COFFEE POT #12 December 2010 for all to take a drink and chat. 5+ years and going. Plenty of coffee but also Christmas cookies and grits along with egg nogg and sweet ice tea.

[laz 57]

Hi GUYZ,

  Hope all had a great Christmas holiday and SANTA brung YUZ GUYZ all your STUFF.  Was nice to spend 4 days up at MOMs.  Had about 4 inches o snow and with winds hitting 50 MPH with wind chills down in the -10s we didn't go out with the Flintlock muzzleloader.  I came back today, no snow here, unloaded all my gear and went for a 3.5 mile run.  Felt good to get outside and do something after being cooped up for a few days.  Speaking of wind....

A NS can train got blown off the ROCKVILLE Bridge in Harrisburg.  Here is a link to it.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/12/railroad_crews_start_clearing.html

They started cleaning up the mess and said that the cans were empty?  They were going to Chicago.  Speaking of which...

DOUG M, BEARS WIN!!!!!! 11-4,WOW!

CHIEF, HO HO HO!  Your gift is on the way.

Stay frosty,

laz57

[laz 57]

MITCH,

  If you go to BARRYs mention that you know me maybe BARRY will fell sorry for you and give you a break on some stuff?

laz57

[cnw1995]

Aloha all. Cold and sunny.  Wow, that is one weird wreck, Laz. Go Bears!  Can you work a flintlock in bad weather - damp or wind? I would imagine it would be tough to get a spark.

Mitch, I hope you get that hernia taken care of...  Brutus, hope Char stabilizes again.

Didn't do much today it seems... some cleaning, grocery shopping with the bride (she has a system, I just tried to stay out of the way LOL), then drove to Palatine to pick up the youngest from an overnight with his grans - they took him and his cousin sledding all day. They have more energy than I do! Set up their Sony e-photo frame. Got all the way back home and realized I forgot his boots. Oh well.

Hope that leak is a simple fix, Don.

[sir james I]

Just waiting for Charlie and his family, the day was a lazy one. We got banilla and cookies...S.J.

[rtraincollector]

Buckeye Riveter

rtraincollector:

Buckeye Riveter:

Laz,

Here is my new Soo Line Ore Car.  What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHmU_7dAxVM

 

Looks good to me nice car.

 

Thank you, RT.   Do you think his honor will notice anything in the background?

isn't that the car they use to hold the targets up when they do shooting practice.

[rtraincollector]

ChiefEagles

Good night all.  Cold but most of melted walk and drive are dry.  Off to bed.

Shake and Bake, good luck on the plumbing.

RT, you had better by-pass NC.  Go through TN or swim around to the east.

Jack, nothing like being out in the cold and blowing snow.

Sleep tight.

 

Chief me no worry about that wife has to many relatives in N.C. for me to worry about you. and they like me. they say I'm one of the good yankee's

[8ntruck]

Sunny and mid 30's today. 

Stripping and re-painting trim in the upstairs bathroom today.  Fun, fun.

Ran trains a bit yesterday.  Put all 5 of my ACF 40 ton stock cars behind my cheapo 442 NYC locomotive.  Runs well & looks pretty good as too.

All for now.

[Brutus]

Mitch - prayers!

Cold in Saint Louis, but it did warm up enough to start cooking off some of the snow we had.  Got up at 5 AM today to get to work early so I could be home in time to take the family out for eye doctor appointments.  3 of us need new glasses of course!  Then we picked up some Chinese food and watched Psych on the DVR.  Wife and daughter are digging on Glee now, while I do a little computing.

Tardis will be ready, so TTFN.

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 30s.  Snow is melting a little.  Got the train stuff from the museum.  Lucas and GF made connection in Chicago and are headed to North Dakota on Amtrak.  He texted us that I would appreciate the dome cars.  Bought wrapping paper and cards for next year at 50% off.  Enjoyed perusing the CTT that arrived Monday.  Watched a show with "Saucy Wench" tonight.  A nice quiet day today for the most part.  I had sausages and waffles for breakfast again.  TBIL and I can drive.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Evening all,

Sorry for not keeping close tabs, been busy at home and work and church.  Going to let the budget recover before getting any more train stuff for a while.  Bride got me the 1/64 Ertl farm house for the layout when I get it rebuilt.  Slowly cleaning out the basement for the layout.

Good night and may God bless

Jim

[ChiefEagles]

Good night all.  Went fox hunting for a couple of hours this afternoon.  Hung a deer rib on a string from a ceder limb where I usually see a fox.  Worked.  About 3 PM he slipped through the bushes [I could see the shadow against the snow still left in the shaded area], half circled. looked at the bait, came out and then looked at me.  Mistake.  Never knew what hit him.  Like it like that.  Then went to Hunters Haven and SECU.  Got call from Fred.  Two teenage girls were wondering through the woods around the pond.  Found them crossing the street at the ball park.  Looked like they were 12 or 13 [but big for their age].  Gave them a strict warning.  Told them they had walked near a hunter and should always stay on the easement.  They said they got lost.  Told them to not walk that property again without an adult.  Bad boys lived in the doublewide at the top of the hill [they had just walked by it].   They thanked me.

LAZ and Barry came through again.  LAZ, you got mail asking who to pay. 

Off to bed.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cold 30 degrees. Going up tp 38 today with a chance of rain/snow. Yuk.

Today is a busy day. I have an errand to run and the usual chores. Later, I will be in the train room, working on scenery. Got a few ideas.

Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.

Y'all have a great Wednesday.

Chuck

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning..

Had some news yesterday...friend of mine who broke his hip in a fall down some stairs is now diagnosed with bone cancer...they started chemo on him yesterday... I've got prayer candles out for him

Off to get some groceries this morning...

 

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Sunny & 30 (no wind;actually feels like 30 ) here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Lots o' robberies lately.  Folks gotta pay them high Marty-land taxes somehow....

Mitchie - for your hyena.

Laz - Can't believe His Honor's personal favorite had such a pile-up.   Thanks for the link.

Phish - Even though you haven't been a regular poster, I do think of you regularly.

88 - Sorry to hear about the adoption.  Keep pluggin'.  Got a computer type question; call you later.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning.  Warmer and more melting.  Moving slow.  Watching Great Planes on Mil. Channel.  Now to get going.  Have a good one.

[laz 57]

Hi GUYZ,

  Nice one here at 24 to get to 36.  Watched the WUSSES I mean Eagles(not FRANK) loose last nite.  Going out with the flintlock this afternoon on neighbors land.  He has 200 acres of part MT. part farm so we'll see what goes.  Only gonna shoot at bucks, don't really want to kill a doe.  We'll see?

DOUG M, these flintlocks are tough enough to go off when the weather is right but in blowing wind and snow its almost impossible.  And we won a war with these?

CHIEF, your NS Fs went out this morning maybe you'll get em before the new years?  Enjoy!

Stay frosty,

laz57

[sir james I]

Good Morning

weather is the same, cold.

We had a pleasant evening with Charlie and his family. Played with the choo-choos too. Ran a pink GG1 for his daughter, then 3 docksiders pulling 6 Hogwarts coachs and the last a scale Hudson freight. Then a chat with Charlie and Brutus on this here thing....S.J.

[cheapclassics]

Good afternoon all,

IIABSDISEI with rain on the way later on to wash away the Snohio.  Enjoying vacation.  It is nice to have house to ourselves and really nothing to work on.  I could get used to this.  I had streusel on the dining car for breakfast.  TBIL anytime.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[SPMan]

Good morning all, rain coming down now in Southern California.  Predictied cold temp to follow this week with low around 35 one night.  That's downright artic for here.  Looks like old dead eye Chief dropped another one of those pesky foxes.

Finally saw in the paper who is playing in the Rose Bowl.  It is Texas Christian and Wisconsin, not that it makes any difference to me.  Some high school band playing in the Rose Parade coming from Pennsylvania was having a heck of a time getting a flight.  I think they finally got one.

My #1 son and his family along with his wife's relatives are returning here from Las Vegas tonight and will pick up cockateal bird tomorrow.  That rascal is giving me a fit trying to get him back in the cage after I let him out for a while.  I think I'm going to have to put him in solitary if he keeps this up.

Snow elevations are suppose to lower to around 2500 ft by tomorrow.  Hope my son makes it over Cajon Pass before it snows.

Called my sister in Virginia yesterday.  They still have a lot of snow on the ground in Suffolk, Va.

Laz, good luck with the flint lock.

later,

Ray

[Anonymous]

Brent,

            Sorry to hear about that regarding the adoption.

Laz,

           I saw that derailment on the news yesterday.  I didn't think wind could do something like that.

I was sick with the flu for the past few days thanks to one of our 15 Christmas guests.  I am feeling better, so I figured I'd check in.

Finally got the 30B done on the 23rd, and it works to my suprise.

I need to overhaul these next.

Here is a small shot.

[laz 57]

MichRR714

Brutus sorry we missed you and Doug tonight.  SJ and I were at a Christmas train party at Super O Bob's house.

Merry Christmas guys!!

CHARLIE or SIR JAMES,

  I just got done watching the video on the other forum of your train party, NEAT.  Is that layout all loops or is there switches on it to connect all the tracks?  Just wondering?

Thanks,

laz57

[MichRR714]

Laz,

The layout has crossovers and also a large yard.  I am not sure if the uppermost loop connects.

[sir james I]

some sun and 30 today

Laz I don't think they do, the loops are so large I never really noticed. There is some unfinished track work as a move by Bob and family was expected but a buy elsewhere has not been made at this time. I just had a lazy day, waiting for the few days of above 32 to arrive. Banilla and cookies are waiting for the thingy..S.J.

[cnw1995]

Aloha. A bit under the weather today. Shouldn't be allowed on a day-off.

Blownout, I'll join your prayers for your friend.

Brent, sorry to hear about your adoption process - there's some cultural issues at work here - the medicals from Russia almost always look disastrous because they never want it to look like they'd allow 'normal' children to be adopted out of the country. That said, there's usually fetal alcohol-related issues.... I can tell you more off-line.

[Brutus]

39 degrees today for the high temp I think.  We had a misty rain all day - blech.  Dad has some infection in his new knee, so he's getting cut on tomorrow and have it all cleaned out and sanitized.  Sounds like the prosthesis is okay, so just a set back.  Wife has a bone density test in the morning, then regular labs and regular doc appt.  I'll take off early to get her and bring her home, since Mom will be with Dad.  Then I have a 3 day weekend

Tardis is about ready so turn on the beacons.

Prayers out for Mitch and Blownout's friend, as well as for us all and our friends and loved ones.  Where is JimSP?  Have I been missing his posts?

 

 

[Brutus]

BTW _ good job on that transformer, JimGP

[Anonymous]

Brutus,

                Thanks.  I never thought it would work, but it is holding up so far.  I had to strip another transformer for some parts, but it was worth it.  Prayers for Char and your Dad.  BTW, have you considered getting Need For Speed?  Online is great.

I spent this afternoon doing battle with a TIU.  It no longer receives power from Fixed 1, so I have to use the Aux. power input.  Almost had to "buy a book" to fix this.  Things like that remind me what is great about postwar.  No battery and board dependent products.

[ChiefEagles]

Good night.  Got UHaul and a bunch of guys [BIL, nephews and Fred [lease partner] ready to hit the road to Mom's house to get furniture that we want.  Bring it back to Rolesville and Raleigh [kids' houses].  Nephew [oldest] will drive UHaul and the older adults will ride with me in 4 Runner.  Carivan leaves early.

Prayers for Brutus's Dad and Char.

Thanks LAZ for the help.

Sleep tight.

PS: NCSU won their bowl game against WV.  UNC-CH should NOT be playing in a bowl game.  

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Evening all,

Fife - Thanks for the nice comment.

Jim GP - Nice looking 30B, great transformers!

Jim F - I've not been posting much lately because I have been really busy.  Work is taking extra time, the kids have basketball and cub scouts, and a couple of weeks ago my bride fell on the ice going in to work and pulled several muscles.  By evening I am wiped out.  After evening prayers I zonk out.

I am going to try and be a little more responsive in 2011!

Good night and may God bless

Jim

[blownout cylinder]

ChiefEagles

Good night.  Got UHaul and a bunch of guys [BIL, nephews and Fred [lease partner] ready to hit the road to Mom's house to get furniture that we want.  Bring it back to Rolesville and Raleigh [kids' houses].  Nephew [oldest] will drive UHaul and the older adults will ride with me in 4 Runner.  Carivan leaves early.

Take care on that early drive...

Welp, spent the day at the hospital...he just underwent the first bout of chemo...he's in good spirits anyways..which is good...

Neighbour came up with a Lionel set for my Xmas Tree layout next year...gonna see how it works...considering a certain little one name of Spring wants under the tree a lot...

Prayers out to anyone who has health issues ... or other issues...

Have a good night all....