Just noticed that the Coffee Shop thread just nudged over a hundred thousand views on the old odometer. Another day, another milestone.
hi all quicky stop
gray fox ; the only orther small block i can think of off hand was the 252 . i was thinking it was a truck engine by INT.
check back laters ; mike
Afternoon all -
How’s everyone doing? I thought I’d stop in and give a quick ‘hi’ to all before I leave for the weekend. I’m taking tomorrow off so I can finally get cable servicce in my apt. And of course, everyone here is anxiously awaiting the press conference tomorrow morning @ about 9 am… (Sec. Def, Rumsfeld, etc on BRAC). Once the press conference is over, I’ll go to the library and let everyone here know what’s up w/ my unit.
BTW, I was out ‘surfing’ railimages for a little bit this afternoon… Noah, JimCG, Paul, Bob, and Ken… nice pics.
Fergie… How did sNoah get a shipment from the MESS and I have not? Also, I replied to a post of yours about CN? trying to get approval to provide service in the MESS area… surprised you did not respond…!
Well, I’m going to get going…busy weekend ahead of me… Laundry tonight, cable hook-up and cleaning tomorrow, going to my parents Sat and scan some things to email to JimCG that he’s requested (ToC’s Jim… not sure how many I’ll get done, but I’ll start with the 1st complete issue I have of MRR go from there) and let’s see… gots the NASCAR race Sat night, and even some baseball to watch. (Go REDSOX!) Have a great weekend and I’ll check in with everyone tomorrow!
JP
Hi all, quick trip in the Shop and then back out. Zoe, an OJ smoothie to go, please. [:)]
ArkJim, excellent story - but all too much like real life![:O][;)]
JP, as for the DR Central, I did get some 2X4’s from a buddy this a.m. and he ripped them for me to 2X2’s - for the legs for the first two modules. Going to make one base for both modules (picked that up from L. Wescott’s benchwork book) with the 2X2 legs and 1X2 bracing (plus masonite triangular braces for the diagonal 1X2’s coming down to the feet of the legs).
You’ve shamed me into it, JP [:I][;)] - I will fini***hat roll this weekend so I can get some pics posted. It has been totally too long since I posted any pics…
Got to get going now - on-call tonight, so I have to finish up a little more paperwork before it’s time to head out and grab dinner on the drive-through. Hope Fergie and our NS contingent don’t get snowed on this weekend. Looks like we might get a pop-up shower this afternoon. Hope that cools it off a bit, and doesn’t just raise the humidity.
Everyone have some fun with their layout tonight and/or over the weekend! See you later.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good afternoon all. Jeez, miss a few days and have five or six pages to read. Prolific bunch in here, isn’t there? [:)]
I took the day off yesterday to have the home AC serviced, after the service man left I spent the day working in the train room. It’s starting to take shape and I feel like I’m on the home stretch. Except for a little stupidity yesterday, that is. I’m putting ‘windows’ in the walls of the train room to provide easier access to what would otherwise be hidden track. It will give me more area to build scenery too. There’s 12 foot long window in one wall and wouldn’t you know it, there’s a support post inside that section of wall. The post is not in the center though, it’s offset about a half inch. I was cutting 3 inch holes in the trim to fit around the post. Had one done and it was a perfect fit. Was real proud of myself. [^] I cut the hole in the second one then ripped the board to the right width. I blew off the sawdust and something didn’t look right. I had ripped the excess off the wrong side of the board! [banghead]. That’s when I decided it was time to quit for the day. I bought some more wood after work today and will get back to it tomorrow and over the weekend.
[#welcome] to all the new folks, too many to remember the names ATM but I will get them eventually.
Hi, Jim and Duke, get your drinks on me and have a seat.
I see Noah just came in. Thanks for the rail radio website, Noah, I had it on at work today, helps break the boredom of paperwork. [tup]
Afternoon all and I see inch is in so come on over to the table
ED-Will I need digital photos or can I use my scanner to post in railimages??
Bill N-Just let me know about a week before you head down this way so I make sure I can set the time aside. I haven’t been in Great Lakes for a while but Riders in Madison Heights isn’t too bad so as they say Come ON Down. Oh and you can leave your Kilt at home[:D][:)][:-^]but I do plan on going up to Alma College on the Sat of Memorial Day weekend for some bag pipe listening.
When you get out in the woods have you come across any old roadbeds from the logging days?? When I was riding trail bikes there were a couple old roadbeds that you could still make out around where my mom and dad are living.
Flip-It’s good to see the eye is getting better and as JimCG said, I think Chloe has pretty much forgiven.
If you can make it up there where Bill is at you won’t be sorry. [tup][tup]
[#welcome]atsf railfan and you have found a very good place
Attaboy
I can’t think of anyone else that has ever done that or can I ?? Sure does make it interesting doesn’t it??? Thanks for the drink and I think I better be on my way.
Talk to you later
Duke
Jim(CG), yep I sure did, got it set to run out in a month.
Jim, ya know, I like that name! I’ll be doing and awful lot of mowing and the like this summer, as I’m considering updating my layout to DCC as long as I need it to run my locomotives on the Module Group layout, and that’ll cost me a pretty penny when you include the price of building the module.
And I like that story too, I gotta print that one out!
Ken, thanks, I got to follow up that hobby shop idea now. Thanks a lot!
Attaboy, your welcome, glad you liked it.
Well, I tried an experiment yesterday on the pike, and I think I got the start of a good idea, but I have to work out the details. I took a MDC roundhouse ballast car, and opened up the bottom so the ballast would spill out. I then used styrene to make a block along the bottom of the car, so the ballast wouldn’t fall when I didn’t want it too. My hope is to be able to ballast the track with cars being pulled by an engine eventually. Problem is so much ballast comes out that the trucks are forced up off the rail. I need to figure out how to keep the ballast out of the flangeway of the track. Not quite sure what to do yet, but maybe staring at it long enough will help me figure it out. I’ll let you all know if I come up with anything.
Well, Tomorrow my class is taking a graduation trip to Great America in Illinois. We get to get up at 5:30 tomorrow, leave at 6:30, and don’t get back till about 9:00. So I won’t make it in tomorrow, but I’ll be in on Saturday, probably really tired though. I’ll see you then!
Noah
Noah, the rail radio on the web is really cool![8D][tup] Thanks for sharing that!
Scanned images are just fine. Once they’re scanned they, in fact, are a digital photo. Just not taken by a digital camera.
Ed
BILL, INCH23, JIM, et al, I KNEW I would have fun with the question on Ford’s SMALLEST V8 (overhead valve of course), made in 1963. The answer is NOT the 260 CID guys, it is SMALLER than that…try again!!! Let see who is the 1st to get it. The 260 WAS bored out to make the 289 which was a great engine, but the 260 was ALSO bored from a SMALLER engine believe it or not.
Hey everyone. I’m new on here, and I hope I don’t screw up a bet you guys might have. I think the smaller Ford V8 is a 221cid. Later!
Robert
evening all ; ice tea no sugar please
been a long day . worked on the layout some cleaning while jbird was napping n jocko was watching clifford for , the god only knows , times . wi***hey’ ed bring some new movies .
i got signed up for rail images n got approved but every time i try to get in it it comes up , about blank, i’ll try again later tonight
i tried that railroad radio .com , i have to up date my media again to get it , seems like i just did it last month n out of date already
attaboy ; i never cut any thing wrong [ figuires crossed ] it’s the tape measure that wrong . my favorite saying is, i cut that board 3 times n still to short .
well going back to the trains check back laters
mike
Inch53, do you have a pop-up blocker? they said that if you do, it will block their stuff, as the format they use uses some of thte same kind of thing as the ads do. so if you turn it off, that should solve your problem.[8D][tup]
HELLO ALL
HEY HEY HEY! TRAINFREAK409 IS BACK ONLINE!
I was having a bit of Internet trouble for about 2 months, but now that the iMac’s hard drive is practically empty, I am back with a vengence! I’ve been occupying my time with my new PC and Trainz (of course), poetry, and of course, playing with trains. But it is good to back, I will need to get on a lot more to make up for the past 2 months my profile has been lying dormant.
Ready to hear a bit about turbines?
I was thinking, and I designed a new form of turbine! The NHFSTEL! A Nuclear Hydrogen Fusion Steam Turbine Electric Locomotive! Hydrogen is fused into helium, no further, just enough to produce heat to boil water. The reactor is inside a boiler, the steam spins a turbine, which goes through reduction gearing, then spins multiple generaters to provide power to the C-C + B-C-C-B wheel arrangement. I made a design on my computer, but it is too big to upload to the net. It took my about seven hours to create.
See y’all later!
~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~
HI GANG!!,
jimRCGMO: I’m geeked; I got the photos to publish at the proper size!!!
Note-- It’s a Hiessler Locomotive, with tracks in place of four drive wheels, and skies in place of the front drive wheels!!! Man if I had one of those, I could run a train, and snowmobile at the same time!!!
[#wstupid][:-^][:D]
grayfox1119: You and yours are welcome any time. RE: chive and onion cream cheese; You are a man of discriminating taste sir.
railroading_brit: I love my “Dell XP”— Butt it won’t recognize my old “UMAX Astra610p” scanner, unless I turn it on before I turn the computer on. Then “Wizard” comes up, and I can scan through it.
Duke: That same “Riders” is where I purchased my "Allegany a couple years ago. My stepson lives at 13 mile, and Van***, in “Bear Creek Condos.” Next time you’re at Riders do me a favor. Check to see if they have any brass dress up kits for locos.You Know Bells, horns, whistles, compressors, etc… Please don’t go out of your way, but if you’re in the area… Thanx
Ken Larsen: I’m sorry Ken, but I don’t know of a “Rices Resort.” You also mentioned Round Lake, and Skegamog. Could that be Kewadin??? There is a town by that name in the area of Traverse City???
The “Grand Traverse Railroad” dinner train, runs the old Pierre Marquette line between, Williamsburg - Traverse City - then down to Walton, and back again. That same line is a direct connect with the T&SBRR down toward Cadillac MI.
I’m not sure if the “Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railroad” goes all the way up to Traverse, (Probably does.) It runs all the way through Cadillac MI. From Ann Arbor. It took over for the Ann Arbor RR, when it went belly up. The T&SB is a very good prototype to use for a M.R… I thought of using it when I started to put my last layout together. It went past my place in Howell, only a half block
Hi back again,
Notice how they steer that contraption. There’s a guy on the front with a big steering wheel.
Later,
Bill North
hi all ;
i guess i will have to wait till my son in law gets here . we have a popup blocker but we have no idea what it’s in to turn it off . think it was in a bug killer he sent down . oh well thats the way this day’s gone .
did get both lines cleaned enough to run good , yards still down but making some headway . got to were the kids will be happy anyway , get to see papa train run .
robert ; i think there was a 221 that ford made it , forgot all bout it .
think i’ll get ready for bed . night all
mike
If you have Internet Explorer, try going to the tools tab, then pop-up blocker, then pop-up blocker off. If that does not work, I guess you will have to wait till your son-in-law can help. I know I have trouble doing stuff with my computer, all the time! Take 'er easy! [8D][tup]
Good evening gents, just dropped in before I drop into bed, I actually fell asleep during the 10pm news tonight, haven’t done that in awhile, lots of fresh air today outside, two Molson Ice’s after supper, boy, that did me in…
ROBERT: Welcome to the coffee shop,[#welcome][#welcome] , Cloe, please bring Robert a tall OJ or a cold one if that is his pleasure. AND…Robert has the correct answer guys!!! [^][^][tup][tup][yeah] the smallest OHV V8 engine that Ford ever made was a 221 CID engine. It only made it one year for the 1963 Ford Fairlanes. It was bored out later to make the 260 V8, and further bored out to make the 289 V8. I had a lot of fun at auto parts stores telling them that I needed 8 spark plugs for my 221, and, they usually had to come out and look at the valve covers to see for themselves that it was labeled “221” and actually was a V8.
See you guys in the AM, I am asleep as I type…
Bon Soir,
Late evening all and I have some good news and some bad news.
I guess I will go with the good first. Lou was at breakfast Sunday and he is looking good and getting around, slow but getting there. Thanks again for all of your support.
Now for the bad news and it isn’t easy. My friend Steve lives in Penn just a few miles north of Attaboy and his mother passed away this week. His wife also found out that she has *** cancer and there is nothing they can do about it other than taking the ***. Boy is this hard. My wife and I have known them since we have been married while I was stationed at Dover AFB and Steve and I were in the Follow Me truck together. He told Mary that he had to call me tonight and talk to me and that made me feel good that he was able to consider me a good enough friend to do that. He is the only person throughout the time I spent in the military that I have kept in touch with and to this day I am not sure why that has happened. So this is really a special request. Some of this probably hasn’t made much sence but my brain probably isn’t thinking the best right now as well as it is time to go to bed.
There sure does seem to be a lot of this sort of thing going through out the Coffee Shop lately and I for one hope that it comes to an end for everyone soon
All have as good of a day as possible tomorrow and talk to you later
Duke