Well in my 59 years, today is the first ever I had to cut grass in March. Went pretty good till the old HuskyVarney pitched a belt on the drive. I still have the snow plow on my large 72" mower on the 3203 Deere so I thought I would do it with the 48". Ha ha. Well it just happens the drive belt is the top belt in a mass of belts so I had to remove the deck to get at it and once I did, I decided to get a new one as long as I was that deep. Finished the rest of the lawn, all is well. That little mower beat the H*&& out of me. RIJack U are sooo correct about kids.I still hate to see them suffer but got to cut those apron strings. Laz, Thanks man, I think I will start buying the consist for the Miller High Life express. Bob, It looks great just like it should. Knew you could do it. Let me know what IOU and it will be on the way. Thank you, Thank you!!! AF Ray Sounds like you drove a hard bargain with Dell. Good for you! Rich that smoke unit is a K-line 610-8989-200 for a Plymouth Switcher from Brasseur Trains $32.00 Have a good night guys, Thanks again Bob, Kev.
Well in my 59 years, today is the first ever I had to cut grass in March. Went pretty good till the old HuskyVarney pitched a belt on the drive. I still have the snow plow on my large 72" mower on the 3203 Deere so I thought I would do it with the 48". Ha ha. Well it just happens the drive belt is the top belt in a mass of belts so I had to remove the deck to get at it and once I did, I decided to get a new one as long as I was that deep. Finished the rest of the lawn, all is well. That little mower beat the H*&& out of me.
RIJack U are sooo correct about kids.I still hate to see them suffer but got to cut those apron strings.
Laz, Thanks man, I think I will start buying the consist for the Miller High Life express.
Bob, It looks great just like it should. Knew you could do it. Let me know what IOU and it will be on the way. Thank you, Thank you!!!
AF Ray Sounds like you drove a hard bargain with Dell. Good for you!
Rich that smoke unit is a K-line 610-8989-200 for a Plymouth Switcher from Brasseur Trains $32.00
Have a good night guys,
Thanks again Bob,
Kev.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Thanks Kev, it looks like it will fit inside my 2026 project!
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
KRM Well in my 59 years, today is the first ever I had to cut grass in March.
Well in my 59 years, today is the first ever I had to cut grass in March.
Well after all the work I put into fixing the track problem last night and this morning the trains now run smoothly all the way around the layout. The lap time I just checked was fifty-seven seconds covering nine inches of track each second. I don't know what scale speed that works out to but it looks believable.
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STORMS!!! Rained all day. Weather alert just went off. We are going to get hit. Line of severe thunder storms headed east. Rolesville is named as being hit. Tornado watch all afternoon and tonight.
Big fiberglass shower was sold to folks west of here. Should have taken then 1 1/2 hours to get here. Took them 3 1/2 hours. Kept getting off of Interstate at wrong places before Raleigh. Sent them home with directions. Last I talked with them they were fast on their way on I-85 west [which they knew how to get back]. Thought they must be from Ohio originally as could not follow Map Quest.
Guy came and bought stove and dryer from the Box.
Now to saw out a rotten spot under where shower was. Particle board got wet and is bad. Floor joists are fine. Then level out floor with plywood which will cover plumbing holes. Ceiling still has not been finished by Grady. He helped get walls out. Then came to me, "Chief, can you let me hold a $20 for the weekend?" "I know I owe you a lot of money but I need some to tie me over." Then said he was going to work on Box early this AM. Have not seen him. He is a mess.
Good luck OSU. [have to be nice to Buckeye. he helps keep my SS coming in ]
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
59 but gloomy all day.
I'm gonna try and stay up for the chat, don't know how long though.
Jack I took the wrong turn in Albuquerque, ended up back home..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
My neighbor called and said that my mail was in his box so when I went over I got my CTT issue. DougM, page 22 check out the EJ&E transfer Diesel. Very cool but in all of my years next to the J tracks I don’t remember seeing one. What about you? Night, Kev
My neighbor called and said that my mail was in his box so when I went over I got my CTT issue.
DougM, page 22 check out the EJ&E transfer Diesel. Very cool but in all of my years next to the J tracks I don’t remember seeing one. What about you?
Night,
Kev
KRM DougM, page 22 check out the EJ&E transfer Diesel. Very cool but in all of my years next to the J tracks I don’t remember seeing one. What about you? This may be why. From Wikipedia
DougM, page 22 check out the EJ&E transfer Diesel. Very cool but in all of my years next to the J tracks I don’t remember seeing one. What about you? This may be why. From Wikipedia
This may be why. From Wikipedia
The Lima-Hamilton LT-2500 (sometimes referred to by its Specification Number - A-3177) is a diesel-electric transfer-unit locomotive, built by the Lima Locomotive Works between 1950 and 1951. The LT-2500 was the final locomotive model produced by Lima-Hamilton before the company merged with the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1951.
All twenty-two units were purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad. All have been scrapped.
Why did MTH build this then??
Good evening everyone. Been a good day, but I am tired. Got most of the work SWMBO had planned for me, all good. Took family out for dinner and we had to do some shopping. Finally home and heading to bed. I transfered a bunch of files and photos to a external hard drive. Should have cleared much needed space on this laptop. We have several other computers, but this is the most accessible when hanging with the family.
Ray, glad you got things straightened out. With regard to SuperAntiSpyware, I run the program on all the computers every week night except Friday. Also, Sunday morning about 0200. It is set on auto to do so. I will on occassion run it during the day if it has been a little while since I saw it done. When I came home from Colorado this last time, the computer was slow and it came up with almost a thousand hits. Removed them all. I guess that is what happens when the kids go to these sites to play games.
Chief, hope he gets that work done soon. Was contemplating getting some shipping containers to make an barn to store my lawn equipment and tools. I would have to dress it up real nice to make it fit in the neighborhood. Would also have to check with the county to make sure they allow such.
Well, gotta run, time for bed.God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Sorry I missed SJ tonight - hope you feel better soon, man. This crud is really bad. Char enjoyed her cards and cake, but she's still fighting this stuff - blah. We just watched Iron Eagle - good old movie, but not believable at all. Never say die, Iron Eagle! Sounds like Doug is making good time. Chief, my buddy Jeff found out the flooring in his lake house was particle board - had flooding around the parking area that went up over teh sill of the house and the whole floor was ruined in that end of the house. He's still working on that project a year later, due to weather and having to do outside work to keep it from happening again.
Dennis - does your son play it on suvival/normal mode? Those bad guys can really gang up on you!
TARDIS is ready, so let's get going!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Brutus: Hope you and yours get over that thing..I've had it..don't want it either....
Got this off a music forum I'm on...bird joins a bluegrass band...
http://www.dogwork.com/blugrs9/
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
KRM My neighbor called and said that my mail was in his box so when I went over I got my CTT issue. Kev
My neighbor called and said that my mail was in his box so when I went over I got my CTT issue. Kev
Even the US Postal Service does not want to have anythng to do with him.
Good night all. Storms turned and missed Rolesville.
Sleep tight.
Good morning. It's 54° and clear. Wind NNE 0 mph. The high will be 82°.Power went out for a short time early this morning (around 3 am). I woke up when the familiar noises stopped. You'd think noises would wake you up when they start, not when they stop.I had a problem with the trains last night that was a bit of a head scratcher. I had rearrange some of the cars and from that moment on one of the locos (didn't matter which set was pulling) would derail at some point on the layout. Each loco set had it's favorite spot. With the Bachmann GP7's it was the turnout next to the east wall and only the trailing unit. The Atlas FP7's it was the curve in the north corner of the layout and only the lead unit. With the Atlas GP40's it was the north turnout next to the west wall and only the lead unit. The GP9 Frankensteins were the only ones that had no problem. Go figure. Well, since all this started after the cars were rearranged there must be something about that because I don't see that many varied track problems popping up all at once. The two cars just behind the locos are a pair of Tyco Old Dutch Cleanser covered hoppers and all I'd done with them was switch them around. Both have metal wheels and both both have body mounted Kadee #242 coupler boxes. The only difference is one has #118 shelf couplers and the other has #119 shelf couplers. It seems crazy that one car would cause the locos to have problems while the other one didn't but I decided what the hey. I changed them around again, put the lead car behind the one that had been behind it and what do you know, the problem vanished, at least with the GP7's and GP40's. I haven't tried the FP7's yet. Correction, I'm now running the FP7's and they too seem to be happy now. Stranger and stranger.
Hey Kev that last video you shot I saw you like to run your trains fastso I went to this site and I figured out you where running about 130 scale mph http://www.mcr5.org/NMRA/articals/speed.htm
Morning all at work this is one of my long days so I'm here till 8P.M. looks like my hours are going to get changed thou from 7 to 3:30 to 11:30 to 8 which is fine with me I have always worked late hrs except when I was in VA. so now I'm kinda getting my late hrs back maybe it will help me with my sleep as I seem to do better when I'm off and I sleep from midnight on. This is supose to hapen in about 2 weeks so we will see.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cool 53 degrees. Going up to 70 today with mostly sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will relax. Nascar race and ballgame to watch on TV. I plan on running trains for a few hours.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Good Morning..well...kind of....
Got a call from the hospital last night...it appears that the fellow has taken a turn for the worse...we be heading up there this morning to find out what is happening....
Good Mornin' Ya'll From Overcast and Damp Taxachusetts,
From POT reading a couple of weeks ago, and then again yesterday, I envision an emerging new business partnership called the J&K's UltraFix Lawn Mower Repair Service.
I have just been informed I need to go out and dry off the front seats in the car. It rained last night, and it appears "someone" left the sunroof open about 12." Not too bad because we didn't get much rain, but anyway. On the bright side, the front seats and the console will be nice and clean.
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
rtraincollector Hey Kev that last video you shot I saw you like to run your trains fastso I went to this site and I figured out you where running about 130 scale mph http://www.mcr5.org/NMRA/articals/speed.htm
Sunny and 60 degrees, RT I saw the same thing. I was not running them that fast when I took the video with the camera but something when I interfaced with YouTube that made them look faster??? RI Jack , what did I do wrong??? In one sentence or less please. I may get distracted if the answer goes past 30 billion nanoseconds. Blownout , Prayers for your pal. Chief, OUCH
RT I saw the same thing. I was not running them that fast when I took the video with the camera but something when I interfaced with YouTube that made them look faster???
RI Jack , what did I do wrong??? In one sentence or less please. I may get distracted if the answer goes past 30 billion nanoseconds.
Blownout , Prayers for your pal.
Chief, OUCH
again!
Jeff, glad you found your track ghost. RIJack, You may have a point and we could be nation wide. I started cutting grass for money when I was 10 and have been putsing with mowers out of necessity ever since. Well going to try to do something for SPF, Later, Kev
Jeff, glad you found your track ghost.
RIJack, You may have a point and we could be nation wide. I started cutting grass for money when I was 10 and have been putsing with mowers out of necessity ever since.
Well going to try to do something for SPF,
Later,
52 and cloudy. Very gloomy out there.
Geez a couple days of this crud and I expected to turn the corner on it. Not happening yet. So there is no other news from here except the new Lionel catalog is still being discussed...S.J.
Good morning all!
Some clouds and lite rain all day going up to 62.
March madness is rounding down and again I'm not in the running! Buckeye Riveter must be all smiles though!
Dennis - I checked out the superantispyware and it's up to $29.99. Sounds good. I also checked out CNET's reviews and they rate Avast Free pretty high. I'll also check with IT at work.
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Hi GUYZ,
Rainy here again at 54 going to 60 today. At least all my newly planted grass seed is getting some rain. Hopefully the aeration is going good too. Just cant wait to start cutting all my grass again and pulling weeds.
Ran trains last nite for about 2 hrs.NO PILE UPs. I added lites to my new NE Reading Northern caboose yesterday all working good too.
BLOWNOUT PRAYERS FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIEND.
Stya frosty,
laz57
Morning. Sunny but more showers [and possible T'storm] on the way. Going to FIL&MIL's to clean yard and flower beds.
Blownout, prayers your buddy gets better and only has a short relapse.
Kev & RT, buddy of mine in South Texas sent me a box. Opened it. Has Williams Santa Fe A,B,A F3's and a 4 set of Santa Fe passenger cars. Also a Dash 8 Southern Pacific engine. Wants me to sell them for him. ????? Sent me email and named me as his official train broker. Seems he is looking for a modern transformer to be able to run two trains. I don't do Ebay. Guess I could use Train City. Have no idea what they are worth.
Later.
ChiefEagles Kev & RT, buddy of mine in South Texas sent me a box. Opened it. Has Williams Santa Fe A,B,A F3's and a 4 set of Santa Fe passenger cars. Also a Dash 8 Southern Pacific engine. Wants me to sell them for him. ????? Sent me email and named me as his official train broker. Seems he is looking for a modern transformer to be able to run two trains. I don't do Ebay. Guess I could use Train City. Have no idea what they are worth.
Chief, You have a buddy????????
Hey I sent you a PM maybe even two?
KRM Jeff, glad you found your track ghost.
KRM RI Jack , what did I do wrong??? In one sentence or less please. I may get distracted if the answer goes past 30 billion nanoseconds. If you are wrong, my bet is that I am wrong-er !!!! Is that a word? RIJack, You may have a point and we could be nation wide. I started cutting grass for money when I was 10 and have been putsing with mowers out of necessity ever since. Later, Kev After you two get started, you and Jeffrey could start franchising the repair centers!!!!! And then we could get a reality TV show on the NATGEO or the Velocity Channel called "The Lawn Mower Whisperers." Jack
RI Jack , what did I do wrong??? In one sentence or less please. I may get distracted if the answer goes past 30 billion nanoseconds. If you are wrong, my bet is that I am wrong-er !!!! Is that a word? RIJack, You may have a point and we could be nation wide. I started cutting grass for money when I was 10 and have been putsing with mowers out of necessity ever since. Later, Kev After you two get started, you and Jeffrey could start franchising the repair centers!!!!! And then we could get a reality TV show on the NATGEO or the Velocity Channel called "The Lawn Mower Whisperers." Jack
If you are wrong, my bet is that I am wrong-er !!!! Is that a word?
RIJack, You may have a point and we could be nation wide. I started cutting grass for money when I was 10 and have been putsing with mowers out of necessity ever since. Later, Kev
After you two get started, you and Jeffrey could start franchising the repair centers!!!!! And then we could get a reality TV show on the NATGEO or the Velocity Channel called "The Lawn Mower Whisperers."
Good morning,
Just getting ready for church. Did not go to the Train Shack sale yesterday in Burbank. Still need to pick up my MTH proto 2 E6 from friend's house and try some more tricks on it so he can get it started in conventional mode to work on the lights.
Announcement in news yesterday about a new section of light rail going into service in L.A. next month from downtown to near Culver City. Work on line to my neck of the woods has not started yet but freeway bridge over 210 FWY is well under way. After that they have to build about 11 miles of double track with catenary to get to near me.
Chief, glad you dodged the storm. Better put some boat anchors on the box with all those tornado warnings around.
Just learned yesterday that our biggest West Coast Train meet by a club (Cal Stewart Meet) after several decades at the Pasadena Convention Center is moving to the Ontario, California Convention Center this coming November 2,3,4th. It's not much more of a drive for me but it is a good venue for people flying in from out of town. The Ontario Convention Center (OCC) is right next to the Ontario International Airport. The Radisson hotel is offering free shuttle service to their hotel from the airport about a mile away to the hotel next to the OCC. Rooms will go for $69 per night for conventioneers. Hope some of you guys might make it. There are other hotels nearby as well. There is also a giant shopping mall near the OCC (Ontario Mills Shopping Center) for any wives who want to make a detour while the train meet is going on. Of course the things Southern California is famous for, i.e. Disneyland, Palm Springs, Hollywood, Los Angeles, mountains and beaches are all within driving distance.
later,
SPMan
Good afternoon everyone. Another beautiful day here. Was a great service this morning and I was not on camera, so I could sit with my family.
Ray, if you download the free version of superantispyware and then go to have an update (each day you run it), it will ask if you would like to upgrade to the professional version? They usually will have a "special price" of either $19.99, or $9.99. It changes from day to day. I ordered it on a $9.99 day and that is for, I believe upto 5computers, per year.
Brutus, I asked my son, he says yes, he often does. Then asked if you had a creeper blow up your house yet? Often, he will build fantastic structures in creative mode, but he enjoys survivor mode as a challenge.
Well, while I was typing this, our son came in to tell me that our daughter had a little incident with her bike and my car. Went to find a scratch of about ten inches down the side....ughhh! Important thing is that she is alright. Will have it checked out by a local shop to see about paint.
Well, gotta get a nap in before heading back to church tonight.
God bless.
Dennis
69 degrees, the sun came out and it feels warm. I had some roast beef and mashed taters on a saucer, most I've ate in 2 days. Gonna have some Banilla later. I missed the Tardis last night, gonna try and make it today..S.J.
Spent the last two days building mountains and redoing some skirting... Tired!
KRM ChiefEagles: Kev & RT, buddy of mine in South Texas sent me a box. Opened it. Has Williams Santa Fe A,B,A F3's and a 4 set of Santa Fe passenger cars. Also a Dash 8 Southern Pacific engine. Wants me to sell them for him. ????? Sent me email and named me as his official train broker. Seems he is looking for a modern transformer to be able to run two trains. I don't do Ebay. Guess I could use Train City. Have no idea what they are worth. Chief, You have a buddy???????? Hey I sent you a PM maybe even two? Kev
ChiefEagles: Kev & RT, buddy of mine in South Texas sent me a box. Opened it. Has Williams Santa Fe A,B,A F3's and a 4 set of Santa Fe passenger cars. Also a Dash 8 Southern Pacific engine. Wants me to sell them for him. ????? Sent me email and named me as his official train broker. Seems he is looking for a modern transformer to be able to run two trains. I don't do Ebay. Guess I could use Train City. Have no idea what they are worth.
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