Heartland Division CB&QToday, I will share some of my birthday cake with each of you. It is my day.
Happy birthday, Garry!
Edit: Top of the page for the second time this week. With this luck, I should go out and buy a lottery ticket.
It's still morning. How about an Albuquerque breakfast on me.
York1 John
Randy Stahl I don't see an option for a BB code.
I don't see an option for a BB code.
SeeYou190 Ringo58 here in northern IL My oldest daughter and her husband "retired" to Northern Illinois last year and bought a beautiful old house. There are some grand houses up there. -Kevin
Ringo58 here in northern IL
My oldest daughter and her husband "retired" to Northern Illinois last year and bought a beautiful old house. There are some grand houses up there.
-Kevin
It's beautiful up here in northern IL-southern WI. I will be hopping accross the border as soon as Wisconsin Southern calls me back. The taxes here suck and wisconsin has more wilderness
York1 Edit: Top of the page for the second time this week. With this luck, I should go out and buy a lottery ticket. It's still morning. How about an Albuquerque breakfast on me.
Buy one for me too! I'll take a $5 scratcher! And what do you call that breakfast?? That looks delicious. I may have to make that tomorrow morning.
Mornin'!
Ahhhh.... I'll pass on the ruined eggs. Don't think I would like the gunk they spilled on top of them! What an awful thing to do to a couple good eggs. Yuch!
Zoe, just a pot of dark roast coffee for me this morning.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmus Mornin'! Ahhhh.... I'll pass on the ruined eggs. Don't think I would like the gunk they spilled on top of them! What an awful thing to do to a couple good eggs. Yuch! Zoe, just a pot of dark roast coffee for me this morning. 73
I don't like tomatoes either! But I'm always open to new things!
Ringo58 howmus Mornin'! Ahhhh.... I'll pass on the ruined eggs. Don't think I would like the gunk they spilled on top of them! What an awful thing to do to a couple good eggs. Yuch! Zoe, just a pot of dark roast coffee for me this morning. 73 I don't like tomatoes either! But I'm always open to new things!
That’s Salsa, remember we’re in New Mexico.Mel My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
John York 1 , Ringo, and Kevin ..... Thanks for the birthday wishes.
John ..... Thanks for the yummy Southwest breakfast. ..... Or is it Tex Mex ... Maybe it is New Mex Mex ....
Ray .... There is some birthday cake if you prefer.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I don't care what they call "it". "It" goes in the same column as meatloaf, and I won't eat that either.
Ringo58 Randy Stahl I don't see an option for a BB code. Those are some good looking street cars. I used to beg my dad to take me to kenosha so we could ride the ones there. As for your BB code, just load up imgur, hover over your name till the drop down menu comes up, then click images click the image you want and it should pull it up with a list of URLs on the right side. Then you should see the BB code
This is a car from the Milwaukee rapid transit and Speedrail. They took over operation of the interurban lines to Hales Corners and Waukesha. The system was removed in 1953.
Randy Stahl This is a car from the Milwaukee rapid transit and Speedrail. They took over operation of the interurban lines to Hales Corners and Waukesha. The system was removed in 1953.
RR_MelThat’s Salsa, remember we’re in New Mexico.
Salsa is yucky no matter where. Barf!!!!! I hate Salsa! LOL....
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Hmmmm.... A small slice of Birthday cake would be good. Just have to run an extra mile to work it off...
Ringo58 Randy Stahl This is a car from the Milwaukee rapid transit and Speedrail. They took over operation of the interurban lines to Hales Corners and Waukesha. The system was removed in 1953. Were those connected to the East Troy Railroad?
Yes it was. The railine between Mukwonago and Hales Corners was torn out in 1939.
Good afternoon ....
Randy .... Thank you for sharing pictures of your interurban cars. Very nice ! When I was a kid, I rode on interurbans as well as street cars. I have always liked them. One of the interurbans I rode was the North Shore. I rode it between Chicago and Milwaukee. (I grew up near Chicago.) .... My current layout includes a streetcar line.
Everybody .... There is plenty of good birthday cake remaining; so chow down on some of it.
Heartland Division CB&QEverybody .... There is plenty of good birthday cake remaining; so chow down on some of it.
Thanks Garry! It was delicious... No dessert for me tonight at supper (and for the next week! You forgot to shake the calories out of it for me... LOL)
What kind of cake is it? I'm always game for a good cake!
As I struggle with how to shape the shapper sheets, Jack came to give me a hand. Well that lasted 20 seconds before he got tired and decided to watch instead. For a 3 month old, hes very well behaved around the trains.
Is this a cat friendly diner?
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk a dog treat.
Garry or am I a day late? What are you now, 62? I wish I was 50 again.
Deep down in the dump today. I am getting close to looking for a studio apartment that will take dogs, but No Wifes!
Later, Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof.
I hate Rust
Kevin--Happy Birthday
Randy-- You'll get the hang of it soon enough.
Ray--Salsa not my favorite, but I don't dislike it. But I'll take a breakfast like that any day. I eat a lot of Mexican Food, and I like the heat turned up a might. But not to the point of igniting dragon breath. I got nothing to prove.
Didn't finish my livery stable. I thought I'd be done by noon.
Fine work makes my back hurt.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
hon30critterKevin, you sent me a PM exactly one month ago and I totally missed it. My sincere apologies!! I just responded. Sorry it took so long.
Dave: I have it. I will respond this evening when I am relaxed.
cudakenDeep down in the dump today. I am getting close to looking for a studio apartment that will take dogs, but No Wifes!
My wife has been angry at me all day for absolutely no reason. She has been upset ever since her Eye Doctor visit yesterday. She got angry with me on the way home and has stayed that way.
SpaceMouseKevin--Happy Birthday
Not my birthday for a few months yet, but thank you.
The drywall was textured today in the bathroom and the lanai ceiling. Tomorrow it is on to paint and tile.
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 SpaceMouse Kevin--Happy Birthday Not my birthday for a few months yet, but thank you.
I meant Garry!
Ringo58As I struggle with how to shape the shapper sheets, Jack came to give me a hand.
I take it that Jack didn't have much to offer!
I used Shaper Sheets at my old club. To get a rough, 'rocky appearance I simply crumpled the sheets after they were cut. I learned to not crumple too tightly. The smoother you want the terrain, the less they should be crumpled.
Note that the smooth sheets need to be cut oversize because the crumples actually cause the area they will cover to be reduced. I learned that the hard way! I would add a couple of inches all the way around.
I also discovered that I could force the sheets to form desired features like a logging road going down a mountain. All I had to do has cut the road into the foam forms and then push the Shaper Sheet until it formed the surface of the road.
Here are my first attempts:
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi Everyone,
Dave: nice hill. I'd never heard of step blocks before, but it makes sense.
Ken: I hope your situation proves to not be as serious as it sounds. I wish you the best.
For anyone who might visit New Mexico, Taos is a nice place to visit especially if you're a skier. It's like Santa Fe, but on a smaller scale. Nearby is the Taos Pueblo. It is a functioning Pueblo and the residents are friendly. It gives one a glimpse of how a Pueblo works. Then a few miles north is the Rio Grande river gorge. When we visited some years ago, I took pictures, but they're all prints and none of them have been scanned to digital. Pity! I'd love to share some of them. You can visit all of these sites and still go up to Antonito, CO for the Chama and Cumbres Railway.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
up831Dave: nice hill. I'd never heard of step blocks before, but it makes sense.
Hi up831,
Actually I'm not sure I would use the same method again. It was an interesting experiment.
The main reason that I might not use it again is that there are gaps between the foam ribs under the Shaper Sheet. Trying to install a tree in those gaps will be a PITA because it will only have the Shaper Sheet to support it. I doubt that trees mounted in those voids would stay upright over time. You would have to use Sculptamold or similar to provide a firm base.
In that case, why bother with the Shaper Sheets? Spend a bit more on foam to make a solid hill and save yourself a bunch by not having to spend money on the sheets.
https://www.walthers.com/shaper-sheet-tm-roll-18-x-72-quot-45-7-x-183cm
Having said that, they are a quick way to add texture to the surface of a solid foam hill. There would be a lot less carving.
Yes, I realize we're in New Mexico but I just couldn't help not sharing these two photos I just came across on Flickr:
CP #2816 passes a Royal Canadian Mountie at Banff Depot May 2006 by Keith Schmidt, on Flickr
RCMP watches CP #2816 at Banff Depot by Keith Schmidt, on Flickr
May 1, 2006, Banff, Alberta.
You fellas' up North sure have something to be proud of, there!
Cheers, Ed
Thanks Ed, those are great pictures! We Canadians owe a great deal to those who have worked so hard and given so much to keep our heritage alive!
Here is a video about the huge repair shops that were located in Albuquerque, NM. It is a bit slow at times but well worth watching to understand the people who worked in the shops:
Double click on the video to get the full screen. I don't know what I've done wrong.
Howdy .....
Thanks to Ken, Chip, Ray, those I already mentioned, and anybody I missed for the birthday wishes yesterday.
Next, our anniversary is tomorrow, and we will leave shortly for Nashville where we will celebrate it this evening.
Everybody, have a good day.
Good morning everyone. Chloe, I think I will eat a light breakfast today. How about some whole wheat toast and a glass of orange juice?
Today I hope to get a lot of Kilz-2 primer on the walls as I move forward.
Everyone be safe.
LION found this on internet.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
BroadwayLionLION found this on internet.
I love the background music and the laugh. The wave is perfect too, what a great hand gesture.
I want to learn how to laugh in Russian.
Another hidden gem in New Mexico, the Very Large Array (VLA). It does have a railroad link in that all of the radio telescopes are on a pair of railroad tracks so they can be moved in and out depending on how deep into space they are observing. If you have watched the movie, "Contact," starring Jody Foster, you have seen the VLA. They do have tours and, if you wander out, be sure to take the time to watch the movie in the visitor center--amazing.
Edit: Top of the page. The Horchatas are on me. (Even better, it is the top of Page 5! Quick! Post early; post often so we can get off of this broken page.)
Richard