RideOnRoad I am assuming you will be building a rock face, not scaling one, corrrect?
I am assuming you will be building a rock face, not scaling one, corrrect?
Yes, that's right. I'm not built for scaling rock faces. I'm building a staging yard with a scenic cover.
There are 4 tracks behind the rock face, beneath the assortment of foam "roof" sections and buildings. The rock face is made of Bragdon Foam castings. They need to be painted and then the scenery above will be blended in to them.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Steven Otte Brunhilda tells me that today's lunch special is Egg Salad, and when I asked "on what kind of bread" she just looked at me funny. So anyway... Uh, Brunhilda, I don't think that's how "egg salad" works...
Brunhilda tells me that today's lunch special is Egg Salad, and when I asked "on what kind of bread" she just looked at me funny. So anyway...
Uh, Brunhilda, I don't think that's how "egg salad" works...
Rich
Alton Junction
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Morning all
Ulrich - LOL - "Diet food insult to " That is true or most diet food ! I an glad to hear Petra is recoviering. I know you are happier than I am about that.
mbinsewi - Do you think the $ spent is worth the ease of use ?
Angel - It is not for cars but farm equipment, tractor, bush hog, finish mower etc...We have a masonry company that works for us from time to time whose hobbies is collecting cars, He has about ten or twelve vintage cars all in a HUGE garage.
Howmus - That was money well spent ! The granddaughters will remember that day for years to come and the love they will feel for you is well worth it.
Tom - Yes I am.
Sorry no history qoutes at this time cannot get teh sites to pull up. Keep geting teh spinning wheel and then " timed out" notice.
TTYL
YGW
Heartland Division CB&Q Good morning.. At the moment I am pondering one of the mysteries of the MR forum. Some members post and there is no reply button connected to their post. So I can't reply directly. mbinsewi .... You are one such member. There is no reply button on your post. Not to worry; I can reply using the reply button in one of the other Diners' posts .......
Good morning..
At the moment I am pondering one of the mysteries of the MR forum. Some members post and there is no reply button connected to their post. So I can't reply directly.
mbinsewi .... You are one such member. There is no reply button on your post. Not to worry; I can reply using the reply button in one of the other Diners' posts .......
I've noticed this as well, though not necessarily for only this member. Some posts are simply too wide for the screen and the text gets cut off without reaching the right-hand margin.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
mbinsewi .... You are one such member. There is no reply button on your post. Not to worry; I can reply using the reply button in one of the other Diners' posts ....... Regarding Photobucket, I found the pop-ups disappear if you refressh the page you are looking at.
I hope everyone had a good Easter. We went to Louisville for Easter dinner with the Cincinnati family who drove from the other direction to meet us. Our drive is about 200 miles one way. We had rain storms as we drove home.
Ulrich ... Sorry to hear your son does not visit you more often. He should do so especially with Petra's and your health issues.
Everybody: ... have a great Monday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning!
The day started uite nice - bright and sunny. Our regular morning visitors showed up, but no Easter bunny. Now it is overcast and we can expect it to ra*n any minute.
It´s a holiday here, so all shops are closed - family time, providing one has a family to speak of.
yougottawantaUlrich - how is Petra doing ? Did you get to see your son ?
Petra is doing just fine - each day is a step forward. I can hardly wait to get some decent food again. This dietary stuff is really an insult to my taste buds.
My son called on Friday, just to tell how busy he was, is and will be. We have not seen him since before Christmas last year. He lives "only" about 100 miles away from us, but it could well be somewhere behind the moon, looking at how many times we see him. His GF is suffering from multiple allergies, which includes us, so we can´t just go there and see them. I sure wish he would dump her and find a nice and healthy girl to marry and have children with. Of course, it is not up to me to decide, so we have to grin and bear the situation. I am not happy about it and I know for sure that the day will come he´ll be regretting having wasted his "best years". He´ll be turning 30 coming Sunday and we won´t see him then, either.
If you sense a little sadness in my words, you are right.
No idea how I will spend the day. There is a short HD list waiting to be worked down, but that´s something I don´t look forward to!
Have a good day!
To Der5997, and YGW, and all, about my Photobucket post, much quicker loading of your bucket, click on Library right after logging in, and in a second or two, it's there. NO ads or pop-ups
Sometimes the Upload process still gets stuck at 90%, but not nearly as much as before.
And, for posting pics, go to the "sticky note" that Steve Ott wrote about posting photos, scroll down, and look at our forum friend, Gmpullman's (Ed) method. It works great. I used to post pics by using the Img. link in photobucket, and everything after the pic was highlighted as a link back to photobucket. With Ed's method, that doesn't happen.
Just my experience, maybe it will be different with others. I use the latest version of FireFox.
My You Tube
Evening Diners,
yougottawanta Angel - why do you like the 3 car part ? I like the hobby room best !
Angel - why do you like the 3 car part ? I like the hobby room best !
Because I never saw a three car garage before. I see a lot of two car garages or one car garages turned into another spare room.
I returned from my grandma's house. In the last moments of the day she wanted the only two grandchild to search for eggs. I only 1 but I was helped on finding 3.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Howmus:
Sent you a PM.
Tom
MisterBeasley. . .I get 2 weeks to work on that rock face. . .
Richard
It got up to 90 degrees in spots today. It will barely make 50 on Tuesday, so today I took advantage of the warm, sunny day and did 2 hours on my bicycle. It felt good, but I'm tired. Best of all, the knee was no problem and I hope to put some more miles on tomorrow. At the end of the day the wife is going on vacation, so I get 2 weeks to work on that rock face.
Evenin' Folks!
I have had quite a great couple of days since I have been in here. Saturday was opening day out at the R&GV RR museum. This year we ran Bunny Trains on Saturday, complete with the "Easter Bunny" in residence up in the upper yard. I was in my usual place as Car Host on the Erie Caboose. However the order of the train was different with the 80 Tonner (#64) in the back of the train pushing rather on the other end. The Erie Caboose was right next to the Loco rather than being in the middle of the train and with the loco where it was the horns were facing right into the Erie caboose. Even I could hear them loud and clear! I think they also cleaned and repaired them over the winter..... Got to use the line (when the tweens and other kids jumped and covered their ears when the horn sounded the start of the trip), "You know, you've got to be playing your iTunes awful doggone loud not to hear a 5 chime!"
It was a fun day and a great opening. Had 558 paid riders and 28 cab passes. Absolute max we can do in a day is 700 riders, so it was excellent. We got some great comments on our Facbook Page from guests! I was busy explaining to one family why we have the rules we do, what training is required before we can work on train (even named the rulebook we use), and was telling them that it is FRA rules that we all have to go down the steps getting off the caboose facing in because it is a ladder. The older gent with the family was looking at me, shaking his head, and rolling his eyes most of the time. He finally took my arm and with a huge grin told me he had spent his entire career working for the railroad and he wanted me to know that every thing I had told his family was right on the mark! Made my day....
This morning was a spectacular moving Easter Service at church and I got to sit next to the two prettiest young ladies I have ever seen. My two granddaughters! Now, I know I am partial to them, but they are turning into simply beautiful young ladies! The oldest is looking more and more like her Grandmother Howard all the time. That moved me almost to tears as Saturday would have been my 51st. Wedding Aniversary. She died almost 30 years ago and I still miss her terribly......
Anyway this afternoon was dinner out with my sister, two sister in laws, and my son, his wife and the granddaughters at a "pricey" restaurant in Clifton Springs. Food was great, but the service was very slow. I think they were short on help in the kitchen... They were also packed. Between my buying my son's family dinner and the fancy pricey candy I bought on Friday, I am a couple hundred $ short on cash for the rest of the month.
Oh, I mowed the front lawn on Friday (earliest ever) and it needs mowing again today.... My neighbor across the side street was out mowing before I was. I saw him later in the day at Lowes and shook his hand. Thanked him for mowing his lawn. Told him I absolutely hate to be the first in the neighborhood to start doing that stuff.......
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
YGW: My understanding is that a measly $300 is a tiny drop in the bucket in comparison with what that mistake cost that Museum. So be grateful that it wasn't worse.
Evening all
Happy Easter to in and all.
Started the day early and went to enjoy services. Packed house. Around a thousand folks in attendance. Great service.
Our home is the hub for family gatherings. Had over twenty family and future family here. Lots of food, lots of laughter, Easter egg hunt, lots of fun. Great beautiful day
DER - OH I thought it was a bridge over a river. Not for a turn table..
Johnboy - I remembered the reason for the season and it wasn't about bunnies. Hope your reason for the season was great.
Mike - how is the photo bucket better ?
Garry - LOL that is a good one !
Tom - Ouch ! Mine wasn't that bad but I lost five sheets because he was off his game. That's about $300 wasted.
Henry - how cool is that ! How did you get to see it ?
FRRYKid - you like history too ?! What is your favorite history ? I like early American and the WW2 era
ROR - that is impressive too. Two hours that is amazing.
Dave - Thanks. Nice shed. Very nice looking! I went for ease of maintenance. Problem with real board &batten is that the bottom of the wood rots. I grew up with a real barn with it. I am getting up in years and my carpentry days are nearing an end. I do not have the desire to be yanking boards off in the future. One and done for me. The sheathing trim etc is synthetic material.
Ed, Tom - that is true. Progress is still progress. Thanks for the reminder.
Herrinchoker - I have loss of hearing from being in construction. Work can be dangerous to your health. I take there is no cure ? How do you cope ?
Ken - hmmmm I cannot reply to this because in my misspent youth I didn't need a king size bed... At any rate I am glad you made some $
Ulrich - how is Petra doing ? Did you get to see your son ?
One of the blessings today is that I got to spend with my dad. He is in the dumps a bit because his leg is not healing fast . I am just glad he is still with us after that horrible accident earlier this year.
Again happy Easter to all
Ken,
I was able to turn the paper towel slightly pink so flooding not a problem. Today, Today, was going to go to the shop to grab about .02cc of ATF, wife wanted to take the dogs to the shore for a swim, and to take pictures. I let her take the camera---digital,electronic,zoom, etc. AND what do I hear-----oops----I dropped the camera in the water--but I got it out quick, do you think I hurt it???
Lets see---all electronic, batteries in place, submerged in salt water, not water proof, I cannot state here what my response was, it was similar to that used when dealing with hippies in the 60s as a beat cop. Alka=selzer comes to mind.
When I got back to the house I went to the mill for the ATF, which is what I should have done in the first place.
So far the F7 I am using seems to be running more smoothly, and the track seems to be clean--time will tell. I will keep you posted on the progess.
Jan
Afternoon Diners
Flo, Ed, Tom, Jan and I will have a and some Easter Eggs please.
Easter Bunny Slipped me a Micky Well, more like the wife made me a away to big of Breakfest. 3 egg omelet, waffle, hash browns, fried ham and 2 sausage links. On a work day I have 1 waffle, then a breakfest burrito at 10:45 at work. Spent most of the day napping.
herrinchokerYESS!!!!--there is liquid showing where the metal is crimped to the cardboard side. A paper towel judiciously applied to the barely showing pink liquid--sucked up enough to wipe about 3 1/2 feet of track, very thinly.
Jan First let me say that is a OLD CAN! Second I think you are appliying way to much ATF. You don't coat the rails with ATF. My short line longest route is around 60 feet, total trakage with yard and team track is around 90 feet. I get a paper towel damp with ATF. Just touch left side of a rail, move a foot then the right side. Moved 30 feet and repeated. Each siding got one treatment of ATF.. If you had a current can of ATF, using the cap as a cup I don't think I would have used more than a 3rd of a cap.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Der - is that a bridge or a turntable?
Now, to be clear, I am NOT promoting, or acting as a salesman for photobucket, but I ended up doing the $14 a year basic membership, and it makes a HUGE difference in the way the site works.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Happy Easter Diners,
last mountain & eastern hogger I hope none of your eggs were cracked.
I hope none of your eggs were cracked.
Not unless your breakfast was eggs, bacon and cinnamon rolls.
YGW- I like the process on that garage. Specifically the three car garage.
We'll go to grandma's house for Easter dinner with ham. To bad it can't be rabbit stew maybe one I'll eat rabbit to see how they taste.
What got started by Rabbit stew as yesterday walking the dogs. I saw a pair desert bunnies playing around in a small circle. You could see a dirt cloud around them.
Edit: Top of page, I'll pay of everybody's meals and drinks.
G'd Morning Crew,
Just stopped by to wish All a very Happy Easter, and a reminder to remember the reason for the Season, not just funny bunny. Bless you All.
I hope none of your eggs were cracked.
I found at Wally's World in the Auto Dept. some LED lights, two strings in one pkg. with a lighter plug, which I cut off and attached to a 12 V. wall wort. I then installed the strings of lights under the elevated station to light the three tracks under it. Really looks sharp and much like the lighting they would put under such a beast. $18.00 a little pricey, but I am pleased and satisfied.
At work today, so some Stat. Pay for the day, that is good too.
We are having my Thrid Son, DiL, and Grandson and a few neighbors over for Supper tonight. That should be an enjoyable Easter Evening.
Hope you all have a great day as well with Family and Friends.
Johnboy out............and back to work. But, will not work through another winter.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Happy Easter! Wifey is making up a brunch buffet, kids are coming over. I've had to deal with the aroma coming from the kitchen for last 2 hours, and told to keep my hands off!
Mike.
Question: ..... What is a rabbit wearing a hat?
Answer:....... A covered hopper.
Good morning! I got my "hopping" in last night, with a few bottles of Lagunitas IPA.
It's going to be in the 80s today, so I'll be out for the first bike ride of the season. I've got to get my riding in, because it will be back to the 50s with rain by the end of the week.
Happy Easter, everybody.
Henry ... You are right about Photobucket and its annoying ads and pop-ups. They say you can pay them to be free of advertising, but that makes Photobucket more annoying in my opinion.
Happy Easter morning. Gotta have some hard boiled eggs. There is no other choice.
YGW: Your story about cutting the pieces wrong reminds me of a story I heard about a Railroad Museum's restoration project. I won't identify the Museum. It seems that they had a diesel unit with seriously deteriorated side panels that had to be replaced with very expensive new material. The guy who was assigned to the job pulled out his very old tape measure and carefully did the measurements of the new panels, and cut them precisely. It turns out that his very old tape measure had broken at some point and was spliced, making it a couple inches short. Every one of those new panels was too small, making them useless, and the project has been on hold ever since. It has now been several years, and no more progress.
Just be glad your problems aren't that bad.
Big Daddy: I'm jealous. Howard's layout is on the bucket list.
Yesterday was a thrill for me. I got to see Howard Zane's Piedmont Central. Even better, I took along Logan Holtgrewe, one of the founders of the Severa Park MR club's Chesapeake & Allegheny. Now that I think about it, this post should be, in the General Forum
I expected to see fantastic detail, weather, buildings, engines and rolling stock. I was not prepared to see it was HUUUUUGGEEEEE! He had two tables, half the size of card tables, full of trees waiting to be installed on the layout. But where they were going was not obvious as every square inch was fully sceniced.
Photobucket, I just discovered, has found a way to add more ads and pop up windows.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Morning world!
Did the Easter Bunny leave you treats??? He did for me!
Today we will have dinner with our "family" {close friends we consider family}, I don't knwo what we are having, But MOH is making almort torte dissert.
Thta's aobut it for today...
Hope you all rest, nad enjoy yoru services if you are going....
Prayers for thise in need.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
In times, when political correctness seems to guide our lives into the nirvana of vacuity, I am not sure whether extending greetings on the occasion of what we actually celebrate today is still allowed.
You know what - I´ll do it anyway!
There can´t be anything wrong with that, can there?
Today´s video shows a modular layout of the Gotthard line in Switzerland, as it was around 1900 - a nice model, which is on display at Göschenen at the mouth of the (old) Gotthard tunnel.
... and a very special Easter train:
Enjoy!
yougottawanta FRRYKid - did you get to see the bombing ?
FRRYKid - did you get to see the bombing ?
I'm not quite that old! It is talked about quite frequently in the history circles around town. (The only place in the lower 48 to be bombed during WWII.) One of my loves is history.
yougottawanta . . .ROR - 32 miles ! That is impressive. How long did that take?. . .
. . .ROR - 32 miles ! That is impressive. How long did that take?. . .
Just under two hours.