Good evening diners.
Zoe - A nice cup of hot cocoa please. Thanks.
Ulrich - I hope you are ok.
Little Timmy - My condolences as well.
Ken - $1200 on gutters does seem a bit steep, unless you have one big house.
Weather - Went from -20, to 60, now back down to 20. All in 10 days. Yikes.
W*^k - Found a j*b much closer to home (commute 35 minutes one way now, new will be 5 minutes.) that I will be starting on the 20th. I will be losing the commission checks, but will not be losing anything hourly, and will be getting a full 40 hours a week. I will be going from selling appliances and tractors (snowblowers right now) with a side of printing, to delivering auto parts with a side of ringing gasoline purchases.
However, the current boss'es are not exactly the happiest. (Not really angry, just not exactly thrilled.)
At my printing j*b, the other girl also coincidentally turned in her two-weeks notice the same day I did, (we did not know eachother was doing it until after.) so now that department will be way short handed. (Only department lead left.)
My other j*b I act as assistant manager, running the place when the boss is off. There are 3 other guys there, but none of them are "in charge" guys. (One is a lot like Jerry that Ken has to put up with!) So, the boss will be having to w*^k more hours for a while.
But, I had to do what was right for me, and in this case, getting the same hourly rate, but 30 minutes (one way) closer was it.
Trains - I'm currently assembling another rail car kit (an old Walthers coil car kit) as well as making a rail tie load for a gon.
On the tie load, I will have a false floor (balsa) with the ties (close to scale sized [read "just a bit bigger than true scale"] real wood) glued to the false floor. (Removable load, as the false floor is narrow, allowing the load to be tipped and pulled out.)
Would you all stain the ties before assembly, or after gluing the load together?
I will be using a dark walnut/ebony wood stain mixture, for that "new tie" look.
I almost think that assembled would be easier, as I could then brush it on, but am concearned there may be issues with "glue spots" where the stain will not penetrate.
(I tried homemade dye on a few loose ones, made from rubbing alcohol and dark brown acrylic paint, but that didn't color enough.)
If the stain is not such a good idea, I could brush paint the load with thinned acrylic's for a better look.
I think I will be trying some more tests (color wise) tomorrow while checking out the new NASCAR schemes during Qualifying and the exhibition "Clash at Daytona" race.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
EDIT - Looks like drinks and eats are on me, so everyone dig in!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Little Timmy,
Please accept my condolences on the tragic loss of your mother. Death is hard enough to deal with let alone when it is unexpected.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Heartland Division CB&QLittle Timmy .... Good to see you here, and sorry to hear you had a fmily emergency. I hope all is okay now.
I appretitiate every one's concern's . I thank you all.
I will "muddle through" , and be back to my old self, sooner or later.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Track fiddler I will talk to the man upstairs about your family emergency. Those are never good Tim. I hope everything is okay now.
Sorry to say, but no things are not ok.
On Jan 7, my mother ( whom I have told for year's " you shouldn't drive" ) had an accident. She totaled her truck when she pulled into an intersection right in front of somebody. The truck was un-drivable ( total loss) But , she came out of it without a scratch.
Three day's later, she was driving her company car and pulled out in front of a Semi. The semi, was doing 65 MPH.
She was killed instantly.
Her funeral was on , what would have been, her 70th Birthday Jan 17.
I have been dealing with all the related "Fallout" from this, for the past 3 or 4 week's . It's been tough.
evening,
I am a bit under the weather today, not sure what creeping crud I have. Feels kind of like a mild case of the flu. Just tired, and feel meh, no fever but feel like I have one. I just want to curl up on the couch and sleep. hmm maybe I will.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a and keep them coming!
I have sure had better days! Had a contractor that a friend use come by to give me a bid on repairing the fascia where the Raccon was getting in. I was hoping for $1500.00 range, Nope! Has to be done when the roof is replaced! He is sending me a bid on replacing the roof, gutters and rotten fascia.
I like and trust him. He is the owner and not a saleman. Last company told me it would cost $1200.00 just for the gutters, he said in the $600.00 to $700.00 range.
Later, not a happy Ken
I hate Rust
Good Afternoon,
A nice day here, sunny and no wind at all so the -11F feels not too bad.
Not good news about my friend. The left side of his heart is badly damaged. They are to install a pacemaker on Monday. Apparently there is some other procedure they could do in Minneapolis but getting him there would be very risky. We plan on heading either to Fargo or TRF as soon as things are a little clearer. His wife, whom I call Sis, has some health issues right now so she will need help once she is home no matter what. A move out of their country home into town will be needed and soon.
Nothing planned for today as we are in a hold pattern at least for the next few days. I might try running a train just to get my mind off things.
I hope Ulrich is ok.
I'm glad we are in a major city and live in a bungalow however we will have to make a move in 10 years or so as we don't have any family we can rely on. I am thinking of a 55+ life lease apartment. We could cut down on the gardening to make things easier as we really don't need 85 pots with flowers.
We had steam in Canada right through 1959 at least here in Winnipeg, as the last stand of steam was right here. I estimate 50% of the trains on the westbound CN mainline were steam in '59. The last scheduled run was in April, 1960 for CN. I am lucky in that I got to witness it all.
Well time to do something.
CN Charlie
cudaken Winter is back. Sigh 18 degrees F and wind speed is 22 MPH. The wind sure makes it feel cold!
18 degrees, your poor thing!
We just got up to ZERO this morning after several days in the -20s.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
cudaken Brent Sorry to here about the Train Wreck! For the sake of the families I hope it is a mechanical problem, not drug or alcohol related.
It was at a crew change point. apparently not a regualr point. Old crew must have died on hours. They stopped the train with the service brakes, and did not set any hand brakes. The releif crew was a little late in getting there, and so air bled off of the trainline. So the new crew got on board just in time to have a runaway train.
Track fiddlerNumber one I am going to look for another bed, the one I have is too old. Number two I am going to try out one of those noise makers that has ocean waves and other relaxing sounds.
Sure! Ocean sounds. Just what I need!
Track fiddlerUlrich.... I know this may sound kind of unusual. I get this insomnia thing all the time. Around 2:30-3:00 AM I'm wide awake. I have found out sometimes your stomach is upset and you don't even know it and it keeps you from sleeping. I keep some antacids on my nightstand and after I chew one or two, I do fall back to sleep. Most of the time.
Sleep is a cyliclic thing. You have periods of deep sleep followed by periods of shallow sleep. As we age the threshold of wakefullness falls so that in those periods of shallow sleep we actually wake up.
LION sleeps from about 9:00 (goest to bed at 7:30 then reads a bit) to 5:00 in the AM. Usually awake between 1:30 and 2:30. I was at that time lying on my back, I turn to my left side, drink some water from a special glass mounted at the head of my bed (it has a 3' long straw, so I do not have to get up) and rpidly fall back to sleep again.
That used to be a 24 ounce glass of diet pepsi which I would finish by morning, but of the water I only take a few sips. Same glass can last me three nights.
Tinplate ToddlerGot a letter in today´s mail from the almighty authorities - my application for rent support has been accepted! While it does not solve the issue completely, it buys us some time to find a more appropriate accommodation somewhere in this country.
Is Bavaria a better place that Hamburg???
Good Morning All,
Nothing from Ulrich yet - that's a worry. Keeping him in my prayers.
Ja Bear I think steam was kept longer in NZ for a couple of reasons. As a country looking at history you've had a series of very conservative governments that didn't ever meet a penny they couldn't squeeze a nickel out of so to speak. Also I have never seen a people so adept at making things from nothing and having it all be just brilliant. My friends in NZ in the racing community think nothing of making a pattern, a mould from that and casting their own parts. It used to be from necessity simply because it was so hard to get spares but it is still useful simply because it is so expensive these days. The idea of retiring a perfectly good steam locomotive must have been anathema. I'm also impressed that NZR lets the restored consists out on the mains though not as much as in the past. The people at Glenbrook Historical said they do three or four excursions a year and they are not the only group with restored equipment on the main lines. In all fairness, they allow the same in Oz at least in NSW.
Back in the shop this morning as we have a week now before the trucks depart for Florida so they'll load this coming Friday. I nearly have all the spares boxes sorted and ready and just need to do batteries, chargers and springs plus tidy up the inside of the primary trailer. I will leave the lighting changes for hopefully better warmer weather at Sebring. It's back down to 19F this morning and dropping. I'll stay logged in and check back from time to time. Cheers, J.R.
hon30critter Makes me wish I was there at the time
hon30critterWe have a member in our club who actually worked on steam engines for CN in Toronto when he first started his career. I feel priveleged to know someone who has been a part of railroading history.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hi Bear!
Thanks for all the pictures of the 10 wheelers! Makes me wish I was there at the time.
We have a member in our club who actually worked on steam engines for CN in Toronto when he first started his career. I feel priveleged to know someone who has been a part of railroading history. He is a really great guy!
Something to read with your morning coffee, Batman.
BATMANI found the photo but not the PDF. I am sure it read three 10 wheelers in the caption. Someone with better eyes may have a different opinion.
Your eyes are OK (ish)
Canadian Pacific Railway 562, Class 9c, 4-6-0.
About half way down here...
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cpr_steam/ten-wheeler.htm
Cheers, the Bear.
Howdy ..
Little Timmy .... Good to see you here, and sorry to hear you had a fmily emergency. I hope all is okay now.
Ed and Brent...... I like the hiostoric photos. Keep them coming, please.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good night..... I got a hit the rack. A lot planed for tomorrow after my half-day of work.
Take care TF
Better days and better ways I wish for you little Timmy. Good to hear from you again.
Track Fiddler
PS I will talk to the man upstairs about your family emergency. Those are never good Tim. I hope everything is okay now.
Track fiddlerGood to hear from you again Little Timmy.
Been working a LOT of overtime lately.
I also had a family emergency, that threw me for a loop for a few week's ,. So I havent been keeping up with the forum like I use to.
Evening all, it is -2c with winds gusting to 100km overnight and through tomorrow.
Garry thanks for pointing out my error, I had spent hours looking and reading about Rocky Mountain pushers and my brain had glazed over.
I like reading all the tales of railroading in the Rockies (usually in PDF) One story I read was they would add Westbound 4-6-0 pushers at Medicine Hat and run them through to Donald. Usually, they would get 6 to 10 trains a day through Field and would add D9s once the Consolidations were all tied up. When WWI started the traffic increased and D9s picked up a lot of slack. They were also used in and out of North Bend for pusher service. I stand to be corrected.
I found the photo but not the PDF. I am sure it read three 10 wheelers in the caption. Someone with better eyes may have a different opinion.
Great pics Ed, thanks for posting.
I hope Ulrich got to the hospital ok. He should have called an ambulance IMO. I was home alone and got swarmed by wasp once and started to react slightly so I called myself an ambulance just in case. The ER Doc said it was a good thing as I was reacting and could have been in serious trouble. As it was I had a Benadryl IV just in case, but the reaction never intensified. The Government sent me a bill for the Ambulance for $4.00 and of course nothing for the hospital. I would think it would be the same in Germany so why fool around.
Well, the lights are really flickering so I will post this before the power goes out.
See you tomorrow night when the wind dies down.
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."
Okay the kid that played the piano
I got it
Good to hear from you again Little Timmy.
Schroder yes Schroder. Rings a bell but apparently I missed that one. Enlighten me. Who the hay was Schroder. I can't remember that one.
TF
hon30critter Track fiddler Charlie was always kind of a misfit but that's what made the cartoon interesting. Charlie Brown was bullied incessantly by Lucy. I never found it to be funny. Each to his own. Dave
Track fiddler Charlie was always kind of a misfit but that's what made the cartoon interesting.
Charlie Brown was bullied incessantly by Lucy. I never found it to be funny. Each to his own.
I will give you that one.
hon30critterCharlie Brown was bullied incessantly by Lucy. I never found it to be funny. Each to his own.
I hated Lucy for that. I wanted to take that Football , that she always taunted Charlie with, and smack her in the head with it.
THERE !!! 5 cent's for "psychiatric help...... I want my money back !
Track fiddlerMy Judy and I were talking about the characters. Sally, Peppermint Patty, Lioness, Marcy, Pig pen, Lucy, Woodstock, and of course Charlie and Snoopy. Did I miss any?
Schroder ( the kid that played the Piano )
And , the little Red haired girl.... but we never got to see her, so I guess she doesn't count ?
Track fiddlerCharlie was always kind of a misfit but that's what made the cartoon interesting.
CNCharlieBrent, I looked at that photo of the 2-8-0 and I have a feeling it is far earlier than the '39 Royal Train judging by the headlight and the cylinders on both locos.
!901.
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cpr_steam/M.htm
You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, 'Am I having fun?' -Christopher Meloni
You know..... I never want to think of myself as being too old to be a kid at heart. I was watching the Charlie Brown Valentine's cartoon tonight. This old stuff still makes me laugh.
Schultz was one of the greatest cartoon artists. Charlie was always kind of a misfit but that's what made the cartoon interesting.
My Judy and I were talking about the characters. Sally, Peppermint Patty, Lioness, Marcy, Pig pen, Lucy, Woodstock, and of course Charlie and Snoopy. Did I miss any?
It's still fun to watch the old classics if you're still a kid at heart.
Hello...
Perhaps this is the 1939 Royal Visit train Brent was thinking of? Part of their tour was on the CPR, too, IIRC.
Royal Train 1939 by Edmund, on Flickr
And on the CPR:
CPR_Royals by Edmund, on Flickr
I'm far from an expert on Canadian steam (but I have ridden behind several CNR and CP steam engines)
I'm the little tyke in the doorway of the baggage car and on the platform of the van.
Cheers, Ed