Hobo Jungle

[2railjon]

It's January 3rd - the Quadrantids are upon us!!!!! Anyone else in?

[rogruth]

Quadrantids? As Ricky said to Lucy"Slpain a me".

[AG]

Quadrantis, rocks, meteors, anyway drink a beer before one hit you.
A.

[2railjon]

[The Dirt]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22488764/

[Del Mar]

Penn,

Kind and good of you to honor the memory of your associate.

San

[2railjon]

San, You take care out your way. Looks like some pretty serious weather is gonna hit.

[penncentral8885]

Thanks to you all for the kind words!
I did manage to get his old Bemis work hat that he wore at the plant.
It will hang in the train room in his memory.

[Del Mar]

No meteor showers, but rain worthy of Noah and his ark.

We should be just fine, but I feel sorry for those who were burned out and/or face mudslides and erosion due to the loss of vegetation

My drive/worm gear kits for the garage opener shipped today. Now, in my remaining time off, I have to find replacements for Hardie 311A-75 sprinkler valve/anti-siphon units (in the middle of a rainstorm, no less). The solenoids are cracking and at least one diaphragm is leaking. Apparently, Hardie went tits up, but Irritrol makes a compatible model 311A-75. There are cheaper valves, but I don't want to rebuild the manifold, so the distance between inlet to the anti-siphon and the outlet is critical. Probably get away with with one new valve body and replacement solenoids and diaphragms for the remaining five of them. I think one of our local landscaping joints, Hydroscape, has them, but they prefer to deal with the trades and don't suffer clueless homeowners very well.

Why does it all break at once? What's next? Roof leaks, drywalling, the water heater? I'm ready for it.

San

[2railjon]

Apparently, Hardie went tits up,

San, Would this work as a substitute? It's a Hardie!

Hardie & Co of Glasgow.
http://cgi.ebay.com/RD-Hardie-Bagpipes_ ... dZViewItem

[Del Mar]

So that's what happened. They went from sprinkler valves to bagpipes. Unfortunately, I won't be able to use a bagpipe on the irrigation system.

San

[hev52]

This was Truckee CA at 7:15 am PT this morning. I guess there bracing for the big one. UP has all the flangers and rotaries and what ever else ready to roll over Donner Pass.................................................



I guess your bracing down too San for the big storm. They say it's a monster..........................











hev

[Del Mar]

Nothing too serious here yet, Hev. Santa Barbara and points north are getting walloped.

The Truckee picture tells quite a story. I would not want to be running a rotary through Donner Pass. However, if you want to experience it on MSTS, there are add-ons:





http://www.3dtrainstuff.com/products/usa-branch/donner_pass_ao1.html

San

[Mitch]

Got a Pentrex video of "The Battle for Donner Pass", back in the mid to late 80s when it was SP. Starts out runnin' flangers, then the flanger and lead locomotive derailed, in the meantime, it's droppin' like 6 to 8" per hour. Shows 'em gittin the loco and flanger back on the rails, fixin' the rail where it spread apart, then before long, they gotta break out the rotaries. Damn, I think I'll watch it again, tonight.

[hev52]

I guess Truckee must be gittin' hit cause I can't git the camera I had this morning. So here a link if you want to check out the other cams.............................................


http://www.magnifeye.com/





hev