Rained hard overnight, but clearing today. Looks like a good boating weekend. We can take the mooring cover off again.
41 Days left before the Halls open at the York Meet. We are really looking forward to this Meet. It will be nice to see Roger Carp again.
Hope you all have a great weekend and can do something with your trains and layouts.
Good morning,
Woke to rain and cool weather on the north bluff. Won’t get above 65 today.Lunch with a friend from the old days at work. No other plans. The cookies yesterday were good. The draw,,,,,not so much. I am convinced the Red Cross blood drives are the training ground for want-to-be Phlebotomists. 911 shall we never forget.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
PTC - Wifey & I got our baaahd-jeeez yesterday in the mail. Hope to meet you at the CTT booth on Friday @ 1300.
Hello there
TGIF
Our York passes came yesterday
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
After getting my monthly scalping, I stopped by the local train shop, and walked out with a MARX 5424 Freight Terminal, for $20. Tried to find a little history on the piece, but all I came up with is first cataloged in 1951. Other than the MARX stamp on the underside, nothing else to designate when made or where.
It's in really good condition, with only a little surface rust on the bottom edges, and very light scuffing. Pretty, when finished cleaning.
fifedog After getting my monthly scalping, I stopped by the local train shop, and walked out with a MARX 5424 Freight Terminal, for $20. Tried to find a little history on the piece, but all I came up with is first cataloged in 1951. Other than the MARX stamp on the underside, nothing else to designate when made or where. It's in really good condition, with only a little surface rust on the bottom edges, and very light scuffing. Pretty, when finished cleaning.
That is a neat one Fife. Check this site.
http://toyconnect.blogspot.com/2011/03/marx-5420-5424-freight-station.html
Afternoon. Been a busy week. Night an day, day and night. Tomorrow is the worse one. Judge the local bar-b-q cooking contest. Pig and chicken bar-b-q. Lots of contestants. Means lots of pig and chicken to taste. Learned the first year, eat only a small amount of each. If you eat a lot at first, you will pay when the last ones come on the plate. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.
Hope all have a great weekend ahead.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good evening all,
Fifedog, the caboose will go with the GN Alco RS-3 I recently bought from a LCCA member. Both of those are to form a train of cheap classic GN rolling stock I acquired over the years. I have 3 9040/6014 style boxcars and 3 9010 style two bay hoppers that had no engine or caboose to go with them. The engine is 1996 and the caboose is early 2000s. Work was good today and the weather was cool and wet. No progress on the addition. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Kev - Yep, that was one of the 10 pages of google I scrolled through. Nothing definitive. Nothing like postwarlionel.com to answer the x's and o's. Thanks anyway. Maybe I'll start a specific thread. Gotta be some Marx"ists" that can recite paragraph and verse...
Fifedog, looking forward to meeting you and your wife at the upocoming York Meet. This Meet has become highlights of our year.
Normally when we go, we are on the hunt for great passenger cars. But this time, the train barns are really chucked full. We will concentrate on vehicles with our usual stop at Jack Pearce's booth. He is lighting a Shell Tanker for us that I am looking forward to adding to our refinery area.
Last night we went to Portland and had a terrific meal at Becky's Diner. On the waterfront area, but off the tourist route. The restaurant was featured on the Food Network or we would have never learned about it.
Hope you all have a great weekend.
fife my marx book says 1952-54, it came with a lot of plastic over size train station toys. Finding one with all the extras is rare and pricey. You did get a good deal at 20 bucks.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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sirjames - Thank you so much. Yeah, I couldn't get Mr. Jackson out fast enough. Does your book state where it was manufactured? Girard..? Glendale...?
fifedog Maybe I'll start a specific thread. Gotta be some Marx"ists" that can recite paragraph and verse...
Maybe I'll start a specific thread. Gotta be some Marx"ists" that can recite paragraph and verse...
Good idea Fife. Sounds like SJ's book only had as much as the stuff you already found. Someone has got to know more.
Cool and nice out there this morning. So one dead ash tree is down and cut to size. Now to split it and stack it, then put the trash on the burn pille and then start on the other three.
No fife it doesn't. For an item so popular it had very little info about it.
I got the info from Greenburgs hard cover Marx book Vol. 2
The Marx price guide doesn't even give the dates built.
Happy Saturday - been a while, work has been beating me up, but looks better this month, as I have no weekends to work this month!!
Prayers to all in need - Brent, Christina, SPRay and the Mrs. and CheapClassics - and any one else I missed...
Fife - sounds like you're serious on the move...LOL!!
I was off yesterday and got a few things done, so I took a ride to Sunset Beach in Cape May, NJ for the flag retirement in honor of 9/11 hero Paul Pasini, FDNY. The weather looked threatening and I packed appropriately. It was a 2 hour ride (yep, I was on the Road Star) to Cape May Court House to meet up with the Red Knights MC (I am a member, made up of active and retired firefighters). 81 bikes showed up. There were also members of the Warriors Watch, Nam Knights and a few others. The flag being flown was from a casket of a military person. Sunset Beach only uses these flags as a tribute to our fallen military. When we got to Sunset Beach, it was beautiful and sunny. God certainly was looking down on us, as the conditions changed so dramatically. It was very nice ceremony.
Afterwards, I headed off to Wildwood (I'll be there Thursday through the weekend), for Roar to the Shore, another bike activity.
Bought a few things, walked the boards for a while then headed home. Long day, got back at 1230 AM. HudsonJohn and DJ will tell you, most of the ride is through the Pine Barrens, which is nothing but...PINES!! Watched out for deer the whole way back.
The GF is coming down later to go to Cranbury's town day. Maybe a movie later....
Up in the 80's today and partly cloudy.
See ya soon!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
A good day today. Recycled some old motor oil, signed up to ref a game next week, swept out the back of the mini-van and put the seats back in. Watched grandson's soccer game, picked up a new Lego building, and got the last Selena Gomez CD for my collection of her works. Came home, mowed the yard, and found more of Lucas' stuff in the attic for him to pick up next week. Going to watch a Mexican League match on Telemundo in the man cave tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning all on the cool side here this am for this area 55 degree's but felt good for my morning sit on the porch. No plans for today probably put a ceiling fan or two up and a little straightening up of garage, storage room, and what's suppose to be my room so I can get some organization back to how I like it. Have to look at it closely and what I would have to do but may take 1/2 the garage for a train layout seeing the truck is 8" to long to fit in it lol. I knew when I bought the place it was going to be close. But it gives me a great work-shop anyway. Not really worried about the truck being in a garage either. Well guess it's time to make some breakfast talk to you all later.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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RT, a friend of mine had a garage too short and built a small extension just enough to accomodate the front bumper of his truck. He just used the space between the inner and outer wall and finished it with thin plywood but it was all the space he needed.
My live in son who is at the Grand Canyon Railway this weekend called me last night and said that he had proposed marriage to his girl friend and she said yes. Wedding won't be until the spring. It's bitter sweet for me. I'm happy for him but we will be losing our last help for my wife and I. I am trying to make contact with a caregiver now whom I interviewed some time ago. Maybe she is on another job? I will get one though one way or the other.
Ray
SPMan
Did very little today. Did go to a soccer game to watch my student play. Weather was good. Her team lost 2-1. I hope everyone has a good day.
Aloha. Looks like a pleasant day. Survived the weekend working all the church services and entertaining some odd relatives. Fife, that's quite a find. I can't believe the size of that frieght terminal.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Sun and 70s
First club meet of the season on Mich Charlie's new layout. You know where to find the video.
S.J.
Good morning all,
Went to the TTOS train meet yesterday and found a part I needed for one of my steam engines. Saw Don B. there and several of my other friends. Took my wife with me and she spent a little time with some of the women we knew. Had lunch on the way hope. It was a good outing. My son returned home from the Grand Canyon last night and he's off to work again this morning. We are like ships passing in the night. Glad to have him home though.
Have a good week.
cnw1995 - It's one of Marx's biggest playsets. They touted it as a trucking terminal at times. Even though it has a big "footprint", it will let me incorporate my collection of Dept 56 horse drawn wagons on the outside (layout edge), and my Lionel Generals on the inside, thus creating forced perspective in the space of a foot and a half. And after you lay down the fastrack, the crews actually have to step up onto the trains from the loading platform, so it's not that gargantuan. What will be gargantuan is the task of loading the structure up with piles of freight. The busier I can make it, the smaller it becomes.
It is a very fine day today on the North Bluff above Marseilles.
Now to find something to do with it.
Fife, do you have a plan for moving your layout when you build the new place?
KRM - In a perfect scenario, the new homeowner would want it. If not, I plan on giving the original portion to my cousin. He has a little one who loves my layout, and is into rail, big time. I will probably save the viaduct portion for a possible future adventure, but everything else will be discarded.
I'm excited about beginning all over again with a new pike, and a new theme.
V8, raining cats and dogs over here this morning with some steet flooding. I love it. Bring it on.
After a winless summer, I was finally a winner tonight as we won 5-2. I played keeper the second half and gave up one goal. To be fair, it must be pointed out we played 11 v 8, but I spent many a game only one of 7 so karma evens out once in a while. "My" soccer girls got pounded 7-0 and the JV lost 2-0, but that was expected. Work went well today and the weather is nice. The gutters are finally on the house. Lucas was released on parole yesterday. He has that for 2 years and then he is done. Basically now he is a free man, though. It has been a long 3 years. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning all hope this day finds all good
Mike hope Lucas has the good lord helping him as this can be a very hard time for him.
No plans for today kinda over did it yesterday so think will take it easy today.
Talk to you all later
Sun and 80s. Gonna spend some of the kids inheritance at the casino today,,,,S.J.
Another nice day on the bluff. Got the SS money today. (thanks to you working folk) and have some running to do so tomorrow I can get out of Dodge for a few days.
Fife, Sounds like a plan, a new home and a new rail line.
Enjoy the day.
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