Hey all. I to miss Ulrich, and the younger than myself members that were/are here... Ah well, I am an "oddball" as the phrase goes. More SD40-2s for me then. ha.
No major panic attack today, so that was a good thing. Hopefully my SD40 is here on Tuesday so I can work on it then.
We wrapped up another open house season at the Mid Mon Valley club today, 240 visitors, including a forum member- Ken Mason, and visitors from El Monte Cali, a family from South Carolina- possibly members of the Southern Railway layout in a station taht was in Model Railroader recently, and from Prague Chech Republic.
Got a Wheeling train last night...and yes, it was as cold as it looks in the pic
Now the club prepares for our last event of the season- our train sale and show. January 28th 2018.
Prayers to those in need. See ya all
(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).
Evenin' foks!
Galaxy, I sent you a PM.... Oh, and best wishes for your surgery!
Janie, I just need a cup of decaf for the moment and will have a seat in the back by the pot-bellied stove. It is warming up here in the Finger Lakes Region, with a current temp. of 20°F and by 10AM tomorrow morning will actually be above freezing. Hoping the snow will melt off the solar panels and they might actually start producing power....
Big Daddy, will be keeping your wife and you in my prayers. Hope that all will go well with her Chemo....
Have a good one out there, stay warm and dry!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Quiet this afternoon here in the Diner. Everyone watching football or on modeling projects?
Flo (or however's handy) could I get some cinnamon French toast, syrup and some OJ? (Yes, it is breakfast, but that sounds good this afternoon.) Thank you some much.
Hobby Front: One of those times where one person's trash is a model railroader's treasure. From work I was able to snage 6 pieces of thin cardboard (what printers call tagboard) that are about 4' long by 4" wide. They were used to separate some backroom signing and one of the bosses was nice enough to let me snag them. (I have also grabbed some foam beadboard pieces at ponts that I thought would be useful.) I haven't decided exactly where they will be used, but I couldn't pass them up.
I miss YGW too. Wonder how his train barn is coming along?
Galaxy good luck with your hernia repair. Expect to be tired afterwards, even though it doesn't seem like a lot of surgery. They do a lot of them with scopes and small incisions now so post op pain is nothing too bad.
OH is supposed to have more chemotherapy tomorrow. The 1st round put her in the hospital twice. I think the chances of her passing the pre chemo labwork are only 70%.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Hey!
Everyone's asleep in here! Coffee urn is cold, griddle turned off? Oh well, how about a nice slice of cheesecake and a cup of yeaterday's coffee warmed up in the Radar Range, Flo...
Heartland Division CB&QI have not seen Tom of PA here lately also. I don't like seeing friends leave.
I haven't seen Grampy's Trains and Tomikawa TT on the forums lately, either. Grampy had some great PRR photos he would post in the Show Me Something threads.
I don't know if they visited the diner but it is a shame that the ranks are thinning.
It was minus 9 (-23C) when I hit the lower berth this morning. Warmed all the way up to 15°F (-9.4C) today, though. Sure glad I have plenty of fire wood.
I'll stop by later when there might be a few more folks around...
cudakenEd Does the Rolling Thunder set up use RCA jacks? If so, might be time for a little payback from my end.
Yes, the Rolling thunder is a little box about the size of an old Sony cassette Walkman. It has a mono RCA output. I have three different powered subs. I took one of the Sony's that has a three step cut filter and both EQ and gain adjustments and I still don't care for the Thunder sound. I appreciate your offer, Ken but I'm pretty much in the same boat with tons of AV, stereo and photography stuff around.
I wanted to send Steven NWP SWP a PM. Anybody know why there isn't a way to do it when I click on his profile? Does he have it turned off or is it not allowed because of his age?
Good to hear you're doing OK, Jimmy. Starting a new project will help, I hope.
CN_watertank5 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's what could happen if you pull too hard on that little rope connected to the water spout!
Cheers, Ed
I'm home from the Frozen North, but I'm still in the Frozen Not-So-Far North. I was in Maine with my girlfriend. We had really cold weather all but 2 days. We walked on the tundra (golf course) a couple of days, and last Wednesday the temperature got up to the 20s so we went downhill skiing at Camden Snow Bowl, an area where you can see the nearby ocean from the top. Then the big storm hit. We stocked up on food we could heat up in our room and never went out.
Maine is another place that's nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. It's really too cold, and, like Cape Cod in Massachusetts, it's great in the summer but once it gets cold, the tourists go home and most of the restaurants close for the winter.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Howdy ...
Coffee and a bear claw, please. ....
Galaxy .... It is good you are having that surgery if you need it. You are right it should be a breeze.. (Been there done that a couple of times). Prayers. .... Ulrich and YGW are not participating anymore. I have not seen Tom of PA here lately also. I don't like seeing friends leave.
Last night, I made more progress with my corner project on the layout. .
Have a nice Sunday, Everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
tomorrow {monday} is my hernia surgery. Say your prayers, should be a BREEZE.
Off next week from work due to that.
AT THE HOTEL NOW, so won't stay long. Morning check outs are busier than check ins at night, and I'm not here by myself, so housekeeping is here.
Thats about it.
PS I wondered what happened to YGW, but I surmised hge either got miffed like Ulrich and left, or more likely got banned. He could not keep religion or guns out of his subject matter. Guess we should all learn if we haven't already.
See ewes...
-G
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Hey all. I haven't looked into the hypnotherapy before, but I think I'm going to at least read up in it.
I should be going to the Worlds greatest hobby show today, but nope ..they ignored my request, and said they couldn't honor it. So here I am again today- five in a row over the weekend, Thursday through Monday. I'm exhausted. its not me being adverse to work, it's just doing retail over the weekend is draining.
I ordered the stuff to do another Wheeling unit, since the projects have two meanings- fun to do and a good way to de-stress.
Dating-gave up, too many fakes online and in the real world to haha.
Train show I am involved with happens at the end of the month, so there's that I have to look forward to.
Oh wdll, hope everyone has/had a good day today
Heartland Division CB&Q Jimmy .... Your friends here care about you. Hope all goes well today for you.
Jimmy .... Your friends here care about you. Hope all goes well today for you.
I hope so as well, Jimmy
Heartland Division CB&Q FRRY ..... Sounds like you are busy wiring. Glad you are busy with your model railroad.
FRRY ..... Sounds like you are busy wiring. Glad you are busy with your model railroad.
Not quite yet. Just in the planning stages. I don't even have the section of layout when the turnout will go built yet. (Hopefully it gets built on Tuesday.) Reason being goes to next part of post.
Heartland Division CB&Q Ricky ... I know what you mean about forgetting what you need when you are at the store. Eventually, you will get the glue.
Ricky ... I know what you mean about forgetting what you need when you are at the store. Eventually, you will get the glue.
I have done that too many times to count. Forgotten glue; no screws, carriage bolts, nuts; knife blades, etc. That even includes the occasional need for items to cover and protect slips with tools. Many times I have to leave myself notes in the calendar on my cell phone to remind me to get the needed items. If I think about things enough, however, it does stick in my brain.
angelob6660Yes he did.
OK, didn't know that. Just wondering.
Mike.
My You Tube
BATMANSpeaking of new guy's, a big warm to Timmy! I looked at your work on your profile page, impressive! How come you call yourself "Little" Timmy?
Well ...
It all started in high school (1981) I was a "bit" of a hoodlum. I was very good at getting myself, and my friend's into all kind's of trouble.
I had a friend (who shall remain nameless ) who's Father worked with my mother, so he knew about more of my "lawlessness" than the other parent's did.
My friend, his father, and I went on a hunting trip ( over the year's we went on several ) but on that first campout is when his father first called me "LittleTimmy" It was a reference to the TV show Lassie. The main carecter (other than Lassie ) was LittleTimmy, and he was always getting into trouble ( What's that lassie.... LittleTimmy fell down the well?)
The name spread like "Wildfire" at school and the name stuck!
It has been MANY ... MANY, year's since I have been in trouble .Yet the name remain's.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Eveing Diners
Flo, Kevin, Ed, Gary, Brent, Jan, Anglob, Inch, Galaxy, Ray, Mr B and I will have a with some Liver And Onions and give SteveO, Steven and Rick a warm apple cider. Leave a stein outside for Ulrich as well!.
Steven Sorry you ran into some Trolls here at the site! I had more than my fair share when started. One told me I was a idiot for buying used engines off E-Bay. My answer was if I buy new I need to know how to fix them when they ware out. After all, would a sane person buy a new car and pull the motor out so they could lean how to rebulid a engine? Hum, well maybe I would? You do have friends in the dinner you can count on!
Rick Now that is a good sale! Be like me up grading a person that wanted to spend $400.00 to a $800.00 deal.
Ed Thanks for your feed back. Reason I would like a Pargon II or III is because of the recording fuction. Where you can store when the horn sounds, bell rings, speeds up and down etc. Running the trains right now, but I have to stop miss spelling to blow a horn!
Far as Rolling Thunder I am with you but I like the idea! More than likely it is there subwoofer is there problem. Can you adjust the volume and cross over Frequency. I hate booming base! But I do love a tight base! I have a NHT SA-1 sub amp with 200 watts power and it matching sub woofer. I can control the volume and adjust the cross over frequency. I bet that would be just the ticket!
Ed Does the Rolling Thunder set up use RCA jacks? If so, might be time for a little payback from my end. I happen to have a Harman Kardon EQ that I am not using. Say the word and I will ship it! I have more stereo gear that I will ever use. Guess I need to check the stack of stuff I have stored in the closet.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
moelarrycurly4 Mike: I think YGW got banned.
Mike: I think YGW got banned.
Yes he did.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
howmusNo way do I want to have exposed 120 on each end of the lights when I have to change them out....
That ballast puts out a bigger blast than having a 120V line going to the tombstone. Like touching a magneto wire with bare feet in wet grass (done that, too ! )
I was at work and reached up without looking and found out real fast that the plastic housing was broken on a fluorescent lampholder. Well, that little brass tab made contact with my finger and gave me a jolt like I'll never forget. My arm was sore for a week!
I have converted a bunch of my 48" fixtures around here to LED tubes. I love 'em!
Even the ones that I first installed electronic ballasts in, I still heard that 60Hz hum. (low ceilings in basement) the LEDs are dead silent.
The brass contact in the tombstone isn't any more dangerous than the brass contact inside a regular base plug outlet and you have those all over the house.
No way do I want to have exposed 120 on each end of the lights when I have to change them out.
It is only on 1 tombstone and not both ends the oppsoite end from power on these lamps is plastic. The 120 is way up in the one tombstone on the fixture. I replaced one set with the "remove the ballast" types and they are fine. My other work lights are new LED fixtures.
Speaking of remodeling, buildings and such, has anybody heard from YGW ?
Wondering how his train garage is going. Hopefully his heart problems didn't get the best of him!
Heartland Division CB&QKevin ... Glad the remodeling is progressing.
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Yes Garry, Me too!
Every little but that gets done on this house brings me one step closer to my train room. Still on target for a November, 2019 "ground breaking" ceremony for the layout construction.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning from the cloudy but dry West Coast. We are also into single digits on the old thermo meter. It is 7c. The kid heads back to Ottawa tomorrow where it is cold, cold, cold.
Garry and Ed, I hope you know how lucky you guys were to be around trains of that scale as kids. That would have been terrific.
Jimmy B, have you looked into Hypnotherapy for your anxiety issues. I have seen three people I know completely change their lives around with the hypnotherapy. The hypnotherapy completely removed anxiety problems from their lives and made them get out and take on responsible positions in society and have very fulfilling lives. Do some research. Make sure it is done by a qualified mental health professional.
CN Charlie, I think K.D.Langs version of Leonard Cohens Hallelujah is awesome. That guy sure wrote some Lyrics in his day. My wife is good friends with K.D. Langs sister as she is also a dog person. K.D. sure has some pipes on her. Her version done at the opening of the Vancouver Olympics is also really good.
The Olympic version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLZJZA9ojN8
Ken, I noticed you had not posted for a spell and it had me wondering, good to see you're okay. Still hoping Ulrich will return. His post count would start from zero again, so we could treat him like a new guy, you know, make him buy all the beer for his first year.
Speaking of new guy's, a big warm to Timmy! I looked at your work on your profile page, impressive! How come you call yourself "Little" Timmy?
Well, I think I'll hang with the kid today and take him to our local incredibly good sushi restaurant tonight for his last supper. He went for sushi in Ottawa once and he said that I was right about not going to a sushi restaurant so far from the ocean. I'll have to dump him at the airport tomorrow at 1500hrs, so maybe a late lunch at the airport tomorrow as well.
All the best to all, stay safe and warm.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Heartland Division CB&QAs for replacing flouescent lights, I have been changing over to 4' LED shop lights. Much better. No flickering.
Hi, Garry, I considered that as well. My fixtures are antiques.... The old T-12 Magnetic Ballasts were dated 1961 on two of them. They didn't owe anyone any money... LOL My choices for LEDs with them would be to change out to the new electronic ballasts (which we had to for T-8) or remove the ballast completely and use the 120v LEDs.... No way do I want to have exposed 120 on each end of the lights when I have to change them out.... The electrician agreed strongly with that thought as well. When the T-8 bulbs go out, I may replace them with the LED 4' ones that work with electronic ballasts. I also kept one old shop light that is over one of my workbenches in that part of the basement as T-12. That way I can use up the working T-12 bulbs that were pulled from the other lights. When I run out of those, I will take out the shoplight and replace that with an LED Fixture.... That is if I am still around.
Sun is trying to shine outside. Debating on going down town to the hobby shop to get some plaster cloth. I seem to be out. I do have several other porjects to get done, but the one I want to do, I need plaster cloth for..... Hmmmmm.
Catch you all later!
Hello Ray ... Warm up? ... It's not exactly the tropics here today. Single digits last night, and now it is a "balmy" 15*F ..... As for replacing flouescent lights, I have been changing over to 4' LED shop lights. Much better. No flickering.
Kevin ... Glad the remodeling is progressing.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I will have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with pure NYS Maple Syrup, bacon, and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast, Organic Coffee to keep my R&GV RR Mug full for a while. I'll go sit in the back over by the wood stove with Garry for a bit and see if I can warm up....
"We're havein' a Heat Wave, Tropical Heat Wave...." Currently 3°F outside up from the overnight low of Zero! Wind chill makes it feel like -18°F. I think I'll stay inside as much as possible today. No place I need to go and the Volt would start the ICE and burn the fossilized dinosaur dung anyway. So I may clean house and do some model railroading today....
Heartland Division CB&QRicky ... I know what you mean about forgetting what you need when you are at the store. Eventually, you will get the glue.
I generally make a list of what I need... I sometimes forget to take it with me, and almost always foget to put three or four items that I really need on the list. Usually remember them right after I get home.....
Yesterday the electrician came over and replaced a worn out light switch in the bathroom and converted the old T-12 florescent fixtures down cellar to T-8s for me. Ten years ago I would have done all of that myself, but I don't like to have to work over my head these days. Positional virtigo bugs me, and arthritis in my shoulders makes it painful.... Besides the electrician is now the committee chair of my old Boy Scout Troop and was also the Scoutmaster for several years after I was. He worked for a couple hours and then we sat and chatted for another hour. His son is one of my Eagles as well!
Got railbars put on and the new track "rusted" (painted) yesterday, so now I need to get plaster cloth down in the area and ballast the track. Unfortunately I just rememberd I am out of plaster cloth. I may have to burn some gasoline to get down to the hobby store for some more.... Hmmmmmmmm.......
Have a good one, and stay warm!
The drywall crew is here working on the kitchen. I finalized the order for the countertops and cabinets on Wednesday.
This is moving along quite nicely, but still at least 8 weeks until it is finished.
Good Morning.... I'll have HOT coffee and HOT oatmeal please. ...
Angel and Ricky .... I appreciate your remarks regarding my Dad's live steam.
Yesterday, I finally had time for model railroading, and I laid some track in the corner. I plan to continue with that today. .... Also, I repaired my 2-6-6-2 with parts that were delivered here while I was out of town.
Happy Model Railroading.
Good evening all.
I see we have the madness of page 5 again.
Chloe - I will take the biggest mug you have with hot cocoa, but add a shot of extra strong coffee for me, maybe the caffeine will help with the asthma issues from the bone-chilling weather where my sleeper berth and MOW tasks reside.
Little Timmy- to the diner!
SteveO - Glad that you aren't too frozen! I normally don't complain, but this is getting to be a bit much. When it's so cold it hurts to breathe, it's too cold!
Ed & Garry - Nice pics of the large scale trains!
Ken - Well, it wasn't exactly a huge upgrade, he came in looking for a small riding mower, I stepped him up to a larger model. So it kinda fell into my lap, but I wasn't gonna complain!
Jimmy - Hope all gets better. Remember, Trains are good for the mind. (Otherwise, we are just crazy!)
Weather - Snowy, windy, and cold. And, least I forget, cold. And, just so everyone knows, it's cold.
Oh yeah, it's also cold.
W*^k - Just a couple customers today, but had a visit from a manager from a partner company. (Was very surprised she was out in this weather.) She stopped in just to check on how things were going, and to apologize/explain for a prior issue a couple of weeks ago. (The explanation was what I had already surmised, and we both hoped it came with a very good lesson learned, but it came with donuts, so explanation accepted!) More snow and blow tomorrow, so, might be slow again. Well, at least I will get signs done!
Trains - Ever had one of those days where it just isnt your day? Started assembling a car kit, got to where I needed some CA (superglue) for the weight, and found the lid was glued to the bottle... Then found that all the glue inside was hard. (Yes, of course, that was after cutting the lid off.) Yes, of course, that was the one and only bottle I had on hand. So, that is where the kit got left off at.
Oh yeah, I went to a store on the way home tonight, for a few needed supplies for home, and, guess what?
Yep, I forgot a bottle of super glue!
Oh well, there's always tomorrow.
Hope all are well, and all have a good night!
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.
Hey all. My anxiety is really bad tonight so I'm only dropping in to say hi. I've had panic attacks thd last two days.
Evening Diners,
Garry, Ed- Interesting live steam pictures. It must've been fun.
Ed- Thanks for the interesting B&O pictures and the movement of the caboose.
Timmy- There's no reason to hate you. A good friend to meet.
I would also like to extend a to Little Timmy as well. Flo (or whoever's handy), please get him whatever he may want on me. Could I also get a steak omlette with a side of blue cheese dressing? Thank you so much.
riogrande5761: Your weather post reminds me of something similar I saw about people in North Dakota. (I went to college there and lived there for about 2 years after graduation until I came back home.)
Hobby Front: Picked up a dozen connectors to fit the Peco switch machine terminals. (A little over $3 for them.) Didn't want to try to order the pre-made ones and the wires would have to be modified to fit what I want to do with them anyway, so it made sense to build my own. Also got the control boxes and the crossing I ordered today.
Hoping the weather on Tuesday will be good enough to at least get the wood cut for the extension piece.
Even though it's cold and my facial hair looks like ten thousand frozen icicles, I rather enjoy what I do... except when Im complaining
Winter time is a good source of extra income for my family. In the last two weeks I've had around 280 billable hours, plus materials. I work full time for a company that makes saw blades, and run my company in addition... luckily my two seasonal employees are good hard workers. Just hired a third man who is homeless and lives off SSI. The guy works harder than most I know and keeps up with me, and I'm 20 ish years "newer".
Time to get back at It! Gotta go fuel everything up to idle overnight otherwise were gonna have everything gel and freeze up again like last week. -30* plus wind chill is going to be a killer.... My guys are on a 15 minute rotation tomorrow, work 15, warm up for 30. All paid. My people matter... and I know they deserve it.
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