Bright sun and frosty today, Well the wifey could not recognize the tattoo on the leg of the passenger on that Gator picture that the Chief posted as me so I got off the hook and BTW she did not know the gun was not loaded. Better luck next time Chief. SJ. Sounds good I can smell the bird from here. Buckeye I am cautious at best when I say Happy Birthday. What one is it today?? 103 or 43? Glad you got some rain Roy, I am looking for a fan motor from a junk fan driven smoke unit if any of you may have one. I need a motor for a K-Line Plymouth but I think any Lionel fan motor with horizontal screw holes will work. I want to try something. Got to go, friends coming over later. Then I think I am going to make a day trip to Green Bay Monday. Kev.
Bright sun and frosty today,
Well the wifey could not recognize the tattoo on the leg of the passenger on that Gator picture that the Chief posted as me so I got off the hook and BTW she did not know the gun was not loaded. Better luck next time Chief.
SJ. Sounds good I can smell the bird from here.
Buckeye I am cautious at best when I say Happy Birthday. What one is it today?? 103 or 43?
Glad you got some rain Roy,
I am looking for a fan motor from a junk fan driven smoke unit if any of you may have one. I need a motor for a K-Line Plymouth but I think any Lionel fan motor with horizontal screw holes will work. I want to try something.
Got to go, friends coming over later. Then I think I am going to make a day trip to Green Bay Monday.
Kev.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good morning!
Buckeye - (although I remain dubious - but hey - gets you a free desert at Denny's)
We got 2 inches of rain at our house yesterday
SJ - so KEV sent you one of his turkeys?
Jeffrey - the weathered tender looks great!
Business trip this week so posting/keeping up will be difficult.
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
Good morning everyone. Drove through the storm last night, plenty of hail, wind, and rain. Had a tornado warning as well. Was a fun drive....not! We are now under a flood warning. I am still under the weather too, so we didn't make church this morning. Slept for seven whole hours, which is the longest I think I have slept in quite some time.
Jack, believe it or not, we are on the forefront of medicine. We gave up on PVC a long time ago! Only break out the old stuff for visiting Yankees. Though we have been known to use porcine valve conduit from time to time.
Chief, been a long time since I saw a hockey game live. Last time was in Columbus, GA. I was amazed at how they took to hockey in the south.
Well, I gotta go. Have a blessed week ahead.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
KRM Jeffery you are right. Should be easy to work, there is nothing to them. Depending on what style of choke operator your carb has. Exhaust manifold draw styles can have rust overtake the draw tube and fills up the Exhaust Manifold where the tube pulls the heat from or the carb suction port gets clogged with carbon then you can get into a lot of work. Or if it pulls heat off of the intake center cross port and it is clogged then you have to remove the intake to clean it out so it will get hot enough to heat the spring up that pulls the chock off. This style in not a vacuum style system. They make an easy to install electric one. You can just put on the side and wire up to any hot spot that carries 15 amps or so when the key is on that will fit on the ones with the round side spring under the cover that fits on the side of the carb. For the ones with the heat draw from the intake center cross port just jet a manual cable pull choke. What kind of carb do you have. Here is a link to one for an AFB http://www.ebay.com/itm/EDELBROCK-CARTER-AFB-ELECTRIC-2-TERMINAL-CHOKE-HOUSING-HI-PERF-NEW-/250990752787?hash=item3a7036f413&item=250990752787&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr Let me know if you need to know anything else. Kev
Jeffery you are right. Should be easy to work, there is nothing to them.
Depending on what style of choke operator your carb has. Exhaust manifold draw styles can have rust overtake the draw tube and fills up the Exhaust Manifold where the tube pulls the heat from or the carb suction port gets clogged with carbon then you can get into a lot of work. Or if it pulls heat off of the intake center cross port and it is clogged then you have to remove the intake to clean it out so it will get hot enough to heat the spring up that pulls the chock off. This style in not a vacuum style system. They make an easy to install electric one. You can just put on the side and wire up to any hot spot that carries 15 amps or so when the key is on that will fit on the ones with the round side spring under the cover that fits on the side of the carb. For the ones with the heat draw from the intake center cross port just jet a manual cable pull choke.
What kind of carb do you have. Here is a link to one for an AFB
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EDELBROCK-CARTER-AFB-ELECTRIC-2-TERMINAL-CHOKE-HOUSING-HI-PERF-NEW-/250990752787?hash=item3a7036f413&item=250990752787&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr
Let me know if you need to know anything else.
Kev
And these two are of the actual article:
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Mornin' All.
Happy B'day Buckeye ! Here's your cake, just gotta watch where you place the candles.
Have recovered(I think) from friday at the museum, saturdays have turned into total veg days after unpacking friday's toys.
Got a surprise B'day present from the Better Half last weekend. The hubby of one of her friends on the Children's Hospital Aux is somewhat of a tinkerer and he salvaged an old RR Xssing signal that got really beat-up in an accident so I now have a new piece of yard art. The crossbucks look almost new and the lights work but no sound. The post and light brackets were toast so the lights are on PVC conduit which is mounted along w/the crossbucks on a 4x4 post. Now to find a spot in the yard that would only be slightly annoying to the neighbors on either side, at least it wasn't a caboose.
Laz, The great thing about hunting turkey is that if you don't score one in the woods you can always score in the liquor aisle or a Butterball at the grocery.
Gotta run, sounds like the water is ready for the Better Half's coffee, she's content with instant since I had to give it up.
Check back later !
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Jeffery,
Ok I know what you have there now. It is as I described as a spring in manifold system. The vacuum thing on the side of the carb is only the choke pull off. What they are calling the choke vacuum diaphragm.
It does not control the choke other than at start up when the choke spring is cold and tight that pulls the choke open a little when the engine starts so it will not die from tooo much fuel.
Looking at the bottom pictures it looks like it may have an elect coil under that plate on the intake that the main choke pull rod comes out of and up to the choke flap. Under the vacuum pull off diaphragm. I think it has 2 or 3 bolts that hold it to the intake. That is what controls the main pull rod. Pull it off and take a look see if the thing has a heat element in there or just a spring.
Also it looks like there is a terminal stud sticking up from it that should have a power wire to it. Possibly that red wire in the picture.
Lety me know what you find.
Buckeye, Happy birthday, I think? Sounds like you are running the risk of being like the boy who cried wolf. However, whenever it is.
Finally figured out how to post a picture on the other forum. Still need to learn how on this one.
Chief, smart move on staying away from the Ripple. You can walk on water with that stuff or maybe on the ceiling.
Doug in Sandy Eggo, that was some birthday cake. Now I know why they call you the grump.
Belated happy birthday to you too
later,
Ray
SPMan
dougdagrump Mornin' All. Got a surprise B'day present from the Better Half last weekend. The hubby of one of her friends on the Children's Hospital Aux is somewhat of a tinkerer and he salvaged an old RR Xssing signal that got really beat-up in an accident so I now have a new piece of yard art. The crossbucks look almost new and the lights work but no sound. The post and light brackets were toast so the lights are on PVC conduit which is mounted along w/the crossbucks on a 4x4 post. Now to find a spot in the yard that would only be slightly annoying to the neighbors on either side, at least it wasn't a caboose. Gotta run, sounds like the water is ready for the Better Half's coffee, she's content with instant since I had to give it up. Check back later !
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Rainy afternoon and chilly. Temps dropping from 50 this AM to the mid 30's tonight. Snohio on the way. ???? 50 tomorrow. Pat might be in for some accumilation.
Being lazy and staying in.
Buckeye, your birthday present is in the mail. Doug W, the cake for Buckeye is "right on".
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Thank you all for the Birthday wishes and yes, today is the day. I was born on the banks of the Wabash in famed Hoosierland. As a child we rode the NYC and B&O railroads in the 1950s. Later on after a move to northern Indiana we rode the Pensylvania and the Wabash. In 1967, I rode the Burlington to Denver. Many years later, we took Amtrak out west through the mountains. And here is a story for you today:
The Train Wreck
May 31, 1956
We left Baltimore’s Mount Royal Station in the usual fashion late in the evening. The big diesel engines growled as the brakes squealed entering the train shed at Mount Royal. We boarded and took our seats in the sleeper car as usual. In the middle of the night we awoke from an awful commotion. The porter was yelling and my mother said we had to move. We left the compartment and began walking towards the back of the train. Injured passengers in the coach behind us could be seen in the dim blue night lights. Relocating to another sleeper car I fell back to sleep.
The train was traveling backwards when I awoke the next morning, and breakfast was not being served. At mid morning the train stopped in a small mountain town. We disembarked and walked to a small coffee shop near the train platform. A small breakfast was purchased, and we returned to the train just in time to see a railroad relic uncouple from the remainder of our train. The small coal black steam engine chugged along the tracks towards the old roundhouse, much to my delight.
Later we learned that our train had been wrecked when it struck a rock slide exiting a tunnel. The engines and baggage cars derailed and plunged from a bridge into a steep river gorge. Several cars left the tracks, including the dining car located directly ahead of our sleeper. The engineer and fireman were killed in the wreck.
February 2002
To celebrate my birthday this year, Molly and Kathy planned an outing at North Bend State Park in West Virginia. Molly being a senior at WVU, would meet us at the park. After reading the literature in the room at the park’s lodge, we discovered that the bike trail followed the tracks of the B&O National Limited. In the pamphlet it said that on May 31, 1956, the B&O’s National Limited exited Tunnel No. 13, struck a rock on the tracks and plunged into the creek, killing the engineer and fireman. I excitedly read to Kathy and Molly the story in the pamphlet, and Kathy looked at me and said that was the same story I had been telling her for years about my train wreck. We drove down to the wreck site and tunnel and took photos.
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 first second thats a amazing story. all I can say is wow.
Buckeye Riveter Chuck.....Today is the day.
Chuck.....Today is the day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCKEYE!!!!!!!!
By the way, I was worried about the present I sent to you, so I tracked it. According to UPS, it was signed for by someone who just penned in "FE" in the signature box.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Happy Birthday Buckeye!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCKEYE!!!
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Wanted to post this earlier but had forgotten about it. I wasn't there but fortunately I was able to see some of what took place by watching the on-line cam while it was still "experimental". This is an excerpt from our newsletter.
ONE MORE CHRISTMAS STORY Before the book is closed on Christmas 2011 there is one more story to tell. It was Saturday, 8:30 p.m. The Museum was bursting with visitors to the "December Nights" celebration. Everyone was in the holiday spirit. A teenage boy with a red and white cane had come to the Museum for the first time with a burning desire to learn about model railroading. He wound up in the Toy Train Gallery. Even though blind, he was eager to understand what was making all those noises he heard and just what miniature trains actually were. In the true spirit of the season, Eric D., Jim J. and Jim B. invited this youngster to come inside the layout for a different kind of tour. He was encouraged to touch the track and machines that rode on it. The boy’s hands embraced each of the three rails with the inquisitiveness of a child discovering something new for the first time. His fingers then guided themselves gently over the top of the diesel locomotive and each of the flat cars in Eric’s military train. The train passed very slowly so the boy’s fingers could gently tap out messages about the equipment on each flat car. The youngster patiently listened as Eric explained everything his fingers were "seeing." Next came Jim J.'s Empire State Hudson on the upper level and what seemed like an endless stream of milk cars. Again the youngster gently fondled the locomotive, touching the drive wheels, listening to noises from the engine tender, and feeling and smelling the smoke billowing above. More questions came pouring out. Every boxcar got touched. And the remote unit whistled and tolled for the youngster as he gently pushed its buttons. It was a glorious moment. It was a lifetime of memories for the youngster and for everyone else inside the layout. No one had said "you can’t come in because it might be hazardous for you." No one had said "you can’t touch anything on the layout because something might break." Nothing derailed. And everybody encouraged the youngster to "see" and absorb everything he could with his delicate fingers. Special thanks to Eric, Jim J. and Jim B. for making one boy’s Christmas dream come true and epitomizing SD3R’s seventeen year commitment to public outreach.
ONE MORE CHRISTMAS STORY
Before the book is closed on Christmas 2011 there is one more story to tell.
It was Saturday, 8:30 p.m. The Museum was bursting with visitors to the "December Nights" celebration. Everyone was in the holiday spirit.
A teenage boy with a red and white cane had come to the Museum for the first time with a burning desire to learn about model railroading. He wound up in the Toy Train Gallery. Even though blind, he was eager to understand what was making all those noises he heard and just what miniature trains actually were.
In the true spirit of the season, Eric D., Jim J. and Jim B. invited this youngster to come inside the layout for a different kind of tour. He was encouraged to touch the track and machines that rode on it.
The boy’s hands embraced each of the three rails with the inquisitiveness of a child discovering something new for the first time. His fingers then guided themselves gently over the top of the diesel locomotive and each of the flat cars in Eric’s military train. The train passed very slowly so the boy’s fingers could gently tap out messages about the equipment on each flat car. The youngster patiently listened as Eric explained everything his fingers were "seeing."
Next came Jim J.'s Empire State Hudson on the upper level and what seemed like an endless stream of milk cars. Again the youngster gently fondled the locomotive, touching the drive wheels, listening to noises from the engine tender, and feeling and smelling the smoke billowing above. More questions came pouring out. Every boxcar got touched. And the remote unit whistled and tolled for the youngster as he gently pushed its buttons.
It was a glorious moment. It was a lifetime of memories for the youngster and for everyone else inside the layout. No one had said "you can’t come in because it might be hazardous for you." No one had said "you can’t touch anything on the layout because something might break." Nothing derailed. And everybody encouraged the youngster to "see" and absorb everything he could with his delicate fingers.
Special thanks to Eric, Jim J. and Jim B. for making one boy’s Christmas dream come true and epitomizing SD3R’s seventeen
For SD3R, it’s not only what we do, but also how we do it.
Happy Birthday Buckeye! Two nice stories to take with me the rest of the day, thanks guys.
Happy birthday Buckeye!
dougnotta - I hope to make the same connection one day at WVSB. Thanks for sharing.
Buckeye - ...
Ohayō (O-hi-o for Chuck),
Happy President’s Day!
It's chilly outside but it is also very sunny. I do not have work today since it is a holiday. I will spend some time educating our kids on some amazing presidents today. I will also lighten the wife's load by taking care of some of her chores for her. When that is all finished I will take care of some of my own schoolwork and then hopefully run some trains later this afternoon.
Buckeye - That is an amazing story. I'm surprised you were able to continue on that same train.
Dougdagrump - Your story is very heartwarming. I'm glad your folks at the museum were able to make that boy's day. I'm sure he will remember it for a long time, as will your staff.
Sayonara,
Joe
Got the C&EI boxcar together. Slightly modified Athearn boxcar shell on a Tyco frame. I had to file insets in the ends of the boxcar shell for the coupler pockets to fit into. Otherwise the shell would sit too high.
Demay Buckeye - That is an amazing story. I'm surprised you were able to continue on that same train.
Joe.....Several years ago I was able to obtain a copy of the Federal Railroad's accident investigation. Basically the the A-A units on the front were smashed and in the creek. A baggage car, crew car and dinning car all derailed. Our sleeper was behind the dinning car and in the tunnel. I remember distinctly walking to the rear of the train to another sleeper car. I would assume that they uncoupled us and left our first sleeper in the tunnel hooked to the dinning car. BTW, it was tunnel no. 13.
Dougdagrump that a very touching and great story. Most probably would off done as you said either told him it wasn't safe or don't touch anything you might break it. Glad to hear your group decided to go the other way for this young man.
Buckeye and Doug DG. Great stories. Buckeye you were right there in the edge and never knew. WOW. And Happy birthday again I think? Got to crash early. Heading to Green Bay early in the morning. Night guys, Kev.
Buckeye and Doug DG.
Great stories.
Buckeye you were right there in the edge and never knew.
WOW. And Happy birthday again I think?
Got to crash early. Heading to Green Bay early in the morning.
Night guys,
RockIsland52 Buckeye Riveter: Chuck.....Today is the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCKEYE!!!!!!!! By the way, I was worried about the present I sent to you, so I tracked it. According to UPS, it was signed for by someone who just penned in "FE" in the signature box. Jack
Buckeye Riveter: Chuck.....Today is the day.
Rats, foiled again. Snohio all around us. Over an inch at lake house per neighbor.
What a wonderful birthday!!! Snow in NC!!!!!!! Chuck what an amazing job. Your aim was perfect.
Thank you to everyone who wished me Happy Birthday!
Ground is covered and the highway is beginning to get slushy. SNOWING HARD!!!
Buckeye, thanks for sharing that story. One of the railroad historical societys would probably like to have that in one of their magazines.
Doug in Sandy Eggo, good on you and your organization for opening up the world for that boy. That was a heartwarming story and we need more like that.
Charlie, a thoughtful gift. Buckeyes for the Buckeye.
28 chilly degrees but clear, no rain or sno-. Belly is full, that turkey dinner was So Good. No trains today, I fell asleep in the recliner..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
Time for me to call it a night. I kitbashed a boxcar today and I got the choke on the van fixed. At least it appears to work. The local ant colonies may still be interested in learning astrophysics. See y'all tomorrow.
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