Good Morning
Sunny and 40s.
No plans for the day. Good thoughts for those on the mend.
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
Chief, one thing you can try is to take benadryl with the cough medicine. In most cases, that will help with the itching. Also, will make for a better sleep. You can get it over the counter. Just make sure you plan on a full night's rest as you will be groggy in the morning if you don't get enough sleep.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Morning. Wet and chilly. Had to take cough meds last night so been up itching since 4 AM [getting allergic to codeine] but not really awake. Reclinerizing a lot. Wake up and drink some coffee and go right back to sleep.
Glad to see the retired blow hard over the hill horn blower made it home OK.
Got things to do in the house and wifey is home. That means, "Do this." and "Do that." and "Move this." and "Move that." Then I say, "Do it yourself!" That is when I recoup my EMS fee I pay each year. I do need to move a lot of engine boxes to the attic. Carrying lots of her stuff to Goodwill.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Home Again -- Home Again Jiggedy Jog............ walked in the door last night about 10:40 after an unventful flight from Houston, that's a good thing. We by passed Denver on this trip thinking snow might be an issue, won't do that again, just too many hours in the silver tin can going via Houston. What a great trip to San Diego, truly a wonderful destination and the San Diego Train Museum was one of our highlights with our host Doug The next time we go we will stop in again, there are things we wanted to do but we simply ran out of time, also want to hook up with Don B. and Ray. We aren't sure when the next trip will be but a trip in February would sure be nice ...........
I have the laundry started and will head to the Y, the grocery store and oh yes---the airport! My cell phone fell out of my coat pocket while we were on the mini bus to get to the extended parking lot. The driver called our home # before we got here so I'll stop and pick it up this morning ........ it's always good to tip the driver
Time to get movin'
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good Morning all
I am taking this morning off to serve at a funeral later this morning. A friend had beat cancer 12 years ago, and then it came back. She was a great lady.
Rich (and everyone) – Sorry for the delay in getting the cars in and out in the exchange. I thought I had mailed out one only to find the person I asked to mail it forgot! This is why you will have two coming at you.
Bob – The 342(AC) is one of my favorites. A friend gave it to me. It was his when he a boy. The AC on some steamers was to note that it would operate on both AC & DC, as most AF trains did because they had a universal motor. There were some that were marked DC i.e. 342DC, which were DC only.
Spanky – God bless you for taking care of your folks! Unfortunately our culture is beginning to ignore the value of life of the elderly; yes a part of it is the proposed health care. OOPs was that my outside voice!
Chief – Amazing how conversation tone changes when others see your friends Smith and Wesson with you, wasn’t yours a Glock?
Mitch – We are seeing a huge increase in families coming to the food pantry for food. The dinner we held Saturday fed 516 people. The Deacons of our Diocese have a fund raiser every year and we raised $5000, and the money is coming to our deanery for our local food pantries.
Ray – Happy Anniversary! Are you going out for dinner?
May God bless
Jim
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 50s and a long day of meetings ahead of me. Spanky, sorry to hear about the situation with your parents. One of the side benefits of this forum is the increased "religiosity" that one acquires from this group. There are no aetheists in foxholes, cancer wards or this forum. Dennis, I am sure if you wanted to, you could find the basis for at least 10 or more inspirational movies from the accounts listed here amongst us. For all who need prayers now and for all who have received them in the past and who will need them in the future (I think that covers all of us), I offer my own meek petitions and I hope whatever form of the Deity you follow will help those in need.
I got an e-mail from my Norwegian soccer friend (dopey grin time). I had the regular fare on the dining car before sending it to "Points East". TBIL, and I am glad the Lock-ons helped. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hi GYZ,
37 and cool here. Got 2.5 days then off for break.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Take it easy up there Bob! Sounds like it has been keeping you on your toes...which is a good thing.Spanky, parents often do that...not telling us about issues they are having. Something about not wanting to "bother" us. My mother had not told my dad how serious her surgery was and also did not tell him my thoughts about a less invasive approach. Your Dad probably didn't want to concern you about your mom. The other thought is that often, the ones who are always there see the changes the least as it happens over time and they don't relate to how someone has changed. Glad you were able to be there to help out.
Well, I am on call and will go in later, but have baked a White Chocolate and Caramel Cheesecake for work. It is on the wire rack and I am waiting while it cools. Have to release the spring form pan and then let it cool.
Hope it is a good week for everyone. God Bless,Dennis
Observing is going fairly smoothly and the Taiwanese are here. Had some fun earlier though. One of the IF modules wouldn't lock up and I went in to check on it. Darn near passed out when I walked into the computer room. No, it wasn't me this time, the blower motor went out. We have the doors to the outside cranked open and some portable fans running. Spent a little bit of time on a ladder poking around (I know, I know, but I can't stay away from the stuff...) and found a replacement motor from MSC. It'll be fun to get the blower out. We have four of these pulse air units and they mounted each one upside down and backwards. It'll be one of those, ok slide it out, but not all the way, find the blower set screw and loosen it, and then slide it back in so we can drop the motor. Fun, but John is here w/ me so I'll mostly just hand tools tomorrow.
8ntruck - a cyclotron tour on crutches?! Now that's entertainment! The worst we have is the stairs but I been taking it slow. Today has been much better since I didn't have to get here in the first place.
Jim S. - that 342AC(?) is a beauty.
DJspanky - Wow. What a week. Prayers for you and the family. Hang in there and keep us posted.
Finished watching the America by Rail Heartland video. Enjoyed that a lot. May have to find their video of the Cumbres and Toltec pushing a steam rotary plow. I have the West Coast video for later.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Spanky, prayers for your family. Glad to hear your Dad is making some progress even though his injury is pretty bad. Sorry to hear about your Mom's situation. Prayer that your family can work it out to care for her until your Dad is on his feet again.
Don, thanks for the compliment about the Golden Gate scale combine. I added the 80 ft. pullman today and boy does that look good with the lights on and all the interior stuff lit up. I would like to get at least three of these pullmans eventually and then I can run them on any road. They make all my regular stuff look like toys which I guess they really are. Nothing wrong with that but just mentioned it for comparison.
Doug, thank you for the good wishes for our 50th. Prayer that you will have one too.
PS Don, I didn't see any door prize for you but don't feel bad, I did'nt win anything either. I forgot to mention that it was nice to meet your lovely wife. She seems like a very nice person. Sorry we didn't have more time to chat at the meet.
Off to bed now and sleep I hope. I'm really bushed from all the activity of the last three days. Got to get rested up for the holidays.
Good night all,
Ray
SPMan
Good Evening All !
One more weekend filed away, First all and foremost Prayers for those in need and families. This can be a very comfortable season begining, and very stressful as well. Definetly try to stay close to the true meaning, it certainly will help in keeping it all in prospective !
Had a good day working yesterday am, (every time we set a new record at that particular venue.) Then went up to the Cal Stewart meet in Pasadena. Saw Ray, and boy did he ever get a really nice car!! It is sharp !! I got to see the combo he picked up on Sat., didn't see his trophy on Sunday. The car has 6 wheel trucks, and flanges on all 6 wheels. The detailing is tremendous, and talk about big?? 80' scale !! (BTW Ray, did you pick up my door prize?)
I did pick up a track inspection truck, MTH town center Clock. It actually has a quartz movement, will look good on the layout. Aso got some Dept 56 highway sections, and a piece of 3' ft sq. section Cobblestone matting. (Will place it around our church.) My wife and I spent 2 1/2 hours checking the place out, she really was enjoying it. Spent some time with a guy running a pair of double 72' helix's. I had loaned him some stuff to run, they really did good. I messed up and instead of letting him have an engine with Cruise Control, let him have a couple of MPC type. One was the FM, Virgianian, so it was running fast down hill and did need power adjusted up the incline. Also when we originally discussed it, there was only 1 helix, so loaned him a C80 xformer, on fastrack (had a 84" straight between the helix's). Thought that would be fine. With the 2 helix's it was still doing well with only 1 lockon! (Roy, cudos!!) mI was surprised it did so well!
Looking forward to this week, will get some time in train room!! Hurray !
Regarding CPI (whats the acronym stand for), I have Doug M's car, and will ship it later this week. Didn't want it to arrive until Jon was safely home. Only have one more here and that would be the Jon "Deere Car."
Son planning on going hiking tomorrow, up to Mt. Baldy and back in one day, (approx. 8,000 ft), about 4 miles up, and 4 miles back. Going with a friend from work, who is a former Park Ranger in the area. So will be glad when we know they are back to the car.
Hope all have a great day !!!
And, God Bless.
Don
Evening all. May not be able to get online very often at my mom's as she has limited Internet access, but I will try to check in. Looks like Ben is a little better but the bride is now sick. We'll go anyway... Ohio overnight tomorrow. Then hopefully Connecticut on Tues. eve.Dennis, look forward to hearing how that bird cooks!Ray, an early congratulations on 50 years! May I celebrate that milestone someday!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good evening everyone. Came home from HotLanta this evening. Tired from the drive as just about the whole way was a rain storm. Got interesting, but we arrived safe. Had a good time visiting in-laws. Since we brought my MIL and her husband, I told my wife and her sister that they "owe me one". Was all good though. I am on call this week, so we celebrated Thanksgiving early. We will still have a Turkey this Thursday that I will cook in the new "Oil-Less Fryer" that we picked up from Home Depot.com. I'll report on how it comes out.
Doug, hope Ben is doing better. Brutus, hope things are going well with your bride and that she can get the marrow transplant taken care of real soon. For a number of folks here facing issues, I will be lifting up prayers.
God Bless,Dennis
Evening to All,
Have not checked in in quite a while, been so busy with work. Early morning meetings and late nights. Kids are off the next two days, so I have 9 days in a row without students and teachers. Economy is really hitting some folks hard. Every week I hear of at least one family who has lost a job. One family lost job in September, dad found a job end of October, only to get a pink slip this past week because a contract that the company was negotiating fell through. We have seen 50% increase in free and reduced meals this school year and probably have a bunch more who could qualify if they weren't too proud to apply.
Not too much happening on the train front. I haven't even cracked open the new CTT yet. Maybe I won't be so exhausted and will have some time to read it this week. Got to get the layout cleaned and operating.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good Evening
A lazy day, guess I will just wait for the Tardis. Had a large lunch so home made apple pie with banilla was supper. S.J.
Good evening all, completed final day of Cal Stewart meet in Pasadena, Ca. Helped run trains again on the DCS demonstration layout. Also spent a lot of time playing with a stationary steam engine one of the guys bought at the meet. It had a neat little whistle on it and we almost wore it out.
I picked up another Golden Gate Depot 80 ft passenger car today. This one is a Pullman with lighted interiors, tinplate wheels and couplers. It has 12 sections and one drawing room. Beautiful car. I need to get some more of these to make a train. They look fine on my 072 and 096 curves.
50th Wedding anniversary coming up on Thanksgiviing day. We will be heading to San Diego on Thursday to spend the week end celebrating.
later,
Rich - prayers for your daughter, hope all is well! Prayers out for all and families.
More Lock-ons, of course! Must be a power drop! Sounds like we can Do This! Ready to fly, waiting for the passionate pheasant beacon to be lit
Started off with some plans for today, but twisted my back again before lunchtime, so mostly spent the day with an old pillow in the recliner, just watching tv. Talked with a friend about some wiring problems on his layout - he finally figured out his old 1033 died!
John (JEF) sorry to hear about that layoff at the museum - man, that is too bad
TTFN!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Lawson Farms - Absolutely. Get your layout ready.
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 50s. Went down to Bloomington to visit daughter and he family. She had a nice meal for us and a nice day. Went to McDonald's for breakfast this morning. TBIL, and I am ready to help with the power problem. My first choice in that situation is more lock-ons. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all
Three services today and a funeral in the morning! Crazy busy.
All the talk of the multipie 302's prompted me to post that picture. I really like the late 40's and early 50's diecast locos. I'll put up more next week of an early 300 and 310.
Rich - I mailed out two cars in one box this past Friday. Let me know when you get them. The rotation is a few months from complete I'd think.
Good night and may God bless
fifedogEvenin' boys. Pleasant and 46 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. RAVENS let one slip through their fingers today. Jimmy Johnson is the NASCAR champ...again... anjdevil - (Missed what landed her there ) Ole Timer - Why did you only hunt passionate pheasants... Let's get these CPI cars a-rollin'. Would like to have everything wrapped up by New Years.
Evenin' boys. Pleasant and 46 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. RAVENS let one slip through their fingers today. Jimmy Johnson is the NASCAR champ...again...
anjdevil - (Missed what landed her there )
Ole Timer - Why did you only hunt passionate pheasants...
Let's get these CPI cars a-rollin'. Would like to have everything wrapped up by New Years.
Evenin' Fife:
And the 18 is the Nationwide champ as of yesterday. Maybe he can break the 48's string next year.
New CPI time next January? Keep me in mind.
Pat
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
HI GYZ,
Just got done running trains for an hour, oh yeah, NO PILE UPs!
FIFE, passionate pheasants, because........ get ready............THEY"RE LOVE BIRDs!!!!!!!
Chief,
Nope, been car-less for a month now. Waiting on Jim Phish...
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
Evening all. Went to Sunday School and then left for Mom's. Took her a meal. Pam and I fixed and set up everything. Mom's mind is getting real bad. Gets confused if things change from routine.
Went to pond and fed deer. Saw 4. Cleaned out spillway. Either beavers came over and tried to stop it up with sticks and moss or one of the 4 trespassers kicked it in from the bank while fishing. Yes, caught 4 trespassers. Claimed they were kin to the A-A lady living at the top of the hill. Told them she did not have control of the pond. They packed up and left. Funny thing was, when I drove up behind their truck at the cable, they started walking back toward me and were hooking up their hooks in the rod eyes. If they thought they had permission, why did they do that? They were very nice and left. I guess you are nice if the guy has a 9mm auto sticking out of his front pocket.
Rich, do you have a traveling car on the way here?
Well, time to do some town work [letter to write].
Well just got done blowing out guters, sucking up leaves, then running a nice easy 4 miler. Weather was just perfect, WIFE and JANEDOG went along to old RR bed to join me they walked I ran.
OLE TIMER, we use to have a buch of farms to hunt at but the land was sold and now there is a development on them. Guess what name they put on the development? You guessed it PHEASANT ESTATES. Wasn't that a slap in the face to the hunters. Anyway we still have 3 farms that allow us to hunt. We used to have 6. We'd put up anywhere from 60-70 birds a year, get a bunch, great eating, shining times. Oh well like anything else I guess it progress?
Cloudy, dry and 50's here today.
We've been discussing some of our remodeling plans over the past week. They are changing slightly, as we are guessing that in not too many years we will want a house with the bedroom on the ground floor. So, our plans to move the claw foot tub upstairs have been replaced with installing a new built in tub upstairs and leave the claw foot downstairs. Leaving the claw foot downstairs does not break my heart, but it does change the plumbing needs upstairs a little - electrics too as we've decided on a whirlpool.
Summbob - I sympathise with you about climbing around an industrial setting hauling crutches. Years ago, I sprained my ankle playing vollyball. Before it healed, I had a chance to tour the cyclatron at MSU. Was a good tour too, got down into the innards of the thing, manuvering about on the grating floor and ducking pipes while on crutches.
About all for now.
Enjoying the transition to night shift. Got a few hours of sleep and got up to get something to eat. May try to catch a few more hours before I come on shift tonight. Foot is doing better after being off of it for a bit. Since I'm not travelling today things seem to be a bit easier.
Doug - a scale model of the GCT? Wow. The real thing is definitely impressive too. I've done some crazy hikes to out of the way places, but what we saw there takes the cake.
Jim - I think it is the 4 piece version then. Jim S.'s photos on the SPF had me drooling.
Anj - prayers for your daughter.
Need to book the train trip up to C. Springs over Christmas before things get crazy. Looking forward to going over Raton Pass on the train. Then maybe off to clean a switch or two before I find a pillow for a bit.
Thanks Doug, Sharyl says it was like being at home talking three rail, very comfortable and one beautiful set up! We had a fun day just being tourists yesterday and feel fairly comfortable getting around. Turned in the rental car today and now sitting at Lindberg airport waiting to get on the tin can, headed for Huston--short layover and then straight north. Long day today but we both feel well rested and ready to be at home, we've been in motels/hotels the 9 out of 11 days on the road. Of course that wedding started it off. Time to go home. We do have photo's of your layout to load when we get home!
Mornin' All.
Slept in a bit this morning, unfortunately still pooped.
Yesterday was a very long day at the museum, only two of us for operations, but a lot of visitors. Seems as one of the cruise ships is de-parting today and quite a few of the cruisers spent the day in the park.
Jon, If you had come by yesterday you cold have had you own line to run if you wanted. I had three mains occupied, both uppers and one lower. The lower main had my RI E-6's pulling the streamliners. On the upper Thomas & Percy were running doubleheaded with the other upper main being shared by a pair of 19th century 4-6-0's, smoking up a storm much to the dismay of some of our HO neighbors. Later in the day I had 'em running up-n-down the transition line and man you should have seen the smoke those 4-6-0's would put out using the "laboring chuff" function with DCS.
Today is going to be a "Veg-out" day mostly, although I do need to finish the Thanksgiving menu and hit the grocery.
Later all !
Thanks for the visit Jon & Sharyl. I just might have to start an "On-Line" scrapbook of CTT visitors.
Bob, There is no direct link between the two groups, although they do share a lot of the same members on their rosters. The "Goat Canyon Trestle" is a thing of beauty, the HO club here has a model of it on their layout.
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