definitely heating up in the Valley of the Sun. We are supposed to hit 113 by next Sunday. Luckily the mornings are still relatively cool. In observance of Memorial Day, I wore my USA cycling kit, reserved for special occasions such as this.
Today's activity is trying to isolate a short that only appears when there is a load, such as a locomotive, on the track. Wish me luck.
Richard
Good Afternoon!
We are in the midst of a terrible thunderstorm, accompanied by torrential rainfall. This month started nice, but it sure changed course. Seems as if we will be getting a wet summer this year.
I layed the track of my Z scale layout this morning. I used tiny nails to fastened it to the cork subroadbed, which was a challenging task. Glueing the track is no option, as it is so fragile, it may warp while the glue cures. Well, somehow I managed to get that accomplished! Hooking up my power pack and conducting a test run concluded the exercise. Ther is a bit of tweaking necessary with one of the curved switches, as the loco stalls on it in one direction, but only going straight through the switch. The other direction and branching off works OK.
Now I have to wait for some odds and ends to arrive to start on the wiring.
On this Memorial Day, prayers for our brothers and sisters who did not come home, and prayers also for those of us who did.
J. White
Saigon/Phan Rang
Operation Ranch hand 63
Evening Dinners
Flo, Barry Buger and a beer please.
A nother slow day at work! Monday I will be working with Nancy Jerrys Friend and Co-Ower of the company. This could be intresting, but I rather work with her than Jerry.
Before work I cut 3/4 of the backyard for the first time this year. Reason has been all the vines and tree limbs that was in the way. Still have a lot of stuff to drag out that has been cut down, but there is more that needs to be cut down.
After work I draged out a few more vines and limbs. Then I cut down some stuff a long the side of the house. All so got the front yard cut, think this is the 7th time I have cut it this year.
Out of things to say, over all a boring day.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could use a Butterscotch Sundae with peanuts and whipped cream. What, Of course I want a cherry on top, and I also want a cup of decaf caffee to go along with it!!!
Ah.... Jeremy, you might want to get yourself to that walk in clinic tonight! Really!!!
I have started to post here a couple of times today and got stopped before I went very far...... We have been under storm warnings here in Central NY much of the day. I hope my son got out of the lake and home before the one that came across Seneca Lake arrived. That one was a small storm but did have some thunder and lightning in it! One went through to the West of here a couple hours ago it took down some big trees in the town of Bristol (Canadaigua Lake area) and had both strom lightning and winds up to 60mph with it. Several more cells have been through over to the west as well, some with some damaging hail and wind. We only had the small storm that I mentioned earlier.
The ones that came through had some major downpours with them involving several inches of rain in a very short time:
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 640 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GENESEO... LETCHWORTH STATE PARK... AVON... MOUNT MORRIS... HONEOYE FALLS... CONESUS... BRISTOL AND LIMA.
So now we are under a flash flood warning to the West of here....
I'm going to head down to the train room and put more diliuted plaster on a hillside.... 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!
Hi guys
thought I'd pop in. It has been very warm here the last few days ( 34c ) I had to help my aunt take apart her old shed today. I stepped on a nail that went right through my shoe and into my foot. Bled a bit and didn't hurt that much when I did it but is very painful right now and a little swollen. I will have the call the doctor in the morning to see what she thinks. I had a tetanus shot a couple years ago but hope by not going to a walk in clinic that I don't have a infection that buried itself in my foot. Hope you guys down south have a good holiday tomorrow
At least you're having fun!
Long days without a post, didn't feel like talking.
I was searching BNSF Bethgon coalporters today, I realized again I would need 2 material red 8 sets with one add-on. Original BN 8 set with 2 add-ons, and a BNSF powerbar 8 set.
Have a good Decoration Day, renamed Memorial Day.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good Evening!
I had an enjoyable day today. My friend Claus and his Welsh wife Joy dropped by to bring the benchwork we had built yestarday. It has nicely dried over night. We enjoyed a nice cup of coffee, a slice of delicious cake and a few hours of cheerful and entertaining conversation. Today is one of the rare days I actually feel well.
The two just left an hour ago - enough time to mount the legs on the"table", which looks like this:
It´ll be quite a long way to walk down until the lyout will look close to this:
I hope y´all are having a good Sunday!
Good morning!
I thought the wife had gone to church, so I made just enough coffee for me (2 cups) and put on some good ol' rock 'n' roll. Then she drives in, obviously not in church, so I had to turn off the music (she hates rock 'n' roll) and I bet she'll drink my second cup of coffee, too.
I got my rock 'n' roll fix last night at the bar. A few beers and a little dancing, too. Kind of weird, since I'd invited a woman I know to join me for the evening. Just friends, but I suppose you'd have to call it a "date" to be truthful about it.
Third date for music and dancing, with 2 different women, in 4 nights.
I love retirement.
YGW,
Sergent Engineering couplers are the closest one can get to scale, operating couplers. Sergentengineering.com I ordered enough for 24-cars, 2-dozen scale dummies, plus assembly fixtures, and uncouplers. They'll require assembly work, but I don't mind. One problem is they're not compatible with Kadees, or Kadees clones. I don't mind personally, but that can be a drawback for many people.
Got a Weller variable wattage soldering station and a TCS Wow decoder today. I'll be looking forward to getting my K4 project up and running fairly soon.
Alvie
Flo, please.
I am real worried about work, or should I say lack of customers! This is a big Sales Weekend and I was afraid I be over ran with customers, boy was I wrong! Only 3 customers all day? 2 of the 3 bought but nothing good. I am really getting worried about income and paying the bills. I have been making around a extra $800.00 a month in spiffs / commission. This coming check I use to make the house payment, maybe $75.00?
Jim The fence I will have installed is wood, it will be 7 foot tall and no gaps betten the boards. The run I want done will be L shaped and is 90 feet.
YGW Lowes price is $19.06 per foot were the other bid was $28.89 per foot. Lowes would have been $17.93 per foot, but I like the idea of the post being 3 foot deep and not 2 foot. Gate will be 5 foot wide and they need to use 2" X 6" post to support the extra weight. They will use concrete in the post holes and there will be 11 post.
Later, Ken
Tin can - what is rain wrapped ?
Howmus - I looked up the bee on line. Took a while but they call it a " Giant Wasp" or European wasp ". Very nasty if you accidentally pick one up and disturb it's lunch on the apples. I know what a bumble bee is, stung by one of those too !
Garry - for safe travel.
Ricky - I am VERY IMPRESSED that you stayed so calm. Well done.
Reinhard - Which type of photos do you wish to see ? Buildings, landscape, trains ...? I will send some samples tonight.
Lion - LOL full ! Hey the guy in yellow looks like he just missed the train !
Henry - that looks like a cold ride !
Krump - Bear ! We had a bear about a 1/2 mile from my house yesterday.
Alvie - what are Sergeant couplers ?
V8 - have you had your sugar or heart checked recently ? Do you have sleep apnea? All three of these have symptoms that will cause you to be tired.
Steve - look forward to the articles
All the Vets out there Thank you !
TTYL
YGW
Evenin' folks....
Ah, I see Ulrich is here. Chloe, I'll have a tall glass of unsweetened iced tea to tide me over to supper and cool me off.
Ulrich, I look forward to seeing the new project as it comes together!
I've been out doing w*rk on the lawn and garden most of the day in the +90° heat. I go out and do some things for 15 to 20 minutes come back inside to cool off for a half hour and then go back out into the over for another 15 to 20 minutes........ Got my half hour of sunbathing in late morning and was drenched in sweat when I came back in the house. Temperature has now come back down to about 88°F from the high around 93°F earlier. I need to finish the triming with the string trimmer and then water the flowers and garden before supper which will be leftovers.
My son was supposedly out on Seneca Lake fishing most of the day. Hope he caught one big enough to enter. Oh! This weekend is traditionally the "National Trout Derby" here on Seneca Lake. They expect over 1,200 entrants in the derby. This is a big tourist weekend in these parts as in nearby Waterloo, where Memorial Day started, they have a huge celebration and March on Monday. That will include all kinds of interesting stuff, even antique farm tractors to go along with all the military marchers (from the Revolutionary war to Vietnam), and lots and lots of poly-tick-ians waving and smiling to try to get more votes next fall. There will even be a battery of Black Powder Cannons being set off in one of their parks by the Outlet from the Lake. I plan to stay out of the way (home basically). I may end up over at my son's house tomorrow for a picnic, if he finishes his fishing in time....
OK... Back to the trimming! Catch you al later.
I just woke up from a nap I had to take when I came home later in the afternoon. My friend Claus picked me up this morning and took me to his place, where we spend all day building the benchwork for that Z scale layout. It´s all finished now, but still waiting for the paint to dry, so no pictures yet. Claus will be bringing it to my place tomorrow, then I can share pictures with you!
I am rather tired now, despite the nap. It´s was nice to have someone to chat to and to do some w*rk together, even if it was exhausting. I have to be careful not to overdo it, though.
Well, heading for the hay - CU tomorrow!
Hello, everybody ...
I'm still really busy. It was a week ago today, my Mom passed away. Since then, it was funeral, and taking care of her estate. I'm driving back and forth between KY and AL in the mean time.
Thanks much for all the comments to me.
Did anybody locate Galaxy?
Good afternoon all.
I will have a Barry Burger, fries, and a big chocolate milkshake. Thanks Flo.
Weather: 86, (already) sunny, hot and very humid. (Dew point is above 70)
W**k: Got stuff thrown at me (literally!) by a former associate and was informed by her that I had "done her transaction wrong" because her receipt said she paid $10 less than the item price... She used a $10 coupon. (Duh!) When you use a $10 coupon, you don't pay that $10, so the receipt will show it as $10 under sticker price. (Especially when you only buy one item with it....) I was then forcefully informed, that, as she is a former manager, I have zero right to "tell her how things work" when I started to answer her issue. (That is when the stuff came flying through the air at my head.) My response? "I will gladly explain, respectfully, to you why the price shows the way it does, but you need to show me the respect I deserve first. If you can not do that, the door is right there (while pointing towards it) and I will not stop you from leaving. Either show some respect, or we are done here." She then asked me, "Just who the **** do you think you are, dude? Don't you know who I am?" I answered, ", First off, my name is Ricky, not dude. Secondly, I know exactly who you are, ______. (Name withheld to protect the stupid.) I am more than happy to assist you, but you need to show respect first, as this behavior is unacceptable." She then said "Then you also know I am the former store manager here." I responded by saying "Yes, you used to be, you no longer are. As I said, I am happy to explain how this works, but if you can not show respect, we are done here, and the door is right over there. I will not stop you from leaving, but do not expect anything else from me either." She then asked me, "Where do you get the nerve to speak like this to a former store manager? Who do you think you are?" My final response, before walking away from her, was "The person whom you are trying to intimidate, and failing at, that's who I am. We are done, you are free to leave." I then walked away. The current store manager was trying not to laugh, as the old manager treats everyone there that way, and the assitant manager was laughing in another area of the store over the whole thing. (She left shortly before I started there.) We then received a phone call, shortly afterwards, from the district manager, as the grumpy former associate complained about my service. When I got to where the stuff came flying through the air at me, the district manager said "Wait, she threw something at you?" I said yes, and he then said "You are fine, she knows better than that, I do not care what was done afterwards, she can not throw things. Her complaint is now being dealt with, by being tossed out." (At least he has my back!)
I was also informed, the next day, when I sent the mid-day report, that I needed to get a new account, as I could do better than that. (I had zero, but had no customers yet that day, as I had gotten there just before the report was due.) I told him that I had just gotten in, so let me do a few transactions first. About 15 minutes later, sent the note that I had I gotten one. (Still sit second in the store, 2 back of the other manager who is leading it.)
Hobby front: Got the spray booth I had ordered, surprised by how much air it actually moves! Once sealed up, it should do even better. Now I will be able to do some additional weathering, and not be concearned about outdoor conditions, as it will be vented to the outside. Now to practice some airbrush weathering techniques on some older, junk cars. (Not to mention custom painting of cars and locomotives, when needed or desired.) Lots to do now!
Hope all are well, and that all have a nice weekend weather wise. (I know most have outdoor plans this weekend, what with many getting an extra day off.)
Gotta run, going to a funeral of a friend of the family before heading in to w**k this afternoon.
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
YGW - I am on the concrete which gives a very nice reflection this time of year. The wind in the winter is a different story and when you want it, for instance this time of year, it is far and few between. Pictures would be great and will send you a PM after this post.
Garry - how are things going?
I wish to thank all who served and for those that made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may enjoy our freedom and the freedom to pursue such hobbies as MRR. God bless you all.
Have to run, the first of four for me is winging its way toward IAD.
All the best.
Joe F
yougottawantaLion - Hope a wildebeast hasnt caught you with its horn and knocked you out or something worse ?
LION catched da wildebeest. Him was hear, but too lazy (being full of wildebeest) to edit up a picture for you.
Here is todays picture from the root of the Bway LION...
Funny how the same people stay on the train platform after the train leaves.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Thanks to all that served and those that gave all.
A couple neat pics of a Ma & Pa engine and a streetcar snowplow from Baltimore. I saw a train cross that overpass once, growing up. I looked for it every time after, but the line stopped running shortly afterwards.
https://shar.es/1d8yAo
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Morning everyone.
I've been in moving-mode for the past 10 days. So far 3 nights in our southern home (aka the basement renovation) - looks good with a few tweaks to be done yet. Sorry that I've missed all the recent posts, but I will carry on. We've had (needed) rain showers for the past week, but I managed to start on the neverending yardwork, mowing. The bears appear to ne active again. Today looks sunny, but I'm busy with a few things... (oh well, the yard can wait - the office organization is the priority. I'm also helping an elderly friend sell his train collection (On30 stuff and scratch-built S scale). coffee to go please. chat with you all later, have a great weekend everyone.
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
Hello all,
Many wishes for a good Memorial Day Weekend to everyone on here.
I have a computer again, I put off buying a new one for a bit, but now finally have a solid HP Envy laptop. I wanted to put Avast on the computer as I had a valid license for Avast Internet Security from my old laptop. However, when I called their tech-support, I'd been told it would be problematic because of the Windows Defender and McAfee systems already installed. For $119 they offered to have a technician remotely access the computer and take out the stock programs and install Avast Internet Security properly. I said No Thanks as I'm sure I can do something similar for way less money. I'm going to get a second opinion after the holiday when my local computer guy is available to consult again.
On the MR front, I finally got two of my F&C milk-cars painted, and lettered. They just need couplers and they will be ready to put into a train. One is a Borden's Butterdish car, and the other is an NACX flatcar with the milk tanks on top. It is also lettered for Borden's.
I'm getting ready to take the plunge and try out Sergent couplers, I've always wanted to and since I do not interchange rolling stock with others at the time, I'll give them a try.
I ordered a Weller variable wattage soldering station, and when that's in, I'll install a TCS-Wow in my BLI/Sunset model of PRR K4s 1361. This model has been a slow-going project. I first got the BLI model in January, but between waiting on other components, and just finding time to work on it, it's taken me four months, and still needs the electronics, paint, lettering, and couplers. I'm not on a deadline but I keep on thinking, wow, wish I could have gotten it done by now.