Running Bear's October 2023 Coffee Shop

[Sirfoldalot]

Fully painted now, just have to apply numbers to the cab and sand dome. After that weathering and flat clear for protection. Last head light lens and marker lights jewels.

Nice, Nice, Nicely Done- love the steam, they had class.
Each RR had their own style!
Did I say NICE?

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Nice, Nice, Nicely Done- love the steam, they had class.
Each RR had their own style!
Did I say NICE?

Thank you. Yes each railroad had their own style.

 

[migalyto]

Good noon. Mixed day today, sunny and cloudy, i guess normal for October. Beautiful fall foliage to look at though. Little photo session with what little sun i just had and progress on the L&NE mikado:
Fully painted now, just have to apply numbers to the cab and sand dome. After that weathering and flat clear for protection. Last head light lens and marker lights jewels.

Well done!

 

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

Started out the day with a walk at 68F and damp. After that I did a couple of chores before heading to the train room. I cut out the truss plates for the build. I cut out 4 straight one's and 8- 90-degree plates out of thin styrene (For Sale Sign) from Lowes which works well and is pretty cheap. The wife had a customer come to the house to order a custom quilt while I was in the train room.

Smudge- Thanks for the interesting history.

Patrick- We have large waste (including appliances) and yard waste every Wednesday. They even hauled away a full size cut down tree cut in pieces.

Joe- All my T/O's (except 3 ME #6's given to me) are PECO Insulfrog #5's. I have no issues with any of my motive power. I always solder feeder wires to the 3 ends of the T/O's. Your layout looks outstanding. I had no idea you were that far along.

Bill- Great photo. Where is the RH at?

Louis- My condolences. It sounds like the row houses need leveled or just let them burn if they catch fire. Great news about Tucker and your buddy Willie.

Mike- Although I'm not much of a C&W fan I do like that song. It was really well sung.

David- Nice layout shot through the trees.

I hope everyone has a good night.

 

[rgeiter]

Just heard the English’s train shop closed. Not happy about that! But at least Bowser is staying is business. Supposedly English’s train shop is now online only under the name “toy train heaven”
https://toytrainheaven.com/

 

[migalyto]

Just heard the English’s train shop closed. Not happy about that! But at least Bowser is staying is business. Supposedly English’s train shop is now online only under the name “toy train heaven”
https://toytrainheaven.com/

Only problem with that is, Toy Train Heavens website is a mess! Maybe a upgrade is in their future!

 

[troyphoto]

Well howdy there internet peeps and those copping plea deals.

It's Troy again.

Drove down to Muncie IN (about a 90 min drive) to do a WWII game demo in a store.

That's me in the silver hair with my mouth open...

I had more people than I expected (4 plus the owner and his son kibitzing from the sidelines)

Germans on patrol:

And the results of the tank duel. Sherman wiffed the first shot... The Panzer showed em how it's done....

I need a whiskey-ginger! Back later.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Had to take care of some business in City of brotherly love today, so on the way back took a scenic detour. Wound up in Lansdale, where two Reading Railroad lines split. One of very few passenger and freight stations in Northeast. New and old Silverliners stood at storage rails

In the freight section stood one of absolutely coolest looking American diesels ever created:

Former Conrail C39-8, one of the first Dash8 series produced.

And overall look at the station:

Last image is looking southeast towards Phily.

 

[PNKFLOYD]

That's me in the silver hair with my mouth open...

Troy- that could be a viable description on me, also.

 

[santafewillie]

Good Evening All from Gulfport MS. First leg of the trip went well. We were 15 minutes late leaving and then had to stop at a Dutch Bros coffee shop for wife's morning fix. Arrived here at 5:00, close to the planned time. We have since had supper. Imagine driving 625 miles to Mississippi for Mexican food! Lunch at a Cajun place in Lafayette LA was excellent. Got to kill some time tomorrow in the morning, as the model railroad museum doesn't open until 1:00. It's only a 2 hour trip to the final destination, so no big deal. We did manage to slip through Baton Rouge before the traffic for tonight's LSU/Army game there, a good thing since traffic there is always tense; merges, splits and generally unruly drivers. Didn't see any accidents all of the way.
Gotta go now, as the bed is calling. See y'all later.

 

[PNKFLOYD]

I cannot believe how slow it is in the cafe tonight.
I guess it goes along with the project I have been working on for the last 25 years.
We got the Coca Cole wood crate before we moved to Ohio in 1998. The crate is stamped 1975, Chattanooga, Tn.
I found the spoked wood wheels in Amish country just before I was transferred back to Alabama.
Until last week, I could not get the crate and wheels together to start building a wagon.
Monday, I sat down and measured crate and wheels to figure out axle heights and clearances.
It took three days to re-glue the spokes in 2wheels, paint the wheels and find dowels to make axle pins.
I made the steering tongue out of a 1 x 2 piece of fir and found a small piece for the handle.
I measured and marked, measured and marked, and measured and marked the holes for the axle pins, the front swing axle, and the tongue pivot holes.
Then I drilled the holes- very carefully. After reaming a few holes, sanding a few parts, the wagon was finally assembled as these pictures show.

I still must paint the undercarriage, tongue and handle, but that is for tomorrow after the glue dries.

 

[bnsf971]

Good evening. It's 72 and mostly clear.

 

[Boris]

Awesome looking layout looks to be well thought out!

Thanks Mike.

 

[Boris]

. I had no idea you were that far along.

Curt: Thank You. I still have a lot to finish. This module is one of the three originals. It helps that I'm feeling much better than a year ago...

 

[migalyto]

Good Evening All from Gulfport MS. First leg of the trip went well. We were 15 minutes late leaving and then had to stop at a Dutch Bros coffee shop for wife's morning fix. Arrived here at 5:00, close to the planned time. We have since had supper. Imagine driving 625 miles to Mississippi for Mexican food! Lunch at a Cajun place in Lafayette LA was excellent. Got to kill some time tomorrow in the morning, as the model railroad museum doesn't open until 1:00. It's only a 2 hour trip to the final destination, so no big deal. We did manage to slip through Baton Rouge before the traffic for tonight's LSU/Army game there, a good thing since traffic there is always tense; merges, splits and generally unruly drivers. Didn't see any accidents all of the way.
Gotta go now, as the bed is calling. See y'all later.

You said lunch was excellent, but how was the Mexican food?

Probably some hobby shops in the area you can check out before the museum opens.

Sure there's something you can find for the layout.

 

[Boris]

It sounds like the row houses need leveled or just let them burn if they catch fire.

In this case there were four row houses involved, 1 owner occupied with elderly / disabled occupants; 1 occupied by renters; and two vacant / abandoned. Need to search all four, to be sure everyone is out. Aggressive, (internal), attack is most effective in these situations. Sounds like they got caught in a flashover, based on news reports.

If the job involved known vacant / abandoned, and / or the structures are known / observed to be structurally questionable, then a defensive, (external), attack is appropriate.

Last thing you want is for the fire to extend beyond the initial involvement.

 

[Boris]

New and old Silverliners stood at storage

Still have my keys and handles for the GE & Budd MUs. Also my Metroliner keys and Metro North M-3 cars. They are in a cabinet somewhere.
At least, I recognized the photos as a familiar place, without reading the captions.

 

[Boris]

Good evening. 56° and partly cloudy with a strong NW wind. Total rainfall Friday and Saturday about 1.5"

Watched the Caps lose to the Habs in OT, 3-2. Phillies won 6-1 and now lead 3 games to 2. Going back to Philly for the last one.

Time for bed. Be safe everyone!

 

[Snowman]

I’ve never seen a Jeep that could pass anything AND a gas station at the same time.

Just
Empty
Every
Pocket

Spot on. Example: Dad had a Grand Waggoneer with a factory AMC V8 dropped in. It has a big engine bay.

I was researching online what the vehicle might be worth if mom divests of it, and found out top-notch restorations can go for 100 K or more.

Author of an article about his own car's restoration spoke of how he dropped in a chevy LS conversion (no idea which one), and saw an improvement of double the torque and three times the mileage.

Then he spoke about the original, and mentioned that the AMC V8 got a whopping 6 1/4 mpg. I thought "no way," but the gas gauge on this jeep was broken, so I ran a careful test, and the guy was right. Six and quarter. And then I saw a great rebuild locally--the gal said they had dropped a Cadillac V8 in there, which was also just great.

We have emissions testing here, and they always try to fail the car if they can, particularly one like this. AMC powered POS. They'll run the tests over and over again, to waste a couple hours of your time, and just to make the point, if nothing else. And they finally succeeded the last time.

Short followup is that even a mechanic well versed in their methods couldn't get it to pass, so now it's a steel brick until I can sell it to a restoration outfit. But more power to 'em if I can. It served well, and I hope it can be saved.

==============

The stealth Cherokee is another matter. I'll keep the secrets held close there, at least for now. I get 400 mpg...or maybe less.

Vrooooooooooooooooooom..

 

[NorthBrit]

I cannot believe how slow it is in the cafe tonight.
I guess it goes along with the project I have been working on for the last 25 years.
We got the Coca Cole wood crate before we moved to Ohio in 1998. The crate is stamped 1975, Chattanooga, Tn.
I found the spoked wood wheels in Amish country just before I was transferred back to Alabama.
Until last week, I could not get the crate and wheels together to start building a wagon.
Monday, I sat down and measured crate and wheels to figure out axle heights and clearances.
It took three days to re-glue the spokes in 2wheels, paint the wheels and find dowels to make axle pins.
I made the steering tongue out of a 1 x 2 piece of fir and found a small piece for the handle.
I measured and marked, measured and marked, and measured and marked the holes for the axle pins, the front swing axle, and the tongue pivot holes.
Then I drilled the holes- very carefully. After reaming a few holes, sanding a few parts, the wagon was finally assembled as these pictures show.
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I still must paint the undercarriage, tongue and handle, but that is for tomorrow after the glue dries.

I hope Coca-Cola are paying you advertising?