Hello folks!
Once again it is time to move the Diner. This time we are headed north (where else would you want to go in February?!?[swg][(-D][(-D]) so we can see some snow ploughs (‘plows’ for our southern neighbours - note ‘neighbours’ spelled with a ‘u’ just to rub a few people the wrong way!) I’d better shut up!
As is our custom, we include a list of fallen modelers who have made great contributions to the hobby and the forums:
Don’t forget to duck when the snowploughs go by!
Dave
Here are a couple of compelation videos showing the snow flying high! Click on the 'Watch on YouTube icon to see the full screen.
This one is a bit unusual in that it shows a plough with the flanger blades in action at about the 2:30 mark:
Dave
Thanks for setting up the Diner for February, Dave. [bow]
Short month — short plow!
CN_Plough_55401 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
“Well, it’s finally done! After nearly 5 years, I’ve finished pulling all my photos off from Photobucket (remember the 2017 photo ransom?), transferred to Imgur and edited as many of my old posts as I could find with new links.”
Well done, Darth. While I may not comment on your actual posts, I do enjoy looking at your achievements.
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
Thanks for moving the Diner Dave.
Snow plows sound interesting, but I have never had the need for one.
I finished the new A/C return work tonight. Now I need to start on the main outlet. I hope the weather stays cool.
-Kevin
Good morning Diners. A busy day ahead, so a full English please, Janie.
Thanks for moving the Diner, Dave.
Snowploughs.
Here is one seen at ‘Locomotion’ Museum, Shildon, County Durham.
IMG_2344 by David Harrison, on Flickr
IMG_2345 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Hopefully I get to the train room later and post some pictures.
Stay Safe Everyone.
David
Good morning everyone. Chloe, waffles, eggs-sunny side up, sausage, and whole wheat toast please. And apple juice.
February already?! Dang! That means Valentine’s Day is upcoming. Usually my wife and I will buy each other something very small, like a small box of candy as I’m blessed with a wife that realizes it is very much a hallmark holiday. However, I might surprise her this year with some overpriced flowers. I’ll have to see how much they would set me back.
Snow plows (ploughs) eh? In a little challenge to David (HOn30 Critter) who happens to be building a scale one…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NT6gEiqpWA
(After a great many attempts to get the video embeded like Dave did, I must wave the white flag and leave just the link. Sigh)
Cheers!
OK, so your favorite LION has been AWOL long enough. Haven’t been up to the train room in many weeks. I keep promising that I will drag myself up there but once I get there I am overwhelmed and do not know what I want to do. It is always one little nasty thing that defeets me.
Back in November (or maybe it was October or even September) I fell on the stairway while going down to Vespers and ever since then the Prior has required me to use a walker. And the elevator was out for two months which is why I was on the stairway anyway.
Elevator is fixed, and I fixed myself up with a computer in my cell (room for youse guys) so I do not knead to go down to the computer office. This works out well.
They got me a gnu lift chair which is comfortable. My sleeping is not watt it used to be. I go to bed at the right time, but then awake at 11:56, 1:42; 2:16; and then again at 0323 at witch time I get up and read the New Yoork Post on lion, and so here I sit.
And now it is 0516, sew I will head on off to the rain locker and start they day.
Youse guys in the norf-yeast seem to have gotten some snow or something. We have no snow and temps was in the 40s yesterday. The east end of the state got colbbered as usual, but we are in the banana belt of North Dakota, and so all we got was another six inche of drought.
Snow ewe say:
In Tashkent a woma
Good morning
Really good hear from you Lion. I’m sorry about your nasty fall on the stairs. I’m glad you’re for the most part alright considering a rather unfortunate accident like that.
Relieved to hear the kid thrown in the Bear Pit was OK. So much for a loving mother. Quite disturbing what’s wrong with some people these days.
I used to bring my kids to the zoo many years ago. I must admit I thought of throwing my dry PB&J sandwich into the Bear Pit once but the thought of my offspring never crossed my mind. Besides that, the sign said Don’t Feed the Bears[(-D]
Hopefully your disruptive sleep pattern improves. Those is some interesting night times to wake. I had an awakening at 3:16 one time[:-^]
People and their cell phones never cease to amaze me but that one was ridiculous. Snap the shot and Retreat, Not snap the shot and Repeat[(-D]
You take it easy and I hope you fully recover from your fall soon. Stop by more often if you would as you are missed around here. And Thanks for the Bear Paws for breakfast[dinner]
Thanks for moving the Diner as your frequent hosting is appreciated Dave.
I got a plough picture.
Northern Pacific taken at the Duluth Depot Museum around 1995.
Liked the Green on that Bridge Ed[:P]
Been a bit worried about the well-being of voracious carnivores lately. Glad One stopped by[:)]
Enjoy your day gentlemen[;)]
TF
Good Morning,
The Clipper arrived last night. I had to shovel 6 inches of snow to get the feeders out but it is very windy. There is a blizzard warning now as the wind is 30 gusting 50 mph out if the north. I expect the highways are closed as visibility would be very poor.
Lion, nice to see you in the Diner. Amazing you have no snow as we have plenty as do our friends in Thief River Falls. Guess you are having trouble catching wildebeest now. Oh well, beef is good for lions too.
My big plan for the day is to finish assembling that truck I started yesterday.
I am trying to not look at the news as much as I have been. I just get angry.
I can see 3 house finches at the feeders from my perch on the sofa as I type this with coffee in my other hand. Now there’s 8 of them. I will have to go out and refill in an hour or so. Can’t have them go hungry on a cold windy day.
I have my 454 horsepower coffee to keep me charged up. Yes, it is actually called that.
CN Charlie
Hi Mike and gang,
Let’s see if I can get your video to work:
Here’s another model snow plough in action. Check out the trestles!
Dave
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
February is here. That means we’re getting closer to spring. Yay!
Sorry, I don’t have any plow/plough pictures to contribute. Can you envision the photo shoot? The suburban station backdrop, the disco music at volume 42, the continual flashes, the photographer saying, “Can we turn the rotor, yeah, that’s it. Work it, work it. Beautiful!”
I think I need more coffee.
Tossing a 3 year old in a bear pit. That child would be old enough to have some awareness. Terrifying! The mother gets off easy, she only has to go to the joint. The child has basically had her life ruined or at least severely altered before she even starts it. Really sad! I just think of my little granddaughters and what a joy they are.
Here’s a goodie down at the Pennsy Railraod Museum. They practically rebuilt it from the ground up:
(Inside VR tour here: https://rrmuseumpa.org/QR/plow/)
Good morning everyone.
I looked through all the pictures I have taken at railroad museums, and I do not have a single picture of a snowplow.
That was surprising.
-Kevin
Hi Don,
Thanks for posting the interior tour of that plough. It is really interesting!
https://rrmuseumpa.org/QR/plow/
I love the patina on the plough blades. It has certainly had its fair share of knocks.
Dave
OK Dave. What was I doing wrong? I tried pasting both the regular web address and the share address both directly in the email and in the insert video pop-up box, and even in the insert photo pop-up box. I even clicked the embed tab from youtube and tried using that as well. How are you getting them to show?
Hi Mike,
I start my post and go to wherever I want to insert the video. Then I open a second window and go to the video itself. Then I right click on the video and select “Copy embed code”. Then I go back to the post, position my cursor, click on the video icon, and then select the ‘Embed’ option at the top. The next step is to paste the embed code into the box and then hit ‘OK’.
You will get a gray box in your post initially. The video won’t show up until you submit the post. You still won’t be able to see the full width video. You have to click the ‘Watch on YouTube’ icon to get the full screen. I try to remember to mention that each time I post a YouTube video.
Hope that helps,
Dave
Here is another plough video compilation. Some segments we have seen before. Again, click on the ‘Watch on YouTube’ link on the lower left to see the full width video:
Here is a golden oldie in action:
Dave
Ah, Yess… Snow Removal.
NYCT does not fool around!
That is a jet engine (From a 747–the little one in the tail)
Snow B Gone! Also removes any trash and ballast that is not properly glued down.
ROARING
Welcome back, Lion!