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Something about a Sunday

General Discussion
#1

There just something about a Sunday as of late that makes me feel railroady. I finally figgered out the basic track plan for v3.0 while sitting in Church. Since then, I’ve either absconded to the Bunker or the Layout shortly after getting home, spending the bulk of the afternoon in worthwhile railroad endeavors, and that manages to carry me through a a whole week. Didn’t get to railroad last Sunday, and it threw my whole week off.

This morning I’m full of ideas and vigor and wanna shoot off in about 6 different directions at once, all of them worthwhile pursuits! What to do…what to do…

#2

You could do it my way and go all 6 directions at once…:expressionless:

#3

Has to do with trying to pay attention to God. Or at least supposed to be trying to pay attention to God:D

#4

<<< I finally figgered out the basic track plan for v3.0 while sitting in Church.>>>

Boring sermon, huh?

#5
John Bouck said:
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Boring sermon, huh?


Yeah, as soon as he got to “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s yard” Bart was off on a tangent, in six directions. :smiley: :smiley:

#6

The Lord works in mysterious ways. I’m able to work through a lot of life’s problems, while doing a simple mundain task of messing with trains. I’m also capable a keeping myself from wanting to strangle an irate boater that has just decided to take his frustrations out on a 16 year old girl that is working in our store. I have found the same peace in single handed sailing or varnishing a toe rail on a boat. If you can allow your mind to open past the tasks of the day, you can see a wonderful World. It also gives you time to plan the task of removing an undesirable malcontent from this Earth and allows you the time to calculate that it really isn’t worth the hassle to contemplate the dirty task of the removal. :wink: As I said, the Lord does work in mysterious ways.

#7
Ric Golding said:
The Lord works in mysterious ways. I'm able to work through a lot of life's problems, while doing a simple mundane task of messing with trains. . . If you can allow your mind to open past the tasks of the day, you can see a wonderful World. . .
Absolutely. Our model trains are generally unconnected with the other aspects of the world and, as such, a wonderful escape that at the same time allows one to straighten out problems--or one's OUTLOOK toward them-- in creative ways.
#8

A word about my most recent logo:

(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k220/blackburn49/logos-RR/FNOR-LG-640175.jpg)

As near as I can tell, I hold the distinction of operating North America’s farthest north outdoor / garden railway. There might be one or two in Anchorage, but it is at a slightly lower altitude (61.2 N) than here in Copper Center (61.97). I am unable to find one at Fairbanks, which would be the logical place where the most northerly outdoor model railroad should be. However, this lack of far-north outdoor railroads is hardly surprising, considering the unusual and potentially very constly construction problems one faces combined with the excessively short operating season. Similarly, I am unaware of any in Canada which come anywhere near as far north as does this one. If anyone has knowledge of an outdoor large-scale model railroad farther north than this one, please take this opportunity to correct me. After all, I sure don’t want my logo or my advertising to be misleading. Secondly, all of the road names in the logo will be represented in my Phase II model over the next two or three years. All of the rolling stock and engines except a BNSF locomotive are already on the site. “ALCANEX” stands for Alaska-Canadian Northern Exposure (Consolidated Railways [GN, NP, CP, MILW, ATSF, BNSF, and AKRR] System).

#9

What?
No White Pass?

jb

#10
John Bouck said:
What? No White Pass?

jb


White Pass is narrow gauge. The Phase III project, which is already well into the planning stages, is narrow gauge, but at this point revolves around the Klondike Mines Railway, a spin-off–in a manner of speaking–of the WPRy.

I do have a WP diesel engine, a modern caboose and several of the WP Bachmann tourist coaches, so it seems likely that at some point the Phase III planning will include provisions for the WPRy.

Phase I: CRNW Railway: standard gauge 1:24 completed 2003
Phase II: ALCANEX-Con: standard gauge 1:29 operational 2006, due for completion 2008
Phase III: KMR: narrow gauge 1:20.3 no tracks on ground yet

#11

The best thing about this Sunday was getting my power back on after about 3 days of running my noisy generator.

#12
Ric Golding said:
The Lord works in mysterious ways. I'm able to work through a lot of life's problems, while doing a simple mundain task of messing with trains. I'm also capable a keeping myself from wanting to strangle an irate boater that has just decided to take his frustrations out on a 16 year old girl that is working in our store. I have found the same peace in single handed sailing or varnishing a toe rail on a boat. If you can allow your mind to open past the tasks of the day, you can see a wonderful World. It also gives you time to plan the task of removing an undesirable malcontent from this Earth and allows you the time to calculate that it really isn't worth the hassle to contemplate the dirty task of the removal. ;-) As I said, the Lord does work in mysterious ways.
You can't even imagine how closely I identify with your comment. Amen, bro!
#13

Richard,
I’m glad you have power back. Aren’t you fortunate that you had a genarator to run during the outage?

Ron,
So are you conceeding that someone is running a garden railroad outside on the other die of the Globe? I would think that you might have the World’s farthest north garden railroad.

Bart,
Don’t you just love how we can hijack your thread?

Dave,
I awake each morning more amazed than I was yesterday.

Sundays are a very special day. Its like a sunrise or a sunset. It all begins a new or completes the cycle and gives strength to get through the coming week.

#14

After 16 years as a Public Saftey Telecommunicator…I’m an expert Multitasker, and find I do it a lot…Even to the point of listening to a sermon and track planning at the same time. Doesn’t hurt that our Pastor is a well educated and extensively traveled individual, not the hollerin and snortin one expects in typical southern churches…

Ric this thread was made to be hijacked…I always find it interesting how a thread wanders and all the common interests we share…

Gee Ron…are there no outdoor ralroaders in Siberia? What about the Eskimos? Didn’t we have a photo of some Coast Guard or NAvy types running trains on the ice next to an icebreaker once? heheheheheh

Well anyways…best laid plans and all that…went down to saw crossties, and the bandsaw blade went dull…So I worked on the Mallet project instead. Hoping to find a sawblade in town so I can do trackwork this afternoon, failing that, I’m gonna clean up The Old Shop and get it ready for rolling stock storage, and the bulk of the week I’m gonna use on finishing up the Bachmann Hopper 1:20 conversions…

#15

“Didn’t we have a photo of some Coast Guard or NAvy types running trains on the ice next to an icebreaker once? heheheheheh”

It was a USCG Breaker, but I think global warming dissolved Ron’s competitor to the farthest north “Permanent” garden railroad.

#16
Ric Golding said:
"Didn't we have a photo of some Coast Guard or NAvy types running trains on the ice next to an icebreaker once? heheheheheh"

It was a USCG Breaker, but I think global warming dissolved Ron’s competitor to the farthest north “Permanent” garden railroad.


I remember that ! That one might be a bit difficult to track down and visit, however. REGIONAL warming IS occurring here which had definitely affected the ice cover on the Arctic Ocean. This does change the dynamics in the far north somewhat, but who knows how long THAT will last?

I understand that on the opposite end of the globe at Antarctica, it is cooling off again.

#17
Ric Golding said:
Ron, So are you conceeding that someone is running a garden railroad outside on the other die of the Globe? I would think that you might have the World's farthest north garden railroad.
I realize that in all likelihood I probably have built the WORLD's farthest north outdoor railroad, but I prefer the somewhat more modest claim, at least for now. All of which brings up the question, "what about a Phase IV Trans-Siberian model railroad?"

Do you realize I am now considering ways to add that WPRy just so I don’t have to answer that question again? I have been looking for a way to add #73 to my system, anyway (no I don’t have that one----yet).

No end to it, I guess.

I know I have kind of hijacked this thread, which I notice is somewhat routine over here in LSC, but there is a point to all of this. Once I threw myself into the huge commitment of a massive outdoor model railroad, my perspective toward life definitely changed for the better. For me it is far more than “Something about a Sunday,” but Sunday IS special to me much in the way it has been described by others here.

#18

Hjacking a thread just makes ya one of the gang here Ron…its not unusal to haveto follow an idea through 3-4differnt threads to get to the outcome…yer welcome…

#19

“Something about a Sunday” leaves leeway for more than 6 tangents, all of them to be explored!

#20
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
"Something about a Sunday" leaves leeway for more than 6 tangents, all of them to be explored!
Never ever on a Sunday, HJ!