Good Morning,
A frosty one here with a current temp of 2F and a windchill of -14F. Hope it warms up later in the week. Did I mention it is sunny.
Ken, that loco Jeff sent to you was made by Mehano. I had the same engine and put a decoder in the cab. I didn't change the light as I couldn't see how to run the wires back from the light as it took its power from the front driver pick-up. That engine was originally a model of a CNR 4100 that was offered here as part of an annual Christmas promotion at a large store chain. I believe a similar engine was offered by AHC. I remember someone here sent one to Jeff and unfortunately Jeff applied one of his paint jobs to it. Ed, there are lots of photos of the real 4100 class on CN steam websites. The Elesco feedwater heater and the front numberboards were the mods made to make it a CN loco. They did run well though. I sold mine as it was just too large for my layout.
Ulrich, I think you might change your mind on the 'Rockies' here if you saw them. In fact they are just one of several ranges that run down B.C. and into Alberta. The rail lines tended to avoid the more rugged areas except the Kettle Valley line that CP closed about 40 years ago.
I don't think we will be going out today except to re-fill the bird feeders. Seed consumption has dropped to about half of October's rate now that the migrants are largely gone. Good thing as I couldn't afford to spend that amount every month on birdseed.
Have a coffee on me,
CN Charlie
CNCharlieUlrich, I think you might change your mind on the 'Rockies' here if you saw them.
I guess that would be most likely!
My "Rockies experience" is from traveling throughout Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington State, plus western BC and I bet they look different in the "middle" odf Canada (Jasper, Banff etc.)
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
CNCharlieThat engine was originally a model of a CNR 4100 that was offered here as part of an annual Christmas promotion at a large store chain. I believe a similar engine was offered by AHC. I remember someone here sent one to Jeff and unfortunately Jeff applied one of his paint jobs to it. Ed, there are lots of photos of the real 4100 class on CN steam websites.
I found this ancient thread about them:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/79507.aspx
They look pretty good in the photos
Thanks for that background, Charlie. I was buying many of the IHC/Rivarossi/Mehano locomotives in the 1990s before the "next generation" came along. Some were good, some could be made into good (enough) and some were boat anchors.
I still have a few sitting around so maybe I can get Ken's 4100 fixed up and perhaps some of the others, too. We shal see...
How about a view of Kamloops Lake, 1984?
CP_Kamloops_Lake by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and i a please.
Was going to go to my LHS today but wife want to go with so no K-10 Model Trains.
CN Charlie yet that is the engine! Just to bad Jeffery painted the darn thing. I don't remember the headlite being powered by front driver pick up's? Far as the paint job I have seen worst but why he picked the road number as 007 is beyone me?
Ed the 2-10-0 is not a basket case unless you count the paint job. It ran well and power draw was pretty low so not a basket case so to speak. I don't really know why it came to mind other than it was from Jeffery. I will try give you a call Sunday and see if you are up.
Can Proto 2000 wheel rolling stock set slip? Been messing the the B&O box car again and replaced the offending truck again and used the same PK 2000 wheels. Front axel still does not line up with the second one? Will play with a tad more.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Hey guys,
Still now word from TF, perhaps somebody else has got his email?
Well I'm still trying to tack down a version of my RR herald to use for the second transition era (60s through 80s) hows this look?
So the locomotive scheme would be like dark green with a light green stripe and yellow trim. Hows that sound.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good Evening,
Ken/Ed, yes that is the engine. I recall that getting the N scale decoder in the cab was a very tight fit. I also did a Mehano Hudson but in that case I put a sound decoder in the tender which was actually a lot easier. I didn't put in a plug between the tender and engine so they were always joined. It was a long time ago as I sold off both several years ago. They were too large for my small layout. My Pacific and Mikado are far better size for me. Anyway Ed I don't think you will have much problem getting it running as I know you are very skilled.
Tea time again,
Good Morning!
It´s an icy cold, but bright Sunday morning - time for my Sunday special breakfast! Zoe, a stack of pancakes w/ maple syrup, crisp fried bacon, scambled eggs, buttered toast, jam, honey, a tall glass of OJ (something of that breakfast needs to appear to be healthy) and a gallon of coffee in an IV bag, please!
Northwesterly winds blow cold, arctic weather to us - a sign that the gulf stream has moved a little further to the West on its way up north. It means hot summers and cold winters for us and is a regular occurence every few years. Sorry, no climate change!
Steven - your logo is a mix of an Art-Deco of the 1930s/1940s with a 21st century font, but I think I have said that earlier. I don´t think it is appropriate for the era you have in mind. The 1960s were stull rather conservative, but starting from the 1970s, railroads made quite a bold statement in their logos. Look at Soo´s logo from that time.
Finally, to evaluate the logo, we need to know where it will be positioned on a loco on how it´ll blend into the entire silhouette and color scheme. Notr an easy task! I bet you now understand why corporations spend millions of hard currency for the creation of a corporate image.
I´ll be staying at the R/C for a little while, just watching who will drop by!
I hate computers!!!
My hard drive crashed on Friday night. I knew something serious was going wrong earlier in the day because it started to freeze up. Fortunately I had all my stuff backed up by Norton and we were able to install all of it on the 'new' computer. (My son has given me his old computer which still works fine, touch wood, so it is new to me.) It took a bit of figuring out but eventually we got the backup files downloaded. I still haven't figured out how to restore my favourites list or my contacts but I know there in there somewhere.
Unfortunately however, the computer decided that it wouldn't talk to the printer other than to print test sheets that said everything was fine. It took me six hours to solve the problem! Please don't ask me what I did! I did everything I could think of several times. Supposedly, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome is a definition of insanity. Apparently I'm not insane because eventually it worked, but I can't remember exactly which steps solved the issue.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good morning .... Coffee and pancakes with real Canadian maple syrup, please.
Ed .... I like that photo of CP at Kamloops Lake. .... Also, You mentioned you traveled on the CP years ago. ....
It was part of a family trip by rail in the late 1950's. Here is a summary of the trip which took 3 weeks. We started in Chicago on the Santa Fe Super Chief to Los Angeles. We rode the Santa Fe to San Diego where we stayed a few days.... Returned to LA on the Santa Fe.... Rode the SP Daylight to San francisco, and stayed a couple of days.... Rode the SP Shasta Daylight to Portland, Oregon.. Next, it was Union Pacific to Seattle where we visited with some relatives.... Then it was a CP ship to Victoria BC and on to Vancouver BC.... We rode from Vancouver to Lake Louise and stayed a couple of days there. Then we continued east on CP eventually connecting with the Soo Line in ND. We rode on the Soo to St. Paul where we changed to Burlington's Twin City Zephyr for a ride back to Chicago. ... (CP trains had heavyweight equipment, and even had a steam locomotive on the part of the trip that went to ND to connect with Soo Line.)
Below are the rest of my Rocky Mountaineer photos. We headed east and went through the famous Spiral Tunnels to cross the Continental Divide. Then we went into Alberta passing through Lake Louise and Banff to Calgary.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I tried the matte medium on a paper sign and burnished to the wall. Forum member j.c. sent me some tips, such as painting the sign first with white paint to make the white stand out and eliminate the need for painting the underlying wall white.
He said let things dry as long as 3 days. Who has patience for that? My wife was cooking and I put my experiment on top the stove on a cookie sheet. That worked pretty well. I decided to add another sign and since she was finished cooking, I put it in a 220 degree oven. That didn't work so well.
Nevertheless I am calling the experiment a success.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Henry .... I suppose someone can make a joke about your experiment if they have a warped sense of humor.... ..... Oh well; the signs look nice.
BigDaddyNevertheless I am calling the experiment a success.
Cut out the distorted part, and park a city bus in the hole. Then "Sprinkle" debre's all over the bus and surrounding area.
TA-DA ! Mini scene....... ( You may want to include a few Police car's ..... Maybe an Ambulance ... )
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Flo, the gang and I will have a please.
Not a lot to talk about tonight. Got the widow A/C out to the bedroom and sealed with plactic. My daughter must really think I am weak and old, Ok I am old. She came over with Shawn so he could get the A/C unit out of the widow? Shawn watched and I pulled the A/C unit and brought it out to the garage. He did open a few door for me.
Ed you dodge another bullet again tonight! Guessing it was arouund 5:00 PM my time, so I think that is 6:00 PM your time. I will try again Monday when I get home from work, so that should be around 10:00 PM your time.
Found my old Bacis Train book from Fort Knox. There some young kid that has my name staring back at me? God was I ever that young? All so found the bible I carried with me when in training
Screw this older and wiser, I rather be young and dumb and full of stuff!
Later Ken
Evenin' folks!
Chloe I could use a nice cup of decaf, please.
Today has been recover from the Meet on Saturday day... I am officially no longer the Superintendent of the Lakeshgores division, NER, NMRA. I was elected the Asst. Superintendent, though. I think 10 years of being Super is plenty enough, and the torch has been successfully passed to the next commander, so to speak. It was a great meet with lots going on and a fun day for all (I hope).
cudaken...the widow A/C out to the bedroom
Gee, Ken, very sorry to that it is a widow! What happened to it's spouse? (Just couldn't resist......)
Family from Florida will be arriving sometime this week (probably the day before Thanksgiving) for the burial of my Sister's ashes on Friday. Hoping we will be able to "tolerate" each other.... My other sister is not getting along with me at the moment. I know she is furious with me because I hung on up her a week ago. She was letting me know that everything I think, say, do or believe was completely wrong again!
Time will tell, I guess.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
cudakenScrew this older and wiser, I rather be young and dumb and full of stuff!
I know that rhyme
I decided against posting this last night, but since you brought it up....I received a fundraising email from my high school alumni org. I went to my 20th reunion and there were people there that looked like they stepped right out of the yearbook
There were pics of the 45th reunion and no one looked like that. Surprisingly there was not much obesity. The women mostly wore very busy patterns, checks, paisley, things that old women wear. I was not a jock, so I took some perverse pleasure in seeing that those that were weighed the most.
There were 580 in my class but we were in tracks, meaning I was in the same class with only 100-150 people for 6 years. Homerooms were alphabetical, so that didn't change much either.
There were only 2 people I recognized without blowing up the pics to look at name tags. Of the rest that I knew, less than half bore any resemblance to what I remember. Some I just couldn't recall what they looked like.
There was a RIP track list. Some I remember died in wrecks, drug OD's, AIDS, and cancer. Nobody died in Nam, which is surprising, as we hit the peak of the war. Others made me wonder, especially those, that were the nicest people I remember.
Our 50th is this year. In the past year I have reconnected with a handful of my classmates on Facebook. They are not reunion attendees and I don't think I will be going either. The people, that were athletic or sexy, now look like a bunch of people waiting for their social security checks. Which they are.
Little TimmyCut out the distorted part, and park a city bus in the hole. Then "Sprinkle" debre's all over the bus and surrounding area.
I have a bag full of walls. Some walls are much longer, front walls, back walls and side walls. I have no memory of where or why I bought them or why they are in a bag.
The backward sign, I knew would be backwards. The upside down sign, maybe the same sign, was because I didn't believe my witness mark. The blue signs aren't very good against the gray brick, but that is part of the learning, to know what doesn't work is as important as what does.
The actual process, how the color is transferred, is a complete mystery to me. The matte medium must suck the color out of the paper. It's very little matte medium. In some of the signs there was a layer of acrylic paint between the color and the matte medium and yet it still worked.
The weather is changing again - not as bright and sunny as in the past few days, but with the scent of snow in the air. Our weather guesser say we have to expect that fluffy white and wet stuff coming by mid-week.
We had a nice sunset yesterday around 4pm - a little early for my test, but nonetheless beautiful.
5 weeks till Christmas, Folks!
While leafing through some old documents, I found my old WA driver´s license.
The license expired 43 years ago, but I am glad I kept it! Who knows, it may become handy one day to still have it ...
Good morning ..
Ulrich ..... It would be nice if you could come back to North Ameirca to live. ...
Ed .... I went to my 50th reunion, and everybody looked older than thier grandparents did when I knew them 50 years previously. Some were still in good health. Some not so much. Some sadly had already passed away.
Everybody ....... Happy model railroading.
Tinplate Toddler While leafing through some old documents, I found my old WA driver´s license. The license expired 43 years ago, but I am glad I kept it! Who knows, it may become handy one day to still have it ...
I think I saw that same picture at the local post office
maxmanI think I saw that same picture at the local post office
Did it say how much the reward is?
Maybe I should turn myself in - and solve my cash issue!
Tinplate ToddlerDid it say how much the reward is?
No money involved. However, they are offering all expenses paid transport to the US, plus free room and board. Unfortunately you might be rooming with Big Harold, so you'd have to make sure you didn't drop the soap.
well I had a workbench flood this evening. My workbench is below the kitchen and the garbage disposal motor seal went out, sending the water from rinsed mushrooms down onto my workbench, soaking a VCR, Receiver, At CD player, a minidisc recorder and various other stuff. It took longer to clean up than it did to replace the disposal.
Evening diners,
Well when it rains it pours! I mean all out deluge!
So Saturday my truck nearly overheated, I figured there might be a problem or it was just a fluke, WRONG!
On the way to church the heater wouldn't work and the temp gauge was creeping towards HOT, well I said after church I'll sort it out and head home.
I left church and went to my job where I planned to top off the coolant and make a run for home.
Not gonna happen, I found coolant leaking under the truck, pretty bad too so I parked it and got my mom to come get me.
The leak is on the back side of the engine, looking like it's a freeze plug and I might have to pull the motor to fix it (ohh, joy).
Now for the rest of the manure fest.
I get home and certain members of the unkind (my extended family) the really not great ones that you are kinda reluctant to admit they're yours had come around, long story short the manure hit the fan, BIG TIME, luckily none of it got on us.
So my weekend went to heck.
Now for the kinda good thing I was blessed with, theres a girl in my Life Group (Sunday school group) that I kinda like and I was going to approach her had I saw her yesterday, praise Almighty that I didn't see her, after what happened when I got home I probably would've taken it as a sign from the Man Upstairs!
The guy with the 351 block I told him I cant buy it this week because of the leak issue, priorities ya know.
He offered to help me fix it so that's good.
I'm still going to build my 387, just now I'm going to make it a Clevor, I can put Aussie 4V Cleveland heads on a 351 Windsor block and get and adapter to put a 351 Windsor intake on the Cleveland heads.
I got my new "ugly" sweater in that I ordered, my three favorite peices of clothing are: my Hawaiian shirt (which I cant wear now cause its winter, old navy had a Hawaiian Christmas sweater though so I might buy that soon) and my two fair isle sweaters, I'm going to need more sweaters though cause Louisianas supposedly in for a bad winter.
Still havent heard from Track Fiddler, I'm putting a word in with the Man Upstairs that he's alright.
howmus I know she is furious with me because I hung on her a week ago.
Ray no wonder she mad. You hung on her? Just a little pay back my friend about the Widow A/C unit.
Got home and down in the dumps at the sametime. Will not go into detrails of all the problems iike wife forgetting how to use a door knob?
Rear brakes need to be replaced on my car. Heard them grinding on the way home. So I should start looking for rotors and pads! So what do I do?
Called Ed First time I smiled all day! Thanks Ed!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Morning folks,
Janie, I could use a pot of a good dark roast coffee to wake me up! Oh and a bowl of non GMO, Organic Granola with skim milk would be nice too. Ah, would you bring over the stevia too?
cudakenRay no wonder she mad. You hung on her? Just a little pay back my friend about the Widow A/C unit.
Too Shay, my friend!
BTW, She called me a couple days ago and never mentioned the incident. I think she may have figured out why I got upset....... Maybe she is learning?
Kitties go see the Vet this morning. I'm hoping the Vet won't tell me that Manet is getting worse or that his time has come....... Don't want to deal with that right now. His tumor does appear to be growing. But... He doesn't appear to be in any pain and is still the loviest cat I have haver seen. I woke up this morning with him snuggling next to me and my arms wrapped around the little guy.
[edit] Boys went to the vet.... She didn't check Blackie's blood sugar as she wants to see it in the afternoon after his insulin has had time to work.... He just got his dose after I got home with Manét..... She say's that the tumor is growing, but he is not showing any signs of distress yet so he got a new Rx for the prednizone ear rubs. She also said the med has already doubled his life expectancy with the lymphoma. Or, should I say he have already lived twice as long with the tumor than expected if he wasn't being treated....
I am in a much more comfortable mood at the moment!
Have a great day out there!
Good morning, everybody ....
Yesterday, we went to Kroger in Murray to get groceries needed for Thanksgiving. Some items on our list were not in the store. ..... The reason: Kroger truck crashed early in the morning. Some of the items we needed were in the truck. It crashed just 6 miles away from the store. ... The driver was not injured, thankfully.
Bear ..... Those look like very fast motorcycles ! .... The cheese rolls look yummy.
Ray .... I hope Manet will be okay.
Ken .... Maybe you will be lucky this time, and you need only brake pads.
MLC ... That sounds very messy.
NWP SWP ... I miss seeing TF's posts also. Hopefully, he is okay.
Maxman .... LOL about Ulrich's picture in the post office.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Just stopping by for a nightcap while heading towards the hay. It´s been a quiet day, staying snug inside while a strong "norreaster" is blowing the few remaining leaves from the trees. There will be a drop in temperature tonight and I kind of expect the first fluffy white stuff for the season to cover the land tomorrow morning.
Lion - very nice picture!
CU all tomorrow!
Garry: That was quite the Kroger wreck. Ripped the wheels right off the trailer.
Ulrich: sleep tight
Hopefully the workbench is dry.