2008 and the Coffee Pot is still on and over 3 years. Here we gather as friends with trains. Sweet ice tea too.

[Anonymous]

Evenin' Fellas.

Well been busy in the trainroom and have all of the second level reversing loop supports in! NO MORE CATASTROPHIC FAILURES!!!

Now really need switches to come in and then I can get the ceiling tiles in, carpet padding down, and then wire up the second level reversing loop. Then it is on to the valley of bridges, and the second most important feature of the layout... Susieq River (Susieq Falls doesn't come into play till the mountain is built)... Was thinking Mount Fife has a certain ring to it...

Well I'm off to install a towel hook for you-know-who, then on to bed... see ya in the Mornin'.

[Brutus]

Good luck on the hiring Mitch!  Good luck on the house, Wes!  Prayers for your friend, Sir J - that's a real shame.  Prayers for all of those with colds or illness and their loved ones too.  Doug - I just picked up a new book on ebay, the William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook.  It's not train related, but the guys who wrote it would fit in well here on the 'pot.  Wm is a made-up character, part con-man and part minor poet or sci fi writer.  Can't wait for it to show up.   88, you sure have made a lot of progress!  Don, keep at it, persevere!  Chuck, I paid 2.78 at the pump tonight.  I wish it was .78 though!

[sir james I]

Hi Brutus  where is Chewy and what did she do to the moon? I can't say this lady is a friend but she is /was in my wifes sunday school class. And the cause is due to the hospital not having a sterile facilty. and again I say many a lawsuit is unwarranted but this teeters  on negligence.

please tell Chewy to put the moon back. bed time is closing in.   S.J.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Wow!!! Chuck, thank you for the great birthday present.  You were more than generous.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened the box and saw K-Line on the package.  Thanks again.  There will not be any trouble getting your OTTS Membership renewed this year!!! (Incidently, some membership renewal are in trouble.)

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes from coast to coast!!! Wow!!!

Roy...I assume you are using a Southern Computer and nothing can understand those types of systems.   BTW, I might be heading to Dallas, TX sometime this spring. 

Kurt...Thanks for the info.  We have several places under consideration; Cedarville, MI, Curtis, MI, Drummed Island, MI, Burt Lake, and Hubbard Lake.  I like Drummed Island because it looks like a fun place to boat and fish. 

Chief....What did you send me for my birthday?  I am still awaiting those engines you promised me from last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and the year before that, too.

Does anyone remember what happened today in 1962 ??? 

 

[dougdagrump]

John Glenn, forgot his military rank, first flight in orbit.

[Brutus]

God speed, John Glenn!  Hey S.J. -- Chewy has been lying around all evening snoozing and burping a lot....  You don't think..?  No, it can't be! 

Need to find some more trivia stuff for class, so TTFN!

[Blueberryhill RR]

Buckeye....Glad you liked the Birthday present. Sorry the box was so big.

In 1962, I was in a foxhole in Germany, freezing my butt off.

Chuck

[CSXect]

Hello one and all,

I am getting buried in seed and nursery catologs for some reason this year all I did is order some black magic elephant ears(kinda like a hosta plant)they are actualy a very dark purple almost black leaves. Vegie wise will be planting some peppers(bell and hungarian) half runner beans yellow squash and grape-tomatoes.

diet goes well so far, cheated a little bit and ate a small bite of pork chop when no one was looking

Brutus found a sams book on game programing learned how to make a c/c++ program for a windows enviroment have yet to read any actual code yet but it is a begining.

it is getting late must go to bed have business to take care of in the morning.

Have not seen the terminator tv series yet.

 

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Reclinerized too long.  Then internet service down.  Called RR.  Everything looks good.  Had reset modem.  Gave me to National Help Desk.  Guy was real polite.  Saked if I had reset router.  No.  Never had to before.  You are lucky.  He was really polite and did not use the word Dummy.  Must have been a Southerner.  Yankees are always rude.  Right Jack? Long day with meetings all day.  Now off to bed.  OH Brent.  Gave the maids at the Mayor's Mansion off so have to fend for myself.  Waffles in the toaster is a quick fix.  Do admitt, I love them from scratch better.  Burg [lab] does too.

Good night all.

[RockIsland52]

Evenin' Fellas.

.............the second most important feature of the layout... Susieq River (Susieq Falls doesn't come into play till the mountain is built)... Was thinking Mount Fife has a certain ring to it...

Well I'm off to install a towel hook for you-know-who, then on to bed... see ya in the Mornin'.

Now that IS smooth, naming points of interest on the lionroar 88 RR after Susieq.  That way she has a vested interest in your construction success.

2 AM:   " Brent, get your butt back to the train room and get those wiring blocks completed!  I won't have my friends looking at anything less than perfection when it has my name on it.  Who cares what the switches cost?  Don't cut any corners."

If you also change the name of the RR, who knows how much latitude you'll get?

Go for it.

Jack 

 

[RockIsland52]

.......He was really polite and did not use the word Dummy.  Must have been a Southerner.  Yankees are always rude.  Right Jack?

The ballplayers aren't rude, but the fans can be, especially in the late innings of a loss. 

Jack 

[kpolak]

Morning!

Feeling grand!

Kurt

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

  13 and cold here today.  Going to get snow tomorrow 3-4 inches?  Hope to go to ALLENTOWN TRAIN SHOW on Sat.?

HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!!!

B GOOD or B GONE.

laz57

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all [wait, I said that earlier this AM].  Up early after being up late.  Woke up with a headache and one nostril running.  Here we go again.  Several at Town Hall sick.  One went home at lunch to stay.  Sick, don't come to work and spread it.  Had planned on sleeping later than Jack as he was up after I went to bed.   Maybe a big bowl of GRITS will work.  Then I can doze in the recliner for a while.  Got to get out and prune grape vines and then finish removing baskets in garden.  All have a great day.  Later 

[Anonymous]

Evenin' Fellas.

.............the second most important feature of the layout... Susieq River (Susieq Falls doesn't come into play till the mountain is built)... Was thinking Mount Fife has a certain ring to it...

Well I'm off to install a towel hook for you-know-who, then on to bed... see ya in the Mornin'.

Now that IS smooth, naming points of interest on the lionroar 88 RR after Susieq.  That way she has a vested interest in your construction success.

2 AM:   " Brent, get your butt back to the train room and get those wiring blocks completed!  I won't have my friends looking at anything less than perfection when it has my name on it.  Who cares what the switches cost?  Don't cut any corners."

If you also change the name of the RR, who knows how much latitude you'll get?

Go for it.

Jack 

Jack,
The name of the RR is 'The Susieq Falls Scenic Railroad'. Fife designed it so he gets a mountain named after him because this is such a large project. Some others will find their names popping up here and there. Thought about 'Buckeye Swamp' but couldn't find any place to put it. (It would be in honor of his famous trip to Alabama) I'm thinking 'Doug Murphy's School for the Gifted' will find its way onto the layout as well, just have to find a figure of a boy pushing on the door with the word 'Pull' on it (kinda like the Far Side cartoon). Then there will be Brutus' Dog Training, Chief's Greenhouse (of course everything inside will be dead and all the grounds outside will be overrun with deer, I'm also thinking Wesleyville for one of the mountain depots, Don Baker's Electric Supply and Antque Furniture, Fullerton Depot may be the other mountain depot as well. Down in the valley I was thinking Chuck's Blueberry Stand would look pretty neat. I have a Krazy Ken's car dealer that will probably be renamed Krazy Jim's Used Cars and Auto Detailing. In town there will be a number of businesses named in horror honor of family members. Oh and the coal mine... well when there is a coal mine there is a coal town, when there is a coal town there are coal miners, where there are coal miners there are certain establishments... I'm thinking Laz's Saloon has a certain ring to it...

----
Mornin' Fellas.

Got 1 inch of snow last night... not even worth breaking out a shovel to clean the driveway so just used a push broom, done in 10 minutes. Tonight through Saturday we get Ice, Freezing Rain, Snow, Sleet, and whatever other wintery precip they can throw at us! So it looks like I won't be at work tomorrow... snow is one thing... ice is a whole different beast! That should give me plenty of time to get the bedroom sanded, walls primed, and still have time to wire up some of the layout! Not sure I want to stop and pickup ceiling tiles again tonight, but I need 3 to tile the second level and that's only about $10.00 at Home Despot... so we'll see.

Was asked yesterday if I have trains... LOL! 'Nope'. Seems the people I work with want to shoot another silent movie (they did one last year and it went over really well for advertising the Information Center) and this time they want to do a 'Damsel in Distress' movie - where the damsel gets tied up on the rails and someone saves her and they need to take some macro shots of trains... so my question would be which one of the following would you use:

4-4-0 General
681
Berkshire
Mikado
Yellowbelly Hudson
Allegheny

I don't have many 4-4-0 era freight cars, so I was leaning toward the 681 with the PW 2400 passenger cars...

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cold and clear 4 degrees. That's cold. Going up to 31 today with the chance of sunshine.

Today is a busy day. I have some errands to run and places to go. No time for trains again. Tomorrow will be train day.  I need to get to a hobby store and buy some scenery items. Trees and bushes. Making several small hills and valleys.

Dining car has arrived and it's time for breakfast. Later.

Y'all have a great Thursday.

Chuck

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It is clear but cold outside in SE Indiana, but more SNOW, sleet, and freezing rain is on the way.  Lovely.  Brent, make sure you save space on your layout for "Mike C.'s Soccer Fields".  I am sure everyone would get a "kick" out of that :-)   I am at work today and feeling some better, but still not a 100%.  I did get a good night's rest.  I had a slight variation on the dining car fare this morning.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Anonymous]

Good morning all,

It is clear but cold outside in SE Indiana, but more SNOW, sleet, and freezing rain is on the way.  Lovely.  Brent, make sure you save space on your layout for "Mike C.'s Soccer Fields".  I am sure everyone would get a "kick" out of that :-)   I am at work today and feeling some better, but still not a 100%.  I did get a good night's rest.  I had a slight variation on the dining car fare this morning.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

We can put them behind Doug Murphy's School... the kids can be shooting at the sidelines and the goals can be empty.

[fifedog]

Well. I'm glad to see that the sun has risen.  I couldn't find a live chicken to sacrifice to appease the moon last night. Boogah-boogaaah.  Sunny & 19 here in the Mid-Atlantic region, with white death forcasted after 2100 hours.

cheapclassics - good going with the train "bug".  I do look forward to having a grand-engineer or two in the future.

88 - I always liked the sound of "Bruceton Mills" (for some unknown reason), which actually exists in Preston Co,WV (just west of Oakland,MD).  I'm honored just the same.

[rtraincollector]

Evenin' Fellas.

.............the second most important feature of the layout... Susieq River (Susieq Falls doesn't come into play till the mountain is built)... Was thinking Mount Fife has a certain ring to it...

Well I'm off to install a towel hook for you-know-who, then on to bed... see ya in the Mornin'.

Now that IS smooth, naming points of interest on the lionroar 88 RR after Susieq.  That way she has a vested interest in your construction success.

2 AM:   " Brent, get your butt back to the train room and get those wiring blocks completed!  I won't have my friends looking at anything less than perfection when it has my name on it.  Who cares what the switches cost?  Don't cut any corners."

If you also change the name of the RR, who knows how much latitude you'll get?

Go for it.

Jack 

Jack,
The name of the RR is 'The Susieq Falls Scenic Railroad'. Fife designed it so he gets a mountain named after him because this is such a large project. Some others will find their names popping up here and there. Thought about 'Buckeye Swamp' but couldn't find any place to put it. (It would be in honor of his famous trip to Alabama) I'm thinking 'Doug Murphy's School for the Gifted' will find its way onto the layout as well, just have to find a figure of a boy pushing on the door with the word 'Pull' on it (kinda like the Far Side cartoon). Then there will be Brutus' Dog Training, Chief's Greenhouse (of course everything inside will be dead and all the grounds outside will be overrun with deer, I'm also thinking Wesleyville for one of the mountain depots, Don Baker's Electric Supply and Antque Furniture, Fullerton Depot may be the other mountain depot as well. Down in the valley I was thinking Chuck's Blueberry Stand would look pretty neat. I have a Krazy Ken's car dealer that will probably be renamed Krazy Jim's Used Cars and Auto Detailing. In town there will be a number of businesses named in horror honor of family members. Oh and the coal mine... well when there is a coal mine there is a coal town, when there is a coal town there are coal miners, where there are coal miners there are certain establishments... I'm thinking Laz's Saloon has a certain ring to it...

----
Mornin' Fellas.

Got 1 inch of snow last night... not even worth breaking out a shovel to clean the driveway so just used a push broom, done in 10 minutes. Tonight through Saturday we get Ice, Freezing Rain, Snow, Sleet, and whatever other wintery precip they can throw at us! So it looks like I won't be at work tomorrow... snow is one thing... ice is a whole different beast! That should give me plenty of time to get the bedroom sanded, walls primed, and still have time to wire up some of the layout! Not sure I want to stop and pickup ceiling tiles again tonight, but I need 3 to tile the second level and that's only about $10.00 at Home Despot... so we'll see.

Was asked yesterday if I have trains... LOL! 'Nope'. Seems the people I work with want to shoot another silent movie (they did one last year and it went over really well for advertising the Information Center) and this time they want to do a 'Damsel in Distress' movie - where the damsel gets tied up on the rails and someone saves her and they need to take some macro shots of trains... so my question would be which one of the following would you use:

4-4-0 General
681
Berkshire
Mikado
Yellowbelly Hudson
Allegheny

I don't have many 4-4-0 era freight cars, so I was leaning toward the 681 with the PW 2400 passenger cars...

 

Brent lionel has an accesory that has a lady lying across the tracks and is saved at last minute as train aproaches.

[sir james I]

GOOD MORNING

Well its 8 to 12 degrees depending which tv station I watch. Sun feels good through the window.

Brent- If I get a vote ,I like your 681/2400 choice, good looking and colorful.

We got our moon back,guess Chewys curse wore off. Not sure what today will bring so I'll just wait and see. Later all.....S.J.

[Wes Whitmore]

Brent,

I like your ideas for attractions on your layout! 

Spent yesterday and today home with Jack.  He's pretty sick.  Has a little bit of ear infection, and possibly bronchiolitis.  He's pretty fussy most of the time.  Not eating or drinking much.  Killer cough.  Tough time breathing.  He's on medication now, and I think it's getting better.

Spent an hour and a half with Time Warner yesterday, trying to get a couple of dissapearing HD channels to come back.  We redid the drop to the house, cleaned up some on the in house distribution, and still no good.  I asked him if he could actually meter the signal, and he finally did. Looks like it's in the box in our yard.  Either the tap, or the underground plant cable, which would be bad.

My internet should become a little more stable as well.

 

[RRCharlie]

Brent;

The town of Wesleyville exists. It is a suburb of Erie, PA on the East of Erie.

Mel Hazen; Jax, FL

[Anonymous]

Brent;

The town of Wesleyville exists. It is a suburb of Erie, PA on the East of Erie.

Mel Hazen; Jax, FL

I know I used to live in Erie!

[cnw1995]

Morning all. Great idea, Brent. I am honored. I love naming things on the layout. Railroads name or number everything. I would run the 4-4-0 with anything behind it. Your movie viewers won't know. Roy, sorry about the laptop. I wish we could hold some of the cos. behind these apps accountable. Brutus, that eclipse sure was cool. Looks like you'll have to try the recipes.

[wrmcclellan]

Jack,
The name of the RR is 'The Susieq Falls Scenic Railroad'. Fife designed it so he gets a mountain named after him because this is such a large project. Some others will find their names popping up here and there. Thought about 'Buckeye Swamp' but couldn't find any place to put it. (It would be in honor of his famous trip to Alabama) I'm thinking 'Doug Murphy's School for the Gifted' will find its way onto the layout as well, just have to find a figure of a boy pushing on the door with the word 'Pull' on it (kinda like the Far Side cartoon). Then there will be Brutus' Dog Training, Chief's Greenhouse (of course everything inside will be dead and all the grounds outside will be overrun with deer, I'm also thinking Wesleyville for one of the mountain depots, Don Baker's Electric Supply and Antque Furniture, Fullerton Depot may be the other mountain depot as well. Down in the valley I was thinking Chuck's Blueberry Stand would look pretty neat. I have a Krazy Ken's car dealer that will probably be renamed Krazy Jim's Used Cars and Auto Detailing. In town there will be a number of businesses named in horror honor of family members. Oh and the coal mine... well when there is a coal mine there is a coal town, when there is a coal town there are coal miners, where there are coal miners there are certain establishments... I'm thinking Laz's Saloon has a certain ring to it...

Brent - I am thinking we can adopt the Lionel Test o' Strength accessory and instead of the little man hitting the weight up the pole - he can use the sledgehammer on a minature PC. We will have to add a smoke unit to it. This will be installed behind a fake storefront called "Roy's Expert PC Repair". I am also thinking you need an interchange track to Fifer's RR.

Raining on and off here. Maybe 45 today? Means up nawth it is real cold!

Wes - hope Jack gets better real soon!

Hope everyone has a great day today.

[Anonymous]

Jack,
The name of the RR is 'The Susieq Falls Scenic Railroad'. Fife designed it so he gets a mountain named after him because this is such a large project. Some others will find their names popping up here and there. Thought about 'Buckeye Swamp' but couldn't find any place to put it. (It would be in honor of his famous trip to Alabama) I'm thinking 'Doug Murphy's School for the Gifted' will find its way onto the layout as well, just have to find a figure of a boy pushing on the door with the word 'Pull' on it (kinda like the Far Side cartoon). Then there will be Brutus' Dog Training, Chief's Greenhouse (of course everything inside will be dead and all the grounds outside will be overrun with deer, I'm also thinking Wesleyville for one of the mountain depots, Don Baker's Electric Supply and Antque Furniture, Fullerton Depot may be the other mountain depot as well. Down in the valley I was thinking Chuck's Blueberry Stand would look pretty neat. I have a Krazy Ken's car dealer that will probably be renamed Krazy Jim's Used Cars and Auto Detailing. In town there will be a number of businesses named in horror honor of family members. Oh and the coal mine... well when there is a coal mine there is a coal town, when there is a coal town there are coal miners, where there are coal miners there are certain establishments... I'm thinking Laz's Saloon has a certain ring to it...

Brent - I am thinking we can adopt the Lionel Test o' Strength accessory and instead of the little man hitting the weight up the pole - he can use the sledgehammer on a minature PC. We will have to add a smoke unit to it. This will be installed behind a fake storefront called "Roy's Expert PC Repair". I am also thinking you need an interchange track to Fifer's RR.

Raining on and off here. Maybe 45 today? Means up nawth it is real cold!

Wes - hope Jack gets better real soon!

Hope everyone has a great day today.

Hey Roy! We can do that! Plus add some flashing lights and stuff, maybe some sound too... have to find someone who is good with electronics to get it all working...

Interchange to Fife's RR... WOW!!!! That would take some doing seeing the lives about 40 miles away! We could quadrouple head a really long consist of coal hoppers... of course right-of-way acquisitions could take years... I'll call The Chief and get him started with negotiations... funding can be provided by The First Bank of Buckeye.

[Anonymous]

Interchange to Fife's RR... WOW!!!! That would take some doing seeing the lives about 40 miles away! We could quadrouple head a really long consist of coal hoppers... of course right-of-way acquisitions could take years... I'll call The Chief and get him started with negotiations... funding can be provided by The First Bank of Buckeye.

When calculating costs it might be economical to do the 40 miles in tubular.  On the other hand the added maintainance of rusty rail might make nickel/silver a wiser initial choise.  Don't forget to factor in a transformer every 1/16th of a mile or so.  Should be fun phasing 640, 1033's together!  Workbenches should be provided every 4 miles along the line for necessary lubing of all motive power and rolling stock.  Smoke units should be turned off since keeping them replenished to avoid burnout would be impractical.  Short of that, should be a piece of cake!

Bruce Webster

[Roger Bielen]

Had a root canal this morning, broke a tooth this past Tuesday, and temp. cap put on.  The tenderness is setting in.  Looks like chocolate pudding for supper.

Started working on roadbed for a loop under the messa and coming out for about 3' under the trestle.  I'll be using a K-Line porter with a few ore cars on this loop.  Got some old GG track that was laying around the store, looks kind of rough but the bits of rust on the center rail came off easy.  The price was right and I don't care what it look like for this loop.

[Brutus]

Morning!

Feeling grand!

Kurt

 

  I'll bet you have 1000 reasons too!