CNCharlie John, yes that Stratford. It was a big CNR town and the location of their major steam overhaul shop. The last regular overhaul was in the winter of 1959 and it closed down later that year. The shop building was huge but it is all gone now. CN Charlie
John, yes that Stratford. It was a big CNR town and the location of their major steam overhaul shop. The last regular overhaul was in the winter of 1959 and it closed down later that year. The shop building was huge but it is all gone now.
CN Charlie
hon30critter Thanks maxman, Paul will be missed by the modeling community. Cheers!! Dave
Thanks maxman,
Paul will be missed by the modeling community.
Cheers!!
Dave
I am not stating that Mr. Dolkos is the party in question. Someone else mentioned his name and I just did the Google thing. Could very well be someone else.
CNCharlie Good Afternoon, John, please send that rain north. We could use some here. North Brit Dave, how are you doing? Are your treatments going well? I have been re-reading Ian Wilson's books. I'm on To Stratford under steam. Another 8 books to finish the series. They are all set in August 1954 and involve mostly the CNR. CN Charlie
Good Afternoon,
John, please send that rain north. We could use some here.
North Brit Dave, how are you doing? Are your treatments going well?
I have been re-reading Ian Wilson's books. I'm on To Stratford under steam. Another 8 books to finish the series. They are all set in August 1954 and involve mostly the CNR.
Does anyone know if Paul Dolkos was forum member? I don't think there's a firm up/down vote on forum membership in any case. He's been a credit to the MR community in any case, and deserves to be honored if that's the forum's choice.
When I scan down through the RIP Track as each new month starts, I think of the friendship and camaraderie we have all developed through this hobby. That should be our reason for inclusion here.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
https://www.trains.com/mrr/news-reviews/news/in-memoriam-paul-j-dolkos/
hon30critter Does anyone have any idea who the person who passed away that AEP528 was referring to is? I would like to see him added to the RIP track. AEP528 seems to want to keep the information to himself. Why, I don't understand. Cheers!! Dave
Does anyone have any idea who the person who passed away that AEP528 was referring to is? I would like to see him added to the RIP track. AEP528 seems to want to keep the information to himself. Why, I don't understand.
Simon
We got rain last night! In the plains farming areas, any rain makes a great day.
Flo, I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
I hope everyone is doing well today. It is cleaning day at our house. I will be better after the chores are done.
How about another Union Pacific fire train working on wildfires:
York1 John
It seems that we always have a single forum member like this. My hope is that the new forum software will contain a feature that allows a member to block another member. I can only think of one member that I would block.
Rich
Alton Junction
Still getting Forbidden 403.
Still this side of the 'Great Divide' having treatment etc.
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Evening,
John, thanks for tracking down the Lion. Hope he is recovering well and that we hear from him once he is back at the Abbey.
Have trained a red squirrel to take a peanut from my hand which indicates how busy my life is right now. He stashs the nut in his garage hideout and is back for another in about 60 seconds flat. Red squirrels sure are fast and agile.
Dave, sounds like you had a nice time at that cottage. Nothing like the sound of a loon on a still evening. It has been a long time since I have heard one.
TF, does your Mustang have a four speed, manual ?
Time to turn out the light.
York1 I contacted the Assumption Abbey. Brother Michael reported that Lion was going to vote in the primary election and fell. He broke his shoulder on one side and his arm on the other side. The result is that he could not continue at the Abbey, and he was moved to a nursing home. He should be able to move back to the Abbey next month. Br. Michael said Lion has a computer at the nursing home, but he may be like the rest of us and got discouraged trying to enter the forum.
I contacted the Assumption Abbey. Brother Michael reported that Lion was going to vote in the primary election and fell. He broke his shoulder on one side and his arm on the other side.
The result is that he could not continue at the Abbey, and he was moved to a nursing home. He should be able to move back to the Abbey next month.
Br. Michael said Lion has a computer at the nursing home, but he may be like the rest of us and got discouraged trying to enter the forum.
AEP528 I'm not a forum freeloader spending all of my time complaining about the forum hosts and continually writing self-entitled demands that the magazine owners conform to exactly what I want.
I'm not a forum freeloader spending all of my time complaining about the forum hosts and continually writing self-entitled demands that the magazine owners conform to exactly what I want.
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It's 9:30 p.m. on the plains -- just the right time for a bowl of ice cream. Whatever flavor you want -- it's my treat.
Here at the diner we are the bearers of the torch for the RIP Track, our ongoing tribute to those who have gone to either the Big Roundhouse in the Sky or that hot smelly train room in the basement. It sometimes takes a bit of detective work when someone just disappears without telling us, but somehow we find out. We are all brothers (and occasional sisters) here, so if anyone hears of a forum member who's left us, we all share that information.
Strictly speaking, only forum members, though not necessarily Diner members, get a spot on the RIP Track. So, I don't think someone like the late Paul Dolkos qualifies on that ground, although if there were sufficient support to add him, I wouldn't object.
The story goes that us old timers always check the RIP Track to make sure we're not on it.
Hi AEP528,
I find it difficult to understand why you would not post the name of the deceased forum member yourself. That would seem to be the 'friendly' thing to do.
Good morning, it is cool and cloudy again with 415 fires burning in the Province, 94% started by lightning.
AEP528BTW, a forum member that all of you know passed away a couple of months ago. A true friend of that member posted a tribute on a magazine's social media site. I haven't seen anything here yet. So much for the quality of diner friendships.
How about filling us in as to who it is like an adult instead of having us try and speculate? Many have come and gone in the 18 years I have been here and I have wondered about the fate of many who no longer participate.
I have been trying to find out about Elias (Brother Lion) however the Assumption Abbey website doesn't allow foreigners to contact them ( I can't fill the required fields). Here is the contact page if someone wants to take a crack at it. It doesn't cost anything.
https://www.assumptionabbey.com/business-office-contact
Spent a few hours in the train room again yesterday. I am having to install some caboose ground throws one track over as they are on curved turnouts and my passenger cars hit them if I put them in the more traditional spots. I have boxes of everything I need to construct the linkages from my R/C airplane days. Had the tunes playing, it was most relaxing.
Before R/C planes my friends and I flew line control planes, Here is me (in disguise) in the late sixties. I move up in size of line control planes to the point of having cable for the lines instead of fishing line. Those planes took a lot of real estate to fly and would be deadly if they ever hit anyone. As soon as I got my driver's licence I was totally into R/C because I could drive to the airfield.
Have to go pick up my brother-in-law at the airport. It would be cheaper for them to go to long-term parking than drive into Vancouver twice, however, economics is not my sister's strong point, so I'll be a good brother and go for a drive.
Has anyone heard from Ray lately? I always enjoy his posts, I know he was going to the UK to see his son, but that was a while back.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
AEP528BTW, a forum member that all of you know passed away a couple of months ago. A true friend of that member posted a tribute on a magazine social media site. I haven't seen anything here yet. So much for the quality of diner friendships.
Since this forum and one other model railroad forum are the only social media I use, could you give us the name of the person?
Just because I didn't mention it here doesn't make my friendship any less.
richhotrain AEP528 You say you've been working on your layout? Prove it. Stop posting opinions and post about the layout progress. Act like a model railroader. AEP528, I have been a member of this forum for 20 years. You have been a member for 16 years. I have posted innumerable photos and videos of my layout and my projects. I don't recall ever seeing one photo from you. Do you have a layout? You say, act like a model railroader. You would do well to take your own advice. As usual, you missed the point of my earlier reply. The operative word was "word". "Not one word from the new owners has been posted on this forum". Capisce? I didn't ask for an update on the acquistion. I expressed frustration over the silence from the new owner. Looking forward to your photos of your modeling. Rich
AEP528 You say you've been working on your layout? Prove it. Stop posting opinions and post about the layout progress. Act like a model railroader.
You say you've been working on your layout? Prove it. Stop posting opinions and post about the layout progress. Act like a model railroader.
AEP528, I have been a member of this forum for 20 years. You have been a member for 16 years. I have posted innumerable photos and videos of my layout and my projects. I don't recall ever seeing one photo from you. Do you have a layout? You say, act like a model railroader. You would do well to take your own advice.
As usual, you missed the point of my earlier reply. The operative word was "word". "Not one word from the new owners has been posted on this forum". Capisce? I didn't ask for an update on the acquistion. I expressed frustration over the silence from the new owner.
Looking forward to your photos of your modeling.
BTW, a forum member that all of you know passed away a couple of months ago. A true friend of that member posted a tribute on a magazine social media site. I haven't seen anything here yet. So much for the quality of diner friendships.
hon30critternot even Captain Kirk had video
No, but he did have a transporter and a replicator.
Good morning, diners. I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, Flo.
It's good to have the natural order of things restored to the online universe.
Several years ago my wife gave me a model kit of an old movie theater. I didn't really like it, but naturally I thanked her and told her how good it was. Today, I'm going to work on it and see what I can do with it. I'm not sure where on the layout I will put it, but it needs to be there so she can see it. I'm such a good husband.
Schools in our town start this week. For 42 years, in New Orleans and then here, I was excited about that. It's nice to be on this side of retirement!
Have a great day, everyone.
Union Pacific fire crew in California:
How's everybody doing out there? The late summer days are here and we're stocking the last of the firewood for the season. We had a nice weekend with the neighbors visiting while the camp fire was going and the grand kids here for a look at the meteor shower and a bit of the Northern Lights visible between 2 and 3 am. Good times!
Is the theme for August still smoke?
Smoke Show by Don Kalkman, on Flickr
Steptoe sunrise by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Hi gang,
We just got a video that was taken only a few minutes ago from our son and DIL showing our almost 14 month old grandson, Callum, taking his first few steps! Gave me goosebumps.
Twenty years ago I told myself that I would only use my cell phone for business calls. I considered it to be an intrusion into my private life. My attitude has changed. Now we can see wonderful family events almost instantaneously from miles away. Today we take it for granted. Imagine what someone 200 years ago would think of it! Heck, not even Captain Kirk had video!
MisterBeasleyWe had a boat party for our local Parrot Head Club, a Jimmy Buffet fan group.
A few years ago a local couple I know had a car license plate "FINSRUP". This is the hat I wear when walking Cookie the dog.
There are Parrot Heads even out here 1500 miles from the beach.
Odd day yesterday. We had a boat party for our local Parrot Head Club, a Jimmy Buffet fan group. We chartered a small pontoon boat that took us out on the bay. We got lucky and saw a lot of pelicans and a lot of playful dolphins. On the way back, the boat died. They called in, and another boat was sent out. In the meantime, the beer was free.
Eventually the other boat showed up. They added some more gas to our tanks, but that didn't help. So, we had to transfer all of us to the other boat which took us home. Forget about a hazardous crossing. The sea was still as an Environtex lake, and probably not much deeper. One step from one boat to the other and we were there.
Good morning from the cool and cloudy West Coast.
York1but my body is telling me to slow down.
I know how you feel John, for the first time ever I have chosen not to go out and do yard work because of the heat and it wasn't really that hot. So I have often been into the trainroom this summer for lengthy sessions. I also went for a run one day and at 14km my extremities started to swell so I packed it in. In the past, I could motor all day in the heat and it would never bother me. Getting old sucks.
richhotrain AEP528 You say you've been working on your layout? Prove it. Stop posting opinions and post about the layout progress. Act like a model railroader. AEP528, I have been a member of this forum for 20 years. You have been a member for 16 years. I have posted innumerable photos and videos of my layout and my projects. I don't recall ever seeing one photo from you. Do you have a layout? You say, act like a model railroader. You would do well to take your own advice. Looking forward to your photos of your modeling. Rich
Well, I for one have seen many photos posted by Rich over the years and when he talks about his layout I can immediately picture it in my mind (small as my mind is)
Mr. AEP, please post your photos, we are waiting.
As far as the forum software goes, I appreciate the effort of the MRR staff in trying to keep it up and running, it must be quite frustrating for them to constantly have to attend to it. Hopefully, it will be fixed properly soon.
Mike, Now my daughter has her own car she doesn't need Dad to take her back to University. This should be her last term, but that may change if she wants to keep going. She has so many opportunities on the job front in so many areas of her expertise she may want to just dive into the workforce again. She has a beautiful place in Victoria and only has to work at her Government job for a month and her rent is paid for the year, University is basically free, so she lives like a Queen while going to school quite easily.
Her brother lived like a King while going to University in Ottawa because he made so much working in the TV/movie industry at every opportunity. He could afford to rent his own house in Ottawa. With grants and scholarships, tuition was virtually free.
Time for a scoot through the woodland and then yardwork on this cool day.