Good Morning All
Well life goes.
John thanks for the call last week as it is always good to here from you. And guys thanks for the concern. Right now I'm in "Siege Mode" as there is little I can do or get excited about these days. Not enough sleep to keep me enthused. And I can't spend time on the MR as Dad can't get to the basement yet.
The Renovation is coming but slowly. A new plumber showed up and within 8 hours the upper sewage system was installed. Now the kicker (Always one of those) The Building Code: States any more than 3 toilets on a line requires 4" pipe. I have 3". Building inspector should be in on Monday to make a ruling. If he says 4" then a trench may have to be dug through the basement through the carpet/sub floor though the middle of the Central division of the MESS! Yes you heard it!! Haven't told Dad yet as I don't want to concern him.
Anyway that's coming Monday. Until then I have 4 Tsunami's to install (2 medium and 2 heavy Steam) So that should keep my mind off of things, I hope.
Later Guys!
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
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/20/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 37°FHumidity: 60%Dew Point: 30°F So Far TodayHigh: 43°FLow: 42°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 11mph E High: 48 °FLow: 38 °F
Today High: 52 Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 45 Rain and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
I'll have the scrambled eggs 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
Fergie. Jeeze! I thought "Murphy's Law" was only in the States. How wrong can I be? Sorry you are having so many problems.
And 20 years from now, these will be "The Good Old Days". Yeah, right.
Best of luck.
Flip
Good morning,
Anybody seen JPowell recently?
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning everyone......the winds have been howling since last evening, the Montreal express is at 40-50 MPH !!! The storm that hit us on Friday, REALLY exploded when it got into the Gulf of Maine, as many of these stroms do. The Canadian Maritime provinces are getting pummeled!!! The storm grew so intense up in Canada, that the winds we are now getting down here in central NE are from the backside of this intense LOW pressure system. The wind chill here is now -11F ( -24C) !!!!
FERGIE: Did "Murphy" retire to Nova Scotia??? Man, you have had one run of tough luck. I don't know the layout of your house and plumbing system, but "if" you are told that you must increase the size of your main waste line in the house from 3" to 4", is there a way that you can run any one of the waste lines from one of the bathrooms across the basement ceiling and then drop down the basement wall? If so, you would only have to break the floor in that one location, cut in a "Y", and you should be OK.
GMT, Your rig is sure fancy. Here is a picture of our T800.
Paul, Was this the picture that you wanted to see? I will have some changes to it because we have some figures and our first layer of water has been added to the scene. It is just a small corner of our layout. Nothing else is that complete, but we need it finished before we can add the rickety bridge and track that will be in front of that area.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
LSWrr wrote: Good morning everyone, Well looks like most of the snow storm passed over me, only got about 3" instead of the 12" they predicted. Hopple: Well did you win?Lee
Good morning everyone,
Well looks like most of the snow storm passed over me, only got about 3" instead of the 12" they predicted.
Hopple: Well did you win?
Lee
Good afternoon Trackside Diners: Well, the power went out a few minutes after I left here last night, so we didn’t see all of Yes Minister after all. With the power, went the phones. First time that’s happened to us, ever. Seems a tree took the power line on to the phone cable and the power line burnt through the cable before power was lost, and the rain put the fire out.
A neighbour down the Passage road used his cell phone to call Aliant (the phone company) shortly after the phones went out. (SO Aliant knew about it, besides, the power company also told them when they fixed the power line.)
This morning another neighbour (elderly, widowed this year) used her cell to call in the fault. The FIRST RESPONSE of the repair service person to her was “It’s just your phone, so it’s your responsibility, how do you intend to pay for it? We don’t have a repair crew for the weekends, and will get on to it when we can”.
She called around other local numbers, and of course got nothing, so she knew it wasn’t just her. She called Aliant back and was told, “Oh yes, we’ve just been told about it!”…
What is wrong with this picture?
Knowing nothing of these developments, I phoned the repair service when we went into the Harbour (power and phones didn’t go out there, it was a tree local to us). I was told that, yes they knew about the problem, but it was phone cable, and the cable crews don’t work weekends. The “duty manager” was trying to round up a work crew”
On our trip back from the Harbour after lunch we saw the crew at work on a section of downed cable along the passage road. (We had not noticed that on our way in) Perhaps an hour later the phone s came back on. Aliant, “Here for you!”
Something large and dead must have washed ashore last night, there were 3 eagles and a bunch (too few for a murder) of crows down there fussing over it….just what we couldn’t see.
CapeJim:
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Jeff:
Now, as for trains being worthless, what do you think would happen if all rail traffic within US borders stopped for a month? For one thing, your big chain stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Sam's, not to mention the big hardware supply store and home improvement centers would have to close. Why? Their stuff comes in by truck, doesn't it? The trucks are loaded at the supply points and warehouses. How are those warehouses supplied? You guessed it, the railroads. Without the railroads, commerce, industry and trade in the US would quickly come to a stop.
Good to hear that the decoder sorted out the run problems on that old Bachmann.
fargo:
Colby, I know just where your coming from kids can really be rotten to each other. I grew up in the early 60's so trains were still cool almost all my freinds had a train set and a racing track also.
Paul: Thanks for the Soo locks info. 1000’, and narrow enough for the locks. Navigating one of those in high seas would be a challenge!
Interesting work with that corrugated metal tool. Now, would something like that be possible in N?
Dick:
The new upper limit for borderline hypertension is 135 for Systolic for non Diabetics.
but running out of time trying to move the mouse fast enough.....that is the price we pay for being over 50.
Mike: Interesting frost shots…what happens to the moles in all that wet one wonders. We have an interesting sea ice thing happens around rocks on the shore. Freezes at high tide, then the tide goes out, and the ice sags down the rocks in sheets. Happens a lot.
Sue: Do you take baggies to these seminars? A friend of ours was a Conference and Seminar speaker, and always packed baggies to take care of the other meals of the day!
That is one sweet piece of scenery on your layout.
Hoople: You’d love your Caravan if you ever had a Windstar!!!
Fergie: It never stops does it?
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Afternoon Gang: It's still raining here. The temp is in the high 30s or low 40s. With the dampness it feels down right cold. If it stops raining and I hope that it does for a bit this afternoon I'll have to get out and feed. If it doesn't I'll have to get out and feed and get wet and cold.
Lee: I thought about doing something like that but the thought of trying to braze a bunch of little scribs and keeping them alined didn't appeal to me. That's why I thought of useing the bolt. When I use the dental pick I use the back side that is curved and smooth. The pick end would tear the foil.
Sue: That's the picture that I was asking about. It looks very nice.
Der: The Poe lock handles the big boats that are 1000ft long 105ft wide and 64ft deep. There are 13 boats in this class. The largest is actually 1006ft long. They are talking about building a second lock for the big boats that would take a boat even longer. They are affraid that the Poe might become damaged and the 1000 footers would be out of business. As for being hard to handle in a sea they are so big that it maybe easyer then a smaller boat. Also since the Fitzgearld sank captains are being more cautious and staying in port during really bad weather.
I'm going to join Mary Ann on the bed and practice some more being retired. Just 11 days to go.
I'll see you all later.
Just checking in. I'll have steak and lobster tonight.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 morning, How is everyone this morning?
Mornin, an irish coffee Janie please,
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.
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
inch
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Good morning ! from Indiana.
01-21-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning
Happy MRRing
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, 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.
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!
Hey Chloe, I'll have one of those Irish Coffee's too please! Thanks!
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!
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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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.
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.
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.
How's this for a cloud?
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.
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
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
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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