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

[Anonymous]

Well, guys, I ain't got it all figgered out yet, but I can tell you that Internet Explorer Seven has a cookie blocker that the earlier IEs didn't have. Under "Privacy" under "Internet Options" under "Tools" (boy they hide that stuff well) you need to put the two URLs that you go through to log on--Trains.com and Kalmbach.com and select the box that says "always allow cookies." Now I have to go back and undo all the stuff I did to my firewall when I didn't know what the problem was.

Thanks to the Chief for keeping my feet to the fire until I did something.

Doug Johnson
Miami

[ChiefEagles]

SkyRay  He's back!!!!!  Another Southern boy to help hold off those Ohizo boys.   As far as benchwork, yes Buckeye, that was want I was getting at.  Toots is always ribbing me and yet his isn't done either.  Still real warm.  Walked to the pond this afternoon around 3. Fish breaking, squirrels runnng up trees and deer tracks over my earlier truck tracks.  Later

BTW: I see that layout thing is back.  When will he learn?

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Evening......

It was a beautiful day in Ohio today. 80 degrees and sunny. I spent the entire day outside. This weekend is another story.

[ChiefEagles]

Good Evening......

It was a beautiful day in Ohio today. 80 degrees and sunny. I spent the entire day outside. This weekend is another story.

Why weren't you finishing your benchwork?  

[csxt30]

Good Evening......

It was a beautiful day in Ohio today. 80 degrees and sunny. I spent the entire day outside. This weekend is another story.

I was outside all day too !! Looks like layout working time for the weekend Chuck !!

Glad Skyray is back !!

Oh & thanks to all the Vets !!

Thanks, John

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Evening......

It was a beautiful day in Ohio today. 80 degrees and sunny. I spent the entire day outside. This weekend is another story.

Why weren't you finishing your benchwork?  

This weekend, I will finish the new section of it.  When will you start yours ???

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

It was sunny and in the 70s today in SE Indiana today.  I was very busy today.  I did the housework, gathered leaves, washed one of the cars, cleaned the gutters, and put up some Christmas lights outside.  I am tired.  May run some trains tonight.  Tomorrow I am going to Indy for a TCA meet and to help one of my daughters with a term paper.  I hope everyone had a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

 

[Roger Bielen]

ROY when in NYC check out MCSORLEYS Old Ale House.  It is located between 2nd and 3rd Ave on 15 E 7th street.  Great place for beer and cheap place for burgers and ask for a cheese plate.  Suppose to be the countries oldest Pub?

Great plase though.

laz57

Glad to hear that  they're still around.  I remember many a Friday night going over to NYC when the drinking age was still 18 in NY while it was 21 in NJ and putting down a few at McSorley's

Spent the day working on the contract layout, wiring is 98% done, only a couple of building to wire once I scratch build them.  Started work on scenry today.  A double slope under a pair of trestles, the front one of which will be very difficult since it is built with all the cross bracing in place.  I be spending a lot of time working with long forceps and little strips of plaster cloth.

[cnw1995]

Don, that was mean. It is thunderstorming here and near-sleeting. Dropped from 75 yesterday to 36 - ah paradise. The bride forged out to a big reunion party of all the nurses from a now-defunct pediatric clinic. The daughter is out; the middle son is watching wrestling. The youngest is abed, and I'm heading for the basement to run some trains, play some old-time radio tapes, and re-arrange some track the Chief generously sent me a while ago.
Careful, Roger! Have a good night all!

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

   Just finished up running trains for the evening.  All ran good no pile ups.

JELECTRIC,  all right BARRYs going to have a big sale now I bet in afew weeks with all this publisity?  Was there a bald headed younger guy there?  That was CHARLIE hes a good guy.  I might try and watch to see if they have a weekend show tomorrow morning.

DOUG, cool pics of McSORLEYS OLD ALE HOUSE.  Yes it is a history lesson if you do go inside.  Back in '94 '95 on New Years Eve we went to NYC to run a race at midnite in central park with about 5000 runners, we spent most of the afternoon in MCSORELYs.  Neat place lots o history.

laz57

 

[Buckeye Riveter]

   Just finished up running trains for the evening.  All ran good no pile ups.

laz57

I'm so glad to hear that someone else measures their success based upon on pile ups.  I thought I was the only one.

[kpolak]

Hey! - Guess what! The news reported last night that Walmart and a lot of other department stores (remember when they were called variety stores) are going to be marketing "Christmas" this year. The backlash against the "holiday" marketing finally took hold.

It's about time!  I hope that the store forcing the employees NOT to say 'Merry Christmas' is behind us too!

I was informed by employees of Fields, Penney's, Sears and others that they can't say 'Merry Christmas' to a customer even if the customer wished them a 'Merry Christmas'.  

Most looked like they wanted to and were about to burst by not saying it.

Kurt

[Buckeye Riveter]

It's November 11, 2006, Veteran's Day and I believe the following pretty well sums it up:

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

Thank you to all of our past and present Veterans..

[thor]

Good morning everyone.  I'm looking forward to going to Trainland to meet Jerry Calabrese today! My wife's coming too, that should be a good thing as she's been following the Lionel story along with me and she, at least, is familiar with it as an icon whereas I'm a 'furriner' who just got into it.

I am really hoping to see and hear some interesting stuff today and I hope it won't be so crowded we can't browse, its usually a zoo on weekends anyway.

Spent last night adding more details to my repainted 8303 which is looking good. I can't find any pictures of a real Atlantic that looks close to it - I know its a 'made up' engine - I want to add brake shoes and chassis details, anyone know of a loco type that is pretty close in appearance?

Mike Dench.

[dwiemer]

Good Morning everyone.  Hope y'all are doing well.  Not much happening these parts.  MIL is on the way, so what free time I would have had, is now work time and honey do's.  As I can't work on the layout, I figure it will give me time to think out a few issues with the layout.  I think I have about every square inch of the layout covered with regard to structures, etc. Now what I need are people and vehicles.

Thor, have a great day and tell Jerry I said "HI", he doesn't know me from Adam's house cat, but I figure I will probably never meet him anyway.  I do think he is doing a good job at the helm and hope that he continues to expand Lionel's offerings and availability.

Laz, if that was me at McSorley's having lunch, there would be no way I could make a midnight run I would be either passed out on the floor, or already in bed.  We used to hit them when I was with the Fire Department on Parades...you just went there.  Great place.

Dennis

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a warm 62 degrees, but raining slowly. Going up to 70 today and probably a shower on and off.

It is Veteran's Day and I would like to say Thank You to all of the Vets of past and present.

Today, I have a few chores to do, and then will work on the train layout. I have to run trains too. I need the fun time.

Time for breakfast in the Dining Car. Later.

Y'all have a great Saturday

[darianj]

Good morning all.

I hear that Trainland has a few things going on so I'll probably chech that out a little bit later.  Right now, the son and I are going to basement for a Saturday morning run on the train layout.

Have a good day all.

[tmcc man]

Good morning everyone,

 First off, I want to thank all of the Veterans today. Without you, I couldn't be living the free life that I am now. Thanks for the courage when facing the hard times, and for not backing down at all.

I had a lot of people here last night, and we were watching TV, playing XBOX360, eating pizza, and just talking. Everybody whent home at about midnight, since they all lived in the neighborhood

Hope everyone has a good day.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Wife is cooking breakfast.  Off to Miss Edna's.  Hope this cold is breaking up [ugly stuff coming up, pew].  Pretty outside.  Might get close to 80 again today.  Need to take shade cloth off of greenhouse but fan was coming on all day yesterday [set on 90].  Suppose to be a Yankee invasion tomorrow, cold rain and high around 50!!!!!  Have a good one.

BTW: layout contest is gone again???????

[jefelectric]

Good morning,

Laz, I'll bet you guys were in great shape to run at midnight after spending the afternoon at McSorley's.  Could you find the finish line?  I don't think Barry ever runs sales, he is like Walmart, everyday low prices.

Chief,  I took my shade cloth off about 2 weeks ago.  Yesterday it was 79 in the greenhouse.  Turned the heat off and opened the door.  Forgot it till about 11:30 last night.

Well it has started, Jean put up the Christmas tree last night.  This morning she had me drilling holes along the drive and walk to insert the pipes that hold up her candy canes.  She likes to do the outside decorating while it is still warm.  She does all the decorating and I rig up the cords & timers.

Got a new engine this week, a PRR H-3 by MTH.  The H-3 was an early consolidation type from the late 1800's.  Used up to about 1920.  Bought it new in the box for a really good price from a seller I trust on the bay.

All have a good weekend and remember the vets.

 

 

 

[csxt30]

It's November 11, 2006, Veteran's Day and I believe the following pretty well sums it up:

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

Thank you to all of our past and present Veterans..

Good Morning Everyone !!

Yep, Buckeye, that really does sum it up !! My favorite is, "These Colors Don't Run" !!

Working on my scenery today & ran across The Laying of the Wreath at Arlington on C-Span. Lots of good band playing & hymns !!

Well, hope everyone has a nice weekend & thanks to the Vets again !!

Thanks, John 

[cnw1995]

Happy Veterans Day! We wouldn't be the land of the free if it weren't for the brave.

Cool and sunny morning here in northeastern Illinois. Not many guys showed up for our men's group mtg this morning so I hosted breakfast at the local diner. Had a great time running trolleys for a bit last eve., then using my dremel motor tool I got for my birthday for the first time to run down track rust. I gotta get the hang of this thing. Then I merrily ripped up and rearranged track while listening to radio news of the North Africa invasion in 1942. Got a bit carried away in creating a yard - too much track, so hopefully after chores, I can rearrange it some more. What fun!

[AKKevinT]

Greetings from the Northland,

Thank you to all veterans past and present for your service and sacrifices— Thank you very much!

It is looking like it will be a beautiful Saturday in Fairbanks temps should climb up to around 0°F for a high today. I have been swamped with work and had very little time to read/visit the forum but have a couple extra minutes this morning. Sounds like everyone in the lower 48 is gearing up for their winter sieges.

Here in Alaska we have a different scale for determining warm weather:
100°- 90°= unreal hot;
89°-75°= too hot;
74°-70°= hot;
69°-59°= perfect;
58°-45°= very nice;
44°-32°= nice;
31°-20°= chilly (stop wearing shorts);
19°-0°= cool (need more than a hooded sweatshirt for a coat);
-1° to -20°= cold weather finally here;
-21° to -35°= colder (kids have to stay in from playgrounds)
-36° to -45°= cold snap;
-46° to -60°= pretty cold (stuff starts breaking);
-61° and lower= just plain sucks!

That’s how Alaskans here in the interior describe the weather and temperature.

I will start to get Christmas layout down this weekend and ready to put up at Thanksgiving. It is like most layouts– a work in progress each year a little more is added and developed on it. I guess this year will be no different. Not sure what the next step will be yet.

Best Regards from the Freezer,

Kevin T.

[Anonymous]

Nice Veterans day in Florida, although I have worked up a sweat putzing around in the yard. Got a Coast Guard Auxiliary patrol late this afternoon, we call it "Saturday Night Ops." It is one of my favorite patrols; quiet and peaceful, no vicious sun beating down on you to weatherbeat your skin, and mostly no idiots going seventy miles an hour in the Manatee zone.

I just got back from vacating at my Fiftieth High School Class Reunion. It was nice, except for all these <b>old</b> people. I only recognized about half of them, and these are people that I grew up with, spending at least twelve years in their company.

I am from Cleveland, Mississippi originally, and the railroad finally pulled out of there. The depot has been converted to a historical library and they have built a large building next to it to house a supposed model of the railroad as it was in Cleveland in the steam era. All I can say is that they have a pretty impressive layout, but you don't even have to be a rivet counter to know that a model it is not.

Since I grew up on the tracks right across from the switch yard, I furnished them some information on track layout in the forties, but their real concern while I was there was getting the Gargreaves wired and the DCC working. Historical accuracy comes later.

I passed up an opportunity to buy an Illinois Central 4-8-0 in Protosound 2 that was excess to their needs for a mere $650. I wasn't much of a railfan when I was a kid, but I pretty clearly recall that the engines I remember all had six drive wheels and following trucks. You are not supposed to try to model with Toy Trains anyway.

Doug Johnson

[tmcc man]

Just got back from a great game. We won 8-0. Yours truly had 2 assists, and according to the coach, many smart tricks and plays.

[thor]

Thanks Dennis, in fact thats exactly what I said to him "Good job!" and I met another Mike from Long Island though I'm sure there were others of this forum there.

I was impressed with Jerry Calabrese, he was obviously a bit pressed by well wishers, rivet counters and who knows what else but he spoke to my wife and I about the Hogwarts set and how much they're hoping it will do well and how if it does they'll make more locos and the proper rolling stock.

He knew all about Hornby and said that he's hoping to emulate their success and thanked me for "becoming a Lionel guy" when I explained how I'd made the transition and how much we were rooting for them.

I wish I could meet him in a less frenetic setting, he seems interesting and sincere.

I bought a tipping wagon for the kid to load with M&M's and another oval of FastTrack and a manual turnout so we can run two main lines and a siding.

It was an absolute zoo, I bet Trainland makes a pile of dough judging by the amounts going out the door and lots of deliriously happy kids and well, train folk, the best folk of all.

[jonadel]

Go here to see a short video of my MTH Shay Three-truck running that I've uploaded to youtube.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2kTgHQLN5k

[pbjwilson]

jonadel,

love the video. That Shay really puts out the smoke too. Thanks for sharing.

How do you do that, by the way? I mean how do you get your video to youtube? Do you download from the camera to your computer with a USB cable? I gotta try this.

[wrmcclellan]

Evening all!

The City of Dallas Veteran's Day parade we marched in was fun for the scout troop. We pretty much made a day of it. Great day, sunny, but not too cold (high about 55). Took the boys and participating adults for pizza afterward. Lots of verterans participating in and attending the parade. Not a lot of Scout troops participating , likely since there are quite a few local community parades. Parade route was over 2 miles (away from the parking area) and then we walked back to the cars. Wouldn't have been too bad, but we had also spent around 2 hours standing/walking around in the parade formation area before the parade started. Lots of the vets and active military attending thanked us for being in the parade. We have done the Dallas parade irregularly in the past, but we decided this year to make it an annual event.

Have a great evening all!

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

It is dark and cold in SE Indiana with temps heading to the 30s tonight.  I had a nice time at the TCA meet.  Met some old friends and made some new acquaintances.  I did not buy anything, but it was nice just to visit.  I helped my daughter with her research.  That lasted quite a while.  I got home a little later than I planned.  Lucas had a nice day with his girl friend.  Tmcc man, I am glad to hear you had a good game and that your team won.  I hope everyone had a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana