CSXectHere is a link to my blog with updated pics of layout under construction.http://vps2642.inmotionhosting.com/~modelr5/blog/2369
Here is a link to my blog with updated pics of layout under construction.
http://vps2642.inmotionhosting.com/~modelr5/blog/2369
Hello Bruce:
Your blog link works.
Your layout is looking good. One suggestion, if its not to late, drill lots of holes in the interior 2"X4"s for running wires. Makes it a lot easier.
My layout base is a lot like yours. I put a layer of 2" blue foam on top and painted it an earth color. Helps deaden the noise and makes it easy to make holes for trees, grass, fence posts, Etc.
Just a suggestion or two. Patrick
Patrick
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Good morning all,
A sunny day going towards 60, don't know if it will but thats what we've been told.
Sorry about all the coverups in the pictures, the basement does have a tile ceiling which helps keep things clean but it just helps all the more to cover things up. And yes that was the intended place for that station.
I have no plans for today yet so not sure how it will go.Enjoy yours...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 36 degrees. Going up to 5 today with some sunshine. Hopefully.
Today is an easy day. No Nascar races. No baseball. I have a few things to do and then, I will relax. Maybe in the train room. I spent a few hours running trains, yesterday. Had a good time. Did some dusting.
Dining car was here for breakfast and then it departed for " Points West".
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Mornin' boys. Gloomy weather-wise here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Guess I'll get back to work on the layout. My step-son is bringing over his little boy later on, so I'll break out his daddy's steamer to stretch its legs.
dbaker - Glad AAA worked for you. Gotta tellya though, in my 24 years on patrol, I've seen countless times where AAA leaves folks stranded for hours...and during bad weather forget it.
kpolak - How come on video you look like such a young chap, and your avatar you look old like me...
sir james - That station that is wrapped up where your hidden track is, did you design that to be there? In all seriousness, it would make a cool night scene if you could work it...
Buckeye - I am thoroughly convinced that the best part of the B & O is the O.
*Can't have a COFFEE POT without da CHIEF...can't have da CHIEF without da GRITS...
Tardis is ready, Don's not driving Kurt, you can drive if you want! I'm too tired!
Never have figured out this phone - used it as my camera and had to copy pics from camera/device to storage chip to make more room - now I can't download them? So, I'm having to email each of them to myself - tedious. Oh well, good night, sleep tight - hope Chief has those bed bugs chased off for us all.
CSX, we'll pick you up too man! I'll check your blog tomorrow, I have it on a shortcut
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
sir james I Good evening, forty's today and sun. I did a little train stuff today but goofed off as well. Yes we had lots of fun last night and with three of us running trains, only one "pile up". no harm done. So all is well, time for banilla and the Tardis so sleep well....S.J.
Good evening, forty's today and sun. I did a little train stuff today but goofed off as well. Yes we had lots of fun last night and with three of us running trains, only one "pile up". no harm done. So all is well, time for banilla and the Tardis so sleep well....S.J.
That is what you get when you brag you "trained " the B&O car to run a Cab1.
Still raining. Good night all.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Don't know how you guys can stand that musty grits scent over here! The other pot has Irish Coffee already, Banilla puddin, Oysters, and lots other things going on. (The site is really (hic) fast tooo.)
Later, entertainment may be happening soon there too!
Ugh, those grits, whew! (Strange, also noticed that since Grits have been banned on Pot 4, it is lot faster, so I'm thinking Grits is whats gummin up the works! It makes sense, you notice how most of them grits eaters talk real s-l-o-w ? Grits just comes in and gums up everything.)
Don
Evening all from wet Southern Ohio
Finally settling down from a really busy day. Good to catch up up everyone. It is great that there is layout work going on. Maybe next week.
Dennis - I've used the bag balm also on my eczema and it works.
Patrick - Great photos
GregM - I am keeping an eye on our job postings. We things open up I will let you know.
MAy God bless
Jim
Does it work now???
sir james Ionly one "pile up"
I take full responsibility!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good evening,
Spent some time today working on the grandson's HO layout.
SJ, That is truely a great train room. Looks like you guys had lots of fun.
Dennis, The thing about York is that you will see a lot of things that take your eye that are not on your list, so take lots of MONEY.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Evening guys!
Finally got Creme Brulee in oven...for 8..+ 3-extra.? Not sure how that happened....Need to chill tonight, and take them for dinner tomorrow.
Brutus: Yes, we do have too much fun! Yes, you do need to come out! Beacon is on!
Dennis: Congratulations to your son! What no lamp?
Kurt
Good evening everyone. Wife is working tonight and so I am watching the kids on my own. Son got his painting framed along with a savings bond. Did well and it was a good bit of fun as it was lots of things for the kids to do. We then took the kids to one of their favorite places to eat.
Really starting to get the York fever....that urge to just get everything you ever wanted with total lack of discipline. I have read about it, but I think this year I am actually going to have to deal with it. Trying to whittle my list down and be a good boy.
Dog is outside going nuts after the deer. We had 11 in the yard the other morning. May need to get Laz down here to take care of 'em. Of course it would be a treat for him to actually see them...just kidding, he sees plenty of deer, just not during the season.
God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Evenin' boys. Raining and 39 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Littlest princess helped me with scenery this afternoon, and I finally finished the area around Emmanual Episcopal and the line leading under the city of Cumberland. Clump foliage cures a lot of little sore spots, so I've discovered. Even patched a couple bare spots on the original portion of the layout. On a roll...
Looks like a good time was had by the 1st Michigan Division. Always fun to see pics of your get togethers.
Howdy guys - well, back from the overnight school trip to KC. The new air mattress worked great and really made the cement floor of the KC Science Center a lot more comfy. Unfortunately, having a hundred kids all spread out in little groups created a sort of seagull effect - every time the whispering would turn to talking and shenanigans, then some teacher would squelch it (or another adult?) and it would break out someplace else. I think the sound died down around 3 AM or so and so did get a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. Son and I were both exhausted today on the bus ride home. The highlight of the trip was seeing the Steamship Arabia museum, which was very neat. They salvaged the boilers and a lot of the engine and machinery, which was neat. They also salvaged about 200 tons of cargo including all kinds of tools, plateware, etc. Just really neat!
Kurt, Sir James, Charlie - you guys have too much fun, I need to get up there one of these days to run some of those trains and see the amazing B&O/Cab1 car in person!
Lots of posts and really too much to comment upon, but I read it all, lol!
Oh - Doug, hope Kelly has her house back!
Good afternoon all,
It is cloudy and warmer today in SE Indiana with temps in the 50s. Spent an enjoyable couple of hours with some fellow TCAers at an open house nearby. The host is a friend of mine for several years and has built quite a layout so far with more still to do. Last night worked out at the YMCA with Lucas and we scrimaged a little. He beat me on speed, but I did ok. Watched "Dollhouse" and "Numb3rs". Going to see the "The Watchmen" tonight. Greensburg won the first round of the regional and play tonight to see if they go to semi-state. They have already beaten the number 3 and the number 9 teams in the state so anything is possible. Beacon is lit. I had bran muffins on the dining car this morning for breakfast. IHEHAGD.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
MichRR714Which pot is the coffee at?? I vote for #5
Which pot is the coffee at?? I vote for #5
Yes! The FRESH coffee in on #5. The coffee on #4 is a week old.
MichRR714 Which pot is the coffee at?? I vote for #5
Yes, but some stumbling Yanks can not tell the difference.
Patrick, way to go. Got some PORK bar-be-que [not pulled pork as Yanks say] and slaw for some good old bar-be-que sandwiches. Also picked up 2 lbs. of hot stuffed sausage. Now ready for some sausage biscuits. Still raining, Did pickup a K-Line NS flat at Miss Edna's. Later.
Morning all. Sunny and cold again. Looks like great times were had in Michigan last evening. I'm waiting for the carpet guy to show up. Bought everything back out of the basement last night for the bride to set up her dining room again. An LNE boxcar finally showed up on the interchange track. Found out it doesn't like a certain 027 curve in the back of the layout, just like all my Williams cars. We got the track gang out so it'll show in all its proper glory in tomorrow's photo.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning all:
A big Thank You to Don, Greg, Old Timer and Chief for helping this novice figure out how to post pictures. I would have saved a good 6 hours time yesterday if I had asked you all first instead of trying to follow the instructions on the How to post Pictures thread.
Now to see if I can post two pictures in the same post.
Buckeye - Wait until you see the eight figure stimulus check Roseyville will get after the Government reads your post! Enough for everyone in Roseyville to have a summer cottage.
Having brunch today. The smell of home made Grits coming from the kitchen is making me hungry.
Got to go.
It's me again. It was another train nut stopped by with some news. I want to thank Kurt and Charlie for all the photos and video, great stuff and we three met all because of the forums that are offered to us. So wailing and moaning aside sometimes good things happen. Thanks to all for your complements.
S.J.
lionroar88CSXect Construction equipment are cool Buckeye,. Great pics on your website. Been working hard on the railroad(layout) almost ready to test run the track work on first loop.Hey buddy where ya been???
CSXect Construction equipment are cool Buckeye,. Great pics on your website. Been working hard on the railroad(layout) almost ready to test run the track work on first loop.
Construction equipment are cool
Buckeye,.
Great pics on your website.
Been working hard on the railroad(layout) almost ready to test run the track work on first loop.
Too many forums and too little time. Also life is kinda busy as well. Been working on layout as much as possible, laying down track and road bed for the first loop and waiting for more parts to come in so I can start the other 3 loops, and that will be only half of what I have planed. Still looking for a job that I can do and will enjoy with out hearing the "your over qualified" rejection excuse. Have taken up painting as it is a free class at the local rec center but you have to buy your own supplies.
CHIEF !!! Ouch .... poked me in the eye with that C&O remark ...
Good morning All
Sunny this morning, What an enjoyable evening with the guys. I know you won't believe this but I taught that B & O car to operate the train and that's what it was doing when the photo was taken. A car from Ca. ended up here on SJ rails, had to reroute it back to Ann Arbor. Company at the door I will close for now..S.J.
Morning everyone. Bride is at Ballet recital practice with daughter, son and I are watching some programs on rocketry. Think we need to take the rockets out soon and launch them. Been awhile, and I have a bunch of engines to use up. Kids get a kick out of it, but I think I get more of one.
Sir James/Kurt, looks like you guys had a great time. SJ, nice layout room. I plan on using felt to have the Plexiglas rest on for the control panel. Will mount that today and also mount turnout controls inside. With any luck, I will be able to complete that this weekend. Son is getting a "Major Award" for an art competition he won today. That will keep us busy for a little while this afternoon.
Son had appt. with allergist this week, found he was allergic to a number of things, dog being one of them. Have him on some new medications that seem to be working. On an old medication, he has eczema, I have been putting the bag balm on him as mentioned to Jack. Allergist says"That is the best stuff for skin". Amazing that with all the research we do these days and all the latest medicines on the market, something that has been around for so long is still so good.
Chief, I bet these guys didn't know how much went into the science and culinary cuisine known as Grits! Kim has scoped out all the local establishments and determined the best places for this specialty. Now, she makes her own, but we usually go out to eat our Grits.
Hope everyone is having a great day.
Dennis
It is a cloudy 32 degrees. Going up to 55 today, with some sunshine.
Today is busy. I have to run an errand and then I will do a few chores around the house. No Nascar races this weekend. Baseball is coming soon. Looks like I will be in the train room this weekend.
Dining car was here for the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
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