Today's excitement: We have a skunk hiding out in a section of 8" irrrigation pipe in the backyard. Luckily we discovered him before he tagged the dogs. They were barking but, thankfully, the skunk's position in the pipe made it impossible for him to spray the dogs. The dogs are in the house now and we are trying to figure out how to chase away the skunk. (Killing the skunk is not an option.)
The first piece of the skirting arrive for my layout. I decided to buy one section to ensure it would work before investing in all of the skirting. The color is a little more green than expected, tough to tell from a small swatch, but it will work just fine. There is no way I could have done this for $20. Here are a picture. The piece is 3' wide, and 3' high. It has a 2" band of Velco along the back, but is currently being held up by a pair of clamps.
Richard
herrinchoker - I would have included this photo last night, but I had some problems with Photobucket. Here is the USS Laffey in June, 2014. Behind her is the USS Yorktown. Patriot's Point was a great place to visit.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Afternoon Diners,
I have a few busy days lately and reply. I'll put it a long story short.
First off my sister can no longer get an apartment because of bad debt and also my dad was also borrowing money from her. She will be moving back in.
Second, We had a satellite dish problem for 2 weeks before the start of the Olympics. My dad situation was to hack the tree by the dish, which didn't work.
He was tired of the satellite status saying Error and attention. He called Dish Network about the problem. Then he hacked the other tree so the repair guy might need more coverage.
Turns out your dish server and satellite are discontinued products and they upgraded some years ago. And therefore we're getting a whole new upgrade this Friday.
Now your back yard by the wall is covered by 4 feet tall by 10 feet or so filled with branches. Its going to be pain when the free trash pick up comes.
My dad was planning to live in a retirement community but he can't, can't afford it. So we can repair the house. Don't know why he had over 20 years to do so or move into a new house. And now we're all stuck here for better or for worse.
Ulrich- Didn't you get that locomotive this year or last year? How many miles (hours) did play with it before ruining the insides.
Ken- Sorry about your dog. Your a good dog person. With good training he's be the greatest blind dog.
YGW- He assumes that since my dad is retiring he can completely lazy. And he knows that I can pushed around and cave in.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
YGW.
As I recall we did not time the removal of his hand, probably no more than 10-15 seconds. To the young fellow involved it probably seemed like two lifetimes.
Blocking is carried on large ships to make emergency repairs-it usually consists of 2X4,6,8, &10, 4X4, 6,8, & 10, 6x6,8X8. It is used to shore up damaged bulkheads, split seams. Clothing, bedding, mattress, canvas, is also used to jamb into the opening, and held in place with the timbers. On the King the damage crew used a pillow,covered with a section of 2X10, held with two wooden wedges placed under the bilge catwalk.
Underwater welding is nothing new, neither is using a burning torch underwater.
The hull is the ground, the diver wears insulated gloves, and a very careful proceedure is followed when this is being done. There is constant communiction with the control pannel operator so the welder does not get zapped. there is an emergency diver on standby -just in case-.
There are deep water divers who live underwater for a month at a time working on underwater pipelines, drill rigs, valves, at depths to 1200 feet breathing mixed gasses, heilium/O2 mix. They live in a submersible for that lenght of time. It takes many days for them to decompress, needless to say they are young, in good shape, and make lots of money.
I did some machine work on a reactor at our local power plant, the reactor was flooded with a super-saturated solution of Boron. The divers could not get closer that 8 feet from the reactor shield, due to the radiaton, to take measurements for machine purposes. Special tools had been made for this, the tolerances I was given was +/- .001. I was machineing Nitronic-60, coated with Titanium Nitride. It was like machining glass. I used special carbide cutting tools that I ordered from the Britenback Company in Atlanta Ga. Two cuts and the tool was sent back to be reprocessed.
The divers liked working in the reactor pool because the water was warm. They were crazy.....................
The reactor shield was throwing 65,000 rads, were it unshielded in a field, by the time you were 1/2 mile from it you would be dead. The employees were limited by the NRC to accumulating 1500 rems per year, when I finished the job I had accumulated just over 1100 rems.
herrinchoker
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have a banana, a raisin cinnimon bagle with creame cheese, and a bottle of Cherrybundy lite for lunch today.
I am in recovery mode from the kitchen floor cleaning of the last two days.... Floor sure does look nice though! I probably shouldn't wait another decade before it gets cleaned this way again...... Just waiting to go to an appointment with my lawyer to get my will updated. (Actually it will be a complete rewrite as my old one is well over 30 years old and most everything has changed since back then.) When my wife died back 29 years ago, I always figured I would get the will updated if I remarried again. That didn't happen and isn't likely to these days (nobody that I wanted, wanted me....). Should stop and pick up Blackies new insulin at the pharmosy and maybe make a quick stop at the hobby shop while I am out as well.
Tonight is the Monthly Meeting of the R&GV RR museum, which during the summer amounts to a short info session and then some time out on the line. As always, I will be working on the Erie Caboose as Car Host.
Looks like there will be about a dozen or so people attending the Fine and Practicle Arts Dept. Reunion at my house on the 27th. That is a comfortable number and we can head inside if it decides to rain and storm (always a possibility with anything held at my house...). I will be inviting the Physical Education teacher who moved in across the street when I see him out and around. He was friends with pretty much everyone in our dept. and one elderly gentleman who will be attending was a longtime Basketball Coach. I know they would like to see each other again.
Best get some things done before the appointment. Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hello Railfans!
Just a drive by howdy. Nothing been going on round here except the humidity and the work thing. Cought another Union Pacific unit last night tucked in behind a southbound NS. Thats pretty much it.
Take care everyone!
Douglas
Lunch time. Things have calmed down today. Have 2 - elevator inspections, final inspections, Painters, deck builders, framers, Punch out guys, Plumbers etc... Wrote a long message to the carpentry supply/install company and layed out my frustration with a list of real issues that occured on site and made suggestions for improvements and what we need ( for them to honor their contract ) and requested a meeting.Hopefully this will improve site conditions...?
Ed -wrote "We used powdered tungsten, formed it into a mold then pressed it using fluid at almost 40,000 psi in a pressure vessel made from a 16" naval gun from the USS Colorado (BB-45). Once out of the press the "green" tungsten part is still somewhat fragile, like a sand castle, then it is "pre-sintered" to a certain density where it can be machined to a rough size, then in final sintering the part is run through a furnace at 1850° C (3,362°F) in a hydrogen atmosphere. After that the part can be final machined. By now there is so much cost involved that the process gets pretty expensive." ---That is very interesting ! I would like to watch that prrcess some time.How do you obtain thathigh of a heat ? How did they use the gun barrel ? I looked up the Colorado. Man she took a beating in WW2 !
Garry - What a cliff hanger ! What did you run ? Freight ? Passenger ? Just ran a loop ? Point tO point ? Steam, Diesal ?
Ulrich - I hope you feel better. Your usual chipper self is missed.
FRRYKid - You should enter some of your food creations in a food contest ! Some kid came up with ice coffe at Starbucks and now a lot of people enjoy it.
Herrinchoker - If I had been that guy in a tight space with ice cold water pouring in I would now be in a straight jacket in the mental ward ! How long before he got his hand out ? What is blocking ? They can weld under water ? How in the world is that done ? Isnt the welder using electric ? It has been my expierence not to combine the two ! Bad things happen on land ! That is really impressive - 17 days another ship - that is amazing.
Ken - Does it hurt much ? Be sure to read my messages below and check your PMs
ATSF - Hope you feel better. I agree it is your RR and you can do what ever you want ! that is part of the fun!
Tom -, Howmus, Jeremy, JaBear, Phil, DER, Rick, Reinhard ....hello to all and forgive me for all that I didnt add.
TTYL
YGW
Afternoon!
Our weather has changed and is now more on the hot % humid side again, making me feel bad. I have difficulties breathing when it is like that!
Ken - I am sorry to hear about Sparky´s blindness. Don´t know what else to say.
Good morning ...
I'll have coffee and a pecan roll, please.
Ken ... Sorry to learn Sparkie is blind. Must be difficult for him.
Last night, I ran trains, and that is always fun.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Quick stop Ken - Check your PM and see note in my earlier post to you
yougottawanta FRRYKid - That is a shame. My grandparents have been gone many years. But I still have great memories of them. They were special people
FRRYKid - That is a shame. My grandparents have been gone many years. But I still have great memories of them. They were special people
Don't have many memories of my grandfather. But lots of my grandmother. As stated earlier, she paid for many of the older components on the railroad. (The first set of the overton cars being one of those. One of the first cabooses like the ones in the posted pics was paid for by her as well.)
She would also let me experiment with food. (Even when they didn't turn out. A rhubarb miilkshake being one of those flops.) Some of the odd food combos I come up with came from those experiments. On that subject, Flo, do you have any applesauce in the kitchen? If so, could you please put a can of it in the blender along with some vanilla ice cream and some cinnamon for me, please and thank you. (Apple Pie Shake {no milk in that mix})
There are times, even to this day, she comes into my memory and I miss her.
tcwright973
I knew she was still around, just wasn't sure which coast. Dad was a sparks operator on a 4 stacker in 1920, she was Bath Built as well. He said that in the tin-can fleet the best ships to serve on were the ones built in Bath due to the quality.
herrinchoker - You probably know this, the USS Laffey is still afloat & can be toured at Patriot's Point in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
YGW,
The bilges were being prepped for epoxy paint. There was a raised section of rust under the intake used to pump the bilge out. The worker was using a scraper to lift the scale, when he shoved the blade through the dowzy metal, his hand also went through. Yes, water, very cold water, it was February, came in. This young fellow was in a very confined space under the bilge cat-walk, and was momentarily stunned by what had hapened. (as well as cold and wet) I was working above him, and the flash thought I had was him jerking his hand out and either being severely cut, or having his hand get caught in the metal flaps. The damage control party used blocking to stop the flow, a patch was welded on underwater, and the ship was taken to the drydock BIW had in Portland Maine for permanent repairs. The yard had acquired six of an eight section drydock, (designed to repair battleships in the Pacific in WWII) This was originally acquired for modifications that were made to larger destroyers as well as the FFGs,
Side note, during WWII, Bath Iron Works built more tonnage than the Japanese Navy had during the start of the war. We launched a ship every 17 days, and sent one down the Kennebec to war every 23 days. When we were building FFGs in one two year period there were nine tied up at the outfitting docks. We built them faster than the Navy could train crews to man them, and ended up building mock-ups of the fire room, auxillary machinery rooms 1&2 , and the CIC--these were barged up the St. Lawrence to Great Lakes to give them a head start on training. They were powered by two jet engines-same as on a 747- single shaft, driven by a Westinghouse gear. The gear could only handle 40% of the potential thrust from the engines. The propeller reversed like the prop on an aircraft, and could go from full flank ahead to a dead stop in about 700 feet.
When the Perry was built it only went through ONE test. I saw, (along with others of us who worked on her) footage of the first test that the Navy conducted with explosives. This was to determine weld integrity, hull bracing, etc. Somone screwed up, rather than being 600 feet from 1500 pounds of high explosive, it ended up directly over it. The top of the plume of water was about three times higher than the ship was long,(480 feet) the entire length of the ship was hidden in the base of the plume. Cameras located in the engine room showed the turbines being thrown to the end of the shock mounts, and then being slammed back down on the engine beds. The barrel of the 76 MM on the top deck waved like a flag in the wind. The shock curved the stabilizers on the turn of the bilge. The operating crew was placed back aboard, the engines fired up, and they drove her home. The Navy told BIW they did not need any more tests, just build them. When the Samuel B.Roberts hit a mine in 88, the engine room was taken out, if the blast had been at any other position I have no doubt that a patch would have been thrown on, and she would have been driven back to BIW to be fixed. (She did come back for further repairs)
The USS Laffey during WWII was hit with 3-500 pound bombs, and five Kamakazie aircraft and was able to bring her crew home--she was built by BIW as well.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, Ed and I will have a please.
Not a good day off, well I am a live for now.
Health Front There is a chance I may lose a toe off the left foot now. Spent 5 hours at the VA being shot, stabbed, nuked, sphioned, bandaged, and drugged. Not a fun day. Toe next the big toe has became a Hammer Toe, toe. (kind of looks like a horn hook coupler) The tip is facing down and is rubbing and the wound will not heal, not a good thing. They X Rayed the toe, and cannot tell if the bone is infected or not. White blood cell count is normal so that is a good sign, but! They cannot be sure! Need a bone scan to rule out a infection, that takes 4 hours? I sure hope I am not heading down the road Jeffery did.
Car Front One of the cars is sidelined (rip track) and looks like the other is heading that way. On the way home from the VA the check engine light came on, normally not a big deal. Then the A/C stopped working which is a big deal (none of the windows roll down) and my highway mpg when from 28 to 15? Stopped at Bob's my wrench and told hime what was happing. I am dropping it off Thursday. When I restarted the car, the check engine lite resat and the A/C started working again?
The really sad part? I was hopping to get Sparkie The Rocket Dog eyes fixed. He no longer can see. Sparkie came from the American Eskimo Rescue a few years ago at age 10. Spent a lot of his life in shelters not loved. He is now 12 and I want him to beable to see his forever family. Breaks my heart everytime I see him staring at a wall. Other night he could not find his way to the bedroom. I had to carry him to bed. Having the cataracts removed will run about $2,000.00. One of the resons I did not buy a used car I liked a few weeks ago.
Sparkie The Rocket Dog.
His eyes now are pretty much solid white.
Train Front Ed, I hear the clicking some times, but sort of sound like a cracked gear on the F-7A. Either way, it runs smooth and pulls well! Far as the F-7B, you are a better model railroader than I Ed! Just changing the couplers has turned into a 2 hour project! How the heck did you do it? Dang turcks keep getting the way. I have 1 coupler installed and all most had the other one installed, but the truck was rubbing the coupler box so I stopped.
Far as the SD engines, well stripping them in my sleep, no. But my M1A, yes! M-16 I am sure I can still do that in the pitch of night!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good Afternoon,
I'm a little sick, been in bed resting for most of the day.
Regarding the caboose thing, I'm only purchasing a couple to use, like 9 roadnames to represent that type of caboose used by that particular road. This may seem wierd, but hey, it's my railroad and I'm in charge of what's there and what's not. I already have 6 cabooses, need 3 more. If you have ideas for roadnames to use, let me know.
Going back to bed, might drop by later if all is well.
Heartland Division CB&Qso I won't kid you. ....
That's baaaaad!
ED - What is "sintering furnace " ?
In one example, Athearn locomotive wheels, a powdered metal alloy was pressed into a mold and then sintered to bind the metal particles into a solid shape.
One of the operations at the plant I worked in was powdered tungsten metallurgy.
We used powdered tungsten, formed it into a mold then pressed it using fluid at almost 40,000 psi in a pressure vessel made from a 16" naval gun from the USS Colorado (BB-45).
Once out of the press the "green" tungsten part is still somewhat fragile, like a sand castle, then it is "pre-sintered" to a certain density where it can be machined to a rough size, then in final sintering the part is run through a furnace at 1850° C (3,362°F) in a hydrogen atmosphere. After that the part can be final machined. By now there is so much cost involved that the process gets pretty expensive.
These parts became dies used in glass furnaces for extruding quartz glass tubing.
Pretty interesting stuff.
Ed
Lunch time
Hey all. Is it Monday all over ? This morning is not starting right. The carpentry company is not Performing their contract. Part of the deal is the MANAGE their installs and deliveries. I called them this morning and told them that the carpenters were not on site to swing trussses, had not prepared trusses and further more I shopuld NOT be calling them telling them this because we are paying them manage this and they should be telling me ! His response ! Well if they dont show up this evening then I will call them and see where they are !? WHAT ! That means another day of lost production. They are already FOUR WEEKS BEHIND ! I called his boss and we got into a very heated "discussion" upon which he hung up on me ! UNBELIEVABLE ! So now their crane is sitting on site at $300 an hour. No one here. I tried to help, but that horse wouldnt be lead to water. I am done with them. It can sit there all week for all I care.
Then I had to deal with the water utility ( I tell you the Mob missed this one, you talk about racket ! We pay to install ALL of the water lines, pump stations, water laterals even install their crocks and then we have to PAY them between 15k and 30k PER HOUSE for the "priviliedge" of them setting a water meter and turning water on in the pipes we install and then they charge the home owners for the water every month from the pipes they shook out of us ) so anyway I call for them to install a meter on a certain house. Thier response. We already installed one there, pay again, and we will install another one there. WHAT ! They didnt install one in the first place because I DIDNT CALL FOR ONE YET ! Water company : Dont care pay again or you dont get your meter ! I tell you there is a special place in for water companies ! Man I strongly dislike those crooks.
Howmus - you need a house cleaner or a Mrs. Howmus to take care of stuff like that for you !
Ulrich - Hope it is not bad news. Pulling for you!
Garry LOL Winky ? Man that is tuff. I agree we should add that into the post first page.
Johnboy - HI ! Man I am glad you popped in. Drop by more often! Thanks for the prayers for my dad.
Ken - Your package should arrive Saturday. I will send a PM of the tracking number.
Jim - Happy Birthday if they had cherry pie I would send that !
Herrinchoker - I am sorry but I am still baffled. That is a large hole. Was water gushing in around his hand ? How did he not get his hand all cut up. I agree with someone who siad earlier "great stories" very fascinating life you have had.
Ricky W. - Thanks. Hey Vinnie is eyeing you [:)
Terry - Yea I would say that one is going to come back to bite you. I try to never argue with an inspector. I ask "questions" and try to lead them to the correct answer or flat out just give them proof from an engineer or Arch. If it is miner and doesnt cost a lot of money we just eat it and try to make him happy. I have only called one inspector boss in my 35 + years of being in this buisness. It always bite you if you argue.
ATSF - Oh. Then are you also going top have another caboose track for operations ?
To any who are just reading or havent posted yet - Hi,
Well gotta git back to w**k
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes with blueberries and some real NYS Maple Syrup, a couple sausage links, and a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee to start the day.
It is currently 74°F outside under "partly" skies (sunny at the moment, but in the way of the Finger lakes, just wait a minute and it will change....) with a high this afternoon of 85°F. We got about .1 inch of rain yesterady so I will not have to water the garden today....
Hope to finish the kitchen floor cleaning today.... I am feeling the effects of scrubbing on my hands and knees yesterday. Want to get that done... #1 priority. Then I may spend some more time cleaning the train rooms. I am just about out of WS Foilage mesh for making the trees, so I ordered another 15 packages (three different colors) which I hope should pretty much finish that section of the layout... I'll take some photos later. Kaplar Lumber should be sending out my order of scale lumber soon, I hope.
Quote for the day:
“I'll tell you a little secret about the Blues: it's not enough to know which notes to play, you have to know why they need to be played.” - George Carlin
Have a great one!
Heartland Division CB&Q FR RY .... I recall see the DT&I freight cars when I lived near Detroit several years ago. They selected Easter egg colors for freight cars. It was mostly for 86' auto parts cars, and I recall being told the colors were picked out by the wife of the DT&I president. It did not take many years for rust to make them look ugly.
FR RY .... I recall see the DT&I freight cars when I lived near Detroit several years ago. They selected Easter egg colors for freight cars. It was mostly for 86' auto parts cars, and I recall being told the colors were picked out by the wife of the DT&I president. It did not take many years for rust to make them look ugly.
Without asking Jim Hediger who has never mentioned who picked the colors, but the 86' Hi-Cubes were painted in three different colors to serve three different Ford stamping plants in the Detroit area. So the blue ones were to go to one plant, the green ones to another and the magenta to a third. Crew would know they had a wrong car in the transfer if it was a different color. But after awhile the car assignments changed and any car would be at any plant.
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Good Afternoon!
We are enjoying what our weather guessers call "calm Autumn weather", although it´s a bit early for that. Nice and sunny, dry and not too hot. I went for a short walk, but had to stop after 15 minutes or so. That put me back into the doldrums, but not as deep down as the days before. There is a reasonj behind, which I will be able to tell in a few days.
A couple of days ago, I made another short video of my layout, whichj I´d like to share.
Unfortuantely, the loco has started to show more wear and tear since I made this video, so the layout won´t see any train action anymore. Might as well go forward and try to sell it. At least I can say I enjoyed it while it lasted!
Janie, just some coffee for me, please! I´ll be staying at the RC for a while.
JohnBoy ... That's very nice of you to rescue the young dog. I'm sure he will be a good pet. ... I can't stand animal abuse and encourage people to contribute if they can to organizations who rescue animals.... Our neighbors have a rescue cat who was also shot. The cat is blinded in one eye as is your new pet. They named the cat "Winky". ... Thanks for the comments about my health issues. I can do normal stuff most of the time.
Ed ... I like the photo with NYC observation and NYC E8. ..... Goats? ... Actually one of my sisters has some. By now, you've probably heard enough goat jokes; so I won't kid you. ....
Ken .... Sounds like you have some fun times with locomotives.
Jim ... Happy birthday ...
Mornin' Diners. Just a quick pop-in before hitting the hay! Chloe, how about a baked apple with a pinch of cinnamon with a little cream.
I had a sick goat on my hands this morning and she didn't make it much past noon. Had to bury the poor girl, Patty (born on St. Patrick's Day) one of the sad down-sides of being a hobby farmer.
Herrinchoker, those are some interesting stories you have. I enjoy hearing about, and better yet, seeing big, intricate machinery. It would make me nervous getting down to the final cuts on a piece that you have, maybe a hundred hours on, then ouch! Something gets messed up. I've seen it at GE where I worked. Quarter-million dollar part gets destroyed in a sintering furnace or some other disaster... can be painful!
Ken! Remember, Model Railroading is FUN , try to keep repeating that. The truck retainers must have popped off in shipping when the USPS used the box for a wheel chock. I know that Pennsy SD7 is around ten years old or so but I really don't recall running it all that much. I had a pair with the same engine number so I just grabbed one and put it in the box. Now I KNOW you can take apart a Life-Like SD7 and re-assemble it in your sleep so it should be a stroll in the park for you to get them running in top order.
There must be some stray ohms leaking out of your electricity in Illinois? I'm pretty sure I reset both decoders in the A and B units then only set the decoder to the engine number. I ran them as a pair the whole time I had them but I bought them used off the 'Bay. I test-ran them using a Sprogg and everything seemed fine but the A unit was making a drive-shaft ticking sound. That should be an easy fix.
You're using DecoderPro it should be a two-minute job to reset and assign the address. I don't remember what the wiring looked like on the B&LE SD. Presently I'm going through some decoder installs that I did back in 2005-2006 on a handful of engines. Some of these I have old DH-121s in and some have incandescent bulbs that I'm redoing in LEDs. (back then there wasn't much choice in color temp of LEDs)
I feel bad that w**k stresses you out so badly, then you have to deal with DCC problems. The Model RR is supposed to help you forget about w**k!
Anyway, you'll be up and running in no time.
I just got a call from TrainWorld today saying the Broadway Limited P-70 coaches are in and will be shipped today! Fun Stuff!
I wish everyone reading this a safe and healthful day. My thoughts and prayers to all who are in need.
Regards to all, Ed
yougottawanta FRRYKid - Are tthey still alive ? Were you ever able to show them your tribute ? I hope so.
FRRYKid - Are tthey still alive ? Were you ever able to show them your tribute ? I hope so.
Nope, I was not. My grandfather passed in 1980 from a stroke IMMS. (He also had lung cancer and hardening of the ateries.) My grandmother passed Mar 1, 2001 from kidney failure proximate to congestive heart failure. (The diuretics to reduce the fluids around the heart caused her kidneys to shut down.) The road number 3101 is from that date. As an aside, the road number of the passenger unit is 1412, her birthdate (January 4, 1912). Given she probably paid for a fair percentage of the railroad when I was starting out, it seemed a resonable tribute.
last mountain & eastern hogger FrryKid, I waved at you as we went through Miles City both ways. But you can't be too tall as I didn't see you waving back. I like the lettering in the trees, Not a fan of the pink loco though.
FrryKid, I waved at you as we went through Miles City both ways. But you can't be too tall as I didn't see you waving back. I like the lettering in the trees, Not a fan of the pink loco though.
Thank you for thinking about me as you drove by. Unfortunately, unless it's Sunday I not usually near the interstate. I will admit that the color most likely would not have been used on a real railroad. The closest to pink I have seen were these DT&I cars as an example:
http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=69221
http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=45683
I had seen these or similar cars in a magazine, I think. At the time this was originally painted, I didn't have quite the internet resources at my fingertips as I do now.
G'd Evening Gang,
No, I haven't left the Diner. I have been checking in almost daily, but really haven't done anything on the LM&E lately so I just peeked through the windows to see who was around at the time and to keep up with most of the news.
We adopted a new dog when we were down visiting my Son, who had been fostering him for the animal shelter. He was a rescue that had been taken to the shelter because some one had shot him with a shotgun. He has lost his right eye, split the top of his left ear, has a groove across his snout and a pellet lodged in his right ear. He is between 10 months and a year old. I believe he is mainly Heeler, some Lab and Shepard. But he has the most wonderful personality. He loves other dogs and kids and has really taken to my Wife and I. He is house trained and jnows a few basic commands. We have had him for about three weeks now and he and I do lots of walking. he walks on a lead well, no pulling. We are going to start some formal training next week.
Ulrich, I'm still pulling for you. Would love to see you up and at it real soon.
MoonBoy, Happy Birthday, didn't know you were younger than I am. Sounds like you are having a great time on your summer get away. Are you in Manitoba or Saskatchewan, I can't remember.
Garry, You've put quite a few miles on this year. Glad they have all been safe ones. I hope your next trip to Vanderbuilt is successful for you.
YGW. Prayers continue for your family, hope there will be some resolutions on a lot of different fronts there before long.
Br. Elias, enjoy your holiday and I hope you find your Family in good health. And for you, watch yourself in all those subways, we don't want you coming back as sliced wilderbeast.
Terry, Enjoyed seeing the new works going on in the layout room, looks great. Do tell us how good the fishing has been r have you been avoiding it because of the construction schedule?
CN. Charlie, Nice to hear from you as well and that you are enjoying your pat times of gardening, bird watching eating out and visiting your friends Stateside.
Brunton, was great to see you back on the forums, I have missed you and your Layout. My Son actually lives in Laurel.
Mr. B, is the hockey not over yet ? It will soon be time to start the new season.
Cuda Ken, sure hope the yard war is over soon for you and you get more time to enjoy those added HOPPERS.
Those I have missed naming, I have kind thoughts and wishes for you too.
Many happy and safe miles to all you BIKE Guys. Don't get heat stroke as that is NO fun.
I've got three days off right now and I am quite tired so I'm going to shut down now and bid you all sweet dreams of Streamliners humming through the tunnels of America.
Galaxy, we are all keeping an eye out for you.....................
Johnboy out...................to ZZZZzzzzland
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evening Dinners
Work Front.
ricktrains4824Found out tonight corporate doesn't think we associates know jack Ricky same here and it had me fuming most of the day! I had a Wells Fargo deal, that had problems with getting the box springs up the stair. So I had to charger her more for split queen box spring. Being a Finances deal made it harder. (won't get into the details) Long story short, the way Paul (GM and sort of nice, but still a butt head) told me to do it would not work for Wells Fargo. So I did it the best way I could so the company would get paid! I tried to explain to him on the phone what I had to do, he did not like my answer, so he hung up on me! I came close to walking out! I did cool off a little but still simmred most of the day. Ulrich Great to see you on the site! If you don't really feel like posting like I did last night, just let us know you are there! We do worry about you! YGW A smart man knows what he can do, and not do! Cutting wood straight is something I have never been able to do! I am closer to Don Garlits than Bob Villa! OK, I am more like Tim The Tool Man Taylor! Train Front Well Ed you must really like SD 7's, you all so ran the wheels off the Penn SD 7. After re-doing the Penn SD 7, front trucks worm gear fell off? I opened up the Erie SD 7 last night and you sure so some neat wiring!!! Thank you for the shrink tubbing! Should make my hacking a lot better! B&O F7'sGuess it is for a decoder re-set? Last night I hooked up the A and B unit. Well A unit was pulling and the B unit was only making sound and was being dragged. Tried running them again tonight not coupled A ran well and B unit just sat there? F7A is running great pulling a 10 car passanger train, and it pulls it with easy I will add! Only F buttons it will answer is F-1 and F-2. Which I am fine with, but something is not right. Guess I messed some CV's up some how? I am happy, tickled to see the B&O F7A working for a living! Later, Ken
ricktrains4824Found out tonight corporate doesn't think we associates know jack
Ricky same here and it had me fuming most of the day! I had a Wells Fargo deal, that had problems with getting the box springs up the stair. So I had to charger her more for split queen box spring. Being a Finances deal made it harder. (won't get into the details) Long story short, the way Paul (GM and sort of nice, but still a butt head) told me to do it would not work for Wells Fargo.
So I did it the best way I could so the company would get paid! I tried to explain to him on the phone what I had to do, he did not like my answer, so he hung up on me! I came close to walking out! I did cool off a little but still simmred most of the day.
Ulrich Great to see you on the site! If you don't really feel like posting like I did last night, just let us know you are there! We do worry about you!
YGW A smart man knows what he can do, and not do! Cutting wood straight is something I have never been able to do! I am closer to Don Garlits than Bob Villa! OK, I am more like Tim The Tool Man Taylor!
Train Front Well Ed you must really like SD 7's, you all so ran the wheels off the Penn SD 7. After re-doing the Penn SD 7, front trucks worm gear fell off? I opened up the Erie SD 7 last night and you sure so some neat wiring!!! Thank you for the shrink tubbing! Should make my hacking a lot better!
B&O F7'sGuess it is for a decoder re-set? Last night I hooked up the A and B unit. Well A unit was pulling and the B unit was only making sound and was being dragged. Tried running them again tonight not coupled A ran well and B unit just sat there?
F7A is running great pulling a 10 car passanger train, and it pulls it with easy I will add! Only F buttons it will answer is F-1 and F-2. Which I am fine with, but something is not right. Guess I messed some CV's up some how?
I am happy, tickled to see the B&O F7A working for a living!
Good evening.
Celebrated number 74 today with a full day's work mowing grass at friend's wild rice camp. We had a couple of breakdowns but managed to mow everything that needed mowing. After mowing we went to check the rice at an other lake and got stuck in a bog when trying to leave. Thanks to an electric wench on the Yamaha Rhino quad, we were able to pull the Rhino out of the bog. Lots of rain early this summer turned the bog into soup.
Freinds took us out for Chinese food for birthday diner and then some homemade cherry pie, my favorite birthday dessert.
Lion, hope you have a most enjoyable vacation trip.
Ulrich, prayers for better health in your future.
Got to talk to my granddaughter who share my birthday. She turns 14 today.
Jim
Got the top, open bar, tab on me. herrinchoker
The hole in the bottom of the boat, several issues cone to play, first and foremost crappy maintenance is first and foremost, the area in question was about 4-5 inches is size, was about 12 inches from the keel directly under a 12" suction pipe. The space, (steam generator #s 1&2) was located between firerooms 1&2, so there was no way for the ship to flood due to the watertight bulk heads.The hull is made from a lamanate steel, usually HY-80, sometimes T-1, and when not properly taken care of will rust and delaminate in a harsh enviroment, and can be fairly easily taken apart in that state.
Ulrich. Glad to see you. Cheer up. Your friends here care about you.
YGW. ... Yes, the caboose photo is on my layout. I think it we good if we added the phrase "Everybody is welcome" to the title of the thread.
This evening I ran some trains over the tracks I have been working on. I'm pleased with the results .