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

[FJ and G]

Colin,

I hated math as well and my h.s. teachers didn't make it interesting at all (such as doing some real-world problems like bridge construction or something, to show how it relates). I sometimes think that different people learn differently. It's not that you're stupid in a certain subject.

But study hard, and eat your veggies! [:D][:D][:D]

[laz 57]

Hi GIZ,
20 and nice again to get to 47.

BUCKEYE, it took DAVIS trains about 8 weeks to fix train. They told me anywhere from 10-13 weeks so I guess I got on some priority list, maybe because of all my OHIO brothers?

CHIEF, pay raise? No successful GRIT cars came up this way,? You even showed us pics of the leaking one that ate away the wheel.

KEITH your welcome here anytime.

Have a good one.
laz57

[spankybird]

Good Morning All from NE Ohio

where the temp is 36 and going up to 48 with rain falling.

OTTS had a special board meeting last night – Buckeye was in town and he got to see the museum layout first hand. Then he and I made special plans on protecting out southern boarder as we heard that some NC folks are going to try to invade us.

OTTS meeting this Friday [;)] [8D]

Laz – good to hear that you engines are fixed and on the way home.

Steve – looking forward to seeing your pics.

Chief – so are you now making $3.00 per hour [?]

Collin – math is very important in you life. Ever watch the tv program ‘Numbers’ [?]

Pick of the Day


All be safe
tom

[Jumijo]

Congratulations on your pay raise, Chief!

John, I will take some photos of the trees I made this week. Will post soon.

Jim

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Off again today, start midnight shift Thursday night.
I cleaned up the Gilford Station and got it on the layout. Looks great I think. The original instructions stated that if placing the station on a straight with only two straights to place the station on the inside of the track, well I found out why. The station sets very close to the rail. If on the outside the nose of the loco would hit the station as it swung around. As it is the 600 series long passenger cars just do clear but everything must be centered. I may put something on the station to "pad" the corner.
Busy day, donate blood, study, work on a furniture project. Sunny and 40 now.
Later
Jim

[jefelectric]

Good morning all, 41 and rising here with sunshine. Jean has a project planned for me today. Take down the winter scene on the mantle. Spring is on the way. Also hope to get in a little work in the greenhouse.

Jim (jaabat) how about a class in tree construction along with the pictures?

Tom, is that engine really making all that smoke?

Colin, Try to keep in mind that teaching isn't all that easy. When I was in school I thought like you and after I had to try to teach others my trade, I found out I was a terrible teacher, I didn't have the patience.



Morning Project!

[Blueberryhill RR]

[code]Good Morning from Blueberryhill[/code]It's a gloomy 35 degrees now, going up to 53 with a chance
of rain. This weather can cause illness.
Chief got a raise from Roseyville. That's a first. They keep you busy, Chief.
Buckeye...There was a nice place to eat down by the railroad tracks in Berea.
Well, I have a few things to do today, Wish it was SUNNY !!!!!
Y'all have a great day and keep warm.
Chuck

[spankybird]

QUOTE: by John
Tom, is that engine really making all that smoke?

Yep, got to love the MTH for smoke



tom

[dbaker48]

John, Does the mantle project move to a location on your layout? Nice looking mantle.

Congrats on the raise for the chief.

Oh yeah, big news for US, the contractor and architect called yesterday with the plans for our house remodeling done and ready for our review. Won't be able to until next Monday, I have to go to Palm Springs and work a trade show for the rest of the week. Our train room is getting closer.

Today is wifes birthday, dinner tonight, and will take her to the train store on the way home.

Have a great day..... Study hard Colin, this is the most important time of your life, and also enjoy.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning. Out the door to meetings. Hope to get by Miss Edna's today while buy fertilizer in Wendel. [after meetings] Benchwork, trains??? What is that????? Tom, probably less than $3.00 per hour. [:(] Now got new Post Office building problems. The three pigeon holes are full so we need more. [;)] Later and God bless.

[1688torpedo]

Hello All! Chief- With gas prices going up a goat may be handy for some sort of transportation![;)] And,They do not leak oil or smoke.[8D] Congrats on your raise. Colin- Just keep trying hard in school. Soon, You'll be out & working & paying bills,Going to College & You'll wish you were back in school again[;)] Enjoy this time of your life. Take care all.

[cnw1995]

Didn't bring the camera for any shots of the Lego setup, Jim.
Train was half-hour late into Chicago this morning. Metra has those automatic announcements: the reason was 'waiting on other trains' - took advantage of our crawling along to look for things along the RoW. Saw a few old discounted switches, mileage posts, and foundations for old signals, as well as a series of cut down poles in a rural section which may have dated to the telegraph pole days...

[wrmcclellan]

Morning all!

Gil (Steve) good to hear about your biopsy going well.

Very busy lately. And the kids are off next week for Spring Break. Some friends and I are taking the boys skiing next week in CO.

Colin - Math is very important.

The Chief got a RAISE. So if we use our Roseyville MATH;

3 x $0 = $0

This is a very useful formula. It appears it can now be applied to many pension plans for the future. "Number of years of service" times "0" = $0

Have a great one all!
Roy

[FJ and G]

Good one, Roy!

Word problems are good. For example, in Rolesville, if you've got 3 bag of grits, and the rats get in and eat 1/4 of the first bag, 1/8 of the 2nd and 1/32 of the third, how many bags would you have left?

A calculus problem would involve predicting the consumption of the grits by rats over time, with dynamic-type variables thrown in like a prowling cat or snake and dips into the bags by the Chiefie.

(I couldn't answer any of the math questions, but my daughter could. She's chosen math as a major; must be someone far back in the gene pool...)

[wrmcclellan]

Go DOUG - 41 posts from 5 star General!

[mickey4479]

Good morning. We got some beneficial rain yesterday and last night. More on the way this evening and Thursday. Ran a few trains last night. Check you all later.

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It is rainy but warmer in SE Indiana with temps reaching the low 50s today. I got some Elgo bricks from a eBay deal yesterday, but was too tired to build with them. Maybe tonight. Doug, my wife cuts my hair as well. I always tell people when they ask about the hair, "I sleep with my barber, but don't tell my wife!" I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Roger Bielen]

Colin, being good im math has side benifits. Back in H.S. math was one of my better subjects, humanities were my problem. I found that there were always a few of the better looking girls in the class that wanted some after school tutering.[:D][}:)] Same for science.

Chief, with that raise you can now afford to have some pro build your layout.

[cnw1995]

Wow, that close, huh? Well, I don't like to post anything unless I have 'something to say' - that said, I took a walk at lunch today to see how many train stations I could visit in an hour. It's turned out to be a sunny, warm (40s) day here in Chicago. The Van Buren St. station has Metra Electric (former IC) and South Shore trains. It's a dump reachable by a long dark tunnel under Michigan Ave. The wating room has a few skylights punched through into Grant Park, ornate tile floors and columnwork, but water leaks are ruining parts of it. I watched a beat-up outbound Metra Electric whoosh silently into the station. I'd like to ride the South Shore someday out to South Bend. These are getting to be the oldest cars in the entire system. Then I walked over to Dearborn Station - which is an office building with a bank, health club, dentist, realtor, etc. It's actually a lot smaller close-up than it seems with its tall clock tower. The waiting room has a modern skylight featuring flags of all the roads that used to call there - Wabash, Grand Trunk, Ann Arbor among the more obscure roads. There's a stairway up the tower - not exactly roped off so I climbed as high as I could go and peeked out a window looking north up Dearborn Ave. Then I walked over to the 'new' Dearborn station behind the Board of Trade. It's just a few sterile covered platforms and a few idling trains. Next journey: Union Station, and the IC station at Randolph.

[jefelectric]

Good afternoon,

Well got some work done. Cleared the mantle and stowed everything away till next year. Don, I put it up the beginning of Nov. and take it down when my wife becomes insistent enough. Never do it exactly the same, always make a few changes from year to year.

Transplanted some seedlings in the greenhouse and planted sugar pea seeds in the garden. Feels like spring out there.

Mickey, I like that mountain scenery.

Doug, Sounds like you have never been to Union Station. If not you will find the old main building very impressive. It does seem like a waste as it is actually not used for anything. Union Station in Washington has several restaurants in the old main building and shops around the perimeter. Often wondered why they don't do something like that in Chicago.

Going to try a little train work now. I ordered some extra contacts for some of my Lionel cabooses that only have one contact. Hope to stop the lights from flickering so much. I think I will also add a diode to the circuit to cut the light back a little since I now use TMCC most of the time.

[dbaker48]

Doug, Don't forget the camera. Then post each picture individually, that will clock some hits.

[Brutus]

Sure love that mountain - very cool!

Rainy today - had to work downtown, so busy busy busy.

Thanks for the reply Doug - I'd love to see a really big setup like that!

[Roger Bielen]

Here in NE Ga temps. were in the upper 60's this afternoon and expecting 70's tomorrow. I guess its safe to say that spring has reached here. The robins have been back since last week and while walking up to get the mial this afternoon I saw my first butterfy of the year. I guess it wanted to get first shot at the daffodils and tree blossums.

[1688torpedo]

Dave- The Answer to your math question is: All of them. A Rat would take a look at the Three Bags of Grits & think to himself. "Oh no! Somebody is trying to bait me with rat poison disguised as Grits. I'm out of here"[;)][:)] They are smart animals indeed.[8D]

[tmcc man]

Hello everyone,
Well, tomorrow is the last day for this week, I get off Friday. Not really anything to report besides that.

I know that math is very important, and my parents ask me why you can wire a TPC 400, rewire a TMCC engine, wire up TMCC, install the sound systems for the TV upstairs, and other things. Those things just come really easy to me, and I do not understand why I get all of that, but not the stuff in math.

[csxt30]

Good evening Everyone !! kind of drained tonight from sitting in a courtroom everyday ! Boy, I was really yawning today !! Maybe only another day, maybe 2.
Colin : You have to get focused !! [:D][:D] we tend to excell in the things we really like. Tell yourself you really like Math !! Hope that helps !! [:D][:D]
Mickey : nice mountain !! Really huge, too !
We'll all be looking forward to Jims Conifer trees !!
Well, hope everyone has a nice evening !
Thanks,

[Anonymous]

John they can use you at Clifton Forge, ask for a transfer.

We stopped here to take some pics, I wish I had 3 cameras and an entire they there.

[csxt30]

Steve: what is Clifton Forge ?
Thanks,

[Anonymous]

Good Evening to everyone from W. Michigan, where its pretty mild outside tonight, and righ now we're getting some rain.

Today I had an interesting day. I had a run that went to Lombard, IL to deliver and picking up from that same location back to GR in MI. Had the opportunity to go through downtown Chicago on the way back, and besides the annoying heavy traffic, I got to see ALOT of trains running....subway cars running back and forth on the electric rails, and alot of freight trains going on the overpasses above me on the highway. I even saw a train of trailers that were only connected by the trucks....kinda like a trailer flatcar consist, but without the flatcars themselves. Apparently they were connected by the trucks themselves. Quite awesome!

Then taking the Skyway to IN, saw more freight trains and a passenger train speeding along with the wires overhead so obviously they were electrically powered. Either way it was an enjoyable ride through the city.

@Tom, has the big layout for the museum started? Sounds pretty exciting! Can't wait for my next visit to the museum to see its beginnings.

@Colin, I know math can such, trust me, as I am not that strong in math either. I know what 2+2 is, but cmon...lol. Anyway in my daily job I use math alot. We all use math whether we realize it or not, doesnt always have to be the P. Theorm or trying to calculate Polynomials and equations. My stronger points are in English and Writing. Hang in there.

Looks like another quiet evening here. Gonna fix some rice, relax and call it an evening.

Chris

[dwiemer]

Hey all,
Just trying to stay current with all the posts. It gets harder and harder these days. Colin, Math was my strong subject, but I worked hard at it. While taking Algebra, I could not see the use of such a thing. Since going off to college and more and more school, and then entering the work force, it seems algebraic equasions are everywhere. All the formulas that I use from gas laws, to flow dynamics are derived using algebra. Glad I learned it. Try different methods to learn and make it practical.
Chief, pack your shorts, going to be in the upper 70s to low 80s in Savannah this weekend. Look forward to catching up.
Mickey, keep the photos coming. they are inspiring.
Well, I will post under the other thread, but still no GG1 for me. Maybe tomorrow. Have a good night,
Dennis