GOODMORNING!
Hey I tried stopping in all day yesterday, but the doors were locked!
Glad that snafu got straightened out.
Fall is here, today is the first rainy morning of the season.
I got Malorys number right! My texts got sent to spam because I'm an unknown number.
I'm at DEFCON 3, which is she might date me.
Defcon 1 is my friend Sarah, so far in the bro/friend zone I ask her out and she doesn't get that its a "date"
Defcon 5 is the girl wants to go on a date with me and was waiting for me to ask.
Went to the railroad club, trains are running great, we got a new member! So we're getting closer to where we need to be.
Well I'm off to work, gotta unload a truck!
PS top of page drinks are on me.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
I found a dollar in my back yard last night.
Good morning everybody ....
Here's a picture I took several years ago in Hopkinsville, KY ... It is a road slug made from a GP30 and a GP40. ... The units are switching at an industrial siding. ...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
When did they start leaving the cabs on slugs?
moelarrycurly4 When did they start leaving the cabs on slugs?
VMV of Paducah did that for CSX ... Not sure when, but maybe 20 to 25 years ago. ... Paducah and Louisville has similar slugs mated with GP40's.
Good Morning,
Ray, sorry to hear about your sister.
Track Fiddler, I have a small N scale layout and have the same 2-6-6-2 loco except mine has a vandy tender. Anyway changing the front coupler is a tough task as there isn't a coupler pocket and the replacement must have a very thin shank or it won't fit through the slot in the pilot. I have a Heavy Mountain that has a full size dummy that does work. I think I will see if BMan has any replacements with the hope of using one on the other. I tried to get various makes of couplers through the slot with the idea of just gluing it in place but no luck. That 2-6-6-2 is a nice loco that runs well but it doesn't pull much. It will only pull about 8 cars up my 3% grade. The Mountain will easily out pull it. My best puller is an Atlas Trainmaster. Not sure how many it will get up the grade as the train was getting too long to look reasonable on my door layout.
Time to get started on something. I need to clean out the garage. Another cool day hear with a high of about 50F.
CN Charlie
Morning diners,
I have memory losts too with money since I have to hide it. I recently found some weeks between a stack of MR magazines. Nothing to much just $6 and can't find it this week. I know I didn't spend it because I haven't left the house.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Morning All!
Glad to see everything is back online.
Hobby Front: Shocked myself a bit last night. I finally got all the tan foam chopped down to the size that I want. In the process, I discovered that I have somewhere around 225-250 cu inches of foam! I think I made too much but it's better to have too much than it is to have not enough. (It is contained in a bucket that previously held 12 lb of bakery icing and the bucket is nearly full.) I still have a bit of green to grind further. (Not as much as the tan, however.)
The new layout is progressing slowly. Found a few more pieces of wire that I used to get some of the wiring done. Also got the crossings previously mentioned almost done. (One needs trimmed for clearances and then painted and the other needs the final row of ties installed then the other things mentioned for the first one.
Afternoon folks!
I see we are back on-line here at the coffeeshop. That is great as virtual food is much less fattening than the real thing!
My personal thanks to all of you who sent your thoughts, prayer's, and condolences to me and to my family on the loss of my sister. Please know it was very much appreciated. You folks remain a great bunch of train folks to hang around with!
This morning I woke up to having a few emails about the family schedule for the stuff to come for my sister. Also got a copy of her obituary that I will send to the Canandaigua paper. That is where the family grew up and there are many people there who remember Janice.
I need to get back to work on the Constitution and By-laws for the NMRA Division here, planning the next Division Meet, and finishing trying to figure out a hopelessly screwed up mambership list from National once again.....
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon diners,
I'm worn out mentally, but this week's gonna be good, I'm going to have about 50 hrs! So I should have a pretty respectable paycheck!
I'm applying to papa johns and pizza Hut to see if I can get a job as a deliver driver.
OK I just tried to apply, I gotta be 18 and have a license for 6 months first.
I'll be back later.
Don't know when but rrpictures.net has identified CSX 2256 as a slug
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1971231
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang a and I will have a IV Drip of Crown Royal!
God I can't win, heck I cannot be even be sort of right between my daughter and wife!
Before my wife knee was replaced my daughter was on my side about the junk my wife ate. Her last A1C was 8.6! Now I am the Food Natzi because I wanting the wife to eat better! In the last 14 days by wifes best GL was 116. But her 14 and 30 day avg has been 174! That would be a 8.4 A1C! She is giving the wife candy bars on the side?
Sparkie the American Eskimo has IBS and has to eat low fat dog food. Sharon just had to put her dog down named Jack that all so had IBS. I will be dang, she gave Sparkie a French Fry because he won't live fore ever! Wife knows better, if she eats bad food well she should knows what could happen. Sparkie on the other hand, well he's a dog!
Bright side of the day. Wife walked about 300 feet on her walker in the street. Got in and out of the house on her own. Plus she walked about 20 feet with out the walker, just blanced her self on the kitchen counter.
Ray, where can I buy the book All about Woman you posted about?
Trains and Car's are easy, woman, I should have been a Monk!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Evening diners,
Yesterday I did 8 situps, I don't know why but I did, well I realize just how out of shape I am, so I'm going to have to start working out.
Tomorrow I gotta get the spindles for the lawn mower.
My KCS gondola ran well at the club, it derailed in a few spots so I have to figure out what is causing it. I might change the middle axles to 33 inch wheels to allow more clearance.
We've got a new member!
I think I already went over that.
My truck gets less gas mileage since I changed the oil?
I'll be back.
cudaken I should have been a Monk!
Br. Elias, aka Broadway Lion can fix you up.
Toby, the dirty beagle/coonhound has inflammatory bowel disease and we just put in an order for $300 of meds. My wife is always very concerned about money and how much we have spent on the dog and her breast cancer. Since she has her own checking account I had no idea what we have spent.
I use Quicken, which keeps track of all our expenses, just never looked. We have spent close to $12,000 on uncovered medical expenses, mostly hers. She then asked "does that include insurance?" No. How about another $12K?
Evening all....
I pulled so hard on the diner's door's last night, that I think I pulled my Thumb out of joint..... What give's ??? I'm hungry !!! Let me in !!!
NWP SWPI'm applying to papa johns and pizza Hut to see if I can get a job as a deliver driver.
You should know, that Insurance people will jack up your monthly premium, if you use your car for "Business" purposes.
If you do get a delivery job, look into an "Umbrella policy". I had to do that, when I used my Hearse as a Limo. Yea... my insurance went up a little... but I was covered for One Million Dollar's.... per passenger. ( My Hearse was set up for Eight passenger's") So Eight Million for one accident was a possability. You "may" think that $1,000,000 is a lot. When Medical bills get added up..... A Milion may not cover it !
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Evening Diners,
NWP SWP I'm applying to papa johns and pizza Hut to see if I can get a job as a deliver driver.
Something to remember that people will not tip you to deliver pizza. Although it says tip your driver because tax and delivery charge doesn't count. I seen drivers willing to give me change back that is also their tip.
So don't get disappointed if you're short changed.
A coworker was telling me he used to work at the Hut and the drivers made about 60 bucks in tips a night.
It's not for another 4 months though anyways.
Little Timmy ... I wonder how many hearse passengers are able to sue after the trip is complete ....
Heartland Division CB&Q I wonder how many hearse passengers are able to sue after the trip is complete ....
Depend's .... were they injured before they got in ?
( BTW: You made me snort milk out my nose L O L . )
Lunchtime!
I know I promised not to bring any food along anymore, but I am sorry - I just can´t keep my promise!
Petra made one of my favorites today - we had Quiche Lorraine for lunch! Yummy!
Here is the recipe!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good morning.
Thank you, Ulrich and Petra, for the delicious quiche. We have an overabundance of duck eggs so a tasty quiche will be in our near future, too.
I do like a few bits of spinach in mine — I guess it stops being Quiche Lorraine, then, but I'm pretty far removed from France, anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pies,_tarts_and_flans
Looks like those fun-loving guys from Pittsburgh are still haming it up!
PLE_PGH-handcar2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope everyone has an enjoyable day,
Regards, Ed
Ken, I removed the threat of violence from your post. Even if you did mean it as a joke, we don't make jokes like that on this Forum.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
And BigDaddy, I'm taking the political references out of your post, too. Complain about medical expenses all you want, but when you get into government health policy, that's forbidden territory.
Did I miss another pie fight?
Mlc, I think you made it in just in time for it, the throwers are warming up now!
I'm just kidding.
NWP SWPA coworker was telling me he used to work at the Hut and the drivers made about 60 bucks in tips a night.
Mike
Here is another video from KY not far from my house. +
The last video was a video I made as a spec show to see if we could sell it. I am not the host just everything else. It is not in KY but in IL our close neighbor to the north.
Evening Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a , Steve O, Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they like.
Steve O Point taken, but I never threaned to hurt my wife or daughter. Just that I might shop for something I use to carry when I was in the Army. Thanks for doing your job.
LCM No food fight this time. Steve O just had to clean up some post.
Wife Front Nothing really to report because she did all most nothing today. Mainly layed around watching a Judge show on tv that ever network had running.
Speaking about Stupid Judge Shows. While Sue was in the hospital she had Judge Judy on. Remember she was on drugs! Anyway one guy was sueing the other guy for $3,000 he loaned him and never paid him back. The defendent told the judge He never loaned me $3,000.00 but gave me $3,000.00 in pot to sale! Judge asked what happen to the pot? Defendent said he and the guy that gave it to him smoked it togather! Never heard the out come, the darn surgen came in.
Finally, FINALLY got the mower fixed!
No I just gotta keep my 87 y/o grandpa off it, he's blind in one eye and can't see out the other, so he hits EVERYTHING.
I had to replace all the spindles, then tighten up the idler pulleys and balance the blades.
Howdy ..
MLC ... thanks for sharing videos.
Steve O ... I just received November MR. It looks like yet another great issue. ... Tony Koester’s column is a good one, and is applicable to the forum. Tony talks about senior model railroaders being mentors to young model railroaders. It is good to pass knowledge to the next generations.
I have not yet read other articles, I am very interested in the article on open auto racks of the 1960’s and early 1970’s. In the 1970’s , I was in the automotive marketing department of GTW RR in Michigan. I was a business analyst and was involved with economic studies of alternative designs for enclosing the railcars that hauled vehicles . When I get a chance, I’ll do a thread in the prototype info section. I have a few old photos and some experiences to share. ... Maybe I’ll have time in a few days.
Everybody.... let’s plan ahead for the October Diner to avoid problems and surprises. Who will start the October thread? What time will it be started? Where will we visit ? ..... please tell us your thoughts . Thanks