Stopped at Memory Station on the way home today to say hello, Lewis had been out to Denver for the convention and to ride a few trains. He had just received his shipment of Lionel catalogues this morning, the box was only partially opened. Needless to say I probably received the first out of the box. Thick and interesting, I haven't done much more that thumb through it, though I did note that they have the TMCC II in it, looks interesting, but unless you have the engines, or do conversions, is it worth it?
Temps. have been mid to upper 90's today with heat index around 110. Even though the sun is settifng its still extremely uncomfortable outside.
Is everyone aware of the Mars fly-by this month? If not let me know and I'll e-mail or post what I received.
Mike - Congrats on the new baby and glad to hear Lucas is getting along. Happy Birthday again Colin - looks like a nice loco.
Had family visiting and lots of stuff going on so just checking in after 2 days. HOT in St. Louis - Foxtrot had a comic yesterday with the dad, Roger, sticking his hand out the window. The mom asks him what's up and he says he's warming up his coffee. He pulls it in - Dang, it evaporated! LOL
Chief - they have bouys in Japan that make a sound and then deliver fish food, easy open water fish farming.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Hey guys, I have a question for you. Will these ditch lightw work with my C420, even though it isn't a "modern" diesel?
Oscillating Flashing Ditch Lights
The AD20B Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board is designed for modern era TMCC equipped diesel locomotives. (By modern era we mean modeled after modern prototype diesel locomotives). The AD20B Board provides dual constant voltage directional ditch lights that oscillate when the horn is blown. When the horn is not being blown both ditch lights are on at a constant intensity. The ditch lights come on with the front headlights and are directional (which means they are off when the rear lights are on). The AD20B Board is a very small and compact board that will easily fit into any diesel locomotive. The dimensions are 1/2" wide x 1" long x 1/4" tall. The AD20B Board can be added to any command controlled locomotive either with or without Railsounds 4.0. It is also 100% compatible with all of our command control upgrades. (The ditch lights come on in a conventional mode, but do not oscillate when the horn is triggered from the transformer. The oscillation only works in a command controlled environment).
The AD20B Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board is designed for modern era TMCC equipped diesel locomotives. (By modern era we mean modeled after modern prototype diesel locomotives). The AD20B Board provides dual constant voltage directional ditch lights that oscillate when the horn is blown. When the horn is not being blown both ditch lights are on at a constant intensity. The ditch lights come on with the front headlights and are directional (which means they are off when the rear lights are on). The AD20B Board is a very small and compact board that will easily fit into any diesel locomotive. The dimensions are 1/2" wide x 1" long x 1/4" tall.
The AD20B Board can be added to any command controlled locomotive either with or without Railsounds 4.0. It is also 100% compatible with all of our command control upgrades. (The ditch lights come on in a conventional mode, but do not oscillate when the horn is triggered from the transformer. The oscillation only works in a command controlled environment).
Each AD20B Board features;
1 AD20B Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board 2 12 Volt Grain of Wheat Bulbs (1/8" diameter) 4-pin wire harness Comprehensive easy-to-follow detailed installation instructions
1 AD20B Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board
2 12 Volt Grain of Wheat Bulbs (1/8" diameter)
4-pin wire harness
Comprehensive easy-to-follow detailed installation instructions
The AD20B Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board is a great addition to any command controlled diesel locomotive. Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board Part # Description Price FDL-1000 AD20B Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board $39.95
The AD20B Oscillating Flashing Ditch Light Board is a great addition to any command controlled diesel locomotive.
Mike, Congrats on the new grandchild, my wife and I are still on cloud nine with ours. He was a total surprise, they had not planned on having any children. Wonder if that is the result of being a teacher . Lucas is in our thoughts.
Finishing up dinner, mac'n'cheese w/polish sausage.
Boy, what a day at the museum. Today was the first tuesday of the month so it was FREE ADMISSION . We open the doors at 11am and shortly after 1pm we had surpassed 2K visitors and by 2pm we had well beyond 3K. Glad I left at 2:30 I was already pooped...
Our heat has broken but we are still getting some of the humidity, that should be ending soon, I hope. It's pretty bad when you use the A/C not for cooling but primarily to dry the air.
Time to soak my broken toes, the funny colors are all gone but the swelling is still here.
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Trainmasterz,
Did some college in Pittsburg (Carlow), nice town, and I understand that they have the PGH series boxcars, etc. As to the outer banks, nice peaceful area. If you have never done it, the battleship in Wilmington is worth the ride while you are there.
Dennis
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Hello all,
I took a nice trip with my wife and we ended up discovering a great new train store. I needed to get some Atlas switches and instead of doing the order on the Internet and wait around a few days, I decided to hit one of my local shops – if you can call a 100 mile round trip local.
Anyway, we made a half day trip out of it and I ended up going out even a bit farther – 65 miles or so to try a new (to me) place – Memory Station in Watkinsville – just outside of Athens. Wow! What a place. He had Lionel items I did not even know existed (although I have only been doing this for 18 months or so). Looks like Roger was just there this morning as well!
I usually go to Legacy Station in Lawrenceville, but I just do not like the area - too many people and way too many cars – and that is just to get there! The first couple of times I went there they seemed a bit quiet, but after a few visits I have had a few good conversations.
Memory Station was quite an experience – we spent about an hour there and I spent twice my budget. The folks there were very friendly which is always a nice bonus. The wife and I had a great time and we got some lunch at a local chicken place. The only thing that would have made it better would have been 30 degrees cooler and the top down on the back Georgia roads.
Looks to be a quiet week – taking Friday off to get some more layout done and knock out a few things around the house.
Luther,
Compared to where I am, that is a local store. Believe it or not, they are also my local stores and I am a few more hours from you. I have heard some good about them from Roger. This state is certainly limited in the train store category. By the way, check out my post in the Sunday photo fun of a special engine in the local NS yard. It was the first time I have seen this engine here, and I have seen many leased units come through. Could be a good photo stop, but is really hit or miss.
Dennis,
I know what you mean – the further south you go in the state the fewer and further between the hobby stores get. I have made a few runs to Macon to the HobbyTown – actually bought my first train, an MTH set, there. GA does have few train shops – there is a really small place in Conyers I stop at every now and again but definitely not worth more than a 25 minute trip or so – a few Industrail Cars and some buildings. I work on the north side of the Atlanta right now, about 15 minutes from Atlanta Trains. He has a nice selection but everything is list price -- really nice folks though. I think there is also something in Kennesaw and that can be combined with a trip to the rail museum and some train watching!
I did not catch the Sunday Photo Fun but just checked it out. Awesome picture – I had a friend I work with catch that same engine (I believe – how many NS engines are running in Southern colors?) on the northwest side of town about a year ago. I think the guy travels everywhere with his camera on the weekends and he snapped a picture. She has eluded me personally. But truly an awesome find; I am jealous
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Well, since I can not scan back over the posts, I think we have a new baby, better son, new visits from old forum members, Yankees who don't know that all Southerners torque their lug nuts [have a "torque stick" for my impact wrench that allows only 80 ft. lbs of torque no matter what] and New England Yankees don't have any AH, better stop or I'll get in trouble with the forum guys. Did I read that Dr. John is home alone [no wife or daughter to keep him out of trouble]. Bet he stays out until midnight drinking.......................coffee at the local coffee shop. Fooled you, didn't I.
Wife and I just returned from a wonderful Italian restaurant in South Point [between Durham, and Chapel Hill]. I orderd a 1/2 order of spaghetti and sausage. Bowl was so full I could not eat but half of the half [and those who know me, know I can eat]. Ordered a dark chocolate chocolate cake and got 1/4 of a 6 inch tall cake. Dare say I have lots of leftovers to eat this week.
Cermaic tile folks instisted on coming tomorrow AM to do "mud room". Another day shot. Well, so hot I think I will stay inside and run train and drink sweet ice tea.
Colin, have not tried the boards but understand they do work great. One train at Miss Edna's has a board like that and it works great with TMCC. Go for it. Let us know.
Later
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Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Good morning all,
It is hot and humid again today in SE Indiana with the temps heading to the 90s. Some rain may be headed our way some time this week, and we may get a cool off towards the weekend. My morning started at 3 AM with my wife saying she was taking Lucas to the emergency room. His digestive system was all backed up due to his eating (or lack thereof) and the chemo. They gave him some medicine and some other procedures to get the system "moving" again as there was no blockage indicated. Lucas will be drinking prune juice and eating bran muffins the next few days (!) until he is back to his "regular" self. (And the hits just keep on coming!)
I did go to the referree clinic for youth soccer last night, which was interesting. There were a lot of high school kids in attendance as well. I still have to pass the test to make it official.
I hope everyone has a good day, and I again thank everyone for the support.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning all,
Mike, hope Lucas is feeling better soon. I used to work with kids with cancer at a camp that let them just be kids and have a good time. Many times, they would be battling the side affects of the treatments. I think the adults in the same boat take it a lot worse in that they don't bounce back as quickly and just don't have the spirit that the little ones have. It does break your heart to see them going through it though. My prayers have been lifted up for Lucas and your family.
On the train front, I will be clearing the area to start BENCHWORK today. I was hoping to see photos of the Chief's benchwork to make sure I am doing it right. Anyway, as mentioned in another heading, I won a ZW transformer that I plan to fix up and put to use real soon. Between that, the KW, a 1033, and several others, I plan to have plenty of power for the trains.
Hope y'all have a great day and that God Blesses each of you.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It's 75 degrees and very humid. Sunny. Going up to 95 today. Hot.
Cut grass last night until 8:30 pm. Got the front done, so the back is all that's left. I will do that tonite. Suppose to rain tomorrow.
Jim...Hope you have a nice breakfast. That image was bad.
Today is grocery shopping day. I will go alone as the wife is expecting a delivery from UPS. I don't mind. Stores are A/C. Madison cars should be here soon. Ship came in.
Well, I'm off to the Dining car. Save me a seat, Jim. Later.
Y'all have a great day.
Chuck
HI GIZ,
Really HOT and Humid here at 630 it was already 80. Ran only 4 miles today NO air to breath. No breeze just felt down right sticky. To get to 100 with heat index to 110?
Ran trains yesterday, didn't feel like crawling under layout to hook up lights, maybe today?
All have a good one,
STAY COOL and check your pets and the neighbors too if they are outside.
laz57
Good morning all, the heat index is supposed to be 105deg. today in western Pa.
John, right again, The Underground Railroad is the name of it, and yea I may be heading to Jims if I get some spare time, maybe this fall. Anthony (my wife’s fathers cousins husband) drives out to Willard OH, it came to me yesterday when I was in the car.
Dennis, yea, I stumbled across the PGH series just last week after seeing Mikes pictures of his layout. I told my brother in law (big steelers fan) that he should get the superbowl IV set. He thought it was a good idea.
Did anyone see the article on the The Milwaukee Lionel Railroad Club O gauge layout? Pretty nice! I was especially fond of their use of the "golden rod" for their trees. maybe its standard practice nowadays. I suppose my lil secret is out.
jaabat wrote: Chuck, I think I can attempt eating breakfast now. That's all I got. Jim
AH, the GRITS are ready.
Also there is a question: "Could someone explain why torquing lug nuts is so important. If I change my tire on the side of the road and it's a full-sized spare, am i doing damage by riding around on it w/o a torque wrench and just using the wrenck/jack?" With some of today's wheels, over torquing will warp them. Over torquing will warp the rotors too. We had a big issue with law enforcement cars and the mechanics "pounding" away with high torque impact wrenches. They would warp the wheels and then we would have a "wooble". Don't think a lug wrench "on the side of the road" will over torque a wheel. Just be sure to tighten the lug nuts across the wheel from each other to insure you have it on "straight".
Another hot and humid day. Wife is getting ready to go to work. She stayed home and cleaned out the mud room [now I don't have to do it ] before the tile guys get here. Wife wants me to go "check out" The Cabin kennel about boarding the boys. Remember the last time we were suppose to go away.
BTW: The folks we had dinner with last night lived and worked in NH and MA several years ago. Their first comment was, "You have to learn a differnet language when you live up there." "They do not speak real English." [Jim A, that should torgue your lug nuts. ]
Later.
Hey Chief,
Just a quick note to let you know that they had a article in the paper this morning about the large crowd that BPS drew for the job fair that they were opening the store in Macon soon. Not sure what the exact date is, but I hope to have some trains running for your visit. I will let ya know if I hear anything. I have some RR opportunities down this way and perhaps we can get you at the throttle of a F unit.
Great News - We ran trains for the first time since the Flood and all seams OK. Even thou the water never reach the layout, I didn't know if the high humidity would hurt anything. This is why we waited so long to try anythig. I wanted to give it a chance to dry out.
We did loose some extra items that was stored below the layout and the wife lost over1000 LP records (33 1/3). The were on a shelf, but only 1" off the floor. Many were from the 50's and 60's.
tom
I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com
spankybird wrote: Great News - We ran trains for the first time since the Flood and all seams OK. Even thou the water never reach the layout, I didn't know if the high humidity would hurt anything. This is why we waited so long to try anythig. I wanted to give it a chance to dry out. We did loose some extra items that was stored below the layout and the wife lost over1000 LP records (33 1/3). The were on a shelf, but only 1" off the floor. Many were from the 50's and 60's. tom
Glad you came out better than you thought. Records should dry out??????
jaabat wrote:Chief, If I don't answer the phone the next time you call, it's because I'm most likely getting my lug nuts torqued. Gonna do some gardening today? Jim
What was this about maple syrup???
ChiefEagles wrote: spankybird wrote: Great News - We ran trains for the first time since the Flood and all seams OK. Even thou the water never reach the layout, I didn't know if the high humidity would hurt anything. This is why we waited so long to try anythig. I wanted to give it a chance to dry out. We did loose some extra items that was stored below the layout and the wife lost over1000 LP records (33 1/3). The were on a shelf, but only 1" off the floor. Many were from the 50's and 60's. tom Glad you came out better than you thought. Records should dry out??????
Most of the value of the ablums is in the covers, which are gone. I don't have any place to wash and dry that many ablum and the label on them were also coming off. I am afraid they are a lost.
I know these comments are a bit far from the original posting but with all the activity on here its hard to keep current.
dougthegrump - for a true Pole, 2nd generation American, Polish sausage is still called kielbasa, or sometimes kielbasi.
Luther - too bad you didn't ask Lewis to give me a call so you could stop over. Next time your planning to be in Watkinsville e-mail me and I'll give you my phone number.
Chief - if you do hit the BPS in Macon, let me know. I'm a slight detor, maybe even a short cut, in lieu of going through Atlanta.
Not doing Grand Opening at BPS in Macon. Boss screwed it up and got a local [which is OK as cost less] to do it. I will be doing the employee training this fall/winter and that is a better schedule as I can drift around town and visit. Not tied to store.
Got call from Mom's Dr. They got her out of the beauty shop. Yes, that is a litttle town with no stop lights and everryone knows everyone. She had Mom transported by rescue to Hospital in Tarboro [its little too]. Mostly dementure and not keeping herself up. I'm going later as I have flooring contractor here. Dr. says no rush as not life threatening. Will hit the road later this afternoon. Cathy, oldest, is on the way there. Knew it was coming. Refuses for her Dr. to examine her. Dr. says now they will examine her and nothing she can do about it. Will not take medicine. I have been trying to get someone to stay with her. She refuses. She will now or go to nursing home. I know which one she will choose. 90 years old so what do you do? Can't whip them as you would your kid that acts up.
Hot and humid. BTW: sent only one guy to do flooring job and move appliances. Guess who had to move the chest freezer? BOTH of us.
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