Good Afternoon!
Just woke up from a mid-day nap and still feel drowsy!
My son´s birthday present came in today - a little late, but that was the postman´s fault. A nice car to complement the "Albula Experience" train!
It´s just the wrong loco pulling it! No news when the replacement Baby Croc will hit the road!
Steven - sure looks yummy, but certainly loaded with calories. I guess I will settle for something lighter, less wholesome!
Ed - nice picture, but would you want to grab a bite there? That floor looks awfully dirty, making me wonder what the kitchen will be like! Vinnie and the girls do a marvelous job of keeping this place *** `n span, even when we had those inglorious pie fights Barry started, rest his soul!
For the first time since the end of WWII, our government has called upon the people to build up food stocks to be ready for a major crisis. Whatever this means, it´s nothing good heading our way. MAkes me feel very uneasy now.
I´ll be staying at the RC for a moment, just to see who´ll be dropping by!
[Edit:] Given that breakfast is being paid for, could I please get a Hawaiian omlette and, instead of toast, a toasted cinnamon raisin bagel with some butter and add some OJ as well. Thank you.
Heartland Division CB&Q FRRY ... You are a hard worker based on seeing your progress photos.
FRRY ... You are a hard worker based on seeing your progress photos.
Working on the layout is my stress relief. Between w*rk and my parents some days, I need the relief. These pictures are the work from the last three weeks. (about 4 to 5 hours each Sunday)
As to the modulars and the lack of your PMs working try applying a ROT encryption to this: SEELXvq@lnubb.pbz. (And yes this approach has been checked with the authorities.)
Ulrich welcome to the world of Preppers. It's a big industry in parts of the US, stockpiling food for Armedgedon. 40 years ago I used a financial program called Managing Your Money. Quicken is the only thing like it today. The author was of a certain religious persuation and he advocated stockpilling food and ammunition. I thought it was interesting, but if ammo becomes
Sir Madogor the first time since the end of WWII, our government has called upon the people to build up food stocks to be ready for a major crisis.
I don't mention this to start either a political or religious discussion. Way back in the late 50's I had an uncle with a bomb shelter. He died last year at age 90. He owned a winery with an underground cave, his son called another bomb shelter. In elementary school they taught us to assume the position in the hallway or under our desk. From what I've seen of the real videos of atomic tests, that wouldn't do much good.
When we lose power for a week because of huricaines and ice storms, and the people will well water and septic tanks are the ones that are hosed. They can't drink, wash or flush. Water is the rate limiting necessity. You can stock 3 months of freeze dried food but I don't thin most people can stock the water they will need for 3 months.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I'll have the sirlion strip, med rare, baked potato, a some fresh sweet corn on the cob ton ight. Will need a pot of decaf to wash all that down with as well.
Never did make it in here last night.... It was late when I had caught up with all the emails and some other stuff I needed to get done. I had written a short post, but decided I diodn't like one sentence, went to delete it, and the whole post disappeared and I couldn't get it back... Said the heck with it and went to bed.
Had a good day yesterday at the museum. The crowd was a bit sparcer than we would have liked, but a decent day anyway. Just like last year, I arrived for the Safety meeting a bit before 9AM and was surprised to only hear the H12-44 up and running. The RS3m was not started. Turns out the battery was dead again! Appears that there is a problem with a relay and the battery does not get charged when it is running... Had a similar problem last year, but they found a loose or disconected wire and thought that was the problem. So... The first move of the day was to bring down the 80 tonner and tow the RS3m back up the "Hill Block" (so called bercause of its 2+% grade). We made the first trip of the day with guests using the H12-44 pushing both cabooses. The FM is definately leaking and throwing oil out now. The South end of C-245 was covered with oil and she was driopping a trail between the tracks as well. Between trips we coupled the 80 Tonner onto the PC caboose, did the brake tests, and ran the rest of the day with two trains. Weather was pleasant and never got more than 80°. Had a bit of gentle rain for a few minutes in the morning.
Today I have been busy cleaning most of the time. I took a break to go get my groceries for the week, but the rest of the day has been doing dishes and scrubing cabinets in the kitchen. Will finish up the cabinets in a few minutes. Also have a couple loads of wash in progress.
Quote for the day:
"Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.” ― George Carlin
Have a good one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Steven!
Darn it, how dare you show such a delicious diner offering when I'm trying to lose weight!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
B&O rails in Noblesville Ind, I drove across them a few 100 times before I was intrested in trains.
Evening Dinners
Flo, I will have a please, and give Ed a Wooden Nickle please?
Work Front well I got a lot of reading done so that is covred.
Health Front I called the VA and cancel all of my appointments for Tuesday. Well due to the car problems. On the bright side to ulicer looked pretty darn good today when I changed the dressing.
Car Front there may still be hope. I think the A/C clutch is going bad, make a racket when started up, then quites down and still blows cold air. My mechanic said "No one just replaces the A/C clutch since the 70's". That led me to think you could not buy just the A/C clutch! Wrong! I looked on line and yes, you can still buy just the clutch! So I am going to try my daughter mechanic and see what he says.
Train Front.
Gary B&O F7B truck is hitting the coupler box while flipped on it's back. Coupler box does not seem fully seated. I will give it another try with the shell off.
YGW Was working on the coal cars last night, did you know some of the trucks use real springs? While I have seen them, I have never worked on any of them.
Need a little help with the sprung trucks here. The ones with the sprung trucks are not easy rollers! How I found out they had sprung trucks was when I was trying to ream out the trucks with a Micro-Marks truck tuner. Side frame fell off! Any tips? Looks like Athearn Trucks will fit, I only have a few hundred of them thanks to Ed.
Rick Hope you get your steak . By the way about the only thing I have not done is change Disc Brakes? Yank a engine maybe 20 times, replaces the trans 5 times, carb oh 40 times, change intakes only god knows for sure but I can do in on a BB Mopar in under 45 minutes!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Ken:
Replacing your AC clutch is quite doable. My son is in the same situation. His 2008 Honda Civic AC clutch bit the dust. Dealer parts are tres expensive so we went to Amazon and got the parts for 1/2 the price quoted by the dealer. Obviously they are after market parts but if they last three or four years the car will be sold by then anyhow.
Labour may cost a bit because the AC clutches are typically difficult to get at and rust makes them hard to get apart. However, when you are talking another several hundred dollars to replace the whole compressor, plus the cost of draining and re-filling the coolant system, you are way ahead to just do the clutch.
I love the picture of the B&O tracks in the street!
The street in front of my grandmother's house had tracks running down it. The whole house would shake and rattle when the trains went down the street. In fact, the vibration caused one of the interior brick walls (double brick construction) to collapse. Fortunately all it did was lean up against the outer brick wall, but the steps to the second floor came loose from the wall in the process so there were some repairs needed before the steps could be used safely again. Interestingly, I was the one to point out the gap between the stair case and the wall. I was probably 7 or 8 at the time.
Talking about street running trains, this is a photo I took when we were at a restaurant in La Grange, KY about three years ago.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Garry: I presume you saw my post about the modulars.
FRRYKid Garry: I presume you saw my post about the modulars.
Yes. I'm not sure what that is....Thanks..
I think it will be easier to please use green5701-forum@yahoo.com
der5997One question; was that US or Kiwi dollars?
der5997Your parts list costs are for whole packets of parts, rather than those used for the single one-off model? If so, wouldn’t that bring the cost down to well below $40?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Sir MadogFor the first time since the end of WWII, our government has called upon the people to build up food stocks to be ready for a major crisis. Whatever this means, it´s nothing good heading our way. MAkes me feel very uneasy now.
A few years ago, I stockpiled Atlas flex-track in anticipation of the Great Track Drought. It was a wise thing to do. I should have stockpiled more rail joiners, though.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
FRRY ... I keep hoping MR will fix the problem with messaging , but so far, they don't do that. .... I've spent too much time fooling with settings to correct at this end. ... I can communicate with members of the model railroad forum "across the street" ... Also, I saved some old PM threads from here with some of the members, and they will work if I add a post to them. ...
I still do not know why my messaging her in the MR Forum will not work for me.
Heartland Division CB&Q FRRY ... I keep hoping MR will fix the problem with messaging , but so far, they don't do that. .... I've spent too much time fooling with settings to correct at this end. ... I can communicate with members of the model railroad forum "across the street" ... Also, I saved some old PM threads from here with some of the members, and they will work if I add a post to them. ... I still do not know why my messaging her in the MR Forum will not work for me.
Garry, I'm not a techie, but I have a suspicion. It might have to do with the ampersand (&) in your username. Web servers use that symbol to trigger special characters; browsers expect whatever comes after it to be code rather than text. Which is why, when someone uses it in a Forum post subject line, it will get translated to "&", which is the code for that & character.
I suspect that's what's keeping the Forum software from doing anything that specifically addresses your username, such as sending you a message. I tried starting a conversation with you a few minutes ago, and even though it shows up in my messages, it shows I'm having a conversation with... nobody. Your username doesn't show up. And when I tried to search the Forum for any other users who might have one in their name, the search returned nothing. Not just no other users, but not even the no doubt thousands of posts with "C&O" or "B&O" or the like in their subject lines. NOTHING. It's like the Forum software can't see that the & character exists.
So... without evidence to back up my theory (or even the ability to test it), I don't want to tell you to do something as drastic as changing your username. But if it were my account, that's what I would try next.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Steven Otte Heartland Division CB&Q FRRY ... I keep hoping MR will fix the problem with messaging , but so far, they don't do that. .... I've spent too much time fooling with settings to correct at this end. ... I can communicate with members of the model railroad forum "across the street" ... Also, I saved some old PM threads from here with some of the members, and they will work if I add a post to them. ... I still do not know why my messaging her in the MR Forum will not work for me. Garry, I'm not a techie, but I have a suspicion. It might have to do with the ampersand (&) in your username. Web servers use that symbol to trigger special characters; browsers expect whatever comes after it to be code rather than text. Which is why, when someone uses it in a Forum post subject line, it will get translated to "&", which is the code for that & character. I suspect that's what's keeping the Forum software from doing anything that specifically addresses your username, such as sending you a message. I tried starting a conversation with you a few minutes ago, and even though it shows up in my messages, it shows I'm having a conversation with... nobody. Your username doesn't show up. And when I tried to search the Forum for any other users who might have one in their name, the search returned nothing. Not just no other users, but not even the no doubt thousands of posts with "C&O" or "B&O" or the like in their subject lines. NOTHING. It's like the Forum software can't see that the & character exists. So... without evidence to back up my theory (or even the ability to test it), I don't want to tell you to do something as drastic as changing your username. But if it were my account, that's what I would try next.
Steven ... Thanks... I just tried again to message FRRY just now. ... I don't see one from you. ... I don't know if I can change my user name. ... The messaging worked fine until changes were made to the forum 2 or 3 years ago.
ANother question is why won't my spell check work?
Heartland Division CB&Q Steven ... Thanks... I just tried again to message FRRY just now. ... I don't see one from you. ... I don't know if I can change my user name. ... The messaging worked fine until changes were made to the forum 2 or 3 years ago.
An upgrade to the Forum software to add capabilities might have required use of those special characters, which weren't used before, so now they can't be used for anything but those new functions...? Just a guess.
Heartland Division CB&Q ANother question is why won't my spell check work?
That's beyond my feeble tech knowledge.
Heartland Division CB&Q Thanks... I just tried again to message FRRY just now.
Thanks... I just tried again to message FRRY just now.
I sent a message back to you a few minutes ago. I hope you get it.
Garry, I doubt I actually fixed anything, but I may have come up with a workaround. Check your PMs and please reply so I can continue to test.
Oh, also, apparently this page's tabs are on me. Today's lunch special is ribs!
Steven .... Thanks VERY MUCH for helping with messages.
I must get off the compter in a few minutes, but will check back later.
Thanks for the ribs. !
Afternoon Diners,
Instead of ribs, I'll have a bacon cheeseburger and milkshake.
I been mostly thinking of that Wendy's commercial with the frosty.
I wrote to the hobby shop about my the Burlington Northern covered hoppers. I will wait a little longer until I do something else.
Edit: 3 hours later.
He wrote saying " Waiting for the cars you suggested in a new delivery in a day or two."
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Hey all
Excuse me while I drag my worn out hide over to the stool. Oh geez has it been busy ! My father may be moving out of a private room to a room occupied with another person. He is steadily getting better.
Just wanted to stop in and say hey. Been crazy busy at w**k.
Phew. Flo can you get me a raspberry ice tea that Ken bought me ?
Ken you dont like those trucks ? Man I thought they were the cats meow ! Those are nice coal cars. I wish they had been N&W !
TTYL
YGW
Richard
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, I will have a beer, give Ed and with a wooden nickel in it and YGW anything he wants on my tab.
Spent most of the day doing stuff the Dr told me not to do. Like cutting the grass, hauling lumber and, well walking. Toe looked pretty good this morning, just about healed. But, that was before I cut the grass.
Fence Front I went to Lowes and spoke my mind about the fence they had installed. I was honest, lot of the problem was my fault. They did what I asked. They kept the top of the fence level. While I was expecting a 12 inch gap between the ground and the fences in spots. I now have 20 inch gaps is spots. Only thing I asked them to do was to cut the new pickets I need to fix the mess. I will pay for the lumber. I have yet to post pictures of the mess, but I will.
Car Wars Still have not made up my mind on what to do. Some friends have offred to help $ wise. There is no way I will let them give me money, quick way to lose a friend.
yougottawantaKen you dont like those trucks ? Man I thought they were the cats meow ! Those are nice coal cars.
YGW Never said I did not like them! Just that when I tried to get the Truck Tunner in them to make them free wheeling the side frame pulls off? You where right, by far better looking coal cars than the first batch and I love them!
Ed Boy you made a mistake by sending me the B&O F7's! If you had ran them more you would have kept them! While I have yet to get the B unit on the rails, the A unit is out standing! I guess I have around 15 hours on the A unit. It is smooth, pulls great and even starting to get a little louder. Got the shell off the B unit and think it will be much easier to get the coupler pocket on right.
After that is done, I am going to do a decoder re-sat. Hope to get them both on the rails. Ed, did you speed match the engines? From what little reseach I have done, seems maybe you cannot really speed match QSI decoders? I see CV 2, 5 and not a CV 6.
Going to fiddle with the B&O coal cars.
Doctor, doctor, I broke my arm in three places!” “The thang fer yew to doo is stay out of them places!”
Dave:
der5997: My layout plan has undergone far more revisions that I can remember. I have been working on it for more than a decade.
My layout plan has undergone far more revisions that I can remember. I have been working on it for more than a decade.
The first versions were based on pure ignorance, i.e. ridiculously small radii, mountain goat type grades, totally disfunctional from an operations perspective, you name it, I had it screwed up! I have refined the plan many many times over the years as I learned more about realistic track plans.
These forums have helped enormously as have several MR publications like Track Planning for Realistic Operation.
Quite frankly, I'm glad the layout has been delayed. Had I charged ahead years ago it would have been a mess.
Now I'm actually at the point where I can start to build the layout! My son has just bought a house and he is moving in three weeks so I'm actually going to have the layout space available very soon. We are also going to install a small garden shed so we can get lots of stuff out of the way of the layout (which will be in the garage).
My plan doesn't qualify for the "less is more" rating. There will be lots going on.
der5997: I like your quote. I am a big Trekker myself (and looking forward to Star Trek: Discovery).
Those Hollyhocks look grand, DER! The missus planted some in our side yard and I never knew what I was missing by not having them! Sometime I'll have to post some photos of the Mountain Laurels that I'm so fond of. They're in the rhododendron family and the State Flower of Pennsylvania. Main reason I planted them is because the Pennsylvania Railroad featured them on their dining car china.
Der John .... I really like the layout plan. You will get a lot of enjoyment building the layout and operating it.
For the first time since the end of WWII, our government has called upon the people to build up food stocks to be ready for a major crisis. Whatever this means, it´s nothing good heading our way. Makes me feel very uneasy now.
der5997, I have not yet seen the Sept edition so don’t know what the esteemed Editor has done.
No, not if it is only a one off car. I’m pretty sure I wrote that price list on the premise that the would be builder had no materials what so ever and as shop keepers generally will not open a packet to supply the exact number of screws or only the amount of sheet styrene actually required, I went for the smallest amounts and cheapest options that are available for me.
BTWI now have that "old" song An English Country Garden" playing in my head!
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
LION is passing through. Him rode AMTK fromn MOT to RMT, him is now wwith brother of him, and also visiting the Momma LION. Many cousins are here.
Will report more next pass through.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good evening ..
Thanks again to Steven for figuring out the forum messaging problem. ... To send a PM to me, the sender must manually type my name in the recipient field. .... Don't you just love today's technology.... I think they gave up on "user friendly".
Der John ... I know what you mean about not having enough time.
Ken ... I like the historic photo of the NYC Empire State Express.
Happy Model Railroading, everybody.
der5997:
It wasn't my son's car that was taking up space in our garage. It was his exercise equipment, tons of it!
The garage is actually built under the bedrooms (house is a side split). It is drywalled and insulated. This past spring we had new insulated garage doors installed with good weatherstripping. The doors made a huge difference when compared to the original galvanized steel doors. The garage stays cool in the summer even with direct sunlight on the doors for several hours every morning, and I can work with just a light jacket or vest on in the winter when it's -25 C outside.
der5997: As I understand the differences between Trekkies and Trekkers is the following: Trekkies are from the 60s (TOS) in the same vein as Hippies. Trekkers are the more modern Trek fans (TNG, ST:DS9, ST:V, etc.). Discovery is the newest series that will premiere on CBS in January with the rest of the episodes to be shown via CBS All Access. A good locale for info is here: https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekCBS/?fref=ts
I haven't hooked that particular unit up to power as of yet as I haven't completely figured out where I'm going to put the panel for the switches yet. I have put enough wire on the machine to reach a couple of different locations. I don't know if I mentioned it on this post or not, but the river clams are inspired by a sandbar on the river that runs by the ranch where I grew up. It would frequently have shells strewn on it when the river was lower during the summers.