Evening Gang:
Hoo Ray, Sallie is coming home. Jerry, you had better get the place cleaned up for her.
Mary Ann and I hauled hay today. I used the new tractor since it could carry 2 bales each trip. I dropped them off above the hay lot and she moved them there and stacked them. While I was over on the other side of the creek I saw a deer running along the north fence. He would run a ways and stop and lower his head and shack it then turn around and run back. After a couple of times he ran toward me and then ran along the slew and did the same thing. After awhile he junped the east fence and was gone. Strange. Origanally I thought he may have been shot but then I figured he was feeling his oats. There is a train show in Ft. Worth Sat and Sun. I'm planning on going Sat and again Sunday. The best bargins are on the last day of course but I wasnt to check things out Sat. Friday John wants to drive up to Oaklahoma city and pick up a bunch of rail for the 7.5in gauge. That's along drive but it will save the $200 or $300 for shipping.
Ed be sure and tell Fran that I like the picture of the old man and dog. That is a great idea for a detail on a depot.
Lisa have you looked into wireless? I went with Verizon and it is great. It is prcey but Mary Ann says it's worth it so I don't spend so much time at the puter.
Tonight I'm tired from hauling and my shoulders are sore. I guess it's time to say
Good Night All
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful day down here in Paradise. I killed most of the morning by going down to my local immigration office and renewing my resident visa for another year. Fran had another dentist appointment this afternoon and that pretty much wrapped up the day. Spare moments were taken up planning for our upcoming trip to Houston for Thanksgiving.
Jerry- good news about Sallie coming home. I'm sure you both are excited about that.
Ryan - nice shots of the train meet.
Dave V - that's one impressive layout on a hcwd.
Speaking of photos, thanks for the kind comments on what I posted from the trip. Here are a few more.
After Tulancingo, we had planned to visit three other old stations on the same branch. Unfortunately roadwork prevented our bus from heading up the road we needed, so we had to skip two of them. We did get to Beristain. Almost nothing left of the railroad here except the old wooden station building, with its old semaphore. Here's a detail shot of the door to the stationmaster's office. Note that the sign at the left giving the elevation as 2185 meters, or 7,168 feet, which is about 1.4 miles high.Next stop was Irolo. Not much of a town, but it was the crossing of the two railroads that went from Mexico City to Veracruz, the F.C. Mexicano and the narrow gauge F.C. Interoceanico.Here's a shot of the old (obviously) narrow gauge station, now without roof, but still with its semaphore.And directly across from it was the standard gauge station. Even here, with the disappearance of passenger service, the station is unused except as a shelter for security guards. This line is now part of the Ferrosur concession.We waited quite a while at Irolo. From the station, you can see where the KCSdeM tracks run, maybe ¾ mile away. We saw a KCSdeM train pass in the distance, but there wasn't time to get over there and shoot it as were expecting a southbound FSRR train. And it eventually turned up.Here comes FSRR #4430, an AC4400CW, leading a train made up mostly of tank cars. Sun behind the train, sorry.And no, the paint scheme of Ferrosur isn't NS black. It just looks that way. It's really a medium green with red and white decorations. It's just that this particular line has a lot of tunnels (including the 1.8 mile long tunnel "El Mexicano") and the soot quickly builds up on the locomotives. Of course, FSRR doesn't waste too much effort in cleaning the units. Here you can see that they have graciously wiped off enough to show the locomotive number.
So that's about it for now. I'm going to settle back with a good, hot, cup of strong coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course) and take it easy for the rest of the day.
Hasta mañana,
Ed
[Fortunately it hasn't been enforced since the advent of headlights.]***Ryan, I new that was a long train. COOL! BTW, your website sure has lots of neat stuff to look at and it is set up well. Bet that ride in the EMD FP-7 was fun. Rob
[Fortunately it hasn't been enforced since the advent of headlights.]
***Ryan, I new that was a long train. COOL! BTW, your website sure has lots of neat stuff to look at and it is set up well. Bet that ride in the EMD FP-7 was fun.
Rob
Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Derrick: Here's one from Louisiana that's still on the books. It's illegal to drive a motor vehicle at night unless it is precedded by a man carrying a red lantern.What???????????
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Derrick: Here's one from Louisiana that's still on the books. It's illegal to drive a motor vehicle at night unless it is precedded by a man carrying a red lantern.
What???????????
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
refill, please & thanks.
Caught a special on RFDTV all about Tony Lash and his MTH trains layout. Fills a 70'x45' room, my god...now THAT's a layout. 5000' of track, lots of sound effects and animation. If I had that kind of space (& $$$$$$), I would switch to HO faster than I could list my N scale on the bay & hire every good modeller I know to start working on a mega layout. Can you imagine how much HO scale you could pack in that size room?
I was going to bid on an N Scale Atlas Union Pacific SD-60M loco today but got busy outside and forgot. Too bad, it sold for only $33. That's a heck of a bargain (providing it was in as good condition as claimed), yes? Oh well. In truth, it is not really on my Wish List at this point anyway.
(((psst, I can't use names, but if you follow the news, you could probably figure out what famous person my wife has as her patient right now.)))
It's going to be in the twenties again tonight Still have that Red Flag Warning up for fire hazard. No rain in sight iether. Well, back to work here. Rob
Cederstrand wrote: in a ATSF mug today, please & thank you!***Ryan, enjoyed the photos & video clips. I didn't count them, but that was a long train on that last video. Noticed another engineer was getting into some highballing. Rob
in a ATSF mug today, please & thank you!
***Ryan, enjoyed the photos & video clips. I didn't count them, but that was a long train on that last video. Noticed another engineer was getting into some highballing.
The count on that one freight consist was 109 rolling stock!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hello to all,
I switched to N because I needed my trains but(HO people please don't shoot me)I am finding I am really enjoying it other than having to start over. It's great to be back inside I almost did what Sue said and give up altogether but my Tom convinced me to switch(great husband I've got,think I'll keep him). I'm hoping to post some pics, I finally have a good camera(thanks again to my Tom). Only problem I have now is down loading time, I wish DSL would make it to my area soon. Talk to you all later.
Hey Ryan, thanks for posting those photos and videos!
I had no idea I was running my trains so fast...
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
We attended the 23rd Annual Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club Train Show at the NC State Fair Grounds located in the Exhibition Hall and it was another fun railroad event. Actually got to stick around a bit longer than usual, about 3 hours and took many photos and a few movies too. We arrived at around noon and started making our way around the tables; I bought a few railroad signs for the train room door.
But the first real treat was when we found ourselves at Dave Vollmer's N scale layout display. Dave has added a small staging yard to one end of the layout. This N scale layout is set up on a hallow core door and is very portable, he has also just added the signaling electronics that mimic the prototype. His layout is based on the Pennsy Railroad and features the coal, freight, and passenger traffic of that era. Here are a few more photos of Dave's N scale layout.
Also took a few videos of Dave's layout and those can be viewed on the Piedmont Division YouTube Channel:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqPu5W56nXM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXTBe-577xw
Toured a few more tables and then found Kim at Train Buddy and his display tables. Kim gave us a talk on all his proposed inventions, such as a battery that will hold 10X the storage capacity of current technology as well as trends in nanotechnology and robotics and how these will influence the model railroad hobby now and into the future. I also got a lesson on track cleaning and the suggested liquid that he sells and happend to have on hand, I had to buy a bottle. Also purchased a new DCC USB interface for a computerized layout. Toured a few more tables and then viewed the Sipping and Switching Society HO scale modular layout on display at the back of the hall. This was the largest modular layout I have ever seen, here are just a few photos and videos of this massive layout.
And a few videos on the Piedmont Division YouTube Channel:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Pk83GAcbY
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRUDUc-Cvk
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m9QXB7vKW0
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1i-z3oKMM
More photos from this event can be viewed at the Photos Part VII page in the Piedmont Division web site.
SilverSpike wrote: pcarrell wrote:You know, what made me ask the question about Christmas shopping being done was that I ran into someone the other day who told me they were just finishing up their shopping. I felt like such a slacker! But not to fear.....you guys made me feel much better! I haven't started yet either! Are you saying that we are all slackers?
pcarrell wrote:You know, what made me ask the question about Christmas shopping being done was that I ran into someone the other day who told me they were just finishing up their shopping. I felt like such a slacker! But not to fear.....you guys made me feel much better! I haven't started yet either!
Are you saying that we are all slackers?
Ummmm, uhhhhhh, why, um, sorta, kinda, maybe, but not really?
Hey,
Just popped in to say hello.
Derrick Moore: Heard about this law from Kansas, If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall pass until the other passes. Or at least I think that's how it goes...
BTW we hit 8000 posts. YAY!
G2G, see ya later.
Glad to see some ol' friends back...
Speaking of laws, here's some rediculous ones I found:
LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II's speech in the British parliament Tuesday may have been routine but at least nobody got bored to death. That would have been against the law.
Dying in parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series.
And though the lords were clad in their red and white ermine cloaks and ambassadors from around the world wore colourful national costumes, at least nobody turned up in a suit of armour. Illegal.
Other rules deemed utterly stupid included one that permits a pregnant woman to urinate [WHAT?!?!?!]in a policeman's hat and murdering bow-and-arrow-carrying Scotsmen within the city walls of York, northern England.
A law stating that in Liverpool, only a clerk in a tropical fish store is allowed to be publicly topless, was also ridiculous, said a poll of 3,931 people for UKTV Gold television out Tuesday.
Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies on Christmas Day, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan Oliver Crowmell.
The laws and other regulations were culled from published research into ancient legislation that has never been repealed although subsequent statutes have rendered them obsolete.
Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote.
Most ridiculous British law:
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)
2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)
3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)
4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)
5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)
6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)
7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)
8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent)
9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)
10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)
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And in America.......
Offbeat's Definitive List Of America's Strangest Laws
Yes, yes, Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, was found "tied to his steering wheel in his birthday suit," but did you know that it is illegal to peel an orange in a Los Angeles hotel room? If not, don't fret -- OFF/beat is here to set you straight with our definitive list of America's 20 strangest laws (compiled from various websites and legal tomes). Readers are encouraged to add their own as long as doing so doesn't violate any obscure statute in their locality ... this means you, readers in Turkmenistan and North Korea!
It's Against the Law to:20) Fish while wearing pajamas in Chicago. 19) Sell instruments in South Carolina on Sunday.18) Be drunk in a Wyoming mine.17) Have a goatee in Boston.16) Serve margarine in a Wisconsin restaurant unless the customer specifically requests it.15) Eat a hamburger on Sunday in Minnesota.14) Offer cigarettes and/or whiskey to zoo animals in Jersey.13) Use a lasso to catch a fish in Tennessee.12) Perform marriages in Pennsylvania when either the bride or groom is drunk.11) Box a kangaroo in Oregon.10) Shoot rabbits while motorboating in Kansas.09) Sell milk in a liquor store in Indiana.08) Wear masks in public in Alabama.07) Have kisses lasting more than five minutes in Iowa.06) Fall asleep in a South Dakota cheese factory.05) Use profanity in front of a dead body in Georgia. 04) Keep a gorilla in the backseat of a car in Massachusetts.03) Take a lion to the movies in Maryland.02) Whistle underwater in West Virginia (same goes for Vermont).01) Push a live moose out of a moving airplane in Alaska... it's also illegal to feed moose alcohol
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Colby: Good to hear from you. I was wondering if the weather up that way had blacked you out.
nah. My home comp got a virus. so I'm using the one here at school. it's peroid 1 flex.
Howdy folks!
Nice to see all the action and activity you guys have been putting in over the past few days, as I have been out of pocket with work being busy and all!
Welcome back Kevin and Duce and Cheese and Lisa!
And thanks again for all the belated BD wishes from, well....you know who you are! LOL
I will post an update on the Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Train Show later today.
And now for a bit of sad news, my boss Liz just informed us that her nephew was found dead last night, he was only 21 years old. Seems he had a known heart condition, but that was taken care of last year. He had just worked out, returned home and was found in the bathroom last night. He was a body builder and took great care of himself and worked out every day, and ate healthy. She is requesting prayers for her sister and family at this time. Thank you!
Paul - Glad to hear MaryAnn is better now! Sorry to hear about the Hotel closing, and sounds like everyone was certainly loyal to the cause.
Sue - I bought the air brush on sale at Michael's a few months ago and finally got over the fear and just did it! Practiced on some cardboard first, then got the courage up and just hit the task full steam...
Jim - Ditto on 3rd PlanIT track planning software, I just got the latest version 8 installed and it is a vast improvement over the previous versions. The program does have a high learning curve up front, but the more time you spend with it the better you get.
RT - Thanks for the reminder about bring you trains to work day, that's this Friday the 16th. Going to bring in a few pieces I think!
Rob - Best wishes for the wife getting better soon! Hey...uhhh...Rob...that Apri is quite a selection of coffee flavoring agents eh! Like RT said...yuck!
Cheese - Welcome back and you must be located around the Sevierville /Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge area eh!
Dick - snow already huh! And hurricane force winds this late in the season is quite a diversity of weather.
Der John - Nice looking rock formations and the talus is a great plus too! Hope your power supply gets back to normal soon.
Garry - hot apple cider sounds like just the right thing with these cold temps lately! And nice KCS pic too!
Fergie - Yea, Bills over Dolphins is probably a good bet! Now how about Saints over Rams?
And I did hit the trifecta this past weekend, all my teams won: NC State, LSU, and Saints!
PC - No Christmas shopping done yet, but the list is started....
Duke - Those Lions sure are looking quite good I see!
Ed - great pictures from the old station and such, and thanks for sharing before your computer glitches out on you.
Later on,
Ryan
Mornin' everyone!
Not too many in yet this morning I see!
Well, when you all come dragging yourselves in here I'll have the coffee ready, OK?
If that doesn't get your attention, the weather outside around here will! It was a balmy 26 degrees when I hit the door this morning! Yeah buddy! That'll get your attention!
For those inquiring about Mrs. PC, her surgery is set for Tuesday, so we're just in a holding pattern till then. Thanks for your thoughts & prayers though.
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote:Hello everyone.... This photo was forwarded to me by email. I see a copyright, so don't sell it to anyone. Is that Jeff in the cab smiling ????
Hello everyone....
This photo was forwarded to me by email. I see a copyright, so don't sell it to anyone. Is that Jeff in the cab smiling ????
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Good morning.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 11/7/2007Wind Chill: 39°FHumidity: 56%Dew Point: 28°FSo Far TodayHigh: 46°FLow: 43°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 8mph ENE Today High: 62 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the morning becoming light and variable. Tonight Low: 40 Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Light and variable winds.
Good Morning
I'll have a cup of root beer. Maine Central mug.
Hey Jeff I got a power pack with a curitt breaker (spelling), new, it set me back $51.71 that was at the train show. I also got a BAR 40' boxcar, track, and a Southern Pacific flat car with chains already on, but I thought I would be able to switch the couplers on it. so I took the trucks off and the dummy couplers, the flatcar is now part of the senery.
***Lee, thanks for the further info on the SD24.
Well, just popping in to say Good Night....er....Morning. Pulled an all nighter, just did the critter rounds so I wouldn't have that on my brain, so now going to hit the hay.
Good morning all, we didn't get our promised 5" of snow :(
The EMD SD24 was a 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) C-C diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July, 1958 and March, 1963.[1] A total of 224 units were built for customers in the United States, comprising 179 regular, cab-equipped locomotives and 45 cabless B units. The latter were built solely for the Union Pacific Railroad.[2]
The SD24 was the first EMD locomotive to be fitted with an EMD turbocharged diesel engine, several months before the four-axle (B-B) model GP20. Power output was substantially higher than the 1,800 hp (1,350 kW) of the concurrent Roots blower-equipped SD18s with the same engine displacement.
In terms of sales, the SD24 was only a moderate success, and few had long service lives in SD24 configuration (though many rebuilds are still in operation), but the SD24 was a milestone in EMD locomotive development and the forerunner to today's high-powered six-axle locomotives.[2]
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
der5997 wrote:Fergie: Isn’t 110-120 knots considerably more than the forecasters were saying our max gusts would be? (135kph if memory serves.)
Fergie: Isn’t 110-120 knots considerably more than the forecasters were saying our max gusts would be? (135kph if memory serves.)
Oh Ya! The Harbour tends to act as a funnel for the Southerly and Northerly winds. In this case McNabs Is. was registering 85 mph winds while the Ship was registering 110-120. Go figure? Maybe Mr. Venturi has a say in this...
Dick: Dolphins have to win some time and I think the Bills could be the team to allow this So I may look at GB as another choice.
Anyway must run as i have work to do.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
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
Good Morning All,
A regular and a glazed donut please Zoe. Chilly but dry outside this morning and best of all the sun was up at 6am (for now anyway).
Worked on the museum layouts last night HO and O troubleshooting, and starting on expanding the housing stock and foundation pads on the N. Shop work is starting to pile up with four gearboxes to go through so far and the Cooper Monaco project to move forward. This should be an interesting car to finish with a 1300 lb weight most of which is the 450hp small block Chevy and McKee transaxel. Even though the racing season's over the ol' dance card is still pretty full.
When did the SD24 enter production? I was under the impression that the ALCO RS-1 was the first 2nd generation road switcher in the late Forties and the New Haven had diesel switchers as early as the Twenties (HH660 etc.). Perhaps historian Ed can fill us in? Speaking of which - nice pics Ed. I liked the KCS shot as well but I know it's not a Tyco since the locos' have glazing.
Glad everyone survived the storm over the weekend. My mom is south of the rest in Nova Scotia and while she got some rain and wind it wasn't nearly as bad as predicted and her power never went out though her beach got a fair bit of erosion damage.
Time to pick up tools - also a doctors appt this morning so we'll see how that all goes. CUL, J.R.