Nice score, Laz! Feel better, SJ! Went to Chuck E. Cheese with the youngest today. He loves the place and apart from birthdays, we avoid it like the plague. So he had fun. And I survived. Then I had a sudden urge to clean the teen's room - whilst he's away this weekend. Good excuse to see that everything's Ok. Finally rested and ran some trains. Running more with the youngest tonight.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Sunday: Candlestick Park...Rain....Breezy....Just another day at the office for Eli?....We'll see!
KRM Great day here in North Central Illinois Cold with snow cover but lots of sun. When we got home the wife and I went for a Gator ride in the wood just before dark. Saw a lot of deer and only got stuck once, she had to push but we got out. Ha Ha. I have to admit that the Gator has been one of the best things I got when we got this place. Nothing runs like a Deere Sandra and I go for a ride and solve the worlds problems,,, or at least ours. Jeffery, we care, take it easy we all have bad days. Cheer up man. We care. Post a picture. Love and look forward to his pictures. RT , it may be a good thing we have two more weeks of freedom. Laz, Good job on getting the Chief’s attention. Is NS one of those southern SUPER LINES???? Later all have a good night and God Bless, Kev.
Great day here in North Central Illinois Cold with snow cover but lots of sun.
Great day here in North Central Illinois
Cold with snow cover but lots of sun.
When we got home the wife and I went for a Gator ride in the wood just before dark. Saw a lot of deer and only got stuck once, she had to push but we got out. Ha Ha.
I have to admit that the Gator has been one of the best things I got when we got this place. Nothing runs like a Deere Sandra and I go for a ride and solve the worlds problems,,, or at least ours.
Jeffery, we care, take it easy we all have bad days. Cheer up man. We care. Post a picture. Love and look forward to his pictures.
RT , it may be a good thing we have two more weeks of freedom.
Laz, Good job on getting the Chief’s attention. Is NS one of those southern SUPER LINES????
Later all have a good night and God Bless,
Kev.
Turning Yankee cold but NO snow. Still raining off and on. Went to Niece's second birthday party. Yes, spoiled.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Go Jints!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
ChiefEagles Turning Yankee cold but NO snow.
Turning Yankee cold but NO snow.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Evening
21 now. A little warmer tomorrow.
The couch and TV were my day, mostly couch though. Banilla is waiting if we can find a warm place to eat it...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Hope you feel better, SJ and Jeff! Laz - SCORE! Chief - good work! Bet that steak tasted great after all that work! Doug M - watch those PILEUPS, you'll have to change back to your No Accidents in [0] Days sign!
Today started slow, but then we all went out to get our hair cut, son and I played a couple games together and watched some tv shows, and just watched the original Thomas Crown Affair movie. New CTT showed up and it looks like a good one to me.
TROOPER! How are you OT? Been worried about you.
Had a nice chat with RT yesterday by phone. Glad you are doing okay, bro.
TARDIS is ready, so let's get moving boys!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold and icy 28 degrees. Going up to 48 today with rain tonite.
Today is an easy day. A few chores and then some football games to watch on TV. Not much else new here.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Good morning. It's 63 with dense fog. The high will be 76 and there's a 20% chance of thunderstorms throughout the day. Rain chance will increase to 30% after dark.No particular plans for today as I'm still sore. I got the cracked gear issue with the Athearn blue box F7 resolved yesterday. I still need to resolve the poor pickup issue. It improved somewhat yesterday after I changed the one wheel set so I'm reasonably confident my original evaluation of the problem is correct. Cleaning the bottom of the trucks and outer contact surfaces of the bearings with a pipe cleaner and some Krud Kutter should do the job nicely.
Morning all. Church on TV. Got to get ready to go to Town Hall early afternoon. Rolesville Birthday Party at 2. Got to dress up for the occassion. I have to do all the introductions and 90% of the history and etc.
Yankee cold today and misty rain. 60's tomorrow and rainy. Up and down and backup again.
Need fair weather so I can move things out of the "Box".
Good morning
27 and cloudy now. 30s for the day.
I had a chat with Brutus and Charlie last night. We have already elected a President so that's out of the way now. CTT has arrived here as well but I haven't gotten into it yet. Enjoy your Sunday..S.J.
Hi GUYZ,
Thanks GUYZ for the CONGAs on the F7s. They are nice.
Cold start here at 13 and going up to 30 then freezing rain tonite into morning. WIFE, MINNIE and I went crosscountry skiing yesterday. Great fun, did about 3 miles and my MINNIE was a jumping machine in the 7 inches of SNO HI O!!! Going to go at about 11 and do another 3 miler. Neat, I didn't ski since last year but with all the running I'm doing felt great this morning. Ran trains last nite after watching 2 hrs of BARRET JACKSON Auctions on SPEED Ch. Nice cars high prices. The New DAP NS F7s ran great sounded fantastic and babied them, running only 44 MPH. So NO PILE UPs.
CHIEF, the DAP NS ABAs are different then the other ones we have. We have the Railking version that were made into F3s. The DAP has more detail with lit number boards, ditch lights,each A unit is powered, and each unit has smoke, and very fine detail on them. The Railkings look just lie the DAPs in size and all but its just the fine detail that makes the difference. I'll try and get a few pics today of the two side by side if camera is powered up.
ANJDEVIL,Devils lost to the Flyers. Come RICH get those guyz going. Can't stand those Flyers! I'm a Pens fan and just want to see those guyz get beat.
JEFF, I look forward to your pics everyday. Kinda like having a cup o coffee in the morning to start the day. Don't be so hard on yourself. Sounds like you might even have to cut grass down there in LA.
KEV, nice pics of where you live. Even with SNO HI O, these bouz from da south don't know what their missin.
Stay frosty,
laz57
ChiefEagles Yankee cold today and misty rain. 60's tomorrow and rainy. Up and down and backup again.
V8Vega 64 today. Rain Monday morning. KRM I take it a Gator is a jeep, tractor, dune buggy, 4 wheel off road motorcycle type. or 3 wheel off road motorcycle type?
64 today. Rain Monday morning.
KRM I take it a Gator is a jeep, tractor, dune buggy, 4 wheel off road motorcycle type. or 3 wheel off road motorcycle type?
V8 , Sorry I thought everyone knew what a Gator is. They are calleded a side by side today. Mine is the smallest one that John Deere made in 2005 when I got it. It is plenty big for our 8 acres and not so fast that I can’t let the kids drive it. I does a lot of work around here as well. I told the wife I wanted one for my birthday and I did not get one so the next day I went and got it myself. Heres some pictures. I added the winch, bumper and side protectors. It has 1,150+ hours on it now. I ordered the optional lock up rear end and pressurised oil system. It has a set of chains for the winter snow. Tks, Kev.
V8 , Sorry I thought everyone knew what a Gator is. They are calleded a side by side today.
Mine is the smallest one that John Deere made in 2005 when I got it. It is plenty big for our 8 acres and not so fast that I can’t let the kids drive it. I does a lot of work around here as well. I told the wife I wanted one for my birthday and I did not get one so the next day I went and got it myself.
Heres some pictures. I added the winch, bumper and side protectors. It has 1,150+ hours on it now. I ordered the optional lock up rear end and pressurised oil system. It has a set of chains for the winter snow.
Tks, Kev.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Laz, the WBB version of the NS executive set are like the old Lionel F3 shells. I think the railking set is something like that too.
Look forward to your pics. The WBB set has fake ditch lights with just decals to simulate them. However, some of the guys have put ditch lights in them and drilled out holes for same.
Got to run and get ready for church now.
later,
SPMan
Hey Guys...
Short post...
Picked up the Princess from EWR, she's beat....partying before she left.
I'm tired as well...great night last night. Picked up my 20 year active award...it's a beautiful plaque!
Also picked up the #2 responder of the year, I responded more than any other firefighter, #1 went to a Fire Police-man...he's retired. We danced and had a few adult beverages and up to all hours....had a fire call at 0400...I um, didn't make it.... SOOOO I partied as well....
Parents should be home by 7.....and the routine will be back to normal.
LAZ - yeah that was a lousy game. We can beat just about anybody but the Flyers and Bruins....
OK, back to a quick clean up and I may take a nap in a few......
GO GIANTS!!!
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
Good evening all,
We were iced in all weekend in SE Indiana. Finally thawed enough today for me to get gasoline for the cruiser tomorrow. Supposed to thunderstorm tonight. Better than Snohio at this point. Watched US Women win 14-0 over Dominican Republic and then watched Manchester United win a close one over Arsenal 2-1 today. The second game was on Fox network TV, yea!!!! Arsenal had opportunities to win or tie but did not get the job done. I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Starting to get my equipmant together for the big raid.
Buckeye Flag....Check
Buckeyes for Mrs. Chief.....Check
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
anjdevil2 - Thank you for your dedication to volunteering. Can't say that too often.
Now Go Big Blue!
fifedog- What can I say, you had the chance.
OK GUYZ here they are side by side the MTH DAP F7s on the left and the MTH F3s on the right.
cCcC
This is the dome car, what detail.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df03b3127cceff7802879f9d00000030O08AaNnLlm2bNwe3nwg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df03b3127cceff78eb2bdfdd00000030O08AaNnLlm2bNwe3nwg/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D60/ry%3D60/[View:http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2df03b3127cceff7941baff5500000030O08AaNnLlm2bNwe3nwg/cC/f=0/ps=50/r=0/rx=60/ry=60/:550:0]
I hope they come out?
Enjoy, laz57
Well. That's that. Good game.
Spent a lot of time on layout this weekend. Took some pics. Manuscript almost done. Even thinking ahead to the next addition (Stoney River Sub).
Middle daughter back at college. Wifey sad.
laz 57 KEV, nice pics of where you live. Even with SNO HI O, these bouz from da south don't know what their missin. Stay frosty, laz57
Laz,
I don't know. I think they know something that we don't. Winter isn't worth it. After all the ice this weekend, I've got a cracked windshield to deal with now. I'll have to try to find original 97 production Auto Alliance glass (think it was made by Guardian for Auto Alliance) to replace it. No wonder it broke.
Not much else going on today (thankfully).
Good evening
32 degrees, temp sat at 28 all day now is slowly rising into the 40s for tomorrow. Rain forecast for here as well. I spent another day on the couch. Never did get into CTT. Turned out to be TV and PS2 golf. Banilla is ready...S.J.
Hi all, Balmy 34 degrees with dense fog. Slow day, helped the neighbor with his snowmobile and put some shelves in my work desk. Not doing much on the trains till I get a reliable transformer. Got something wrong with my right foot. Feels like a brick was dropped on it. Hard to walk.??? Rich I installed a fire extinguisher by the train table. Tks, Laz those pictures are kind of screwed up when I open them. Ones in the dark and the other is smaller that a postage stamp. ?? is just me?? Jim Probe, How did that window crack? From the guy knocking the ice off of the windshield?? Have a good night guys! Kev.
Hi all,
Balmy 34 degrees with dense fog.
Slow day, helped the neighbor with his snowmobile and put some shelves in my work desk. Not doing much on the trains till I get a reliable transformer. Got something wrong with my right foot. Feels like a brick was dropped on it. Hard to walk.???
Rich I installed a fire extinguisher by the train table. Tks,
Laz those pictures are kind of screwed up when I open them. Ones in the dark and the other is smaller that a postage stamp. ?? is just me??
Jim Probe, How did that window crack? From the guy knocking the ice off of the windshield??
Have a good night guys!
Kev,
If I still had the sunfire, that would be the reason. Would have been using a sledgehammer to remove the ice.
There was a chip that was repaired with one of those DIY kits back in 05-06, and it looks like water got in and froze. The crack runs from the base of the windshield up towards the center and ends about 3/4 of the way over on the right side. As bad as it seems, it could be worse, as in rear quarter or hatch glass.
PROBE sorry bout the windshield.
Here I go again for the third time trying to post pics. MTH DAP F7s on left and MTH Railkings F3s on the right.
YEA THEY DID!!!!
Enjoy,
Howdy guys - cold here in Saint Louis. Today was grocery shopping and laundry. Played some videogames with my son and did a little reading. Mother-in-law is visiting and she'll help Char out tomorrow with her biopsy and bringing her home etc. Char will be fine in a day or two. I'll be offline a couple days - might be able to do email and CTT, but maybe not. I'm not sure of the amenities at the hotel and it's all provided by work etc.
TARDIS keys will be with SJ for the week, so he can bring the Banilla. TTFN!
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