Good evening,
Just a hot chocholate! Headed to bed. Der there is more than just your island to the north east of maine. New Brunswick or something like that make bowling balls . Glad to hear you came thru all right. Glad to hear everyones spouces are beginning to heal up, soon fle season will be on us and then everyone will be sick. I am hearing snow for this weekend ugggggggh. Really like to stay up and watch the Steelers but have had a long day. To bad the Patriots won thought that Indy was going to survive. Did someone in here jinx them
Well good night all Kevin
Cederstrand wrote: Wife tested her tummy with Mexican food today. Other than still feeling sore form being sick, she is fine.
Wife tested her tummy with Mexican food today. Other than still feeling sore form being sick, she is fine.
Oh good! I meant to tell you the other day that she was added to the prayer list, but I got sidetracked.......my bad!
Evening Gang:
Welcome Back Duce and Lisa. It's good to see you again. Lisa, I am shocked and dismayed to hear that you have gone over to the dark side. If it is a tempiray thing because of tight space OK, but be very carefull. Duce besides working what have you been up to, Oh, right you work for the RR. What do you do?
JP: That sounds like a great deal on the magazines. Those will keep you busy for a few nights.
Lee: So what kind of ore cars did you get? I don't recall the K-2 type.
Rob: I don't water my tractor tires. I did once and didn't get enough anti-freeze in them. Of course they were on the biggest tractor on the place. It was out of service untill the ice melted enough to take the tire apart and then it cost us 2 new tubes. Our new tractor is dry also. The dealer will fill them with Calcium Cloride anytime we want but it cost a whole lot more to get a flat fixed then. I think that we will be able to get by with the 4 wheel drive.
We baled the last hay today. There wasn't much, only 4 bales. I mainly wanted to get that last bit of the field cleaned off. Now after the hay is hauled I'll start hauling fill dirt to that slew and fill it in some.
Well it's early by the clock but my body is still on daylight time.
Good Night All
Hello everybody...
Good to see all the posts. Everyone is busy.
Dick ........... thanks for posting Parade story. I suggest all diners read the parade article. It's really disturbing that USA wastes over half of its transport fuel by chosing non-rail transport modes for both passenger and freight. Furthermore, it's disturbing that Uncle Sam is stuck on his fuel wasting transportation policies.............................................
Duke ... I still saw no message. I'll look in PM's if you try that. It would be great to hear directly from you. (Others also!)
Well, it's chow time for this diner.
Happy Mdoel Railroading !!!!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Coffee, please. And maybe some lemon pie.
Hi, guys. Larry and I got a little layout time yesterday. I hope everyone else had a good layout weekend.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Fergmiester wrote: OMG! It's Old Home Week!!!Where did all the "Ol' Regulars" come from?
OMG! It's Old Home Week!!!
Where did all the "Ol' Regulars" come from?
Now if Teffy would just pop in and say hello
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Evening Diners! I’ll have a some peach slices with that nsa Field Berry yogurt that came in the other day. Oh, and stir in some puffed wheat too, for crunch please Zoe. Thanks.
Welcome back Duce and Lisa, it’s been a while. Lisa, congratulations on seeing the light and moving to Normal Scale.
Gary:
Now what about Luc?
Mark:
nothing else is much new except the kittens have found out about the door that leads to the rest of the house... dundundun...
Flashwave:
Oh, and watch out for mild mannered guys in tights when you catch up.
Here’s the photos of the rock casting staining I’ve been working on. First, the raw state, and here’s what it looks like now. The cribbing looked too new and clean, so I’ve weathered it with fine powdered ash I’ve been keeping in my scenery tins.
I think that stuff will help with most of my rolling stock weathering as well. Sure am glad to get that behind me, and I’ve been covering more of the blue foam as a result.Next up, I’ve a couple of plaster retaining walls to cast. Also, quite soon I shall have to deal with the container dock. I’m thinking that foam core board would work well to represent a concrete dock with the tracks in it. The tracks right now are on AMI roadbed, and I need something flat and smoothish that's thick enough to come up level with the railhead. Also, I figure I can cut it easily to put in the tracks for the container crane when I get around to building that. Anyone worked with that foam board for concrete areas? Any tips? That’s about it for tonight.
Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evening, Chloe - how about a cup of hot cocoa and some apple pie a la mode, please.
Thanks!
Not much new today - skipped MRR club tonight (saving gas until payday - Wed.); couldn't believe how much gas jumped up over the weekend through today (about 15 to 20 cents a gallon)!
Lisa, welcome back to the Diner - your eyes must still be pretty good, if you're going to iNvisible scale. There're a number of N-scalers in the Diner, so you can get help/advice here for your questions.
JP, good score on the magazines! And Garry, you had some excellent prices, also! That's one of my favorite things with train shows - the bargains.
Rob, hope your CFO's tummy continues to improve. Sounds like some progress...
Well, I'll be at the table working on my sundae. Hope you all have a good evening!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Wait a minute , WAIT JUST A MINUTE Master Kevin!!!!! You are from Maine and you cheer for the Colts ????? Are you a transplant to New England ????? Just for that I hope you get 2 feet of snow up there in Maine...LOL
Canondale61 wrote: Good evening,Just a hot chocholate! Headed to bed. Der there is more than just your island to the north east of maine. New Brunswick or something like that make bowling balls . Glad to hear you came thru all right. Glad to hear everyones spouces are beginning to heal up, soon fle season will be on us and then everyone will be sick. I am hearing snow for this weekend ugggggggh. Really like to stay up and watch the Steelers but have had a long day. To bad the Patriots won thought that Indy was going to survive. Did someone in here jinx them Well good night all Kevin
Hello again......... How about some hot apple cider?
I've been operating my new Atlas SD24's. Wow! What an improvement over the old Atlas SD24's. I'll be keeping those locos.
Good night everybody.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
11-06-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
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
grayfox1119 wrote:Wait a minute , WAIT JUST A MINUTE Master Kevin!!!!! You are from Maine and you cheer for the Colts ????? Are you a transplant to New England ????? Just for that I hope you get 2 feet of snow up there in Maine...LOL
Dick Old Boy, It could be worse! He could be like me, a regular Benny Arnold Turncoat of the week. Last week it was the Skins, week before the Sea Hawks, before that the Browns, Titans, Rams... Whomever. As long as the team I've picked wins and keeps me in the Street Suicide Pool for another week I don't care!!! I still have Pats and the Colts in my reserve arsenal so I'll be root'n for both (hopefully) eventually. BTW I talked to the Chief Officer on the Terry Fox yesterday and they were tied up at the CCG Base in the Hbr. They snapped 2 spectron lines (Kevlar rated at 110,000 lb pull) and almost parted 2 more. They had to call in a Tug to keep them alongside. Winds on there Ananometer were reading 110-120 knots!
I'm thinking Bills over the Dolphins... Any thoughts?
Der John: Scenery is Looking very good!
RT: Talked to Teffy a week ago and he's full bore at work and have ISP problems so I think it's a no go as far as seeing him here.
Later All
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,
48 and rainy this morning. voted with the new LCD system this morning. No not liquid crystal display - lowest common denominator. fill out the form then flip it over and fill it out some more. No extranious marks allowed - now go across the room to the one scanner and feed it in. See the bottleneck? Of course the first person who has his card spit back creates a wave of backup at the scanner and has to go back and start over witha new ballot since mistakes are not tolerated. Another triumph of technology over common sense.
Painting more N buildings and repairing carburetors for the museum, no progress on the home front just now. I ended up with a pile of Model Power houses which look easy to bash as needed so we'll see how that goes.
Welcome back Lisa and Cary - seems indeed like old home week lately. Glad to hear everyones recovering but we need to keep Jerry and Sallie in our prayers and hope Sallie doesn't need the knee operation.
I think it's perfectly ok to root for whomever you want so long as you don't get into that rooting against thing. I've been a NY Giants fan all my life but I don't root against other teams even the ones I don't really care for.
Time to get into the back shop. CUL, J.R.
Good Morning, Zoe - cup of coffee and one of those twisty donuts Bill T. brought.
Now, Dick - if someone lived outside of New England and rooted for the Patriots you'd be okay with that, right? So why is the other way not okay? I'm with Garry or Fergie - if my favorite team is out of the running (or if I don't have a favorite in that sport), I'll root for another one. It's only a game, anyway...right?
Cooler morning here - only supposed to get into the low 50's this morning, and frost advisory again for tonight. Guess fall's on its way out. Next thing you know, we'll be getting that white stuff that they're talking about for Jerry, Mike, PC and Garry's areas. (Hmm, wonder how soon I should start looking for a snow shovel...?)
Time for me to finish up and head for the wk thing.
Blessings and prayers,
Morning all!
So hows the weather in Central Indiana you ask? Well, the much-anticipated cold air has arrived. Gotta bundle up the little ones at the bus stop (if you have um) as wind chill values will be in the mid 20's. Even by this afternoon, even though air temperatures will reach the low 40's, wind chill values will stay in the low to mid 30's as winds will reach 25 miles per hour at times. We could see a few flurries as well, especially north of Indy. And if by some miracle, you haven't had a hard freeze in your area over the last week and a half, you will get it tonight or tomorrow night. Lows will drop into the mid 20's in all locations.
Thats right folks, it's a nippy one out there!
Der, lookin'good!
So, who's done with their Christmas shopping? Who hasn't started? I'm afraid I fall into the latter catagory. How about you?
Good morning Dick
Two eggs on toast please.
Dick Thank you for the warm wishes, I hope we get two feet of snow soon so I can bank up my house and start working on the train things again. I have a stack of cars to build and 4 craftsmen kits to build but to much work outside and busy enjoying the baby. Seriously I was born in Buffalo area and moved to Maine in 1976, I am actually a Steelers fan but I like Dungy better than I do Coach Bill so I have to root for Indy. I actually planned on going to bed early last night but ended up watching Monday night football instead and Baltmores horrible game.
PC looks like the cold weather you are getting right now should hit Maine by this weekend. Maybe Jeff could send some warmer weather to us.
Fergie souds like you had some tremendous waves and tidal surges. Not as bad as Katrina but pretty severe.
Well time to go, chores to do and gentlemen is coming to look at the cost of installing a pellet stove in the basement.
der those rocks and wall look very realistic.
Jeff great roster shots getting better and better.
Take care stay dry Kevin
I will have coffee with a cinnamon roll. Pour a cup for my friend, Lisa.
Glad to have you checking in. I hope that a layout in the house will make things easier for you. I am lazy. I would have lost interest if I had to work outside with our damp weather.
der, Great work on the rocks. That retaining wall looks so natural.
in a ATSF mug, please & thank you!
***John, those rocks are coming along beautifully. And that retaining wall is sure getting a workout. I really enjoy seeing the progress photos.
***Garry, I have been wanting one of those Atlas SD-24's for some time, (in "N"atural scale). Nice to hear they run as nice as they look. Have been considering one for my Christmas present to myself, but there are still a couple others high on my list, too. So many desirables....so little money.
***Philip, the only Christmas shopping I've done is picking up a Woodland Scenics Holstein Cows for the wife. (She already recieved her DeWitt Clinton because she wanted it NOW and I wanted to see it run, too.) We're going to drop in a train store in Kennesaw GA next week when she goes in for her re-interview. She is going in a week early. I hope she has studied up enough because they gave her two weeks to prepare. Anyway, we might look at a loop of HO easy track (or whatever it is called). I will also bring my N scale Kato Mike to see what they would charge to apply all those tiny detail parts.
Well, off to do critter rounds. Have a great day all. Rob
Ohmygoshfolks! We're not even in the first two pages!!! BUMMMPPPP!!!
JimRCGMO wrote: Ohmygoshfolks! We're not even in the first two pages!!! BUMMMPPPP!!! Jim in Cape Girardeau
We were wondering when you were going to pick up the slack!
refill, please & thank you!
Taking a break for a bit. Removed the loader (actually, just the scoop) for taking to a welder. Then I stretched every tendon in my body (well, felt like it anyway) getting the lugnuts off the tractor tires with a small "+" tire iron. Then loaded them and the scoop into the back of the pickup. Going to let someone else fill the tires and replace that valve stem that came out. It might be holding at the moment, but I don't trust that it will continue to do so long term. Hope I didn't strip too many of the lugnuts...gulp!
Posted a question about Kato NW2 vs LifeLike SW9/1200? (N scale) and it sounds like the Kato is the clear choice. Anyone here in the Diner have either or both of these? Any thoughts? I have decided to sell my old Concor SW1500 cow/calf combo and put what I get towards an switcher upgrade. There is some sentimental value attached to those old Concors, but looking at the newer ones, once again there is no comparison in the detailing.
Still wrestling with letting go of my old Concor E8 set (both A units), but those molded horns just look so bad. Who makes the BEST E8 units these days?
Well, back to work here. Rob
Afternoon all
to the Newbies
I would like to see the Lions continue to get better but for the most part,I just like to see a good close game and really don't care who wins.
Good to see some of the old regulars back and yes kind of like Old Home Week here.
Jerry Hope Sallie is doing better
Rob Hope the CFO does good on the re-interview and they must have seen something to invite her back.
Garry I will try the PM instead of the Email and if that doesn't work then I guess I will need your Email addrress.
Paul That new tractor sure does sound like a nice one and I can remember my dad filling tires,wasn't a pleasant job. Second part should include Rob also.
John The Rocks are really looking good!!
Fergie That is some pull on those lines to break them and especially made out of Kevlar.
That's about it
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
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
Good afternoon, Diners - Zoe, I'd like some custard concretes, please.
Thanks! , I know, I'm weird. ('nuff said about that... ) Love ice cream and custard in the winter time, but hey, why be normal?
I'll just work on this and appreciate the golden afternoon sun outside.
Blessings, and a BUMP!,
refill, please & thanks!
[Love ice cream and custard in the winter time, but hey, why be normal?]
***Jim, I'm with you on this one. Ice cream is a perfect wintertime treat. Hey, I'm usually wearing a T-shirt when others have coats on. Never figured out why. Guess my internal thermostat is set on high.
Something very odd has happened today: There is a trickle of water in our creek. There is NO WAY any recent rain could have produced this. The BIG creek is still dry as a bone. We suspect someone upstream somewhere had a dam that broke OR someone upstream hit a waterline?? It's not much of a trickle, but to suddenly have any water at all is highly suspicious. It is pooling in one of our horses drinking spots. I'm NOT complaining, just hope it is fresh water and safe for our horses in the front pasture.
Went ahead and put the old Concor cow/calf duo on bay. Forgot to write in the description "N SCALE" At least it is Listed under N scale, so perhaps folks will still find it in searches??? Hope so!
Can barely bend one of my little fingers...must have done sothing to it working on those tires. Gurrrr!
Rob
Jim, You are not weird. The cookies and cream ice cream concrete looks great. I will be right over.
Rob, I was able to work outside most of the day. Farm chores are never done. It should start raining again tomorrow and that will get me back into the train room. Is your wife working on the layout with you?
Philip, What is the news with your wifes surgery date? How is she managing?
Garry, How is your end of the NP world? I have so much ground foam on the track that we didn't even exercise the locos this weekend.
Later,
der5997 wrote: Good Evening Diners! I’ll have a some peach slices with that nsa Field Berry yogurt that came in the other day. Oh, and stir in some puffed wheat too, for crunch please Zoe. Thanks. Welcome back Duce and Lisa, it’s been a while. Lisa, congratulations on seeing the light and moving to Normal Scale. Gary: Now what about Luc?…He and Gloria came through the storm just fine, like Fergie, didn’t even lose power. Mark: nothing else is much new except the kittens have found out about the door that leads to the rest of the house... dundundun... …there are always solutions! Flashwave: Oh, and watch out for mild mannered guys in tights when you catch up. …Fay droll erl chep. (That’s Fraffly, the language of the West End of London, about as far from Gotham as I could imagine. ) Here’s the photos of the rock casting staining I’ve been working on. First, the raw state, and here’s what it looks like now. The cribbing looked too new and clean, so I’ve weathered it with fine powdered ash I’ve been keeping in my scenery tins. I think that stuff will help with most of my rolling stock weathering as well. Sure am glad to get that behind me, and I’ve been covering more of the blue foam as a result.Next up, I’ve a couple of plaster retaining walls to cast. Also, quite soon I shall have to deal with the container dock. I’m thinking that foam core board would work well to represent a concrete dock with the tracks in it. The tracks right now are on AMI roadbed, and I need something flat and smoothish that's thick enough to come up level with the railhead. Also, I figure I can cut it easily to put in the tracks for the container crane when I get around to building that. Anyone worked with that foam board for concrete areas? Any tips? That’s about it for tonight. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
By Gotham, I assume you mean Metropolis, right? (Daily Planet was in Metro. Not Gotham That was the batty dude)
Hey peeps. I' gots a question. I'm looking for a good Eirpean stand-in. I have the Bachmann Orein express, but I have not the skill to put a decoder in the tender. (which for those who know not, is also where the motor is. teh steam loco is a dummy, which this hobby needs more of) So, in HO, what would be a good stand in. And preferably have sound too.
As a backup, I've seen the Fleishman. Not bad, but not quite there either. Though I love the shrouded series three.
-Morgan
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Wanted to get in here and post quickly while I still can. I've had computer problems since Saturday, and they continue. Hopefully my local computer guru can get out here within a couple of days. So I'm waybehind in reading here. If anyone made comments, asked questions, etc., during the past few days I'll apologize in advance for not responding.
I did get pictures from last weekend's railfanning trip uploaded to Rail Images. Took forever, but that was due to problems at my end, not with Rail Images. In any case, here are a few of them and some play-by-play.
Last weekend we went to Mexico City to do some railfanning with our usual group of friends. The outing was geared more towards seeing some old stations on abandoned branches than it was towards catching trains. But of course we hoped to see at least a little action.Our first stop was at the old station at Teotihuacan. Just a short drive northeast of Mexico City, this is the station that for years served tourists going to visit the archeological zone at Teotihuacan. Lots of people from north of the border say "The Pyramids", but it's really much more than that. It's not the best reference, but you can check it out at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuac%C3%A1nIt's been years since any tourists went to Teotihuacan by train, but it still served the locals. But passenger service was eliminated about 10 years ago, and the station now serves only to house some local security guards. These guards, by the way, told us that we could wander anywhere and take pictures of anything except the station. Say what?? Anyways, here's a shot of the area around the station. Whoops, did we catch the station itself in that panorama. I'm sorry.While there we caught our first train of the day, and one of the few that we saw. You'll notice immediately that the sun is behind the train. That would be the case almost all day, despite our best attempts to get the dispatchers to route the trains differently. The interesting thing about this shot is that the locomotive, an AC4400CW, is wearing the distinctive (if somewhat dirty) Ferromex paint scheme, but it's a Ferrosur train. In fact the loco has been patched (below the window) with FSRR. This loco was one of a group that FXE just sold to FSRR.I usually don't pay much to autoracks, but did manage to catch a decent shot of this FSRR autorack, with sufficient grafitti, which was part of the train.
Our next stop was Tulancingo, about an hour farther out. This was on what was the old Hidaglo & Northeastern RR, which was absorbed into NdeM around 1908. It was originally built as narrow gauge, and I don't know when they standard gauged it. Passenger service was eliminated around 10 years ago and the tracks were lifted. Fortunately the building has been preserved (along with a freight shed) and turned in to a small museum.Here's a view of the building.Here's a shot of the entrance.And here's one that Fran shot outside the building. An old man, with his bag and dog, sleeping on a bench. It seemed to her as if he were waiting for a train that would never come.
Hope these show up okay in reduced size. Remember that you can click on them to enlarge them.
We'll see how long I can stay on line this time and maybe catch up a bit on what has been going on.
Hasta luego,
Ed