hello joe, i am glad i am not the only one who appreciates good german food. how did you get lucky enough to get stationed in germany? did you buy any marklin? the german folks are like the folks down south. show them respect, dont act better than them, enjoy their food and customs, and try to learn the language. i never got to europe, only the other side of the world. rt do you know how to make mojo? navyjack
p.s. have a relative in ok running for congress
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a dark and cloudy 72 degrees. Looks like rain any minute. Going up to 88 today with thundershowers.
Today is a good day to take it easy. I have a few things to do and then, I will watch the Nascar race from Michigan. Maybe I'll watch it from the train room. Not much else going on here.
Dining car is here and it's Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Mornin' Fellas.Finally had a chance to get down to the trainroom and install Legacy 1.3. Was really happy and impressed. Then I decided to assign a new engine id to the crane car and boom car. Got them both assigned to the same ID, then decided to put them through the passes using the new icons. The icons make it 1,000 times easier and more fun as you know what you are doing. . Then disaster struck. Went to raise the boom and NOTHING happened. Looked over the crane and noticed one of the cables was broken. Yep, to boom cable. Called the LTS and was told the repair guys were gone for the day... so will box her up and take her in for repairs. Was also informed that my K-Line Allegheny (which has been in for repair for 2 years) is getting an abdominal replacement. So I may have the crane car and Allegheny back next weekend.Chief - pay attention here. When K-Line built the Alleghenies (Virginian, C&O, and NPR (I think)) they didn't always wire them correctly or use the correct sized smoke unit for the 2RLDC (??), think will cause the heat sink on the 2RLDC to over heat and drop out. You are then left with a basicly dead engine. The tip-off is the engine will spew massive smoke, then nothing. They are having to replace all the electronics in the engine and are installing the ERR upgrades to include sound and speed control.
Got to be carefull when you lower the boom...
Good morning all,
Navyjack - I guess I got the assignment to Germany because I suffered in Hawaii for three years first. I'm very fortunate, not too many folks can say the military sent them to Hawaii and Germany back-to-back. Germany was a great place to live and we hope to make it back there. At that time I was not back in to trains (mine were still at my parents' house) so I did not come back with any Marklin; maybe next time. What district is your friend running in? I might have heard his ads. I don't vote here, I kept my PA residency so I vote absentee ballot. I hope your A/C is keeping you cool.
It's finally raining here. The thunderstorms started last night and continue lightly - I'm loving it. Time to get ready for church. I hope it stays cool so I can work in the garage this afternoon.
Regards,
Joe
Good Morning
Stuffy could have storms later. Red pop/soda or orange with banilla also makes a good float. Root beers still the best though. No plans for the day, haven't heard from granny so I guess it will be a stay at home day......S.J.
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Morning. Back from Sunday School. Off down east to Eagles Family Reunion. Later. [SP, that means eastern NC Parkers Bar-be-que and fried chicken. ]
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Good afternoon everyone. Chief, thanks for the kind thoughts....It is we who are blessed by having adopted. She has been a fantastic daughter, we could ask for nothing better.
RT, If you are going to make the table to those dimensions, and it is going to be against the wall, you can make hatches that will allow you to reach the whole layout. You should never be more than about 3 feet from every inch of the top. You can easily disguise these hatches.
Church was fantastic this morning. Great message and followed by a good Sunday School. After church, we went to lunch with some friends and their kids. We brought the kids to our house so they are all here now. Should be a fun day.
I am no one to talk, but I really do miss SPF. hope to see a thread started soon. If I would get off my keister and start it, it would be done....alas, it is time to say good by.
God Bless,Dennis
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Dennis,
That is a good point about the hatches. I also made sure to do as you said by building no more than 3 feet inward, and that keeps everything within reach. I got SPF rolling a few minutes ago.
ChiefEaglesFifey, don't think I can make the gathering. Wanted too but have an "obligation" that came up. Thinking seriously of making fall York. How many of this gang are going to York this fall? Got my "forms" in the mail this week.
Chief, I will definitely be at York if alive and well. It's easy for me as I only live 45 minutes away. Don't really need or want anything, just go to meet the guys and chat mostly.
Fife, Change me to a maybe on the gathering for now. Will let you know by midweek either way.
Chief, York for me in the Spring. Fall is already jam packed.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good Evening
Stuffy all day, a small rain storm passed through this afternoon. Not enough rain to do any good. Beacon is humming and banilla is ready, also red pop and orange soda if anyone wants to try it. S.J.
Good evening all,
It showered briefly in SE Indiana. Lucas showed me how to do free weights at the YMCA. It is another 30 minute routine for me to do. I had pancakes and sausages on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
don't need anything right now, have to save vacation, etc... so if I do make it to York in Oct it will be Friday evening or Saturday. Also will probably miss April with the adoption.
jefelectric ChiefEaglesFifey, don't think I can make the gathering. Wanted too but have an "obligation" that came up. Thinking seriously of making fall York. How many of this gang are going to York this fall? Got my "forms" in the mail this week. Don't really need or want anything, just go to meet the guys and chat mostly.
Don't really need or want anything, just go to meet the guys and chat mostly.
Actually the same here. Going mostly to see the gang. Will evaluate. Wifey is screaming as it is State Fair time and she always works the USDA part of the fair. She has fun and then gets to take off numerous days without signing leave. She says somone has to look after the "kids". Also estate things to do and great fishing at Kerr Lake during October.
Later.
PS: Did want to see the guy who has the remote controled lift gate. Want to order one for my layout. Lost his contact info.
Evenin' Y'all.
Been doing just some lurking of late. Had family visiting for several weeks so between the late nites and the extra time at the museum I have been one pooped puppy. Spent the day ouside trying to play catch-up on "honey-do's", got most of them finished.
Company is all gone back home and no museum on friday, although will be there on tuesday, so grampa is thinking of checking the "Surfliner" schedules for friday. If schedule permits maybe grampa & grandma take the munchkin up the coast for lunch and back.
Joe, With regards to your "roadtrip", you really don't want to know how far the other half and I drove for a bucket of KFC one winter. Ever heard the term "cabin fever" ?
If you are a halloween fan check out Big Lots, they have quite a few little spooky goodies that have battery powered multi-colored LED's in them.
Gotta get back to finishing up the sauce for dinner, be back later.
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Hello from Saint Louis, where the temp is dropping as the sun has gone down. It was pretty darn hot out today, though.
Vents are basically done except I needed to pick up some straps to tighten down the flex tubing. I'm not too impressed by the flex tubing as far as airflow. I might replace that with straight pipe. For now, one vent is capped off, but I'll finish that tomorrow or the next day. Also picked up the rest of the shelves for my wife's project. Nice Mexican dinner tonight with the family and now watching Bones and chatting with RT about trains and stuff.
Scope is on and I can see a few beacons coming on, so we'll be ready to get going in a bit!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Doug - Sounds like someone had quite the craving for a bucket of chicken. We don't mind driving a little while for some good food. When we lived in Germany, the village we lived in was a rural farming village. We had to drive about 30 minutes one way to get to a decent restaurant; however, we did have a fantastic bakery around the corner. I loved walking down there in the morning for some fresh pastries.
S.J. - You are 100% correct about the root beer float. My wife actually bought some Braum's banilla and some A&W root beer yesterday; I already had two floats today.
I tried to wire up a K-Line 952B whistle controller today to activate the whistle in a steam tender. (The 1044 was not getting it done on its own). I don't have the instructions for the controller so I gave it the college try, but no matter which way I hooked it up to the transformer (1044) and track, I could not get the whistle to sound. The closest I got was when I could hear the whistle motor churn, but it did not sound. Does anybody have the instructions for this controller?
Good night,
Joe,
I don't have the written instructions, disappeared, but the power lead from the transformer should go the the left hand terminal (AC in) on the whistle controller and the right hand terminal goes to the center rail connection on the track lock-on. K-Line 952 whistle/horn controller.
Have you tried a touch of lube on the whistle motor ?
The little town we lived in up in the Colorado mountains pretty much shut down during the winter, you could almost take a nap stretched out on main street and not be disturbed unless it started snowing then you had to watch for the snow plows.
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s. I had the regular fare on the dining car before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL after Lucas and I get home from ball game tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
It is a cloudy 72 degrees. Going up to 88 today with mostly sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have some errands to run and PT this afternoon. Legs are a little stiff and need to be worked. Not much else new.
Dining car arrived from "Points West" and we will have Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Clearing and 75 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. "Buffer" shift this week.
jefelectric - Hope you can make it.
88 - You already have enuff trains. What you need are "little helpers"... YORK ain't goin' anywhere.
Michaels has its Halloween LEMAX display up. Their Spooky Town stuff is a bit over the top, but cool. What I like is they have expanded some of their Autumn line. Their is a neat scene with a father and son burning leaves. Might look good in the foreground of a layout, as LEMAX people tend to be a little big. Not enough trees again, so off to the floral aisle.
Morning. Slept late. Off to meetings all day. Have a great week.
Bright sun but low 80s today.
No breaking news so just have a great monday.
S.J.
Aloha all from a sunny, beautiful Chicago where it is only 63 degrees. Nice and cool. Spent an interesting evening cleaning maggots out of the garage - they're loving the soiled garbage cans. Have to wash 'em out. Glad to see you making progress, Brutus. Glad also to see Mrs 8n on the mend. I once drove a few hours just to go to a Chik-Fil-A. Ridiculous
Highlight of the weekend: running the trains for the first time in almost 2 months - one of the things I love about this hobby was their starting right up.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
hello guys. hope all have good day. new caregiver starts today. good christian woman. cooler today. hello pat, wes, and rt. sbmmbob hope you are doing ok. joe what type of planes do they have at enid? at norton they had c-130,s and at march b-52,s they were cool to watch take off. we used to call the air force guys zoomies, they called us anchor-clankers. went to edwards once. had f-4,s as far as the eye could see. navyjack
ChiefEagles Morning. Slept late. Off to meetings all day. Have a great week.
Fife - We're workin' on it!
Morning all. Not a lot happening off today. Hope all have a good week I return to work tomorrow but can't complain as actually like working where I do. I get to work and serve the greatest folks in the united states my fellow veterans. Take it easy talk to you all later have a good day.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Afternoon all
Busy as a one armed paper hanger lately. I apologize for not starting the SPF, I got busy before sunrise and didn't stop till late last night. All good stuf, just a lot to get done before I leave later this week.
I'll keep you guys in my prayers. May God bless
Jim
Morning all!
Survived the church event yesterday. Over 450 kids attended and we all had a great time. It was only 102 when we left around noon.
I will be at York this fall. Hope to see youz giz there?
Navyjack - Hope your new assistant works out well for you.
Busy day today. Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
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