Coffee Shop XXXV-12/3/2012

[Burlington Bob]

By blackz28;

jeff, for the love of god dont touch it ,ahhh consider it a ''HERITAGE UNIT & run it like that

X2! Almost seems sacrilegious to think of altering it.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

But it's already altered. Note the black intake grilles and the black top on the nose.

 

[kbkchooch]

jeff, for the love of god dont touch it ,ahhh consider it a ''HERITAGE UNIT & run it like that

Paint it to match #500 Jeffrey! It needs a matched running mate!

Phooey on Bob and Z!

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

#500 is an ex-UP GP40. It already runs with two FP7's. An ex-UP unit and an ex-PRR unit.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The weather guesser strikes out. Again. This morning there was no rain in the forecast. Take a wild guess what's happening now. That's right. It's raining. Thankfully the oil change on the van was done this morning when it was dry. One thing I hate is working in mud! Got the bill paying and the first half of the grocery shopping done. Got a letter saying I should take out a mortgage on my home. Guess they don't know it's a sixty-two year old mobile home! It's not much but it's paid for.

 

[blackz28]

But it's already altered. Note the black intake grilles and the black top on the nose.

well ok boys the lynchings off if thats all hes going to do to altar it

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Oh, I didn't say I was stopping there.

 

[blackz28]

{putting my fingers in my ears} la la la la la WE AREN'T LISTENING

 

[kbkchooch]

#500 is an ex-UP GP40. It already runs with two FP7's. An ex-UP unit and an ex-PRR unit.

Opp, my mistake,,,,dont you have a black & white f unit??
Thats what I was thunkin of!

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Opp, my mistake,,,,dont you have a black & white f unit??
Thats what I was thunkin of!

The only one I have matching that description is #1525, a Bowser F7 shell.

 

[railfan]

Got a letter saying I should take out a mortgage on my home. Guess they don't know it's a sixty-two year old mobile home!

They might not need to know until after you've bought a whole container load of awesome new train stuff. Then just show them the letter and point out it was their idea.




Mike

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Well I got a bit accomplished today. Changed the oil in the van, new filter installed, bought gas for the beast, paid bills, got the first half of the groceries, perishables mostly.

No work on the layout today. I did however change out the A unit on the F unit trio. I took off the patched Santa Fe F7A and put on the L&A F7A #1525, a Bowser/Stewart shell on a chassis consisting of Athearn and Proto 2000 parts driven by a PPW motor.

We got rain today when it wasn't in the forecast. It didn't rain long, just long enough to leave egg on the weather guessers face. It's 39 now. We're expecting a low of 32 and no rain according to the weather guesser. He already missed once today so the umbrella is by the door.

 

[IronBeltKen]

Well, I just wasted 4 hours trying to get this DecoderPro software working on my laptop with my NCE system. I'm about ready to throw this Win8 POS thru the window. The ******* USB-to-Serial device driver won't start, it says something about "not enough virtual memory quota". I did a google search and discovered that is a fairly generic error message that can occur in a gazillion different situations for as many different reasons. It's times like this that make me wonder if I am becoming too stupid for model railroading as I get older. Life's too short for this kind of heartburn.

 

[tootnkumin]

Well, I just wasted 4 hours trying to get this DecoderPro software working on my laptop with my NCE system. I'm about ready to throw this Win8 POS thru the window. The ******* USB-to-Serial device driver won't start, it says something about "not enough virtual memory quota". I did a google search and discovered that is a fairly generic error message that can occur in a gazillion different situations for as many different reasons. It's times like this that make me wonder if I am becoming too stupid for model railroading as I get older. Life's too short for this kind of heartburn.

Got any 5 yr old grandkids to ask? (that'll make you feel good)

 

[Burlington Bob]

By CSX road slug;

It's times like this that make me wonder if I am becoming too stupid for model railroading as I get older.

Quite the opposite! What at one time was a relatively simple hobby where about the most complicated thing was figuring out the block wiring scheme for all the cabs on a layout is now pretty thoroughly linked with computers, for better or worse! I usually, but not always, think for the better.

 

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

Good Morning...

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

It's Thursday, January 3, 2012

TIPTON

 

[blownoutcylinder]

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Good Morning...*yawn*...

I need a strong coffee this morning...Do we still have raw caffeine in an IV bag? We do? Good...I'll have one of them thankye...

A mix of sun/cloud is greeting us this morning...high of 23F expected...low tonight is 15F...right now it is the mighty 13F....

Got to get cracking on them report papers...distill them down to a couple of binders ..then next week a few meetings/presentations to get to...with Powerpoint's for the lot.....oy....

Have to get runnin'...have a good day...

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 37° with 97% humidity. It'll be cloudy with a high of 52°. North wind coming off the lake will make it feel colder.

Now that my food stamp card is reloaded I can do the remainder of the grocery shopping today. I have a tremendous budget of $45 to work with. I also need to get a couple of cans of engine restore for the vans engine. That quiets those old valve trains down nicely. Paper towels are also on the procurement list. Later I may be able to get some cleanup work done on the layout. That depends on if someone has made plans for my day that I don't know about.

 

[railfan]

Good morning everyone! 33* now and sunshine. Having some fun finally since laying track last night and hooking up the prodigy express DCC unit for the first time with a layout. I have three DCC equipped bachmann union pacific locomotives. They all run great. One dash 8-40C and two GP-7's. This track setup is temporary to test out equipment and run some trains while designing a big switchyard.

Mike

 

[SPSFer]

Morning everybody, 28 degrees here with a high of 57 in the north bay area. No rain.
Nice start to your layout.