Good morning from the Central Valley foothills of Coarsegold, it a cool one this morning as of earlier.
Per WW:They say Clear but there's high thin clouds covering the sky wit a few areas that are starting to build up.
It's 59.4 °F - Feels Like 59.4 °F;
Winds are from the NE at 1.1;
The Barometer is at 30.16 in/Hg;
Humidity is at 42%;
I happened to be looking at Lowe's web site and noted that they have a bunch of roof coating/sealants so I'll have to check to see if any of them will work with my Shake roof?
I've been replacing the old plastic sheeting in the aluminum frames that I use for storm windows to help create a dead air space to keep my place warmer. I just remembered that I need to cover up the attic vent on the end of the garage to block
the cold air from going in there and cooling the train room down.
I also happened to notice that Lowe's had a fair selection of reflective sealant roof coatings that I need to check into too see if they will work with my shake roof?
So as soon as I finish the post I will be making more storm windows.
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Good Morning, 59 and very windy up here. I thought it was supposed to really cool off but instead warmed up. Go figure.
Chet, here is another photo for you, from my layout, the burned over area getting healed up by nature:
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can't remember if I posted this one yet.
Say David: That's an interesting scene and one I plan to also have on my layout too.
Thanks for geting the coffee going Terry. Starting off at 27 degrees this morning.
Curt - Nice shot of the turntable.
We need more pictures. Here's one for you Louis.
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Say Chet: That's a great shot alright of the real Loco. I guess served there purpose but that one loco I could never get used to, it always reminds me of a double headed Alligator!
Good Morning, all; pretty foggy here this morning. Here is a shot from my office:
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I wrapped up some small projects last night and started getting stuff together for ebay. Stuff that never gets layout time is going down the road, since I have made some purchases lately I don't want anything collecting dust!!
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The Mantua comes in original box and has the certificate and lifetime guarantee and product registration card, if that means anything.
Too Much Stuff!!!
Say David: It looks like your office is in an old passenger car?
The Mantua Loco does look great but probably too large for my layout but I'll bet it will pull quite a string of cars!
Good morning: 42°, and sunny this morning. Going up near 70° again today. It's been absolutely beautiful the last couple of days.
Curt: Sorry for your loss.
Sherrel: David is right you should get back into it. There are a lot of choices, but the key is picking a scale you can be most happy working with. Lets face it, as we "mature" O scale is easier on the eyes.
David: There is no dual gauge in Jersey. The rail you are referring to is the remnant of the lead to the freight station and public delivery track at Jamesburg. That piece of rail has been there since the '80s. The weeds in the background, hide another track, a run around last used around 1990.
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My quarterly visit to the doctor is this morning. Once that's over, I can resume the fall yard work.
Say Joe: In pulling the picture into my photo editing program I lightened it a bit to be able to just make out the right hand rail in amongst the weeds and the tree growing just off the ends of the ties it seems too.
Maybe between you and I Sherrel will get motivated after getting poked with a ballast tamper enough. Actually I move fairly slow myself for that matter.
It's good to know your in HO gauge too as the majority of items available seems to be in HO. I think the whole determining factor is how much do you want to try to put within a somewhat realistic scale distance. For me HO is the right gauge. Not too small yet big enough to see the details with some decent magnification eye glasses.
It's a good thing that I have EENUFF locomotives or I would put in a bid, but I don't think it would work on a 90 foot turntable.
Say Chet: Mantua does have a 2-6-6-2T version of that Loco also. I'm not sure how much distance could be covered with just the small amount of coal that Loco could carry but I guess they could always pull a Low Sided Gondola with extra coal for it to replenish their supply as needed?
63 this morning - looks like clearing sky and forecast to be about 71.
LASM See, That's my problem. Every time I see something I like I want to change scales. Nice little loco.
OK, got to get busy and haul off the remnants of a wooden side fence from my youngest daughters yard. Posts were rotted off at the base and the wind blew over 5 sections .. so will be busy cleaning up and building part of a wooden fence for next couple days.
Curt Bless its little heart! Sorry to hear of the loss of a pet. I still tear up over a couple of my past ones who went before their time.
say JOE The RFD railroad show had a very nice spread on the Pennsy E units Monday. They sure look purdy wh
en they are polished up.
Here is something not seen every day!
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Have a good day, back later! (if anyone cares)
Say Sherrel: That is a somewhat unusual looking Diesel alright. Maybe the way they have the markings on it add to it's odd looking snout?
Walthers sells a kit or pre assembled 130 foot turntable. I built their 90 foot turntable, and it was a pain in the butt.
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Walthers-HO-933-2850-Motorized-130-Turntable-DCC-p/933-2850.htm
This is the pre assembled turntable. I would recommend this one. If I knew that the kit was such a pain, I would have got the pre assembled version.
Here's my 90 footer.
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Say Chet: I like the way you painted the Old Revel Switching house.
Good evening y'all. 55° with dense fog along the Coastal Plain.
Terry: Nice Cabin Car, can't help with the ID, but is enough to make one consider switching from HO to O. Not sure the lettering is right though, but that's a minor point.
Wife and I raked a whole bunch of leaves to the front today, and that's from one tree. There are four more trees in close proximity that have not as yet started to drop their leaves. That means we will be busy for a while yet.
Say Joe: Rather than raking all the leaves how about using a mulching lawn mower to help put back the nutrients in the ground the trees pull out of it to make the leaves?
Hope everyone has a good day.