ModelTrainLover wrote: ModelTrainLover wrote: Hey guys! Our Historic Engines Need Help!!!!!! In 2004, the MNGRR's Steam Program fell under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration. This means all four of our steam locomotives now have to go through a thorough inspection. FRA mandated upgrades must then be completed before a locomotive is allowed to run. At the start of 2004, the MNG used its available funds to put Monson Railroad engine #4 through the FRA process. To this day, number 4 is our only available locomotive. The museum has since set aside funds to put Bridgton and Harrison engine #7 through the same process. Since #7 is much bigger than #4, the cost for rehabilitating engine 7 exceeds what the railroad can currently afford. We estimate it will cost between $25,000 and $30,000 to put #7 back on track. We will not start the restoration work until we have the sufficient funds to complete the project. We need your help! A Maine native, #7 is a 1913 Baldwin built for the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad. Weighing in at 33.5 tons, #7 is a 2-4-4RT type locomotive that hauled passengers and freight in New England for nearly 100 years! After her career in Maine, in 1947, she went to the Edaville Railroad in South Carver Massachusetts as founder Ellis D. Atwood's first engine! She made her return to Maine in 2002. She saw occasional service at the MNG in 2002 and 2003, but has not turned a wheel under steam since. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to put this engine back into service! Checks should be made out to the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad. Most importantly, be sure to include a note indicating that the check is for the "Engine 7 Fund." You can also click the donate link on the left, and during the payment process you may specify "Engine 7 Fund" in the memo field. If you have any questions about #7 or our steam program, please contact Mike Moulison at captmike331@aol.com. Mail toMaine Narrow Gauge Railroad58 Fore St.Portland, Maine 04101 Any of you could help out?? I'll get pics of the engine so that you will know what you money in being used for. Hey guys!! has anyone read my post???
ModelTrainLover wrote: Hey guys! Our Historic Engines Need Help!!!!!! In 2004, the MNGRR's Steam Program fell under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration. This means all four of our steam locomotives now have to go through a thorough inspection. FRA mandated upgrades must then be completed before a locomotive is allowed to run. At the start of 2004, the MNG used its available funds to put Monson Railroad engine #4 through the FRA process. To this day, number 4 is our only available locomotive. The museum has since set aside funds to put Bridgton and Harrison engine #7 through the same process. Since #7 is much bigger than #4, the cost for rehabilitating engine 7 exceeds what the railroad can currently afford. We estimate it will cost between $25,000 and $30,000 to put #7 back on track. We will not start the restoration work until we have the sufficient funds to complete the project. We need your help! A Maine native, #7 is a 1913 Baldwin built for the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad. Weighing in at 33.5 tons, #7 is a 2-4-4RT type locomotive that hauled passengers and freight in New England for nearly 100 years! After her career in Maine, in 1947, she went to the Edaville Railroad in South Carver Massachusetts as founder Ellis D. Atwood's first engine! She made her return to Maine in 2002. She saw occasional service at the MNG in 2002 and 2003, but has not turned a wheel under steam since. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to put this engine back into service! Checks should be made out to the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad. Most importantly, be sure to include a note indicating that the check is for the "Engine 7 Fund." You can also click the donate link on the left, and during the payment process you may specify "Engine 7 Fund" in the memo field. If you have any questions about #7 or our steam program, please contact Mike Moulison at captmike331@aol.com. Mail toMaine Narrow Gauge Railroad58 Fore St.Portland, Maine 04101 Any of you could help out?? I'll get pics of the engine so that you will know what you money in being used for.
Hey guys!
Our Historic Engines Need Help!!!!!!
In 2004, the MNGRR's Steam Program fell under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration. This means all four of our steam locomotives now have to go through a thorough inspection. FRA mandated upgrades must then be completed before a locomotive is allowed to run. At the start of 2004, the MNG used its available funds to put Monson Railroad engine #4 through the FRA process. To this day, number 4 is our only available locomotive. The museum has since set aside funds to put Bridgton and Harrison engine #7 through the same process. Since #7 is much bigger than #4, the cost for rehabilitating engine 7 exceeds what the railroad can currently afford. We estimate it will cost between $25,000 and $30,000 to put #7 back on track. We will not start the restoration work until we have the sufficient funds to complete the project. We need your help! A Maine native, #7 is a 1913 Baldwin built for the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad. Weighing in at 33.5 tons, #7 is a 2-4-4RT type locomotive that hauled passengers and freight in New England for nearly 100 years! After her career in Maine, in 1947, she went to the Edaville Railroad in South Carver Massachusetts as founder Ellis D. Atwood's first engine! She made her return to Maine in 2002. She saw occasional service at the MNG in 2002 and 2003, but has not turned a wheel under steam since. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to put this engine back into service! Checks should be made out to the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad. Most importantly, be sure to include a note indicating that the check is for the "Engine 7 Fund." You can also click the donate link on the left, and during the payment process you may specify "Engine 7 Fund" in the memo field. If you have any questions about #7 or our steam program, please contact Mike Moulison at captmike331@aol.com.
Mail to
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad
58 Fore St.
Portland, Maine 04101
Any of you could help out?? I'll get pics of the engine so that you will know what you money in being used for.
Hey guys!! has anyone read my post???
I read it, but Christmas put the squeeze on me. A lot of the others here are on fixed incomes or have young families (that takes money), so I'm not sure how much help you're going to see. Maybe you'll get lucky though......
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having the cheese and mushroom omelet.
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ModelTrainLover wrote:Hey guys! Our Historic Engines Need Help!!!!!! In 2004, the MNGRR's Steam Program fell under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration. This means all four of our steam locomotives now have to go through a thorough inspection. FRA mandated upgrades must then be completed before a locomotive is allowed to run. At the start of 2004, the MNG used its available funds to put Monson Railroad engine #4 through the FRA process. To this day, number 4 is our only available locomotive. The museum has since set aside funds to put Bridgton and Harrison engine #7 through the same process. Since #7 is much bigger than #4, the cost for rehabilitating engine 7 exceeds what the railroad can currently afford. We estimate it will cost between $25,000 and $30,000 to put #7 back on track. We will not start the restoration work until we have the sufficient funds to complete the project. We need your help! A Maine native, #7 is a 1913 Baldwin built for the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad. Weighing in at 33.5 tons, #7 is a 2-4-4RT type locomotive that hauled passengers and freight in New England for nearly 100 years! After her career in Maine, in 1947, she went to the Edaville Railroad in South Carver Massachusetts as founder Ellis D. Atwood's first engine! She made her return to Maine in 2002. She saw occasional service at the MNG in 2002 and 2003, but has not turned a wheel under steam since. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to put this engine back into service! Checks should be made out to the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad. Most importantly, be sure to include a note indicating that the check is for the "Engine 7 Fund." You can also click the donate link on the left, and during the payment process you may specify "Engine 7 Fund" in the memo field. If you have any questions about #7 or our steam program, please contact Mike Moulison at captmike331@aol.com. Mail toMaine Narrow Gauge Railroad58 Fore St.Portland, Maine 04101 Any of you could help out?? I'll get pics of the engine so that you will know what you money in being used for.
Good Morning All,
30F and crystal clear out - you can see all the stars except for the glow of NYC to the south. Should be clear and partly cloudy with a high today in the low 40's. I'll have a regular and one of Bills' donuts please Zoe.
Luc - good to see you back and thanks for the fresh pot of coffee. The pool table is in the converted baggage car out back and they are working on the hot tub? I think the best part of bad weather driving is indeed the arrival back at home in one piece.
Der - I know what you mean about trying to stay caught up with the posts. Somedays we get quite prolific. or at least wordy.
Jerry - how did you make out finally with the LL F unit? It would be a shame to end up with it as a dummy only. Any chance of talking inch into another photo of progress?
Paul - is there any truth to the rumor that you've been using a dumpster with wheels for all your un-needed stuff? Does it really have your trailer under it? If HO carnival stuff is popular, how about a 7.5" through an amusement park?
Got some more time in on the layout last night trying some different ground cover paint ideas and trying to paint a river bed. The last doesn't look convincing yet though most of the rivers in urban areas here run on the brown muddy side. I think the main difficulty is the shade change from edge to mid stream. I may try a sample section on a spare scrap of foam before I go much further. At least the wood, walls and bare foam are starting to vanish.
Another busy day in store here at work - CUL, J.R.
Good morning
Happy MRRing
Good morning all,
I't begining to look alot like winter up here, about 3 months too late.
Gators won last night.
Well off to work, I hope everyone has a productive day.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning ! from Indiana.
01-09-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Wow 20 pages in 9 days!!!!
Just a Milkshake for me tonight, thanks.
Oz
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Nightie nite, y'all. Thank you once again for adding measurably to my knowledge and for giving me some pleasure to boot.
Lynda
Good evening one and all: I’m so many pages behind that I’ll jump in here, and later go back to see if anyone asked me to buy them a drink! I’ve not been in since Friday…working on the railroad! No, really, I have been dealing with all the clutter that I had temporarily installed in an area that was sometime going to be an ocean cove. Well, “sometime” is , and I’ve been busy re-designing and installing new circuits for indicator lights, and the “light at the end of the tunnel” in my upper tunnel. Also, I put in the ocean floor in two levels. The higher one is just a strip along side a wharf, and (Close by, but separate and lower down) the cove. I’ve used rocks from our driveway for the shore line as they are worn enough to look water eroded, but not round like pebbles. Also, they are naturally weathered to multi- colours. So, tomorrow I hope to pour the plaster for the sea floors.
Luc: Great to see you back. Sorry to hear about Gloria’s knee. When is that op?
The weather is a bit strange this year, warm and wet. We are in the cycle part that occurs every 7 to years or so. Some want to attribute it to climate change but history has shown that similar weather patterns on the east have happened before in those time periods.
OZJim: In other news, Our two main water supply dams, Lake Wivenhoe is at 21% capacity and Somerset Dam is at 30%, if we get no rain by May 2008 the dams will be bone dry.…Sounds like you guys need to use some of your abundant uranium and set up some reactors to produce water by de-salination!
In other news, Our two main water supply dams, Lake Wivenhoe is at 21% capacity and Somerset Dam is at 30%, if we get no rain by May 2008 the dams will be bone dry.
Jeff:
Lee: The new font works just fine. I'm using Windows 98SE so I had to load it directly through the font manager.
Brad: Don’t think I’ve seen your posts here before. I’m typing this while your pics crawl in on dial up…… Now they’re in…nice work, I like the train filling that curve!
Well, that didn’t take as long as I thought it would, I’m all caught up. So now I’d better get to bed as Kris has an early start tomorrow, and although she has said that I “don’t have to get up”, I doubt I will actually be able to stay in bed once she starts banging about at 7:00.
Good night all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Hi all.
We had a very quiet Christmas and New-Year, I was working back-shift for Christmas and day shift for New-Year plus Gloria has a bad knee that will need to be replaced contributed to very quiet celebrations. Our girls brought us turkey dinners, in fact enough turkey to last us a whole week...The weather is a bit strange this year, warm and wet. We are in the cycle part that occurs every 7 to years or so. Some want to attribute it to climate change but history has shown that similar weather patterns on the east have happened before in those time periods.
I took Gloria to a MD's appointment this am, it was raining with some ice pellets and of course all the morons decided to show off their skills (of lack of). It was good to get home.
Gloria and I hope you all had a very good Christmas and wish you the best year ever.
Happy MRRing.
What are we doing on page 2? Well, BUMP.
Mary Ann and I went over to the Ford house and picked up her truck and then went and had dinner. I did some more sorting in the basement and now I'm ready for bed.
I'll see you all tomorrow.
Good Night All
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I'll have the chili today.
Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( )
dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not
Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.
Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there!
soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there!
pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion.
TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper.
Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...
Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper.
Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion.
You are not alone there!
And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.
Why not
I guess I'll join in
( )
Who's next??
Paul Have you started a Short Timers Calendar and the last day could be the layout in the basement or the 7.5" gauge.
I'll take all the rain we can get. It's better than the white stuff.
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Afternoon Gang: Well, 25 days left, but who's counting?
I talked to a gentalman who is a retired BNSF track suppervisor today. He was supervising a crew replacing some ties and stringers on one of our bridges on our railroad. He was checking the track gauge which got us to discussing the why of standard gauge. He was told by a fellow he worked for along time ago that he thought they originally thought to have the gauge 5ft. The people designing the track ment to mesure from the out side of the rail to the out side of the rail. then someone pointed out that that would be bad because the flanges were on the inside. So they had to use 56 1/2in. Sounds as good as most of the other things I've heard.
Not much going on today. I can't get to big a project going because I may not have time to finish it. I've been doing little stuff and sorting out the accumulatin of goodies that I was saving in case I need them. The dumpster is getting fuller all the time.
Last night I got down to the basement and did some sorting and putting away of stuff on the layout. I sorted out ore car loads the I had mixed up. Those for the Walthers cars from those for the MDC cars. Now if I could only remember wher I put the rest of them I'd get them all togetherin one place. I'll have to check where I put the Walthers cars. Of course that would be too logical.
well I'm going back out to the shop and get things locked up for going home.
I'll see you all later.
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pcarrell wrote: Texasrailnut wrote: Guy's, do you want a way to see railroad tracks from above, then check out 'Google Earth'. You can follow the tracks where you want, and see the configuration of tracks in yards, industries, and maybe those hard to get too places. It is really cool. You can add placements to mark important places, like the name of an industry. You can also zoom in and out, tilt up or down, turn 360 degrees, reset North and tilt orientation. The images are not as visible real close up. It's one of the few downsides of Google Earth I can see. You can also, "fly to" a destination. Just enter a city, or address, and hit the search button, and whoosh! you go flying to the place you entered. It does have a tendency to not be very accurate with marking the addresses you enter. I really like it. So, check it out for yourself. There are several versions, including a free version. http://earth.google.com/ I personally like this site: http://local.live.com/You can get pics as close as 25 or 30yds away in more populous areas: http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=40.703084~-74.129657&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=7969906
Texasrailnut wrote: Guy's, do you want a way to see railroad tracks from above, then check out 'Google Earth'. You can follow the tracks where you want, and see the configuration of tracks in yards, industries, and maybe those hard to get too places. It is really cool. You can add placements to mark important places, like the name of an industry. You can also zoom in and out, tilt up or down, turn 360 degrees, reset North and tilt orientation. The images are not as visible real close up. It's one of the few downsides of Google Earth I can see. You can also, "fly to" a destination. Just enter a city, or address, and hit the search button, and whoosh! you go flying to the place you entered. It does have a tendency to not be very accurate with marking the addresses you enter. I really like it. So, check it out for yourself. There are several versions, including a free version. http://earth.google.com/
I personally like this site: http://local.live.com/
You can get pics as close as 25 or 30yds away in more populous areas: http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=40.703084~-74.129657&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=7969906
Hey, you can get better close up images on local.live.com. Didn't know there were any others out there. Thanks PC.