Hey Ryan, thanks for posting those photos and videos!
I had no idea I was running my trains so fast...
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
in a ATSF mug today, please & thank you!
***Ryan, enjoyed the photos & video clips. I didn't count them, but that was a long train on that last video. Noticed another engineer was getting into some highballing.
Rob
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Derrick: Here's one from Louisiana that's still on the books. It's illegal to drive a motor vehicle at night unless it is precedded by a man carrying a red lantern.
What???????????
Hello to all,
I switched to N because I needed my trains but(HO people please don't shoot me)I am finding I am really enjoying it other than having to start over. It's great to be back inside I almost did what Sue said and give up altogether but my Tom convinced me to switch(great husband I've got,think I'll keep him). I'm hoping to post some pics, I finally have a good camera(thanks again to my Tom). Only problem I have now is down loading time, I wish DSL would make it to my area soon. Talk to you all later.
Cederstrand wrote: in a ATSF mug today, please & thank you!***Ryan, enjoyed the photos & video clips. I didn't count them, but that was a long train on that last video. Noticed another engineer was getting into some highballing. Rob
The count on that one freight consist was 109 rolling stock!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
refill, please & thanks.
Caught a special on RFDTV all about Tony Lash and his MTH trains layout. Fills a 70'x45' room, my god...now THAT's a layout. 5000' of track, lots of sound effects and animation. If I had that kind of space (& $$$$$$), I would switch to HO faster than I could list my N scale on the bay & hire every good modeller I know to start working on a mega layout. Can you imagine how much HO scale you could pack in that size room?
I was going to bid on an N Scale Atlas Union Pacific SD-60M loco today but got busy outside and forgot. Too bad, it sold for only $33. That's a heck of a bargain (providing it was in as good condition as claimed), yes? Oh well. In truth, it is not really on my Wish List at this point anyway.
(((psst, I can't use names, but if you follow the news, you could probably figure out what famous person my wife has as her patient right now.)))
It's going to be in the twenties again tonight Still have that Red Flag Warning up for fire hazard. No rain in sight iether. Well, back to work here. Rob
Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Derrick: Here's one from Louisiana that's still on the books. It's illegal to drive a motor vehicle at night unless it is precedded by a man carrying a red lantern.What???????????
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
[Fortunately it hasn't been enforced since the advent of headlights.]***Ryan, I new that was a long train. COOL! BTW, your website sure has lots of neat stuff to look at and it is set up well. Bet that ride in the EMD FP-7 was fun. Rob
[Fortunately it hasn't been enforced since the advent of headlights.]
***Ryan, I new that was a long train. COOL! BTW, your website sure has lots of neat stuff to look at and it is set up well. Bet that ride in the EMD FP-7 was fun.
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful day down here in Paradise. I killed most of the morning by going down to my local immigration office and renewing my resident visa for another year. Fran had another dentist appointment this afternoon and that pretty much wrapped up the day. Spare moments were taken up planning for our upcoming trip to Houston for Thanksgiving.
Jerry- good news about Sallie coming home. I'm sure you both are excited about that.
Ryan - nice shots of the train meet.
Dave V - that's one impressive layout on a hcwd.
Speaking of photos, thanks for the kind comments on what I posted from the trip. Here are a few more.
After Tulancingo, we had planned to visit three other old stations on the same branch. Unfortunately roadwork prevented our bus from heading up the road we needed, so we had to skip two of them. We did get to Beristain. Almost nothing left of the railroad here except the old wooden station building, with its old semaphore. Here's a detail shot of the door to the stationmaster's office. Note that the sign at the left giving the elevation as 2185 meters, or 7,168 feet, which is about 1.4 miles high.Next stop was Irolo. Not much of a town, but it was the crossing of the two railroads that went from Mexico City to Veracruz, the F.C. Mexicano and the narrow gauge F.C. Interoceanico.Here's a shot of the old (obviously) narrow gauge station, now without roof, but still with its semaphore.And directly across from it was the standard gauge station. Even here, with the disappearance of passenger service, the station is unused except as a shelter for security guards. This line is now part of the Ferrosur concession.We waited quite a while at Irolo. From the station, you can see where the KCSdeM tracks run, maybe ¾ mile away. We saw a KCSdeM train pass in the distance, but there wasn't time to get over there and shoot it as were expecting a southbound FSRR train. And it eventually turned up.Here comes FSRR #4430, an AC4400CW, leading a train made up mostly of tank cars. Sun behind the train, sorry.And no, the paint scheme of Ferrosur isn't NS black. It just looks that way. It's really a medium green with red and white decorations. It's just that this particular line has a lot of tunnels (including the 1.8 mile long tunnel "El Mexicano") and the soot quickly builds up on the locomotives. Of course, FSRR doesn't waste too much effort in cleaning the units. Here you can see that they have graciously wiped off enough to show the locomotive number.
So that's about it for now. I'm going to settle back with a good, hot, cup of strong coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course) and take it easy for the rest of the day.
Hasta mañana,
Ed
Evening Gang:
Hoo Ray, Sallie is coming home. Jerry, you had better get the place cleaned up for her.
Mary Ann and I hauled hay today. I used the new tractor since it could carry 2 bales each trip. I dropped them off above the hay lot and she moved them there and stacked them. While I was over on the other side of the creek I saw a deer running along the north fence. He would run a ways and stop and lower his head and shack it then turn around and run back. After a couple of times he ran toward me and then ran along the slew and did the same thing. After awhile he junped the east fence and was gone. Strange. Origanally I thought he may have been shot but then I figured he was feeling his oats. There is a train show in Ft. Worth Sat and Sun. I'm planning on going Sat and again Sunday. The best bargins are on the last day of course but I wasnt to check things out Sat. Friday John wants to drive up to Oaklahoma city and pick up a bunch of rail for the 7.5in gauge. That's along drive but it will save the $200 or $300 for shipping.
Ed be sure and tell Fran that I like the picture of the old man and dog. That is a great idea for a detail on a depot.
Lisa have you looked into wireless? I went with Verizon and it is great. It is prcey but Mary Ann says it's worth it so I don't spend so much time at the puter.
Tonight I'm tired from hauling and my shoulders are sore. I guess it's time to say
Good Night All
, 1/2 decaf please. Thanks!
***Paul(Ed, too), sounds like you had the usual busy day there. And I'll second your comment to Ed about that photo of the old man & his dog. Actually, that's the kind of photo you might see in National Geogrphic.
***Lisa, we used Hughs Net satellite service for the internet until our little phone company eventually offered DSL out in our neck of the woods.
Well, I put aside my sentimental attachments and put the (N) Concor/Kato E-8 set up on the bay. I know it is going to be a VERY long time before I replace them. Why? Because I want to replace them with one of these: http://precisioncraftmodels.com/store/index.cfm?event=category.display&itemlistnavshowall=1&category_id=3078&rootparentid=&item_id= (in Union Pacific, naturally) Wow, if these things run as well as they look, not to mention the addition of sound effects, perhaps they are worth the expense. Anyone here have one???
Good evening to all, very chilly day here today, never hit 50F, and tonight it is headed into the 20's (one dog night). Got two more loads of wood into the empty bay of the garage, with heating oil at $3.05/gallon, ( lucky I signed a contract at $2.64/gal last July ) the wood stoves will be seeing a lot of run time this season.
Kevin, I think you got the name wrong, Jim is innocent , this time.
Canondale61 wrote: 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?Good night all Kevin
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?
Good night all Kevin
KEVIN:
Yes, I certainly do know the insulation value of snow, but I also know that it is a great reflector of the suns heating rays, so it is better to have a well insulated house than mounds of snow unless you paln to live in an igloo..lol
As for the new wood stove, I am breaking in a Jotul model 500. The last break-in fire was tonight. Starting tomorrow, that stove will be on quite a bit in the Family room.
Regarding Pellet stoves, you do NOT need to break those stoves in. Their design is quite different, the heat is mainly in the burn pot, and it rises up the heat tubes/chambers where the blower motor blows the heat out into the room. The exhaust is much cooler, so you can vent directly outside, no chimney needed, just keep outlet 4 feet min from any windows or doors. Pellets are now at $235 per ton ( 50- 40 lb bags per skid) at Home Depot here. I can see no stop to the rise in cost of Pellets, so I decided to sell the Pellet stove and go back to wood because I have 9 acres of hardwood for free. Even if you don't have free wood, you can get a cord or two for free from the Forestry where they have deadfall or thinning going on....usually two cords max. Then there is always people who have trees they want to get rid of.
FERGIE: What is the spread on the Bills game? If it is even, I cannot see the Dolphins beating the Bills. And tell Lisa to watch for a big storm forming off the coast near Delmarva Peninsula on Friday. This could turn into a big storm and there is enough cold air to give us snow, however, the jet stream looks to me like it will carry this storm out to sea away from New England and off the coast of NS too far. But, if it comes inland more...WATCH OUT !!!
Good evening:
Sorry Dick did not mean to mess up names (always do that even with my kids lol).My wife always feels the house is warmer when the snow is banked up around the foundation. I have been looking at pellet stoves only because I do not want to deal with wood, do not have time to cut, stack or room to store so pellet stoves were my next thought.
How long before that storm is in our area? Be interesting to have north easter this early in the season.
Ed very interesting pictures from Mexico. Interesting how the buildings have survived and the one of the man and the dog is typical of any era.
Ryan thanks for the pictures of Dave's layout always like looking at it.
Jerry nice job on the house I could never build anything in N scale not enough patience.
Der good luck in getting the blue stuff covered.
Time to make rounds
Have a good night Kevin
Good morning ! from Indiana.
11-08-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
A regular and the yellow frosted donut looks too good to pass up. Trip to the docs yesterday wasn't what I'd hoped. BP up and weight as well so back to the grass and dirt diet and make time again to exercize. To be honest I had backslid a bit eating real brats etc instead of the virtual ones on offer here and we won't mention my sweet tooth.
Brought Thomas home from the museum again as the motor went yet again. The Chinese can motor is really cheaply made and the engine gets more running time than anything else we have at the museum so a couple of months per motor is about it. Typically the motor develops big end play and the end of the commutator gets chewed up. Might be time for a second Thomas and a major rethink of the drive train (Lionel O gage).
Jerry - great minds think similarly - I hve been thinking the roof was way to steep on the MP houses. Thanks for the tip on the windows too. I'll probably do some each way as we need about 40 houses total to finish the display.
Maybe the BLI 4-8-2 i ordered will show up in time for train day tomorrow. Just had to have it out of the rehab center at BLI. At least the New Haven interchanged with the PRR so it can be fit in though really i model a later era. Time to pick up tools and get on with it. CUL, J.R.
Morning folks!
Crisp and cold temps today, but we just did skirt the freezing temps that were predicted last night.
Chloe, I'll have a hot cup a Joe and a blueberry biscuit please!
Dave - Glad you like the photos and video from your layout! The trains might have been running faster than usual, however, everyone enjoyed your display!
Jerry - Thanks for sharing and showing the progress on your layout!
Rob - The Southern Railway #6133 FP-7 ride was amazing, at the NC Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC they alternate between that loco and the Southern Railway #2601 which is an EMD GP-30, you can see it near the roundhouse in the video as the FP-7 is backing up. Glad you like my website too, I try to keep it fresh and updated often. The recent addition of the blog site has been fun too! Now if you're ever in that area you should plan on spending at least 4-6 hours there, and the cab ride is only $10.00 per person, and a limit of 4 riders per trip in the cab.
Ed - Thanks for the comment on the meet photos. And you sure have added some to your collection of photographs of the prototype in your area. I really like that one of the abandoned narrow gauge station. Bet that sure is fun walking around those old buildings...if those walls could talk...
Canondale61 wrote: Ryan thanks for the pictures of Dave's layout always like looking at it.
Kevin - You're welcome!
Later on folks,
Ryan
Mornin' all!
What up?
Nothing much here. Just trying to stay warm! Chilly out there today!
Good Morning, Diners! Zoe, a glass of Ed's OJ, cup of coffee and one of Bill T.'s chocolate donuts, please.
Thanks!
Ryan (and Dave V.) - thanks for the pics of Dave's layout. Looks even more impressive in them, as I can see more of the whole layout. I'll look at the videos when I get home today.
Cool morning here, but not as cold as yesterday morning - and no frost to scrape (YAY!). Still only supposed to reach the 50's today.
Kevin, not a biggie on the name stuff. I see Dick got you the correct info, anyway. And if you want snow, may you get it.
Well, that 'w' thing calls. See everyone later today.
Good morning. Coffee and a cinnamon roll.
I thought that I would stop by before heading to town for a haircut. Today is our last nonrainy day for a while so I will be working ourside until I drop. On Tuesday, we had 4 truck and transfers of rock brought in for our easement road. $$$. We split the expense 3 ways with the neighbors. We went 7 years this time. My main chore at this time is to get the noble fir patch mowed. If they take bows off it is always easier to clean up the mess if it is mowed. I am about half done.
Ed, I have been enjoying your depot shots. Keep them coming.
Garry, We expanded to include GN last Christmas, but NP is still the main line.
der, I must explain the ground foam on the track. I am planting trees on the hillside, and I found that if I don't prop them up the fall before the glue sets up.
Rob, I must have missed the part about your wife having her own layout. I knew that she liked the cows, but I thought that you were working together.
Ryan, Good idea to practice on cardboard. We practice painting on the garage wall. It is an artists nightmare. Nice photos of Dave's layout. Did you film with your cell phone?
Lisa, I sympathize with not having DSL. We have only had it 1 1/2 years. With the old dial up, we would get kicked off the internet just trying to get to a web address. We will never have cable because of our location.
Dick, How do you heat a stove to 200; cool; 300; cool; 400? Is there a thermostat on the stove? Do you take the wood out?
Jeff, Your passengers look natural at the depot.
Well, I am off to town. I will catch up later.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
gear-jammer wrote: Ryan, Good idea to practice on cardboard. We practice painting on the garage wall. It is an artists nightmare. Nice photos of Dave's layout. Did you film with your cell phone?
Actually, the videos did not come out as good as I wanted, you would think it was a phone with the fuzzy quality of the movies. The camera is a Kodak CX6330 EasyShare 3.1 MegaPixel camera, it has a Kodak Retinar Aspheric All Glass Lens and has a range of 37mm-111mm AF 3x Optical.
Morning guys,
I've had sometime off so I have been spending it with the family. I'm A conductor for BNSF. Ive been in the yard working RCO. Im not much on the RCO deal but its work. I've been working here now for about a year. I like the job its fun. Just alot of working.
As far as train stories I've got a couple. Most of which is little mistakes. Hooking to fast or close calls. They say that your not a true railroader until you put something on the ground. I have not become one yet... LOLOLOL
I have some pics Ill try to get on here. I also have some video of the trench in L.A. A couple of me going through the tunnels on the Cajon. A foggy train meeting. And one of me rideing through Long beach.
Well I will swing in again when I can.
Later,
Cary
Good afternoon everyone, I hope everyone is having a healthy and happy day..... we brought in another 4 laods of wood to garage extra bay, I figure I have about 8 more cart loads to go to fill the area.
KEVIN: No snow for you unless you live in Presque Isle or Fort Kent, and maybe Eastport. The storm that will form, a Nor'easter will really "explode" off the New England coast on Saturday, but too far out to sea to bother us, however, Nova Scotia has a geat chance for snow on the western edge of this storm.
SUE: To break-in a new wood burning stove, you light one small fire, and let the temp get to 200F and then just let the fire go out. When the stove is cold, light the 2nd fire, and get the temp up to 300F and then let it go out. When the stove is cold, light the 3rd fire, and let the temp get to 400F and then go out. You only place enough small twigs and wood for each fire, adding a little more material for each 100F rise in operating temp, and, you can control the temp with the primary air control. This is very important to break-in a new stove, because you don't want to "shock" the cast metals, otherwise you can warp or even crack the metal. Things need to adjust, sort of like quenching process for metal treatment.
FERGIE: What has Lisa predicted for this next storm? You will get some snow, maybe even enough to make a snowman!!!! LOL
I have an annual physical in 30 minutes so I am out of here, see you guys and gals later,
Hello eveyrbody!
Jerry: EXCITING NEWS about Sallie coming home on Saturday!!!! Are you doing lots of house cleaning now? ....Okay, everybody....... call out the marching band! ....Time to celebrate the homecoming with a parade !!!!!
Cary: Hope you continue enjoying the job. I hear too many people thinking work is bad, but it should not be like that at all. S, real railroaders become that way after putting equipment on the ground. I once worked with a guy whose father was a Santa Fe engineer and accidently derailed the Super Chief. Does that count?
Ed: thanks for posting photos. Unit 4430 needs a wash.
Sue ..... I'm sure including GN adds interest to the layout. I include GN and NP becuase they jointly owned CB&Q and because many trains connected between them.
Jeff .... nice station photo!
JR ..... Now we are in suspense. DId the 4-8-2 arrive today?
Duke ... did you see my PM reply a couple of days ago?
MRR adventure of the week: When at train show in Detroit area, I bought some used freight cars. One of them was a coal hopper loaded with oversized chunks of black stuff supposedly being "coal". Last night I decided to replace it. I found out the car had been loaded with cat litter that had been sprayed black. This is my first time in many years s a model railroader that I have removed cat litter from a hopper car!
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Afternoon, Zoe - how about a root beer float,
and a nice juicy burger, please?
Cox 47 wrote:Paul...Yes i gotta get the place cleaned up and I gotta hide my cookies and chips!!
Yep, Jerry - and remember to vaccuum the crumbs off the floor/carpet, too! Good to hear that Sallie'll be home before much longer. Oh, and I'll cover the dishes this hour for you - sit out front and you can work on your list of stuff to be done before Sallie gets home...
Ed, do they do in Mexico like we do - anyone wipe a "Wash Me" (in Spanish, of course) on the back of 4430? You're right about that soot buildup; hate to think what it would've looked like if that were a steamer going through those tunnels... [whew] Thanks for the pics of the depots and trains!
Jeff, liked your folks at the depot shot. I still kind of think that the guy in the cab of that F-unit resembles you some...
Paul, I did spot some more MDC/Roundhouse ore car kits today (well, the wood chip cars, but they're almost identical) online. I was looking through a store I like and got two of those 3-in-1 kits, so that's another six ore cars for me. Just haven't been having good luck with Walthers (or are you beating me to the warehouse with your orders?) Since I'm going to just have one medium sized mine (and maybe a second small one), I won't need your long haul trains of them - I'll probably only have five or so at a time going to/from my mine. (Shoestring operation...).
So, JR - any sign of your Mountain loco yet? We will be awaiting trial run results after you get it in, right?
Back to w**k again for me. Nice sunny day outside, so that's nice.
Blessings and sunshine for your afternoon,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
First let you all in on what was bothering me . I have a lead from my difirillator that is part of a recll by medtronics and I have been having some other problems which I thought might of been because of it but doesn't look that way so now for my post about today
Well all went well at the doctors office he had them draw blood to check a few things out (will know in a few days I guess) the doctor that does the thing with my difibrillator did see where the lead is fine but my heart has been doing a jump quite often so need to figure whats going on there with some other test with the blood they took today. I'm supose to do another stress test as soon as my insurance kicks in so thats after the first of the year acually wanted it sooner but kinda expensive so I just have to live with whats what for a while.
He didn't seem to concern with all that I told him but the doctor with the test equipment was a little concern that I drive with this in me. But told me and gave me a paper with warnings and what to do if driving and I get any symtoms of heart beating fast and all.
Well I guess all is going to be alright. Still don't know whole bill for today but I do know that its up there now some of it is doctors visit and some is test and then there is the reprograming of the device . By the way he said my lead is fine. But we need to keep an eye on it just incase so I need to go see him about every 6 months.
Well now I can look at taking pics of some of the trains I want to sell for xmas money (I do this every year) i try to buy at a good price and sell just befor xmas for xmas money
That and I have trains that I don't see having anyway to use os display so I guess they can take a hike also. (need to get some standard track to put standard set around xmas tree this year)
Well thats about all for today talk to you all later.
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Garry Didn't get a PM so I will try sending one to you again
Duke
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