Good Evening
A little past 6:30 and its 81 degrees. no A/C yet just soaking up the warmth. Rested today, having some pain issues. Banilla will be ready for the thingy crew so swing on by..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,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s. Wild day at the track. A cup half full for both Sarah and AJ as both Sarah and Vitor made the show (Sarah is the fastest woman), but the second team cars for both did not make the show (likewise Milka Duno and Paul Tracy). I had english muffins and bacon on the dining car this morning for breakfast. TBIL any time. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
My my, its 91 and still climbing. Almost train time. SJ, remind the Red Wing fan who shares your home that the Hawks are going to the Stanley Cub finals. Tim, those are just the states where Jon's ridden his motor-cycle. Wow.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
LawsonFarmsRR There are a few on this thread with large amounts of posts, but nothing compares with the Bradley Smoker Forum I just left ( except Chief and BK). All the posters I looked at averaged over 1,000 posts per year, and one fellow has 7,100 post in the last 9 months! Just a piece of trivia. Pat
There are a few on this thread with large amounts of posts, but nothing compares with the Bradley Smoker Forum I just left ( except Chief and BK). All the posters I looked at averaged over 1,000 posts per year, and one fellow has 7,100 post in the last 9 months!
Just a piece of trivia.
Pat
Pat.......I win on word count!!
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
hello guys. hope everybody is fine. anybody been to mason city iowa to see the three operating baldwin westinghouse steeple cabs? i heard they operate daily in revenue service over 10.4 miles of track.
I just finished up with my project for the day. I tore out and replaced our bath valve. Toni has been fighting with it to give the kids a bath. It was a 38 year old Central Brass model with the long stems. I repaired it about 5 years ago and that lasted until now.
4 hours and about $100 later I have a nice Moen 3 handle model installed.
Check that one off my summer to do list ...
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
ChiefEaglesHaving fun with a MTH engine. Works at Miss Edna's but when I bring it home, will not.
Chuck....Obviously our Roseyville Gremlin is working perfect.
Kurt.....Good to see you running trains with SJ.
Brent......Again, congratulations.
Finished cleaning the deck. Mowed the lawn, trimmed and edged the sidewalks and drive. Starting to get the Garden RR in shape for the summer............Laz, you don't need to run very far this week. I took care of it for you.
For those who haven't seen the Garden RR..............................http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/pfoh/?action=view¤t=06011744.flv
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
Buckeye RiveterFinished cleaning the deck. Mowed the lawn, trimmed and edged the sidewalks and drive. Starting to get the Garden RR in shape for the summer............Laz, you don't need to run very far this week. I took care of it for you. For those who haven't seen the Garden RR..............................http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/pfoh/?action=view¤t=06011744.flv
Buckeye - Great Garden RR. I recently subscribed to Garden RR. Plan to build a small one this year. The kids would like the circus theme.
Mich - Of all the projects around the place I hate pluming the most, especially under the sink. Started putting a rolled up sleeping bag down by the entrance to save my back. The key to working under sinks is to have the right tools!
Jack - Yes, you are the champ on word count. But it doesn't matter how long your posts are they are never boring. Always a great read.
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
Evenin' FellasPat - I forgot to mention that the majority of the adoption issues I mentioned earlier were related to infant and todler adoptions. We really want young children right now. If everything goes well we will most likely adopt a third in a couple years in the 5 - 10 yo range and that willbe an American child.Stopped by the LTS yesterday for some comradarie/abuse. The repair guys have been working on my K-Line Allegheny and it appears there is an electrical problem because as soon as they turned on the smoke the electronics heated up and caught fire! Looks like ERR upgrade is in store for her soon. Also took my MTH WM GP-7s in. They are PS1 and haven't been run in 2+ years... fired right up! Love those two... getting ERR upgrades soon too. Got to thinking... need ERR upgrades for the MTH conventional C&O Yellowbelly... gonna be expensive upgrading these engines!
NavyJack--
I graduated from college on Sunday in 1968 and started teaching in in NW Iowa on Monday, Rehearsed the band on Tuesday & Thursday and then took 'em to Mason City (home of Meredith Wilson and Music Man the musical) for the parade competition. My options were to go to NW Iowa or to south Viet Nam during the TET offensive ........ because of an ulcer I went to NW Iowa and never looked back for lots of of reasons and no regrets, not much good came out of the 60's ..........
If any of you ever get to Mason City be sure and stop at the Music Man Museum. Doug .. a WONDERFUL trip for you and the boss would be a stop in CEDAR FALLS to visit your friends and Caboose Stop Hobbies and then on to MC to ride the TROLLELY between Clear Lake and Mason City. What a country
Watching the sunset and starting to unwind .............
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Evening all. Hope all have been having a great day. Off tomorrow :)
Not a lot been happening here in the middle of taking pics of all my trains still in between the OT lol. Once I get all the pics done I will upload to my shutterfly account. Hopefully get started on layout soon also. (yeah 4 years later 3rd one starting on maybe I will get this one done not just started then have to end. ) yeah it will take a while to build but here we go again and plan to take pics as I go so I have a record of the whole project.
Talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Buckeye, was that guy in the top hat at the end of the video you? Nice shots. I have a bid on one of those steamers for auction tonight. If I win, it will be time to build outdoors!
Brent/Pat, we are done with adoption/having kids. But, I highly recommend it for those who have the ability. One of the pastors who gave morning devotion to the folks on movie set one morning this past week had adopted his third child, who was 11 years old. He had to ease the kid into modern life. Such things as slowly increasing the addition of hot water into the mix as he had never had either running indoor plumbing or hot water. His first shower after getting used to it took 45 minutes! The kid also would tell him each morning and night that "I make good son for you". Breaks your heart.
Rich, will lift you up in prayer...hope things are better soon.
Chief, good luck with getting that engine up and running.
Have a real special thing happening tomorrow for morning devotion on set. I will give more details afterwards. We had a great concert at church tonight. I was on camera, but still got to enjoy it.
God Bless
TCA#09-63805
On my list of things to do, Jon! Just finished a video of British steam engine-run express trains. Boy, I am running James much too slow. These trains just flew along the track. Back to the basement!That is not fun, Mitch. Congratulations though. Hope those compression valves worked.
jonadel NavyJack-- I graduated from college on Sunday in 1968 and started teaching in in NW Iowa on Monday, Rehearsed the band on Tuesday & Thursday and then took 'em to Mason City (home of Meredith Wilson and Music Man the musical) for the parade competition. My options were to go to NW Iowa or to south Viet Nam during the TET offensive ........ because of an ulcer I went to NW Iowa and never looked back for lots of of reasons and no regrets, not much good came out of the 60's ..........
Draft dodger!!! Got sworn in in April 68 after a letter saying, "Greetings." Glad you did not have to go.
Spanky, I may have to get your "glass" from your advatar. Pam's great neice [4] is here for the night. Spolied ROTTEN and does not know the word "NO".
Back from Mom's. Lady was helping her go to the bathroom. Mom tired to go into the utility room. Then she got mad becasue the lady and I were reading a written agreement between her and myself. Mom insisted on reading it. Told her politely it was between Yvonne and myself. She got ugly and I had tell her "NO!". She soon got over it.
Had 3/4 inch of rain today. Sprinkling now. Bad storms all around. 5.5 inches at were we have a farm in Wilson Co. Went by and farmers were out shoveling ditches to let the water out of their tobacco fields. Streams were mudding and over flowing. Did go by the Rocky Mount CSX big switching yard. CSX freight can by with over 100 covered hoppers going south toward FL. Was totally surprised at the number of covered hoppers that still had Seaboard System and Family Lines SCL/LN on them. They had just painted over the numbers and stinceled in CSX and a car number.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Evening ALL !
Spent another weekend working, it certainly was a "Marketing Event", definitely not sales. (Not by intention.) Oh well the advantages of having your own business.
Brutus Sure enjoy hearing your reports! I think of where Char was a year ago, and its seems like such a miracle she is doing so well. This year certainly seems better than last ! Not all that is needed is getting Brent back on the mend.
Jack, I echo Pat's comment regarding your post. I will be more than happy to relinquish a portion of my space. I sure everyone will benefit.
Chris had a terrible weekend. (Not really but he thinks so.) He's been working on finals, and putting in a lot of hours studying. So Friday night he and some of his "buds" go and "shoot some stick", he does good wins 4 out of 6. But then has a flat tire on the way home. Saturday, he replaces the tire and wasn't happy about the cost. Saturday night he and his new "lady friend" had tickets to go see a play at the Community Playhouse, So cool, they go, then some other friends wanted to "hang" for awhile afterwards. They did so, and then taking the lady home and walking her up to the door, noticed a "hissing". Another flat, different tire. He changed the tire, then discovered she had left some stuff at our house, so they came back here, ended up getting a different car, and he took her home again. Ended up being late night, and he was frustrated over the tires. Oh, to have the problems of the young.
Speaking of problems,
BOB, you better tighten down the teathers on the scope. Got some wind coming you way soon! We had 30-40 mph winds going on today. No damage just a mess all around. I believe there was some snow up in the Grapevine as well. (I-5 north of LA).
Enjoyed my little talk with SJ, was concerned was keeping him up to late, due to the time change.
Just got called by SWHMBO, for dinner and movie.
Hope all have a great day!
Later
Don
Thanks Frank. I think if I could live on this lake I could kiss all meds goodbye, what is it about water that relaxes me?
I think I could even give up the internet .............. which would benefit my wife and mankind in general
Good Evening, Guys,
Thanks for catching that, Fife....The health issue is the same thing I had a few years ago, nothing they can do for it. The doc re ran the test, so we'll see.
Wednesday night, I'm taking a load of my trains to my sisters house in NJ. Solo. Should be back Monday night. Too bad I can't stay for the Hightstown Memorial Day parade, but I have to be here in FL for Tuesday. Suffice to say, things maybe a changin' here. At least I'll see my roadrunner....
Still admiring my Marx 666, I'm so pleased with it. Was out with my daughter and saw Iron Man II. Make SURE you stay til after the credits...I'm so stoked after that! WOW!
Been in the high 80's very humid here last 2 days..took the Harley for gas, got 41 MPG, so better than a Hybrid and tons more FUN!!
OK off to bed, 0600 is too early..
BTW 88, if I had more time, I'd stop in for the day and give you a hand.
See ya tomorrow,
Rich
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
Overall, we are just not getting enough rain. Lawn needs some water, but I am holding out. Raised the blade on the mower to the second highest setting and hope that helps retain/extend what precipitation we do get.
Lawn mowing and trimming the evergreens in the front of the house were the projects for the day. All fingers and toes intact. This was the first time the wife liked the finished product on the bushes, for reasons unknown to me. I've been trimming these for over 20 years and this was the first time she didn't have one of those "Yes, but....." comments about the outcome. I had to crawl around and under some of the targets of my butchery......and some ticks decided to go for a ride.
The original plantings were all.......you guessed it.......placed too close together by the landscaper on the front end, before we bought the house. So twice a year serious pruning is in order. One of the evergreens seems to have been the favorite target of someone's dog because I have a 2' x 2' browned out area on the bottom of one of the suckers. Wife thinks I should yank it out and get another, what a shock. I have some annuals I plan use to camouflage this spot.
Chipmunks are having a field day tunneling under the front porch. How do you get rid of those suckers?
Later, gang.
Jack - I've gone through 3 bottles of "poison peanuts" trying to get rid of moles this year
Don, you are right - she has really been doing really well now. Her hair is starting to come back too, but for now I still have more!
It was in the 90's here and felt like the low 100's at least - very humid. I dug a hole and put in a post/bracket for a hose on the side of the house with a bag of cement. Then I got my pruners and a small bow saw and trimmed back the trees at the bottom of the hill and disposed of that mess. I was only at it a couple hours, but I was worn out due to the weather. I did find a few active runs and put down more poison. Then I cleared up some mess from under the deck. After a shower and cooling off for a while inside, I started the grill and cooked some porksteaks, burgers and hotdogs. No Yuengs, but we did have some Miller Lites, so all was not lost Oh - this morning I read the newer issue of Trains, too.
Tardis is ready and some banilla would be great after all that bbq! Let's go guys!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Closed all shift due to high winds. Had gusts up to the 50's here. Went up to the LBT earlier where it is a bit more blustery to replace some jigsaw blades I borrowed. They mentioned that the gap between the moving and non-moving portion of their building (~40 - 50 ft. up) was changing by a half inch during big gusts. That building is 170 ft tall. Impressive!! (and a little nerve wracking).
Don - thanks for the weather report. Guess Chris should think about getting road hazard:)
Brutus - love to hear the good news!
Spent some more time on the battery eliminator. Interestingly enough is uses a variable transformer like a model train. All the hardware is finally installed. Should be able to start wiring tomorrow. This will be about the closest I've ever been to assembling a Heathkit from new. The unbuilt kits now are about as pricey as unopened post-war train sets.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Hi GUYZ,
11 days o school left. Went trout fishing saturday late afternoon, with BRO caught and released 17 mostly brownies and a few rainbows. Had fire all is good with da world.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 68 degrees. Going up to 88 today with lots of sunshine. It's gonna get hot.
Today is a busy day. I have a few things to do this morning and then, PT this afternoon. This will be a three session week. I plan on sticking to three sessions a week, from now on. Need to keep up the pace. Doctor agrees.
Dining car is here for a Cheerios breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
British Railways were built ariound and through closely spaced towns and cities, calling for swift accelleration and high speeds. 60-100mph track speeds were the rule. Milwaukees Hiawatha was the worlds first train to run at 100mph start to stop with 2 intermediate stops and steam hauled to boot.
John Baker
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s. Watched "Lost". That is 2.5 hours that I will never get back. Sitting at the track in the rain would have been enjoyable. Totally worthless ending. The entire weekend was "lost" as well. Arms sore from yard work. Other grandson will be up today and over night. Glad wife agrees to all this without consulting me. She will also be complaining about air conditioning not being on either. Makes me glad to be at work to get some peace and quiet. I had bran muffins on the dining car this morning for breakfast. TBIL but I will be in no condition to drive as I will consume an entire case of Old Mils by myself. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Misty & 64 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gonna do a half night at work, then head to littlest princess choir performance. She's really got a set of pipes, and I like to tell her that the other kids are her back-up singers. Wifey scolds me on that one...
RockIsland/Brutus - Read somewhere (maybe here) that a rag dipped in kerosine will chase those critters away.
jonadel - I played Winthrop Paroo in 7th grade. Still know all the words to Gary Indianna.
88 - Why do you need to go to the train store for abuse You have so many friends here ready to help...
anjdevil - Safe trip. Sent you a PM.
morning guys. it is 72 already and going up to 95 today with high humidity. going to read my issue of ctt. rt missed you and your words of wisdom. still hope that one of these days wife will make me sos for breakfast. i love the pics you guys send of your layouts. sbmmbob, really enjoyed the eb-57 photo you sent. and there is an observatory not far from here in lake geneva area.
Good Morning
Sunny and 80s today.
Doug M that Red Wings fan living with me said she felt it was time to share, so enjoy. Im waiting for some breakfast and the grass to dry so I can give it a hair cut. I just hope the cutting doesn't worsen my pain, yes it is in my neck....TTFN S.J.
Aloha. Sunny and 81 already - might hit 90. Good. Can't get hot enough for me. It's been a long winter. Nice chat last night. Sir J, thank your fan for sharing. Our hedges look wild: your bride would surely disapprove, Jack. A few years ago, I cut back the ones at the back of the house too much. Thank goodness the bride doesn't look at them every day but my neighbors do. LOL. They're half dead-looking. Brutus, I've had 'voles' which are chipmunk-like. I've use the mothballs down the hole trick and also filled their entrances with rocks. That seemed to work...They're probably laughing at me. John, I still can't get over the speed of those steamers! It's one thing to read this run or that averaged 75 mph, it's another to watch it. Zoooom!
WOW ..... have been redoing the room .... decided to rewire all the internet and cable in the house to setup a clean new install on everything here . Have'nt been able to get on and will probably be slim until I finish it all . Miss you guys on the chat too !!
Did I really buy all that train equipt . that's stacked a mile high in that room ? Going out today for a new wireless router ... Was good to see that pic of SJ and Kurt ... miss that rascal ! As soon as I can get more done and setup will be back quite often fellows ...
MIKE C.
Watch those OL MILs they kinda sneak up on ya.
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