Hello folks!
Once again it is time to move the Diner. This time we are headed north (where else would you want to go in February?!?) so we can see some snow ploughs ('plows' for our southern neighbours - note 'neighbours' spelled with a 'u' just to rub a few people the wrong way!) I'd better shut up!
As is our custom, we include a list of fallen modelers who have made great contributions to the hobby and the forums:
Don't forget to duck when the snowploughs go by!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Here are a couple of compelation videos showing the snow flying high! Click on the 'Watch on YouTube icon to see the full screen.
This one is a bit unusual in that it shows a plough with the flanger blades in action at about the 2:30 mark:
Thanks for setting up the Diner for February, Dave.
Short month — short plow!
CN_Plough_55401 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Thanks for moving the Diner Dave.
Snow plows sound interesting, but I have never had the need for one.
I finished the new A/C return work tonight. Now I need to start on the main outlet. I hope the weather stays cool.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning Diners. A busy day ahead, so a full English please, Janie.
Thanks for moving the Diner, Dave.
Snowploughs.
Here is one seen at 'Locomotion' Museum, Shildon, County Durham.
IMG_2344 by David Harrison, on Flickr
IMG_2345 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Hopefully I get to the train room later and post some pictures.
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
Good morning everyone. Chloe, waffles, eggs-sunny side up, sausage, and whole wheat toast please. And apple juice.
February already?! Dang! That means Valentine's Day is upcoming. Usually my wife and I will buy each other something very small, like a small box of candy as I'm blessed with a wife that realizes it is very much a hallmark holiday. However, I might surprise her this year with some overpriced flowers. I'll have to see how much they would set me back.
Snow plows (ploughs) eh? In a little challenge to David (HOn30 Critter) who happens to be building a scale one......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NT6gEiqpWA
(After a great many attempts to get the video embeded like Dave did, I must wave the white flag and leave just the link. Sigh)
Cheers!
Mike
OK, so your favorite LION has been AWOL long enough. Haven't been up to the train room in many weeks. I keep promising that I will drag myself up there but once I get there I am overwhelmed and do not know what I want to do. It is always one little nasty thing that defeets me.
Back in November (or maybe it was October or even September) I fell on the stairway while going down to Vespers and ever since then the Prior has required me to use a walker. And the elevator was out for two months which is why I was on the stairway anyway.
Elevator is fixed, and I fixed myself up with a computer in my cell (room for youse guys) so I do not knead to go down to the computer office. This works out well.
They got me a gnu lift chair which is comfortable. My sleeping is not watt it used to be. I go to bed at the right time, but then awake at 11:56, 1:42; 2:16; and then again at 0323 at witch time I get up and read the New Yoork Post on lion, and so here I sit.
And now it is 0516, sew I will head on off to the rain locker and start they day.
Youse guys in the norf-yeast seem to have gotten some snow or something. We have no snow and temps was in the 40s yesterday. The east end of the state got colbbered as usual, but we are in the banana belt of North Dakota, and so all we got was another six inche of drought.
Snow ewe say:
In Tashkent a woman tossed here three year old daughter into a bear pit at her local zoo. The bear came by, sniffed the kid and then went off to visit with the zookeepers while others went into the enclosure to retreive the kid. The kid is ok in the hospital and the mother is ok in the jail. Anyway, that is why we have bareclaws this morning.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good morning
Really good hear from you Lion. I'm sorry about your nasty fall on the stairs. I'm glad you're for the most part alright considering a rather unfortunate accident like that.
Relieved to hear the kid thrown in the Bear Pit was OK. So much for a loving mother. Quite disturbing what's wrong with some people these days.
I used to bring my kids to the zoo many years ago. I must admit I thought of throwing my dry PB&J sandwich into the Bear Pit once but the thought of my offspring never crossed my mind. Besides that, the sign said Don't Feed the Bears
Hopefully your disruptive sleep pattern improves. Those is some interesting night times to wake. I had an awakening at 3:16 one time
People and their cell phones never cease to amaze me but that one was ridiculous. Snap the shot and Retreat, Not snap the shot and Repeat
You take it easy and I hope you fully recover from your fall soon. Stop by more often if you would as you are missed around here. And Thanks for the Bear Paws for breakfast
Thanks for moving the Diner as your frequent hosting is appreciated Dave.
I got a plough picture.
Northern Pacific taken at the Duluth Depot Museum around 1995.
Liked the Green on that Bridge Ed
Been a bit worried about the well-being of voracious carnivores lately. Glad One stopped by
Enjoy your day gentlemen
TF
Good Morning,
The Clipper arrived last night. I had to shovel 6 inches of snow to get the feeders out but it is very windy. There is a blizzard warning now as the wind is 30 gusting 50 mph out if the north. I expect the highways are closed as visibility would be very poor.
Lion, nice to see you in the Diner. Amazing you have no snow as we have plenty as do our friends in Thief River Falls. Guess you are having trouble catching wildebeest now. Oh well, beef is good for lions too.
My big plan for the day is to finish assembling that truck I started yesterday.
I am trying to not look at the news as much as I have been. I just get angry.
I can see 3 house finches at the feeders from my perch on the sofa as I type this with coffee in my other hand. Now there's 8 of them. I will have to go out and refill in an hour or so. Can't have them go hungry on a cold windy day.
I have my 454 horsepower coffee to keep me charged up. Yes, it is actually called that.
CN Charlie
Hi Mike and gang,
Let's see if I can get your video to work:
Here's another model snow plough in action. Check out the trestles!
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
February is here. That means we're getting closer to spring. Yay!
Sorry, I don't have any plow/plough pictures to contribute. Can you envision the photo shoot? The suburban station backdrop, the disco music at volume 42, the continual flashes, the photographer saying, "Can we turn the rotor, yeah, that's it. Work it, work it. Beautiful!" I think I need more coffee.
Tossing a 3 year old in a bear pit. That child would be old enough to have some awareness. Terrifying! The mother gets off easy, she only has to go to the joint. The child has basically had her life ruined or at least severely altered before she even starts it. Really sad! I just think of my little granddaughters and what a joy they are.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Here's a goodie down at the Pennsy Railraod Museum. They practically rebuilt it from the ground up:
(Inside VR tour here: https://rrmuseumpa.org/QR/plow/)
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
Good morning everyone.
I looked through all the pictures I have taken at railroad museums, and I do not have a single picture of a snowplow.
That was surprising.
DigitalGriffinHere's a goodie down at the Pennsy Railraod Museum. They practically rebuilt it from the ground up:
Hi Don,
Thanks for posting the interior tour of that plough. It is really interesting!
https://rrmuseumpa.org/QR/plow/
I love the patina on the plough blades. It has certainly had its fair share of knocks.
OK Dave. What was I doing wrong? I tried pasting both the regular web address and the share address both directly in the email and in the insert video pop-up box, and even in the insert photo pop-up box. I even clicked the embed tab from youtube and tried using that as well. How are you getting them to show?
Hi Mike,
I start my post and go to wherever I want to insert the video. Then I open a second window and go to the video itself. Then I right click on the video and select "Copy embed code". Then I go back to the post, position my cursor, click on the video icon, and then select the 'Embed' option at the top. The next step is to paste the embed code into the box and then hit 'OK'.
You will get a gray box in your post initially. The video won't show up until you submit the post. You still won't be able to see the full width video. You have to click the 'Watch on YouTube' icon to get the full screen. I try to remember to mention that each time I post a YouTube video.
Hope that helps,
Here is another plough video compilation. Some segments we have seen before. Again, click on the 'Watch on YouTube' link on the lower left to see the full width video:
Here is a golden oldie in action:
Ah, Yess..... Snow Removal.
NYCT does not fool around!
That is a jet engine (From a 747--the little one in the tail)
Snow B Gone! Also removes any trash and ballast that is not properly glued down.
ROARING
Welcome back, Lion!
York1 John
Glad to see LION checked in
Snow:
Winter’s blue hour by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Quite the “snowblower!” by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Steam, snow and frost by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Digging out at Pinecliffe by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Today was one of those "hints" that spring-like weather is not too far off. We had sun and 47°F. Tomorrow will be different.
Off to the layout, Cheers, Ed
Good afternoon from the sunny West Coast.
Just sitten here waiting to hear if the kid got the condo he bid on, there are plenty of offers, and he went 12% over asking, fingers crossed. He is excited and nervous at the same time, aren't we all the first time we go to buy a home. Now I consider it a necessary evil. I have bought and sold a few places through the years, some my home, some revenue properties, and some for Estates acting as Executor. I don't think twice about such transactions anymore.
howmusJust popped in to send a message to Brent (and anyone else that might care???). I, as of today, since I purchased my first fitbit... (that was 3 years and 9 months ago) have collected 6,000 miles of running and walking.
That's pretty cool Ray, quite an accomplishment, give yourself a pat on the back from me.
Since I have been wearing my Garmin I have come to realize that over the years I have been doing more than I thought I was, not that there is anything wrong with that. It tells me how rested I am and how much stress the body has endured throughout the day. Pretty amazing technology.
When I sleep it tells me how much time was spent in REM sleep, deep sleep and light sleep, and moments when I have been awake. gives O2 sats and respiration as well. I breathe 7 times a minute while sleeping and my O2 is never lower than 98%, my heart rate is really steady at 42BPM. It tells me how many steps I take and how many calories burned. It has a GPS that is hilarious to look at sometimes like when you go through Costco or when I was taking down the Christmas lights the route looked like one of those squirrel crossing signs.
John, I just ripped up some track and a 1" chisel took the caulk right off.
Good to see Lions has dropped in, Don't be a stranger Elias.
I remember exactly where I was when the Challenger blew up, I was picking up some electronics for the military, to put on a flight to the far North. The receptionist came into where we were and told the guys to turn on the TV.
For years at a set time before every shuttle flight, I would pick up a truckload of onboard electronics at MDI Aerospace and get it on its way to Florida. I was told it was all the onboard computers that were at MDI to be checked and programmed for the next flight. When the Columbia broke apart it kind of bothered me somewhat as I had a small part in the whole thing. Thinking that some of that stuff falling out of the sky I had actually handled. Another very sad day.
Well, the Canucks are in Nashville tonight, which makes me think of Garry. I still miss his contributions.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Good for you Ed. That's rather beautiful weather for this time of year. I bet you were outside more than inside today
What Snowplow?
https://youtu.be/6acPX_00M9Q
Must say I've never seen a bridge like that before
Lion I feel for you with your sleep problems. 3 hours in bed and the microfiber blanket sets my arm on fire. Finally talked my surgeon into starting gabapentin. Personally I neither have used or prescribed it. He prescribed 300mg which I am told is a very low dose. My friend with MS takes 2400 mg/day
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
BATMANI remember exactly where I was when the Chellenger blew up, I was picking up some electronics for the military, to put on a flight to the far North. The receptionist came into where we were and told the guys to turn on the TV.
Gee.... I thoughyt you were talking about a locomotive!
Good Evening,
A very busy day. Bird traffic was crazy today with the storm. I was out every hour filling feeders and clearing snow. I'm tired now.
This morning I woke up when the alarm went off and was dreaming at the time, don't remember what, except Go Now by the Moody Blues was playing and then Nights in White Satin. I haven't heard either for many years. Strange.
Didn't get any RR stuff done today.
Henry, hope that nerve problem resolves. Must be very upsetting.
Time for tea and tellie.
Hello all,
Sending good hopes for everyone, and wishing everyone good health.
I made significantly more progress on the shelf layout, but still working my way through the scenery. Having fun with it though it's at times messy, challenging, and takes some head scratching on what materials to get and when. I've been trying out some Scenic Express items and used their fine sifted dirt as ground cover which I like a lot. No one seems to have Super Tree material so I'll wait on that becoming available again. I had used the Woodland Scenics armatures and their fall loose leaf foliage and liked it a lot, but want to try the Scenic Express material and the firm's leaf flocking as those trees look great and not hard to work on.
Alvie
Good night
Sounds like you've been having fun with your scenery and trees Alvie
I had breakfast at this great Trackside Diner one morning in Superior Wisconsin right across the border from Duluth.
The food was really good. It's not too many who can say they ate at the Choo Choo
Nighty night Kids, I'm hitting the Rack
This picture does not look like much, but it is a milestone... finally.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
This is the door to my train room. I finally have made it to work that directly effects the upcoming new SGRR layout.
Well, Here it is —
looks like I clicked send a few seconds too soon
Bridge 57 in the snow by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Plowing eastbound above Dalton by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Still... time to play with trains!