York1 MLC, nice work. How long does it take to design and draw the model to be printed?
MLC, nice work. How long does it take to design and draw the model to be printed?
I have not done that part yet as I found a free file online. I am versed in the 3D design software. but have not tried making my own stuff yet.
That is coming soon.
York1 John
Here is one side of my 3d printed hopper car
I have printed the ends and the other side, I still need to do the bottom etc.
Garry: yes we need to have a MRR get together.
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BroadwayLion moelarrycurly4 I see tarts and a lion They are not "tarts", they are Kolaches! Silly bi-ped!
moelarrycurly4 I see tarts and a lion
I see tarts and a lion
They are not "tarts", they are Kolaches!
Silly bi-ped!
Nah Kolaches don't have stuff on top just inside. At least Texas Kolaches are that way. There is a huge Chech community in the hill country were they make authentic Kolaches.
sauage ones are the best.
Today is National Selfie Day ? Who knew?
Selfies have become somewhat less cumbersome, I'd say:
Pathe_Cine-Bori by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's lookin' at you, kid!
Cheers, Ed
BroadwayLionI wonder if they serve oysters there?
Does Lion like Rocky Mountain Oysters Tartare?
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
up831This goes back a ways, if I remember correctly, Rocky Mtn. National Park was called Estes Park and was a state park along time ago. That's in addition to the town of Estes Park. I don't remember when the feds took it over.
Estes Park is where my Nephew is getting married. I will go there in august.
I wonder if they serve oysters there?
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
up831 Park rangers don't have the easiest job.
I have a good friend that is a park ranger in Banff National park and a niece that works as a campground ranger in the summer to pay for University. The biggest eye-roller in the stories they tell is people demanding a refund from the Federal campground because it was raining during their stay. Next on the list is when someone stops their car and throws food out the window for the grizzly so it comes closer to the car for a better photo-op. They then want Parks Canada to pay for all the scratches the Grizzly put in their car with his giant claws. Of course, there are some other whoppers.
There are signs where the roads that head into the backcountry that read in large print.
YOU ARE LEAVING CIVILIZATION, ONLY OFFROAD EQUIPT VEHICLES SHOULD TRAVEL PAST THIS POINT. TAKE FOOD AND WATER WITH YOU IN CASE OF BREAKDOWN. THERE ARE NO SERVICES INCLUDING CELL SERVICE.
It is really hard to miss these huge signs, yet! They find tourists 50 miles up these dirt goat paths on their rented Vespa scooters wearing shorts and sandals and are out of gas.
Of course, it will be someone else's fault, not their own.
up831I have a senior life time pass to any and all national parks. I never heard of what Kevin is describing with the reservations and all. These passes used to cost only $10 when I got mine.
It's a trial program for the Park Service to limit the number of people into the parks. Right now, five of the National Parks require reservations: Yosemite, Acadia, Rocky Mountain, Glacier, and Haleakalā.
Even with the pass, you cannot get in before 3:00 p.m. without a reservation, which is made days or weeks ahead online.
Watch out! Don't use the word "free"!
Rocky Mountain National Park?
As Yogi Berra used to say, "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
This goes back a ways, if I remember correctly, Rocky Mtn. National Park was called Estes Park and was a state park along time ago. That's in addition to the town of Estes Park. I don't remember when the feds took it over.
I have a senior life time pass to any and all national parks. I never heard of what Kevin is describing with the reservations and all. These passes used to cost only $10 when I got mine. Now, I think they're around $80. I can't imagine any ranger saying, "...the right people...". I'm surprised they would still have a job. As for Schutzstaffeln, at least they didn't direct you to the delousing showers. Park rangers don't have the easiest job. They have to put on a helpful demeanor to all, but also put up with a lot of rubbish from patrons, not implying that anyone was giving them grief.
The passes do come in handy. With one of those, you can get your entire carload into a park for free, but that's about the extent of it - free admission. Every thing else costs.
Thanks for all of the pictures Kevin. They're very enjoyable.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Howdy ....
I love the international particpation in the Diner. David said "good evening" , and only a few minutes later Bear said "Good morning". .... I say good afternoon !
Kevin .... Your photos are beautiful in spite of the grumpy people working for the National Park. As far as I know all the people working here at Land Between the Lakes (National Recreation Area) are all very friendly.
Lion .... Thanks for the yummy goodies. (no matter what you call them)
MLC ..... Sometime, we should have another model railroad get-together.
We still have company, and I therefore will be very brief.
Everybody ..... Have a good day.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I saw a random ad online the other day. It was something like "Let the Battle Between the Ties and the Tools Begin!"
Yah, I realize they know I'm into trains, but I don't hand lay track, so why this ad? It took me a couple of days to realize this was a Father's Day ad and not about laying track.
Good morning, All.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good evening all. A large coffee please, Brunhilda.
Took younger granddaughter to Rainbows. (First step to being a Girl Guide.) She had me helping to make a kite etc. etc.. I rather enjoyed it. Just do not say anything; I might have to go again.
Prawn Rigatoni. Strawberry Trifle to follow.
Stay Safe Everyone.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
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York1So you do get in free with your pass, but you have to pay $2.00 to make reservations
Hey, wait a minute What happened to nothing is free?
maxman SeeYou190 I have a lifetime passport membership with the National Park Service. I get free entrance to all National Parks, National Monuments, National Forests, US Forestry Sites, and all parks under the jurisdiction of the US Department Of The Interior for the rest of my life. Wait. Are you saying that the lifetime pass is not a pass? Then what good is it?
SeeYou190 I have a lifetime passport membership with the National Park Service. I get free entrance to all National Parks, National Monuments, National Forests, US Forestry Sites, and all parks under the jurisdiction of the US Department Of The Interior for the rest of my life.
Wait. Are you saying that the lifetime pass is not a pass?
Then what good is it?
At Rocky Mountain NP, your free pass gets you into the park without an entrance fee. The normal entrance fee is $25 for one day or $35 for seven days. However, between May and October, if you want to go into the park before 3:00 p.m., you must make reservations ahead of time online. There is a limit on the number of reservations. The reservations are free, but there is a stupid $2.00 "reservation processing fee".
They are limiting the number of reservations to the number of parking spaces at the various lots in the park.
So you do get in free with your pass, but you have to pay $2.00 to make reservations.
Morning all, it is sunny as usual and our so-called two-day heatwave has just been extended to a week with temps to 37c.
Had a fun, fun, fathers day dinner. The kids brought a massive feed of sushi from a place that gets its fish right off the dock a block away, it doesn't get any fresher.
My son and his girlfriend stayed for hours and we played some games and both my daughter and my sons' girlfriend are incredible pianists and have amazing voices and we all sang songs around the piano for a long time. The girls sang an old Boz Scaggs tune called "we're all alone" and just blew me away, they were so good. The sons' GF is so good she plays to perfection. We also did a good job on "The Weight" and "Against The Wind". Sang some Frank Sinatra hits, Musical #s a whole lot of fun.
As they were leaving I said, "I love it when my three kids are here". My son's GF started to cry and said, three kids, am I one of your kids"? I said "of course", she then put her arms around me and buried her face in my shoulder. She did not have a great home life, we will leave it there, but she is amazing.
Kevin, sorry to hear of your bad experience, that seems to be the way of the world as the population explodes. Crowd control in what is supposed to be a wilderness park just does not seem right. I love going up to Banff but only go in the offseason as it is not enjoyable with wall-to-wall tourists. September is good as the kids are back in school and unlike April, May, the Grizzlies have full tummies and just say hi as they walk past rather than say hey look, dinner!
There is a whole lot of wilderness left in the world that isn't designated as a park and we prefer those places anytime. I have crossed the Rockies on FSRs (forest service roads) without seeing a soul, very memorable trips, though you must be comfortable being a long way from help.
oooh, look! There's my Loco again. 2861 ran out of Vancouver, that's why I got that #.
All the best to all.
Guess Who!
BTW: Can YOU see the pictures, or is it only me who can sea the picktures?
Somewhere in this general catch-all thread there was a minor discussion of teams choking, especially in the SE Pa area. We can now renew the 76's membership to this list. So bad that even the Heimlich couldn't save them.
SeeYou190I have a lifetime passport membership with the National Park Service. I get free entrance to all National Parks, National Monuments, National Forests, US Forestry Sites, and all parks under the jurisdiction of the US Department Of The Interior for the rest of my life.
Good Morning all.
Not much to report, been busy with work for a while, I will have to go back through posts and catch up.
I can't see Kevin's pictures at work as they have blocked imgur on our firewall.
Kevin, Heed the i-40 warnings. I can't go that way to my Southern command I have to go the "back way" around East side of Memphis
I scored a nice expensive 3d printer over the weekend fo $50. It works great. I am currently printing a HO scale hopper car. I printed a few radio knobs for antique radios. I will post pictures of the hopper car progress later since I can't get to imgur.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and coffee please, Flo.
It's a day to cut the grass. Without rain from a while, the grass hasn't grown much.
Kevin, I was at Rocky Mountain NP several years ago, and I agree. You can see much more of the Rocky Mountains outside the park than inside. It is basically a drive-thru park.
Hope everyone has a healthy day today.
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Flo. A day of rain here in the UK. (Saves me watering the roses. )
Kevin. We have the same challenges here with the 'young whippersnapper Jobsworths'.' Just have to forget them as yesterday has forgotten you. Just focus on today. It is all in front of you. Loving the pictures. Snowballs in June. Reminds me of when we were in Norway.
Thanks to this Covid stuff I am missing my time on board ships.
Evening in the Arabian Sea
A busy day today with things to do before I can run any trains.
Those missing from the Diner - A speedy return. You are missed.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
Kevin, I am so sorry to hear about your negative experience in Rocky Mountain National Park. The Rangers' conduct was inexcusable! Some people should never be given a uniform or authority!! Are you in the mood to make a formal complaint to the Parks Service? I think that you have earned the right to do so.
Let's hope that the negative experiences are behind you.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hello fellow diners.
Today we travelled around Colorado and visited Rocky Mountain National Park.
A lot of things went wrong today, but it was still a day of new experiences.
This was pretty cool. I found some trees that actually look like Woodland Scenics pine trees, and their foliage was "conifer green".
The drive across Colorado took about three hours to get to our goal for the day, the Rocky Mountain National Park.
This is what the skies looked like when we arrived at the park at noon... absolutely wonderful.
A little background... I have a lifetime passport membership with the National Park Service. I get free entrance to all National Parks, National Monuments, National Forests, US Forestry Sites, and all parks under the jurisdiction of the US Department Of The Interior for the rest of my life.
I have visited dozens of parks in the years I have held this pass.
Today at the Rocky Mountain National Park I had a series of experiences I could not believe.
When I arrived at the park I was told that only specially permitted people could get into the park before 3:00. I said "WHAT???... what are you talking about?"
The Ranger, very rudely and full of condescention, told me that if I wanted to get into the park I should have gone online and applied for a permit for entrance. These permits need to be purchased.
She then told me this was being done to make sure that only the "right people" get into the park.
I hold a Lifetime NPS passport, am a tree-hugging environmentalist, and avid nature/landscape photographer, how am I not one of the "right people?"
She told me it must have been a while since I visited a National Park because it has been this way for a while. NO... IT HAS NOT! I have visited several NPS sites in the past three weeks, none of them are doing this.
Then I realized that this is probably the first step in making the National Park system another exclusive benefit of the "right people", and blue-collar workaday folks like me are going to need to wait until they are finished before we can enjoy the public lands put aside for the people. Living on the scraps in another way.
When I was finally allowed access to the park at 3:00 PM, the skies looked like this:
Now... I am inside the park, and it does not take me long to realize that Rocky Mountain National Park is not a very good park.
There are strictly enforced rules that you can only pull off the road to take pictures at designated pull-outs. This is typical of National Parks, but in this park the pull-outs are very rare, and none of them are at good picture taking locations.
It was very frustrating to drive past beautiful things to take pictures of because there are almost no pull-outs. There is also only one side road with a destination in the entire park... more on that later. In all other parks there are many roads that lead to great places to spend time.
Also... in "Rocky Mountain" National Park, I expected to see some... well... "rocky" mountains. Nope. I saw tall tree covered hills and a few rocky outcroppings. The landscape was not what I expected at all. The Grand Tetons were massively more impressive.
Speaking of trees... 95% of the roadway is lined with tall pine trees on both sides. It is almost impossible to see the mountains very much. All of this was very disappointing.
I did find snow still on the ground starting at about 10,000 feet.
I made a snowball, in June!
I threw it at my wife, but the windshield protected her.
We also saw some wildlife in the park.
In spite of the bad skies, I did take a couple of decent landscape pictures.
When we finally made it to the Northeast side of the park, we wanted to drive down Bear Lake Road to the hiking trails... BUT... only the upper-crust permitted guests were allowed in the Bear Lake area until 6:00 PM!
I joined the line of the plebians waiting for the magic hour of 6:00 when we would be allowed to get a taste of the splendor the specially priviledged people were allowed to enjoy before us.
At 6:00 a string of cars started down the mountain towards Bear Lake. We were not allowed to park in the trailhead parking lot, but had to assemble in a staging area and wait our turn on busses to take us the rest of the way.
It was after 7:00 before I made it to the hiking trails and walked around Bear Lake.
I love to find beauty everywhere in nature, and Bear Lake provided a few gems in spite of it being almost entirely dark along the hiking trail.
If this had been my first experience with the National Park System, it would have also been my last. I am furious about everything today.
The Park Rangers were the worst. normally they are friendly and helpful. Full of enthusiasm about the park and want to make sure you see all the best spots.
These jerks were the opposite. I would not be surprised if their training was conducted by a former member of the Waffen Schutzstaffel. They were herding us through the park like sheep. If someone slowed down to see something, they were prodded forward and reprimanded for daring to enjoy the splendor of a National Park.
All-in-all, Rocky Mountain National Park is barely more than a drive down a two lane mountain road. It is the second worst National Park I have visited.
If you want to drive down a two-lane mountain road, I can suggest about 30 more that are free and have better views. This list would include US Route 36 on the East side of the park. Yup, you will see better scenery on the road to the park than you will inside the park.
Wow, I hit 1,000 words ranting about how terrible this day was... sorry.
Tomorrow we are driving across Colorado Westward from Denver on back roads all day long. That should be a beautiful and enjoyable day.
I did see this beautiful crane car today.
Still, The World Is A Beautiful Place.
-Kevin
Living the dream.