Good Late evening Ballast tampers & spike pounders,
It's now 10:50 Pm, at around 7:20 Pm I decided it was time to do some grocery shopping as I was out of bread and V-8 Tropical Splash I cut with cold water to make thirst quenching drink. So off I go the eleven miles up to Oakhurst and then turn Left on Hwy 49 and within a about a quarter of a mile I turn right and go a little way to the Grocery Discount Store. By the time I decided I'd packed my cart with enough stuff and went check-out counter I had a bill of $139.00. Oh well, at least it will last me for some time and most was good wholesome food.
On the washing machine I managed to find that the cold water hose has a very slight drip to it so I fashioned a long type of trough out of Aluminum flashing to put under it as that's what was getting the floor wet. As far a the belt adjustment that was a piece of cake as it only involved loosing a 9/16" nut and moving the motor & sheave so the belt was reasonably tight as it went around the sheave.
Unfortunately though the washer doesn't want to spin the laundry fairly dry so I have to hand wring it out.
Good morning to all.
Speaking of David Bradley garden tractors .. My father had one of those as well. He lost it, as well as a powered reel lawnmower, when the garage, tool shed, storage shed mysteriously burned down when we were away.
That was unfortunate Sherrel, they were a good little tractor with variable speed just by moving a lever to adjust the diameter of the sheave. A rather interesting design.
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Terry I'm also glad your wife is doing ok, I was wondering about if you suffered any flooding that you mentioned before?
As far as the Post Office error you seem to have them nailed to the wall as it seems all the documentation is there! What can they say but it was their error and they need to compensate you for your loses.
Good Evening gang!
Oh heck David! I almost chocked on my diet Dew when that big blurry pic of Jeffrey popped up, I thought my puter was haunted!!
But I too miss Jeffrey. I sold a undec Varney F3 on ebay recently..part of me wanted to keep it and decorate it for the L&A.
Also installed new driver springs in the 2-8-0 to replace the ones that were smooshed flat. Now the suspension actually works!!
Now to get the rest of the un-needed weight out of the boiler!
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Well, my spousal unit is telling me its time for bed,,,,later gators!
Sorry for the scare seeing Jeffrey, just wanted the newer members to see who the dinner is named after.
As far as the brass loco your working on, it appears that you have more than enough removed at this time. The little bit extra will just give it better traction. It looks like you have 95% of it cleaned out.
David ... That would be something if the old tractor still runs.
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Below are six hopper cars I just weathered over the weekend. Weathering is such a messy job.
It did run as Dad replaced the motor on it as the old motor quit and no-one could get it going again? We used it a while after the old motor was replaced. Then Dad took ill again and passed away the beginning of 1989. That's when I decided I needed a larger tractor to handle the work load more efficiently. Actually we both had been looking at them.
Good evening. 70*F with scattered T-storms in central MD. Here is a pic I snapped on my cell phone as I was climbing into my truck to drive home from work:
How's that for
selective compression? That thunder cloud can't be any more than a mile in diameter, yet it's capable of producing lightning. Wish I could have kept that streetlight fixture out of the upper-right edge of the photo, but this was the only way I could fit the entire cloud in the shot.
Nothing new for me in the mrr realm today, other than I just placed an Amazon order for the
B&O Color Guide to Freight & Passenger Equipment. I figured I better grab myself a copy before it, too, becomes a Collectors Item; I got a slightly-used copy for $33.00.
Say Ken, Sometimes in doing photography various objects enter the shot and there is litle we can do about it if we can't reposition ourselves and it sounds like that was a bit of a touchy situation anyway.
I hope all have a good day today as it now 12:20 Am
