Good Evening All,
Just passin through between trips. Being 60 miles north of the city we were affected by the attacks on the twin towers losing community members especially from the police and fire departments as many of them commute to the city from this area. For our part we watched on the tv at the body shop next door as events unfolded though it all seemed so unreal at the time. Two of our corner worker friends were on flight 93 though we didn't know it at the time. One positive is for sure, now that we know what's going to happen or could happen, I doubt that anyone will sit passively through a hijacking ever again. Much better to die trying to live than live waiting to die.
Back from Watkins Glen and the rains and off to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and hopefully a visit to the source at Walthers. Should have a chance to catch up on posts next week, until then hope you all are well. Regards, J.R.
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
ModelTrainLover wrote: grayfox1119 wrote: On that fateful morning of 9/11/2001, my wife and I were eating breakfast and watching the news on Tv when the news and pictures came in of the first tower being hit by an airplane. As we watched, we could not believe our eyes as we actually saw the 2nd plane fly right into the 2nd tower. At that moment I remember telling my wife " this is obviously a terrorist act, they had tried to bomb the towers previously by exploding a truck full of exposives in the basement parking garage." Not long thereafter the news carried the story og the 3rd plane hitting the Pentagon, and the 4th crashing to the ground in PA.My wife and I had flown out of Logan just a month earlier on the early flight headed for Vancouver. It really upset her big time, so much so that for months afterward, she would get all stressed out at the sound of large planes flying overhead.My daughter had met the Boston pilot who was killed in the 1st plane to hit the north tower, Mr. Ogonowski several times, as she and her husband had been to his house visiting. She was devastated to hear the news.Rather than rant about how "I" feel about these cowards, I pray for those who died, and their loved ones left behind. May God grant them peace and comfort.THANK YOU LUC for the kind words of remembrance from our faithful neighbors in Canada. That 4th plane was on a oneway route to the White House. 3 Years ago I was watching a program on either he History Channel, National Geographic, or the Discovery Channel. I was about the 37 people on board that flight and about the last few hours of their lives. The program was called "The Flight that Fought Back' and when the FAA reviewed the 'Black Box' that last second of tape recorded the Cockpit being breached by the passengers to over take the plane from the Terriorist.
grayfox1119 wrote: On that fateful morning of 9/11/2001, my wife and I were eating breakfast and watching the news on Tv when the news and pictures came in of the first tower being hit by an airplane. As we watched, we could not believe our eyes as we actually saw the 2nd plane fly right into the 2nd tower. At that moment I remember telling my wife " this is obviously a terrorist act, they had tried to bomb the towers previously by exploding a truck full of exposives in the basement parking garage." Not long thereafter the news carried the story og the 3rd plane hitting the Pentagon, and the 4th crashing to the ground in PA.My wife and I had flown out of Logan just a month earlier on the early flight headed for Vancouver. It really upset her big time, so much so that for months afterward, she would get all stressed out at the sound of large planes flying overhead.My daughter had met the Boston pilot who was killed in the 1st plane to hit the north tower, Mr. Ogonowski several times, as she and her husband had been to his house visiting. She was devastated to hear the news.Rather than rant about how "I" feel about these cowards, I pray for those who died, and their loved ones left behind. May God grant them peace and comfort.THANK YOU LUC for the kind words of remembrance from our faithful neighbors in Canada.
On that fateful morning of 9/11/2001, my wife and I were eating breakfast and watching the news on Tv when the news and pictures came in of the first tower being hit by an airplane. As we watched, we could not believe our eyes as we actually saw the 2nd plane fly right into the 2nd tower. At that moment I remember telling my wife " this is obviously a terrorist act, they had tried to bomb the towers previously by exploding a truck full of exposives in the basement parking garage." Not long thereafter the news carried the story og the 3rd plane hitting the Pentagon, and the 4th crashing to the ground in PA.
My wife and I had flown out of Logan just a month earlier on the early flight headed for Vancouver. It really upset her big time, so much so that for months afterward, she would get all stressed out at the sound of large planes flying overhead.
My daughter had met the Boston pilot who was killed in the 1st plane to hit the north tower, Mr. Ogonowski several times, as she and her husband had been to his house visiting. She was devastated to hear the news.
Rather than rant about how "I" feel about these cowards, I pray for those who died, and their loved ones left behind. May God grant them peace and comfort.
THANK YOU LUC for the kind words of remembrance from our faithful neighbors in Canada.
That 4th plane was on a oneway route to the White House. 3 Years ago I was watching a program on either he History Channel, National Geographic, or the Discovery Channel. I was about the 37 people on board that flight and about the last few hours of their lives. The program was called "The Flight that Fought Back' and when the FAA reviewed the 'Black Box' that last second of tape recorded the Cockpit being breached by the passengers to over take the plane from the Terriorist.
yeah, but we prefer to look at it that the plane didn't make it to the White House. More hopeful sounding.
-Morgan
I was at home, just getting ready to go to work.But it would change my life quickly, as I had planned on flying my airplane early the next morning south to see a friend of mine. It would remain in the hangar at the airport(I own and fly a 1946 Ercoupe), since the FAA quickly grounded all airplanes of every kind nationwide.Another friend of mine was ferrying an airplane from California to Indiana for a customer, and had to land immediately in New Mexico, then find a rental car and faced a long drive back home to Indiana.He finished his ferry trip two weeks later.
'Two other friends of mine several days later, decided their ultralights wouldn't be picked up on radar, so flew from a farm strip one of them has. They only went up to about 300 feet and were just flying around over some farmland for fun, when they soon found they had company, two F-16s from the local Indiana Air National Guard 122nd Fighter Wing was circling them and ordered them to land immediately or face being knocked down by very close passes of the F-16's.
They set down in a soybean field, surrounded by lots of police cars, and ended up in the Huntington County jail for a couple of hours, and their ultralights were confiscated by the FAA.It cost them some money to get out of jail, and get their airplanes back.
The guy who was flying one of the F-16s was one of our local EAA Chapter members, and explained to them that satellite based radar had seen them, and the 122nd was alerted.They almost had to pay for the time and gas used by the F-16s.That would have been verrrrryyy expensive!!!Myself and several of my flying buddies didn't even go to the airport for over a week.Now it's all fenced in, we have to use gate keypad codes to get in, and make sure the gates shut behind us. Personal locks on hangars were quickly replaced by airport issued locks, and only 1 key per hangar was allowed. getting a replacement if it became lost was a big hassle.The good old days are gone forever.Kids hanging on the airport fence or riding their bicycles onto the airport and wanting to see airplanes and learn to fly or bum rides are no more.It's really sad to see that part of Americana disappear.It also make railfanning a bit more difficult also since railyards ,etc are much more picky about people taking pictures, etc.The same is true at the airport unless management knows you.My cousin was working for GTE and was just across the Hudson River, watching it all happen from her office with fellow employees.I remeber her telling me later they were in shock and really uncertain if it was even safe to leave and go home.
Our world has changed forever folks!
TheK4Kid
I was in 4th grade. I remember walking into class that morning wondering why the news was on. People were talking about planes flying into buildings I'd never heard of. (And may never have if they weren't hit) I honestly thought they were kidding. It was absurd that people were flying planes into buildings.
My 6th grade teacher knew bankers there. And supposedly a few friends had family or family friends in the tower. (these are people who do tell yarns.)
My condolences for those of you who lost in there.
I was in Virgina when it happened, it was a lil before school when the first plane hit.
I was gonna cut school and call it a day of Rembembrance (spelling i know) i have a drawing of the twin Towers that i drew, At the top it says (in cursive) "A Tribute to those who lost someone in 9/11/01"
Army National Guard E3MOS 91BI have multiple scales nowZ, N, HO, O, and G.
The free world will never forget!!!
Lunch time!!! A little late for me here in the East, but I wanted to finish re-assembling the Dutch West wood stove. It is all together and ready for the cold.
It has been raining cats and dogs here off and on, and we have received 0.87" so far this morning with as much as another inch forecasted. Right now the weather station is indicating a rain rate of 1.21" per hour!!!
Now I am headed down to the Train room to take some photos of the new gate, and do some layout planning for the tracks.
Later,
Coffee, please and thank you.
***Scott, apples make good road snacks, as they give you energy and if you eat too many, they give you indigestion which also helps you stay awake. I do agree with other suggestions about breaking that drive into two parts. It will be easier, safer and more enjoyable that way. It serves no purpose to arrive exhasted. Drive safe and we'll see you soon.
Off to do critter rounds, then put up a ceiling fan for the Inlaws temporary porch, (which was suppose to be my painting porch....#%*^*!). About ready to dig a big hole and....
Have a great day all! Rob
Hello again.
I should have mentioned to PAUL ........ I've not forgotton about the Colorado 2-6-0. I've a large box of Colorado books and there's a good chance I have info on the engine. It'll be a while before I get back to model railroading. Funeral for Shelley's sister, Janet, was yesterday. Out-of-town family is here a while.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Dick, I got exactly what I wanted......half a day off of peace and quiet! It was perfect!
SilverSpike wrote: PC - can you ship a unit consist of rain water from your area to ours? Oh, and happy belated birthday!
PC - can you ship a unit consist of rain water from your area to ours? Oh, and happy belated birthday!
No can do! The ground is so dry here that it just soaked it up like a sponge!
All, thanks for all of the birthday wishes everyone. My wife was actually kinda blown away by all of the well wishes, but I told her thats just the kind of bunch you all are! Thanks again!
Now, where's that French Silk pie I heard about?
*Warning*
The below message contains a rant. Please have earplugs ready.
Now begins the wait... I wonder how fast FedEx can ship from New York to Seattle...
I just want my challenger.
The Rant has ended. Remove earplugs.
To PieChild-I mean PC!
Well, gotta run to S****l...
Mark (Who wants his challenger!)
I SAID THE RANT WAS OVER.
Fine then.
Bye.
JIM YOU SLY DOG!!! WAY TO SNEAK A POST BEFORE ME!
Well... Breakfast, Lunch, and maybe dinner is on me...
Just stopping in briefly, Zoe. Cup of mocha to go would be nice. Thanks!
I forgot to mention that at the Boeing train show (in St. Louis County), I saw a few 2-10-2's and 2-10-0's, so I guess Fergie missed a few in his forays out cleaning out LHS's.
Grey and dreary here at the moment, though we don't have the fog that Dick has out east.
Well, I'd better get going. Later!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning all, today we have heavy fog, 59F for a temp,98% rh and Dew Point of 59F ( same as air temp that is why we have heavy fog, the clouds have come down to ground level for morning coffee !! ) Visability is down to 400 feet. Men's candlepin bowling league started last night, we got off to a good start, took all 8 points, and I got 4 strikes for the first time in years, two in a row in the last frame.
Today I plan to take some shots of the new offset, "L" shaped swing gate and get them posted here, then start the track layout plan. However, I also have to get the DutchWest wood stove back together after annual cleaning maintenance. I just saw on the Weather Channel that 30F weather is coming in with several waves of cold fronts into the northern border states, so this will take priority.
I did pick up a gallon of earth-tone paint to use on all the "pink" foam that covers the layout tables. There is no way I want "pink" earth showing through on the layout later, the brown earth-tone will at least look far more realistic.
RYAN: Thanks to your very well done design of a swing gate, it convinced me to re-layout the work table, storage cabinets, book case, and desk at the north end of the layout in order to be able to use a swing-out gate design. I didn't think it would fit, but I have enough room to open the gate enough for safe passage.
SCOTT: 700 miles is a long drive, so make sure you stop at 1 to 1.5 hour intervals for a break, it really does help. And if you use an IPOD, I would not recommend that you use earphones while driving.......you need to be able to hear sirens. Best of wishes for a safe trip and very successful career!!!!
PC: So what did you get for your BD??? Some people in the Diner have mentioned that you received an AC4400?? Others said that you received a 2-10-4 ( Fergie would love that ). I also see that HOOPLE ate all the pie that Zoe made for you..tsk, tsk.
MIKE: Get your pellet stove ready, cold wave is due, already 34F this morning in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin with a another re-enforcing wave behind the first one.
Time to get going, see you guys at lunch,
Hello everyone.....
Since it's 9/11, I'll tell this story again. I told it a few months back. Shelley and I spent 9/11/01 watching the horrors from our hotel room in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I will say that if I were to pick a place in which to be stranded, Nova Scotia was the place to do it. Canadians were more than kind to us. US flags were displayed just about everywhere we looked. Every Canadian flag was at half mast.
Although Nova Scotia is beautiful, our thoughts were for our family members at home. We arrived there on 9/9/01 via American Airlines changing planes in Boston. On 9/11/01, we had no idea how or when we could get home. Some 50 trans-Atlantic planes had been diverted to Halifax that day, and thousands fo those passengers were also stranded.
Renting a car to drive home would cost literally thousands of dollars. Some groups were chartering busses. Shelley and I booked reservations for VIA Rail departing the following Saturday. We toured Nova Scotia during our wait. Wow, you should see the incredible seafood platters you can get in a restaurant in one of the fishing villages on the coast.
We boarded "The Ocean" and our accommodations were the largest size bedroom in a sleeper just ahead of the domed observation. It was an all-Budd train reminding me of the original California Zephyr. I spent quite a bit of time in the dome until darkness occured somewhere in New Brunswick. When the train arrived in Montreal it had 22 Budd cars inclduing some from a connecting train.
We board the train for Toronto with only a one hour wait in Montreal. We had a reservation in Toronto at the Royal York hotel, and we had reservations for the next morning for a VIA train to Windsor, Ont. We thought we would take a cab from their into Detroit. However, we learned there was a twelve hour wait crossing the border there. We stayed an extra day after changing train reservations to the Amtrak train that goes to Chicago. I thought a ride through the Port Huron tunnel by rail would be no problem, but that was a false assumption. The train stopped at the border in Sarnia, Ontario where all passengers were instructed to get off the train and board busses. The busses would take us over the border and the train would travel with no passengers to Port Huron. Then we were to transfer back to the train.
As you may suspect, the train was many hours late. We got off the train in Flint, MI, and rented a car to drive to our car in the Nashville, TN airport. We drove home from there.
Good Morning, All. I think that I will just have coffee today.
Yesterday, I worked on fence posts, and pressure washed the stock trailer. Guess what I did when it was 88? I was soaked. The leak in the handle wets me down nicely.
Ryan, I was looking for your salsa recipe. I found that if I cooked my recipe longer, that it got hotter. Mild seems to have a burn that stays with you nicely. I opened my canned jalapenos yesterday. The olive oil seems to hold the hot with them too.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Mornin' folks! I'll have some mocha java please!
Rob - you have more patience that I do, and good luck with the family members.
Duke - I told Ben that you had a mascot and then he started guessing, took him about 10 minutes and then he figured it out! More like 20 questions for him to get it right! So no surprise on the little feller on the back of the bike! Just about 3 ½ weeks now.....
Mike - your camera and the shutter has been busy lately, nice images too!
Ed - nice to see you and Paco in that photo again, but now I know where it was taken. Looks like it was fun getting to see and run the trains on Steve's layout! And I see you and the family on Paul's 7 ½" too, boy you do get around eh!
egmurphy wrote:" Just enjoying some good, strong, hot coffee, accompanied by a piece of Fran's homemade banana cream pie. Yum."
Any left for us?
Jeff - nice video tour of the Southern Division.
Nscaler - Glad to hear that you are feeling better now!
Jim - I like the T-shirt slogan; did you buy one of those too?
Dick - at least you got .16" rain, we have not seen any for over two weeks now! Bone dry around here, and they instituted stricter water restrictions, we can only water 2X a week now and only from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM and from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
Steve - nice pool you got there in the back yard! I have a swing gate on my layout, and you can see details of how I built it on my web site, see the link below my signature. Once on the web site mouse over the "Modeling Techniques" link and then click the pull-down menu link to "Swing Gate" and click that one.
Scott - take Jim's advice and break the drive up into two days, 16 hours is a long day on the road. iPod will help keep you awake too!
Later on,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hey Pc happy Birthday (even though it's a bit late) I got a train loaded with pies by the depot and I need some help getting them to the diner. Will you help? there is also a 50ft flatcar made for PC just in case we have to use the old siding inback of the Dinner to transport PC from the main line. hehehehehehe.
NEW ENGLAND BLEW PAST THE NYJETS!!!!!!!
Good morning.
Hot and wet today. High of 92 and a 60% chance of rain.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/11/2007 Heat Index: 70°FHumidity: 94%Dew Point: 68°F So Far TodayHigh: 74°FLow: 70°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 5mph NNE Today High: 92 Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...increasing to numerous in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds becoming north around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Tonight Low: 68 Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening...decreasing to isolated after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 50 percent. Here comes a shipment of more pies for Pc.
Morning, Diners! Zoe, did Chloe leave me the bill for last night's tab? , I lucked out; there weren't too many people in last night. Might've gotten off fairly cheap, except for PC eating... let's total this up here...2 cakes and FOURTEEN pies?? Sheesh - that guy's got an appetite on him that doesn't quit!
Well, this morning I'll have some orange juice,
cup of coffee,
and one of those twisty donuts that Bill T. brought in, please.
No more rain predicted for here today. Our district fair is going on this week, and the past few years, it's seemed determined to have rain on the first night or two. But it's only 63 F (17 C) currently and supposed to max out at 80 F (27 C) this afternoon. Cooling off at night for a few days, to 48 F tonight (9 C). Beginning to feel like fall.
Scott, you might want to try that trip in a couple of days unless you really can stay awake all 16-17 hours (remember to allow for the ol' pit stops along the way, too). Don't want you falling asleep and ending up on the side of the road, right? Best wishes with the trip and your training!
Well, I'd better head on out. Hopefully, I'll get a lunch break today. Prayers for those in need this week.
Blessings and prayers,
Good morning ! from Indiana.
09-11-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Gang: We took Mary Ann's camera into see why it wasn't working. The guy said that the chip that took the picture was out and it would cost $120 to fix. That with $140 to fix the dock that wasn't working made a new camera a better deal. She couldn't make up her mind so we're thinking on it. I may give her mine since it's simple and get myself a new one.
PC: and many more.
Well I'm off to bed. The place seems to be alittle dead today.
Good Night All
Howdy hey everyone!
So yeah, the time is coming faster. Saturday I leave for Georgia. I'm getting kinda nervous, not about the training, but about the drive itself. 700 miles down, about 16 hours or so of driving. Good thing I got my car iPod charger...That's gonna be the only thing to occupy my time, unless I pull over somewhere and find something to do.
Rob: Are the weekends good for a visit? I'm due down in Georgia on Sunday, and was thinking maybe the next Saturday or Sunday that I could take a ride out and drop by?
PC: I hope I'm not too late...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I'm out y'all, talk to you later.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern