Good morning ! from Indiana.
02-19-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
9F this morning with the high to be in the twenties. We'll have fun loading the truck in this but at least it's sunny.
Hoople - The Bachmans' seem a good deal and the other place to look is Trainworld. I like the way the Bachmans run though the steam engines have troubles if the trackwork is off the least little bit.I have a light mtn a couple of 44 tonners and an EF4 electric plus a N&W J which is still in its' box. More to the point, if the solder keeps coming off, you are probably not getting the joint hot enough. What do you use for soldering, and what size and type of solder are you using? If you are trying to simply resolder an existing connection, try a little resin flux on the parts to make a clean secure join. Should be stronger than the wire used.
Paul - What sort of milling machine do you have at home? It must be nice to have a big enough barn for all that.
Since Bill was nice enough to top the page for us, I'll just have one of the donuts and a regular coffee. Time to get on with w..k see Y'all later. J.R.
Good morning. The temp here this morning was 35 and is expected to reach a high of 65 today.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 2/19/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 30°FHumidity: 90%Dew Point: 33°F So Far TodayHigh: 40°FLow: 35°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 6mph SE High: 65 °FLow: 56 °F
Today High: 65 Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph this morning...increasing to 15 to 20 mph and gusty this afternoon.
Tonight Low: 55 Mostly cloudy. Warmer. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Ham and eggs today.
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
Good morning
Happy MRRing
*The roster crows* Morning railfans for Maine. clear blue skys today. cool out not cold it's cool High around 30 maybe 40 in the sun. I will not be in a lot today cause I'm going over to my friends house who just got into the hobby he has a 4x8 with handlayed track and needs help with sorting out the wires.
Colby
Morning all -
Bright sunny and down right COLD here right now. Currently, it is....
So, there ya have it... 1F or -17C - lol! Suppose to hit 20 today, 38 tomorrow, 33 Wednesday, 37 Thursday, 32 Friday and Saturday, and 41 next Sunday!
SO JimCG - Does that answer your question?
Der - I'm so done with this winter crap! Bring on the sun and warm temps and 'Play Ball!'
Ok all - enough of the I'm going to go drink my coffee and watch some tv. Enjoy President's Day!
Take care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
Morning all. Just a quick stop. Today's a holiday for the CFO and me. She's off to Sam's Club and then Target. I'm soon off to the doctor - nothing serious. Then I'm going bythe old house to pick up some swtches and flex track (We haven't completely emptied it out, yet. Gotta get that done and get it rented). I have a couple pieces of 1'x8' plyboard from a earlier project. I'll layout the turnouts and track to help get the feel for how I want the Vira extension to look.
der5997 wrote: Lewiston will be 18” deep, which is doable in N, and you can still get in the feel for some of those streets. Planning for passing, especially where you have a loop, will take some thought.
Not quite, John, Lewistown will stand away from the wall with hidden staging in the back behind a mountain/viewblock. The Lewistown portion itself may be as deep as three feet. Some will be for the viewblock, background buildings, and in the midground, for the PRR to pass through on its way from Harrisburg to Altoona with a stop for passengers, of course. PC cent me a number of photos of the Lewistown station a while back. Now I get to scratch build it!. In the foreground will be PRR and M&V interchange and switching action. It is the Vira extension that may be as little as 18" deep.
Gotta go.
KJ
Mornin, a couple doughnuts and coffee Zoe,
Weather guessers are saying a nice day here, highs in the low 40's and partly cloudy. increasing clouds late afternoon, rain moving in tonight into tomorrow and with lows in the 20's , A winter mix, figures. They're also saying warmer temps all week, which will be nice, seeing we haven't had more than 3 days above freezing for a month.
Train show was almost a bust for me, bought a 2 bay hopper and 2 switch machines, HO selection didn't have much I was interested in. Did find a couple other things I wanted, but thing couldn't find any body to take my money, they kept wondering off, and I give up. I wasn't the only one either.
Rail fanning wasn't good either, no train, wasn't even any cars in the the yard, up there. Then to top thing, I broke the handle for the tail gate on Mother's bus.
DER, That camera you got in the pic, looks just like the one I got.
HOOPLE, I thought maybe you'd bust a gut, waiting on it to get there..
GMT, it might be cold there, but think how warm it will be in Florida for testing.
Well best get back to chores. Hope ya'll has a gooden
inch
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Mornin' All.
KJ-Glad to have ya back! Wished you'd stayed away from the N scale as you'll go blind Thats gonna be quite an empire, some would kill for space like that.
Sat the Ford Tarus wagon gave up the ghost. The repair was a bent valve, broke coil, left pass window motor burned out, rt. pass. door panel popped off and the dist. was crapping out. VERY $$$. Thank God for President's Day sales!! We got a 07, black Chevy Malabu for 18,000 and it only had 4 miles on it. It has lotsof bells and whistles that are considered standard. This thing tells us when the tires ars low, how many miles we can drive before a fillup and--this is crazy--tells ya when to change the oil. May be my next car will be able to hover!? Who knows!
Party room is cool and 90% done!! It'll bring in a lot of business.
Well gotta get to work.
Prayers for all and please remember a friend I served with in the dept. She just learned she has cancer and only 6 mo. to live.
Blessings to all.
Trent
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I looked at trainworld and the prices for spectrums with sound is about $50 more.
The only problem I experience with my heavy mountain is when it runs through a closed switch,(when it was thrown for curve and it was coming from the straight) The lead truck derails.
Otherwise, They do better than my other engines. (Thank GOD it went through my flextrack. Not so bad for first time layout...)
Inch: That could have happened. Luckely, I have a 4 day weekend, because teachers have an in service tommorow, so my bud is gonna come over with his engines and some cars and we'll run trains till we fall over dead. (Or we have a cornfield meeting, either one... Let's hope for the first one.)
I just gotta say I LOVE DCC. It's the best thing EVER.
If only I could figure out how to program the decoder, because I tried a HEX in base 2 and that messed everything up, but when I just push a number, it does it correctly. Very confusing, because my NCE decoder manual tells me that I need to use a HEX for Digitrax systems, but just punching in 2 instead of 10 works... Does the Zephyr do the math in it's head?
hey guys! I'm at ,my friends house. gess what? Me and my friend railfanned in front of his house. and I got pics!!!!! a whole roll of film gone in 5-10 min. SL&A did some switching with mostly box car and 3 center beams loaded with wood bound for some Home Depot store.
Good evening.
Quiet day today, recharging before returning to work tomorrow.
I wish to share a bit that appeared on the news today. The Governor General of Canada awarded Military valor medals to some of our heroes. The cecemony is available for viewing at this web site http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate?tf=/ctv/mar/video/new_player.html&cf=ctv/mar/ctv.cfg&hub=Canada&video_link_high=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/02/19/ctvvideologger3_171884657_1171900275_500kbps.wmv&video_link_low=mms://ctvbroadcast.ctv.ca/video/2007/02/19/ctvvideologger3_171884656_1171899240_218kbps.wmv&clip_start=00:01:40.40&clip_end=00:07:00.42&clip_caption=CTV Newsnet: Jean presents Valour Decorations&clip_id=ctvnews.20070219.00183000-00183602-clip1&subhub=video&no_ads=&sortdate=20070219&slug=soldiers_medals_070219&archive=CTVNews
Hope you all had a great day.
Happy MRRing.
Good Evening All,
Still molding plaster wals and fighting with my picture uploads.
At least that works now. See - Fergie doesn't have a monopoly on messes. Now that I can struggle and get the images to upload I can at least play show and tell a bit.
And welcome Dude. It's a slow night tonight here in the diner but pull up a stool and hang for a while. A 34 year old prefab layout sounds cool. Is it brass track or nickel silver and what configuration is it? Any scenery? And what will you put on it for rolling stock? (we are a very nosey bunch here). CUL while I try to edit some more pics, J.R.
Evenin' All.
Zoe, I'll have a tall ginger ale. thanks, you're a peach!
Had the whole day off and didn't do a damned thing! I thought about the new layout and even took a track planning book the doctor's office, but that was about it! Most of the day I spent fighting with all these computers that we have. At least I got my new notebook cooler. Maybe now I'll be able to run Trainz without the computer crashing form the heat. (I know this is a model railroading diner - sorry!)
Welcome Dude. Hope this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. I love the smell of burning coal in the morning. Tell us more about your new layout. In return we'll tell you more than you want to know about ours!
Oh, the CFO is making chocolate chip cookies and they smell GOOD! And they are even heart smart (the chocolate part) especially with a glass of red wine (which is also heart smart), at least I happily tell myself after a cookie and a glass.
I did some work on the M&V today on the Vira Extension. It's beginning to make sense. I can't wait for the refund check so I can buy some track (not to mention lumber, screws, glue and all the rest. The CFO told me to get a new Home Depot charge card! She thinks we're getting a new shed for the lawn tractor. Please don't tell her any different!
I forgot to tell you guys that I finished my novel last summer and did a limited self publishing. If any of you are literary agents or publishers I'd be awfully glad to hear from you!
The cookies call!
Evening gang:
newRRdude: Have a cup of coffee or a sfot drink on me. Would it be OK if we called you dude or would you like to use your name? We're a pretty friendly bunch but lazy. The less letters in the name the better. It sounds like you got a deal on that old layout. The main thing about the hobby is to have fun. I'd also like to hear more about yourself and your interests and plans.
JR: The mill is an old Bridgeport M head. It's all hand feed. I got it in 1972. It was one of 8 that were in a circle at a manufacturing plant. It does a good job on the stuff that I do.
Well I'm off to bed. My best to all.
Good Night
02-20-07
Mornin, Coffee please Zoe,
Temps atill above freezing and waiting on some light rain, that was suppose to be here last night, anyway high in the 40's and damp for today.
JERRY, there was one more vender with N than HO. As far as layouts there was 1 N, 1 HO and 3 O scales [2- 3 rail and 1- 2 rail]. Yes ED was there trying to sell his junk and I mean junk. Some of the worst he's had, at high dollor. Coryville was the one I had trouble paying, which surprised me I heard him complaining bout sales being down so much this year.
The ROCKOHM show is coming up in April. Hope it's better.
DUDE, have a cup on me and hope ya enjoys yur visit here.
KJ, whats your book about ?? Your's made you cookies, mine made me fudge brownies. Why I don't know why, she can't eat'em with this new diet she's on.
Best get on ta chores, got kids today so no play time
27F already this morning though overcast. The truck left at 0 dark thirty so that's done, now just the million other things we have left.
Poured the last plaster wall this morning before leaving for here (notice Paul I'm not using the w word - don't want to dismay you) so that's finally done, 16 in all.
We can try another pic from the lower level of the layout showing the inlet and the bridges with the viaduct and port backdrop behind. Still need to build the bank on the right once I figure out the final scheme for industry there. Maybe even a short wharf.
Paul, I think the Bridgeport mill is the single most useful tool on earth. Of course I'm a bit biased - my grandfather worked at Bullards where it was developed. We have two J's in the shop and they are both constantly in use.
Hoople, If you beat Trainworlds' prices you really did well. I still want to figure out a way to fit a small compression spring between the front truck and the frame or perhaps some weight for the Bachman steam loco. Might work better that way.
Inch, Your vendor friend sounds like one of the LHS's here - grousing all the time about sales volume, but never a lot of stock or even help at the counter when you need it. Funny way to run a business. Oh well, time to pick up tools. CUL,J.R.
It's 7:15am and it's 41 degrees already!
How 'bout that?
KJ, a shed....right......mums the word!
GMT, nice water man! Looks real good!
Well gotta start writing a big paper today for school. I've got it mostly thought out, I've just got to get it on paper. All I need for class is a rough draft, so that shouldn't be too bad.
What's up with you all?
Hi GMT. I am pretty sure the track is brass, there isn't any scenery, but for me that's great so i can get some experience making it. and yeah, you can call me dude. i have one question. is there a way to make a small pond on a layout is somewhat easy to create? i read in a magazine that some people use epoxy, but for the ammount i need, it's a little pricy.
thanks,
dude
Good morning.
Today's Weather for: Ft Polk, LA 71459 2/20/2007 Live Conditions 8:48 AMFort Polk Airfield
Wind: 10 mph Temp: 63.0°F Switch to Celsius Wind Chill: 62°FHumidity: 84%Dew Point: 58°F So Far TodayHigh: 63°FLow: 61°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 21mph SSW High: 72 °FLow: 55 °F
Now through 10:00 AM CST February 20, 2007
High: 72 Through 10 AM...patches of very light rain and sprinkles will move east at 35 mph across portions of southeast Texas...central and southern Louisiana...as well as the adjacent coastal waters. Rain amounts will be very light and range from a trace to a few hundredths of an inch. Today High: 72 Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 55 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.
Hi again.
Paul Beverung: yeah, i got my 4x8 layout for only 20 bucks! like i said before, i am pretty new to this hobby, actually i have only been interested for 2 weeks. Colby got me into it by giving me some track and two cars. he and i were out in front of my house taking pics of a train yesterday, (i'm the friend he was talking about) and used up a roll of film pretty fast. along with trains i am also interested in guitar, i'm on a swim team, and i'm hoping to have my layout looking good by this fall. if i can i'll try get some pics to you guys.
-Dude
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:I look forward to seeing them. Colby has done a good job on his, considering how little he has to work with. I know how that is. I live on a fixed income and don't have much money for my hobbies. But I get what I can wherever I can.
OK OK newRRdude is my friend who I've been talking about. you guys can call him Alex.
and what goes on in The Trackside Diner stays in The Trackside Diner. lol
Lunch time. Thought I would check in for a change.
newRRdude, and welcome back KJ. It's nice to know you're keeping Lewistown where it belongs. If I went to visit my mother and it wasn't there I would be very confused.
Not much work on the railroad lately. I've been indulging some other interests. I will stop do a little work from time to time. Sometime soon I'll get something started and go full blast again.
Any one know anything about whole house water softeners? I heard what sounded like a cherry bomb going off in my basement a couple weeks ago. I looked all over the place and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary but a couple days later my shower head clogged up with mineral deposits. A little after that the water started tasting a little odd. I'm leaning toward one of the salt free cataytic kind of treatment systems. They are more expensive to start with but I won't have to carry 40 pound bags of salt down to the basement when I'm old and decrepit.
Guess that's about it for now. See you later.
speaking of using whatever you find, i just made six ballasts using COOKING SPICES! surprisingly, they look real! (sorry, Colby, i forgot to show them to you along with my mountian of parsley yesterday.) And they taste/smeelgreat!
newRRdude wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:I look forward to seeing them. Colby has done a good job on his, considering how little he has to work with. I know how that is. I live on a fixed income and don't have much money for my hobbies. But I get what I can wherever I can.speaking of using whatever you find, i just made six ballasts using COOKING SPICES! surprisingly, they look real! (sorry, Colby, i forgot to show them to you along with my mountian of parsley yesterday.) And they taste/smeelgreat!