Mr B I feel your pain. A divorce was one of the hardest things I ever went through. There were kids involved and she did her best to get as much money as she could. Plus you have to move. If I were you, at your age, I would want a model railroad over ice hockey. Of course I never could skate worth a darn, but ice hockey doesn't seem like a good idea for us codgers.
I was looking at Facebook, which is frustrating. The idea is you keep up with friends and family, but it practice, they show you posts of some of your friends everyday and others a couple times a year. The ones that have no political tolerance are in your face every day.
HOWEVER a friend said he liked this video. It has a bit of adult language at the end but it is pretty spectacular
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
yougottawanta Brass Boot leg - Howdy ! What does your name refer to ?
Brass Boot leg - Howdy ! What does your name refer to ?
Howdy! In my job I'm "kinda" in charge of things, but kinda not (expect for myself). While it's not really official, most people respect my opinion. But I don't really have any true power. So I consider myself bootleg (or slightly under the radar - think moonshine) brass of course being the ones that are actually in charge of things.
Mostly though, I'm left to my own devices (which I like). I make friends along the way, and sometimes people ask my opinion of a technical situation, so they tend to say okay when I provide my expertly unexperted technical opinion.
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.
Steven .... Wow ... Chicken alfredo magically appears. Lookd great.
Derrick .. (Blackwolf) .... Welcome to the diner. ... I saw your thread, and I am glad you are here..... My two cents: Most of the enjoyment in model railroading comes from what you make more than what you own. Therefore, I suggest you think about making things. .... A Big Boy is nice if you have a large layout with wide radius curves on which it can be operated. .... Remember, it is model railrodaing and not model locomotiving. I suspect, the guy with the most expensive locomotive does not necessarily have the most fun. ... You can have a lot of fun building a small layout with side tracks going into small industries while your only locomotive is a small switcher locomotive. That is easier on teh budget, too. .... Don't be afraid of making scenery. It is easier than you might think. ... My opinions for what they are worth.
Happy Model Rairlaoding ...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Hi everyone! Was told to stop by, like forever ago, but I've been kinda busy...
Had a crazy storm go by last night. Didn't really do much damage as far as I know, but it was one crazy lightning show.
Also prepping to go back to Cali for the month.
Also have my eye on a Big-Boy at the hobby shop, it seems to be at a pretty good price...
Hope everyone here is doing ok
And I'll have some chicken alfredo please :)
Phewwww I am exhausted. Delivered two houses in two days. Folks that is like delivering twins two days in a row...Exhausted and wore out !! Now have to go catch up on other stuff that has been neglected so I could get these houses pulled out of the hole...
Hobby barn - Have the gravel driveway finally all filled in.. One pick up load at a time ! That is a LOT of shovels...
Brent - I assume that place in Vancouver is not really damaged and it is just props and slight of hand ? I would hate to be the residents and come back to a bombed out home !
Ulrich - I like that saying !
Mr. B. - Hang in there my friend. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and no it isnt the "J" coming at you...
Dave - That has to be rough driving on that highway ! Geez ! Wo that is awful with the Pres and VP leaving! Who signed the lease ?
Yannis - Thanks for asking I am doing fine. Are you getting any modeling done ?
Angel - In N scale you may be able to use ceiling tile also. I have never heard of anyone using that but it has similiar properties. If you find a piece damaged at the store you can probably pick it up for little to nothing.
Where did Lion go ? Is he lost on the subway ?
DER - How are you ?
Howmus - I was wondering if one can get certs towards the Master Modeler by building a one to one scale building ?
History qoute of the day:
A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.
Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche.
We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name.
TTYL
YGW
Mr. B
Sorry to hear you are hitting a rough spot. I think the people here are glad to listen, so, please keep us in the loop as it is good to have a sounding board to bounce your thoughts and ideas off.
I hit a real rough spot years ago. I ended up walking into the bosses office and told him I would be back in three months. I got on a plane to Tahiti and carried on to several more countries after that. Without going into all the details of my travels, I was in a much better place when I returned. I think if I had a similar life changing event happen again, even with being an old geezer with health issues, I would stalk up on pills and start in Tahiti once again. One more thing, tough times are easier to get through if you stay well rested and get plenty of sleep.
It is sunny and warm but we had a real blow last night. Power was out, and we still don't have a TV signal.
I have been helping #1 son with his scheduling as he is booked up to July 14th for movie work, although that is always in a state of flux. He has had a lot of long days/nights working on
"The Predator".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3829266/
One day he got up at 0630hrs and was at school by 0800hrs, came home at 1200hrs, drove into Vancouver and was on set for 17 hours, walked in the door at 0700hrs the next morning, had a shower and went back to school. We were all young once. He got over a $1000.00 for that day.
He has been working with a small group of only eight extra's and has now had training in filming around burning car crashes, burning buildings and gunfire and explosions going off all around. They hide in a protective bunker right in the middle of the set while all the explosions and stuff go off and then run out through the destruction and carnage. The kid got to be the group leader and yell action to his group when word came over the radio.
The set was a few blocks in size in an upper class area in Vancouver. Many of the residents were put up in hotels for a few nights and it apparently looked like a total war zone by the time they were finished with the neighbourhood.
They shoot the scene of him doing his thing and then put a wig on him, change his clothes and have him do other things and it looks like it is different people in the scenes. One day he showed up and they said that after looking at the dailies, he had been in too much for that part of the movie and was becoming recognizable. He was there 10 minutes, they paid him a $100.00 and sent him home. He needed the sleep so he was happy.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
MisterBeasley This is depressing. As some of you know, I'm gong through a divorce right now. The divorce itself does not bother me, but soon I will have to take down my layout, a labor of many years, and pack it up. I don't know where I'll be going yet or whether there will be room for a layout, so I may be packing them up for good. I've also had a sore knee for months now. It's better, but I'm not sure it will ever recover enough for me to play hockey well again. I've continued to play, but overall my responses just aren't there. Some of that, I'm sure, is the medications, my "Old Man Pills" that I must take every day. At least I can still ride my bicycle. Sorry to burden you guys with this.
This is depressing. As some of you know, I'm gong through a divorce right now. The divorce itself does not bother me, but soon I will have to take down my layout, a labor of many years, and pack it up. I don't know where I'll be going yet or whether there will be room for a layout, so I may be packing them up for good.
I've also had a sore knee for months now. It's better, but I'm not sure it will ever recover enough for me to play hockey well again. I've continued to play, but overall my responses just aren't there. Some of that, I'm sure, is the medications, my "Old Man Pills" that I must take every day.
At least I can still ride my bicycle. Sorry to burden you guys with this.
Sorry to hear that! Hopefully when you get set up in your new place you can get set up. You may have to think outside of the box, but where there's a will there's a way!
MisterBeasleySorry to burden you guys with this.
That´s what friends are for, Mr.B!
We have a proverb in Germany, saying that shared joy is twice the joy, but shared sorrow is only half of the sorrow!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Coffee and a side of WiFi for me... I guess I'll take a plate of eggs and sausage, too. Oh, and some toast. And fruit, can't forget that. I have no Earthly idea why I peeled out of the bed at 0230hrs... If anyone could answer that please let me know.
Good morning ...
Ulrich ... That is an intersting video. Thanks for sharing it. At that altitude, I can see why they add oxygen to the cars.
Hi Ulrich,
I also noticed mention of sections where coarse rock was used in the road bed to allow the wind to push colder air under the roadbed to prevent things from thawing. I believe the same sort of concept is currently being used on the Alaskan Highway to reduce road buckling. My brother drove up the Alaskan Highway last summer. He was towing an Airstream trailer. He told me that the highway uses small red flags to indicate where the frost heaves are. One flag is going to give you a serious bump if you don't slow right down. Two flags will rattle your false teeth. Three flags will do damage, and four flags will likely knock your wheels off. He may have been exaggerating a bit, but he soon learned to watch for the flags!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Dave,
you are right - they should have shown some graphics about how the line was built on permafrost soil. From what I gather, quite a number of sections of the line are elevated, with the foundation of the supports going deep into the permafrost. Other parts are on dams, which are cooled by long trubes filled with ammonia.
I am not sure how true the statement of the line having been built with a minimum of an ecological impact is - I see this more as a markeing statement.
I am glad your club has found a new home!
I am pleased to announce that our club, The Barrie Allandale Railroad Modellers, has signed a lease for a new home. The only outstanding issue is to secure sufficient insurance to satisfy the landlord. Unfortunately the NMRA standard insurance isn't sufficient. We can start to move in on June 1st, that is if we have the insurance in place.
However, since nothing is ever simple, our dearly beloved and recently elected Club President has suddenly resigned. The fact is that he has too many other irons in the fire. And, our also dearly beloved Vice President has informed us that he is now working out of town and won't be around much. We are all sort of wondering what the heck just hit us?!? Not to worry. We have a number of solid members who I'm sure will rise to the occasion. I would put my name forward but I don't have a car during weekdays and I live about 40 kms away. If I were to drive my wife to work so I could have the van, that would be at least 50 minutes each way to her work and back, plus another 30 minutes to get to Barrie. Then I would have to be out of Barrie by 3:30 in the afternoon in order to pick my wife up at her work on time. That makes meeting the obligations rather difficult and costly, and I'm not about to buy a second car so I can get to the club through the week. The only way I could afford that would be to not build my own layout. Then again, I was just looking at a mint '75 Camaro Z1 for what seemed like a really good price, clean as a whistle.....or maybe we should buy my wife a Chevy Volt and get 1000 miles per gallon.... Dream on, dream on David!!
Cheers everybody!
Give Ken two fingers of the aged stuff,(you know, the batch that is two weeks old)
Ken, left a response to your other post. There was a question as to:" where does everything go,"--don't know, don't care, track and wheels are clean, everything runs better than ever. Bottom line----
herrinchoker
Hey Ulrich!
Thanks for yet another fascinating video!
I do wish they had shown more of the technical details regarding how they built across the permafrost. Canada has a long history of building roads and railroads on permafrost, and there have been many successes and almost as many spectacular failures. There have been more than a few locomotives that simply sank out of sight into the quagmire, and there are stories of building wooden support structures only to have them sink out of sight when the surface thawed. I do admire the Chinese attention to minimizing the ecological damage done by constructing things in that environment. In the early days the Canadian construction companies didn't know any better (or didn't care). It has been suggested that a single bulldozer track through the tundra will take hundreds of years to heal, if it ever does thanks to climate change.
Good morning everyone!
Coffee time here! I missed a few lunches / dinners here lately! How is everyone?
Good Morning, Folks!
I am up quite early today, but that´s nothing new. The nights are quite short at this time of the year, as we are closer to the arctic circle as you "Southerners"
For today´s feature of Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre, we stay in Asia and take
A Journey To The Top Of The World - Riding The Qinghai Express
The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway is a high-elevation railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The length of the railway is 1,956 km (1,215 mi). Construction of the 815 km (506 mi) section between Xining and Golmud was completed by 1984. The 1,142 km (710 mi) section between Golmud and Lhasa was inaugurated on 1 July 2006, by Chinese President Hu Jintao: the first two passenger trains were "Qing 1" (Q1) from Xining to Golmud, and "Zang 2" (J2) from Golmud to Lhasa. This railway is the first that connects the Tibet Autonomous Region to any other provinces. Tibet, due to its elevation and terrain, is the last provincial level region in China to have a railway. Testing of the line and equipment started on 1 May 2006. Passenger trains run from Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xining, and Lanzhou.
The line includes the Tanggula Pass, which, at 5,072 m (16,640 feet) above sea level, is the world's highest point on a railway. Tanggula railway station at 5,068 m (16,627 feet) is the world's highest railway station. The 1,338 m (4,390 ft) Fenghuoshan tunnel is the highest rail tunnel in the world at 4,905 m (16,093 ft) above sea level. The 4,010 m (13,160 ft) New Guanjiao Tunnel is the longest tunnel and the culminating point 3,700 metres (12,100 ft) between Xining and Golmud and 3,345 m (10,974 ft). Yangbajing tunnel is the longest tunnel between Golmud and Lhasa. More than 960 km (600 mi), over 80% of the Golmud–Lhasa section, is at an elevation of more than 4,000 m (13,123 ft). There are 675 bridges, totalling 159.88 km (99.34 mi); about 550 km (340 mi) of track is laid on permafrost.
The trains are specially built for high elevation environments. The diesel locomotives were built by GE in Pennsylvania, and the passenger carriages are Chinese-made 25T carriages: on train Z21/Z22, between Beijing West and Lhasa, Bombardier Sifang Transportation (BSP) made carriages on the Golmud-Lhasa section in deep green/yellow or deep red/yellow. Signs in the carriages are in Tibetan, Chinese, and English. The operational speed is 120 km/h (75 mph) and 100 km/h (62 mph) over sections laid on permafrost.
Enjoy!
Rule G Amtrak employees involved in the backhoe crash didn't get the message
https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=448761&docketID=59509&mkey=92941
NTSB ruled Drugs or alcohol played no role in the severity or cause of the accident.
Afternoon Diners.
Flo, Ed, Jan, Brent and I will have Crown Royal please.
YGW I just reparied a broken wire on the Athearn BB F7b. But I did install the harrness years ago and it was not that hard.
Just posted on the main page about my results on ATF on the rails. Feel free to comment.
Later, Ken
Hum, top of the page, Tab is on me.
I hate Rust
Here's my second place winning crane, since it was asked for lol
(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).
Afternoon Diners,
YGW- I will need to buy homosote to try that. Early techniques will help me narrow things down.
I finally bought furniture felt pads for my under the bed layout. Now I just need to finish getting sculptomold.
Maybe later on I'll get some new shoes.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good morning from the sunny and hot West Coast.
My wife talks to a good friend of hers every day on facebook. This morning we found out her friends' Grandaughter was at the concert in Manchester and suffered a broken ankle in the ordeal. When will it ever end.
I started filling our pool today with the 60,000 LTRs it holds. Last year I had it up in April. This is the coldest and wettest spring I ever remember, third worst on record according to Environment Canada. At least we are money ahead as far as forest fires go.
Ray, once we move in two years, we will be getting a hybrid vehicle for sure. The wife needs to haul around her dogs to shows and other places. We are looking at the Pacifica from Crysler as she finds minivans work best for her. I will have to keep the P/U truck as we use it to go to some pretty remote places and also to tow our trailer. I am excited that there are three companies working on electric P/U trucks, their range and power are still limited though, however that will change. If I take the generator, I can always charge the truck up while in the bush.
Once the wife is convinced something is a good idea, such as solar power, she takes over on the research which works for me because she is much better at it than I am.
Time to go hop on the John Deere again already, with all the rain turning into hot sunny weather the grass is growing at an alarming rate.
Lunch time
Hello everyone.
Hobby front - Well I think my heavenly request were actually heard yesterday! For once I shoveled off a pick up load of #57 gravel without getting rained on. Hurray !!!
W**k front delivering two units back to back today and tomorrow Wearing me out !
Jimmy - What ??! You tell us about this great model and winning second place and no photos ??? What a tease ! Please let us see this master piece.
Ulrich - I certainly can understand that. Even though it has been six years+ since I lost MOH. I still have days that I my memory recalls some horrifying incident we went through......The siezures she suffered were beyond frightening... I can imagine that what you went through would affect one forever...some things in life have a way of haunting us.
UP831 - Thank you for the nice comment. I am looking forward to your photos : )
Ken - I am glad to hear Sparkie is doing better . Did you install a decoder in the Athearn ? If so was it hard ?
FRRYKid - LOL a EMU wearing a moo moo ? Now that would be a site !!!
Howmus - That makes sense ! Shame in this day in age that it has to be spelled out. Sad commentary on our society !!!
The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and more especially to give them knowledge of those facts which history exhibits, that possessed thereby of the experience of other ages and countries, they may be enabled to know ambition under all its shapes, and prompt to exert their natural powers to defeat its purposes.
The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.
The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been the dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But times and truth dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes.
I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.
Good morning .
I agree with all the comments about Manchester.
Jimmy ... Sounds like a busy day. Congrats on the 2nd place .
I'm will be working on the layout today. Yay !
Really busy day today.
Coffee and donuts on me today folks. Prayers for the surviviors and injured and their families in Manchester
Sir MadogI refuse to accept acts of terrorism as being normal in today´s society. My prayers go to those who lost a loved one and those wounded and mutilated.
Mike
I've been watching the Rochelle web cam as well. Watched them cut & remove the 2 track sections. Now it looks like they are reparing the ballast base. Darn, looks like my chore schedule for the day has taken a hit. Wife isn't going to be happy.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Same about Manchester
They are pulling up track at Rochelle like it's sectional