"Our" Place IV - <est 12 Apr 2005> Adults 'n Classic Trains

[EricX2000]

Good afternoon Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!

Hello Leon! Just a cold Tuborg Gold, please!

Tried to get here earlier today, but had to take care of some other things.

Tom – You are right, I had a lot of fun the last two weeks![;)] I couldn’t control the weather, but it wasn’t that bad. Got wet a few times, but I survived. I got some time in the forest picking mushrooms! Very relaxing.

Interesting about your new locos and (soon to arrive?) cabooses![:)]

I was actually reading about Milwaukee Road last night. Tried to find some info on the type of pantographs they used on their electrics.

Thanks for the rest of those photos from your RDC-trip with TRE![tup]

Good looking international ads from yesteryear![yeah] Scandinavie is kind of strange spelling of Scandinavia. Maybe that is how they spell it in Holland? Lapland - Sweden shows a famous view in the background, Lapporten, the Gate to Lapland.

RPO’s! I like those detail photos, like the one of the mail hook and the interior shots.[:)]

I saw the ads from the Mentor Village Gazette! That frost free oven sounds very interesting! Is it heated? [%-)]

Fallen Flags and UP?? Didn’t sound right until I read the entire headline and found Passenger Operations. Nice drumheads! City of Cheyenne is the best looking one!

I missed some good movies at the Emporium while I was gone! Like As Good As It Gets and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! [:)]

Rob – I missed Boris’ ABBA things because I was too tired to go to the pool room last night. I have to apologize to him. he certainly did a great job![:)]

[siberianmo]

<CP Rail M-630 at ExpoRail - personal foto>

Wednesday’s Witticism

Many a man would rather leave his hide on a fence than stay in a corral.

G’day Gents!

Mid-week in mid-continent USA ‘n it’s mid-month <already!> . . . time for breakfast, coffee ‘n pastries! [bow]

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Comments from the Proprietor

Tomorrow is Sep 11^th . . . need I say more [?]

Thursday is our Monthly Anniversary . . . Since the Larsman departed the scene, I don’t recall anyone mentioning the 12^th - unless “prodded” of course.

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It’s “You Post, I Post” at the Bar by the Ballast! [tup]

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Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):

Tuesday -

[coalminer3]

Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox. The Mazdaites are on our floor again today doing more electrical work but they promise that “your circuit will not be touched,” whatever that means. Things are getting back to normal in my quarters as the boxes are all unpacked, material on shelves, etc. However, it still has to be organized. Weather here this a.m. is cool (50s) with heavy fog again. Gas went up to $3.85 again yesterday (simultaneously at all stations in the area - 'nuff said!)

Let’s see what we have to day.

Pete was in with comments as was Rob.

Eric sent some fine picutres - as OSP said, I also liked the nighttime shot from the window. I know, we fly because we must, but it’s not the same as it was. I see that you did have a plane named after you - not too shabby (lol).

OSP - Good MILW stuff and drumheads as well. Glad to hear that the cabs are on the way and also to hear how you plan to display them with the locomotives - good idea. Why is Boris’s vehicle for sale (Hunchback)? Is he missing payments again?

Also since today is model rr day - new issue of RMC has some fascinating material on balsa wood trains from back in the day as well as some notes on the early days of S scale. Modeling was a lot more hands-on back then and the article gives some good insight about this.

Well, I’d better post this b4 the lights go out again.

work safe

[siberianmo]

G’day Gents!

Something SPECIAL for this morning . . .

Fergie sent some gifts my way just before departing for his latest voyage to the arctic . . . thought you’d like to see 'em!

(1) Two Keiths caps AND his model RR coffee mug!

(2) Without a doubt, the finest looking model RR herald I’ve seen! [bow]

(3) A vintage label of my favorite Canadian brew!

(4) Another version!

(5) Nova Scotia Provincial flag!

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[siberianmo]

G’day Gents!

Shane has been “in” so at least we have “justification” for this from Moi!

Recognizing that on Wednesdays, “Our” Place has been featuring Toy ‘n Model Trains Day! for years <formerly Pike Perspective’s Day> . . . so, here’s something to keep things on track . . .

Steam Locomotives for the Can-Am Trainroom #3

Just a few random shots of the first 7 of 10 steamers and the display case . . .

(1) The first seven . . .

(2) Test run of the B&O “Santa Fe” 2-10-2

(3) Test run of the B&O “Mikado” 2-8-2

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[coalminer3]

Good afternoon Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox.

Not only was I here earlier, I made some allusions to ancient modeling practices as well since it is Wednesday. The lights are still with us, so we’re back for a quick stop.

OSP - Nice set of trinkets from the north country. A lot of what passes for wearables of mine is torn up (and has a lot of dirt on it that will never come out) but not deliberately. In line with “aging” items, I may take a page from one of mom’s decorator catalogs and see if I can sell my car as a “distressed” auto. I know, it’s all about marketing and product placement. Boris put the sledge down - the car still runs and it’s all mine - anyway your idea of cosmetic sheet metal work is too much like demolition. Simple tools, indeed!

Fine pictures of your B&O power - particularly the one of the 2-10-2 in the snow - it looked right at home. The 2-8-2 looked good as well. Now you need a President class Pacific and some hw cars (blue and gray, of course). Also liked the shot of the stack of boxes - there’s a lot to be said for that “new locomotive” smell. I have an Erie PA and a New Haven GP9 which have never been out of their boxes since I bought them.

work safe

[pwolfe]

Hi Tom and all.

A pint of Holden’s please RUTH[tup].

TOM Many thanks for the Fallen Flag and the Drumheads on the Milwaukee Road[tup][tup][tup]. I see they still had 93 electric locomotives on their books in 1963[^]. I wonder if anyone got confused with the ‘Hiawatha’ named trains serving different cities.

Glad you enjoyed the link to the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway[tup].

Don’t forget when I am in the pubs back in England I will be with professionals[:D].

I think I will give the car and the Kittens a miss[:O], if I may[:D].

Great present from Fergie,[wow][yeah] really like the design of the Keith’s badges on the caps[^]. Great slogan for the M.E.S.S.[tup]

The B&O Santa Fe and the Mikado look really at home on the Can-Am especially in the snow[^][tup]. The locomotives are looking great in the display cabinet as well[^] looking forward to seeing them in person[yeah]. They look good quality boxes they came in as well, like the railroad heralds on the box[^].

ERIC I wonder if the LNER got the idea of the classification of their steam locomotives from Sweden.

I guess the 9Fs got their ‘Spaceship’ name as they were being built at the time of the first Sputniks and the first space travel. I think too they were good looking and very successful locomotives[bow] it is a shame they had so short lives,[:(] they could certainly handle freight trains a relatively high spee

[nickinwestwales]

Good evening all,good to be here (ref-particle accelerater,potential pros & cons of…)

Leon,a tray of cold ones for the company please to celebrate our continued existence [bow]

At [oX)][4:-)]TOMs request,a quick bookmark` post & pics,whilst I am doing my catch-up notes-b.t.w-Mentor classifieds:- extreme [tup]-had that appalling ring of truth…[^]

Now PETE-several hits here,1st-will look up the translation of Llanfair P.G -I seem to recall it`s something about" The little chapel with the red roof down in the valley by the stream" or some such…

As to engine I.Ds-Quarry Hunslets are a rare old can of worms-will have to delve into the east wing annexe sub-basement for this one,first thoughts are-yes ,fairly sure Elidir still extant and running,when we visited only engine around was Tomas Bach`-(little Thomas)…

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Here she is at Llanberis (the lower pic is from the previous day-we also took in the W.H.R-certain parties were moved to comment that the next weekend break we take will be spent at garden centres and the like [:-^] )

So-on to the Tal-Y-Lyn-Get the feeling you are passing the ball from 5 yds out with a clear run under the posts here…bless you [swg]-will put my money on ex Corris #3 Sir Haydn(Falcon wks ,Loughborough-later Brush-Falcon etc)-the green livery is deceptive,makes her look like #1 -more used to seeing her in Corris red-but the boiler barrel width and lower set cab and gene

[nickinwestwales]

O.k Leon,set em up old thing- good man,right,one page at a time- [oX)][4:-)]TOM-Your reminicences of Staten Island struck a chord-new ground for me,had only previously heard of the ferry,but looking deeper its more about not being able to cross the same river twice-Like you,I grew up in a village that should have been part of a city,because we were on top of an 800ft hill the roads and railways passed us by,as did the expansion that follows that,ironically the village was there a long time before-9th century,according to established records......where we are now is apparently a viking settlement from the 8th cent. but I digress,what I am driving at is-hold those memories close-one day a sticky little hand will tug at your leg and ask " Grandpa-where did we all come from..?"............and you will need to come up with an answer<br><br><br><br>BTW-lovely pix of the Hudsons-fine looking beasts,as to the temperence league-VERY scary....but what a choice-night out with the lads or a lifetime shackled to Boriss auntie…Hmmmmmmmm, PETE-will load in some pix of the Westerns in all their varied colours as soon as poss. Duchess looks very fine [tup] ROB-loved the weird tales-and I confess-it was me that obscured the posters,I am a recent convert to the Alaskan church of total purity…[:-^] PETE-Russell looking very fine,looking forward to seeing her out on the long road rather than just shuffling around Portmadoc-now the Darjeeling engine-did it come to Wales from France ?-recall a tale of some lad that had a nice little slim line number worked out down in Normandy ,but the locals bombed the track and gene

[nickinwestwales]

Quick top-up post:- ROB-grovelling apologies for missing the Band/the Hawks and Neil Young on our pre-gig inventory -I trust our encore performance of Southern Manmade up for this-although as you were asleep on one of the pool tables by this time it is possible that this passed you by…moral of the story-never share a smoke with me or Steve the drummer [:-^],especially after consuming that amount of ale… PETE-Wisbech & Upwell-Toby the tram of blessed memory [^]-two types I believe,Y7 & Y9 -one an 0-4-0 and the other an 0-6-0-could well be rambling here-its the fumes from the jam & chutney factory in the galley here… Right-back to it-should be caught up soon,as long as I dont get distracted [C=:-)]

[nickinwestwales]

Right then LEON- I think its time for a bottle of the special rum and a handful of shot glasses please… O.K-before we go any further,tis time to welcome back ERIC and SHANE to the fold,greetings gentlemen both-I trust you are both well ?? Well then-tis pikes perspective day,so whats new-well I think the big news is the new Can-Am steam fleet-looking very well if I may say so [^]-and would look rather better with a string of varnish on the hook..............[swg]<br><br><br><br>New on this side is-a whole load of sheds and huts (inherited from Alan) now painted into housecolours,a B.R mk1 Bk 3rd painted into Carmine & cream livery to make up a 4 coach set,got the transfers together to properly number 3f#43216,got most of the low level lineslivenow,layed the last tracks into the top station (complete with soldereddroppersfor the dead ends)-starting to look ahead to signalling<br><br><br><br>Absolutely refuse to lose another winter toreally dont feel like going up there-even if I never get to run a train I can spend useful time repairing scenery and so forth… Well-thats the plan anyway…lets wait and see if reality intrudes Looks like I have got a new job-one of small Hannah`s schoolmates dads (?) has a business sourcing rare books and then posting them on-seems he needs a storeman to sort of take care of the physical side of it whilst he mans the computer-indoor work with no heavy lifting at $15 an hour-will see me through the worst summer in recent history quite nicely-bring it on as they say [^]-let me know if there are any rare volumes you need for your collections… Right-bed now-school run tomorrow-take care chaps [C=:-)] </

[nickinwestwales]

Oh right,I see-the particle accelerater has gone wrong and I am now in a universe where there is nobody at our place-very scary…gonna go and hide under the blankets,just in case… [C=:-)]

[EricX2000]

Good evening Captain Tom and Gentlemen!!

Leon, it’s time for Rumpsteak Café de Paris, please! Medium as usual. A cold Keith’s, please.

Sorry I am late tonite. Got some other things I had to take care of so I have not been doing any catch up this evening.

Tom – Looking forward to see some photos of your cabooses when they arrive![yeah]

This was my last vacation.[:)] Rendezvous IV, is not vacation! Hard work, just hard work (of the interesting and entertaining kind). In my opinion I can’t have a vacation if I don’t have a job and after Oct. 30 I’ll finally be 100% retired, no job!!! [;)]

What’s the address to that Mentor Village’s Flea Market ‘n 24/7 Garage Sale Outlet Store? Must be an interesting place! Could it be… hmmm, I wonder if it is Vito’s garage?

Toyota Hunchback for only $2,000??[wow] That’s a bargain!! Vito’s driveway?

I like those caps Fergie sent you! And the cup! Of course it is cool to look shoddy! What did you think?[;)]

Thanks for the photos of your new steam locos![tup] Indeed very good looking locomotives!

CM3 – Yes, that plane was named after me. Eric Viking. My grandma’s maiden name was Viking, so it has my name! I had two seats to myself which was nice! [:)]

Gas prices here have not increased, they are still going down.

Pete – Sputniks or not, I still don’t like

[siberianmo]

<CP Rail M-630 at ExpoRail - personal foto>

G’day Gents!

Hard to believe that it’s been 7 years . . . makes for a sobering remembrance.

It’s Thursday at the Bar by the Ballast ‘n time to join us for coffee, pastries ‘n breakfasts from our Menu Board! [tup]

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Comments from the Proprietor

Tomorrow is our Monthly Anniversary . . . Since the Larsman departed the scene, I don’t recall anyone mentioning the 12^th - unless “prodded” of course.

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It’s “You Post, I Post” at the Bar by the Ballast! [tup]

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Perusing Pages from our Past <P____³>

Here’s something NEW for our crew - checking out material from those who were at the bar on this date “back when” - so, here’s Sep 11^th, 2007____, Page 109 “Our”

[coalminer3]

Good Morning Barkeep and all Present; coffee, please; round for the house and $ for the jukebox.

Before we do anything, a toast to missing friends. Today cuts pretty close for me because of folks I knew who were on one of the planes at the WTC and a member of my wife’s family who barely made it out of the Pentagon. The section of the building where he was held together long enough for him to escape.

Pete - I knew you’d pick up on my reference to Mazda. I remember GE-Mazda Christmas tree lamps back whne I was a pup.

Delightful pictures of the narrow gauge. Narrow gaugeitis, BTW, is a serious affliction. Kind of like logging disease. It causes otherwise rational people to rip out perfectly good layouts, wreck their basements, and disappear for months at a time. One day, they’re modeling WV operations in HO, and the next day we’re in Colorado doing On3.

Llanfair - outstanding! I remember pictures from there and IIRC the station was a lot smaller and a lot older. Is that a new building? Track looked as though it was being worked on, r/b or something.

Nick - I’m here, sir! Roofers are done (PTL) and office is getting back into what passes for normalcy in my business. Interesting to read that your are going for “company look” on buildings. Also appreciated your pictures and comments - it all helps to round out the story.

Eric - Lovely 4-6-0 but what happened to the valve gear?

OSP was in with comments. Mazdaites are a sect, kinda like mallites.

Now for something which will interest all of you. The following website (I stumbled into it yesterday) features a fine selection of what can best be called planes, trans, ships, trolleys, etc. Many of them were taken in New England but there are others from differenet locations. Note to OSP - includes lots of RDCs cars in different habitats. Pictures of the

[trolleyboy]

Good morning Ruth , yes Boris I know It’s afternoon where I am bu it’s still morning at the bar.I should know I went to Sir St**anford flemming High School afterall.Later cahnged name to Laura Secord ( more of a local hero in my neck of the woods than the creator of standard time ) At any rate Ruth just a large thermos of the “special spiced” please oh and here’s a sack of qaurters for the coal scuttles as well.What’s that Boris no there are kknow silver coins from Oak island in there.

**Tom-**A fine looking colection of steam for the high Iron [tup][bow] once the cabooses are in tow the shot’s will be complete.I had to giggle at the latest round of “goods” et al written up in the mentor want ads.At least there were no mention of Chinease food and cats in the same sentence.[:O]

No need to add anymore to teh sombre day today is,nice touch to add in the link for those wayward folks that just look in and say nothing.

**Pete-**Fine steam shots enjoyed them all sir [tup] I too am starting to recogniaze some of them just like Tom.We both may become “Englishified” after all, so ther’s some hope for we mere “colonials” [:D] [:-^]

**Shane-**I’m always mistified at the shoddy look of today’s clothing.Having at least ten emplyess at teh store under teh age of 17,you can imagine.For this reason we strictly enforce the company dress code ( no torn clothing proper fit etc etc )You gotta love those jeans with the crotch where the kneecaps should be[:(!]

[trolleyboy]

Afternoon Ruth ,I think a large sandwich is in order,the turkey club on rye would work with all the fixn’s as well and I think a nice draft of Keith’s to chase it with. I’ll leave a twenty for an afternoon round as well.

Lets see since I have now figured out / fixed the photobucket issue I had which caused all the posted pics to disappear. ( changed class of account and they changed all the photo codes ) Sorry folks too many previously posted pics to go back and fix em all so I’m not gonna try.Fresh new slate from now on [tup]

Heres a few that have not been posted here before enjoy.

Shot of the Ocean just outside of Halifax,ignore the horrible “R” cars and envision an entire Budd train much better [tup]

Something from Fergie’s Neck of the woods,a Windsor and Hantsport RS23 on the ex CP Dominion and Atlantic lines.

Something from my neck of the woods CN M630’s pulling a train over the Paris Ontario bridge over the Grand River

Rob

[siberianmo]

G’day Gents!

With Shane ‘n Rob “in” during daylite, seems a bit “normal” round here - not that those two are anything close to “normal” - but nice to have ‘em aboard!

Time to spring loose another from our sub-basement archives room . . .

PASSENGER TRAIN NOSTALGIA #20

<Initially Posted on 07 Nov 2005*, Page 156 at “Our” Place I>*

_**http://cs.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/156/991587/ShowPost.aspx#991587**_

Here’s something to enjoy regarding the Southern Pacific (SP) from a 1951 advertisement in my personal collection.

Did you hear what the Cowboy said about the “Golden State” [?]

"WHAT A RIDE FER DUDES! SHE’S THE SMOOTHEST AND PURTIEST THING ON WHEELS FROM CHICAGO TO ARIZONA OR CALIFORN

[pwolfe]

Hi Tom and all.

A pint of Bathams please RUTH.[tup]

TOM Yes it does not seem 7 years since the tragic events, even the newscaster on TV just saying today’s date brings it back like it was yesterday.

I had a look back at the bar a year ago, there are some names we no longer see[:(] but great to see the names we still have today[tup]. I had forgotten about that great painting of the GG1.

As you say, I can just see that Santa Fe on The Can-Am backing down to take a heavy train over Mentor Mountain.[^][tup]

Glad you enjoyed the photos[tup]. I am not too up myself on those narrow gauge engines[sigh] but like the American locomotives I am learning at Our Place[tup].

Hope we can get off light with the amount of rain they are now forecasting this weekend and then the effects of Ike early next week[tdn]. Hopefully it will stay to the east of you[yeah]. I have put some more sealant on our basement.

Many thanks for the Passenger Nostalgia on the SP’s Golden State with its attractive drumhead[tup][tup][tup]. What a great trip it would have been to take the through Pullman car from St Louis to Los Angeles.[^] I wonder if many of those folders they sent out survive in collections today.

NICK Many thanks for the information on the Welsh narrow gauge locomotives[^][tup]; I knew I had come to the right place to get the answers[bow]. In the first photo with Thomas Bach, is that the station that is nearer the center of Llanberis than the old station on the new bit of line.[?]

[siberianmo]

<VIA Rail’s eastbound Ocean at Moncton, NB - personal foto>

G’day Gents!

Time to get a leg up on the acknowledgments . . . good to see some daylite activity ‘round here with 3 of our most special regulars showing up! [bow]

Customer Acknowledgments (since my last narrative):

Thursday - September11^th :

Page 18 - CM3 Shane at 8:40 AM <9:40 AM EDT>: That “six degrees of separation” applies to many situations - today being one. Seems if we really think about it, we all are “connected” to that tragic day in more ways than one might imagine.

I visited that link <worked fine!> ‘n found it every bit as interesting as you indicated. Also sent an Email to “Bob” - invited him to the bar ‘n asked his “okay” to use some of his images. Really a super fine site. [bow] [tup]

Yeah - that’s IT - the “thing-a-muh-jig” is missing! I KNEW it!

Thanx for the visit, chat, link, QUARTERS ‘n ROUND! [bow] [tup]

Page 18 - Rob <