Gerry, technically, I think working for the phone company "is" a hangup!
RT, maybe once they zap you, you won't need a night light any more. You'll BE a night light!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Now they want me to go next thursday for a nuclear stress test (are they going to nuc me? )
And then I go back froday for some other pics and all time will tell in the mean time I guess just go about normal .
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good afternoon......... Still thinking of Luc and Gloria, any updates? ...and Trent, you okay? .......also, RT, get back with us.
Der, Ryan, Cox, Dick,........ thanks for the remarks on the sunset picture. We see that each night (unless it's clowdy of course). The deck is a good spot to view the lake while reading Model Railroader. The picture was off the lower level (walk out basement to some). The view from my tool room is the same. When I face the table saw, the window is behind me. Our next door neighbor is Uncle Sam. He owns the lake (man made). The sunset is over Land Between the Lakes (national park).
Mother nature took down some trees last year for us to open the view. Last year's tornadoes were too close for comfort. High winds took down trees and rattled our windows enough to frighten anybody. Just east of us, twin F3 tornadoes (side by side) cut a mile wide path injuring scores of folks while destroying homes. They went all across the next county. Nasty stuff.
One negative of our view is I don't watch freight trains. Instead I watch barge traffic.
Der .......thanks for sharing the trees. Are you modeling a branch line?
Ryan......... thanks for the WSJ link. I believe railroads continue to be a solid investment for retirement. P/E ratio for Burlington Northern Santa Fe remains at a comfortable level (17.4% trailing). Long term, railroads will gain market share from trucking due to fuel efficiencies.
Philip........ does working for phone company result in any hang ups?
Cheers everybody
grayfox1119 wrote: PC: To music....." I am a lineman for the county....and I work the main line." Through rain and snow and sleet, we deliver....ohhhh, wait a minute, that is the Postal Service...lol
PC: To music....." I am a lineman for the county....and I work the main line." Through rain and snow and sleet, we deliver....ohhhh, wait a minute, that is the Postal Service...lol
Thankfully, I'm a desk jockey. I don't have to face the elements. Unfortunately, being in the position I'm in, when heads roll, mine is right there on the chopping block. Oh well, it keeps me jumpin', huh?
Afternoon Gang:
Ryan: I'd like to show pictures and a report but I'm still unable to E-mail. Peoplepc still doesn't recognize my name or pass word. In 2 months I still haven't been able to get ahold of them. I'm still trying to find a high speed hook up.
I haven't been down to the basement today. I'll have a go at it later. I have an appointment with the dentist at 2:45pm to replace a crown. It came off while I was eating a french fry.
I'll say so long for now and try and get in later.
Good afternoon everyone, it was supposed to be sunny today, but instead it is a cold 36F, cloudy, with flurries in the air at times. Now I know why!!!!!!! The Mariners are in Boston, they bring snow!!! They just left Cleveland buried with 4 cancelled games, now there're here in MA.
RYAN: I cleaned one mower deck, the 36" for the smaller lawn tractor, just yesterday, but the gras has barely turned green, it just isn't growing at all yet. So today I have cut some brush up back, 4 trees, so wood supply for next season is all set. We have 4 cords all stacked already anyways, so what I cut today is for 2008 season. I think with the big rainstorm coming tomorrow, I will finally get some time in the Train room.
GARRY: That is one beautiful scene !!! I can just imagine sitting on your deck checking out this sunset.
DER JOHN: Looks like Rain now for your Friday, not snow, so get your rain barrels ready, it may be a long hot , dry Summer.
SUE: Thanks for info on the Evergreen trees. Have you tried cutting branch ends to make trees? Using the same treatments that you do with Butterfly bush flower ends? The spray should preserve the greenery.
Later guys,
It sure does! You sucked me in, and I fell for it!
Come and get it! Hot off the grill!
pcarrell wrote: SilverSpike wrote: Philip, looks like similar roller coaster weather we are having here, with the exception that we are not getting any snow. You off work this week too? Are you kidding! I work for the phone company. I'm NEVER off!
SilverSpike wrote: Philip, looks like similar roller coaster weather we are having here, with the exception that we are not getting any snow. You off work this week too?
Philip, looks like similar roller coaster weather we are having here, with the exception that we are not getting any snow. You off work this week too?
Are you kidding! I work for the phone company. I'm NEVER off!
Oh okay! Hey, looks like lunch and dinner is on you!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good afternoon!
What's for the lunch special today Chloe? I see Jim had the scrambled egg and bacon breakfast, and I'll skip the "Hot Dog" that Der John has, so I think I'll have the creamed chipped beef on toast please!!!!
Dick, glad you stocked up on wood in the fall eh! Got any trees left for next winter? We almost broke a record for consecutive days in a row of below freezing temps for the month of April. I just hope we don't start breaking temp records for consecutive hot days this summer....
I know what you mean about getting some "train time" in! Last time I spent any amount of time on my layout was Friday, March 23.
I have mowed the yard three times already....what are you waiting for?
Inch, Oh okay! Marathon Oil refinery, great pics anyway! I agree on the warming trend request, this cold snap of Artic air needs to go back north.
Okay Paul, remember, any layout update reports need to be accompanied with photos and a PowerPoint presentation. We expect a completed report by COB on Friday.
BTW, glad to hear the DIL is doing better!
JPowell wrote: One more thing before I leave for the night... ANy one know of any good LHS' in New Orleans? I'm going there on the 23rd for a 2 week exercise the unit is going on and returing on the 4th of May.Night all!
One more thing before I leave for the night... ANy one know of any good LHS' in New Orleans? I'm going there on the 23rd for a 2 week exercise the unit is going on and returing on the 4th of May.
Night all!
New Orleans, never heard of the place! LOL
John, Hub Hobby was flooded by Katrina and has now moved from their old Broad Street New Orleans location to Metairie, which is just about a 20 minute drive from downtown New Orleans. Also, in Kenner there are two train shops just about across the street from each other. One is on Williams Blvd, and the other is just off of that street. Here are the listings for shops that I have been to over the years:
Hub Hobby Shop - http://www.hubhobbyshop.com/ , 3829 Airline Dr Metairie LA 70001, Between N. Turnbull and Cleary - - one block East of Sam's Club, 9:30 am to 5:15 pm, Open Daily: Closed Wednesdays and Sundays, 504 828-6868
Kenner Train Shop - Owned by Claude Brown, open Fri. & Sat. 10-6 2000 20th Street, Kenner, LA 70062, (504) 466-5878
Mike's Train Shop -Owned by Michael Sciavicco, 2000 Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70062-5804 (504) 466-8531
Sue, Pearl's vision looks good!
Garry, great picture from the lower patio! What body of water is that and when can we all go swimming? Here is a link to the Wall Street Journal article on Buffet's stock announcement.
http://online.wsj.com/article/heard_on_the_street.html?mod=djemheard
Der John, you need to take a break and let us all catch up with your model railroading activities. LOL
RT, good luck at the Doc's visit! Prayers and well wishes!
J.R., those suitcase connectors are great huh! And they really make for quick work in wiring too!
Later folks,
Ryan
Good morning All....Sunny and a little warmer here this morning.....I'll have pork bar-B-Q fried Taters and a diet Coke please...Thank you ..I got coupler conversion in mail yesterday and got it on Old Atlas RS runs real well Also got the walls glued together on DPM building..I am looking for a good sign to put on it anybody know of any site with business names?
Gary..Wow thats a fantastic veiw I'd want to spend all my time setting on the deck...
JR....Nice mine...Is it scrached or kitbashed?
RT...Your prayers with you today for a good report...
Gotta go went to library earlier to return Sallie's book but they didn't open till 11 and she wants something to read so gotta fire up power chair and go back down there...You all have a good one....Jerry
Good morning all; It’s getting on to an early lunch, I’ll have one of those hot dogs please Janie.
Garry:
That's not my scenery on the layout. The Creator's talents exceed mine.
JR:
The slanted loading dock is a novel idea. Could be a help in my urban area should I ever get that far.
PC:
Better then my rendition of the Bluefoam Desert!
Sue
The MDC runs slower than any of our other locos.
JR, Great scene.
TTFN
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
GMTRacing wrote:
JR, Great scene. Are those all race cars on the bottom? On the Shay, running is the first endeavor, then we will work on the weathering. It may be my first at loco weathering.
Paul, The 2-truck is MDC. The regearing quieted it down some, but not as nice as the Bachmann. The MDC runs slower than any of our other locos.
Jim, The dog jokes are fitting. She throws the ball to us. So far, she has not thrown it on the layout. We actually keep the ball on the layout and I think that she knows it.
Philip, Wiring jumpers would be hard enough in HO, but I can not imagine N scale.
Larry installed another short section of track yesterday. As soon as I get that landscaped, we can start on the next bridge.
Well, I should go to work.
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Howdy...... again, it's wheat bran flakes with strawberries. OJ on the side. Actually, I rarely have any desire for bacon and eggs anymore.
Thinking about RT today. Faith and prayer is always the answer. Modern medical procedures to treat heart conditions allow folks to lead normal lives instead of suffering.
I'm liking all the photos; keep it up everybody. Sounds like a lot of progress, Jeff. ...and Der, you're doing some great stuff.......
Philip....... watch out for the weekend weather.
JR I like the scene you showed us. Watch out for the stapler!
Happy Model Railroading.
Well, it's warming up a bit around here. Instead of snow this morning it was frost. It's a step in the right direction (baby steps, baby steps). Doesn't look like it's going to hold out though. I woke up to 30 degrees today, later in the week it'll be 60, but the day after that, flurries? Thats not cool!
Man, you folks have really been showing off some great stuff lately!
Sue, you and Larry have really been going at it! The log bridge, the loco's (conrat's on the new one BTW), and everything.....just awesome! I've been getting bogged down in soldering jumpers on my turnouts. I think my eyes are crossing!
And der has really been going at it too! Hills, rocks, buildings......it all looks great! (Better then my rendition of the Bluefoam Desert!)
inch has been out showing off great prototype stuff too!
Man! I best get in the swing of things! I've got to finish up this soldering so I can show some real progress!
Well, for now I'd best make like I'm getting ready to do some work around here.
OH, RT, prayers go with you today buddy!
Later!
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have scrambled eggs and bacon,
coffee and a glass of Ed's OJ, please. Thanks, Jeff!
RT, hope you have a good report to bring back later today.
Not a lot of progress since I posted last (on Sat.?). I got the wire out and measured length for my power bus, but have had a snag in getting the 'crimp' connectors on the spade lugs to grab onto the wire (so far - going to get out the needle nose pliers and work on that tonight).
Sue, that 3-truck Shay looks really nice - the white striping along the edge looks sharp on it. Better watch out with your Lab - now that she can see the screen, she may start posting for herself. I can see the new topics in the forum now "Survey - Do you prefer wood or coal?" (dog joke there...)
JR, like what you've done with that Martinsburg mine - and is that the JL Innov. milk station on the right side there? (Put to a new use, of course) Of course, I'd love to see pics of Paul's mine progress, too. You have me curious, Paul! Especially since I'll need some kind of mine when I get to enlarging my layout (have to have somewhere for my small string of ore cars to go).
Jeff, should be good to see the pics when you get to scenery - you've got the layout looking pretty good already (I hadn't noticed that there wasn't much scenery until you reminded me, 'cause of all the neat buildings).
At MRR club last night, we had a short meeting - I helped one member who was doing some finishing touches on the 'bed' scenery for where the diner I assembled will be going, and another member was putting down WS plaster strips for scenery adjacent to the swing bridge by the entrance. The swing bridge has a bank and abutments leading to the Walthers rotating bridge in the middle of the gate (but the rotating bridge won't...). Third member (besides me) was working on gravel around an extension to the auto plant along the backdrop. I'll try to get pics and post later.
A bit warmer this morning here - 41 now, and suppsed to have some rain and get to 57 this afternoon, plus some more rain tomorrow.
'Bout time for me to get ready for w**k, so I'll get going. Prayers for those in need of healing and comfort.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Mornin all nice looking day outside getting ready to head to Newport News to the cardiolagist sure all will be fine will let you know tonight
talk to you all later oh janie I'll have oj and a biscuit this am
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. Just one set of crossover turnouts to wire to switches and I'll have the track wiring finished, then I can move on to scenery.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 4/10/2007
Sundown Fire Dept, Station 23 Wind Chill: 52°FHumidity: 91%Dew Point: 51°F So Far TodayHigh: 56°FLow: 52°FRain: 0.04"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph ESE Now through 08:15 AM CDT April 10, 2007
High: 72
Through 7 PM...scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected across southwest and south central Louisiana...and now central Louisiana. The activity is diminishing across southeast Texas as well as the near coastal waters. Stronger thunderstorms will produce brief very heavy rains with some potential of hail up to pea size. The showers and thunderstorms continue a rapid northeast movement at 25 mph.
Today High: 72 Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Warmer. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds around 10 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tonight Low: 60 Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. South winds around 10 mph.
Sausage sounds good this morning.
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Good Morning All,
Just another run by this morning. Coffee to go and it's 25F outside. Rain is predicted for Pocono this weekend, but hopefully only showers.
Sue - the new loco looks great - can't wait til it's broken in and weathered a bit.
Der - glad you weathered the storm ok. The slanted loading dock is a novel idea. Could be a help in my urban area should I ever get that far.
Paul - corners are great locations for mini scenes. I put my Martinsburg Mine in one and had room for the siding and some outbuildings plus the spoils. My "ore" goes directly into hoppers and the mine head is raised on foam behind the tracks.
Did some wiring for the lower level tracks last night running the buss and hooking it to the drops. The "suitcase" connectors work well and where they are clustered I can hook two drops and the feed buss with one insulation displacement connector. All you need is a pliers and the connector - no solder or clamps. I staple the wire to the bottom of the benchwork with a staple gun fitted with a wire stapler attachment (Arrow t-50 an antique I got from my father).
All for now w..k beckons. CUL,J.R.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
04-10-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening gang: I went back to the basement and put the roof sheeting on the mine head. Now all the sheeting is on it and it's ready for paint. I'm having a problem finding a place to put the mine. It needs room for the tracks coming out of the head frame for the spoils dump and the ore stock pile. Because the prototype is built on a rise with the tracks on a lower level I also have to build the rise. A 2" piece of foam is just the right height for the rise. I think that I'll have to put the mine on one of the corner moduals or make one of the straight sections wider. I guess it would help if I got the clutter cleaned up.
Mary Ann and I went in to Weatherford to see John and his wife. She is feeling good and eating. She has some swelling in her left arm from the IV so she is taking an aspren a day and resting. She goes back to the doctor Thursday.
I-20 west bound was shut down. I could see a bunch of flashing lights about a mile west of where we crossed. I don't know what was the problem but it must be bad because it was still shut down 45 min later.
Sue what is the 2 truck Shay? I've got an old 2 truck by PFM and a 3 truck buy PFM. The 2 truck is standard gauge and the 3 truck I converted to narrow gauge. Neather one has been run ia a long time.
It's time for Letterman so I'll say good night.
Was the recessed loading dock very hard to make on that one building?
three pennisnulas' (penninsuli ?)
Garry, It is still daylight here and sunny between rain showers.
Thanks. It's pretty exciting, I can hardly wait for the decoder. It is a lot bigger that the 2-truck Shay. Bachmann sure has finer detail as well.
Glad you got some time on the layout today. I've been doing little projects here and there on the layout.
Later, Sue
Howdy... well it's in the lower 50's and it looked like the following pix I took about 60 minutes ago from our lower level patio.
sue...... I like the Shay better than the dog (no offense to black lab), the mountain dew, or the chili. That's some locomotive!
Ryan.... thanks much for the kind thoughts. Prayer and faith can overcome stuff as needed. Yes, railroad stocks have been performing well in recent years. ..... As for our railroad stock.... The Dow Jones railroad stock index increased 50% in 2005. Today's jump occured after Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway announced it has been buying railroad stock. Berkshire Hathaway reportedly now is the largest shareholder of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (11% of shares). My holdings have fewer shares of the company than that. Oh well.
I did outside work this morning and worked on the layout this afternoon (wiring and mintenance)
Good evening, all, I'll have a Mountain Dew and Chilli please.
My belated birthday present came today. The next step will be getting a decoder.
Dick & Ryan, We have Noble Fir, Doug Fir, Hemlock, Spruce, Cedar, Pine, etc. To make the stumps, you should be able to use anything that has the contour or shape that you want. The Dougs have great shape & grooves in the bark.
I cut them long; dry them; and then make the saw cut. Larry puts the logs in the microwave if he wants them dry sooner. Put something down to catch the sap.
I was goofing around with Pearl again. What a ham.
//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
grayfox1119 wrote:J.P. : Curt put it all together last night, 7 strong innings and Pap finished the Texans off in the 8th and 9th for a nice 3-2 win. I', m happy to see that Curt got it together after the KC fiasco. No hitting again though, that bothers me.
Dick - If it were not for Big Papi, we would have lost it completely. Best thing for us right now is that the Yanks are just as bad. I'm sure once the guys get into the routine of playing every day, the hits and runs will come as well. Just hope it's not too late by then. ESPN just said they're going to televise the game Wednesday night from Fenway... Dice-K is taking on the Mariner's in his 1st game @ Fenway.
JP
Down to 39F already with a Dew Point of 19F, so the temp could drop that low tonight......maybe a one dog night, but in anycase, the Pellet stove will be cranking.
It warmed up enough this afternoon to get outside and do some maintenance. The yard tractor was cleaned up, the mower bed was taken off, cleaned, spray painted underneith, blades sharpened, so that tractor is ready for action......I figure it should be warm by June. LOL The chainsaw is all cleaned, and chain sharpened, so tomorrow that gets a workout on the things that the lopping shears could not handle.
COLBY: Falmouth??? Is it on route 1, a small ranch style house on the left side of the road as you drive South? If so, I was there two years ago, and the place was then called Maine Trains. We usually head up to LL Beans in June, so Falmouth is right along the route.
JEFF: Sometimes we get our best ideas while dreaming in sleep, so you really have to get up and at least right bthem down. In your case, you acted upon the idea.....good man!!!