Afternoon Diners
Flo, Ed, Brent, Henery, Inch, Brent, Galaxy, Gary, Jan, Rob, Angelob, UP 831, Richard, Ulrich and I will have a please.
Foul Mood tonight.
Train Hate My Guts Tonight! Even the Mighty CB&Q F7's are picking turnouts that for all most a year they have been fine with.
Made my first payment to PFC. It is a personal loan and had to call in the payment, could not get on there web site for some reason? Seems they charge $1.50 to make a payment either at the website or over the phone? Now that make me mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think it is wrong to charge me extra to pay my bill on time! Yes, I can mail them a check, but I pay all of my other bills on line with a extra cost!
Ed How about the old Washington Ind or East St Louis B&O yards? Or even the St Louis UP yard?
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
BigDaddy gmpullman Anyone have a suggestion for the location? Berea OH is a hot bed of train spotting.
gmpullman Anyone have a suggestion for the location?
Berea OH is a hot bed of train spotting.
Yes, and so are other locations in OH.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
gmpullmanAnyone have a suggestion for the location?
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Sir MadogAnyone volunteering to facilitate the Diner move to the December 2017 location?
Well,
I've never done it before but I suppose I could give 'er a go.
Anyone have a suggestion for the location?
If nothing else surfaces I'm kind of leaning toward Loughborough, Charnwood borough, Leistershire, England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughborough
Lots of interesting sights to see here especially the Great Central Railway which will be hosting some special Holiday runs:
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/special-events/christmas-holiday-trains-from-26th-december/
From December 26th to January 2nd, ride on our Christmas Holiday & New Year Trains and steam away those winter blues...
They will even open the griddle car for us:
Our Griddle Car service with its all day breakfasts and other hot food is scheduled to be on the services departing Loughborough at: 1015, 1215, 1415 returning from Leicester at: 1105, 1305, 1505On Boxing Day, the Griddle will also operate; this will be on all trains except for the 1315 from Loughborough, returning from Leicester at 1405.
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Any other suggestions?
Regards, Ed
First, thanks for all of the well wishes after my accident. This is a good community to be a part of. (Sorry. I left my participle dangling.)
An update or two on the bike accident. I made it through the day after without too much pain. The doctor has me taking Aleve on a regular schedule, regardless of whether or not I think I need it. She told me, "trust me, you need it." Other than the soreness, there is no real damage to me or to the bike. I will need to replace the rear tire as I scrubbed off all of the rubber in the skid.
Within four hours of the accident her insurance called, discussed the accident, and offered a settlement. It was fair and even included compensation for a missed piano lesson--their idea, not mine--and I took it. I should have the check by the end of the week. My smart-aleck son asked me if other people's insurance was part of my retirement financial plan. (And, yes, this is the son I will be working for come January.)
hon30critterOn the Toronto local news tonight there was a segment on bike riders getting 'doored', i.e. when a driver or passenger opens a door directly in front of a passing cyclist.
I have read that the best defense if a driver opens a door in front of you while riding is to aim for the driver. Their bodies are better at absorbing the impact than the door.
hon30critterFortunately, Toronto City Council is very 'pro bike' so they are considering enacting local bylaws that will make said 'dooring' occurances a more serious offense.
The greater Phoenix area is also very bike friendly. Most of the secondary roads have dedicated bike lanes that are around 5 feet wide. These bike lanes are defined as a traffic lane giving the bicyclist the right-of-way when approaching an intersection. This means the driver in my case was at fault for not yielding the right-of-way.
cudakenRichard You are making riding motorcycle's seem safe! I have over 150,000 on bikes and I have been down twices in 30 years. One all most does not count because I was on a dirt bike in the front yard and hit some wet grass.
I have logged over 110,000 miles and nearly 7,000 hours on bikes (the pedaling variety) over the past 25 years. During this time, I have had five interactions with cars. However, one was entirely my fault when I ran into the back of a parked SUV a couple of years back. Honestly, given the amount of time spent on the bike, that's really not that many. The result of the riding is that I have low blood pressure (an hour after the accident it was only 117/75, it is usually quite a bit lower) and a resting heart rate of 45-55 BPM. Add in the endorphines and the positives outweigh the negatives.
Richard
Good Afternoon!
November 30th! I am just glad this month will be over in a few hours. As I said earlier, November is not my month! I have put up a little Christmas tree next to me on my desk and I will light it up for the first time tomorrow. Nothing fancy, just one of those cheap & ready to use artificial contraptions faintly resembling a tree, but with hopes attached to it, that the warm glow of the lights will make me feel better. This will be our only Chrismas decoration, as neither Petra nor I feel well enough to work our way through all the stuff in the attic to retrieve the 1/2 ton of ornaments and decorations we have stowed away up there.
Jan - organ donor, that´s exactly what I call motor bike riders. They account for a high number of tjhe people getting killed in traffic in recent years, only surpassed now by young folks not paying attention to traffic while texting.
Anyone volunteering to facilitate the Diner move to the December 2017 location?
See you all next month!
Good morning everybody .
Feel free to chow down on some donuts.
Give Ken some of the "Special Reserve-aged 4 months"
We had baby-backed ribs last night, (small deer) very good with BB-Q sauce, grilled over mesquete chunks I brought back from my older brother's house in Texas.
Here on the Island we call bike riders "Organ Donors". As a boy with a 306 pound Schwinn with baloon tires, it was easy to pull onto the soft shoulder to let a vehicle pass, not so much with the narrow tires on todays bikes. The off road bikes today are near to what I used to ride, and only weigh about 1/3 of the bikes in the 40s. and early 50s. Our roads, other than being covered with asphault, are no wider than when they were cut in the 1700s--and it goes without saying that the only time a bike rider is overtaken is always on a blind corner.
The person who comes up with a "seat extractor tool" (from the pucker factor) will become quite wealthy I should think.
herrinchoker
Ed.. it’s been a lot of years , but I remember seeing three tri-level railcars on the CN that had been in a derailment . The tri-levels had been derailed and hauled to a terminal . I could see no damage on either the railcars or the new automobiles. All 45 new automobiles were to be scrapped.
Hi, Everyone...
angelob6660Was this a real thing or fictional that I thought of?
I would imagine the receiving dealer would make repairs and bill the factory. Maybe not. Still your Idea passes what I call the "plausibility test" meaning it really could have happened that way. I say go for it
Heartland Division CB&Q I do recall if vehicles were damaged because of a derailment, they were scrapped by the auto manufacturers.
Garry, I read that even if the vehicle showed no sign of damage it was still scrapped, and had to be crushed, not just parted out
cudaken Ed Thank You for the heads up, I thought it had all ready been shipped.
The Holiday had me a bit backed-up. I sent you a PM with the tracking number Thanks for the BREW and the St. Louis style baby backs
Down to the layout for the rest of the night. Last night I downloaded some new "Full Throttle" sound files for some Alco RS-3s and an A-B-A set of B&O E-8s and I'm anxious to give 'em a run. I tuned the playback speed of the prime movers, one a little faster, one a little slower and the B unit at the default 128.
I'll be curious to see if I eliminated a harmonics "defect" that would make the three engines have an echo effect (sound cancelling?). The Loksound option of downloading new sound files is fantastic!
IMG_6257_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
The Holiday rush has begun...
Best wishes to everyone!
Ed
Howdy, everybody ...
Brent .... I meant to say a couple of days ago, I like seeing your layout photos. It looks like you are progrssing toward a great model railroad.
Angel .... I don't recall any thing like that, but perhaps there was. You can do it anyhow becasue it is your model railroad. .... I think dealers handled minor repairs due to vandals..... I do recall if vehicles were damaged because of a derailment, they were scrapped by the auto manufacturers.
Have a nice evening, everybody.
Evening Diners,
I have hang up the Christmas lights around the house but they're not plugged in until the weather is cooler than hot.
Washed the dogs also. When Murray rolled on the ground and Charlie just because during our walk. After their bath they walked again.
Today's was a good modeling idea for the NYC automobile industry. Using the printing kits for a nice automobile industry since they probably using the same windows and design right?
Anyone I thought it will be good as a automobile distribution warehouse when damaged vehicles from the plant in Michigan or elsewhere is traveled within 1-3,000 miles away. When vehicles arrive to their destination find some that vandalised and send them to the warehouse for repairs instead of traveling back to the original plant.
Was this a real thing or fictional that I thought of?
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Dooring? Have not heard of the term but how about Suicide Doors. They were car doors hinged at the rear. Never acually saw one outside of a museum.
Ulrich, I think Baltimore had 100 brewers around 1900. Some of the ones I remember before I was old enough to have one are gone, Gunther, Arrow, Hamm's, Scmidt's Carling's.
As a poor medical student I took up home brewing. A few years later it occured to me that I could open a brew pub and brewer. At about the same time, someone actually did so in a gentrified section of Baltimore.
I figured one brew pub would saturate the market. There are now 63 breweries in Maryland, I guess I was wrong.
Flo, is there a speical today? OK The guys and I will have that and some Baby Back Rib's please.
VA Cancelled my appointment at 8:30 AM over the phone. Woody (VA guy I know) gave me some BS for the VA that Ron has retired because of health reason. BS, Ron was a first class rail spike! He was rude and kept is clock 5 minutes fast so he could complain you where late! I called him on that, his wall clock was 7 head minutes of my watch that I keep 3 minutes fast and 10 minutes faster than the check in desk. I think he was sacked by the VA, cannot say I a sorry to see him gone.
Richard You are making riding motorcycle's seem safe! I have over 150,000 on bikes and I have been down twices in 30 years. One all most does not count because I was on a dirt bike in the front yard and hit some wet grass. Glad you did not break anything other than her tail light!
Ed Thank You for the heads up, I thought it had all ready been shipped.
BBQ is done, so later.
Ken
As a German, I hate to admit it, but the best beers are to be found in the US these days! In the good old days, each town had a number of independent small breweries, each with a unique taste to their brew, but that is history by now, as beginning in the 1980s, just about all of these breweries were bought by less than a handful of big beverage ´companies, which closed the small breweries and now just make a generic beer. So, regardless of what brand you order, the taste is more or less the same.
I, too, am an avid cyclist. One of my reasons for wanting to relocate is the desire to get a longer bike season. It will likely be months before I can bike again in New England.
I enjoy both wine and craft beers, with a preference for hoppy IPAs. The current resurgence of small, imaginative breweries is great for both me and my girlfriend. Delaware is way ahead of Massachusetts when it comes to breweries and brewpubs, too.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Heartland Division CB&QDave ..... Dooring? .... If intentional, that is very nasty.
Hi Garry:
I doubt that 'dooring' is intentional. It is simply a thoughtless act with potentially disasterous consequences. You pull up and stop, and without looking, you open your door. Bang, crash!!
I do have to say that some cyclists who drive through traffic at break neck speeds are inviting disaster. Even if a driver or passenger does look over their shoulder they aren't likely to spot a rider who is approaching at high speed. Common sense suggests that if traffic is slow then you should ride slow, doesn't it?
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good morning everybody ..
Richard.... I'm glad your were not seriuosy injured. It seems like anytime we are on the streets and highways, we are vulnerable to accidents caused by bad driving. Whether it is a bike we are on or something else, we can not be 100% safe all of the time. ...
Dave ..... Dooring? .... If intentional, that is very nasty.
Happy Model Railroaidng, everybody.
Howdy!
Just stopping by for a cup of coffee!
Henry - I am sorry to hear about your wife being diagnosed with cancer. We will keep her in our thoughts and prayers!
Richard - that was a close call! I am glad you got out of it unscathed!
Not much to report from this end of the Big Pond. My heart issues seem to be getting worse again, so I am starting to sort a few things for the day to come. Not a very enlighting thought, but nowhere it is written that we are here to stay forever. With November - the month I don´t like at all - being nearly over and Christmas only 3 1/2 weeks ahead of us, I hope my spirits will lift a little soon.
hon30critterThat's cheating!!
Well, maybe only a little bit. The trike I bought was a Worksman Executive and even though it is a three-speed it really doesn't have a low enough ratio for even the slightest hills. I even changed the sprocket to add a few teeth to the hub but that still didn't help.
https://www.worksmancycles.com/#
The "power-boost" simply has a push button, not a speed throttle, and you just press it when you need to get that last fifty yards on a 20% grade! The rest of the time you pedal.
I have lots of gravel paths near me as well and on a trike, with only one drive wheel, the silly thing will spin-out alot. The extra boost helps here, too.
Actually — and I'm no big fan of "The Walmart" — but this Schwinn Meridian is a very good adult trike for the money. I believe the Walmart is the only place that sells it.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Schwinn-Meridian-Adult-Tricycle-Cherry/12016722
Happy Wheeling!
gmpullmanFor my trike at home I bought a powered front wheel. It sure comes in handy for those short bursts where you need a little extra Oomph.
That's cheating!! I figure that if I'm going to get any benefit out of riding a trike then I should be the one responsible for the extra Oomph! Of course, initially at least, I'll have to stop every 30 feet in order to get my Oomph back. I am horribly out of shape simply because every form of exercise or physiotherapy that I have tried in the last few years has caused me pain, if not at the time, then certainly the next day. Most of the time I can sit comfortably. I hope that will be true on the trike.
Hi, all
Just popping in for a minute before turning in.
Perhaps a nice hot-toddy, Flo?
hon30critterThat will hopefully result in you actually looking behind you before you open the door so you will be able to spot oncoming cyclists.
...and how exactly do you suppose the driver is supposed to tweet and send selfies if they have to be bothered by looking in some silly mirror, or heavens above—be aware of one's surroundings?
I love bike riding but I "try" to limit my rides to any of the bike trails around my neck-o-the-woods. Sadly, some are former railroad rights-of-way but, better than fighting distracted drivers.
A respected judge in my county was killed a few years back by an under-the-influence mom, with her two kids in the back seat. She didn't even stop!
Then I recall a deputy in California who was texting his wife about lunch, drifted into the bike lane and killed a film executive. Charges were never brought.
hon30critterNext spring I'm going to buy myself an adult tricycle so I can get some exercise.
I'm on my third trike! I love 'em although I still ride my Raleigh two-wheeler. One of the neat things my employer did was to get all the maintenance guys tricycles. We had a 27 acre facility and buzzing around on a trike was a great way to get around and also a good way to get some fun out of W**K!
DSC00053 by Edmund, on Flickr
For my trike at home I bought a powered front wheel. It sure comes in handy for those short bursts where you need a little extra Oomph.
https://www.e-bikerig.com/
Well, I see the sun is bbeginning to peek over the horizon to the east. Time for us vampyres to head for the rack.
I got a good workout today splitting and stacking wood! Today promises to be in the sixties and sunny so if I'm not too sore I'll get a little more firewood set-in. Got plenty, but 'ya never can have too much!
KEN! I got your package ready and just have to print the shipping label and get it into the system. I'll let you know.
Cheers and good health, everybody!
RR_Postcards_0021 by Edmund, on Flickr
RideOnRoadToday I had an unexpected encounter with a car while on my bike ride. I was doing 18-20 MPH when the driver passed me and made a right turn in front of me. My left had took the brunt of the impact, smashing her right tail light. Nothing is broken (besides her tail light) but I am already stiffening up--I can't wait to see how sore I will be by tomorrow. She was late for work (even later after the accident) and wasn't paying attention.
ROR, I'd say you were lucky if you only end up being a bit sore! On the Toronto local news tonight there was a segment on bike riders getting 'doored', i.e. when a driver or passenger opens a door directly in front of a passing cyclist. The number of incidents is unfortunately on the rise. Stupidly, the Provincial legislation surrounding such occurances has recently changed the description from being an 'accident' to being an 'incident'. That change removes responsibility from the driver if a passenger causes the crash. (How much do you want to bet that the insurance companies lobbied for that change?!?). Fortunately, Toronto City Council is very 'pro bike' so they are considering enacting local bylaws that will make said 'dooring' occurances a more serious offense.
Despite the recent change in the classification of 'dooring' occurances, the Province is actually considering doing something to reduce the frequency. They are considering including the 'Dutch Reach' in mandatory driver training. The Dutch Reach is very simple. It involves using your opposite hand to open your car door. In other words, if you are the driver, you would pull the door handle with your right hand instead of your left hand. By reaching over with your right hand you are forced to turn your body towards the rear of the car and by doing that you will naturally be inclined to look over your shoulder. That will hopefully result in you actually looking behind you before you open the door so you will be able to spot oncoming cyclists. The action will also compensate for you forgetting to use your mirror, or at least that's the theory.
Next spring I'm going to buy myself an adult tricycle so I can get some exercise. Hopefully sitting on the trike will be much less painful than walking currently is (which is why I'm not walking any further than I absolutely have to these days). The trike will compensate for my poor balance. Fortunately the odds of getting 'doored' in my neighbourhood are fairly slim, but the odds of getting cut off like ROR did are about the same as anywhere else.
ROR - here's for a speedy recovery without complications!
Cheers!!
Eveing Diners
Flo, Give Ed and I a cold and the rest of the diner what they like!
Mr B If I had a GF I would not have time for the hobby!
Work Front Hum, if no one came in is that slow or Sloooooooow? Yep, only people in the store work's for the company.
Henry Hope your wife is doing better and same for you!
Health Front Off To The VA Hospital Wednesday. Just to have my feet checked and caluis trimed. May have my blood drawn if the order is active now. Order is for the first week of Dec. One of the test is for my A1C, great just after Thanks Giving and all that darn stuffing my wife made! Last of the trukey and stuffing will be eaten tonight or throwen away.
Evenin' Folks,
Janie just a refil for my decaf please......
UP831, the "Eastern Wine" you mentioned is the one that is now owned by a large corporation and is the one that advertizes as a Finger Lakes Wine Co. but in reality uses 90% California grape juice. I won't buy anything from them ever again! Yes the area near the great lakes to the west of the Finger Lakes is an up and coming wine region as well. Good wine grapes need a tight range of climate conditions to be really good, and this area of the country is one of the best on earth. There are some small estate wineries here that will ship wine to customers in other areas, BTW. A google search of Finger Lakes Wines would find you some. I ship several bottles of one of my favorite ones to my son in Chicago every year.
Went to another "Men's Store" in the area today. This one a quite pricey place. My first question of the gentleman waiting on me was, "I notice you avertise Big and Tall Men's sizes, does that include Short and Fat?" The guy roared and said unfortunately no, since they are an outlet center. He did have me try on a couple possible suit coats and we had the same problem. If it fit my shoulders I couldn't button it and if fit my waist the shoulders were too wide..... He advised my that their shop in a very large and well know Mall near Rochester does carry what should fit me well and he was very pleasant to work with, so I will head over to the Mall in a few days to see what I can get there. I hope that when I lose another 25 lbs, I will not have this problem.....
Quote for the day: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I've got the framework built already (light fixture frame repurposed). I just need the plywood and the foam.
(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).
Jimmy_Braum I might have found some lumber to allow me to build a small shelf switching module.
I might have found some lumber to allow me to build a small shelf switching module.
If worse comes to worse, you might think about building on a hollow-core door. They are fairly strong and light. (I was "gifted" two from my parents' bedroom closet. They quit slidling properly and Mom wanted them removed. They had been siting out under the carport and Mom & Dad had no grumbles about me grabbing them. Plan is to eventually, whenever that might be, to use them to build a railyard.) They're are usually about 6' tall and around 2 1/2 to 3 foot wide.
Hey everyone, hope the regulars are doing well. Well, better emotionally than I am this evening. Found out someone I thought was a friend basically disowned me and wants to never even hear my name again. So that stings a bit.
Open house: The open house this weekend went well. We ended up with 60ish visitors or so during our first weekend. The layout is running okay, but we still have our gremlins- as do all major layouts. We are open once again next weekend, and until January..so I have that at least to take my mind off my other problems going on.
train front: Currently in a bidding war for two bi level autoracks from walthers...going for twenty bucks, but there are three or four days left in the auction, so I have a feeling it'll go through the roof again. I might have found some lumber to allow me to build a small shelf switching module.. I have four axle units in addition to the Six axles I love.
Health: Meh, the Asthma is bad like it is during the winter. Besides that, I just can't for the life of me sleep in past 6:00am every morning- must still be programmed from when I had a 7:00-3:30 job.
Well wishes to all those who are in need.
ROR glad you are safe. There was a high profile hit and run in Baltimore. A citizen was killed by a drunk Episcopal bishop who was also texting. Hit and run seems to be at epidemic proportions around here, most pedestrians, sometimes at night in the middle of the block, but sometimes in broad daylight.
I discovered I reversed the leads on one of my Led's in my GP9 decoder installation, I reversed the wires and it still doesn't light. hmmmm. Maybe it's just a bad led.
My cardiomyopathy was just short of heart failure. There are a number of causes of heart and cardiomyopathy, for that matter. It has improved. Since they don't know why I got it, they cannot convince me that it won't return. But my focus is on my wife's problem and I'm not losing any sleep over my own ticker.