Hello everyone...
DerJohn ....... Rock work is super!
Rob ....... Glad you like SD24's. They are unique locomotives with historic significance. They could be considered the first of the second generation diesels. RR's began using turbocharged diesels with the SD24.
Duke ... the PM arrived. Don't you just love technology?
Sue..... Yes, I still pretend that I "interchange" with NP. Actually, I've not yet built the part of the alyout where my planned interchange will take place. When I get there, I will interchange with both GN and NP.
Jim .... all that food looks good but I'm using will power to stay on a diet. ...Um ...Er...., well, ..... at least I'm trying to do that.
Philip... Keep us informed about "Mrs. Philip". We certainly hope the upcoming procedure works okay.
...and Jerry..... Hope Sallie will do okay, too.
Ed .......thanks for the railfanning pictures!
Best Wishes Everybody!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good evening Diners: Another power cut this morning, due this time to a transformer on the island that should have been fixed, but the order got lost in the maelstrom. Didn’t last as long as the estimated time, but long enough for Kris to cook up a very welcome chicken stew on the woodstove. Welcome doubly because by lunch I was ready for it, having power washed the salt from the windows. To eat now? Why, I’ll have a couple of slices of 12 Grain toast with quince jam please, and a JR regular, Thanks Janie.
Thank you for all those kind words about the rock castings. I’m passing them along to Kris who had many helpful suggestions as to colour and “bandwidth”, so to speak. She’s no slouch as an artist, and definitely a keeper! (46 years this August if you add in the years it took me to get around to asking!)
Nothing done on the layout today because of post-Noel chores, and regular Tuesday evening commitments.
Fergie: Isn’t 110-120 knots considerably more than the forecasters were saying our max gusts would be? (135kph if memory serves.)
Flashwave:
By Gotham, I assume you mean Metropolis, right? (Daily Planet was in Metro. Not Gotham That was the batty dude)
BTW, if you want to save space on the page when quoting, try typing in the [ quote] code, and selecting just the bit you want to quote, pasting, and closing with the [ /quote] code.
Sue: Ground foam on the tracks eh? I’m in the same sort of situation having been at the landscaping so long that the track is in need of major cleaning before I can think of anything being able to turn a wheel. Some day, some day……but I want to bury the blue foam before year end if I can.
That’s about it for today. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
BTW, it looks like we are closing fast on the 8000 post mark. Is there a party planned?
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Fish platter with veggies of the day, please & thank you!
***Sue, you are 100% correct...farm chores are NEVER done, that's for sure. Just today the wife pointed out where the neighbor fell a huge tree that not only spanned the creek, but the top 1/4 or more landed on our fence. No biggy, I'll chainsaw my side when I get around to it. There is a steep bank there and the two horses in the back pasture would never try it. (If Twister was in that pasture, I would have delt with it today, but she is fearless). Oh, have not yet started building the wife's layout, but I wager I will do about 90% of it. She will undoubtedly take over when it's time to place stuff like animals, people, autos, etc...
***Ed, thoroughly enjoyed the photos. Thanks for sharing them!
***Garry, what is the primary (and secondary) use for those SD24s? And if lashed with other locos, what would those most likely be? Were/Are the SD24s ever used for yard work or is that serious overkill?
Re-listed my old SW1500 set after finding it didn't come up well under N scale searches. So, I lost almost $2 on it already. Oh well!
Ah, foods ready. That was quick! Rob
Evening Gang: just a quick one tonight. I welded the hinge on Mary Ann's storage container. I couldn't weld the hinge totally since the metal was to thin. I got the end welded on a seam. I guess it will hold ok. There are 4 hinges on each door.
Ed, good pictures as usual.
Rob take care of the finger and I hope that the second interview for you wife goes well.
I'm going to head for bed.
Good Night All
Good evening to all, spent the day breaking in the new wood stove, the procedure is to fire to stove to 200F then let it go cold, then repeat this procedure at 300F and 400F. I still need to do the 400F tomorrow.
ED: What make of computer do you have and what kind of problems are you experiencing? Good job with latest photo shoots, the RR station would be a nice build for your layout.
Curt was resigned, 1 year contract, he is very happy. And, there is reported progress with Lowell by both sides, although he "has" filed for free agency.
JIM: Yes, people can have favorites who live in other parts of the country, I used to root for the Vikings during the Joe Kapp era when there was no football team from NE states. But when you are born and bred New Englander, and living in New England, it is heracy not to support the Red Sox or the Patriots. The only exception would be the people who live on the fringes of NE to the west, some might be closer to Bills, or the Jets & Giants, like far SW corner of CT.
KEVIN: You are excused Kevin, you were not born and bred in NE, therefore you are allowed to root for your home team...LOL BTW, that was really not very nice of Colts to run the crowd noise back through the stadium sound system.
FERGIE: 110,000 lb test lines??? Well, think of this, what is the weight of your ship? Now start tossing that much weight around in huge waves only restrained by the lines. If you do the math, you can see that it is amassing that the other lines didn't snap!!! As for game, it depends upon the spread, if it were even, Buffalo all the way, poor Dolphins really are bad this year.
DER JOHN: You are really doing a great job John, at this rate of progress you will have your layout ready for a MRR photo shoot by January. Better put another log on the fire tonight, you have some real cold air headed your way from Churchill.
Hello everyone....
This photo was forwarded to me by email. I see a copyright, so don't sell it to anyone. Is that Jeff in the cab smiling ????
Rob.... I'm mostly familiar with Burlington's SD24's. They bought 16 of them in '59 or maybe '60. At first they were used on "hotshot" freight trains like the Chicago-Denver train as 4-unit sets. Crews called them "Red Devils" because they were the first CB&Q locos in Chinese Red scheme. As CB&Q acquired more second generation models, they MU'd them with just about any other freight diesels for just about any mainline freight service. ...... Initial buyers of SD24's were CB&Q, ATSF, UP, and SOU. Units for each road had differing features, and Atlas has done a good job with making them specific for each of the 4 roads. After years of service, the units were sometimes rebuilt and/or sold. Rebuilt units sometimes had chnges in apperances. Snata Fe created new locos called "SD26's" from their SD24's. Many SD24's ended up on regional railroads. I'm not aware of any assign to switching duty.
Cheers, everyone.
Garry, that photo is a riot! I don't think it is Jeff, as I can still see the engines through the headlights. Looks a bit too old for Scott, although I'm certain the grin would be accurate for him. HJust one thing bothers me about it, someone really needs to weather that loco. It looks like a Tyco. And thanks for the tidbits on the SD24s. I will be looking at a UP version when the time comes.
Now, for you coffee drinkers, here is a Link to share. Follow the directions:
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Breaking in a new/old pair of Bevbel F7 diesels as I type. I know they con't compare to the latest greatest versions that undoubtedly have lighted number boards, tiny grab bars and other fine detailing, but for what they are they seem decent enough runners (to me). I will probably keep this these in my diesel roster...at least for now.
Rob
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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It is time for me to live on the other side of the clock for a week, 12 hour nights that is.
Jim since you have forgiven me does that mean you are taken away the wish of snow for me? Being from Mass you must realize the insulation value of snow around the foundation and with fuel oil cost approaching $3.00 a gallon I need all the help I can get. What kind of wood stove are you breaking in? Do you know if you have to follow a break in sequence on a pellet stove?
Garry interesting shot but I have to agree I don't think that is Jeff driving that loco if it was him you would only see a bunch of teeth because he would be grinning so much.
I will have to start posting pictures of some of my limited engine roster. I am collecting Lehigh Valley and PRR, I have a FA2 and FB set of Lehigh Valley from two different makers (A unit is proto 2000 and B unit is Atlas I think) I was surprised at the detailing difference between the 2 The proto 2000 has a greater amount of detail than the B unit and the colors are no where near the same. I also have a F9 and a SD? in Pennsy colors. After I build my 15 year old daughter a new bedroom I will take over here old bedroom and begin to build my layout again. Think I would like to do something like the HOG posted by Chuck Geiger yesterday. I have had the 4X8 and really would like to do something different.
Has any one frequented the new hobby shop Mister Beasley opened? I really enjoy his attention to detail and how he finishes the inside of his structures excellent work.
Good night all Kevin
Good morning ! from Indiana.
11-07-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
A regular and a glazed donut please Zoe. Chilly but dry outside this morning and best of all the sun was up at 6am (for now anyway).
Worked on the museum layouts last night HO and O troubleshooting, and starting on expanding the housing stock and foundation pads on the N. Shop work is starting to pile up with four gearboxes to go through so far and the Cooper Monaco project to move forward. This should be an interesting car to finish with a 1300 lb weight most of which is the 450hp small block Chevy and McKee transaxel. Even though the racing season's over the ol' dance card is still pretty full.
When did the SD24 enter production? I was under the impression that the ALCO RS-1 was the first 2nd generation road switcher in the late Forties and the New Haven had diesel switchers as early as the Twenties (HH660 etc.). Perhaps historian Ed can fill us in? Speaking of which - nice pics Ed. I liked the KCS shot as well but I know it's not a Tyco since the locos' have glazing.
Glad everyone survived the storm over the weekend. My mom is south of the rest in Nova Scotia and while she got some rain and wind it wasn't nearly as bad as predicted and her power never went out though her beach got a fair bit of erosion damage.
Time to pick up tools - also a doctors appt this morning so we'll see how that all goes. CUL, J.R.
der5997 wrote:Fergie: Isn’t 110-120 knots considerably more than the forecasters were saying our max gusts would be? (135kph if memory serves.)
Oh Ya! The Harbour tends to act as a funnel for the Southerly and Northerly winds. In this case McNabs Is. was registering 85 mph winds while the Ship was registering 110-120. Go figure? Maybe Mr. Venturi has a say in this...
Dick: Dolphins have to win some time and I think the Bills could be the team to allow this So I may look at GB as another choice.
Anyway must run as i have work to do.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
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, we didn't get our promised 5" of snow :(
The EMD SD24 was a 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) C-C diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July, 1958 and March, 1963.[1] A total of 224 units were built for customers in the United States, comprising 179 regular, cab-equipped locomotives and 45 cabless B units. The latter were built solely for the Union Pacific Railroad.[2]
The SD24 was the first EMD locomotive to be fitted with an EMD turbocharged diesel engine, several months before the four-axle (B-B) model GP20. Power output was substantially higher than the 1,800 hp (1,350 kW) of the concurrent Roots blower-equipped SD18s with the same engine displacement.
In terms of sales, the SD24 was only a moderate success, and few had long service lives in SD24 configuration (though many rebuilds are still in operation), but the SD24 was a milestone in EMD locomotive development and the forerunner to today's high-powered six-axle locomotives.[2]
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
***Lee, thanks for the further info on the SD24.
Well, just popping in to say Good Night....er....Morning. Pulled an all nighter, just did the critter rounds so I wouldn't have that on my brain, so now going to hit the hay.
Good Morning
I'll have a cup of root beer. Maine Central mug.
Hey Jeff I got a power pack with a curitt breaker (spelling), new, it set me back $51.71 that was at the train show. I also got a BAR 40' boxcar, track, and a Southern Pacific flat car with chains already on, but I thought I would be able to switch the couplers on it. so I took the trucks off and the dummy couplers, the flatcar is now part of the senery.
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote:Hello everyone.... This photo was forwarded to me by email. I see a copyright, so don't sell it to anyone. Is that Jeff in the cab smiling ????
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Mornin' everyone!
Not too many in yet this morning I see!
Well, when you all come dragging yourselves in here I'll have the coffee ready, OK?
If that doesn't get your attention, the weather outside around here will! It was a balmy 26 degrees when I hit the door this morning! Yeah buddy! That'll get your attention!
For those inquiring about Mrs. PC, her surgery is set for Tuesday, so we're just in a holding pattern till then. Thanks for your thoughts & prayers though.
Howdy folks!
Nice to see all the action and activity you guys have been putting in over the past few days, as I have been out of pocket with work being busy and all!
Welcome back Kevin and Duce and Cheese and Lisa!
And thanks again for all the belated BD wishes from, well....you know who you are! LOL
I will post an update on the Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Train Show later today.
And now for a bit of sad news, my boss Liz just informed us that her nephew was found dead last night, he was only 21 years old. Seems he had a known heart condition, but that was taken care of last year. He had just worked out, returned home and was found in the bathroom last night. He was a body builder and took great care of himself and worked out every day, and ate healthy. She is requesting prayers for her sister and family at this time. Thank you!
Paul - Glad to hear MaryAnn is better now! Sorry to hear about the Hotel closing, and sounds like everyone was certainly loyal to the cause.
Sue - I bought the air brush on sale at Michael's a few months ago and finally got over the fear and just did it! Practiced on some cardboard first, then got the courage up and just hit the task full steam...
Jim - Ditto on 3rd PlanIT track planning software, I just got the latest version 8 installed and it is a vast improvement over the previous versions. The program does have a high learning curve up front, but the more time you spend with it the better you get.
RT - Thanks for the reminder about bring you trains to work day, that's this Friday the 16th. Going to bring in a few pieces I think!
Rob - Best wishes for the wife getting better soon! Hey...uhhh...Rob...that Apri is quite a selection of coffee flavoring agents eh! Like RT said...yuck!
Cheese - Welcome back and you must be located around the Sevierville /Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge area eh!
Dick - snow already huh! And hurricane force winds this late in the season is quite a diversity of weather.
Der John - Nice looking rock formations and the talus is a great plus too! Hope your power supply gets back to normal soon.
Garry - hot apple cider sounds like just the right thing with these cold temps lately! And nice KCS pic too!
Fergie - Yea, Bills over Dolphins is probably a good bet! Now how about Saints over Rams?
And I did hit the trifecta this past weekend, all my teams won: NC State, LSU, and Saints!
PC - No Christmas shopping done yet, but the list is started....
Duke - Those Lions sure are looking quite good I see!
Ed - great pictures from the old station and such, and thanks for sharing before your computer glitches out on you.
Later on,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Colby: Good to hear from you. I was wondering if the weather up that way had blacked you out.
nah. My home comp got a virus. so I'm using the one here at school. it's peroid 1 flex.
Glad to see some ol' friends back...
Speaking of laws, here's some rediculous ones I found:
LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II's speech in the British parliament Tuesday may have been routine but at least nobody got bored to death. That would have been against the law.
Dying in parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series.
And though the lords were clad in their red and white ermine cloaks and ambassadors from around the world wore colourful national costumes, at least nobody turned up in a suit of armour. Illegal.
Other rules deemed utterly stupid included one that permits a pregnant woman to urinate [WHAT?!?!?!]in a policeman's hat and murdering bow-and-arrow-carrying Scotsmen within the city walls of York, northern England.
A law stating that in Liverpool, only a clerk in a tropical fish store is allowed to be publicly topless, was also ridiculous, said a poll of 3,931 people for UKTV Gold television out Tuesday.
Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies on Christmas Day, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan Oliver Crowmell.
The laws and other regulations were culled from published research into ancient legislation that has never been repealed although subsequent statutes have rendered them obsolete.
Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote.
Most ridiculous British law:
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)
2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)
3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)
4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)
5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)
6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)
7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)
8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent)
9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)
10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)
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And in America.......
Offbeat's Definitive List Of America's Strangest Laws
Yes, yes, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, was found "tied to his steering wheel in his birthday suit," but did you know that it is illegal to peel an orange in a Los Angeles hotel room? If not, don't fret -- OFF/beat is here to set you straight with our definitive list of America's 20 strangest laws (compiled from various websites and legal tomes). Readers are encouraged to add their own as long as doing so doesn't violate any obscure statute in their locality ... this means you, readers in Turkmenistan and North Korea!
It's Against the Law to:20) Fish while wearing pajamas in Chicago. 19) Sell instruments in South Carolina on Sunday.18) Be drunk in a Wyoming mine.17) Have a goatee in Boston.16) Serve margarine in a Wisconsin restaurant unless the customer specifically requests it.15) Eat a hamburger on Sunday in Minnesota.14) Offer cigarettes and/or whiskey to zoo animals in Jersey.13) Use a lasso to catch a fish in Tennessee.12) Perform marriages in Pennsylvania when either the bride or groom is drunk.11) Box a kangaroo in Oregon.10) Shoot rabbits while motorboating in Kansas.09) Sell milk in a liquor store in Indiana.08) Wear masks in public in Alabama.07) Have kisses lasting more than five minutes in Iowa.06) Fall asleep in a South Dakota cheese factory.05) Use profanity in front of a dead body in Georgia. 04) Keep a gorilla in the backseat of a car in Massachusetts.03) Take a lion to the movies in Maryland.02) Whistle underwater in West Virginia (same goes for Vermont).01) Push a live moose out of a moving airplane in Alaska... it's also illegal to feed moose alcohol
Hey,
Just popped in to say hello.
Derrick Moore: Heard about this law from Kansas, If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall pass until the other passes. Or at least I think that's how it goes...
BTW we hit 8000 posts. YAY!
G2G, see ya later.
pcarrell wrote:You know, what made me ask the question about Christmas shopping being done was that I ran into someone the other day who told me they were just finishing up their shopping. I felt like such a slacker! But not to fear.....you guys made me feel much better! I haven't started yet either!
Are you saying that we are all slackers?
SilverSpike wrote: pcarrell wrote:You know, what made me ask the question about Christmas shopping being done was that I ran into someone the other day who told me they were just finishing up their shopping. I felt like such a slacker! But not to fear.....you guys made me feel much better! I haven't started yet either! Are you saying that we are all slackers?
Ummmm, uhhhhhh, why, um, sorta, kinda, maybe, but not really?
We attended the 23rd Annual Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club Train Show at the NC State Fair Grounds located in the Exhibition Hall and it was another fun railroad event. Actually got to stick around a bit longer than usual, about 3 hours and took many photos and a few movies too. We arrived at around noon and started making our way around the tables; I bought a few railroad signs for the train room door.
But the first real treat was when we found ourselves at Dave Vollmer's N scale layout display. Dave has added a small staging yard to one end of the layout. This N scale layout is set up on a hallow core door and is very portable, he has also just added the signaling electronics that mimic the prototype. His layout is based on the Pennsy Railroad and features the coal, freight, and passenger traffic of that era. Here are a few more photos of Dave's N scale layout.
Also took a few videos of Dave's layout and those can be viewed on the Piedmont Division YouTube Channel:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqPu5W56nXM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXTBe-577xw
Toured a few more tables and then found Kim at Train Buddy and his display tables. Kim gave us a talk on all his proposed inventions, such as a battery that will hold 10X the storage capacity of current technology as well as trends in nanotechnology and robotics and how these will influence the model railroad hobby now and into the future. I also got a lesson on track cleaning and the suggested liquid that he sells and happend to have on hand, I had to buy a bottle. Also purchased a new DCC USB interface for a computerized layout. Toured a few more tables and then viewed the Sipping and Switching Society HO scale modular layout on display at the back of the hall. This was the largest modular layout I have ever seen, here are just a few photos and videos of this massive layout.
And a few videos on the Piedmont Division YouTube Channel:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Pk83GAcbY
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRUDUc-Cvk
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9QXB7vKW0
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1i-z3oKMM
More photos from this event can be viewed at the Photos Part VII page in the Piedmont Division web site.