Coffee please. I would also like an order of Jeff's Weather. I think that we have rain in store for us. What a surprise?
Jim, No, I did not have a chance to practice rocks on the other layout. We attended a short Bragdon seminar. If you spend $100, they give you the video which is helpful if wait several months between use and forget. The rock on the right, was my first attempt.
Years of climbing gave me ideas for what I was trying to create. The brownish rock is typical of what you find in the Olympic Mountains.
As a team, my husband and I each have our own projects but it is always handy to have an extra set of hands.
Garry, Have you considered flax seed? It is high in fiber and is great for Omega-3 fatty acids which are important for heart health.
Philip, The turnout dilema. Before we started the bench work, we hit 4 hobby stores in Portland and Tacoma, cleaned out all their #8's. Then cleaned out all that Walthers had at the time. That at least gave us enough for the mainline and most of what we had planned on 3rd PlanIt. However, you know how you change things a little as you go.
Dick, How is the drop hinge going?
Chuck and Kathy, Your local garden store should have butterfly bushes in at any time. As far as gravel is concerned, this was a hard winter on the driveway and I think that we will probably be looking at many loads late this spring. We use black crushed black rock and it sets up like it is paved.
Colby, We have the first two DVD's of the Redneck Comedy Tour. "You know you are a Redneck if you know how many bales of hay fit in your car." That was me before I had a pickup.
Dick, Oh yeah, is your trivia question, water?
Well, that should catch me up from Tuesday. I am patiently waiting for daylight to start on some color on my rocks. I also need to head to town to renew my drivers license.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Mornin, .......... OJ and oatmeal here. Sprinkle a little brown sugar on it please. (the oatmeal, of course). Flax seed? Thanks for suggestion, Sue. I've not tried it. If I don't like it, can I ballast my track with the left overs?
While on our trip, I took a sanity break, and I met with a couple of old model railroad friends. One was about to have an operating session invited me. So I did that. Nice break from stress. Also, I took time to go to a hobby shop. I just love those little red price stickers for items on clearance sales. I couldn't resist some. New arrivals are P2K stock car kit, P2K mill gon kit, and two Atlas GP7's. I need them like a hole in the head, but I have them now. I like the smooth running Geeps. I've assembled P2K kits before, and I know they'll be unbuilt for quite a while. Layout needs more construction now.
Best wishes to everybody!
GARRY
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gear-jammer wrote: Coffee please. I would also like an order of Jeff's Weather. I think that we have rain in store for us. What a surprise?
Garry, I have a seperate coffee grinder for the flax seed. My favorite is to put in yogurt. I think that it tastes like graham crakers. Put it on your oatmeal or on a salad. If you grind it, you absorb more of the nutrients.
Hoople, It is not raining now, but that should change shortly. Have you noticed that the weather forecast has been the opposite of the actual weather lately? I thought that you ordered that loco?
Sue
Diners: A Medium JR Regular please Janie, and a slice of that Banana-Bran loaf, if you would be so kind.
Diabetes Clinic earlier this a.m. “They” keep lowering the targets for acceptable cholesterol and blood pressure, so just when a person thinks they’re doing well, it’s a whole new ball game.
JR:
Der - for nearly invisible scale a 0000 brush should be just about coarse enough to do wide swaths, no?
PC: Thanks very much for the DuraFlash info. I’m looking for a more local source because shipping is a killer, check this out…
Hi John, My apology for the delay in getting this to you. Our Internet connection went down for the better part of the afternoon (we’re back up now thankfully) Shipping via Global Express Mail is US $26.35 (7 pound box) + the product price of US $29.86. According to the USPS site, delivery is 3-5 days. If you would like to order, please let me know and I’ll contact you via voice. We don’t allow for Canadian checkout on our website unfortunately, so we’ll have to do the order over the phone. Best regards, Mike DIY Home Center Customer Service
Shipping via Global Express Mail is US $26.35 (7 pound box) + the product price of US $29.86. According to the USPS site, delivery is 3-5 days. If you would like to order, please let me know and I’ll contact you via voice. We don’t allow for Canadian checkout on our website unfortunately, so we’ll have to do the order over the phone.
Best regards, Mike DIY Home Center Customer Service
Dick: My guess on the Ethanol additive would be ERO…Essence of Revenue Officer!
Scott: On the depression thing, like PC said to Trent, you may want to drop him an email (or to me, come to that, we’re on the same team, so to speak).
Jeff: Great that your shoes are working out for you. The last time I was in to the specialist there was a shoe sale going on in a room in the hospital. High end gear at 70% off. So I’ve now a pair of “real” walking shoes…no way I could afford those ordinarily. PTL.
Sue & Gary:
Lunch is being prepared by the sound of it, so TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good afternoon everyone, just got back from checking out the brand new super WalMart in our town, that is one HUGE store!! We went into the store about 10:45 and I lost my wife for over an hour. The good thing is, I got all my weekly exercise walking 10 miles in the store looking for her.
One thing that I found that I have been hunting for was a small can of glow in the dark latex interior/exterior paint. We have several cement steps in the basement, one to the train room, and two others coming from what was the former garage to the main lower level, that can be hazardous in the dark. I want to pain t the edges of the steps.
They also had old time cars, a pack of 6 for $2.49 for 1/87 scale.
OK guys and gals, I can't believe that no one has the answer to the question yet. What do they add to the Ethanol in the tanker cars to prevent people along the route from swiping the pure Ethanol to make booze? They only add between 2% and 5% of this chemical.
SUE: The drop down gate will work. It is not ideal in my opinion, because you have to now walk past the gate which takes up some width in the isle. If one is not careful, a RR bridge, etc. on the gate can be "taken out". A lift-out would be another choice, but then you have to have a place to sit that down, and if you have several people walking into the isleway, you stand there holding the lift-out unless you have a safe place to lay it down. I had another crazy idea today, a lift-up bridge. This would be accomplished by having two suspended cables at each end, and a "draw cord" could be used to pull the section up above head height. The saga goes on. Nice guess on the water add to Ethanol, but that would not render the Ethanol useless for booze. Keep guessing.
DER JOHN: Guess again on the additive to Ethanol. BTW, the temp is 53F here right now, so warmer air is trying to invade the Maritimes.
PC: I am surprised at you.....I thought you would be the first to get the additive correct, boy that head cold has you off your mark today doesn't it!!!
MIKE: Do you see that long lines of Tankers yet?
JEFF: No guess from you either? This is really quite simple, no trick question, and it makes all the sense in the world when you think of it.
Later guys,
grayfox1119 wrote: PC: I am surprised at you.....I thought you would be the first to get the additive correct, boy that head cold has you off your mark today doesn't it!!!
Are you talking about Benzene (C6H6), sometimes called Benzol?
grayfox1119 wrote: .JEFF: No guess from you either? This is really quite simple, no trick question, and it makes all the sense in the world when you think of it.
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JEFF, PC: Aaaaahhhhh come on guys, you both have IQ's of over 130!!! This should be easy!! LOL OK, I'll give you all a hint.........look at the March Issue of TRAINS magazine, page 13.
MIKE: Hey Mike, how far to you live from Davis Junction, Illinois? A C&E train is hauling a long line of Ethanol loaded tank cars as far as the eye can see, quick , get your camera out!!!!!!
After distillation ethanol can be further purified by "drying" it using lime or salt. Lime, (calcium oxide), when mixed with the water in ethanol will form calcium hydroxide, which then can be separated. Dry salt will dissolve some of the water content of the ethanol as it passes through, leaving a purer alcohol.
Several approaches are used to produce absolute ethanol. The ethanol-water azeotrope can be broken by the addition of a small quantity of benzene. Benzene, ethanol, and water form a ternary azeotrope with a boiling point of 64.9 °C. Since this azeotrope is more volatile than the ethanol-water azeotrope, it can be fractionally distilled out of the ethanol-water mixture, extracting essentially all of the water in the process. The bottoms from such a distillation is anhydrous ethanol, with several parts per million residual benzene. Benzene is toxic to humans (it's carcinogenic), and cyclohexane has largely supplanted benzene in its role as the entrainer in this process.
I would guess dye, but that would be too simple.
PC: That was an excellent discertation of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.....nicely done, there is no end to your talent. HOWEVER, before it is loaded into the tanker cars, the Ethanol is Denatured by 2 to 5% by mixing it with no other then what it is going to be mixed with for our vehicles........GASOLINE !!
The carriers are not excited about this because it causes quite an environmental risk.
Piping Ethanol doesn't work at present because Ethanol degrades when moved in pipelines. So, for the forseeable future, we will see man, many tanker cars carrying Ethanol to all parts of the country and Canada.
Good Evening, Chloe, and since Jeff's buying, I'll go for the chicken kabobs (since they're healthier for me than that ol' Surf 'n' Turf...).
Thanks, Jeff!
I suspect that PC's explanation is right - or if not, he sure talks like somebody who knows that stuff. Before reading his explanation, I was gonna guess the other (toxic) alcohol -what's the name for it (isopropol)? I'm thinking it's loosely called 'wood alcohol', but I might be off on that.
Hoople, I think you got Vinnie's mashed potatoes - I didn't have any mashed potatoes. Oh, oh, here he comes back from cleaning up in the washroom in back. I'd run if I were you!
Sue, I'll play the dummy on that one - explain to me who Bragdon is... I don't keep up with all the model RR'ing gurus that much (unless they've written a book, like Dave Frary or some of the MR book authors). Not sure I'd have a spare $100 to put into a seminar - I could get in a lot of practice materials and scenery for that(!). Then too, I've been called cheap thrifty before...
DerJohn, I think for that much shipping, you could break even by just driving down to New England and buying the MRR stuff you need at a shop there and hauling it back in your trunk! That's a heap o'shipping, for sure!
I've finished up my chicken kabob, so I'll get a root beer float to go, Chloe. Thank you - and thank Jeff!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
grayfox1119 wrote: PC: That was an excellent discertation of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.....nicely done, there is no end to your talent.
PC: That was an excellent discertation of Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.....nicely done, there is no end to your talent.
Thank you...but it was the magic of the internet that got me that answer.
HOWEVER, before it is loaded into the tanker cars, the Ethanol is Denatured by 2 to 5% by mixing it with no other then what it is going to be mixed with for our vehicles........GASOLINE !!
I think I read about that too, but since that was after the benzene I thought thats what you were after.
.....and extra cost because of the precautions that have to be taken......
Piping Ethanol doesn't work at present because Ethanol degrades when moved in pipelines.
Since Ethanol is water soluble, and they are trying to get the water out of it, any water picked up in a pipeline (and it will pick some up) only dilutes the product and the refining process has to start all over.
So, for the forseeable future, we will see man, many tanker cars carrying Ethanol to all parts of the country and Canada.
And America!
grayfox1119 wrote: Good morning everyone, ahh, who is that stranger with the beard in the corner...FERGIE!!!!!! How the h.. are you buddy, haven't seen you since that ice berg drifted into Boston Harbor!!LOL
Good morning everyone, ahh, who is that stranger with the beard in the corner...FERGIE!!!!!! How the h.. are you buddy, haven't seen you since that ice berg drifted into Boston Harbor!!LOL
My thoughts exactly, Dick. I was about ready to call out the hounds and have then sniff for him, but figured the water was too cold and deep for them. Then, I had a idea...why not just call out the Coast Guard for a all out water search!
JP
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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
Eveing, I'll have a barley pop Cloe
After a round of thunderstorms that came through this morining, the day was ok, with highs in the 60's. Got another chance of rain or storms tonight and tomorrow [thundering north of us now].
JIMCG, grandkids start out 17 years and go down to 15 months, with another one on the way in June or July, that one will make us 23. The ones I keep regular is KC 15 month, J Bird, 2 1/2 yr, an Leroy, 5, he's in pre-school, so only have him half a day. Then some times Herman 10 and Jocko 6 come out after school. Then the summer get to be even more fun.
DICK, I have no idea where Grand Juction even is. Guess I need to get a map out. Don't get many trains of just tank car. Seeing 6 or 8 togather in a mixed freight is the norm. I need to get down to Robinson during the week. There's an ethanol plant down that way, along with Marathon's refinery. A soy desiel plant is going over in Newton along that same INRR line.
Was going to play on the layout some this evening, but my bed keeps calling me, and after KC all day, I'm ready. Did run the trains some, I guessing bout 200 scale miles. KC's even fugured out how to turn the speed up and down. I'm just glad she hasn't found the on/off switch [yet].
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gear-jammer wrote: Hoople, It is not raining now, but that should change shortly. Have you noticed that the weather forecast has been the opposite of the actual weather lately? I thought that you ordered that loco?Sue
Good Evening All,
Just back from rescuing daughter with car dead on side of road. Actually waiting with her for the tow truck. Seems she just got it serviced (at the dealership - it's an 06)and there was a screwdriver left under the hood that found the drive belts. She shut it off when the check charging system light came on and she lost power steering but it overheated almost instantly so I didn't want to simply put the belt back on and let her drive off. The screwdrivers' seen better days though - we found it up the road a bit whilst waiting for the tow truck.
Up until the point when the call came, I'd actually gotten some layout time in.
I need a couple of more days working on the ground and ballast but it's coming along.
Dick - how about a swing gate? They're all the rage these days and a narrow one will block very little. I set up mine so it folds back flush giving me an unobstructed 2 foot passage. Just a thought.
Well with all the excitement I've missed my bed time so I'll catch you all tomorrow. CUL,J.R.
MIKE: It isn't Grand Junction, it's DAVIS Junction, Illinois. I don't know where that is, I figured you have a better idea of just where it is located.
I can well imagine how tired you are...10 straight days nearly sank by boat. lol
JP: Yup, Fergie made a candid appearance in the Diner. I think he was still very upset at his attempt to hang curtain rods. I wonder if the curtains will be pink? He woulnd't do that......would he ???
Still 50F outside at 11:15pm, and it has rained off n on since supper time, so the snow pack is really subliming.
Time to hit the sack, see you guys in the mornin!!! Go to bed Sue!!
Good morning ! from Indiana.
03-23-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
46F, damp and foggy this morning - feels like winter in the San Jouquin Valley. Lots to do today again and hopefully the rain will hold off til we get the trailers loaded. Hope you all have a goodun'. CUL,J.R.
Mornin, coffee and a couple Bill's doughnuts Zoe.
Another warm morning, 61 now, also got 70% rain in the forecast today, most looks to stay north of us. Looks like some play time after chores, since I no got kids.
With these warmer temps the last 3-4 days, we haven't had to run the heat much . I just been lighting the stove of a morning for a couple hours to take some of the dampness out.
DICK, it was Davis Juction [don't know what I was thinking ]. I found it on a map bout 6 hours + north of me, south of Rockford. Don't guess I'll be getting any photos from up that way any time soon.
Almost forgot to say, that while we were at the swap meet last weekend. Some of the folks from the Monicello rail musuem was there, and told me their restoration on the Baldwine 2-8-0 is almost done, doing the wood working in the cab. And their rebuilding the trucks on the tender to roller bearings. Hopefully it'll be pullin cars again soon.
Think I'll go play now, ya'll have a good one
Tracksiders: The rain stopped before dawn, and we have non-freezing but not pleasant temperatures in fog. Some of the mud from our gravel road was washed off the car which we left out overnight for that purpose!
CapeJim:
Sue: I’ve been keeping an eye out for what our rocks look like here too. The answer is a whole range of colours based on the underlying blue-grey and brown, but going all the way up to near white and down to near black in both the browns and the blue-greys. So each batch of paint I mix up for staining is a variant on one of about 4 different formulae of both types. What I haven’t figured out yet, and must someday soon, is the rust colour staining nearly all our rock. It collects on vertical faces, and I’ve tried to apply some (too red, have to re-do) with a dry brush technique. It isn’t convincing, since the rust stains on the real rocks aren’t a highlight, but are all over just some surfaces. I think an airbrush may have to be used, but I’m not rushing into that….
JR: What material did you use for setting those tracks? It looks like it’s coloured all the way through, judging by the score marks where you’ve put in the blocks in the road.
More ground cover to stain today, if I get lucky. Otherwise it’s museum work and looking at the income tax papers…Oh Joy!
TTFN.
Good morning....
so that's how you "wash" the car, der, eh! ...........
well it's coffee and raisin bran here for me, again. ...fiber is good.....fiber is good.....fiber is good.... so far, not hankering for flax seed as if I could find it at the little IGA in town........ hmm........maybe the animal feed store, perhaps.............
Still catching up on non-MRR stuff, but I was running my new GP7's last night. Nice.
Y'all, come back....... (actually, I don't talk like that. I've lived in too many other states)
Happy Model Railroading, everybody!
Hey guys. any of you guys know a web site that sells power packs?? Alex is asking me if I would sell mine to him.. crazy an't it?
colby
ModelTrainLover wrote: Hey guys. any of you guys know a web site that sells power packs?? Alex is asking me if I would sell mine to him.. crazy an't it?colby
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?quick=power+pack&quicksrch_butt.x=13&quicksrch_butt.y=6
Take your pick!