in a Southern mug this morning, please & thank you!
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY", RYAN. What a great day to have a birthday fall on. May all you wicked wishes come true. (and no, I don't have to wear a costume anymore to frighten people. )
***Mitch, Arabians are beautiful horses, and often quite pricey. You can see our horses by going to http://www.cederstrand.com/ and clicking on the "Cederstrand Farm" link (lower left). Our Paint horses will be first on the list. I have not updated any of our pages in a coons age but will begin uploading changes before the year is out.
Have a safe and very Happy Halloween folks.
pcarrell wrote: Hey Ryan.......
Hey Ryan.......
Happy Birthday Ryan.
I don't mean to crash the party with this but umm.. If you could read the first paragraph of this news story and tell me what you think. and BTW Lewiston-Auburn does not have passenger rail service. If it did then you would be seening many pics of it.
[Passenger trains may roll in L-A
January 13, 2000
Passenger rail service linking the Twin Cities with Quebec, other New England states and beyond could be a reality by 2003.
Transportation Commissioner John Melrose unveiled his vision for the service, which would include local commuter runs, to area legislators Wednesday.
Melrose is asking for $10.5 million from the state's $250 million surplus to get the wheels turning. That would cover costs to bring Amtrak from Portland through Yarmouth, New Gloucester and into Auburn.
Another $7.5 million will be needed to upgrade tracks through Oxford County and on into Canada. The second round of funding would be sought in the next legislative session.
Besides enhancing transportation, Melrose said the rail corridor, much of it paralleling Interstate 95 and parts of the Maine Turnpike, would spur development in already built-up areas and would discourage urban sprawl.
"I'm most enthusiastic about passenger service," said Owen Wells, president of the Portland based Libra Foundation. The October Corp., Libra's real estate management company, has an option on the former Pineland Center in New Gloucester. Libra plans a multiuse development on Pineland's 200 acres that would mix for-profit businesses with nonprofit health and social service providers.
Wells said Libra, which spends about $15 million annually on projects embracing the philosophy of its founder, the late philanthropist, Elizabeth Noyce, would put up a depot for Pineland rail passengers. He encourages commuting by rail, he said...
Wells wasn't the only person hearing music in a train whistle.
Matt Jacobson, (former) president of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad, called it "a good plan for Maine."
Melrose sees St. Lawrence & Atlantic playing a pivotal role in the extension of passenger rail service here. Amtrak, or another carrier, would use SL&A tracks from Portland to Auburn and on to Quebec. Jacobson said the line's tracks run to about 30 miles east of Montreal.
St. Lawrence stands to profit from the expansion, he noted, both with state funding to upgrade tracks to meet passenger service needs, as well as from payments from carriers using the rails.
More importantly, though, he said, the region is positioned to profit from the resumption of passenger service. It means commuters would have an option to increasingly congested highways, it would likely bring tourists to the region and other economic spinoffs in the form of businesses and services could be expected.
Melrose, too, saw the benefit of the commuter rail to easing highway congestion. Now, he said, 60,000 to 70,000 vehicles travel the highways next to the rail corridor. People in those cars would soon see the passing trains "as a moving billboard" offering an alternative to stop-and-go traffic, driving in foul weather and fighting for parking spaces.
Melrose said Maine is cooperating with New Hampshire to extend service from Portland to Nashua, then to Lowell and Worcester in Massachusetts. From there passengers could connect with service to Connecticut, New York, and points south, or Chicago and the West.
Those connections are needed, he said, because the Boston-to-Portland line will end at the Hub's North Station. Trains to Connecticut and New York and elsewhere leave from Boston's South Station. About a mile with no tracks separate the two terminals.
The $10.5 million Melrose seeks from this year's state surplus would pay for tracks and improvements in the Portland area, building a trestle across the Back Bay and laying line to connect with St. Lawrence & Atlantic's tracks near the B&M Bean plant. Some of the money would also pay for a train station in Yarmouth Village. Melrose envisions rehabilitating the village's historic existing depot for passenger use.
From Yarmouth the L-A route would head through New Gloucester with a stop at the proposed Pineland station and head into Auburn, possibly at an intermodal facility near the Auburn-Lewiston Airport.
From there a so-called "light line" could transport commuters to a terminal in either of the Twin Cities.
Melrose said he sees the airport location as a prime spot for the switch to the "light line" because air commuters could take advantage of the rail service as well.
From L-A, the commuter train would follow SL&A tracks into Oxford County and on to Quebec. ]
I'm heading out soon from work and wanted to thank everyone for the wonderful BD Party in the Diner today......
Duke...wake up.....it's time to go....oh...and....who is that on the ceiling?
Anyways...you all have a great Trick or Treat tonight!
"Thank you very much.....thank you very much....that's the most wonderful thing anyone's ever done for me.....Thank you very much.....thank you very much....
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Doh! Slipped by me!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!
refill, please & thank you.
The assorted train cars came today (from the Eb-- place), including that little transfer caboose The frame is in bad shape, but the main body is fine. Will pick an old abused flat car to meld it with and perhaps steal some railing from that Bachmann diesel I lost the couplers & plow for. May as well put some of the remaining parts to good use, right? But won't start this project for at least a week. Priority #1 is to get some serious work done at the easel first.
Hi Gang:
Frank: I got a brand new Case International JX80 4 wheel drive with cab A/C heat and a loader. I looked around for a used tractor but they are scarce as hens teeth.
Yea the up grade will sure make life easyer and let me get things done faster. The main reason we got it was to pull the new baler our son bought. Those big round baliers really make the dust fly. After doing the baling this last week he was really in bad shape. I can't even watch close for the dust. Now I'll be able to do the baling also.
Actually I've probably got enough MRR stuff stashed away to last untill the next ice age.
TTFN
Good Evening All,
Just stopping in for a quick coffee on my way out to the museum. Did want to wish Ryan a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many more. CUL, J.R.
MY 761ST POST!!!!!!!!!!!
Cloe-Zoe get the cake and PIE for the birthdayboy!!
ModelTrainLover wrote: MY 761ST POST!!!!!!!!!!! Cloe-Zoe get the cake and PIE for the birthdayboy!!
Way to set goals.
Happy cake day Ryan.
duuuuuddddeeeee. Too much candy....
-Morgan
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
Cupcakes? I'm in...for 6 of em! And some coffee to chase them down with.
Good evening everyone, a beautiful Fall day today, hit about 59F under clear skies and low humidity.
Is it my imagination, or does it seem that more and more companies are producing diesels rather than steamers? All the adds that I see lately are 90% diesel...hmmmmmmmmm.
RYAN: Happy birthday young man !!!! One year closer to 50!!! Then you can join the AOF group. lol
COLBY: I love the idea of passenger service extended to Canada. I would hope there would be a connection near Calais, ME that would run through New Brunswick and on to Nova Scotia, that would be a nice ride.
Bon Soir
Sure has been awhile, figured I'd pick some brains on a car I picked up the other day. Went to a swap meet in Ft Wayne, In, and found what I thought was a 54' P&LE open gon in jade green. Amyjo had just picked me up two other P&LE gons in black and yellow at another table, so I thought this would fit in quite well. After I got it home, I checked it out and it is quite a bit narrower than a mill gon, it has some type of cradle molded in the interior, and about 8 scale feet from the ends it has large rounded nubs, they put me in mind of an auto-dump coal hopper. I checked on the bottom to see if there was a name of the manufacturer, but havn't been able to find anything yet. It also looks like it is missing end pieces, as the ends it has are plain plastic (but still painted) with two plastic locator pins through them.
I'm probably not doing a very good job of describing it, I will try to get a picture of it in the next few days and post it. Also, it is quite heavy, and the weight apperas to be a very large piece of square stock that makes up part of the cradle.
As for the show, it was at Colliseum Bingo, on Washington Center Rd, and the people running it were the friendliest folks I've been around in quite some time. The prices were great, I picked up 9 RTR cars with KD's for a total of 45$, and as if that wasn't enough, I won a door prize of a suitable for framing line drawing of the Wabash Depot in Andrews In.! Not bad! I would highly recommend this show to anyone close, and the next one is 2-16-08, if I remember correctly.
We'll see what we can do about getting more info on the car I'm trying to ID, and maybe get some pics posted of it, if it isn't too hard for this old technology challenged boy to figure out!
Good morning ! from Indiana.
11-01-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All
Good God it's Phil from Indy! It has been a while my friend! I trust all is well?
Dick: Got your e-mail... Com'n man did you think that little old TS was going to sneak under Lisa's radar... last night's News stated Noel had killed 60 in Haiti due to flooding. I suspec this will give all theb rain we'll need for the next month or so. Got the Canna lillies out of the ground yesterday so that's one less thing left on the list to do. Still have a multitude of "get the house ready for winter/Christmas" things to do. See it never ends does it?
RYAN! though belated as it may be.
Anyway I must run as I have much to do today.
Later
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 All,
Lots of upper level wind this morning - the clouds are just whipping by. I'll have a regular and a glazed donut. Off to Copake and Red Hook this morning dropping off and picking up stuff for the shop. Spent some of the evening working on the houses again and a little progress for the effort. I'm using the testors window cement to make the windows as they look better than putting clear sheet in behind. Pics in another day or so.
Speaking of pics, nice job Jerry. I like the authentic look of the wall to the right side of the scene. Just needs some Kilroy graffiti and it's spot on.
Hope the rest of you are well and Ryan has recovered from his Birthday bash. Halloween candy and cake - hope you didn't overindulge. CUL, J.R.
Good morning, Zoe - I'll have a cup of the TH
a glass of Ed's OJ,
and a blueberry bagel,
please. Thanks!
Indiana Phil (philnrunt), good to see you in the Diner again! I'm not at all sure what kind of car you have there, though if you get a pic posted, others might be able to help. Sounds like a productive trip to the show, and that AmyJo's a pretty good show-shopper herself! Stop back in again, but don't wait as long the next time.
Ah Fergie, the joys of home ownership, huh? Speaking of your Christmas preparations, the news here showed a man who had one of those ever-expanding Christmas light displays. They said he had to start in August with putting the lights up, and his electric bill in December was in the four-figure range...
Time for me to get moving. Gonna be nice again today It's 50 F (10 C) currently, and heading for 63 F (17 C) by the afternoon, but supposed to drop to freezing (or almost) tonight.
Blessings and prayers for your day,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Morning folks!
I'll have a tall cup a Joe, and put in one of Rob's Southern mugs too! Tastes better in a RR mug ya know!
Wanted to thank all the folks who sent forth BD wishes,
Duke, Jim, Philip, Jerry, Rob, Colby, Dave, Hoople, J.R., Flash, Dick, Fergie...
Your thoughts and wishes are mucho appreciated!
Phil - nice to see you drop in again, sure has been awhile eh! Yea, a photo of that gondola car would help.
GMTRacing wrote: Hope the rest of you are well and Ryan has recovered from his Birthday bash. Halloween candy and cake - hope you didn't overindulge. CUL, J.R.
J.R. - Boy did I ever eat too much last night. Monique picked up some Bojangles chicken and biscuits with dirty rice, mashed potatoes and sawmill gravy, some of their awesome sweet tea and some blueberry biscuits with icing for desert. Then ice cream cake from Carvel's too! Took two Zantacs this morning....
Colby - Congrats on your 761 post! Not sure of the 761 milestone significance, but congrats anyway!
Dick - With certainty I can say that I fit at least ½ of the AOF requirements....
Jim - bagels look good, but I'll have to just stick with coffee this morning, stomach is doing the Rumba this morning...
Cheers,
Ryan
Good morning.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 11/1/2007
Wind Chill: 56°FHumidity: 95%Dew Point: 54°F
So Far TodayHigh: 59°FLow: 56°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNW
Important Message Dense fog advisory in effect until 9 AM cdt this morning. Today High: 78 Widespread dense fog with visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Otherwise mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds becoming north around 10 mph in the afternoon. Tonight Low: 52 Increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.
Looks like I missed the party yesterday sorry happy belated ryan I was not up to much yesterday doing paperwork all day lol.
Hope all are doing good today I'm hanging in there as normal so life goes on lol
Not too much happening here getting ready to go to work but thought I'd drop by and at least say hi this am. take care all talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Man, our place was like Grand Central Station last night! (Like how I got a train reference in there?) We gave out $80 worth of candy! And that was the big bargin bag stuff! There's a lot of kids around our neighborhood!
Morning everyone!
Hope everyone had a safe night last night.
Weathers back to normal around here today.....high 50's - low 60's. They're talking about possible snow next week though, so the roller coaster ride isn't over yet folks!
Got the son's basketball practice tonight. He has his first "real" game tomorrow night. Last week was an exibition game.
So, whats up with all of you?
pcarrell wrote:Man, our place was like Grand Central Station last night! (Like how I got a train reference in there?) We gave out $80 worth of candy! And that was the big bargin bag stuff! There's a lot of kids around our neighborhood!
Hoople wrote: Doh! Slipped by me!HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!
It slipped past me to......Happy Birhday, Ryan!
Even though it was kind of late......
Coffee, please. I will be in the back booth for a while.
I am not around much on Wednesdays, so, Ryan, I think we will extend your birthday a little longer.
or if you want pie,
Thanks for the list of assorted tools.
I will be mowing the lower pasture this morning, so I will check in at lunch time.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.