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Re: COFFEE POT #11 [September], for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 4 yrs old and still going.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:42 PM

Beacon is on. Sorry to hear about your aunt and your health issue, Ray. I hope your weekend is better. T-1 TGIF...

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Posted by SPMan on Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:21 PM

Afternoon all, had some sad news this morning that my last surviving aunt passed away this morning in Chocowinity, North Carolina.  I will not be able to attend funeral since I live on the West Coast and have some health issues about traveling.  If that was'nt enough, I started putting out red tinted urine today which is scary.  Called doctor who sent me for urinalysis test and prescribed antibiotics as a precaution until test are conclusive.  May not know what the problem is until Monday.  I'm not having any pain or anything but they said if I did get severe pain or anything like that to go to the emergency room.  We have a dinner appointment tonight with friends so I am going to go ahead with it unless something gets worse.  Basket in the  pool skimmer is bad order.  Spun my wheels today looking for one which nobody has.  Last guy I talked to said he would have some tomorrow.  I ran the trains for a little while this morning.  Put my Williams scale GG1 back on an 8 car tuscan colored train and enjoyed the pleasures of running conventional again for a change.  Still need to put more feeders in track when I get motovated.  Model train buddy of mine came up with a melanoma from a bump on his arm which he had to have cut out.  We are hoping for a good outcome on that one.  Another train buddy is still out of work and still looking.  This has been a tough week.  I have to remember, somewhere the sun is shining.  I know it will get better in time.

Ray

 

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:18 AM

Chief, Ford Ranger P/U. battery still working fine but nine years old. I bought the truck new and have ran the milage all the way up to 17000.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:15 AM

Afternoon all not to much going on here. working till 8 tonight. doing all that ot so Ican suport the chief as he draws all my SSI Big Smile

hope all having a good week talk to you all later.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:15 AM

CSXect

Cheif 8 more posts and you will hit 10000Laugh

 

He aught to be able to do that today remember hes a politician Smile,Wink, & Grin

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Posted by laz 57 on Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:59 AM

HI GYZ,

  56 and rainy day here but maybe stopping this afternoon?  Maybe play GOLF or run Oil Can Set?  Anyway HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!!!!!

WINGS and YUENGs tonite at WAYNES!!!!

SF,

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Posted by laz 57 on Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:57 AM

CSXect

Cheif 8 more posts and you will hit 10000Laugh

 

 

Now thats alot of bullLaugh!!!!!!!

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Posted by CSXect on Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:30 AM

Cheif 8 more posts and you will hit 10000Laugh

 

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Posted by CSXect on Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:28 AM

Good morning all.

In the Columbus dispatch today is an article about a shop called Moody street trains they repair and restore vintage trains. I will have to check them out some time.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:04 AM

Aloha. Beautiful day here - no rain again - it's been dry for weeks - probably my fault - as I had put down green seed  Wink 70s as Sir J said. I sure enjoy the CPI, admiring all these cars, right now I have a gorgeous B&O gon running around the layout for the rest of the month. Prayers for Jim's friend's family.

Boy, I sure enjoyed perusing the Lionel catalog online - I like the cardboard cut-outs and some neat accessories. I love the photography. Thought of you, Brutus, with the DeWitt Clinton.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:50 AM

sir james I

 Checked on Ranger Battery prices from $75 to $125., I just need a good starting battery not HD.

Ranger boat or ATV?

Morning from rainy NC.  That is good as we need some.  Will make my turnips grow.  Got some mixed "greens" that are massive.  The purple tops are growing slow.  Got tons of peppers but tomatoes are down to a few.  Got meetings today.  Speaking of donuts, got Krispy Kremes and coffeee waiting.  Lucy and I slept late this AM.  Got to go.  BTW: UPs is to deliver my new Lionel engine with the big Eagle today.  Later   

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:19 AM

Good Morning

Like Kurt said, 70s

Going out soon to enjoy the nice weather while we still have it. Checked on Ranger Battery prices from $75 to $125., I just need a good starting battery not HD.

Sorry can't post pictures, don't have the necessary equiptment. But Charlie and Kurt do if one comes over I will ask them. The Texas Special is a real nifty looking engine in it's red and white. I smell bacon so ado for now...S.J.

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Posted by kpolak on Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:22 AM

Morning all!

SJ:  Sounds like a great addition...but where will you put it?

Nice chat last night with Brutus, Charley, and SJ!

Went out for my first motorcycle ride with my neighbor.  Great time through the paved country roads, and farms at sunset on one of these:  Buell XB12x (1200cc rocket)  I really learned a lot by following him.  Awesome bike, but I'm more of a cruiser guy.

76 today, so It's off to the playground with the girls, when it warms up.  50 now.

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:00 AM

Mornin' boys.  Overcast and 64 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Been super-dee-dooper busy at work.

Chief - Have to get back to you on the batteries. 

CPI = Coffee Pot Interchange.

About this time last year I read on one of the other sites about guys that were exchanging cars to run on each other's railroads.  I then put out feelers on who might be interested in such an exchange, and at the end of the day, we wound up with a dozen participants.  The idea is to have each car forwarded each month to a new "home", with the car making at least one appearance on Sunday Photo Fun, so that the participants can track its progress.  Some of the more creative members have worked extra hard on story lines, to the delight of everybody.  At the end of the year, each car will have travelled over 7000 miles, from coast-to-coast, in 9 states.  To me, my 70's era LIONEL Chessie Hi-Cube boxcar was already one of my favorites...having it travel across the US, spending time with friends, will make it that much more special.

Once this round is over, I'll give it a hiatus for a few months, then put out feelers for round 2.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:59 AM

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI (as a refresher for those who are using the "home" version of the coffeepot, that stands for It is another beautiful sunny day in south east Indiana) with temps in the 70s.  I did weights and some treadmill work at the YMCA last night.  Watched "America's Got Talent" last night.  The chicken farmer won, which was no big surprise.  They had some interesting guest acts, ranging from Rascal Flatts to Susan Boyle to Shakira.  Shakira, omg, she is very....flexible.  If Don's neighbor is one tenth as limber as Shakira, it is a wonder California has not fallen off the edge with all that....movement.  It will be interesting to see if "my" soccer girls can bring Tuesday's intensity to tonight's game.  I had an extra donut on the dining car for breakfast in addition to the regular fare.  TBIL, and I can drive after the game as my voice will not be worth a hoot after the games tonight.  I hope everyone (especially "my" soccer girls) has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:30 AM

Morning all

Honey Nut Cheerios and Coffee, then off to work.  I'll check in at lunch time!

Jim - Thanks for the offer.  It is not the ability to sleep, it is the oppertunity!  God has blessed me with the ability to quickly go to sleep.  I just go to bed too late and get up too early.

May God bless

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Posted by 8ntruck on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:35 PM

Mostly sunny and low 80's.

SJ - Will you be able to post pictures of your new Texas Special B unit on SPH?  I was considering one.  Seeing pictures would be interesting.

Bob - the poster floating around our office about meetings goes something like this:

Lonely?, Board? - Schedule a meeting!

You will be able to talk to people, look busy, HAVE DONUTS!

Meetings, the proctical way to waste time.

 I stopped by my LHS and picked up the new Lionel catalog.  Nothing really screams at me, though there are a couple of items that whisper.  I don't remember who mentioned it, but the Mt. Rushmore box car is neat.  The Federal Bailout Mint car is kind of nifty too.

Later all.

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Posted by Brutus on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:16 PM

Okay - let's get going then - you can drive, Jim, I have dramamine!  Laugh

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:53 PM

Good Evening

 Well no 80 today but 70s are good too.

I received a package today B unit for my Wms. Texas Special,  it looks good. I was not going to add it but decided to before all the prices go up. Brutus I did not compare the docksider pic with ones I have but it seems to be the same. More decoration than most. Banilla is ready so lets fly...S.J.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:46 PM

CXSect,

             Welcome back.

I pulled the smoke unit out of the hotbox reefer, but I decided that it wouldn't be a good idea to put it in the 21166 due to the plastic boiler. So, I took the 21166 downstairs to put it on a shelf. Then I saw my 1946 2020 Turbine, and I remembered how much I hate lamp type smoke generators. After some time at the kitchen table, I have a one of a kind 2020!Big Smile Puts MTH smoke output to shame. Pics and possibility video to follow in the near future... 

 

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:28 PM

Evening.  Back from lake house.  Well, actually got back at 2:30 but had to rush to regional transportation meeting in Raleigh.  Got home and had to read 75 emails as I never got to the country store and its wireless.  Now I have read throught the Pot so:

I have Don's box car.  Well, actually I don't.  Remember it burned.  Will ship ashes tomorrow.  Just got it a couple of weeks ago so have not had it a month.

Buckeye, keep it rolling in.  Automatic deposit. Smile,Wink, & Grin

OSU have a football team? Whistling

Fifey, how many batteries and what size are they?

Picked up a box of HOT fresh Krispy Kremes while in Raleigh. Dinner Evil

Later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:58 PM

Evening all

Thanks for the prayers for my friend's family.

Kids are in bed and I am beat!  Going to do some reading then off to bed for me.  Too many nights of < 6 hrs of sleep

May God bless

Jim

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Posted by Brutus on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:44 PM

Laz - yeah, they broke that a while back?  You just get to the page now?

Called and figured out the delay on my GP9 and it is supposed to be here tomorrow Thumbs Up

Checked out the Lionel catalog online - that Dewitt Clinton (Why do I always think it's Clinton Dewitt?) will eat up a big chunk of my train money next year (I assume!), but that's about all that got my interest.

JimSP - prayers for your friend's family.

Mike & Pat - Laugh

Hey SJ - Is that Stasburg Docksider a little different than the other ones they put out?  For some reason, it looks different to me....?

Welcome back CSXETC!  Post a link to some pics?

Oops - RT is on, ttfn!

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Posted by laz 57 on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:12 PM

HI GYZ,

  FIFE,  I'll have NS OIL CANS on this Sundays Photo Fun?  Hopefully?  I got them out of the box but didn't put em on the tracks yet.  Tomorrow, gonna run em if it rains.  Or if it doesn't rain I'll be playing GOLF, against BRO.  Stay tuned.

  Any of YUZ GYZ click on the blue arrow to take you right to the poster, and just get the top of page then have to scroll down?  Mine must be broke cause I can never go right to the poster of the thread.  Just my observation.  Frustrating!

Stay frosty,

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:57 PM

 Evenin' Guys...

Was up to the mid 80's today and rained a bit in the afternoon, partly cloudy the rest of the day. 

Princess has quit the school dance team and has gone back to a outside dance school.  She is in pointe class and was aasked to try out for the senior dance company which (not surprising) she made.  She has been reunited with her first instructor whom she hasn't seen since she was 6 or 7 (she's 17 now).  She is very happy with this so far, so we'll see how it goes.

Jim Phish - Angel for your friend

The Interchange Cars (Coffee Pot Interchange) are a like a traveling piece of rolling stock, every month the rolling stock goes from one place to another, getting "face time" on your layout, then on to the next person on the list.  Some are dated and autographed on the car, some have way bills and some have some history of the car from which it came.  My car is a NJ Zinc slurry car.  My favorites are things from NJ (like you couldn't guess), so that's what I sent out.  If all goes well, I should have my car back by the New Year, having traveled North to PA, NC, MD, IA and as far west as CA.

Right now, I have John F's Lehigh & New England Boxcar by WIlliams.  WOW!! A really nice item.  Pictures are on last weeks SPF.

If I left anything out, someone will correct me for sure.

OK Check ya later! 

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Posted by Steve W. on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:40 PM

Well things here are the same, had a ton of rain this am that flooded my garage. I'm used to that and keep everrything up off the floor.

  Called my friends wife a little while ago to let her know that I heard about his death and was thinking about them. I'll see if she calls back, havn't talked to them in a long time . Pat: I've been wondering the same thingWhistling ..........Steve

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:49 PM

 Jon - I remembered you and your son biked across the northern mid-west. I agree about the completion time of Mount Rushmore. It appears now as much time is spent on maintenance as on building.

 RT - How about a Georgia beach peach?Whistling

Brutus - Didn't get to drive last night - maybe to night. If not, there is always Don's neighbor to play with (go fish?) TBIL

Mike - I agree "What happens on the Tardis, stays on the Tardis!" Fortnightly for me!Laugh

I have read a lot abut the "car exchange". Is anyone willing to say what is it and who can be apart of it?Confused

The modern farm.

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Posted by CSXect on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:42 PM

Hello all.

Been too busy to keep up on all the forums, thought I would drop in and say hi and see whats new.

I see most of the gang is still here.

Sounds like the car exchange thing is still up and running.

I have joined the NMRA recently, and have a layout(lionel display layout) under construction have 2 loops up so far one is actualy done the other is waiting for me to decide how to elevate it. There are two more loops to be added as well. I like both toy and scale trains.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:33 PM

I just finished cleaning the 21166. I spent a considerable amount of time looking for screws to remove, but I finally noticed that the boiler snaps onto the frame.Banged Head It was very dirty, but it looks to have very few miles on it. I forgot how cheaply made these 21166s are. There is so much plastic that I thought I was working on something else.Sign - Oops I have been thinking about customizing this 21166 since it is of little interest to collectors. I am thinking of adding a working headlight and fan driven smoke unit. I have to open my hotbox reefer to see if the smoke unit receives track power.

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