Actually saw the sun a bit yesterday and more today. Still having spits of rain off and on. Have been in the train room almost everyday this week. Got most of the "stuff" cleared off level two so the O gauge line was clear. Got my Century Club II FM Trainmasters back in operation. Finally got both smoke units to work at the same time and filled the room with lots of smoke!!
Laundry tomorrow and Tuesday. Pack Wednesday and head to Michigan on Thursday. Will be nice to get away for a bit.
God Bless ALL our veterans!!!!
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
Good Evening
Sunny and low 70s today. Ran some trains today and spent the evening at sons house. We ate and played PS2 golf. We tied for games played.
Lake Shore Dr. still looks the same as it did many years ago. A couple of older homes too big to maintain have been torn down but no one would notice as the new homes were built to fit in.
I have word that the thingy will be running late tonite but I shall have banilla ready for whenever...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 evening all (or very early morning),
It was rainy in SE Indiana, but dry and hot at 16th and Georgetown. Nothing was hotter than Helio as he ran like the IRS was after him (ooops, bad choice of words). Sarah was 17th and IV was 16th. Vitor had a terrible day with a pit fire and a bad wreck that left him with a broken back (no paralysis). Princess was third after Wheldon who was second. Milka did a resepectable 20th. Townsend Bell had the drive of the race for 4th in a one week effort. I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast, and I will do nothing on Memorial Day. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hope eveyone has a good Memorial Day. Thinking of those who did and still do wear the uniform. I come from an Air Force Family (dad was an officer, mom's father a chaplin, brother repaired F-15's in the first "sandbox experience"). I was the black sheep who joined the Navy and the Seabees at that. Funny thing is both my nephews are talking about going into the Navy. I guess the crazy uncle had an impact after all.
Fife - cool that you got to see the John Brown underway. I got an in depth tour of the Jeremiah O'Brien back in the 80's as a teenager. A lot of Merchant Marine Vets gave tours on the ship. One of the guys in the engine room picked up on my interest and gave me the $50 tour. She was tied to the dock, but they had the triple expansion engine ticking over. I remember hearing the whistle from time to time on the tour. Later on when we were on the bridge I saw a bicycle chain setup that moved each time the whistle sounded, but the handle was wired up. Later on the open bridge up top I saw the same chain and handle attached to the railing. Gave a slight nudge and heard the whistle slightly sound off on the stack behind us. 20 feet away one of the vets was talking to a group an he turned to me. I thought I was in trouble. He said, "No, no, put it all the way down". I did and you could hear it echo all across the San Francisco Bay.
Just realized we will have no staff meeting since it's a holiday. Guess I'll have more time to continue working on the garage. Enjoy the holiday!
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good morning Y'all! First things first, Happy Memorial Day, and Thanks VETS! Has been a busy weekend and starting a long case in a few moments. It is not a good thing that I am already tired before 0700. I can't wait to pass the baton for call.
Brent, they do look impressive. I may pick up the NYC consolidation, but we shall see. Does look impressive. Glad yours did come with the FatBoy.
Don, it is sad that folks come here to share the hobby and then go elsewhere and put us down. I have read some posts from folks on another forum and at first, it surprised me that grown men behave that way. But I am not going to let it get me down, or let it influence my thoughts here.
May everyone have a blessed Memorial Day,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Memorial Day..........when we remember the sacrificies of the men and women of the Armed Services and their families.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Memorial Day A time to reflect and to thank those who served. This "older" Army guy and his 'chief engineer' wish you a happy and safe day.
Thanks to Vets we awoke this morning safe and free, my children, grand children and I thank you!
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
MEMORIAL DAY
Buckeye's posted picture says it all.
Thanks to you vets and your sons and grandsons who serve today. Thank you Cuthbert C. Murphy, Yeoman first class, USNR, died 10/17/1918. Cool here. Coolest Memorial Day in six years. Going to participate in my favorite holiday activity - studying with a recalcitrant teen. Can't wait to see what I'll be learning about Zimbabwe, tornadoes, obscure forms of grammer...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Memorial Day - what Buckeye said.
Veterans Day - when we thank our veterans and their families and loved ones.
Every Day - when we thank all of those who serve and who have served.
Texas Pete
"You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light." - Edward Abbey -
Anjdevil2 ... you've got me back into watching the formula racing again .... used to really stay on top of it but drifted away the last few years . Really am enjoying it again .... thank you ! I fly a flag all year long here ... I have one old tattered - faded one put up when the Iraq war started .... I swore I would'nt take down until all of our boys come home from Iraq ..... but she's done her job ... am going to respectfully fold her and put her away in a safe place .... excuse my maybe overly felt feelings for Old Glory ... but am so darn proud of her .... makes me choke up sometimes seeing it in newsreels over the battlefields of the past . When I also hear the taps being played ... echoing ... reminds me of all the fallen brothers who gave it all so we can be here today . I know I'm not he only one who lost best friends and family .... so young ... but I'll never forget them . For some reason God let this old boy remain .... and took some of my best buddies .... I can still see their smiling faces .... miss them alot .
SJ ... I second that .... how true ... the older I get the more I think of them ... as Gen . McArthur said " Old soldiers never die .... they just fade away ... "
Wife made me spend the evening with her missed the tardis .... darn it ...
Happy Memorial Day - remember all those who paid that price to keep us free!
Doug - good luck with the gerund phrases and heroic similies, lol! I was an english major and actually it has served me very well in my little career thus far!
Hadn't used our grill in about 3 years. Opened it up and it started right away. The only problem was that it was all rusted out on the inside, something is growing in there that looked like a big orange ball, and the paint is coming off on the inside. Soooo - guess I will be getting a grill for Father's Day, lol!
Sorry the Tardis was so late last night - we were getting the Wii online and hooked up with a friend so we could all race in Mario Kart. Great fun! We finally quit after 11 sometime.
Well, the closet project is done. I learned a lot about finishing drywall, mudding and now about priming it too. Hopefully, I willl be able to do a decent job the first time on the rest of the basement. If one learns from mistakes, I should be able to do so! My wife told me she wants to go through all her stuff before I put it away. I haven't been able to run my trains due to her stuff being in the way. "Egads, woman! That's not fair," I exclaimed! Or words to that effect. We have agreed that I can put the stuff away and then she will have her Mom come over to visit and the two of them will go through it all. So, I hope to be running my trains again tonight on my little table in the basement!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
Happy Memorial Day. Thank you to all the Vets.
Today is warm and muggy. It's gonna rain. Up to 82 degrees today.
I am taking it easy today. Wife is finally feeling better. Had a virus and it was nasty. Miserable for almost 2 weeks. I'm glad she's better.
Dining car was here and I had the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday Memorial Day.
Chuck
Happy Memorial Day to all. Remembering all those men and women who gave up all their tomorrows for all of us. God bless them.
Band of Brothers movie has been on TV this week end. Best darn film I have seen about WWII action. I wonder if any of those guys are still alive from the 506th Easy Company. Major Winters was getting on in years when the film was made several years ago and some of the men had passed away in 1998 and before.
Later, Ray
SPMan
SPMan: Maj. Dick Winters is alive and well, He lives in Hersey, Pa about twenty minutes up the road from my house, He does not give interviews anymore and leads a quiet life. I think he should have got the Medal of Honor for his actions at Brecourt Manor and the many lives he saved on Normandy beach by taking out those guns.
Have a safe and Happy Memorial Day.
Lew.
I'm testing new wireless router - so far so good, but will have to adjust for current network settings. So far though, it is going very well!
We went out to see the new Museum movie today - it was really good!
Good evening all,
It was rainy and sunny in SE Indiana. Going to watch Victory Dinner for the race. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast. I hope everyone has a good day.
Received this in a email just a few ago and thought I would share it with you all
Once each May, amid the quiet hills and rolling lanes and breeze-brushed trees of Arlington National Cemetery, far above the majestic Potomac and the monuments and memorials of our Nation's Capital just beyond, the graves of America's military dead are decorated with the beautiful flag that in life these brave souls followed and loved. This scene is repeated across our land and around the world, wherever our defenders rest! . Let us hold it our sacred duty and our inestimable privilege on this day to decorate these graves ourselves -- with a fervent prayer and a pledge of true allegiance to the cause of liberty, peace, and country for which America's own have ever se! rved and sac! rificed. ... Our pledge and our prayer this day are those of free men and free women who know that all we hold dear must constantly be built up, fostered, revered and guarded vigilantly from those in every age who seek its destruction. We know, as have our Nation's defenders down through the years, that there can never be peace without its essential elements of liberty, justice and independence. Those true and only building blocks of peace were the lone and lasting cause and hope and prayer that lighted the way of those whom we honor and remember this Memorial Day. To keep faith with our hallowed dead, let us be sure, and very sure, today and every day of our lives, that we keep their cause, their hope, their prayer, forever our country's own." --Ronald Reagan
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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A big thanks to all vets, past and present.
No train activity today. Had a cook out at daughters last evening and another this evening at my sons. Did a little lawn work this morning, planted hanging baskets and window boxes and set up the fountain. It was a beautiful day in spite of forecast to the contrary.
Lew, there is a petition on Major Winters website to give him the Medal of Honor. I signed it today. They have over 30,000 signatures now. Glad to hear Major Winters is still with us. I knew he lived in Hershey but had not heard anything about him for a while.
Ray
Buckeye,
I sent you an email. Thanks again.
Hung around the tardis till 10:30 .... all the lights were out .... going to watch the new Tom Hanks movie ... something and angels or demons wife said .... later guys .
Well, it's nearly 11pm and I am at the hospital again. I can hardly wait till 0700 when I come off call! It has really been one thing after another. Would be nice to get overtime, but alas, I don't. Actually, it would be real nice to spend some time working on the railroad....maybe this week.
I have not had a chance to catch up on the news, or see any of the special events to honor those who have fallen in service to our country. My prayers will be with their families and brothers in arms.
Anyone heard from Chief? Seems very quiet around here.
God Bless,Dennis
Sorry Ole Timer and Sir James and anyone else. Tardis is running VERY late tonight. I'll set the way-back machine to about 8:30 and pick up where I left off. Was doing emails and then got into a heated videogame battle with my wife and some friends. Mario Kart on the Wii - very fun game! Just got done - also, son presented me with a giant pile of clothes as he went to bed, saying "I'm all out of pants." Chop chop!
Our network seems to be functioning well - two laptops and desktop can talk, wireless printer thingie is working the old usb printer like it should (finally), and everything is going at full speed = 54mbs. Now I need an N card or plug in on this one, lol!
Morning Folks,
Feeling kind of punky this AM. Not sick, not tired, but not right. Too bad I can't let the kids run the place without me. No train activity to speak of this weekend. I did finally finish cleaning up the old computer junk. I still have a few things I can't throw away like a USB 3.5 floppy drive for the Mac, don't use it but it works great, also have a Palm Zire that is still very good ut the new phone I got a year agao put it on the shelf, also a USB Zip Drive. I also have two older Mac's that I can't put in the trash, wife is going to offer them to one of her girlfriends.
In the big clean up I did find a train related print that I am going to put in my office. It is an old black and white photo of a real life train brakeman with an oil can helping a little boy with a standard gauge train entitled The Next Generation. Also found three prints of a set of four from the Pennsylvania RR. I am missing the Horseshoe Curve Print. I may do some searching on eBay to find one. I'd like to complete the set and frame them.
Well, I gotta go.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good morning all,
It is sunny and rainy all in the same day in SE Indiana. We watched the Victory Dinner. Found out later that Sarah got Scott Brayton award. I had bran muffins on the dining car this morning. Beacon is lit. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning!
Sunny and no rain as of yet (give it time, it’s already 77F and 90% humidity). Going up to 88 later.
Yesterday was a sunny day. I went to my office to feed the company cat and clean up my office a little, and wound up tweeking my back. Figures. First good day to ride and I have to do that...!!! Yesterday the Princess wanted to go to the pool for a little tanning and since everyone else was busy, I downed 3 Motrin and went with her. Read the latest Classic Trains magazine. GG1 special. I recommend it, as it really does have something for everyone. Indy 500 trains, C&NW Trains. GG1’s!!
No rain yesterday either, but thunder boomers in the distance last night. Saw a very bright Venus in the Eastern sky this morning, very nice....
Spent Saturday cleaning up the train room and looks much better, just need to get through the 10 more boxes of stuff from the train store and organize that...I repaired a MTH UP hopper Saturday night and seems to be rolling ok. I have more repairs to do on numerous MTH engines. One at a time..... Also have lots of Atlas O track. May use that for displays. Lots of abused fastrack and GarGrave as well. So many projects, so little time.
Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. And I’ll give our Prez props – the moment of silence at 3 PM was a great gesture.
OK, I’ll check in later!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Morning all. Grey and cool here today. Maybe rain. My late day with class tonight. Dressed down to clean out more storerooms - going into move mode - to prepare for our gigantic office move next month. In my planning to give up half of the crawlspace for storage, I may end up finally upgrading 027 curves to something a tad larger.
Dwiemer ... no I have'nt seen the chief for a bit either .... has me wondering also .... maybe he's taking a well deserved break/rest . I'm not going to bug him with any pm's or mails in case he is relaxing .... but if he reads this ... ole buddy ... if all's good ... and ya have time .... just throw a thumb's up icon in .... some of us are beginning to worry a bit .
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