Good morning all... hot humid day today. nothin' much really going on here....workin' on trying to lay down track.... well i'll be in and out.
-Jake
bjdukert wrote: Fergie Amazing mine hasn't burst into flames or melted with some of the looks I've gotten! Yeah, after all the many moons we have been married you would think I would learn,but then what fun would that be??
Amazing mine hasn't burst into flames or melted with some of the looks I've gotten!
Exactly how I feel about it! If they can't take a joke... We live in our own world Living Hell I believe they call it.
grayfox1119 wrote: FERGIE: Tropics are quiet, east coast is quiet, enjoy the sailing.
FERGIE: Tropics are quiet, east coast is quiet, enjoy the sailing.
That's whayt Lisa has been saying, "Very boring" was her words then quickly added that the last time she said that we got hit by Juan. No tankyou!!
Well we tie up in Argentia (former USAF base) tomorrow for the Day and may get a visit from a friend, have to wait and see I guess.
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
Howdy All.....We got just a small shower this morning but clouds look promising for more...I'll have a root beer float with double ice cream please...Thank You.....Scored a new small work table this morning on my way to the store on my power chair it fits under the front of my chair and is just the right hieght....It had been in one of the yard sales saturday and they had set it out for trash...couldn't beat the price but you should have seen me trying to carry it home with a bag of ice....My son and my youngest daughter came yesterday with their kids it was great while it lasted...Ran train for a while got a 4 hopper coal drag on the line now...got a little more work done on mine...I need to lay some more ground cover....On my trip to the store this morning I stopped to talk to a fellow who is retired off Con rail said he came off the New York Central side.....
Garry....Thanks very much for the IC layout photos...He has a nice layout all that IC motive power looks great...I liked the IC "display" steamer in the park with tennis courts...and you gota love the Air stream travel trailors....Only thing was that a CN unit on one of the trains?
Duke....Thanks for your St. Louis shots had to love the one of Busch Stadium....Home of the WORLD CHAMPION ST.LOUIS CARDINALS......
Fergie....I think that salt cod, pork and onins sounds pretty good...may have to open a franchise here in east central Illinois....
Well the mornings about shot and Sallie will be home ....you all have a good one....Jerry
Afternoon all
The layout pics are looking good!!
Dick
Taking the CFO's picture without prior written approvals is VERY BAD!!! And she is sitting right behind you on the HD!!!!!
Jerry
Home of the WORLD CHAMPION ST.LOUIS CARDINALS......
Ok,here are some more and they will start with something that this forum is about.
That's about it and best to all on sick call and those recovering
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
Good evening ! from Indiana.
06-18-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good evening everyone, getting everything in order here at the ranch before we head to the MAINE coast for a few days R&R. Son #1 is in charge of quarters while we head into Colby territory and 200 miles closer to Luc, John and Fergie. Today I added 2gb of RAM to the computer, the prices have dropped considerably. Also added a FireWire 4 port card to the ISO slot in the computer. I want to convert many of my photos and Video camera tapes, as well as some VHS tapes, to DVD's and do some editing and sound bites, and FireWire is a faster way to transfer than USB.
GARRY: Yes indeed...those are EXCELLENT photos, clear as a bell. And what a great layour you have!!!!!! I love bridges, very impressive.
DUKE: Great aerial shots, you handle that camera so well with one hand while you fly your ultralight!!! Sorry I insulted your bike, I thought you had a Harley. BTW, tell Faye she looks great in that shot of her, but how come she doesn't have her leathers on?
FERGIE: Can you make port in Maine somewhere? I will be there until Friday morning.
I will be offline until Friday, so please treat the staff with respect in the Diner....some of you guys have been a little rowdy since school has ended according to Zoe and Cloe.
Code5
Evening Gang: Not much doing tonight. We did some chasing around today looking for filters and a drive belt for the vacumm cleaner. We came up with 2 filters at Lowes ( sorry Dick), but no belt. We'll have to hit the place where we bought the vac tomorrow. One our heighbors called and asked me to come over tomorrow to take a look at his crossing on the UP. He said that there seems to be a problem and he wanted my openion before he calls the UP.
Nothing new on the modeling front eather large or HO.
The flooding is the big story here. So far 4 dead and 5 missing. After several years of drought flooding is not something folks expect.
I am going to head for bed.
Good Night All
Good evening, Chloe - a hot fudge sundae and a cup of coffee, please.
Well, Inch and Jerry - I hope you guys saw a little rain your way today. We didn't see any (unless it rained very, very briefly this afternoon - there was some dust pattern on my windshield when I came out after work). Just a hot day here for us.
Garry, nice pics of your friend's IC layout - nice cow and calf units there! Does that one part have a mirror? It looks like a funny transition across the backdrop, and I was wondering.
Good luck with getting the tracklaying done, Jake. Better thing to do, especially if it's hot outside and you have a fan or air conditioning inside.
Jerry, even if you had to balance the work table on your nose, the price was right for that! How's Sallie been doing lately, by the way?
Duke, thanks for the shots of St. Louis (including the new stadium) - you did pretty good with those. I haven't seen TRRA locos in a long while - don't care if you piggybacked on a pigeon to get them!
PA Belt wrote:Jim-i know how the beach boys are, little duece cuope, littel gto, smooth vibrations, i like em,
Jim-i know how the beach boys are, little duece cuope, littel gto, smooth vibrations, i like em,
PA Belt, good to hear you have an appreciation of fine music! I preferred them over the Beatles back then (though I got to liking the Beatles later).
Hoople, good to hear your loco arrived!
Well, our MRR club met tonight with the church people about our layout space. They asked what kind of compensation (for all the materials that probably would have to be replaced if we moved to the building next door), and they got a figure, so now we wait to see if they will match that figure or not. The landlord did say (twice - in front of them and separately in front of the club members) that he would prep the basement space we would be moving into for us (at no charge). One of the club members (who'd helped design the current layout arrangement) figured that we could re-assemble our current layout into the 'new' space and have some space left over. Of course, there's the matter of disassembling the layout into movable sections (it was originally in modules, so could possibly be taken apart if we're careful)... Mixed feelings about moving or not among some of the members. The landlord did say he wouldn't raise the rent after we move, but that he wouldn't mind having us stay put, either. The church probably will be moving in another 2-4 years, anyway, since they have land that was donated for a future church building. We'll see in another week or so what happens.
Tomorrow morning, I get to call and get the court date continued for another 30 days. Need to get together the attorney's and bankruptcy fees, but I'm going to do my part and trust God to cover anything else that's needed beyond what I can set back. Would appreciate any and all prayers for that.
Air conditioner is still off-and-on squalling (compressor bearing or something...?). I'm sure the neighbor's loving listening to that. I may also call the landlord tomorow and see if he'll get someone to come fix that.
'bout time for me to head for bed. See you all tomorrow!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning All,
Just a regular to go for me please Zoe. Still scrambling to catch up here and I'm off to Mosport in Ontario tomorrow.
No time really for much MRRing - just an hour or two to unwind a bit but mostly it's been work or work. Mt Equinox hill climb went well with the customers and it was probably my only weekend this year - the last in my old Lotus 18 as it's been sold. Did set a personal best time and fast time of the weekend. Watkins Glen last weekend went well also for the customers though the one guy we were helping blew his very expensive Mugen F3000 motor on his Saturday morning warm up lap. No warning, just a rod through the side of the block.
Next week is Mid Ohio, then a week with no race so with luck I'll finally get close to catching up with the job load. Still two mechanics short but I have a new guy starting next week.
Hope you are all doing well betweeen tornados and floods. and I hope to be back on a more regular basis soon. CUL, J.R.
Good morning.
Good news, my mother's health continues to improve. It won't be much longer before she can come home.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 6/19/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Heat Index: 87°FHumidity: 94%Dew Point: 77°F So Far TodayHigh: 79°FLow: 78°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph SSW Today High: 88 Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Tonight Low: 72 Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
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Jeff ............. great news regarding "Mom". We'll be praying for her continued recovery.
Jim Cape G ....... You are in court this morning according to your post yesterday. Let us know how it went. Also, we'll be interested in the continued adventures regarding the club layout and its looming relocation.
Duke........... I, too appreciate the St Louis pix. Great photos.
And thanks to those who complemented the picture I posted of my friends (gus) layout. I should have mentioned he has a lot of electronics installed. DCC. Sounds for scenes such as running water noise at the waterfall. Crossing bells. Also, he has detection circuits for the crossings. Trains run automatically through reverse loops with tortoise switch machines working as needed. ...and a bunch of other stuff. Loco paint schemes are IC passenger brown, early IC freight black, IC orange/white, ICG orange white, ICG gray/orange, GM&O red/white, Chicago Central red, late IC black, and CN black/red/white. There are no mirrors, Jim.
Hoople ......... did you find the DCC plug? I think you can tell if it is an early run by looking at the cab doors. Early LL E8/9's had hinged cab doors, and I recall hearing newer runs have the doors that do not open. I might be worng so get a second opinion. I have some early run models and am quite pleased wth them.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Howdy all......Well we got some rain yesterday....not much but wet things down and a little more this morning....I got the slows on working on the rail road not much progress....Got both of the 2 N scale mags yesterday but havn't got them read maybe this afternoon..
Jeff.....Good news about your Mother....How is the layout coming...Got any new pictures?
JimGM&O......Thanks for asking Sallie is doing real well right now..The new power chair is letting her get out more....
Paul.....Do you have any flooding at your place?
I'll have a Pork Burger, onion rings, and a butterscottish shake please....and I'll slide over in the corner and see who else drops by.....You all have a good one....Jerry
hey guys and girls,
I've been trying to lay some atlas code 83 track and it wouldn't line up, so I tried just makeing an ovel still won't line up it's all the same track. It's pretty old though. I got it at a yardsale in florida. Useing the same code and same amount of track my E-Z track lines up fine in an ovel any help on why the other track won't line up?
Garry I think you missed my post awhile back when you asked about the train show at Cobo in Det,but are you thinking of coming this way for it??? I plan to go Sat for the train show but won't make any of the convention because of the cost and saving vaca time for later in the year.
JimCG
you did pretty good with those.
Jake Are you soldering the rail joiners of the two pieces you are using to do the oval?? If not that could be part of the problem and you can get a kinck through the curve as well.
JR If I had more time I would come down to Mid-Ohio to see you because it is about a 4hr run from where I am.
Ok all here we go again.
The window wasn't the cleanest and it was a little hazy as well.
That's all for today but I will let the anticipation build a little for what will be coming up.
hey all,
I might be off for a while because of a storm right over us. I'm in east TN, i don't know how to add the little red circle but I'll figur it out later... anyway see ya later!
Cox 47 wrote: Jeff.....Good news about your Mother....How is the layout coming...Got any new pictures?
Good Evening All,
Bill - did you change shifts? Funny to see you pop in in the evening.
Duke - we go to Gratten Raceway near Grand Rapids gthe 15 - 19th of August if that helps. We could put you on the crew list if you want.
Gotta run the fire department just pulled in next door. CUL, J.R.
It's ok - just a false alarm - probably a paint booh warning went off due to the heat.
JR August could be a possibilty and it is about a 1 to 1 1/2hr less drive(ride,hint hint) and how far in advance would you have to know?? I looked at the calender and that Sat would be best for me if things work out and with it being a couple months yet anything can happen as you know. Is Gratten just outside of Ionia and if so the guys I ride with and I went there once to watch some motorcycle racing.
Bill - perhaps your computer needs more caffine in the am.
Duke - you can let me know any time up until we leave for the track - usually the tues before as it's a two day tow for us. Not sure just what it's near but yes they have both bike and bicycle races there as well. The track itself is a hoot to run with off camber corners and a jump in the back. J.R.
Hello everybody.
Severe drought conditions persist here. News report says we need 15" of rain over next 3 months to make up for water shortage. I recall June of 5 years ago that it was flooded here.
Duke asked ........."Garry I think you missed my post awhile back when you asked about the train show at Cobo in Det,but are you thinking of coming this way for it??? I plan to go Sat for the train show but won't make any of the convention because of the cost and saving vaca time for later in the year." .......... Duke. My schedule is still uncertain, but I think Saturday at the convention train show will work for me. I have a friend who will be selling stuff there, and he wants me to come to the show and buy stuff. I think I have plenty already.
Any chance the Canadians will have some T.H. coffee available in the morning?
Bye
Against my better judgement I'm going to post. If I hit the totp girls you know what to do.
Mary Ann and I just got back from checking on John's house. He and his wife have taken a trip to Alaska to visit her sister and family.
I fised the vac and started work on the first flat car. I have to do a little planning to get everything to work right. I really want to get the gondolas running as they are needed to haul the grass cuttings out of the far back yard. Tomorrow I may start to haul hay in from the fields. I need to get in touch with the UP people about the old comunication lines taken down before they fall down and block the crossing. Also I have to get them to send out someone to watch my back while I mow the weeds so we can see. I meet with my neighbor at his crossing this morning. It seems that water is making the crossing very muddy. He's worried that the roadbed may give way. He's going to call the railroad.
Well I think that I'll head for bed. Here goes nothing.
Yup, Thar she blows. Eat hearty Gang.
I think that a root beer float sounds like a good evening snack.
Jeffrey, It makes me feel better to know that someone else has trouble working on their layout and holding down a job too.
We just got 2 new barn kitties and boy are they wild. Tonight is their first night in the barn. I still have them in a carrier until I am sure that they won't run away.
Work tomorrow and climbing tomorrow evening, then maybe I can think about the layout on Thursday if I am not called in to cover a sick coworker.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Hi Chloe - yep, running late again tonight. I think I was the last one in last night until the morning bunch came in today. Just a hot cocoa for me now, thanks.
Duke, you mean you didn't pop the window out and use the Windex to clean it, so you'd get better pics? Do you think there was mud on the window for that one shot of the yard, maybe? I imagine they don't get their window washers up to the top of the Arch very often. The other pics look better.
Jeff, good to hear your Mom's improving - hopefully she'll be home soon. Now if Bergie could only let those sprinklers spray a bit over here in the (dry) midwest, might cool us down a little. How much longer do you think your current job will run, until you can go hit the LHS and your layout again?
Jake - are you very close to Chattanooga, if you're that far east in Tennessee? I went with another couple as chaperones for a senior trip back in the mid-70's, and we went through the Smokies and Tennessee about as far as Chattanooga. Saw the train station there, which was pretty neat. Good luck with getting the track evened up. If it's not lining up as far as the ends of the rails go, that's not unusual for flextrack - you'll have to get some rail cutters (the Zuron's are a little more money, but well worth the money). If it's the height that's not matching up, you may need to get some thin stock (plastic, cork, or wood, maybe) to level the ends up so they match. Others can probably offer even better suggestions than that.
Jerry, if your weather is like ours, Sallie may not want to go out in her chair much, the past few days. Unless she has a sunshade on her chair, that is.
Wow, Garry, Gus' layout must have a lot of work in that - not sure I'd want that much automation (and $) put into my layout. Of course, mine is considerably smaller than Gus' is.
Okay, now for the 10:00 news... Called the circuit clerk this a.m., and got a continuance until July 19th on the court deal. (The original date was this Thursday - the 21st of June) Now to get the funds together for the filing fee and half the attorney's fees. Probably be eating a lot of PB&J sandwiches for a while to stretch the budget and save the money up, plus talking with God about whatever else I need.
As for the MRR club, at the moment we have given the church people an amount we'd like for compensation (for what will likely be ruined in moving), the landlord said he will prepare the basement (drywall, additional outlets as needed, and drop ceiling and lights)(that was better than what he'd said before), and we're waiting to see what the church will do after the whole church votes on it. Some of the members (including myself) are having mixed feelings about moving/not moving. One member (who helped design the layout that we have in there now) figured out that there is room enough for us to set up the same layout in the new space in the basement, so at least we shouldn't have to do lots of rebuilding (if we can move the sections without breaking anyone's back in the process). Supposedly the rent won't go up, though I think I heard some of the officers talking about possibly raising dues. If that happens anythime soon, I won't be able to stay in the club, though.
Paul, you're just soooo lucky tonight! Uh, yeah, sure you are...
Time for me to head for home and bedtime. See everyone in the morning!
Blessings and cooler weather,
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Just quick one this evening. We're still working at the last bits of packing. Tomorrow, hopefully fairly early, we head out on the big summer trip. First it's driving up to the Houston area to see DD / S-I-L / grandson. So on-line access will be a bit sparce for a few days. I should be able to log in from the daughter's computer once we're there.
Then next week we fly from Houston to Canada. I can't wait to get to some cool weather.
Not much progress on the layout. I will get motivated when i get back.
Hold the fort.
regards
Ed
Good morning ! from Indiana.
06-20-07