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Posted by ATSFGuy on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 8:52 PM

MisterBeasley

Don't leave us, man.  Admittedly, I often feel the same way.  Those Gateway Errors make me want to go elsewhere, too.  But, staying here doesn't cost me anything.

We've lost too many friends over the past few years.

 

Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. Smile

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 8:26 PM

Don't leave us, man.  Admittedly, I often feel the same way.  Those Gateway Errors make me want to go elsewhere, too.  But, staying here doesn't cost me anything.

We've lost too many friends over the past few years.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 7:36 PM

Evening

Having a hard time, even getting on the site anymore. 

May have to hand over the Baton.

 

Leaving here would be a tough act to follow, you guys are the best!!!  Love ya allSmile

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 7:21 PM

Good afternoon from the beautiful Pacific Rim.

There are 434 fires burning in BC, 80% lightning-caused, one week ago there were 161 fires. Wife and daughter are driving to Alberta next week..... If they can.Hmm

maxman
Were all the oil drip collector pans I saw in the photos standard equipment, or optional extra?

His shop is pretty tidy, it is just a precaution for the most part I'd say.

Had to take the wife to Vancouver to a specialist yesterday as she had a bit of a BP spike on some new meds. She called and was told to come right up. After we headed for Steveston for fresh-off-the-boat fish and chips and a walk around the town, it was a great way to spend an afternoon. It is a movie/TV filming mecca. Here are a few shows that were filmed there. We watched "Once Upon a Time" as we knew quite a few people who worked on it and had minor roles or were extras in it.

https://m.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=steveston,%20richmond

 

A few pics.

This boat has travelled from California.

You can buy Salmon, Prawns, Crab and just about anything else that comes out of the ocean on the West side, freshly caught that day. This is where our farmer neighbour keeps his three fishing boats.

These next three are building seen in a ton of TV shows and movies. The TV show "Once Upon a Time" filmed its run here.

Had another day rebuilding fences, better go haul the tools in.

All the best to all.

 

Brent

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Posted by ATSFGuy on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 6:53 PM

Hello everyone,

Chole I'll have a Bean Cheese and Rice Burrito with some chips on the side please thanks.

Been very hectic with work since mid April, but no my hours are coming down, meaning I have time to check on/tune up my locomotive fleet before my schedule picks back up again.

Wanted to share an event regarding two of my locomotives:

Recently went to a long month show with my club and discovered that one of my Amtrak P40DC #810 was not running very good. it kept starting to go, then stopped, then would start to go again. This occured 5 times I tried to get it to run, but couldn't make it all the way around without stopping and going. Also it would make kind of a "grinding noise" as it struggled to move, like something inside was loose or defective.

When I got home, I looked around on the web, but didn't see any replacement trucks for Athearn AMD103/P40's listed. I'm left wondering if I have to buy a spare P42 from evilbay and try to scalp the chassis for #810.

Anyone have Athearn RTR P40/P42's in their fleet? If so do they run?

This may be an older release, I will have to look up Athearn PDF files on google to see when this engine came out.

My other train I ran was a 90's Era Business Train with two Genesis SD75M's #207 and #232. I don't know why but #207 had a bit of a loose shell when I boxed them up. perhaps one of the inside tabs is missing or broken? Otherwise both SD75M's ran fine.

If anyone has tips for reparing my Athearn P40Dc or fixing the shell on my Genesis SD57M #207, let me know.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 6:44 PM

Thanks Brent.  Someone is me.  I'll look into that, as I'm concerned about our Friend.

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 6:27 PM

Track fiddler
Brother Lion, Where Art Thou???

I tried to drop the Abbey a line to see if Brother Elias is OK, however, the contact sight is not friendly to foreigners (me), as in out-of-country inquiries. I had inquired in the distant past when Lion had been MIA, got a response, and chatted with Elias. Maybe someone from the U.S. of A. can drop a line.

 

https://www.assumptionabbey.com/contact-us

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 6:10 PM

Evening

We got Filet Mignon of Wildebeest on the menu now!!! Pirate

 

Brother Lion, Where Art Thou???

 

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Posted by maxman on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 1:59 PM

I thought that the numbers on the top of tank cars were so that someone flying over could tell which cars were on fire.

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 1:16 PM

up831
Thoughts?

At first glance I thought the bright orange reefer was 'Photoshopped' into the picture but upon further snooping it simply looks like a brand new car, maybe even on its first revenue run, running amongst the aged fleet fore and aft of the mechanical reefer.

I seem to recall some iced refrigerator cars having the car numbers stenciled near the ice hatches. Maybe the guys running the icing operation had a list of which cars got whay kind of icing. Some produce was 'top iced' with chopped ice blown in over the tops of the cases. The car numbers were also stenciled inside the door openings, too. If cars are spotted in large produce warehouses, sometimes on several parallel tracks there was no easy way to see the car number from the outside since the cars were crammed so tightly together. There were gang planks between the door openings so several cars could be loaded simultaneously.

Similar to how these box cars are spotted:

 Illinois Central Yard Chicago by Edmund, on Flickr

You would need to know what car you're in without climbing down to the ground.

up831
I'm certain that I'm not the only one who's noticed this, but look at high up the car number is.

I wonder if another reason was to be able to ID the car if a brakeman or car knocker was walking along the roofwalk, too? At least back in the 'ladder and roof walk' days.

I see some tank cars with the numbers stenciled on the tops of the tanks so the loaders can ID the car from the catwalks above the cars.

Cheers, Ed

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Posted by up831 on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 10:08 PM

Hi Everyone,

Brunhilde, coffee with cream, please.

Thanks to all for the anniversary well wishes.  They are appreciated.

In John's most recent post, there is something a little different in the reefer picture.  I'm certain that I'm not the only one who's noticed this, but look at high up the car number is.  I've noticed this on newer cars.  My speculation is that the railroads have gotten tired of having to continually repaint car numbers on rolling stock because of all of the grafitti.  Looking at the car, there is very little in the way of reporting marks on the cars because all of that info would be in the data base.  But, the car number must be on the car to keep track of the load and destination.  But then again, that's just my speculation.

Thoughts?

Hope all are well.

Less is more,...more or less!

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Posted by CNCharlie on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 5:19 PM

Good Afternoon,

The C Liner is back running great. The axle fix did the trick. 

Another quiet day here. 

CN Charlie

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Posted by York1 on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 9:21 AM

Good morning, everyone.  Chloe -- I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.

Our nice cool days are coming to an end.  Sad

We've been watching all the episodes of 'My Life is Murder'.  Finally finished the last episode last night.  Auckland is a beautiful place.

Yesterday a guy from my church came to the door with a big plastic tub filled with N gauge stuff.  He bought a whole tub full of railroad stuff for $10 from the thrift store.  He is a Lionel collector and took out every thing not N.  What he gave to me was a lot of stuff I didn't want, but had quite a bit of things I can use.

The most upsetting part was a whole bundle of Atlas flex track.  Whoever gave it to the thrift store had bent the whole bundle, and the track tore loose from the ties.  I was able to salvage some, but most of it was ruined.  I also got some rolling stock.  They were cars I normally wouldn't buy, but I am keeping them and will work on some of them. I think I can bash together some of them to make some interesting cars.

I'm sure the whole group of model stuff was stored and the modeler either died or went to a nursing home.  Someone in the family just crammed everything in a box to get it to the thrift store.  Still, it was fun to sort through everything.

I'm enjoying Kansas City Royals baseball games this summer.  They are much improved over the past several years, and they seem to have a lot of fun playing.  The team's attitude makes watching a more fun.

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

What is unusual about this photo?  It's one of the few white UP refrigerated cars that was not covered with graffiti.  I think that big white canvas just invited spray painters.

 Union Pacific ARMN BKTY UP - railimages@aol.com by Ronald Eugene Estes, on Flickr

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6:47 AM

Water Level Route
Do you get any snow where you live?

Gidday Mike. Snow, what is this thing you mention??!!!
 
I’ve been living in the village for the past 28 years and have only seen the very tops of the hills around the lake lightly dusted with snow on three occasions.
Several years back while actually down in the village, it snowed for about a quarter of an hour, (melted on touching the ground) but I was surprised how many people came out of their offices and shops to see the novelty!
The Central North Island Ski Fields are about a 2 ½ hour drive south, but as a Bear, I don’t make for a good Ski Bunny, and neither have to inclination to do so anyway!
That said we had a frost this morning and I suspect we’ll have another tomorrow.
 
From the Library of Congress, (it looks the kind of job that one could easily raise a sweat)…
 
 
 
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them. Kia Kaha.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by NorthBrit on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6:18 AM

Good day Diners.  A cloudy day that feels warmer than the 14c it is.

A large coffee please, Flo.

John:     Dawn is having a run of good days;  thank goodness.

Myself, I am still waiting to go into hospital to find out what the shadow on my lung is.

 

Not a lot going on here.   No grandchildren visiting this week  (yet).

Dawn is wanting a clear out of 'stuff not used or wanted'.   

Hopefully see the train room later.

 

David

 

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Posted by Water Level Route on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 5:44 AM

Good Morning Diners.  Chloe, coffee and a cinnamon roll please.

Glad Monday is over.  Had a good enough day at work but a really frustrating night at home.  No one thing in particular, just one thing after another.  Today will be better.  The power of positive thinking!

Charlie, congratulations on hopefully conquering the skylight leak.  Fingers crossed for you.

Busy day ahead.  Gotta run.  Have a good day everyone.

Mike

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Posted by CNCharlie on Monday, July 22, 2024 9:51 PM

John, if you were winding a rope around a winch and the using a winch handle, you were hauling in a jib sheet.  That is done when getting the boat closer to the wind or after coming about on an opposite tack. I bought my first boat in 1974 and the last one in 1984 which I kept for 25 years. It was a 27' boat that was great for me, my wife and a Westie or two. The dogs loved going out for a weekend on the boat. As soon as we turned off the highway they would start barking. 

CN Charlie

 

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Posted by York1 on Monday, July 22, 2024 3:04 PM

It's a cool, overcast Monday afternoon.

Charlie, right now I'd like to go with you on that sail boat!  When I lived in New Orleans, my friend had a 39 foot sailboat -- I have no idea what kind or anything else about it, other than he would sometimes spend the night on it out in Lake Ponchartrain.  The Southern Yacht club held races every-so-often, and he took me with some other guys along.  I had no idea how to do anything other than they told me which rope to tighten.  I learned how to get the rope on the winch and turn the handle!

It was a lot of fun, but the sailing hobby was far above my economic means.

David, I hope you can keep us informed of your health dealings.  I'm thankful Dawn is feeling better, and that you had a good time with the granddaughter.

Brent, pretty neat photos of the classic cars.  It looks like lots of work restoring and then keeping the cars running.

Jim, happy anniversary!  It's time for an old "dad joke":

 

My wife:  "Our new neighbor kisses his wife when he leaves for work.  Why don't you do that?"

Me:  "How can I?  I don't even know her."

 

After everyone is through groaning, I hope you all have a good Monday evening.  Mondays are one of my favorite TV nights -- Maine Cabin Masters is on!

 

Some refrigerator cars behind TF's favorite color locomotives:

 Out of Tunnel 17 and into Devils Canyon. .  . by blair kooistra, on Flickr

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Posted by CNCharlie on Monday, July 22, 2024 2:05 PM

Good Afternoon,

A warm, very humid day here.

Got the parts in the mail to fix my C Liner today. Exactly 2 weeks since ordering so that is quick service from Walthers considering the package crossed a border.

Had another thunderstorm last night and no skylight leak! Will wait for more rain before claiming victory.

Have been looking at sailboat ads. I won't buy one but sure do miss sailing on days when there is a nice wind as in 10 knots from the NW. I especially liked sailing closed hauled on a starboard tack. The boat would heel over enough to make it fun but not enough to make my wife nervous. 

Wonder how JR is doing and how his car racing season is going. 

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Posted by maxman on Monday, July 22, 2024 12:55 PM

Water Level Route
Sweet old cars at the neighbor's

Were all the oil drip collector pans I saw in the photos standard equipment, or optional extra?

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, July 22, 2024 10:55 AM

Good afternoon Diners.   A day of showers.

Afternoon tea please, Chloe.

Weekend with granddaughter went well.  She kept Dawn and I entertained.  Big Smile

 

Clearing out old household items we no longer require.

 

David

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Posted by Water Level Route on Monday, July 22, 2024 6:14 AM

Good Morning Diners!  Janie, coffee and a plate of glazed doughnuts please.

Good to see plenty of activity in the diner while I was gone.  Hope I'm not the one keeping people away! Laugh  Overall had a great weekend and that included our one bit of usually bad news.  My wife's grandmother passed away this weekend.  This was not unexpected though and there were no tears shed.  It has been a long time coming.  (She set a record for longest resident in the assited living facility she was in, and it wasn't close.  Beat the old record by MANY years.)  Honestly, it's a bit of a relief for everyone.  Not that you necessarily want to see someone pass, but with her dementia she was not anywhere near a state she would have wanted to be in.  Odd to say, but this was a good thing.

Brent, I know several people with CRV's and they all like them a lot.  Guessing your daughter will too.  Sweet old cars at the neighbor's by the way.  Would love to spend a few hours looking them over.

Mr B, good for your daughter in keeping her priorities straight.  Sounds like a good egg.  Your sub wrapper story sure made me chuckle!

My wife and I almost never order the same thing at a restaurant.  If I have something I think is really good, I'll usually offer to let her try it.  She rarely will.

Ed, steam ejector cooling systems??  The power of evaporative cooling I suppose.  Kind of like refrigerators that burn propane I imagine.

David, hope you had fun with the granddaughter visiting.  I'm sure you did.

Terry, nice to see you are still around.

Bear, I suppose it would be a bit odd for you to be researching ice houses right about now.  Do you get any snow where you live?

Jim, we've been married 21 years at this point and don't do much more than maybe a nice dinner.  Our anniversary is in December and with all the happenings around the holidays, we keep it low key and low budget. Yes

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Posted by BATMAN on Sunday, July 21, 2024 1:32 PM

Just a few shots of my neighbour's guest just starting to arrive this morning, I will pop back after they get back from the road trip.

Brent

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, July 21, 2024 11:35 AM

Good evening Diners.   A Pusser's rum please, Zoe.

Just calling in for a quick visit.

Dawn is feeling fine these days.  Much better than me.  Still battling on though.

 

Brent   Sounds an excellent get together.

 

David

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Posted by BATMAN on Sunday, July 21, 2024 10:15 AM

Good morning from the West Coast. 324 wildfires today, 87% lightning caused. It is supposed to be hot again today to the mid-30s.

One of my neighbours has about fifteen old cars, all pre-1940, including a steam car. Today is his annual get-together where people from all over Western Canada, Washington and Oregon show up at his house with their old cars, all pre-1940. There will be at least 100 or so, I will get my scoot done early and head over, it is quite something. They go for a 100km drive through the countryside and then return and hang out into the evening. I stopped for a beer yesterday with him when he called me in as I was going by, he is a really interesting neighbour. He can be seen in a lot of movies that take place in the early 1900s where there are old cars driving by, he is the driver. He gets $6000.00 a day on set. He said there will be a small steam tractor today as well.

Best get my shoes on and get out the door.

All the best to all.

Brent

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Posted by up831 on Sunday, July 21, 2024 6:39 AM

Hi Everyone,

Checking in.  And, a double good morning to all whoever you might be.  This last week was eventful for a lot of my friends and associates. Not sure why, but it seemed like a lot was going on with everyone.  This last week my son had a birthday, and my Frau and I had or 46th anniversary.  At our 20th anniversary party, someone asked me what it was like to be married 20 years.  I replied that it was 20 long grueling years that went by in a blur!  Now, we're at 46.  We didn't do anything this year.  I had to work.

Hope everyone is safe and well.

Less is more,...more or less!

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Posted by "JaBear" on Sunday, July 21, 2024 5:24 AM
Gidday Chloe, I must be MAD!! It’s been a cold wet Sunday, Her-in-Doors is a bit crook, it’s currently bucketing down, and I’m looking at ice houses!!
 
From the Library of Congress, and thanks to Jack Delano…
 
 
I can only assume that all the major railroads in North America would have had similar practices to the Sante Fe regarding icing reefers, Batman.
 
Still, I don’t have to cut out huge ice blocks, Her-in-Doors is tucked up as snug as a bug in a rug, the wood burner is keeping the house nice and warm, and I am savouring a dram of rum liquor. Life’s not too bad!
 
Hope the MIAs are all well and can manage to avoid the 504s and check in.
 

“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money”. -Thomas Jefferson

Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them. Kia Kaha.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by BATMAN on Saturday, July 20, 2024 3:42 PM

Good afternoon from the beautiful Pacific Rim. In B.C. 318 fires are burning, 89% lightning caused.

https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/dashboard 

Bear, thanks for posting that PDF, it was great reading and it answered a lot of questions I have had for a long time. I now want to run out and buy some SF reefers as they did run to Canada.

We haven't heard from Ray in a while, he could be over the pond visiting his son, hope he is having a good time.

The dog and I did 10.36km this morning as the arthritis was in check and I ran pretty much the whole way and feel like a million bucks. Burned 986 calories, and the wife has already asked how big a steak I want for dinner.Dinner I was ringing wet when I got home as it is on the warm side, wished we still had the pool to jump in.

My wife, daughter, sister her husband and three sets of our closest friends are all leaving for various parts of the planet over the next ten days and I am the one to call if something goes wrong at their houses. I hate that as something goes wrong all too often. Maybe I just won't answer the phone.Mischief

My wife came home to two RCMP cruisers in the driveway as our alarm system gave a glass-breaking alarm. Yet another false alarm from our useless alarm company. We would not have a system at all if it were not for the wife wanting the fire alarm set up to be monitored for when we leave the dogs home alone. Half the time we never even lock the doors when we leave.

The winter harvest is on.

All the best to all.

Brent

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, July 20, 2024 4:59 AM
Gidday Terry, good to see you drop in. The meal sharing generally works well, as long as I never go for the biggest half! LaughLaugh
 
Found this interesting PDF, Batman, and it looks though, how much ice was added depended on the commodity hauled.
 
 
When I was at the freezing works the year after I left school, we would load out these W class wooden insulated wagons with frozen carcases, or boxes of meat. The relatively short hauls did not require ice.
 
 
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them. Kia Kaha.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

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Posted by saronaterry on Friday, July 19, 2024 6:15 PM

Generally, Her-in-Doors and I order different meals, but then share.

We do the same.

Terry

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