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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!
Speaking of 250 ton wreckers:
The intricacy of the machinery is simply amazing!
Cheers, Ed
Hi Everyone,
We've had plenty of rock vids posted, but may I introduce the Corrs.
Sharon Corr - violin
Andrea Corr - vocals and tin whistle
Caroline Corr- drums and Irish percussion
Jim Corr- guitar and keyboards
the first one is called Joy of Life, which is a combination of Cararoe jig and Morrison's jig sort of, with a bit of their own thrown in.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wFtpdL--NHQ&feature=share
the second one is a reel with an edge. Enjoy!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1lii8F6DLoU&feature=share
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good morning, everyone. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Chloe.
We've skipped spring and gone directly to summer. Two weeks ago, we still had snow flurries, and yesterday we were in the high 80s.
I accomplished some more on the layout, and will work some more on the intermodal yard. I'm putting in lightposts, which takes me the most time getting all the resisters and wiring.
I'm finally getting ready to start putting in a streetcar system. The streetcar I have is DC, so I am going to have a track that is completely separate from the DCC. I'm looking forward to this.
The tornado sirens went off several days ago as a practice for the season. We get a lot of tornados in our section of the country. Thankfully, with all the open space we have here, there is not the widespread damage to cities that more crowded parts of the country get. Nearly everyone here has basements or underground storm shelters, so we're generally prepared.
Have a great Thursday, everyone.
Salt Lake City:
York1 John
This month we're doing scenery. Here are a couple of shots from Sedona and the vicinity of Banff.
Looking very frosty near Banff by Jim S, on Flickr
October near Banff by Jim S, on Flickr
Then there's the warm side of the Rockies.
On the Warm Side of the Rockies by Jim S, on Flickr
Or, how about Sedona around Thanksgiving (US).
Sedona area around Thanksgiving by Jim S, on Flickr
moelarrycurly4Tomorrow we hit the blues
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning Diners. A wet and windy day.
A USA Baldwin in Wales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q1WpsHOVe8&ab_channel=preservedrailway
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Greetings form the Southern Command, we have come to teh Blues festival.
All fine at the house. However I hit a pallet on the interstate about 20 miles from the house. about 5 miles from the house the low tire light went "ding"
So I drove on to the travel center and put the spare on the front which had the loud hissing leak. then i checked the rear , it was loosing air as well, double flat.....
Rear tire however had much slower leak, So I finally found a tire place that was still open about 20 miles away. I aired the rear and away we went,
Got the two tires fixed. we arrived 2 hours late to the house, but I was not stuck on side of intertstate.
Tomorrow we hit the blues.
Scenery:
Curving through Cable by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Looks like they ran out of straight track sections?
Evenin' Folks!
Sure wish they would (could) fix the stupid Page 5 glitch here....
Sorry... just blowing off steam!
I've tried the Kieth's, and several other Canadian brews as well. The lighter ones like Labatt's and Molson don't do much for me. The ones served in brewpubs north of the border that don't make it to the US are my favorites.
On my last trip to Europe, I was in Italy. We drank a lot of wine, but for a beer I had to find a British pub to get a decent one.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good Afternoon,
Kevin, have you tried Alexander Keith's IPA? If you don't like it then all hope is lost. It had been brewed in Halifax for 200 years. I'm not much of a beer drinker but find popular U S beers have too much carbonation for my taste and are a little thin. I'm sure there are some great ones but up here we mostly get the big name stuff. Back in the day, as in 50 years ago none were available at all. I guess it is all a matter of individual taste.
Well the snow is melting fast, sure is a late spring but that happens.
Time for lunch,
CN Charlie
SeeYou190 BOO! I hate 403. -Kevin
BOO!
I hate 403.
-Kevin
To me, it means "Go away and come back tomorrow."
NorthBritI keep getting the dreaded Forbidden 403'
I have not had it happen to me for months.
- - - KNOCKS ON WOOD - - -
Living the dream.
Good evening Diners. A glass of orange juice please, Brunhilda.
Just testing again as I keep getting the dreaded Forbidden 403'
Seems like success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wz8LIc_pvQ&ab_channel=Andy%27sAwesomeAdventures
Afternoon Diners! Chloe, a grilled ham and cheese and a cherry coke please.
York1I don't like dark strong tasting beers, and I have never found any IPA very good.
Hope everyone is otherwise doing fine. Hey, at least its Wednesday!
Mike
We are finally getting a long soaking rain down here. This is the first time since November we have had any real rainfall.
The seasons are changing.
Soon it will rain every day.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Good morning everyone. Chloe, how about a cinnamon roll and a cup of coffee?
Ed: Fascinting about the Cummins engine repower on that crane. I tried to get an idea of when it was done, but I could not see a good image of the gear cover, oil cooler, or oil pump on the engine. The fuel pump has been replaced with something more "modern" than I am certain it was built with.
The five-bolt rocker lever covers indicate it is an N series engine, but with a front-out industrial set-up, that gives us about 2 decades of production. I could not even tell if it was a 2 inch cam or a 2-1/2 inch cam.
It looked like a simple repower. I am surprised more were not converted.
York1I have never found any IPA very good.
Same here... Yuck!
Good morning, diners. It's good to be home.
We had a good visit with grandchildren in Texas. It's about a ten hour drive with no stops, so it's always good to pull into our driveway.
This past week, I did some online research, and I found that there are only a couple of large North Amercan-owned and brewed beer companies left. I am in the process of changing what I buy, and I will have to research several. I don't like dark strong tasting beers, and I have never found any IPA very good. Out of a world of problems, this doesn't seem like a very important problem to solve. In fact, I might enjoy trying.
Today I get to solve an issue with a short on the layout. I added some feeder wires to a new intermodal yard, and somewhere I did something wrong. I'll do that in between some naps I need after our trip.
I'll try to catch up on the diner's goings-on later.
Have a good Wednesday, everyone.
Track fiddlerJudy's deviled eggs this year.
Hi TF,
Please tell Judy that her eggs are really cute! Very creative!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
How about a nice crisp cold bottle of Chang Classic? This is an American style lager beer brewed in Thailand.
gmpullmanKevin will appreciate the sound of that Cummins Diesel
Yes he did.
maxmanProbably the same (?) as the Northeastern offering from (HOSeeker):
Thanks for that drawing, Maxman I'll file it away for a 'hopeful' day when I might tackle such a project.
That slightly bent pipe with the union? When he shows the drums from the front you can barely see where it connects to a hose then goes further below. Maybe it has something to do with a cylinder that unlocks the slewing gear? I wonder who has an operator's manual?
Some 'big hooks' didn't get the same TLC as the Messabi X-7.
221231_1_altoona by lmyers83, on Flickr
maxmanHas anyone done a conversion of this model to a diesel operation?
They haven't gotten around to converting the 1:1 one yet—
160930_88_eastely by lmyers83, on Flickr
160930_89_eastely by lmyers83, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
BigDaddyI have a Tichy (Gould?) steam crane I still have to build
Has anyone done a conversion of this model to a diesel operation?
gmpullmanup831 Ed: I'm glad you liked the N&W wood hopper that I posted last month. That hopper was released as a 1 in 5000 kit by Ambroid about 60 years ago.
Probably the same (?) as the Northeastern offering from (HOSeeker):
Ed I really liked that video too. I was surprised how poor the operator's visibility was, without hanging out of the crane.
Oddly I wondered about the cables rusting. The car sits outside and I am sure, back in the day when there was a wreck, it had to go rain or shine.
I have a Tichy (Gould?) steam crane I still have to build. I even have B&O decals for it.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
gmpullmanDo you have a specific point in the vid where you saw the nozzles? I couldn't quite locate it.
Around 2:42 ; 12:21 ; and 23:40
maxmanAlso, there were a couple shots where they showed some sort of nozzle directed toward the cable drums. Wonder what the purpose of that is.
I wonder if that might be to blow out any rainwater that might get on the wire rope to prevent the wet cable from rusting on the drum? I remember working with an outfit that replaced elevator cables in the plant I once w**ed in and they used a pressure sleeve to force lubricant into the cavity between the wraps of wire strands. If rain water soaked the rope on the drum and didn't dry out it could casuse nasty corrosion. Just a guess. Do you have a specific point in the vid where you saw the nozzles? I couldn't quite locate it.
up831Ed: I'm glad you liked the N&W wood hopper that I posted last month. That hopper was released as a 1 in 5000 kit by Ambroid about 60 years ago.
Thanks, Jim. That would be neat! My email address is in my profile.
Coast_cal2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Coast_cal by Edmund, on Flickr