The pot of coffee is always on [even after 2 years have passed]. Come on in. Sweet ice tea too.

[Anonymous]

Morning gang , looks like floods today. Maybe it will melt all the snow [:D] Laz tryed to put ears on Ralph ,he didnt go for it. Have a good day all.

[spankybird]

Good Morning All,

NE Ohio is cool with light rain, temp at 40 deg. Hey Laz, weatherman says we could have temps of 65 on Wednesday and 70 on Thursday. Maybe spring is coming after all.

We have some great pics on here.

Pick of the Day


all be safe
tom

[FJ and G]

pigseye,

Show us pictures of the ceiling tile when you have it completed. Good they use ceiling tile in Idaho, as in Ohio, I think most of the roofs are still sod

[jonadel]

Buckeye,

Great pic of the Glenwood Springs train station. I was able to sit at that station 3 years ago and watch the Amtrack arrive. We were in town for a wedding and only stayed about 3-4 blocks away at the Hotel Colorado where Teddy Roosevelt had stayed, NEVER stay there in the summer......... no AC and it did not cool down at night. Wonderful rafting trip the morning of the wedding (best part of the day)....... glad my wife doesn't read this forum.

Jon

[jonadel]

Good Morning,

Good to be home after a wonderful 4 days in MPLS/St. Paul helping youngest son do final painting in his new digs. I really enjoy the big city but I REALLY enjoy coming home to the peace and quiet of being able to live in the quiet of the timber and watch a flock of wild turkey's pecking away this morning.

It's a 4 star day here with promises of 72 degrees. Good to be home.

Jon

PS--I did find the Amtrack station in St. Paul............ by accident[:D]

[cnw1995]

Good morning. I saw that commentary Chief and I never watch 60 Min. He was funny. Supposed to 60 today! (40 by end of week though)... Beautiful modeling of Glenwood sta, Roger! I like your photo angles, Chris. Didn't get the new CTT in the mail yet.

My youngest got a ring pop from the Easter bunny with a flashing LED in it - really weird to see his mouth glow red as he licked it. Of course, I confiscated it after he was done to put on top of one of my oil tanks - after washing it of course - I have to figure out how it works after its battery dies.

This is a nice train morning - a fire over the weekend at Deval tower has each train having to stop and be flagged through the interlocking this morning so we were a tad late. But I got to see UPY 1361in our home town yard - all black GP20 with large orange speed-lettering for Rio Grande.

After filling two plastic hoppers with leftover ballast rocks - real rocks - I've noticed my one-engine MPC-era FA can't pull 'em - because they each now weigh about 3 lbs each ;) - so I'll be having fun testing the pulling power of my engines with these hoppers - they are cheap MPC ones with plastic trucks so I'm curious how this super-extra weight will make them behave.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning gang. Just got long call from buddy [fishing buddy] in Houston. He was checking me out due to storms int he area. Miss me so far. He said WC was saying Raleigh. Told him not Raleigh but north, west and south of us. Just rained hard. Not much happening. Will start getting ready for trip to Orlando BPS on Thursday. Doug M, will check out that "thing" for you. If it works, we will chat. All have a great day and God bless all.

[cnw1995]

Thanks, Chief! Glad you are safe. Look forward to hearing from you either way.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Doug. I think I have something your kids might like... a Kline polar bear (coca cola) handcar, I think its on the fritz, I can send it to you to see whats up with it.

--Chris

[ChiefEagles]

Chris, you'd better be on spring break or you are skipping school. [}:)]

[Anonymous]

Cheif,

This is our "spring break" one lousy day...

[cnw1995]

Wow, only one day - I thought our students had it bad - what passes for spring break was last week - we're on quarters instead of semesters so spring courses begin today. Neat, Chris - if you're referring to me ;) email me directly at [e-mail] so I could arrange for postage.

[ChiefEagles]

Doug, test is done. You have mail. Surprised me.

[TurboOne]

Good morning all,

Hope everyone had a blast yesterday. We still have one more week of "EASTER" break, no matter what the district calls it. Going to Sea World today, thank God for passes. Price is something like $45 to get in per person. Yikes.

Saw my brother yesterday, first time in a long time. It was great.

Take care all

Tim

[ChiefEagles]

TTim, have fun. Has the rain stopped? Think you all have had enough. Sun is out here for now. Big rain this AM. Got to get it dry enough to disk garden and get some things planted.

[wrmcclellan]

Morning all!

Spring returns! Bright and sunny and already 69. Supposed to hit 75 today.

Kids home today for Easter break.

Have great day all!
Roy

[Dr. John]

Good afternoon!

Very windy and cool here in Prattville. We survived some rough weather the last two days - 5 inches of rain, hail and dodged a couple of tornadoes. It's good to see the sun shining, but the temperature certainly dropped!

Spring break is over here. My oldest daughter headed back to Birmingham and Samford University. My other two are also back in school. Now waiting for a warm, dry day to get some yard work done!

[laz 57]

Hi GIZ,
TOM yippy we are to get in the 60's too on WED Thur(friday eve) and friday might go and get the clubs out on Thur(friday eve) got to do some yard work tues wed. Heavy rain here all day squish squish could'nt run outside had to work out on treadmill inside and lift today.
SCRATCH my dog Jane ate the ears shortly after the pic. My wife has more insamity in store for our dog in the next few weeks. Stay tuned...............?
Gonna go play with trains now have a good on and lets be safe out there.
laz57

[ChiefEagles]

Laz, loved that picture. I've got one somewhere of the two Peeks [when we had two] and the lab with deer antlers for Christmas. Looks crazy.

[Buckeye Riveter]

It's Dingus Day today! Happy Dingus Day!.

You don't believe me.......well take a look at this web page....
http://www.polamjournal.com/polka/dyngus.html

[1688torpedo]

Hey Laz 57 ! That was a great photo of your dog with the Bunny Ears.I'm surprised Jim Duda didn't think of it first[;)][:)] as he is the Texas Class Clown of this forum[C):-)][:o)][;)] Always can find some humor here and that makes the Coffee pot worthwhile to look at. Take care everyone..............................Keith

[Roger Bielen]

Crazy weather, 3" rain, thunder, tornado watches yesterday, 49 for today's high with a predicted 78 for tomorrow.

[ChiefEagles]

Wife has two "dings" [one on roof and one on hood] from hail that hit her just before she pulled into underground deck this AM. Buddy got his new pickup banged up bad as he was caught in traffic in Raleigh when it hailed. Nothing but rain here [8 miles northeast]. Windy and sprinkling after it was real warm and fair during the middle of the day. Suppose to be fair and up to 80 by Thursday. Just cleaned all of my track upstairs. Had not cleaned it in two months. Did not notice any difference. Rag was black and kept turning it over. Used denatured alcohol. Did service the tow Lionel SD80's and the MTH Dash 8 as they are run the most of all engines. Now for some TV [CSI Miami later] and microwave popcorn. [:D]

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Hello All: Sounds like everyone enjoyed the Easter break,still damp & cold up here supposed to be SUNNY & 50 + by Thursday, let's hope so. I see the post is heading for the Big 5K, Who gets the privledge of that one? It's been a pleasure to be a part of this post for the last few months thanks to all for making me feel welcome. People up here are getting edgywe should be starting the 2-3 month hockey playoff's but that's not happening, the way it's going looks like next year is a write off also, oh well more time for the trains, Everyone have a great week, thanks for the emails Kind Regards Steve

[underworld]

Well spring didn't quite make it on Sunday......got up to about 41 but overcast and very windy. Today was different! Supposed to be 51.....at 58 I quit watching the thermometer!

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Roger, That is one nice looking station model. Excellent job!!!!

Tim

[spankybird]

Good Morning All,

NE Ohio is quite with temp at 40 deg and going into the 50’s today. Come On Spring.

We heard a lot of train traffic this morning before leaving for work. I heard there was a train vrs van fight east of me. Train 1, Van 0. It must have held up train traffic last night.

Pick of the Day


Downtown Spanky’s Cove



Downtown Willoughby

All be safe
tom

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,
Rain again this morning to get to 55 today. Maybe rain will stop?
CHIEF the wife likes to torment my dog? She puts up with her insanity, I just shake my head and say why? If my wife reads your post she'll have antlers for Christmas.
TOM nice pics of layout and downtown, but wheres the old trucks in town?(wink) To bad for the van. Hope none were hurt.
KEITH, I was wondering too why JIMBO didn't have those bunny ears on maybe people would mistake him for a Playboy model? Huba huba.
BUCKEYE is the official DINGUS Capitol of the world in AUSTIN TEXASS?
Happy Dingus Day to all and to all a good day.
laz57

[MartyE]

Good Morning...Off to L.A. later today for some hoops. Hope all are well.