Mornin' All.
KJ-Glad to have ya back! Wished you'd stayed away from the N scale as you'll go blind Thats gonna be quite an empire, some would kill for space like that.
Sat the Ford Tarus wagon gave up the ghost. The repair was a bent valve, broke coil, left pass window motor burned out, rt. pass. door panel popped off and the dist. was crapping out. VERY $$$. Thank God for President's Day sales!! We got a 07, black Chevy Malabu for 18,000 and it only had 4 miles on it. It has lotsof bells and whistles that are considered standard. This thing tells us when the tires ars low, how many miles we can drive before a fillup and--this is crazy--tells ya when to change the oil. May be my next car will be able to hover!? Who knows!
Party room is cool and 90% done!! It'll bring in a lot of business.
Well gotta get to work.
Prayers for all and please remember a friend I served with in the dept. She just learned she has cancer and only 6 mo. to live.
Blessings to all.
Trent
Mornin, a couple doughnuts and coffee Zoe,
Weather guessers are saying a nice day here, highs in the low 40's and partly cloudy. increasing clouds late afternoon, rain moving in tonight into tomorrow and with lows in the 20's , A winter mix, figures. They're also saying warmer temps all week, which will be nice, seeing we haven't had more than 3 days above freezing for a month.
Train show was almost a bust for me, bought a 2 bay hopper and 2 switch machines, HO selection didn't have much I was interested in. Did find a couple other things I wanted, but thing couldn't find any body to take my money, they kept wondering off, and I give up. I wasn't the only one either.
Rail fanning wasn't good either, no train, wasn't even any cars in the the yard, up there. Then to top thing, I broke the handle for the tail gate on Mother's bus.
DER, That camera you got in the pic, looks just like the one I got.
HOOPLE, I thought maybe you'd bust a gut, waiting on it to get there..
GMT, it might be cold there, but think how warm it will be in Florida for testing.
Well best get back to chores. Hope ya'll has a gooden
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Morning all. Just a quick stop. Today's a holiday for the CFO and me. She's off to Sam's Club and then Target. I'm soon off to the doctor - nothing serious. Then I'm going bythe old house to pick up some swtches and flex track (We haven't completely emptied it out, yet. Gotta get that done and get it rented). I have a couple pieces of 1'x8' plyboard from a earlier project. I'll layout the turnouts and track to help get the feel for how I want the Vira extension to look.
der5997 wrote: Lewiston will be 18” deep, which is doable in N, and you can still get in the feel for some of those streets. Planning for passing, especially where you have a loop, will take some thought.
Not quite, John, Lewistown will stand away from the wall with hidden staging in the back behind a mountain/viewblock. The Lewistown portion itself may be as deep as three feet. Some will be for the viewblock, background buildings, and in the midground, for the PRR to pass through on its way from Harrisburg to Altoona with a stop for passengers, of course. PC cent me a number of photos of the Lewistown station a while back. Now I get to scratch build it!. In the foreground will be PRR and M&V interchange and switching action. It is the Vira extension that may be as little as 18" deep.
Gotta go.
KJ
Morning all -
Bright sunny and down right COLD here right now. Currently, it is....
So, there ya have it... 1F or -17C - lol! Suppose to hit 20 today, 38 tomorrow, 33 Wednesday, 37 Thursday, 32 Friday and Saturday, and 41 next Sunday!
SO JimCG - Does that answer your question?
Der - I'm so done with this winter crap! Bring on the sun and warm temps and 'Play Ball!'
Ok all - enough of the I'm going to go drink my coffee and watch some tv. Enjoy President's Day!
Take care!
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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
*The roster crows* Morning railfans for Maine. clear blue skys today. cool out not cold it's cool High around 30 maybe 40 in the sun. I will not be in a lot today cause I'm going over to my friends house who just got into the hobby he has a 4x8 with handlayed track and needs help with sorting out the wires.
Colby
Good morning
Happy MRRing
Good morning. The temp here this morning was 35 and is expected to reach a high of 65 today.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 2/19/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 30°FHumidity: 90%Dew Point: 33°F So Far TodayHigh: 40°FLow: 35°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 6mph SE High: 65 °FLow: 56 °F
Today High: 65 Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph this morning...increasing to 15 to 20 mph and gusty this afternoon.
Tonight Low: 55 Mostly cloudy. Warmer. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Ham and eggs today.
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Good Morning All,
9F this morning with the high to be in the twenties. We'll have fun loading the truck in this but at least it's sunny.
Hoople - The Bachmans' seem a good deal and the other place to look is Trainworld. I like the way the Bachmans run though the steam engines have troubles if the trackwork is off the least little bit.I have a light mtn a couple of 44 tonners and an EF4 electric plus a N&W J which is still in its' box. More to the point, if the solder keeps coming off, you are probably not getting the joint hot enough. What do you use for soldering, and what size and type of solder are you using? If you are trying to simply resolder an existing connection, try a little resin flux on the parts to make a clean secure join. Should be stronger than the wire used.
Paul - What sort of milling machine do you have at home? It must be nice to have a big enough barn for all that.
Since Bill was nice enough to top the page for us, I'll just have one of the donuts and a regular coffee. Time to get on with w..k see Y'all later. J.R.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
02-19-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hello Trackside Diners,
6.38pm EST, Currently 21c...
Well i've just got off the phone with John @ Horizon Hobbies (not to be confused with the Athearn distributor) and he is able to supply me 6 Turnouts and 8pcs of Tillig Flex track atleast it's a start. he can supply the rest of the order in late march, or four weeks away.
all for now
Oz
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Evenin' Chloe - just a hot cocoa to go, please. Thanks!
Paul, your hearing is fine, I just don't snore (at least, when I was married, my wife never said I did). Now your vision might be another matter, since my body is kind of hard to hide in that corner booth...
I got most of the mainline track nailed down this afternoon/evening - and I had to take up some because it was getting too close to the edge of the cork roadbed on one side. Found my extension cord, so I was able to use my Dremel to drill some additional holes for the spikes. I now have all the mainline (and the initial tracks off of it) all the way out to near the ends of the section. Feels better to get closer to done. Of course, I may have to take some of it back up for running feeder wires to under the board, but we'll see. Maybe I can carefully drill holes for the feeder wires from underneath and not damage the track. Guess I should start taking some pics again and post some of the progress, huh?
We had sunshine here today, and it warmed up to the upper 40's, which was nice! Supposed to warm up more tomorrow. Probably had a fair amount of the snow we had left, melting today. How's the white stuff up your way, JP or Dick or DerJohn and our N.S. crew? On the news tonight, they had about North Dakota's capitol regaining the world record for the most snow angels in one place (over 8900 people!) on the grounds of the capitol there.
That's about it for me - heading for bed now. Hope everyone had a good weekend (even those of us who have to go back to wk in the morning (like myself)).
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
A quick Good evening to all: Had a productive day on museum things yesterday, and again this p.m…Looks like a Historical Society for this area may be a go. It’s certainly needed, and anyway I’ve now got a volunteer who knows what he’s about to take good photos of all our artefacts.
Mike: Nice score on the camera.
Hoople: Sounds like you’re having fun! Abyss tracks, I like that. Have several around here. Wasn’t there a discussion some time ago about “How close to the layout edge are your tracks?” Some of mine are quite close.
JP: Spring training was on our TV news this evening. I had just the same thought…roll on summer!
Found this on a (London) Daily Telegraph web site the other day. It brought back fond memories.
KJ:
Yes, the Maitland and Vira will be more of a point to point operation.
TV in just a bit. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evening Gang: No MRRing today. I had to get Mary Ann's truck ready for it's inspection. for starters I had to charge the batteries. While that was going on I went to get the ridding mower out and checked over. One rear tire was flat and the battery was flat. So I pushed it over to the shop and aired up the tire. I had to wait for the truck batteries to charge up so couldn't put the charger on it. While I waited on that I started to clean up the milling machine. I finally got the truck started and put the charger on the mower. Found that the left turn signal blub was burned out. I got the mower started and Mary Ann started mowing the yard while I went to town to get a blub. Got back and replaced the blub and finished checking out the truck. We feed the cattle and got the chores done and I'm ready for bed. I'm tired.
Now I can't check my E-mail because PeoplePC doesn't recgognize my name. I am about feed up with them. I'll check on high speed tomorrow.
I guess my little trick last night worked, sorry JR.
Jim my hearing is so bad I didn't hear you over there in the corner.
I'm off to bed.
Good Night All
Good Evening All,
Watched the race though I lost interest once Stewart was out. It would have been nice to see Mark Martin win but that wasn't in the cards either. All together too much wrecking - maybe they should lose the restrictors and use the road course chicane in the back.
Been doing chores and molding plaster all day. In between I got some more sceicking in on my gravel operation. Now all I need to do is figure out the secret to putting the pics where I can post them - used to be so easy, now I can't even get them to load.
Hope the rest of you had a good day. CUL, J.R.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: pcarrell wrote:It's English Composition. They're teaching us how to write a research paper.English compisition? I can remember a lot of good daydreams around the time that I took that.
pcarrell wrote:It's English Composition. They're teaching us how to write a research paper.
English compisition? I can remember a lot of good daydreams around the time that I took that.
Yeah, it's actually English Comp. 2. Still boring though!
Afternoon all. A tall ginger ale sounds really good! It's a bit chilly this afternoon but the sun is shining. Hopefully we will soon see an end to this winter. I have some golf clubs calling my name.
Yes, the Maitland and Vira will be more of a point to point operation. Vira will have a granite quarry at the end of the line with a few business between there and Lewistown. I'm actually thinking of making this part of the layout only about eighteen inches deep.
In Lewistown I plan on including a version of John Allen's timesaver as a part of the track plan. I built a diorama of it to take to the office last November and it's been there ever since. That way I get to look at trains all day at work.
In Maitland I may put either a loop or a turntable. I have enough businesses there to require some good switching. I'm using XtrakCad and I'll post some ideas in the future to get your comments. I want to be sure this railroad is designed correctly. I made too many mistakes in the last one.
I was looking at the old layout this morning and I think that I can take it and turn it sideways to help me get the Lewistown part started.
Later...
JimRCGMO wrote: Hoople wrote: Got my engine fixed...running two engines is AWESOME!(within 2 mins. of running 2 trains I rear-ended one of them...)Hoople, you gotta watch that - hard to keep the trains running if one engine knocks another off! Congrats on getting things going so quickly, actually. Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hoople wrote: Got my engine fixed...running two engines is AWESOME!(within 2 mins. of running 2 trains I rear-ended one of them...)
Hoople, you gotta watch that - hard to keep the trains running if one engine knocks another off! Congrats on getting things going so quickly, actually.
JimRCGMO wrote: PC, how'd your class go today? Fill us in when you get back.
PC, how'd your class go today? Fill us in when you get back.
Well, the one I sat in through the morning was unbelievably boring as usual. It's English Composition. They're teaching us how to write a research paper. Now I've been in College off and on since 1990, and for the last three and a half years solid. I'm very close to my bachelors degree. If I can't write a research paper by now, shame on them for waiting until now to teach me! I've written a plethora of papers, all of them done to the standards that are being taught, but they insist that I must sit there and write another for this class. I suppose I should look at it as an easy grade though, huh?
Now, the class in the evening was great. I teach that one, so I have a lot more freedom. I enjoy that one immencely.
Good mid-morning all -
Just a quick stop in while I'm waiting for the laundry to dry. Then I'll be gearing up for the BIG race at 3pm...yes, the 500.
Dick / Ed - BTW, pitchers and catchers started their 1st workout sessions of the spring 40 minutes ago (10am) - which only means one more thing... Spring and Summer are not far off!
Ok all - I'm outta here.
BBL!
Morning all Not much happening around here . Took the cfo out for a ride in the new truck yesterday. Incase I didn't tell you I bought a Chevy silverado extended cab 2003 last weekend got a good price on it $10,800 including tax,titled and tags. so next 4 years my monly train money paying for a truck . needed a new one my old one has 200,000 + miles on it and just don't trust it on trip to PA. and all around here yes and plan to keep using it till it dies.
Not much train stuff going on but am starting to work on the room little by little finally. Working on some of the broken ones I've gotten in, in the past.
Well you all have a good day
Later
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Mornin., an irish coffee Janie,
Not to bad a day instore here, suppose to be sunny and a high in the mid 20's, sure hoping the roads are cleared tween here and Mattoon. Yesterday was bad, only ended up with a couple inches snow, but the highways were bad, from blowing drifting snow, out in the open areas. Alot of wrecks and slid offs, several people ended up in the hospital.
Their still predicting a warm up for this week [upper 30's to low 40's] and rain of course, mixed with snow at night.
Bryan, came over yesterday and he brought me a deal to good to pass up, a Praktica SLR 135 camera. Now I have a new toy to play with.
HOOPLE, glad you got that engine and got it going, I begining to worry bout you.
Got some play time yesterday on the layout even ran a couple trains. I'll be glad when I get some siding and that in, but that'll be a spell yet. Figure on some more time in there today before and after the swap meet.
Best get onto chores, hope ya'll has a good day
02-18-07
Hoople wrote:Got my engine fixed...running two engines is AWESOME!(within 2 mins. of running 2 trains I rear-ended one of them...)
Hey Paul, I was in the corner dozing - guess I've been hanging around Duke too long. Chloe, a hot cocoa please. Thanks, JR - I almost got TOP!
Paul, sorry I missed that the 10' (more or less) lengths were for your 7.5 RR. I thought you were building or adding to your inside layout. You better be careful not to forget to help with the farm chores, or Mary Ann might get after you. But if you can go LHS shopping, that sounds better than any chores I can think of.
Hoople - good to hear you used your waiting time productively.
I must have been dozing in the corner too much today - earlier, I was trying to find an article by David Barrow on his 'dominoes' layout planning ideas, but couldn't find it. Looked in the indices for the MRP issues that I have, but didn't think I saw it. However, when I got back home this evening, I found the article in the first MRP (1996) issue I started looking in, so guess it's a good thing I have a new pair of glasses coming in this next week(!).
Chloe, would you get me a hot fudge brownie sundae too, please? Thanks.
'Bout time for me to get back at the tracknailing again. See everyone tomorrow (if I don't get snowed in...
Blessings on the rest of your weekend,
Wow, slow night and down to page two well now..................... bump.
Spent the day making a tool box cart for the new trailer out of 2" angle. Came out ok. Mechanical department meeting for the museum after that, then dinner for my oldest son and my wife B-days. Still have managed to make up a couple more wall castings for the museum HO display so some work done.
Welcome back KJ. 13 x 23 in N should be enough for a real empire good going.
and see Hoople - patience is a virtue. Night All, tomorrow should be busy. J.R.