Hey! Hey! Hey!!!!!
The Bills just scored on the OPENING KICKOFF!!!!!
YES!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I'll have Eggs Blackstone Ray. Thanks.
Water Level Route BATMAN 11 days. Brent, my youngest was asking me about 1/2 hour ago how the puppies were doing. Now I can update her. BATMAN IT WORKS! Looks good too. Seems like each time it comes time to replace my desktop I end up considering building my own. Each time I start to get serious about doing it, I end up finding a great deal on a very capable prebuilt one and so never have. Someday maybe. Slightly depressing day in the Water Level Route household. Getting ready to drive my daughter back to college after an extended stay at home for the holiday break. We all fell right back into our old routines quickly and it was so nice having her home. A few more months. Sigh. Hey, at least the Chiefs secured the top seed in the AFC yesterday! Woohoo!
BATMAN 11 days.
Brent, my youngest was asking me about 1/2 hour ago how the puppies were doing. Now I can update her.
BATMAN IT WORKS!
Looks good too. Seems like each time it comes time to replace my desktop I end up considering building my own. Each time I start to get serious about doing it, I end up finding a great deal on a very capable prebuilt one and so never have. Someday maybe.
Slightly depressing day in the Water Level Route household. Getting ready to drive my daughter back to college after an extended stay at home for the holiday break. We all fell right back into our old routines quickly and it was so nice having her home. A few more months. Sigh.
Hey, at least the Chiefs secured the top seed in the AFC yesterday! Woohoo!
My Daughter has been home for over a month and it has been great, I will miss her. She started gaming with a group of other people working in the Medical/Anthropological Forensics field who are located in Australia and New Zealand. She met them when she started work with the Feds last summer. She was only supposed to work for six weeks with the Feds but they were so impressed with what she had to offer they kept her on as an advisor while she is at University. So she has been making really good money and decided a $5000.00 gaming computer is just what she needed.
I'll try and get some video of the pups at some point. We have a live cam in there for the two future owners in Europe so they can watch for hours to help them see how they develop and helps with the decision when it comes time to pick.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BATMANI'll have Eggs Blackstone Ray. Thanks.Smile, Wink & Grin
Personally I prefer Lobster Benedict....... Doesn't have Tomatos! Yuck! But eat hearty!
73
BTW, those pups are adorable!
A classic from Leslie Ragan:
NYCS_Unfailing by Edmund, on Flickr
There's some nice piccolo Trumpet work here:
I hope everyone had a good weekend —
Cheers, Ed
I am not sure what is going on, but I feel great today.
Hopefully I can carry this feeling into tomorrow.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Brunhilda.
A film about Industrial Steam Locomotives. A time no longer.
Around the 12 minutes mark there is mention of the locomotive works at Philadelphia, County Durham (UK). Although the site had closed several years ago, in late 2022 the site was totally demolished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVTQhpkAITo&ab_channel=AshleyHill
Enjoy.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Model Railways U.K. style.
Industrial Model Railways.
Eight layouts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYPVwvZbgKw&ab_channel=44668Rail
Enjoy
Good morning, diners. No breakfast this morning. I'm heading out the door for another funeral .
The past six months have been a rough time for funerals for me. I've got another one Thursday. I can't see any reason for the large number except that as I get older, so does everyone else I know.
When I get home today, I will spend more time on the layout's bridge. I'm determined to finish that before I get to some other things I will enjoy more.
Brent, I've never attempted to fix, let alone build, a computer. My work with computers involved me talking to the school's tech guy. I could turn my office computer on. That's as much as I could safely do with it.
SeeYou190I am not sure what is going on, but I feel great today. Hopefully I can carry this feeling into tomorrow.
I hope that feeling continues for a while! As I get older, those days seem to get fewer and fewer.
Water Level RouteSlightly depressing day in the Water Level Route household. Getting ready to drive my daughter back to college after an extended stay at home for the holiday break.
I know the feeling. Watching everyone leave our house after Christmas brought back the same kind of feelings. For three days, the house was a bustle of fun and noise. Then, it got quiet and peaceful again. I prefer the hustle and noise of family.
For everyone in the diner, I hope your Monday goes well!
This is on the shortline Nebraska Central Railroad. Why there's a caboose between some grain cars ...
York1 John
Good morning everyone. Chloe, please keep my cup filled with hot black coffee.
hon30critterYou can post anything related to trains, real or modeled, that suits your fancy! This should be a very interesting month!
Today I have a picture of Consolidation Number 630 on the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum railway.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
York1I hope that feeling continues for a while! As I get older, those days seem to get fewer and fewer.
I have noticed that too. I still feel good almost all the time, but yesterday everything was perfect.
Switzerland
Gornergrat Bahn. - The Matterhorn Railway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMSq_ldQ16k&ab_channel=Timsvideochannel1
and again. This time from a carriage window. Enjoy the views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPQCUO55hFY&ab_channel=TheFlyingDutchman
A quick look at the Georgetown Loop Railroad:
221011_24_georgetown by lmyers83, on Flickr
221011_27_silverplume by lmyers83, on Flickr
131010_46 by lmyers83, on Flickr
Monday — Monday...
Good day from the pleasant West Coast. I spent today taking all the outdoor Christmas lights down.
York1Brent, I've never attempted to fix, let alone build, a computer.
John, the computer build was a first for me I'll tell ya. My daughter handed me the parts and read the instructions while I installed the components, I think there were ten altogether, I'm not sure, they just kept coming. The number 22 you see in the photo is the temperature as the core is liquid-cooled. Hope it doesn't spring a leak as the radiator is on top and the thought of liquid pouring down on the electronics leaves you thinking about what would happen. Those two hoses take the coolant down to the processor.
It was a looooong day yesterday, got the daughter back to her digs in Victoria. Her place over there is beautiful. She has the whole downstairs of a newish house. Her landlord is a Professor at the University.
I was on the same ferry going both ways and was a raw wet day. I take my all-weather gear and sit outside on an equipment locker just under the bridge and take it all in. The ferry holds 400 cars/2600 passengers, I was mostly on my own outside, only going in to buy a hot chocolate at one point.
Passing in the pass going over. Taken from my seat on the storage locker.
Passing the same boat on the way home in the same spot, only we have switched sides of the road.
Leaving Swartz Bay. POWER!
It was dry coming home with the Moon lighting the way. We are about 40 minutes out at this point. I sat there for the 90-minute trip and I think only three people walked by.
Ray, I love lobster. My cousin on the East Coast says they even sell it fresh at Mcdonald's there. That might get me into a McDonald's.
If the phone ever stops ringing, I will go open my Rapido passenger cars I got on Dec 21.
All the best to all.
CPR/Tadanac Bridge near Trail B.C. 1940.
Good evening everyone. It is eleven minutes until the new Wordle. I was the first one to solve it last night, so my wife and daughter are gunnin' for me tonight.
The new sprinkler system is still working well.
Hopefully everything stays on this good trend I have been experiencing.
When "Meet me in the Tap Room" really was something special —
C&NW 400_Tap-room by Edmund, on Flickr
I'll bet these guys didn't hesitate a second when they heard "Hey, you guys want a ride, eh ?"
Some sweet sounds out there in the snowy wilderness. Turn up the sound (and the bass).
Good morning Diners. A large coffee on the go please, Zoe.
Cologne, Germany. Another city close to my heart. I adore the Cathedral.
IMG_2485 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Cologne Central Station.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr5gbvttRIo&ab_channel=TrainomanTV
Good Morning Diners. Chloe, a large coffee in a Pere Marquette mug please.
I was experiencing a lot more than normal back pain over the holidays and knew something wasn't right. Had an appointment at the chiropractor Friday and when we get done he says "I want to see you back here Monday. Your lower back was pretty jacked up." Never had that fast of a turnaround there before. Go back yesterday and he says "See you Wednesday." Sheesh. Now as it turns out, they were fully booked Wednesday so it will be Thursday instead, but still. I've had some seriously painful issues that have taken multiple visits to get fully corrected, but never had three visits in one week before. I will say, I'm feeling much better.
Anything train related this month. This was the very first real hobby shop I ever visited, and it became a regular hangout for me in my youth. Was located in a town about 30 minutes from where I lived when I first visited (12 years old?), but my mom later remarried and moved there. It was a former Pere Marquette depot and the restored caboose was unlocked during business hours. Last time I was there it was no longer a hobby shop and the caboose was locked up tight. Too bad.
Mike
Today I have a picture of my very favorite caboose, as seen in Flowery Branch, Georgia.
I need to make a model of this one.
Water Level Route This was the very first real hobby shop I ever visited, and it became a regular hangout for me in my youth. Was located in a town about 30 minutes from where I lived.
The first real hobby shop I remember visiting was when I was around ten years old, Colonial Photo And Hobby in Orlando, Florida.
It is still there, and I go there several times a year.
Nearby was NCC-1701/Sci Fi City, and I have been going there nearly 40 years, but they closed a couple of months ago.
That was so sad to see.
SeeYou190Colonial Photo And Hobby in Orlando, Florida
Good evening Diners. A glass of Peroni lager please, Janie.
Aln Valley Heritage Railway, Northumberland
Number 9 'Richboro' arriving at Lionheart Station
IMG_2436 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Number 60 in the shed.
IMG_2438 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A short film of the railway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srC2TaBecG8&ab_channel=NicholasTozer
More of Aln Valley Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjyeDBkP29w&ab_channel=NorthumberlandSnapper
Burger, Beer Battered Onion Rings and Potato Wedges.
All are welcome. Will be ready by 7.30pm.
NorthBrit Burger, Beer Battered Onion Rings and Potato Wedges. David
Good afternoon, everyone. No bacon and eggs yet today, Chloe.
I have a meeting tonight, and it's held at a restaurant that serves breakfast all day. I foresee a bacon and eggs dinner tonight!
I've been able to do a little work on the layout. These kind of weeks that are busy really cut into railroad time. Wasn't retirement supposed to be free and easy ... This week, it's funerals and meetings. Next week it's meetings and doctor's offices. I'm waiting for that elusive week with not one thing scheduled.
I also had a major accomplishment -- I finally finished chipping all the ice off the driveway. It got into the 40s yesterday, which helped.
I'm not sure why, but the dictator of the house is on a spending spree. The kitchen has all new appliances, and now she wants the sink replaced. She said she is going to spend as much as I spent on my Mid-East vacation. I think she passed me by a long time ago, so that means I will get some more guilt-free layout buys.
I finally ordered an N scale New Orleans streetcar. I was excited to open the package, only to find that it's the wrong one -- they sent a St. Louis streetcar. I'm waiting to hear from them on getting this corrected. I've thought a lot about adding a short streetcar line to the layout, and since I lived in New Orleans, I thought that would be perfect.
Have a great day, everyone.
Southern Pacific Bayshore roundhouse:
Hi Everyone,
Coffee with cream, please Brunhilda.
Ed: those are nice pictures of the Georgetown Loop. There used to be a club in Pasadena called the Slim Gauge Guild who made a very nice and accurate though very compressed version of the Georgetown Loop. It was a thing of beauty.
The first hobby shop I ever visited was a place called St. Clair's Hobby Shop in Salina, KS. The shop closed by the time the air base shut down, so it was toast by 1965. I bought my first HO YB kits there. The first one was a Carnation reefer bought in 1959. Paid $1.69 for it. Still have it.
Right now, I'm listening to Rach 3 (Rachmaninov piano concerto #3). As I understand it, it is an insanely difficult piece. I wouldn't know, but even so, I still prefer Rach 2 (Full Moon and Empty Arms). It just seems more melodic or catchy, whatever. I do like both of them.
speaking of, whatever happened to the guy from AZ who liked Phillip Glass? Was his alias Ride on Road? Seems there's several who've deserted the diner
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Stand Back!
Union Pacific at Earlville IL by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
Illinois Central GP-9 at Bartlett IL 1999 by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
Kerpow!
Union Pacific at Elva IL 2014 by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
Union Pacific SD-70 Mac at Wayne IL Feb 2019 by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
Did TF run off with the Bear to help him plant his garden?
Heck Ed! I think I just got snow down the back of my neck again thanks to those pictures of locomotives blasting through the white stuff. I guess I was standing too close to the tracks!
Since Ed seems to want to persist in posting trains in cold weather, here is perhaps the coldest train trip in North America:
Here is why you go to Churchill, Manitoba:
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good mornig Diners. A wild, windy, cold, wet day today, so a shot of whisky in the tea please, Janie. Also two slices of toast.
Wales.
I have come across this slideshow of steam engines in South Wales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJWAcAKjfno&ab_channel=NICKFLIX
Good Morning Diners. Chloe, coffee with whole wheat toast please.
John, I love breakfast for dinner. Hope you enjoyed yours.
Ed, I had to look up those Union Pacific locos to find out why the number started with "Y". Fascinating to think they have that many locomotives to warrant that! Now, if they would just supply me with a touch of that capital for my own endeavors...
Nice to see brother Lion back! I'm sure TF and the Bear will be around soon. Odd to have them away. Would like to see Ken, Henry, and the others chime in too.
Happy hump day!
Good Morning All,
A regular and a blueberry crumb donut please Zoe. NTR on the layout front though I am prepping the floors where the rec room will move to. Just still swamped with shop work though I guess I shouldn't complain. If we could find another couple of mechanics it would help though. Still running 2 men below where I want.
David, I loved the Industrial railway videos you linked to before. So much detail and obviously operation was honed nicely. I guess that is the beauty of a smaller layout instead of the empire I am envisioning. Did you ever sort the damage from last year (or was that the year before - I lose track) on your layout?
All for now. I am finishing up Covid protocols with no bad side effects which is a relief. Ciao, J.R.
Hi JR. Glad you liked the Industrial Railway videos. Each different in their own way.
As for the damage to the layout? A new roof (we knew was required). Some repointing to one wall was unexpected, but dealt with. The damage to the layout was realised early on and was relatively minor.
Repairs were quicky done and 'services were back to normal within a week'.
Glad you are on the right side of Covid.