Good morning, everybody ...
Ken... Actually, I do not know which motels or hotels allow dogs. Also, the state parks might allow them. ... Most of the hotels are at exits along I-24 including our little town. There are some in Murray also.
Cheers, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening Folks
Flo, Ed, Jan, Brent and I will have a please.
Hard to belive it all most July! It is 63 outside and I just powred up the space heater! Today was a beauty with a high of 77 degress!
Work Front Not a single customer came in the store! Well to teenage girls came in wanting to know about the help wanted sign I have up. All I can say was one had hot pants on and looked great in them, the other one had a couple things I admire on a female.
Blood Suragr Far from being great, but 81 when I got up, 157 at 1:15 and 120 at 9:00 PM.
Gary Do you know if there are any pet friendly Motels / Hotels near you? With Sparkie being a resue dog and getting him from a kennel there no way I would board him! Plus being blind and deaf it it is out of the question.
Trains are running great! Running the Might CB&Q's pulling the Ed Ball Express, Might B&O F7's and the Bahmann sound value F7's. Have yet to clean any engine wheels after using ATF on the rails in Febuary!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Heartland Division CB&Q Lion... That is a clever photo. By the way, a Lion would not drink and drive but a Tiger Wood.
Lion... That is a clever photo. By the way, a Lion would not drink and drive but a Tiger Wood.
Some people would say that could lead to a sand trap!
All these people mentioning computers dying reminded me of what happened to mine a few days ago. When I started it up, the machine decided to give me a black screen with white text. A diagnostic screen. Considering how many other problems my laptop has at the moment, I got very worried. However, about 15 minutes or so, it started up just fine.
Hobby Front: Working on yet another caboose. Only three more to go. (One of which is sitting on the floor next to the couch. That caboose even helped me to help another modeler on a different site wanted to model a similar caboose.)
Hi Gang,
Haveb't been in for a while as I am in the same boat as YGW. The Puter quit working and I guess I'm do for a new one. No, I'm buying a rebuilt one I have decided, but well upgraded. I won't have it for a couple of days, so I'll still be off line.
Thought before I go home from work tonight I should check in and tell you what is happening. And that's about it, haven't got to the layout for a week or better, just been so darn busy. I really do think that a permanent retirement is in order before long.
Anyway, hope you are all doing well. Good to hear Dan is up walking.
Keep the shiney side up.
Johnboy out.......................for awhile.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Afternoon Diners,
Thanks for the comment, Garry.
YGW- I hope your computer works tomorrow.
LION- That was a very good picture. What job does he do?
We were expecting rain two days ago, but now the weather say no. Another hot 108 day.
While I was walking, I think about my layout. The old track plan that was designed for a door can easily be redesigned. Again why change the business that was on that siding. I will keep the refrigeration warehouse building can be also include insulated boxcars.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Hey all
My computer went caput. It has died and I have been waiting on the office to get one out of the ole yunk yard and get me running again. Real pain posting from the phone.
Hopefully this will be ready tomorrow.
Till then hope everyone is healthy, having a great day and I will TTYL
YGW
Hello everybody .
I'm continuing to work on scenery on the layout.
Cheers.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
cudakenGary You and Ed are still on the so called Bucket List! (where did that name even come from anyway?)
It was a movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, about two guys who were in the hospital dying, and they decided to go out swinging, doing really fun stuff before they "kicked the bucket." If you've never seen it, do so.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Ken ... The distance is about 225 miles.
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan, Brent and I will have a please. Give Rick a Rootbeer Float as well.
Yet another wasted day at work with a whole $75.00 is sales!
Did get the front yard cut and the weather has been great! Today high was a whole 77 degrees and it was Beautiful outside! Heck I would not have went shopping if I was off!
Rick Hope you can live on your base pay, I cannot not. Well I could live, just no roof over my head! That is the problem with any commision based job. I am good at getting the deal if I have customers. But need more than 2 a day.
Gary You and Ed are still on the so called Bucket List! (where did that name even come from anyway?) If I recall you are about 275 miles from me, my zip is 62062 if you want to check. Maybe next year after I take early SS retirement. Yea, I will still have to work but it will be on my terms not the paycheck.
Good afternoon ...
MLC ... I've noticed signals are being upgraded on other railroads too. .... We'll have to figure out some time for meeting. .... Normally, the three of us show our layouts when people visit from out of town. ... Of course, Dan's Union Pacific is not in opeation for the time being. Gus's Illinois Central is very nice layout too. ... Bill from Paducah (Classic Trains and Ferrari's) has been here in his Ferrari.
Ken ... Last year or so, you mentioned you would like to visit also. Maybe some day.
Ricky .... Thanks for your thoughts about Dan.
Tom ... Sounds like a good day for railfanning.
Angel .... I'm glad the U23B's are good runners.
Happy Model Railroading
Hey diners,
Tom/ anyone- I envy you guys who railfans during the weekend.
It rained a little bit yesterday at 10 o'clock last night. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so we will see.
I finally ran my Conrail U23B DCC locomotives, they ran very smoothly.
I cleaned the area of my room up. It was disorganized of freight cars, locomotives, automobiles and etc. Placing them back in their appropriate boxes and containers.
I'm waiting for summer to be over. I'm getting tired of getting bloody noses almost every single day.
We had another good day railfanning Saturday morning. Caught 11 trains in 4 hours.
2 coal
1 crude oil
1 trash
3 mixed freights
3 intermodal
1 grain train
The only foreign power was on the grain train which had 2 Canadian National engines, with 1 still in BC Rail paint. The grain train was also interesting as it had 4 engines leading with 2 helpers bringing up the rear. Helpers aren't very common where we go & this might be only the 3rd or 4th time over the years I've seen them.
Woke up early this morning & got started outside by weeding the flower beds, trimming the hedges, & cutting both the front & back yard. Actually, I think I over did it, as I don't feel all that great this afternoon. Someday it's going to sink in that I'm not in my teens anymore. Hope everyone had a nice weekend.
Spent some time chatting with 2 other fellows who railfan at our location. It's always nice to spend some time with them as they are really nice guys. There are others who come around from time to time, but they don't seem interested in becoming acquainted with others. Too bad, as they probably know things I would like to learn about.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good evening all.
Zoe - Just a RBF please. Thanks.
Ulrich - Neat color to that sunset pic!
Garry - Glad that Dan is doing well.
Oldschool - Sorry that the puppy is not feeling well.
Ken - I know how you feel... I sold $35.00 today... For the whole day... Merchandise wise, not spiff wise... OUCH! (So I got less than $1 today!) Glad I get hourly plus commission and spiffs....
YGW - Most likely will happen sometime next year now, as some issues cropped up.
Trouble was, 3 years ago, we were going to move to a different location nearby, so the layout was partially dismantled, but then that house purchase fell through due to the realtor not passing on our offer... She expected a higher offer, and we found out from the owner that he never got our offer, or any others through the realtor, but ours was inline (actually just higher) with the actual appraisal value. He eventually took the house off the market, and just rented it out to someone else. (That realtor being greedy cost herself a commission, and a sale. Cost the homeowner a sale too...)
We then kept looking, but the layout never got fully reassembled. We have now decided, to stay on our property we have, and will just be building a new house on it.
Our current house needs some major repairs, and is not worth the money needed to do so. (Floor beam cracked, wiring needs redone, and a few other issues.) It has been around for quite some time, as doing some remodeling years ago we found newspapers from the 1880's in the one wall. So, while it has lasted through some major events, it is showing its age. (A couple of minor earthquakes, and a near miss by a EF4 tornado back in 85'.)
Now, it's a matter of making the financials work.
Layout - So, I have got the yard back in, and most of the mainline is back down. I'm tired of no trains running! Will be getting at least enough down to run the mainline, and back trains into and out of the yard. (4X10 loop gets boring, but it's something!)
Weather - Damp, warm, and humid. Windy too.
W*%k - Yep - I guarded the store front today!
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the day!
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.
Garry,
That is the new signal on the P&I (CN/IC) at Central Ave in Paducah. ( I am standing on Central looking towards Pines Rd. ) They just replaced them a few months ago with LED now they are constant lit instead of apprach lit. They are bright. I can see the reflection of them on the crossing signals from a block away.
This was all to bring the P&I up to PTC standards, they put in the pTC equipment and antennas as well. They also added a switch heater.
Maybe sometime we can meet up. I can road trip.
Good evening.
Everybody .... Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers regarding my model railroad friend, Dan. I just received a text from his wife, and he improved this afternoon. He was able to walk 640 steps. I was pleased to hear that.
MLC .... Is that photo of the signal on the P&L? ... By the way, since we are only about 50 to 60 miles apart, we should meet sometime.
On the layout, I am working on scenery beneath the bridges.
Flo, Brent, Jan and I will have a beer please. If Ed makes it in a Crown Royal on the rocks.
Not a dran thing good happen today!
If you want to call it work. Only 2 people all day, I think one just wanted to use the rest room. Sold a whole $160.00 in 8 hours!
Tax Front? Got a tax refund from Mo for $745.00! I know what I want to do, make a house payment! But I am 99% sure that check should have went to the state of ILL! I want to do the right thing, but I am hurting for the need funds for the house payment. I was going to take $400.00 out of my meager savings to make the payment.
Later Ken
Evenin' folks!
CNCharlie My wife has Meopta Meostars that really are fantastic.
Really Charlie! I don't think we are supposed to say stuff like that in here.... This should be a kid friendly forum you know!!! Vinnie will be back on Monday and take care of that! (What the heck is he talking about anyway???)
Sir MadogIt´s been an unusually wet day here. It started pouring at the break of dawn and has not yet stopped.
You know, "On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had something like that where I grew up. We called it a window." - Dan Spencer
"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning." - George Carlin
As for me, "It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up." - W Somerst Maugham
Manét the cat woke me up about 6:30AM this morning as the sun had decided to peek through the window in the bedroom. I scratched his chin for a couple minutes, rolled over and went back to sleep for another 3 hours... Have spent most of the day doing some odds and ends including packing a bunch of stuff, including my laptop, to head out to Boy Scout Camp tomorrow to check out and have the Properties Chair and the Camp director make the final decision of what I should put in down at the lakefront for sound. I am recommending against using the old probably 50 year sound equipment I gave to camp about 15 years ago down there. The power head (mixer and amp) has sat in the shower house for the last 10 years and I'm not sure I trust it at this time. Would hate to have something go kaput and end up burning down the building it would be in. So I will recommend I donate a new unit that also has all the new connections used today (such as USB) and is a one piece set up that would be easy to move around camp where needed. I will also bring out some stuff to check out the main sound on the Dining Hall/Parade Field for them. If time permits I will start my yearly trimming the grass and weeds around the tent platforms in campsites.
OK, back to being lazy for a bit, and then to bed! Have a good one out there... Prayers for those in need of them!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good evening all. I made some potroast.
Garry , Hoping Dan makes full recovery.
Tropical Storm Cindy was sort of a bust here in W Kentucky, we did not get near the rain they forecasted.
Here is a picture of the sunset last night after the remnants and the front had passed on to the east.
This is a block from my house so yes I can railfan from the fromt or back yard. Even better in the winter when there are no leaves.
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BATMANUnfortunately, we all know of cancer victims and they just announced on the news the other night that cancer will affect 50% of us now.
I can't decide if that's good news or bad news, honestly. More than anything else, I think it just says people are avoiding fatal accidents and other terminal illnesses and secumbing to cancer instead.
That number, by the way, is people who are diagnosed with cancer, not those who die of it. We are curing more patients all the time.
Hope you all don't mind me dropping in......... I just saw Old School Scratch's "farewell post" and I guess "wow" is the best reaction I can come up with.
What happened to the Silo layout he was commissioned to build? What about the custom loco paint job? What about the experiments in electronics? What about the natural material sourced personal layout? What about all those construction vehicles and locos without occupants? What about the 2000 plus MR mags?
Have to say, I was looking forward to seeing the results, but I guess the ol "MR bug" has just dried up and left the building........
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Quiet place, this one is today.
It´s been an unusually wet day here. It started pouring at the break of dawn and has not yet stopped.
I´ll be heading for bed in a few moments, hoping for some sleep.
Continuing for your friend Dan, Garry!
Good Evening,
We had a cool day as promised but at least I finally got to run trains! Well, one train anyway.
Garry, hope your friend recovers well. I have a friend who lives in Johannesburg who went through similar surgery a few years ago. His stomach is now near his back, smaller and much higher. He lives a completely normal life except he can only eat small meals now.
Dave, the bins I am planning to buy are Minox bins. I have done a lot of research and it seems you get a very high quality for a more modest price. My wife has Meopta Meostars that really are fantastic. We did a back to back comparison with a pair of Swarovskis and we felt the Meoptas had better focusing and were slightly brighter in low light. Besides that they were hundreds less. Mind you that was 3 years ago and now those Meoptas have gone up in price by a fair amount. The bins I sold were Celestron Trailseekers.
As tomorrow is supposed to be cool and cloudy, I might just look at that Red Caboose reefer kit that is open on my workbench.
See you soon,
CN Charlie
What Flo, Brent is buying! I take a Keg Of please.
Work was pretty good to me today. Made a extra $110.00 in spiffs! Only 3 customers all day but had one that counted!
OSSB Hum, looks like a type of wood shortened like that. Good luck for your dog! Just glad you can afford the Vet bill, guessing that it is not cheap.
Gary Wish your train friend a fast recovery and as pain free as it can be.
Ulrich Glad to see you still posting in the dinner! Yes, that was a nice looking house.
Be on the look out for a Model Railroader with Muck canard crème visage on his face and a empty Crown Royal bottle in his hand! That would be Ed!
Brent ... Thanks for commenting about my firend and also telling about your friend. I haave now heard, Dan has severe pain and the doctors increased the pain medicine. I don't expenct to hear any more for a while.
Good afternoon from the hot, sunny West Coast. Cold beers on me today.
Garry, I hope your friend gets through his ordeal. Unfortunately, we all know of cancer victims and they just announced on the news the other night that cancer will affect 50% of us now. Obesity seems to be the biggest cause these days. Sure makes getting on the bike (as painful as it is some days) easier when you hear that. I have known a few people that have had horrible things done to them fighting the disease, that have had a full life afterward. A guy I worked with (big time smoker) had half his lower jaw, tongue and nose removed. It took years and a lot of plastic surgery but he actually looks better than he did before the cancer diagnosis. He just can't grow a beard on the one side now. He had a fake nose for a while and when we stopped for lunch at Tim Hortons he would lift it off its hook and slide it across the table at you. Why he worked when so sick I don't know, he didn't have to, but he had no one at home. Most of us were single guys as we were always at work, so I guess we were his family.
Olsen185, I think you may be right about the assistant thing. Being summer, the film school students are filling up the movie/TV sets trying to look important and/or learn. My kid gets treated very well by the various directors and gets asked for specifically by some of them for projects. He even had a call from one director that was in South America that was coming here to film his next project. I asked a couple of casting directors why they like him and have been told it is because he takes direction well and doesn't screw up. They said people love bloopers, but in reality, they can cost a lot of money depending on how long it takes to set up a shot. When he was working on "The Predator" there were only the six extras on set for four 14 to 17 hour days, no main characters until the last day. There was probably at least a hundred crew on site for just shooting these six guys running around. Plus the set was a neighbuorhood and all the residents were moved to expensive hotels.
His movie stardom ends in two months when he goes off to University in Ottawa. He will most likely be interning at the Parliament buildings in the summer and that pays him $35,000.00 a year while going to university.
Oldschool It is nice to be asked to play at weddings and funerals. I have been asked to play and sing Gordon Lightfoots "Beautiful" at weddings a few times and play at some other events, however, I don't like to do those kinds of things and won't. It becomes a job at that point and I learned about turning enjoying hobbies into commitments after playing for 300 people once at a campground on Canada day, even though it went very well. My wife says (jokingly) that I am anti-social because I like to just do my own thing.
Kids graduation tonight at the school and then tomorrow in Vancouver at a very hoity-toity joint.
Here. https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g154943-d155558-i197912810-Pan_Pacific_Vancouver-Vancouver_British_Columbia.html
I am really out of my blue collar element at these things. I was voted by the grads to give the toast to the grad class at it. I gracefully declined though deeply touched by being asked. These kids went to the same school together for thirteen years and I swear when not in school they were at our house. We are very close to so many off them. I took them on some great adventures that some helicopter parents wouldn't dare. One kid wrote a long thankyou letter to us and recounted all the things we did over the years. It was very touching.
All the best to all. Now, where is my monkey suite?????
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Well, as of tomorrow morning our family summer activities begin with a neighbour's wedding. As the bride walks down the aisle I will be playing my acoustic solo arrangement of "In My Life" by the Beatles. Then on Tuesday a surprize song accompanied by the music teacher's students at my wife's retirement function at her school.
This is my last evening online until the fall. Happy railroad modelling everyone and enjoy your summer.
Dennis
Hello ... Thanks for the concern about my firend, Dan. He is out of surgery and the recovery can begin. I have no further deatils now.
JohnBoy ... I have been thinking of you as well as Phil (Flip). I know each of you have had to deal with this sort of cancer. I hope you are getting along okay now.
OSSB .... I am sorry to hear about your dog having a spinal injury. It must be hard on you to take care of your pet.
Tom ... It is intersting they installed the box over the lettering. I guess they did not care about that.
Meanwhile, I am working on scenery around my brdges.
tcwright973 The other day I mentioned that I had spotted something new (to me) on an intermodal container. It is a tracking box & I finally was able to get Photobucket to play nice this morning. I suspect that these will become more & more common in the future.
The other day I mentioned that I had spotted something new (to me) on an intermodal container. It is a tracking box & I finally was able to get Photobucket to play nice this morning. I suspect that these will become more & more common in the future.
While we rarely (almost never) used Schneider, it was "big news" (back in 2013) when they announced 1) they were installing container tracking tech, and 2) Qualcomm got the bid. It's one thing to track a shipping vessel reportedly containing one's trailer. But once the trailer goes through U.S. Customs and leaves the port, who knows exactly where it is or when it'll arrive? This type of tracking technology, as long as it's not hacked by hijackers, is great.