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Posted by inch53 on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:59 AM

 Mornin, coffee and a couple sweet rolls Zoe,

Cold again, hight today round 32 and cloudy. Did get a bit of snow last night, bout a 1/2 inch, nothing to worry bouts 

DICK, CSX owns the tracks that run out back and we do see those ethanol every once in while on there. There's an ethanol plant down in Palistine [bout 30 mile S] and I've seen cars there on the siding some times, but have seen a train load yet. Tracks are own by INRR..

There's a new soy-diesel plant going in down at Newton, so busness will sure pick up along the that, even for the IC which inter changes there. 

COLBY, hope that infection clears up in time for the meet. Liked all those engine pics

SUE, you do good work there, thanks for the photo.

 Plan on some wood working and layout time today. Did get the other retaining wall glued on yesterday, should be able to work on it some. Then I can put down some more track. best get ta chores, hope ya'll has a good one

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Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:44 AM

Good morning all, a little chilly here in Euclid today.

NA

32°F
(0°C)
Humidity:75 %
Wind Speed:W 15 MPH
Barometer:29.95"
Dewpoint:25°F (-4°C)
Wind Chill:22°F (-6°C)
Visibility:7.00 mi.

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:07 AM

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

01-24-07

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:51 PM
Just checking in before checking out for the night. G'night all.

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Posted by Cox 47 on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:07 PM
Evening all...Already got a skiff of snow here TV says could be bad in morning and Sallie has to go to Effingham early for her treatment...Just time for a cup of cocoa before hitting the sack...I got the LL FA I had been biding on tonite it looks like somebody might have painted it with a 5 inch house painting brush but I have a shell for it just hope it runs not like the last one I picked up....Well you all have a good nite......Jerry
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Posted by grayfox1119 on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:02 PM
JP: well, you certainly are going to start seeing more traffic...I am going to be on the watch here to see when they start running. The CSX main line actually runs through the south end of our town, about 2.5 miles from my house.
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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:33 PM

Good Evening Gang: I used some of the corragated metal on a mine building today. It's working out pretty well. I've made some as I went along after I ran out of what I had. The scribing tool works out very well. It takes only a couple of minutes to lay out a strip of the foil and run the tool down it. Then just mesure and cut a piece to length and layit on the building. The sticky side holds pretty good. I cover up the window and door openings and will cut them out later.

I'll have to go by Wall Mart tomorrow.

Well it's time for bed. Daisy the dog is already in her bed and asleep.

Good Night All

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Posted by JPowell on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:19 PM
 LSWrr wrote:

Evening all,

Wal-Mart Alert!

1:87th scale military vehicles, cars, caterpillar earth moving equipment, john deer tractors, and NASCARs.  $3 each.

 In stores now or online on their website?

 

Inch -

  It's ok. I can make it seem as though I do have, cause about 2-3 yrs ago, I did before the ex and I split and I moved into my apartment.

Later!

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Posted by JPowell on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:17 PM
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Good afternoon everyone......just got back froma great day with my daughter. It started this morning with a nice breakfast on the way to Tucker's Hobbies in Warren, Ma, my favorite LHS. I dropped a "C" note on some Atlas Steam Era series cars ( milk cars, tankers, box ). In talking with the owner, I found out that CSX is going to be running three (3) 80 tanker car trains a week from the midwest Ethanol refineries, to Worcester, Ma, where the Providence and Worcester RR will take the cars on to Providence, RI to the processing plant. My guess is, the processing plant will mix the Ethanol with Gasolene to produce E85 fuel, which is mandated for all cars to start using now. So that will increase the train traffic by three more long trains per week !!!!! Great railfaning shots!!

Dick -

  I know those trains will come through Syracuse as this is the WRL (Water Level Route (think NYC - I know...before some of you all to remember!)) part of CSX and this is how they get to Boston 90-95% of the time.

Later,

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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

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Posted by LSWrr on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:30 PM

Sue,

My girfriend loved the nekked cowboys swimming, she said they need "farmers tans" and they would be perfect.

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:20 PM
 gear-jammer wrote:

 pcarrell wrote:

Hey Sue, how about some pics of the water work?

Philip and inch,  This is a photo from yesterdays work.  I applied another layer today, but will need at least another that I will do on Thursday.  The cowboys are bathing.  I still need to paint the horses and find some bushes to tie them to.  I will do some water trickling down the face of the rock when the pond is at the right level.

What's for dinner?  How about meatballs on pasta?

Sue

Wouldn't hurt for those cowboys to get a bit more sun, would it? Wink [;)]

Seriously, it looks great!  That little mini-scene adds a lot of life to an area that most people skip over. 

I think one of them might need a handlebar moustashe though! Laugh [(-D]

Oh, and dinners on Jim!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:35 PM

You guys ever see a drive like this? This is the chassis of a 30 year old Bachmann I just converted to DCC. Yes, that's an open frame motor. What company made it? I have no idea. The chassis fram is two pieces, upper and lower, similar to todays Bachmann's, the drive line is somewhat similar to Athearn. Keep in mind that this was made in Germany in the 70's.

 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:15 PM

 pcarrell wrote:

Hey Sue, how about some pics of the water work?

Philip and inch,  This is a photo from yesterdays work.  I applied another layer today, but will need at least another that I will do on Thursday.  The cowboys are bathing.  I still need to paint the horses and find some bushes to tie them to.  I will do some water trickling down the face of the rock when the pond is at the right level.

What's for dinner?  How about meatballs on pasta?

Sue

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:26 PM
 LSWrr wrote:

Evening all,

Wal-Mart Alert!

1:87th scale military vehicles, cars, caterpillar earth moving equipment, john deer tractors, and NASCARs.  $3 each.

I found some 1:87 vans at Wal-Mart today on the clearance rack. 50 cents each! I snagged 4 of them. I like the graphic on one of them, the other three are getting the nail polish removere treatment tonight.

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:25 PM

Hey, Lee - on the Wally-World alert, check the cast metal aisle and their clearance area, too! Our Wal-Mart has cars for under $2, car with one of those 2-wheel trailers for under $3, and that includes some 55 and 57 Chevys, 50's Corvette, '59 Porsche convertibles and some more recent cars at those prices!

Better get down and check over your Wally's selection quick. Another Wal-Mart in our area had VW buses, too.

 

Blessings and a great afternoon (in about 5 minutes, getting better!),

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:18 PM
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Hey!  The Belfast & Moosehead Lake rides again!

 

Hey Sue, how about some pics of the water work?

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Posted by LSWrr on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:43 PM

Evening all,

Wal-Mart Alert!

1:87th scale military vehicles, cars, caterpillar earth moving equipment, john deer tractors, and NASCARs.  $3 each.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:12 PM

Good afternoon everyone......just got back froma great day with my daughter. It started this morning with a nice breakfast on the way to Tucker's Hobbies in Warren, Ma, my favorite LHS. I dropped a "C" note on some Atlas Steam Era series cars ( milk cars, tankers, box ). In talking with the owner, I found out that CSX is going to be running three (3) 80 tanker car trains a week from the midwest Ethanol refineries, to Worcester, Ma, where the Providence and Worcester RR will take the cars on to Providence, RI to the processing plant. My guess is, the processing plant will mix the Ethanol with Gasolene to produce E85 fuel, which is mandated for all cars to start using now. So that will increase the train traffic by three more long trains per week !!!!! Great railfaning shots!!

Then my daughter and I went to Palmer, Ma, the hotspot of New England, as she had never seen the old Palmer RR station which is now a very nice restaurant called the Steaming Tender ( what else right guys? ) Palmer was once the home of SEVEN railroads, now it home to FOUR railroads that cross the Diamond.

RYAN: Glad you found the info useful, keep us updated on what YOU find, it might help others down the road.

MIKE: Does CSX run near your location? If so, you might see those 80 Ethanol tanker car trains run east to Massachusetts. Thanks for thoughts on day with my daughter. As you can imagine, being my only daughter along with three sons.....well, lets just say she is the "apple of my eye".

We haven't seen Der John in the Diner yet today, I think they are frozen-in up there in Nova Scotia.

Later,

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:47 PM

Hey guys... The Patriots lost!!!!! %$#@ Colts!!!!!SoapBox [soapbox]Angry [:(!]Banged Head [banghead]Grumpy [|(]Censored [censored]Censored [censored]Censored [censored]Banged Head [banghead]Banged Head [banghead]SoapBox [soapbox]SoapBox [soapbox]

by hey I went to see the doc. I've had a signis infection for about a month & half. now I'm jacked up on meds... Hoopee... NOT!!! no swimming for at least 5 weeks.. maybe..Mischief [:-,] I'm still going to go 2 practis but for only an hour..poolwater can do wounders..Mischief [:-,] not that I drink poolwater all the time... I'm still going to swim meets. I need a 26.06 for my 50 freestyle to go to NEW ENGLANDS!!! BEST OF THE BEST swimmers from all over New Engalnd go if they have qualifying times.



 

now then I also got a haircut. nice and short. a Buzz cut if you ask.







enjoy these.....

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Posted by Cox 47 on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:00 PM
Howdy Everbody......We got sun shine here now but as Mike said maybe some snow flurries com'in.....I'll have a pork burger onion rings and a root beer float please ...thank you.....Ben working putting KD's on a couple of cars they look so much better than the old Rapedos...but they ain't cheap....I still have high bid on the bad paint LL FA ..got my fingers crossed...Jim...Hope you and your landlord get things worked out but if you don't maybe you'll find a new place with a great location to build that "dream" layout in....Hoople....Good luck on that auction better luck than I have....You all have a good one....Jerry
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Posted by JimRCGMO on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:49 AM

Just stopping by for a cup of mocha to go, Zoe. Looked like the TD might be slipping down page one, so bump!

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Posted by inch53 on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:15 AM

Just some coffee for me darlin

We got a little sun right now, guess I best enjoy it. Weather guesser's are talking snow flurries comin in tonight, maybe having an inch on the ground by Thursday morning.

JP,,, sorry, I was thinking you had a lay out. Photos still look great.

DICK,,, hope ya has a good with your daughter and the LHS

JIM CG,,,, sorry to hear bout the landlord problems, sure hope you get things worked out, or at least find a better place.

SUE,, looking forward for some photos of your water work.

FARGO,,, Yes DA BEARS made the big show, but don't count it as won. The same questions still come up as last Sunday, with how well they play. Like Grossman's record, will the defense hold the whole game or will they lay down the second half, like some of the other teams that's play the Colts. They may have got all the eggs in the basket, but they haven't made it home yet

 It might get interesting though if the BEARS play like the days of the black n blue leagues 

No kids today or tomorrow, so planning on some time on the layout and working on a wood project out in the shed. Ya'll have a good day.

inch

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Posted by Hoople on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:45 AM
Good morning all.
Pancakes and a large milk will do.
Well I got like what... A day and a half till the Zephyr's auction is over, and the Tsunami's is over. I still can't belive Empire Northern Models is selling it for $10.
What the heck, I'll go for it.
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Posted by SilverSpike on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:02 AM

Good Morning!

That hot breakfast really looks good, but I'll have some Kashi cereal with fresh blueberries, and getting the benefits of some high fiber and antioxidants with the fresh blueberries.

Thanks Jim and Dick for the wake up call! Sorry I missed the early birds! I've just been busy first thing this morning at work, researching an issue with one of our customer's access to the network.

I also want to thank Dick, LUPO, Philip, and James for all the great HDTV information. Your valuable experience is a great assistance for us with making the decision points on selection of a new HDTV. Also, thanks Dick for the email, lots of good info from the CES post show article, it will be interesting to get to see some of those new Samsung LED DLP models slated for release in QTR1 of 2007.

Cheers,

Ryan

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Posted by gear-jammer on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:52 AM
 pcarrell wrote:

That looks pretty good Jeff!

Chloe, an order of the eggs and bacon please!  Yes, coffee, thanks!

So whats on the calender for everyone today?

Coffee.  The bacon and eggs look great.

My layout plans for today include finishing my ponds (If this ends up being my last layer), ground goop for a talus slope, and primer on some cowboys and their horses. 

Larry is stopping by on  his way to Bellingham this afternoon. I had better show some progress on my little corner of the world.  Photo shots have been delaying progress.  Oh, well.  That happens.

Later,  Sue

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:32 AM

Morning Gang: Let's see. What's on for today. I'll be working on retirement. !0 days and counting.

JimCG: Bummer on that having to move. At least the layout is not nailed down.I hope that you fiind a place soon and it's better then this one.

Zoe, I'll go easy on Jim. Just a cup of coffee for me.

Well I'd better get back to the shop. One of the guys just brought me a little maching job. It'll make the time go.

See you all later.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:04 AM
More layout work, what else? LOL

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:51 AM

That looks pretty good Jeff!

Chloe, an order of the eggs and bacon please!  Yes, coffee, thanks!

So whats on the calender for everyone today?

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:14 AM

Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.

So nice of you to buy, Jim.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      1/23/2007 

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
 
Wind Chill37°F
Humidity79%
Dew Point35°F
 
So Far Today
High
43°F
Low41°F
Rain0.00"
Rain Rate0.00"/h
Gust8mph NNE
 
High: 50 °F
Low: 39 °F

Today  High: 50    Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 50. North winds around 10 mph.  

Tonight  Low: 40    Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows around 40. Light and variable winds.

Bacon and eggs for me today if you plaese.

 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:11 AM

Morning, Zoe - are those guys awake yet?Zzz [zzz] HEY JEFF! RYAN! WAKE UP!! Zzz [zzz] Maybe you could start an IV drip of some of your stronger coffee for them, Zoe - might stir them a little. Wink [;)]

Just a quick cup and a donut to go for me. That, and any and all Angel [angel]Angel [angel] from those so inclined. I may be moving on very short notice, and not sure where the rent and deposit for another place will be coming from (some creative juggling of bills, maybe). I'll just say that the landlord and I are having differences of opinions, and you know who wins those... Would like it better if he'd be a bit more flexible in working this matter out. Ah well,...Sigh [sigh]

Uh, Zoe, I may be doing dishes on a regular basis, since looks like breakfast is on me today. 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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