Hey Bob,,,, this is last months thread,
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Hello all
Well the opening and dedication of the new building went well yesterday. Even #135 did her bit and ran well and broke the ribbon.
Everything pretty much out of the trailer now exceot the cleaning stuff. Was hoping to be done w/ that by now but the opening took a lot of my time.
Jim - motorhome has both tanks, will only be using the graywater tanks
Banks - GM called them the Powerglide, there's one in the '65 4dr
Helped Bill bring down his '31 Dodge 4dr sedan to the building for the show on Friday. That was fun. Did have to pull it a ways as the fuel system seems to be blocking up. Since it is down here for a bit I will have a look under it. Bill can't see much when it is dark.
Need to make a list of stuff I need for the plumbing and then head back to the trailer and grab a few more things.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening all,
Quiet day at work as pain two was gone. Got some unpleasant news as our win Tuesday was voided by the league due to an email snafu not sending notices out. That happened Tuesday so why did they wait until Friday to do something about it????? I think I am done with the fall league...... I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello there,
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Work is calming a bit. It took a couple tries but I got a circulation pump to qquit leaking. Feels much better with a bit of heat in the house.
Sposed t rain all day tomorrow so it willbe an inside catch up on sleep day I hope. Last Hillclimb of the season on Sunday
KRM Banks, the corn & bean crop here is great, price, not so much. BTW nice haul on the bay. Since wife retired my train budget is in the hole.
Banks, the corn & bean crop here is great, price, not so much. BTW nice haul on the bay. Since wife retired my train budget is in the hole.
That's something I worry about. Obamacare will probably force me to make a career change instead of retiring completely. I do have enough stuff to build a couple layouts allready. Shouldn't need to buy much.
The 259E and cars came the other day. Better shape than I hoped. It needs a new pickup assembly (saw that in the pictures) I'll try to find one at the Altoona Show next Sunday. If not I'm sure to find one at York.
Phish.........my ElCamino is a Malibu. 307 with a 2 speed Torque Flight or Torque Glide. (can't remember which) I added an Quadrajet intake and carb from a 327 not long after I got it. It was the only vehicle Mrs and I had for several years.
Son's corn is done. Very small crop.
Fife ......bet it's bittersweet demoing the layout. Bet you're gonna mis the grandson after the move.
Struggling to keep my eyes open. Off t join Mrs in bed
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Just checking in. Not much going on today. Had breadfast with my train buddies, lunch with my wife, and dinner by myself. Just laid low today. Chief, bet my sister in Jacksonville got some of that rain.
Ray
SPMan
Phish - Actually took some pics of him exactly where youngest princess (now Auntie "Flexie") was doing scenery years ago. Will make a cool before/after when I get around to it.
Just skimmed through the new CTT. Seems they have nice article on how to smoke and light a dummy. Some of the old guys may remember that I did a thread on “smoking” and “lighting” a MTH NS diesel dummy. Took and posted photos. Gave well written instructions. Showed how to install pickups, switches and etc. Some even commented this should be in the CTT magazine. Guess my politics was not right.
One comment. Lionel and MTH [MTH may now have a command voltage unit] smoke units will burn up at command voltage. Our resident electrical engineer, Bob Nelson, from Austin TX instructed me on how to build a bridge rectifier to reduce the voltage to a safe level.
Oh well.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Morning all!
Another beaut of a day today. Sunny and 78 for a high.
RT - glad you are feeling good enough to keep busy!
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
KRM Chiropractor at 4:20 this afternoon and not a lot else.
Chiropractor at 4:20 this afternoon and not a lot else.
Is that code for something else medicinal?
IT consultant by day, 3rd generation Lionel guy (raising a 3YO 4th generation Lionel Lil' Man) by night in the suburbs of the greatest city in the world - Chicago. Home of the ever-changing Illinois Concretus Ry.
Good Morning from soggy Southern Ohio,
It rained quite a bit yesterday but we needed it. The forecast is calling for more rain tonight.
We lost our JV game last night. We had it tied 8 - 8 until 3 minutes to go in the 4th. A long pass went in for a TD. The boys were running on pure willpower at this point with 9 of the 11 on the field never came out, and the score was taken hard. Some of them let down which led to a fumble and the other team running out the clock. A loss and a lesson, never never stop trying. We get two of our starters, the QB and center back this coming week. We are now 3-3 for the season.
Fife - IT is neat you are making memories as you dismantle the layout. Have you been taking pictures?
RT - Take it slow Bill.
Kev - Like Snap Crackle POP!
May God Bless
Jim
Mornin' boys. Mornin' rt. Rain and 57 in the Mid-Atlantic region. Both Fifemax and I are getting haircuts today. No, not at the same place Roy... Grandson ran trains for the last time, as well as sending out the MTH fire crew out for its last run. Then like the Jolly Green Giant, he walked up on the layout, plucking trees off of Wills Mountain. Got 75% of the track off the layout last night, as well as the last of the buildings. Will carve up scenery today, and start breaking down benchwork this weekend.
Morning all.
No plans for today. may go out to storage room attached to garage and see if I can move a few items around so I can empty a storage shelf. The boxes on it are not that heavy except the Christmas tree on top which my neighbor is going to take down for me when he gets back home. ( his job takes him out of town often) Been separating a lot of stuff here and getting it into boxes to go to the booth the wife has in batesburg/leesville. Mostly trains but other items also. Hope all have a good T.G.I.F. Talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Quiet day at work. Fairly good evening. Boys finally tied a game 0-0. Girls finally won in shoot out over a team they should have easily handled. JV got a win as well. Weather stayed dry. I hope everyone has a good day.
Finally got my new CTT today. Think of the "sorriest" mail system in the world. Then put USPS in Rolesville below that.
Hope all are OK.
Lots of rain but enormous rains south and east of us. All you Army folks that are familiar with Fort Bragg and Marines with Jacksonville, rains galore. Air Force Seymour Johnson, also.
Have a good one. Going to run through my CTT.
Wonder where V8 Is? Slow here, they must be over there.
Hi guys, Chili tonight, Sandra is making the corn muffins now.
Backcracker liked to killed me but I guess that is what it is going to take. Hope he gets it done, INS only will pay for 5 more visits and then that is it for this year. I told him to make a plan. He can't believe how knotted up my arm muscles and neck are. I told him I can!!!
Been cold and damp all day, perfect chili weather.
I hope the engineer of that train was not on his SMART PHONE. I hate those things.
Did the fall check up on the shed HVAC today and we are set to go.
Hope to get night two in with some sleep without drugs. We shall see. I am beat tired.
Later.
Big passenger train crash about 9 am at the classic Hoboken Terminal. Appears train run through the buffer and they claim into the terminal. Video showed a lot of damage at the platforms. If you have not been there it is a beautiful terminal from the golden age of train travel. No injury reports yet. Prayers for those involved.
Beautiful day today. High of 74 and sunny. 80 tomorrow. A good day to go to the State Fair of Texas.
60 heading to 65 with clouds and a chance of rain all day.
Up early, bad sleep but I got through the night without any pills and that is what I am trying to get done. Hope it will get better each day. Not like I can't try to take a nap.
Wanted to make chili and started when I got up to find I don't have chili beans or dark beans, so off to the store.
Bob, hard to get a better engine knock that just a belt.
Good Morning from rainy Southern Ohio,
The rain was welcome relief as it has been pretty dry. Football practice was moved indoors, as much as anything so as to not tear up the field. The boys are executing pretty sharp so we’ll see how they do in tonight’s game. We are down to 13 dressing out. The school we are going to play is much larger than us, but then who isn’t, so it will come down to physical conditioning and will power again.
Have not had a chance to check out the Marx set I just got of Ebay. The tender and caboose is tin litho and will need some tweaking. But the paint is in great shape.
Mike – our Jr High season after tonight has two weeks left. Part will be glad as I’ll get evenings back and part sad as I really enjoy being with the kids and seeing them mature into young men and developing their character, and some are real characters!
Bob – does the motor home have separate gray and black waste tanks? I’ve worked on a bunch of campers but never a motorhome, I’d think they would be a lot alike.
Chief – Congrats on the new life to the kin!
RT – sounds like you are feeling better.
Kev – sounds like you are on the mend too.
Banks – ’70 El Camino!!! Neat I love that bodystyle!
Mornin' boys. Raining and windy in the Mid-Atlantic region. Fifedom looks like heck. Garbage men gonna get a workout today. Hauled some more fragile stuff to WV yesterday, then took middle princess for an interview. Traffic on the beltway was ridiculous, before rush hour. Certainly won't miss it.
Chief
Rainy day at work. Got a lot done. Quiet non-soccer night at home. Congratulations, Chief. I hope everyone has a good day.
Today was another nice day and the usual schedule at work and home. I received the latest CTT digitally a couple of weeks ago but I haven't fully read it yet. Since I will not have a year-round layout while we live in Germany, I am in no hurry to read it.
Good night,
Joe
Cold and wet here on the mountain. Gave a tour for the Federal Correctional Institute staff across from the base camp. Then the AC/Heating guys came up for the fall service. Will meet w/ the basecamp director to go over some of the communications issues. Mechanic will be up later and hopefully I can get a chance to finish cleaning up the shop.
Almost moved out of the trailer. Will finish up tomorrow and clean up the place. Finally got a chance to have a good look at the wastewater plumbing on the motorhome. It's just 2" ABS pipe so I'll prob replace most of it and make it a bit simpler in the process.
Our grand opening for the building is Saturday. After that things should calm down a bit for everybody.
Corvan 'knock' turned out to be just a broken fan belt. Like it when they are that easy. Ordered my first parts from Rock Auto last week. Engine mounts for the Datsun. No one can get them in town.
Will be making a display in the barn of my O-gauge stuff. Have to get some plexiglass to put over the bookshelf.
Chief!
Furnace kicked in over night so must be cold out there. Shows 53 now with a high of 62 for the day. Need to give the furnace the yearly check up and cleaning. Seems a bit early.
A gloomy Blah day. Some rain expected. I want my summer back.
Chief, Congrats to the family.
S.J.
"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
Aloha. It rained just during the time it took to walk from the train station to work and now it is sunny. And me without an umbrella. Thought I appreciated the chance to use my wits to dodge into and through buildings. Nothing else to report this morning Congratulations Chief!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
A beautiful 59 this morning.
Chief - congrats!
Nothing to report this morning.
Morning all. Weather guessers say cloudy and showers. Sun out bright. Oh well. Probably will rain.
Busy day. Got FIL's truck with 4 new "feet". Get it inspected and renew tags. He will be ready to go.
Fifey, good luck. Know there will be some "feelings" about layout. Gives a chance for a new one.
Got a call from Frankie and Lea. Then video. She is telling him [from a blood test] ITS A BOY!!!!.
Have a good one.
Evening all!
Nice cooler day today. To be 59 tonight and 88 tomorrow. Then another cool front Thursday.
RT - good to hear it is going well now you're home.
Banks - sounds like a good deal on the 259.
Evening all. Been a busy day and all. had a home nurse for over two hours. Getting set up for all to happen, plus she changed a banage to whera I have a wound pump hooked to. ( theres like foam rubber she has to pull out and put fresh in there.
Been a long day. We went grocery shopping this evening, seeing it's been about a month since we have.
Been going thru boxes I have recieved over the past 3 weeks of train items I have ordered.
Thats about it all for tonight. Hope all had a good day
Sorry Banks to hear about your pump.
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