A few more pictures of the place I´d love to call "Mon Repos"
For the asking price, you´d get a double garage in my neck of the woods, but no house ...
up831Lion: That is a neat photo. Is it Photoshopped?
Obviously, but not by me.
I use a WhatchGuard FireBox M200 as our firewall, and that red LION has been their logo fopr some time, they even had a stuffed red LION in the partner's office in WI where I took a course on running the box. I went looking for it, and the Red Lion did not seem to be on their site anymore. Maybe I should write to their webmaster about that.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Afternoon!
Time for coffee and a slice of that apple crumble pie, topped with vanilla ice cream & rum raisins - yummy!
Garry - I am glad you liked the video!
Ready for the afternoion bonus program in Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre? If you like, join me in riding two trains in France! The first part shows a ride with the Chemins de Fer de Provence from Nice to Saint Andre les-Alpes, a scenic route from the beaches of posh Nice to the beautiful mountain retreats in the Mediterranean Alps. The second part explores the beautiful island of Corsica.
Enjoy!
I have found a place where I could find the peace of mind I so dearly need! It´s a little house on the Danish island of Aero, which is just a lovely place. It has an extra room which we could use as a bed & breakfast place for paying guests during the summer season, earning some extra cash.
There are only two obstacles to overcome - how to get the money to buy it and how to make Petra like the idea...
Good morning, everybody .... Coffee and a donut please.
Bear ... You mention Allen McClelland's V&O. I saw it in person several years ago. It certainly was impressive.
Ed ... I'm admiring the large building you are making as you posted in WPF.
Ray .... You said you might post photos of parts of your mini clinic. I will be interested when you do.
Jimmy .... If there are photos in your presentation that you can share, I would like seeing them .
BrassBootleg ... Enjoy Boston.
Ulrich ... The Pride of Africa train video is impressive.
Here is a video of the Zephyr making its historic trip in 1934 from Denver to Chicago.. Notice all of the people at trackside watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHe0YSciQao
Happy Model Railroading, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Bear- I argue with myself constantly.
An artist sees the world in colors and patterns. An engineer sees the world in mathematical equations. Both help shape the World and are just as important as the other.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning campers! We made it safe n' sound to Boston. Caught a very late supper, had to practically drag the fiance away from Boston Harbor.
G´Night, Brent and Good Morning to All!
The birds made such a heck of a noise at day break, I had no other chance than to get up and start the day!
up831 - I agree, I couldn´t possibly eat that much. My (real) regular breakfast is just a small bowl of chocolate muesli and two mugs of coffee with it. That´s plenty for a good start into the day!
The month is slowly coming to an end and so is Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre month. There are still a few days left, in which I will present extraordinary trains around the world.
Today´s feature takes us to Africa - to the southernmost tip of this fascinating, but also a little frightening contintent.
An African Fairy Tale - Riding The Pride Of Africa
This epic 15-day train journey travels through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania and is one of the most famous in the world. The sojourn begins in Cape Town taking guests to the historic village of Matjiesfontein, the diamond town of Kimberley and the capital city of Pretoria for short tours followed by two nights in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Continue through Botswana into Zimbabwe where guests overnight at the Victoria Falls Hotel. After crossing the mighty Zambezi River, the train joins the Tazara line in Zambia and continues to Chisimba Falls where guests enjoy a bush walk. The train climbs to the Tanzanian border then descends into the Great Rift Valley negotiating the tunnels, switchbacks and viaducts of the spectacular escarpment. Climbing again, it traverses the Selous Game Reserve – the largest on the continent and a vision of timeless Africa – before the bustling arrival in Dar es Salaam the following day.
A journey with The Pride of Africa is ceertainly a once in a lifetime experience, open to only very few. I am happy to share this video with you - a German production for an educational TV channel, hence the narration in the best of Queen´s English!
Top of a warm evening to all.
Ray, you mentioning your grandaughter and softball brought back fond memories of the few seasons when I coached teenage girls in fastpitch softball, years ago. Girls were much more emotional than boys at that age and I had an easier time coaching boys baseball, that is for sure. One night we had our first playoff game and a lot of the girls had their boyfriends in the stands to watch. Now we had a ringer pitcher, catcher, and shortstop. The rest of the positions we would rotate. WEEEELLLLL! with all the boyfriends in the stands, not one of them would play right field. The umpire said we didn't have a right fielder on the field and I said we will play without one. Our star pitcher and the definite leader on the team dropped the ball on the mound and walked out to right field. She was a real sweetheart. We played one inning with our star pitcher in right field and all of a sudden there were plenty of volunteers for right field. If I remembered we were down by six runs by our first up to bat. Lesson learned.
Father-in-law did have a clot caused by the start of an infection, likely caused by the radiation therapy for his bone cancer. They walked in the door of the hospital at 2330hrs, had an ultrasound and a CT scan, drugs to blow the clot, two antibiotics for the infection and were out the door in exactly two hours. I hope he has an easier time from here on in. He is one of the hardest working people I have ever known even at eighty.
Kid got booked for a bunch of days on a new sitcom yesterday that stars Jason Alexander.
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni61025554/
He then got a call from LosAngeles from a directer to do Hockey stuff for next years Gatorade commercials. It will be done up here and he gets $360.00 for six hours on the rink. If I wasn't so dang ugly I'd start looking for my skates.
I think my daughter is rethinking her summer plans. She had several good paydays last summer working on the movie "Wonder". She was too busy to do any more movie work after that. She sees her brother really bringing in some good money and I saw her revive her booking calendars.
The only problem is while her brother drives himself to work, we have to drive her, and depending on how far away the location is we can get stuck there for 18 hours if it is too far away to come home. That's what books are for, I guess.
Have a good night all, and a good morning to Ulrich.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan and Brent will have a Crown Royal and I will have a please.
Sort of Work Front. Not worth a darn again today. Had 2 people that where looking for $100 to $150 queen sets. Did get a few sales but nothing that will put food on the table.
Blood Sugar front. Sloowly head in the right drection but not what I want. This moring low was 170 which is way to high. But todays high was 232 again way to high but better than it had been which is sad. Main thing is find what I do not react well to. Coffeemate is one of them! I had been using Sugar Free Hazel Nut. I was dumping it in with messureing. Yesterday I went from 170 to 198 blood surgar from drinking coffee only? Today it only went up 8 points.
Green Tea, anyone here drink it? Read some good thing about on lowering your blood sugar so I bought some on the way home.
Train Front I have been very impressed with the Bachmann Sound Value F7A's. They are by far better pulling engines than there counter parts Bachmann DDC on board. 2 F7A's are puling 32 coal cars with seemly no efforts. Just wished they where B&O's F7's.
Later Ken
I hate Rust
BroadwayLion
Evenin' folks!
Janie I could use a decaf right now and a few of those chocolate chip cookies you have over on the coiunter, please.
Man.... What a wild few days I have had this week. Wednesday I got to take Granddaughter #1 to her softball game after spending most of the day researching stuff for the layout lighting clinic I am giving at the Meet next weekend. Yesterday I spent trying to clean up this pig sty I call home. Did that while jugling several other items I needed to take care of including several phone calls. Since my sister in Canandaigua called last night and chatted for 2 hours, I didn't get the cleaning done so this morning I got up about an hour later than I should have to finish cleaning the kitchen.... Why? Had a group of Scouters from the Handicapped Pack and Troop arriving at 11AM for a more or less mandatory meeting that all units now have to have a couple times a year. We had to work on several items and plan where we need to improve and how we plan to do that for both the pack and the troop. Meeting went exceptionally well and most left by 1:15PM.... One person had about a 40 mile drive round trip to be here. He is the Chartered Partner Head and Representative and this is the first time he has had a chance to actually meet with the committee chair and Scoutmaster/Cubmaster. He may be a great help in the inits getting some needed funding... Most of the families we work with are already hard pressed for cash due to the added costs they face raising handicapped kids.....
Anyway, after the others left the other Commissioner and I did all the bookwork we have to do to put the outcomes of the meeting online for the Council and National Office to show what they are doing and for us to "rate" how the units are doing on a long list of priorities we are supposed to help them with. The other Commissioner drove out the driveway at 5:45 this evening, and then I got working on a bunch of letters to the NMRA Members who still live back in the early 1900's and don't have computers..... Those went into the mailbox about 7:30 this evening, and then I sat down at the computer again to deal with a couple hundred emails I hadn't read over the past couple days....
[color=red]Lion[/color, that kittie cat looks about as friendly as I am at the moment.....
If I get a chance, tomorrow, I may share some photos of what my Mini Clinic will be about... We shall see what we shall see.
Prayers for all in need! Hope you all have a blessed evening!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have a cup of Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Steven: To answer your question on influences, I would have to say Linn Westcott and in particular, "The HO Railroad That Grows." I would sit for hours and read and dream of my own railroad. Well, I had one for awhile, but after I got out of high school, we sold the layout and went overseas for a bit. Haven't had a layout since. Not because I didn't want one, but time and space or lack thereof. I know...excuses!
Lion: That is a neat photo. Is it Photoshopped?
Ulrich: That is a lot of food for breakfast. More than I would care to eat.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
On this, the eve of the Memorial Day weekend, I would just like to thank all the Veterans among us for their service.
gmpullman Heartland Division CB&Q Historic day On May, 26 1934, the Burlington Pioneer Zephyr made its 1015 mile trip from Denver to Chicago in 785 minutes. Thanks for that bit of history, Garry! ...and here's a commemorative 10th anniversary cover from the Omaha, Lincoln - Kansas City regular service: I saw the Zephyr in the Museum of Science and Industry. Fun Stuff! Ed
Heartland Division CB&Q Historic day On May, 26 1934, the Burlington Pioneer Zephyr made its 1015 mile trip from Denver to Chicago in 785 minutes.
Historic day
On May, 26 1934, the Burlington Pioneer Zephyr made its 1015 mile trip from Denver to Chicago in 785 minutes.
Thanks for that bit of history, Garry!
...and here's a commemorative 10th anniversary cover from the Omaha, Lincoln - Kansas City regular service:
I saw the Zephyr in the Museum of Science and Industry.
Fun Stuff! Ed
Ed ... I definately like the post card.
I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and I could see Burlington trains from my bedroom window. I happened to be looking at a commuter train one day. It was when the CB&Q donated the Pioneer Zephyr to the Museum of Science and Industry. The commuter train was towing the Pioneer Zephyr at the rear of the train. The train had an E8 or E9, some suburban cars (mostly Budd bilevels), and the Pioneer Zephyr facing forward. ... I wish I was close to the track with a camera.
I saw the Pioneer Zephyr at the museum several times when it was next to the submarine. In more recent years, I saw the refurbished train at its location inside near a parking lot.
Howdy ..
Jimmy ... Congratulations for your successful presdentation. ... Glad to hear about it.
Ulrich ... Thanks for the video.
Mr. B .... Best wishes.
I posted this in WPF. I'll include it here too.
It is a preview of my bridge proeject. I am connecting an 8' gap between some upper level tracks. Most is with various types of bridges. Much work remains on this project .
At this location it is a steel trestle with a 36" curve in it.
I'm going away with the GF for ten days. Don't worry about me. I may check in if I can.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Time for a nice cup of coffee!
I feel like presenting a bonus feature of Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre, which takes us to Norway on one of the most scenic train rides in the world.
In The Hall of The Mountain King (Dovregubben) - Riding the Flåmsbana
The Flåm Line (Norwegian: Flåmsbana) is a 20.2-kilometer (12.6 mi) long railway line between Myrdal and Flåm in Aurland, Norway. A branch line of the Bergen Line, it runs through the valley of Flåmsdalen and connects the mainline with Sognefjord. The line's elevation difference is 863 meters (2,831 ft); it has ten stations, twenty tunnels and one bridge. The maximum gradient is 5.5 percent (1:18). Because of its steep gradient and picturesque nature, the Flåm Line is now almost exclusively a tourist service and has become the third-most visited tourist attraction in Norway.
Construction of the line started in 1924, with the line opening in 1940. It allowed the district of Sogn access to Bergen and Oslo via the Bergen Line. Electric traction was taken into use in 1944; at first El 9 locomotives were used, and from 1982 El 11. Until 1991, the train connected with a ferry service from Flåm to Gudvangen. In 1992, freight services were terminated, and due to low ticket prices and high operating costs, the line was nearly closed. In 1998, Flåm Utvikling took over marketing and ticket sale for the line, prices were heavily increased and El 17 locomotives were introduced. The trains remain operated by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB), while the line itself is owned and operated by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.
Good morning everyone. First off- the presentation went well last night. 30 or 40 people, including the director of the Pennsylvania trolley museum, a representative of PA representive Bud Cook's office, and a couple other notables. Normally, people who come to these meetings, if they don't like the presenter, they will show it. But, I had just about every single person who came stay and were intrigued by it for the whole slideshow.
Thankfully this sore throat I am presently battling didn't affect my voice that night, but I'm starting to feel it now.
The move is going okay, now comes the hard part of moving all the heavy stuff, like dressers, a freezer and so on.
To the question: I guess my modeling inspiration has been all over the place. I started with the Pennsy, just because I liked their steam locomotive designs and all the photos in Model railroader. Then after seeing how much they cost...I switched to a different road-Norfolk Southern. After seeing how many people actually model it, I wanted to grab a railroad that stood out from the crowd. So then after seeing the Utah belt articles, I decided to freelance. I kept this going until I found my new road-the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway.
I chose the Wheeling and Lake Erie, just because of their locomotives, and the fact the east end is in my neck of the woods. I will eventually model Greentree to Connelsville PA (50 miles, with some selective compression), and protolance it to add more industry to the line. This line is something else to watch trains use. I think over a dozen bridges, tons of arches, three or four truly amazing viaducts at least 150 feet off the ground-BUILT IN 1929!- and the grade in some spots. I also like the varity of EMD equipment they run.
(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).
Steven Otte Just got done giving a tour of the Model Railroader offices to a charming gent who came to see us all the way from the Netherlands. He told me that while he used to model European railroads, MR contributing editor Pelle Søeborg's articles inspired him to model the American West in HO scale. So here's a discussion question for the long holiday weekend. What article, author, or layout most inspired your modeling? For me it was Allen McClelland and his Virginian & Ohio. I was particularly awed by the way his layout interacted with Tony Koester's Allegheny Midland and Steve King's Virginia Midland in the fictitious Appalachian Lines. Those three modelers opened my eyes to the importance of operations in making a layout seem real. And you?
Just got done giving a tour of the Model Railroader offices to a charming gent who came to see us all the way from the Netherlands. He told me that while he used to model European railroads, MR contributing editor Pelle Søeborg's articles inspired him to model the American West in HO scale.
So here's a discussion question for the long holiday weekend. What article, author, or layout most inspired your modeling?
For me it was Allen McClelland and his Virginian & Ohio. I was particularly awed by the way his layout interacted with Tony Koester's Allegheny Midland and Steve King's Virginia Midland in the fictitious Appalachian Lines. Those three modelers opened my eyes to the importance of operations in making a layout seem real.
And you?
Steven ... When modeling in the 1970's and 1980's, I was influenced by John Allen. I was trying to make a Midwest version of the G&D in my 1900 era railroad.
My current railroad was influenced by David Barrow mostly because his domino construction techniques which I modfied so I could have a sectional layout. I wanted to build a layout that could be moved if necessary, but it is not intended to be portable. I was also influenced my Allen McClelland's V&O.
Is it that worse than some Americans ?
Edit: I was going somewhere else with that train of thought but I think the train hit the rails and left me at the station... aha well amended to fix my poor grammar.
I can trace my German origin all the way into the 13th century, but I can´t say I favor the company of the majority of the people living in this place. Maybe I have spent too much time in other countries!
I like the British sense of humor and their bility to take "the mickey" out of themselves - something Germans lack at all!
I don't mind Germans. It's the Brits I can't stand.
Germany could be a beautiful country, if it weren´t for all those Germans living there
Sir Madog BrassBootleg Is the egg considered pretty standard/typical Indeed it is! Actually, boiled eggs appear to be the only way eggs are consumed for breakfast. Unless you stay at an international hotel, you´ll have a hard time to find scrambled or fried eggs on the breakfast menu. In a typical German "Gasthaus", you will be served the boiled egg without being asked - it´s just standard! Yannis - ra*n in Greece at this time of the year? Sounds very unusual! The grey sky above us now has some blue patches, giving reason to believe it´ll still turn into a nice day!
BrassBootleg Is the egg considered pretty standard/typical
Is the egg considered pretty standard/typical
Indeed it is!
Actually, boiled eggs appear to be the only way eggs are consumed for breakfast. Unless you stay at an international hotel, you´ll have a hard time to find scrambled or fried eggs on the breakfast menu. In a typical German "Gasthaus", you will be served the boiled egg without being asked - it´s just standard!
Yannis - ra*n in Greece at this time of the year? Sounds very unusual!
The grey sky above us now has some blue patches, giving reason to believe it´ll still turn into a nice day!
Well then! I've only been to Germany once, and that doesn't even really count. It was a layover in Berlin, and I wasn't allowed to leave the airport.
Good morning everyone! Rainy week here (odd...) so the atmosphere is too "heavy" for headaches etc. A strong cup of coffee for everyone please.
YGW thanks for asking! Lots of work and modeling on the benchwork. Weathering a hotel structure at the moment and doing some designing at the same time. Friday today, and unfortunately i ll have to wait for the weekend to make some more progress. How is the barn progressing?
Mister B., i hope for all the best about the situation and how it evolves.