Good morning all,
TCA Western Divsion meet today. Getting ready to go now. Went out to eat last night and had the toughest steak in North America. Complained and got half off bill. At least they are consistent. Meat is always tough. Should have known better. Got E mail from son in Oregon. He says it will be cold and rainy for the weekend but clearing Monday. He will be coming home Monday night.
Got to run,
Ray
SPMan
Mornin' All.
Came down with the crud thursday nite, there were only two of us signed up to run friday so had to fulfil the commitment. The Better Half wouldn't let me drive in to the museum by myself so she went with me. Fortunately two more runners came in, by noon I couldn't handle it any longer so I zonked out in the passenger seat and let her drive. Was able to get hold of my doc for a reccommendation for something to help with this that wouldn't interfere w/current meds, plus lots of .
Looks like it will be snoozey type of day. Starting to look like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from the runny nose, sneezin' & blowing it.
Later all, feel a nap coming on !
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Afternoon gents...
Got to find a few things for the layout ...again. Seems I'm missing an elevator.... Don't know what is up with that....
We had some sightiings of a curious yellow orb up here...it is very bright and has blue sky attached to it on occasion......we have been having not so much luck with sun around here of late...
Southern San Luis Valley RR-homebrew special...
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blownout cylinder Southern San Luis Valley RR-homebrew special...
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jeffrey-wimberly blownout cylinder: Southern San Luis Valley RR-homebrew special... And here I thought it looked like a mobile outhouse.
blownout cylinder: Southern San Luis Valley RR-homebrew special...
And here I thought it looked like a mobile outhouse.
It might still double as one....
32 windy chilly degrees. I spent the afternoon with our train club visiting a local home layout. It's no wonder his work has been published, he has the eye and the ability to do realistic detail work. Charlie has pictures, not sure where he will post them. TTFN...S.J.
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Afternoon all not a lot going on here today went to the flea market and walked around didn't really see much but theres one vendor there that I stir up almost everytime I'm there Has items way over priced like had the cheap 1/43 cars( autos) that I was picking up at dollar general about 5 years ago for like $1 each well he had them in 3 packs for $12 each I said no thank-you you paid about a $3 a pack for these his wife goes did not you you need to go to another booth I said I see why you have no customers with an attitude like that I said don't worry I'm going to another booth that knows how to talk to customers any time I go in there I see none or maybe one looking and I've heard her befor complaining to other booths that last week we spent more in rent than we took in ( that was about 3 months ago just befor Christmas) Gee wonder why oh well I had my fun for the day.
Did get some good deals and came home and made Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato's sandwiches on wheat toast now that hit the spot.
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OH NO!!!! Its worse than I thought. Poor Buckeye. Its bad when your mind goes. Well, he does have his sight. That is all because the "other" went years ago. Now his mind too.
Buckeye Riveter Good morning from Roger's Corners, Ohio where we have blue skies, the birds are singing and the flowers are starting to peek through the ground. Unlike Roseyville, which I visited in January, Roger's Corners is a sophisticated cross roads with its own liquor store and pizza shop. Three pizza shops [one chain and two "custom". You saw the liquor store [ABC Liquor Store]. Someone previously mentioned the silo. The silo is really a bank machine. At the base there is a card reader. You put your Roger's Corners Bank Card into the slot, punch in the minimum amount of $100,000.00 and out it comes. I have heard there are some people who have money trees instead of silos. I did not see either one when I was in Roseyville. Two banks with ATM and one stand alone in Food Lion Shopping Center [we drove right by it going to the Mexican restaurant you ate in.] If anyone does not have a birthday this weekend, we could celebrate mine again. See, he can't remember when his birthday really is. Now back to work. Yes, I work on the weekends to keep the Chief's SS flowing.
Good morning from Roger's Corners, Ohio where we have blue skies, the birds are singing and the flowers are starting to peek through the ground. Unlike Roseyville, which I visited in January, Roger's Corners is a sophisticated cross roads with its own liquor store and pizza shop.
Three pizza shops [one chain and two "custom". You saw the liquor store [ABC Liquor Store].
Someone previously mentioned the silo. The silo is really a bank machine. At the base there is a card reader. You put your Roger's Corners Bank Card into the slot, punch in the minimum amount of $100,000.00 and out it comes. I have heard there are some people who have money trees instead of silos. I did not see either one when I was in Roseyville.
Two banks with ATM and one stand alone in Food Lion Shopping Center [we drove right by it going to the Mexican restaurant you ate in.]
If anyone does not have a birthday this weekend, we could celebrate mine again.
See, he can't remember when his birthday really is.
Now back to work. Yes, I work on the weekends to keep the Chief's SS flowing.
I'm in tears over his mental state. Such a wonderful guy.
Slow day at Bass Pro. Only 13 chargers sold when usualy I'm in the high 30 to low 40's.
Tired. Cookout burger in the room.
Bob, I have rebuilt sevearl ZW's. Like spacer betwen the rollers and the arms to insure the rollers turn easily. If crimped too tight, they will wear off flat and ruin the coil pack.
Later.
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Bob,
Like the Chief, I've gone through ZW rebuilds. They are easy as long as you make sure that the new rollers spin freely.
I am in the middle of replacing the plugs in the Mustang right now. Since it is an 07, I get to have alot of fun thanks to some incompetent engineer that designed the Triton 4.6 V8 used until into the 08 model year. After breaking the plugs loose and soaking them with Seafoam Deep Creep for two hours, five came out complete. 'Oh, this is easy' Wrong thing to say.
Not so much for the three that remained. Two remain in one of the heads minus the hex and threaded portion, while the electrode shield of #3 decided to stay in the other head. Waiting on the Lisle 65600 tool to get here before I can go further.
green97probe Bob, Like the Chief, I've gone through ZW rebuilds. They are easy as long as you make sure that the new rollers spin freely. I am in the middle of replacing the plugs in the Mustang right now. Since it is an 07, I get to have alot of fun thanks to some incompetent engineer that designed the Triton 4.6 V8 used until into the 08 model year. After breaking the plugs loose and soaking them with Seafoam Deep Creep for two hours, five came out complete. 'Oh, this is easy' Wrong thing to say. Not so much for the three that remained. Two remain in one of the heads minus the hex and threaded portion, while the electrode shield of #3 decided to stay in the other head. Waiting on the Lisle 65600 tool to get here before I can go further.
Don't feel bad I bought my truck in January of 2007 and it had 117,000+ miles on it. That engine your to do a tune up every 100,000 so I figured it was done. (NOT!!) well I found out this last time when I took it to the dealer to fix it and they said you know you need a major tune up your only like 65,000 miles late
Good evening everyone. Buckeye, Happy Birthday....again! You know, they have some new medications to help with most of your ailments. They even have these neat little cases thay a loved one wh is still "with it" can put each day's pills in so you don't forget.
Chief, what is happening, you slowing up with the sales? Hope it swings around and you finish well. Have safe travels home.
Well, we survived the school function and it looked like they were making some good money. Kids won some goldfish to add to the aquarium. Was a good day. I also got a fair amount of my other work done. Tomorrow, after church and lunch, we have a concert to go to along with the violin teacher. It is also the teacher's birthday so we most likely be taking her out for dinner.
Only one more day of call, then I can medicate and get rid of this junk. I really hate the feeling this has given. Light headed and constant aches and pains. Never mind the congestion. Will be glad to see this one leave!
Hope each of you has a blessed week ahead.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Here is how SJ and I spent the afternoon.
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Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
I told you Norm was good. Run it to the end for a group picture...S.J.
Evening all
Well the tender for the 1664 is whistling now. Originally I thought that whistle motor was a write off, but persistence pays.
Chief and Jim - it's funny you mention rebuilding a ZW, 'cause I just got one! Powers up but will probably need some attention. Got tired of the throttle levers both moving clockwise on the KW. I always get confused and end up flooring one train and stopping the other. Otherwise it's a fine transformer and was less expensive than a ZW. I've rebuilt an RW before that was a basket case. I seem to like to work w/ things that need some love.
Jim - bummer on the plugs. Had the same thing happen on the Corvair when I first got it. Everyone tries to tighten the plugs in aluminum heads just a bit too much. One was even some crazy prewar plug w/ a larger than standard thread that they jammed in there. Helicoil to the rescue:)
Time to find a pillow.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Time for me to call it a night. I was digging around in the closet today and found my old 0-6-0 rust bucket. What a beautiful wreck it is. See y'all tomorrow.
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 30s. Sarah has an engine!!!! Took long enough but the powers that be finally got around to making the winning team from the last race of the season has a motor for their car this year. SFHR will be using a Honda. Chief, I enjoyed your description of the middle school you visited, but you obviously forgot to mention the most important aspect of the place, namely the soccer fields. I am sure a more detailed review will include that next time. I am sure they are lighted and irrigated as well. Took it easy today. Just did some errands. TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Great video there Charlie that guys has a nice layout.
Hi guys - wow, what a great layout in that movie! I could hear Charlie and SJ talking too That scenery is just great and loved the train action.
Char was doing a lot better today - we walked all over Walmart getting supplies and groceries and she was even the driver
Nice chat with the guys on the wayback machine tonight. Family and I watched Tower Heist, which was great! I love caper movies and this one really delivered
TARDIS is ready, so let's get going.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a sunny and clear 20 degrees. Going up to 50 today with sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then, I will spend a few hours in the train room. I want to run trains and take some pictures. Maybe watch the Daytona 500 at the same time.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Morning all. Did not sleep as well last night [this morning]. Woke up hot. Had AC on 65. I knew the room was warmer. I turned it down to 60 [as low as it goes] and still did not come on. Turned it off and on several times and it came on. Then went back to sleep. Room coffee while I watch Church on TV.
Go Char, go girl.
Mike, no soccer fields. Football and softball. Big gym for baskeball [4 goals and curtain so you could play two full courts "sideways".
Dennis, sales are way down nationwide where our company is working. Not working all BPS stores. Everyone says I have "flooded" the market here. Lots of guys come by and say I have one of those. Also, a lot of boat manufactures are installing them as standard or optional equipment. In earlier years, they did not make that offering.
Jim, neighbor Grady worked for two days using all my tools and finally got one sparkplug out that had "wrung" off in the head.
Bob, I have several KW's. Rebuilt them too. Use them for AUX power for accessories and lights. ZW's are easier.
Have a great day.
BTW: remember Buckeye and his loss of memory.
Good Morning...
Get to see a bit of everything today..some sun, some cloud and the ever popular 30% chance of snow falling on our'n heads...
Get to pick up a few things today and do a bit of visiting with some friends at the mall here...and get a walk in as I've been missing a few days here..
Konbanwa,
I was up very late last night finishing my last assignment for this first class. I then had an early group meeting for my group's collaborative project for the class. I am very tired and need to get some sleep soon. At least the first class is finished and I have a week off. I decided to take a week of leave from work too. The family and I are going to Tokyo tomorrow and will spend three nights there. We have a nice list of things we want to see.
Dennis - I'm glad the school is doing well. I hope you get well soon.
Blownout cylinder - Thanks for adding the captions; it makes the photos even better for me.
Brutus - That is awesome news about Char.
SJ and Charlie - He has a phenomenal layout. How long did it take him to complete? If he is complete. At least there were no pile-ups this time.
Bob - I'm sure that whistle sounds great.
Chief - Have a safe trip home; watch out for those Daytona wannabes.
I’ll pray for all of us in need.
Sayonara,
Joe
Hello all.
Clear and cold again here on the mountain. System coming thru tomorrow w/ some heavy winds, so we'll probably have to batten down the hatches at some point.
Chief - looking forward to getting the ZW. I will prob sell off the KW soon to offset the cost of the ZW. I'll prob use the RW for accessories or switches. Eventually my thought was to have it be the yard engine transformer.
BlownoutCyl - love the photo of the "gasser"!
Charlie - thanks for the video. That is one impressive layout.
Kev - got a post on the smoke unit thread
My brother got the N-gauge stuff. He was running it on the table as he emailed me Been a while since he's had a train running.Think I put a smile on his face.
Not much on the schedule today. May set the "jewels" in the marker lights of the 1664 and then stretch her legs a bit.
Good morning. It's 44° and sunny. The high will be 68° and it'll be partly cloudy.Nothing in particular planned for today. I'll go to my parents place later and see if anything of interest has arrived in the mail. The layout can stand some more cleaning up. I took my Bachmann GP30's off the market yesterday. Seems like people were thinking I should give away two DCC equipped locos..
Sunny and going up to 45 degrees today and
: NASCAR IS BACK!!!
NASCAR IS BACK!!!
Have a great day guys!1 Kev.
Have a great day guys!1
Kev.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
WOW SJ and Charlie. What a great layout. Must have been fun. The level of weathering and detail is perfect. Kev
WOW SJ and Charlie. What a great layout. Must have been fun. The level of weathering and detail is perfect.
Kev
30 and sunny
Joe, Norms layout is in a rebuild stage, it's not near completed as far as scenery goes. He has lots of buildings and misc. to add. First impression is you are in Pennsylvania. No plans for today and no trip into the kitchen yet..S.J.
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Great video!! His layout looks really good in this!
I'm just getting into the train thing recently and have never seen anything like this before, the detail of the buildings is amazing!! is there a certain name brand for that quality?
Hi GUYZ,
Went to ALLENTOWN SHOW yesterday. We got there at 1045, CHUCK shot a rubberband of SNO HI O at us but we arrived safe. SNO HI O Fell heavy for about 20 minutes got an inch and had to go into 4WD going over the Blue Mt. Easy after that. Bought a Reading covered hopper for 30 and a Reading 4 bay hopper for 20 thats it. Went to eat at usual bar there and had our fill. Came home and ran trains for BRO and BUDDY had a few OL MILs. All good NO PILE UPs went to bed.
Today got laundry to do and take my gal for a run.
SIR JAMES and CHARLIE, looks like a great time. NORMs layout is mesmorizing! Real nice.
BLOWN OUT, Nice B GASSER. 55 or 56?
Stay frosty,
laz57
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