-Photograph by Kevin Parson
This is the best pizza I have found in Cape Coral.
gmpullmanI peeled back a 45° corner at each end then used duct tape to hold the sheet in place while i slipped the backing off by pulling it out the side while the sheet stayed in plece. In 13 years I've never had a roof leak
That sounds like an effective system.
After watching the roofers do it on my house, I thought, nope, I could never do that. Maybe I could.
My caboose project might be back on track. My daugther thinks her son should have a real play house, so she might be funding the build.
That would be cool for him to have his own play house in the back yard.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning, everyone. Brunhilda, I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, and a piece of Kevin's pizza for dessert.
It's a day to cut the grass. I have to wait a few hours for the dew to all evaporate.
If no one bothers me today, I will be able to start work on the layout's chemical plant. I'm not sure yet what it will look like, but I will at least start to see what I will need and what I may need to buy.
This is the Union Pacific depot and station in the town in which I grew up. I left from this station on the City of Portland to go to Tacoma, Washington, to see grandparents.
Unfortunately, this station was torn down in the 1960s, and was replaced by a post office building, which has since closed and sits empty. Sad.
Another view, with the Koehler hotel behind the station. The hotel was a neat place, with a large cafeteria that was always full of train passengers coming and going. I loved the hustle and bustle in that building as a kid. Again, unfortunately, the hotel was torn down to make way for a .... parking lot.
Have a great day, everyone.
York1 John
My Baby/Baby's friend from High School that she saw in Colorado came out to Washington to see her.
Now he has her jumping off of cliffs! I don't like where this is going.
I never deamed she would become an outdoor woodsy person, but there you have it.
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
John: I didn't know that Rock Island had that strong of a presence in Nebraska. Impressive depot. I never did understand why Rock Island kept playing around with their paint schemes. I always thought that their maroon with the white pinstriping was fine and enduring. It seemed to me that they spent so much money on repainting their equipment when if they'd stuck with one scheme they might still be around. Well, we all know they would have been absorbed sooner or later, but still.
Ed: Nice picture of the depot in Laconia, NH. In 2013 my wife and I were in the area, so I wanted to go to Laconia to see if I could find the structures that Glen Wagner used for his structures on the 1958 Boy's Life 4x8 layout. Needless to say, we didn't find any and a lot could have happened between 1958 and 2013 so I didn't have high expectations. i don't even remember seeing the depot. It was interesting anyway. I did find one building that could've been the basis for the IGA warehouse, but the model would've been a severe adaptation of the building I found, so it probably wasn't it.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good Evening Diners. Janie, could I get a couple slices of that pizza Kevin had and a nice cold stout to wash it down? Thanks.
When I was last spending time with my layout, right as I was finishing up, my throttle started acting wonky. I figured the batteries were just getting low. I go down last night to run a train, only to be reminded that my throttle was not cooperating. Checked the batteries and they were good. The throttle wheel worked, but the only button that worked was the button for function 8 at which point it would go to a macro programming screen and become totally unresponsive. Thinking something got scrambled I grabbed the book and looked up how to reset the throttle. Very quick two step process. Problem is it would do the first step and lock up. Back to the book. The book pointed to a possible loose connection inside the command console. Tore it out, opened it up, and all was well. NCE puts a little battery in the command station so I popped that out and checked it. It also was fine. No improvement on the throttle. Opened up the throttle and all appeared okay (nothing loose or broken), but then I notice a little piece of who knows what (did NOT look conductive) sitting half over the pad portion of the circuit board for the function 8 button, between the board and the rubber button pad membrane piece. Removed it, put the throttle back together, and everything works like it should. Given the size of whatever it was (almost looked like a small piece of rubber cement?) it almost had to have been in there when the throttle was made 10 years ago. Strange that it never gave me issues until now and the behavior did not match the function 8 button, but at least I can run trains again. Of course, by the time I figured that out, I didn't have time to run trains anymore. Figures.
Mike
Back in the old days, they built distinctive stations. Point of Rocks, MD
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evening
Been going through some hard times over here with my Jude.
Something is better than nothing, usually! How could anyone argue with that one.
Anything's usually better than nothing. Careful where you hold your cards though.
Judy's, and my good friend David, isn't doing so good, ..... cancer
Speaking of cards, where is the rest of them? Been a bit uneasy without some usual other King Pins around here lately?
Hope the missing usual cards are okay. I'll be remaining confident that they are. They'll come round.
We ain't been too happy over here, as everything kinda sucks lately.
Ones gotta hold loved ones dear to their heart, and tell them you love them
TF
POST HOG? ...
The Bear Good grief Chloe, looks like I’m going to be a post hog!! On the subject of depots, I’m quite taken by this depot which was bought to my attention by Mr. TF who posted photos he had taken of it, some time back. Depot Time by Don Kalkman, on Flickr 20210724_091819-D7000-6470 by tojones007, on Flickr
Hey TF,
I'm sorry to hear about Judy and your friend David. All I can do is wish for the best for them both.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Mike,
I'm glad you were able to fix your throttle!
It's kind of like when Grandfather and Charlie were in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory's float shaft.
The walls in the up flue with the fan on top had to be washed after they were gone.
Although disrespecting Willy, they learned they had to burp many times to start descending their way down, not to get chopped up.
Could only imagine the ramshackle confusion to be put between a childhood imagination of a model railroad or a chocolate factory like that
PS Where is my buddy Lion?
And our Good Ol' Friend CN Charlie too?
Track fiddler Where is my buddy Lion?
Where is my buddy Lion?
TF, prayers for Judy and David.
Good morning, diners. Please bring me some coffee.
TF, sorry to hear about your friend. I misunderstood -- does your wife also have cancer in addition to your friend? Prayers and hope for both.
Every so often, the news reports there has been a break-through in cancer treatment. Hopefully some of those new discoveries will pan out and we can successfully fight it.
August is generally our hottest month on the plains, but so far, we have been pretty lucky. It has been in the 80s, so not bad. Normally we are in the 100s at least part of the time.
The corn fields look great. If this holds, our area should have a bumper crop. My county produces more corn than any county in Nebraska, and is the seventh largest corn producing county in the entire U.S. Our economy is one shot -- as the corn fields go, so goes the county's economy. Much of our corn is seed corn -- corn that is sold around the world as seed.
Dwight, Nebraska: This station was originally built for the Fremont, Elkhorn, & Missouri Valley RR. Later the tracks were Chicago and North Western, but in 1962 the line was discontinued.
Railroad ghosts of Dwight, Nebraska by Lights in my hometown, on Flickr
I hope things take a turn for the better for you soon, TF. Today I went for a follow up test to see if all my cancer has been obliterated. Cancer has been a bane in my family and I never gave it much thought until I had a doctor tell me my prostrate had to go bye-bye.
Looks like the Soo Line spared no expense for a fancy neon sign:
Neenah_WI_Soo by Edmund, on Flickr
Dig that Buick!
Petoskey, Michigan was the place to be in the early teens:
GR and I_Petoskey_1908 by Edmund, on Flickr
The 'other' Grand Central:
Grand_Central by Edmund, on Flickr
Grand_Central_Train Shed by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
gmpullman Petoskey, Michigan was the place to be in the early teens: GR and I_Petoskey_1908 by Edmund, on Flickr Cheers, Ed
Good morning everyone. Chloe, please bring me two bananas and a cup of coffee.
Finally hanging drywall in the master bedroom... all inspections are done... clear and green on all projects again... full speed ahead!
SeeYou190Finally hanging drywall in the master bedroom... all inspections are done... clear and green on all projects again... full speed ahead!
The Gulf Of Mexico waters near our beaches have reached a temperature of 95 degrees. This is way over any previous records.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Thank you, Bear. So far so good
Your story reminds me of an excellent movie (by my estimation) called 'The Doctor' (1991) with William Hurt playing a high-falutin' surgeon who suddenly finds himself on the other side of the stethescope when he becomes a patient.
He meets a young lady while waiting for treatment who very much sounds like your 'Pixie'. A friend and cow**ker of my sister had a very similar situation to the lady portrayed in the movie. "Linda" had severe back pains and the hospital sent her home with some stretching exercizes. Insurance wouldn't approve an MRI (back when they were less common and more expensive). After a year of this rubber-band 'therapy' the pains were getting worse and they finally did further testing and discovered cancer (exactly what type I don't recall) They said you should have brought it to our attention sooner!
Sad ending to that one. In the movie the lady, played by Elizabeth Perkins, was passing out and got into a fender bender and the solution was to send her to remedial driving school rather than further diagnosis.
Anyway, a good movie if anyone cares to look for it. Funny how some things never change as 'Dr.' William Hurt gets shuffled through the 'fill out this form' routine only to have to fill out the same forms for the next department down the hall.
The population of Shelby, Montana probably doubles when the Empire Builder is in town:
GN_32_Shelby-MT-5-25-70 by Edmund, on Flickr
Caribou, Maine. Kind of sharing the same weather conditions as Montana:
BAR_Caribou by Edmund, on Flickr
Anyone want to guess the location of this ornate trainshed?
Trainshed-1913 by Edmund, on Flickr
Good morning, diners.
It's raining this morning. In farm country, rain means, "I have time to go to town!"
We're headed to the big city (40,000 population!) about 50 miles away. I get to visit both Home Depot and Menards!
Bear, I had much the same reaction several years ago when I took a friend to the cancer center for a treatment. As I was sitting in the waiting room, the thought came to me, "Why do I think I deserve any better than these younger people?" It changed my perspective and outlook on life. Every day with loved ones is one to be cherished.
Hoping everyone has a great day, and I hope everyone in the diner with any kind of health issue has it taken care of with a good doctor's report.
This was a station/depot on the old Kansas City & Omaha RR, later used by Burlington. It was still in use in the early 1960s. It's in my small town and it now is used for storage by a local contractor. It's difficult to see, but above the cab of the pickup, above the station windows, is a square cutout that used to have a large clock in it.
Good morning everyone. Chloe, I will have a cup of coffee and some fresh cream as well. I still have not decided what to eat yet.
We are having a tremendous thunder storm here today. No rain at my house yet, but radar looks like more than half the county is having heavy rain right now.
York1We're headed to the big city (40,000 population!) about 50 miles away. I get to visit both Home Depot and Menards!
I cannot imagine trying to remodel a house if Home Depot was 50 miles away.
I did a quick check, and it looks like within 50 miles of my house there are eight Home Depot and four Lowes locations. No Menards.
I believe the closest Menards is in Elizabethton, Kentucky, but it has been a while since I checked.
Thanks for the well wishes all, appreciated
Seen there was a little confusion in translation from my wording. Sometimes my words aren't always put together as well as they could be. Judy is just fine
David is a close friend of hers, as they used to be high school sweethearts for a short time back in school. I've been friends with David with her for about 30 years now. Just love Good Ol' Dave, and have never had a spec of animosity towards him, that he once had a thing for my Judy. Can't really blame the guy for trying, she's a good catch
Yeah it's a tough thing, but such is life with tough knocks sometimes. We just miss going to Dave's house frequently on the weekends to laugh and have fun. We still visit of course, but things obviously ain't quite the same.
On a happier note. The roof looks great Kevin All anyone ever needs is a good roof over their heads, and as an extra bonus, quality like that above, must feel even better...
PS. I'd happily be a participant in posting Depots and train stations, but since this new phone, Imgur worked for a while, but now it's just a blank screen. Apparently I'm locked out, and can't figure out how to get back in. Having trouble with eBay as well, might be a good thing though...
This is a station not too far from my house. I do not have a wider view. I would love to be able to get inside. I'll bet is as how they left it. Someone told me when they refurbished the USS Iowa for Vietnam, there was Roosevelt's stationary in the admiral's cabin.
Sorry so many in the forum have been touched by cancer.
I caught up with a friend of mine tonight. We went to college, med school and practiced in Annapolis. His brother, who was a year behind us has been in the hospital for 18 days with surgery from a bowel obstruction related to pancreatic cancer. He has had fluid accumulate in his abdomen and chest.
Our community hospital has become a "teaching" hospital with residents that don't know "stuff" One advised him not to have more than 2cc of ice chips. 2cc is less than half a teaspoon. He pointed to his naso-gastric tube and told the resident everything I swallow goes to that jug over there.
I'm not a gambler, especially a sports gambler. There is something called Ballstool Sports founded by a firey guy name Dave Portnoy. He sold it to Penn National Gaming and then bought it back, yesterday. Today he went to the office and almost no employees were at their desks. His Twitter reaction is legendary. I don't think management will let me link it and stay in the forum.
That Old School Station is quite the looker Henry. Just the right barn red patina. Those three steps are just like the ones that went up to our dockhouse.
Well, can't post any pictures here, but can give a model railroad update. The gusset plates from ME that were no where to be found after the company changed hands, have finally been found. Bridge #1 can finally be completed.
I'm not holding out for bridge #8 though. That bridge needs 12 more of those 40' gusset plates.
Desperate times in modeling, call for desperate measures. A stock pile of ME 80' gusset plates are at my disposal in my reserve. I'm gonna RIP them in half, then cut them in half, then cap the rip cut with shallow C-channel underneath the bridge track. Who will ever know? It'll look like its sapposed to be that way. Can't sit around waiting for this stuff forever.
Remember the Atlas track conflict some years ago, when no one could get any Atlas track to save ones soul, ...for over two years? Switched Track! Ain't playing that same game here again with any bridges
Besides, highly unlikely, but if there's ever another experienced Model Railroader in my room, it'll be a good conversation piece, a story to tell
Concurred!
Life's been good so far Bear! Can't complain over here.
Every day my feet hit the floor is another day to be thankful for Family, Freinds, and every thing else in a good day
Love Joe. Seem to like the Old School Classics such as the one you presented off the "But Seriously Folks" album. Joe's a Card. I've seen him many times, and talked to him in Saint Paul on Harriet Island on the 4th of July, about 25 years ago.
Sometimes newer material flies Joe's a nut! Then again, those are my kind of people.
Good morning everyone. Chloe, How about a big bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and rasins with a couple of slices of whole wheat toast today?
I hope to get the radiant reflective insulation in the master bedroom fully installed today, and hopefully start on the ceiling tomorrow.
The rain just started coming down. I do not like this abnormal weather pattern we are having this year.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
I ordered a bunch of stuff on ebay yesterday, so for the next several days work on the layout is kind of at a standstill.
I enjoyed my trip to Menards and Home Depot yesterday. The only issue is that my wife was with me, so I didn't get all the time I wanted in the tool sections.
Going to Europe last month, I was stuck in the Chicago airport two days because of canceled flights. I was notified by the airline that because of the problem, I was being given 30,000 flight miles in addition to the ones earned by the flights. That is probably enough to get me a roundtrip flight somewhere in the U.S. I was happy to get that news.
Union Station in Omaha is now the Durham Museum -- an amazing old station.
inside Omaha Union Station ~ Durham Museum. A nice place to visit as you can see from our servicemen here. by Tom Clark, on Flickr
The gift shop -- snack bar in Omaha's Union Station:
Good morning
More coffee please. They've been working me silly around this place. Just got done painting and re-screening the gazebo outback. It's Dan's gazebo. He's out there every morning and every evening reading the paper. A retired painter. If ya want to find Dan, he's always in the gazebo
Enough work and no play. Although it feels good to keep busy in the Summer Time, pretty soon Winter comes, and the faucet shuts off. That's what the layouts for though. Another way to keep busy. I'll take the cold over the extreme heat anyway.
We're heading out to Chippewa Falls around noon to have a rendezvous with Judy's sister and my brother-in-law. Last Saturday was her sister's birthday, and this Saturday will be Judy's birthday. So we're going to go cluck with the hens for a 4-day weekend
Should be fun
Have a good day gentleman