Good evening all,
Had a good practice run Saturday. 3:28.44 for 3.765 MPH average. Pace was a shade under 16 minutes. Came home. Took shower and went to Mass. Watched Indy 11 win 1-0. Went to back room to read MR and Trains and went to sleep instead. Still felt good enough today to get some things done. Weather rainy Saturday and cool today. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Wound up spending the better part of the day working on the 3656 cattle car(s) and stockyard. Found the short to the coil; 70 year old wiring is deteriorating. Soldered new wire, but man-o-man getting the thing back together was an exercise in patience. Works good, not great, but I will tweek on it as time goes by. As to the cattle cars themselves, again wiring is deteriorating, and the wire leads to the pick-up shoes all were broken. The eventual goal is to have a string of ARMOUR cattle cars operating.
Get along little doh-gees!
Afternoon folks!
Got some needed extra sleep this morning. 40 when i rolled outta bed this am. Mid-50's today and it is surprisingly sunny!
NASCAR this afternoon, likely another snoozer...will address some workspace projects and cleanup while the race is on.
DJ - so sorry about all the issues you are dealing with lately...
KEV - good progress!
Dennis and Ray - saw that on the news...always amazing what idiots do...we had a guy here - only a very old minor offense in record - tries to outrun a traffic stop, gets trapped, shoots a highway patrolman (luckily he is ok after surgery), holes up for 15 hours in an apartment where he got trapped. Finally got him out after breaching the apt. And you have to wonder why?
Regards, Roy
Hello there,
been kinda busy. Another big fish fry Friday evening. 831 paid. I turned the fryer over to my protégé a little after 5 and went to a Hillclimb club meeting. Test & tune only 3 weeks away. Yesterday had a viewing and funeral for a cousins MIL. Got home mid afternoon and spent a couple of hours doing more contractor prep.
Capped the day off watching the littlest granddaughters for the evening.Mass this morning, followed by French Toast and bacon at home. Then I took a notion to go flea shopping and have dinner before heading home to complete the contractor prep. Gotta undo the electrics. Best get to it. Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Sunny and 33 heading to 40 maybe? Got into the low 20s overnight. Too cold!
Chief, That would of been nice to have, never seen one. My knees and back sure did not like the kneeling and bending putting in those screws. Sore and stiff today.
Taking today off to get ready for more tomorrow.
Best get to it.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Morning. 60 and cloudy. Showers around. Cold front coming through. Highs going back to the 50's. Been 70's for days with lows in the 50's. May hit close to freezing. Greenhouse back full of plants.
Ray and Dennis. You all have a lot of excitement in LA. Always good to see your posts.
Fifey, maple!!!! Bet that is a good one.
Kev, our deck guys had a drill attachment that loads screws. Then you stand up and press down. Drives screws while standing. I'm sure it is $$$.
Have a great week ahead. [tonight is new Pot].
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Mornin' boys. Cool and cloudy today; yesterday in the 70's. Oh well. Had hoped to visit the Maple Fest in Meyersdale today, but it's colder up there with flurries. Probably flip back and forth from O's to NASCAR. Still need to solve my short issue with the 3656 cattle pen.
Nice easy train yesterday, and met another retiree (BCoFD), who volunteers on the Wilmington & Western. He still lives back where past Fifedom was, and it was nice to compare our post-public servant lifestyles.
As for no work today,,,,,,
I lied,,,,Finished the deck top today, 520 screws later. Next will be rails and trim work. Poor old Dewalt impact drill is getting a workout.
London Broils tonight.
Dennis, V8, I missed that car chase on TV. What an idiot. He will probably get probation and a $10 fine. That's life in L.A.
SPMan
Good afternoon all, been coughing my head off for the last couple of days. Can't seem to shake it. Had to skip a fish fry at church last night because of the cough. Was OK today until my son came over. I think talking sets it off.
Going out to eat tonight if I can make it with a friend. My two sons are going to some kind of car race at Irwindale raceway tonight.
Went to my Jazz club last Sunday but I think I mentioned that already.
I have been very inactive on the O gauge railroad front for several months. Weather is warming up a bit now so maybe I can give it another shot in the garage but still having trouble ducking under part of the layout. D. Baker built a couple of lift outs for me but the last one is in a bad place for that. It is where three parts of the layout come together. It would take a major layout rebuilding to accomplish that. I will try to make do with what I have. Main thing to do now is just keeping the track clean.
Ray
The front hit this morning, temps dropped quickly to 50 and now on the rise a bit as the day progresseS. 30's tonight.
Gotta go pick up the 5th attempt to get my glasses lenses prescription correct. Maybe a haircut on the way back.
Lite rain and 40 this morning.
I guess the below surface ground is still froze as there is ponding in all the back yards. I can't believe that March slipped away so quickly. Also of note to the Yorkies, CTT has moved to a new location in the Orange Hall.
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
Good morning,
From a wet and raining, North Bluff, it did all night. No work today.
Phase 3 on the deck job started yesterday.
My friend, Mark did not get out here till after lunch but we made good progress on the deck re-build.
I got the inside gas valve installed before he got here. Then we replaced the face plate on the deck frame and put the decorative face boards on and about 45% of the top plate boards. The first board up on the house was the hardest. The greenwood deck boards are thicker than the cedar was so it was a real PITA! We went into adult beverage mode at 5:00 and Mark left by 6:00. I slept like a baby.
Best get moving, I need to get another 5# box of deck screws from Menards.
62 and sunny. Beautiful day. Hope all have the same to enjoy.
Very quiet day at work. Ok weather for walk. Watched 2 more Hill Street Blues. I hope everyone has a good day.
fifedog anjdevil - Not sure which was worse, watching dem O's lose, or watching dem O's lose on ESPN...
anjdevil - Not sure which was worse, watching dem O's lose, or watching dem O's lose on ESPN...
Since ESPN is totally unwatchable any more........
Hey Gang!!
End of month means everyone here loses their mind....lol!!!
Got here at 0710 per request of the senior VP, and supposed to stay late. We'll see how that goes.
Off to PHL airport afterwards to pick up my friend, then home.
Did get a little grass done prior to my bad decision to go to drill (which was a total waste of time in my view).
Hope to plant more "grass" tonight and tomorrow morning, maybe get that part done.
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
Good morning all!
Cloudy here and will stay that way for days - Cold front tomorrow - possible rain. 78 for a high today.
Chevy sent me a couple of free tics for the DFW Auto Show going on this weekend - if the son is up for it we might go - parking downtown is expensive and hard to find at the convention center - so may take the light rail - think there is a station at the conv ctr...
Good morning from a cloudy and cool North Bluff Above Marseilles IL..
Cool and no sun but good working weather. Going to try to get some work done on the deck today. Hope to install an inside shut off valve for the LP line to the deck for the grill (never had one inside just one outside) I want both. And maybe get the top plate boards on.
Better get to it.
75 and BEAUTIFUL. Enjoy the day.
Go YANKEES.
Later
Hello there.
Quick post between fish fry prep and frying fish.
Been busy getting ready for contractor next week.
Visit to doc Wednesday resulted in less carbs and more exercise. A1C is on the rise. Didn't buy my story that its from sitting on my butt while recuperating.
Prayers for those in need
TGIF!!
Got home late, debated on going to fire drill, I did a small section of grass, then went to drill. AND that was a waste od time and manpower. Let's have a drill where everyone is involvd, not just a few, huh? Got home at 930 and crashed.
Been a long week, had to get in early, the upper management wanted us in early, so at 0710 I was here, and waited until 0730 to get a scan.....was asked to stay late....ok, well, it is overtime....
After this craziness (it is end of month, after all.....) I'll run over to the PHL airport and pick up a friend and drop her off at her apartment. It's on my way home, so no biggie.
Fife - Sorry about dem Os.....
Off to another scan, looks like it's gathering steam.....
Very quiet day at work. Good weather for walking outside. I hope everyone has a good day.
Phish....On page 50 of the May issue of CTT, they are featuring a layout by Bill Parker of Circleville, Ohio. It is of course filled with B&O and C&O. It is a big layout at 24'x18'. He has also opened up a new section that is 8'x20'.
Beautiful day in the valley. I installed a Craftsman tool system in the garage. As a kid my folks used to have a garage where you could not park a car. It was full of junk. I'm the opposite.
Still working on the new layout plans, but there were so many things I liked with my old layout, i.e., bridges, return loops, and grades I am incoporating those items. This time I want to make room for a highway going under the tracks in a tunnel. The grandsons want a lake on the layout and provided me with the necessary figures.
Rain heading our way.
Boiler up! Hammer down!
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
Nice today, low 60s but cloudy. Temps will drop tonight and rain will come, turning to snow by Saturday night.
No deck work but,,,,Honey Do's
Today' SAR (Some Assembly Required) Wifey is happy!
Cloudy here, breezy, 63 right now, mid-70's later. Cold front Sat and cloudy days predicted for the next 7 days - ugh - had been enjoying the sun!
DonB - glad you mentioned varnish. I was thinking lacquer which I knew was wrong. I think the Lionel transformers were assembled by sliding the iron core laminations together through the windings which is why the core laminations are not varnish dipped to keep them from buzzing. The one ZW buzzing sounded like a giant Lionel Vibrotor motor! Very annoying unlike the gentle buzz many have.
Anj - glad you continue to make progress on the layout!
Phish - too bad about the chickens.
Kev - good deck progress!
Brent - that is great news about the houses, new and old!
Morning. Chilly but warming fast. Resting up this AM.
Have a good one.
Good Evening,So far today has been the highlight for the week, rearranging storage areas in the garage. The majority of the time has been supporting the inlaws. He can no longer get in and out of the car and requires to be lifted, and Kay can't do it alone, so I help. So far this week has been 3 seperate Dr appts, and one extended trip to ER Tues night. That ends up being a 5 or 6 hr ordeal. Both of them have appts tomorrow, so on it goes.Think maybe the weather here is getting with the season. Been really nice the past couple of days.Chief, Glad to hear that you decided on the gas Stihl power head instead of the electric corded one.Roy, When you were talking about the transformers, reminded me of one position I had at EPE Power Systems. Would have to have the Varnish tank (below ground pit) cleaned out, had a crew with jackhammers chipping out the varnish out of the tank. Would take a week!Buckeye, Sounds like Ohio has as many or maybe more train museums as PA.Take care all!
Don
Two boring meetings today partially (barely) spiced with a couple of noteworthy announcements. Otherwise quiet. Moderately good weather for walk. Had nice dinner at Frisch's with the better half. Watched Jane the Virgin. Lots happening there. I hope everyone has a good day.
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