Good Evening All,
Congrats Michael and Kim that's really great news and hope it all goes well.
And welcome back to the Train Master.
back from New Hampshire where it rained all weekend from the time we passed Concord til we hit Ct on the way home. The guys ran anyway in the rain and all went pretty well despite a few spins and a couple of needed adjustments. Brought my oldest son and daughter along to work and they did yeoman duty out in the rain with me. At least we had rented one of the garages so we had respite between sessions and got dried off.
Sue - yes I ripped up about two feet of track, a section where I cut the switch out and another where I put a new switch in so it all evened out. Used a Dremel to cut the joiners, wet the track and slit under it with a sharpened putty knife. track came right up. The other section had AMI Instant Roadbed so it was just cut and lift - job done.
Sounds like I picked a good weekend to miss on the forum what with trolls and other oddities wandering about. I'll be back after I catch up with the posts. CUL, J.R.
Nothing to eat for me tonight, thanks. Just dropping in to congratulate Michael. That's the best news I've heard in a long time! Sometimes you just have to step back in awe of how the Father blesses us.
Come to think of it, maybe I'll have just one slice of chocolote pie...
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
GMTRacing wrote: Sue - yes I ripped up about two feet of track, a section where I cut the switch out and another where I put a new switch in so it all evened out. Used a Dremel to cut the joiners, wet the track and slit under it with a sharpened putty knife. track came right up. The other section had AMI Instant Roadbed so it was just cut and lift - job done.
JR, Did you have it attached with liquid nails? Just asking in case we make a change down the line. No pun intended.
Philip, Wow, I am glad that you are cooking. The lobster and prawns look great.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Evening Gang:
Michael: That is splendid news. I was so excited that my eyes got all watery. Big congratulations to you and Kim. I think that I'll have to have a beer to that, just don't tell my doctor.
Der: Gee why didn't you just go to HO instead of tearing up those trees. Really it looks good.
BobK: Great pictures. I think that you guys up there are going to enjoy that service. We have some thing like that here between Ft.Worth and Dallas. Mary Ann and I use it when I go to the VA hospital in Dallas. We get on in Ft. Worth and ride to Dallas then walk across the platform and get the light rail to the hospital. It's a whole lot more relaxing then driving and only cost $4.00 for the both of us. After November 13 it will be $2.00 since I'll turn 65.
Der: That would be nice to swallow a pill and get it done. Actually the hard part was getting cleaned out. It took 3 days and by then my blood sugar was down to 40. When they told me that I started looking for a Snickers Bar. They said no and I got an IV. Rats. I slept through the procedure so didn't feel anything.
JimCG: Yes the wheels are for the 7.5 in gauge. Actually they are for the 4in scale narrow gauge cars. I have to put new proper size wheels on the two gondolas and I have parts for two more gondolas. I also need new wheels for the gas driven Simplex locomotive and I'm going to do a couple of 4 wheel cars.
Welcome Back David. Have one on me.
BobK: Yea that's working on the railroad all right. Especially after moving a couple of tons of ballast. Ballast for this gauge comes by the 10 yard truck load not little bags from WS.
Well it's bed time. I'll see you all tomorrow.
Good Night All
Good morning ! from Indiana.
05-21-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
scince all are having a glass of beer (legal age ones) can I get my cup filled please girls.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Good Morning, Zoe, since RT's buying this morning, I'll just have a cup of coffee and one of those egg sandwiches to go, please. Thanks, RT!
Not much time to catch up this a.m., but maybe this afternoon/evening after work. Everyone take care of yourselves and loved ones.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning One and All
Micheal! Congrats! here's hoping and praying that all goes well for you and your wife. BTW my kids are at the age where hugs are just not done but I still embarass them anyway. Hard to believe at 13 and 16 I look uo at them (I'm 5'8" and they are both 6')
Lisa was more than happy with her 12 long stem roses. If I was to get her anything more she'd be upset! It was a quiet day yesterday as the heavens continued to douse us with water. However it did dry up in late in the afternoon so we fed the kids and Dad and walked down to the local "Ale House" had Schnitzel and German Style potatoes. It was good and very quiet! The way I like it!!
Anyone here from Luc as of late?
Still working on the decoder issue but it is slowly working it's way through. One of the LED's is blinking intermittently and after checking the connections have come to the conclusion the resister might not have enough resistance. The Forward LED (warm) lights up the basement as it is incredibly bright. Anyhow the weather looks reasonable so I think I may make this a "Garden Day". Later All Fergie
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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
Good Morning, Diners!
WOW! RT's really having quite a time there! If that's Sam Adams, he's talking big dollars, too.
Fergie, we're Luc-less. If you can track him down, tell we need some Tim Hortons coffee. BTW, Fergie, I meant to tell you before that I like your rairoad's logo. i doubt I can pronounce its first name, however.
Those neat engines posted by Sue have not gone unnoticed. The photo below has an engine that spends most of it's time in my glass display case. (You can tell I like an engine if its in that case.) It's a brass 2-4-4-2 that once operated in the Pacific Northwest. I had a prvious layout that was in the early 1900's era. The engine and some of the cars I have are in the photo.
The locomotive was not wethered for two reasons. One, it was a birthday gift from Shelley. Two, when I said to Shelley, I was think of making it look grimey like my other engines, I got quite a negative response. ....SO, there it is .... just like new!
The layout was my whimsical, Grimensoot Railroad. It serve Hither, Thither, and Yon. The 2-4-4-2 was not used for logging as was its prototype. I needed to haul trains up some of my grades. My models of some of the tiny engines of that era had little pulling power.
I still have photos of that layout. I could scan them if anyone is interested. Some of my wood passenger cars were fun to make.
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning everyone, a clear sunrise this morning, but the clouds have filled back in again, too much instability in the atmosphere after all this rain and now much cooler air.
Today I thought I would cut the "hayfield" again, but now I have an electrical problem to TS in my son #2's camper. All the kids are going camping for the Memorial Day weekend this coming Friday, and his trailer has had a persistant problem with one circuit. Whenever he pluds his power cord into my garage outlet which I have protected with GFCI, it trips my GFCI. I traced it to one breaker circuit in his trailer, the one that supplies 120V to his outlets in the bedrooms. One of these has a leakage/ground fault. So this morning I will run an extension cord from a NON GFCI circuit in my house, and check each outlet for ground fault. This is why I don't get much MRR stuff done this time of the year !!! NUTS !!!
FERGIE: 5-8"?????? I figured you for 6-3"!!!!!!! Were you always last at the dinner table growing up ??? I see all those guys at the Highland games in Nova Scotia, big, tall brutes that look like they could throw me 50 feet never mind those metal balls they heave..LOL. BTW, that resistor is way too small.
BOBK: Great video on the Greenbush, I forwarded that to several other guys up here and they really enjoyed it, and very happy to see the line reactivated. Now all they need to do is extend it to Cape Cod over the RR bridge over the Canal....that would help all the congestion at the Cape!!
Time to get at the troubleshooting...
hey guys! DUCK!!! hey droid commander watch were your shooting!!
PC take cover!! time to get the camo out!
Michael- great to hear that you'll get a second chance at being a father. You must have good relations with the folks up stairs.
ok I have back up....
THAT'S IT DROID COMMANDER!! Cats get him (or her)
Mornin, coffee and a short stack n sausage Zoe. Got sun and highs in the 80's, gonna be a warm one.
FERGIE, congrads to you n Lisa on 18 years. Hope ya get a whole lot more.
JIM CG,,glad ya liked the pic. Some of our travels are getting to be less n less, gas hit $3.44 round here this weekend. At those prices, trips are pick alittle more carefully.
PC,, enjoyed the pics from your train chase.
DAVID,, glad your trip back went ok. Now that your round, maybe you can keep JEFF out of trouble.
MICHEAL n KIM,, congrads on the news. We'll keep the prayers up that all goes well. Our kids are all growed up now, but I still hug them some time, just to embarris'em in public some times.
BOB K,, liked your pics from the test run, your daughter has a good eye. Was wondering how long before they start hauling passagers?
GARRY, you can scan an post some pics, if'en you amind to. I always enjoy seeing others work.
FERGIE,, ours boys are as tall or taller than me now, course they out growed my boots about 12 or 13 [thank god] and I ware size 10.
No kids today till the afternoon bus run. School ends Wed. here, don't know how many I'll have round every day then for sure. First thing on the do list is finish cleaning the camper, so it'll go to the camp ground, just wait n see on the rest. Hope ya'll has a gooden, stay safe.
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Colby,
I'm not worried. I got your comando's covered.
Morning All....Sunny and warmer here today...We had to turn the A/C back on...I'll have coffee and one of Bill's rolls...please...Thank You.....Not much train time this week end with Tootie visiting....I did get the bed back last nite she slept on the floor..Right now she is running the LL FA and NYC caboose stopping them at the hot dog stand for a snack and the gas station to use the restroom...She takes good care of her train crews....
8500Gasturbine....Congrats...Sallie and I were married 13 years before our first came along and we ended up with 6! We lost 2 babys during those years and we thought that we would never have any but God in his Grand plan had 6 that he knew that would need a home and parents...
David.....Welcome back! Has Jeff got you helping with his layout yet?
Gary....I got a Email from Luc last night...
PC....Nice action shots....Thanks..
Bob...Thanks for the pictures...I think they rebuilt some old F3's at Mt. Vernon Illinois in that paint
Dick...Sounds like you got a lot going on right now
Well Tootie just had a derailment gotta go you all have a good day....Tootie and Paw Paw
I'll have an egg sandwich to.
The clone army is getting more fire power to.......
Lunchtime!
Hi Zoe! I'll have the proa chicken (barbecued chicken guam style, with red rice and salad).
Jeff, I've got your lunch right here!
It's got a special suprise in it just for you!
I made sure it tasted OK. Hope you don't mind.
Ahhhhh lunchtime finally, I see FERGIE is still out in the garden planting, so I'll just eat his lunch too.
Well, all the outlets check out as being connected properly in the trailer when I have the power supplied via a non GFCI power source at the house. So, that means that somewhere in that trailer duplex outlet circuit, there is a leakage of more than 5 milliamps causing the GFCI to trip instantly. No circuit diagram with the owners manual that my son has, so makes it darn near impossible to trace as all the wiring is buried in the wall and ceiling panels...NUTS !!! Time to call the head office !!
I was reading an article last night regarding the mfgr with the best low speed locomotive operation, and it rated ATLAS as being tops. They could have the locomotive crawl from stop, and these are "out of the box" tests. And, this is based upon consistant testing of all the brands. As all the manufacturers are now having all the locomotives built in CHINA, the assumption was that Atlas was demanding higher quality ( and paying for it ) .
COX47: Yup, real busy today, planted 6 plants for the wife inbetween troubleshooting the trailer, now I have some pick up to do and about 3 acres to cut.
TIFN
Good afternoon folks!
Welcome to all the new folks who have found a quiet respite in the Diner the past few days!
Finally, yesterday we were able to tour the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. And we rode in the cab of the Southern #6133 EMD FP-7 for the 25 minute ride though the grounds. Here are a few photos:
Southern #6133 EMD FP-7
In the cab with Paul the Engineer
That's me at the controls
Engineer Paul let us walk through the engine room, 1600 hp with 16 cylinders
Okay, now to play catch up from page 179, only 8 pages....
Jim, $280 for a new MB is not too bad at all! You might be able to milk another couple of years out of it with that replacement MB.
Bob K., give April Lynn our congratulations! And those rock and scenery formations really looking good, also the Greenbush Branch images and video are great!
inch53 wrote: ????, on computors for you smart fellers. We're getting [I think] a new one and I wanted to know if theres a way to hook the 2 togather, to move stuff around. If there is, how, what ports to plug into and what kind of cord, or would I be better off to just let some-one else do it.
????, on computors for you smart fellers. We're getting [I think] a new one and I wanted to know if theres a way to hook the 2 togather, to move stuff around. If there is, how, what ports to plug into and what kind of cord, or would I be better off to just let some-one else do it.
Mike, there are several ways to transfer files. The crossover cable like Jeffery mentioned are available, but you may have to configure your network settings. Most crossover cables are CAT 5 and would also require that the PC's have an RJ45 network interface card (NIC). Another option Jeffery mentioned is to open up the case and connect the drive from the older PC as a slave drive to the drive cables of the other PC and copy from one drive to another. My suggestion and to use the easiest method would be to use a USB thumb/travel drive and copy files from one PC to the other, and no cables or opening of cases needed. You can get a 1 GB travel drive for under $30.00.
Dave, thanks for the carrot cake, looks like Garry saved me a slice too!
Jim, Garry, and Der John - You guys have all these big meals and stuff when I'm gone huh! And when I get back it's all about peanut butter sandwiches, what gives???
From the looks of things that troll was sniper attacked quite nicely and with a little help from the Kitty Patrol tool!
Dick, we had some rain Wednesday evening but buy Thursday morning and through today the weather here has been purrrrrfect!
Great news Chuck and Kathy!
Congratulations Fergie, 18 years is a wonderful achievement!
JC, nice rail fanning images, and no speeding tickets today either!
Garry, nice image of the Zephyr!
Michael and Kim - Congratulations! That surf and turf dinner is a real treat! And thanks for the advice; I need to do just that every single day! I'll life a mug and drink to that one too! Cheers!
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
I just submitted my dissertation prospectus to my committee today, so I've got an appetite!
If you're interested, it's entitled:
"The Interaction of Jet/Front Systems and Mountain Drag: Implications for Severe Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Aviation Turbulence"
Sorry, it's not as interesting as the title would lead you to believe...
My oral preliminary exams are two weeks from today. Oh, boy!
8500hp... Congratulations! Prayer works. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. We don't always get the answer we expect, but He's got our six.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
thats a big burger
since jeff didnt do it this morning cause the stupid cable was out i will post some weather info
Tonight Low: 65 Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds becoming southeast around 10 mph after midnight. Tuesday High: 85 Partly sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Tuesday Night Low: 65 Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Afternoon Gang: I'm early today. It's been raining some so I came in and ordered the 2006 quarter set for Mary Ann. She has been collecting them.
Dave V. Congrats on turning in you dissertation. If you don't mind I'll skip reading it though.
Ryan: That must have been a great ride in the FP-7. I got to drive an Alco S-2 several years ago. I did a good bit of the run from Dublin TX. to Deleon TX.
Gary: I'd like to see a few more pictures of your early layout. I modeled in that time period for many years before going into the Army.
Fergie: I guess it's time to explain the railroads name again. We've had a bunch of new folks come in since the last time. I have the same problem with my son. He's 6ft and I'm about 5'9".
Well I think that I'll take a short nap, one of the perks of retirement.
Hello everyone.
Wow Dave, that burger is close to bing enough for Ryan. (The sandwich made me think you had another kind of oral exam!)
Ryan..... thanks for the FP-7 photos! Great! Photo below is in your honor. N&W 2-8-8-2 and SOU 4-6-2. The green Crescent loco is a Mantua that includes sound in the tender. The sound is crude by today's standards but it's in there. Perhaps the Crescent Limited will have passngers transferring in New Orleans to KCS's Southern Belle headed into Jeff's territory. BTW, Ryan, my wife likes carrot cake. It's a favorite of hers.
Thanks to those expressing interest in my old photos of my old layout. I'll be scanning them in a day or so.
Bye for now.
Evening gents,
Not the greatest of days, I guess they'll come and go. Tonight is our regular operations night at the club. I think I'll go and do the Middleton yard switcher. Get into the train and I should feel better. Don't have too much time before going to the club. Get back to you later.
Middleton Yard
I'll leave the mainline trains for some others, don't feel like dealing with the fast clock and train orders tonight.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Paul W. Beverung wrote: Dave V. Congrats on turning in you dissertation. If you don't mind I'll skip reading it though.
I wish! No, today I handed in my dissertation prospectus. It's a long, wordy document saying "Here's what I found so far, here's what I plan to do, here's how I plan to do it, and here's my timetable."
I imagine my dissertation will be well past the 200-page mark.
Evening Gang:
Dave V. Now I know that I'll pass on reading it. Actually I did pretty good in the weather classes in flight school. Later I left the weather predicting to the Air Force pros. Of course after I got there forcast I looked out the window.
OK, drinks on me and anything else.
Early night tonight. Take care everyone.
Good evening Diners: A Holiday Monday here in Canada, and some of it spent on mrr, so Paul, I’ll have a green tea and a slice of banana bread with butter,thanks. See Ryan, no peanut butter sandwich here!
Planted a few more trees, having made some more yesterday, spured by CapeJim’s thoughts on how many I might need. Jim, you were off by a factor of about 10! Going by the density per square inch on the bit I’ve done, I’ll need at least 1500. Good thing they grow wild around here, and just need adapting. Here for instance is some Goldenrod I picked this evening. I like to get flowering plants and shrubs after the winter has knocked most of the fuzzy bits off. Those bent branches each make a small tree, and I need small stuff for the many rock ledges. So they get straightened out like this. (well, they are after all, counterfeit trees!)
I’m going to try doing my own sawdust for these weed trees. I’ve used some Herka Blue/Green for the goldenrod, and I don’t like the look too much. I think that if I sprinkle raw sawdust on the dilute-glue dipped stems, and then when they are dried paint then with the acrylics I use for the rest of the scenery, I may get a better result.
BobK, you were asking what the seams were I was trying to hide with the trees and shrubbery. Not joins in the foam layers, but the edges of the seven access hatches I have on the layout. Both my tunnels have hidden passing tracks, with the turnouts and occupancy sensors inside the scenery. There’s also access to various electrical connections, and LEDs for (eventually) signals, So, here’s what I’m hiding under the one I’m working on now. and how the cover up is going as of tonight. Sorry about the variations in colour values, but these are quick processed, and I had the camera set for fluorescent, but the flash went off as well on the first one (Then I switched it off).
Michael (and Kim): That is wonderful news amidst your sorrow, as Philip, BobK and many others have said. We are praying for all 3 of you.
Paul:
Der: That would be nice to swallow a pill and get it done. Actually the hard part was getting cleaned out. It took 3 days and by then my blood sugar was down to 40.
David: back. How’s the trailer?
Fergie:Belated Happy Anniversay! Hope you had a good day.
Garry:
It serve Hither, Thither, and Yon.
DaveV.
Time to seek the sack. Goodnight all, and God bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
Here you go Garry.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
In that case I'll have a root beer float and a steak dinner - without the seafood.
Hmm.... I wonder if there'll be a battle outside the planets.....
der5997 wrote: DaveV. "The Interaction of Jet/Front Systems and Mountain Drag: Implications for Severe Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Aviation Turbulence"…What amazes me is that the mountains are so (relatively) low compared to the upper atmosphere, but still cause such disruption to upper level flows. What’s up with that? (pun intended!)
I used to go wave soaring out at Black Forest in Colorado Springs and I can attest to the fact that those mountains really mess with the airflow patterns.
Dave V., congrats on a major accomplishment. I know that you've put a lot of sweat into that paper. I'm sure you'll do fine on the oral exams. You know your stuff. Those exams are just your opportunity to show off a little!
05-22-07