bjdukert Ok Garry Hi to everyone and have a good day. Best to all on sick call and those recovering Take care Duke
Ok Garry Hi to everyone and have a good day.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Take care
Duke
Duke ! ... Nice seeing you here !!!!!!!
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Everybody ... if you are interested, I posted trains I recall riding on in my lifetime in the thread "trans you have ridden on"
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Track fiddlerThe first Tom and Jerry movie is supposed to be a real life movie with the cat and mouse cartoon characters dubbed in.
You mean like this...
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190I joined the Florida Live Steamers in 1984 when I was in high school, and actually bought the first parts of this project with money from my first job stocking shelves at Winn Dixie.
Kevin, Did you know Bill Koster down in Homestead? He built a battetry powered GP7 for my dad back in 1971. We rode Auto-Train (the original one) to Sanford and met with him to see the construction progress.
I'll have to find some photos of his track.
7_1-2_inch_5749 by Edmund, on Flickr
Some years later we bought a gas-hydraulic GP50 from a fellow in Galesburg:
1.6 inch scale GP50 by Edmund, on Flickr
I saw SO many guys start steam projects and either died or sold them off before ever completing them. We almost bought a 2-6-0 but the guy selling that died and his widow wanted to keep the engine for the kids.
I was a partner in this F7 pair for a while, too:
F7_Inch-half9 by Edmund, on Flickr
F7_Inch-half4 by Edmund, on Flickr
Fun while it lasted but got to be a chore after a while.
Hope your night at the drive in went well, TF. You like the King Arthur flour?
Time for some bridge work:
Soaring over Cisco by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Beautiful!
Cheers, Ed
Good morning Diners. Toast and tea with strawberry Jam please, Janie.
I hope everyone is keeping well.
Today we are in Brechin, Angus. At the Caledonia Railway Society Station.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning
The drive-inn was a blast last night because my little niece CC was there. Judy took a picture of us after I was chasing her around the cars. All that little girl does is laugh. She is so full of life and fun.
I'm paying the price as my knee is a little wanky today from playing with CC last night but that's just what uncles do.
They let you grill at this place, so we brought our mini grill and cooked hot dogs.
She really liked the Tom and Jerry movie sitting in our lawn chairs so it made everything all worthwhile. By the time Godzilla and King Kong came on, the temperature had dropped from 50 to 40 and our little CC had conked out. We had a bed ready for her in the back of the SUV.
John and Mr B. I remember seeing Blazing Saddles when I was a Kid at the Historic Cooper Theater in St Louis Park before they tore it down. It was an old school theater with the old world charm. It had a balcony we always sat in. We rode our bikes down across the tracks to see movies down there right around the time the Green Machines were running rampant. That was a Mel Brooks movie wasn't it? Young Frankenstein was a hilarious one too. A lot of people don't know Aerosmith got the inspiration for their song "Walk This Way" from it being said by Igor (Marty Feldman) in the movie Young Frankenstein.
That Starlight Drive-In sign looks exactly like the sign that was at the drive-in up in Blaine Minnesota Kevin. The Starlite Drive-Inns must have been a national chain. We still have one in Litchfield about an hour and 45 minutes from here.
We've never gone to that one because I don't want to drive an hour and 45 minutes at 1:00 in the morning. Maybe a hotel sometime.
Drive Inns used to be all over the place when I was young. There used to be the France Drive-Inn directly across the highway from where I live now. Before that one got torn down they built high-rise apartments right next door to it and people would sit on their balconies and tune in the radio station and watch the movies for free.
We like the King Arthur pizza crust Ed. We mix some sugar and Himalayan salt in it to add flavor. I remember you told me what you mix in with yours for the flavor but I don't remember what it was that you did.
Those huge model locomotives sure are cool. I was checking out the bridge you posted with the Canadian National zebra paint scheme. I've had my eye on an F7 A&B unit with the zebra themed paint job. I just need to twist my own arm a little harder
Have a great Saturday gentleman
TF
gmpullmanKevin, Did you know Bill Koster down in Homestead?
Probably not. I never went to a live steam event on the East Coast.
I went to a few live steam meets when I was in high school and could hitch a ride. I have been to a handful with my wife since then, but we don't meet anyone when we go.
NorthBritToday we are in Brechin, Angus. At the Caledonia Railway Society Station.
I love those Sulzer diesel locomotives.
Track fiddlerAll that little girl does is laugh. She is so full of life and fun.
She is also getting big! They grow up so fast.
Track fiddler Drive Inns used to be all over the place when I was young.
We had an active drive-in in North Fort Myers up until a few years ago.
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Scottish Cattle are so cute!
Good morning. Bacon, eggs, and coffee.
TF, I'm happy your night at the drive-in went so well.
It seems like drive-ins are the perfect answer to our pandemic life.
In my town, everyone who wants a vaccine has gotten one, there are virtually no new cases of the virus, and life is about as back to normal as we can get. There is only one store that has a sign about masks. Even my church was just about filled last Sunday.
The Lincoln, NE, Rock Island Station:
York1 John
Good evening Diners. A coffee with milk and little sugar, Flo.
Kevin. Glad you like the Sulzer's. I have three models of them.
We are now back in Glasgow. Films of two Main Line Stations in Glasgow that have been demolished.
Ex-Caledonian Railway Station - Buchanan Street
Ex-Glasgow & South Western Railway - St Enoch Station.
Stay Safe
Good Afternoon,
A nice day here, about 55F and sunny. I sat outside on the patio with Robbie for awhile.
We spent most of the morning watching the funeral for Prince Phillip. The BBC did a very nice job of the coverage. Have to say that for me no country does the pomp and ceremony thing as well as Britain.
I recieved my sound decoder for the RS3 in the mail so I will have an install job to do in the next few days. It is a very easy one as the board is custom for an Athearn RS3. I'm now following a PK2 GP9 on ebay. I had a Bachmann version once that ran nicely but the paint colour was wrong for CN. The green was way off and it bothered me so I sold it.
BBQ is on the agenda for supper. We are doing more of those prime rib burgers.
Sure wish we could go out and at least go for a walk. Our neighbourhood is great for walking as we have the river close by and there are trails in the old golf course but my wife is just too afraid of covid to venture out even with a mask.
TF, sounds like you had fun at the drive in. Last time I went to one was in the early '80s with my wife. We saw Mr. Mom I think. That drive in is now gone as are all others here. Back in the early '60s there were 5 or 6 of them in or near the city.
Getting close on deciding the contractor for the fence. I hope to make the final decision this week or i should say I hope my wife does as they are booking mid-June now.
Dave, have you and your wife had the shot yet? Hope so seeing what is going on in your neck of the woods.
Have a nice day,
CN Charlie
CNCharlieDave, have you and your wife had the shot yet? Hope so seeing what is going on in your neck of the woods.
Hi CN Charlie,
Dianne and I got our shots last week. No side effects other than sore shoulders for a couple of days.
I won't comment on how well (or how poorly) Ontario is doing handling the pandemic. Any observations would fall afoul of the forum rules.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I went to the web site that my primary care provider sent to me in an email a few weeks ago to register for an appointment for the vaccine.
Sign in, registration, a dozen questions, insurance policy numbers (optional BUT suggested) an automated phone call with the secret log-in code number, pick all the squares with a traffic light and all that. PITA
Finally got to the site and... sorry all appointments in you area are taken. Check back later. This went on for two weeks.
Today I went to the site for my county health department, enter name and email address. Pick the date you want (only Tuesdays or Thursdays) and two minutes later I got a confirmation email.
So much for managed healthcare.
A Beautiful Place:
Big MACs in Bootlegger by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Good evening ...
It was a busy day here. This morning we ran errands in town.
Next , we wembt to Grand Rivers and had lunch with friends at Patti's, which is one of the best known restaurants in western Kentucky.
Later, the friends came to our house to see my layout. I ran several trains, and I am pleased to say no gremlins spoiled the fun. There were no derailmenta at all. ... Not even on a troublesome S-curve where passenger trains tend to derail or uncouple. ... Yay !
Everybody: .... Have good night.
gmpullmanSign in, registration, a dozen questions, insurance policy numbers (optional BUT suggested) an automated phone call with the secret log-in code number, pick all the squares with a traffic light and all that. PITA
We gave up on our normal routes for the vaccination nown here, and my wife went to the State Run Site for vaccines that is barely publicized. We had appointments immediately and it went smooth as silk.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
Greetings from the Southern command,
We have been to Juke Joint festival this weekend. We were so glad to see live performances.
Saw our friends who are performers and saw some new ones.
Had decent weather, a bit cool, but no rain. lots of music.
no issues at South house.
Good morning Diners. The usual toast and tea with marmalade, Janie.
A day in Glasgow on our tour of Scotland.
A film of North British Railway locomotives around the world.
Mainly Freight Trains around Glasgow 14th/15th July 2015
Good morning everyone. I just gave Chloe my order for a stack of whole wheat toast.
Today I will be digging a 40 foot trench in the front yard to bring the reclaimed irrigation water from the city hook-up to the pad where the sprinkler controls will be installed. I am going with seven sprinkler zones.
What fun.
SeeYou190 Today I will be digging a 40 foot trench in the front yard
Today I will be digging a 40 foot trench in the front yard
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and coffee, please, Brunhilda.
Kevin, I'm glad I don't live any closer to you. I would feel obligated to volunteer to help you dig. It's too bad I can't help! The stone work looks good. If anyone else needs help doing any digging, I also live too far away from you, no matter where you live.
David, continued thanks for the vacation you're providing in Scotland.
Charlie, Dave, Ed, and others, hopefully by now you've all had your first or first and second vaccinations. I'll tell you that you start to feel a lot more relaxed.
My area did a good job of getting people signed up, called, scheduled, and vaccinated. Lots of volunteers and medical people worked hard at getting us all in.
Ed, that's a neat photo of the 1/12 scale railroad. I can imagine the work on something like that.
Garry, that's great that your layout performed so well. For weeks my railroad has run flawlessly. Last week, we had out-of-town company visit, and you can guess what happened when I showed them the running trains. The one passenger train I had uncoupled, and an intermodal train derailed. I got things running again when they left, and it worked perfectly again.
MLC, that festival in Clarksdale sounds good. That is a great center of blues musicians. I've never been, but I'm glad they were able to hold it.
TF, I'm glad you and your niece and family enjoyed the drive in so much. She sounds like a great kid.
MisterBeasley, Blazing Saddles was hilarious. I'm not sure if it can be shown nowadays -- it's not exactly politically correct in today's world. I haven't seen it in years.
Ricky, have you figured out the bird yet? I hope you can find out and let us know.
I hope everyone has a good Sunday.
Good evening Diners. Pour yourself a drink. Relax for a few minutes. A quick tour of Scotland.
Glasgow.
Stay Safe Everyone.
York1 TF, I'm glad you and your niece and family enjoyed the drive in so much. She sounds like a great kid.
York1 MisterBeasley, Blazing Saddles was hilarious. I'm not sure if it can be shown nowadays -- it's not exactly politically correct in today's world. I haven't seen it in years.
I realized years ago after seeing the movie censored for TV that I would need my own copy if I hoped to see he original version. So, I bought a DVD.
A few months later, I bought my first big-screen TV. I hooked it up and it worked fine, but I remember asking myself if I just spent all that money to watch the Drew Carey Show. I pulled out Blazing Saddles and all was right with the world.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good Evening,
Had a cool day here, only about 32F with a strong north wind . Expecting the same for a couple of days.
Got the sound decoder installed in the RS3. Had a little trouble with the lights but got it sorted. It works fine with good Alco sound and decent motor control. The brand is XL Systems who apparently made MRC decoders for 20 years. I have to adjust the CVs but that is a job for tomorrow. I was testing it and my wife called down from upstairs asking what was that horrible sound. Not an Alco fan I guess.
I was tired as soon as I read about Kevin's project. I would help but the border is closed and I'm over the max age for digging projects. Sorry Kevin.
I saw Blazing Saddles when it first came out and thoufht it very funny. I saw it on TV a couple of years ago and thought it was very silly and boring. Guess my tastes have changed in 50 years.
Time for tea and tellie.
I started out the day by digging access out around the reclaimed water connection and installed the tap onto the valve to feed the irrigation system. This was the hardest part of the day. There were so many grapefruit sized rocks in this area, and the valve for the water tap would not close all the way. I finally worked it back and forth enough to get it to close, and then I could make the connection.
I am using 1 1/2" schedule 40 PVC pipe for the water flow lines. The city regulates how much water flows through the reclaimed system by lowering pressure as the reservoir gets lower, so the larger pipe will help the system work during low pressure times.
Today we had 35 PSI, kind of low. I did a flow test through the pipe, and it filled a 5 gallon bucket in about 4 seconds. I think that is plenty of flow.
I was wrong about the length of the trench. It is over 50 feet long. I did not have enough pipe and had to make a parts run. Those 10 foot long pieces of PVC seem so long in the store, but they are so short when I lay them out on the yard.
The yard slopes up about 7 feet above the roadway. I used 45 degree elbows to terrace the pipe up towards the house. I don't like bending PVC pipe, and prefer to use elbows to make the elevation changes.
I had time to build the manifold connections for the seven zone irrigation system. the pipe along the bottom is 1 1/2", and it drops to 1" to go through the valves. It will go back to 1 1/2" once the pipe id underground again. This thing is heavier than it looks.
When I was digging I found this 8 gauge white wire buried in the yard. Does anyone have any idea what it might be for? I don't know why this wire would be buried out there.
I am so sore. When I install all of the piping and sprinkler heads I am definitely renting a trenching machine.
SeeYou190When I was digging I found this 8 gauge white wire buried in the yard. Does anyone have any idea what it might be for? I don't know why this wire would be buried out there.
Hi Kevin,
Are you on natural gas? If so, that wire is likely to be a locator line for the gas pipe. When the service guys want to know exactly where the gas pipe is, they will put an electric charge on the wire so they can trace it with sensors.
If you look at your gas meter you will likely see the wire coming up out of the ground to the meter.
If you haven't had a cable and pipe survey done, I suggest that you call somebody up to have all the connections to your house mapped out before doing any more digging. Some of the feeds like cable tv and phone lines may be quite close to the surface. In Ontario the service is free and one company marks all the locations for all the different feeds coming into your home. If we don't use the survey service and we snag a line, we pay a stiff penalty and the costs of the repair!
hon30critterAre you on natural gas?
Nope, there is no natural gas in any residential area of Cape Coral.
Thanks for the possibility. I did not know that about gas lines.
Good morning all. A sunny day here in the U.K..
I am exhausted looking at the pictures Kevin has posted.
We are back on former North British Railway metals.
The Charm (to me) of Helensburgh Central.
Colas Rail Freight Class 37s No. 37025 and 37254 arrive and departs Helensburgh Central while working 1Q80 1556 Mossend to Mossend PLPR Test Train
Memories of Helensburgh
Trains at Helensburgh Upper Station. The West Highland Line to Fort William.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require
SeeYou190Nope, there is no natural gas in any residential area of Cape Coral.
I still think that the wire must be there for a purpose. Perhaps it is intended to trace some other service line. In any case I wouldn't remove it.
As we are in and around Glasgow a film of Paddle Steamers etc. Some ships shown here (highlighted) I have traveled on.
PS Maid of the Loch was the last large paddle steamer built in the UK but has not sailed in over three decades.Constructed on the Clyde in 1953 at the A&J Inglis yard at Pointhouse she was dismantled and re-built at Balloch on Loch Lomond. From her home port of Balloch, the steamer sailed the length of Loch Lomond for the next 29 years. A decline in passenger numbers and various other cost pressures saw her laid up in 1981. Restoration efforts soon began and in 1992 she was bought by the local council before a charitable trust was formed to oversee the project. In September 2018 the Heritage Lottery Fund turned down the Maid for vital funding which would have seen her sailing again in 2019. The fight continues to return the Maid to service.
SS Sir Walter Scott is a small steamship that has provided pleasure cruises and a ferry service on Loch Katrine in the scenic Trossachs of Scotland for more than a century, and is the only surviving screw steamer in regular passenger service in Scotland. It is named after the writer Walter Scott. Denny's assembled Sir Walter Scott at their yard in 1899 and completed its reassembly and launch on the loch in 1900.
The PS Comet replica was built by local shipyard apprentices in 1961/2 to mark the 150th anniversary of the launch of the original PS Comet on 24th July 1812. On 2nd September 1962, she sailed under steam from Port Glasgow to Helensburgh (home of Henry Bell, owner of the original PS Comet) with a dozen local dignitaries on board.
SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of £17,000,000. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960, sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies, GBE, wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia.
PS Caledonia was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. She was launched on Thursday 1 February 1934 and completed later that year. In 1939 she was converted to a minesweeper and renamed HMS Goatfell. Her wartime service continued after 1941 as an anti aircraft ship. In 1969 she was retired from service and sold for scrap. Saved by subsequent sale to Bass-Charrington, she served as a floating pub and restaurant named Old Caledonia on the Victoria Embankment of the River Thames. Badly damaged by fire in 1980, she was beyond economic repair and was scrapped in July 1980 at Milton Creek on The Swale near Sittingbourne, Kent. Caledonia’s engines were saved and are preserved at the Hollycombe Steam collection near Liphook, Hampshire.
MV Cowal was a hoist-loading vehicle ferry introduced by Caledonian Steam Packet Company in 1954. She spent the whole of her 24 years with Caledonian MacBrayne on the Upper Clyde crossings. MV Cowal was the second of a trio of vehicle vessels ordered in 1951 to modernise the Clyde fleet. Three "general purpose" vessels were planned for the Clyde routes of their names,MV Arran,MV Bute and MV Cowal. Built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Cowal was launched at Troon on 20 January 1954. Cowal was the last vessel to receive the new CalMac livery, retaining the vivid CSP yellow funnel until 1974.After 24 years' service, she was laid up in East India Harbour, Greenock from early June 1977.
Clyde Hover Ferries operated a hovercraft ferry service connecting Rothesay with locations such as Wemyss Bay,Gourock,Dunoon,Millport,Tarbert and Largs. The Largs service was terminated when the local council decided they had the right to impose a charge for the hovercraft's use of the shore. A service to Helensburgh never materialised, as a suitable landing area was not available.The service was only to last from 1965 to 1966.
RMS Queen Elizabeth was constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, the build was known as Hull 552. Launched on 27 September 1938, she was named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, then Queen Consort to King George VI, who became the Queen Mother in 1952. She has the distinction of being the largest-ever riveted ship by gross tonnage. She first entered service in February 1940 as a troopship in World War II, and it was not until October 1946 that she served in her intended role as an ocean liner.Finally the Elizabeth was sold to Hong Kong businessman Tung Chao Yung, who intended to convert her into a floating university cruise ship now called the Seawise University. In 1972, while undergoing refurbishment in Hong Kong harbour, fire broke out aboard under unexplained circumstances and the ship was capsized by the water used to fight the fire. In 1973, the wreck was deemed an obstruction to shipping in the area, and so was partially scrapped where she lay.
Sandman sure has been getting me up early. 4:00 yesterday and 4:30 today.
Enjoyed our excursion on Loch Lomond over coffee this morning David. Nice music to wake up with. I like the sound of the name SS Walter Scott, it sounds Strong. I kept a look out for Nessie on our voyage even though I think she's in the other lake. Those Scotland Lakes sure are deep.
That could be some kind of grounding wire or possibly a relay of some kind Kevin. Low voltage relay wires don't need to be thick, unless they're buried underground they do. Or it could just be a wire scrap an electrician dropped that got buried when the front yard got graded. Maybe chase it a little bit on both sides of the cut to see if it's continuous. I would definitely wear a good pair of rubber gloves if you decide to repair it with a heat shrink splice for sure though.
Our ground jumpers are clamped to the copper main coming in the house right above the cement slab up here. I'm not familiar with the methods in Florida though.
Up here it's called Gopher State One Call before you dig. It's a free service and all the utility companies come out and mark all the utility lines.
One time I was working with my friend Mike doing some landscaping and he dug up a fiber optic phone main with the bobcat. It was a high-paying job but he went way backwards on that one.
Well, Judy's back to work so not a lot going on here. I think I'll put the popcorn on the ceiling repairs today and then continue with some more foam, maybe a bridge or something.
Have a great day gentleman
Track fiddlerMaybe chase it a little bit on both sides of the cut to see if it's continuous.
I don't think I cut the wire. The copper on the end does not look fresh, and I did not see another side of the wire.
Track fiddlerOur ground jumpers are clamped to the copper main coming in the house right above the cement slab up here. I'm not familiar with the methods in Florida though.
My ground wires are the same. They are clamped to a 3/4" grounding rod that is supposed to be at least ten feet long underground.
I doubt it is a ground wire for the house.
I also found another set of wires nearby, a yellow and black set, that I know went to the outdoor well pump. This lone white wire is about 18" from those and a larger gauge.