Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a rainy 36 degrees. Going up to 39 today with rain stopping.
Today is a busy day. Wife is grocery shopping and she's not happy about it. I have a bunch of chores to do. Then, we put groceries away and have lunch. I will be taking a nice nap this afternoon.
Buckeye & LAZ..... TGIF
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
lehigh I was hoping some one on the forum was from the Boston, Mass area and had a BIG dump truck
evey one be carefull out there, like Chief said, prepardness in the KEY
Ryan
Good morning. Supposed to get about 3.5 inches of snow, but it won't start for a little while yet.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Morning from wine country, the 5:30 a.m. train from Greenport just passed.
We are in storm prep mode as we are expecting around 2 feet of snow, with most that falling tonight.
Today is supposed to be a mix of snow, sleet and rain.
That said being stuck at home on Saturday does have a side benefit, more train time !
Ken
Ray,
After start-up how long does the sound continue if you kill power ?
If it doesn't continue for about 10 seconds powerup and let it sit for an hour or so.
Instead of a "Feature Reset" try a "Factory Reset".
Time to hit the hay. Supposed to be raining in the morning so I have to be out the door by 6 in hopes of avoiding most of the idiots on the freeway. Nite all !
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Brent, congratulations on the new arrival! Good luck and God bless.
Fiddled around with my broken down MTH E6 this afternoon. Checked battery which was OK. Got some advice from other forums. Checked everything I could to no avail. Now it's either pay a bundle to get it fixed or write it off. I suppose I could sell it as a fixer upper to a repair guy. Would be a good deal for somebody like that. I've got too much into this thing to pay anymore.
Good night all,
Ray
SPMan
Good night all. Raining hard. It will quite by morning. Then breezy. Tonight was great. Only Middle School in Wake Co. to have a FFA chapter. Only a few middle schools in NC do. Took my old FFA jacket [where I was State Forestry winner in 1964]. Couldn't wear it but it made the photo shoots.
Lehigh Valley 2089 KRM, from my experience, it's been the opposite. Everything NS is better than anything CSX.
KRM, from my experience, it's been the opposite. Everything NS is better than anything CSX.
Smart young man after my heart. Seems Joe has been brain washed by the Japanese by making a comment about CSX being good. We all know KEV is a lost cause anyway.
All jokes aside. Our weatherpersons are saying, dangerous storm for the NE. Be prepared or you could die. Yes, that is exactly what they are saying. Prayers for all.
Buckeye, you sound like me when I did the Bass Pro Shops/Cabela's circuit. Burned up the airways. Glad you are home safe and sound. [did I say something nice about Buckeye ]
Sleep tight.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Evening from South Amboy, NJ.
Staying at Mom's tonight. I set up an oval of O gauge track on the old train table. It has been over 40 years since a lionel train ran on that table. There has been HO from my younger brothers. My Mom came down into the basement and she had tears in her eyes. We talked and reminiced. It is funny how the trains played a big part in our lives. It was a big bond during Christmas, for my uncles were into them and we all had them. It taught us responsibility and how to think on our own. She brought up on how with my dad we set them up around the Christmas tree. During the heat of the summer we would set them up in the basement by ourselves. It provided us with inginuity, responsibility and creativity. They did shape our lives.
AF53, Ray, I am staying far away from there. I get calls from the union guys all of the time. The guy who took my place is getting worked over from upper management.
Brent: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
DJ: With that storm coming I am glad that I am RETIRED!!
SPMan, Ray, Prayers
Kev: You could come to Jersey to use our table saw.
Harold: Good Luck with the Suburban. If it was a Mopar it would have been sooner. My ex work truck, a Dakota was on it's 3rd rear when I turned it in at 186,000 miles. I am not even going to mention how many steering racks, tie rod ends or ball joints. I almost forgot about the transmission.
DougDaGrump: Snow Storm 1978: $$$$$
Mike C: Prayers for your daughter.
Anybody in the Storms way, Be Careful
John
Snow is on it's way tonight and into tomorrow.
Brent - Nice pics and congrats!
HudsonJohn is up nawth at his mom's house where he grew up. We've been in contact all night. He went and set up an oval on his old train table. He's having a great night with mom and reminiscing. Sounds like a great idea. I say, since he's only a few miles away from his old job, he should go in at 5:00am and whip the guys back into shape!
Later
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
wrconstruction, I doubt that we will get enough snow to make it worthwhile to you anyway. Maybe an inch or two or three here in Towanda, but not much more.
Night everyone.
Temp is 34 but the snow line is getting close now. I will be grumbling in the morning but also thinking of those in the NE. We had butter Pecan tonight but there is plenty of banilla for the thingy crew...S.J.
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Calling it a night early. I've been feeling slight 'off' all day and now I'm just plain tired. See y'all tomorrow.
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About 45 minutes ago I went in to watch some TV well now I have no power and its not really windy and we don't have any of that white stuff. Expected power return with in the next 3 hrs or so lol,
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Ok, well, looks like the big one is going to miss us, maybe an inch or two, but nothing out of the ordinary
good luck to all that in the wake of it (see my want ad above)
Had a nice hour or so running some trains tonight, no issues.
hope every one is as well as possible
WANTED: anyone in the North Eastern US, I WANT A SNOW DAY!! Please bring all your snow and dump it on and around my property and on the roadway from my house to my office, and all around my office.
Location : South Central PA
Thank You in Advance
Ohayō,
TGIF; however, it will be a busy day for sure. It is sunny today and the high will be around 40. I will gladly take any snow you guys don’t want. I don’t have much else going on right now.
Brent – Matthew looks great. Congratulations again.
Kev – The backstop you added should make a great base for adding some scenery back there. I agree; there are no NS engines that could go fast enough to cause you any worry. Now, a Reading RR or LV RR engine from back in the day (before NS took over) would be a different story.
Mike C. – I hope your daughter’s recovery goes well
Sayonara,
Joe
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps near 60 before the rains move in. Good day at work, not so good other ways. Daughter is out of surgery, but they had to slice her open instead of labroscopic. Long recovery time. 3-5 days in hospital. 2 weeks recovery at home and 4 weeks off work. All sorts of complications with surgery. Thanks for the prayers. Congrats to Brent and Susie-Q! Some good news around here is welcome. Be careful, Doug M with all the snow. V8 Vega, thanks for the update. Be careful out there as well. TBIL but I cannot drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
An early TGIF
Since the first of the year, I have been in Akron, Canton, Meadville, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tampa, Charlotte, Charleston, Louisville, Cincinnati and in the ditch on an icy road. Next week I get to sleep in my own bed all week!!! It is a hard life trying to pay the Chief's SS.
This weekend, I plan to RUN THE TRAINS!!!
Congratulations to BRENT and SUZIE Q!!! Great photos!! Would he like some Scarlet and Gray to wear? (Just joking Brent!)
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Congrats Brent and Suzie Q all great looking.
Evening all not a lot going on. Okay question I heard somewhere that when you paint the sides of your rails you dilute the paint with thinner well how much do you dilute 50/50, 75 paint/ 25 thinner ???
Hope all doing well about time to head out of here so talk to you all later.
cnw1995 Wow, is it crazy snowing here. Hope everyone is warm and dry...
Wow, is it crazy snowing here. Hope everyone is warm and dry...
No snow here Doug M, Have fun with that.
Jack and Chief, I have made full throttle runs in both directions with the NS Dash 8 40 Cs No problems.
But those NS engines are wimps like everything NS so I had better be more careful with the CSX Dash 8 everything CSX is better, faster & stronger!!
Batten down the hatches you guys up in the north, right, looks like it will be fun. be carefull and lay low till it blows past.
Night guys!
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Afternoon All !
Big Congas to Brent & Susan !
Dennis, Those guys neglected to stop as directed when approaching a security detail that had been dispatched to one of this guys "targets".
Jack, Hope you got a good supply of Brandy"medicinals" to gaurd against frostbite, just not while running the snowblower. Will it be equal to the storm of 1978 ????????
The Ca DemocRats are supposedly going to bring forward a bill that would require gun owners to purchase "gun liability insurance". Does such a policy already exist ? If they can't ban them they will try to price them out of existence.
Gassed up the truck at Costco, $4.04/ga., a week ago it was only $3.52.
Beautiful pics Brent, big congratulations to you and your family
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
lion88roar Here are a couple pics of the little guyAwake and eyes open!This one is pretty awesome
Here are a couple pics of the little guyAwake and eyes open!This one is pretty awesome
Congratulations !!!!!!!! What we want to know is, what (with flanged wheels) did you buy him for his real birthday.
Give the gang's best to SuzieQ.
Jack.
PS: 18-24 inches is still the forecast. But I AM ready. Snowmageddon 2013!!!! Bring it!!!!!!!!!!
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
KRM KRM sir james I Kevin like others, I watch your video and wait for the train to land on the floor. better do fix real soon.....S.J. It will be okay SJ. I am hooking up a Breathalyzer cutout switch like they put into cars for people with DUIs into the main power for the layout. Seriously, I am working on building a back wall for it today that I can build the hill slope of scenery off of as money allows. Once I figure out how to do that, that is. I need to use the neighbors table saw to cut a 16" section of plywood for the back wall but he is not here today. maybe tomorrow. Rain, all day so far. We used the neighbors table saw to cut two 16" sections of plywood for the back and side walls. So now we are good. I have to do some trim work on the one side but I will do it later. I will start my hillside from the top of the plywood. Feel better now Guys? I do.
KRM sir james I Kevin like others, I watch your video and wait for the train to land on the floor. better do fix real soon.....S.J. It will be okay SJ. I am hooking up a Breathalyzer cutout switch like they put into cars for people with DUIs into the main power for the layout. Seriously, I am working on building a back wall for it today that I can build the hill slope of scenery off of as money allows. Once I figure out how to do that, that is. I need to use the neighbors table saw to cut a 16" section of plywood for the back wall but he is not here today. maybe tomorrow.
sir james I Kevin like others, I watch your video and wait for the train to land on the floor. better do fix real soon.....S.J.
Kevin like others, I watch your video and wait for the train to land on the floor. better do fix real soon.....S.J.
It will be okay SJ.
I am hooking up a Breathalyzer cutout switch like they put into cars for people with DUIs into the main power for the layout.
Seriously, I am working on building a back wall for it today that I can build the hill slope of scenery off of as money allows. Once I figure out how to do that, that is. I need to use the neighbors table saw to cut a 16" section of plywood for the back wall but he is not here today. maybe tomorrow.
Rain, all day so far.
We used the neighbors table saw to cut two 16" sections of plywood for the back and side walls. So now we are good. I have to do some trim work on the one side but I will do it later. I will start my hillside from the top of the plywood.
Feel better now Guys? I do.
KEV.............but now you are running the train in the wrong direction. Downhill into a curve toward the front side, the unprotected side. I can't look!!!!!!
CONGRATS BRENT [blue for boy].
Kev, better put something on this side too. That bench looking part will not stop those engines. I learned the hard way.
Cloudy, chilly and rain on the way. Luncheon was good and then met with my favorite Mayor, Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane. Big difference from the former Mayor.
Got to do proclaimation for FFA tonight at Rolesville Middle School. They want me to sign in person in front of the members.
Headed to the house from Town Hall. That is, if I can get out on Main Street. Traffic bumber to bumber this time of day. One ox cart, two goats, three mules and a flock of chickens. [I knew the Yanks would come back with that. SNOW STORM is getting even ]
Much better Kevin, now I can watch your video without holding my breath.
So far sun and 38 degrees today, snow arriving tonight.
Looks like we are getting 20 inches of snow.Hope they are wrong.Be safe this weekend and be careful.I did get the rear end of the Suburban put back together.One of the carrier bearings let go,luckily it didnt wipe out the thing.Good for another 170 thousand miles.
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