Nice video, Ed!
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Steven OtteLooks like a few counties are at peak, so hopefully we'll get to see some glorious, blaze-orange hillsides before the Diner moves on at the end of the month.
Well, let's just take a peek then...
Off to a few errands for now. That spinach casserole looks delicious, Ulrich. Thank you.
I'll be back,
Regards, Ed
Good Afternoon!
It was a bit of a hit or miss business to log into this site today, But noe I succeeded!
I enjoyed the clam chowder Steven O. recommended - it brought back a lot of fond memories!
It´s been a quiet day here, if I were to ignore the usual rucus that misbehaving child of our downstairs neighbors is making. That brat is a pest - but so are his parents.
Petra made a nice spinach casserole today and, again, I ate too much. So no more food for me for the rest of the day!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good morning, Diners !
I just spent a couple of hours on my thread in the Prototype Information section.
I was inspired by Jeff Wilson's great article in November MR about open auto racks.... I shared a few experiences I had working for GTW RR in the 1970's. I included the few photos I still have regarding auto racks.
Feel free to read my thread adn post comment if you want.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
We're here in New England to watch the leaves turn, so here's a site to guide you to where they're turning now. Looks like a few counties are at peak, so hopefully we'll get to see some glorious, blaze-orange hillsides before the Diner moves on at the end of the month. (Hope this works, links give even me trouble.)
New England Live Fall Foliage Map
Heartland Division CB&QBear .... Fishing is good for the sole.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Evening folks!
Went to the MSMRC, Nate, the resident , called me a snowflake!? Yeah, he's starting to get annoying with his immature behavior, I'm going to have to ask him to straighten up.
Saturday is an Op session!
And I will be the proud owner of a BLI ATSF 4-8-4 Northern!
And look who's on the new flyer for the club!
Don't ask why I'm red in the face, I always have that.
This is a far better photo, it was taken Sunday after church.
I had to update my Instagram profile photo.
I think I'm coming down with a cold, I don't know.
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness is coming out with a new album next month! I'm excited, not nearly as excited I will be when the Bleachers announce a new album, but excited nonetheless.
Well not much else going on!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Steven OtteChef Ryan's been simmering a delicious pot of clam chowder that will be today's Diner lunch special. Put in your orders now!
Steven: I'll take 3!! Maybe even one for my wife too.
That is my idea of clam chowder! We were in Prince Edward Island in August and their idea of clam chowder is a watery drool, and AFAIC it's terrible! The Campbells' stuff in a can is better. They have a seafood chowder that is nice and thick but it doesn't have the same taste as a real clam chowder.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Eveing Diners
Flo, you know the drill.
Guess I feel a tad better. Took one breathing treat last night and sleep pretty well. Took another treatment at 10:30 AM. Later I did some running and had a couple of couhing fits but stuff came up.
Train Front Cleared 2 RIP rolling stock and got what I wanted to do to a engine that was all so on the RIP track. Rolling stock repairs went fine. Engine on the other had, well it is still dropping cars? Back to the drawing board.
PRR passanger train front. Have not touched the PRR M1a as far as repair yet. Using the PRR SD 7 to pull them and I am happy.
Ed You could teach BLI and Walthers something about lighting! The PRR SD7 lighting is so much better than the above!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Evening Diners,
I think of Boston and Maine when I hear New England.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good afternoon from rainy (and a few tornados) Ohio.
We had one of those car movers at GE where I w**ked. They performed their task rather well. You had better be sure someone was ready at the handbrake, though. Especially if you were at the "A" end of the car!
I posted this excellent look at the workings of a "Prarie Sentinel" in another thread but it is worth another look. Excellent camera/editing work.
The single-car mover that Brent shows the ad for is demonstrated at 8:30. Also note how the grain door was applied to a boxcar.
Cheers, Ed
High noon on the West coast on a windy sunny day.
I'll have the chowder as this wind cuts through you like a knife and I need warming up.
Lovin the posters. I came across this today, click twice for large view.
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."
Steven Otte Chef Ryan's been simmering a delicious pot of clam chowder that will be today's Diner lunch special. Put in your orders now!
Chef Ryan's been simmering a delicious pot of clam chowder that will be today's Diner lunch special. Put in your orders now!
Flo, could I get a bowl of that and a club sandwhich? Thank you so much.
Hobby Front: MR has done it to me again! I thought that I was down to two cars left on my shopping list. Based on articles from the November issue, that list has doubled to four: an Accurail auto car and one of ExactRail's new bulkhead flats. Why does it always seem like when you think you're done, you're not?
Can I have mine as a late snack? Thank you!
Last time I had a bowl of clam chowder was in 1978. We spent a day on the beach, digging up clams and pursuing other less useful, but fun stuff! Good times. then!
Is this a Johannes Vermeer? Or a Rembrandt van Rijn? Or could it be a Frans Hals or any other of the famous 17th century Dutch painters
No!
It is a Vincent van Bode - the Dutch model railroading artist, photographed by HJ on Vincent´s layout (the one from the video)!
Here is the originbal picture:
Good morning .....
I'll have a stack of pancakes with real Vermont maple syrup, please ...
I'll be brief because I am leaving in a few minutes for another dental appointment. .....
I would like to wlecome everybody to the DIner specially those who have not been visting the Diner previously !
Scanning through all of the posts, I see some very intersting stuff including old promotional material.
Everybody: ..... Have a great day! ...
Couldn't help showing some posters from my favorite train, the D&H's Larentian and the Montreal Limited. Not exactly in new england, but nearby in NY.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
Tinplate ToddlerEd - I love those old posters - keep them coming!
Well, let's just see if we can come up with another.
NYNHnH_Comet1935 by Edmund, on Flickr
This one is by Sascha Maurer, a very modern and progressive style for the times.
Lunchtime!
I just enjoyed a meal of fried fillet of fish, french fries and a side dish of cole slaw (kind of - more like German "Krautsalat"). Too many carbs and unsaturated fats, but tasty!
Sad news today! 166 years ago, a 2-4-0 steam engine named "The Rhine River (Der Rhein) was being transported by barge and her namesake river from Karlsruhe, where she had been built, downstream to Duesseldorf, where she was supposed to enter service on the new Duesseldorf to Elberfeld railway line. Struck by a storm, the barge capsized and the loco sank into the mud of the riverrbed. An immediate undertaking to rescue her failed, as did another attempt 70 years later. A few years ago, a team of railroad historians and geologists supposeddly re-discovered her grave in the mud and a fund-raiser was started to collect the not small amount necessary to lift her. The work started at the end of August and was terminated today - there is no loco at the excavation site! Work has been terminated and there are doubts that they will ever commence.
"Der Rhein" is one of the early examples of steam engine manufacture in Germany, which started after 1835.
Ed - I love those old posters - keep tjhem coming!
Now I don’t wish to start a fight with the art connoisseurs, the Bear operates on the “If a painting looks good, it is good” theory, but I do like a lot of those “vintage” travel posters, they tell a story, and weren’t created in five minutes either.
Bear,
I came across this blog showing some very "artsy" posters from Sascha Maurer. A slightly more moderne style from your example but quite attractive just the same!
https://streamlinermemories.info/?p=2697
Guess I'm too late to see the eclipse...
NYNH-H_Eclipse1932 by Edmund, on Flickr
Evening All! Hobby Front: Given that I have been discussing the new layout, I figured that I might post a teaser photo: This is the new team track area. The main building is a kitbash of three DPM Laube Linen Mill kits with some added details. There are also pieces from a few Walthers kits: the OOP team track kit and a couple from the wood chip family of kits. Most of the shingle roads haven't been glued down yet. The parking lot isn't glued down yet either as I am debating the size. The woodchip car sitting in the back corner is one of the six E&C ones that I have.
Good evening.
Page two already! Everyone's tab is on me
Ulrich mentioned meat loaf yeaterday so I had to throw one together and it is in the oven as I type.
I'm glad everyone is enjoying the surroundings of our host area.
New England wasn't all narrow gauge and cog railways, no sir!
Yankee_1935 by Edmund, on Flickr
Every bit as fast (almost) and elegant as the Zephyrs! She's seen here flying through Warren, New Hampshire.
Warren, NH 1936 by Edmund, on Flickr
My dad's brother-in-law was agent at Warren.
Little TimmyFrank's Red Hot Sauce, or Tabasco Sauce is required
Is that a New England thing?
Mount Washington Cog Railway is on my bucket list.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Steven OtteFor a traditional New England breakfast, this morning we're serving up corned beef hash and eggs.
I'm in !!!!!
I L O V E Corned Beef !
Steven OtteThere's ketchup on the counter for those who want it.
Heck no, .... Frank's Red Hot Sauce, or Tabasco Sauce is required !
While in Maine, Stop in to the Sandy river & Rangeley Lakes RR.
( Narrow Gauge Rules ! )
http://www.srrl-rr.org/
I would have posted some picture's , but I didn't want to "Run Afoul" of copyright law's.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Flo, get the gang and I a and Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they want.
It is offical, I have Bronchitis. Spent 3 hours at the local ER and they where peacfull. Had blood drawen, chest X-Ray and took some breathing treatments. Best part, Nurse had some nice Sand Doom's and I got to read some Clive Cluster.
On a steroid, antibotic and breathing treatments.
Sad news for the day? I killed my BLI M1a again by over working it! It happened one other time. It is to good of a puller. It spun the gear on the motor shaft that goes to the tower gear. Canot remember how I fixed it? Did I get a new gear from BLI or super glue the one it came with?
Ed, any suggestions on the M1a? Makes me wonder about there new steam engines with traction tires? Did they ever start pinning the gear to the motor shaft? My M1a has no traction tires and it can spin the gear on the motor?
Heartland Division CB&QDave .... I did not receive you message. I never am able to receive PM's if the other person sends one to me. However, I can start a conversation with others who can reply to me.
Don't worry about the message. I sent it to you by mistake. I was just saying thanks for some kitbashing photos another modeller sent me.
Evening folks,
I emailed BLI yesterday to see if I can get a auxiliary tender for the ATSF Northern that will be added to my roster very soon.
Fun fact for today, did you know the SP almost put a second main over Tehachapi like the ATSF had over Cajon.
I started a thread in the Prototype Info section of the forum with more information.
Here's one for Bear. CNs Aquatrain barge, supposedly the largest rail-barge in the world. Connects from Prince Rupert to the Alaska Railroad in Whittier.
http://www.alaskarails.org/industries/aquatrain.html Also, this pic was taken in Vancouver harbour of Spirit 109. Its keel was laid in 1945 at Yarrow Shipyards near Victoria B.C. It was to be a Royal Navy landing craft, however, the war ended and it was finished as a rail barge. Can't seem to find the fate of it. We need Bear the investigator. Also, further to BigDaddys icebreaker topic. It appears the Russians had the first true Icebreaker in the late 1800s. The current status of Icebreaker fleets in the North is interesting. The Russians have some monsters. As far as the Northwest passage goes, there are those that did it long before Ice breakers arrived on the scene. They had some "ice reinforced" ships which was suppose to make the crew feel better I guess. Makes for good reading.
http://www.alaskarails.org/industries/aquatrain.html
Also, this pic was taken in Vancouver harbour of Spirit 109. Its keel was laid in 1945 at Yarrow Shipyards near Victoria B.C. It was to be a Royal Navy landing craft, however, the war ended and it was finished as a rail barge. Can't seem to find the fate of it. We need Bear the investigator.
Also, further to BigDaddys icebreaker topic. It appears the Russians had the first true Icebreaker in the late 1800s. The current status of Icebreaker fleets in the North is interesting. The Russians have some monsters.
As far as the Northwest passage goes, there are those that did it long before Ice breakers arrived on the scene. They had some "ice reinforced" ships which was suppose to make the crew feel better I guess. Makes for good reading.
Afternoon all, from a very soggy West Coast after 10 days of beautiful sunshine. Just about time to turn the furnace on as it is going down to 5c tonight.
I must compliment all those that contributed to last months location of the diner, it was quite an enjoyable visit. I am also appreciating what we have seen so far this month, well done.
Got the pool down and we are ready for hockey if the weather gets cold enough. We often have years where the temp never gets down to freezing and some years we get a good cold stretch. I flood the pool pad for hockey if it does get cold enough.
Summer mode.
Winter mode.
Rapido has a new video of the Royal Hudson hauling a string of coaches up a 3% helix without breaking a sweat. It is on FB but I will not post it as the last Rapido video I posted got removed. It is easy to find.
The three annual train shows I like to attend all happen in the space of a month. I wish they were spread out more as the rest of the year it is pretty dry around here in the train show department. There is a good one in Seattle I have yet to attend, so maybe this year.
Spent the last couple of days helping a group in Seattle with information on sledge hockey. They really struggle financially down there to put programs together. We get so much corporate sponsorship for all things hockey we have a hard time spending all the money we get sometimes. I think last year we had $14,000.00 left over. We will probably use it this year to help sponsor other countries to come to our tournament(s)
We have a lot of wounded warriors participate and a few years ago even had a group of disabled Vets from Colombia come up that were injured in the war on drugs. They loved the sledge hockey and we also took them to the ski slopes for some disabled skiing. I have heard they have made great strides in disabled sports since their visit. We have been getting photos.
About ten days ago there were two tornados in the Ottawa area and the kid was without power for 28 hours. All the stuff in the freezer was going to go bad so the guys cooked it all up and provided hot dinners to a bunch of neighbours that were cleaning up after the storm. Great kids.
He is lovin University, even more, this year than last as he has left the political world behind and is focusing on business/marketing/economics/entertainment and contract law. He still thinks the business side of the film industry is the direction he may go. He has made good contacts that he talks to often.
We are waiting to see him in two episodes of "The Man In The High Castle" and an episode of "Loudermilk" both on Amazon and a Christmas movie coming out that apparently will go to theatres. Don't know what it is called though. It was a lower budget dime a dozen job that will end up being one of those gazillion Christmas movies you see every year.
Not getting any action on selling the trailer so will likely keep it and use it next year. It is in pretty good shape but is requiring some of the more costly maintenance items soon. Have decided the big "class A" motorhomes are not for us. They would be ideal for dog shows, however the rest of the time we are into the more backcountry type of camping. We have decided a new truck and trailer is the best option for us. We like to go ghost towning in some pretty remote places and the P/U with the off road package has been a perfect fit. Drop the trailer and go explore.
The truck is almost 19 years old and is excellent in the backcountry and the trailer is a 2007. Time to modernize though. Now the kids are not coming along, the bunks can go and a couple of lazyboys will make roughing it much easier. We saw some models that had the old geezers layout.
Well, the Sun just came out so I think we'll go for a quick six km with the dogs. They are filming "Supernatural" in the park so maybe I'll go get discovered.
Oops! After seeing a few different things in the news in the last couple of days and the way the kid dealt with the power outage, I thought of this that we use to have on our fridge.
Afternoon all!
Went to music, met Annalise, she wants us to get our respective parts perfected then we'll get together and practice. I'm excited about it and so is she so it should be fun.