Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Flo.
Dawn is fighting some kind of 'bug', so I am playing 'Nurse'.
Just small snowploughs here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS0hEx-dCzY
Back later (hopefully).
Edit!! TOP OF THE PAGE.
A drink of their choice and put it on my tab please, girls.
IMG_5730 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning diners. Flo, coffee and some cinnamon toast please.
Alright Dave, let me try this.
So far so good. I always got a gray box, but not this big. Hopefully this shows when I post. Some neat (if a little slow) footage of a steam powered rotary, including several shots of inside of the rotary. Incredible scenery (Switzerland). These guys look busy in there. The snow they are attacking must have had lots of time to settle and "thicken up". Anybody else ever see locomotives that not only run on their own accord, but also had cog wheel action for increased traction?! That's pretty cool!
Edit: Success!!! Thanks Dave! Sorry I can't translate the subtitles.
Mike
I think I found a way to make it smaller. Let's see.
Good morning
SeeYou190 This is the door to my train room.
This is the door to my train room.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Morning all.I'll just have some raisin toast with butter and coffee 10W40 weight.
It's going to be a busy day at work, but I'm looking forward to this evening. I goofed up my trackwork so I'm ripping up large sections of cork and track and redoing it from scratch. *cringes*Good to see ya up and about Lion.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
DigitalGriffin I goofed up my trackwork so I'm ripping up large sections of cork and track and redoing it from scratch. *cringes*
LION always rips out and replaces the tracks. So does BNSF or NYCT so I guess we are in good company.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and coffee.
Even though I'm still not doing well health-wise, the world seems a little more on balance today, with the North Dakota Lion posting pictures of bacon and eggs.
TF and Lion, I've got a lot of problems, but sleeping isn't one of them. I normally don't even know what sleep is -- I lay down, and the next thing I know it's morning. That is, if I don't drink anything after 6:00 p.m.
Charlie, I have relatives in Thief River Falls. I've never been there, but we would meet at Otter Tail Lake.
Henry, I hope the medicine gets you some relief and you can get back to normal.
Don & Alvie, have fun with the layout work. I'm tearing out scenery and track on my way to a bare flat table to start completely over.
Kevin, the door to the new train room! We're looking forward to having you open the door and we see the S&GRR under construction.
gmpullmanWell, Here it is — 2 / 2 / 2022 at 2:22:22 am!
Wow! I didn't even think of that. I guess we wait 11 more years to hit 3/3/33.
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.
I also remember it. I was at school when my wife called and told me to tell all the teachers to turn on their TVs. Sad day. For those of us who grew up in the 1950s and 60s, rockets and space travel were so exciting.
David, I hope your wife feels better.
For everyone else, I hope everything is going well with you today. Have a good hump day today.
This snowplow is in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Railroad Rotary Snowplow, Breckenridge, Colorado by Steven Martin, on Flickr
York1 John
York1 gmpullman Well, Here it is — 2 / 2 / 2022 at 2:22:22 am! Wow! I didn't even think of that. I guess we wait 11 more years to hit 3/3/33.
Rochester, NY news has an article of a baby born at Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua, NY (my birth city about 15 miles down the road from me now) that was born today at 2:22pm 2/2/22.
We are expecting a major storm to hit the area tomorrow morning. Will continue through early day on Friday they say. Luckily I have no place to go except to drive a quarter mile over to have a podiatrist appointment early tomorrow afternoon. Wonder if it will happen?Talking 6 to 12 inches...
Saturday a lady I have just started dating is planning on taking me snowshoeing... I haven't been on snowshoes since I was a kid. Could be... ah.... Interesting? She is 72 and I am 75.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ray, is this the same young lady we've heard about before? Or is it a different one? I just returned from a dinner with the young lady I've been seeing. She had steak and I had catfish. She had wine and I had beer.
We bought a lot of food in case we got snowed in last weekend, so we've been cooking and eating at home for a week.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasleyRay, is this the same young lady we've heard about before?
Nope.... The other lady and I parted ways (Friendly I might add) as we decided that we likely wouldn't have a good relationship over a long period (meaning our politics were not compatable....). We never had an argument and did agree that we didn't have to always agree...... But.....
I have gotten together with this lady only twice to date, but I think it may be a much better match of personalities (meaning our politics and many other things may be more agreeable). She is very into helping people needing help to make a better life. She worked as an administrator for some government agencies and many other things. I have no idea where things might lead, but so far I do like her. Very cute little lady as well.... ;). She has been out cross country skiing and snowshoeing almost every day while working with several groups in the city where she lives. She retired from the city when she and her department were spending much more time getting the funding so they could do their job than actually doing the job. Sound familiar these days? In school she also played Oboe and in college started playing the cello. She is getting back to playing cello and enjoying it very much. What blew my mind is that my father was an oboeist (taught music before going back to the farm) and late in life taught himself to play...... yep! The cello!
howmusI have gotten together with this lady only twice to date, but I think it may be a much better match of personalities (meaning our politics and many other things may be more agreeable).
Hi Ray,
Good luck with your new relationship. It sounds like it is off to a good start.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Ray good luck with your relationship.
My new medicine is working, not as long as I would like, but better than on meds at all.
Derailment on youtube,,,,I've seen Youtube videos on the forum, what's the secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFLJvpwm52Q
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Track fiddlerDid someone say Train Room Looks good Kevin
Yep, the 11 by 22 train room now has a "door", and real existance. I still need to finish the living room and the master bedroom before much takes place on the other side of that door.
Track fiddlerI meant to complement you on your AC ventilation project but had forgot. I understand you've been having a cool winter down there from your posts. It's nice to get a project like that done when you don't need it, rather than sweating your Butt off working on it when you do
It was almost 80 today, and the house got up to 76 inside. I hope it cools down over the next three days, or I might be sweating my butt off!
York1Kevin, the door to the new train room! We're looking forward to having you open the door and we see the S&GRR under construction.
When I FINALLY get the "full green" to start on the layout, I expect it to progress quickly.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190When I FINALLY get the "full green" to start on the layout, I expect it to progress quickly.
That's great Kevin! We are all eager to see your progress. (No pressure eh!).
Cheers!!
hon30critterThat's great Kevin! We are all eager to see your progress. (No pressure eh!).
This is what will be on the other side of the door.
The 1/2 bath has beed deleted, along with the swimming pool. Instead we will have a caboose and fire pit in the backyard.
Good morning Diners. A full English please Zoe.
Dawn is feeling much better today. (Thanks for your concern, John).
Kevin. Glad to hear the S & G is 'getting nearer'.
Snowplough in Normandy, France
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghj7VbIZGJA&ab_channel=calvacoca
Stay Safe Everyone.
Good Morning Everyone. So glad it's Thursday. Tomorrow is my Friday off and I cannot wait to be able to sleep in, if only a little. I've been really tired this week for some reason. I didn't really get a chance to sleep in at all last weekend, so that's probably the issue. I tend to fall behind on sleep little by little throughout the week and catch up on the weekend. C'est la vie.
BigDaddy,I've seen Youtube videos on the forum, what's the secret
I've got some apple tree branches I need to burn and was planning on that this weekend, but now I'm waffling. I think it will be heavily dependent on how warm it is. Problem is, I have to do it before spring. The trees have some disease (I forget the name) and while they are dormant, you have to trim all fruit bearing limbs from the trees (done) and burn them (not done). If this doesn't solve it, they're coming down, I'll wait a year, then replant. They were here when we bought the house so I'm not really out anything if this doesn't work. Still, hate to see them cut back to a bunch of nubs.
Awesome plan Kevin! Looking forward to pictures!
Alvie
Enough Said!
BroadwayLion
Lion,
Going for the astronaut's breakfast?
Are we launching a Lion into space?
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Flo. Please.
It was -1°F with a windchill of -15°, so I walked in the college field house this morning. Not fun. Sixteen times around the 200 meter track gets pretty boring.
Water Level RouteThe trees have some disease (I forget the name) and while they are dormant, you have to trim all fruit bearing limbs from the trees (done) and burn them (not done). If this doesn't solve it, they're coming down, I'll wait a year, then replant.
I have just one apple tree, but I think it has the same issue. My wife wants it cut down, and I think I probably will do that. It seems to be more work than it's worth to us.
Not to break any copyright rules, I'll just link to this photo of the White Pass & Yukon RR snow plow. It's a pretty neat picture:
https://www.railpictures.net/photo/393351/
I hope everyone has a good Thursday.
I'll see your Prime Wildebeest, ...
And raise you one with mushrooms on top.
TF
Oooooooo!!!! Lion, just the way I lke my wilderbeast prepared. Nice and rare!
Seems to be some little white thingies starting to fall out of the sky here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. We call this condition "partly cloudy" this time of year. Not going to amount to much, only predicting 12 to 15" of the stuff over today and tomorrow. Hardly worth shoveling really. (Happiness is being retired!) I have a Podiatrist appt this afternoon just around the block from where I live and so far the roads are fine... City has been by a few times with the salt shakers.
I checked with a couple people on the Snowshoeing thing, my son and an old Scouter Friend who has been there done that. Both have said "Go for it!" They did say it is a bit of excersize! LOL I will bring up the subject with the podiatrist and see what he thinks as well. I should be fit enough to handle it, I think as long as we take a short trail for it.... :)
Stay warm and safe out there!
Good evening Diners. A glass of Pinot Grigio please, Janie. A glass of their choice to anyone else and put it on my bill.
A lovely picture, John. Thanks for posting.
We were supposed to go out for a drive today, but our son called in asking for some assistance on a new job he is applying for.
A change in what we were going to have for dinner.
Now it is Pork with various vegetables. Any left I'll leave in the Diner.
About 50 years ago I lived near here
Kirklees Light Railway Snowplough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhgh3YHNPvU&ab_channel=KLROfficial
cats think well of meAwesome plan Kevin! Looking forward to pictures!
Thank you. The plan is more of the room than the actual layout. I am not very good at computer stuff, so I drew the plan in MS Paint as best as I could. The track plan is suggestive of the actual layout, but not accurate at all.
As I get closer, I might need to learn how to draw something more accurate than what I have.
This is an easier to understand idea of what I am going for with the outer loop and some staging tracks not shown.
Willoughby has been renamed Centerville.
Port Mary has been renamed Port Annabel.
Track fiddlerAnd raise you one with mushrooms on top.
SeeYou190Port Mary has been renamed Port Annabel
Water Level Route SeeYou190 Port Mary has been renamed Port Annabel Change in mistress? Just kidding!
SeeYou190 Port Mary has been renamed Port Annabel
Change in mistress? Just kidding!
In John Allen's city of Port, the carfloat was named Annabel. I originally was going to name my carfloat Annabel as well, but it will now be the Miss Melody instead.
Thus Port Mary was changed to Port Annabel to strengthen the linkage to John Allen's layout.
More name changes could be coming. Nothing is set in stone yet.
Good Morning,
A rather frosty -27F with a -49 winchill this morning, but it is sunny.
Northbrit Dave, I watched the French snowplow video and saw the next one was CN on the Lettelier sub. That line runs about a mile from my house. It starts at Portage Junction that appears rural but is actually right in the city. The landscape does look bleak in winter.
TF, that prime rib sure looks good! I've seen a lot of Wildebeest but have never tasted one. Lions are very partial to them though.
Another day with no plans. I have to look for a new laptop. Ours is working fine but it is old and the memory is near the limit. My wife has a lot of photos on it and has more to download. Not sure if we should wait for Windows11 or just buy one with 10. A 17" screen is a must. That is what we have now.
I have been informed by the person in charge that we can no longer use our wood burning fireplace as her research shows the soot is very harmful, worse than cigarettes apparently.
Time to do something.
CN Xharlie
SeeYou190 In John Allen's city of Port, the carfloat was named Annabel. I originally was going to name my carfloat Annabel as well, but it will now be the Miss Melody instead. -Kevin
If I ever get around to it, my layout's carfloat will be named the "Walter Kelly" after the creator of Pogo. They used to have flat-bottomed swamp boats with name like "Old Walt" and, since I always loved Pogo, I thought that demanded to be honored.