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.
Regards, Ed
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.
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
Cheers, Ed
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!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
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.
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
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! ...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Chef Ryan's been simmering a delicious pot of clam chowder that will be today's Diner lunch special. Put in your orders now!
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
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!
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:
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!
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?
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."
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.
Evening Diners,
I think of Boston and Maine when I hear New England.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
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
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!
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!
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."
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
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.
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!
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,
Nice video, Ed!
Morning folks,
Not much going on today, I have to fix the front door jamb, where we put the holes for the lock and deadbolt was a knot which gave way the other day when my "little" brother (he's younger than me but by no means little) slammed up against it
I'm going to try to save the current board by flipping it and turning it around, if not I have a backup.
Still fighting a sinus something, I'm going to get some vitamin C later hopefully I don't descend into an all out rhinovirus.
Well I'll be back thus evening.
Afternoon Diners,
What about a Conrail coal train traveling on Horseshoe Curve, PA. 10/23/88
Very beautiful in the autumn isn't it.
angelob6660 Afternoon Diners, What about a Conrail coal train traveling on Horseshoe Curve, PA. 10/23/88 Very beautiful in the autumn isn't it.
Very nice. Unfortunately not New England.
maxman angelob6660 Afternoon Diners, What about a Conrail coal train traveling on Horseshoe Curve, PA. 10/23/88 Very beautiful in the autumn isn't it. Very nice. Unfortunately not New England.
I was looking for fall colors and CR together and I couldn't resist showing it off to everyone.
Evening folks,
I looked at MB Kleins website, they have BN SDP45s DCC ready for bout a hundred bucks, I might grab one or two. I'd have to put decoders in.
Well I'll be around.
Flo, you know the drill!
Been a so so day. Felt good, felt bad, then sort of indriffrent. Sat on the front pourch today like a old man and read some more Clive Clusser.
Wife is about the same. She can get in and out of the car OK. She does not seem to want to go to rehab, I think it is because she think's (and she right) it will be hard and painfull.
Train Front Spent around 20 minutes on hold for BLI parts. Seems they have no worm gears left for Paragon 1 steam engines. Got the M1a shell off but yet to pop the worm gear cover to inspect the gears. With some luck it could be a bad tower gear because BLI still carries them. Not holding my breath.
Evening. Stopped in to say Hi.
I hope you're all well and doing good. Take care and keep your chins up .......TF
Good Morning!
Thursday already
Steven OtteNice video, Ed!
Thank you, Steven. I agree, that one was very well done. Great sounds with echoing horns, too
Here's a shot of the Flying Yankee when the Dartmouth Outing Club had chartered it for a day for a skiing trip on 26 January, 1936.
Flying-Yankee at Warren, NH by Edmund, on Flickr
Yes, winter comes early in New Hampshire! I tried to contact the Dartmouth Outing Club to see if they would like a copy of these photos but I never heard back.
https://outdoors.dartmouth.edu/doc/
Flying_yankee copy 3 by Edmund, on Flickr
Flying_yankee_01fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Photos by my dad's bro-in-law Stanley Mackenzie.
I walked through the Flying Yankee when it was parked on a siding at the Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Mass. back in 1962.
Snuggle-up and keep warm! Cooler days ahead —
Ken, thanks for the compliment on the SD-9 headlights. I don't remember when I did those but the LEDs are getting smaller and brighter all the time I hope you can get your M1 running again*. If you want a nice, BIG smooth runner a PRR J1 from BLI would be a nice engine. I have a couple and I like them.
*here's a diagram if you don't already have one:
http://www.broadway-limited2.com/support/P2%20PRR%20M1A.PDF