Welcome to Jeffrey’s Track Side Diner for May 2022! [#welcome]
This month we get to sit back and relax while the Diner follows vacation trains (holiday trains) all over the world. I think we can be fairly broad in our definition in that the trains don’t have to be dedicated excursion trains. If you went on vacation on a train, let’s hear about it!
As is our custom, here is the list of fallen model railroaders who have made a significant contribution to the Forums in the past:
Well my efforts to seal up the basement window didn’t work as planned. Water is coming in the laundry window but not the other 2 windows like last time. The rain has slowed to a drizzle. I pumped the pond 4 times today, well yesterday. Never had to do that before. The backyard is very soggy. Walking on the lawn leaves footprints as you sink into the soil. Lots of overland flooding. Last year the spring was exceptionally dry.
I cleaned the track on the N scale and ran the RS18 around a few times. I will sell off the Trainmaster and just keep the RS18 and 15 pieces of rolling stock. I had fun building the layout. I guess I will tear it down at one point but it isn’t in the way in the furnace room.
I expect I will be up most of the night as the water is still coming in but coming down slowly now. I can see the level at about 3" up the basement window.
It was a year ago yesterday we lost Robbie. Sure miss that little guy.
Well the bucket under the window is full again. Takes about 4 minutes to fill.
We are on the top of a hill. Water to our north flows down to the Knife River (20 miles away). Water to our south flows down to the Heart River (20 miles away).
But wouldn’t you know it, the water table is very high here. The have done many introventions to mediate the issue, but what do you do when the water comes up from the floor?
They repair the wall, even interior walls, but still the water comes up. But do the liosten to their LION? No they do not.
Solution of LION says to dig a well and remove some of the water from the top of the watertable. What to do with it? Some of it can be piped to the vegitable garden, Some of it can just be dumped over the north side and let it flow down to the lake.
Just need to thake the top foot or so off of the water table.
Although I have no way to visualize your complete bad water situation and don’t really understand how a bucket under a window collects water. Do you have a floor drain in the laundry room?
In the boiler room we had a leaky pipe in the main that supplies the whole building. The bucket would fill up way too quickly to tend to. The floor drain was about 15-20 feet away. I drilled a hole near the bottom of the bucket that was placed up on a stool, put a hose fitting with a rubber washer and ran the hose over to the floor drain. It solved the problem until the repair could be done, shutting down the whole building for the better part of a day.
Well, that was some time ago and the bucket’s still there. I wonder if that could buy you some time to somewhat tide you over until you can come up with a more permanent solution.
The water stopped coming in around 2 a.m. and it is now dry
TF, the floor drain is in the laundry and we could just let the water run to the drain but my wife is afraid the water will get out of the laundry. Not sure how but sometimes best not to argue. We need to get the window well replaced at a higher level so the ground against the foundation can be built higher. Until that can be done I need to seal up that window better and I do have a new plan.
Ed, nice photo of you and a U2g. For me a U2g is one of the best looking steam locos. It has a nice balance to it and I like the Boxpok drivers and the Vandy tender. I have a model of 6232. CN sure did like Northerns.
Looking forward to seeing the train vacation photos.
Time for more coffee. I am tired this morning. Plan on doing nothing today.
Too bad she isn’t riding a horse. She’d be the Fiddler on the Hoof…
For the past four years we’ve been keeping track of the day the Baltimore Orioles arrive. Without fail it has been May first! Today didn’t disappoint [:)]
The day started with me dropping by the Animal Emergency Hospital early to pick up supplies and I was put to work. There was a bit of a rush all of a sudden.[(-D]
I then came home and did 10.01 kms through the bush in 2:16 minutes, slowin down in my old age.[(-D] The dog was also dragging a bit but we got’er done.
My daughter got quite sick on Thursday so she had a box of covid test kits dropped off and tested positive instantly, didn’t even have to wait the fifteen minutes. She had been coughing up a bit of blood but is starting to feel a bit better. She is triple vaxed, can’t imagine how sick she would have been had she not been.
I am enjoying Lions subway shots. Maybe next month we can have a commuter rail/subway theme where we show the systems from our local areas.
Charlie, been watching the Winnipeg flood situation on the news, looks like it could be a bad year.
We already have a significant forest fire going on in the Province. This does not bode well for the months ahead.
Just shot a puppy quickie just after their dinner so they were just starting to settle for a snooze.
We have three friends with kids in the armed forces. All three have deployed on short notice, one is in the Army and the other two are on frigates. Unsettling to say the least.
The engineer in these two photos is the same man. Started on the fire-breathing beast which is exhausting work, he no
We have had five days straight now with heavy afternoon rains. This is after our usual five months of almost no rain.
One week ago the news was saying that we were in for a Hundred-Year-Drought with the dry conditions. Tonight on the news they expressed concern that the ground might get too saturated before the peak of rainy season, and we should expect flooding. Wow. Weathermen. Just one month until Hurricane season starts. Then their party really begins.
My backyard is also quite soggy now.
The World Is A Beautiful Place
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I made Red Beans And Rice for dinner. For the second time in a row that I have made this dish the beans are not as soft as I want. I am doing something wrong.
I always seemed to have mixed results with dry beans. Sorting the beans? Took me all day once when I made fifteen bean soup! Soaking overnight. Usually I resort to canned beans (Hanover brand is my fav.)
Dee Ann always used dry beans with better results. Now, a few years ago my son gave us a what I call “digital cooker” (Instapot) which is a new-fangled pressure cooker. Dee Ann cooks the beans in that before using them in a recipe with very good results.
Plus for roasts and other “tough” meats the Instapot is great!
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Won’t replace the smoker but sure is handy sometimes.
Gidday Chloe, a quiet cuppa in the corner, please.
Charlie, I must admit I’m having trouble visualising your basement flooding problem, though it’s obvious that a tube of water proof sealant wouldn’t cut the mustard!! Without major earthworks is there any possibility of altering the fall of the land, or laying a field drain to divert the excessive flow?
**Rick,**at least the Plumbers have diagnosed your problem, so I hoping that you have a speedy and full recovery. I always enjoy your individual freight cars offerings in WPF, and are selfish enough that I don’t wish to go cold turkey, even if they are temporarily unavailable.
I also hope the Tunnel Fiddler stays relatively heathy!!
