It was ZERO when I woke up this morning.Stay safe, everyone
Fire up a steam engine if you have one. Anything to keep warm!
I guess I'm old enough to remember when negative temps were expected for a couple of days each winter... Sunny and chilly here, all the way up to +11 from -2. I have a PT session late morning, otherwise, it's back to the Lamson main mill roof.
dave
-1 here at 0730. Still snowing here. We're on the eastern portion of Michigan getting lake effect snow blowing in from the pond.
I'll be working on the layout today after spending most of yesterday enjoying the festivities from the Nations Capital ;D.
Stay well all!
To quote Greg, "Morning all."
Tom
Morning, only -22 below this morning and add in the dangerously cold wind chills will drop the temps to between 35 and 40 degrees below zero...good news it will start to warm up tonight...car did start last night !!! Tommy
Good Afternoon All,
Started out here at 46F and drizzling. It's supposed to rain for most of the day into the evening.
I've already spent several hours in the train room today.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Quote from: Rollin on January 21, 2025, 09:07:56 AMIt was ZERO when I woke up this morning... Fire up a steam engine if you have one. Anything to keep warm!
Funny you should say that. We're going down to -2°F tonight, and I just got this ridiculous old thing in today's mail... 45 years after I first saw it advertised in 'Model Railroader' magazine as a penniless teenager. It's been a grail ever since. I decided to treat myself to it just after Canada had its postal strike, since it was (a) being offered by a dealer at a Black Friday discount, and (b) they were offering no-fees long-term layaway on top of that! Well, it finally made it across the St-Lawrence.
Apart from deep tarnish under a heavy coat of lacquer, it's in fine shape. Looks to have been a showcase model all its life. Full backhead detail- the motor's in the tank! Clever design engineering.
It's driven through the bevel gears on the right side, just like the real thing was. Happy to finally have a specimen of it. Only surprise was, it's far larger than I'd expected: 31 feet over the boards. It dwarfs my Flying Zoo 18-ton Climax, whose proportions I'm now questioning, and it makes my little GE electric critters look like they're sitting next to a Union Pacific gas turbine engine.
This one will be going out for custom paint, if the man with the airbrush doesn't die in a fit of blind animal terror at the prospect of taking it on. (He mostly does diesels, and this thing has more exposed moving parts than some railroad pocketwatches.) And then, I intend to fill its cab with Preiser cheerleader and beach-bather figurines and pose it on some micro layout or diorama depicting an Edaville-like excursion railroad. The thing's oil-fired; the ladies might smell of bunker fuel, but at least they won't be covered in coal dust from hand-stoking the boiler.
Quote from: ACL1504 on January 21, 2025, 10:45:26 AMTo quote Greg, "Morning all."
Tom
Oops, I forgot..... :-[
Quote from: Mr. Critter on January 21, 2025, 06:48:41 PMQuote from: Rollin on January 21, 2025, 09:07:56 AMIt was ZERO when I woke up this morning... Fire up a steam engine if you have one. Anything to keep warm!
Funny you should say that. We're going down to -2°F tonight, and I just got this ridiculous old thing in today's mail... 45 years after I first saw it advertised in 'Model Railroader' magazine as a penniless teenager. It's been a grail ever since. I decided to treat myself to it just after Canada had its postal strike, since it was (a) being offered by a dealer at a Black Friday discount, and (b) they were offering no-fees long-term layaway on top of that! Well, it finally made it across the St-Lawrence.
Apart from deep tarnish under a heavy coat of lacquer, it's in fine shape. Looks to have been a showcase model all its life. Full backhead detail- the motor's in the tank! Clever design engineering.
It's driven through the bevel gears on the right side, just like the real thing was. Happy to finally have a specimen of it. Only surprise was, it's far larger than I'd expected: 31 feet over the boards. It dwarfs my Flying Zoo 18-ton Climax, whose proportions I'm now questioning, and it makes my little GE electric critters look like they're sitting next to a Union Pacific gas turbine engine.
This one will be going out for custom paint, if the man with the airbrush doesn't die in a fit of blind animal terror at the prospect of taking it on. (He mostly does diesels, and this thing has more exposed moving parts than some railroad pocketwatches.) And then, I intend to fill its cab with Preiser cheerleader and beach-bather figurines and pose it on some micro layout or diorama depicting an Edaville-like excursion railroad. The thing's oil-fired; the ladies might smell of bunker fuel, but at least they won't be covered in coal dust from hand-stoking the boiler.
That's a great looking early Shay. I'm sure your bikini babes will appreciate it, once it's painted.
dave