wrmcclellan wrote: dbaker48 wrote: Stopped on the way home and picked up a couple 100 feet of door bell wire. Guess what I'm doing.... Wiring up a doorbell?
dbaker48 wrote: Stopped on the way home and picked up a couple 100 feet of door bell wire. Guess what I'm doing....
Stopped on the way home and picked up a couple 100 feet of door bell wire. Guess what I'm doing....
Wiring up a doorbell?
No, Roy, he is running wire behind the couch to the knick-knack.
dbaker48 wrote: Had to work 1/2 day today, went OK.Stopped on the way home and picked up a couple 100 feet of door bell wire. Guess what I'm doing.... Really enjoying this aspect of the layout build !!! Later... want to get busy.
Had to work 1/2 day today, went OK.
Stopped on the way home and picked up a couple 100 feet of door bell wire. Guess what I'm doing.... Really enjoying this aspect of the layout build !!!
Later... want to get busy.
Stopped by the house to change before heading to dinner... I wonder if they will let me take pictures in the restaurant?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Regards, Roy
Don
Afternoon all!
Fife - welcome back - Dude!
Doug d' G' - In a very small nutshell - Proto 1 is all conventional - IMO was the start of improved sounds and control for toy trains, no speed control so speed is whatever the loco gearing and conventional control units (i.e. Lionel TPCs and Z-4000 conv control with remote capability as you are using) give you. Proto 2 (more sound improvement) and DCS (digital control system) come together and bring a full suite of remote control sound and train control (speed/cruise control with 2-3 SMPH common, station sounds, selectable chuff rate per driver revolution, smoke control, etc.).
Cloudy and raining on and off here. Not a lot of rain at my house - but a lot of thunder, some rain, and consistent drizzle/light showers since about midnight. Probably less than 3/4 inch at my house. If you believed the weather guys last night - we were all going to float away with 5 inches of rain.
Brent - have a nice dinner
Have a great day all!
Don,
A package came today, gracias senior !
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Mornin' All.....
Still a little pooped from yesterday at the museum, busy, busy !
My R.I. E-6's got quite the work-out yesterday. After a bit of a break-in period they spent the better part of the day running a nice passenger consist around. Ran them with both the TPC and a Z-4000 in conventional but they seemed to run rather slow although I did get really good station announcements with the Cab-1/TPC but not very good with the DCS handheld/Z-4000, guess I didn't quite have the touch for the bell & whistle button routine. Later switched over to DCS and made a world of difference with regard to speed and the station sounds control, for what this set cost it is a definite keeper.
Maybe you guys a little more versed in Proto 1 & 2 can shed some lite on the speed thing. I have a couple of P-1 that in conventional you can either crawl or fly using the Cab-1/TPC or MTH Handheld. But this is my first P-2 diesel loco so I have no experience for comparison, is this normal as far as speed is concerned ?
That storm that came thru here on thursday sure played havoc out in the back country. There was so much snow and ice on the roads, plus howling winds, that they had to close down most of the roads as well as I-8. One of the Indian casinos was turned into an evac center when a couple o' hundred cars were stranded from road closures. There was very measurable amounts of snow in places that had rarely if ever had a snow flurry. I guess you could say we were lucky, lots of rain and hail but no snow on the ground, although it did make for a pretty sunrise yesterday before heading out to the museum.
One other comment on the weather, most of these idiots can't drive in good weather and rain makes it worse but it absolutely Boggles the mind what a nightmare it would have been with snow.
GOOD MORNING ALL
Sunny and 20,going to be nice today for Mich. that is. tomorrow everything is forecast, freezing rain,to sleet, to rain ,to sleet,to snow. did you get all that?
Ah little girls,my daughter and friends would rent scary movies for their sleepovers and of course dear ole dad would sneek in and scare them. What scared them the most is I would always tell them I walked around the house in the nude no matter who was here.
There's a big train show today about 40 miles away, so not sure if I am going or not.Its over Kurts way. Every one enjoy the weekend, although I'm not sure about our sunday. S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good Morning Folks,
Could not sleep in so i have been up since 5:00, made breakfast, read the paper, straightened up the house, working on computer, etc.
Lots of chores to do and also work for online class. Will have to get things finished so I can watch the Daytona 500 tomorrow.
Going out to dinner with friends tonight, so it should be an enjoyable evening. We get togheter with two other couples that we have known for over 20 years and try to have an evening out the first weekend of the month. Last Friday or the first Friday didn't work due to the Mrs.'s injured foot so it got pushed back to this weekend.
Have a great day.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It's a cold and sunny 17 degrees. Going up to 38 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. We have company coming this afternoon. Will be here for supper. Niece and 4 year old son. He likes trains.
I spent a few hours , yesterday, running trains. Cleaned up the room. All ran good. Worked a little on scenery.
Buckeye...You are up early today. I heard you like to mow the grass at sunrise. Great picture.
Dining car has just arrived. Had an unscheduled stop at Roger's Corners and now we can have breakfast. Then it is off to " points west ".
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
The owner picked up a collection, mostly 1970's and the majority tankcars, from a collector in south GA this week and got back to the store yesterday. He had his cargo van and a 12' trailer packed to the roof. We spent the day unpacking to check the inventory against the list, boxes were prepacked for pick up, and will probably be doing the same today.
The owner is doing a show in Jacksonville next weekend and'll be taking a lot of the stuff with him, a majority of which are tankers, he'll get a nickname as the Tankcar King.
fifedog wrote: Roger Bielen - If you are in Elkridge, you're right next to the east/west neck of the CSX bottle at Relay/St Denis (at the Howard/Baltimore County line). The famous B&O Thomas Viaduct spans the Patapsco just inside the State Park, and the MARC commuter platform at St Denis usually has a gathering of railfans. Everything is just off RTE 1.
Roger Bielen - If you are in Elkridge, you're right next to the east/west neck of the CSX bottle at Relay/St Denis (at the Howard/Baltimore County line). The famous B&O Thomas Viaduct spans the Patapsco just inside the State Park, and the MARC commuter platform at St Denis usually has a gathering of railfans. Everything is just off RTE 1.
Thanks for the info.
Morning from a cold Stockport -5C overnight high of +4C today. High pressure is holding us in a chilly grip, been this way last 7 days and forecasts the same for the next 7.
Beginning to miss Lionel. But I cannot fill my home with a toy train set, much as I would like to! There is a model railway club just down the road, SWMBO suggests that I go and see what the chances are of someone there being on the same wavelength and joining with me in creating a club layout. You never know? There could be an opportunity to expand interest in Lionel over here.
Footy for the morons today, so I will stay at home, going to make Chicken Jalfrezi and fried rice for our main meal, the boss is out shopping with her friend at Ashton outdoor market. It will help to warm her up when she returns.
John Baker
Good morning from beautiful Ohio where the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming. We had two days with school called off this week due to the weather being so nice.
I received word from the Chief, that the cruise has not been the greatest. No grits!
Doug...A tie in academia?
Purchased materials to make my bridge piers. Hope to work on those this weekend.
The dining car is late again today.
See ya later,
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Spent two plus hours in the train room and the dining room tonight. The circuit for level 4 quit a couple months ago so spent time trying to find the problem. When I first wired the ZW and 4 power masters I didn't label the wires and cables so a lot was hit and miss. Thought I had everything OK but circuit 4 still didn't want to work. Took the ZW, command base and 4 power masters out to the dining room, wired everything up and of course it worked fine!!! I guess the problem is between the ZW and the track. Will try to figure that out tomorrow.
Couple of cool nights in Jax. 31 the night before last but back up to the low 70's today. I hope the rest of February and March are no worse than this.
Thoughts and prayers to all with special needs right now. Losing family and friends is never easy and; for some of us not so young, we see more of it every year.
God Bless!
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
Hi guys, in-laws are visiting and severely depleted my cookie supply, might have to forage abroad. Took my little girl to the Father-daughter dance at school and had a good time. There is another one for girlscouts on Sunday - woohoo! Training starts on Tuesday, this time I'm the trainer, so trying to fight off a little anxiety - I'm really sure it will be fine, but I am just have trouble turning it off after running around all week getting stuff ready as some of the folks seem to be in a panic for some reason Hope to sleep good tonight, though
FiL likes toy trains, so hope to run my newest stuff for him while they are visting - I think he'll get a real kick out of the protosounds on my 19th C train esp!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
HI GIZ,
Well went to BARRYs and was going to buy something but he didn't have what I wanted oh well told him to order me one and when he gets it to give me a call. I'll suprise YUZ GIZ? I picked up some 0-72 track in 0-27 gauge. had to fix a section of track that was bugging me. Got r done and ran trains for 2 hrs. NO PILE UPs. Great nite and had fun talking trains down at BARRYs. I spent 2.5 hrs there.
FIFE, yep thought you fell off of earth? Was going to send out the BAT signal?
B good or B gone,
laz57
Evenin' boys. Sorry haven't been around lately, but having a problem with horsies on the 'puter (apparently sneakin' in on emails...hate them chain thingies). Anyway, haven't dropped off the earth. Have been catching up on sleep.
mitchie - thoughts were with you.
Evening gents. I know I said I'd be posting more here but this software and the forum givesme fits on the road. Any who hope everyone is doing OK. Prayers to the folks from IL.
Been running Legacy like crazy. Had my first base disconnect and reload this week. So far since then all is good.
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cnw1995 wrote:Sir James, they're going to a camp at Evart - not sure where that is except it's supposed to be 5-6 hours away - can you believe being on a bus full of Jr. High students for that long - I'll be praying for their leaders - LOL.
Doug,
Our son is going on a church ski trip with the jr & sr. groupto Colorado over Spring break - 16 hours+. No we will not be chaparoning that one - and my daughter will be on a sr. high school trip to NYC - so me and the missus will have the house all to ourselves for the better part of a week - we all know what that means . The perceived scenario has our kids completely grossed out - most excellent!
Brent make sure you buy Lexan not Plexiglass. We use Lexan at work all the time. It is so flexable you can bend it in a break at 90 Deg. Plexiglass will not bend as easy and has a tendancy to get brittle with age. Home Depot sells Lexan.
Jason
B&O = Best & Only
kpolak wrote: lionroar88 wrote:Kurt - Where did you get the plywood you used for the curved corners on the christmas layout? I had some 1/8 stock that I salvaged from the bathroom vanity shipment but it won't bend worth a darn... Did you have to soak it or heat it to get it to bend? I found the 1/8" plywood at Fingerle's Hardware Store. Large local lumber supplier here in Ann Arbor, $20 4'x8' sheet.Didn't have to soak ot or heat it, worked it around by hand, and added brads as I went along. I only had a 2' radius to cover. Are you going with or against the grain? I found it easier to bend if the grain ran in the direction of the bend. Maybe try a hot iron without steam. The moisture might affect the glue holding the plies.Kurt
lionroar88 wrote:Kurt - Where did you get the plywood you used for the curved corners on the christmas layout? I had some 1/8 stock that I salvaged from the bathroom vanity shipment but it won't bend worth a darn... Did you have to soak it or heat it to get it to bend?
I found the 1/8" plywood at Fingerle's Hardware Store. Large local lumber supplier here in Ann Arbor, $20 4'x8' sheet.
Didn't have to soak ot or heat it, worked it around by hand, and added brads as I went along. I only had a 2' radius to cover. Are you going with or against the grain? I found it easier to bend if the grain ran in the direction of the bend. Maybe try a hot iron without steam. The moisture might affect the glue holding the plies.
Kurt
dwiemer wrote: Brent, just a thought, but several manufacturers make a New York Susquehanna and Western boxcar in the "Susie Q" scheme. It might be a nice surprise for the bride. I have several and you can find them from Lionel, Weaver, Atlas, etc.
Brent, just a thought, but several manufacturers make a New York Susquehanna and Western boxcar in the "Susie Q" scheme. It might be a nice surprise for the bride. I have several and you can find them from Lionel, Weaver, Atlas, etc.
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