Finally got my great uncles horse car to work. Got some bugs to fix, but still...
http://lionelinfo.blogspot.com/2015/11/i-got-my-3356-horse-car-working-finally.html
Hi all,
Just another Monday here. Had a nice run this morning. It was 34 degrees and it felt great. My second trip to the train show yesterday was nice as I was able to browse the vendors more than the day before. Unfortunately, my quest turned up empty and I didn't buy anything. I found two items I had been looking for, but one was part of a set and I don't need the whole set. The other one was a great price, but when I went to pay for it with my credit card the seller said that was his cash price. He had a sign saying he accepted Visa and MC and I was not trying to buy a $3 item. The oddest part was he never told me how much the credit card price was, which led me to believe he didn't do any credit transactions and wanted to avoid all taxes. Oh well, the item isn't rare so I'll find it later. It was still a nice experience as I found a vendor who has plenty of Hornby and French Meccano to sell.
Joe
Good evening all,
Wet here in the Hoosier state. May not have set a record, but I processed a lot of cases today. Still have more to do, but I expected that after basically a 2 week backlog. Watched Supergirl and Jane the Virgin. Interesting episodes on each. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello there
Busy weekend over.
My two young protoge's collected points awards at the Dirt Drag banquet Sat evening
Not sure who's happier.
Sunday Mrs and I had a renewal service at church. Pastor is also a friend of the family. Same age as a couple nieces and nephews on Mrs side. All ran around together growing up. That was followed by open house at home. Guesstimate 60 or 70 pased through.
Still a little cleanup to do but I'm wupped
Thanks for the anniversary wishes
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Lookin good Banks, congrats.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Evening all,
Firewood delivered today. Now I've got to fix the gas starter in the fireplace.
Banks - congrats!
Regards, Roy
Another frosty one here on the North Bluff but plenty of sun.
Rebuilt a BobCat 963 tilt cylinder yesterday for a friend, that was some fun.
No plans for today.
Banks, Nice!
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Aloha. Looks like a nice day if cool. I got on the early train this morning and guess that was a good decision as my 'regular' run had a 'pedestrian incident' and is still out there - bottling up the morning rush. Hope it is resolved by the time i leave tonight. . . JoeD, I am jealous that you found a Hornby / French Meccano vendor!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Rain this morning
Add 2 hours of grocery shopping to that and yuck what a morning.
Advil time.
S.J.
Buckeye Riveter Nice work with the foam. I used some for a backdrop on my layout where plywood would be too heavy. I covered the inside of the garage door with a blue colored foam so it looks like sky. All I need to do is add some clouds. Ray tinplatacis Wetttttttttttt down here. Not cold yet, but it's coming. I might be leaving the floor finally and building a layout, finally have enough track and the like to justify it to my family. Hoping to get started next month, can't wait to see. Anyone had experience building their layouts out of foam (insulation board type)? Bout the only way I could make it light enough for the space I have, is mostly foam construction. I have a little experience with foam. In fact, everything is foam. It is very quiet. Just type into CTT search foam benchwork. There is more out there.
Nice work with the foam. I used some for a backdrop on my layout where plywood would be too heavy. I covered the inside of the garage door with a blue colored foam so it looks like sky. All I need to do is add some clouds.
Ray
tinplatacis Wetttttttttttt down here. Not cold yet, but it's coming. I might be leaving the floor finally and building a layout, finally have enough track and the like to justify it to my family. Hoping to get started next month, can't wait to see. Anyone had experience building their layouts out of foam (insulation board type)? Bout the only way I could make it light enough for the space I have, is mostly foam construction.
Wetttttttttttt down here. Not cold yet, but it's coming. I might be leaving the floor finally and building a layout, finally have enough track and the like to justify it to my family. Hoping to get started next month, can't wait to see. Anyone had experience building their layouts out of foam (insulation board type)? Bout the only way I could make it light enough for the space I have, is mostly foam construction.
I have a little experience with foam.
In fact, everything is foam. It is very quiet.
Just type into CTT search foam benchwork. There is more out there.
SPMan
Banks.....
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Not fun. Any idea as to how insulation foam reacts to high humidity?
Congrats, Banks! Nice pictures as well. Busy day at work. Basically caught up on 2 weeks worth of cases in a day and a half. Watched Flash and Izombie tonight. Izombie was very good. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening,
Kev - saw your note about stainless pipe for the fireplace starter. Will check into it. To get 'er done I will initially replace with the black gas pipe. Thanks.
Been very busy but after this week some things will slow down a bit hopefully. Been goin' at it hard since beginning of Oct. Looking forward to holidays.
Rain tomorrow. Bring it on.
tinplatacis Not fun. Any idea as to how insulation foam reacts to high humidity?
Good morning, 43 heading to 64.
Got to go bleed into a tube then get something to eat and then mattress shop with the wife.
Looks like the Williams Santa Fe Black Bonnet F3 A-B- A Diesel Set will show up tomorrow.
That will work Roy. I just drilled the stainless pipe, put a stainless cap on it and replaced the black iron one with it. Using the same front cast breather section.
And thanks and Happy Veterans Day to those of you who served.
Aloha and Happy Veteran's Day to you; sunny and cold, with a storm overnight and off to points east.
A Veterans Day good morning.
Sun and 50s today, expecting a nasty day tomorrow with high winds.
Happy Veterans Day! Thanks to all those who have served our great country.
I am enjoying the day off by running errands with the wife. I did sneak in a quick nap, but it was only about 30 minutes. We don't have any big plans for the rest of the day.
Doug M. - If you'd like, I can pass you his contact info. He lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and does shows in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. He might even make it out to Illinois but that isn't listed on his upcoming shows.
Buckeye - I forgot to mention that I will attend the upcoming Springfield show. Will you be up and about by then?
Congrats Banks!
Happy Veterans Day! There's a parade of reenactors and veterans in Atticville, Florida today, while the road ran a special rate on tickets for them. Mayor announced plans to erect a statue to the fallen, as well.
Morning all Happy veterans day to my fellow veterans Got up late this am 10am and that is late for me put my flag out as do daily and then went about my morning routeen just behind schedule lol but I'm now caught up time to go get my 3 hairs trimed at Great clips it's free for veterans today. Bought some post train cars today to go behind one of my post war steam engines. so all is good talk to you all later.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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V8, good news on your Honda. My 87 Buick passed the smog inspection with no trouble so I guess I will hang on to it for a while. Like you, I am not going to sell it for next to nothing.
Evening All,
Been awhile, Things doing so so, but nothing I can't handle. Last week I was working on the Dr.s layout, connecting power drops. THEN to my disappointment I noticed 2 track switches I had omitted on the Control Panel!! Aw, crap! And of course they are located in crowded area and can NOT be easily added in. So I have to do it all over again! Certainly did not make me very happy, BUT it has to be done right. (I had posted a couple pictures of the Control Panel a month or so ago.) So start to disassemble it, and in the process it closes and hits me in the head. So no big deal keep on working. The next day boy do I have a BIG headache. And, it gets progressively worse Friday, Saturday & Sunday. So wife insists we go and check it out since ite swelling was very close to my right eye. We go to ER and they do a CT scan on my head and determine that there was not any severe damag, most likely soft tissue and a nerve near the eyebrow. Then Monday/Tuesday no relief swelling grows, eye swollen shut. Back to the ER last night. After 3 Dr's check it out, they come back and inform me I have Shingles! (Shot was scheduled for 12/4, doesn't do me anygood now!) So here I sit with lots of meds and eyedrops thinking of work I could do, but can't see well enough to do it. The Drs are real concerned about the eye to ensure the virus doesn't get in there. So far Opthomologist says eye is very healthy and looks really good. Have a follow up appoint Thurs AM. In the mean time dont have energy to do much, spent all day in the recliner.
BOTTOM LINE --- IF YOU ARE 50+ AND HAVEN'T HAD THE SHOT, GET IT NOW, SOONER THAN LATER!
Also, talked with the Chief today, and Frankie's knee surgery went reall well!
Hope all the other situations out there are doing well! Esp. Ray! Don't be concerned about me, I will get through thistoo, just take a couple of weeks.
So take care All and get that shot!
Don
Hello all
Happy Veterans Day!
(From the fantail of the USS Iowa)
Don - you just don't seem to get a break. Take care
Back in town. Supposed to be fairly cold tonight.
Interestingly enough, for Veterans Day I went thru a bunch of my old uniforms tonight. Been sorting things under the layout as I work on downsizing the storage unit. Decided to donate a bunch of the stuff that was usable. A lot of it I don't fit in anymore anyway. Still use some of the jackets and I'll keep my dress blues for posterity sake:)
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Busy day. Got cruise control on van fixed. Dental checkup (no cavities). Mulched leaves. Got all my train boxes into bigger boxes to keep dust off them. Did some stuff to keep wife happy. Watched Arrow. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!
Cheers to our vets!
Got some sprinkles but no real rain here today. Played fetch the tennis ball with daughters pup in back yard today and did not have to wash her paws to come in.
Don - my doc tried to talk me out of the shingles shot but I got it anyway. He said the jury is out on tHe effectiveness vs the cost. So far he said at this time they only know it's about 50% effective. Get well soon!
A friend got shingles that was enough to convince me. I got the shot.
Mornin' boys. Had the yatchett hauled out for the winter yesterday. It was very breezy, so I gotta get back down to the marina to hank down the laundry. Grandson is coming today, so we might take a trip to Klein's.
dbaker - Are you sure Bakedom isn't located on top of some ancient indian burriel ground...? Get well soon.
Morning all Can't sleep will go back in a few
Don Prayers man you ran from the blanarney stone man you where suppose to touch it for good luck. Hope things turn around for you soon.
I'm kinda agreeing with Fife dog
Hope all doing good this thursday morning one more daytill TGIF.
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