They have an RS3 on display in Schenectady. I beklieve it's the same one that was being displayed when I started working for GE back about 1970.
Goodmorning guys!
Hey Ed, wow a lots changed at Schenectady since the golden days!
Just haven't been in the posting mood lately.
Heres what I've been up to finally went to the gastroenterologist, I'm waiting to do the testing (a scan, lab work, and a scope), I'm going to a prom at the end of the month (no I sadly do not have a date), I'm waiting for a buddy to help me pull the trans out of my truck (hes just started dating a girl so hes been busy on the weekends), then Bayou Rail Run is this weekend (BRR is an operators weekend that the MSMRC, CCMRC, and a local layout owner host), now I've also been trying to jump through all the hoops to start working at the Y, and I've been working as many hours as I can at the hotel to pay for the trans in my truck and I'm buying a tux for the Prom, I'm buying instead of renting one cause I've got a friends sisters wedding this summer and my sisters wedding is this fall. And I've been studying for the SAT the math is what I'm most concerned with.
Oh and I just found out my favorite band Bleachers is playing Jazz Fest in NOLA at the end of April, naturally I'll be going to that.
I sadly have no train progress to report, when I find time I'll finally get that heavy gon finished.
I'll try to be posting a bit more often.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good Morning from chilly NE Ohio.
Woke up to a crisp 4°F (-16) and Sunday is already Daylight Savings Time for most of US?
GMTRacing I love the upstate area especially on the Hudson and of course the main Alco factory was just above Troy in Schenectedy.
Young Steven was asking about the old Alco plant in Schenectady a few months back and I took a look on Google to see what was left.
Not much it turns out:
Alco_site5 by Edmund, on Flickr
I wonder if the people working in that building today know about the rich history and beautiful machines that were once created within its hallowed walls?
Alco_remains by Edmund, on Flickr
I highlighted the building in blue.
Speaking of Yound Steven SWP-NWP, I wonder what's been keeping him so busy lately? Hello, Steven!
No mention of the M-R April issue with its "special" hidden treasure? I found it yesterday while paging through the issue. Usually someone makes a thread about it.
Well, time to fill the bird feeders. The bluebirds have been visiting lately. They must really be hungry as they usually feast on insects and it is a bit cool outside to find an insect.
Cheers, everyone! I hope things take a turn for the better for the folks who are up against it
Regards, Ed
Good Afternoon!
Is it April already? We have had just any type of weather within the last hour - from heavy rain to snowfall to a thunderstorm and now back to being sunny again! Weird!
CNCharlie - I am sorry to hear about not being a happy camper these days. I am in the same mood - I´ve lost all interest in trains, in fact not only in trains. I am somehow just dragging along, fighting for sleep at night and trying to stay awake during the day.
Our search for a new place seems to lead us into the nirvana, but not to a place we can picture living in for the rest of our days. Our hope to find a decent place in the kind of lovely town called Görlitz doesn´t materialize. The apartments available in our price range are usually top floor and Petra and I won´t be able to climb 6 flights of stairs! The way things are turning in this country we´d rather go away than stay. I am too old to be involved in the civil war which is ahead of us.
Here is a little bit of humor for the folks that could use some cheering up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASoD9xMUxs0
And some NY train stuff:
Have a good one!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Brent .... I like the photo of the CP passenger train. Your lights on the roundhouse look very good.
JR ..... Your FL trip sounds very interesting.
Bear .... That was very funny.
Richard .... A late happy birthday to your wife.
CN Charlie .... I'm sorry to hear your wife has trouble sleeping at night. .... My wife has a condition which keeps her from going to sleep, and it is called "book reading".
Today, I'll be working on taxes. Yet another distraction from model trains.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
MARTIN STATION Heartland Division CB&Q Howdy, everybody .. We just returned home from Nashville, TN. .... As expected, inbound lanes of I-24 are still closed because of last week's major mudslide. When we drove back on the poutbound side, we could see a lot of construction equipemnts being used with many floodlights .. Looks like they have a lot of work remaining. MARTIN STATION Hey Gerry, I also went to the train show in Evansville, IN. Looked to me like they had a really good turn out, lots of people there. After that me and the wife headed south of Henderson, KY to the Farmer and Frenchman for lunch. We crossed those same twin bridges you did and you're right, the flooding was really bad, some of the worst I have seen in awhile. Martin ..... Thanks for commenting, and it is good of you to visit the Diner. .. Feel free to post here again. .... I know of people who live near Henderson. They say deer who normally are in their habitat near the river have moced inland. The abundance of deer is a problem. .... We live in the Land Between the Lakes area of Western KY. Where are you from ? Everybody else..... Hopefully I can catch up tomorrow. Cheers. Gerry, I live just west of Evansville. Maybe I will see you at the fall show that will be held at the same place. Ralph
Heartland Division CB&Q Howdy, everybody .. We just returned home from Nashville, TN. .... As expected, inbound lanes of I-24 are still closed because of last week's major mudslide. When we drove back on the poutbound side, we could see a lot of construction equipemnts being used with many floodlights .. Looks like they have a lot of work remaining. MARTIN STATION Hey Gerry, I also went to the train show in Evansville, IN. Looked to me like they had a really good turn out, lots of people there. After that me and the wife headed south of Henderson, KY to the Farmer and Frenchman for lunch. We crossed those same twin bridges you did and you're right, the flooding was really bad, some of the worst I have seen in awhile. Martin ..... Thanks for commenting, and it is good of you to visit the Diner. .. Feel free to post here again. .... I know of people who live near Henderson. They say deer who normally are in their habitat near the river have moced inland. The abundance of deer is a problem. .... We live in the Land Between the Lakes area of Western KY. Where are you from ? Everybody else..... Hopefully I can catch up tomorrow. Cheers.
Howdy, everybody ..
We just returned home from Nashville, TN. .... As expected, inbound lanes of I-24 are still closed because of last week's major mudslide. When we drove back on the poutbound side, we could see a lot of construction equipemnts being used with many floodlights .. Looks like they have a lot of work remaining.
MARTIN STATION Hey Gerry, I also went to the train show in Evansville, IN. Looked to me like they had a really good turn out, lots of people there. After that me and the wife headed south of Henderson, KY to the Farmer and Frenchman for lunch. We crossed those same twin bridges you did and you're right, the flooding was really bad, some of the worst I have seen in awhile.
Hey Gerry,
I also went to the train show in Evansville, IN. Looked to me like they had a really good turn out, lots of people there. After that me and the wife headed south of Henderson, KY to the Farmer and Frenchman for lunch. We crossed those same twin bridges you did and you're right, the flooding was really bad, some of the worst I have seen in awhile.
Martin ..... Thanks for commenting, and it is good of you to visit the Diner. .. Feel free to post here again. .... I know of people who live near Henderson. They say deer who normally are in their habitat near the river have moced inland. The abundance of deer is a problem. .... We live in the Land Between the Lakes area of Western KY. Where are you from ?
Everybody else..... Hopefully I can catch up tomorrow.
Cheers.
Gerry, I live just west of Evansville. Maybe I will see you at the fall show that will be held at the same place.
Ralph
Ralph .... We will probably go back next time. Our group was 3 model railroaders who live here at the lake. Retired guys. We go to Henderson, KY and have donuts and coffee at "The Donut Bank", and then we go to the train show. .... Meanwhile, feel free to visit with people here in the Diner.
Good Morning All,
Back from 80F Florida to 10F Connecticut. Trip south went ok. Testing at Palm Beach International showed an issue with the new motor in the Lotus23 so I spent the time trying to fix it before parking the car after second practice at Sebring the week after. With the spare motor not back, I had limited options so when the truck gets back today or tomorrow it's out with the motor and back to the engine builder. Usually his stuff is flawless but we got caught out this time as the problem was excessive oil temp and didn't show until we got a long run in. The rest went fine with the Audi R-8 and other cars we brought to test. The owner of the Devin SS we brought down had to cancel Sebring due to medical issues but the cars we did run did well. We blocked out the front row in qualifying and the R-8 won both sprint races and the hour and a half race we in Historic racing call an enduro. Got lucky and did both mandatory pitstops under full course cautions so we ended up winning the enduro by two laps. The LMPC car we brought down did well also though that car qualifying and finishing second, was delayed with a flat and had to pit under green flag conditions and wasn't a factor after that. All in all a reasonable trip though not getting to run the 23 was annoying.
I love the upstate area especially on the Hudson and of course the main Alco factory was just above Troy in Schenectedy. The run from NYC to Montreal along Lake Champlain is also a great trip especially running a long distance along the cliffs of the west side of the lake.
Time to get back to the shop and pick up tools. CUL, J.R.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
gmpullmanHere are some soldering tips from those folks: https://www.ngineering.com/micro_wiring.htm#LEDtool
Hi Ed,
I bought the Ngineering clip mechanism some time ago but I have never seen the 'how to' tutorial. I was able to make it work but not as neatly as what the instructions show. Thanks for posting!
For those who might be interested, here is a link to the actual tool. Scroll down a bit:
https://ngineering.com/other_cool_tools.htm
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
CNCharlieI'm not in a happy place. CN Charlie
I can't help much with mere words, but I think you know that we are all supporting you.
Good Evening,
Well I boxed up the N scale RS18 along with a half dozen pieces of rolling stock to take out to the hobby shop for consignment sale. Wondering if I should include the 2-6-6-2 as I don't run it much. It is a nice loco but sure can't pull much
CN Charlie
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and Ia please.
As Much As I Like Winter I am getting a Little Sick Of This One! Today high was 18 degrees Fahrenheit and it is now 16 F.
Cleaning out the garage. Got a little more done today and then I ran into a box Iam a little torn about throwing away. They are old awards I won while I was working for Mattress Giant. I worked hard to win the awards. Have never displayed them here in the Garage / Train Room in 8 years. So my rule of thumb is I don't need them. Yet I have other awards from 30 years ago on display? Hum, maybe I should make some room for them.
Richard Tell your wife from my family!
Later Ken
I hate Rust
You use one of those soldering helping hands gizmos to hold your LED and your wire.
Today is my wife's birthday. My dad always tells her, her birthday is the only day that is a verb. (The march fourth thing.)
Richard
Just set me under the soft serve ice cream machine and I will be good.
gmpullmanBATMAN I made various gizmos to hold the LED and or wire to no avail. I admire your determination to use those tiny SMD devices, Brent I buy nearly all my tiny chip LEDs with the wires already attached. Life's too short! The few times that I have soldered SMDs I used these little flat-billed alligator clips to hold the device. They also help to reduce the heat of the soldering iron (heat sink) https://www.amazon.com/Toothless-Alligator-Copper-Plated-Microscopic/dp/B0187MIUU4/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=flat+alligator+clips&qid=1551724120&s=gateway&sr=8-28 I s
I love a good challenge Ed, besides I bought 'em and I'm using them.
Those toothless alligator clips are great, I have some in different sizes, have no idea where they came from but they are mine now. My wife has a vast array of surgical clamps of all sorts that also come in handy. I also have a bunch of these in different sizes that I use a lot, I think they are called binder clamps.
Well, all my handyman stuff is up to date, Today's jobs were; Our front entrance hall is 16' high with a window up at the top, so I got that all cleaned up and thoroughly cleaned the chandelier that is also way up there. I fixed the power head on the vacuum as it was shorting out (broken wire) Had that one done 5 minutes after the wife screamed I have been electrocuted. I put all new weather stripping around the front door as it just fell to pieces the other day, had to take the door off for that one, either I am getting old or the door has gained a lot of weight. Our three car garage is clean and tidy, I washed the floor twice, I just had to do the last finishing touches. So now there is nothing left to do that can be done, so back to the trainroom.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Heartland Division CB&QMarch Forth.
I am getting slow - it took me some thinking to understand!
By the way, Everybody.
Happy Soldiers Day.
March Forth.
BATMAN I made various gizmos to hold the LED and or wire to no avail.
I admire your determination to use those tiny SMD devices, Brent
I buy nearly all my tiny chip LEDs with the wires already attached. Life's too short!
The few times that I have soldered SMDs I used these little flat-billed alligator clips to hold the device. They also help to reduce the heat of the soldering iron (heat sink)
https://www.amazon.com/Toothless-Alligator-Copper-Plated-Microscopic/dp/B0187MIUU4/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=flat+alligator+clips&qid=1551724120&s=gateway&sr=8-28
I soldered these clips to about 8" lengths of #10 copper wire and these act like bendable supports.
I put over a hundred 0604 LEDs in my roundhouse and they were all pre-wired. They came from WeHonest. I see their prices have gone up quite a bit. When I bought them they were about a dime each.
RH_lamp2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I think in another thread I mentioned those crazy-tiny Ngineering goose neck lamps. Again, the ones from WeHonest suited me just fine. My Ngineering ones are still in the bag, I think. I can't see them but I think they're still there.
Here are some soldering tips from those folks:
https://www.ngineering.com/micro_wiring.htm#LEDtool
Good Luck, Ed
Good morning from the West Coast, it is sunny and 0c. Our gas consumption has been huge for the last month or so as the temps have been about 10c (20f) lower than usual.
I spent a lot of time trying to solder LEDs (603s) to some #38 wire yesterday and was not having much success. I made various gizmos to hold the LED and or wire to no avail. It's a good thing I don't get very frustrated when things don't go well, it only makes me more determined to make it work. Anyway, the solution I came across was taping the LED to some double sided tape to hold the LED and using a clothespeg to hold the wire. We are now ready to start mass production as it worked really well.
I mentioned my friend earlier that had health issues related to his obesity. His diet was awful, he lived on pop, deli-meat, coffee and potato chips. I asked him if he had normal blood pressure and someone suggested he took pills to give him high Blood pressure what would he think? Of course, he thought that was crazy. So I told him to stop drinking coffee, pop and anything else with caffeine it and eating meat and other food with preservatives in them. He did and his blood pressure dropped like a stone and he went off his BP meds.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/sodium-nitrate/faq-20057848
Makes you wonder why people like to spend good money on meds when they just need to change their diet in some cases.
Even though he was obese he was still capable of long hikes and other activities as he was active, but now he is skinny again he is really enjoying life.
It is handyman day.
All the best to all.
Good Morning,
Brent, nice photo of a Selkirk. Do you have a model of one? I think Sunset came out with one a couple of years ago.
Well I did the repair, some plaster just behind the kitchen tap but according to the Boss, I didn't do a perfect job, so not good enough. She said she would do it so fine with me. I thought it was a big improvement but what do I know. Seems I can't do much that is right lately, actually nothing.
Not doing much since I got up, wife is back to bed as she only slept about an hour last night. She has sleep problems so rarely is up before noon.
Wish I could get motivated about my railroad. I would just like to sell the N scale and may just whittle it down more as there isn't a market for a 'door' layout. It would be a dumpster case. I could sell off more rolling stock and a few engines so that I only have a couple of engines and enough rolling stock to fill the sidings.
As you can probably guess I'm not in a happy place.
YEAH! LION is on the top! Wild rare wildebeest for all!
Yorkshire pudding and creamed spinich!
Much better than leftover roadkill.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
ROARING
RideOnRoad Tinplate Toddler . . .I am getting ready to sell my layout - I hope I get a fair amount for it!. . . Does this mean you have a prospective buyer? Good luck!
Tinplate Toddler . . .I am getting ready to sell my layout - I hope I get a fair amount for it!. . .
Does this mean you have a prospective buyer? Good luck!
I wish I had, but not yet! I have advertised it in a tinplate train forum. It usually takes quite some time to sell a layout.
Tinplate Toddler. . .I am getting ready to sell my layout - I hope I get a fair amount for it!. . .
Good Monday Morning —
I hope this finds everyone well. I also hope no one here was directly affected by the tornados and nasty weather that affected areas of Alabama and Georgia.
I had mentioned the Gulf Curve wreck in an earlier reply. I've always been interested in studying disasters such as this. Similar to three recent accidents where overspeed was the cause — the 2017 Amtrak Cascades wreck in Tacoma, Washington and the 2015 Frankford Curve wreck near Philadelphia, and the 2013 Metro North Spuyten Duyvil curve accident. Memorable, too, was the 1947 wreck of the PRR's Red Arrow on Bennington curve, also caused by entering the curve at too great a speed for the conditions. These are what I would describe as "head-scratchers" since, presumably trained and seasoned railroaders had been operating trains for years and certainly should have reduced the speed as necessary for that degree of curvature. Little Falls, New York is 73.49 miles west of Albany.
INVESTIGATION NO. 2423 SUMMARY:
Railroad: New York CentralDate: April 19, 1940Location: Little Falls, N. Y.Kind of accident: DerailmentTrain involved: PassengerTrain number: 19Engine number: 5315Consist: 15 carsSpeed: 59 m.p.h.Operation: Automatic block-signal and automatic train-stop systemTrack: Four; 7 degree 24’curve; ascending grade westwardTime: 11:33 p.m.Weather: CloudyCasualties: 31 killed; 51 injuredCause: Excessive speed on sharp curve combined with a run-in of slack resulting from throttle being closed suddenly.
Valley2_1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Another head-scratcher was the fact that the Road Foreman was riding in the cab that night. Did he distract the engineer? He was the only survivor of any of the head-end employees.
If anyone is interested I can add more photos and information. Please chime in if you have an interest.
The New York central, in a huge undertaking, realigned the main line here some years later and reduced the cruvature of the track.
Cheers, Ed
I took a nap since I didn´t sleep much last night. Something is keeping me awake lately and it is not only my aching back!
GP35 - I can relate to that situation. I am no midget either, but I remember a flight I got stuck in a middle seat between to "elephants". Both also apparently didn´t know how to use a shower, just to make things worse! That flight was no fun!
I am getting ready to sell my layout - I hope I get a fair amount for it!
Good Morning! {Or as Ulrich might say: Guten Morgen}
Hope this finds all of you well, oops I see one of is sick and in bed.
The following is not pointing any fingers and may be offensive to some,it is NOT meant to be {as you'll see i'm in there too}but I'd like an opinion {you may have already seen it}:
I saw an article about a man who booked a flight. This NOT hypothetical, it really happened. He booked An aisle seat on the 2 seater row for a 5 hour flight across country. The man who took the window seat was er, um, no delicate way to put it, but F A T. He was wide as well {#2}, and took up 1/3 the first man's {#1} seat. #1 called it to the attention of the stewardess, who checked and they had no seats available for the fat man to have 2 seats together, they were sold out. SO #1 says to the #2 "if you compensate me $150 {half my ticket}, I'll make do with your body overage into my seat". Man #2 gladly pays it as he could not take a later flight where he could have two seats together, which is what the airline wanted him to do...
The story went viral, and many called #1 a word I cannot print here due to forum rules, but starts with an "a". A Major one, not just one. I am sure many who called him that are also w i d e.
Now I am sure someof us on here are wider than others, amd some of us were heavy, but, like me, have lost{I lost 80 pounds} and may face the same situation. Now I"m still overweight, but I never was W I D E, I was all up front "ball belly", and could get the seat belt buckled under my flab. SO what do you all think? was the guy a jerk? WOULD YOU want a F A T person encroaching on yourself in a plane? {regardless of how wide you are?} I realize the seats are only 18" wide,and they want to make them/or are now only 16" wide {and they definitely have NO plans to W i d e n the seats} , but that is a little unrealistic. SO what would YOU do in such a situation? I'm inclined to agree with the squeezed out man...if you cannot sit in the seat without "spillover", then you need two seats and should pay for them both, or at least 1/2 the fare of that seat, but the plane companies will never go for that, they want full fare for the seat.
I've HAD to sit next to a f a t person before who spilled over into my seat, was very uncomfortable and at the time, and she smelled to boot, thnak goodness it was only a 3 hour flight I weighed a whole 140 pounds,had a 29" waist.
I also have, as a heavy guy{who was all belly} had the "luxury" of a w i d e person sit next to me, who had spillover into my seat, so the armrest could not be put down.
So do you think #1 was a jerk? DO you think #2 should have been made to take teh later flight anyway with two seats paid for? Do you think it was just fair for #2 to compensate #1?
On another note, snow today, gone sunday Maybe, heat wave of 40f!!, really cold in between. Not as cold as other territoriesa, and I see CNCHARLIE has enlightened us to the temps up there in the fair nrthern territories of the continent.
On another note...spring is coming and have you ordered your seeds or plants yet? I'm thinking about it. my Other half {OH} and I argue over what we should order. I WIll surprise my OH with a few rose bushes for my OH s birthday, which is mid April, they wont arrive until end of April or MAy, though.
Ok, I will get going.....have an interview to go to. Probably won't get it. You watch. No one wants to hire the guy with a cane in hand.
HAve a great day, and special thoughts and prayers to everyone
GeePee35, formerly known as Galaxy