So I read on his blog that James McNab’s IAIS Grimes line is hitting the scrappers torch. Shame, I really liked his line, had a very unique concept too. But apparently his basement ran into some serious issues and he’s gonna have to tear down the layout 
That is ashame! He just finished a section, too. I’ll have to check it out.
Mike.
EDIT: Yep, a collapsed sewer line. They can put liners in, but it must be too far gone. When it’s said and done, I’m sure he’ll continue on with additions that will even be better.
Afternoon all!
Computer Fun: As I had mentioned previously, I had ordered a new battery for my laptop. I got it yesterday and proceeded toinstall it. Unfortunately in the process, I cracked the screen. [banghead] For the moment, thankfully the computer has the option to project the screen to another device. For the moment my TV is doing double duty: as the TV and the computer monitor. I had an HDMI cable that was hooked up to the Blu-ray player that is being pressed into service. A headache when I try to look at the screen and use the keyboard. I hope a friend of mine is at work tomorrow that has the same type of laptop and I will ask for some assistance. I don’t really want to buy a new laptop.
Evening Diners. [sigh]
Flo, I will take a keg of [B] and a straw and give the gang and the Deer Guys a [B] as well and Steven and Rick a RBF. Leave a Stein outside for Ulrich plases.
Today sucked rail spikes then I fell in a ash pit! I took as a bad omen when I went to work and there was a Tractor Trailer sitting in my stores parking lot blocking all of the parking spaces and the front of my store! Blew my horn for the driver to move and he just looked at me like I was nuts! Had to get out of my car and tell him to get off my lot so I could open my store!
Things went down hill from there. [sigh] Won’t go into details about work excpet I will never do what Nancy says she wants me to do again! [banghead] [sigh]
But the fun was not over yet! [%-)] Seems I went on vaction to Brisbane Australis! [:^)] Humm, you would think I would have remembered that! [*-)] Guess only me Captail One credit card went and left me at home?
Seems I spent $3.93 at Smart Form store in Brisbanne and spent $394.00 in a St Marys Catholic Paupper Coomera, what ever the heck that is!
Cancelled the card and charges. Why can’t American Credit Card Companys use Americans on the phones! OK I do know but still! While the lady from Inda spoke good english she just spoke way to fast!
Well the trains are running well and the beer is cold. I have had worst days!
Ken
Goodnight diners,
I have finally gotten fed up with my T-1 and it’s constant derailments! I thought about going Gomez Addams on it but that’d be pointless, however I am going to remove the leading and trailing trucks to see if that is the culprit.
Well not much more going on I’m going to hit the sack.[zzz]
[^o)] So who was it then that waved to me as the plane flew over??!!
BTW enjoyed your James May link, Ken. IMO he’s done some interesting stuff over the years.
[:D]
Good morning …
We returned from Arizona last night. It was a great trip. There was some quality family time with our daughter, her husband, and her in-laws.
Train watching … Saw some UP trains on their main line. UP has a large number of locomotives in storage in the desert east of Tucsan. There was a GE 44T at an industry in Casa Grande. Also, I saw an Arzona Eastern GE 4-axle locomotive in Globe.
Return flight… We flew back to Nashville last night with a very strong tail wind. Upon arrival, the pilot said the flight was the fastest he had flown in his 22 years as a pilot with Southwest Airlines. It was more than 700 mph. We arrived about 40 minutes early.
March Diner … My 2 cents. … I would prefer a larger area than we have done recently. If in the US, it should be at least be an entire state instead of just one city or part of a state. … A group of states would be better in my opinion. … That said. I’ll go with the flow whatever is decided. …
Who will open the March Diner ?
Good morning Diners,
Brunhilda, I’ll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please. And since we’ve been talking farm and lawn tractors, I’ll have some scrambled eggs with hash browns. Need a hearty breakfast after doing the morning chores.
Ray: I’ve never had the opportunity to drive a John Deere, but I have driven a Case 830, a Massey Ferguson 35, and an old Massey Harris 44 When I did some work on my uncle’s farm. The Case had power steering so it was fairly easy to drive for its size. The 44? Uhh, no.
Out on my uncle’s farm, you could stand in a field and hear the putt putt of a Deere from a couple of miles away. The sound was unmistakable. I think some of the Deeres had only 2 cylinders, but I’m not sure on that.
What if the diner goes to the farm belt, the region between the Appilations and the Rockies? That’s the heartland, otherwise known as flyover country.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Good morning from a somewhat dreary snow covered day on the West Coast.
FRRYKid and Ken, thanks for the kind words about the kid, I have a lot to be proud of.
I still can’t get my head around how things can be done these days. While my son was flying back to Ottawa on the red eye, he finished up two big essays that were due the next day. One he sent to his Prof electronically from the plane, the other had to be a hard copy. While he was on the plane, he sent it to his printer in his room, when his connection got delayed 28 hours he E-Mailed a friend and had him take it off the printer and hand it in for him. All was good.[:|]
I miss Ulrich taking us to foreign destinations. His video selection was quite enjoyable. If anyone is interested I will try to do a guided tour of British Columbia, of course, it will be full of shameless self promotion. I am happy anywhere just as long as the food is good and the scenery is worth looking at, so it doesn’t matter to me.
We can let Steven open the diner if he wants. He seems suited for the job.
I think I will go and scrub some track, sooooooo…
All the best to all.
I’ll do it, I have a place in mind.
Mike.
Aftyernoon Diners!
Chloe, A cup of hot chocolate to tide me over to Dinner woud be good right now…
[color=red]UP831[/color], For all practical effects, all the early (up to late 1950’s I think) were 2 cylinder tractors. Most ran on “Distilite” aka, gasoline, but many ran on Kerosine. Later some of biggerones were diesel, but it wasn’t utill Catepillar engines started to be used that they went to 4 and 6 cylinder engines. I have driven both. When I was a kid I used to love watching the Tractor Pulls at the Local Fair (all of a quarter mile down the road from where I lived). My favorite Tractor which usually ran in the heavy wheight class was an old antique John Deere R (Kerosine) that was massively weighted up. The farmer would back it up and hook onto the load with the old girl sounding like pfutt, pfutt…pfutt, pfutt…pfutt, pfutt. Once hooked on to the sled, he would open up the throttle, ease the hand clutch in and tighten the cables. The old girl would then almost stand on her head and lean into the load. Now she sounds like: [size=24]Puttt,Puttt,Puttt,Puttt…[/size], and just would walk away with the load!!! What a show!
A whole lot about the early John Deeres found here: https://www.gasenginemagazine.com/tractors/brief-history-of-the-john-deere-two-cylinder-tractors
If I had $$$$$ and time, I would love to have a couple old Alice Chalmers and John Deeres to play with…[swg] You see quite a few of them in the local parades in this area, although th
I’ve seen a similar video. Are these really useable?
My interest in diesels ended around the GP30, but my impression is there are now emission standards, which gives us Tier 4 locos. Would any of these be allowed to run in the US on a Class 1 RR?
Tuscon also has the Pima Boneyard, same thing with airplanes, you can see a bunch of Sikorsky H-19’s, the kind they sent after the Mercury astronauts, plus all sorts of jet engines. They now have tours, which they didn’t have when I was there.
Good Evening, Everyone!
Time is Marching on. Only a few hours left in February. The crocuses are poking their green shoots up out of last Fall’s leaf cover. The first real sign of Spring [yeah]
I’m continuing on the roundhouse project, among other little tasks. So far, I’m pleased with the results [Y]
RH_overhead1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here’s a photo from the archive! Aboard the L&N 5 Bedroom-Lounge-Observation car Royal Street returning from Kansas City, on the old Missouri Pacific back in February of 2002.
Yes, we were watching train videos [:-^]
See you all next month,
I hope you are all doing well—
Cheers, Ed
Short answer Henry, Yes.
They updated them as they are brought back into service. Cheaper than buying new.
CN has been doing this for about the last year, bringing in locos off of storage tracks, and getting them back on the road.
Mike.
Everyone needs to click on Ed’s observation car photo, there are multiple photos there, Thanks Ed. Nice job on the roundhouse too.
Thanks, Henry [:)]
Glad to share the fun!
I’m beginning to forget that “other” photo hosting site altogether! Once you figure a few things out with how to sort and group photos in Flickr it becomes very enjoyable.
Cheers! Ed
Oh yea, I always do. Excellent stuff, as always, Ed. [tup]
Mike.
I’m working on the March Diner now it’ll be up within the hour.
New diners up.