Evenin' boys. Just finished mowing the wildlife sanctuary that was my back yard.
Chief - doesn't Rolesville already have a dinosaur
First car was a '69 Buick Skylark, with the jumbo-humungo chrome bumpers, and the even bigger back seat.
fifedog,
Why shouldn't I pull your finger? Would ya fart?
Give me steam locomotives or give me DEATH!
Berkshire Junction, bringing fourth the cry of the Iron Horse since 1900.
Doug and Laz, I'm with you - I already wish the elections were over and they are still just primaries and not even in MO?! Hang in there guys
Apparently my daughter had nightmares about giant bugs from Son of Godzilla? We've watched it a hundred times, though? Maybe too much banilla before bed?
I'm eyeballin' that about to be released 0-4-0 switcher from Lionel.... Hmmm, that would be a nice little yard engine.... And it has electrocouplers....
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Not much going on here at the moment other than trying to brake in my new glasses everything is so bright now had to wear shades to drive home.
Found something of interest to O gaugers at Biglots they had 1:43 3 packs by newray in Ford, Pontiac,Buick and Chevy for $7.00 also found and came home with a new computer game for $4.00 it is a simulation of the international space station very cool.
Still no work but rummor of a new customer that might provide enough work till the regulars get thier act together
Was up all night lastnight sorting through all my floppy disks tons of pics of trains(toy) and a lot of my departed siamese cat she used to get inside the loop and laydown and watch the train she tried to eat my N scale loco
Howdy All
We had another great day 73, 76 tomorrow,and an 80 coming up. I got clipped today but my grass didn't, so it is next. No trains ran today but I did fuss around in there a bit. no big news but I wanted to say goodnite, 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
Evening Gents... Played with the trains quite a bit. The new Legacy SD40 NS is awesome. The sounds, the control...amazing. Had a lash up of the GP7 and the SD40. The GP was in the middle of the train. Worked most excellent.
Upgraded my friends DCS today as well. No issues there. What a layout he has. Can run very long trains. I'm jealous.
Looks like Barry is still getting better. That is good news!
Trying to update my avatar since 2020
MartyE and Kodi the Husky Dog! ( 3/31/90-9/28/04 ) www.MartyE.com My O Gauge Web Page and Home of Kodiak Junction!
Marty, anything with NS on it is outstanding. Actually I have one and then [with the help of my buddy Laz] I got a CN one. Lashed together, they are outstanding. How about how they creap? Sounds are so great. Love them. In fact, that is the train I played with most of the morning after storing all the others.
Berk, main room is 13 by 13 and back room is 12 by 12 [but walls slant up in back room as it was a walkin closet [I insulated and covered] over the kitchen.
Some older pictures.
One side [right as going in door].
Left side going in door.
Looking from inside at drop down.
Backroom [old picture as it has been improved some]
Big Boy
A "former" person on the forum called it the plywood prairie. I call it the Soundstop [its not plywood] desert prairie. I'm more into running trains than scenery. I love to play trains. Scenery will get there one day. When I start to work, I go fast and non-stop. The guys will tell you I framed, underlayed and tracked this layout in a week. Later, I did some track changes and then pulled the track up and put down 3 layers of Celetex Soundstop. Re-laid the track and had it back running in just a few days.
Great Town Board meeting. Working on Raptor Center and new budget.
Time to hit the sack after popcorn. Good night and God bless.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Sir James -- Right, I'll have Chewy warm it up for you asap - Just don't drink out of her cup again, okay man?
Got my new TCA Quarterly - great magazine!
Doug, hope no bombs were actually found! Coming for over for cookies? I think Kurt fell asleep with the babies...
Hi everyone. Skimed through the post ansd saw alot of good chit chat. Not only do we like trains, but we've driven some cool vehicles. I say Yo to the mom who drove the Model 'T'.
I voted today and now set my sites on the fall elections.
Found out my brothers wife has brest cancer. Those that pray, remember her; Name is Joyce.
Best to all.
cooltech
Mornin' Fellas.Odd day here today. Came to work this morning, then have Dr Appt, then back to work... gonna be a long one! Layout construction has been officially haulted till after my class is complete, this is the last class and they saved the one with the most work for last... oh well.cooltech - prayers for your sister-in-law.My grandfather's first car was a Model 'T'... two family cars I wish I had: 1936 Packard, 1958 Cadillac.Well gotta go buy some coffee since my waitress slept through this morning...
Morning!
Brutus: You got it...How do you think I can get up at 4:30am and still function.
Out with the kids and working on control panel yesterday...Most of the holes are drilled. I received a drill doctor for Christmas last year...Sharpened bits up and drilled thru birch plywood control panel without any splintering! Ordered wrong switches yesterday, ordered right ones today...I hope...Ordered DPDT switches for 182 crane operations...Hope to paint that soon. Train board to come inside today, install and paint soundboard today. SB Prarie here we come!
When we have company we have dessert...and lots of leftovers...you GIZ gotta come help me eat this stuff. Still chocolate cake and cheesecake left over.
Kurt
HI GIZ,
56 and another nice day here. Not to much going on. Peas and kholorobi are coming up in the garden. Got to plant bush beans now. No trains last nite.
CHIEF, glad to here your SD40 CN is running smopth. So is mine. Love all those Legacy engines. Can't wait ti the NS DASH 9 with dummy comes out.
B good or B gone,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a beautiful , sunny 56 degrees. Going up to 76 today, with sunshine. Maybe a rain shower later on.
Today is the drive to Cambridge for groceries. Gas is really high. $3.47 a gallon and still going up. This is causing all other prices to go up too. But, at the moment, no one really is doing anything about it.
No time for trains today. Busy.
Indians finally won another game. 15 to 1. Go Tribe.
Dining car is here and is ready for breakfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the high 70s. It was another "Chief" night for me as I mowed the yard and did weights at the YMCA. No TV. I was tired. Watching a couple of auctions on eBay that end later on tonight. If they go well, I could have one, possibly two more items in my collection. We shall see. Picked up the PT Cruiser after a tuneup. Plugs and wires $198.00. Ouch. The parts were not bad, but the labor is so much due to the small amount of room to work in the engine compartment. I had a busy evening. I slept well. I had English muffins and sausages on the dining car for breakfast this morning. It was a little different. Prayers going out to those who need them. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning All
Sunny and 70s today, got to get gas for mower and trimmer,$3.55 gal.groan. True much less than the UK, but we are not use to it. And there sure won't be any traveling very far from home unless its shared expenses. I had a nice fireside chat with Brutus via email last nite, sure is good to have someone to talk to. the wife and I have been together so long we are all talked out,except when we decide to disagree. Have a safe day and I'll be around later....S.J.
Morning all. Cloudy but sun suppoe to pop out and go to mid 70's. 80's tomrrow. Had planed to go to Kerr Lake tomorrow and spend the night but can't now. Finally getting flat plasma HD TV hooked up. Had it since Feb. and still in box. Rearranging furniture and buying some new for livingroom.
Cooltech, prayers for SIL. Keep us posted.
Brent, still praying your "stuff" works out OK.
Hope all have a great day.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning All !
Fun Day planned, going to go to the club early probably around 2. Want to see about the next "Operating Session" plans. You may recall last session we had 3 trains running in opposite directions at vairous speeds. The passenger train was running 50 mph and had to stop at two stations for a minimum of 5 secs each. The 2 freight trains are running at 20 mph, and 30 mph respectively. Thus forcing the freight trains to yield to the passenger trains. The passenger train had to make 8 circuits, thereby forcing the traffic issue. For the next session I want to try and integrate the switching yard. Requiring each of the freight trains to drop off their consist, and picking up a different one. Of course the cars will have to be resorted. So going to see what I can "invent". Cars sorted by "odd/even" nos? sorted by type? sorted by color? other variable? Anything to cause confusion. Matter of fact I think I will have to create a subversive intent as well. Chris is trying to "out smart" everything by coming up with advanced information to figure it out in advance and prestage to his advantage. hmmmm
Also going to take a small "spy" camera I bought at York, last year. Put it on a car, and maybe add that to the confusion.
So if any of you have time come on down should be fun. Or come in on next Tuesdy and join the Operating System.
Have a great day, and will talk to you all later.
Don
cooltech......prayers for SIL, Joyce. Sometimes the best we can do for our family and friends is to just be there, so don't be a stranger to them. Sorry to hear that your pup is struggling.
Chief.....haven't read anything in the past few days about your recent illness, so I hope all is nearly back to normal. Bad moonshine mixed with bad grits? More important, hope Pam has recovered as well. Someone has to drive the bus. Sorry to hear about Sheriff; it's hard for a grandchild to comprehend mortality. Thanks for the pics, much better angles than the previous ones you posted that I've seen, lots of great goodies. Hope that neighbor has straightened out, but his environment and possible addiction are working against him.....one of these days he might just grab one of those outstretched hands like yours and pull himself out of the quagmire.
John/J&J.....about 3 weeks post op, you must be going stir crazy. Don't get impatient and mess things up. Those medical mechanics DO charge for bring backs and smile all the way to the bank, your bank.
RT.....still pulling for you to get the job. The rest will fall into place one way or the other because you will make it so. When in doubt, rent and commute while selling on the front end as others have suggested. Been there, done that, 1720 miles round trip.
Brutus.....what ever happened to the problem you posted about Chewey's dew claws?
Roy....you must be getting really good at math. My son repeated Freshman year and got a 76% average the second time around. That Summer I pulled out the ultimate parental weapon used on males, promise of a car upon graduation if he pulled a B average the rest of the way. Never saw a gpa under 94% the rest of the way, and the kid learned that quitting/excuses doesn't get it done. Funny how he then approached his nemesis, Math, getting tutors on his own and putting in a lot of extra time. Wife was in the dark about the deal with the devil until son spilled the beans Senior year, was very angry I didn't consult her on the car deal. Whatever works I say.
Jon....touching piece on the Marine who finally succumbed to his injuries suffered in Iraq. A true hero for all who knew him and those who didn't.
John....was biting my tongue over your story about the kid's cell call received during school hours from his father in Iraq. Score one for the kid for taking the heat and for a school administartion for not giving him a pass this once and setting up acceptable procedures for students with similar dilemmas.
Brent.....hope hole drilled in thumb didn't ruin a perfectly good drill bit. Dial in on school and back burner the rest. The rest ain't goin nowhere and will be there patiently waiting for you after you finish your last course.
anjdevil....on the topic of first cars, had a 180,000 mile 1962 Rolls Canhardly, Olds 88 with the neat speedo bar that changed colors with increasing speed. Will trailer to you my first "real" car for much needed r&r, a used !969 350-350 Vette Coupe with the Muncie close ratio 4-spd, factory side exhaust, air, leather, and the 3.55 rear end. Covered and up on blocks in garage, piled up with boxes. No match for your 440s or the Hemi Challenger and Hemi Chargers, but very fast (for the time) just the same. If you had kept them.....
God bless, after you mow your lawns! Except John who hopefully has hired a landscaper to keep his Clarendon Hills neighbors at bay.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good Afternoon. Not feeling well, I'll make it short and hopefully head home to some much needed rest. Cool, prayer for your SIL. My wife works for the *** center here and we see all too much of it. The good news is that if they catch it early enough, most are cured.
Have had a full few days of surgery. I think tomorrow is light, so I hope to relax a little. Bride is having to work all week so I will have to go home and keep the children entertained till she arrives. Perhaps a good train flick is in order.
God Bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
ChiefEagles,
Nice!!!! Thanks for the pics. I'm more into running trains also. How many cars do you think that Big Boy could pull? I wish I had a layout like that.
Idol is pretty good this week. Some good music for a change. I dont' think the right people are losing tonight. We'll see.
Good to e-talk with you too, Sir James and thanks for the info/advice on that locomotive. I have to figure out a few bills/projects, but I really want that engine, LOL.
Well, Doug, I'm glad there was no bomb. Hmmm, what should I suggest that Kelly get you for your birthday? Maybe a gold Trolley with diamond headlights (pin?) -- it would be fair, that's what I told her you were getting her for her birthday
Kurt - I've been there and done that man, that's why I knew! LOL
Storm coming for the camporee - drat!
HELLO ALL
Another nice day in the 70s,we get maybe two more then down we go. It took two hours but the grass is cut and trimmed,looks nice till the summer dry season. too much $$$ to keep it watered though a lot of the neighbors do. I look at the water bill and say green grass is not worth that much to me.I prefer it but not that much. I got banalla and peach, but no cookies, If you like ice cream come on by, maybe Brutus will be here....TTFN S.J.
Hey, let's go over to Kurt's -- grab the icecream and I'll go pick up Doug, I'm sure I can drag him out of his lair for a chance at some great desert and also playing with the 182, right? Go!
Barry seems to be on the mend. Amazing that it was only 5 days ago! Sounds like he'll be OK but keep him in your thoughts. Well Chief here it is...
Sweet ain't she. Started to tear up the corner of the layout to get some more space and scenery time. Off to Denver tomorrow. Have a safe night all.
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