Attuvian1 I probably don't drink enough (Whistling) anyway, but somehow plain ol' water is unappealing. Oh my, we turn out to be our own worst enemies!
Yes, well, dring Diet Dr. Pepper, or if you can not get that, then Diet Pepsi. I have a fridge in my cell filled with Diet Pepsi.
If I am out somewhere (and have to spend my own money) Then I will get the Diet Dr. Pepper, but here in the house we have Diet Pepsi on tap. (Along with four others that I do not bother with. They are not diet.)
Украина вперед! Победить Россию!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
We had Blueberry-Orange Bread...
If you want some you have to fight the LION for it!
At 75 next month, I am still biking, too. Decades ago when I used to ride many more miles, I always had both water bottle racks full, and I knew where all the drinking fountains were around me. In New England, water fountains are called "bubblers," or "bubblahs" if the right accent is applied. In a longer ride, I might carry another bottle or two in my jersey's back pockets. Later, that would become snacks and fruit for my little daughter in the bike seat behind me.
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It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
NorthBrit Good morning Diners. A large coffee please, Brunhilda. I am a bit shook up today. Unlike me to fall, but last night I did. Shoulder and back ache somewhat. Therefore I shall take it easy today. David
Good morning Diners. A large coffee please, Brunhilda.
I am a bit shook up today. Unlike me to fall, but last night I did. Shoulder and back ache somewhat. Therefore I shall take it easy today.
David
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
The Lincoln Area Railway Historical Society has their train show this weekend. I think I will head there later this morning. Before Covid, it was a nice, fairly large show. It will be interesting to see how it does this year.
My wife needs some things done with the kitchen, so I will head to Menards and Home Depot while I'm in Lincoln. Then, since the route from the train show to Menards passes a hobby shop, I'll probably have to stop there, too. This might turn into a long day.
That's too bad about your fall, David. Hope your aches go away quickly. If you're like me, the first thing to do when I fall is to look around and make sure no one saw me.
I finally got my plane tickets for Germany and Italy for this summer. I was kind of in shock at the price. It seems like they doubled in a year. It wasn't too bad for me, but for my daughters' families, it was a large expense to buy tickets for all the grandkids. I'm glad they all make more money than me.
Have a great day, everyone.
York1 John
Ground Hog saw his shadow.
GREAT, ONLY six more weeks of winter!
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good afternoon diners!
Flo - A round of RBF's (or favorite kind) for all please. Thanks.
Boy have I been busy! Between layout progress, w*rk, and family stuff, I've been running all directions at once.
Layout - More progress has been made, including a second benchwork section up, assembling of the next section, and some track has been layed! Hooray!!!!
Other train news: I finally will be at a train show this weekend! The Hamburg NY show is close enough that I will pop over to check it out on Saturday. Was anyone else headed there from the diner? Hopefully it will be good. I normally hit Kirkland Ohio's "Railfest", but have other plans that weekend that can't be shuffled around unfortunately.
Family: My Dad's step-dad died Wednesday from Alzheimers, so I will be travelling a few miles south on Sunday/Monday for that. He hasn't known who I was for a while now, so in a way it's better now.
This morning my sister fell on some ice and shattered her wrist, so this weekend is getting interesting...
Speaking of this weekend: Daytona is here for race fans. My favorite driver made the 500, but will be starting near the back. Due to the showing for my step-grandad being Sunday, my DVR will see Daytona before I do. (And if my one uncle finds out I am recording it, he may ask to hang out Sunday night.) I told a few friends to not text me anything about the race when live.
I see a certain driver will also be making his ARCA debut on Saturday, should be interesting. (He has a lot of racing talent for a guy known as being an actor.) Guess my DVR will be getting a workout.
Hope all are well, best wishes to those not, and hope all enjoy the day!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
I guess I am still not accustomed to the milder climate here in Delaware. This week we've had a couple of days in the 70s. Yesterday I woke up to the sounds of the community's grounds crew blowing out old mulch around flower beds. Earlier in the month the GF was complaining because the groundhog saw his shadow.
Good morning. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Flo.
Kevin, have a good time in Georgia. I know they have some neat parks there.
I am worn out today. Yesterday I spent a good part of the day clearing snow from neighborhood driveways. It was heavy wet snow -- the kind that clogs snow blowers. To top it off, the town's snowplow put a mountain of snow across a neighbor's driveway, and it's still not dug out. Not sure why they did that -- there's plenty of space to push the snow so it's not in driveways.
I talked to someone this morning whose son counted 30 cars in the ditches along a 70 mile stretch. People can't seem to slow down even in the snow and ice. This time the weather in the 40s last week didn't help, since the storm started with rain. That quickly froze on the roads before the snow hit. It was 4F this morning, and the ice is pretty thick in places.
It's a good day to stay inside and work on the layout!
I'm not sure if this is an unusual paint scheme. I know Great Northern had this sky blue color, but I don't remember seeing an entire passenger train in the blue. Of course, I'm not a real long-time railfan, so it may have been much more common than I think:
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Good morning everyone. I am getting stuff together for the train show in Sarasota, and then I will be going to Georgia to visit a couple of State Parks.
I will be back in a few days.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning Diners. A large coffee & a blueberry muffin please, Zoe.
It is rather quiet here. A 'Lancaster Bomber' may shake a few members.
beer_17536 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Just received a model of an Autocoach. A few things to add to it before operating.
I got an email from one of the Big Box Internet stores. A Lionel Observation Philadelphia and Reading and Strasburg $209 lighting and figures included! Those little people are expensive unless you can figure out how to cast or 3D print them. Nice to see Lionel is moving into the high end.
Maybe Mr. Otte can copy that to the This Hobby Is Too Expensive thread
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Class 91 liveries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBVJTwW0fzA&ab_channel=Tortie
Class 360 liveries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwbOsn9I9Ak&ab_channel=Tortie
Class 68 liveries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVV2ls6DncE&ab_channel=Tortie
NorthBritNow is it me, or what? One charity is asking for new clothing? Why? Are the earthquake victims involved fussy on what they wear? I think not.
Speaking as someone that lives in an area where charities tend to send relief supplies... I fully understand this.
DO NOT SEND CLOTHES!
If you are going to send clothes, send something that will not be just thrown away.
Brand new work shirts, new jeans, new underwear, new socks, etc.
After every hurricane there are hundreds of tons of abandon clothing that must be disposed of.
After Michael a charity from the midwest just dropped two 53 foot trailers full of old clothes in a Wal-Mart parking lot. No one wanted it, and then we had to clean it up.
Send your used clothing to a local charity. It only causes problems in relief zones.
hon30critter I feel really helpless about the situation in Turkey and Syria. All I can do is send the Red Cross some money but it seems a pittance compared to what will be needed to rebuild. Ideally they have learned a lesson and will construct the new buildings to withstand earthquakes, but somehow I doubt that they can overcome the corruption. Cheers!! Dave
I feel really helpless about the situation in Turkey and Syria. All I can do is send the Red Cross some money but it seems a pittance compared to what will be needed to rebuild. Ideally they have learned a lesson and will construct the new buildings to withstand earthquakes, but somehow I doubt that they can overcome the corruption.
Cheers!!
Dave
It is close enough to noon here... I will have a Lazy Magnolia Brewery Southern Pecan. This is a tasty brew for sure.
hon30critterSomehow I can't see myself paying $88.75 USD for a freight car kit despite how unusual the car is. Obtaining a fleet of them would cost a fortune. I figure that at least five cars could be scratchbuilt for that price, and that's assuming that you don't have any of the parts in stock.
I have paid up to $100.00 - $125.00 to get the "right" resin kit, or brass freight car. My plan is for 33% of the freight car fleet to be unique looking models.
Unfortunately a full 20% of my freight cars are the Kadee PS-1 40 foot boxcar kit. That is such a perfect model, I have bought way too many. Of well.
Yarmouth has made, and is still producing, some terrific resin freight car model kits in the $60.00-$70.00 range. I think I have bought four of these. Just assembled one so far, and it went together great.
Other resin kits still available direct from the manufacturer are from Westerfield and Funaro & Camerlengo. have probably 12-15 from these two in my kit collection.
I really love assembling these kits.
When it comes to unique out-of-production models from Sunshine Models, well, these command a real high premium. I did get their "turtleback" PRR boxcar, and their version of the MILW rib sided-boxcar. I also have a SEABOARD extended height round roof boxcar that I think is from Smokey Valley that I paid way too much for.
I only have two "must-haves" on my Sunshine Models list. The B&O Mansard Roof car, and the ATSF extended height 50 foot fishbelly frame automobile boxcar. The ATSF car usually goes for more than $150.00... YIKES!
Of course I have scratch built a few freight cars, and I will scratch build more.
Sometimes it is a lot of fun just to see what can come out of the scrap box for free.
Good Morning,
A frosty -15F here this morning but it is sunny.
Bear, glad to hear you are okay. I incorrectly thought you lived on the South island. Watched a show yesterday about the train that runs from Auckland to Wellington and then on the South island from Christchurch to Greymouth. Amazing scenery. That 8km tunnel and the problems caused by earthquakes and flooding was shown too.
Nothing new here. I ran the C Liner yesterday and theh put it back in the display case. The passenger cars are back in the cupboard. I think a little freight operations will be next but first I need to get more painting done on the bait shop.
CN Charlie
Good morning, diners. I'm waiting to order until after I've gotten the driveway cleared. To do that, I've got to wait for the snow to end.
Kevin has mentioned in the past how their weathermen always predict the biggest storm in history is about to hit. The past two days the weathermen here have predicted certain amounts of snow, and we all thought, "Yeah, sure, cut that by 80% and it'll be about right."
Well, they were wrong again, but in the other direction. We got more than predicted. I couldn't even get Daisy the Dashshund out the door this morning. In fact, just getting the door open was an effort. I had to go out the garage door and scoop to the front door and scoop a spot in the yard for Daisy.
I'm ready for spring.
Thank goodness we have just snow to work with, and not the storm damage in Bear's area.
so far there have been five deaths
Hi Bear,
I'm really sorry to hear about the loss of life, but I am happy to hear that you survived in good shape.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
SeeYou190My bid of $51.57 was just a bit too low.
Hi Kevin,
Somehow I can't see myself paying $88.75 USD for a freight car kit despite how unusual the car is. Obtaining a fleet of them would cost a fortune. I figure that at least five cars could be scratchbuilt for that price, and that's assuming that you don't have any of the parts in stock.
I do like the unusual shape of the roofs, and I will need a new scratchbuilding challenge fairly soon. Hmmmm....
P.S.
Before I build any more rolling stock I have to install at least one oval of track on my layout. Fortunately, a friend who I have only recently met is quite enthusiastic about helping me with the layout so that might just be the inspiration that I need to get my butt back in gear!
BroadwayLion I hear da Bear's got some flooding there on the north island.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
gmpullmanAnd for the B&O fans here. I need a few of these for my layout, too! Possibly an M-27f and the raised roof is for an Evans auto loader.
Sunshine Models made a kit for this (or a very similar) boxcar. I believe the box end calls it a "Mansard Roof Automobile Boxcar", or something like that.
I have bid on a few of them, but never quite enough to win one.
EDIT: I found the most recent one I bid on. It was kit number 58.3 for a B&O M27-B with four doors and a raised roof.
My bid of $51.57 was just a bit too low.
Deviating from the special and unique paint jobs for a moment.
I came across this neat Harris & Ewing photo taken in January, 1937, showing military relief aid being readied for a train headed to the disastrous Ohio River flood in the Louisville, Kentucky, area.
Flood_Boats by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's a few highlights that interested me:
This Mack crawler/crane. I need one of these for my layout!
Flood_Boats_Mack track by Edmund, on Flickr
The one lady I can spot. Maybe a journalist? Apparently the worker walking behind has noticed her, too.
Flood_Boats_Lady-present by Edmund, on Flickr
Somebody needs to brush and groom the mascot! The photographer is squatting down to retrieve another film magazine for his Speed-Graphic. I used one of these one summer while in high school. A real workhorse of a camera.
Flood_Boats_Dog-photog by Edmund, on Flickr
And for the B&O fans here. I need a few of these for my layout, too! Possibly an M-27f and the raised roof is for an Evans auto loader. There's actually one in the B&O Museum.
Flood_Boats_BnO_2-6-0 by Edmund, on Flickr
Finally some Pennsy B60bs back there and what looks like a horse car. Fort Belvoir is near Lorton, Virginia, on the RF&P. The track is gone but the buildings in the background are still standing.
Flood_Boats_PRR_B60b by Edmund, on Flickr
What a neat photo! Hope you agree —
Regards, Ed
Afternoon folks!
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it is 2:45pm here in the Finger Lakes and the temp outside the house is currently 68° F. Hmmmmm....???
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good afternoon Diners. Lapsang Souchong Tea in my North British Railway mug please, Brunhilda.
Steve. A speedy recovery to you and your good wife.
Doing some decorating around the house. Coming to the end (I hope).
A 1st/3rd Class carriage of Stockton & Darlington Railway
IMG_2322 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Nearly every Railway Company had a 'Royal Coach'. One from the London & North Western Railway.
IMG_2323 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A Great Northern Railway Director's Coach.
IMG_2327 by David Harrison, on Flickr
All seen at 'Locomotion', Shildon, U.K.
The waitresses are getting bored standing around with so little diner business.
My Kansas City daughter and family is celebrating the Super Bowl win. Yesterday after school, they moved into a downtown hotel to be close to all the celebrations. Schools are out for the day.
Many people who haven't been there have a mistaken image of Kansas City. It has a vibrant downtown with all kinds of restaurants, businesses, and attractions. It's a fun place to visit, and to top it all off, the Kansas City Union Station downtown is a great place for train lovers.
We're supposed to get 4 to 8 inches of snow tonight. If predictions follow past patterns, that means we'll get about a half-inch at the most.
Hope everyone has a good Hump Day.
I feel like some of my photos are repeats of some that others have posted before. It so, please forgive an old man's memory.
My father's cousin served in WWII on board a battleship. He worked in one of the storage rooms for powder below the guns, handling the silk bags of gunpowder. He died of cancer caused by asbestos.