Good evening to all.......still nice out here, 68F with an RH of 54%. I just saw an article on TV about a landscaping company here in MA that uses a solar panel mounted on the back of his truck that charges all his lawn mowers, leaf blowers and trimmers. They run 75% quieter than gas engines and have no emissions to pollute our atmosphere. They also said that gas lawn mowers, used for 1 hour, produces more pollution than an SUV driven 15,000 miles!!!! And, next year, all gas engines for lawn and garden, etc, will have to have expensive pollution controls for emissions. I guess when we purchase any replacements for our lawn and garden equipment, I guess we know what is going to happen with prices guys.
RYAN: Ballroom dance lessons huh? Zoe just told me that you have submitted your name to "Dancing with the Stars" TV show for next season. WOW !!!! I will be voting for you Ryan !!!!
JEFF: Have you checked the ISP Server yet to see if they are the cause of your lack of speed?
GARRY: That is one nice layout. I love the steam era, and what you have done. Nice job !!
BOBK: Your club's layout pics are excellent. Has your club been to BIG E ( Amherst RR Show ) ? It looks familiar to me, I have been to the show every year since 2000.
10/4
Train Master wrote: hi all. i almost drove one my teachers in denver crazy with this sitehttp://www.superlaugh.com/1/hamsterdance.htmi locked it into her browser and she didnt know how to turn it offeverbody in the class crackd up
hi all. i almost drove one my teachers in denver crazy with this site
http://www.superlaugh.com/1/hamsterdance.htm
i locked it into her browser and she didnt know how to turn it offeverbody in the class crackd up
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
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Afternoon folks!
Been busy updating my Piedmont website and decided to catch up with the Diner folks!
I'll have what he's having....
...thanks Chloe!
Round three of dance lessons are tonight! We learned the basic and the ladies turn. Tonight we are supposed to learn some more moves!
Jeff, water in the telecom lines creates an electric short situation and since DSL is very susceptible to loss of signal strength, you may also be toward the end of the 18,000 foot maximum distance from the CO and DSLAM for optimal performance.
Phillip, great thread you started on the layout pics! If I had one I would post, but I am in the same boat as you! I'm still working on the benchwork and track laying stages like you. Glad to hear your wife has made it through the procedure!
Dave Vollmer wrote:My wife thinks my new avatar looks.... silly.
Dave, nice looking beer there! Oh, and ahhhhh......the avatar looks good to me! What is she talking about anyway?
Bob K. Glad you liked the ACL. The museum is located in Spencer, NC, which is just down the highway from Salisbury, NC, and about 25 miles from I-40 between Hickory, NC and Burlington, NC. Only about a 2 hour drive from Raleigh, NC.
Here is their website: http://www.nctrans.org/
Der, you are welcome!
Garry, nice pics from the old layout! Those passenger interiors sure look good!
Ed, glad you made it back to the Diner!
Cheers,
Ryan
Oh...looks like dinner is on me -
Enjoy the dinner ride...
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
cheese4432 wrote: reinforcements
reinforcements
ok... Just get the droids and the clone foot soldiers out. your killing the dial up guys.. and don't make me get every single branch of the military in here.. and my Uncle Steve who is a Vietnam Veteran.
anyway........
Videos are being up loaded. some are a bit long to it takes a while... staring ATSF 0-6-0 and NYC... (need to figure out what type it is)
Hey group,
Just a quick one to let you know that I'm still alive and well. Email still not working on my home computer. Plus the MRR Forum has now decided that it doesn't recognize me, and the login window doesn't work, so I can't post from home. Minor problems last week kept me from getting to town to get to a public computer, so I'm in "browse only" mode for a while.
Have to run.
Later
Ed
Everybody ... Below are layout photos from my old early 1900's layout of about 20 to 25 years ago. It was a whimsical fictious railroad. My most recent of three names for it was "Grimensoot Railroad".
My Mainstay for locomotives were the Mantua 4-8-0 Twelve Wheelers. My fictious railroad bought up some of the old engines because they were hard workers and could pull my trains upgrade without stalling. I had some others types also.
Passenger cars were mostly made from wood kits such as LaBelle. I had interiors in most of them. My business car has some stained wood interior walls, oriental rugs, curtains, and all the furnishings. Exception was the Roundhouse Pullman Palace cars were plastic. They had interiors, too, and I repalced the Roundhouse trucks with Central Valley trucks. One car is a narrow vestibule car of the 1890's era.
Freight cars were a mixture of wood kits (mostly Central Valley) and plastic kits (mostly roundhouse. A few were kitbashed creations.
The layout was never completed. (Aren't they all?) It had the three towns (Hither, Thither, and Yon.) The locomotive servicing area was a mixture of Campbell kit structures and scratch built structures. Behind the locomotive service area is a dock serving a river boat.
The layout was destroyed so I could move. I saved a few things. I still have some locomotives and cars.
My present layout is sectional construction so I can move the layout if I had to do so.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hello everyone! I'll have a late morining snack. A bran muffin with OJ will hit the spot. OOPS! no OJ...I'll have Tim Horton's coffee. Thanks DER!
Philip...... good to hear the surgery was okay for your wife and I wish her a speedy recovery. She needs to crack the whip on you to get stuff done on the layout. Add that to your inspiration!
Dave ... speaking of wives. You'll have to get the situation corrected. OOPS. Perhaps she was not referring to the PRR logo.... if so, what was she referring to.? ?..... oh ..... never mind.
Dick ........ yes, people must have been busy yesterday!
Ryan ..... gald you like the pix. Thanks for the museum phto. Keep those cabooses moving!
Der .......... I really like the photos. Thanks for showing the trees. You should be inspiring Philip now.
Bobk .......... I like the club layout photos. Impressive.
Yes battles are noisy. I LOVE space jam.
I'll have steak and eggs.
Hmmm..... we need reinforcements to get that us army out here........
hehe the marines don't know what to think!
They should be out of here by tomorrow.
Our string of warm and dry days will continue across Indiana today with plenty of sun and highs heading into the upper 80s this afternoon. Humidity will still be in the tolerable range. A strong ridge of high pressure will keep showers and thunderstorms to our west for the next 24 hours. However, this ridge should begin to flatten out allowing for some moisture to flow back into the region as we head into Friday and the weekend. Right now, it appears scattered showers and thunderstorms will be in the area Friday through Sunday. The key word is scattered as no all day rains are expected. It is impossible to say exactly when it will rain this far out for the Parade on Saturday and Race on Sunday. However, I would take the rain gear just in case a passing shower or thunderstorm moves overhead. Any rain should not last very long. It should be humid too as we go through the big weekend.
Speaking of the the Indianapolis 500, how about some pics from the speedway?
Action on the track on Bubble Dayhttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/BubbleDay.jpg
Danica Patrickhttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/DanicaPatrick.jpg
Dario Franchittihttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/DarioFranchitti.jpg
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing takes the trackhttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/DreyerReinboldRacing.jpg
Jimmie Kitehttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/JimmieKite.jpg
Marco Andrettihttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/MarcoAndretti.jpg
PJ Jones exiting turn 3http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/PJJones.jpg
Richie Hearn in turn 1http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/RichieHearn.jpg
Tony Kanaan crossing the famous yard of brickshttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/TonyKanaan.jpg
Sarah Fisher lights them up in the pitshttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/SarahFisher.jpg
Dave Vollmer wrote: There are some structures in which large-amplitude gravity waves can break that high, in some cases ripping wings off of airplanes. It's rare, but when it happens, it really sucks.
There are some structures in which large-amplitude gravity waves can break that high, in some cases ripping wings off of airplanes. It's rare, but when it happens, it really sucks.
Ya think?
bogp40 wrote: Phillip: Your best layout pics thread has tuned into a success. Unbelievable stuff.
Phillip: Your best layout pics thread has tuned into a success. Unbelievable stuff.
I know! Can you believe the pics in that thread? I'm almost afraid that it'll have either one of two effects on newbi's. They'll either spend the next six weeks locked in there hobby rooms trying to do the same level of work, or they'll take one look at that and say "No Way!" and never look back! It is very inspiring to me though!
Well at least your wife will have a break for a few years, does your son have to go though the same? Must be tough on everyone.
For the wife it will probably become more frequent over the years. The kids haven't had to go through any of this stuff yet, but my son probably will soon. My daughter should be OK for a while yet. I'll tell ya, the MDA is a Godsend in all of this. They have helped us immencely. My son is one Jerry's Kids poster children and goes to different places and gives talks on what it's like for him. He's even assisted several fire / ambulance / police departments on special techniques and medical care for less ambilatory people such as himself. He's a very brave kid for dealing with things like he does. It sometimes blows me away that he's only 11 years old.
Good morning everyone.....65F this morning, not a cloud in the sky, winds are gentle at 2 mph from the WSW, and no rain in sight until at least Friday night when there is a possibility of a passing shower. It's a good thing because after the 3" of rain last weekend, I got the tractor stuck in the mud yesterday. I figured it was dry enough after two days of strong May sun, but that was a bad guess. I was all mud by the time I managed to get the beast out onto dry turf. I cleared a rough area of brush and planted grass, and my lower back knows what I did.
Have you guys seen the latest add from Micro-Mark? Locomotives for $87.50, free shipping with orders over $150!! Niagaras, 2-6-6-2 logging locos, etc.
PAUL: Is that town on route 180 on the way to Albany? Sounds like a ghost town. Wasn't Cisco near there also? I think they named that town after the Cisco Kid ( is there a Pancho Texas too ? LOL ) Congrats on the Calf sales, glad to hear the prices are up, more $$$ for MRR'g? or is that the CFO's $$?
FERGIE: Yes, the winter cobwebs are still being shaken out, I remember now, you and I share the same BD month, January. I was born in 1939, you were born in 1963? And , belated congrats to you and Lisa !!!!!!! When you TS a device that is not wired, and you wonder why it isn't working, it is definetly time to go to bed..lol. been there, done it too Fergie.
JEFF: Have you checked with your ISP to make sure that their server isn't casuing the slowdown? That has happened to me several times, always their server.
JIM: How big is your fleet of SW9's? Are you trying to corner the market on P2K SW9/1200's??
MIKE: Sounds like you are going to have the grandkids at your ranch quite a bit this summer after school lets out, better teach them how to weed the gardens. We had 7 grandkids here a few years ago living with us, so I had the older kids taught to use the lawn tractor to mow the grass, of course they loved that, they wanted to cut grass every day. Then they picked strawberries, blueberries, rhubarb, veggies in the garden, weeding ( which they hated ). The afternoons were spent in the pool while I was on lifeguard duty and reading RR mags in the shade of the big maple.
Speaking of Maple trees, we are having a problem here in this area with certain varieties of Maple trees being attacked, and killing these beautiful trees. I was wondering if any of you guys are having the same trouble? From what I have learned, it seems to be the Asian Longhorned Beetle that is the culprit. All the leaves will be tiny on some branches, then nothing the next year and sometimes the entire tree will loose all it's leaves. I now have one dead tree, and three around the house that have as much as half the tree effected.....no known cure at this time.
See you guys at lunchtime, RYAN, BOBK, J.R. save the corner table please,
I'm looking at turbulence in the 30,000-40,000 foot range, generally near and above the tropopause. For the weather geeks, I'm interested in stuff above 250 mb. There are some structures in which large-amplitude gravity waves can break that high, in some cases ripping wings off of airplanes. It's rare, but when it happens, it really sucks.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
der5997 wrote: PC:Prayers for your wife. Glad she came through it OK. Hope she gets the rest she needs.
PC:Prayers for your wife. Glad she came through it OK. Hope she gets the rest she needs.
Thanks! I'm glad things worked out too. She's taking it easy for a while now.
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.…just how high was that wave soaring? If I’m reading DaveV correctly, he’s concerned with airflows above 20,000 ft. and up to 150,000ft being messed with by the mountains (6-10,000 ft mainly?) I’m guessing this because he includes the Stratosphere, not just the Troposphere. The T. starts at the ground, so it’s easy to see that this would be affected, but above 20K ft I’m amazed the mountains have much effect. (Except for the Himalayas perhaps.) (Wikipedia rules!)
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.
The highest I went was 23,000ft. Oh course I was on oxygen and my sailplane (a beautiful Libelle 201B) was equipped with deiceing wings. I might have been able to go higher, but frankly, I chickened out. There's something about the thought of being 23,000ft up, with no engine and only one wheel to land on, that's quite sobering!
Space Jam anyone?
Good Morning, I see I just missed Fergie, but good that you got some sleep - if you're trying to solder when you're half asleep, well... that could be even more hazardous for your fingers. And congratulations, Fergie and Lisa, on your anniversary (belatedly).
Zoe, I'll have some of what Jeff got, please, with a glass of Ed's OJ and a cup of coffee. Yum - Thanks, Jeff!
Running behind on reading the posts. Congratulations to Michael and Kim, and [ditto] what the others have said about God having more blessings in store for you after what you have gone through. Blessings and prayers for all three of you.
I won another P2K SW9/1200 on eBay (though the seller doesn't respond well to emailed questions, but that's her choice). The auction said it wasn't lighted, but I'm sure my other one I have does have headlights, so may need to take a look at it when I get it in.
Have only got an empty email back from my Mac place. I'm getting a bit peeved with them, and may go ahead and track down the problem, just order parts elsewhere and fix it myself. Will still need to save up some. I think it was Ryan who said the motherboard price wasn't bad - but so far, I don't know that that is the problem. On laptops, everything's packed in so closely that it could be just some cable or wire that's behind the problem. We'll see...
Got to get going - I'm at work and using another worker's computer (it's faster) to write. Hope to be back in tonight.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Thank You all for the warm wishes... However it's not enough to warm up the temps in these areas !!!! Garry: It's pronounced Muscadobit, simpler than it's spelled, what it actually translates is something I've never looked into. I guess I'll have to do that!
DerJohn: I forgot to get back to you on the show. George has the details and if it's anything like the fall show it's well worth going to, far better than the Dartmouth shows.
Dick: Birthday was in January, it was our anniversary we just celebrated. I know hibernation takes a while to shake off!
We had frost warnings last night and I had to cover over the Cannna Lillies I've been busy in the garden the last few days and my hands are very stiff as I've been digging, picking, shoveling wiring, hoing (garden hoe that is ) and grading. Tried soldering last night but all I wanted to do was sleep, which explained why the decoder wasn't working properly Here I am with the decoder hooked up to the engine, the speaker is working fine and making noise, the wheels a re turning but I can't get the lights to work... after several attempts and almost at the point "This decoder is !" I realize there is two decoders in front of me and the one that isn't wired in is the one I'm fiddling with!!! DOH! I soon went to bed after that. Anyway I've said enough for today
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
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
morning.
BOB- it's mostly Chessie's fault he's the one who is bring in whole armies. I'm just bring a couple of my military buddys.
well I was not able to onto the comp yesterday for the movies. cause my brother...... "needed" it for a s*h**l project but insted he a fooling around. and the project is due today. and yes he almost a steaght A student and I'm a C-B average. He's 4 years younger and 20lbs lighter than me and I weigh 140.
MLB Baseball game today at 2:05pm Rangers vs Twins.
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/23/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 70°FHumidity: 88%Dew Point: 66°F So Far TodayHigh: 70°FLow: 69°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph SE Now through 07:00 AM CDT May 23, 2007
High: 82
Through 7 AM...a few showers will continue over portions of east central Louisiana...mainly east of an Alexandria to Opelousas line. Movement of these showers will be to the east and northeast at 15 mph. Rainfall amounts will be less than one tenth of an inch. Elsewhere...isolated showers will be possible over portions of southeast Texas...southwest Louisiana...and the coastal waters between Cameron and High Island out 60 nm. These showers will move northwest at 15 mph. Rainfall with these showers will also be light with amounts less than one tenth of an inch. Today High: 82 Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 65 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
A large portion the central U.S. could see severe weather on Wednesday. At the same time, warm and dry weather continues to rule the eastern half of the U.S.
Major cities such as Dallas, Oklahoma City and possibly as far north as Minneapolis all could be under the gun for severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon. Warm temperatures and moist Gulf air out ahead of a strong cold front will help fuel these storms with temperatures reaching into the 70s and 80s.
Areas from northern Oklahoma through southeastern Nebraska have the greatest threat for the most damaging of these storms, some of which could produce large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes.
Behind this storm system, there will be a chance of rain and weak thunderstorms for much of the northern Rockies into the northern Plains. Temperatures here will be on the cool side with highs only in the 50s and 60s.
Most locations east of the Mississippi will see warmer conditions with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures from the Southeast northward to the Great Lakes will approach 90 degrees with slightly cooler temperatures in the Northeast.
The only exception will be southern Florida where typical springtime showers and thunderstorms will again be likely. In addition, a slight chance of showers exists for the central Appalachians and adjacent locations to the east.
Across the West, easterly down-sloping winds in California should support hot temperatures into the low 90s for the valleys while low-level clouds should keep coastal areas cooler in the 70s. Further north, coastal Oregon and Washington should remain mostly cloudy and cool with highs only in the 50s and a chance of late-day showers.
Good Morning All,
Another beautiful day in the neighbourhood. Should hit mid 70's again with sun and clouds. No model trains at the museum last night as I needed to do some 1:1 scale work. Got the headlight surround for the 44 tonner welded back together and primed and disassembled some of the MU shutoff valves that fell in the pickup bed at the scrappers. They all look to be salvageable though I'll reserve final judgement until they're fully disassembled and cleaned.
Off to New Haven with our trailer awning and to Essex with a couple of motors so I'll try to sneak a side trip to my not so LHS and see what's up. Still lots on the plate at w..k and so back to it.
Sue: if i didn't mention it before, I use good old white glue to secure the track to both foam board and WS track bed. Seems quiet enough that way as I haven't any high speed mainline runs with triple E's and a dozen cars. Railwork away from the mainlines in New England looks much as your logging roads do - even the straight bits have curves. On the upper level where there is a mainline i used the instant roadbed from AMI over the WS foam and inclines and it's very quiet except in one area where I have a dual crossover and under track switch machines. That's due to come out some day when i get far enough along with the rest and i cn figure out a better way to isolate the noise. CUL,J.R.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
05-23-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Gang: Mary Ann and I took 4 calfs to the sale barn. She did pretty well. Fortunately the prices are up because so is the price of gas. After we sold the calfs we went on down the road for lunch a Thurber. Thurber is an old coal mining town. It once was the largest city west of Ft. Worth. Today there are only 3 buildings left from the town and mining company. There is a really nice museum there on the towns mining past. If any of you are out this way go on west of Weatherford for about an hour to Thurber.
Colby, do you have any more pictures of that 2 ft diesel? I'd like to do one in 4 inch scale.
Dave V. The size of that beer may explain some of the forecasts we get.
Well gang I think that I'll head for bed.
Good Night All
bogp40 wrote: Jeff: Hope you get that cable back in service, Wait! if your reading this you did. Those are some good pics you posted of the layout.
Jeff: Hope you get that cable back in service, Wait! if your reading this you did. Those are some good pics you posted of the layout.
Good evening Gents,
I hope the better days are here to stay. Today was pretty good. May have something to do with a great operation session last night.
I've done the Middleton yard switcher a few times before, so I'm no rookie at it. The large yard has many industries and facilities serviced directly from a dedicated set out track. There's Patev furniture and it's coal dock, Ryan Machine, Icing platforms,Raygold Mills, warehouses, and freight. The engine facility has a coal dock, fuel tanks, sand, and ash conveyor (gondola). We've installed a new turntable and reworked the diesel facility and leads to the coal tipple and water column. The Overland (brass) water water column has a flat brass base that still needs to be anchored. It's much easier with hand laid. All this work did make switching easier since most of it is blue flagged.
It was a great night, It was a team effort. Yardmaster Jim always keeps his 2 S2s ready. I come in from one end with my B&O and we just push and shove working both ends. If the pickups are tricky and eat up some of the fast clock, we loose all the run a rounds in the yard from all the incomming traffic. Then we're screwed. The timetable has been altered and now there's additional trains. Gets more fun with every time you run. Paul3 is responible for this, good or bad. He's the Ops chairman, does one hell of a job, too. Every one had a good time, most mainline operators ran at least 4 trains, all the peddlers finished and only one train outlawed. It went so good I bet Paul3 will change something for next time just to keep it interesting. It's just what I needed to lift my spirits.
Glad you all liked the pics of the Old Colony first run. My daughter Jennie is quite the photographer. Well she is a Photo/arts major @ Northeastern, she needs to teach me. I'm spoiled w/ that D70 of hers though, I can't layout that kind of change for a digital.
Phillip: Your best layout pics thread has tuned into a success. Unbelievable stuff. Well at least your wife will have a break for a few years, does your son have to go though the same? Must be tough on everyone.
Ryan: Must have been some weekend. That ACL E7 is absolutely beautiful. That lumber load looks just like one of my Jaeger loads on a centerbeam. Where is the Spencer Locomotive Shops? We don't usually get that far south during railfanning trips, Usually Cumberland, Magnolia cutoff, Martinsburg, etc. during B&O, C&O or Chessie conventions. Never know can always make an exception. This past year I didn't go to far with April being sick. Jennie, my oldest, is the photographer. The youngest, April Lynn, is the one graduating HS and does the Spartans colorguard.
Dick : It would be great if the Greenbush did go to the Cape. Good luck with the camper electrical. Maybe if you're lucky it will be the first recepticle you get into. Then you can play! Oh, edit that. Do you know it it trips any GFCI or just yours? Have you checked the trailer cord? Or use a different extension? I love all my Atlas engines, never had any trouble. They do crawl very slow. The only ones that I have that crawl slower than them are my Stewart/Kato Fs and Stewart VO1000. The Atlas/Kato Geeps and RSs did great also. I'm surprised that Stewart didn't win the crawl contest with their newer line of switchers.
Colby and Cheese: Looks like you two are ready to make your own army of Cyborg Cats and clones, what a battle and the noise...
Fergie: Hope you and Lisa had a wonderful 18th anniversary.
Dave: I have only one thing to say, "I don't believe I ate the whole thing". I used to have all kinds of high altitude airflow/ turbulence problems at 11-12k feet. Only this was on my 340 carb, always brought a jetted one for the Colorado trips. Ah, not quite the same... Congrats on such a project, lot of research, hard work. Hope you do well with it. The detail on those train pics are great especially for "N".
DER: That's pretty clever having those access "hatches" for that equipment. I remember you describing the rock strata and coloring, looks good. Boy, you have a lot of tree still to go. Those old trees look real good still. They always spruce up easily. I have been using Joe Fugate's trick to spray a mist of light yellow on the tops to simulate sunlight reflecting of the canopy.
Paul: Sounds like you had an easy, relaxing day for a change.
GARRY: That is a nice piece, I wouldn't weather it either. And you would be in serious *** if you did. Don't think you'd ever get another train for Chistmas or birthday again. The things we have to do...
Michael and Kim: Still thinking of you two every day, My prayers are with you both.
The HS crew that are graduating, are here. They are all over the driveway and street. They're doing the car decorating thing. They're all having a blast out there, I think I'm signing off to watch the festivities, remember those days, memories from a long time ago. Wish my wife was here for all this fun. I shure do miss her laugh.
Have a good evening,
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Good evening folks: No mrr today. What’s worse, is that there is FROST forecast for tonight. Good thing Kris has the runner beans indoors still. They need re-potting now, so I guess that’s on the docket fro tomorrow.
JR:
1500 trees seems a large task but I'll bet I have 300 or so already on my 1/3 done layout and that will include a large treeless urban area. I suppose that is a drawback to modelling in Nearly invisible scale.
Ryan: Thanks for the lumber load! There’s a small lumber outfit on our way to our daughter’s place. It has rail service, and its own load wrapper. I’ll see if I can remember the camera next time.
Dick:
I really think you should send in an article to MRR,
Tsk Tsk, wait until Der John hears of these goings on!!!!
Th..Th..That’s all folks! Good night, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Hmmm...... let's get those droids and military out of here CHARGE!
Victory!