Dave (hon30critter):
I live in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece. Say kalimera to your friend from me.
Ed: Great goats!!!!
herrinchokerJim Oliver, his daughter Jane, Russell Fitch, Bernie Lewis, and Dan Harkins, people I worked/went to school with were all taken by asbastosis.
I'm sorry for your loss. Some people may think our current work safety rules go too far, but at least not too many people are dying from their careers anymore. There is still work to do though. Our firefighters, for example, are still not sufficiently protected from the chemical hazards of their jobs IMHO.
I am glad to hear that you are still going strong! Keep it up!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
yougottawanta FRRYKid - Geez it sounds like christmas at your house ! Bet you will be enjoyingh your RR this week !
FRRYKid - Geez it sounds like christmas at your house ! Bet you will be enjoyingh your RR this week !
Christmas and a yardmaster's nightmare! A very full RIP track - 8 sitting on the floor (all in their boxes. The five coal cars I have been working on; the NP combo boxcar, which has has a rare decal set ordered for it; an NP 40' green car waiting for me to get the proper color mixed to match some changes that were made to it and it will become my cleaner car; and a St. Lawerence Railroad boxcar.) and 4 sitting on the couch (the two new CS/BN bulkheads waiting for me to finish the striping, the new NP 60' boxcar which has requests for assistance in another forum post and on a social media site, and the new NP caboose.) and I'm planning on 4 more caboose eventually. I think my railroad shopping bug is getting rather chronic! If anyone has a cure for that, please let me know!
hon30critter,
Resembles the shop at Hyde Windlass in Bath Maine, we were building fresh water distillers for fast attack subs. At the end of shift we would pound the asbestos from out clothes, and dig the clumps out of our noses while we walked across the parking lot. Jim Oliver, his daughter Jane, Russell Fitch, Bernie Lewis, and Dan Harkins, people I worked/went to school with were all taken by asbastosis. The next demon out of the box will be fiberglass insulation, and the by-products from n-cad batteries.
gmpullman--
How many kids per year do you end up with? My wife is into a mini-goat website where they dress them up in sweaters--they are kinda cunnin'. Goat is the only meat where by you start off chewing a 1/4" cube, and after chewing for 15 minutes, becomes a 3/4" inch cube.
herrinchoker
Here is the Shorpy photo with the asbestos debris everywhere that Ed referred to. What a place to work! I'll bet the workers died young.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/50?size=_original#caption
Howmus,
Or Saturday----
Ed:
Cute kids! Just curious - what is momma's temperment like? Is she like a pet or just a farm animal? Do you have a male? If so, what is he like?
Yannis:
My Greek friend Frank (Fotis) wants to know where in Greece you live. He comes from Lesbos. I had coffee with him this morning. He said it has been almost 50 years since he left Greece. I can tell you that Greece hasn't left him!
Green Jello is the unofficial state food in Utah. Not sure where it started but it is a staple in Utah. As a matter of fact, one of the most sought after Olympic pins at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Games was the green Jello pin. I kid you not.
The other favorite food/condiment is Fry Sauce. (I have many relatives in Utah.)
Richard
Evenin' folks!
Janie, i could use a hot cup of decaf righ now. It is cold and rainny outside tonight after a cool and sprinkly day here in the Finger Lakes.
Herrin choker, the ship probably sank on a Friday.........???
Nice kids Ed! We usually get some goats when the petting zoo is out at the museum. They sure are cute little things. My favorites though are the miniature cattle they have......
Oh, how about a Mack Chain Drive that picked a fight with some RR Track back in 1927. He got himself stuck on the tracks right in front of the hoiuse now owned by a friend of mine here in Geneva. The photo was taken with a pin hole camera a day or so after the accident. The truck was delivering coal to the house and thought the driveway went back across the racks on that side of the house. He got stuck on the tracks just as the....... Are you ready for this? Not train, but just a Rochester and Eastern Trolly. The driver was killed in the accident, BTW.
The R&E is long gone, but there still a few railroad ties in the ground right near the house, and a concrete catinary wire pole up the road.
I tooik the Volt over to the dealer today as I found out it was recvalled to do a computer software update. Two of them actually, and that is likely why I was sent all the "Overdue for Service". There really isn't anything needed normally with 4,000 miles on an electric car..... I mentioned a problem I had last Friday though. The car couldn't find the key fob that was in my pocket and kept telling to restart the car. I spent about 15 minutes trying to get it co-operate and even went in the house and got the other fob.... It finally located the fob and was able to shut down. Only happened the once. Told the service manager about it, and he came in to the waiting room and read me the message from the car... Said yep, we are ordering a whole new unit for you. That will be in stock in a couple of days and he will call to set up time to replace it.
As soon as I left the dealers, I headed up the road to a Menonite/Amish stone and garden store to get my yearly supply of "Moo Poo" (Organic Cow Manure) for the garden. As I was paying for the 6 bags of the cow ----- (ah, Stuff) the manager of the store saw my Volt Hat and had just noticed the car sitting out front and put two and two together. He had a lot of questions about it and wanted to know how I liked it...... We had a good conversation. He has waited on me many times over the years and we both like to shoot the bull, should I say.
Did some work on the grade crossing over the tracks at Milo Mills tonight. Also had a lot of emails to send and read... trying to get the program donbe for the NMRA eet a month from now. This one may not fly. So far I have basically no program for the day and have found out a lot of the regulars can't be there.
Have a great night! Quote for the evening:
"A Fool thinks himself wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." - William Shakespeare
"Oh, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!" - William Shakespeare
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
YGW,
I was not Airbourne, I worked with the loadmaster, ( the guy who makes sure everything is placed to keep the aircraft balanced, and tied down.)I was Air Force, so REALLY wanted to stay inside the airplane. I have made a few recreational jumps--young and dumb. The 82ond. was at Ft. Bragg, NC. the 101st. was at Ft. Campbell Ky, never heard of the 83 rd. There was another group in the Pacific during WWII, I know they jumped into the Phillipines, and Burma, on special operations.
Have to ask the Nova Scotians where the name herrinchoker came from. Perhaps the sene fishermen who caught herring would "choke off a cove full of herring" with a net to catch them. Saiors who worked the square rig ships were called " Jack Tarrs", and the men who worked the two mast schooners on Grand Bank, Brown Bank, and George's Bank were called "Cow Yard Tarrs-skinnin around the edge of the alders" Probably had to do with the length of time away from home at sea. The ships in the Far East Trade were gone from home upwards to two years. Bankermen were gone 3-4 months. My documented time at sea is 5 years 7 months and 14 days, on file with the Coast Guard in Boston. My longest fishing trip was 22 days, most of the time we averaged 7-9 days. Having certain supersitions, we never left on a trip on a Friday. There was a vessel whose keel was laid on a Friday, launched on a Friday, had a captain by the name of Friday, sailed on a Friday, and was never heard from again. google it--
BigDaddyEd Goats are cute. The is a bit about goats in the book Master and Commander, but I don't think Vinnie will let me go there.
Goats and the Navy go way back!
https://news.usni.org/2014/12/12/brief-illustrated-history-navy-goat
Hey, even the railroad has "Yard Goats"
Speaking of Shorpy, I just posted my first photo in the Shorpy Member Gallery. It is called Mazda Mack and is a photo of a GE chain drive Mack!
http://www.shorpy.com/gallery/shared
*RE: Hall Of Dinosaurs. Look at all that asbestos dust on the floor and in the air! From the locomotive lagging. Amazing!
Regards, Ed
YGW Love the Hobby Barn. Why does the concrete base not meet the ground on the right side of the pic?
Ed Goats are cute. The is a bit about goats in the book Master and Commander, but I don't think Vinnie will let me go there.
I discovered my new Bowser VO-1000 had dirty wheels. The headlight would flicker and cleaning the track did not help. This loco didn't have 20 feet on it so it must come that way or maybe they ship it with oily wheels.
There are some strange threads going on in the Electronics side. I don't have anything good to say so I will shut my mouth.
Mostly I stopped in to share this Shorpy photo. Opps it's tricky to share a Shorpy photo. Google Shorpy Hall of Dinosaurs
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, Ed, Jan and I will have a All so a glass of Ouzo for Yannis.
Wet Caboose day off! It is all so my only day off this week.
yougottawantaKen - Oh man I would not want to be under your roof when the engines come in !
YGW I am not nearly as dumb as I spell! I am having the engines sent to where I work, not the house! Just hope they show up while I am working and Not Jerry!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
A quick update!
I just returned from the goat barn after welcoming this pair into the world!
That's ME in the middle, if there was any confusion! There is the family resemblence
ricktrains4824Happy Star Wars Day!
And in honor of Star Wars, meet Obi-Wan on the left and Princess Leia on the right!
Here's a picture of Mom, Gloria.
Fun day here on the farm!
Ken...
I forgot to answer your question about the 'puter. I DID have JMRI installed but don't remember if I left it on when I sent it to you or not? Still, you probably want the latest production version anyway. It only takes a few minutes to download it, right? Besides, it is probably easier to set up a fresh copy since my com-port settings would be different anyway.
Good Luck!
Hello All:
Just a quick bowl of chili and a cup of black coffee before I take Samson to the off-leash park for an hour or so to meet his four footed buddies.
YGW: Finding that Central Loco Works PRR H10s is a bit of a problem, since it's been out of production for about 50 years or more. Last time I saw one was about 3 years ago. My buddy bought it. If I found one today, It would blow up the budget. That's why I said I'd have to liquidate some HO equipment if I made the jump to O Scale. That said, it would sure look nice on top of the bookcase, even if I never had a place to run it.
Tom
Good afternoon.
YGW - I can only guess, that they don't want to admit they missed it by not having any warnings issued prior.
Wow... It's afternoon and no one has said....
Happy Star Wars Day!
Therefore, in view of it being Star Wars day,
Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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.
Hi, Diners!
It is a cool and rainy day here in NE Ohio. Great "Training" weather!
Yesterday's Black Bean Soup left me a little, um, effervescent. Maybe today I'll opt for the chicken noodle soup. Good comfort food!
yougottawantaEd - I am not familiar with Mr. Pullmans thinking on 1st class service. What did he believe ?
YGW—
George Mortimer Pullman (1831-1897) wrote the book on first-class luxury travel by rail and built and operated sleeping cars around the world.
In its prime, Pullman operated what was essentially the largest hotel on wheels with about 9,800 cars. Pullman carried about 39 million passengers a year.
My interest in Pullman began with my fascination in New York Central's premier train, The Twentieth Century Limited, where a passenger was a pampered guest. There were quite a few "All-Pullman" trains then, The Broadway Limited, Super Chief, Panama Limited, and a few others. Entire books have been written describing the ameneties provided by Pullman travel. Quite a fascinating history and what a contrast to today's "cattle-car" mentality of treating the travelling public no matter what the mode.
angelob6660Ed- Did Amtrak really paint leased private passenger coaches in Phase I paint? (Or is that half truth).
Hi, Angelob. In the beginning, Amtrak (Railpax!) was trying to establish a "Corporate Identity" and also trying to eliminate the "Rainbow Era" of colorful trains. So they mandated that private owners, even the railroad companys own business cars, had to be painted to match their own equipment in order to be carried in an Amtrak train.
Penn Central No. 15 in Amtrak paint:
This really caused a stink among private car owners. A re-paint could easily run around $10K and up! Another example, here's ICG #1 in the "pointless arrow" scheme.
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=910291
Egads, they even did the bright orange in the vestibule! Finally some influential car owners pressured Amtrak to back down but for a while they still required cars to carry the red/blue and white window striping! Finally when Paul Reistrup became Amtrak president in 1974 the requirement was phased out, thankfully!
Well, here's my zoup... gotta eat & run!
See you good folks later,
Ed
YGW: I liked it a lot here, i ll try to become a regular :). I can get tracks and DCC locally since they are European brands. Rolling stock i mostly mail order though. Prices in the US (for rolling stock) are usually better.
YGW, it's a Louisiana-Pacific product.
http://lpcorp.com/products/siding/lp-smartside-trim-siding/
Were're using the lap. You can get it prefinished, or factory primed. I have an open soffit (truss tails, sheating exposed) so I'am also painted that has I go. I get the soffit area primed and painted, then do the siding, working my way around the 24'x24' garage. The back side (gable end)is an extra 3' off ground level, because of the excisting grade. So, not the same situation as your's, but it's a challange, scaffolding and all, and doing it myself, with siding pieces being 16' long. The front went good, as I could use wheels on the scolding. On the backside I'll use the screw jacks.
Don't have any pictures handy. I'll have to add some later this spring when I'm back up there working.
Mike.
My You Tube
yougottawantaLarry - How wonderful to see you in here again ! How in the world did you go to a hobby store and spend only $70 ! You must be very disciplined with $ ! I think the last time I went it cost me a number of Benjamin Franklins.
Well,at $70.00 I was pushing my hobby budget and I always like to have some dineros left for e-Bay in case something nice comes up. Any left over hobby money is carried forward to next months hobby budget.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Lunch time !
Hello all, another great day to be alive! At w**k calm today. Doing safety checks, qaulity control, getting and giving info...
Hobby barn - Havent installed any more siding but I have brought home 4 pick up loads of #57 gravel for the entrance to the garage area, picked up stones around the hobby barn so we can mow and I have cut six pieces of garage door trim I hope to install this evening. This week end we will not get a lick done on the hobby barn, we have the James river NMRA division meet this weekend so I will be traveling down to Charlottesville to attend that.
Larry - How wonderful to see you in here again ! How in the world did you go to a hobby store and spend only $70 ! You must be very disciplined with $ ! I think the last time I went it cost me a number of Benjamin Franklins.
Has anyone heard from Ulirch ? I sent him an email and have not heard from him..
Ricky - Why would they not admit that a tornado touch down ?
Garry - Nice work! Did you paint the back drop by hand ? Spray with stencils ???Thanks for the encourging words on prgress.
JaBear - Owww ...deferred work...That is the only thing about taking off is the mountain of work created when one returns! Congrats on your daughters graduation. What now for her ? Entering the work force ?
Herrinchoker - You were airborne ? Tough guys ! Friend of mine was in the airborne. I think he said the 83rd??. Did you see my question earlier ? About how did the commercial fishermen get the name herrinchokers ?
Yannis - Sure glad you have stayed a while. Hope you choose to become a regular ! Did you say espresso ? I would love to have one ! Is it hard to get american train stuff there ? Is it very expensive ?
Ken - Oh man I would not want to be under your roof when the engines come in !
Howmus - Thats not mowing ! Thats cutting hay when its that tall ! Maybe you could bail some and stick it on some flat cars on the layout ?
Henry - I take it you dont like jello ? When I was a kid I LOVED jello. Especially with fruit pieces in it.
Ed - I am not familiar with Mr. Pullmans thinking on 1st class service. What did he believe ?
ROR - What is up with carrots in jello ? What is that all about ? First time I have ever heard of that.
ACY - Thanks will keep them coming. You dont have any tornaodos in MD ? Why dont you buy an H10 now ?
mbinsewi - For now I plan to leave the concrete as is. I might paint it in the future?? What is LP Smart side ? Never heard of it ?
Histroy qoute of the day:
The Executive is charged officially in the Departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application of it to the purposes for which it is raised. The Legislature is the watchful guardian over the public purse. It is its duty to see that the disbursement has been honestly made.
Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of the people to put aside private interest for public good. The imperatives of virtue attached all sorts of desiderata to the republican citizen: simplicity, frugality, sobriety, simple manners, Christian benevolence, duty to the polity. Republics called on other virtues--spiritedness, courage--to protect the polity from external threats. Tyrants kept standing armies; republics relied on free yeomen, defending their own land.
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.
TTYL
YGW
Morning diners,
Ken- I have the same problem with money with my dad. He borrows it just to go play the slots. Which gets me mad. I try saving my money to buy some locomotives or freight cars. Which if I do save its around one to two months later. Just for one thru 3 items demanding what I'm getting.
ROR- Why does Utah go with green jello with carrots?
Ed- Did Amtrak really paint leased private passenger coaches in Phase I paint? (Or is that half truth). I thought you might experience riding in private cars on the job.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Gerry,Be sure to bring a jacket since its going to be in the 50s and 30s at night. Just think three days ago I was running around in shorts.
Good morning all.
Flo - I will take a blue plate breakfast platter, with a short stack, scrambled eggs, bacon, homefries, wheat toast, and a big glass of OJ please. Thanks.
ACY - We actually had 3 confirmed tornado's, per the NWS, plus the suspicious narrow fast twisting "wind gust" (per the NWS) that afternoon. (Only one where a tornado warning was issued, but too many pictures of the other two they admitted were indeed tornado's, so they had no choice but admit they missed those ones. Zero pics of the narrow fast twisting "wind gust" one though, hence the denial of it existing.) And, NW PA is forecasted for wet snow Saturday night and Sunday morning...
Brakie - You want 70's, sunny, and calm winds? This time of year? My, my, my, you are asking for a lot! Will you settle for two out of three? (At this point, maybe only one!) Don't worry, NW PA gets the same pattern as you do, just wait for 5 minutes (or drive 2 miles) and it changes.
Ken - Well, I guess I will say, congratulations on the new engines!
Ed - At least you tried to bring some class! Although, French may not be the right kind, especially whilest in Utah... Maybe if we were down in "N'Orleans" it would be understood better. (They would understand a little better, what with the French quarter and all...)
Weather - As alluded too, the NWS is denying that a Tornado occurred where my friends house was destroyed, determining it to officially be a strong "wind gust" that knocked over trees in the area. (In a narrow, long straight line, while twisting them.... {Insert sarcastic tone here.} Sure it was...... ) But they did admit that there were 3 others in nearby counties, one they had issued a warning for, two others that they missed, but "undeniable photographic evidence" exists of these two, as multiple cell phone pics exist, and were posted online. ("They were photoshopped!" is not in the NWS vocabulary, evidentially.)
Today is, as the news put it, "coole" and wet. (News either had a typo, or was, like Ed, "trying to give the place some class" by using {in the case of the news, made up} French terms. )
W**k - While I have today off, there is quite the texting war starting between the other guy, and the owner. He mistakenly sent a copy to me as well, the owner just responded to it, and, either noticed it sent a copy to me as well, or didn't. (My guess is the response was deliberate. Have someone else with a copy so it can't come back to bite him....) And the reason the whole thing started? I asked for a Sunday off.... (Shame on me! ) I work, almost, every Sunday, from 1230-close, unless I have plans. (Meaning I might get one Sunday off, rarely, without requesting it, but it usually don't happen. And, I might ask for one off, once a month, at most.)
Either way, this is getting interesting... There have been a few "shots across the bow" already, and I think, at least one or two more to come, before one is a bit lower and "hits its mark" to continue the terminology I started with....
So, yes, I am currently the proverbial "fly on the wall" in this case... And it is interesting!
Hope all are well, and all have a good day!
Good morning ....
Santa Fe ? ... Did someone mention Santa Fe ? ....
Here are my Sanat Fe FM's ...
When I started my current layout, I had visions of running name trains of various railroads. Santa Fe was to be included because it has long been a favorite of mine. As I child, I rode with my family on the Santa Fe Railway. As a young railfan, I spent some time following the Santa Fe mainline in Illinois.
However, I did grow up next to the Burlington mainline, and I focus on CB&Q now.
....
Larry .... My wife and I will be in Ohio this weekend to experience your weather. Actually, the weather is about the same here.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then I spent close to $70.00 yesterday at the hobby shop on odds and ends and a Athearn RTR Bulkhead flat. Geesh! I have enough goodies to make several loads of pipes ,flat and structure steel. It felt good to be in a well stock hobby shop and I'm surprise I didn't spend more since I was like a kid in a candy store.As normal Ohio weather went from Spring to fall weather within 24 hours.. I have some rattle can painting to do and I would like a sunny 70 degree day with very little wind.Have a good'un!
BigDaddyMost of us (US us) don't realize the impact that Hollywood has had on the rest of the world and their knowledge, for better and worse, about the US
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Ken,
I only used the watering holes that I was reasonably sure I would be recognized as part of the crew of a perfectly good aircraft that they had reciently jumped out of --for no good reason.
Trains are still running without stoppage. Have started through my boxes of "bay specials" that were/are marginal at best--so far, so good. Just may come out ahead on this one.
Jan
Good morning everyone! Coffee time here, can i offer an espresso?
Henry, thanks for the paragraph tip (long paragraphs tire me as a reader), i did not realize initially while writing how long it looked until after you mentioned and i had to re-read my post. I sorted it out now.
Ken congratulations on the new F7's! Make? I recently got two A/B sets (Genesis) for kitbashing / mods / repaint. Edit: I just saw your other thread about the soundvalue units.
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan, Yannis and I will have a please.
Yannis Welcome to the dinner! My first train love was Sata Fe Warbonnets F units! While my grandfarther house over looked a B&O rail yard It was the War Bonnets that got me excited! I was around 4 to 6 years old at the time.
Ed Thanks fot the link to JMRI. Hum does the tablet have JMRI? I thought I saw it but have not been able to find it again.
Jan Mraval Mistery Oil? I know it well and it sure works! Makes me wonder even more why ATF, clipper and now Mistery oil make trains run better? Was the Willow Club on post? I seldom went to a on post bar, when I did it was the Dragon Club, that was the 18th Airborn hang out.
Rick Funny story about the Bachmann Sound Vaule Engine. I made the mistake by telling the Wife I wanted to buy a new train engine from the insurance money we got, but talked my self out of it! She got mad that I wanted a new engine? But Honey I did not buy one I said. This was a few weeks ago.
Today she threw it in my face while she was trying to talk me out of money, she wanted money! She said "you want a new train engine and yet you won't give $200.00 for something I need"? Her need was for some shoes, short and other stuff that I don't think she really needs.
Well that me mad! I have not touched the insurance money excpet to make a house payment! So if she is all ready Mad, Why Not Buy A New Engine? Either way she is mad right? Bought two Santa Fe F7A's with sound.