What a haul!
Gary
Sweet.
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I posted what my wife got be in Weekend Photo Fun. She bought me a BLI 6,000 gallon tank car, undecorated.
What is really special, is she got this when we were in Atlanta during the Hurricane Irma evacuation.
She had to convince (tip/bribe) the operator of the hotel airport shuttle to drive her to Riverdale Station. Then she had to talk to the owner, explain to him who I was (not hard, I am 6 foot 7, and weigh 300 pounds), and find out what I wanted that I had not purchased. He remembered I had looked at this tank car. Perfect score! I got something I actually wanted, and she really went out of her way to get it for me.
Merry Christmas!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Can I be adopted, LOL? Seriuosly, nice gifts from your wives!!
Nice! I got a pair of socks...I think the second one broke my jaw.
Wayne
I don't have a photo, but my wife got me a new Sous Vide machine and a new vacuum sealer to go along with it.
Standing rib roast going in tomorrow morning.
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I got about 6" of snow that I have to shovel (and a good book)
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Mine gave me 30 Prieser Holstein cows. And a 3 pack of Accurail GN covered hoppers. She got a remote starter for her SUV.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Sweet. Please tell us if you like the lightning and thunder.
Nice haul indeed. Mine got me a tie.
doctorwayne Nice! I got a pair of socks...I think the second one broke my jaw. Wayne
/rimshot
That looks like the MTH five car heavyweight set there, Gary.
I just ordered the PRR set because it has the Queen Mary open end observation car. In another thread I was mentioning the MTH cars and how much I like them.
Let us know how you like yours (Milwaukee Road?) and the Rapido RDC
Top quality stuff there! What's in the BLI Paragon3 box?
My Christmas gift?
Otis_crop by Edmund, on Flickr
Another mouth to feed
Merry Christmas, Ed
Lone Wolf and Santa FeSweet. Please tell us if you like the lightning and thunder.
We did not have thunder snow, but further inland in Maine and in Massachussets they had some
My wife got me several really nice gifts, but the best was a box of cigars. I don't smoke but these will suit me just fine. They are licorice cigars! I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about - the ones with the red candy sprinkles on one end. Most people probably think that they taste horrible, but I'm going to have a hard time not eating the whole box of 24 in one sitting!
I got a really nice travel shirt and several other great gifts, but it's funny how the little things matter most.
Cheers everybody!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
HI gang,
My Wife got me the Model Railroader Apron amd cap and a couple of videos of the Western Pacific. My son had met a fellow who had a bunch of HO stuff and he bought it for me. in this collection is 7 pieces of rolling stock three locomotives, one of them a little 040 switcher and an F7a and a geep. they need some work but I should be able to save most of them. Then there was also 10 unused 3 ft. lengths of NS track and matching amount of cork road bed.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with Family and Friends, but most of all that you remembered the reason for the season. And that you abided by the slogan "If you drive -- don't drink" and visa versa.
Good luck to you boxing day shoppers. That won't be me..
I used to love those licorise cigars too, but they don't blend well so they can't go down my tube . so Dave, have my share as well as yours.
Night all, will be back soon
Johnboy out.........................till then
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Thanks for all the replies.
Here is how it turns out so far;
MTH Cars - VERY Nice had to take one apart to adjust the brass plates that contact the truck pick-ups because the lighting was intermittent. all others worked fine out of the box. They run great and look really nice behind my Rapido FL9.
The RDC will not clear my tunnel portals but runs great. I’ll be replacing the portals.
Right where you see that FL9 in the above picture the new Atlas Gold series derailed. No other loco did. Turns out the wheels were slightly out of gauge and the track was off level between rails by 1/8 inch. Fixed !
The BLI Paragon 3 2-8-2 runs great and really can pull.
Things I didnt get to yet Like the BLI water tower, Ligthing & Thunder and a Little Sounds Cessna fly by chip and speaker I’ll let you know how they go when I install.
Hi from the UK. My wife got me the pair of Trains 550 piece jigsaws and my friend in Connecticut got me a Naugatuk Railroad T-shirt.
Long Haired DavidA.K.A. David Penningtonmain man on the Sunset and North Eastern R.R.http://www.gmrblog.co.ukfrom the UK
I got a Sprog for programming with the JMRI.
Ken
I got nothing (I am very hard to shop for) but I bought myself a two year subsciption to MR and a few other things.
gdelmoroWhat a haul!
Clearly, you married the right woman.
Aaron
Autonerd gdelmoro What a haul! Clearly, you married the right woman. Aaron
gdelmoro What a haul!
Speaking of marrying the right woman, my Christmas gift won't come until about May of '18, when the woman I'm marrying (in April of '18) has invited me to move into her house. It is really too small for us to not "get on each other's nerves", so we're going to build on to the house for my "man cave", replete with - - - you guessed it - - - a train room! I have been collecting HO scale equipment since 1993, have built several small layouts. but none of them came close to being able to accomodate all that I have collected (and the structures I have built), over the years. I'm excited, not only for our new life together, but for the level of support that she has for my hobby.
Now a new train room beats them all !!
Hooked up the BLI Lightning and Thunder. Some of the components provided are not good but the product works as advertised.
The RCA Cable is too short to reach my Rolling Thunder Sub-Woofer if I want to run it with the other wiring above my head and out of the way. So I had to get a longer one.
The wire provided between the switch and the device is about 10”. Totally useless. I ran new wires so I could reach the controll panel. I plan on replacing the switch too.
The power supply wire is too short to reach my outlets so I need to run an extension.
Looks like BLI Planned for you to place everything vertically in the same location. Inluidoing the on off switch.
The LED Lightning strip wires are too short too so I need to extend them.
Guess it would all be fine for a 4 x 8 layout but not my 10 x 18 and that is not a large layout by any means.
I went shopping for myself theweekend before Christmas as a graduation gift to myself. Finally finished my masters, so I figured I should get a few items to use when I get the switching layout going. Bought a CNW gp590 (Athearn RTR), Atlas 42' Wisconsin Central coil car, Athearn RTR CNW 50' hi cube boxcar, and a DM&E hopper kit from Accurail.
My wife went on her own with gifts for me and bought North American Locomotives. It's a book with a brief summary of many railroads and their iconic locomotives. My parents bought a DM&E book to add to my collection. At 31 years old, I was like a kid opening the gifts.
last mountain & eastern hoggerGood luck to you boxing day shoppers. That won't be me..
In the USA, Boxing Day is the day after Thanksgiving, when you have to fight the other shoppers for the bargains before they are sold out.
gdelmoro Now a new train room beats them all !! Hooked up the BLI Lightning and Thunder. Some of the components provided are not good but the product works as advertised. The RCA Cable is too short to reach my Rolling Thunder Sub-Woofer if I want to run it with the other wiring above my head and out of the way. So I had to get a longer one. The wire provided between the switch and the device is about 10”. Totally useless. I ran new wires so I could reach the controll panel. I plan on replacing the switch too. The power supply wire is too short to reach my outlets so I need to run an extension. Looks like BLI Planned for you to place everything vertically in the same location. Inluidoing the on off switch. The LED Lightning strip wires are too short too so I need to extend them. Guess it would all be fine for a 4 x 8 layout but not my 10 x 18 and that is not a large layout by any means.
Thank you for the review. Having all the wires be too short is very common with ones that are included with electronics. Every time I buy some home electronics that come with wires I throw the wires in the drawer with all of the other new wires that are too short to use and go to the store and buy longer ones.
BLI Water Tower Base
Placing the tower on the layout does not work as expected and identified in the directions. It needs to be raised. BLI recommends cork roadbed but that is way too short. I needed 3/4“ to get the spout to end up in the correct place when lowered.
Nicely detailed tower but shinny plastic so needs to be weathered. There is a water level gauge on the side but it is not up to BLI standards, just a strip of plastic. You’ll need to detail it.
Similar stuff wiith the wiring. Wirks great. Wiring not useable. Again the push button wire is about 18” why bother? The button is cheaply made and the screws on the back strip easily. The power supply (wall wart) chord os too short unless you have an outlet very close to where you install the tower. I’ll replace the large plastic button switch with a momentary on-off push button that I can install on my control panel And run a 20’ extension cord to the power supply.
Once I get it installed, I’ll post a picture.
Wonder whats up with Imgur, your first image is gone. Like a photobucket thing?
Kids got me a new laptop, now I can hook up JMRI.
Mike.
My You Tube
Lots-o-Christmas goodies being had. Not a gift from my wife, but my son who created this mixed media scene on the lid of a small wooden box, unfortunately the camera didn't capture the interesting depth of the raised rail and ties.
Have a Happy New Years day, regards, Peter
Wife/Santa bought me the BTS 2 stall engine house. I have a week of vacation coming up so I'll be able give it some serious time. She also gave me a walthers gift certificate and another year of model railroader.