Afternoon Diners,
I trimmed or hacked the tree in our backyard. To make a cleaner look and not to ruin, continue breaking the wall. Removing a lot of it makes it more sleek.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good afternoon Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Deep in the recesses of the forum, our friend Ulrich is there. Watching! Waiting! Lurking about. Waiting for the right moment to pounce like a lion (da-da-dummm, dramatic descending chords inserted here). Uhh,... wait, Lion is somewhere in North Dakota. Hmmm,....never mind! ( in Emily Latella voice)
Sorry couldn't resist.
Weather here is cool but pleasant, in the low 40s, and we had frost last night.
Friday (11-10-17) is the 42nd anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The ship was believed to have sank in Lake Superior as a result of a storm. If Gordon Lightfoot hadn't made such a great song, I'd have probably never heard of it.
I don't have anything to report MRR wise. Just thought I'd check in and see how everyone is doing.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good morning ....
Ed ... Sorry to hear about that very sad news near Harrisburg.
David ... If Ulrich is lurking, I'll provide vidoes for him to watch. First I'll give a little background information. .... The Burlington Route operated steam excursions in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Most were operated with either 5632 (a 4-8-4) or 4960 (a 2-8-2). I road on several of the excursions myself.
These videos are not good quality, but you can see a lot of railfans along with 5632, and they are having a very fun day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRzUpIsn8Bg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF0Ts_Y1AU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tklXdkWlEc
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QBrent ... Sad to hear about the police officer shot near you .
Sad to report that a Pennsylvania State Trooper was shot today during a traffic stop not far from Harrisburg.
Not much I can say...
Regards, Ed
Heartland Division CB&QUlrich ... Where are you?
I sent Ulrich an e-mail a couple of days ago and he responded promptly. He is watching the forums ("lurking" in his words) but he has decided to take a break from posting for now. He is having multiple health issues and they are grinding him down. He has his layout up for sale but so far no offers. I'm sure he appreciates it when people ask about him.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Steven Otte I looked all over the Internet for a PRR-keystone-shaped waffle iron, and couldn't find one. Are you kidding me? How can I be the first person to come up with that idea?
I looked all over the Internet for a PRR-keystone-shaped waffle iron, and couldn't find one. Are you kidding me? How can I be the first person to come up with that idea?
Steven ... very clever thought. I suppose most waffle makers result in a circle waffle slightly similar to the Santa Fe logo.
Brent ... Sad to hear about the police officer shot near you . Reminds me of that happening to a KY State Troooer a year or so ago on Interstate 24 near here. Terrible.
Model Railroad ... I’m still repairing my old engine house.
Eveing Diners
Flo, Brent, Ed, Gary, Ulrich, Jan, Angelob, Galaxy, Inch, Ray, Mr B and I will have a please.
Brent Thanks for the Strange Brew clip. When was that made, 1980? I remember seing it but no idea when.
Ed Do you thing the K-4 looks alot like a M1A? Only steam engines I know about are the ones I have and like to have. Well I have been in a Nickel Plated Berk that was in the Broadripple Park in Indy with a girl friend. I was stoking something and it was not the bolier.
All so gutted the Mighty B&O F7A, it would hardly move and was making the drive train noise you told me about. I think maybe the flywheels are slipping. Day before yesterday I was 99% sure. Last night, they did not seem to slip? Going to open the trucks, take a peek and see what I can find.
Work Front Best part of the day? Going to have vistors over on my day off so I have been doing extra cleaning. Moving dresser's, chest's and such to vacuum and was getting sick of it. Around 3:00 PM the Vacuum Clearner Died!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Afternoon all!
Vision Front: As some of you may remember last month, I mentioned that my eye doctor was worried about my occular pressure (glaucoma). Had the pressure check today and the medication seems to be bringing it back to normal range. (17 in my right eye and 18 in the left.) Told me to continue to use the drops and I have another pressure check scheduled for March.
Hobby Front: Didn't go out to the ranch yesterday at all due to the weather. Ended up going out this morning. Not my idea - Mom's idea. I was planning to get my haircut this morning. That shot that in the foot. Did get the engines taken out and am working on the rest of the engines. The second to last all green one is ready for its plow and one of the passenger engines has the front fill panel done. (The rear fill panel will be worked on this evening.) The other all green one is the one waiting for the new shell for parts.
Not that I really need yet another engine, but I am in the begining process of possibly getting another one: an SW1200 switcher. (Switcher for an eventual yard to the (layout) right of the turntable area.) What I will most likely do is get the base for the engine and get the rest of the pieces gradually.
Good morning from the West Coast of "The Great White North". It's cool with a high overcast with a chance of snow. I think a trip to the Cook Islands would be a good idea about now.
Steven, I like the waffle maker with the railroad theme idea. If MRR ever sells them in the gift shop, I'll take one with the Canadian Pacific logo.
Online dating is something I never had to try. I didn't want to get married until I was nearly forty, however, I almost always had a girlfriend to share my adventures with. I am still friends with them all even though I now have two kids and a great wife. Being involved with sports and other organizations, there were always like-minded people around me. Even today at sixty I can think of at least three very attractive single ladies involved with hockey I get along well with. There are many sheets of ice in the facility I go to and lots of fit ladies coaching the girls hockey. Being involved in organizations allows you to meet people and get to know them without the first date thing.
Ken, I feel your pain on the beer front, drop by the house I'll save the last Beer for you.
Galaxy, how hold is the hotel where you work. I have a ghost story I'll have to share at some point. It was a weird experience, to say the least. I thought I was just seeing things until....
I am lovin the RR pic's and videos being posted. I have been looking at old roundhouse photo's to see the lighting arrangements they had a hundred years back. They go from a single light bulb to many lights properly arranged and installed to whatever electrical code they had back then. Steven maybe an article on lighting the inside of roundhouses over the ages is in order.
We had a police officer shot and killed in a nearby town yesterday, so everyone is in the dumps somewhat. Having family members in the RCMP it sure makes you stop and think about the work they do. The news said it had been 33 years since the last time a police officer was killed by gunfire in the Province, usually, you hear of them being killed in traffic accidents more than anything else.
Well, best get on with it. The wife has dog people coming on doggie biz today so don't know how much I'll get done. They also are into Garden RR and seem to be very generous in bringing me things for the layout. They are very bigtime movie/TV people and always have great stories about that as well. The tabloids would love to be a fly on the wall when they are over for lunch.
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."
Snowing right now on Horseshoe curve https://youtu.be/PmCkBPm7ICk
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Morning all. I'll second the pancakes and syrup.
I second about the K4 to... a beautiful piece of railroad machinery, and one of the state locomotives of Pennsylvania to boot.
Ugh, I can breathe today at least, but I'm still congested and feel like garbage....was supposed to do stuff today, but I think I might go back to bed.
(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).
Good morning, everybody ....
Breakfast is now being served and all forum members are welcome !
I'll have a coffee and a waffle with maple syrup, please.
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Ulrich ... Where are you? It's time to see one of your videos.
Ed .... It would be good if the K4s was running again. Perhaps, NS should assist as a public relations gesture.
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Today, I plan to work on my old engine house.
cudakenEd Thank you for the Steam video, loved the whistle! Looked like a M1A but only 6 drive wheels. Was it a Berk?
Ken,
That is the K4s that sat for thirty-five years watching trains go around Horseshoe Curve. They dragged it out in September of 1985 and replaced it with a Geep.
It ran a few fan trips then got laid-up with a failed main driving axle and then discovered more boiler problems.
There are a few fellows working to get her put back together.
Go here for some photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33523379@N03/albums/72157675020325136
cudakenBeer Front Went to Shop and Save to get a case of . I will be danged not a case of my brand of to be found!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The day that St. Louis runs out of BEER has got to be a disaster!
Hang in there 'ol timer!
Cheers, Ed
Flo, Ed, Angelob, Gary, Brent, Ulrich, Galaxy, Jan, Inch and I will have a please and give Rick a RBF.
What Flo? Angelob bought me a Crown Royal? Give that to Ed and I will take his and I need it tonight!
Angelob thank you so much but I will stick with beer.
Ed Thank you for the Steam video, loved the whistle! Looked like a M1A but only 6 drive wheels. Was it a Berk?
Today Sucked Rail Spikes then I fell in The Ash Pit. Company called Advent have been sending pre-appoved loan offers out the cabooes for $35,000.00! Applied today and was declined. I was not shocked, maybe now they will stop sending me all the offers.
Work Stunk so that is covered.
Beer Front Went to Shop and Save to get a case of . I will be danged not a case of my brand of to be found!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was told by Criss that a guy that lives in dry county of Tennessee bought 30 cases today to take home!
My wife and I must have done something right rasining our daughter. She loaned me $600.00 to get the wifes car intake manafoild replaced! I have a year to pay her back.
Just to counter that, my windsheild wipers are acting up now! God give me a break!
Hey all. Lots great Pennsy stuff. But, let me bring another fallen flag from the Pittsburgh area-the Pittsburgh & West Virginia railway Co. shown here is one of their most impressive bridges. the speeds viaduct.
To answer a question i was asked- online dating Works for some, and others well...better off face to face. I mean, I've found someone I click with as friends at least. So there's that. Yes, she's real and not a fake.
Ugh. I have such a chest cold right now, and with my asthma. Ugh. Been contemplating about wnether the plumbing/heating cooling field would be in my wheel house. i prefer to work away from the general public, or at least not being bombarded by them constantly.
i ordered the power supply and a resistor for the roundhouse lighting project. So maybe rgatll be done by the end of the month.
Great PRR pics, keep them coming gang
I hope people got to tune into the Fostoria Diamond rebuild. It's been taken down at 6 pm. I understand a train came through at 6 am and they replaced it and the next train was at 2:30 pm.
Fascinating that they put the diamond on mini flat cars, dollies really, because there was a near right angle from the parking lot staging facility to the diamond. The camera position left a lot to be desired, but it is what it is. Amazing no one gets hurt, the cranes were operating over and under power and/or telephone lines.
Ricky... with weather like that, hang onto your hat !
Ed ... I like the photos of the PRR depot . Pennsylvania RR spared no expense with that ornate building .
Henry .. thanks for the link. Interesting web cam in Fostoria
Posting from w*^k...
Just popping my head in to say, it's official.
NWS from Cleveland has confirmed, Erie Pa had a EF1 tornado last night.
Crazy for November to have a twister instead of snow...
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.
angelob6660Was there a reason why Conrail replaced the PRR steam locomotive with a GP unit?
The intentions were all good...
But...
after years of costly mistakes and bitter cotroversy, the 1361 is still in pieces. Some of those pieces were scattered all over the state.
Restoration work is slowly continuing. There's hope! Oh, how I'd love to hear that PRR passenger whistle echo off the Blair County hillsides again. (Listen to the first twenty seconds of that video!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_1361
Hope everyone is having a good day!
Ed- I enjoyed the pictures. I might want to do the same thing with the patio bricks.
Was there a reason why Conrail replaced the PRR steam locomotive with a GP unit?
When Ken comes in give him something stronger than beer.
Good morning all.
Zoe - A nice cinnamon roll, with a glass of milk, please. Thanks.
Just a quick update on the weather situation - the NWS is in the area, surveying damage, to confirm (or disprove) the tornado from last night. Many other structures also received damage, so they have lots to look at.
Hope all are well, and all have a good day!
Mentioning weather, it is snowing here. It is bad enough that Mom didn't feel comfortable coming into town to bring me out to the ranch about a half hour ago or so. (I don't see it in town, but the ranch it far enough away and Montana's weather can differ from point to point that it is entirely possible it is worse out there.) She will see what it looks like at 1 and decide if she wants to come in then. Considering the only thing for the layout is to take the three engines that have been plowed back home, it is not a big problem.
Hobby Front: Still plugging away at the 20s. Like the tortise, slow and steady wins the race.
The Fostoria Diamond replacement is live. You can scroll back an hour or two.
https://youtu.be/pK4tbHpSSxE
Good evening all.
Flo - A nice RBF please. Thanks.
Weather - Wow! Is this really Nov? We had a Tornado Warning in Erie County Pa tonight! Along the lakeshore they had (at least) strong winds. (Tornado not yet confirmed.) Trees were toppled, roads and houses flooded out, and at least two structures, one house, one trailer, destroyed by the storm. At least 2 people lost their lives in the storm as well.
My area, we got rain, lightning, some wind, but escaped unscathed. (Although my basement is extremely wet, but that occurs more often than not, so nothing much is kept down there.)
W*^k - No more overtime allowed, effective immediately. (Not that I'm complaining.)
Fostoria - I have been there once, it was interesting and busy.
Kinzua Bridge - I have been on, and under, it myself, both before and after the tornado toppled its center.
Horseshoe curve - Still one of my favorite locations. Don't get there enough.
Trains - I skipped the Erie Pa train show today, as housew*^k needed to be done more. But, I will be catching up on a couple of projects, hopefully soon.
Hope all are well, and all have a good night!
Evenin' Folks!
Here we are beginning a new week, already! I hope everyone is well.
BigDaddyTrain front interrupted by a phone call at 8 am and I have a new grandson.
Congratulations on the Grandson, Henry. I'm blessed with nine grandchildren. Now I know what the elders were talking about whenever I heard them bragging about grandkids. They are truly a delight to be with.
To the Birthday honorees!
I'm having visitors to the layout on Tuesday, Election Day. Got to get busy getting things spruced up!
There's no doubt that we are in the Keystone State!
RR_views_0007 by Edmund, on Flickr
The Latrobe PRR depot. The Rolling Rock brewery is just down the road (now closed)
The depot was being used as a Diner (like ours?)
RR_views_0009 by Edmund, on Flickr
Anyone building a patio might want to use this pattern!
RR_views_0008 by Edmund, on Flickr
Even the windows reflect the PRR heritage!
RR_views_0003 by Edmund, on Flickr
That's all the news from "The Curve"
Prayers to all. Especially, now, the folks in Texas.
CN Charlie ... I see it was also your birthday. ... Happy late birthday.
Henry ... congratulations on your new grandson.
BigDaddy Ignore my webcam link. Bad weather came through and nothing was happening so the shut the webcam down.
Ignore my webcam link. Bad weather came through and nothing was happening so the shut the webcam down.
Speaking of bad weather, Henry, we just had a major downpour come through Geneva dumping over an inch of rain in just a few minutes. They are predicting 1 to 2 more inches overnight as well. Just checked down cellar and the basement has started flooding..... Started the sump and will check it again before going to bed and first thing when I get up in the morning. Just what I need down there when I am getting ready to have an NMRA Open House in two weeks... . It was fine a couple hours ago, BTW.
We are also under a flood warning for low lying areas and along creeks and roads! I'll just stick around here I think. Even the NYS Thruway may end up closed with flooding for 5 exits according to one warning being broadcast! Glad I live near the top of the hill here in Geneva.....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Mentioning cancer, I have had a lot in my family and friends. On the family side, my maternal Grandfather had lung cancer (smoking) although a stroke is what actually killed him, my Dad survived colon cancer (he had it early enough that I have to be on the lookout for it myself), and one of my aunts is battling multiple myeloma (she is on immune boosting treatments to try to control it). I also had a friend (and coworker) who passed from leiomyosarcoma.
Hobby Front: Have two of the freight engines "plowed up" so they will go home tomorrow. Hopefully I will get a third done this evening. Just a matter of drilling the holes in the fill-in panel. I won the auction of the GP20 for parts to fix the other one. (How I will use the shell I haven't decided yet.) Slowly but surely, I will get them finished and then attack the other four projects.