Running Bear's Coffee Shop LIX
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Sherrell and Toot - Thanks for the interesting idea about ripping plywood to make 1-bys for the frames and braces. Hadn't thought of that. I think I'll wait for the next shipment at the DIY stores and try to get enough good boards. If that doesn't work, I may give your suggestion a try.
Johnny
Johnny ...... Most of my layout is made from particle board ripped to the dimensions I needed..... My table saw has been busy over the years.
Freaking Un-believable, to me, that it could have that much of an effect on the human body; however, when I was pre-teen, a chigger would raise a whelp as large as the end of my finger.
Luck on the ride .. lotsa guys get bad hurt splitting lanes out here.
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new guy
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I really like that caboose and the wee town it resides in, EAGLE Michigan! "Classic" SMALL town, not even the county seat, it has a post office, a store, a bar, a very small library and the tiniest Fairground I've ever seen. They have a "mud bog/tractor pull" twice a year, I think. It's on my short list of possible locations to model to use up non track space on the layout
GarryCBQ
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Good morning everybody .
I know a guy who bought a caboose and had it placed on a short section of track on his property. It cost a lot of $'s. Much was spent on legal fees to fight neighbors who did not want a caboose in their neighborhood and sued him. Neighbor lawyer referred to the caboose as industrial junk.
I know a guy who bought a caboose and had it placed on a short section of track on his property. It cost a lot of $'s. Much was spent on legal fees to fight neighbors who did not want a caboose in their neighborhood and sued him. Neighbor lawyer referred to the caboose as industrial junk.
chessie_system3
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I like it. Seems like the area I live in. Small and in the middle of nowhere. It's what I'm trying to capture the small podunk feel on my layout. I have a merchants row that I have decided to go in another direction and not use. I'm scouting things that will give my layout that small in the backwoods feel.
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montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Good morning. We're off to a brisk start to the day at 9 degrees with clear skies.
Bruce - Are you trying to get a commission on selling the caboose? I have an old semaphore signal that I finally got to put up a few years ago. I wanted to put it at the end of our driveway but the other half would not have it. I finally got to put it up outside of my shop after a bit of negotiating. If I were to mention a caboose, the family jewels might be in jeopardy. Here's one sitting in Three Forks, MT.
This one isn't far from where the old Milwaukee Road depot is. A lot of railroad history in this little town.
Like Garry brought up, it would cost some big bucks to get one moved. Even if you had a place to put it, permits for the move and the equipment to move it would put a pretty good dent in the wallet. I have a friend who moved an old Shay locomotive and caoch onto his property years ago and it wasn't cheap at all.
Louis - Has your wife's new citizenship sunk in yet???
Eric - Sure hope you're feeling somewhat better.
Catch you later.
Bruce - Are you trying to get a commission on selling the caboose? I have an old semaphore signal that I finally got to put up a few years ago. I wanted to put it at the end of our driveway but the other half would not have it. I finally got to put it up outside of my shop after a bit of negotiating. If I were to mention a caboose, the family jewels might be in jeopardy. Here's one sitting in Three Forks, MT.
This one isn't far from where the old Milwaukee Road depot is. A lot of railroad history in this little town.
Like Garry brought up, it would cost some big bucks to get one moved. Even if you had a place to put it, permits for the move and the equipment to move it would put a pretty good dent in the wallet. I have a friend who moved an old Shay locomotive and caoch onto his property years ago and it wasn't cheap at all.
Louis - Has your wife's new citizenship sunk in yet???
Eric - Sure hope you're feeling somewhat better.
Catch you later.
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chessie_system3
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Oh boy....sent my train into emergency today.
My karma for the CSX video yesterday.
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Beady
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Meh. The "Friends of Franco" are still on the list. Guess your wife didn't look old enough.
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PRR Modeler
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Afternoon All,
Well today was an interesting MRR day. I spent 2 hours to get back to the starting point. I started out with the signal head ready for the back to be glued on and I decided to test one more time. To make a frustrating story short is I forgot to solder a resistor on and AARGH....three dead LED's. How stupid could I be? I redid everything and then I noticed doing adjustments in the head I pulled a wire loose. After fixing that and this time adding a resistor all 3 LED's work glued down. Tomorrow after the glue (foam tack) is completely dry I will finish the assembly of the signal. Not sure if it will get mounted since I have some other things to do also.
We made a trip to Sam's Club today that also had problems. We were at checkout and the cashier said our membership had expired. So we said to renew it. The $45 a year membership blossomed to $100 because the cashier signed us up for some fancy membership. At that point MOH said forget it and we walked away. Of course it didn't help that the cashier had such a strong accent you couldn't understand her. MOH checked and the last time we were there was in March.
Weather guessers say this is our driest November since the late 1800's. November is usually our driest month. It did rain today for about 6.39 seconds.
Louis- Nice looking GG1 model. Is it supposed to be "Old Rivets" (I think that's the correct nickname)?
Terry- They were just advertising a Pennsy business car.
Johnny- We have the same lumber issues here.
Justin- I think that's everybody's karma doing MRR'ing.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Well today was an interesting MRR day. I spent 2 hours to get back to the starting point. I started out with the signal head ready for the back to be glued on and I decided to test one more time. To make a frustrating story short is I forgot to solder a resistor on and AARGH....three dead LED's. How stupid could I be? I redid everything and then I noticed doing adjustments in the head I pulled a wire loose. After fixing that and this time adding a resistor all 3 LED's work glued down. Tomorrow after the glue (foam tack) is completely dry I will finish the assembly of the signal. Not sure if it will get mounted since I have some other things to do also.
We made a trip to Sam's Club today that also had problems. We were at checkout and the cashier said our membership had expired. So we said to renew it. The $45 a year membership blossomed to $100 because the cashier signed us up for some fancy membership. At that point MOH said forget it and we walked away. Of course it didn't help that the cashier had such a strong accent you couldn't understand her. MOH checked and the last time we were there was in March.
Weather guessers say this is our driest November since the late 1800's. November is usually our driest month. It did rain today for about 6.39 seconds.
Louis- Nice looking GG1 model. Is it supposed to be "Old Rivets" (I think that's the correct nickname)?
Terry- They were just advertising a Pennsy business car.
Johnny- We have the same lumber issues here.
Justin- I think that's everybody's karma doing MRR'ing.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Raincoat2
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Glad to know I'm not alone with the lumber problems. I went to Lowe's on lunch hour today and looked through their 1X4's, and found the same hockey stick patterns. Was able to find 6 good boards, but I needed 20-25 to complete the benchwork. Maybe it's because of global warming, maybe a blight - but I feel sorry for all those bent trees growing out there in the woods 
At least I've got enough to get me through the weekend - then we'll see if they get in a new shipment.
Johnny
At least I've got enough to get me through the weekend - then we'll see if they get in a new shipment.Johnny
Sirfoldalot
Days Gone Bye!
Johnny Raincoat ... You're not alone in the forestry department. Same everywhere. Perhaps you should consider having a 4 x 8 sheet of 3/4 plywood ripped into 3.5 inch strips? I certainly will for my next build.
Sirfoldalot
Days Gone Bye!
CURT .. Sorry to hear about your woes today. Thanks for answering my question about the extra holes .. I kind of thought that, but had to ask.
I second Sherrel's recommendation of ripped plywood, it's light, stronger and not anywhere as prone to bends or twisting. My advice, go for the better quality type, softwood ones aren't as good in that regard if they're left unused. I don't know your grading's there but I use marine decking grade to avoid humidity problems. Also can go thinner (1/2") and 5 plies are better than 3 for dimensional stability.
Raincoat2
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Sherrell and Toot - Thanks for the interesting idea about ripping plywood to make 1-bys for the frames and braces. Hadn't thought of that. I think I'll wait for the next shipment at the DIY stores and try to get enough good boards. If that doesn't work, I may give your suggestion a try.
Johnny
GarryCBQ
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Johnny ...... Most of my layout is made from particle board ripped to the dimensions I needed..... My table saw has been busy over the years.
D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
Relaxing day at work. Nothing to difficult to figure out.
Stopped to see my friend in the hospital, the guy with the spider bite. He will be getting some lines put in to get the medications directly to his heart then they will send him home on Friday. Actually, this bite happened in 2001.
I was going to do some work on the empire tonight but I have wire in my electric gloves to my Harley. I have to ride down to Richmond tomorrow morning and the temps will be in the upper 40s.
Stopped to see my friend in the hospital, the guy with the spider bite. He will be getting some lines put in to get the medications directly to his heart then they will send him home on Friday. Actually, this bite happened in 2001.
I was going to do some work on the empire tonight but I have wire in my electric gloves to my Harley. I have to ride down to Richmond tomorrow morning and the temps will be in the upper 40s.
Sirfoldalot
Days Gone Bye!
Freaking Un-believable, to me, that it could have that much of an effect on the human body; however, when I was pre-teen, a chigger would raise a whelp as large as the end of my finger.
Luck on the ride .. lotsa guys get bad hurt splitting lanes out here.
Good evening. It's raining and 70.
So far, it's been kind of a quiet week at work. The service manager has been in the hospital for the last several days with meningitis.
Also, my nephew's brother-in-law has been admitted to the hospital with respiratory failure.
So far, it's been kind of a quiet week at work. The service manager has been in the hospital for the last several days with meningitis.
Also, my nephew's brother-in-law has been admitted to the hospital with respiratory failure.
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GarryCBQ
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Terry ... Sorry to hear about your nephew's brother-in-law and the Service Manager.
Ken in VA ... Sorry to hear about your friend's reaction to a spider bite.
Our problem with critters involves cut little chipmunks making holes in my wife's flower gardens. We put moth balls in the holes and hope that will take care of it. They can go elsewhere.
Ken in VA ... Sorry to hear about your friend's reaction to a spider bite.
Our problem with critters involves cut little chipmunks making holes in my wife's flower gardens. We put moth balls in the holes and hope that will take care of it. They can go elsewhere.
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