montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Good morning. 36 degrees to start the day without a cloud in the sky. The coffee is good as normal.
David - The old Silver Streak freight car kits are excellent wood kits. This wood caboose is one of them. They do take a bit of time but they are well worth the effort. I build 2 of them. I think I may have a couple of them still in the box unbuilt rat holed away somewhere.
I have a few Silver Streak box cars somewhere around the layout also.
Willie - Excellent photos. That's some really nice work. Well done. The wood burner you have sounds like what we used to have. Our upper level of the house is about 1600 sq ft and it easily was able to heat the entire upper level even when the temps were minus 40 degrees. We then went to a pellet stove which was excellent. When we first got it, pellets were around $35 a ton but then prices went up and are now in the $140 a ton range. When we fially got natural gas, we replaced the pellet stove with a gas stove which we both like. No mess at all. Have a thermostat on the wall and it will heat even if we lose power. That was a disadvantage with the pellet stove.
Joe - I can well remember the wonderful aroma of th refineries in Bayone. My wife has a cousin who lives in Airmont, NY, right at the Jersey line and when were were coming up from Florida, we knew we were getting close by the scent.
Karl - I hope IB Ken's op session went well. I was in contact with him a few weeks ago ad he was working hard to get everything ready. I sure would like to see his layout in person.
Sherrel - Glad that you're feeling better. I wish that the people who design vehicles would have to work on them also. A freeze plug behind a motor mount is some great planning.
We're gpoing to take our daughter out tonight for her 42nd birthday. Boy does time fly. 5 of the grand kids are also coming so we figures that Applebees would be a good chioce because of the younger grand kids as they have a decent kids menu.
Think it's time to go down and run some trains for a while.
Here's a rail picture for today.
Later
David - The old Silver Streak freight car kits are excellent wood kits. This wood caboose is one of them. They do take a bit of time but they are well worth the effort. I build 2 of them. I think I may have a couple of them still in the box unbuilt rat holed away somewhere.
I have a few Silver Streak box cars somewhere around the layout also. Willie - Excellent photos. That's some really nice work. Well done. The wood burner you have sounds like what we used to have. Our upper level of the house is about 1600 sq ft and it easily was able to heat the entire upper level even when the temps were minus 40 degrees. We then went to a pellet stove which was excellent. When we first got it, pellets were around $35 a ton but then prices went up and are now in the $140 a ton range. When we fially got natural gas, we replaced the pellet stove with a gas stove which we both like. No mess at all. Have a thermostat on the wall and it will heat even if we lose power. That was a disadvantage with the pellet stove.
Joe - I can well remember the wonderful aroma of th refineries in Bayone. My wife has a cousin who lives in Airmont, NY, right at the Jersey line and when were were coming up from Florida, we knew we were getting close by the scent.
Karl - I hope IB Ken's op session went well. I was in contact with him a few weeks ago ad he was working hard to get everything ready. I sure would like to see his layout in person.
Sherrel - Glad that you're feeling better. I wish that the people who design vehicles would have to work on them also. A freeze plug behind a motor mount is some great planning.
We're gpoing to take our daughter out tonight for her 42nd birthday. Boy does time fly. 5 of the grand kids are also coming so we figures that Applebees would be a good chioce because of the younger grand kids as they have a decent kids menu.
Think it's time to go down and run some trains for a while.
Here's a rail picture for today.
Later
. What was I thinking of? It's been raining here for almost 24 hours but now it's just misting. It was supposed to stop at 6 am. Oh well, better than snow.
