BATMANWe have had a Bald Eagle take refuge on the property as it is injured. We are providing water but not food as we are waiting for it to become weak enough to capture and get rehabbed.
Wow Brent! That is amazing! I feel for the poor bird, but having the opportunity to help it out is incredible. I'm assuming that it can still fly given that it was perched in a tree, so if it is hanging around it must be in bad shape.
Two of my aunts used to volunteer at the Owl rescue center in Vancouver. They had some amazing experiences. My aunt Ruth used to go on recovery missions to bring injured birds back for treatment. On one occassion while in a small helicopter with a Bald Eagle wrapped in a blanket on her lap, the eagle managed to get one foot loose and promptly sunk its' talons into her thigh! The pilot told her that if the bird got loose all three of them were likely dead! She managed to avoid passing out and she kept the bird under control until they could touch down. Afterwards she was proud of her 'battle' scars!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Oh boy... Mother Nature has been putting on quite a show!
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There is a huge thunderstorm a few miles off shore, and the lightning is striking the water and bouncing from cloud to cloud. I wish I had my tripod and shutter release. This has been incredible to see.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Evening All!
Haven't looked or checcked in here the last couple of days as it has been a bit warm and latelyl the laptop doesn't like the heat.
Hobby Front: Got the wheel car painted. Also finally got a bit closer on the last caboose - got the roof and the roofwalks with the first coat of aluminum paint. (Base is BCR so it will take two coats to cover.)
I'm also on countdown. (13 days. June 23 will be R-day. Hoperfully, I will get everything ready to move on that day. But I also have the 24th if need be.) I figure that I will need a couple more days once everything is moved to get it reset in my apartment. Whatever amount of time it needs, it should be interesting.
Ulrich... I meant to say earlier I enjoyed your video. Nice.
Kevin... Have fun.
Richard ... I’m still thankful to you for posting the pictures no matter who took them .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey diners,
Watched "Death Wish" with Bruce Willis, never push a good man too far, you'll certainly regret it. Anyways I think they will be making a sequel, hopefully it will be good.
Well I'll be around for a little while.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Not playing with model trains rigfht now, but this is good too!
Hanging out on Daytona Beach people watching, beer drinking, relaxing... and ABSOLUTELY NOT SHAVING!
Hope everyone is in as good a mood as I am.
Cheers!
Heartland Division CB&QRichard ... Your photos of Wupatki National Monument look like they belong in National Geographic. .... Thanks for sharing !
I cannot take credit for the photos. While I have been to both the Sunset Crater and the Wupatki ruins, I took pictures of neither place. All of the pictures have come from the wealth of the Internet.
Richard
Brent .... It is very good of you to provide water for the eagle. I hope he can be rescued to a shelter. A broken wing is usually not fixable unfortunately. There is a bald eagle living in the Nature Center of Land Between the Lakes here in KY that was resuced. It, too, has a broken wing. He will live there for the rest of his life being unable to fly again.
Also, Brent ..... You mentioned the train in AZ. Both the Grand Canyon Railway and Verde Canyon are worthwhile, and I suggest you do both. They are not too far from Flagstaff and Sadona. ... Other northern AZ attractions: The red mountains in Sadona are remakrable. ... Good restaurants in Sadona, too. .... Montezuma's Castle is close to I-17 south of Flagstaff, and is worth seeing. It is a well preserved, 800 year old cliff dwelling which can easily be viewed by the public.
More for Brent .... One of the best train rides in my entire life was on the Rocky Mountaineer in British Columbia and Alberta. Since you are fortunate to live in BC, I wonder if you have been on that train.
https://www.nps.gov/moca/index.htm
Evening diners, the day has flown by, whew.
I got the ZTR running and did some mowing, I'll finish tomorrow.
Be back later!
BATMANUlrich, enjoyed the video, is that dump truck a Mercedes?
It looks like a Mercedes truck, but it is a Swiss made Berna. The model is from Arwico, also a Swiss company, and it nicely detailed. It ´d better be - for the price of $70!
What a bird you have in your back yard! They don´t come this size in my neck of the woods! She´s a beauty!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good morning from the sunny West Coast.
Ulrich, enjoyed the video, is that dump truck a Mercedes? I think I had one like it at some point.
Steven, congrats on passing the drivers exam. I logged close to two million accident-free miles with the Federal Government in my 36 years with them and have a bunch of awards I got along the way. It is all logged when you are in a Government vehicle, so I guess it is accurate.
I ended up sitting on accident review panels in my later years and all I can say is "stupid is as stupid does". The most common cause of an accident was, failure to apply the parking brake. We had a truck roll into a fully loaded 747 once. Though it barely touched the plane, all the passengers and cargo had to be offloaded and another plane provided.
First offense for not applying the parking brake was a 3-day suspension, 2nd offense a 2-week suspension, 3rd offense was dismissal with no appeal. Like I always say some people make their own luck.
We have had a Bald Eagle take refuge on the property as it is injured. We are providing water but not food as we are waiting for it to become weak enough to capture and get rehabbed. We have lots of eagles in the area and this one is a monster size wise. Hard to believe he probably lost a fight.
Resting in one of my Redwoods for the last 30 hrs.
I set up the dog's turtle pool out by the Redwood so he can get a drink.
Richard, please keep the tour going, life is too short to see the world but I'll try.
Garry, the wife and I have the Grand Canyon high on our hit list, that train looks like something we will have to check in on.
Jimmy, congrats on the new job, hope it goes well.
Dawn dish soap is great for taking oil and grease off, so is laundry detergent. My wifes hospital use to keep gallons of the stuff on hand to de-oil animals soaked in oil and other things. Butter takes tree sap right off.
Went out for a great prime rib dinner last night. Had a $100.00 gift certificate that someone gave me for helping them out. It was a $140.00 for the two of us, so it was a cheap expensive dinner, and it was incredible.
The kid has been getting called by movie people and has done some screen test for rolls with lines and is on the short list of a couple. He also signed on with a new agency that contacted him and the head of the agency took him in his own limited pool. He has turned down some offers as he is going back to school in September and there are conflicts. It is nice for him to have the movie industry as a backup if need be.
Well time to do more pressure washing and cut the front lawn, I'll leave the back to grow as Eddy the eagle is snoozing and we don't want to scare him off.
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."
The first quick & dirty video of my new train set soon becoming a layout:
NWP SWPStill we are lured in by the aroma of motor oil, gasoline, and rubber; the rumble of an internal combustion engine at idle and the roar at redline.
Not me.
If I am not bringing in $140.00/hour to repair it, I could care less about any internal combustion engine. Diesel fuel smells like money. If there is no money to be made, just walk away.
BigDaddy Garry Is the train ride to the Canyon worth while? Is the landscape interesting. I've only seen the Grand Canyon once, and it was spectacular. As you drive there, other than knowing it is the destination, there is no hint of what you are about to see.
Garry Is the train ride to the Canyon worth while? Is the landscape interesting. I've only seen the Grand Canyon once, and it was spectacular. As you drive there, other than knowing it is the destination, there is no hint of what you are about to see.
Henry .... The scenery from Williams to the canyon is not very interesting. When the train gets to the destination, it is a short walk from the train to the canyon where it is spectacular as you said. Unforgettable.
Well, I am not on a crusade against fast food or fast drinks, but my life has been at stake too many times that I´d like to savour any moment of it. And that goes as well for the food I eat! As much as I enjoy a decent hamburger (with all the works) now and then, as much lets the thought of drinking coffee imposters out of a paper cup shudder me. No one thinks of drinking a 1959 Chateau Lafite Rothschild out of a paper cup or a mug!
Good morning diners!
Ulrich, I feel ya, some people just don't like newcomers or new ideas, I've seen this in our, OUR HOBBY, and elsewhere both on the interwebs and in real life.
Anyone who chooses O or N more power to 'em.
Now here in the diner we could use some more patrons, perhaps add newcomers welcome to the title?
As far as coffee goes I rarely drink it, when I do I try to find some decent stuff, nor mccafe.
Well I'll be back in a bit!
Elitism, I think much of this is just plain every day social media/Internet rudeness. Separate sub forums for O and N scale would help, but the former might cannibalize MR's other forum.
Congrats for passing Drivers Ed. I took it in summer school and they used us as messangers to drive to schools all over the county. There were no Fax machines or internet back then.I don't think that is possible now. Traffic is too slow to get anywhere, even though the Beltway has 6 more lanes then it did then.
I remember the guy I took driver ed with; he was extremely handsome, son of my dad's dentist. I just looked him up on facebook. I hope it's not the same guy. Some of the personal info fits, but it looks like he had a falling out with his dad and the entire dental profession.
There were a couple classmates and one teacher that looked like they walked straight out of the year book at my 20th reunion. Now, 30 years after that, the ones I see on facebook, are unrecognizable as the same people. At least we are still here.
Going to play with some sculptamold and permascene today. I have never used either.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Tinplate Toddler
They have spread all over Europe like the bubonic plague in the middle ages! They are even in Vienna, the cradle of European coffee house culture! How can anyone drink coffee out of a paper cup with a plastic lid on?
Frank
Good mornimg ....
Rip Track ... Good to see you in the Diner.... Feel free to visit again soon.
Angel.... Thank you for commenting about my Verde Canyon RR photos. It sounds like you have good memories.
Ulrich ... Thanks also to you for your remarks on my photos. It was a very good trip. ..... I'm enjoying your Marklin photos, ... Regarding your comments about coffee in paper cups with plastic lids, I use cup holders in the vehicles when traveling. McCafe sometimes. LOL... As for your thoughts about people being what you call elitists, I will simply say I try not to let people bother me. Commonly, people will blow their own horn trying to appear they are important. I don't think it is a big deal, and try not to be annoyed. ...
Richard ... Your photos of Wupatki National Monument look like they belong in National Geographic. .... Thanks for sharing !
Steven NWP SWP .... Good to hear you passed drivers ed.
Here is another trip to AZ. Several years ago, we rode the Grand Canyon Railway from Williams, AZ to the rim of the Grand Canyon. It was on a line that was a branch line on the Santa Fe Railway. We paid the extra fare to ride in the dome of the Budd dome car in the last photo. (Cheap camera; bad photo quality)
Rip TrackYou actually have a Starbucks near 53 33 N, 10 0 E?
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Good Morning!
Sunday - time for my big breakfast. Zoe, coffee - and I mean real coffee, not that Latte something insult thing they serve at Star"suck´s", buttered toast, jams, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms and a tall glass of OJ, please!....
Hi Ulrich,
I love your old Marklin gear. I have a small collection myself. (I cut my teeth on Marklin as a youngster.) Every now and then I set up a layout on the dining room table, and wonder where I went wrong in life!
You actually have a Starbucks near 53 33 N, 10 0 E? I guess I shouldn't assume they are domestic US only.
Me again!
Some of us may remember this - a few years ago, we had a series of threads called "Philosophy Friday" - a place to discuss more esoteric views on our mutual hobby. The were fun reading material and I regret they have not been continued.
Well, this is not Friday, but Sunday, but I do have an issue that I would like to adrress to the Diner visitors and not the broad public.
Let me jump right in - I think this forum has an attitude issue! This may sound neurotic, and maybe it is, but over those nearly 10 years I have been active in this forum, I got the notion, that anyone, who is not into the mainstream of the hobby - North American HO scale model railroading on MMR level, is not really welcome here. A recent thread, in which the OP asked the simple question, why there is not more O scale model railroading resulted in the usual tirade about the usual O gauge tinplate prejudices and why anyone in command of all his/her senses simply must chose HO scale - anything else is just rubbish. I don´t think we will hear from the OP anymore. The same happens to N scalers - too small, lack of detail, not suitable for switching operation. Dare to like Bachmann products? Or BLI? Or MTH? Well, if you do, you should better not tell it in this forum. Going for a foreign prototype. Don´t expect any feedback. You are a newbie to this hobby? Heaven forbid! You get a ton of advice, which will most likely scare you away, but don´t expect an answer to the simple question you have asked.
Over the years, a number of people from all over the world have tried to establish a communication with this community, but most of them if not all have gone elsewhere in the meantime.
The place has acquired a certain elitist and intolerant air, which is also apparent in the magazine. I find it interesting that some of the folks with that attitude never show any of their work! Maybe it isn´t as elitist as they pretend it to be!
Other than Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner, which also has seen better days, I don´t think the MR forum is a worthwhile place to visit, let alone to contribute.
Maybe it is time that we all remember what used to be MR´s slogan for many years, but has disappeared from the magazine:
Model Railroading Is fun!
Sunday - time for my big breakfast. Zoe, coffee - and I mean real coffee, not that Latte something insult thing they serve at Star"suck´s", buttered toast, jams, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms and a tall glass of OJ, please!
cudakenUlrich Your layout looks like a little kids layout. So does mine in many respets. But so does mine. But I know that is the look you are looking for and I do like it!
Actually, my first layout was a liitle bit more sophisticated than this one, but you are right, Ken - my layout looks like a kid´s layout - as they built them in the early 1960s. So your statement is a real compliment for me!
I have still quite a lot of work with that layout. Grass, road markings, street signs. street lights, lots of figures - and, not to forget, a little more hardware, like the still missing signals. Anyhow, this layout means more fun to me than I am allowed to admit in this forum without being called names. I don´t miss the lack of detail I wouldn´t be able to see anymore, but when that heavyweight (2 lbs.) electric loco rumbles by, it gives me more of a real railroad feeling than any of my previous highly detailed plastic ones were able to!
Talking of olfactory experiences, I think we can commonly agree that Diesel stinks, but the scent of steam and hot oil is the sweetest perfume there is!
Have a good one, y´ all!
Tinplate Toddler I did that 45 years ago and I still have vivid memories of my first attempt to drive the driver´s ed car, a 1969 Plymouth Fury with a rather touchy brake.
I did that 45 years ago and I still have vivid memories of my first attempt to drive the driver´s ed car, a 1969 Plymouth Fury with a rather touchy brake.
You are so right Ulrich, those after the war 50s and 60s Chrysler products had extermly touchy power brakes on them. You could almost stand them on their nose.
Johnboy out.....................My best to Petra and You.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Worst thing in the world is having fuel on your hands/body, no matter how much you wash it still smells. I don't know how diesel is but gas is nasty stuff.
Still we are lured in by the aroma of motor oil, gasoline, and rubber; the rumble of an internal combustion engine at idle and the roar at redline.
I wax poetic... occasionally!
Yesterday at DE we watched a video on grade crossing safety, the other students were quite shaken by the film, some people just don't get it, a train can't stop on a dime! There was one clip of a limo driver who had gotten his limo stuck at a crossing, well he walked no more that 40 or so feet up the track towards the train, he was waving a red hanky yelling "stop! Stop!"
Really?
Did he really think the train could stop that fast?
Another issue I mentioned is if you are running away from the crossing you should of course run towards the train but not along it, in the event that a car becomes derailed it wouldn't be pretty!
Don't forget your camera!
Well I am falling asleep so goodnight everyone!
Little TimmyOf course now I stink of Diesel every night when I get home.
I stunk of diesel for the first twenty-five years of my marriage. Sometimes it was diesel mixed with AW-32, Ethelene Glycol, Mineral Spirits, or Crankcase Oil!
As long as I took a shower as soon as I got home, and left the uniforms in the garage, my wife was happy.
The "dream house" actually was built with a shower in the garage just to make my wife happier!
Evening Diners
Flo get the gang and I a Royal Crown (see if I can draw Ed out) with a chaser. Give Rick and Steven what they like.
Work sucked rail spikes while derailed in the ash pit! I will be if the company makes it though 2019.
I rember Drivers Ed. I took the Link Corse (not part of High School) so dad could get a 15% off insurances. I remeber the teacher telling me I needed to step on the gas when changing lanes. Not a problem! I like pushing on the gas pedal!
Ulrich Your layout looks like a little kids layout. So does mine in many respets. But I know that is the look you are looking for and I do like it!
Ed Any word on the HO scale Chines Imagrants? PRR coaches are looking pretty empty. I will add the I love the Tundering Tennis Balls Bessemer SD 7. I am thinking about having Tundering Tennis Balls Decoder installed in the M1A. Well that is day dream that will have to waite till I get my credit score up another 9 points.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Evening diners,
Got the back pasture bush hogged.
Thanks everybody for the congrats, I got a average 93% on the classroom instruction, I have the four days of road instruction the first week of July.
Got some people's phone numbers, gave the girl (Anna) mine, she said she'd text me.
This morning I watched CBS This Morning, they had a segment on Mr. Rogers, I remember watching it as a wee little lad, gosh I feel old, times have a changed a lot!
Tinplate ToddlerHonestly, instead of using that manly fragrance of Old Kerosene, use baby oil and you will get more attention from young girls than your wife will allow you to!
Very funny! Don't worry, it's not my after shave. I can't do after shave, kerosene or otherwise. I have a nasty allergy to most scents.
Ulrich, the layout looks great
SWP, congrats on the license. I remember taking mine 6 (already!?!?) years ago. Took me three tries to get it.
What a long day.....at least I only have to deal with that place for 9 more days. Then I move to my big boy job. I'm too tired to hang out.
(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).