Sorry, work interupts!
The GP38-2 began as a heritage BNSF; we'll see how good a job Super Clean will do!
BigDaddy YGW Toby came around the kitchen at dinner looking for things falling on the floor. He is supposed to be strictly confined for 2 weeks then gradually we can expand his walks. He is used to long walks so a trip around the yard hardly triggers the walkies reflex. [Political portion of post removed by admin]
YGW Toby came around the kitchen at dinner looking for things falling on the floor. He is supposed to be strictly confined for 2 weeks then gradually we can expand his walks. He is used to long walks so a trip around the yard hardly triggers the walkies reflex.
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--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
guilty as charged
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Remember when this July thread began? ... We are to be on the Rocky Mountaineer. I finally scanned photos of our trip on the train in 2002.
Then the train had its original paint scheme of white and blue. It had mostly single level coaches leading some big dome cars. We rode from Vancouver to Calgary. The first day, was in BC along the CN and CP jointly operated parallel tracks on oposite sides of the river. Our train ran between freight tains and we were at freight train speeds. It took one day to get to Kamloops where we spent the night in a hotel, and then we continued eastward on CP tracks to Calagary.
We had the best seats on the train. We had the front row of the first of the dome cars, and we could look over the roofs of the coaches.
First photos show us leaving Vancouver. We passed a CN freight train that was departing Vncouver and would follow us to Kamloops.
To be continued ..............
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Continuing ....
Approaching Kamloops where it apparently it is the desert of Canada.
After Kamloops, the train heads east on CP. At Revelstroke, CP has extra tracks to hold trains awaiting the eastbound trip over the mountains.
...
Next three photos are the spectacular Stoney Creek Bridge.
Looking down from the bridge.
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To continue.
The train heads eastbound through the famous CP Spiral Tunnels. Last photos is Banff station.
It certainly was a memorable trip !
Happy Model Rairloading !
yougottawanta Angel - Hmm that doesnt sound good. Is there food in the pantry to feed you ? Is tehre a local food pantry that can help with basics ? Shoot me a PM. Come on by we will feed you at the patio grill.
Angel - Hmm that doesnt sound good. Is there food in the pantry to feed you ? Is tehre a local food pantry that can help with basics ? Shoot me a PM. Come on by we will feed you at the patio grill.
Yes there is food in the pantry. We have enough for another week. Thanks for the offer for a BBQ.
DJ- You are sure the Pigeon Creek layout will support three to fours layers of track? Or did I misread the post?
Garry- I love those pictures thru the Mountaineer. Thanks for sharing.
Prayers for anyone who needs it.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
angelob6660 DJ- You are sure the Pigeon Creek layout will support three to fours layers of track? Or did I misread the post?
Got a call here at work from the administrative assistant to the hospital president.
" do you fix old radios?" It seems the president found out from some one in the community that I fix radios. it never ends.....
strangely enough people have called my wife's office where they don't know me, looking for me!
Misterbeasely,
What year was the song released?
Evening all
Late lunch. Very busy today !
MoeLary - Wow that is the best way to get references from other people recommending you !
Garry - Was the dome car hot to ride in or did they have it well air conditioned ? LOL at the jokes !!!
Tin Can - LOL I have done that too !!!! Yep some stuff will be safe forever because I canot remember where I put it !!! To dry to mow
ROR - What buisness are you starting ? On the humid weather - I or we HATE it. We endure it praying for late spring or early fall !!!
Ken - HA ! Real food !!! Today I couldnt stand the cardboard anymore and went out and had a steak and cheese sub with, cooked onions, lettuce, tomato, SALT and pepper, mayo !! Oh a bag of chips with a diet soda !!! A person can only stand so much torture !!! My cardio doc will not be happy Thursday.
FRRYKid - what is FB Classified ?
Henry - Glad to here Toby is up and around. You know I think your warning should be enough and that way if the easily offended dodnt want to read then they have been warned. If they are offended then thats on them they shouldnt have read the rest !!! Easy on the noose it will give you a rash around the neck .
GMT Racing - ha ha that was a good come back !!! : )
Why cant the engineer be electrocuted ? Because he's not a conductor
Good Evening!
Had a pretty bad day today. The pain was so bad Petra had to take me to the ER. There was some improvement after a prolonged nap at noon - just enough to let me run the daily mixed local on my layout.
I hope to be in a better shape tomorrow - it´s our 33rd wedding anniversary!
Garry - very nice pictures, thanks for sharing!
Heading for the hay in a few moments, although it is still quite early. I am dead tired.
yougottawanta Henry - You know I think your warning should be enough and that way if the easily offended dodnt want to read then they have been warned. If they are offended then thats on them they shouldnt have read the rest !!!
Henry - You know I think your warning should be enough and that way if the easily offended dodnt want to read then they have been warned. If they are offended then thats on them they shouldnt have read the rest !!!
The rule is "no politics," not "no politics unless you warn people that there will be politics."
It couldn't be any clearer.
yougottawanta. . .ROR - What buisness are you starting ? . . .
A piano tuning and repair business. With Vinnie's permission, I will post the link. I figure I am not soliciting business since I don't think we have any members with pianos in the Valley of the Sun (and, for now, humidity) who frequent the diner.
Richard
Let me be the first of the Gang
to wish my Friends Ulrich and Petra, a Very Happy Anniversary and many more to come.
Prayers and Blessings for all your hearts desires.
Johnboy out..................for now.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
last mountain & eastern hogger Let me be the first of the Gang to wish my Friends Ulrich and Petra, a Very Happy Anniversary and many more to come. Prayers and Blessings for all your hearts desires. Johnboy out..................for now.
I second that. !!
Happy anniversary , Ulrich and Petra. 33 years is a blessing.
Ulrich, Angel, and YGW. Thanks for commenting on the Rocky Mountaineer trip photos. YGW, the big domes are air conditioned or heated to a comfortable temperature inside.
The trip was like a cruise but on rails instead of at sea. They fed us very well. We had a champagne breakfast served while we departed Vancouver for example.
All set up at the Pidgeon Creek R&D layout. Cutting up old and inexpensive rolling stock and locomotives for parts and the rest goes into trash pick up tomorrow. Keeping wheels, small plastic components of significance, and all metal parts. Old plastic couplers in the trash too.
By week's end I should have one or two more folding tables like the three under Pidgeon Creek. Will end the evening off with Sarah Brightman, an evening coffee, and some model railroad database data entry.
ATSFGuy Misterbeasely, What year was the song released?
1979.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Evening Diners,
Ulrich- Happy 33rd Wedding Anniversary.
I been looking at and researching some Chessie System diesels for my small layout. I limited myself to 6 locomotives. The longest train will be 2 diesels, 8 cars with a caboose.
It's helping me being occupied during boredom. I'm very getting interesting in my small layout if it works out it will expand in a larger on.
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Evening Diners
Flo, Inch, Ed, Brent, Jan, Tin Can and I will have a please.
Tin Can This is the second time I decide to run the GP 7 you sent me, then I go to the dinner and there you are!
Angelob6660 Well first reason she does not use her SSI funds to but a bigger A/C unit is she seldome gets any. When she does, well there is no way she going to chip in for what we we need, it is her money! She will just nag me to the point I just say caboose it and buys what she wants! She has Nagging down to art, she is good!
YGW I paid for it today by eating real food! Last night I had another Cheeseburger but did not work out the sameway? Today when I woke up my Blood Surgar Level was 166! Strange I can eat the samething one day and get one reading, then next day it is driffrent?
Petra and Ulrich Well Happy Anniversary!
Work Sort Of Front Only 2 customers in 9 hours makes for a long day. While one bought and it was a fair sale, still a lack luster day.
Gary Thanks for posting the photos!
Later Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning!
It´s not only Petra´s and my 33rd wedding anniversary today, but the day I posted my post #9,500! For either reason we won´t have much of a celebration. If my health permits, we will go out for dinner tonight, most likely our favourite Chinese place.
July has proven to be the wettest month since weather is being recorded in our neck of the woods. No improvement in sight, so we can only hope for some nicer days in August.
Make it a good day!
Ulrich and Petra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In case you didn't count them, that's 33 exclamation marks! Congratulations. It takes two good people to accomplish that.
Best wishes for many more happy years together.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Garry, What a great set of photos! I got to ride that same trackage back in '74
I'd sure like to see more "train stuff" discussed, with a sprinkling of bird watching, gardening, weather, trivia, pets, history, the occasional funny stuff and those great photos of the wonderful food that Steven offers, and our general well-being — or lack thereof — if someone is feeling down-in-the-dumps or had a particularly bad day. Talking about it can help. I try very hard to keep an upbeat and positive demeanor. Glass half-full and all that
CONGRATULATIONS Ulrich!!! I envy you. This October would have been my 40th if my wife had not passed away back in 1986. My present wife is the most wonderful person and I am so thankful to have met her. Sometimes tragedy can lead to something beautiful. It all has to be kept in balance and perspective.
yougottawantaEd - WOW how cool you got to work on one of the big guns ! Did you all get to test fire it ?
Well, no. We didn't do any firing. The barrel was originally 45 feet. It was shortened and plugged. The remaining vessel was used as a pressure chamber where molds of powdered tungsten or molybdenum were subjected to 40,000 psi in a process that sintered the metal and then that shape could be further heated (1850°C) into a fused solid. There were only 40 Mark 5 guns made. We have #37 and #38.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-45_mk5.php
Here's what one of them looked like upon delivery in a NYC 50' gondola in the fall of 1959.
GE_Gun_edited-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
It would make for an interesting open-load to model. AMB Laserkit makes a full length 16" gun.
My sincere hopes and prayers for everyone who may be in need...
Regards, Ed
Morning Flo. I'll have crispy bacon and scrambled eggs with whole wheat toast and those tasty home fries. Strawberry jam would be nice and a hot cup of coffee. Don't tell my wife if she happens to pop in later.
My new Seagull guitar buckled under the heat and humidity on the weekend. Strings are 1/2 inch off the fretboard at the 12th fret - never seen anything like it for a 2-month-old guitar! Neither has the music store. Of course it is still under warranty so we'll see what happens. In the meantime, I tuned up my nice Kala ukulele with built-in pickup and am learning some new tunes for the next time I play at Stayner's on the Halifax waterfront (when my wife returns from Calgary).
Beagle is laying beside me wanting a belly rub and husky is recovering from TPLO surgery quite well. She can get up on the old couch to sleep at night and she is eating from her dish now (I had to hand feed her for a week).
Lots of fun activities planed at Pidgeon Creek R&D layout today. Have a good one everyone! DJ
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 Special this morning. Over easy on the eggs, homefries, bacon, and a double order of the sourdough toast. Oh. a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast organic, fair traded coffee would go nicely as well.
I often get the chance to visit layouts as the Superintendent of the Lakeshores Division, NMRA. At my house I never take off my shoes when I come inside unless they have gotten obviously muddy. If I do, then I put on another pair of shoes... You need shoes on when you go down to my trainroom to protect your feet (and in the upstairs as well....). But, often (if fact very often in Canada) I see a sign by the door instructing me to remove my shoes before proceeding further. To me that is a silly rule, but since I am a guest in someone elses home and I respect their right to make the rules, I obligingly remove my shoes before I enter.
This forum is most graciously provided to us to use by Kalmbach Publishing. It belongs to them! Therefore they can make the rules that we are expected to abide by. Doesn't make any difference if we don't like the rules, we are expected as guests in their "home" to follow their rules. Not to is both rude and shows the character of the person not following the rules... (At least that is what I taught in Scouts: "A Scout is Courteous!") I try to follow that wherever I am. And I enjoy the privilege of being a member and contributer here. We all mess up from time to time (I include myself here), but don't be upset because they don't let you say and do whatever you want! I got my fill of spoiled brat little kids back when I was teaching and we need to be a bit more adult. (I have always found it interesting that childish, obscene language is called Adult Language when it is anything but...)
I'm Sure that Cousin Vinnie will be arriving to "clean up" soon, and that should take care of the problem for the moment. I left a similar forum accross the street due to some very offensive and disgusting political crap back in 2008. Took many years for me to stop back in and say hi over there. I for one, appreciate the excellent moderation and the "rules" that we have in here!
Ulrich, I hope you and your "Better Half" have a wonderful anniversary!!! Wow 33 years. That is great! Hope you may have many more, my friend!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I am on Amtrack headed for Penn Station. First real train in years. Very comfortable.
ONLY IN CHICAGO:
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Ken: Glad you are getting to run that GP-7! It was just sitting in a box at my house!
Today is our 31st anniversary. Going to a fancy restaurant tonight, and then a trip to North Carolina in two weeks to take kitchen stuff to my daughter as she moves into her own apartment. We are going to stay in a cabin in the mountains for a couple of days. Peace, quiet, and cool...
Did not work on the sectional layout this weekend because it was too darned hot. I was looking for some decals I had stashed in a safe place; finally found them on Sunday. I have been looking for them for 4 weeks. Guess they were safe?
Only Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle is certain.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
der5997I was wondering how humidity or lack of it might affect tuning (not that I know anything more that a very little about pianos)
Heat and humidity wreak havoc on the tuning of a piano. They will cause the case and/or the plate to expand/contract which affect the tuning. Extreme dryness has it's own threat as it can dry out the pin block to the point that the pins loosen up and it is impossible for a piano to keep it's tune.
A bit of trivia for you--the combined pressure of all of the strings in a piano is approximately 18 tons. That is more that the weight of six Cadillac Escalades.