ChiefEagles Off to bed. Tired. Early rise again for Town retreat. BURRR Trying to hold back the Yankee raid of frozen stuff. RT, Jack can talk the eye lashes off of a mosquito. Sleep tight. PS: interesting TV news story on lake levels. http://www.wral.com/water-levels-rising-fast-at-kerr-lake/12021579/ Came from Pat up stream. That is a lot of water as Kerr Lake is 850 miles of shoreline.
Off to bed. Tired. Early rise again for Town retreat. BURRR Trying to hold back the Yankee raid of frozen stuff.
RT, Jack can talk the eye lashes off of a mosquito.
Sleep tight.
PS: interesting TV news story on lake levels.
http://www.wral.com/water-levels-rising-fast-at-kerr-lake/12021579/
Came from Pat up stream. That is a lot of water as Kerr Lake is 850 miles of shoreline.
At least it is good, clean Virginia water. Should improve the fishing and hunting. By the way we are sending some coyotes down. Getting to many up here.
Pat
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Wow, am I feeling tired right now. Anyway, good afternoon.
Took my placement tests this morning. SAT scores were high enough that I didn't need to take the Reading and Writing placement tests, only the math.
Hudson#685LV: The Box Car that you asked about, a X2454 Baby Ruth w/ PRR logos was made by Lionel in 1946-47. Lionel also made a PRR Box Car X2454 in 1946. Why the same numbers, you got me.
That I'm all familiar with. However, I was asking because of something very strange about this car. Yes, it is the most common variation of the X2454 boxcars, but take a closer look.
Look at the upper left corner of the car. 2nd panel from the left. See the two dots on it? That is what I was asking about.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Guys, SJ is right, the line that I have had it for a while works well. Just never say how long that while is and you will not be lying! It has been working for me if only the while has been 45 minutes!
AF53, Ray, The package has arrived!
John
wrconstructionJack has us figured out. But I think I have HIM figured out, this is how he's going to fund his TRAINS! He is going to Blackmale US or spill the beans to wives! Get the Check Books OUT!! Ohh look its snowing here Ryan
But I think I have HIM figured out, this is how he's going to fund his TRAINS!
He is going to Blackmale US or spill the beans to wives! Get the Check Books OUT!!
Ohh look its snowing here
Ryan
Blackmale, Ryan? Not a chance. We are all worth far more to each other alive rather than dead. We all know too much incrimminating train stuff about one another. The military during the Cold War called it "Assured Mutual Destruction."
I do have one major advantage over the rest of you. I only have 8 train engines and about one tenth of the cars the rest of you have. So I can either play the sympathy card with the wife, or better yet, the perspective card (aka Plan B).
I was showing my Pam various forum members' Christmas layout pics and videos. While doing so I asked her what she thought. She bit. "Jack, that guy you refer to as JimmyT went to all the time and bother of setting up a second, fully-decorated Christmas tree on his permanent train layout?!"
"No, dear. Those 5 concentric loops running multiple trains with cars around that Christmas tree is just his temporary living room set-up for Christmas. Sweet, isn't it? The family did have to move all of the LR furniture out to the garage, but it was well worth it....don't you think? And those trains and consists are just a small fraction of his train collection, just the ones he breaks out for the holidays." Picture her stunned silence. She quickly changed the subject.
By the same token, my "small collection" situation has one major disadvantage versus the rest of you. My collection is small enough that my wife can pretty much tell what's what. I can't use the the old "Oh, I have had that (fill in the blank) since forever, a couple of decades at least."
New Years Eve we had family and friends over. One friend brought over his 671 S2 turbine. We were running it on the Christmas layout when my wife strolled into the room, then shocked me with "Where did you get that, Jack? I never saw that before!!"
Now how in the heck do you suppose she could tell that S2 from my Hudson? She has no clue what she is looking at except for color. Has she been counting drive wheels, studying the differences in boilers, keeping track of Lionel ID numbers?
No, Ryan. We must stick together. In the words of Henry V and now here, aptly quoted by DougM...... 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...'
It's US versus THEM.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
railhead53 Ryan - Good job! It sounds like you have a plan. No not just a plan, but an approved plan! Congratulations! I mentioned the ZW-L transformer to the wife at dinner while we were having chili. And, speaking of chili, I could sense things were beginning to turn just a little chilly. But, I didn't panic. I figured though it was time to bring out the big gun. Sooo, I mentioned how this new improved transformer would not only be good for my locomotives, but more importantly, how it would be a good move safety-wise. What do you think she said? "I thought that was why you bought the... the fire extinguisher for the train room last weekend." It's ok fellas, I kept my composure and by the time we were finished I had the . It's all good! The wife is a good sport! Good night guys. Going to get an early start in the morning! Have a good Friday! Bo Visit my website Bo's Trains at http://www.bostrains.com
Ryan - Good job! It sounds like you have a plan. No not just a plan, but an approved plan! Congratulations!
I mentioned the ZW-L transformer to the wife at dinner while we were having chili. And, speaking of chili, I could sense things were beginning to turn just a little chilly. But, I didn't panic. I figured though it was time to bring out the big gun. Sooo, I mentioned how this new improved transformer would not only be good for my locomotives, but more importantly, how it would be a good move safety-wise. What do you think she said? "I thought that was why you bought the...
the fire extinguisher for the train room last weekend."
It's ok fellas, I kept my composure and by the time we were finished I had the . It's all good!
The wife is a good sport!
Good night guys. Going to get an early start in the morning! Have a good Friday! Bo
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Bo Bobs train box has a special edition on the transformer you want the ZW-L you need to check it out.
all I can say its COLD here I left the north so I didn't have to put up with this.
today its overcast with the threat of sleet or snow so no train work today as need to do some sawing which means taking saws out side and thats not happening today lol
Had a ride on tardis last night with Charlie , Brutus, SJ, and doug we didn't solve any world problems.
We shut down the Town retreat early. One lady was getting nervious and two Mom's with young kids were too [schools suddenly let out earlier than announced]. Snow fell for a while and then sleet. Nothing now. DOT has sprayed all the roads so they are fine. Wifey is talking of driving several miles to a certain grocery chain for something stupid. OH well. I'm home with new CTT magazine. TV will be good too. Later
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Nap time, I just don’t know why Katie tells me she can’t get the munchkin to take a nap? Heck she even crawled up into bed on her own for me.
Lexi and I went to the post office and sent an envelope to Chief but the main reason is we ran out of Goldfish crackers.
The best part was when we were in the little grocery store in town I ran into a very good friend of mine from back in Plainfield that I knew had moved out here before we did but I could never figure out where he was. He moved out here after suffering head injuries from a bad motorcycle accident and we had lost touch. It was great to see him doing so well. We got each other’s phone numbers now and will get together. I sold him a 67 Mustang that was his first car. He had wrecked it before I got it and I put a front clip on it and was going to build it for my son but after the tornado in 1990 Randy asked me if he could buy it back and we needed money for the new house so I let him have it back for what I had in it. Shortly after that he had his accident. I will have to see if he ever got it done.
Thanks guys Chief, Ryan, and Banks on the help finding the K-Line 027 profile 72" curves, I was watching some on the bay last night but I am on a cash flow lock down for a while so I let it coast and it sold for $14.05 for 12 sections.
Chief was gracious and found some new at Mrs., Edna’s they have 10 pieces on the way. I am going to hold of on any more till I get the table on it’s legs and figure out where and how much I can use on that 10’x 6’ section
Ryan, Thanks maybe hold on to it for a while. As for Jack,,,,,,,,,,, I think you may be on to something there.
Banks. Not sure if that is 072 or 054. I don’t think Lionel made 072 but K-Line did.
Rich, I feel your pain having been through two divorces but take it from me. Better to buy your way out at any cost and be able to live with yourself than have everyone in misery.
Jeffery, Prayers still going out for you and your family.
Well I need to pick up the place after the 28-month-old tornado blew all over the house, just so she can start over when she gets up from the nap.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
You may be on to something Ryan. Could be cheaper to buy new drapes for the wife, than pay for Jacks new trains.
He did miss the oldie but goodie "oh I've had that for a long time, you probably didn't notice it"
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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DougM - I remember seeing something about the DDE, thanks for the link and reminder. The findings during the restoration are too cool!
Jack - During my time in purgatory, I conveniently shipped everything to work and since I had my own office/garage, it afforded my the pleasure of storing my booty there until SWMBO had vacated the premises. If something new were to appear, I'd say, oh, that? I've had that for a while, you just never saw it. Working for a live train retailer also afforded me the pleasure of seeing what was new and cool. If I liked it, well, I just worked toward it. And toward the end of the train store, more and MORE items followed me home. There was a massive amount of Atlas O track that was going to be trashed and I took it. It was used, but a little elbow grease and just like new. But she didn't see it...until I moved out. There is at LEAST 30 bins of train related items and many more boxes still. I have stuff stashed at my sisters attic, the firehouse storage area, under my bed and in my parents attic. And today, my 2012 Golden Spike car is due to arrive from Atlas....I have no clue where to stash this one.... I've been told that I could open my own train store....
Excepting the Princess, my married life wasn't what I expected, probably due to the fact my ex had "issues" which she failed to address. Even my daughter told me to get out while I could. I tried to make it work, that much I can say.
I love where I am right now, though the money part could be MUCH better. I have direction and hope and a loving family. My Princess still, 900 miles away, finds ways to make me laugh and smile. I'm blessed, truely and that includes you dudes.... And yeah, this much free advise and council, more so than I could get from those with parchment on the walls. You guys teach me well.....
Awaiting snow here in Pennsauken, NJ.....1 to 3 expected starting at 4. Now 20F here and cloudy. Warming to 28F tomorrow.
Have to work tomorrow and I'll swing by the LHS for more money down on my NJ Transit Work set after work. I may just stop ar Brians HD and look at the new 110th Anniversary bikes....not like I can afford that....
off to LUNCH!!!
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
Jack has us figured out.
isn't this a neat 'find' whilst the A4 Dwight D. Eisenhower was being cosmetically restored at (the real) York:
http://nationalrailwaymuseum.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/the-secret-messages-revealed-by-our-a4-loco-restorers/
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Hello all
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!
Took Dad for a colonoscopy this AM. He is slightly anemic and they wanted to make sure there were no issues there. Everything went well
Laz, Isn't this the last weekend for Musket Hunting?
Jack has eyes everywhere
Kev You still looking for 72" in O-27?? I think this might be it
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel-O27-Slow-Curve-Track-22-Sections-w-Connectors-14-Inches-EC-/110999044534?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item19d80f01b6
Mrs is still suffering the aftereffects of the CRUD. She had it bad. We'll probably take down the tree this weekend
It's just starting to Snohio here1"to 6" expected. That must've been a big charge that mis-fired
SS Fund calls. Hope to get back befoe Monday
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Wow, it's like Jack has a camera watching everything. He's so accurate it's scary. Achoo! Sorry I sprayed you like that, SJ Achoo!
anjdevil2The more youse giz talk about your "better half" the happier I am to know the single life....
Rich.........you have to admit to the supreme value of reading the POT.
Sure, we could spend eons reading book after book, written by inexperienced, holier-than- thou, egotistical, self-serving and pontificating PHDs and psychologists from academia on how to navigate the treacherous waters of relationship conflict. OR, we can get from the POT, free of charge, some far more devious effective and practical, tried-and-proven, relationship-preserving approaches to marriage. Divorce is too expensive.
For example, right now Ryan, BO, and RT are bobbing and weaving and slipping punches in a manner that would make Muhammed Ali proud, all three with Rocky Balboa's unrelenting mantras: "One more round" and "I just want to go the distance."
AF Ray and HudsonJohn, with their co consirator, steady stream of always-covert acquisitions, have raised the "wives/trains" rope-a-dope to heights never before seen.
Chuck and SJ have quietly amassed their train empires by remaining publicly silent while eschewing "spilling the beans" on any social media (including here) that their wives might stumble across. If you read Chuck's posts carefully, what you take from him is that during the past decade all he has acquired is a balky switch replacement plus one choice acquisition ot two. Yeah, right! SJ mostly keeps cutting and pasting here the same "Went to train show, saw nothing I liked/needed/wanted, and came home empty." Agreed, he did come clean on a couple of very fine, recent acquisitions. That move quelled any suspicions Granny may have had about what was truly going on down in his man cave. Charlie is his minister of propaganda. Slick.
Chief has a different approach. He overwhelms his wife and guilt trips her by vigorously assaulting and completing her honey-do projects while voluntarily vacating his entire train room empire and layout, generously handing over the much-coveted house space to her, unasked. But his true motives remained hidden from her. He moved his covert operations out of her sight to his newly-acquired and totally renovated BOX. Meanwhile, he patiently waits until she is at the lake house to pick up and then hide his latest local train store acquisitions.
KEV keeps hauling lumber from his shed into his train room for his railroad expansion, right under his wife's nose (presumably while she is out and about). And when he does get caught red-handed with the next UPS delivery of a half dozen freight cars, or the pile of uncut lumber on his train room floor, he has some bogus but plausible explanation at the ready. Or he diverts her attention with some sleight-of-paint-brush by promising to do some house painting for her..
All of us have been following DougM's complete, "start over" layout reno in his basement crawl space. His story and his progress pictures remind me of a notorious serial killer, John Wayne Gacy in Des Plaines IL (a couple dozen miles east of Doug), who for a couple of decades managed to conceal a few dozen of his victims/trophies buried in his crawl space. The only difference......JWC buried his victims in his crawl space while DougM hides his train trophies in Rubbermaid bins hidden behind and beneath white plastic tarps down in his.
We all KNOW better.
I don't mean to exclude anyone in this already long list of examples and the wise people who developed these techniques. But you get the drift.
So Rich......keep reading the POT and learn from these experts about mis-direction, the art of deception, covert ops, trickery, keeping a second set of books, effective conspiracy, camouflage, plausible denial, and other such effective strategies necessary to maintain the three rail double-life with the wives. As my Dad always used to say: "In relationships and in life, honesty is the best policy. But who can afford the best all of the time."
Today's freight has a helper and slug pushing.
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
KRM Ryan, Just call a contractor to frame and wrap the addition tell them to put it on the fast track and it will be up and done before you SHE knows it. Then you can say honey it is not up to me it is their schedule and we just have to go along with it. Got to go!
Ryan, Just call a contractor to frame and wrap the addition tell them to put it on the fast track and it will be up and done before you SHE knows it. Then you can say honey it is not up to me it is their schedule and we just have to go along with it.
Got to go!
Kev, I don't have that kinda budget for this.
the biggest PIA of the project is that I have to shave a huge chunk of the mountian side out. luckly our mountian is sandy clay and potato rocks. she actually suggetsed I pay someone to do this but WHY when I can rent a crawler loader and tear the yard all up? I can't pass up fun like that
Good morning from frigid Jersey:
We are in hold right now for Mom's treatment for today because the machine is down. So that means a day added on. She just wants it over!
I was given bad info from my brother on his granddaughter's name. He was so excited that he made a typo when he emailed everyone. It is Eva Marie not Ava Marie. I had fun teasing him on the phone.
Ryan, Jack: Are you sure that our wive's are not related? "20 trash bags of clothes that went out of style in 1979". Ray can vouch for his sister.
Jack: Re Steamers and Diesels, Ray and I are having fun teasing each other. He has no Diesels and I keep teasing him. In fact most of my roster is made up of Hudsons. I do prefer a steamer.
LV: The Box Car that you asked about, a X2454 Baby Ruth w/ PRR logos was made by Lionel in 1946-47. Lionel also made a PRR Box Car X2454 in 1946. Why the same numbers, you got me.
AF53: Did you have a chance to look at the layout plan?
Snow for tonight.
OOPS........
Snowing very hard here.
SNOCANNON misfired.
Doug M please don't sneeze on us like that. This is a public service announcement.
It's 21 degrees with lite snow falling. Mayhaps up to 2 inches today. We will have a couple grandsons for the evening otherwise just a routine day is planned...S.J.
Aloha. About an inch or so of snow overnight. I got the Chief's partial cold Ugh - and on a Friday too. Nice if too brief TARDIS ride last night. Thanks for the reference, Brutus. There's lots of clockwork Hornby out there but seldom with the key. The Disney sub purchase sounds great. Achooo!
Jack: Watchoo talkin' 'bout a drawl? We'uns can drawl up heah too....
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/
ChiefEaglesRT, Jack can talk the eye lashes off of a mosquito.
RT.........let me tell you a little Chief story about "talking the eyelashes off off a mosquito." It is a true story, one that some on this forum can relate to.
It was a soothingly warm and sunny Fall day. The leaves in New England were falling, covering the landscape with their stunning shades of yellow, red, and orange. I was 'reclinerizing' in the car in an outlet store/mall parking lot with Maximus the dog while my wife shopped. Maximus and I were listening to the Red Sox beat up on the Yankees on the radio.
Picture a Norman Rockwell painting of a man and his faithful companion enjoying the simple pleasures of the beautiful weather and America's favorite pastime. Then my cell phone rang. It was the Chief.
Let's just say that my cell phone batteries were not up to the task. Between the Chief's REB drawl and his Southern euphemisms, I couldn't understand half of what he was saying. Maximus couldn't either. After a while of listening to the Chief on speakerphone while wearing a WTF expression on his face, my pup lay down and fell fast asleep.
So I just quietly sat there and agreed with everything the Chief was saying, interjecting an occasional "Yes, yup, you are right, uh huh."
PS: At the end of our conversation I made a mental note......"must go out and buy car charger for cell phone."
Just a bookmark
1" of white stuff overnight
Busy today Lexi is grandpa sitting.
Seems that the daughter and SIL decided because Lexi was so bad at letting them put her eye drops in for the pinkeye that as soon as she looked good they quit doing it. Well guess what,,,Right she has it again. So they booted her out of daycare yesterday and Katie and her spent the night and I have her till late today.
Good Morning
We had a bit of snow last night...8F right now..going to a high of 16F today.
I had an operating session last night..no incidents or accidents, nor Broake and Howe people floating abouts. Good thing too, as I had to go through three redesigns here... We had a trainshow in Woodstock ON recently ... I missed it when I got the creeping crud...
WR: I'm having fun redesigning a barn into a recording studio for my own use...Barn is not so big..typical 20'X40' thing...this thing is older than the house by...oh...80 years...
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 17 degrees. Going up to 28 today with snow on the way.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will relax and do some reading. Got a new mag, that I want to spend some time looking thru. Then, I will have a nice lunch, and take a good nap.
Buckeye & LAZ.... TGIF
Dining car is here with the "Cheerios Express" for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Good morning, a whopping 1" of snow headed my way just in time for RUSH HOUR!! Still colder than well, what ever...
Jim, I'm not laying on concrete and my bags are about packed (BTW thats the funniest thing I heard in a while)
Bo, I had been promissed a work shop BEFORE we even bought the place 9 years ago. It was just always something comming up getting in the way, usually the how were gonna pay for it part.
Between start up business blues, a broken arm, the great depression of 2007, clients from when I had the construction company oweing more money than tey had in assets, etc,. So i started stashing cash a litle here and a little there for the last five years for this, It just wasnt gonna be as big as it will be. well, the garage / work shop was, but the second floor / loft wasnt a thought at the time.
Kevin did it the smart way, he built his workshop before the house. which makes alot of sense. It took me soo long to build / renovate our house, i estimate that the bottom foot of EVERY stack of lumber went to the burn pile, even being covered. That probably could have been half my workshop at the time.
Well, no snow here so off to school we go! TGIF!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
SNO HIZ O is a comin!!!!!!!
CHUCK & BUCKEYE, TGIF!!!!
laz57
TGIF....It will be a long time until I can do that again.
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
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