The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

Noah; So Fergie wants a note from your doctor? Well as an official doctor of dummyology the dummy doctor Paul ( that’s what they call me at work ) says that after carefull examination of all the evedence and a carefull long range examination I ( DD Paul W Beverung ) say that you have a sprained ankle.

Has anyone seen philnrunt? I haven’t seen anything from him lately.

Lawrance; That’s why we have railroads.

See ya all tommrow.

Paul

the Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern

" The Superior Route "

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Well the rain down here has stopped but it’s past midnight and maw is trying to turn me over into sleep . . .

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Watching jay leno right now interview Renee Zellwegger on the topics of food and funny stuff getting agood wise crak out of it . . . . .

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Lucky you, I just finished the fun task of ripping out massive chunks of $%*## subroadbed [xx(]

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Lawrence, my first layout WAS the ping pong table. Maybe that’s why I am a lousy ping pong player.[swg]

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Imagines someone using rolling stock as a ping pong ball [:0]

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Morning all- Not good morning for me. Coughing fit got me up. 2:30 a.m. on Turkey day.
I’ll bet my yearly bad cold has just started.[:(]. With all the ill people I transport, this was due to happen.
Sterling & Noah - No matter what state you live in, isn’t 180 days of school mandated?
Thats why some old holiday weeks have been shortened but school gets out earlier.

Hope everyone has a good day. Don’t overdue on the food and by all means don’t forget to give thanks to God and all our servicemen and women for what we have.
Flip

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Mine still is. Extended it by adding 4 X 8 sheets cut down to 4 X 5. That 5’ width gave me the 22" radius. Now wish it were 24" but seven years ago width wasn’t as important as it is now.

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Well I’d like to see the bill on this one, So Paul are you a Railroadologist? And if so does that mean we’d be Railroaded, and do you make whistle stops?[:D]

Well it’s a rain day here and by the looks of the sat image everything that was left over from what everyone was griping about is being dumped on us, and then some.

Flip: Hope you get better quick or Doc Paul will be pulling into a station near you.

As for layouts I either had a makeshift 4x8 or ran them on the floor in the basement as room was a comodity when I was growing up.

Gordon: I seldom, if ever get back to TO but if I do I would be more than happy to pay you a visit. My old stomping grounds have all but disapeared as I use to live on the outskirts (smack center of Bathurst, Yonge, Finch and Steeles)and now it seems to be midtown.

Anyway I gotta go
Fergie

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Good Mornin’ Everybody,
It’s early Thanksgiving morning, Louise and Shawna are still asleep, and it’s snowing. They are little tiny flakes and it won’t last long. But it is very beautiful. We had a great time yesterday evening.It’s a great bunch of people to be around, and as always wonderful food. As usual, we ate too much and stayed too long talking and enjoying the conversation, bit it was so much fun. We are so blessed. We have so much to be thankful for.

JP, Fergie’s right, Dremels will hurt you. Eye protection is mandatory. The cut off wheels are particularly bad about flying apart if any side pressure is exerted on them. If a piece hits your hand or arm it’s no big deal, but if it catches your eye that’s a real problem.
The possibility of a UP/CSXT merger is kind of a scary thought. In my opinion, that would be way to close to a monopoly in way too much of the country. Where is Teddy Rooselvelt now that we really need him?

Paul, the 2-8-8-2’s are really cool looking models. I have absolutely no need for one on the Southern and L&N, but they’re hard to resist. The Southern did have some articulateds, but they used them mostly as helpers on Saluda and a few other places.

Elliot, thanks for posting the photo, and the track plan looks great. It’s really going to be neat, and you’re making good progress.

Scott, there is a size/distance relationship that has to be considered. If the steamer is something the size of a challenger or the N&W’s 1218, you don’t have to be right up on it. If it’s a little one, like the Great Smoky Mountain Railway’s consolidation you have to be at trackside. Same thing applies with diesels. With a single Funit you have to be close, with a bunch of E’s MU’d together, not so close. A sheet of plywood will work fine, as everybody says. It’s moveable if needed, anmd it gets you running trains.

I’d better go for now, It’s about time to get Louise up and get this wonderful day started.
Happy Thanksgiving, e

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It’s a beautiful morning in northern Indiana–snow covers everything! The only unhappy ones are the turkeys.

But to the rest of you all, Lawrence, the PH, says:

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Good morning Bob T. Did u get my E with the coffee cup? I managed to get it to LUPO.
I’m looking up other E addresses to send it on.
Enjoy the day.
Flip

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Tom : thanks for the backing on Dremel wheels. I think if there was a contest to see who could send wheel shrapnel the furthest I’d be a serious contender. I tend to be on the aggressive side but take the neccesary precautions, including keeping the kids away.

Fergie

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Good latte morning coffee shop dwellers [:D]
I had a whole post ready to go, and inadvertently went to www.smiliegenerator.com to add the above smile, without getting a fresh page. So all that post is toast, and now the forum smilies don’t want to click into the reply frame on “quick reply”. So, I’ll cut and paste this into the “reply to topic” frame, and see if the smilies from there will work.[xx(][B)][V] Which, as you see is the case[^]

I was able to make the train show video yesterday. One good thing about XP, Sterling, is the Video Maker Wizard. Very user friendly, and lots of effects.

Bob, looks like you have another tea lover in Sterling.

Scott, I would be wary of using a steam locomotive chuff to phase-canncel the residual turbine whine harmonics. You will recall what Bob had to say about the number of chuffs / revolution. What if you get a locomotive with an internal third cylinder? I’d stick to diesel, but I’ll leave the type and distance up to you. [(-D]

BTW, where did all those extra quotes come from? Did I miss a whole bunch of pages between 168 and 169? Maybe I should get out more [:o)]

Hope you all have an enjoyable holiday, see you later.

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Well, Well, learn something every day! I found I was able to recover this original post by going “back” in the smiliegenerator page. Not only that, but the smiles work! [^][yeah]
So, here it is, sorry for repeats, but count this as the director’s cut [(-D]

Good stormy foggy morning to all: Bob, sounds like you have another tea lover over in Florida.
Sterling: I’ve had no trouble to date with the forum smilies. I run Norton Anti-Virus (I’m on Netscape, so it’s compatible).

Jim: Sorry to hear about the tree. Bad enough that they blow down, without having people cut them down with no discussion. Still, knowing you, you’ll by-pass Sterling’s suggested action, and turn the whole thing for the good.
BTW, did I miss a whole lot of pages between 168 and 169? Where did all those other quotes come from? Maybe I should get out more! [:O][(-D]

Scott: I’d be wary of trying to phase-canncel the turbine whine with steam chuff. You will re-call what Bob had to say about the numbers of chuffs/revolution being linked to the number of cylinders. What if you run into one of those locomotives that have an internal third cylinder?[:-,][(-D] So, stick to diesel for this fix! Now, how close, to what type, is up to you! [{(-_-)}][(-D]
On the sheet of plywood layout thing, my first was on the back of a 4x8 ply sheet that our church used as a sign for the annual chicken BBQ fundraiser. They stored it in the Manse garage, and so it was handy [:P] Only trouble was having to clear it for use as a sign. But then we moved, and it was no longer an issue.
Come to think of it, the Alco unit I mentioned a while back was a C630 from the original train set that the layout was built to expand on. It’s still around here, as I gave it to our friend and neighbour Gerald (He came with me on Bob’s visit, Fergie) when I became Normal! By then , it had obtained a twin, so now he has them both.[^]

Sterling: On the XP thing, once you’ve got past the viru

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Ever day that I wake up, go out get my paper and look down at the grass instead of pushing the lid off of my box and looking up at the roots is a good day .

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Hey everyone!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Almost time for food here in the real world. We are saving a turkey or two this year, by eating chicken. Chik-Fil-A would be proud[:D].

As for my layout, which will be on the pool table, will be N scale, so I’ll have a nice sized railroad. I haven’t settled on the exact dimensions yet, but it will come soon enough. As long as I have space to have a good sized train running, passing by a few houses, an industry or two, and through a tunnel, I’ll be happy. Lack of money prevents me from going to DCC. It’s not permanent, so I won’t even think about that now.

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

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Happy turkey morning people!

Time to paint the pilot on my GP60 and get some pix…

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First pic!

I have painted the window frames silver, painted the headlight housing black, painted the pilot black, and added numberboards:

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MMMM, mmmm, mmmm. What a Turkey Day, without the turkey.

Breakfast (Lunch really, woke up late)-Coffee and Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Dinner- Chicken, Maccoroni, Broccoli, Mushrooms, and Sparkling Cinder.

And Dessert-Sweet Tater Pie

Yum yum, my tummy is happy!

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~