Bill, who made the engine?
Chief, it was made by Weaver for the Gadsen-Pacific train club. I assume to pull their ore cars scripted for the mines in Arizona. Super light locomotive with dual drive shafts. I will pull the shell this week and see if any lead can be added over each truck.
Bill T.
Morning, Guys!
- Prayers for Buckeye & Chief, Brent & SusieQ!
- Welcome Bob!
Well, the trip went as planned, but for the evening rain, which my wife was not happy about. We got an upgraded room from the parking lot to the pool side (missus want BEACHside – sold out and an extra $100!!) Had dinner at Waldo’s (built from driftwood in the ‘30’s).
Visit to my Aunt & Uncle was too short but great! Had breakfast at IHOP with my Aunt and wife. Stopped at Space Coast HD for a shirt, alas , the hobby stores were closed.
12 hours of driving in 3 days was enough, I fell asleep about 6 and got up again this AM at 6:30. Went to Tallahassee and back on Friday, so I’m wore out.
Sunday was the 22nd anniversary of my win at Pocono (We had a drag race on the track prior to the 500, which I won!)
OK guys, I’m caught up, so off to work I go....
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
HI GYZ,
Just got done with first phase of laz camp. Took dog for a mile walk, then did a nice easy 6 mile jog, then ate breakfast,. Got on bike for another 6 miles, felt great. Saw 3 deer in foelds, nice with their red coats on this spring. Got to trim shrubs now. All have a nice day.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning
Rain is here. 70s today.
The Weaver engine w/that drive system is designed to run at scale speed ony. It is a 2RS redesigned to work on three rail track. It should pull ok but will NEVER run even close to fast.
I am going to do some more layout cleaning but I am still in one corner....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
Morinng all. Huge storms overnight probably by Sir J by now. Knocked the alarm off so I was late for work. Brent, have fun with the demolition - my fave part of any project. Brutus, hope blood wasn't shed in your battle with the drywall. I hate drywall... Hopefully the daughter will paint our front room today - I prepped it for her last night. Doesn't look like I'll be getting to the layout myself anytime soon.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Mike C, that is SOUTHERN food. Drop it off.
Bill T, get some lead fishing weights or old tire weights. I use W/S sealing rope [from auto parts store, about $15 a ox and will last for years]. Wrap the weights in that. Will stick about anywhere and also insulated the lead incase it comes in contact with electronics. Try filling the fuel tans too. That W/S sealer rope is good for sticking weights inside light train cars and that helps them hold the track. Good luck. Let us know if that helps.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning, Waiting........ Waiting....... For the infamous internet guy to come or call that they are investigating the problem. Suppossedly they are suppose to call and say they are working, then as they trace the signal from somewhere, and keep working toward the house. If they find a problem suppose to call and say so. Otherwise end up coming all the way to the house. Last time at 6:00 pm I called and asked where are they, was told they fixed the problem at 8:15 am.. See what we shall see.
Going to see about relocating a station on the layout in the meantime. And possibly work on a couple of alternative ideas for the club layout. A elevated track has been established that tranverses the layout. The only problem is that it has a loop back and is forced to rejoin the mainline going the opposite direction of normal traffic flow. So looking at creating a spur which will end up rejoing the mainline at the opposite end of the layout going with traffic. The issue with that is it has to drop 16". At a 2% grade that's like 66' ! So looking at 4 alternatives;
- 66' decline siding, returning to a different mainline. (limits train direction on both mains)
- 50' decline which returns to the same main, but a steeper grade, (probably the prefferred)
- a seperate return line which involves a lift gate across a major aisle
- a Helix.
So will just see.
In the mean time I be a waiting !
Don
ChiefEaglesPat, how about some tenderloin biscuits with gravy?
Pat, how about some tenderloin biscuits with gravy?
Throw in some grits (NOT cream of wheat!) and you have a perfect meal! What time do we eat?
What say you RT? Your kind of meal, right?
Pat
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LawsonFarmsRR ChiefEagles Pat, how about some tenderloin biscuits with gravy? Throw in some fried eggs and you have a perfect meal! What time do we eat? What say you RT? Your kind of meal, right? Pat
ChiefEagles Pat, how about some tenderloin biscuits with gravy?
Throw in some fried eggs and you have a perfect meal! What time do we eat?
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Afternoon, Y'all!
Been a bit crazy around these parts. Worked camera last night for the concert at church. The video is to be released for airing on TV. Was a neat testimony from the lead singer and the song "While I'm Waiting". Unfortunately, I wore the wrong shoes for standing in one spot for so long. My feet and legs were killing me by the time it was over.
Had a morning case today, but that is over. While I am now on call, I still intend to head to the farm to pick green beans with the kids and the wife. Should be an experience as the fields are wet and muddy as well as I am sure the snakes will be around. Will have to bring along a little lead to fire their way. It is supposed to hit the mid 90s, so I doubt we will be at this for too long. Think I will opt to use the truck as the car would never make it in the mud.
On a train related note, I did stop down by the yard in town and took some shots of the NS doing some switching manuvers. They had about 12 engines all packed together. I keep checking to see if they bring back any of the ones they did in the old "Southern" livery paint scheme. Not for awhile...since number 4610 jumped the rails in Atlanta.
Hope everyone is having a good week,
God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Ahoy maties . Ahoy Her Majesty's royal subjects. Sunny & 86 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Still on daywork, and still winding down from the weekend's events.
mitchie - Catoctin is my absolute favorite train store in the world. Matter of fact, my hoppers are in.
laz - FYI, I started crampin' up on mile 3, so stretch a little better tomorrow...
Just returned from the services for my buddy Tom. He planned the service and what he wanted said. As we filed out of the sanctuary, they played his favorite song, "A Horse with No Name."
Lately, I have heard some interesting criticism about "behind the scenes emails". Well, I want to thank several of you for those emails with jokes, cartoons, photos and videos because many of them were sent to Tom to help cheer him up.
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
Evening Gents: Havn't posted in a couple days.....nothin to say I guess. Pool wouldn't clear stayed cloucy, found out the earth was getting into the pool so the more I vacumed the worse it got. Filter grrids were shot. BOY ARE THEY EXPENSIVE I'll be taking much better care of them in the future. Daughter had friend over last night to go swimming and it was nice to see them enjoy the pool so I guess its worth it. Steve
Buckeye, you are a winner when it come to friends. You will be rewarded.
Mowed the yard, weedeated the yard and pond bank. Sprayed Roundup at pond [touch up of some places] and behind the fence here at the back yard. Clearing it out as Mr. Biggie [he is a BIG groundhog] has moved in the the two holes outside my fence. .17 ready. Also helped neighbor with poison. He can not recognize it. He can now. His son is very allergic to it. Big section of his back yard is natural and covered and three trees covered. We chopped the big vines into [some as big as a baseball bat]. Wifey had meatloaf, fresh cabbage [from garden] boiled with patotes [not from garden] along with deviled eggs [not from garden, that is for the Yankees as they do not know deviled eggs as Southern]. Also fresh tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden. That is not a beer gut, it is table mussle. Well time for another glass of sweet ice tea. Just got my ice tea machine down. This is late getting it out.
Later.
Good Evening
Storm just past through. I am trying to get back on chat line but this thing won't co-operate. The brown truck brought me a K-Line trolley with a circus banner on the side. I preordered it last Aug 1st. Not very fancy but nice just the same. Banilla is ready for the Tardis ride. S.J.
Evening all. just put the front room together after the daughter and her friend spent the day painting it. Now to do a little work before bed. DJ, what an adventure! I hope to see that movie with my youngest. He loves the original. Those models sound real nice. Chief, I am also super-allergic to poison ivy. Glad you got rid of it for the neighbors.
Good job Chief - poison ivy is no fun at all. Dj/Doug - we took the kids to that movie a couple weeks ago and it was great, two thumbs up Wasn't feeling well today, but worked anyway. Might as well get paid, right? Just got on the computer tonight - chatted with RT, SJ, 8nTruck, and Charlie. Good time and lots of good info. Had some pretty bad storms here this morning, but no damage at home or work. TARDIS is ready and sounds like we all weathered the storms, so on the way
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Had to go back to work this morning to do my part to keep Social Security solvent. Few storms blew through this morning, nothing serious, though. Did rain enough that I did not need to water the vegie patch.
Lost bids on e-bay for freight car trucks and GP-9 dynamic brake hoods. Oh well, try again later.
Wife and I saw Night at the Museum yesterday. Enjoyable movie. Never been to the Smithsonian. Need to get there someday - especially the Air & Space.
Poison ivy is no fun at all. When my wife gets into it, she breaks out in spots where she has had it before as well as the new spots. Careful when you burn it too - you do not want to breathe the smoke.
Good chat with Brutus, RT, and SJ - missed Charlie. Still cleaning out the USB port that I gummed up when I sent the pizza! That TMCC conversion discussion cleared some questions up.
I noticed that the local hobby shop got another Hogwarts Express set in last week. Looks like he is timing it for the release of the next movie.
Is the expansion coach set out yet for the Hogwarts?
Good Evening! My vigil is over. The Verizon guy showed up, looked at the modem, tested the line, concluded the modem is bad. Here's the rub, eventhough I am paying more than a new subscriber would pay, and been a customer for 6 years. You want a new modem you buy it. So after negotiation, we now have a new internet provider. At a significantly lower price, also picked up additional TV programming. AND the system SEEMS faster. The only downside is teaching the wife how to us the new TV remote. That will probably get me a few hours in solitude before its over.)
BUCKEYE, GREAT NEWS !!! YOUR CAR ARRIVED HERE SAFELY IN ONLY 4 PIECES. NO PROBLEM! I HAVE AN EXTRA AXLE, AND BRAKE WHEEL. I CAN GET THE DOOR BACK ON OK, ( I think I have an extra door for the missing one. I know I have a red one and a yellow one just cant remember which one is a automotive type, and which is the plugin. Will let you know.) I know I have a hatch cover for the top, its green but sure it will look fine.
Also received in the mail today, the Wake Weekly, will scale the page down so I can scan the page and post a layout picture of where it was located on the page.
Also received probably about 20 or so, envelopes with money, checks, etc.. Says a lot for the groups credibility! Extremely punctual, I'm impressed! You guys sure haven't wasted time. More on that later!
More later, need to go and change the TV station.
Reclinerized too long. Oh no, Shake and Bake has his computer back on line. 8, thanks for working and keeping my Social Security coming. I'm afraid LAZ is not working during the summer and it might decrease. Now you have assured me that it will not. Good night [what is that in the sky? Oh the gang flying by]
Don, I'm not punctual...at least until I can get time at home. Back at the hospital for some time now. Have had 3 emergency cases today/tonight/this morning....ARGH! I promiss to get it on the way and also get that order in for the printer.
Was a good afternoon. Well, at least for a few hours. Got to the farm and picked green beans, then home for some tacos and back to work just as I was about asleep too! Anyway, hope everyone is well tonight.
Dennis
Good Morning All
Last night I pulled the shell off the Weaver Magma Mines RS diesel. Six of the smallest screws known to mankind holds the shell to the frame, should be a real treat getting them back in place. Anyways found the problem which could be a real problem to fix, most likely a call to Weaver will be needed. The Universal Coupling that connects to the extruding spindel of the Pittman motor is slipping on the spindel. Strange set-up, the universal coupling that connects to the gear tower is held in place by 2 super small allen screws but the universal coupling that connects to the Pittman motor spindle looks like it is just forced on, no allen screws. I don't even know if Weaver has parts in stock for this guy anymore, its around 15 years old. If Weaver can't be of any help looks like an unpowered unit in its future.
Good Morning All,
Had a restful night's sleep which is good. Yesterday's meetings which I dreaded turned out better than expected. More meetings today.
Got out the standard gauge and set up carpet central in spare bedroom. I can leave it set up until next Wednesday when my SIL comes from FL for a visit. Maybe that hour or so of train running is what relaxed me so I could sleep so well. Will definitely run more trains tonight. I love the ProtoSounds 2.0 with the station announcements and crew talk. The MTH Z750 transformer with the IR remote works well with this set. Nothing but an oval of track but still lots of fun, very different than running O gauge on the Broom Closet and Dustpan Railway. I've got to get out to the O gauge layout and do some cleaning and straightening like Sir J. Now that the temps have risen it so so hot out there when I get home. I should look for a window air unit for the layout space. Wouldn't take much to cool a 5 by 9 space, or maybe a floor model?
Got to go, another day in paradise awaits me. Four more days with kids. Five more days with teachers. Natives are all getting restless. They need a break from each other.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Got out the standard gauge and set up carpet central in spare bedroom.
Mitch, I did the same thing when the wife went out to Seattle for 10 days to visit one of the daughters. I set up the MTH Milwaukee Standard Gauge passenger set up in the living room on the carpet. Had a blast running that Standard Gauge set around the living room. Had to give the carpet a good vacuming afterwards to eliminate all telltale signs that railroad track was laid in the living room.
I spent the evening screwing down deck boards and bailing up cut tree limbs last night. Deck is looking great, and it's nice to be able to walk on 3/4 of it. There is some garden RR potential around this deck for sure.
Have a great day!
Wes
Don.....You will receive my check on Thursday or Friday. With the birth, deaths and trips I am a little late.
Hard to get going today. Was at daughter's house seeing the baby last night. The Gold Lionel Hallmark Hudson is in his room.
The photos from my trip to the Southern Locomotive Museum are now on my website. See below for link. The General was stolen by Ohio Soldiers during the Civil War while the Chief's great great great uncle was on guard duty. Maybe it wasn't the Chief's uncle, but when they stole the train, the Southern Army had a training camp right beside the tracks across from the hotel where the train crew was eating lunch.
Morning. Yes, I'm up early. Got a middle school graduation early this AM.
Buckeye, just think, soon he will be telling you how to run trains.
Mitch and LAZ are about to have it made. Bask in the sun and do nothing all summer.
Bill, get that W/S sealing rope. A tiny pinch on tip of screwdriver will hold those screws. If all that part does is hold the driveshaft and needs to be stopped from slipping, SUPER GLUE. Good luck.
Got to go. Later.
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps near 80. OMWUMNSFGH. Edged the sidewalks last night. Need to get a new blade. Did weights and soccer juggling at the YMCA last night. Did some Second Life and some eBaying. Work went well. Slept well after good ride in Tardis. DonB, will get money to you. Sorry for delay. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast before sending it to "Points East". Chief, I can not verify the origins of zucchini bread, but pork tenderloins are a Hoosier delicacy. However, (and I do know this, and this is not to disparage the wives, girlfriend, and/or significant others of any current or future member of the 'Coffeepot') the"saucy wench" does make the best zucchini bread I have ever tasted. Truly "food of the gods" good. Beacon is lit after soccer practice. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
A quick cop of coffee and a few words while waiting for my son to arrive to help with some farm chores.
My son and I are allergic to poison ivy, oak and sumac. A few years ago my wife insisted we get the shots for the poisons. I was skeptical, but was surprised when the shots greatly reduced the chances of getting it. Shot is good for 7 years.
Mitch - I have a friend that believes if he worries enough about something when it happens it will not be as bad as he thought it would be. Seems to work for him.
Chief - I like the "table mussle" explanation. Sounds better than Dunlap's Disease.
RT - I seem to have a Yankee worm in my computer. I type the letters g, r, i, t and they come out e, g, g, s.
Nice T sorm came through at 430AM. Cooled things down. Got my 3.5 miler in on the run this morning along with a 6.5 miler on the bike. Now got to clean out turtle tank and the cut back all the spring flowers. Going to get mulch later today so that is tomorrows project.
FIFE, BUCKEYE and CHUCK didn't need the stretch and being it was just a 3.5 miler this morn felt you didn't need it either? I did walk dog earlier so you should of been warmed up? Maybe dangle legs in water off the skiff?
CHIEF, no work for me just around the house.
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