It’s March! The leaves are be making a return along with the Daffodils and we’ll be back to cutting the grass within days. At least out here on the West side.
This months focus is 19th century railroading. As always feel free to chat about other RR or MRR subjects as well. How about showing off any RR artwork you may have or RR bit’s and bob’s you may have on display around the trainroom.
As alway’s the first round is on the house. Enjoy!
Thanks, Brent! Nice job 
This scene might just be tiptoeing into the 20th Century, but only by a short while…
Detroit Photographic Lackawanna by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Just a quick update for anyone who is interested.
We departed Italy at the end of January and have arrived in the U.S.A. today.
I hope this is acceptable
A 19th century rail bridge in Tuscany, Italy
Welcome to March, seemingly the longest month of the year in my estimation.
One of the 19th century railroads that was headquartered in Cleveland was the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. When the Vanderbilts took control and combined it with their New York Central, they turned a regional railroad into a major New York - Chicago trunk line.
Notice the LS & MS’s characteristic left-hand operation.
Following right along I’ll give a shout out to Nickel Plate predecessor (competitor?) Lake Erie and Western while I enjoy my soup and skim milk.
Good morning
A smooth move Brent. Thanks
1800’s eh! Why not enter with a bash?
TF
AUGH! Again! I have got to be the worst manager of the Diner ever.
OK, I’m not holding my breath though, but I’d like to buy a vowel 
Wait a minute,…you did get back to me. You didn’t really say much of anything, but thanks for gettig back to me 
Make it a good Monday if ya can Kids 
Edit - oops Sunday
TF
Good morning, diners! Just got back from church. Flo, a coffee please. It was an incredibly nice day yesterday. Today, it is cloudy, cold, and soon to be wet.
Yesterday, I finally had my chance to attend an operating session. It was a ton of fun, and I think the club members enjoyed the steam locomotive I was running. I learned a few things. First, I need to add weight on my Mikado! Second, I was taught how to set up and dissolve a rail consist. Super easy! I ALSO found out they had a JMRI setup, and since I brought my Mikado that had the front light problem, we were able to test that. Unfortunately it seems to be a wiring issue, so I’ll have to figure out how to solve that.
I would be remised as an American to not mention our namesake class of locomotive for this month’s discussion. Not too familiar with 19th Century railroading, but I know that these were ubiquitous! I think the 19th Century would be a lot of fun to model. Gauges were still being standardized, and narrow gauge was pretty common on smaller railroads for logging and mining operations.
Have a wonderful Sunday, y’all!
NorthBrit, those Tuscans have been building rounded arches for a couple of thousand years, I think! Beautiful shot.
Glad you had an enjoyable trip, welcome home!
There’s still time tonight to get in a photo on the Weekend Photo Fun thread. Show us a photo from your layout!
Having a wonderful journey, der5997.
We have just departed Philadelphia, New York is our next destination where we disembark.
We do not live in the U.S.A. Our home is in the U.K.
We are visiting my family in the U.S. before travelling to Canada to meet our daughter and family.
From there we travel to Australia and South Africa, then home to the U.K.
david -
We all appreciate the extra time that you’ve taken to stick your head in the diner while globe-hopping. Fair winds and following seas, even when you’re ashore!
John
Hi John, not too many pics over there this week, is there? I’ll oblige ya with an old shot from some old stuff.
TF
Good Morning Diners. Janie, coffee please.
Room number 1 is done. I forced myself to let my wife do as much painting as she could reach, which is good for my sanity and for her realization that these projects take time. It’s easy to forget that when you usually get to spend an entire project’s worth of time reading on the couch. She took a few corrections really well (that’s a first) and all in all she did fine. She’s set her sights on the upstairs hallway next. At least I have a direction to head in looking for wall repairs ahead of time, filling nail holes, etc.
Unfortunately, spending so much time this weekend on the bathroom project means I had zero time for the layout. Didn’t even run a single train. Something not right about that.
@NimbusRI Glad you enjoyed the operating session! Bummer about the wiring issue in the locomotive, but at least now you know.
Found this on the trains.com website. I’ll copy the caption as well as it’s rather remarkable.
Good morning
Marky Mark helped me with a plank floor last spring in all the common areas. Now the condo owner wants the two bedrooms done, that we’ll start today.
He should have waited for us to do our job. He tried to help out by moving most of the furniture out into the living room, but scratched up the floor, and really didn’t seem to care 
Carpet pads, not plastic carpet disc sliders on a plank floor,… Hello!!!
He’s a really nice guy though and we’ve became friends. Judy’s hotel is remodeling and there’s a trailer full of the TV’s they’re upgrading to larger ones, so we got him a 42" TV, because he didn’t have one. Dont know if that was being a help or a hindrance, providing a free idiot box
Dont know, but I’ve seen the old guy straining his eyes watching TV on his phone. Talk about thrifty.
When we’re done with this floor job, I’m gonna make time to finish revamping bridge #1.
Image courtesy of DreamstimePS Im glad your having such a wonderfull time on your world trip David. Enjoy the rest of it and thanks for stopping by.
Hi Mike. Judy is a really good painter. She used to work with me about 15 years ago. She prefers not to use painters tape and cuts in like the wind. I’ve had a hard time keeping up with her with the roller.
Make it a great day gentleman
TF
Hey TF, if you don’t mind me asking, was your PRP treatment covered by insurance? I will probably be calling my ortho surgeon to discuss if he offers such treatments.
Regards, Chris
Good morning, diners. Espresso for me as I don’t have a ton of time to hang around… yet.
I am giving a seminar presentation on some of my graduate research thus far to other graduate students today. Should go smoothly, but I want to make sure I rehearse it once or twice more. This evening, I’m hoping it’ll be dry enough for me to go outside and do some metal grinding with my Dremel. If not, I can say I tried or use one of my files. I’m hoping to get the body of my project locomotive ready for brass detail parts to be added, which means I need to remove and/or reposition some of the separately fitted plastic parts. We’ll see how that goes.
Hoping this YouTube link works. It’s a video showcasing an HO scale layout set in 1895, and the detail is absolutely fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiWTh3pNI28
Here are a couple highlights:
Cheers! Have a good Monday, y’all!
Only the odd post, John.
The voyage has been really wonderful.
Part of our suite on our cargo ship.
We disembark tomorrow. Visit Brooklyn.
Allentown and Albany to meet my family.
Then we travel to Canada.
Good morning, everyone. Chloe, I’ll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
David, it sounds like you are having a great around the world trip. I hope the rest of the trip goes as well as it’s gone so far. How are you getting around when not on a train?
Mike, that’s good news about your painting project so far.
I’ve got a few layout projects I’ll try to work on today. I’m sure some other house projects will interfere.
Have a great day, everyone.
