Hello again......... How about some hot apple cider?
I've been operating my new Atlas SD24's. Wow! What an improvement over the old Atlas SD24's. I'll be keeping those locos.
Good night everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Wait a minute , WAIT JUST A MINUTE Master Kevin!!!!! You are from Maine and you cheer for the Colts ????? Are you a transplant to New England ????? Just for that I hope you get 2 feet of snow up there in Maine...LOL
Canondale61 wrote: Good evening,Just a hot chocholate! Headed to bed. Der there is more than just your island to the north east of maine. New Brunswick or something like that make bowling balls . Glad to hear you came thru all right. Glad to hear everyones spouces are beginning to heal up, soon fle season will be on us and then everyone will be sick. I am hearing snow for this weekend ugggggggh. Really like to stay up and watch the Steelers but have had a long day. To bad the Patriots won thought that Indy was going to survive. Did someone in here jinx them Well good night all Kevin
Good evening,
Just a hot chocholate! Headed to bed. Der there is more than just your island to the north east of maine. New Brunswick or something like that make bowling balls . Glad to hear you came thru all right. Glad to hear everyones spouces are beginning to heal up, soon fle season will be on us and then everyone will be sick. I am hearing snow for this weekend ugggggggh. Really like to stay up and watch the Steelers but have had a long day. To bad the Patriots won thought that Indy was going to survive. Did someone in here jinx them
Well good night all Kevin
Evening, Chloe - how about a cup of hot cocoa and some apple pie a la mode, please.
Thanks!
Not much new today - skipped MRR club tonight (saving gas until payday - Wed.); couldn't believe how much gas jumped up over the weekend through today (about 15 to 20 cents a gallon)!
Lisa, welcome back to the Diner - your eyes must still be pretty good, if you're going to iNvisible scale. There're a number of N-scalers in the Diner, so you can get help/advice here for your questions.
JP, good score on the magazines! And Garry, you had some excellent prices, also! That's one of my favorite things with train shows - the bargains.
Rob, hope your CFO's tummy continues to improve. Sounds like some progress...
Well, I'll be at the table working on my sundae. Hope you all have a good evening!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Evening Diners! I’ll have a some peach slices with that nsa Field Berry yogurt that came in the other day. Oh, and stir in some puffed wheat too, for crunch please Zoe. Thanks.
Welcome back Duce and Lisa, it’s been a while. Lisa, congratulations on seeing the light and moving to Normal Scale.
Gary:
Now what about Luc?
Mark:
nothing else is much new except the kittens have found out about the door that leads to the rest of the house... dundundun...
Flashwave:
Oh, and watch out for mild mannered guys in tights when you catch up.
Here’s the photos of the rock casting staining I’ve been working on. First, the raw state, and here’s what it looks like now. The cribbing looked too new and clean, so I’ve weathered it with fine powdered ash I’ve been keeping in my scenery tins.
I think that stuff will help with most of my rolling stock weathering as well. Sure am glad to get that behind me, and I’ve been covering more of the blue foam as a result.Next up, I’ve a couple of plaster retaining walls to cast. Also, quite soon I shall have to deal with the container dock. I’m thinking that foam core board would work well to represent a concrete dock with the tracks in it. The tracks right now are on AMI roadbed, and I need something flat and smoothish that's thick enough to come up level with the railhead. Also, I figure I can cut it easily to put in the tracks for the container crane when I get around to building that. Anyone worked with that foam board for concrete areas? Any tips? That’s about it for tonight.
Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Fergmiester wrote: OMG! It's Old Home Week!!!Where did all the "Ol' Regulars" come from?
OMG! It's Old Home Week!!!
Where did all the "Ol' Regulars" come from?
Now if Teffy would just pop in and say hello
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Coffee, please. And maybe some lemon pie.
Hi, guys. Larry and I got a little layout time yesterday. I hope everyone else had a good layout weekend.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Hello everybody...
Good to see all the posts. Everyone is busy.
Dick ........... thanks for posting Parade story. I suggest all diners read the parade article. It's really disturbing that USA wastes over half of its transport fuel by chosing non-rail transport modes for both passenger and freight. Furthermore, it's disturbing that Uncle Sam is stuck on his fuel wasting transportation policies.............................................
Duke ... I still saw no message. I'll look in PM's if you try that. It would be great to hear directly from you. (Others also!)
Well, it's chow time for this diner.
Happy Mdoel Railroading !!!!
Evening Gang:
Welcome Back Duce and Lisa. It's good to see you again. Lisa, I am shocked and dismayed to hear that you have gone over to the dark side. If it is a tempiray thing because of tight space OK, but be very carefull. Duce besides working what have you been up to, Oh, right you work for the RR. What do you do?
JP: That sounds like a great deal on the magazines. Those will keep you busy for a few nights.
Lee: So what kind of ore cars did you get? I don't recall the K-2 type.
Rob: I don't water my tractor tires. I did once and didn't get enough anti-freeze in them. Of course they were on the biggest tractor on the place. It was out of service untill the ice melted enough to take the tire apart and then it cost us 2 new tubes. Our new tractor is dry also. The dealer will fill them with Calcium Cloride anytime we want but it cost a whole lot more to get a flat fixed then. I think that we will be able to get by with the 4 wheel drive.
We baled the last hay today. There wasn't much, only 4 bales. I mainly wanted to get that last bit of the field cleaned off. Now after the hay is hauled I'll start hauling fill dirt to that slew and fill it in some.
Well it's early by the clock but my body is still on daylight time.
Good Night All
Cederstrand wrote: Wife tested her tummy with Mexican food today. Other than still feeling sore form being sick, she is fine.
Wife tested her tummy with Mexican food today. Other than still feeling sore form being sick, she is fine.
Oh good! I meant to tell you the other day that she was added to the prayer list, but I got sidetracked.......my bad!
Evening all -
Just a quick stop in tonight. Spent both days this past weekend going to the local annual train show. I think the best deal I got, was a combination of 30 back issues of RMC, CTC, Model Railroader and Trains for $6.00.
Well, need to balance the checkbook and save up for next week - start shopping for Christmas Presents.
Take care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
Good evening ! from Indiana.
11-05-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
lisap wrote:Hey Everyone, Been a long time since I've been around, a lot of family issues to deal with and I had nothing to share on the train front, no time and I got sick of my shed. I had to change scales or give up until I had more room(which could be a verrrrrrrrry long time coming) so I started an "N" scale in my dining room. So far it looks pretty good, I'm mostly sticking to scenery for now as I have my landscaping materials from the "HO". I have a nice Kato Santa fe passenger set(my husband got it for me as an early Christmas gift). So a least I can have something to work on and hubby isn't worried about the space like he did with my HO. I hope everyone is doing well and I'll be in more often now that life has calmed down again.
what a cruel, cruel thing to do to yourself. leave HO for something that requires a Magnifying glass?
-Morgan
in a Southern mug, please & thank you.
***Garry, nice going on the new acquisitions from the show. Upgrades are always a good thing.
***Duce, Congrats on the job with BNSF. Any real life RR stories to share with us?
***Lisa, good choice switching to "N"ormal scale. Share some pics of the layout work if you can.
Went to add water to our tractor tires and one of the stems came right out in my hand. A stream of water shot from the tire. Shoved the old stem back in and thus far it is holding. Couldn't get the other tire to fill at all. Might try again tomorrow, but those poorly designed hose adapters and having the stems on the inner rim makes for a surprising challenge.
Rob
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
back Duce
Garry Check it again as I sent another one and both went through the forum so if you don't get it again,I will send it through my Email.
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
to the Diner (again), Cary/Duce! Since I'm covering this page anyway, have a beverage of your choice on me! We have some other RR employees in the Diner (occasionally or regularly) - I know Scott B., Bill T. (and probably others I'm missing right now, so my apologies to the rest of ya) are in from time to time, as well as a handful of retired RR folk. What kind of RR job do you have, and for how long? Are you able to get any MRR'ing in, or does your work keep you busy (as Scott has reported - oh wait, that's his job and his new girlfriend, in Scott's case... )?
Grab a place at the table, or if you like the window booths, there're a number of seats with a good view of the tracks, too. But since you've been in before, you already know that, right?
Welcome back Duce! Here, let me welcome you back properly........
Hi Chloe, I'll just have the Nacho's......on Jim's tab!
Hello Guys its been awhile glad to see some of you are still around. I had to change my name because I lost the other one. My screen Name was Duce.
I havent been on in about a year. I got a job with BNSF so I have been working alot. I hope to beable to pop in more often.
duce
Good afternoon to all, bright sunny day here, 52F. Bringing down the wood today to fill the empty bay of the garage ( one car now ), and another two rows up on the deck for the wood stove in the Family Room. We decided we had better get moving on this task because the weathermen are talking about snow flurries on Friday and it certainly looks like colder weather is headed our way from Canada.
33,000 people lost power on Cape Cod as hurricane force winds belted the Cape and Islands. Another 22,000 lost power along the coastline from the Cape to the North shore near the NH border.
We did fine inland, no problems at all 50 miles from the coastline.
Only one team undefeated now ...the Patriots, what a comeback in the 4th quarter over the Colts!!!!!!
I don't know if any of you guys read the article in the Parade Magazine in the Sunday newspaper this weekend, if not, you can read it online at www.parade.com It deals with Americas railroads, and how people feel about travel via Plane, Trains and Auto. 99% favored more money for trains to upgrade our entire rail systems. A Bill in the Congress just passed last week that would give more money to expand service in four area of the country. Please read the article, and you can add your own comment at www.Parade.com also, just follow the directions.
Later,
Hello everybody.
Long day yesterday. Went to train show in Detroit area. We drove to Cincinnati. Had dinner and visited with family there but did not stay for the night in Cincy. Drove home. Total miles of driving for day.
Now I can razz Duke about his choice to bike instead of going to train show. It was a terrific train show. They had good prices on a wide selection of model railroad stuff. Duke really missed a good show! I just love train shows like that one!
At the show, I purchsed two locomotives in never-opned boxes. They are Burlington SD24's made by Atlas in their Silver Series. I'm upgrading. My three older Atlas SD24's will be sold on ebay. I also picked up several decent used freight cars to fit in with some of the things I'm doing on the layout.
Duke, I did not see any messages. Seriously, I hope you enjoyed the day.
Jeff... that was an impressive and dramatic night shot you posted.
Fergie and Der.... Evidently, you got through the storm okay and I'm glad. Now what about Luc?
Happy Model Railroading.
To Go, please & thank you.
Glad everyone made it through the storms. Wish we could get a storm like that...or 2 or 3 in a row. (Ya Hear that Mother Nature?) Critters are calling for their breakfast and I still need to run pay for some hay. Have a great day all. Rob
...and looks like I have the breakfast buffet tab. Zoe, keep me a total. I'll check back later and see what the damage is.
Good Morning, Diners (and storm survivors )! Zoe, cup of coffee and a donut, please.
Had a bit of delay getting in this morning, as the forum wasn't working (or they were finishing up maintenance?).
pcarrell wrote:Hey, did you know that the weather guesser around here is talking about SNOW tomorrow! What's up with that?
Hey, did you know that the weather guesser around here is talking about SNOW tomorrow! What's up with that?
PC, they're just keeping you on your toes. That, or messing with you...
Good to hear everyone is in the clear this morning. Me, I have to get going. See you all later!
HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!
Killed them Eagles last night. YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHAAAAAAWWWWWW!
Besides that, nothing else is much new except the kittens have found out about the door that leads to the rest of the house... dundundun...
Jim: We'll be keeping them here for 6 weeks.
It's that time again.Mark
Mornin' all!
der5997 wrote:< <> by PC…That was a, as they would say in Maine, wicked good Noreaster.…wicked good it may have been, but southeast veering through south to west at the end. I’m sure of the direction, although it’s not what I expected. I thought that these things rotated anti-clockwise. Our bedroom roof faces due south, and about 4:00 am the pieces of 2x4 that act as sort of steps to enable access to the main roof, and are on the steeply sloped roof at the east end of the bedroom, were banging up and down in the wind. They are on metal straps, not fixed to the roof directly. The only way they could act like that is if the wind were due south to lift them. They stopped banging as the wind shifted direction. When we got up, it was very westerly. By this afternoon there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
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by PC…That was a, as they would say in Maine, wicked good Noreaster.
Wicked Oh ya. Didn't sleep much as the house shook for 4 hours. These storms do rotate in a ccw manner however the winds do follow the clock if th e low goes right over top of you or to the west of you (Northern hemisphere). Winds started out of the Nor East then slowly veered around the clock with the most intense winds out of the SSE before diening down once they settled to Westerlies.
As always the heviest rains were when the wind was Easterly to Sou Easterly direction. I went for my bke ride this morning, in shorts, it was nippy as the temps were in the high 30'. Several trees were down on the paths.
Anyway another week of Renos!
Later All
Fergie