Seeing as how the old place was closed it seemed to make perfect sense to open a new one.
Seems the Diner switcher coupled up and moved the place.
From the old Diner: Robby, I’d say that’s a good idea for you to go get the car.
HI Jeffrey!
Hi Sawyer!
Great to see you guys in the new diner!
Have a great night.
New place already. “Moving right along” [:-^]
Well we are going to get $300 dollars back from the body shop. My wife was fighting with the body shop guy for a few minutes on the phone. So…We decided to call the owner of the body shop/dealership. He was VERY VERY rude to my wife. Saying “she is fighting with herself, and its mostly her fault for most of this”. She was screaming into the phone, and you could hear him yelling also. Not don’t get this wrong, but she didn’t start yelling till he started to put her down (talked to her like a child). So…We (yes both of us) will go get the car tomorrow morning. Take the car to get the oil changed, and then take it to get the plugs changed/looked over. I hope it all goes well tomorrow.
While she was fighting on the phone I was ordering some items for the layout.
Here’s that list…This will give me something to do.
| Kenworth Cement Mixer, USA |
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| Ford C Box Van, Delta |
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| Woodland Scenics HO A1854 Assorted Skids (Discontinued) |
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| Life-Like HO 1630 Scene Master Police (6) |
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| Classic Metal Works HO 30162 1978 Chevy Impala Police Car |
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| Life-Like HO 1696 Scene Master Vehicles Police Wrecker |
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| Model Power 5788 HO CRIME SCENES |
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| Classic Metal Works HO 30167 1967 Ford Custom Fire Chief |
Sounds like you put that time to good use, and it seems like someone will be having a bad day on your layout robby.
As to my layout, I got the streets figured out and I’ll be going with a small park between the spur and downtown buildings. Also will have room for both houses and plenty of cuts etc.
Now the research is all that’s holding the cuts up, but that doesn’t mean I can’t get crackin on the roads. progress SHOULD begin tomorrow.
Some mixed nuts with raisons, please.
***Robby, if you double that Police presence, they’ll run out of arrests to make. Of course that would be good for your local Diner, or where ever they tend to hang out on your layout. Nice list. Good luck tomorrow with the car. What a pain for you guys.
Did some more wiring on the wife’s layout this evening. My least favorite thing to work on, but it has to be done.
Cheers! [C):-)] Rob
Ulrich … Very sorry to learn of your latest health problems. Hope you’ll be OK. … Swithching chores are already handled.
Duke … Glad to see you in the diner.
JR … It’s been a long time since I was at car races. I went to Elkhardt Lake, WI long ago. … Duke says you might have time between races. … I doubt your planned travel route passes through here, but if you’s like to divert in teh wrong direction you would be welcome.
Hey guys. Rob, I know what you mean about jerks in the auto industry. One company my dad used to get parts from had a phone operator, well, he was a real donkey. (Thank you for those who get it.) After what he said to my Mom, we couldn’t change part suppliers soon enough. Then at a dealership my mom’s cousin owned, they hired a new used car manager, well he was a real con. What he would do was give a family a brand new sububan to drive, sell their current car, then sell them some clunker. My dad was doing a car a night for him. One night, my mom ran a car up to him that. It was the wrong car, well the jerk started cursing her out like a sailor. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOODY SHOWROOM!!! She called my dad histerical because the jerk didn’t have the disency to give her a ride home. Well, my dad was about ready to strangle the guy. I’m off the soapbox.
Good evening Diners: Here’s an item from a list of questions that are said to have stumped “Dear Abby”
CNCharlie:
There’s been a discussion still on-going on the Yahoogroups ndcc thread about sound decoders. The little I’ve followed it tells me that a sealed speaker enclosure is pretty much a must for good sound. So, that may be something to investigate. (ndcc@yahoogroups.com - and browse their archive) [2c] BTW, concerning
Fergie swears by them, but I understand that they aren’t the least expensive.
Rob: The mail yesterday brought the siding I needed (and forgot to pick up at the LHS) for the project we were discussing. Now, since I did pick up the “structural steel”, I’m good to go. When I’ve got something photographable, I’ll shoot you a PM.
NWSL would be where I’d start asking questions.[2c]
Does it have to be organic solvent based? I use acrylics for most of my painting, and the source there is your friendly local $ Store.
Garry:[qu
Evenin’ folks!
Well, well. Looks like they moved the dining car again while i was w*rking on the turnout tonight… Must be they used THAT new Battery Electric Locomotive I’ve heard about. Very quiet, but lots of pwer to move this car.
Flo I’ll have the strawberry pie al la mode with a cup of your finest decaf if it didn’t get spilled in the move.
Funny, I thought I smelled some coal gas and steam from a Berkshire earlier… [%-)]
Went out to camp and got all but 4 tents finished up. May have a bit more to do in a couple of the Leanto sites. So, I’ll back out one more time tomorrow and get it finished. I also managed to not quite get all my lawn mowed today as well. I was busy with it this evening when A neighbor i haven’t seen for a while walked past. So we stopped and chatted for an hour or so. Seems the guy across the side street from me did have a heart attack a few days ago (I think I mentioned the ambulance being over there). Guess it was mild as he is home and appears to be fine. He mowed his lawn on a very hot day, put the mower away, walked into his kitchen and collapsed. Lucky his wife was there!
Ulrich, I know you have a certain familiarity with the above… Hope you are doing better, and please know prayers from here continue for your health and happiness! [:)]
Robby, I do hope both you and the wife let the dealer know you won’t be spending any more $$$ at their place of business…[swg]
Have the turnout almost done. Just have to glue it onto the ties and it is ready for the layout. As soon as I have put it in place and done some circles and arrows and stuff with lines where the tracks will be, I can remove the shelf where the quarry will go and actually do much of the scene off the layout. All but the final track laying, ballasting, and scenery can be done in the workshop
John, thanks! I have a crew of painters; I’m thinking about having one building with just a hint of another color; say the painters either are almost done or have a LONG way to go.
[:-^]
Happy Canada Day To All, Both sides of the 49th…and the big pond.
DER, Have you heard from Fergie ?
It’s been a long time since he pulled up to a stool here.
Not much news on the MRR front right now. To busy working. Hope it slows down soon. This is not being helped by my allergies that have really flared up this summer. They are really bad with the high humidity. I know that sounds wrong , but that is the way it is with me. So I’m not to perky and any time I can put my head down I am sound asleep.
Ulrich, I know it is easier said than done, but, Quit worrying. You are not doing yourself any good by fretting. This will improve, just relax and let your body heal itself. By worrying you will not improve anything and it will be harmful to both you and Petra. None of us want that for you two. You folks are very special and remain in our prayers and I know that is from a lot of us here.
Think I will climb into the Jaccuzzi for a spell and hit the sack early as I have to work the Canada Day Celebrations tomorrow.
Hope you all have a great day tomorrow and this is …
Johnboy, out for now.
Good Evening,
John, I actually tried 2 different speakers, one of which has an enclosure and it didn’t make much difference to the sound, perhaps a little louder. It was the poor quality of the sounds that I found most disappointing. The loco is happily running around now with the MRC back in it and the sound from that decoder is quite good. I agree that the sound can get a little annoying sometimes which is why I only have one sound loco going at a time.
Ulrich, very sorry to hear about your further health problems. Sometimes stress can be a vicious circle as Johnboy said. I sure hope brighter days are ahead for you and that you are feeling better soon.
Galaxy, hope your health improves too, and same for Jeff.
Reading about your problems makes me very thankful that I’ve managed to go 62 years without any.
Well tomorrow I think I’ll celebrate Canada Day by painting the ‘water’ in my harbour. Wish me luck!! I expect I will end up with just a straight dark blue. I would like to get a Lake Erie brown/green but I doubt I can do so. Lake Winnipeg is a similar colour to Lake Erie but I don’t have a clue as to achieving that hue. I look at the various brown, green, gray, and blue colours I bought and think, now what? I will try mixing a few and see what happens.
Time to take Pippa out once more before bed. I have to go out with her as she has very little eyesight left and can’t hear much either so I carry her out to her potty spot and carry her back in. I really didn’t think she would make it to summer but the meds we have her on seem to have temporarily stopped the cancer and her skin allergies. Who knows, she might make it to her 16th birthday on Oct.25 but as our vet has said, she is a very old dog and it is only a matter of a short time before something gets her. I spent some time this evening sitting in a lawn chair with her in my lap. She s
Happy Canada Day tomorrow (Dominion Day for those of us who remember the “old name”) and Happy Fourth to our neighbours down south (except for Windsor/Detroit they’re a little mixed up). Heading camping tomorrow until Monday.
I’ll have a glass of water right now but it will be “a little stronger” for the w/e.
Dan
Hey everybody!
Anyone remember me? It’s been at least a year since I’ve been here, I think. Started to get back into model railroading now that I have some time (high school keeps me busy, of course). However, luck isn’t going my way. My railroad ain’t in the best of shape.
The structures are falling apart, the tracks need to be re-done… Probably going to go with a new plan anyways.
My biggest issue is the reliability of my locomotives.
Issue #1: I pulled my challenger out to run it, and the front wheel set won’t move.
Issue #2: My big boy won’t chuff… All the other sounds work, however.
Issue #3: My consolidation is still broken. (Darn you orange plugs!)
Issue #4: My heavy mountain is still broken. (See above)
Issue #5: Just today my digitrax zephyr “exploded.” All the sudden my FEF stopped, I looked at the zephyr and the display was gone. The power supply was still plugged in… Then it spat our smoke like crazy. So now I have no DCC… I think I have a DC pack around here somewhere that works.
Alright I’ll see y’all later.
Mark
Hey ya’ll
Bought a new engine yesterday of that auction site. A brand new Atlas RS 11 in BN (suprised, shouldn’t be[:D]) paint for a whopping 46 bucks plus 8 for shipping. I think I redeemed myself some from the rather high price for that C30-7 (bought for $80, didn’t notice the “no sound” label until after I bid)
Mark, long time no see (here anyways). sucks all that stuff is broke. Your zepher reminds me that I need to head over to digitrax’s HQ (about an hour away) to see about getting some decoders that were DOA fixed.
Robby, 9 weeks for a body shop is insane. Out of curiosity, do you think you could pull this car off: http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=22816 I’m wanting to attempt it but I’d like to start with some undec BB kits.
Sawyer, your town is looking good
Bama, I’ve been to that hyundai plant twice on field trips in high school. Never did get to see any of the rail operations on those trips.
Edit, Tops. luckly the chowhounds aren’t awake yet
Good morning. Thanks to all of the dogs and cats in the bedroom this morning, I’m up early!!
Well today is the day we FINALLY get the car ( I hope). I already told my wife “no fighting today”. We will go and look at the car and leave. I will have to change the oil today, and get the mechanic to change the plugs. I wold change the plugs myself, but dang foreign cars are a pain. You always need that “special” tool.
**Ray…**The work has a lift time warranty, but I rather pay someone else to do the work. Plus they already tried to get us in a new car…HA!!!
**John…**Thanks for the comments. We still gotta add a few things, but its really come along.
**Mark…**WELCOME back!! That is some bad news thou. Hopefully you can get it back to working.
**Rob…**I have a police station and no policemen/cars. Now I will have some bad guys, and the good guys to catch them [:-,].
**Vincent…**I really wouldn’t know where to start on that. Having the cars undec. would help. To get the peeled paint look use “elmers glue”. The real sticky glue, the kind you take that small brush and spread the glue with. Maybe paint the car that grayish color, and then add some glue. Just in spots thou. Let that dry, and then go back over the car with the yellow. After the yellow paint has dried, then take the glue off. That will remove the yellow paint (where its painted over the glue) to expose the gray paint. The glue isn’t hard to remove.
Good morning all,
Been busy with home repairs and yard work. Just got the truck back from the shop; new U-joints on the rear driveshaft. I should be done with auto repairs for a while.
Hoople welcome back.
Lee
Good morning All,
Happy Canada Day to our friends up NOB.
Just a regular to go please. Lots to catch up on and here we are in a new location already, but Jeff, where did you set us down ? My GPS doesn’t seem to work here?
My goal this weekend is to get something done in the basement to clear it out so I can start on walls and ceilings for the new train room. I’ve decided to get the framing done then see what I have for space and plan accordingly rather than assume I can fit a plan to the spacebefore it exists. That was what got me in dire straits last time/
Hoople - welcome back. Sounds like you have your w…k cut out for you on the power front. Hope the drum kit is in better shape.
Robby - Good luck with the car and I hope it goes more smoothly from here on.
Der - thanks. I found a place in NJ called Brooklyn Locomotive Works that looks promising. I’ll report back.
Garry - Lets see what happens once i get closer to the date. I can’t really plan anything just now as I have three more events in front of it one of which is Pittsburgh where I get to drive instead of just w…k. All I need to do is finish my car LOL.
Catch Y’all later,
Good morning. It’s 75 on it’s way to a high of 86. There’s an 80% chance of thunderstorms today and we’ll probably only get a minor shower that will evaporate as soon as it touches the ground.
Being that today is the first of the month I’ll be out paying some bills that can’t be paid through the mail or paid online. Let’s face it. There are still some places that insist on staying in the dark ages. Yesterday I picked up the part I need to fix the tractor and get it going again. As usual Murphy will likely snicker and I’ll end up needing something that has to be ordered from the dark side of the moon and will take six weeks to get here at the fastest. The grocery shopping has to be done and I have to help my father come up with some way to shift his Yardman mower from forward to reverse without having to use the badly designed foot pedal that it has. That things absolutely kills my ankle every time I use it.