JimRCGMO wrote: Oops - my bad. Jeff, I had thought of writing it earlier (but obviously, didn't) - liked your clouds too. Is that all done freehand (by yourself)? I know one of our guys in the local MRR club has some kind of mask he uses (I think he holds it back from the backdrop a bit, and does it with spray paint, if I recall). But yours look better than his do, for sure! Back out of here for me - maybe see everyone in the morning!Blessings, and may the team of your choice do well!Jim in Cape Girardeau
Oops - my bad. Jeff, I had thought of writing it earlier (but obviously, didn't) - liked your clouds too. Is that all done freehand (by yourself)? I know one of our guys in the local MRR club has some kind of mask he uses (I think he holds it back from the backdrop a bit, and does it with spray paint, if I recall). But yours look better than his do, for sure!
Back out of here for me - maybe see everyone in the morning!
Blessings, and may the team of your choice do well!
Jim in Cape Girardeau
BTW, here's the latest.
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Evening gang: Nothing for me ladies, It's been along day and I'm too tired to eat.
We went out to son John's place and layed out the first piece of his live steam railroad. He wants to get the road crossings in before the drillers come. They will have to build ones that will support there very heavy trucks. Better them then him.
Jeff: Nice job on the clouds. They really look good.
Well I'm off to bed.
Good Night All
Evenin all, half time, a barley pop Floe,
Jim, yes I am in kind of a good mood, guess I'll have to buy for RYAN when he comes. Sorry feller, but it wasn't the way the Saints played [they played a good game] as much as the weather the 2'nd half.
Jerry, Don't think they have every thing lined up for the fair yet, but their close.
Back to the train room, now if the Pats can win........
inch
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Jim, Good for you, my GF works at the Red Cross (She's a vampire, LOL) I never knew how short they are this time of year.
JPowell, did you get the pictures of the engine shop I sent you?
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Evening, Chloe - I'd like to try that Italian shrimp that Jeff has, please, and a glass of wine, too. That shouldn't set JP's VISA back too much, right?? Thanks, JP!
Not much MRR'ing this afternoon - having to straighten, reorganize, and toss some of the clutter. Down side is, I only have until next Monday (a week or so away) to get it to the landlord's liking (and I'm not totally clear how picky he's gonna be). As Bill the Cat would say... ppfffffttttt!
Yesterday morning I got the car's oil changed, and then in the afternoon had 'em drain a pint out of me (local Red Cross blood drive). I did get some more cars and stuff for the RR yesterday, too - three undecorated P2K 10K gallon tank cars (Timesaver kits), a couple of Ernst re-gearing kits for my Athearn 4-axle engines, and an Athearn truck and trailer (but not as nice-looking as either Sue's or JR's).
Sue, I would have to about the remarks on your “l’il ol’ corner”(not trying to start a ditto tree!) - looks great! Nice truck, too (though I know next to nothing about them). If you do the rest of your layout like that corner, it'll be excellent!
Dick, the weatherguessers here hadn’t completely made up their minds what we were supposed to be having, but last night’s predictions were that north and west of Cape would be getting a mix, and we probably might or might not get anything - depending on how the storm tracks! Springfield, MO (and the southwestern corner of Missouri) probably got hammered again. They’re still thawing out the ice and such from the last go-round. It turned out that the night was barely cold enough for the little snow we had to stay (and it melted before I got up this morning). So we lucked out - compared to some of you east of us.
Ryan - my condolences on the Saints' game. I noticed that Mike isn't broken up, since he was for da Bears... On your Dremel question, are you sure you want to get a cordless model again? I’m still using my 1970’s vintage corded one and it runs fine (variable speed). But then again, it was sitting in my storage unit for about a dozen years until couple of years ago when I got my MRR stuff out. I know some people like using the flexible shaft, too.Fergie, sorry to hear about the code hassle. I hope you’re on good terms with the building inspector. Maybe you could just *happen* to be grilling an extra steak when he/she comes by, and see if he/she wants to stay for dinner? (Just a thought - didn’t say it was that good of one...)DerJohn, the pics of your ‘sea foam’ look pretty good! I might have to track down your directions page and save ‘em for if I ever get the urge for some strong waves. But then again, I’d have to change the locale of my RR, since I doubt that there’s much seafront in the Four Corners area of the Southwest... Oh, on that track plan, my idea was that that section would be at one end of whatever plan (unless the main continued past the end of the yard to the right). Had the turntable there to turn any steamers, and would use the yard for any re-arranging of the freight cars and caboose for the outbound. I’m just playing around with the idea so far. I think that section’s about 2 feet by 8 feet for HO scale. Since I started this yesterday afternoon, I toyed with putting a second line in there so the main could continue off to the right (and also so the yard would have a switching lead). Here's what I came up with:
But as I said, just an idea. I'm doing like some others have, and will get around to adding other modules as I get more space (like maybe after I move to a new place).
Blessings,Jim in Cape Girardeau
Just working on more clouds. Dinner time! I'll have Italian shrimp.
BTW -
Since I have TOTP honors, please take it easy on my visa card!
Thanks and Enjoy!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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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
Good evening all -
Thought I'd stop in for a quick bite to eat while I'm watching Da Bears take it to the Saints. My prediction is for Da Bears v. the Colts. Speaking of Da Bears, looks like they just scored their 2nd TD of the 4th qtr - 32-14!
Anyway, on to some real stuff....such as trains! I finally got around to uploading my photos to my railimages account and thought I'd share some with you all. Not sure off the top of my head when I took these, but I'd venture to say it was late Oct / early Nov 2006. So, sit back, relax and enjoy!
Well, time for me to get some things done around the apartment before I head back to work tomorrow. Looks like the Drew Brees and the Saints just threw an interception.
Take care!
Went out for a drive today with my daughter in the snow (her first time driving in the stuff). We drove up and down the CSX main and we saw something very unusual! There were NO wrecks or derailments! I know.....SHOCKER!
We did see a couple of trains though.
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Afternoon, a barley pop please girls,
Well Mother made it home ok, said the roads were better the farther south she got. You'd think with Springfield being the state capital, they would atleast clear the main roads, NOT. We had more snow [4"] down here than them [3"].
JEFF, liked the clouds, they look better than some of mine. Thanks for the pic to.
DICK, don't think there's much chance of even 50 cents let alone some prize for my photos. But, there might be some-one that likes them.
Bout time for the game, I'll be in the corner with the big screen. I see the girls have the shrimp, chips and all the other goodies out already. See ya'll laters after the Bears win
Good morning to one and all. That French Toast http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/jeffrey-wimberly/french-toast.jpg looks mighty fine this morning, thanks Jeff, and a JR Regular too please Zoë.
Happy to report the high tide mark worked out well, just grungy enough to be there. When it came to it, I didn’t have enough height on the rocks etc. to get a decent differentiation of high water marks between the two scenes. Oh well. Should be able at last to get some foam and spray actually on the layout this afternoon. (Unless Kris has undisclosed plans )
JR:
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Jeff: Didn’t have a proper filter for the camera, so this will have to do Like the clouds, looking good.
Dick:
It was so cold that the mice in the wood shed had ear muffs on.
Smells like lunch is cooking nicely, so I’d better get ready.
Enjoy your games people…
TTFN
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
How's this for a cloud?
Good morning everyone, sunny and cold here this mroning, only 13.8F at 10am with a wind chill of 3F. Last night the winds howled at over 35mph at 10F giving us a wind chill of below -30F. It was so cold that the mice in the wood shed had ear muffs on.
Today we have two big games to watch, in the first one Mike and Ryan and Cape Jim, RT & PC will all be biting their nails. In the 2nd game, it will my turn to bite nails along with J.R. and Lisa.
GMTRacing wrote: Dick - how are you doing with the weather now? Hope we don't all get closed in next weekend. we're heading out to the big E Saturday morning with the rest of the crew setting up Friday. I have two clients coming out from Pittsburgh and Cinncinatti Frioday and my friend who's driving up is on duty that day as well so it'll be the Dawn Patrol 02early Sat.
Dick - how are you doing with the weather now? Hope we don't all get closed in next weekend. we're heading out to the big E Saturday morning with the rest of the crew setting up Friday. I have two clients coming out from Pittsburgh and Cinncinatti Frioday and my friend who's driving up is on duty that day as well so it'll be the Dawn Patrol 02early Sat.
J.R. : I am very concerned about this coming weekend. We are now in a normal east coast Winter weather pattern...COLD in January!! And the pattern will hold for at least two more weeks. We also have a good potential for a coastal storm on Thursday in Friday....ya right, just as you and many of the guys have to bring your layouts and equipment to West Springfield to the BIG E!!!!! This "could" be the first big storm of the season for us.
DER JOHN: The ocean looks calm up in the harbor, you may have some great ocean pictures to take by next weekend if we get a Nor'easter, keep the batteries charged!
MIKE: Very good photos Mike, if you keep this up, you might get a Pulitzer prize in 2007, then we could have a great celebration in the Diner!!
Time to feed the woodburner, don't want to use any more oil than necessary.
At one time, I modeled in N scale, about 1984-87. I had several locomotives, including two EMD SD's. One was an EMD SD40-2, the other, I really didn't know what it was. It's been sitting on top of my TV for all these years, unidentified. Yesterday, I decided it was time I found out. I entered the roadname and number into my search bar. I really didn't expect to get anything definative on it, we all know how a lot of models are. They'll have a number that belonged on a completely different type. I was going through the links that popped up and one left no doubt whatsoever as to what type my model is. There was a pic of the locomotive, complete with number. It's an SD7.
pcarrell wrote: inch53 wrote: WINTERs here, got up to bout an inch on the ground already. Guesser's are 3 to 5, dependiing on who you listen to. Mother will have a fun trip coming home from Springfield today. They were forcasting 6" up that way.Its here alright!Looks like old man winter woke up!
inch53 wrote: WINTERs here, got up to bout an inch on the ground already. Guesser's are 3 to 5, dependiing on who you listen to. Mother will have a fun trip coming home from Springfield today. They were forcasting 6" up that way.
WINTERs here, got up to bout an inch on the ground already. Guesser's are 3 to 5, dependiing on who you listen to. Mother will have a fun trip coming home from Springfield today. They were forcasting 6" up that way.
Its here alright!
Looks like old man winter woke up!
I told you not to yell so load now you went and woke him up thanks a lot PC
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Hey Chloe, I'll have one of those Irish Coffee's too please! Thanks!
Good morning, guys and dolls. MORE COFFEE,Please.
[why the heck does it double space? Ding -dang blast it?]
J.R.-How do you know about 'Mensch's?
Sue- Yep,nice rig but the layout looks better.
Jeff-Your high is about our low. Reverse the humidity numbers for us. We are over minus 12 inches in rainfall. Todays high about 74.
I'll be going to Deland for the train show and sale. Ya'll behave and have a grand day. Prayers for all.
Flip
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/21/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 High: 59 °FLow: 47 °F
So Far TodayHigh: 52°FLow: 48°FRain: 0.50"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 20mph WNW Wind Chill: 46°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 46°F Now through 07:15 AM CST January 21, 2007
High: 62
Through 7 AM...an area of light to moderate rain will cover much of coastal southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana...and all of the coastal waters...generally along and south of a line from Kountze to Alexandria. Rainfall amounts of up to 0.25" are possible as this area of rain moves off to the northeast at 40 mph.
Today High: 62 Cloudy with scattered showers. Not as cool. Highs in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Tonight Low: 45 Cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds becoming north around 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Could somebody send me a picture of the sun? I've forgotten what it looks like!
I'll have the french toast today.
Good morning
Happy MRRing
Good morning ! from Indiana.
01-21-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Mornin, an irish coffee Janie please,
FERGIE, sure hope you have some luck on Monday with the sewer. Me and my FIL have done Dick's idea before and got by with it. Hope every thing else goes better. You folks have a time of it.
SUE, nice looking Kenny you've got there. Also a great looking layout.
GMT, you've got a nice rig too. You can sure haul alot in it
DER, we have problems like that with the power company here. There's only 4 houses on this end the line and we don't count for much, I guess. Really liked the ocean pics to. I take photos of scenery, just for ideas too. Some times they help.
Got some pics from last Sunday over at Cline orchard crossing.. They were getting ready to switch some grain cars into Little Johns. They had can in from the east, but I didn't get over there in in time for that. First one is them comeing up the E. end to recouple
Next their taking off the EOT light
Easing up to couple
Every thing hooked up, now headed back east to clear the switch
Would have stayed and got some pics of them switching, but it was time for DA BEARS game
No big plans for the other than watching the Saints and Colts get beat and some layout work. Best get ta chores, hope ya'll has a good one
Good morning, How is everyone this morning?
Good Evening All,
A nice glass of red would do me a treat just now thanks.
Fergie - Please may you draw a "mensch" when you get inspected and not a by the book public employee.
Sue - The truck is gorgeous, but the "little corner" of the layout is OMG . The rock work is super! If you get the rest of the layout to the same standard you rate a magazine article for sure. I always envy you guys with the big trucks as you pass me struggling up hill at 40.
Jerry - so you keep cutting it and it's still too short? That's why they make shims and glue my friend.
Hoople - 4 days is way too long to wait don't you think? Good luck at any rate and watch for snipers. (Not me though I already have my MRC up and running.)
Jeff - thanks for the inspiration - I have a whole backlog of older loco's I want to put decoders in but I'm still laying track and haven't gotten to it yet. Don't think a Tyco with decoder is worth it though, no? Now that you have the new backdrop in are you going to do a flat to cover the A/C unit? A nice screened power plant heat exchanger would fix you right up.That surf and turf loks good - since it's on you.... I'll have the same TYVM.
Der - Don't you just love the convenience of modern privatized communications. Would they be as mellow and laid back if you took the same time paying your bill? "It's only cable and I don't pay bills on the weekend or odd or even calander days." Hope you have your house nailed down well. that wind looks wicked. How do you plan to do the spray that is three feet off the wave crest
Spent the morning welding and painting the gearcase for the SW-8 at the museum. Took it over, but didn't try to fit it as the wind was howling and i get frozen all to easily these days. Did make and fit winterization panels for the RS-1 and secured a couple of blanking panels i made for the RS-11 (1402). Except for a couple of photographers and our tour guides everyone else was smart enough to stay indoors. At least got some layout time in at home working on the gravel pit and tracks. If I get ambitious I'll try the new bridge I want to make to replace my foam viaduct. All for now,J.R.
Good evening folks: While taking photos of the surf this morning, I happen to have got a shot of one of the eagles that was interested in whatever it was died just over the crest of that shingle beach. …I’ll be doing my surf looking from the seaward side, so I’m not sure just how much use the photos Ihave will be, but they give me something to go by.
“New Tricks on TV in a few minutes, so I’ll say goodnight, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
Evening all!
Man, I've been on the run all day!
Took my daughter to get glasses (to the tune of $250!!!) and shopping, then came home to grab my stuff for teaching tonight, then off to class. Got back to the house and made some homemade enchiladas and now it's time to CHILL OUT! Wow, what a day!
And Jeff, since you're buying....I'll have the same!
Just checking in. I'll have steak and lobster tonight.