Bummer for the UPS guy I just got off the phone with UPS and they told me he can not call it a night till he has at least attemped to deliever every package on his truck. So they can over load him and he still has to try to deleiver every package. Bummer man. That stinks. I was about to give up till Monday on getting it.
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Well now I get EXCEPTION please see explanation below. "FORWARDED TO THE FACILITY IN THE DESTINATION CITY " excuse me it is in destination city. In other words as I called and asked the driver just said enough for one night and I don't blame him. but at least they should be able to tell you that.
Evening all!
Window and frame stained. Now the house stinks to high heaven. Bride is sick, says she can't smell it. Ran the fireplace to get some of the smell burned off.
Looks like I'm the designated driver tonight...let's see.... where does the key go....Ah H...nope....12v outlet...must be for running the trains.......Oh Wait a minute....Got it! Woo Hooo...Checking for beacons! Sir James I'll be by your place first, with root beer, and you can help me find Charlie, off to Doug's, and Laz, and around to Don's on the left coast. We can buzz by SPman's place so he can see what all the fuss is about.
Kurt
Good Evening Everyone,
Holidays are over at the S.J. household. I put the christmas train away today. And did very little else. Brutus is away tonite so I'm not sure where the Tardis is. If he left it with me, I can't find it. Oh well I have the banilla so if one of youse guys has it pick me up...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Oh good,Kurt has it. I was not sure how to explain that I had lost it.
Hey Kurt, wife made some Chocolate Pecan Pie, y'all stop by with the Tardis and sit a spell. Watch it when Brutus drives that thingy, last time he had it shakin like a bird dog try'in to pass a peach pit!
Well, heading to bed. HOpe they leave me alone tonight. Have some layout work to get to in the morning.
God Bless,dennis
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Hi everyone. Yes its been a few wks. Sorry I'm not always on, but have been doing all the home remodeling, (wifes office), this past month in ernest. Was hoping for a Christmas completion but had to push it to new yrs. Well, all is done except the flooring and that should be a one nighter for me. Then, finish tacking some carpet in music studio and then finally, yes this month... the new train room!!!!!!!
Tomorrow 3 Jan. I'm heading to "The Worlds Greatest Hobby on Tour". It's at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center near King of Prussia Pa. Tons of trains. Anyone intrested ck. wghshow.com
Happy New Year to all.
cooltech
Good Evening all
Just got home from a meeting in Columbus. Sleepy and going to bed.
May God bless and keep all safe, especially those who keep us safe
Jim
Morning all Time to get ready for work talk to you all later have fun
Well, tree is down and layout left. Have to take down Polar Express later on. One of the guys I work with had a son who stepped on his PE tender. Will check it out and see about repairing it.
At least they didn't call me in last night. After a good night's sleep, I think I am ready to tackle some of the main layout upstairs. From what the family has been telling me, we have some help ready to go today. Will report on progress (hopefully), later.
God Blessdennis
HI GYZ,
22 and cool here today to get to38. I worked on the coal fields last nite on layout. Ran my Legacy NS SD40 creeped it along the track. No problems. Then put on the bathtub gondolas all ran great NO PILE ups. Tonight or tomorrow I will put rotary tipple down inside benchwork and try that.
FIFE, Yepper 52! My # in college was 63, was a DT then. RAY LEWIS great player from the molds of BUTKUS, NITCHKEE. FAST and a very hard hitter.
CHIEF, BARRY is breaking up a set for me. I'll see if I can get him to break one up for you. I'll let you know.
BUCKEYE, wat too cool!!!! Do I have to come to ROGERS CORNERS to pick it up or is it at CHUCKs house?
Thank YUZ GYZ on all the BDAY wishes.
Stay FROSTY,
laz57
Good Morning from frosty but getting sunny Southern Ohio,
Busy day ahead. Lunchtime meeting then taking down decorations the Mass this evening. While in town going to local train shop and see if they have some straight fastrack sections. The PE is drawing me to the dark side
Got a question for you; The PE the bride and grandkids got me for Christmas has the whistle in the tender, how does pushing the button on the transformermake the whistle activate?
May God bless
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 22 degrees. Going up to 34 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have a bunch of paperwork to do and some small jobs around the house. Later, a nap.
Dining car was here and we had Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
Sturgeon-Phish Good Morning from frosty but getting sunny Southern Ohio, . While in town going to local train shop and see if they have some straight fastrack sections. The PE is drawing me to the dark side Jim
. While in town going to local train shop and see if they have some straight fastrack sections. The PE is drawing me to the dark side
,
I knew it would happen eventually. You know the next step is tinplate. Welcome to the light.
And Happy New Year,
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Morning all. Cold-ish but sunny. Great driving, Kurt. Talk more to you later. Back from small group at church - after chores, going to help a buddy finish the elevated track on his layout this afternoon. Maybe work a bit on my own too. Boxcar arrived on the exchange track yesterday from Iowa.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning Folks.
Welcome to the dark side Jim Sturgeon-Phish. Northwoods is right, watch out for that tinplate. Once it gets in your blood you have a hard time passing it up. Been watching some on eBay, may have to pull the trigger.
The Mrs. is sick with a cold again. We have been passing it back and forth between us since jsut before Thanksgiving. I've had it twice and and this is her second time too. Haven't got much in the plans due to her not feeling well. Thought about heading over to local train shop just to poke around. Who knows I might find something. Nephew gave me iTunes gift card for Christmas. Thinking about using it to buy the Extreme trains videos. I watched the first one (free) and liked it, but the host is a little over the top. Anybody else on the Pot pay for those? Are they worth it.
Our son did get the new toilet installed and operating properly without Dad's direct assistance. From all reports it is working as it is supposed to.
Well better get going,
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good Morning
Bright sun but in the 20s. I have no special plans for today so I guess Its a wait and see day.
Phish- the whistle and bell button add DC to the track and that activates one or the other depending on the polarity of the DC. In post war engines Lionel used a DC relay to start the whistle motor.
Enjoy your weekend...S.J.
Mornin boys. Sunny & 37 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Already back from my tour with the legalized extortion (aka The Emissions Test). Wifey wants to go shopping, and take down decorations. Fifey wants to finish layout. Place yer bets! Place yer bets!
mitchie - I 'm glad your son's problems are behind him.
sorry, that was bad, I know...
Late-Morning-Greetings~
My 12 yeard old daughter had a sleep over last night, so I was NOT going down to where the computer is! I'm writing from the main air studio of WKOL-FM where I'll be until 2PM.
KOOL night last night: my buddy called. He received the Post War Conventional Classics GG-1 set and Irvington cars. I went over to open it:
Post War style master set box, windowless orange, cream, & blue boxes with "The Lionel Corporation New York-Chicago" printed on them. The boxes have no end flaps to rip, but are instead fastened with velcro. The car and engine boxes have Post War style cardboard liners.
With all the excitement, I forgot to check the ventilators on the nose. I don't know if they're stepped or not. I can tell you that the GG-1 wheels are MagneTraction: no nickle rims.
Jon
Morning All !!
Had the day off yesterday, spent the time on the layout. Actually working on roads for the city, and interconnection points. Did a little rearangements, and things seem to be working in OK. Did get a long planned facility mapped out. "Murphys Auto Sales" New and Used. Will get pictures when its worthy! Hope to have significant progress by Monday.
Not much chance today, going to be on the radio in LA today. Local Computer guru, asked if I would come in and talk about printers, ink, and paper. Ends up being a free infomercial for my company. So a little nervous but will hopefully get thru it. Wife is going with me to the studio! Best news is that it is free, for me.
Then tomorrow looking forward to going to train show in Anahiem, don't plan on buying much but really enjoy looking.
Hope everyone has a great day!!!!
Don
Morning All.
What a week this has been ! Out of three days at the mueum all three were less than stellar events. Two days with fried Atlas switch motors and the third day spent fighting to get the DCS to work. Thought about trying to see if I could reach the S.D. Bay with the handheld in one shot but counted to ten and took a short walk instead. Had two of the 19th century 4-6-0's on the same line, took forever to get them both entered and when it did the system somehow was wanting to run both at the same time from one command. The only thing I can figure is that it was considering them a lash-up. Eventually was able to get them to operate independently, but what a pain.
It was really busy at the museum on thursday and friday, I was surprised by the big crowd on New Year's Day. Figured everybody would be nursing their hangovers and watching the bowl games.
A very belated to Laz, been to pooped to do any entries on the forum.
Brent, saw something on E-Bay you might want to check out, it is a six story commercial building: The SusieQ Hat Company.
Time to refill the mug !
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Morning all,
It's cold, well a little frost on the cars maybe. Wife and kids got back home last night after a week at the MIL's Igot all my drywall done on the kitchen remodel and am finishing the hardwood floor install. Gotta get it ready to sand and coat...I hear the red comets are in and Jon, I may have to get a GG-1 set.....man oh man!
laz 57 BUCKEYE, wat too cool!!!! Do I have to come to ROGERS CORNERS to pick it up or is it at CHUCKs house?
Laz....It is at Chuck's house. It shouldn't be too hard for you to pedel it back to the mountains of PA. Your bear can now be the fireman. You will be the top float for next years July 4th parade.
All the decorations are now put away for another year. The train around the tree has been taken apart and the track placed in a box for next year's loop.
Phish.....packed and ready to go with USPS or UPS.
BTW, we have several new people who seem to be visiting the pot. First of all, , and it is always great to see posters post an avatar. If you have a photo that you would like to use, but it is too big, there are several programs that can reduce the file size. Microsoft Picture Manager is only one of several.
Now off to fix some Mike's Less than Perfect O-72 Switches.
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
Just finished cleaning up after putting all the Christmas stuff away. Still takes a long time even though we only got out about a third of the decorations. Only one tree this year so didn't have to box up the Dept 56 Christmas in the City buildings. Used the few Snow Village items we have because of the Lionel Trains building.
mitchelr Morning Folks. Nephew gave me iTunes gift card for Christmas. Thinking about using it to buy the Extreme trains videos. I watched the first one (free) and liked it, but the host is a little over the top. Anybody else on the Pot pay for those? Are they worth it. Well better get going, Take care, Mitch
Nephew gave me iTunes gift card for Christmas. Thinking about using it to buy the Extreme trains videos. I watched the first one (free) and liked it, but the host is a little over the top. Anybody else on the Pot pay for those? Are they worth it.
If you get the history channel there on it every tuesday night at 10 P.M. you could record them for free except it would have commercials in it lol.
Received a package from CA this afternoon with Mr. Fifedog's boxcar and it looks might fine! I'm glad we were out and about this afternoon as FedEx left it at the end of the driveway looped around the mailbox in a plastic bag in the drizzle, ugg. Our driveway is absolutely clear of ice & snow, what a coward. But it all ended well, hope to have some pics tomorrow for everyone, I got a good chuckle out of the Grits neutralizer WONDERFUL.
Buckeye--nice report on the switch fix, you should send MTH a consulting bill.
So many roads, so little time.
Afternoon all!
Somewhat busy today. Got the outside decorations taken down and packed. Inside ones are tomorrow. Cleaning up the house this afternoon.
Nice post Buckeye on the 072 MTH switch cure!
Have a friends 50th B-Day party to go to tonight. Seems like just years and years ago I turned 50.
Hope everyone has a great evening!
Regards, Roy
Well, tree is taken care of, buildings are upstairs, but I still have to put them all in the boxes. Also put the Polar Express up. Did notice the smoke switch was still on, but I did not run it much at all this year. I turned it off for next year ( hope the element is not burned out).
Picked up "Eagle Eye" at the mart the other day. We may watch that when the kids get to bed. The movie came out the same time as Fireproof, so I was too busy with that. The Fireproof DVD comes out January 27th for those interested. I will be buying a bunch to share with family/friends, etc. The plan in the release was for Valentine's Day. From what I have read, it is still in a few theaters, but they will probably end soon.
Wife asked me what I want for my birthday. I am thinking one of those "20th Century Limited" Diners and perhaps some Model Power figures with lighting effects. I am looking more at scenery these days and waiting for some Legacy items for down the road to pick up.
Well, I have the main camera for both morning and evening services tomorrow. Better get going so we can get these crumb snatchers to bed.
God Bless,Dennis
Good evening All
A day that had a little of this and that but nothing of value, except a nice phone chat with Kurt. Yes we did talk about trains. Granny is watching her Red Wings but I am not into hockey like I am with football. So I guess I will look for a movie. Have a great sunday..S.J.
Good evening all,
It was a cloudy but mild day in SE Indiana. Last night was a long evening as grandson was here until almost 11. Wife gave him bath and had him ready for bed when parents finally showed. They should have stayed overnight and then we would have the grandson in bed at a decent time. Today made up for it as it was an extremely successful day. Went to a Great Train Show at Indy today. Good crowd there and good layouts. Bought the Lionel Fun Factory book and a restored 513 Cattle car. Went to Train Express to get two pieces of odd sized Fasttrack that I needed. Also went to the Speedway Museum to get something there. Very good day except that the heating element on the dryer went out and I had to take the clothes over to dad's to get them dry. Dennis, have seen most of "Facing the Giants" on one of the religious channels here recently. Wife said the "championship" game was held on a field just like our high school's. She said it made it look more authentic. I have to admit the action scenes were done pretty well. Were there any "name" actors in that show? I had toasted home bread and Cap'n Crunch for breakfast on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
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