I'm hitting the rack in about 15 minutes.
I'll leave you with this, more green.
Good night you guys, a good Sunday was enjoyed.
TF
I like the Burlington Northerns...... Green Machines
SeeYou190 BigDaddy I was at the top, for a few minutes. There were several posts made several minutes apart last night by one person. . OK, that makes sense. . Thank you for letting me know. I was so confused. . -Kevin .
BigDaddy I was at the top, for a few minutes. There were several posts made several minutes apart last night by one person.
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OK, that makes sense.
Thank you for letting me know. I was so confused.
-Kevin
sorry I was confused too
Don't know if you can get it, but it's 8:00 p.m. Central time. The Smithsonian Channel is showing an hour-long program on riding the Rocky Mountaineer. It's part of the series "Mighty Trains". If you're reading this too late, I think you can catch it on demand.
York1 John
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please.
Folks thanks for the advice about leaving work at work. But I am just not wired that way. Plus what happened could cost me my job! In any other company I have worked causing a $2000.00 deal to be cancled that had money down I would be out the door. Plus it was a Nancy deal.
Short Version. Customer came in to pay off a $2000.00 layaway that had $100.00 down. They owed $1900.00 but only $1010.00 was taken off there Debit Card and machine said to collect $990.00 from them? Lady was watching her account and $1010.00 was taken out? I paniced and try to cancel the transaction. I called customer support and it was a automated phone hell (sorry Steve O ) and could not get a real person! After 20 minutes her money was back in her account thank god!
She said "I will go to the bank to get cash". My mistake? I asked if she could get $100.00 bills? When she came back she canceled the sale and said it was because I asked for 100.00 bills? There is a little more to the story Like the Husband did not want to buy the bedroom stuff and would not use his card for they payment. In fact Jerry was surpised they came back to pay it off.
When she came back she stated the reason she was canceling the sale I was asked for $100.00 bills! When husband came in to sign for the refund? He stated that had nothing to do with it, he wanted living room furniture anyway!
Later Ken
I hate Rust
I'll take the bullet. It was me. I am guilty. You didn't miss anything.
Just an old Scotsman with an old vinyl Pink Floyd Animals album, a very expensive turntable and a ten year old bottle of Scotch.
Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Sometimes I get up in the morning and say that don't need to be here.
If I get up in the morning and something doesn't need to be somewhere it gets removed very quickly.
Sorry if I offended anyone. TF
BigDaddyI was at the top, for a few minutes. There were several posts made several minutes apart last night by one person.
Living the dream.
Hi Diners,
York-1: That’s a bummer that you don’t get to see the Big Boy. It is worth it.
Fiddler: You’re right. No words are needed except where the pictures were taken!
Please inform us to the location of the pics.
Is the wood burner the General or another locomotive, maybe the Jupiter?
Sorry, I don’t have anything to offer on UK railroading. I’ll learn along with everyone else.
in light of some very recent events, I for one am glad that Steve O in particular and Kalmbach in general, monitor and restrict off topic posts and comments in this forum. Apparently there’s stuff out there that is very toxic. Nuff said!
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Do I need a ticket or can I just look at this box car for free?
Lion I am coming to Mandan North Dakota to see my son very soon and I will have my tool bag. Can I fix the door on the boxcar this time. I will buy you a bloody prime rib after we fix The Boxcar Door. I do remember they were very good at the roadhouse
A fun Sunday, take care all. TF
4211 TF
Now for Something Completely Different!
Some pictures need no words, right?
Sometimes less words are better
I was at the top, for a few minutes.
There were several posts made several minutes apart last night by one person. The poster deleted the content of those posts and I don't know what was written. I was at the top of the page until those blank posts were deleted.
Vinnie will be happy to learn the forum was self policing this weekend.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Henry - the railway modelling challenge is quite entertaining but does not reflect the true picture of British railway modelling. It´s something like the car restoration shows, with have nothing in common with serious vintage car restoration, but show rather quick & dirty bodging jobs.
Kevin - whenever someone claims to be the first on a page, my screen tells me he is right, so ist may be your screen setting.
If anyone is interested in watching steam trains in Britain, there are tons and tons of videos on Youtube. I don´t know whether I am violating a forum rule now, but my favourite channels are ACW7000, Penny Steam and Marsh Steam Videos. These are non-commercial channels by amateurs and train enthusiast providing video footage in a professional manner. They must spend every free minute alomng the tracks or editing the videos. A joy to watch!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
How come so many people are claiming to be on the top of the page that are not on the top of the page?
The Great Model Railway Challenge from the BBC. Don't know if they will have a second season. It was a TV series with different themes for construction each week. Different clubs competed against one another. The time constriants made it difficult.
The link doesn't work with the video icon.
There are other episodes, snipits on youtube and the official site requires one to register, which people don't generally like to do.
https://www.channel5.com/show/the-great-model-railway-challenge/
BigDaddyCappucino for everyone.
Thanks, Henry - I´ll have it, but add a slice of that apple crumble pie to it, topped with vanilla ice cream, and chocolate sprinkles!
I just read aboutr the shootings in Texas and Ohio. Yes, Henry, I agree, that the world officially has gone crazy. We had a number of really cruel "incidents" in this country recently and thdre seems no ebd to it. Time to mourn and time for a prayer!
Care for some bits of British model railroading information?
Well, over there, it is called railway modelling. The main scale is OO scale, that is 1/76 scale on 16.5mm tracks, followed by British N sclae, which is 1/144 scale and British O scale, which is 1/43.5 scale. Key market players in OO scale are Hornby, which also owns the brands of Rivarossi, Electrotren, Lima and Arnold (N scale), and Bachmann Branchlines. Bachmann is a premium brand in Britain, with beautifully detailed steam engines as well as Diesels. There is also Heljan producing a number of detailed Diesel engines. A few smaller companies are complementing the range of models, leaving hardly a gap in producat availibility. In general, the prices seem to be on a much lower level than in the US. In N scale, the key players are Dapol and Graham Farish, a brand owned by Bachmann. While the range of models is not as comprehensive as in OO scale, you have no difficulties finding suitable models for all eras beginning in the 1870s up until today. O scale has regained a lot of momentum, with Dapol and Minerva now offering a number of locomotives. Most of them are smaller tank engines and Diesel shunters (switchers), the bigger Diesels can be bought from Heljan. Big steam is usually kit-built, with a number of kitchen-counter businesses catering for this market.
British layouts are usually much. much smaller than US layouts. The British prefer small, portable layouts which can be displayed at one of the many trains shows you find at any time all oever the country. The hobby is still growing strong, with a number of rather prominent celebrities promoting it. British layouts are usually detailed to a level you hardly find anywhere else. Unlike Germany, where the buildings can easily be identified as Faller, Kibri or Vollmer kit builds, buildings and structures are scratchbuilt to fit the location. This gives the layout a very realistic look and atmosphere.
For spaced starved model railroaders, railway modelling British style could be the answer!
The world is officially insane. Prayers to all the victims and their families and friends.
I modified my post above, you can read what the USPS says about money and decide for youself. It was not my intention to be argumentative.
When it became apparent that there was a housing crisis in 2000, one of my patients was a mortgage broker. I said to him, "your business must have taken a hit" He said "Not at all, people getting (I think he called them Class B) loans don't care what the interest rate is, because they no intention of paying back the loan."
edit top of the page, Cappucino for everyone.
Good morning. No breakfast for me. I'll get coffee and doughnuts after church.
Great videos, everyone. Thanks for taking the time to post them.
Big Boy will be passing 30 miles from my house today and I can't go see it. Now that's depressing.
Everyone have a relaxing and enjoyable day. Hope those with health concerns get some relief.
I'll have what Ulrich is having, but I'll take my eggs over-easy, please, Chloe
Thank you for that excellent, informative summary, Ulrich. I understand the rivalry between the original lines runs deep and I can see why now that you have laid it out for me to see.
Tinplate ToddlerEach of the companies had chief engineers who gave them a specific design typical to the company.
And with that I'll offer up our Sunday afternoon matinee following Ulrichs' excellent film:
Cheers, Ed
Good Morning, Everyone!
Sunday! Time for my virtual big breakfast with all the works! That´ll be pancakes & maple syrup, crisp fried bacon, scrambled eggs, buttered toast, various jams and preserves, cheese, OJ and coffee, please, Chloe dear!
Since we are in Great Britain, here si a bit of railway history. In 1921, the British parliament passed the Railways Act, which provided the legal basis for the grouping of those many different private railways covering the British Isles. The grouping become effective January 1st, 1923 and saw the merging of most of the railways into the Big Four companies, the Great Western (GWR). the London and Norther Eastern (LNER), the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) and the Souther Ryilway (SR). About 50 railway companies were not included, but these were early electric lines, light or industrial railways. The Big Four remained competitors. LNER and LMS competed on the run to Scotland. GWR and SR on the run to the southern shorelines of Devon and Cornwall. The Southern was by far the smallest railway among the Big Four. Each of the companies had chief engineers who gave their engines a specific design typical to the company. In case of the LNER, it was Nigel Gresley, father of the famous A class Pacifics, such as "The Flying Scotsman" and "Mallard". The LMS had William Stanier, who designed the famous Coronation class Pacifics, the "Jubilees", but also such reliable workhorses as the "Black Fives", a Ten Wheeler, that was good for any type of work assigned to it, from hot shot freights to fast passenger trains, quite similar to the Prussian P8 of the same wheel arrangement. Southern had the enfant terrible designer Oliver Bulleid with his "Spam Can" Pacifics of the Battle of Britain class, the Merchant Navy class and the West Country class . Bulleid also designed what I would call the ugliest of steam engines ever, the SR Q1, but see for yourself:
The Great Western "face" was coined by the CEs Dean, Collett and Churchward. All three men were minimalists when it came to providing safety and comfort for the crew on the footplate. The locomotives deigned by them sported cabs which hardly provided any protection from the elements to the crew.
In 1947, The Big Four were nationalized and merged to form British Railways.
Among the British steam locomotives, Stanier´s Black Fives are among my favourites. It was a highly successful engine, in fact so successful, that British Railways decides to build another batch based on this design, but with a degree of modernization.
Join me in enjoying a video showing a pair of Black Fives roaming mainline metals in Britain!
Bear - thanks for sharing the video of the old warbirds. I just love those old bi- and triplanes!
Make it a great day!
I’m hoping you all the best with your prospective corrective surgeries, Dave, but wonder if you will continue frequenting the Forum, especially with the lure of “Line Dancing”?
I love to dance but my coordination isn't sufficient to allow me to remember the line dancing moves. Dianne and I did take ballroom dancing lessons, but they got cut short because that was when my back was going sour in 2008.
The roast beef looks devine!!! Dianne and I like ours well done but not dried out.
Friends of ours recently shared a very simple yet superb recipe for pulled beef. It doesn't require expensive cuts. Cheaper cuts work great! Basically you put the roast in a crock pot or heavy oven proof pot and pour in a bottle of decent red wine, or enough to go half way up the roast. Don't go cheap on the wine! Cook on low for six hours, turning the roast over half way through. When done, remove the roast and let it cool enough so that you can handle it. Then use two forks to shred it. In the mean time, add some concentrated beef stock to the juices in the crock pot, and a bit of thickener, and simmer to thicken. A bit of garlic is optional but it really doesn't need it.
We serve it on crusty buns using the liquid as a dip. Make lots! Everyone will go back for seconds, guaranteed!
Now I'm hungry!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hullo, I see Mr. TF has been listening to Pink Floyds “Animals”
“Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.” Corey Ford
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I was pretty good at leaving work issues at work, but I think having a 1 1/2 hr. drive from work helped. I usually took the issues with me, but dropped them somewhere alomg the way. When finally home for the day, I was too exhausted to waste a thought. A glass of fermented grape juice and a home cooked meal from Petra was all I needed before passing out going to bed.
cudakenBeen down in the dump's for a few days. Last work week was bad.
Ken, I'll echo what TF said. When there was a school problem, I tried my hardest that when I walked out the door to go home, all issues stayed behind. I wasn't always successful, but I got pretty good at it. Of course, an adult drink when I got home sometimes made it easier.
Post hog, post hog. TF's on top.
There is a storm coming. I can smell it and I can hear it in the distance.
I hope it's a good one. I love storms. You know, the non-destructive ones when you stay outside long enough to get wet and really enjoy it.
It's 93° Rain on me baby!
I look at it this way. Remember the Forrest Gump movie when Sergeant Dan was up in the Crow's Nest. He had no legs, I don't know how he got up there but he said "Is that all you got...... Bring It On"
cudaken Afternoon Diners Been beating my self up about it for the last few days. Going to play in the front yard.
Afternoon Diners
Been beating my self up about it for the last few days.
Going to play in the front yard.
Ken
I'm going to say to you what has been said to me time and time again by my Judy.
Leave work at work. Do not stress at home over work. Nothing will ever change if you do. Nothing will change if you don't.
Just leave work at work
Play in the front yard when you're at home. You can't go wrong there
Been down in the dump's for a few days. Last work week was bad. Won't go into the details but looks like I screwed up a $2000.00 sale that was not mine. Been beating my self up about it for the last few days.
Later, none smoking Ken