Good Evening All,
Luc - you and Gloria are in our prayers. Sorry to hear she's in hospital.
Der - the plaster was put on bare then carved, then stained using an acrylic wash so it soaks in. Usually I add color to the plaster, but I was too idle this time. I like the look of the colored plaster better than the stain.
Dick - Lestershire is very familiar to most of the Brits i've worked with as they all seem to hail from there. Our fabricator is in fact from Leicester proper as is my old crew chief from Bob Akins.
Sue - ok so what scale were those waffles?
Scott - the car came out well. Kudos to the painter and your perservence.
Cars are loaded and trailer are ready to leave tomorrow morning. It was nice today the snow on the ground is mostly gone as the snow we were supposed to get hit Dick instead.
Inch - Is the round house still used at all? We'd give our eye teeth here for one like it or even smaller. Both the round house and back shop in Danbury were torn down by Penn Central in the late sixties as they were too idle to keep them up or secure. Between MacInnes and PC it's a wonder anything around here survived at all.
Did get some time in tonight tidying up and running some drops for the new sidings to tie to the buss wires later. Long day tomorrow so I gotta go.Proably won't log in for another week or so. CULJ.R.
Good evening everyone, I hope that everyone had a peaceful, quiet, Sunday to thank God for what we all have, especially in the Diner....the best of friends!
We received a surprise overnight, we awoke to a Winter wonderland. 4" of heavy wet snow turned the landscape into a Currier & Ives scene with all the evergreen trees and bushes hangong with snow. By noontime all the snow had melted, and we have 60's due here by Tuesday. As they say in New England, if you don't like the weather, just wait a while.
LUC: That is hopeful news concerning Gloria......many prayers for her recovery Luc.
GARRY: Surprisingly, there are little towns in 5 States called Cherry Valley, and even one in Ontario, Canada!!! Actually, we are not a town, but a section of a town called Leicester ( pronounced Lester, named after Leicester, England by the original land grantees.) We are in the eastern part of the town, just off route 9, and the Mass Pike (I-90, the very same I-90 that runs cross country to Washington, and right through Cherry Valley, Illinois ) is just 2 miles south of us.
MIKE: Yup, I have you bracketed, I see the town of Martinsville, Illinois, just south of I-70, and highway 40. If I use Google maps, and go to Satellite View, I can pinpoint your house. What street to live on? Wave to me tomorrow ( if the sun is out) as the Satellite passes overhead.
JIM: We planted 100 new strawberry plants last Fall just to keep up with the demand for SR pie!!!! It seems that Duke has really done a great job in the Marketing Department, now we can't keep up with demand!!!!!!
Later guys,
Good afternoon, Chloe - Jerry got my mouth watering, talking about that pork burger. But I think I'll have some ribs from one of those sides you were grilling out back - I could smell it from a half mile away!
- that, and a tall ice cream soda should work fine. Yum! Sue, if I hadn't already had breakfast before I got in here, I'd have had some of those waffles. Look might tasty, all right. You keep up with that scratchbuilding - I'll check in the morning before I head out for work and see how you're doing on those. Thanks for clearing my muddled mind up on the 'seminar'. I hadn't realized you were talking one on video/DVD. I'll go check out your pics after I post in here. So, Sue - how do you like Bragdon's molds/kits so far?
Luc, good to hear the doctors are keeping very close tabs on Glo. Let her know to cooperate with the doctors and nurses and take her medicines, too. And give her a hug or two from the crew in the Diner, too (if the doctors say it's okay - if not, just give her a little hug when they're not looking).
Garry, I've heard some good reports on the strawberry-rhubarb pie that Dick's wife Loraine makes. (I might have that misspelled) Come to think of it, the report I heard, was from DukeDick (and I think said there wasn't much pie left, after Duke and his wife visited them a while back). I might even had heard that Duke's wife made him push his bike for a mile or two, to burn off some of the extra pie that he ate... ...well, maybe I could be wrong on that last part.
Don't worry about my eating up all the ribs, though - Chloe showed me another side of ribs that'll be coming off the BBQ pretty soon now.
So just tell her how many you want on your plate, folks!
I haven't got much w**k done on the layout stuff this afternoon (except pull out a freight station kit and check the parts on it a bit earlier). Warm afternoon - about 82 (F). I had the door to the deck open (except for the screen door part), and two different times, a wasp or mud dauber came flying in. First one I trapped between the screen and glass window, and the second one I got and squashed near the door as it was on the way out and got caught. Last couple of summers I had to every so often break off/down some wasp/dauber nest they were trying to build on the metal strip around the deck door (outside). Dang pesky varmits!
Let's see if I can get something more directly related to the layout accomplished today.
Prayers for Gloria and Luc and any others in need of them. I think I'm gonna take up PC's suggestion and convert one of my DPM buildings into a doctor's office on the layout!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Afternoon all
Luc Best to Gloria and hope all works out
Garry When you get in the area of Cherry Valley,get down wind and wait for the smell of Strawberry-Ruhbarb pie and it will lead you right to Dick's house.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
That's about it
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
Howdy all........
Thanks for the flax seed thoughts. Oatmeal seems to work okay for me. Local IGA only has basics items here.
Luc.... cerncern and prayers for you and Gloria continues. Good of you to provide an update.
Well, it's sunny an 82F ouside....... so out I go.
Happy Model Railroading, all.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Howdy All...Its another warm sunny day here.....I'll have a pork burger, fries, and a butterscotch shake please....Thank you....Its a quiet Sunday morning here on Pearl street...Folk are taking it pretty easy....May get some train time in latter...
Tex[scott]..If folks are giving you a hard time about your hat move over here near Inch and I and you'll see a lot of them..If folks are giving you a tuff time about your hat I'd say they got to much time on their hands...and they sure don't know a good looking hat when they see one...
Garry...Around here stores carry Flax seed by Hodgsons Mills....Might try to google them..A buddy of mine who is a Miller at a mill in T-town brought us a couple of boxes..They did some of the milling for Hodgston and they had a office in T-town but i think they have moved to Kentucky....
Gear Jamer....Those waffles look great I think i'll have a couple with some Fresh Tapped mapple syrup...Thank you...
You all have a peacefull sunday afternoon...Jerry
Thanks a lot for your concerns, I've passed them on to Gloria. The specialist was in to see her this a.m. She has many clots in her lungs and bronchial pneumonia. She's also somehow managed to pinch a nerve in her left hip (very painful).
She is being treated with anti-biotics injections and high dosages of blood thiner. Her blood is being tested every 4 hours and she's being x-rayed daily until major improvements show up.
It sounds like she'll be in the hospital for a while.
I'll keep you all posted as often as I can and thanks again from the 2 of us for your kind supporting words.
Happy MRRing.
Good morning, All.
This is one of my latest scratch building efforts.
Cape Jim, I am sorry if I was not clear. The $100 was not for the seminar, but if you purchased that much product he gave us the video. The seminar was free at the train show. A starter kit and a few molds pushed us over the limit. I think that the rock materials will be enough for the entire layout. We purchased some more foam for the hard shell at the show in Portland. The website is www.bragdonent.com. Check last weekend's photo fun to see the hard shell.
der, The rust color on the rocks here is a type of lichen. We have it in rust and gray.
Hoople, Congrats on the 2-8-0.
Garry, You should be able to find flax in any health food store.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 3/25/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 69°FHumidity: 88%Dew Point: 65°F So Far TodayHigh: 70°FLow: 63°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph SSE Today High: 82 Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
Tonight Low: 62 Partly cloudy. Patchy dense fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 10 mph. Bacon and eggs today please.
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Mornin' y'all.
I'll take a cup of coffee please Chloe, black is fine.
Senior Dinner Cruise last night wasn't bad...Would've been better if my girl could've come along...But oh well, stuff happens...
Luct: You have my prayers, for both you and Gloria.
It's so good to have my car back. They did an excellent job on the repairs. The shop I took it to had great service. I'm very happy with it.
JimRCGMO wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Looks good!Yeah, what Jeff said, Scott. I'd agree with Inch, too - looks like they did a very good job on the Scottmobile! Did I dream it, or had you at some point had (or been thinking about) a set of longhorn horns on the front bumper? Nah, I probably dreamed that one. (...Got to watch what I'm eating before I go to bed...) Jim in Cape Girardeau
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Looks good!
Yeah, what Jeff said, Scott. I'd agree with Inch, too - looks like they did a very good job on the Scottmobile! Did I dream it, or had you at some point had (or been thinking about) a set of longhorn horns on the front bumper? Nah, I probably dreamed that one. (...Got to watch what I'm eating before I go to bed...)
Jim in CG: After taking those pictures on my friend's farm...I'm considering them more than ever now. I definitely want to get a boomerang antenna for the trunk lid, so I could possibly make it even with a set of longhorns on the front...It's still a possibility.
Dick: Tell me about it...I take a whole different route in the parking lot to avoid 'running in' to that certain driver...
Cox47: If I'm not mistaken...It is Currant Red. Dark Toreador Red is a similar color. And y'all can call me Tex if you want.
PC: The frame on the front fell apart over the winter. The wire tires got brittle in the cold, and I accidently snapped the spikes off trying to reposition them. I'm going to make a new set with all-weather epoxy. I blacked the chrome out in late November. I need to finish the Black Out...The tails need to be painted.
Ya know...I just don't get this...I normally wear my hat and coat (got the spurs too), but seems like everyone loves to taunt me. People'll start yelling out stupid comments or something...Kinda annoying...You'd think that they'd never seen a cowboy hat before.
I'm out y'all, catch ya later.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Good Morning,
Luc, I hope Gloria gets better soon. 2 of my co-workers had clots in their lungs after an operation, but they didn't listen to the Doc when he told them to rest. Both of you will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Seems the room has been in some rough times medicaly over the last 6 months. I think we all need to model a doctors office and place it on our layouts someplace, LOL.
Inch, Great Pics
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning, Janie. I'm just on my way through this morning - cup of coffee in a go cup, and one of Bill's chocolate donuts, please. Thanks!
Also to BUMP! the page up and keep it on page 1.
Luc, hang in there and let Gloria know we're thinking about and praying for her (and you).
Oh, yeah - nice pics, Inch. That must have been some busy roundhouse in its heyday, from the size of that thing.
Mornin, Coffee and a couple sweet rolls Janie,
LUC, prayers for Gloria and the family
DICK, we're bout 18 mile from the Wabash river and 17 from the Embarras river [pronouced em-bra], along I-70 and US-40. The easiest way to find us on a map, is find the county where the Wabash becomes the state line, thats Clark county.
Here's the pics of the Villa Grove round house,
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/51335/ppuser/4309
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/51334/ppuser/4309
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/51333/ppuser/4309
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/51329/ppuser/4309
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/51328/ppuser/4309
Heres a couple of the inside I got through a window
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/51331/ppuser/4309
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/51330/ppuser/4309
The building is not in to bad a shape, the roofs starting to come off and a couple walls a starting to buckle, but not beyond repair yet. Still have a few more pics from up that way I can post of some other building still there.
Got another nice warm day in store again, before the rains move back in for the week, so it'll be back to some outside chores later today. Didn't get any train time in yesterday, we had kids till bout 9 last night. Might slip some in during the race this afternoon. Best get around, catch ya'll laters, have a gooden
inch
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Good morning ! from Indiana.
03-25-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Luc....... that's very disturbing news........prayers to Gloria, you and family......
Dick....MA is a really nice state but I'm not familiar w/ Cherry Valley...
Jim in Cape G......... that steak w/ asparugus was tempting but Shelley and I had thai food tonite. .... too much, again.....
Scott (Tex?) ........ me too about the hat...... oh, the car..... it's terrific.
Paul.......... Grand kids........... a real blessing for you, right?
Sue........ still no flax seed here!
Happy Model Railroading, everybody!
Paul, if you've been taking the grandkids and all to Six Flags (without that employee discount anymore? Hope not!), I'll cover this page for you. Chloe - I'll cover for this page, please.
Evening Gang:
Luc: My prayers for Gloria. If you need us we're here.
Scott: The car looks good. Im glad they did a good job for you.
I haven't been in in the last 2 days. Our daughter and grand kids came in Thursday night and I haven't been able to get to the puter. We took them to Six Flags today. I don't miss that place one bit.
I have to get ready for supper so I'll say good Night.
Well I've been buying for the last 2 days for the kids so why should it be any different here? Belly up and have at it.
Good Evening, Chloe - I'll have the steak and fresh aspargus special tonight,
with a nice glass of wine since I won't be driving for a while tonight. Thank you, Dick.
Luc, sorry to hear that Gloria had to go in the hospital - we will be keeping her in our . I realize you have other things to tend to now, but as you can, keep us posted (or have someone else do it for you) on Glo's progress.
Congrats on your (coming) 2-8-0, Hoople. I'd agree with Jerry that the Consolidation is a nice locomotive. Only one I might like better in a steam loco would be a Mikado or a Pacific. The hard part will be waiting for it to make its way westward to you.
Dick, good to hear that the weatherguessers aren't predicting any accumulating snow still this season for you. Now, if we could get you some of the nice weather we had today out here in the Midwest like Inch, Jerry and I had, that'd be even nicer for you.
I got out the short sleeve shirts today, and turned on the ceiling fan in the kitchen and the oscialating rotating fan in the bedroom today to move some air through the apartment. I'm not ready to turn on the A/C just yet... So long as we had enough of a cold spell earlier to kill off most of the mosquito eggs so we don't have to start swatting yet. Don't want that!
Chloe, that dinner was great - now, could I have an ice cream float, please? Thank you, ma'am.
Today I also used another coupon at Hobby Lobby and picked up a Woodland Scenics landscaping kit (about $9 with taxes). With that, a WS pine trees kit and a trees kit, plus some Sears paint I picked up a while back for the base ground color and a couple of bags of WS fine earth material, I might be able to get most of the two sections I have scenicked (or fairly close)!
Tonight, I'm planning on getting back to installing KD's on some more of my freight cars, plus some playing with some track design programs (TrainPlayer Mac beta version I'm testing for them, and RailModeller). Going to see what I can come up with for additional sections (1 or 2, anyway). Also I'll doodle with some ideas for the church design I didn't get to the last weekend (or was that the one before that... )
Blessings and prayers, for Luc, Gloria and their family, plus all the others in need of them.
Good evening everyone, just back from Saturday Mass and dinner at the local restaurant. It is all clouded over now, and the weather forecast is for 3-6" of snow starting about 8pm lasting until 4am. They said not to waste our time shoveling the snow, as it will melt fast on Sunday with warmer temps.....have no fear Mr Weatherman, I have no intention of shoveling any more this season...end of story !!
LUC: Our prayers continue for Gloria, and for your family Luc.
MIKE: Ahhh, I see that you live near the North Fork river, or , are you closer to the Mill River? Just off I-70.......I see, ...we practically live on the same road Mike!! All you need to do is hop onto I-70, head east, pick up I-69 in Indianapolis headed northeast to I-90, and there you are!! I-90 goes straight to Boston, Ma, just stop about 45 miles before you hit the ocean and there is little Cherry Valley, just north of the Pike. I see that some of our early settlers from this area also settled in Illinois. Just look at the Southeast corner of Rockford, Illinois..........Cherry Valley, Illinois, just off .........you guessed it,........ I-90!!!!!
JERRY: Nice haul on your shopping spree!!!! Lucky dog !!!!!
Good Afternoon all....Wow its one great day here as Inch said up near 80 with lots of sunshine...I'll have a Root Beer float and onion rings please...Thank You...As Inch also said your DSL was out most of the day yesterday....I picked up a box of goodies 2 steam engines, 3 Bachmans and a complete French high speed train [don't know what to do with that] Looks like project enough to last awhile..None of them are even close to running...Also picked up a M/T caboose frame with 1 truck...Seems like I am a magnet for "orphans"....
Luc....Prayers for Gloria and you...
Scott...Looks like they did a great job on your car...What do they call that color? I'd like to have my van painted that color...Also like you Hat and coat gonna have to start calling you Tex...
Hoople...Hope you get your new engine soon and enjoy it..2-8-0 is my favorite steam engine..To me they just look like a steam engine should...
Well Sallie is laying down for a nap and I'm gonna do the same...You all have a great Saturday night...Jerry
Hi all.
Quick update...
Gloria was admitted to the hospital today, looks like blood clots in her lungs... Yes, we are very scared, the whole family is...
The puter is still down, I haven't had a chance to really look at it but I do have a temp. e-mail address in my profile.
I'm still using one of the puters at work for now.
Hope you all are fine.
Afternoon, I'll have a glass of Ice tea Janie,
#2 son, Kris and his bunch, Ralph, Olley, Michael, and Tank, came down this morning for awhile. Then Bout the time they were leaving, #2 son, Pat, showed with Leroy n KC, got them for the afternoon. Granny and them are making peanutbutter cookies right now.
JIM CG, it's almost 80 here now, juust past noon, to early for this, but take it while I can.
GARY, been down in the land tween the lakes several times, and lived in Paduca for bout 5 months, while I working security for Allied Chemical in Metroplolis, IL. The musuem's purrty good, not a real large one though. Haven't made it up to the orther one yet. The company Mother works for supplies them charges for some thing.
What part of ILL did grow up in??
LEE, didn't know bout any upgrades, I guess I need to ask Jeff bout'em.
DICK,,, Jerry and me both live in M-ville [Martinsville, he's in town] and the camper set, just cross the holler outback and alittle E. from the house.
When get on out west, seems the state get larger, even for me. Always seemed like it took forever to get across Texas.
Well best get going, the cookies are done
Good morning everyone...43F here today so far, as a mini cold front swung south last night. We "were" supposed to get about 2" of snow overnight, but the sun rose with blue skies and "0" snow overnight..........ask me if I am upset with that ?? LOL
MIKE: I guess we tend to lose sense of size of states here in the New England, where only Maine is big in size. Do you live in Millville, or is that where your camper is for a getaway in summer?
SCOTT: Your wheels look great Scott, now all you have to do is, be careful of "certain" drivers in parking lots...LOL
CAPE JIM: Got me on that one !!! I wasn't sure if Mike lived in Millville or if that was where the summer camper was.
DER JOHN: Thanks for reminding me, I have to do my taxes also. I was able to wash the car yesterday as the temp rose to near 50F and the garden hose on the house reel unfroze. It was nice to get all the salt and dirt off the car to see the actual color of the car again. We have a lot of bare ground showing now, after the 17" a week ago. Still high piles along the bankings though. We have a nice warmup coming next week, temps in 60's by Tuesday, and the front will pass all the way north through Nova Scotia too.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Colby: I've got two Athearn power packs headed your way.
I called him today and he is jacked up!
G'Mornin' ALL!
Inch...... while we're doing the geography stuff. Many people don't realized just how far south the southern end of IL is. Actually, southern IL near Ohio River is rather scenic.
I grew up in the Land of Lincoln, and now that's why I'm doing mostly CB&Q. I've lived in about a half dozen other states and now am within 75 min. from IL border at Paducah in the Land Between The Lakes area. I'd like to see the Montecello Museum some day. The IL Ry museum in Union is outstanding. A bit far from here!
Looks like my idea of working on the layout today are about to be shoved aside by an overdose of beautiful Spring weather. Sunny 60 F; forecast for later is sunny 80 F. Terrible. Just terrible.
der......... I'll rub it in (so to speak) ..........I'm washing the vehicles with a hose, bucket, and sponge. You know. Like a normal person.
bye...........