JimRCGMO wrote:Fergie, you do pretty well with that handheld-and-driving photography stuff.
Fergie, you do pretty well with that handheld-and-driving photography stuff.
Not I, Try JR... I'm not into Drive By Shooting.
I have to ask "Where is RT these days?"
NEWS FLASH:
MESS has just aquired a Heavy Mountain for it's midnight fish service. Engine is undergoing MESS upgrades which will include Elesco feed water heater and a vanderbilt Long tender. This may take several months as the MESS is still undergoing renos
MESS has also aquired 8 semaphore signals and will be upgrading to CTC... someday.
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Morning
Thanks to everyone who commented on my AFJROTC uniform pic. I really like it. Also I never knew so many of you were part of a JROTC program during your high school years. (How long ago... is scary)
Morning dudes and duedettes!
Another day of rain, I know, drove through it the whole way into work this morning. YES! Hope it continues as predicted until tomorrow!
And I see some of you were up late last night, heck I fell asleep watching game 2 of the WS....
And speaking of the WS, Boston Red Sox pulled out another win from under their hats last night! Now it is off to the Mile High city for game 3, maybe I can stay up for all of that one!
Duke - Now...now...you're being a bit modest eh! Hey, I think breakfast is just about ready and some of Ed's OJ has just been squeezed.....
Dave - Have a safe trip up to Penn State! And thanks for all your service duties you have provided for the good ole US of A!
Philip - Prayers continue for you and your family!
Colby - Mighty bright and handsome you are there in the uniform, and thanks for the videos too!
Nice photo of the BNSF there J.R., and your progress shots are great! Is that one of those background backdrops you can order online?
Ouch Rob! Hope your foot is healing now, and best to get that Tetanus shot like the wife said, better to be safe than sorry!
JimRCGMO wrote:Ryan, excellent pics of your roundhouse work, and I'm sure getting the fascia mounted feels good. I forgot - did you put the inspection pits in all the roundhouse stalls, or just some of them?
Ryan, excellent pics of your roundhouse work, and I'm sure getting the fascia mounted feels good. I forgot - did you put the inspection pits in all the roundhouse stalls, or just some of them?
Jim - Actually only 4 of the 6 stalls have inspection pits in them, my original plan was to install 6 pits but it would have required too much work to pull up the plywood base sub-roadbed to cut them all out. The two stalls that did not get pits installed were due to one of the joists running directly under that section of plywood base. The pits were an after thought and I made the 4 cuts for the pits in place. Here is a photo of the 6 tracks and 4 pits just after I attached the cork sheets that will provide the base for the sheet styrene that will resemble the concrete flooring.
Mike - Thanks! And I see that BNSF is all over the place, nice pic too!
I added a double crossover switch to the layout plan and I like the look of it on paper. It allows for more flexibility in switching out of the classification yard and provides through traffic for either direction and for either the inner or outer main line loops.
The new design will necessitate the requirement to cut some of the existing track and a switch as well, but should not be too much trouble. This plan seems to correlate with prototype track schemes and for appearance sake will add an element that is currently missing on the layout.
The hard part now is to find an in stock item for a #6 Code 83 HO nickel silver double crossover switch. An email to Kim at Train Buddy is pending a reply at this time. As you can see from the image above (click image for a larger view) the double crossover will allow dispatchers to route through traffic on either side of the double crossover allowing for both east/west bound and incoming/outgoing traffic activity. This also gives the classification yard switcher more opportunity to make up consists and avoid fouling the main line.
I think it makes more sense that way, Space Mouse (aka Chip) made the suggestion in another post and I like the way it looks more prototypical!
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good Morning, Zoe - a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll, if you have any left. Thanks!
Fergie, good question on RT's whereabouts. Last I heard, I think he was job-hunting in the new town and either had found something or had good prospects of a job. But I could be off on that... We'll hope he's just been busy working, maybe. Would be nice to know, if anyone can fill us in. Congrats on the Mountain loco and the new signals, too. Which signals did you go with?
Welcome back, Gryphon and CPRail! Hey, weekend's coming and you guys can get back to the MRR'ing again.
Colby, put me down for a couple of years Jr. ROTC in high school (military academy) and one year of drill team my freshman year of college.
JR, I'd agree with Inch and Sue - your buildings look great, even if you think you want to do some more work on them. Keep up the good work on those!
Time for me to head on out - but it's Friday!! See all of you later.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning. I am finally going to tackle my layout table demo. I have been saying that I can't do anything MRR related due to a slightly messy room. What I meant was I was a little too lazy to do it...so now I am going to get started (after Schl of course!) This may also mean that my future FA-1 may have to be put off until after christmas ($$$).
JimRCGMO wrote: Welcome back, Gryphon and CPRail! Hey, weekend's coming and you guys can get back to the MRR'ing again.
Uhh...not really. I am VERY busy this weekend. I could make a list, but that would take a while. I think I'll try to sqeeze in a bit of MRRing (get the layout ready for demo(yeah, I know, I've been holding it off...alot))
Since I already ate, I'll pass for ordering
Oh who am I kidding! Vanilla milkshake please.
Morning all!
Cool this morning, but not as chilly as yesterday.
Man, I'll tell you what, I've just got to start getting to bed earlier. I am one tierd pup this morning. I am really draggin'!
Got lots to do this weekend to get ready for the big week next week. To top it off, my son has his first basketball game tomorrow. Due to his disabilities he's not real good (just being honest) but hopefully he'll get some gametime. That would make his day big time. He's just excited that he's on the team, but actual gametime would just be over the top! (I hope and pray he gets put in, even if it's just for a few plays!)
Inch, not going to make it to the show. See the paragraph above for the reason.
J.R., LOOKING GOOD!!! It's really getting that busy, downtown look.
So what's up with you all?
Good morning. Coffee, please.
We have another nice day. It should be in the mid 50's.
Ryan, I am impressed you even did the pits on the RH. I just painted ours black. It will be dark enough that the pit would never show.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
in a ATSF mug, please & thank you!
***Ryan, nice pits. At what point does one stop changing the layout (tracks) and enjoy what they have already built? Looks like reasonable changes from this amatures perspective.
***JR, looks like you got plenty accomplished on the layout. Cool looking structures.
Got the Tetanus shot, so y'all should be stuck with me a while longer. I'll be in the corner booth with my feet up, drinking coffee. Rob
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
jeff: I foind Handrails easy so far. ay them out, get a spray can, and have a "hay"day
Speaking of Cadets, Our Football team is going into Sectionals tonight. Wish us luck. (We're the Cascade Cadets :P )
-Morgan
Hey, everyone.....
Just thought I might stop by....
And I found out the hard way that steak does NOT go well with top ramen.........what a mess!!!!
Derrick Moore wrote: Hey, everyone.....Just thought I might stop by....And I found out the hard way that steak does NOT go well with top ramen.........what a mess!!!!
Ahhhhhh
All is right with the world again! It's been a while since I've had the honor of buying you all dinner, so please, order up!
JR Yup,you sure do have a lot of windows there and Ryan already asked about the backdrop. Looking good
Talk to you later
Duke
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Flashwave wrote: jeff: I foind Handrails easy so far. ay them out, get a spray can, and have a "hay"day Speaking of Cadets, Our Football team is going into Sectionals tonight. Wish us luck. (We're the Cascade Cadets :P )
refill, please & thanks!
***Philip, that makes perfect sense. Hope she does well in the meantime.
OK Folks, "N" question fer ya: Can anyone tell me if the motor from a Bachman DASH 8-40CW would be a reasonable replacement to re-motor an old Rivarossi BIGBOY with? Any suggestions (or who I should ask) will be apprecaited. Thanks! Rob
Yeeeeeeee - Haaahh!!!!!!!
Guess who got the paperwork done (well, all the most important stuff...)? My weekend is freed up for MRR'ing - YESSSSS!!!
The root beer floats and custard concretes and shakes are on me, Zoe! Yippee-Yippity-Do-Dah!!!
(...as he goes bouncing off the walls of the Diner...)
Late Afternoon Gang: I've been busy running around getting a few things lined up. The tractor is on hold for us. We'll be getting the discount on the package of tractor loader and bale spike. That will save us a bunch. I went out to Clark Gardens to get a mesuarment on the building that I needed. I was talking to the manager and he offered to get me the Twin Cities Hiawatha at cost. Two seconds later I said get it. It will be coming in one part a month for the next year or so. I figured I'd better do it before the tractor soaks up all my MRR money. I'll get started on designing the layout for there train building soon. I'm going to go with a double track main on the lower " today " part and a double track main on the upper " 1920s " part. I think that I can get 8 staging tracks on the bottom and 6 on the top. I don't know if we're going to do it in house or get a custom builder to do it. When the plans are done and finalalized I'll send out for bids.
Colby: I was a member of a rifle drill team as a CAP cadet. One night I took a bunch of BBs and put them in my left jacket pocket. When we fell in for inspection I got on the right of my buddy Don Crow. As we were waiting for the inspecting officer to get to us I started dropping BBs down the barrel of Don's rifle. When he brought the rifle to inspection arms and opened the bolt BBs went all over the place. The inspecting officer stood there with his mouth open, Don rolled his eyes to the top and I heroically avoided laughing. I did roll around on the floor after we were dismissed.
Well I have to get going. We need to get the cows out and check the water in the corral.
See you all later.
***Paul, CONGRATS on the new tractor. I'm envious! Will we get to see a pic of that Hiawatha soon? And what a riotous story, you little sneak.
During my sanity breaks today, worked on breaking in a few locos: re-motored Atlas 4-6-2 & 0-8-0, and a Bachmann 4-8-2. I was very surprised to discover those two old re-motored locos run way quieter than the new Bachmann. They also run smoother. It's only in the detail that I give the Bachmann top marks.
Something else, of ALL my locos, only one wants to derail...the big new Kato. Remind me to lay "flawless track" when it comes time to build the layout.
Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
Sue, you asked if any layout work has been done. Well, I harvested the local crop of spruce tree like false spirea this afternoon from my daily walk route. That’s this variety.
I have 427 of them to add to the ones from last year that I collected this Spring. They are now drying on an improvised table in the basement in line with a heating duct outlet. Hopefully the basement population of spiders will deal with any fauna that exits the flora. I didn’t see any, but there usually are some small insects in those flower heads.
Also, on the layout I deconstructed some. The loose talus I’d put down prior to staining I had second thoughts about. I think I over did it. Came to this conclusion on a trip to town yesterday past several rock walls and cuts. So, I’m going to use far less rock on the slopes, and, much smaller pieces overall. (the sizes are too large I guess as a hang over from my HO days!) I’ll probably keep one slope with larger rock, and put a cribbing wall between it and the tracks. That should look a bit more interesting anyway.
As to staining techniques, Kris and I were talking about this on that trip. Her suggestion (for which she wants a credit mention if it works ) is to darkly dye the glue mix with which the rocks are fixed in place, so the rock at the bottom of the pile is stained dark from the glue. That way it won’t matter that the glue has soaked into the plaster, which ordinarily prevents the castings taking up stain, leaving them white. Once they are fixed, the tops and sides can be stained in the normal way. My alternative is to pre-stain and dry the rock pieces in a variety of colours, and then place them on the slopes at the base of the rock wall in the colour configurations I’m after. I think I’ll try both methods in test lots at the workbench, and see which one I prefer.
PC: Will continue to pray through Nov.13th.
JR: That industrial section is looking mighty fine! Your re-location of the turnout from the grade crossing has worked out well too.
Fergie: Those semaphore signals are going to look très elegant!
Colby: Also I never knew so many of you were part of a JROTC program during your high school years. (How long ago... is scary)…My cadet time was in the equivalent of High School in England in the 50s (1953-1958) I was in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Cadet Corps. Actually, I started there, and half way through went into the RAF stream. That was pretty strong at that particular school as we had Douglas Bader (double amputee Battle of Britain pilot) and Guy Gibson (Dam Busters) among others as alumni. Best things about all that?… I learned to read maps, and to stand straight!
Also I never knew so many of you were part of a JROTC program during your high school years. (How long ago... is scary)
Ryan: I like the double crossover idea. As you say, it adds visual interest, and operating possibilities. The roundhouse floor is excellent.
by Sue...It will be dark enough that the pit would never show.
Rob: Hope the foot heals up quickly with no infections. Was it you mentioning laser treatment for warts? Could you tell me more, as the salicylic acid treatment isn’t an option with the diabetes. Plantar warts can be a nuisance for the whole household.
Jeff:
It was quite a trick painting the back sides of them.
Time to head for bed.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
What is going on here. We're on page 2.
Rob: It's going to be a while untill I have the entire, about a year infact. The tractor maybe the death of me. I've never spent this much on anything except our house.
Not much since this afternoon. We were planing on going to Midland for a train meet but wiser heads prevailed. Now I'll get to sleep in abit. I'm going to hit the drafting table tomorrow and get started on the plans for the display layout for Clark Gardens. I think I may use 3/4 inch scale because Walthers has track pieces in that scale in the catalogue. I know that someone is going to say " Why don't you use Cadrail or some such." I have Cadrail but have never been able to figure out how it works. I'm not real computer literate and have little patience for the learning curve. Pencils and paper I understand. OK, I'm an OF.
Well bed is calling.
Good Night All
Paul W. Beverung wrote: What is going on here. We're on page 2.
We were waiting for you! Where you been?
der5997 wrote:Sue, you asked if any layout work has been done. Well, I harvested the local crop of spruce tree like false spirea this afternoon from my daily walk route. That’s this variety. I have 427 of them to add to the ones from last year that I collected this Spring. They are now drying on an improvised table in the basement in line with a heating duct outlet. Hopefully the basement population of spiders will deal with any fauna that exits the flora. I didn’t see any, but there usually are some small insects in those flower heads. That is a good idea to pick the spirea daily on your walks. I waited too long on the butterfly bushes, so my crop is a little small. It takes a lot longer to make Aggro trees.Ryan: The roundhouse floor is excellent. by Sue...It will be dark enough that the pit would never show.…Ah yes, [size=5]but you know they are there![/size=5]
That is a good idea to pick the spirea daily on your walks. I waited too long on the butterfly bushes, so my crop is a little small. It takes a lot longer to make Aggro trees.
Ryan: The roundhouse floor is excellent.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I do know that it is there, but the angle of our RH won't show. I am ok with that. So is Larry.
Philip, Sorry that you wife has to wait. Will she be ok without her meds for 2 weeks?
Sue
Good Evening All,
Just dropping by for a nightcap (as in milk and cookie) after an evening spent putting windows in the biggest of the backround buildings. I will also add a couple of pieces of flooring as it has the loading dock doors rolled up and you can see in even with the backing on the building blanking out most of it. Some cardboard and concrete paint should take care of that.
Thanks to all for the kind words and encouragement. To answer some of thquestions, yes the upper backdrop is from backdrop warehouse, and the lower city scene is cut from a realistic backdrops photo sheet. I also have some Walthers backdrop bits in places where the horizon is more distant and the hazy cartoon effect is more appropriate.
The industrial buildings are bashed from multiples of Korbers Acme Nut and Bolt and City Classics Smallman St warehouse. There is also a Walthers backround building in there somewhere. The smaller buildings in the front by the elevated track are the DPM buildings I've started so far. I have several more of those plus a couple of City Classics five story buildings and some more Walthers though it seems that I'll run out of space long before I run out of kits. Good eyes Der and yes I'm much happier with the turnout gone from the middle of my busiest street. The middle distance is still not fully thought out as far as the mix of buildings and sidings is concerned. After beavering away all summer and not getting that much done you'd think I'd be dismayed at Rod Stewarts layout featured in MR, but quite the opposite. He tours more than I do and if he can find time maybe I can too. And the work he does is awesome. Sure, like my friend Sam he had help for some of it, but he did a ton of work himself and kudos to him. The level of detail is incredible as is the scope of the layout itself.
Speaking of musicians, cue the Beach Boys "All Summer Long" and I'm outta here. CUL,J.R.
Evening All!
Waiting on the Eddie Stubbs classic country request show to start on WSM online but still the Grand Ole Opry is playing-Eddie's show should've started 1/2 hr ago
Anyways, Phillip, if the offer to buy is still on, Thanks but just came back a little while ago from my Mom's retirement dinner, almost a year after she retired. (health issues over the past year prevented her dinner till now, but still pretty good track record for someone 78 years old (& 30 years at the public library where I continue to work) Her spirits were excellent considering her dog passed away suddenly Tuesday morning. She was surrounded by her friends/co-workers past & present, & I haven't seen her looking that good & very animated (constantly interrupting things to tell a story-now I know where I get it from ) in quite awhile-that made me feel a LOT better about her spirits.
Interesting day at work though-& something that thoroughly ticked me off. I was inside the building when I thought I heard a dog yipping & barking. I looked outside, & found a dog tied to the handrail to the staff steps. I found he had no collar, just tied to the handrail with a piece of cheap thin rope. No license or ID either. (also should mention it was raining)
Pretty dog, seemed to be a Rottweiler/Shepherd mix with a slight bit of Chow mixed in. (blue tongue) Friendly but shy fellow, & several co-workers came out, as well as the head of the Children's Dept.(& a BIG dog lover as we all are) She called our local animal control, & then paged inside for an owner, but we thought it was abandoned. 5-10 minutes (!) after the page, a lady strolled outside & said, "Oh, that's my dog." (she'd been casually browsing for movies in our audio visual dept) & we scolded her for leaving the dog in the rain & mentioned the fact her had no collar or ID & she casually responded that "his license was at home, he was an inside dog, but he was just fine there." Her aloofness just pushed my buttons, & I blew up at her, & told her that if she EVER did this again, I would personally see to it that she lost custody of her dog to a GOOD home. She started to say in a snotty tone, "You people in your perfect world don't have anything better to..." & I went in slamming the door before I lost my temper. Animal Control was called to say the owner reclaimed custody, but I would like to have seen our AC officer show up who is a dog lover too-in a nutshell she would've been cited for no visible license, not to mention the fact where/how he was left-our AC officer would've made what I said to her look like a love tap.
Anyways, EDDIE's show playing now so gonna listen a little & then head for zzz. Sorry for the folks, but seeing animals mistreated makes me see red. I gave my fiance's dogs some extra hugs tonight when I got home.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
10-27-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Mornin,, coffee, a short stack and a couple eggs Janie.
Still got rain, but it's suppose to end sometime today they think. Hope so, we're already more than 2" over the monthly average and you folks down south are mighty thirsty.
Worked on wiring the turnouts some more last night, managed to fry a switch, don't know why yet, but I've got another old one on hand. So I can try it again without making a LHS trip.
GMTRacing wrote: inch - I don't have your touch on the moving pics, but the shot i did get was while driving solo mid morning. The second one was blocked by a truck on a side road.
inch - I don't have your touch on the moving pics, but the shot i did get was while driving solo mid morning. The second one was blocked by a truck on a side road.
I'm not that good; I just never post the others is all.
PC,,, I understand, maybe next year. Hope your son does well at the game.
JERRY,, hope things go well with Sally. I know you can't wait to eat her cooking again.
PAUL,, what brand tractor you folks getting. Luved the story, I take it, the officer didn't get to upset.
Best get round, think I'll work on wiring awhile afore starting chores. Hope ya'll has a gooden n stay safe.
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