9F this morning but with no wind chill or chilly wind it is very nice if dark. I’ll just have a regular to go please.
That is a nice little Railroad Bear. Really nice people and very well done equipment. I was envious of their equipment and sheds as at the time I was doing a lot at the Danbury Rail Museum and all the work was outdoors. Not much fun in cold weather at all. It’s a couple of hours each way for you is it not?
As much as I travel, I have lots of stories but none with lost luggage. Just lucky I guess. I do prefer the smaller airports though. We try to avoid for instance Orlando when going to Florida and use West Palm Beach (home of the miracle flights) or lately Tampa. When you fly Delta, Atlanta in ineveitable but you need to be careful with some flights as when they wanted to fly me from Hartford to Daytona via Detroit. Not happening and found another carrier.
All for now, lots to do as the first weekend is hurtling up on us. Ciao, J.R.
Good Morning Gents! Chloe, blueberry pancakes please.
Usually when I fly I try to go carry-on only, but have had to check baggage a few times with no issues (knock on wood!). Thanks for making me jinx myself. [(-D]
Cold one again this morning, but the temps are supposed to increase about 20 degrees today to a balmy 32F. Will feel like summer.
Good morning Diners. It has been a busy morning here and now after 11.00am. A large coffee please, Chloe. A piece of cake Bear is tempting us with if there is any left.
Ed. A great poster of The Manxman. Never been to the Isle of Man. Now traveling has been disrupted with Covid we shall have a look on getting there.
Only had our luggage ‘lost’ once; on a flight back from Tenerife. A strange situation as on checking in we were asked unusual questions. We know the luggage was opened and inspected. It all arrived by Special Courier the following day.
If you have an old carriage or two that have seen better days and you do not know what to do with. Make them into a Diner.
Bellingham, (Northumberland) Tea Rooms
The old North British Railway line through Bellingham has long gone (1958). Now the old station is a Heritage Centre. The Centre explains of life in the area in times long gone. (Well worth a visit.)
In the Station Yard is two old Southern Railway carriages converted to tea rooms. A busy venue that has to be booked in advance!
On the other side of the carriages is the platform to enter them. Car parking spaces can be seen. No parking cones at two of the bays. The rain has stopped leaving a puddle or two.
Over at the houses they tore down a couple of weeks ago they are now removing the slabs and driveways. Wow is that loud. The road is closed, so there is a lot of traffic on my street this morning as it is the detour.
There is a slight break in the hot weather. For the next few days the temperatures are expected to have lows in the 50s and highs in the low 70s. I guess that is as good as it is going to get.
I need to remove some of the ceiling in the living room and work on the air conditioning. I was hoping for a cold week to do this work, but it looks like we are not getting one this year.
Steak and eggs sounds good to me thank you. Sounds good to anyone else I’m buying.
Just got back from taking Judy to work and seeing my Son and Grandchildren off, back to North Dakota. They were down for the last Vikings game taking on the Bears. It was nice that they won for a change and I’m glad they’re changing up the coaching staff for next season.
Jeremy had an important business meeting in Rochester while he was down here. The meeting went well and could be his next big step in his car industry career. Judy and I are quite proud of him and hopeful, as Rochester is only an hour and a half away, opposed to seven and a half. It sure would be nice to have the Kids closer and be able to have family day on Sunday again.
On the luggage subject, Judy and I have always traveled light with carry on duffel bags. It’s nice to jump off the plane and go. I don’t ever remember wearing everything I pack and think we could get by with one bag.
Those look like some award-winning cakes Bear[bow] I had No Idea! when I rattled off my cocky little comment[:-^] Hopefully I put a laugh or smile emoji behind it to soften the blow like I usually do[(-D] The comment was only meant as a funny guy thing and I’m hopeful you took it that way[;)]
Enjoyed visiting the clocks you restore again MLC. You sure have a knack for restoration[bow]
Enjoy that mild weather I sent you while you can Charlie. It was short-lived down here with a Tropical Heatwave of 30° for one day and back to the Frigid Freeze Factor the next[(-D]
Well, I’ve sure been sleeping better but feeling a bit under the weather. I caught Judy’s cold she brought home from work. I’m glad my job for today was rescheduled last night. Also glad it’s just a cold and nothing worse.
I think I’ll just relax at the glass table and epoxy 12
It won’t even get up to freezing here today, which is cold for Delaware. The GF hates the cold, while I think it gets too hot here much of the year. I can’t ski or play hockey anymore with my bad heart and a bad knee, so the winter isn’t much fun, either. Getting old is no fun.
Yeah but you look good Mister B. [swg] I think getting old sucks too with my temperamental knee and shoulder but it’s also a privilege I guess. Come to think of it, none of my platonic GF’s like the cold either[(-D]
I almost forgot to mention I went down to visit my buddy Bruce at the Hobby Shop yesterday. Lookie what I found!
This one has some OK detail. Dem is some big chains and will be fun to paint silver and rust I think.
Not often you find that DMIR stuff around here. Perhaps not my pick of the litter of cabeese but searchers can’t be choosers.
I also picked up some MT body mount knuckle couplers I’ve gotten good at installing to make this caboose a nice part of my roster.
Mornin’ Folks! Well… Still morning here for another few minutes…
“We’re havin’ a heat wave… Tropical Heat Wave!” It is already up to 5°F (-15C) here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. Sun is out and only an inch or so of new white “stuff” on the driveway to shovel, so I’ll keep doin’ it by hand, I guess.
I can still shovel the $*!! but gettin’ so I like it less and less. I’m now officially a Geezer, I think.
Of course, here in NY you are likely to find all kinds of conflicting stuff going on…
Have a great day out there and stay warm… or cool! Which ever you need.
One of our local LHSs has an untarnished and unpainted Overland Model 2-200 (OMI #3144) with the similar high plow. On sale in their consignment display case two days ago. Can’t recall what they were asking for it. Let me know if you’re at all intersted and want a picture.
Henry, I hope everything goes well with your surgery tomorrow. Be sure to check in and let us know. How long is the recovery before you can do railroad work again? I forgot, but is this due to an injury, or is it just worn out from too much work?
It must be interesting to face surgery after your lifetime of performing surgeries yourself. As a surgeon, do you give advice to your surgeon?
Mike, be sure to let us know how your daughter’s surgery works out.
Bear: you and your daughter are very talented cake makers. I’d dare say good enough to do it professionally. Was the top ornament on the wedding cake edible?
just the usual going on today, work and stuff. Right now I have a good (for me anyway) situation where I mostly work 2-10 pm 4 days/week. It’s not full time, but it’s enough. Lately, Thursdays I get to go see my grand daughters, which is a delight. They can be a lot of fun. I just marvel at their young imaginations.
One year, my family and I took the ferry from Yarmouth, NS to Portland, ME. we thought that if we ever wanted to take a cruise, this would be a good trial run. Eleven hours, glass smooth crossing and we still felt queasy. similar thing happened we took the boat from San Pedro to Catalina. Although once past the breakwater in LA harbor, the waves were rougher. The boat was smaller than the ferry, too. I guess we’re confirmed landlubbers. Arrrr! [oX)]
Jim, don’t judge cruises by ferry boat rides. Cruises are on larger ships and are intentionally slower-paced. Ferries generally try for faster trips.
I’ve taken both the old steam ferry and the newer catamaran ferry between Portland and Yarmouth. They tried to pitch the catamaran as some kind of exciting, luxury excursion, but it was really like riding in a big, crowded airplane for six hours. You couldn’t go outside because it was moving too fast, and the only outside deck was a tiny protected space at the stern that was full of smokers.
Then again, we’ve ridden a few cruise ships, most recently small ships with only a few hundred passengers. Even sea days with no port stops are a delight, and the ride was always smooth as glass.
I noticed I accidentally typed ME instead of MT on my last post and corrected it shortly after. That’s my answer would be MT trucks and body mount knuckle couplers I believe is the Cadilac in N scale.
Nothing wrong with Atlas as they work good with the MT ones so I don’t replace those. Given the choice I buy the MT’s in bulk when I run out.
As of yet, I have two Micro Trains passenger car sets and one Kato set. I have noticed those gray Kato couplers can be problematic. Once they’re connected they seem to be all right so I don’t want to replace them all any time soon. I guess for now my CB&Q Silver Streak set will just be Plug and Play with no Slice and Dice[(-D] [:)]
It sure would be neat to have enough layout real estate for a passenger car repair facility with a small switcher and a long transfer table.
Note the Highball signal in the distance. Are those logs there to be cut up for firewood? Also note the “directional” guard rails. They are only pointed for the normal direction of traffic. Never saw that before. Modeler’s details!
I’ve ridden the old ferry, the older (smaller) ferry and the Cat and much preferred the Cat especially as the trip time was about a third. There was varying service. Sometimes we went from Bar Harbor and sometimes from Portland and always to and from Yarmouth.
I thought there would be no issue riding a ferry after 4 years in the Navy including riding out typhoons but I was wrong. The little ferry rolled a ton and I got ill before I moved to the center of the boat. The newer bigger Bluenose was better but we went across in the middle of a storm one winter and everyone was sick until I got sick in sympathy. The cat was great, did one trip in a storm and though it had to slow a bit I still had no problems. It had forward and astern viewing balconies that were open through most of the trips so I’m not sure why Mr. Beasley was confined to quarters as it were.
John, regarding N scale couplers, I installed MTs on a pair of Kato PAs and it was a tough install but it did work. The MT couplers allow closer couling but they are looser so there is slack in the train. Atlas couplers are larger and there isn’t as much slack bu cars aren’t as close coupled. I prefer MT.
Sea sickness was never a problem for me. I remember waking up on the Yankee Clipper as I was sliding off my bunk. With every roll the porthole beside my bunk went under water.
Good morning Diners. As I keep getting 403 Forbidden I shall have a Full English Breakfast please, Janie.
Dawn and I are missing travelling on cruise ships. We used to go on 3 or 4 cruises each year. Now there are so many rules and regulations holidays are no longer fun.
Lineside Fences
British Railways fences at Shildon, County Durham. Note the different types. The footpath alongside. The road bridge over the tracks.
Good Morning Everybody. Flo, coffee. Lots of it. Really tired today for some reason. Not sure why. I didn’t sleep well Sunday night but have felt fine. Maybe it’s finally catching up to me.
I will John. I’m surprised anybody remembered. Thanks for the kind words and prayers. I appreciate it.
I did some digging and couldn’t find any of my photos of the old coal tower in town. Trying to find one I can share from the web.
076 by J.R. Mitchell, on Flickr
078 by J.R. Mitchell, on Flickr
