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Posted by JimRCGMO on Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:38 AM

Good Morning, Janie - I'll have some of those pancakes and a cup of coffee, please. Thanks, Dick! 

 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
Looks good!

Yeah, what Jeff said, Scott. Smile [:)] Thumbs Up [tup] 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? Cowboy [C):-)]Nah, I probably dreamed that one. (...Got to watch what I'm eating before I go to bed...)

Inch, I hear you on the cabin fever - we're supposed to be reaching the 80's (F) today and tomorrow! 'bout like summer has arrived ahead of spring. Cool [8D]

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Posted by LSWrr on Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:27 AM

Good Morning,

Inch: If you're running a DSL or cable modem the ISP sends updates to the modem's firmware to improve service.  SBC (At&t) told me they do their upgrades on Wednesdays at 4pm.  You need to reboot the modem to take advantage of these improvements.  Same thing with cell phones, however the tech didn't know what day you should turn off your phone and turn it back on again.

Sue: the layout looks really good.  I need to get back to work on the L.S.& W. here soon.

Jeff: those pancakes look really good! 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:07 AM

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446      3/24/2007 

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
 
Wind Chill66°F
Humidity88%
Dew Point63°F
 
So Far Today
High66°F
Low64°F
Rain0.00"
Rain Rate0.00"/h
Gust12mph SSE
 
Today  High: 80    Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 80. Southeast winds around 10 mph.  

Tonight  Low: 65    Decreasing clouds. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.

Pancakes and coffee today.

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Posted by inch53 on Saturday, March 24, 2007 5:35 AM

Mornin,, I'll just have some coffee fur now Janie.

Mine and Jerry's internet was down most the yesterday, guess lighting got it. Came back up bout 5, funny thing is, it seems to be working better than it had for awhile.

Still got rain in the forecast for, but mild temps at least. Suppose to be like this another5-6 days. You can tell cabin fevers had really set in round here. This warmer weather sure has every one hopes looking up for summer. I've been laying out garden plans and picking up seed. Bryans started talking cooking plans for campgrond A. #1 son told me yesterday when he figures on our trout fishing trips to MO, and so on.

DICK, it is a long way cross this state. Where we live is 4 1/2- 5 to the chicago loop, then  another hour to the WI. line,  4 hours from Paduca, KY, and 2 1/2 -3 hours to St. Louis. Speed limit here is 55 or 60, unless on the interstate 65.

SCOTT glad you got your car back, looks like they did a good repair in the photos.

COLBY, tell Alex, I've got a couple old tyco transformers, I can make him a deal on.

No big plans for today, may go cut some campground firewood [if the rain holds off] and do some chores rounds here + get in some train time. Hope ya'll has a gooden, catch ya laters

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Saturday, March 24, 2007 5:10 AM

Good morning ! from Indiana. Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, March 23, 2007 7:24 PM
Looks good!

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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Friday, March 23, 2007 7:15 PM

Evenin' y'all. Cowboy [C):-)]

Guess what's back???


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Posted by der5997 on Friday, March 23, 2007 6:54 PM

Garry:

so that's how you "wash" the car, der, eh!  ........... 
…it is when there hasn’t been much water able to get to the well from lack of snow / rain, and the frost being in the ground still.  In better times we have the pressure washer.  There is however little point in washing vehicles now seeing as our gravel road is a sea of mud!

 

The taxes and museum work won out over the layout today, and TV program starts in a few mins…but tomorrow is another day!

 

Take care, and prayers for al in need.Angel [angel]

 

 

 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Friday, March 23, 2007 4:05 PM
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MIKE: SIX (6) HOURS to Davis Junction? Holy cow, is Illinois that big that it would take you 6 hours to drive across the state? Massachusetts is 90 miles in length, so at 60 mph it would take 90 minutes to go from Boston to the NY line up in the Berkshires. You must live in one corner of the state of Illinois and Davis Junction must be in the diagonal corner ?

Hey, Dick, from this page:

http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/il_geography.htm

"...Illinois is 390 miles long and 210 miles wide...." You have to bear in mind, our states are a little longer than Massachusetts is - and that's not counting that some of the roads aren't interstates, so Inch might not (legally) be able to do 60 mph, depending on the roads. (Glad to help out with a mini-geography lesson, Dick.Wink [;)] (tee hee...)

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Friday, March 23, 2007 3:48 PM

Good afternoon everyone.....busy day today, this is my first visit in the Diner, or online for that matter. Shooping with the CFO, and then I discovered upon returning home that some water was leaking into the utility room where the floor meets the wall in the same corner where it has started to leak lately. The cause is outside the house where the heavy snow melt has rivers headed off the hill behind the house and some is making it to the foundation. I took care of that quickly, no more water leaking in.

J.R.: A swing gate is a good idea, I have noticed several designs lately in MRR mag. I ddin't think that I would have enough room for a safe swing, but with a little creative moving of cabinets and work tables, this can work. It probably is the BEST solution too.

MIKE: SIX (6) HOURS to Davis Junction? Holy cow, is Illinois that big that it would take you 6 hours to drive across the state? Massachusetts is 90 miles in length, so at 60 mph it would take 90 minutes to go from Boston to the NY line up in the Berkshires. You must live in one corner of the state of Illinois and Davis Junction must be in the diagonal corner ?

Later guys,

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, March 23, 2007 1:40 PM
 ModelTrainLover wrote:

Hey guys. any of you guys know a web site that sells power packs?? Alex is asking me if I would sell mine to him.. crazy an't it?

colby

Check your email. I sent you something.

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, March 23, 2007 12:13 PM
 ModelTrainLover wrote:

Hey guys. any of you guys know a web site that sells power packs?? Alex is asking me if I would sell mine to him.. crazy an't it?

colby

http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?quick=power+pack&quicksrch_butt.x=13&quicksrch_butt.y=6

Take your pick!

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Friday, March 23, 2007 10:31 AM

Hey guys. any of you guys know a web site that sells power packs?? Alex is asking me if I would sell mine to him.. crazy an't it?

colby

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, March 23, 2007 9:29 AM

Good morning....  

so that's how you "wash" the car, der, eh!  ........... 

well it's coffee and raisin bran here for me, again.  ...fiber is good.....fiber is good.....fiber is good....  so far, not hankering for flax seed as if I could find it at the little IGA in town........  hmm........maybe the animal feed store, perhaps.............

Still catching up on non-MRR stuff, but I was running my new GP7's last night. Nice.

Y'all, come back.......   (actually, I don't talk like that.  I've lived in too many other states)

Happy Model Railroading, everybody!

GARRY

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Posted by der5997 on Friday, March 23, 2007 9:19 AM

Tracksiders: The rain stopped before dawn, and we have non-freezing but not pleasant temperatures in fog.   Some of the mud from our gravel road was washed off the car which we left out overnight for that purpose!

 

CapeJim:

DerJohn, I think for that much shipping, you could break even by just driving down to New England and buying the MRR stuff you need at a shop there and hauling it back in your trunk! That's a heap o'shipping, for sure!
…would it were that simple!  That shipping cost, even converted to Cdn$, would buy less gas than would get us to the Nova Scotia / New Brunswick border on the outbound trip to Maine from where we are.Sigh [sigh]

 

Sue: I’ve been keeping an eye out for what our rocks look like here too.  The answer is a whole range of colours based on the underlying blue-grey and brown, but going all the way up to near white and down to near black in both the browns and the blue-greys.  So each batch of paint I mix up for staining is a variant on one of about 4 different formulae of both types.  What I haven’t figured out yet, and must someday soon, is the rust colour staining nearly all our rock.  It collects on vertical faces, and I’ve tried to apply some (too red, have to re-do) with a dry brush technique.  It isn’t convincing, since the rust stains on the real rocks aren’t a highlight, but are all over just some surfaces.  I think an airbrush may have to be used, but I’m not rushing into that….

 

JR:  What material did you use for setting those tracks?  It looks like it’s coloured all the way through, judging by the score marks where you’ve put in the blocks in the road.

 

More ground cover to stain today, if I get lucky.  Otherwise it’s museum work and looking at the income tax papers…Oh Joy!

 

TTFN.

 

 

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Posted by inch53 on Friday, March 23, 2007 5:16 AM

Mornin, coffee and a couple Bill's doughnuts Zoe.

Another warm morning, 61 now, also got 70% rain in the forecast today, most looks to stay north of us. Looks like some play time after chores, since I no got kids.

With these warmer temps the last 3-4 days, we haven't had to run the heat much . I just been lighting the stove of a morning for a couple hours to take some of the dampness out. 

DICK, it was Davis Juction [don't know what I was thinking ]. I found it on a map bout 6 hours + north of me, south of Rockford. Don't guess I'll be getting any photos from up that way any time soon.

Almost forgot to say, that while we were at the swap meet last weekend. Some of the folks from the Monicello rail musuem was there, and told me their restoration on the Baldwine 2-8-0 is almost done, doing the wood working in the cab. And their rebuilding the trucks on the tender to roller bearings. Hopefully it'll be pullin cars again soon.

Think I'll go play now, ya'll have a good one

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, March 23, 2007 5:12 AM

Good Morning All,

    46F, damp and foggy this morning - feels like winter in the San Jouquin Valley. Lots to do today again and hopefully the rain will hold off til we get the trailers loaded. Hope you all have a goodun'. CUL,J.R.

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Friday, March 23, 2007 3:54 AM

Good morning ! from Indiana. Big Smile [:D]

03-23-07

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:24 PM

MIKE: It isn't Grand Junction, it's DAVIS Junction, Illinois. I don't know where that is, I figured you have a better idea of just where it is located.

I can well imagine how tired you are...10 straight days nearly sank by boat. lol

JP: Yup, Fergie made a candid appearance in the Diner. I think he was still very upset at his attempt to hang curtain rods. I wonder if the curtains will be pink? He woulnd't do that......would he ???

Still 50F outside at 11:15pm, and it has rained off n on since supper time, so the snow pack is really subliming.

Time to hit the sack, see you guys in the mornin!!! Go to bed Sue!!

Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:32 PM

Good Evening All,

   Just back from rescuing daughter with car dead on side of road. Actually waiting with her for the tow truck. Seems she just got it serviced (at the dealership - it's an 06)and there was a screwdriver left under the hood that found the drive belts. She shut it off when the check charging system light came on and she lost power steering but it overheated almost instantly so I didn't want to simply put the belt back on and let her drive off. The screwdrivers' seen better days though - we found it up the road a bit whilst waiting for the tow truck.

   Up until the point when the call came, I'd actually gotten some layout time in.

I need a couple of more days working on the ground and ballast but it's coming along.

Dick - how about a swing gate? They're all the rage these days and a narrow one will block very little. I set up mine so it folds back flush giving me an unobstructed 2 foot passage. Just a thought.

Well with all the excitement I've missed my bed time so I'll catch you all tomorrow. CUL,J.R.

 

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Posted by Hoople on Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:40 PM
 gear-jammer wrote:

Hoople,  It is not raining now, but that should change shortly.  Have you noticed that the weather forecast has been the opposite of the actual weather lately?  I thought that you ordered that loco?

Sue

It's raining hard up here, but I agree that the weathermen are usually wrong over here. I'm still $15 short for my connie, but come sunday I won't be.
Jim: Don't worry I'll chuck another. BOOOOMMM!!!!
Oh btw, here's a present, jim. tickticktickticktickBOOOOOMMM!!!!
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Posted by inch53 on Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:35 PM

Eveing, I'll have a barley pop Cloe

After a round of thunderstorms that came through this morining, the day was ok, with highs in the 60's. Got another chance of rain or storms tonight and tomorrow [thundering north of us now].

JIMCG, grandkids start out 17 years and go down to 15 months, with another one on the way in June or July, that one will make us 23. The ones I keep regular is KC 15 month, J Bird, 2 1/2 yr, an Leroy, 5, he's in pre-school, so only have him half a day. Then some times Herman 10 and Jocko 6 come out after school. Then the summer get to be even more fun.

DICK, I have no idea where Grand Juction even is. Guess I need to get a map out. Don't get many trains of just tank car. Seeing 6 or 8 togather in a mixed freight is the norm. I need to get down to Robinson during the week. There's an ethanol plant down that way, along with Marathon's refinery. A soy desiel plant is going over in Newton along that same INRR line.

Was going to play on the layout some this evening, but my bed keeps calling me, and after KC all day, I'm ready. Did run the trains some, I guessing bout 200 scale miles. KC's even fugured out how to turn the speed up and down. I'm just glad she hasn't found the on/off switch [yet].

inch

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Posted by JPowell on Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:39 PM
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Good morning everyone, ahh, who is that stranger with the beard in the corner...FERGIE!!!!!! How the h.. are you buddy, haven't seen you since that ice berg drifted into Boston Harbor!!LOL

My thoughts exactly, Dick. I was about ready to call out the hounds and have then sniff for him, but figured the water was too cold and deep for them. Then, I had a idea...why not just call out the Coast Guard for a all out water search!

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:11 PM
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PC: That was an excellent discertation of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.....nicely done,  there is no end to your talent.Bow [bow]

Thank you...but it was the magic of the internet that got me that answer.

HOWEVER, before it is loaded into the tanker cars, the Ethanol is Denatured by 2 to 5% by mixing it with no other then what it is going to be mixed with for our vehicles........GASOLINE !! 

I think I read about that too, but since that was after the benzene I thought thats what you were after.

The carriers are not excited about this because it causes quite an environmental risk.

.....and extra cost because of the precautions that have to be taken......

Piping Ethanol doesn't work at present because Ethanol degrades when moved in pipelines.

Since Ethanol is water soluble, and they are trying to get the water out of it, any water picked up in a pipeline (and it will pick some up) only dilutes the product and the refining process has to start all over.

So, for the forseeable future, we will see man, many tanker cars carrying Ethanol to all parts of the country and Canada.

And America!

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:00 PM

Good Evening, Chloe, and since Jeff's buying, I'll go for the chicken kabobs (since they're healthier for me than that ol' Surf 'n' Turf...).

Thanks, Jeff!

I suspect that PC's explanation is right - or if not, he sure talks like somebody who knows that stuff. Wink [;)]Bow [bow] Before reading his explanation, I was gonna guess the other (toxic) alcohol -what's the name for it (isopropol)? I'm thinking it's loosely called 'wood alcohol', but I might be off on that.

Hoople, I think you got Vinnie's mashed potatoes Shock [:O] - I didn't have any mashed potatoes. Whistling [:-^] Whistling [:-^] Oh, oh, here he comes back from cleaning up in the washroom in back. I'd run if I were you! Shock [:O]

Sue, I'll play the dummy on that one - explain to me who Bragdon is...Confused [%-)] I don't keep up with all the model RR'ing gurus that much (unless they've written a book, like Dave Frary or some of the MR book authors). Not sure I'd have a spare $100 to put into a seminar - I could get in a lot of practice materials and scenery for that(!). Then too, I've been called cheap thrifty before...

DerJohn, I think for that much shipping, you could break even by just driving down to New England and buying the MRR stuff you need at a shop there and hauling it back in your trunk! That's a heap o'shipping, for sure!

I've finished up my chicken kabob, so I'll get a root beer float to go, Chloe. Thank you - and thank Jeff! Smile [:)]

 

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:46 PM

PC: That was an excellent discertation of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.....nicely done,  there is no end to your talent.Bow [bow] HOWEVER, before it is loaded into the tanker cars, the Ethanol is Denatured by 2 to 5% by mixing it with no other then what it is going to be mixed with for our vehicles........GASOLINE !! 

The carriers are not excited about this because it causes quite an environmental risk.

Piping Ethanol doesn't work at present because Ethanol degrades when moved in pipelines. So, for the forseeable future, we will see man, many tanker cars carrying Ethanol to all parts of the country and Canada.

Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by gear-jammer on Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:02 PM

I would guess dye, but that would be too simple.

Sue

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:59 PM
Oh, and Jeff.....TAG, you're it!  Chloe, I'll have a Moxie please!  My good friend Jeff is buying!
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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:58 PM
For most industrial and fuel uses, ethanol must be purified, or in other words, the water has to be removed. Fractional distillation can concentrate ethanol to 95.6% volume; the mixture of 95.6% ethanol and 4.4% water (percentage by weight) is an azeotrope with a boiling point of 78.2 °C, and cannot be further purified by distillation. Therefore, 95% ethanol in water is a fairly common solvent.

After distillation ethanol can be further purified by "drying" it using lime or salt. Lime, (calcium oxide), when mixed with the water in ethanol will form calcium hydroxide, which then can be separated. Dry salt will dissolve some of the water content of the ethanol as it passes through, leaving a purer alcohol.

Several approaches are used to produce absolute ethanol. The ethanol-water azeotrope can be broken by the addition of a small quantity of benzene. Benzene, ethanol, and water form a ternary azeotrope with a boiling point of 64.9 °C. Since this azeotrope is more volatile than the ethanol-water azeotrope, it can be fractionally distilled out of the ethanol-water mixture, extracting essentially all of the water in the process. The bottoms from such a distillation is anhydrous ethanol, with several parts per million residual benzene. Benzene is toxic to humans (it's carcinogenic), and cyclohexane has largely supplanted benzene in its role as the entrainer in this process.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:31 PM
I don't get TRAINS magazine. But I would guess that to make it worthless to someone to bootleg the additive could be something like water.

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