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

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It is rainy and cold in SE Indiana with temps staying in the 40s today. I went to the YMCA since it was too wet and cold to do anything outside last night. I hope everyone has a good day today.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[spankybird]

Good Morning All from NE Ohio

where the temp is 50 and going up to 52 with overcast skies.

See all that Chief had to do is say that he was thinking about working on his train room and the north cooled off. Just think what would happen if he did anything to it.


OTTS Meeting Tonight. It will be held at The Western Reserve Model Railroad Museum at 7:00pm. Come and see the Custom Layout in person and bring your trains to run on the tin plate layout. Anyone wishing to join us can e-mail me for directions or go to the museums web site for maps www.wrmrrm.shutterfly.com


TomS. If you have time, stop by the museum and see the custom built layout in person. You will love it.

T G I F

Pick of the Day


All be safe
Tom

[Brutus]

Cool in Lower Arnold and the mowers are out hitting the common areas in the subdivision already. Worked late last night so only have to kick out 4 more cases to be done for the week - the joys of working at home. WIth my luck, I'll still end up working 9 hours today. I wouldn't work at home except for 2 things and they are almost out of school for the year -- Lucky Ducks! Remember that feeling - oh yeah, some teachers here! But, I bet you guys work all Summer anyway if you're like my local teacher friends and family (sister and sister-in-law are both teachers).

Every time I get on this computer, Microsoft downloads some update or other!

Chuck - pain is the worst man, be sure to keep taking your meds and not let the pain get started - it takes a long time to go away once it gets a hold on you. God bless and keeping healing.

TTFN

[MartyE]

QUOTE: Cool in Lower Arnold

Yike Lower Arnold PA? Seems that 1/2 the people that work at my company came from there or New Ken.

[cnw1995]

Cold and rainy here in Chicago - a miserable day.
Jim F, we've had a few nests in there over the years - I'll have to live with the consequences as I'm outnumbered in wild-animal-loving - I just convinced my wife to stop feeding the dang feral cats - and inadvertently, every critter for miles - including the biggest darn possum I've ever seen. We need BB to visit. Crossing my fingers the daughter passed her big math test yesterday - she needs to do so to pass the course. Hope you and Chuck continue to feel better.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Cold and rainy in Buckyland. Saw the man today, i.e. Jim Tressel, Coach of the Buckeys. He was smiling, so Texas watch out. [:)]

[FJ and G]

Well, I’m so glad my daughter Sharon took photos of Ein Gedi (page 844) and the Dead Sea (this page), b/c I lost all my photos from those 2 locations. Here is the southern part of the Dead Sea (it’s actually 2 lakes). We’re hundreds of feet below sea level and the distant shoreline is Jordan. We’re on the Israeli side (Sharon was on the Jordan side when she visited her friends there so she got a bonus trip).

You can see how salty and buoyant the water is. I’m in about 12 feet of water and could go to sleep in the surface if I wanted to.

There are no sharks in the water or water moccasins, as the water is too salty to support life, so I wasn’t worried about getting eaten by sea creatures.

The only plants that grow along the shoreline are ones that are irrigated, like the flower shown here.

Took close-ups of salt. Apparently one of the salt rocks (not shown or seen that day), is Lot’s wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back to see the burning city (either Sodom or Gamorrah, can’t recall).


























There are dozens of more stops will be making. If you’ve not been following this series, here are the Coffee Post pages to find the previous ones:

Tel Aviv 622

Caesarea 624

Armegeddon 645

Nazareth 661

Galilee 673

Mount of Beatitudes 675

Capernaeum 677

Dan Part I 688

Dan Part II 792

Hermon 794

Jordan 797

Beth-Shan 804

Jordan Valley 807

West-Central Dead Sea area 823

Ein Gedi Part I 824

Ein Gedi Part II 844

[MartyE]

Uh David... Are you ever in Scotland? You bear a striking resemblance to a creature that inhabits those waters...

[Jumijo]

Doug Murphy,

I'm leaving the forum until Monday morning.
[bday]
[bday]
[bday]

Fill us all in on your GG1!


Jim

[ModelTrainLover]

hey it's me checking in for Lewiston Maine cold wet and rainy. but there is good news from here : I read on the Maine department of transportation that passinger rail service will be restored to lewiston before 2012 or so Auburn already has an intermodal facitaly and is expanding it! and I live not too far away from an active line that crosses the Androscoggin River sooooooooooooooooooon my friends there will be regular passinger service in Lewiston.......... For me that is great the last time there was passinger service in lewiston was in the 1800's or 1900's I'm not sure.

[Brutus]

Marty - I'm just south of Arnold Missouri, not PA, sorry!

David - great pics again!

Doug - I'm feeling fine, just my one little incision is taking forever to heal - the others are fine, including the bigger one. Anyway, good excuse to pay somebody to mow my yard and clear out my trees a little at a time. I'm getting spoiled and fat, man! Good luck and sounds like I missed something - is this your birthday this weekend? Sometimes I speed read through the pot and miss some stuff for a while.

[wrmcclellan]

Afternoon all!

For Buckeye - I am headed out this afternoon for a weekend canoe trip with my son's boy Scout Troop. I have been roped into...ah, I mean chosen to be an Assistant Scoutmaster for the troop!

So I will talk to you guys again on Moanday (intentionally mis-spelled)..

Have a great Mothers Day! Treat those moms right!

Roy

[jefelectric]

Good afternoon all,

Jean and I have been babysitting the two youngest granddaughters all day so I didn't get much else done. A lot of fun, but tiring for an old guy like me. Taking a break while they watch a DVD and NaNa makes supper.

We got about the same amount of rain as Laz, just over 1.5 in the rain gauge.

Chuck, Hope they get the meds figured out for you.

David, Nice pics & I don't agree with Marty at all. Actually I thought it was a Manatee.

All have a pleasant evening.

[dbaker48]

Just received two Beeps via UPS, boy they are sure attractive. These will definetly be a lot of fun. Espicially for guests and kids to run. Great deal !!!!

[Blueberryhill RR]

[code]Good Evening from Blueberryhill [/code]
We got home about an hour ago. Just drinking a cup of coffee and watching
the Indians / Tigers game.
Doctor said " All looks good. See you in 6 months." That's great news
Also, got the right pain relievers, as I am enjoying right now.
Just a brief update.
Good Night. Guys.
Chuck

[jefelectric]

Chuck, Glad to here the news. Sounds like you are on the road to full recovery. Looks like you got more info on the GG1 than you bargained for! [;)]

Don, I have an Electric RR TMCC conversion on the bench now for a Lionel Trainmaster. One of the older ones with the Pullmore motors. I didn't order the sounds for it as those motors would probably drown out the sound. Just need to find time to install it.

Have a good night.

[Anonymous]

Good evening everyone. Cold, wet and rainy here in western MI. Rained all day yesterday and had high winds as well. Cable went out and so did my internet for a few hours. Couple of tree branches fell down and I think one hit the neighbor's car but didnt do much damage. Winds were reported to be about 70mph last night.

Today was not much better, still rainy and wet. One thing I hate about my job is having to partly work outside in the rain. Driving is a big enough job, but having to get out, walk up to the customer's site in the rain and having to open the trailer doors is not my idea of fun. It tends to make the day depressing and longer than it has to be.

Finally got my first bottle of the JT Mega-Steam fluid yesterday, can't wait to try it out to see how well it really smokes.

I also gotten a package from CTT yesterday that included a DVD-ROM called "Dream-Plan-Build" video series. Im not sure if anyone has seen these videos before but since its an intro video, if I like it I can get more by subscribing.

This weekend will be a quiet one for me, I feel worn out and tired. Not sure why, but im sure it will pass. And I definitely wont forget to call my mom for Mother's Day this Sunday. Also plan to finish up some video projects that I have been working on over the course of the week and then start preparing for my flight next weekend. So will be busy within the next few days.

Chuck, glad your health is getting much better, and much prayers to your continued recovery. Tom, great layout setup at the museum, that young boy is going to be quite happy once he gets it. Eventually soon I will make my next trip to Cleveland to visit the museum again and this time I may bring some of my locos to run on the tinplate layout, now that I resolved the battery issues in my PS1 engines.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

[1688torpedo]

Hello All! Been very busy & tired lately from Work. So took some time from the forum & read it instead of making replies as the home computer can be very slow at times & I decided to do that for a while. Dave - Good pictures as always. Thats a neat trick you did of sleeping on the Dead Sea[;)][:P] Yeah Lot's wife was always a pillar of the community in those days[:)][:P] Back then the Dead Sea may have been a lake of Grits & after the Fire it must have turned into a salt sea to discourage the consumption of Grits by the general population of those times. [:o)][:D][;)] Sorry to hear about your problems with the neighbors who do not like BB. Maybe you can borrow Laz's 800 lb Bear to reason with them.[;)][:P][:)] Chuck- Glad you're getting better. Keep it up. Chris- Hope to see you if you can make it to Cleveland someday. Don- Have fun with your Beeps. I still think you need a 1688 Torpedo for your layout though. Just to make it interesting[;)][:P] Have a nice weekend everybody!

[jonadel]

A late night for me but a good day seeing and visiting with good friends at our state conference. Impossible to put a value on friendships and conversations. One of my best friends is also train nut, we were able to spend a good 30 minutes discussing the important things in life--O gauge trains! It's funny how other colleagues tend to leave us alone during those discussions, they just don't get it[:D]

Jon

[Blueberryhill RR]

[code]Good Morning from Blueberryhill [/code] It is currently 49 degrees, and cloudy. Suppose
to go up to 63 degrees and chance of rain. It rained on and off, all day yesterday.
I really slept good last night. Took a pain reliever and that was all I remember.
[bday]Happy Birthday...Doug Murphy..... How's the GG1 ????
You are right, John, I am now an authority on GG1's. I enjoyed the information.
I also, bought a GG1 from Williams. It is Tuscan Red, for a change, and is quite
a beauiful engine. Paula got it for me for my birthday. It would look great pulling a few
Madison cars, of the same color. Quality is superb.
Going to run trains today. Then walk, exercise, and hope for sunshine.
NASCAR race tonite from Darlington.
Well, I will go for now. Feeling great. Talk to you guys later.
Y'all have a great day.
Chuck

[mitchelr]

Good morning from Gettysburg. Gray and cloudy seems to be the weather for today.

Long day yesterday. 6 hours on the road and about 6 hours cleaning up the apartment, packing, etc. I spent most of the time replacing doors that had gotten holes in them over the two years they were there.Fun, fun fun. Hopefully they will get their security deposit back, If not, it's their own fault.

I must get out and go shopping for Mother's day gifts. Hmmmm... I wonder if my Mom and the Mrs. would like a nice caboose or some freight cars?[;)][;)][;)][;)][;)]

Have a great day.

Mitch[swg]

[pbjwilson]

QUOTE: [i]
I must get out and go shopping for Mother's day gifts. Hmmmm... I wonder if my Mom and the Mrs. would like a nice caboose or some freight cars?[;)][;)][;)][;)][;)]

Mitch[swg]

I like my wifes caboose just fine, thank-you. And the freight cars are 7 and 10 years old and growing.

[spankybird]

Good Morning All from NE Ohio

where the temp is 48 and going up to 52 with overcast skies and more rain in the forecast.

Chuck – glad to hear that you are felling better.

Doug – [bday] [bday] have a great day.

Last night was a great OTTS meeting. We were testing the new layout and I believe it passed their test ! !


Pick of the Day


All be safe
Tom

[zwbob]

Good Morning Everyone, It's been a looooong time since I've ben on the pot, the coffee pot that is. Quite a bit has been going on as usual. My Oldest daughter graduated from college last saturday so we spent the day in Columbus. She will be staying in Columbus for the summer then off to Erie PA for three years of pharmacy school. She also got engaged. The youngest is home from college for the summer. Fortunately she has 2 jobs to keep her busy. Turns 21 next weekend so I'm hving a bunch of drunken college girls spending the weekend. As for the trains my semi-scale k-line hudson bit the dust. I need a new driver board. I orderd all the TMCCgoodies for a williams amtrak genesis from DD. Should get them any day now. Well its off to breakfast now.
Tom- the layout you guys are making is looking good.

Doug-happy b-day

bob

[David Barker]

A light rain fell here in Portsmouth Ohio last night. I sold White Clovers for AMVETS this morning from 5 am to 7:30 at our all night supermarket! So now am headed to Market Street hardware, to check out the new and used trains. This is a great topic thread and I hope to visit more often.

[tmcc man]

Good morning everyone,
Happy Birthday Doug, hope all goes well with the GG1
Well, I am working on yet another spanish project, boy is it boring. So, work is now calling me, talk to you all later.

[ChiefEagles]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pbjwilson

I like my wifes caboose just fine, thank-you.

10-4 [:D]

[bday][bday] Doug

Keith, [:p]

Chuck, great news.

Off to Mom's down east for some eastern NC pork bar-be-que and fried chicken, Back later for Pam's family here for the same.

God bless all.

God bless TCA 05-58541   Benefactor Member of the NRA,  Member of the American Legion,   Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville ,   KC&D Qualified