FRRYKid:
FRRYKidI hope that some spray paint that matches the general color of the turf will blend the needles that still show better.
What about spraying the trees before adding the foam? That would avoid having a monotone colour in the forest.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi Gang,
Hope you are all having a great week end and winding down from all the political hype of the past while.
Garry, Just wanted to say best wishes for your surgery from North of the Border as well. We'll be expecting a good report in a few days.
Not much going on here, I did a little RIP track work the last couple of evenings and must get to that track realignment I spoke of earlier. But, I am at work today and tomorrow so that will have to wait for awhile too.
Did get the work bench in the garage cleaned off yesterday ( no connection to the RR. ) But I was getting annoyed that when I went out there to do anything there was no place to set anything down. So the time had come. Afterwards it was still nice out so I did some Christmas decorating. Nice to do it in warmer weather than the usual Frost Bite Weather.
Well all for now as I have to do my final rounds.
Johnboy out..........................for now
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Garry - Best wishes to you on the surgery, along with a speedy & comfortable recovery.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
CG: I hate being trapped on the interstate. Been Through Crossvile serveral times.
Garry: good luck on the surgery, one fo these days the ole gall bladder must go.
YGW: Some rare tubes can start at $80 a piece while more plentiful ones start at $3
Spent four hours of my Veteran's Day mostly parked on Interstate 40.
An eastbound tractor tailer cab crossed the median in Crossville (not a pun) and struck a westbound fully loaded car hauler and at least one other vehicle. Three dead, multiple burning vehicles, and traffic backed up half way to Knoxville.
I was somewhere in the middle of it. It took me three hours to go three miles, mostly in granny gear. Put 120 miles on the vehicle yesterday, and about 1200 on the clutch.
CG
Good morning ...
Jim ... The Hidson Bay switcher looks like it is ready to be scrapped.
jecorbett ... I recall reading about In Cold Blood. I did not see the movie, but the scene you described would be good to watch..... Our county uses a similar method for voting.
Dennis ... It is amazing how much we accumulate. I don't think I will ever yally up how much I have spent on model trains.
Ray .... Your new tracks look great.
Ken ... It is good to hear Sharon could go home from the hospital.
FR RY ... SOunds like you have a good source of trees for your layout.
.....
Yesterday's Vet Day parade was very nice. ... I like a small town parade where many people know each other.
My surgery date is rapidly approaching. I will go to Nashville Wednesday for surgery Thursday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
yougottawanta FRRYKid - Wow sounds like Christmas came early to your home ! You are starting a forest ? How many trees do you estimate you have to make ?
FRRYKid - Wow sounds like Christmas came early to your home ! You are starting a forest ? How many trees do you estimate you have to make ?
More correctly Christmas came to the layout. My layout is not where I live. It is on the ranch where I grew up. Ironic also that you mention Christmas. The starting point for these trees are the branches cut from artifical Christmas wreaths. I have had the branches for quite a while and finally decided to experiment with them.
As for the quantity, I honestly have no idea. Part of it depends on how thick I put the trees. I have only made about 15-20 with only a small number actually being planted. I liked the way they turned out, mostly. I trim the needles before I apply the turf. The needles are a fairly light green that shows up quite badly against the dark green turf mix that I use after the adhesive dries. As a result I have to do some further trimming. I hope that some spray paint that matches the general color of the turf will blend the needles that still show better.
I will also need to cover the hills with some brown turf that I purchased to get the hill base to a brown rather than the white that it is now.
I also have a few Woodland Scenics tree frames that will also be used at some point. I just haven't decided where yet.
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed and I will have a beer please!
Work Stunk Did get a tad of overtime playing "What Does Jerry Think He Sold". I swear he is dumb as a box of rocks.
Good News for the day! Sharon got to go home today, I am sure the Hosptal Staff is delighted! I love my daughter, but she has only 2 speed! Sweat and B--ch. (Sorry Steve) With her being in pain, I am pretty sure what gear she was in!
Foot Front Well the new Left Shoe now seems to be fine finally! It only took 8 visits to Hanger Clinic! But, the right foot that had not been having any problems, well the new inserts did not work right. After one day of wearing it I saw a impression on the instep and stopped wearing it. Think that will be a easy fix I hope. I go back Monday moring before work.
Thanks to all that servied.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Evening all!
Sitting outside in front of the fire pit with a beer. It's starting to get a little chilly, so I'm going to have to either throw a couple more logs in, or put some additional clothes on .
Cudaken - good news on Sharon. Had the ticker stopped during surgery myself a couple years ago and wouldn't wish that on anyone. Well, maybe some of the talking heads on TV, but no living creature with a brain.
Didn't have to worry about staying up Tuesday night , as I was already up at w**k. Company is short on night staff, so I agreed to get a little OT and pick up an extra 13 hour shift. Well, no good deed goes unpunished. Crazy busy all night. Ended up putting over 350 miles on the truck, and got off the 3 hours late. Wednesday night was almost as bad. Had to run several errands after I got off Thursday morning, so when I finally hit the sack , I slept for almost 11 hours straight.
Been spending a lot of time thinking about/looking at track plans. Originally I was planning on a modular setup, but that seems to be going to the wayside. I have the luxury of a large unfinished basement but I really need to at least decide on how I want to use the rest of it before I go hog wild with a layout.
Well, my beer is empty , so I guess I'll leave the fire and head on in. Night all!
Evenin'.....
Janie I'll have a large cup of decaf if you would be so so kind....
I took off from the stuff related to All the organizations I work with today. decided to just stare at the computer for a while, then went over to the Value Store to buy another bottle of contact cement as I was running short on the old bottle.
Spent the rest of the day laying some track down in the trainroom. Got the siding basically installed at Milo Mills (the new area of the layout).
Blackie just threw up a hairball while I was typing... Guess I better go clean it up. That is the way this week has been going I guess.
My quotes for today:
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” -George Carlin
“Meow” means “woof” in cat.” ― George Carlin
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
CentralGulf Uncle_Bob I voted. I feel like a nice dunk in some nitric acid to get clean now. I think the voting is heavier in past years, in our area anyway. I think the mood there was more one of grim determination than of "I actually want my person to win." There were no people electioneering, but there were several near-cornfield meets in the lot. Fun times. Yeah, I did my civic duty too. I am now drowning my sorrow in red wine. (pretend its a wine glass) This was my first time voting at this precinct. It is the most rural I have ever seen. Only four officials and just two voting booths. There was no line, no electioneers, and no poll watchers. I was in and out in just a few minutes. CG
Uncle_Bob I voted. I feel like a nice dunk in some nitric acid to get clean now. I think the voting is heavier in past years, in our area anyway. I think the mood there was more one of grim determination than of "I actually want my person to win." There were no people electioneering, but there were several near-cornfield meets in the lot. Fun times.
I voted. I feel like a nice dunk in some nitric acid to get clean now. I think the voting is heavier in past years, in our area anyway. I think the mood there was more one of grim determination than of "I actually want my person to win." There were no people electioneering, but there were several near-cornfield meets in the lot. Fun times.
Yeah, I did my civic duty too. I am now drowning my sorrow in red wine. (pretend its a wine glass)
This was my first time voting at this precinct. It is the most rural I have ever seen. Only four officials and just two voting booths. There was no line, no electioneers, and no poll watchers. I was in and out in just a few minutes.
Our county (Knox, OH) went back to paper ballots this year. They were having too much trouble with the electronic machines which weren't that old. It sped things up quite a bit. Whereas we had only two machines, they set up 6 voting booths which were nothing more than 3 sided cardboard viewblocks standing on a table. The ballot required you to fill in an oval next to your candidates name. When done, you took it over and fed it into a scanner which presumably read it, counted it, and then dropped it in a bin at the bottom in case a manual recount was necessary. It wasn't, thankfully.
V8Vega Last night on 13.3 I saw In Cold Blood, a true story and I feel the movie is true to what happened. A real good movie, at the end they show one of these guys getting hanged and I think it is authentic as to how they did it back then. It is dramatic to the witnesses but all over in a fraction of a second to the guy getting hanged. Therefore not cruel or unusual. I also saw a place in the Sun recently, another real good movie, it won all kinds of awards. It has a young Liz Taylor, possibly her 1st movie and she is very pretty. Most of the time when I see pictures of her she is about 40 and OK but not super.
Last night on 13.3 I saw In Cold Blood, a true story and I feel the movie is true to what happened. A real good movie, at the end they show one of these guys getting hanged and I think it is authentic as to how they did it back then. It is dramatic to the witnesses but all over in a fraction of a second to the guy getting hanged. Therefore not cruel or unusual.
I also saw a place in the Sun recently, another real good movie, it won all kinds of awards. It has a young Liz Taylor, possibly her 1st movie and she is very pretty. Most of the time when I see pictures of her she is about 40 and OK but not super.
In Cold Blood is one of those movies I've watched countless times. It is true to the book which is one of the best I have ever read although there are some questions about it's authenticity. For example it described conversations between victims on the day they were murdered. How could anyone know what might have been said between them. Other than that it is pretty factual. Recently I read that Perry Smith and Dick Hickock were suspects in the murder of a Florida family while they were on the lam but neither the book nor the movie dealt with that.
I liked that scene early in the movie when a Santa Fe passenger train roared through Holcomb, Kansas and threw two mail bags out on the fly.
Argh! I have tried four times to post and keep deleting text before finishing. I am not sure what keys cause and instant delete of a yet to be text message. Anyone have any clues as to what not to accidently hit?
It's been a busy week. I am doing physical therapy for a hamstring strain that was not getting better. After two sessions and several new stretching exercises the amount of discomfort when walking has deminished considerably. I was sold on physical therapy after neck problems six years ago and I did physical therapy for neck pain. I still do daily neck stretches and have had virtual no neck pain since therapy. ROR, I empathize with you on your recent neck problems.
Had a vision check yesterday and got the news that nothing had changes in the last two years. Nice to walk out with only the expense of the examination. I do have a slight catarac in the right lense but it is still where I don't have to have eye surgery yet.
Managed to about finish cutting out pieces to assemble a decent work bench for doing model building. I plan on doing a write up when I get it done and painted. Looking forward to lots of kit building this winter. First up is the completion of an old Uhlrich box car kit started in about 1972 and never finished. I have one tank car kit to complete that I picked up at the Cleveland NMRA convention two years ago. Also have several old building kits needing repairs from several household moves and lengthy storage.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Jim
p.s. The photo is a Hudson Bay Railroad switcher that obviously burned up. Occasionally a you tube video is posted of a diesel engine fire. This is probably the aftermath of such a fire.
I went out for my third bike ride since the whole neck fiasco. When I was younger, the conditioning loss from time off of the bike was about like the dripping of a faucet. These days it is more like class 5 rapids in the grand canyon.
Richard
Hey all !
Another sad day at the ole mail box. No engineer drawings for the hobby room
I think half of the men stayed home and are celebrating veterans day - which 90% of companies in the construction industry do not get off. No carpenters, no drywall finishers, no plumbers, no masons. Think I will leave a bit early today.
Angel - Why not build a section that can be added to the layout ?
V8 - Cold blood seems to have been produced three plus times. Which version did you watch ?
MoeLarry - How much do the rare parts cost ?
Jimmy B. - Yummy ! Ice cream cake !! oh how I LOVE ice cream. cake. Sounds like you had a great BD
Henry - Geez that is bad. I thought once that a commercial driver had a seizure they could no longer drive commercially.
Ricky W - Thats good ! More money. Loosing that job was a blessing is disguise !
Howmus - Never liek George Carlin that much. Mark Twain I enjoyed reading a "Connecticut Yankee" fun read.
Ken - What do you think it would cost ? Here a tree of about 24" to 30" calibre would be between $1500 to $3000 depending on proximity to buildings haul off etc...So glad to hear Sharons surgery went well
CG - I agree NO mtn oysters - yuck !
Steve, Henry - Okay I know what mtn oysters are. We had an old farmer who would perform "surgery" on our pigs and pop the mtn oysters right then and there in his mouth I couldnt stand top watch it !
Richard - I am with you that is a shady looking buisness place. We used to sell GE Profile with our houses. They have their own appliance repair people. Very well groomed, decent looking, professional etc...I like them.
Todays history qoute :
James Madison letter to William Cogswell
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.
James Madison Federalist papers #51
Have a great weekend
TTYL
YGW
Morning diners,
For the past few months of the constitution of new houses. I decided to get wood out of those dumpsters. (Their going throw it away anyway, pieces are too small and slightly bent.) I had enough courage to do that plan. I know I need more to make frame.
Later on I would buy some materials like wood, nails etc.
So I'm going to build a diorama for the time being and later on it will be an expansion.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
YGW: we sometimes call those parts are made from "unobtainium"
It depends on what the part is. There are now makers of reproduction knobs, dials and escutheons and trim parts.
sometimes you have to find a "parts set" to get a part.
there is a finite set of tubes in the world but most are still plentiful, there are some rare ones the are $$$$
Hey all, hope everyone is well.
I had a nice birthday. It was quiet with pizza from my favorite pizzeria and ice cream cake. Got a nice last light shot of a wheel train- with 5 units, all I've never seen before. I got Springsteen's autobiography from my mom and have been spending this week working on another custom decaled Wheeling hopper- up to ike 18 now.
Hope everyone has a nice day.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Good morning everybody ....
Honoring Veterans today ...... We will attend the parade in town.
Henry ... Interesting about the German train collision. I wonder who many deaths are attributed to cell phones. .... Also interesting about the bus collision.
Good news about Sharon.
If you remember the head on passenger train wreck in Germany earlier this year, the signal operator threw the wrong switch, he is on trial and it is alleged he was playing a video game on his cell phone at the time.
The bus wreck in Baltimore, where a school bus rammed a Metro bus a couple weeks ago is also in the news. The school bus driver "passed" a physical in June, but had an expired health certificate to drive a school bus. He had a prior accident while having a seizure so should have been disqualified from driving a commercial vehicle.
I need to go buy some india ink this morning for my weathering.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good evening ..
Ken ... That is good news about your daughter's surgery. I hope she recovers quickly. .... I bet your wife also wishes you were 25. LOL ..
Ray ... I like reading about your work with Boy Scouts.
Good evening all.
Janie - Can I get a slice of that apple pie please? Of course, a generous scoop of ice cream would be great with it, thanks.
Cudaken - A good successful surgery is reason to celebrate! Glad everything went well.
YGW - With the commission being above the base pay, so even on a slow day I get paid per hour, plus any sales gain commission, so far I have made more this week than I did at the old job doing 40 hours a week as assistant manager, and I went down to just salesman now. So, with less responsibility, and same (or better) pay, I feel it was worth it.
Speaking of w**k - Well, the hydraulic lift is totally out of commission now. Today we had a truck, and needed to offload a snow thrower, among other things, so, had no choice but to use the lift to do so. It shifted, while said snow thrower, and myself, were on it! And not in a good way. Bonus points if you can guess what moved further, and faster, the lift, the snow thrower, or me... And, no idea how to move a multi-ton hunk of metal, that is laying across the hydraulic line that controls it.... Sliding it across the concrete back to the pedestal is out of the question, as that will push it directly back across the hydraulic line, most likely severing it in the process. (Let alone the fact the pedestal sits on top of said concrete, and there is zero power equipment available to move said hunk of metal.....) Will be taking something to keep me busy tomorrow, as I am opener, and closer.... A 10&1/2 hour shift. (Get paid 10, as there is a half hour lunch somewhere in there.) Today we were under $600 when I left @4. That is not enough to stay busy for 10 hours...
Weather - The weather gurus are now claiming that the lake-effect s**w forecasted for the next two days will be much lighter than anticipated, with little accumulation, if any. As usual, we shall see.
Hope all are well, and all have a good night.
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.
Evenin' folks,
Janie I'll have a glass of eggnog (sneak a shot of dark rum into it) and a seat in the back by the stove to keep warm....
Sun came out today.... Too bad the Maple tree next door still hasn't lost its leaves! They have now turned yellow so sometime in the next week the day will come when they all go, Whoosh" and fall of the tree at once..... Like this:
Uh, yes, this old farmboy will tell you there is a difference between Sweatbreads and ........ uh.... ahem.... Prairie Oysters. When I was growing up on the farm, every time we had to send a young cow to slaughter (if she couldn'r be bred successfully), two things happened. Half of the carcass was sold to pay for the butchering. The other half went into the freezer for some good meals for the next year or so. Dad always went over to the slaughterhouse (when it was nearby) and came home with the heart, liver, and tongue (he wouldn't eat kidneys! Had too much of that as a kid himself and hated steak and kidney pie with a passion!). We generally would would have the Heart stuffed and baked (like a chicken only better), and the tongue was boiled in salt water. Delicious! Any leftovers from the heart and tongue were pickled for sandwiches and snacking. The liver was divided up into meal sized portions and went into the freezer with the rest of the cow. One of my jobs as a kid was to catch and hold the old hens that became Sunday dinner while dad chopped off it's head. I hated having to do that! At least I grew up knowing where food came from, and at least our animals were humanly treated unlike the factory farms of today.
Ken, very good to hear your daughter's surgery went well! Hope she will be feeling great by Thanksgiving.
I forget who asked a couple days ago.... Yes, the Boy Scout Motto is "Be Prepared" and the slogan is "Do a Good Turn Daily" just like it has been since the beginning of the movement. Oh, and yes, Boy Scouting and Venturing do very much prepare a person for life!
Quotes for the day:
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain
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Evening Diners!
Flo, Sharon Surgen, Ed and I will have a and a round of Golf for the Doctor!
Daughter Surgery went great! He (Dr) thought there was a small chance like 5% that he could do the surgery none invasive he was able to get it done! She only has 7 small holes and not the 7"inch incision we thought was going to happen! He all so thinks she should be able to eat some solid food for Thanks Giving! She was not going to come over for Thanks Giving because she would not be able to eat solid food. It would be the first time in her life she would not have been with Sue and I.
Jimmy Man I wish I was 25! No, waite, I wish my wife was 25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
YGW When I need the tree cut down, it was right after we had a vevy bad wind storm! Not one tree triming company called me back. Now I can not afford it! Comission is in the tank for the last 4 months and $1200.00 in car repairs in the last 6 week.
Steve Hum, so it not nuts? Nuts!
Ed Again that is a great looking layout! Is that a M1A I spotted?
Later, Ken
BigDaddy Steven Otte I'll put this as delicately as I can... if you remove the sweetbreads from the calf, he'll grow up to be a steer rather than a bull. They are both "offal" but no Steve, sweet breads come from the other end, it's the thymus in the neck or though sometimes it could be the pancreas. Calf fries, prairie oysters, Montana tendergroin, swinging beef or Rocky Mountain oysters make the bull. There is a "Mountain Oyster Club" in Tuscon. It is a private club and I don't know what goes on behind closed doors. I've seen sweet breads in French restaurants, they taste ok, hard to describe the texture, a bit chewy. I ate calf fries in a little town in Tejas. Also chewy and they taste mostly fried. Fried twinkies, fried pickles, fried catfish, hush puppies and calf fries are much the same. breading cooked in grease. I think organ meat was more popular when we all lived on farms and Europe was poor and recovering from WW 2. There is a cooking/reality show called Chopped. The contestants have to cook 3 courses an appetizer, main course and desert using obscure and sometimes off putting ingredients. They frequently throw in offal, stomachs, intestines, kidneys, bone marrow, calf fries, eye balls. The celebrity chef judges have to eat the food. They do get squeemish with the eye balls. Speaking of eye balls, Uncle Bob how did your cataract surgery go?
Steven Otte I'll put this as delicately as I can... if you remove the sweetbreads from the calf, he'll grow up to be a steer rather than a bull.
They are both "offal" but no Steve, sweet breads come from the other end, it's the thymus in the neck or though sometimes it could be the pancreas.
Calf fries, prairie oysters, Montana tendergroin, swinging beef or Rocky Mountain oysters make the bull. There is a "Mountain Oyster Club" in Tuscon. It is a private club and I don't know what goes on behind closed doors.
I've seen sweet breads in French restaurants, they taste ok, hard to describe the texture, a bit chewy. I ate calf fries in a little town in Tejas. Also chewy and they taste mostly fried. Fried twinkies, fried pickles, fried catfish, hush puppies and calf fries are much the same. breading cooked in grease.
I think organ meat was more popular when we all lived on farms and Europe was poor and recovering from WW 2.
There is a cooking/reality show called Chopped. The contestants have to cook 3 courses an appetizer, main course and desert using obscure and sometimes off putting ingredients. They frequently throw in offal, stomachs, intestines, kidneys, bone marrow, calf fries, eye balls.
The celebrity chef judges have to eat the food. They do get squeemish with the eye balls.
Speaking of eye balls, Uncle Bob how did your cataract surgery go?
I dont eat Mountian Oysters on principle.
Steven OtteI'll put this as delicately as I can... if you remove the sweetbreads from the calf, he'll grow up to be a steer rather than a bull.
yougottawanta Steve - What is "calfs sweet bread" is that a northern thing ?
Steve - What is "calfs sweet bread" is that a northern thing ?
I'll put this as delicately as I can... if you remove the sweetbreads from the calf, he'll grow up to be a steer rather than a bull.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Evening Diners,
ROR- That's why I don't trust the company who recalls appliances. Especially the white card that comes thru the mail.
Jimmy- Happy birthday, I hope you enjoy your railfanning.
My DDS person called me but she didn't wanted me. She wanted my mom. To sit a date about visiting the house. If I didn't call my guy to see what happened. This wouldn't have happened. Apparently he didn't tell anybody about the appointment on November 28. Now I don't know we're going to clean the house. So she can observe me.
Jimmy: Welcome to the Quarter-Century Club.
We have a Samsung top-loading washing machine that has been recalled. I selected the option to have a certified repair person come to my house to fix it. I received an email from the clearing house contracted by Samsung to manage the repairs indicating that my case had been assigned to Protro Max for service. I tried calling the phone number in the email and received a "mailbox full" message for "602-nnn-nnnn".
I thought it didn't seem professional so I googled Protro Max and the only hit was for a fictitious business name registration with the Arizona Corporation Commission. I looked at the registration, which was created a year ago, found the registered address, plugged into Google maps, went to the street view, and found the attached as the location for Protro Max.
There is no way this repair company is coming into my house. It appears that anyone can get themselves registered as a repair facility with these recall clearing houses. Bottom line--do your own background check.
Jimmy. I hope you get all that you desire.
Hobby Front: Got a couple of boxes this morning. One of them was more Walthers Modulars boxes. A fairly good deal: 5 boxes (3 single wall packages, 1 flat roof package, and 1 peaked roof package) for $24 w/shipping. Needed a peaked roof and a few single walls. The rest I think will be handy later. The other one was a small box but important. Windows to replace the unavailable windows for the Walthers Modulars, a package of couplers for the newest boxcar, and a package of turf for trees. Yes, you did read correctly. I am starting a forestry project. A bit time consuming so I only have small grove but it getting late enough in the year that I don't think I will have more trees this year. Switching into winter mode. Lots of projects that will keep me busy. Two boxcars (cleaner car and an old Bowser car that I need to change the doors [on order, should be here this weekend] and add some additional decals to match the prototype), two buildings (another engine house for an S-4 and a sand tower), a hopper car needing weathering, and an engine needed the cab and handrails reworked to match the prototype properly. I won't be bored this winter.