It's a cloudy day, and kind of chilly. I'll be putting on an extra layer of bike clothes to ride later, and I might get a bit wet and muddy.
Grrrr. Just before I got up the wife once again abandoned the kitchen and forgot about her oatmeal on the stove. I smelled something and removed the burning pot just before the smoke went dark and really stunk the place up. I made myself a plate of bacon and eggs, a rare breakfast for me since I've been trying to eat healthier, but it sure is good.
If I were buying a car now, I'd look for a slightly-used convertible. I don't need a "project car" like my all-time-favorite '75 MGB, but I sure miss having the top down on a nice summer evening, "to ride through Paris in a sports car, with the warm wind in my hair."
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mornin' everyone!
Janie, I'll have the #2 special, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sour dough toast, please. Oh, I need a 30 cup pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Organic coffee to keep my R&GV RR Mug full for the rest of the morning.
Currently the sun is shining here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. Supposed to get a few thunderboomers later today. I plan to drive to Auburn early this afternoon to get some badly needed supplies for my aquariums (The one that has fish at this point is filthy!!! Needs a good cleaning...). Hoping they will be open as shown on their website. Then I also need to continue cleaning house.
Blackie is hiding out in his little play house I built for the boys. He is late getting his insulin as I would have to forcefully pull him out of it.....
cudakenDennis I would love to have a Tesla S model! They look good, not great but good. Reason I would like one is not for emssions, but they are FAST! Hard to believe they can do the quarter mile that a Dodge Hell Cat with 700 HP! Big Smile Yes, the top end is only 132 MPH, like at my age I need faster! I find electric cars intresting
Hi Ken. You know the only reason the top speed is limited 132mph is to protect motors and the rest of the system. Above that speed some major damage could happen. If the top speed was only 20mph higher nothing stock would be able to make up the difference in the quarter mile. Of course the Rimac Concept 1 would destroy any gas powered "stock" car built... One other electric car, the Toroidion 1 MW now has that title....
"With a total output of 811 kW (1,088 hp)[16] and 1,600 N·m (1,200 lbf·ft) of torque, the Concept One will accelerate from 0–100 km/h (0–60 mph) in 2.8 seconds and will have an electronically limited top speed of 305 km/h (190 mph).[17][11] Each wheel is powered by a separate liquid-cooled permanent magnet synchronous electric motor[18] and controlled by the so-called "All Wheel Torque Vectoring System" that distributes the power to the wheels in accordance with user setup and driving conditions.[16][19] Also, the car has the ability to switch the power from front-wheel to rear-wheel drive.
The motors are powered by a 82 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery,[2] giving the car a range of 500 km (310 mi) per charge. The car's body is made of carbon fiber.[11] The interior features custom leatherwork and hand-made dashboard components.[11][20]
In the presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2016 final version some values were further optimized: The maximum torque is 1600 Nm. 0 to 100 km / h in 2.6 seconds, from 0 to 200 km / h in 6.2 seconds, and from 0 to 300 km / h in 14.2 seconds. The electronically limited top speed is now 355 km / h. The vehicle has carbon ceramic brakes."
Only costs US $980,000....... Liitle taste of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSfq-uXmnNk
Enjoy!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Wake up, everybody !
The Dner is open, and the food is terrific. ...... I'll have eggs over medium with grits and wheat toast, please.
Yesterday, I finally had time for working on the layout. I'm near completion of my "one week project" I started over two months ago. ... It was a great sanity break for me.
I'll be in the corner booth if you care to sit with me.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Want to sit awhile and enjoy a large glass of water and a basket of breaded mushrooms with some blue cheese dressing. (For the people who don't know, I tend to go for some oddball items every so often.)
After reading some of the joys people were having with their w*rk, I will add my w*rk grumbles. Ended up by the time I got off the clock (late as usual given where I was working which is an area I dislike with a passion), I was so sore I could barely move. The only thing I can come up with is that when I get stuck in a place where I don't want to be I start hurting more. However, I look at it this way: As much as I don't like my job at the moment, without it, I wouldn't be able money to afford my trains.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer please.
Got a lot of reading done at work, so that is covred.
V8VegaHowmus, !00,000 the price of a Tesla will buy a lot of gas.
Dennis I would love to have a Tesla S model! They look good, not great but good. Reason I would like one is not for emssions, but they are FAST! Hard to believe they can do the quarter mile faster that a Dodge Hell Cat with 700 HP! Yes, the top end is only 132 MPH, like at my age I need faster! I find electric cars intresting (well some of them) like the Porsche 918! Now that is a car! It beat a P-1 around The Willows Race Track and rated at 32 MPG if I remember right!
YGW Sounds like you had a full week in just 4 day. Hey, you can hire me for security!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Tesla III is $33,000. If you are talking the Tesla S, well, a new Maserati costs between $70,600 and $182,000 depending on the model and what extras it has. And you won't save any gas..... The car I drive now costs $33,000. The price of a Cadilac will buy a lot of gas too.... The Concept 1 costs about $1,000,000.
So?
YGW,
Our Module Club is setting up a 16x22 layout at the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana. Show Days are Sat-Sun 10am-5pm with take down on Sunday afternoon.
I'm a club member bringing my trains to run on the layout just like everyone else, there are no vendors for this show.
Did you see the website links I posted in the other post?
Good evening all.
Flo, a butterscotch sundae please. Too hot for anythhing else.
Weather - Hot, humid day, hit 92, with a feels like 109 earlier, still sit at 84 now, with a feels like of 90. Chance of thunderstorms tonight, slight risk of severe storms, with a hot humid day for tomorrow with a chance of thunderstorms, possibly strong/severe, as well. Nearby community has fireworks tonight weather pending. (My poor golden retriever will not be happy either way tonight, he dislikes both thunder and fireworks. Poor little guy.)
W**k - Had a 9-3 schedule yesterday end up being 8-515, with just 30 minutes for lunch, due to tech issues, a district manager visit, and a unexpected delivery. Monday's tech issues carried over into yesterday, with hand-helds down in the morning, which are needed for both the sale set scheduled for yesterday prior to opening, that did not get done until almost close, and for our unexpected delivery we ended up getting. Our back room is down to one functioning power supply box for servers for registers, telephone, security and surveillance systems, and handhelds. (Paging system is still on another power box, it had hand helds as well, until it decided to start resetting itself every 15 minutes yesterday.) Extra sale started today, ending tomorrow @5, with extra foot-traffic because of it. Because of w**king all week I had today off, but am scheduled closer rest of the weekend. Hoping the last power box either holds, or dies completely to close the store down entirely, but no in between issues, please.
Hope all have a good night! Stay cool, and safe for those having weather issues other than heat.
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.
Don't mind me. I am just going to sit in the back of the diner and grumble. Another reorganization at w*rk and I now report to a manager located in New York. I have no idea what accounts I will have or what will be the expectations. I do know I have been assigned to the "Distribution Sector," but that includes everything from retail to transportation. I have 4-6 years left before I can comfortably retire. (I am 56, but have done a fairly decent job of saving for retirement.) I am tired and grumpy. Thank goodness tomorrow is Saturday.
Richard
Afternoon Diners,
Thanks for the nice words everybody. I did enjoy having Sarah around.
I noticed yesterday that Trainworx is making the Mack III Flexi-Van flatcars to go with the trailers that are coming out later this year. Now I can have flatcars to go with the trailers.
I have see what else is coming out for this or next year.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Afternoon folks,
Chloe, just another refill of my Seneca Lake Blend organic Fair Traded Dark Roast Coffee please.
Been busy around here, it has... So what else is new? Yesterday I finally bit the bullet and spent some money from the Tesla Fund for a new laptop... Huh? Of course I bought a Mac.... You know me. I don't use Wind-doz! Got a "Yesterday" Macbook with OS Loud Sousa March.... er, El Capitan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1vPmC_CQQY That is one of my favorite Sousa Marches, BTW. I am in the process of cloning my iMac settings and stuff onto the MacBook right now. I will have to get an app I think to run several of the Programs as they don't run on the new OS with it. This will be in part a trial run to make sure things will work when I update the iMac to El Capitan later this fall.
Got to Chauffeur my granddaughter #2 (with Mom and sister) over to her Karate class last night. Wish I had been there last week as she was presented her Yellow Belt! Then gave granddaughter #1 a guitar lesson after we got back to their house. She has finally decided she wants to learn how to play it!!!
Phone just rang and the driveway sealer place will be here on Monday to do the driveway!!! Yes!
Have a good one!
LUNCH TIME !
Hey all. Its Friday ! Its half through thE end of the week day ! It is the last leg of a LOOOONNNNGGGEEEESSSSTTTT 4 day week ever ! Ogeez it has been a tough one. HOT, Bad attitudes cause of the heat, short tempers, lots of arguing....Sheez glad this one is almost in thE history books !
Yesterday My Hispanic trim carpenter ( very good trim carpenter ) came blasting into my office and he was livid about a delivery guy who was putting stuff where he had to work ! Speaking in both english and spanish ! Fortunately I know just enough to be able to understand. After he left my daughter who came to w**k with me yesterday looked at me with this puzzled look and said " Dad what did he say" ??? I have been working with these guys so long I find it easy to understand most of them. To the untrained ear I guess it is hard to understand
Garry - Oh gosh that must have been terrible ! The guy selling this product actually told you this ?
V8 - Did you ever read my PM ? It is amazing how much time goes by when you dont have set agendas. Nice to live like that once in a while.
Steve - THANKS for sharing ! My heart is all in a flutter over the BLI Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 oh man that one is a BEAUTIFUL !. I didnt know Marklin made HO american F7A. Is Moloctrains new company ? I dont remember hearing of them ???
Well gotta run. The police are here. We were hit again last night by vandals, Kicked in a glass oven of a Kitchen aid dual feed oven. There goes a few grand out to the trash bin.
TTYL
YGW
Good news, everyone!
The National Train Show is open in Indianapolis, so that means our NTS preliminary report is up on our website! Go drool over all the cool new train stuff announced at the show!
Stuff like this:
And that's just the start of the HO scale stuff... go take a look!
(Also, I sent the last of 10 feature articles for Great Model Railroads 2017 off for proofreading yesterday, on deadline! Woohoo!)
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Good morning, Diners !
I'll have a Canadian Tim Horton's coffee with ann original Tim Horton's doughnut please.
Angelob6660 .... I like the puppy. If you don't keep him, I bet he will be placed in a nice home.
CN Charlie .... We have numerous birds here to watch also. ...
Speaking of birds. ... I heard this story from the man at the funeral home / cemetary as my sisters and I were making arrangements for our mother's funeral a few weeks ago in Alabama. He said they offer releasing white doves as part of a memorial. The last dove to be released represents the soul of the deceased person going to Heaven. In one funeral, they relased the final dove, and immediately a hawk swooped in, killed the dove, and flew away with it. White feathers swirled around in the air. .... We did not have doves released for Mom's funeral.
Have a nice Friday.
yougottawantaUlrich - Read your post from yesterday, Why dont you start a thread ? I agree I would love to see a scratch building thread ! I will even send you a scratch build kit to satrt off with. What do you say ?
YGW - under other circumstances I´d say it´s a great idea, but my health has condemned me to armchairing and a little dreaming & planning, but no building. I am pondering to sell all my model trains with the exception of that old Marklin stuff - just to have something simple and robust to play with, but not a permanent layout.
Morning all
Brunhilda - set everyone up with Belgian waffles and whatever they want to drink, coffee, juice,milk etc...
CN - LOL spousal unit ? Never heard that one. Do you say that to her ? Good to see you back, Please join us more often !
Ouibejamn - Love your name ! I could not work for the SPCA - My house would be filled with puppys and kitties like angel found ! It would be so hard not to rescue them all. I woud need to be rescued. How did you do it ?
ATSFGuy - What is this show ? Are you a vender there ?
Ken - Okay read your PM. I had a 68 charger that was turqoiuse in color - Loved that car except for the stupid reaccuring alternater and voltage regulater issues.
Angel - Oh my that is a cute puppy !
Ulrich - Read your post from yesterday, Why dont you start a thread ? I agree I would love to see a scratch building thread ! I will even send you a scratch build kit to satrt off with. What do you say ?
Howmus, Garry, JaBear, Richard, Galaxy, Mr. B, Rinhard....Howdy hope to see you in here today.
OOOroo
Good Afternoon, Folks!
Well, the place looks rather empty, but I do spot the twins sitting in one of the backbooths. Never mind getting up - I help myself to some coffee and cookies.
It´s another wet day, which makes me feel bad, physically and mentally. I´ve got a fuzzy feeling in my head - probably my BP having gone down into the basement and not yet found the way up again.
With no realy MRRing possible these days, I did some virtual stuff - detailing the freight cars and adding a couple of new ones - a gondola and a tank car. Gives the 3D picture a more populated look.
This plan will eventually be published in the SCARM track plan library!
We are invited to a BBQ tomorrow, weather permitting. It´ll be nice to "eat out" for a change, although the good food will be supplied by us
I´ll be staying at the RC for a while, waiting for someone to join me!
TTFN!
Good Evening Diners,
Well it has been some time since I lasted visited this establishment but have looked in from time to time. Nice to see some new faces too.
We, as in spousal unit and myself, have been very busy since May getting ready for guests who stayed with us on their return trip to Victoria. We had a great visit but it required a tremendous amount of prep work, cleaning, painting, planting, shopping. It seemed like we would never be ready for them but it all turned out great. They said that in the next life they want to come back as Robbie ( our Westie) so I guess they think he is well looked after.
I have actually been doing a little work on the RR, finishing the site for the install of the Dairy Queen. I used some black styrene for the parking lot for a change which seems to have worked well. I had to cut into a 'hill' in order to make room for it and used some Chooch retaining wall material which looks quite good. Just have to do some pavement painting and touch up the ground cover around the construction site to finish.
We are off to do a little birding tomorrow as it is supposed to be sunny, a nice change from all the rain we have been getting lately.
Have a Good Night,
CN Charlie
angelob6660,
No don't, she's so cute!
angelob6660I was having second feelings about keeping it, or give her away to say better family. I would kept her but I don't money or a job to support her. At least I had a dog for half a day. But I do have some good memories
Having volunteered for the SPCA, I can tell you that dog will be adopted in a flash! Very cute.
Hey Guys,
Been busy trying to figure out what to bring to the Cube Show in Santa Ana this sunday (show runs from 10am-5pm) the layout size is 16X22 feet.
We won't need many cars, so I'm packing light.
I found two train websites today on google, (feel free to check them out)
1. Streamlinermemories.info/
2. Streamliner Memories Rail Memorabilia of Gary Garth McCann
(author of the man who asked to be killed) (says so in the upper right corner of the website).
I think that quote may be a joke, but i'm not too sure.
Both websites have lots of interesting stuff about Streamliners from the 1920's-1970's.
Afternoon Dinners
Flo please.
Just was not my day today! Did 2 hours worth of running and after I was home I was beat.
Felt like doing a little model railroading when I got home! As some of you know from the main page I had a turnout motor that stopped working. Stopped by K-10 Model Trains and bought a new switch motor and yet another covered hopper? (used but PK wheels and Kadee Couplers for $5.95)
What should have taken 5 minutes turned in to a half hour project! Got 4 of the 5 screws off the old switch motor, but the 5th one! Well it is allwise the last one right! I did not test for power first like a idiot! Got the new motor installed, still dead as a door nail!
YGW I have sent you a PM.
Gary The red Charger is mine, the blue one is Allens 68 Charger I did.
Latter Ken
Since I left I promised a picture of the adorable puppy.
I found her next to the park, balled covered in a tree pot between the walls. I finished my walk with Murray and walk back with ice water, soft dog food and a leash.
She wasn't hungry, she drank a bit, but too cold for her. I tried to walk her but she didn't want to. So I decided to pick her up and carried her back home.
I give her a bath in a kiddie pool which she really loved. I found a family of ticks around her neck, so I plucked out.
I named her Sarah. I was thinking of Sarah Hyland at the time. I thought of naming her Lindsey after a few hours sending to the dog pound.
I was having second feelings about keeping it, or give her away to say better family. I would kept her but I don't money or a job to support her. At least I had a dog for half a day. But I do have some good memories.
I would say more but I don't want to brag about a stray dog.
I had a busy day yesterday, I found a 2 month old lab puppy. Later I'll show a picture after I upload it.
Train News: I tested my new Atlas CR Quality GP38-2 that came in the mail on Tuesday.
Good Evening Folks!
The day is slowly coming to an end, and I can say it´s been one of the few days I have really enjoyed. The weather was OK, and running my old Marklin loco gave me fond memories of my childhood days with my first train set.
I even made a short video from it:
I also spent some time going over various threads here, making me come to a rather unpopular conclusion. If it weren´t for the folks in this thread and the occasional WPF and "Show Me..." postings, I´d consider visiting this forum a total waste of time. The majority of contributions answer questions asked only because the OPs are too lazy to do a proper search, or the never ending "The end of ... )fill in what you like) is dead" - threads. There is hardly an interesting layout building thread, or scratchbuilding thread.
I sometimes pity the folks who spend a lot of time helping and explaining, without a word of thanks in return.
I don´t blame our host for this (how could I?). Finally, a forum is what the contributing people make out of it. Attempts by a few to beef the contents up by starting a blog-like thread about their layout build usually stopped after a short while only - for lack of feedback.
I am also visiting a number of other model railroading forums, most of which suffer a similar fate, but some a lot more lively. Part of this is certainly due to a different, more pointed structure.
Oh, well - didn´t mean to rant, but seeing the same old stuff over and over again gets a bit boring, doesn´t it?
TTFN & CU tomorrow!
Hey all
Super BUSY today. PDO, VP, President of the company stopped by, Inspections, problem solving and a show down with carpenters about safety. Either obey basic safety or you are fired ! Hate it when it gets to that point. Reality of the condition is they wanted to see who was boss. I am paid to be boss and they are not. A subcontractor is NOT going to dictate to me what part of his contract he is going to fulfill !
Guys since I do not have much time All the pie you can eat, seafood of your choice seafood or if you are into turf, Steak of your choice. Maybe if our Aussie (famous for their beef) friends have some extra steaks and blooming onions they are on me today. Eat up. Hope to check back in later tonight.
OOORoo
We've had a few days of "too hot" here. I've been hiding in the air conditioning. Tuesday was hockey, so I got my "winter fix" at the rink. Yesterday I went to the gym (AC) and the bar to hear some music (AC), but while parked at the bar my car got dinged. It's driveable, no one was hurt and it looks like her insurance picks up the whole bill with no deductable, and the'll pay for a loaner for me while my car is in the shop.
It's only 80 today, so I'm going to take my mountain bike out on the rail-trail, which is shaded, and put in some miles as soon as my lunch digests a bit. I'm feeling tired and listless right now, but I know the bike ride is the cure.
Just wandering by and smelled that greasy, spicey aroama of finger lickin chicken...Oh yeah can I grab a few drumsticks?
Looks like a bit of stormy weather coming over us tonight and continuing over the weekend...Our crew has been knocked of for this week which puts us a day behind schedule so we will wrap it up on Monday and then its onto the next project...details are vague at this moment.
Looking to purchase some cheap pigion hole shelving from the local hardware to modify for a base to sit the layout on in the shed...this will give me somewhere to store all the boxes up off the ground. I need to frame and add some feet that I can adjust...I think screwing 2x1 timbers to the bottom and drilling the lumber to house some captured nuts and cuphead bolts for the adjustment factor should do the job as the floor is not very even...I will throw some pics up once its started...
Well that chicken was awesome...better knick off home to get my actual dinner...don't tell the missus I was in here tonight or I'm cactus.
Oooroo critters
Cheers...
Chris from down under...
We're all here because we're not all there...
Heartland Division CB&QI sometimes wonder if the Diner should be called Jeffrey and Barry's Trackside Diner, but then I ask myself what happens if we lose another Diner (I hope not!). We can't do too much.
Garry - I had the same thought when we got teh news about Barry´s passing. Like Jeff, he was a key contributor not only to the thread and served the community as amoderator for many years.
I think we should honor him - one way or the other! Any ideas how we could accomplish that?
for your daughter and grandchildren!
Good morning ..
It has been storming a lot here in KY in recent days. Yesterday, thunder storms began in early afternoon and continued until about 6:00 am this morning.
Ulrich .... I recall the pie fights. Barry was a lot of fun. He and I used to razz each other all of the time. I remember razzing him about his huge portions, and I used the phrase "Barry-sized" which quickly caught on. I sometimes wonder if the Diner should be called Jeffrey and Barry's Trackside Diner, but then I ask myself what happens if we lose another Diner (I hope not!). We can't do too much.
Ken ... I like your photo of the Chargers .
As I have said, our trips this year to Michigan have been mostly to help one of our daughters who has troubles with our grandchildren's father. The man is an addict and an alcoholic who has done very bad things. There have been several court dates and there will be another later this month. Things are not going well unfortunately. The court is mandated to decide in the best interest of the children especially their safety. However, their mindset is to compromise between two parents who do not agree. They believe lies of an addict while compromising. I feel it is wrong to compromise on safety of children. The result puts our grandchildren at risk, and we are very unhappy. Seeing how this impacts on our daughter and our two very young grandchildren is heartbreaking.
I need a lot of sanity breaks working on the layout, but there are so many other things needing attention. So I am not doing as much model railroading as I want to do. I suppose I should not have told you all about this matter, but you are my friends.
Have a nice day, everybody.