Good morning ...
Just out of curiousity, does Daylight Savings time cause climate change ? ....
It's cool here now.
Continuing with this months theme. As a kid, I rode on various trains in Wisconsin between Chicago and the Minnesota. (I grew up near Chicago.) The Milwaukee Road named its trains "Hiawathas". This photo shows one of them leaving Chicago for Milwauee and points beyond.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
My favorite tool for cutting foam is a snap blade. I tried steak knives and a hot wire cutter and, for me, neither came anywhere near to the results from the snap blade. By controlling the length of the exposed blade, you can control the amount of bend in the blade which is great for shaping. Hands down, my favorite.
One other foam tip, for what it is worth. When it comes time to sweep up all of the static-infused strips, a light mist from a water bottle neutralizes the static and makes it much easier to sweep up.
Richard
Der- Progress is looking good. Don't worry about the missing scenery ideas it will come in time.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evening Diners?
Flo, wake up! I will have a , if Ed and Jim make it in given them a as well.
DC Jim On cutting foam I use a razor blade. If it a 2" thick section, I make the first cut, bend a little and cut again. You might try a cheap Harbor Freight razor knife for opening boxes. There blade slides out and will get around 4" long. (blade can be broken off bit by bit) I thing they are around 49 cents or so.
For craving the foam I use a bread knife. Yes, it makes a mess but that is why I have a shop vac. On semi smooth slopes I use a sanding block and 220 grit sand paper. Again, it makes a mess but I like the resulits.
I hate Rust
DC Jim, to cut foam I use a hot wire that I bought at Michaels. It is battery powered, was cheap, and it works very well. No mess.
Another cold day here so a good one for a little work on the layout. I should be able to get the last of the ground foam down this weekend.
CN Charlie
jlehnert Tried cutting some extruded foam, but the first attempt was less than successful. The cut had more of a reptilian shape than a straight edge. Wrong type of blade and wrong technique. Will make another attempt this week.
Tried cutting some extruded foam, but the first attempt was less than successful. The cut had more of a reptilian shape than a straight edge. Wrong type of blade and wrong technique. Will make another attempt this week.
Try using a hot knife. I use a lot of bead board type foam for my hill construction. (A lot of recycled packing blocks from irrigation pipe and sheets of beadboard insulation.) If I don't use the hot knife, it creates a great mess but the hot knife melts the foam and the "beads" don't get all over the place. It does take a bit of practice to get the cuts exactly right but it is a very handy tool.
Hobby Front: Got the decal sheets that I had ordered. First piece of business is to get a coating of decal protectant on them. Even if they are new from the company, I put a coating on them. (Improves the strength of them especially on stripes.) I got three of them sprayed last night and need to get the other three sprayed. (The area I use is only big enough for three sheets.)
Afternoon diners,
yougottawanta Angel - I am very interested in the Wood land Plug system. Can you keep us posted on how that goes ?
Angel - I am very interested in the Wood land Plug system. Can you keep us posted on how that goes ?
I just planning on placing them on without lighting it up. If the layout was more permanent I might turn them on.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Thank Ken, cheers!
YGW. Those must have been some thick grade beams. I actually did an early retirement at 62, in July of 2011, as the union expects 63 as a full retirement age. I took a tiny, tiny hit on my pensions for it, but nothing I miss.
I was a member of the BAC (Bricklayers and Allied Craftsman) for a short time, so I get a small pension from that, but I was in the OPCMIA Local 599 for 30 yrs. http://opcmia599.com/ where my main pension comes from.
Back in the early 80's, I was a forman for a mason and concrete firm that did hundreds of basements, block, brick, etc., in all of the fast growing subdivisions around the Milwaukee / Waukesha, WI area. On a typical 12 to 1400 sq. ft. ranch, 3 of us, 2 finishers and a laborer were expected to have the garage floor, basement floor, and front and back stoops done and out of there in two days.
On the 3000 and up sq. ft houses, I got an extra finisher and an extra day, maybe 2. You have to keep moving, but all in all, where else are you going to get a good pension and excellent health coverage, for life!
I spent the last 20 years working for a huge GC, WWTF's, was where I spent a lot of time.
Your shed looks like a great idea, train room with a basement, and garage.
See you all later diners!
Mike.
My You Tube
Evening all,
Since Mother Nature is bipolar and it's back down to 25 degrees after being 80 on Thursday, I'll have a nice Hot Fudge Sunday, hold the nuts.
Henry - Didn't know that I was in such esteemed company. Three years ago this spring I had my aortic valve replaced for the same reason. No souvenir pictures though.
Ed - I attended several knee replacement surgeries while doing clinical rotations. They still look like an episode of This Old House.
YGW - Sounds like a hectic week. Surprised that you survived the meeting with the FM. Usually when you argue with the inspectors it's like arguing with your wife..... Even if you win, you still loose.
Doing the 911 gig tonight. Three calls so far tonight, and two of them have been at motels that advertise "great weekly and monthly rates". Definitely NOT 4 star quality. I frequently stayed at one of them 17 years ago when I was building my house, but things have gone down hill since then. Now I lock the doors to the ambulance while I'm inside the patients room.
Finally got started on a new layout. GE Appliance Park is still on the horizon, but I decided that it wasn't the wisest move to start with that monster as the first layout after a 30 year absence. Now I'm working on some modular pieces that will help refresh the skills and give me something to play with while working on the larger stuff.
Been doing a lot of browsing for plans. Came across Spookshow's "Confessions of a Mediocre Modeler". All I can say is that I aspire to "mediocrity".
Time to hit the sack again. Hopefully will get to sleep until shift change at 0800.
DC Jim
Eveing Diners
Flo, Ed with have a Royal Crown on the Rocks, give Bob and Mike what ever they like and I have a please. Flo, did Bob bring any sliders?
Ed Thanks for picking up my slack for YGW.
Hum, how to turn off back ground programs on XP? Tonight I looked it up on line. MSCONFIG. That is the same way I did on Windows 98. Getting old sucks. Will try it Saturday after I get home. Did not want any computer problems tonight, well ever but I am sure you know what I mean.
DC Mighty B&O F7b. In this case DC stands for Dazed & Confussed. Yep, tonight it was dead again, just sat there like a lump. Will do another decoder reset but I see a DH 166 decoder in it's Futer.
Later, Ken
gmpullman Just curious, Howmus, are you really getting 20 Lb. or is it 15? I recently became aware that they were only filling them with 15 pounds of LP around here. I'm sure they are doing it for the "convenience" of the customer, like the 15% flavor enhancement solution that gets pumped into our meat products. Just wonderin' Ed
Just curious, Howmus, are you really getting 20 Lb. or is it 15?
I recently became aware that they were only filling them with 15 pounds of LP around here. I'm sure they are doing it for the "convenience" of the customer, like the 15% flavor enhancement solution that gets pumped into our meat products.
Just wonderin'
Ed
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmusThe fact that I was out of propane got me to load all 3 20lb. tanks into the Volt and go over to the Dealer
I was looking for a post I made about looking I made that had a link to youtube videos of private railcars. The title was If I win Powerball. The search said the post had been deleted. Not sure what rule I violated. Was I promoting gambling? Dunno.
Anyway found a for sale site for railcars. Speeders at $4k and up, cabeese 10K and up, and RDC for $90K and passenger cars form $35k to 500K. I expect the low end prices would need some work
You can even by an S2, a couple of steam engines, hoppers, gondolas and Hy Rails. http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/index_rw.asp
So far the lottery hasn't come thru and Ivanka hasn't picked me as her old man toy so I just have to be satisified to dream.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could sure use a cup of decaf right at the moment... Thank you Ma'am!
I spent the day running errands and hoping that some of the people I need to hear from (NMRA) would have their power back on and get back to me..... Went over to the Collegfe Fieldhouse and walked a mile on the track this morning. Yep, getting back to it after way too long an absence. Have made it over there to do a mile 3 days this week. This afternoon I went down to the local printer to oder the invites for the MLK Scholarship Dinner. He is located in a one way street right in the middle of downtown. There is almost always a few parking spots in the alley, but today, I circled around 4 times and every slot was filled. So I parked around the corner up the street. Walked back to his shop and there, right in front of his place is....... an open parking space. Oh well the extra walk didn't hurt me. He told me that line crews from several states and Quebec in Canada are still trying to get power back up for a couple hundred thousand customers in the Rochester Area. Quite a mess I guess.
Decided I wanted to use the BBQ Grill tonight in the wind and cold. The fact that I was out of propane got me to load all 3 20lb. tanks into the Volt and go over to the Dealer I buy from (former member of my Troop Committee). One of the guys who usually is out delivering in one of their tank trucks waited on me. He was supposed to be in the suburbs of Rochester today delivering. Said he decided to deliver tomorrow and hope the roads are passable (in other words, all the downed trees have been cleaned up). While I was out I made my run to the Natural Food Store in town and got my month's supply of organic coffee and such. Also got some time to work on the layout as well.
Taxes..... Got mine done by the second week of February and have already spent my Tax Refund.... The Volt is paid for! Only "Stocks" I have are invested in Green Funds in my IRA which was my Late Wife's Retirement funds. I just leave them there......
A couple historical (Non ..... ahem) quotes from me:
"Illegitimi non carborundum" - attributed to British intelligence early in WWII and adopted as a motto by US General Joe Stillwell
"I get knocked down, but I get up again You are never gonna keep me down I get knocked down, but I get up again......" - Tubthumping (Chumbawumba)
Have a great night and stay safe!
73
Working on taxes. I did not do much stock trading last year and only had 8 pages of transactions. The rate I am going next year it will be 40 pages.
I cooked hamburgers on the grill tonight, it was windy, sunny and snowing. I don't think I ever cooked in the snow before. The wife likes hers well done.....that's worse than my surgery pic.
Ed - thanks again
FRRYKid - I will check the PM. Thanks
Mike - LOL no that guy is a finisher, he had the job of moving the pump hose ( elephants trunk ) around. The grade beams took 8 yards of concrete ! He is waiting for the next truck to back up and start unloading. There were three guys who formed, poured and finished 1200 sq ft of slab in 6 hours ! I think the total was over 30 yds of concrete.
How in the world did you make it to retirement finishing concrete ? Most guys don't last past there 40s before the work kills or breaks there backs and they have to go on disability and or another line of work !
YGW
Hi diners! It's been awhile, but now that you are only 30 miles from my home, I figured I stop in.
Actually, as a retired finisher, I had a sense that concrete was being poured, I just couldn't stay away! I'll have a cold and watch the show. I love watching other guys work!
Is that the pump operator with the remote? or is that the lone finisher wondering were the heck his help disapeared to? It's NOT break time yet!
And by the way Ed, I think in my Pinterest I have a colored picture of the twins. I'll see if I can get in here. I think framed, it will look great in the diner.
OK, lets go, that mud isn't going to pour itself!
Good Afternoon, Folks
On behalf of YGW I'll be posting photos of the progress on his Hobby Barn. Hopefully I'll keep the descriptions in order along with the photos...
Here is a photo of the slabs being poured. To the right the "grade beams" have already been poured.
Apologies on the link foul up. I thought that I had make the link clickable.
yougottawanta FRRYkid - Who was teh vender who had the great sale ? Did you recieve an email advertisment ? I wonder if it is the same one I recieved ?
FRRYkid - Who was teh vender who had the great sale ? Did you recieve an email advertisment ? I wonder if it is the same one I recieved ?
Sent you a PM on the subject.
Steven Otte Since today's Friday, today's traditional Wisconsin food offering will be only slightly healthier. Practically every restaurant in the state offers a fish fry on Fridays. Must be a state law or something, like the one that says you can't finish out a basement unless you also install a bar down there. Anyway, dig in.
Since today's Friday, today's traditional Wisconsin food offering will be only slightly healthier. Practically every restaurant in the state offers a fish fry on Fridays. Must be a state law or something, like the one that says you can't finish out a basement unless you also install a bar down there. Anyway, dig in.
Given the time of year, I will take up your offer of the fish.
Extra strong Italian roast coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, and Fridays Fish Fry on a SOUTHERN PACIFIC plate, please.
***Bob, welcome!
Touch of hail and a few branches down from a good thunder-boomer in the wee hours. Quite a neat lightening display.
Have a terrific day all.
Cheers! Rob
Heartland Division CB&Q Steven ... Your posts remind me. I see Walthers has recenty released a model in its Cornerstone series of a Culvers restaurant which is a Midwest fast-food chain selling butter burgers and frozen custard.
Steven ... Your posts remind me. I see Walthers has recenty released a model in its Cornerstone series of a Culvers restaurant which is a Midwest fast-food chain selling butter burgers and frozen custard.
Yep. Culvers' frozen custard is pretty good, especially their "Cement Mixers" (they mix just about anything in that you can think of). But you have to go to a local non-chain custard stand if you want a broader variety of flavors. And Culver's idea of a butterburger is a burger on a buttered bun. Meh.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Good Afternoon!
My back is killing me! The doc gave me a prescription for some really heavy stuff, including something to protect my stomach, but as of yet, I don´t notice any positive effects. I should have gone for that medical Cannabis stuff - I bet I´d still feel the pain, but would be a lot happier
He also wants me to get an MRT done, just to exclude the risk of a slipped disk,so I called the nearest radiology clinic doing such things to get an appointment. Guess when I will have that? You are right, a week after Easter! I still remember times when you had that done either the same day or not later than trhe following.
No, Vinnie, this is not political nor a rant, just facts. If I have a slipped disk I guess I could be wheelchair-bound in 6 weeks...
I hope everyone is dry and safe!
Good morning .... The cold front certainly cooled off things. Snow is possible tomorrow. So, I'll get back into the model railroad room this weekend instead of outdoor activities. ....
Yesterday, it was sunny and in the 70's. More work on the Porsche plus driving it just for fun.
Happy model railroading !
Hello all !
Its FRIDAY HURRAY I SURVIVED ! What a tough week ! Delivered two houses, elevator inspection, two final inspections, two RUP inpsections, one routine inspection,one walk through, one Rewalk, started two new homes, framing 1st floor on a very large home, Getting another home ready for elect service and trade start, Punch out two more homes, Backed down a firemarshall who was trying to enforce code out of his area....The guy actually said to me well I will write a ticket, make you come to court and then we will let the Judge throw it out - Unbelievable - what a jerk !
Hobby Front - Last night I had just enough time before it went dark to Install some 2x12 over floor joist splices. This evening I hope to install a row of blocking. So tomorrow we can put down subfloor. And get ready for the carpenters to stand walls on Monday.
Galaxy - Next move ? Are you selling your new to you home ?
SNSR - $800 A SEAT ? Do they come with seat warmers and back massage ? Geez that is crazy money. Heck for that Money I could buy TWO very nice locos !
The Gamp - SO GLAD you joined us !!! Flo set The Gamp up with what ever pie, cake, meal... he wants. I will take care of the bill. No assigned seats. We are all friends here. Sit where ever you want.
Howmus - Man those were the day. We could eat ANYTHING and LOTS of it ! That is my one true vice - food !
Ken - Have you tried going through your computer and deleting or empting things like your "History", Trash bin, Saved PDFs no longer needed etc....? I do that from time to time and it helps speed up things.
Ed - No assigned seats. You know I am so glad you decided to join us.
Dave - Did you survive the burger ? Was 911 quick enough !?
Henry - Oh man there just went breakfast - I could not do that job ! Oh yuck ....This is EXACTLY the reason I am putting off Knee replacement !
Garry - I am so Glad you feel the same way ! Behind the scenes (via PMs ) I went out into the forum and invited about fifty foks to join us in Jeffries. Some have come and stayed, a few pop in know and then, many didnt repsond and a couple said sorry not my thing... But it is nice to know there are others building up the diner. Henry I have seen invite folks too !
Moe & Lary - I agree - Lets hope that, that is NOT the way the rest of spring will be !
Ulrich - How are you doing today ?
Lion - Here Kitty Kitty - I have some nice juicy wilden beast for you....Where have you been hiding ?
History qoute of the day :
. . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.
Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.
Neither my father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, great grandfather or great grandmother, nor any other relation that I know of, or care a farthing for, has been in England these one hundred and fifty years; so that you see I have not one drop of blood in my veins but what is American.
I hope this is not an indication of the rest of spring weather, 3 Tornodo events in 10 days. Most of ot started south and East of me this time.
http://www.today.com/pets/monks-induct-stray-dog-aka-friar-mustache-brotherhood-t109000?cid=sm_npd_td_fb_ma
lickable link. OOPS, I meant 'clickable'. Betcha he never misses a meal!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Lion, I saw this and thought of you immediately: http://www.today.com/pets/monks-induct-stray-dog-aka-friar-mustache-brotherhood-t109000?cid=sm_npd_td_fb_ma
Hobby Front: Decided to start on getting the new Thrall Gons changed over. At this point, I can do a lot with paint. One end changed fron yellow to black, although the paint coverage was bad enough that I think I might end up using some stripper and start from scratch. The other end gets turned white. (Going very light coats with that. Got a second coat put on four of the cars before I had to go to work yesterday. Those will probably need another coat. The other car is still up in the air.) Hopefully I will see the decal sheets that I ordered in the next few days. Next major purchase will be to save my money and get Adair Shops weight kits for these cars. (They are somewhat expensive but I have them in many of my freight cars and all of the FRRY's passenger cars and I love them. The original five Thrall gons have them installed as well.)
I also got another project in the mail. A major hobby retailer is cleaning out old stock and I got a car for 75% off retail and I will get that one built at some point soon.
Not that I need more peojects but they keep creeping up on me.
hon30critterThey took pictures?!? I guess that's not unusual.
Years ago (1972) I worked at a film processing lab. We did all the films for the Cleveland Clinic. Yes, even back then—on 16mm film—they filmed (nearly) all the operations.
I saw films of early knee replacements back then! It looked more like "This Old House" than a medical procedure. I mean, drills, epoxy, big wood mallets, hack saws!
Lots of heart and lung work, too, and a few other operations that are best left to the imagination.
Gee, thanks for the memories, Henry
Cheers to all... Ed
Hey diners,
My siblings broke my weight scale. They were trying to weight Charles to see if he lose or not.
I received my Walthers box with the Woodland Scenics plug light system. I was surprised to see how thin the posts were. N Scale still surprising me of the scale another than locomotives and rolling stock.
Howdy ... We are having storms now, but I'm glad we have not lost our power. A while ago we had hail stones about an inch in diameter.
TheGamp YouGottaWanta, thanks for the cup of joe.First time here. Everyone, if I'm in your seat, I apologize! Cheers, Bob
YouGottaWanta, thanks for the cup of joe.First time here. Everyone, if I'm in your seat, I apologize!
Cheers, Bob
Hi Bob !..... It's a pleasure having you in the Diner ! .... Feel free to tell us about yourself and your model rialroading interests.
YGW .... Yes, I wanted everybody to feel welcome here in the Diner. It is not an exclusive club. Everybody is invited, and I would like to see even more participants.
Henry .... How recent was the surgery ? ... i hope you are doing well now. ...
Have a nice evening, everybody.