Morning. Heavy rains moved through. That was to cleanse Buckeye before he entered the Holy grounds of Roseyville. Still real warm so Buckeye can catch a cold due to leaving the frigid Nawth and coming South.
Buckeye Riveter So I march into the capital of NC and immediately the governor waves the white flag and quits. I fully expect that Roseyville will be much tougher.
So I march into the capital of NC and immediately the governor waves the white flag and quits. I fully expect that Roseyville will be much tougher.
If you made that Obama loving @#^* quit, the majority of the citizens of NC will declare you a hero. We will put a stature of you on our Capital grounds. She is so low in the polls against the Republican guy running, even the Dem party told her to quit. She has vetoed things like showing your picture ID at the poles to vote. Why wouldn't you allow that unless you knew there was fraud on your side?
Coffee time.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 35 degrees. Going up to 38 today with a chance of snow flurries.
Today is a busy day. Chores to do and another project to work on. I will be busy until this afternoon. Then, it's naptime.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Buckeye & LAZ..... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Hi GUYZ,
36 and rainy here going past 50 today then back down to seasonable temps.
DON BAKER, HUBA HUBA on coworkers.
BUCKEYE keep on a roll in to your destination. Hope your shoes are clean with all the BUTT KICKIN your doing.
CHUCK &BUCKEYE, TGIF!!!!
Stay frosty,
gotta run trains tonite,
laz57
Good Morning,
It feels more like early Spring than the end of January in NJ.
Dougdagrump, the package was received yesterday and my son is taking care that Kyle gets it.
Nothing new to report on the train front.
Brutus I going to try to make the Tardis tonight.
AF53, Ray, see you tonight.
Thoughts and prayers for all in need.
John
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
Konbanwa,
Friday was a day full of paperwork that never would end. I finally called it quits and the rest can certainly wait until Monday. We had pizza for dinner tonight and we are relaxing for the rest of the night. I will finish some schoolwork later on after the kids turn in for the night.
Don B. – Thanks for sharing the cool photos.
Tardis Crew – Look for me tonight (tomorrow morning for me); I’ll have my beacon lit.
Sayonara,
Joe
Chuck, I thought franks and beans was a Yankee dish like from New England. A good Southern dish would be something like fried baloney, eggs and red eye gravy. (Grits optional)
DBaker, thanks for the photos from Knotts. Nice to see behind the scenes. I have never taken the roundhouse tour.
Chief, where is Buckeye? Has he reached your place yet? Need photos of you guys with the new box.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Buckeye Riveter GREAT RAID UPDATE Just had supper at NC State and no grits. In fact it was really a good meal except they ran out of Yingling Beer with all of us Yankees in attendence. Most of them talk just like the Chief. Can hardly stand going outside without my coat, vest, gloves and stocking hat.
GREAT RAID UPDATE
Just had supper at NC State and no grits. In fact it was really a good meal except they ran out of Yingling Beer with all of us Yankees in attendence. Most of them talk just like the Chief. Can hardly stand going outside without my coat, vest, gloves and stocking hat.
Yes, at 64 degrees. He may get blown back up Nawth. Seems Jeffrey and Dennis are sending some strong stuff this way. About daylight he might get some Southern wraft.
Gracious, did I crash. Woke up around 1 in recliner. Dogs and cats out and back in. Suppose to be some tough storms early tomorrow AM. Praying all will be fine.
Wifey has already planted shrubs around the Box.
Off to bed.
Sleep tight.
dougdagrump If you guys are suffering with the yukky weather I don't recommend watching the golf tourney from Torrey Pines. Actually had to turn on the AC when the Better Half and I were out-n-about this afternoon.
If you guys are suffering with the yukky weather I don't recommend watching the golf tourney from Torrey Pines. Actually had to turn on the AC when the Better Half and I were out-n-about this afternoon.
Doug you sure are right about that. I was working at Knotts this morning, actually had some people come up and wanted to know if "Soak City" (the water park) was open today. Don't remember they had out of state plates, PA, Ohio, or Iowa I think.
Speaking of Knotts, recently had a 60th celebration of the Knott's Railroad. Here are some pictures. (May be familiar to some of you.)
First a couple of my co-workers;
The building straight ahead is the Depot, the engine normally sits in front of the water tank. A golden spike was driven in at the crossing behind the fence to commerate the event. (The box car was built in 1904)
The "EDNA" is an executive car built in 1881, and belonged to the D&RG, acquirred by Knotts in 1952. Edna is not generally open to the public but was available for the 60th.
The park has 2 Consolidation C-19 engines, (only 12 where made). Both engines were originally built in 1881 and belonged to the D&RG. Also acquired by Knotts in 1952. Knotts bought everything needed to start their railroad, including track, ties, spikes, plates, maintenance equip, machine shop, and rolling stock. Also brought a couple of engineers and maintenance personnel to set up the railroad.
The Chama was built in 1880, acquired in 1951. Has been rebuilt in 2008.
The "Round House", actually shaped in a "L", has two bays.
In my opinion the "prize" the Gallopping Goose, #3. Then of course the parks Stage Coach. (The stables are located across the street from the park. When the stage comes or leaves the park, a traffic signal is activated which stops traffic on a 4 lane blvd.. Shocking for some of the traffic!) The Goose is currently in operation. It is used instead of the train during weekdays in the winter months. There are a total of 7 I believe, and # 3 is the only one not located in Colorado.
The "Round House Tour" was very brief, and not very elaborate, nothing in comparison to Strausburg. The Chief engineer (red plaid shirt), did an interview on the morning news promoting the event. The reporter had asked him what was inside the boiler. He looked into the camera, and very sullen said all the "innards" are down in the other area on a bench. The reported commented that they thought it would have been a little more technical.
Still hoping for a transfer to that area, but it wont be until mid March or so.
Hope Buckeye has a safe trip, and the Chief survives.
SubmmBob, hope the job goes well, and I think a lot of warm weather is headed your way. Was 80 here today, and warmer for tomorrow.
Take care and God Bless.
Don
submmbob Colin Our police force on the mountain use Bushmasters. From what I've seen of the newer models they have a better (and collapsible) butt stock and a better fore stock. The originals were often fairly loose and we were told not to buttstroke anyone w/ one as you'd likely break the stock. They still have the forward assist to deal w/ the poor bolt locking design and the charging handle that is separate from the bolt. I consider them popular because 1) they are low recoil and easy to shoot, 2) look cool (i.e. military), and 3) it's what the military currently uses. For target practice or something to plink w/ I'm sure they are fine. I'm sure I will raise a few hairs since a lot of people have these, but then I have my reasons for not liking Fords or John Deere's as well Bob
Colin
Our police force on the mountain use Bushmasters. From what I've seen of the newer models they have a better (and collapsible) butt stock and a better fore stock. The originals were often fairly loose and we were told not to buttstroke anyone w/ one as you'd likely break the stock. They still have the forward assist to deal w/ the poor bolt locking design and the charging handle that is separate from the bolt. I consider them popular because 1) they are low recoil and easy to shoot, 2) look cool (i.e. military), and 3) it's what the military currently uses. For target practice or something to plink w/ I'm sure they are fine.
I'm sure I will raise a few hairs since a lot of people have these, but then I have my reasons for not liking Fords or John Deere's as well
Bob
Bob: It's funny you mention Bushmaster AR15's. I have another friend who has one, and after 100 rounds it starts to jam. My other friend with the Stag Arms AR15 has never had his AR15 jam once and he has put close to 5,000 rounds through it. He cleans and maintains it, but we can easily put 500 rounds through it in a day and have it be absolutely fine.
This is the custom built Stag Arms AR15 that I've been talking about:
Dennis,
Once can never have too many contacts. I'm keeping my options open and as it happens my friend's mom's cousin is in the Secret Service. She's going to attempt to set a meeting up for me the next time he's in town. Would you mind sending him my email address? colinkund@gmail.com
I'm headed to bed. Gotta get my aunt at the airport tomorrow night so it doesn't look like I'll be headed out with friends.
Night guys
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
The expeditionary force from Michigan with snowmobiles and dog sleds is standing by if you need us Buckeye!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Mostly sunny and in the 40's today.
Looks like I've out smarted myself on e-bay. There was a SD 90 listed as a buy it now item. The price was right, but there was also another SD90 listed as an auction at an even better price. I'm thinking that I'll be cagey and bid on the auction, with the buy it now item as a plan 'B' in case I lost the auction.
Checked the listings today and found out that somebody bought the buy it now item. OOPS.
Oh well. There will be more listed in the future. The hunt for items on e-bay is half the fun.
All for now.
Good evening guys. Has been a long day. Had to go in early, but as it worked out, my case had to follow another one. Dragged the day out. All went well and I got to pick our son up when meeting my bride at daughter's dance class. Came home and got things set up for kids and a baby sitter for this evening as I had a dinner engagement with a sales rep and we brought the wives. I figured bringing the wife was a must as the sales rep is a former Atlanta falcons cheerleader.
Don and Bob, many years ago, I lived up near Ft. Benning. Some friends of mine were going through the land navigation course and told me a story of how some guy who was trying to score points with the commander had gotten my friends in trouble. To get even, every time the guy would take his pack off to take a break, they would add rocks to it. Now imagine doing this over twenty miles! The guy never caught on till the end of the day.
Colin, if the other contact does not work out, a friend of mine is the secret service liaison between Napolitano and all of law enforcement. He should be able to help. He lives in Virginia and may be close enough to get you in to talk with the folks who do the actual hiring.
Regarding heat pumps, we have two complete sets. They had worked great for ten years and the last year has Not been so great. We have had to replace one outside coil, one inside coil, and now the second inside coil is going to need replacing. Our units are Amana, and from what the heating and AC folks tell me, they have had issues with Amana.
Chief, better watch out, that Yankee infiltrator is libel to serve you cream of wheat, or some other stuff! Hope the visit goes well.
God bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Evening all,
Class was interesting tonight. We discussed the 9/11 Commission Report among other things.
Darren: I got the email notification, I will look into that tomorrow. Thank you for the information!
Bob: I shot an original Vietnam Era AR15 a few weeks ago. I definitely noticed a difference between the original Colt and my friends Stag Arms AR15.
Hello all
Back at work for another week. This has been a painful day. Been called on the phone a few dozen time by everyone in the organization except the two people who actually do something. Visiting staff as well. Oh joy... Thank god tomorrow is Friday. As you know they don't do weekends.
Don - the rock story brings back memories. I used to carry my backback for mine tours. Since often I had the only one, I was frequently carrying around 50 lbs or more.
Jack - you know in all the years and all the jobs, science, technical, and who know what else, I never, ever had someone ask me about grades. Not once. What kind of classes I took and extra responsibilities I took on was what was of interest. And after the first job, nobody seemed to care about what I did in college. It was all job performance and interviewing skills after that.
Laz/Colin - the M1 version is interesting. I don't have a very high opinion of M-16s/AR-15s. I trained w/ the original M-16, before the A1. Was not accepted due the lack of a forward assist. We were not allowed to fire this one, only the A1s. The forward assist was necessary because after so many rounds went thru the bolt design would not allow it to lock due to carbon buildup. The forward assist was there to hit to knock the carbon off so you could get it to lock. Not exactly a great design for combat. If you want to hit something a 300 yds, only shoot 25 rounds or less, and not have any recoil its a good gun for target practice. They would have done better for a rifle firing the 5.56 round w/ a military version of the Ruger Mini-14, but Colt got the contract. Just because the military uses something, doesn't mean it's really good.
No word on the job front yet. They have a couple more interviews to go thru. Even though it was supposed to be internal only, we got a number of outside applicants. Go figure. May hear something tomorrow.
Time to find a pillow
tmcc man Stourbridge Lion: Colin: If you truly are thinking about HLS, I know someone that works Border Patrol that I could put you in touch with and is also a RR Modeler. Darren, That would be very helpful right now! Send me an email- colinkund@gmail.com Thanks a lot for the help! Colin
Stourbridge Lion: Colin: If you truly are thinking about HLS, I know someone that works Border Patrol that I could put you in touch with and is also a RR Modeler.
Colin: If you truly are thinking about HLS, I know someone that works Border Patrol that I could put you in touch with and is also a RR Modeler.
Darren,
That would be very helpful right now! Send me an email- colinkund@gmail.com
Thanks a lot for the help!
Check your PM here at Trains.com for contact info...
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
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Earlier today I needed an F unit shell with all the ladders intact and couldn't find one. So I ordered an F unit shell on the net. Now that I didn't need to find one I found three in a box under the layout. An Athearn F7-A blue box shell, a Proto 1000 F7-A shell and a Stewart F7-A shell. Three have no headlight lens or window glass but that doesn't concern me. All three have intact ladders. So I chose the Proto 1000 shell to go on the Athearn blue box chassis I fixed yesterday. The Stewart shell is on a Frankenstein chassis and the blue box shell will be used on an old Bachmann dummy frame. The shell I ordered is a new Model Power F2-A shell that's complete. I'll decide what to do with it when it arrives next week.After no sleep last night and little rest today I'm feeling very tired. So I'm going to call it a night early. See y'all tomorrow.
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Evenin' All.
All packed and ready for tomorrow, workin' on tomorrow's lunch for the crew. Just gotta remember that with the camera "no pickin or scratchin".
If you guys are suffering with the yukky weather I don't reccommend watching the golf tourney from Torrey Pines. Actually had to turn on the AC when the Better Half and I were out-n-about this afternoon.
Gotta get back to the kitchen.
Rich, .
Prayers for those in need.
Will try to check-in later.
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Evening. Skirting on even with meetings interrupting me. Fred and Grady really did most of it while I was gone. Heat pump install owner came and fixed the problem. In one hour it had gone to 70 but 60's outside. Unit is now cycling. It actually puts out warm air. Better than any big unit I have ever seen. For me personally, natural gas heat in my house. He has to come back and tweek it a little.
Heard that the Roseyville PD, Wake Co Sheriff and Raleigh PD were chasing someone in the woods near the pond. Figured it was Buckeye. Turned out it was one of the "Jones Boys" on the hill above the pond.
Now for dinner.
green97probe Jeff, You could also cut off the remaining ladder and file the others down so that all of them would be the same. I've done that before on items that finding a better replacement wasn't practical given the situation.
Jeff,
You could also cut off the remaining ladder and file the others down so that all of them would be the same. I've done that before on items that finding a better replacement wasn't practical given the situation.
34 now and it was gloomy all day.
Between going to the store and coming home, Reg. gas went from $3.19 to $3.45...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Ohayō (O-hi-o for Chuck),
I have time for a quick post before walking out the door for work. It is very sunny and clear today; the high will be in the 50s which means the kids' igloo production will end. I hope Friday is not too busy of a work day today.
Chuck - Thanks for the hilarious updates on Buckeye. There's no telling what could happen down there.
Kev - I was unsure of Japanese curry at first, but it is very good and they must add something special to it as I find myself craving it every now and then.
Jack - Although I will be cheering for the Giants, they are not my favorite team. When I first starting playing and watching football a young QB from Pitt was recruited to a team in Florida, which for some reason my oldest brother was already partial to. From that point on they were my team even though they have had some very rough years since I have been a fan. Of course the fact that this team is in the same division as the Pats makes me dislike the Pats more.
Greetings from the training center in Virginia. This was my last full day here. The place is okay, but the food is generally very good. Interestingly, they have served GRITS for breakfast every morning, along with food like bacon, eggs, pancakes, oatmeal, and sausages. One of the young ladies tried some GRITS yesterday, with cheese stirred into them. She was able to continue training so far, but we are all watching her carefully....
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
green97probe Jeff, I've had sucess repairing bakelite snafus with JB Weld. Nothing else worked that I tried.
I've had sucess repairing bakelite snafus with JB Weld. Nothing else worked that I tried.
I found a new Model Power Air Force F2 shell on Ebay today for under $8 including shipping. I was all over that like a starving man on a pack of peanut butter crackers. It should be here by the 1st. If I remember correctly it should snap right onto an Athearn frame.
Colin,
I wish I would have majored in what you are studying. Sounds very interesting.
It has been raining here all day, but that didn't stop me from hitting the local yard.
If I had more money, I'd snap the whole thing up in a heartbeat. It's has been resprayed from it's original Steel Blue, but it looks to be rust free and is there due to it burning oil or coolant.
Stourbridge Lion Colin: If you truly are thinking about HLS, I know someone that works Border Patrol that I could put you in touch with and is also a RR Modeler.
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