Evening, Chloe - I'll just have some for now. I'll go light on you Colby, it sounds like you've had a busy day!
Didn't get back to the soldering (yet) today, but I'm hoping to manage that this evening, or at least tomorrow. Want to re-glue some steps and siderails from my (Revell-type) freight station, and also get a little further on the Golden Valley Depot. I have the bay window assembled to its wall, now to join the rest of the walls together.
On second thought, Chloe, I'll have some strawberries and ice cream, please (I'll cover it).
I'll be here at Colby's table - let's see if he's washed all the soot sludge off yet. What? Chloe hosed you clean outside before she'd let you in? Good thing it was warm enough outside here today. You sure dried off pretty good - I couldn't tell you weren't completely dry.
Ed, it might be fall before you can get to the orange grove, at the rate those storms have been coming through your area. Hopefully Felix will lose his way and not be able to find your area after going through the Yucatan. Nice photos of 593/193 - I would agree with Rob - she looks like you could fire her up and run down the track (if there were some ahead of her).
Anyone seen JP recently? Maybe he's out railfanning with his new lady friend.
Wondering how Luc and Gloria have been, after seeing Ed's pics. Luc sent me a link a few days ago of some webcams up his way. Even tonight, the view is sweet up there. Only 60 F (16 C), so a little cooler than we are here.
Paul, sounds like you got a goodly amount done today. Are there still many slips in the HDJ? I need to make myself one of those (for myself, since I'm the only way stuff will get done around here).
OzJim must be keeping himself busy too, haven't seen him around either.
Chip, I'd agree with Tom - that guy sure was lucky! I think I saw the remains of a much older wreck down at the bottom of the gulley in the far away shot.
Tom, to the Diner - Colby's buying for now, but I'll cover your beverage order. Just tell our virtual server Chloe what you'd like. What's your layout like (or your plans for it)? Fill us in about it, we're nosy curious and friendly. (Just don't get between PC and a pie when they bring them out front from the oven...)
Prayers for those ailing, or travelling this weekend, or in need of comfort. I'll be working on my strawberries and (ice) cream.
Blessings and a good evening to you all,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
I hope he stopped on the way home from the accident and bought a lottery ticket, as that was surely his lucky day...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Check out the car in this photo. The guy broke through the railing where the people are standing and did a complete end over end and landed on the other side of the culvert.
JimRCGMO wrote: Sue, you were doing okay until you started rubbing it in about that cooler weather out in the Northwest. How big of a backyard do you have? I might have PC double back and pick me up! LOL
Sue, you were doing okay until you started rubbing it in about that cooler weather out in the Northwest. How big of a backyard do you have? I might have PC double back and pick me up! LOL
Jim, I hope that you and PC didn't show up while we were on a bike ride today. Yes, the backyard is quite large. I think that the whole gang could hang out there. We just finished hamburgers from the barbee.
Hope that you all are having a great holiday weekend. I looks like everyone has busy with posting.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Evening Gang: I spent another afternoon at John's ranch working on the road. John had trimmed a bunch of trees along the road so when I got there with my tractor I cleared up the remains. That took a couple of hours. I went up to the gravel pit and got the big loader to haul some fill to the washout. I got one load there when it started to rain. Since the winsheld had been knocked out when it was delieverd I got a bit wet going back to the pit. Mary Ann and I took John and his wife out for dinner and gave him a card and a copy of the local paper with his picture on the front page with birthday greatings. I don't know if he enjoyed that. By the way he's 37 tomorrow not 38. OK so I can't do math to well. Tomorrow it's back to hauling gravel.
Just on the news. Police had to shoot two pit bulls today when they attacked the officers. The same dogs also had attacked a women. At this time it's not known if the dogs had an owner. Hopefully if they did they will get it under the new dangerous animal law.
Jeff, did you shave off your beard or am I seeing things. By the way. If thats the way your pictures come out with 1.5 megs I'll be waiting with abated breath for yours with a better camera.
Well it's bed time.
Good Night All
Tracklayer wrote: Hello everyone. I hardly ever reply here, but I'm kind of heavy hearted this morning and feel the need to vent.This past Wednesday evening, my beautiful 14 year old male gray and black striped white chested and white socked tabby cat Tiger was mauled to death by my neighbor's dog while on a leash in my front yard. When I confronted the guy down the road that owns the dog about it he flew into a rage and opened my truck door and invited me to step out and discuss it... I'm 43 years old and in ill health. He's 32 years old and into body building and kick boxing. Little did he know that I had my 9mm pistol under my right leg the entire time... Anyways, the cat was my best friend in the world, and I can't begin to tell you how much I miss him. It was so hard seeing him dead like that. It did something to me. I've been walking around in a fog ever since. I thought about pressing charges on the guy, but it wouldn't bring the cat back. I just pray that God gets even with the guy and his dog for what they did... Thanks for listening.Tracklayer
Hello everyone.
I hardly ever reply here, but I'm kind of heavy hearted this morning and feel the need to vent.
This past Wednesday evening, my beautiful 14 year old male gray and black striped white chested and white socked tabby cat Tiger was mauled to death by my neighbor's dog while on a leash in my front yard. When I confronted the guy down the road that owns the dog about it he flew into a rage and opened my truck door and invited me to step out and discuss it... I'm 43 years old and in ill health. He's 32 years old and into body building and kick boxing. Little did he know that I had my 9mm pistol under my right leg the entire time... Anyways, the cat was my best friend in the world, and I can't begin to tell you how much I miss him. It was so hard seeing him dead like that. It did something to me. I've been walking around in a fog ever since. I thought about pressing charges on the guy, but it wouldn't bring the cat back. I just pray that God gets even with the guy and his dog for what they did... Thanks for listening.
Tracklayer
I'm only voicing my opion, not to stirr up any bickering: If it was me I'd shoot the dog and call it self-defence.
Now onto non-animal related subjects.
Who here went to the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Portland, Maine. Wensday through Today? Monday is the last day of the convention. sort of.
I was there today from 10am to about 5pm. I was the fireman for real for the first 3 trips, then watcher for 1 trip, after that trainman. I got nice and dirty, (much to my mom's disgust: you can gess why) from spending so much time in the cab of Monson #4 which was built by Vulcan Iron Works it's a 0-4-4. No pics yet. Ridership was prety good through out the day. It was one of the best days of my volunteering 'career' there, untill Mike Mousiln (Engineer/Fireman), (Somthing) Page (Engineer) and I were watering #4. I was on top and the water was getting close to the top. I told mike to go turn the water off. I told him just a wee to late, and the water overflowed. Now normaly it would be just wet coal nuggets, but there was more coal dust than nugges and well you figure the rest out. (can you say coal sludge) and a few minutes later a seal on one of the water glasses went and for the rest of the day I was trainman, and not Fireman. Running with one water glass does not give the greatest water level reading.
On a better note I had good conversations with people from New York, Ohio, Missouri, Mass. (I did that just for you Fox), New Hampshire, and a few other states. There was even a Japanies group of 78. (Adult tickets are $10 do the math for the profit)
And what do ya know? Cloe were is the duster? The account needs a good dusting off.
Here's some newly redone stuff that I just posted in WPF, a bit clearer than the last couple of weeks.
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
May i get a Pepsi MAX please Flo?
i need the energy, i have a twenty slide powerpoint due 2'sday (tuesday lol). On MARS!!! the planet #4 Red Planet, whatever else you can come up with, RUSTY BALL!! lol
sittin here listing to KoRn, yep this is the life,......NOT oh well i cant complain my Kato P42 is even more quiet than a Kato!!! :O lol all thanks to some lube i got at Raido Shack! you cannot even hear her litteraly all you can hear are the cars she is pullin', thats it, wait tell I get a sound decoder for her all you'll be able to hear is the sounds.
Later for now!
Army National Guard E3MOS 91BI have multiple scales nowZ, N, HO, O, and G.
***Ed, that 593, she is a pretty one. Looks like she could still fire-up!?!
Rob
Good Afternoon Coffee Clubbers,
Wow, a pretty quiet day here in The Coffee Shop, everyone must be off modeling away (or otherwise occupying the afternoon). After a rainy night (again) we've had a pretty nice day. Not too warm. Pretty good for early September.
I see that Hurricane Felix is now a class 4. Latest NHC forecast has it curving north of us, but there's still a lot of time and the whole of the Yucatan Peninsula to cross before we'll really know how strong it will be or where it will go.
I'm going to try a little bit of operation on the layout this afternoon (don't faint, I occasionally do something other than surg train related websites), so I thought I'd go and get this post taken care of. Let's see, we left off on the Newfoundland summer trip with the shots in Clarenville.
The thing I really wanted to do this year was to drive across the island and visit the museum at the old Humbermouth station (actually the old freight shed) in Corner Brook, which is operated by the Railway Society of Newfoundland. There they have the only remaining steam locomotive from the old line, plus a few passenger cars. We made the pilgrimage, even though we arrived on a rainy day.I wasn't disappointed. There she was in all her beauty, 4-6-2 number 593, with 5 cars in tow. Keep in mind that this is 3'-6" narrow gauge.She was originally #193 when she was built by Baldwin in 1921. 180# steam pressure, 52" drivers, a whopping 20,400# of tractive effort. Originally a coal burner, she was converted to oil in 1949.And, of course, I had to spoil this shot by standing in front of the locomotive.They have 5 pretty well reconditioned cars behind the locomotive. First is an express boxcar which I managed to not get a decent picture of. Behind that came this RPO car.Then this coach.Then diner #10.And bringing up the rear was sleeper "Twillingate".All the cars had been nicely redone and were in great condition. We got a guided tour through the train which was enthusiasticly done.
They have a couple of other pieces of equipment, but I'll save those few photos for tomorrow just to give me something to post.
Later
Ed
***Garry, "found them", very nice. There were a few other folks work in that thread, worthy of note. What I appreciate about yours is the variation, as though the facility had expanded from it's original structures.
***Jeffrey, your 1.3 meg camera is doing as well as my 5.0. Mine now recieves monthly doses of super glue to keep the lens attached. Was once a very nice 5.0 meg/10 times zoom (Sony Cyber-shot) when new, but it has seen better days. I only hope it holds up for a couple more years. Has developed a personality and sometimes takes the photo, other times doesn't want to turn on at all. Once in a while it refuses to focus. It has multiple personailties now.
Take Care! Rob
Good afternoon, Flo - I'd like one of those cones, please.
Thanks, Paul!
steveblackledge wrote: Good morning everyone... LOL twenty pages to catch up on
Only 20 pages, Steve? We must've been coasting... Glad you enjoyed your vacation time (and railfanning).
Garry, nice work on the GP7's paint job, and congratulations on being a published photographer now! I think we have a handful of others here in the Diner, so you're in good company.
CPRail, keep in mind that your benchwork situation is only temporary. Stay up with the S****lw**k (Dang! - a person can't hardly write anything in here nowadays! ), so you can make more money after you finish your academic work - and afford more LHS trips. Besides, you'll still have some weekend and holiday times when you can do the MRR'ing stuff.
It's good to see that the October MR issue covers not only diesel servicing, but has the booklet insert on steam servicing as well. But of course, I already bought their book on Engine Servicing Terminals...
Flo, could I have a glass of Dr. Pepper in a cup to go, also? Thanks. Well, I'd better be getting back to my MRR'ing activities for this afternoon. Want to finish up some soldering (without injuring myself or burning the place down). Fergie, any tips about that?
Blessings, prayers and some nice breezes for you,
Cederstrand wrote: ***Jeffrey, what time frame are you looking at before your layout photos will be void of the giant spray-bottle/glue-towers? That's a great shot of the loco coming right at the viewer. Exquisite ground detail, as usual.
***Jeffrey, what time frame are you looking at before your layout photos will be void of the giant spray-bottle/glue-towers? That's a great shot of the loco coming right at the viewer. Exquisite ground detail, as usual.
WHEW! I nearly was run over by a KCS F7, a few posts back!
Rob asked: "***Garry, do you have any more photos of that complex with the silos you can post? Looks most interesting."
Rob, I posted pictures of the grain elevator complex and my flour mill in two posts on a thread entitled "Grain Elevators, anyone". If you go back a couple of pages in the forum, you should find it.
Also, anyone interested in a picture of my passenger station in "Prairie View" may find it on page 102 of October MR.
Bye.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I'm all coffee'd up, so I'll have some more of those yummy desserts, Please & Thank You!
***Garry, do you have any more photos of that complex with the silos you can post? Looks most interesting.
I'm painting trim for the livingroom, outside in the sun with a nice breeze. Walked the creek again, still dry as an old sun bleached bone. Have a good day all!
Good morning.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/2/2007 Heat Index: 78°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 71°F So Far TodayHigh: 73°FLow: 73°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNE Today High: 88 Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tonight Low: 68 Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Hello everybody...
A carmel pecan roll and a TH coffee for me please.
My recent "sanity breaks" in the model train room include some paint shop time. The center GP7 is the result of that effort. I have another GP7 in process, but I'll have to wait to complete that one. I used up the red and yellow striping I had with my left-over decals.
I have a group of second hand Athearn GP7's including the last two I purchased for only $10.00 each. They all run very well, Athearn's are reliable and trouble free, and I just love bargains.
The engines are passing through Prairie View with a westbound train.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
09-02-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning everyone,,, LOL twenty pages to catch up on
hope your all in fine shape, had a week away on vacation and was ready for it. Lucky for us we were very close to the main London to fishguard line, plenty of freight trains to watch, what a great holiday
Hi everybody. I haven't posted here in quite the while and there's quite the bit of updating to do. First of all, My current layout is set for dismanteling and is to be replaced with a new layout. The current table is unsuitable for scenery and percise tracklaying and is to be recycled when I have time. With the dreaded "S" word approaching, This and my GP38AC project will have to be put on hold until time and money are available. I also went camping in Porteau Cove (not sure on the spelling) and took lots of pictures which will come later. Almost all of the trains I saw were BCRail and the Whistler Mountaineer. I DID see a passenger train with three red and white cars being hauled by a CN Dash9, but I have no identity of the train. I also saw some of what looked like self-propelled yellow train cars that had an excavater on one half, which I believe are being used for the Sea to Sky highway expansion.
I just hope my brain doesn't overheat from all of the schoolwork.
Got a new toy today.
gear-jammer wrote: Well, guys, you are right. The salsa on the right is the hot one. All of the jalapeno( seeds and all ) go in the salsa. Equal amounts of jalapenos and tomatos make you think that it will be hot.
Well, guys, you are right. The salsa on the right is the hot one. All of the jalapeno( seeds and all ) go in the salsa. Equal amounts of jalapenos and tomatos make you think that it will be hot.
Uh, yeah, that would be a recipe for hot salsa. Next time you might try substituting some chipotle chilies for an equal amount of jalapeños. Chipotles are smoked jalapeños, and usually come in a red adobo sauce. Same hotness as jalapeños (which you would expect, since they are jalapeños) but have a much more distinct flavor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipotle
Regards
Paul W. Beverung wrote: All this work is going to be Johns birthday present. Of course he dosen't know that yet. He'll be 38 on Monday. Can I really have a son that old? Oh, I feel old.
All this work is going to be Johns birthday present. Of course he dosen't know that yet. He'll be 38 on Monday. Can I really have a son that old? Oh, I feel old.
Well, guys, you are right. The salsa on the right is the hot one. All of the jalapeno( seeds and all ) go in the salsa. Equal amounts of jalapenos and tomatos make you think that it will be hot. After trying the mild, we are nervous about trying the hot. By cooking them longer, I increased the fire.
Philip, How many of the guys are you bringing with you? Larry wants to know how many tents to set up in the back yard. We are having beautiful weather this weekend( about 75 degrees).
Jim, That cookies and creme concrete sounds good with the fire in my mouth from the salsa.
Evening Gang:
Printer, it's good to see you over on this side of the street. Welcome and have a whatever on me.
Dick: The pit bull breed is definately on my don't go near list. There have been a bunch of attacks by them down here also. I think that they were responsible for the new law here.
Tomorrow I have to load up my tractor with the loader and grapple. There alot of trees and bushes along the road that we are working on that have to be trimmed back. All this work is going to be Johns birthday present. Of course he dosen't know that yet. He'll be 38 on Monday. Can I really have a son that old? Oh, I feel old.
Well I'm gong to hit the sack.
Doooooh, Top of the page. Take it easy guys I have to buy diesel fuel tomorrow. That rental loader has a big tank.
Sorry I haven't been on much today. Just on my way to Sue's house. Passing through Idaho right now.........OK, just kidding!
Just been hangin' out today. Don't get to do that much.
My daughter might have broken a finger playing basketball today. The wife took her up to town and had it looked at. The X-rays were inconclusive so we're going back tomorrow to have it looked at again. I think she just sprained it though. She can move it around and it's not too swollen or red, but we'll see.
Tracklayer, about a year and a half ago we buried our Basset Hound, Flash. He was with us for 13 years and both of my kids grew up with him. It's tough what you're going through, I know. We're here for ya buddy.
Think I'll try one each of these. Today I feel that I have earned them.
***TIFN, glad you survived your "Trial By Ladder" and passed the "Tiller Test". Perhaps not fun, but missions accomplished and that's a good thing.
***Tracklayer, the day I was on the phone with the lady who rescued the horses we had unwittingly sold an SOB/monster and the first photo of one of our starved horses appeared on the e-mail screen, I sobbed and could hardly utter a word to her. Just thinking of it even now makes me want to jump in the truck and take care of things. Every day has been tough, even though all that survived his abuse (except Real Eternal, the once big beautiful mare that had to be euthanized) are now in wonderful homes. You have my sincerest sympathies. There are too many unpunished "inhumans" in this world.
***Ed, that little diesel loco is one of the cutest dang things I've ever seen.
Well, the MIL has been escorted home after she was found sleeping in her car in a parking lot. Still has her keys though and this is going to get very ugly, very soon, but other wheels are already in motion to solve this problem. Nuff said!
Have been unable to come up with enough $$$ for my Kato dream loco yet. Might take some time, especially with wife taking several weeks off soon when the FIL is delivered. For those who asked, he still requires help using a walker (he lists to the left) and still requires an adult diaper, although making improvements towards independence. Yikes, what is my wife doing to my life?
I found a still born baby pygmy goat this evening, but helped the nanny out and saved her second kid. She is also doing fine. Here is a pic of some born last week:
All for now. Rob
Good evening everyone, I hope everbody enjoyed a nice Saturday. My day started with finally doing a job that wife had wanted done for quite a while, and I kept placing it back in the bottom of the HDJ. ( Honey DO Jar ). We have a window high up near the peak of the center of the Family Room, with a shelf under each half of the glass. On this shelf sits some various shaped bottles filled with colored water and small stones at the bottom, etc. They needed to be cleaned, as well as the shelves and the windows. Sounds easy enough...right? NOOooooooooo, the Entertainment center sits right in front of this window, and there is only 18" of space between the wall and back of the equipment and thousands of cables and wires. I have to get a ladder in that space, and with 18" of space, the ladder is virtually straight up!!! Lucky for me ( ya , right ) I don't have a fat a**, so I squeeze onto the ladder sideways three steps up, and proceed up the ladder 11 feet to complete this task....DONE...FINALLY...no injuries to report.
Next came the rototilling in the garden....a few weeds are up, plus all the "gone by" veggies. I turn everything that is green UNDER to keep the soil "built-up". Well, things went fine for about three passes, then the tiller sputtered like a plane that was running out of gas with 300 feet to go...DEAD. I changed the spark plug even though I didn't have much faith in that being the problem...next was the magneto...I could not see a spark at all, but that didn't do anything either. Then I noticed that gas was really spitting out of the air cleaner...not good sign. So I had to clean the carburator, removed the adjusting screws, spray carb cleaner down the holes, and removed the float bowl. A lot of crap came out ( well afterall, it was 25 years old and was never removed, what do you expect Dick !! ) After re-assembly, one short pull and she jumped to life again. By then it was time for Mass and I was lector this week, so that ended my Saturday festivities.
PAUL: Yet ANOTHER child killed by a Pit Bull!!! When are these stupid parents going to learn that this breed of dog is called PITT Bull for a REASON!!! ??? They were bred to fight in pits, just like what our football star is going to jail for doing. Here was a dog raised with the family, so it had a good home, not trained to fight, and it kills a family member. I am tired of hearing people say, " ohh they are good dogs, you have to raise them properly...BS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to rant Paul, but we have had several incidents up here also with Pit Bulls, children mauled badly, and adults as well.
ED: Glad you had a chance to get some shots back home in NF, I hope the group is successful with restore program.....that engine looks like an RS1.
SUE: I would like to say that the jar on the left looks HOT, but I also see a lot of GREEN in the jar on the right, which might indicate Jalepino peppers? And, I can't believe how good those photos came out using your cell phone camera....that is terrific!
SPACEMOUSE: Go to my Webshots site below this reply and I have nature shots and a few other shots that you might like to download.
TRACKLAYER: Your story brought back memories of our former dog and cat. The dog would walk every morning with a partially blind neighbor. And when the dog arrived home in winter with snow on her face, the family cat would stop the dog at the top of the stairs and hold the dog's nose with one paw, while she licked the wet snow off the dog's face......it is trully amassing what animals will do when they live together in a family environment.
RYAN: SEND THAT RECIPE PLEASE!!!
TIFN