Good morning all, sunny and cold this morning. It rained a little last night and even hailed. It was only about the size of BB's. No snow in lower foothills so snow level stayed above 2000 ft I would guess.
V8 Dennis, My Williams engines run good together too. I used to have a lot of those fundimension engines when they were new. They also seemed to burn up brushes too fast. I had a friend repairman who used to put in new brushes for me but he said the new brushes were not as good as the original Lionel ones back then. I suspect they have corrected that problem by now. My MPC engines were always needing service so I eventually got rid of all of them. Hope you have better luck.
Had big chicken dinner last night. Boneless skinless chicken *** covered with a sauce. Mashed potatoes and same sauce (made from cream of chicken soup) green peas with pearl onions and Pillsbury buttermilk Grand bisquits plus cranberry sauce. Good meal but too labor intensive.
Need to get back to daily walking. Been neglecting it with cooler weather. I have another doctor check up March 5th so I better get cracking to keep my numbers down.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Cold and windy with BRIGHT sun in the shadow of WIlliam Penn's hat...
If that is the face of the NEW NASCAR, I'll watch without the Dodges there....she looks good coming or going...and MUCH better looking than that Earnhart cat....or the "pretty boy" in the 24..
Didn't make it to the viewing last night, I have been hurting and exhausted this last week. Back pain meds, flovent, and work....I ate dinner sat on the couch and was done.
I was suppose to have a short day tomorrow but found out that I'm being sent to Brooklyn....(no sleep 'til Brooklyn....[banghead}) and I'm working Saturday. Which also means I'll be making another payment on the NJ Transit set.
Off to lunch, if I'm concious, I'll see ya all tonight,,,,,,
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
I have also taken the plunge on DCS, even though I vowed from day 1 never to do it. I have ALOT of MHT engines that I am missing over half the features with conventional control. figure if I dont like it, sell i to some one else......
Ryan
Bob, sounds interesting, can't be too bad if you've been doing it 11 years.
KEV, ahhhh the wonderful UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE who would have ever thought that they could screw that up? You take the number on the box and match it to the number on the house on the listed street and put it at the door.............
I have "special Needs" adults working for me that could figure that out.........
And yet they STILL can't figure out why they lost how many Billion last quarter?
COLD and Blustery day here.
Yankee cold but bright sun and crisp.
I am running behind today. I have to go to local post office. tracking shows that the grandson' birthday gift was delivered yesterday but it is not here??
V8 Dennis I run two twin motor Pulmor style Dash 8s hooked up all of the time with my ZW and a burro crane and #41 switcher also at the same time so that is 6 motors at once and never a problem.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Morning all. Back from workout. Tough. Sunny and chilly but not Yankee cold. No snohio here. Think Jon might be in for some. Helps their crops grow and puts moisture in the ground to help with dry times. Errands and then a meeting in Raleigh. Now for a shower.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
laz 57 Hi GUYZ, Been busy as all heck here, working on the layout doing wireing right now. I am working on the wiring about 2+ hours a day. Still doing PT and walking my MINNIE gal. JOE D, Good luck with da marathon. Remember it's all in the pace. HUDSONJOHN, you just rocking away in the rocking chair? FIFE, CONGAS on the RAT BIRDS win of the Superbowl. Was a good game. KEV, layout looks good. RT, new track? CHUCK and PAT, DANICA!!!!!! Got train SHOW in ALLENTOWN this weekend, if CHUCK doesn't pull the trigger on the Snow Cannon. CHIEF, a little snow down there? Stay frosty my friends, laz57
Hi GUYZ,
Been busy as all heck here, working on the layout doing wireing right now. I am working on the wiring about 2+ hours a day. Still doing PT and walking my MINNIE gal.
JOE D, Good luck with da marathon. Remember it's all in the pace.
HUDSONJOHN, you just rocking away in the rocking chair?
FIFE, CONGAS on the RAT BIRDS win of the Superbowl. Was a good game.
KEV, layout looks good.
RT, new track?
CHUCK and PAT, DANICA!!!!!!
Got train SHOW in ALLENTOWN this weekend, if CHUCK doesn't pull the trigger on the Snow Cannon.
CHIEF, a little snow down there?
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
Laz - Working on your layout is the only excuse acceptable for your absence from this forum.
By the way, who is Danica?
Kev - Who is that girl in the picture?
Pat
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
Buckeye Riveter Dear Pat, Looking forward to you attending my Birthday Party next month or is it next week.
Dear Pat,
Looking forward to you attending my Birthday Party next month or is it next week.
Dear Buckeye,
It is next week. My calendar has your Birthday printed in red each of the 52 weeks, so it must be true. What do you do with all that cake!
Temp is 21, it's gotta get warmer some day.
The new Lionel set catalog is out. Pretty much the same stuff with new paint schemes. A good looking CP passenger set with an FT engine though. And a couple sets that include the new remote controller. It's cold and yucky out so I'm planning to stay in today..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
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 24 degrees. Going up to 28 today with cloudy skies.
Today is a busy day. I have some errands to run and the usual chores to do. I'll be gone until lunchtime. Then, I can relax and take a nice nap.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Aloha. 11 and sunny - about -3 with the breeze. Kinda brisk for Feb., but I'm not complaining. It's been a decent (read warmish) winter. The van wasn't happy but successfully cranked late last night after sitting outside 17 hours in single digit temps. Got a chance to read an Engineman's Handbook from the early 1920s on how to properly drive an engine on the ride home though. Mike C and Joe, our youth soccer league has 'banned' headers - basically, told the kids let the ball drop...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning. It's 43° with 69% humidity. The high will be 58°.I really have to do some cleanup on the layout today. The clutter is taking over! There's stuff that has to be put away and other stuff that has to be put out as trash. Other than that I have no particular plans for today.
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
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the teens. Watched two episodes of MASH and a new episode of "The New Normal". Ordered license plates online as well. Daughter still in a lot of pain as she had staples taken out, but from what I heard that is fairly normal. Playing soccer tonight. Head issues are a concern among soccer people. If the ball is headed properly, there is not as much impact as there is when kids bounce it off the top of their heads or the sides. I would not object if they banned headers altogether. What people fail to take into account is that ANY type of activity involves some sort of risk. If you want to avoid any risk of any kind of injury, sit inertly in one place all your life. Every time I step on the pitch, I know there is a risk of getting hurt, and I play accordingly. When playing in my leagues and I see 3 or 4 younger, more athletic players jumping for a header, I back away and let the chips and bodies fall where they may. I do play a little more aggressively during playoff matches, but again I remember I have to go to work the next day. Enough soapbox. TBIL after the soccer scrimmage tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. firom Indiana
Good Morning
The winds are cold here...14F feeling like -5F out here...and blowing snow...and snowsqualls....and yada yada...
Got a few things need doing little later on...doctor appointment came out OK....good numbers in a lot of areas...not so good in a few others...still low white cell count...for some dang reason or other...
off to do dese t'ings....have a good day!!
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/
I think it is next week...or was it tomorrow....
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
Morning everyone.
Other than catching up on some missing work from school and maybe some work tonight, not much going on. Will probably be a good while before I can get on again. Shouldn't have to go back down to Penn Tech for a little while.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Hello all
Another not so quiet night on the hill. The engineers got chased up the hill by the director and they brought my least favorite computer programmer w/ them.
We went through a power change to generator this morning (scheduled) and lost several power supplies due to the fact that my boss attached a lack of urgency to me notifying him of our UPS failure last Wed. (oh, and it failed 5 days earlier and nobody else noticed). Getting ready for potentially 24" of snow up here tomorrow. The drive down may be somewhat entertaining.
Ryan - I work at a high frequency radio telescope that does astrochemistry looking for various molecules in astronomical objects. Shorter answer: I look for fuzzy green caterpillars in space (that's what most of the data looks like). Spent 50% of the last 11 years sitting on top of this mountain. It's definitely an unusual way to make a living.
Your cat reminds me of the one that adopted the house a couple months back. A couple weeks after I moved in this small kitten was basically dumped off at the house. The guys in my unit adopted it. This cat has no fear and is rather entertaining. I was trying to balance my checkbook last week and was continually being 'attacked'. He is quite the little ball of energy.
JimT - 3.73's might be a good compromise. This was a good fit in the 4WD's we used to drive that had an adequate amount of power. Decent mileage on the road, but still low enough in low range to do something with. A lot of newer 4WD's come w/ 3.54s for better economy, but tended to be a bit lacking in low range. 4.11's were only seen in stuff guys had set up for rock crawling or 4 cyl trucks that needed the lower gearing. The original jeeps had 5.38's About 45 mph and you hit redline. And on a lot of those older engines you didn't want to get anything close to that. Sorry to hear you may be parting ways w/ the Probe, but as you know they are not inexpensive cars to repair.
Not much accomplished on the train front this week. Too many people and things going on.
If I make it off the mountain today, talk to you guys from the Ol' Pueblo.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Evenin' All.
Been kind of draggin' for a few days, you know the old adage: "10#'s of stuff in a 5# bag". Spent the early part of the day wrapped in a blanket, even though the thermostat was cranked up, trying to keep the hands and feet warm. Sometimes I think I could hold a scoop of icecream in my hands without melting it.
SJ, Sliders by WC are good anytime of day or nite. Sure wish we could get the real thing out here, not those frozen things.
This is for Buckeye:
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Home now. News and bed.
Sleep tight.
wrconstruction Just got home from the "History of Toy Trains" lecture at the Local Library. it covered toy trains from 1840 to present. Very informitive, but not life changing information. gotta relax
Just got home from the "History of Toy Trains" lecture at the Local Library. it covered toy trains from 1840 to present. Very informitive, but not life changing information.
gotta relax
Good Evening:
Back from class. We made progress on a few of the projects.
Rich, Bummer on the headers. Prayers for the Ex-Chief's Wife.
Jake: Glad that i is going good for you with Penn Tech.
SJ: White Castles for Breakfast. Are you calling Speedy? Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz..........
AF53, Ray, No new boxes today!
Have a Great Night!
John
It's gonna be cool tonight (38) and there's a fair chance of rain tomorrow.Time for me to call it a night. See y;all tomorrow.
Evening all well changed mind on new furnace in fact all that was wrong as it turns out was the thermostate needed replacing. but the guy did say I do need to start concidering it as some major parts are going on it like the heat exchange ( $1100) so will see as time goes on.
BUCKEYE!!!!
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Happy Birthday Buckeye!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Ohayō,
I ran out of time to post yesterday. I had a pretty full day at work and too much schoolwork to do last night to ever get to it. We actually had some snow around lunchtime yesterday. It snowed for about two hours but the rain that came before it prevented any of the snow from accumulating. It’s incredibly sunny today and a little warmer.
Fife – I’m not surprised you liked that one.
Doug – Me too. I will definitely ride that train a few times before I leave here. Nice work on Ivor.
Laz – It’s good to see you. Thanks for the advice and I’m glad the layout work is keeping you busy. I know it’s still some time away, but are there any train shows in the Schuylkill County area around Jun 7th, 8th, or 9th? I’ll be in Shenandoah those days. I’m not opposed to driving a couple of hours either.
Mike C. – I read an article in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend which highlighted recent research about “heading” a soccer ball. Apparently the force it causes is equivalent to being punched with a fist, and the current safety headgear does nothing to reduce the impact. This is even at the lowest levels of the sport. I suspect your beloved soccer may soon face the same scrutiny football now receives.
BOC – I hope your doctor’s visit went well.
Sayonara,
Joe
Well 45 this morning, 25 now with snow squalls.
Buckeye I hope you enjoyed this birthday as much as all the others. I left White Castle this morning and dropped some off at #2 sons work place. I hope his innards enjoyed them as much as I did. , At 69 cents each they will become a luxury item though. Home made Chicken noodle soup for supper should help offset that bad for me breakfast. Banilla will be ready for the thingy crew...S.J.
Wow!! I'm overwhelmed with all the birthday wishes. Chief, what a great gift. UPS took really good care of it. I can't believe you remembered my birthday. Thank you everyone for helping me celebrate and especially to Mr. Murphy, the keeper of all knowledge.
Not the typical Yankee.
http://www.wral.com/vermont-man-charged-in-state-trooper-s-shooting/12124713/
This guy should have never gotten to the jail. Would have saved lots of tax payers money.
Bad seed in the North and the South.
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