Running Bear's Coffee Shoppe LIX

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Good Morning. Overcast and 30° this morning. Going to the 40s with possibly some rain.

Curt: I believe that the big bird is a Bald Eagle. The location is less than three miles from the reservoir and County park / Wildlife reserve, where Bald Eagles have been nesting for close to 20 years now. Occasionally, they show themselves.
 
Curt: Like the Tanks on the flat cars.

Justin: Ballast looks good, you are really making progress.

Chet: That's a big steam engine.

I have to get back to work on my RR.
 
The tanks shown in your pic are not the same as mine. Yours lack the machinegun in the hull and has a different turret, mine lack the gun mounting post and antenna, I like yours better.
 


40's and rain. Mid Jan thaw action mode around here, we get a wee break and then we get SMACKED one or two more times, happens every year.
 
Good Morning All. Clear and 36 degrees here this morning, high today may be 52. Didn't spend any time in the train shed yesterday, between the grocery trek and outdoor work I was catching up on, there wasn't time. I'll try to make up for it today and tomorrow before temps climb into the 70's later this week.
Terry - My sentiments exactly, I actually had to do some mowing on the tractor yesterday. Also, thanks for the link.
борис циник - Hard to tell from the picture what kind of bird that is, but around here we have vultures with wingspans like that, 5'-6'. They roost on top of my barn quite regularly. Ironically, the wings are only good for soaring. They sometimes engorge themselves so much on roadkill that they cannot take off from the ground, and have to heave to lighten themselves. It's not pretty, but it is funny.
Chet - The light did indeed come on. I do not model steam, but love to look at and watch steam action. Those engines were works of art. Cool video. Santa Fe, and now BNSF (Big New Santa Fe), use a wye (formerly Dalton Jct, now Krum Jct,) that is near me located between Krum and Sanger TX, to turn steamers around that they bring to Ft. Worth for special occasions.
Garry - Nice looking rockwork supporting that nice looking engine.
new guy - You are going through the progression that we all made at some time or another. You're just starting with something larger than a 4' x 8' piece of plywood. Next thing up is that you will be asking about installing grabs and lift rings! I see that you have a location now! LOL
Curt - Been there, done that.

I still miss Tony (Wombat457). Someone here, I don't remember who, was going to try to call him. It's been over two weeks now.
Have a great day all.

Willie
 
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Justin: Coalwood? As in WV? That's where Homer Hickam is from.
Remember the movie "October Sky" from the book "Rocket Boys".
If that's what you were going for, you know now you'll have to build a slag pile with a small rocket facility!

You have my vote!!!

Didn't the coal company abandon the town decades ago? Does it still exist?
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Good morning everyone. It's 19 degrees with clear skies.

Garry - Missed your Prairie some how. Nice model.

Curt - I don't believe that the 4-12-2- was a Challenger on a rigid frame. They were built by Alco between 1926 and 1930. They were built for high speed freight service on flat terrain and also had a third cylinder which was a maintenance headache. The Union Pacific started building their Challengers in 1936 until 1943 and they only had two cylinders. They were also built mainly for freight service but also were used from time to time for passenger duties. I am no expert on the Union Pacific, but I am guessing that the Challengers could have been an improvement over the 4-10-2's as they performed similar duties.

Justin - You're making good progress. I can see that you are learning well. Keep up the good work.

New Guy - Anything going through your head in planning a future for your layout???

Toot - The leading and trailing trucks on steam locomotives were to help carry the weight of the boilers. Terry brought up a good point about locomotives "hunting". Being a fan of steam having watched numerous movies and videos and having ridden on many that have been put into excursion service, hunting is not at all uncommon.

Being that we moved on to articulated, here's one for Curt.

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Justin: Coalwood? As in WV? That's where Homer Hickam is from.
Remember the movie "October Sky" from the book "Rocket Boys".
If that's what you were going for, you know now you'll have to build a slag pile with a small rocket facility!

You have my vote!!!

Didn't the coal company abandon the town decades ago? Does it still exist?
E.
You know I couldn't figure out for the life of me where or why the name popped up in my head like it did. Being a West Virginian I should have remembered this detail. Oh well I'll either keep the name or who knows maybe another popular WV town will pop up in my head. But hey its a good catch Eric.

Justin
 
45 and cloudy right now. Heading towards 60 this afternoon and 100% chance of rain tonight - so they say on the radio.
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You know I couldn't figure out for the life of me where or why the name popped up in my head like it did. Being a West Virginian I should have remembered this detail. Oh well I'll either keep the name or who knows maybe another popular WV town will pop up in my head. But hey its a good catch Eric.

Justin

Glad I could help. I've only watched that movie about a hundred times. It's a great story and all true.
I say stick with Coalwood of some sort.
I was thinking you were from WV. Don't know how. Maybe you mentioned once in a post.
E.
 


Glad I could help. I've only watched that movie about a hundred times. It's a great story and all true.
I say stick with Coalwood of some sort.
I was thinking you were from WV. Don't know how. Maybe you mentioned once in a post.
E.
Oh I have mentioned it a couple of times. It is a really good movie. One I haven't watched in years.

Justin
 

I'm going to disagree a little In the spring mowing grass is fine by July it is getting old. By October I'm waiting for the snow. Usually we have one or two moderate snow storms by Jan 1. That is okay (This year it all held off til this weekend) By February Snow is getting old. By Mid march I'm ready to cut grass again. That is the nice thing about the four seasons we have in Maryland. You can always remember when you were at the other extreme and wishing for the opposite.

The little Toro is holding up well. we aren't quite completely shoveled out yet (still haven't touched the front walk but the driveway and the side walkway to the trash cans is done)

We are possibly getting rain or freezing rain today (There is something I always hate) but it is warmer (33 degrees at 10:30) and I can notice some melt. Still in clean out mode to make way forModule 1 of the railroad. Life is good :cool:
 
I keep a 2 acre lawn, but I hire my two grandsons to do the mowing. They aren't old enough to get a real job and it gives them some spending money. When it comes to removing snow, I'm on my own. I'll take the warmer weather.
 
Chet and Willie ... Thanks to you also for commenting about my brass 2-6-2 ......

I just ran the little 2-6-2 on the section on my layout which is still DC. It runs as smooth as silk right off the display shelf where I keep it. . It would be quite a chore, however, to convert it to DCC. Maybe some day.

I have learned small steam engines are just as fun as large ones. I used to model the 1900 era, and had fun with little engines.

Chet .... I saw the video you shared of the Santa Fe 4-8-4. Impressive.
 
Excellent words of encouragement Chet!

Perhaps I should consider myself lucky in this hobby since I had many years experience - although it was decades ago I hadn't forgotten everything. I can't imagine coming into this world as a complete green horn. At least not in these days with so many options now available that hadn't even been invented back in those "old days".
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I have no choice but to see it as an advantage. I did not know what I was NOT supposed to be able to do! That's why I'm running all my locos at once on hundreds of feet of track with the one power feed. If I "knew what I was doing" I'd still be wiring feeders and would not be running trains now AND would NOT have been able to meet my self imposed deadline. I must think positive. Soul crushing poverty was the reason the only set I ever had was a 'fluke' and did not last. Replacing even one coupler or wheel set on one car, or adding to the set by one piece of track was totally out of the monetary question so it died bit by bit before my eyes. I never even had a bike that was not hand built by me and my Dad from other peoples junk parts till gramma bought me one when I was about 10-12!

Just HAVING the ability of being able to CHOOSE and BUY what I WANTED has been a bit "heady!" I sometimes can't help the feeling that "people like me" should not have "something like THIS!"
 
WOW .. so many posts .. I know I will forget someone .. so I will just say, "Great work everyone".
I will make a couple comments:
CHET Good work finding the snowmobile rider. Really neat photos of the locos.
WILLIE Actually, BNSF really means "Been Nothing Since Frisco". (had to get my licks in there, lol)
CURT You are really doing good on your track realignment. I like it!
Justin Looking better all the time. You are learning fast!
Garry Like the little steamer. I have one of the PFM 2-10-0 (Frisco) It is my favorite locomotive.

Glad to see that everyone seems to have survived the great storm. Now I need to go back 20 pages or so to see who I have
overlooked with the kudos.
Oh, BTW ... 50 and heading towards 72 later on. Sky is clear and winds are calm. All in all, A beautiful winter day.
 
I haven't put up a photo in awhile.
A friend of mine in the St Louis area remodels and custom builds his fleet of Frisco steam. You will only find ONE diesel switcher on his layout modeled after the first diesel that the Frisco bought. He says diesels are ugly and nothing but painted boxes. His railroad is modeled around Newberg, MO in the 40's.
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