Running Bear's February 2025 Coffee Shop


Troy. Here in the U.K. way back in time our railways were nationalised in 1948. Then came the painting the locomotives from 'the
big four' (SR, GWR, LMS and LNER) to British Railways. Off course that could not happen overnight. It took time; years in fact. In 1951 I remember seeing an old 0.6.0 tank engine still in London & North Eastern Railway black livery. It was an old loco I doubt it got a lick of new paint.

Troy, on your layout could such a situation have happened? I have green Class 55s and blue ones running in the same timeframe.
 
I thought you had decided on N scale. Did I miss something?

I love the PRR Brunswick Green! But then again, Chessie is my favorite.
Yes, N Scale. I was searching road names for inspiration and didn't worry about scale when I was on the site

Terry: I remember the PRR engines running by my neighborhood as weathered black... Or was the Penn Central. I was only 8-12 at the time. Memories are a bit spotty.

I looked up where I used to live, and it was a single main coming into to the Elkhart yard out of Michigan from the North-East. Not sure which RRs would have operated on that one.
 
I see them at expensive charity occasions where a meal is involved. Pick and prod at the meal ad leave 80/90% of it.
Later, on the way home "I'm hungry"

I knew my future wife was special. It was true love at first sight, for me. She impressed me in many ways, not just my eyes. When I took her out to eat, for the first time she had a good appetite too! She is perfect in every way.
 
Getting the station and diner parking lots planned out. They still have to be painted and glued down. I have to place the diner signs on the roof yet. It's getting there.
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I remember the PRR engines running by my neighborhood as weathered black... Or was the Penn Central. I was only 8-12 at the time. Memories are a bit spotty.
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Even after Conrail inherited the locomotives, I saw both PRR and Penn Central locomotives with only numbers change and CR added. The same was true with NYC and New Haven. It took a long time to get everything repainted.
 
Louis: Yeah, the Reading is right for a quick patch. No standard plan, done at the local pit track.

Troy: Don't over think this. 1976 to 1972, numerous patches and quick repaints. CR blue scheme subjected to local interpretation...
1973 through Quality era, everything became standardized. Old less fuel efficient engines purged...SD40-2 became the dominant six axle, GP40-2 the dominant 4 axle in Van service, GP38 / B23-7 in Yards and Locals. along with GP15-1 and rebuilt SW1500s for industrial assignments. Quality era to the end....More creativity, SD60 / SD601 / SD70 along with big GEs Mostly six axle. No one place had everything at once...pick s few and run 'em!

BTW: Yankee Dabbler is good....Train World is good....both my experience.

Comment:
The duties Canadians have to pay when they buy stuff from American vendors are tariffs. Most countries have them. Everyone but the US it seems is able to protect their markets with tariffs. Only Americans "Must" be committed to "Free Trade". This is Not a political statement. This practice is bipartisan and has been for decades. (We do impose tariffs on certain commodities that other countries dump here, but do a poor job of enforcing these tariffs.
 
Good evening. It's mostly clear and 80.
I've been having problems with my teeth for many years. I went to a dentist today after a recent bout. This dentist went pretty in-depth as far as what was going on, and what do do going forward. Basically, my teeth are all completely worn out. We both speculated this may be a family trait, as both parents and my brother had lost all their teeth well before they reached my age. That didn't really change his prognosis, though, which was, there was nothing he could do. The only three options he could provide were to just let things fall apart (not recommended, for obvious reasons), have all teeth removed and get full dentures. He said this was an option, though because of all the issues people have with dentures, he wouldn't recommend it), or remove all teeth and get full implants (which he recommended). The figure he casually dropped about that option nearly gave me a coronary. It's more than my home cost new, and double what my new expensive car just cost.
It seems I have some difficult decisions to make. I know my parents had problems with their dentures, and implants weren't a thing when they (and my brother) had to make this decision. I wonder how much of the fifty thousand dollars the dentist gets as a kickback for the referral... I'd be naive to think he had no incentive.
 



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