Good late evening, everyone.
Anoher one of those day with to much to do, none it having to do with my layout.
CJ, sorry about that. First I call Sandy a guy and then address you by the wrong name. CJ it shall be.
There's no doubt the SEC has worthy opponents for teams from any conferece in the US. Teams like LSU, Arkansas, Georgia, and Florida always seem to play their best in bowl games while the Big 10 and Pac 10 seem to slack off towards the end of the season. There's definitely a "legacy" type thinking in the BCS where one of the Big 10 or Pac 10 always seem to end up there and everyone else has to scramble for a spot. Ohio State did not deserve to be in the BCS this year as LSU showed.
Tom, too bad yu can't get that bridge condemned and let the dissenters know you'll be out there Monday morning to begin demolition but no new bridge will be going up because they can't agree on anything. I'll bet they'd change their tune fast.
Phillip, that's great news about your wife's progress. She'll be chasing you around the house in no time at this rate.
Nick, are there wires that go from the tender to the engine? If so, check how they sit compared to the drawbar. My 2-8-0 was giving me fits derailing until I finally realized one of the wires with very little slack was under the drawbar and would lift the drawbar just eough to derail the tender on curves. I removed the drawbar, got all the wires so they come out on top of the drawbar, and it runs great now.
Hi, Ray, hope you got all the soldering completed.
Jeffrey, looks like a good start for a toruist train. Are you going to reletter the loco for your shortline? It might be nice to keep it in CN colors as if it was part a museum. You could always use that as your backstory for other foreign line steam engines you acquire.
Paul, did you contribute to our Native American friends while you were up there?
Too bad you didn't manage to get a pic of that GP-9. Any idea what railroad it came from?
Paul, good to hear the grandbaby is gaining weight so fast. always a good sign in a premie. Boy, I have enough grief just taking apart an HO loco to installl a DCC card. I imagine taking a 7.5" gauge diesel in for repairs is quite a logistical nightmare, not to mention the cost.
Sounds like it was windy all over the place. Nothing here but some scattered clouds all day with a high of 67. Had a little rain last night but nothing today. Looks like we really should get some storms tomorrow, some severe, assuming everything comes together like the computers forecast. Given their record so far, I'm voting for about an hour of light showers and then that's it for another week.