Jerry,
Yeah, that's a Life Like, the later run with the split frame mechanism. I managed to get a decoder in there, but it took some chopping.
It runs great. Smooth, quiet, and being as its a chunk of lead in there, it'll pull your molars out. The paint job is nice, too.
To make sure you're getting the right release, the older one with the plastic frame and lead blob mechanism has truck mounted couplers. The newer one is body mounted.
Hey, are you gonna finish that plate of bacon?
Lee
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Good morning, all. I was drooling over one of Bill's donuts, but decided to settle for waffles.
wm3798 wrote: Anyone headed to the lumber yard for some supplies?
Anyone headed to the lumber yard for some supplies?
Lee, I had to look closely to see if this was layout or real.
JP, Are you modeling a dirt lot or concrete with your experiments?
Dick, I was going to order the book through the library, but there were 88 holds ahead of me on the list for 12 books. Maybe I will check the book store. A sound recording might be handier because Larry can take that with him in the truck.
Jeffrey, Those photos turned out great in B & W. Keep sharing.
Paul, I know how it is to chase cattle. The only time that I have had to chase cattle since we have been on this place was several years ago. One of them scratched on the gate until the latch came undone. Now all the outside gates are double latched. But two legged critters are different thing. There is no way to manage them.
JR, Sounds like racing is keeping you busy. KW's rule. It is a lot of work to keep them happy. We did a rebuilt with CAT while Larry was off at Christmas time. The tech put some magic #'s in the ECU and that big boy has big power and close to 7 mpg.
Jim, How are the rocks doing? Did you come up with the reddish color?
Well, today, I will try to cut some stumps and start my scratch building project for a wood tunnel. The stumps are cut from branches taken off trees on the place. I dry them for a year, then scrub them, and dry them again.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Cox 47 wrote: Jeff...Thanks for the pictures..I like your new back drop clouds look great...Ever time I see another shot of your layout I see more of your buildings how many do you have?...Id like to see some more pictures of the layout..
Jeff...Thanks for the pictures..I like your new back drop clouds look great...Ever time I see another shot of your layout I see more of your buildings how many do you have?...Id like to see some more pictures of the layout..
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Good afternoon everyone, 33.4F right now and raining....about as cold as it can get and not snow. Areas to the north of us are expected to get 18" of snow tonight and tomorrow, we should get about 3" here....poor man's fertilizer right Mike?
SUE: WOW, that many waiting for the book? I guess others are finding it as riveting as I did. The audio cassette might be a good way to go, but I'll bet there is a healthy waiting list for those also.
JEFF: All you need now for your night shots is a backlit moon in your sky backdrop. Use LED's to backlight the moon.
RYAN: Good ones, I like the Sondra Locke ones. I saw your swing gate idea on the gen forum, that was a real good idea. I'm looking at doing the same if I have enough room to swing a gate at least 90 degrees without obstructions.
FERGIE: So, you bought a 2-10-2 at the show? A Sante Fe model? How does it track on those 18" curves?
Later guys,
Afternoon all
Not sure who it was that asked about Flip,but he said he is doing fine and working a lot of hours and sends his regards.
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Just poppin' my head in the door to see who's here. I see Jeff over there in the corner. He looks comfortable there sleeping. And there's Colby. He's not sleeping! He'll probably never sleep in this place again!
Colby! You put that ice water down! Don't you dare throw that on Jeff!
HI ALL:
First off Cleo,Thank you but I brought my own coffee, fresh ground Costra Rician and some Gredallies choc. with choc. milk. I just got my federal tax return, so I splurged and Cleo betore I leave please make up my bill and I will cover it and and some for you andalso put up some extra for the future, Thank You.
I've been told lately by my shrink that I don't talk very much and she wants to see me get out into society more often, so I've taken to walking around the neighborhood and letting Kathy drive her little elec. car...talking to the neighbors..`
RYAN:
Friday morning mass. Kathy......OPPS!!!!!!!!!! No Mass on Friday Make that Thursday P.S. Chucks birthday is Friday 4/6 70 KATH
LEE;
Thank You.. We enjoy seeing evphoto's..........Going into the photo folder mine
JEFF;
We really enjoy all the pictures.....Yours are going into the folder too.
ALL from KATHY:
JERRY: How is SALLIE???? Better we hopo...Prayers
INCH: Also hope and pray that DEB is doing better....
......................KATHY
JP:
On the last set that I got, 3rd one down; I think is the best, looks to me more realistic
CHUCK and KATHY
P.S. Kathy has been editing this note and I though she was sleeping LOL LOL LOL
Hey Everbody!
Miss Me?
Well been stuck up with school work and all but I AM BACK for the time being!
Alex
Paul W. Beverung wrote: JP: I'll go with the dark brown.
Paul - That happens to be what the paint mixed with dirt looks like when completely dried.
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
gear-jammer wrote: JP, Are you modeling a dirt lot or concrete with your experiments?
Sue - I'm trying to do dirt - kinda like what a field would look like after a bulldozer has finished doing site preparation for a shopping center, office building, etc. I figure that once I get it the way I'd like it to look, then I can 'model' the site preparation work being done for for a rail line/spur, etc.
Evening all -
Just a quick stop by this evening. I'd like to take a moment and thank you all for the comments. I really appreciate them alot as this is my 1st take at doing this. I'm thinking I'm going to go with the paint/dirt mix for the 'base' (think of what the dirt would look like if the railroad came in with some excavation equipment and tore up the rail and bed and made a level path for future roads of walking trails, etc.) before I start laying roadbed. I'm planning on doing this over the upcoming weekend, so look for new photos come early next week of the finished base cover.
Have a good evening!
EDIT - rats! TOTP again. Go easy please, thanks!
Good evening everyone.....we had showers this afternoon at 33F, then the rain really came down which brought the cold air down from above and it changed to snow which covered the ground, then it slowed down so it changed back to light freezing drizzle. It is raw and cold outside, so the Pellet stove and the Wood Burner ( Dutchwest) are going full throttle.
CHUCK: The sunshine looks nice, but I can't read one word in the gold lettering LOL.
ALEX: Hey, good to see you back in the Diner!!!!! I see you are still in love with Guilford, errrr PanAm! Things haven't been the same since the B&M days!!!Maybe project "Phoenix" will bring back the B&M.
J.P. : You want dirt to look real? Use real dirt then spray with water/glue mix. Kind of chilly out in KC for the game tonight.....80F on Monday, 38F tonight....nice !!!!!!!
SUE: I checked the butterfly bushes for dead flowerheads......I'm afraid that the last storm did them in...all they are suited for now is "dead-fall" in the woods and along streams.
10/4
For those of you who haven't seen it on the main page or in the Layouts section, this is my track plan. Several of you have asked to see it, so here it is.
I know there's going to be a flurry of suggestions about where to put what new track and where to rerun a track. There's not room.
Evening Gang: Believe it or not I got up at 6am this morning. I went downstairs and watched the news and weather. The weather girl said the temp was 52f and was going tobe cold and windy. I went back upstairs and got a flannel shirt on. After that I went to the basement and worked on the RR untill daylight. I took the decks and rails off a couple of the N scale deck truss bridges that I bought. After cleaning the trusses up I'll use them for the Sunday Lake Mine head base. I'm still waiting for the signal bridges for the tram tressels.
After it got light I headed out and fed the animals and put the hood back on Mary Anns tractor. Then I graded the parking area for the trucks and loaded the extra gravel in the dump trailer. After breakfast I did some work on the road to the old hay barn and worked on getting ready for the county's spring clean-up day on the 14th. By 6pm I was bushed. It felt good getting up early so I may make it a habit or maybe not, we'll see.
Chuck: I couldn't read the gold lettering ether. I'm happy to see that you and Kathy are doing well. Getting out and around is great fun.
Well both Mary Ann and Daisy the dog are in bed so I think that I'll do the same.
Good Night All
PAUL: You had quite a day young man !!!! It was wise to dress warmly, the weather across the country has been very unstable this week. First we had record high temps, then a surge of Arctic air is spilling all the way to the Gulf States with record cold temps for this time of the year. Our immune systems don't know which way to go to regulate our body temps. Keep a good stock of chicken soup handy. LOL
Time for bed here on the East coast, I just looked outside and it is snowing hard, an inch on the ground in the last 15 minutes, so seeing it is going to snow all night, I guess we will have at least 6" by morning...is it Spring yet???
Good morning ! from Indiana.
04-05-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Mornin, how bout a short stack, sausage n coffee Zoe
Down around freezing, forecast high, low 40's, maybe some sun this afternoon. Tonight clear calm winds, with a low bout 24, that'll take care of some fruit.
GMT, good to have ya back and the racing went well, even with the problems.
grayfox1119 wrote: Areas to the north of us are expected to get 18" of snow tonight and tomorrow, we should get about 3" here....poor man's fertilizer right Mike?
That's what they say anyway, don't know how it works for sure, but it does. Do know the deeper the ground freezes, the more subsoil moisture there is.
UPDATE on the Clyde and Heather's fire, they settled with the insurance yesterday on the house, but not the continents. Paid off their mortgage and still have enough to make a big down payment on a modular. Me n Mother wasn't happy bout what they settled for, but it was not our call.
I got a little time in the train room yesterday cleaning and plan for some today after chores. With no kids around today, maybe I'll get more done. Best get around, hope ya'll has a gooden and stay warm
inch
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Good Morning All,
Chilly but dry this morning - we got lots of rain instead of Dicks' snow. Pocono next week (With the vintage cars we use the south course which incorporates the turn three banking backwards and some interesting turns back to it). Started bringing in cars that ran last weekend as we also thrash to get ready for next week.
Inch - thanks. When you bring more than a few cars something always pops up for trouble. The clutch problem was a new unit we were trying - didn't last two days, and the motor was the result of a broken valve spring on a fresh motor which if it's going to happen, will occur sooner rather than later.
Jerry - how's the new loco working out? With luck you can do like Ed and make up a train that nearly catches it's tail.
No MRRing at home yet this week - too busy catching up with chores so maybe later this week. At least it's nice enough that I can think about getting back out in the rail yard. Gotta go - things to do. CUL,J.R.
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. A bit cooler today and no rain in sight.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 4/5/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 48°FHumidity: 58%Dew Point: 37°F So Far TodayHigh: 55°FLow: 52°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 17mph NE Today High: 65 Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 42 Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Today I'll have the hickory smoked sausage.
Morning folks!
Update on the cousins family. They have sought counseling and are on a better path now, the prayers are working so keep them in your prayers! Monique spoke with Kathleen last night and she seems to be in a better place and her spirits are lifted. This is just a beginning, but they seem to taking care of themselves better now.
Thanks again for all your support and prayers, they do work wonders!
Lee, I like your lumber shot there. The photo name "Conjunction Junction" reminds me of that little ditty "Conjunction Junction what's your function?" from Sesame Street. Nice web site too, very nice!
Sue, those waffles really look good, but I will wait until the weekend to have a batch of those with some warm blueberry syrup on top too! Your stump project sounds interesting, what species of tree branch do you use?
Dick, glad you like the swing gate idea. I had struggled for months with how I was going to tackle that task and then that MR issue had the article in it that inspired me to make a similar plan. Get ready for some more freezing temps, maybe even some snow too!
Duke, I get an email or two here and there from Phil/Flip and it seems like he has been busy lately. Apex is only three weeks away, but who's counting!
Chuck and Kathy thanks! Oh, and you got your tax return back too! We just got ours a few weeks ago, sure is nice to have the extra $$$ in the coffers. The CFO just approved another RR expenditure, YES!
Happy Birthday Chuck!
John, as long as you are buying, I'll have the cottage cheese and fresh banana special for breakfast. Thanks!
Paul, sounds like you got a full day yesterday!
Mike, glad to hear they were able to settle with the insurance too bad about the contents though!
Cheers,
Ryan
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Ryan,
Conjunction Junction was Schoolhouse Rock, my friend. Sesame Street was NEVER that cool!
I arbitrarily assigned that group of photos that title as they feature the area around an as-yet un-named wye junction...
Pass the creamer down here, will ya?
Oh yea, Schoolhouse Rock! Thanks for the clarification.
Sure thing, coffee is good today eh!
Morning all,
Been a week and no word on the test results. Gonna call them and see if they lost my blood.
Thank You to all of you and BOY am I behind on the Diner news.
Luc- Great news on your wife!
Fergie- Thanks and glad things are looking up for ya.
Duke- NICE pics. wish I had a basement. sniff sniff.
The party room is ready for paint and a major cleaning out!
The well wishes and friendship mean a great deal and know you are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Just for fun and gratitude one round of drinks are on me. Yes, Chloe I mean everyone! What the heck, the whole staff is included!
Later,
Trent
Good morning everyone, the sun is trying hard to make an appearance after 4 days, but it is a chilly 31.8F right now at 10am. We only received 1" of real heavy wet snow, so I was thankful for that, as I only had to use the wide blade push shovel for that mess. Ohhh, ohh, did I use the word "Mess"? I forgot that FERGIE has a patent on that word.
MIKE: That is too bad about the lower settlement for the kids....but, as you and I know, they get over anxious when they see the $$ and jump too soon. I hope things work out for them however.
We had a bad fire a few towns away two days ago, an older couple perished in the fire. Cause: Smoking. Smoke Detectors in house? YES...Batteries? NO Time and time again we see this right JEFF?
RYAN: I am going to measure my swing range today to see if the gate idea will work for me. I am using a wider gate because I want to use more of that width for landscape. If it is too wide to swing free, then I will cut back to a double RY bridge width, and have a river underneith the bridge.
J.R. : I see you guys got plenty of rain south of us. Both of us didn't miss the big one by very much at all...that is Ok with us right?
Time to get going, coffee break is over..
SUE: Time for West coast to rise and shine young lady !!!
Guilford Guy wrote:Its good to be back now how about a Coke and some Pan Am Cakes err I mean donuts.
grayfox1119 wrote:... Ohhh, ohh, did I use the word "Mess"? I forgot that FERGIE has a patent on that word.
... Ohhh, ohh, did I use the word "Mess"? I forgot that FERGIE has a patent on that word.
That's Ok providing a Royalty Cheque is in the mail
BTW I've got a new lawyer... Seems he does some work on the side for Mike Wolfe and Co.
Have a day
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Were is RR Dude?? I just called him it was ringing and ringing then it went busy!! so close!!
Colby
Good morning, all. Coffee please.
Dick, Yes, I have been up a while. I did get a late start though. I did not get home from the rock gym until almost 11:00. I decided that today I would get back into a more structured exercise routine (starting this morning). I will probably look for the book on CD since it is harder to get cassette players now. On your butterfly bushes, it will not be too long. A couple of months and they become weeds again.
Chuck and Kathy, Did you get your rock down yet? This dryer weather should be helping it to pack. We usually put crushed black rock down and it packs almost as hard as asphalt. Chuck.
JP, It is fun doing the experiment to find the natural look. I am having fun with ground goop on my hillsides.
Inch, Sitting by and watching them take less is hard. A fire can be very hard on a relationship. It is like starting over. I am sure that they are just trying to get their lives back to normal. I hope that they are able to draw from each others strengths and get through this. A previous employer of mine watched his three story home burn to the ground. There was not enough water from the hydrant to save it. He kept saying that it was just stuff, everyone was ok. There cars were not in the garage, but everything else was gone. The stress trashed their marriage, and they did not rebuild. Getting their lives back to normal is a good thing, so be patient.
Ryan, My stumps come mostly from Noble Fir and some from Douglas Fir. I cut the branches very close to the trunk with the chain saw. It is hard on the tree so I stick to the ones that we will be taking out, and sometimes they are already down.
Jeff, It is still early for lunch here, but this looks yummy. I think that german potato salad might do well to replace the potatoes. It was great to see your layout design.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
Mark, I checked on the UPS tracking for my Shay. It looks like it is due on Monday, so I have to be patient. You should call and get a tracking # if yours is coming UPS.
Well, I think that I am caught up. I think that I will go cut a few more stumps before I go outside to work. They are saying 67 degrees today, so I bet we will make 70.
Sue
Der got this email from you heres what was in it lol
Subject: FlipMessage:Bill: Here's what you need. John.
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