Jeffrey Scott Wimberly
July 07, 1960-December 15, 2014
AKA Running Bear, Dr. Frankendiesel, The Spray Can Rembrandt
Volunteer firefighter, exceptional model railroader
and dear friend to many of us.
Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner was formerly Elliot´s Trac
Enjoyed the monorail, viewed some of the other videos at that site. Looks like a simple solution to inner-city movement.
herrinchoker
Good Morning Diners,
Wake up, get up, it’s the first of the month!
Hello Railfans! I hope everyone is doing ok. Things are fine here. Wanted to stop in and say howdy since I havent been able to be here alot as of late. Hope i didnt miss anything important.
Not much going on on the railroad scene. Model, railfanning, or otherwise. Seems the day to day goings on have control over my time as is the case with some of you as well im sure.
I just found out there is a train show this weekend. Id like to attend if possible. Gotta have some fun, right? You folks take care. I will be in touch.
Douglas
Good morning herringchoker, Douglas and Angel
I was up at 4:15 am Angel. Cooking breakfast for the kiddos too. Scrappel ( yummmy ) eggs over easy and biscuits with either Apple butter or strawberry preserves home made too . Will have extra if anyone is interested.
ULRICH Where are we at ? Valley of the daughter of stars ?
ROAR
Hello all
Ulrich - talk about an elevated railroad! What a neat system!
Tried painting the body of an N-scale bay window caboose last night. Only appropriate color I had was water base and didn’t cover well. So I rinsed it off and will try a primer first.
I did make some more progress on the 1/600 scale Mauretania model I am working on (one of my other hobbies). Got the funnels painted and a couple more decks glued on.
Good Afternoon!
I am feeling pretty miserable today. My BP went into the basement and decided to stay there until further notice. The crazy thing is that my heart rate went over the roof and also has no intention to come down. If things don´t improve soon, it´ll mean a trip to the ER.
YGW - how about Switzerland for the month? There is plenty to see, as this country must be the Lord´s train set (no blasphemy intended).
It´s been around for 115 years to this date and is still going strong. It is certainly one of the safest mode of transportation. The line’s only fatal accident occurred close to Robert-Daum-Platz station during maintenance work in the early morning hours of 12 April 1999. Workers had forgotten to remove a metal claw from the track on completion of scheduled night work. The first eastbound train of the day hit the claw at a speed of around 50 km/h (31 mph), derailed, and fell about 10 metres (33 ft) into the river Wupper, killing 5 passengers and leaving 49 injured.
Lutz Hielscher of Germany makes an nice HO scale and a N scale set of it, unfortunately rather pricey.
Good morning everybody . I’ll have oatmeal and OJ please. … We returned from Nashville late last night. … My appointment yesterday with the cardiologist went well. … We went to Nashville Sunday to allow time to visit with Shelley’s family.
It is great to see so many people in the Diner. The cook is working jard to keep up.
Ulrich … Thanks for starting the March Diner.
Barry … Glad you can post. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Steven … I hope you and Mrs. Otte get well soon. Take care because colds can evolve into worse illnesses.
Galaxy … I hope your illness goes away very soon. It has been too long.
There are many little projects awaiting me on the model railroad, and I’m anxious to get to work. Been too busy with other stuff lately .
Happy Model Railroading !
Happy New Month to all from Northern Virginia. All is well here with fine weather gracing us at this time (subject to change). Will be traveling to my old neighborhood of Queens, New York in 2 weeks which will include a pilgrimage to Trainland in Lynbrook. Hope everybody is well and time now to run the late commuter before having to go to work (late shift today).
All the best.
Reinhard
As of late, I have been in a MRR funk. Last December, I added an 8’ extension to my N-scale layout making it a 11’2"x13’8" L-Shaped, dog-bone layout. I was all excited, laid all of the track, wired up all of the switches, only to discover that I had not installed insulated joiners everywhere they were required. (I installed about half of the necessary joiners.) On my first trial layout, I tried using a Dremel to cut the insulating gaps and I was really not happy with the outcome, thus the decision to use the insulated joiners. There is no way I am going to rip up everything to install the joiners, so I am stuck having to cut the gaps, thus the funk. My plan is to take some track scraps, glue them down on some scrap wood, and practice the art of the cut, but I am having trouble bringing myself to try. I really hate not knowing what I am doing.
On a bright note, the piano tuner is coming today to tune our new piano. We have had it for about two months now, and between the move and settling into the new environment, it is sounding pretty bad. I am about as excited for the tuner to come as a five-year-old on Christmas Eve.
People who have confessed to having problems with the Dremel have had better success with a razor saw.
Good Morning.
Got breakfast out of the way, now waiting to see what doctors think about how long I will be here yet.
After that going for a little walk down the hall to the shower and back…
I will give that a try. It could be my technique, or lack thereof, with the Dremel, but the gap ends up gaping, especially on the N-Scale track.
Reinhard - From Northern Va ? Where abouts ?
Jim - That is a great Magazine. I have never heard of plate glass sharpening. What is that ? Funny story - once on the site we were seing who could get their chisels the sharpest. So I sharpened mine so well that after I sharpened it I put it in the side pouch and it went right through. It cut the bottom of the leather and down on to the ground !!! [:-^]
BO Cylinder - Watch out for that secret admirer. Audrey may be setting you up to check you out and then you will get another swish bang zinnnnnnggggggg [xx(]
UP831 - Mexican !! Any left overs ? [dinner]
Ken - I have a saw bones appointment at 1:30 my time call me around 2 or 3.
v8 - Are you kidding me ? No proof required to show you are a citzen ? That is criminial !!! Do you use glasses for your vision ?
Chris - Do you ever get homesick ? I cant imagine living in another country. I work with LOTS of spanish folks. They come here intending to make a pile of money and then return. Most end up staying because of the crooked Gov. and crooked police in their home countries.
CN Charlie - Which BLI were you running ?
Galaxy - I hope you feel better soon
Johnboy - Thanks please continue to keep SIL in prayer. She is not in a good place.
Richard - do you have some old bras track you can practice on ? What blade are you using in the drimel ? Is it variable spead ? Did you make a jig to run it through ?
Ulrich - I laughed so hard I guess there is more than one distraction in a gym ! Switzerland is Awsome ! Where we headed first ?
Howmus, Garry, Lion, Bob…Hello and good morning. I have some good ole Virginia scrapple left over if you want some and there are a few biscuits left too.
Gotta run. Verry busy and have to go see sawbones today and see if they can figure out why my ticker keeps jumping in and out of rhythm.
TTYL
YGW
Morning diners,
Since I decided to model the NH Berkshire Division loosely based by deleting the river and the tunnel, but keeping the lake. It may not be the Conrail Boston Line or CSX Boston Subdivision.
I received my track yesterday and installed a half circle of the 13_3/4" with the 15" together side by side. It worked, I had a few problems. I’m keeping the track away until it’s ready to glued down. Without knowing the proper alignment for switches… Future track will come. This year I hope.
I’m relearning building a model railroading. It’s a nice change from buying freight cars and locomotives.
Hi YGW.
Living in Loudoun County in the town of Aldie.
All the best.
Reinhard
Richard,
Ihave often used a razor saw to cut gaps in rail [:)]
( HO gauge); somethings to watch:
saw slowly as you get near the bottom of the rail - I found its better to not cut through the plastic tie material underneath the rail of you can help it.
I take an extra tie and file it down until it is thin enough - about 1/32" -and will fit into the gap: I add glue to the gap and insert the filed-down tie plastic, and nip it off.
after the glue sets i use a small file/fine sandpaper to file off the projecting pieces of plastic… On HO gause Code 83 track, the plastic is nearly invisible.
(I also paint my track which is even better for hiding the isolation point.)
Good Luck
Peter
Sure Pray everyone is feeling better soon…just about over with the flu…
Take Care, All! [:D]
Frank
Basically, it is the budget Dremel knockoff from Harbor Freight, so there is no variable speed, and the blades are whatever came with it. As for a jig, I wouldn’t even know where to start.
As for some old brass track, all I have are scrap pieces of Peco nickel silver track.
I was just looking and I am not sure I could use a razor saw. The reason for the cut is to isolate the frog. There does not appear to be enough room to make the cut without running into the other track. I only need to cut one of the legs, as I remembered to use an insulated joiner on the other leg. I made this same mistake, not once, not twice, but five times. (I was just sick when I realized what I had done.)