Wow, nice place, Joe. When I saw the lock on the old door, I though the economy had gotten to the place. Now I see what all the secrecy has been about. Love all the new space, room for plenty all around. Allow me to buy the first round of Strumpet Lagers.
The old place is here http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/122332.aspx in case anyone left their car keys in the cushions of a booth when they drove home with a friend last night. At Sunday River, someone actually goes around to the bars early Sunday morning, and counts the cars that were left in the parking lot overnight. They figure every one represents someone who found a new friend to bunk with the previous night, or someone who enjoyed himself a bit too much, but still had enough sense to give someone else the keys. Either of these options represents a good time, and the bar with the most morning-after cars gets the honor for the weekend.
Good Afternoon. Saaaaay, nice place you have here. Nice picture you’ve hung in the entrance Mr B. Real nice.
I’ve been peeking in the window off and on for some time and I thought I’d stop in for a cold one. I see you have Lone Star [:D], a bottle please. I know it’s a bit early but I’ve been pressure washing the back porch and the pressure washer keeps cutting out. Cheap little 110v job I got it from my mom when she moved. Brand new never been used I’ve only used it about 3 hrs total over two days. I guess I’ ll struggle with it. Don’t want to have to get another one, that would cut into my rerouting of the track funds!
Afternoon, guys. I’ll have an Old Style, Joe. Been lurkin’ lately but hope to stop in more often now.I’d better have just the one, tonight’s Date Night and the CFO’s on her way home.
Missed the move yesterday. Often on Wednesdays, I don’t even get the computer turned on, with working and staying at the rockgym until 9:00. I am working back from my fall off the hay.
MrB, Your Strumpet’s refer makes a good banner for Joe’s new digs.
Sue, I sure hope the fall doesn’t screw up scoot ridin’.
Sheesh I’m tired of winter. I haven’t even uncovered the bikes, much less put the batteries back in. Did move the snow blower to the back of the garage in anticipation, though!
Nice to see a few of the old faces…,And new ones too.
I’m finely back to work ,and back home from work! So I think a round of what ever “lights your fuse” can go on my tab tonight. I’ll have a tall tap, Joe.
A fall from the hay? Hope all is right!
I’ve been pluggin’ away, wanting to finish up the ore drags…and Sooooo…
Here is the last run of ore cars through the Paintshop. All of the cars are finely painted and I now find that I need sixteen sets of decals to finish up. Unfortunately a roadtrip to Duluth (local hobby shop, 80 miles away) isn’t foreseen in the near future! Oh well…I’ll get there some day and hopefully they will have all I need!
And for Sue…I’ll give you that the drag is only the twenty two cars (not the eighty that were typical) that I foresee being able to run here on the CCRY, but none the less a goodly drag!
Here we see a “rainbow” that was typical in the late 50’s when the DM&IR was leasing extra power required for the additional tonnage of that period.
Granted the “real” leased power was from the B&LE from 1954 through 1959, wi
Larry charged the batteries this last weekend so we are good to go. They are predicting 60 degrees on Sunday and 65 for Monday. However, it was snowing less than 100 miles to the north this morning. Will spring ever come?
JB, The 22 cars will look great. Most of us couldn’t fit 80 cars on a continuous track. What logo are you painting on those cars?
And Sue: regarding the logo. Actually I’m doing mostly the original DM&IR herald, but also the simplified lettering done much later in their lives.
I remember reading, some time ago now and I can’t seem to find the reference, about the two major types of ore car prototypes and thinking that I could depict the two styles with the Walthers and the MDC cars. Neither are 100% correct, but with the two different sizes, the various color shading and differences in the lettering….I feel it gives a pretty good flavor.
Speaking of ore trains, I just received my March issue of the GN Goat from Great Northern Railway Historical Society. It has some great photos of ore being loaded at the open pit mine and ore being unloaded at the transloading docks.
On my layout, ore is deliver by rail directly to the blast furnace at my steel mill.
Here is the website for Great Northern Ry Hist Soc… http://gnrhs.org/
I do not know anybody in the group, but joined thinking I could use info. My fictional divison of the Q connects with GN. Their July convention is in Duluth I see.
