Hello Ed......... did you see Dick's thread on the Rocky Mountaineer? I posted pix of our 2002 trip through western Canada aboard the train. the rest of you diners may like the photos too.
Slow mail in Paradise, eh.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hello Ed......... did you see Dick's thread on the Rocky Mountaineer?
I posted pix of our 2002 trip through western Canada aboard the train.
Who knows, maybe one day.
Hi Gang: Well another day shot in the rear. I checked on more tractors today. John Deere was the most expensive by $2000. Case International was lowest by $1000 but it is made by Fiat as is the New Holland and almost identical. Both companys are owned by Fiat. In order to get a tractor made in the USA I have to buy one of 150 hp or more. The Kubota is the second lowest and the better laid out of the bunch. Of course since Mary Ann said NO I guess it dosent matter.
ED: I saw a Ferromex unit go by in a UP train this evening. If they are missing one it's in Ft. Worth.
Garry I also saw the Oct MRR with your picture. Real nice modeling there. The person driving the red car really needs to move before the truck driver gets ready to leave.
Bed time.
Good Night All
Good evening to all, another great day here, 81F, low humidity, clear blue skies.....I can get used to this weather in New England.....I sure do love the early Fall in this part of the country ( we pay up in Dec,Jan, Feb ).
ED: The trip wasn't too bad in cost, it was a group rate for the Senior Center here in town and the adjacent town. It is 8 days, and cost $2300 which includes 12 meals, Rail fare, Hotels, Busing to and from the airport here, and Airline fares. The Red Sox beat Oakland 7-3, magic nymber is now down to 4, and could be 3 if the Yankees lose tonight, they are tied in the 9th.
Bed time, see you guys in the morning, who has Coffee Duty?
Here's the view that Dick will see when the Rocky Mountaineer crosses over Stoney Creek Bridge. ALso it's inspiration for any mountain scenery model railroaders.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
09-26-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
A coffee to go please Zoe. Still running in circles here as we leave tomorrow at 0 dark thirty for Danville. Of course the forecast is for rain all the way there but that's the way it goes. Did a little more on the last backround factory building painting brick inserts and adding mortar. I'm still working on a shade for the concrete frame that looks good, but not just like the other similar buildings. I combined two shades of primer gray fogging one over the other to look like settled grime and we'll see how that works out.
I'm beginning to feel deprived as I still haven't seen my October Model Railroader and may need to get a newstand copy so I can see Garrys' pics. It's always nice when a bit of fame comes knocking on the diner door.
Jeff - you're also making great progress on your layout, the pics are much appreciated. I wish the racing season would end so I can get some good time in on the home layout. Four more events to go this year if I don't have to do Daytona in November.
Time to get back to it - hope you all have a goodun' today. CUL, J.R.
egmurphy wrote: Probably the most exciting thing today was that Fran made her first Key Lime Pie, using limes from our own grove. Turned out great! I'm enjoying a piece right now along with some good hot coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course).
Probably the most exciting thing today was that Fran made her first Key Lime Pie, using limes from our own grove. Turned out great! I'm enjoying a piece right now along with some good hot coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course).
Hey! No fair! Where's my piece?
Good Morning, Zoe - a glass of Ed's OJ,
a cup of coffee and some waffles, please.
pcarrell wrote: egmurphy wrote: Probably the most exciting thing today was that Fran made her first Key Lime Pie, using limes from our own grove. Turned out great! I'm enjoying a piece right now along with some good hot coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course).Hey! No fair! Where's my piece?
Now, Ed, there you go, tormenting poor PC with pie-talk... Hang in there, PC, Zoe said the cook heard you, and has some pies (including Key Lime) in the oven as we speak.
Time for my 9:00 to show up - but then again, this one's not been consistent about showing up.
Rob, good to hear that you may have some light at the end of the tunnel on the I-L thing (and good for your CFO). I'll put 'a quick and good resolution' on my list of prayers.
JR, safe travelling at that ungodly hour of the morning. Hopefully, you dodge most of the traffic then.
Garry, that's a bit of a drop-off from the bridge, in that picture, huh?
We did get some rain yesterday. No sign yet today, though we might. I think most of it has moved toward our Indiana folks.
Well, time to get back at it here. See everyone later on.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
in a Southern mug this morning, please and thank you! Oh, and Key Lime Pie sounds great for dessert. (coffee is my prefered breakfast food)
FIL is walking the best he has yet since wife sprung him from the nursing home and his mind is also clearer now. Two days left before he joins the MIL at the assisted living facility.
I envy all of you who get to work on modeling, but am taking notes for when I finally get to start on my own. Do keep posting photos all.
Time to do a hay run. Rob
Okay, certainly you all saved some KEY LIME PIE! .................What "Moose" ate the reast! Philip!
Jim wrote: "Garry, that's a bit of a drop-off from the bridge, in that picture, huh? " Yes, Jim, I think it's about 250', but the Canadian Pacific fans could most likely tell you for sure.
Lunch time, we'll have 2 Coney dog for me, 2 plain hotdogs for the girls, and 3 root beers, and here's KC sippy cup.
PC,, like the stories the one by George Carlin is one of the few good ones he done. And the one letter written by the elderly woman hit home here with us a couple years ago.
PAUL,, the higher price on the John Deere doesn't surprise me. That is some high dollar green paint there.
JERRY,,, the coal drags with the pusher's started coming through in June I think it was, bout one a week or so headed east loaded and a couple days later, west empty. Now there's one every other day. Most the time the loaded and empties meet out back here between 3 and 5 pm every other day. The coals coming out of Idaho and ends up at the Newton power plant.
ROB,, good to hear some relief is coming shortly for ya'll with inlaws.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
inch53 wrote: PC,, like the stories the one by George Carlin is one of the few good ones he done.
PC,, like the stories the one by George Carlin is one of the few good ones he done.
Hard to believe such a foul mouthed man could be so eloquent, huh? Who knew!
pcarrell wrote: inch53 wrote: PC,, like the stories the one by George Carlin is one of the few good ones he done. Hard to believe such a foul mouthed man could be so eloquent, huh? Who knew!
The story is funny, but it's probably not true that George Carlin wrote it or said it. See:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp
And the letter from the 96 year old woman, while funny, is also just an internet fable. See:
http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/takethat.asp
After all, must be some pretty able bodied 96 year old that's still pulling down a regular monthly salary (not SS check, pension, or annuity check).
Regards
Ed
Had a bit of a derailment today.
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
Quick! Dispatch the HazMat crews to Leesville!
Meanwhile, i'll have a light snack. No key lime pie unfortunately.
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote: Quick! Dispatch the HazMat crews to Leesville!
Whew! Leesville is safe. Just lard.
Everybody........ now I'm reading that Canadian national is buying most of EJ&E. The remaining EJ&E will be re-named to Gary Railway to serve US Steel in NW Indiana. CN will speed up its Chicago connections with old GTW, old IC, and old WC in the process.
Hey y'all, guess who's back from Georgia?I left on Saturday, Sept. 16...Drove to Commerce, GA and got a hotel, and arrived in McDonough the next day after an additional two hours of driving. We were put up in the America's Best Inns motel. That was a hell-hole, let me tell ya. At least I had a cool roommate. He had previously worked for 8 years with CSX.
The training was awesome! It was great actually getting to work with the equipment instead of taking pictures of it. Riding on the side of a covered hopper, doing 15 mph down open track, while giving commands to the engineer via radio. It was pretty fun, and it's fairly straight forward stuff. The hardest part about this whole ordeal is having to memorize the signals. I'm on the ex-Conrail northern region, which has a huge combination of various signal equipment. I have to have all of them memorized in about three weeks or so.
We took field evaluations on Monday to see how much we retained over the week. I don't think anyone of the 54 attendees failed. The finals were pretty easy too, there was a group of people that got perfect scores on both final tests; I was one of them.
Classes ended yesterday, and I left straight from the training center and hit the highway. Made it home at about 10:00 last night, no problems. Drive is actually shorter than what it seemed, only taking about 11 hours to complete.
Tomorrow I will be going into Baltimore to the NS yard to get my work schedule and all that good stuff. They don't tell us much that's going on, they just tell us where to go to find out.
I get to go back down to Georgia October 18 for Phase III, which is all rulebook studying and signal testing. And I have a couple booklets to fill out before I get down there.
There's the update y'all. I'm excited to start actually working, this is fun stuff!
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Good evening ....87F today, no records broken here, but Hartford broke their record for this date with a temp in the 90's...is this really September 26th !!! More humid today as the front gets closer and winds pick up from the SW.
Still doing Fall "get ready for Winter stuff", like placing the covers on the built-in A/C's, stacking the outside tables and chairs, putting the umbrellas away, etc.
Obviously no train activity today, but that will come soon enough..
GARRY: I will be ready for that shot when the train passes, you were headed to Calgary, so that would place the waterfall on the Southside of the train ( right side )??
JEFF: A full Safety Process Review will be required in the morning. Are you sure Lard was in that Tanker and not Ed's OJ ??
SCOTT: Very well done Scott, 100% on the test, you did the Diner proud !!!
ED: Red Sox beat Oakland 11-6, the pressure mounts on the Yankees for the Eastern Title.
Time for a cold Cider, ahhhhhh Apple time in New England, and in SUE's area also right Sue??
Hello everybody...
Did you hear that? Dick has apple cider! Mmmmmmm....
Jeff..... have the wreck crews cleaned up yet?
Scott .... Super good news from you about NS. Please continue good work and being safe. Imagine riding those grab irons in freezing weather with sleet.
Jerry ...... thanks for comment pertainning to my layout pix in oct. MR. It's knda fun getting a little publicity.
Dick .... now I forget when you will be in western Canada. Next summer? Anyhow, the view is on the north side of our eastbound train although we went aound enough curves to confuse anyone. The other side while on the bridge looks across wide open spaces for miles across a big valley with huge mountains way over there. We were in third to last car for second day of our trip. The series of photos i posted shows the train coaches ahead of our car going over the bridge, but it's not easy to see with all the trees. Thre are lots ofwaterfalls along the way between Kamloops and Calgary ...Any apple pie, yet?
Happy Model Railroading
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote: Jeff..... have the wreck crews cleaned up yet?
Well Diners,
I am on holidays for a week and have managed to get back to some projects that I have been putting off for a while. One of these is shown below:
I bought these a while ago and the rubber bands broke in the heat and did look a little ordinary. So I decided to replace them with Detail Associates Chains. All that I can say is it is good character building! One down 3 to go, yeah! Thought about putting these in weekend photo fun, but it is Thursday here.
Regards, Nigel
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful day down here in Paradise. Had some rain today, which helped keep temperatures and feeling down in the merely "warm and humid" range. I expect to see a lot more rain in the next few days from the depression out in the gulf.
Dick: The trip wasn't too bad in cost, it was a group rate for the Senior Center here in town and the adjacent town. It is 8 days, and cost $2300 which includes 12 meals, Rail fare, Hotels, Busing to and from the airport here, and Airline fares.
Phil: Hey! No fair! Where's my piece?
Scott - thanks for the update on the training. Good luck with your first assignment.
Calling it an early evening.
Hasta mañana
Evening Gang:
Scott: Great job there. Now remember to stay alert and take care.
Jeff: the NTSB is on the way, and I thought I saw Homer Simpson heading your way also.
Inch: I think that the John Deere green paint is made from ground up $5 bills.
Our dog Kraussmeyer passed away last night. I went out to feed him and Elly May and he was laying by his pool like he was asleep. When he didn't get up when I called I went in the yard and saw he was dead. He must have died in his sleep. There was no sign of struggle or damage of any kind. We buried him with the others in the woods out back of the house. He was 12 years old and came to me at Six Flags. He was a large goof ball that loved to have his belly rubbed.
Paul W. Beverung wrote: Jeff: the NTSB is on the way, and I thought I saw Homer Simpson heading your way also.