Buckeye Riveter RockIsland52 Buckeye........I am so glad that your unintended visit last week to that rock wall did not cause you any injury. Jack Thanks Jack. Many years ago in a land far far way, I was paid to break horses, so the rock cliff was just a love tap.
RockIsland52 Buckeye........I am so glad that your unintended visit last week to that rock wall did not cause you any injury. Jack
Buckeye........I am so glad that your unintended visit last week to that rock wall did not cause you any injury.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Jeffrey, no doubt who your nephew's favorite uncle is now. It is great that you guys are enjoying the trains together. This is the stuff that memories are made of. Congratulations on the new tractor! I hope it makes life easier for you.
V8, congas on finding the new couch. I'm not a rag picker put I saved a nice wagon from the trash man a while back too. It has pneumatic tires even. It wound up in my train room with lots of train boxes piled up on it. Need to put some air in the tires if I ever use it.
My pot belly is telling me that I need to diet some more. Walk more too.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Sunny and high 40's today.
RI52 - My Cobalt is on 18" cast aluminium wheels. Both front wheels seem to leak. Since an aluminium casting is just a collection of voids held together by a lattice work of aluminium, I do suspect the wheels to be part of the problem. I did have a screw in the right wheel, which I've plugged. I've checked the left front a couple of times for FOD and found nothing. I think the next move is to switch the wheels front fro back and see if the problem moves. Then again, the tires are getting close to the end of their life. I think I'll end up with some new ones later this year.
I put the 2018 I got recently on the track today. It too cycled the e-unit and wanted to move, but would not run. I pulled the motor out to see what I had and found that it was suprisingly clean, compared to the outside of the locomotive. I doused it well with contact cleaner, polished the commiutator, wire brushed the wheels & pickup rollers, and put fresh lube where it should be. After a couple of test runs with the motor only on the track to get the e-unit cleaned to work reliably, it is running smoothly. While I had the motor on the track, I eased it up to the string of 8 cars that were on the track. It pushed them with no trouble. The smoke uint still works, too. I think it is a pellet type smoke unit. Guess I'll look around for a kit to convert it to fluid, so it will use the same supplies as the rest of my fleet. Standardization is a good thing.
I gave the shell a bath with warm water and dish soap, and it is looking OK. One corner on the cow catcher is tweaked and the back corner under the cab is also bent. Looks like this one might have had a flight off of a table at some point. The paint is chipped and worn, but not too badly. I think I'll leave it as is. It has a certain petina to it that comes from a history of use. I don't really want to loose that to a re-paint. I'll get it back together tomorrow night and start in on the tender. Besides being dirty, the tender will need re-wiring - both power leads are broken off of the trucks.
All for now.
Konnichiwa,
The workday is just about over so I now have a few minutes to post. I had a few meetings today and the usual paperwork so nothing exciting happened. The weather forecast is calling for 6-10 inches of snow overnight; I sure hope they’re right.
Jack – Six-mile runs are part of the training plan. I have had a few double-digit runs and hit 17 once during this training plan. I plan to run 18 next week and then taper the running until the marathon. I won’t break any records but I’ll finish just fine. Once you can run 18 or 20 miles, you don’t need to run any farther during the training; it’s all mental at that point.
I’ll pray for all of us in need.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good morning.
Slept well last night. Work again tonight, but still nice to have some after this dry spell. We have been getting some snow squals lately, nothing that's really accumulating on the roads, so I'm not worried.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 26 degrees. Going up to 32 today with a few snow flurries.
Today is an easy day. I have a project to work on and a few chores to do. Then I will relax and wait for Spring. This weather can go away as far as I am concerned. Lunch and a nap, for sure.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Hello all,
Got another near hit from the Snow Canon last night. 1 1/2 fresh inches this AM and 27 degrees. The roads are well salted so driving wasn't a problem.
Jeffery
Hudson, for MOM
Heard on TV this AM the local HOOTERS is closing. Latest in a string of local eateries to close. The economy must be getting better
Best get busy
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Blueberryhill RR Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR.... It is a cold 26 degrees. Going up to 32 today with a few snow flurries. Chuck
Banks Hello all, Got another near hit from the Snow Canon last night. 1 1/2 fresh inches this AM and 27 degrees. The roads are well salted so driving wasn't a problem.
Morning all. Sunny and going into the 60's. [Yankees love living in punishment]
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
CNW OMG i think these days some one would be in jail for that! even though our scout masters were drunk the whole time, at least we had some sorta "supervision"
We got a WHOPPING 1/2 inch of snow last night As much as I am sick of winter, i would like a good 1 plus foot snow storm just as a good excuse to shack up for a day or two
another wonderful day at work
Ryan
8ntruckSunny and high 40's today. RI52 - My Cobalt is on 18" cast aluminium wheels. Both front wheels seem to leak. Since an aluminium casting is just a collection of voids held together by a lattice work of aluminium, I do suspect the wheels to be part of the problem. I did have a screw in the right wheel, which I've plugged. I've checked the left front a couple of times for FOD and found nothing. I think the next move is to switch the wheels front fro back and see if the problem moves. Then again, the tires are getting close to the end of their life. I think I'll end up with some new ones later this year.
I am not very mechanically inclined from a hands-on standpoint. So when I make an observation it is based on my own very limited experience. (nice disclaimer, isn't it?).
My wife's left rear tire started leaking this past Fall on her 9 year old rims. This particular rim however was a new-in-box oem replacement due to an accident my wife had two years back...... she was t-boned just driving down the road. So this particular rim was only 2 years old!
The leak was slow but steady, but the TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) kept talking to her (warning light on dash). The tire needed air every few weeks. Took it in to my mechanic and he performed the soapy water approach and the leak was discovered where the sidewall of the tire intersected the rim (bead?). He deflated the tire and reinflated it. No go, still leaked. So he took the tire off the rim and used a power tool to polish off any residue on the entire rim edge. Remounted the tire and the leak was gonzo. That was 5 months ago. No problems since.
I also have the mechanic use my tire gauge because I have three of them with each measuring the exact same psi. Two are digital and one is analog. The analog one was a gift from my father in law (car maniac), and this one is glass and brass, and you can easily see 1 psi increments. I don't trust the tire gauge at my mechanic's because his measures about 2 psi low......showed him all three of mine meauring my tire pressure for his reference. He laughed and didn't charge me for the leak fix!
Another thing I noticed as it pertains to the TPMS (tire pressure monitoring systems on cars). They work, sort of.
The one on my car has a display on the DIC (drivers' information control). The actual (alleged) psi of each tire is displayed on the DIC when you pull up that info. The yellow TPMS light on the dash will come on if any one of the tires falls below a factory set threshhold......then you can check the DIC to see which tire or tires are off. However, the TPMS never accurately measures the tire pressure that my gauge does. Each TPMS-monitored tire pressure can be off by as much as 2-3 psi!!!! Either plus or minus!!!! I suppose this is because the TPMS sensors mounted on a wheels takes a real beating.
I read that the batteries in these TPMS sensors are only good for about 7 years. Then the TPMS sensors have to be replaced because the batteries in them are not replaceable. My sensors cost $155 EACH. Well, that can be the cost of an entire set of new tires plus an alignment!!!!
I believe TPMS are now mandatory on all new cars. I suppose that is to make cars safer, especially for folks who don't visually check their tires and see one is low, don't ever gauge-check their tires for the proper psi, don't adjust their tire pressures until something bad or expensive occurs, and can't feel a difference in the way their car is driving until it is near disaster.
I must admit, however, that I'd still rather have a monitor tell me something is amiss or going South before running into trouble out in the middle of nowhere at O-dark thirty during the Winter with my wife, dog, or grandchildren in the car.
PS: The younger guys on the forum can't appreciate the fact that we "seasoned" guys used to get by just fine without all of these idiot-proofing devices on cars. Just imagine how much more reasonable the cost of a new (or pre-owned) car might be without all of these add-ons. Or how much cheaper they would be to own and operate.
DemayKonnichiwa, .......Jack – Six-mile runs are part of the training plan. I have had a few double-digit runs and hit 17 once during this training plan. I plan to run 18 next week and then taper the running until the marathon. I won’t break any records but I’ll finish just fine. Once you can run 18 or 20 miles, you don’t need to run any farther during the training; it’s all mental at that point....... Sayonara, Joe
.......Jack – Six-mile runs are part of the training plan. I have had a few double-digit runs and hit 17 once during this training plan. I plan to run 18 next week and then taper the running until the marathon. I won’t break any records but I’ll finish just fine. Once you can run 18 or 20 miles, you don’t need to run any farther during the training; it’s all mental at that point.......
JoeyD......I will bet some here are rolling their eyes when they read your comment about "it's all mental at that point." Truer words were never spoken. BTW.....when is your marathon run?
When I had just turned 18, I had a girlfriend that lived 19 miles North of me (Deerfield IL. for DougM and Kevin). I had to borrow my Dad's car to go see her. My dad would not permit me to own my own car while I was living under his roof. He was absulutely convinced that there were two sure-fire things to produce poor performance in school for a hormone-jacked young lad : girls and a car. So I was at my Dad's mercy for transportation. His mantra: "Bs and wheels, nothing less."
He was of the opinion that I was overly-enamored with said girlfriend. One day he would not "loan" me his car AND said I was not allowed to hitch hike to go see her. Any violation and I would not see one of his cars for six months. I was determined to show him, and I did. Although I was training for the Winter track season, I was a sprinter and as such had no distance training under my belt. With the Winter temperatures in the teens, I ran the entire 19 miles to her house.
Moral of the story: never underestimate your capabilities and never underestimate the power of a determined or insane mind.
PS: My legs really barked at me for a few days after that. So did my Dad, even though I obeyed his dictums but not his intent.
Good morning. It's 56° with 100% humidity and patchy fog. It'll be cloudy with a high of 72°.Not sure what I'll be doing today. Depending on how I feel later I'll either do some work on the layout or go down and put the new tractor to work on it's first task, pulling the old Peerless tractor around to the back of the machine shop where it can be loaded for it's last ride, an all expense paid trip to Metal Mountain. Other than that I'll taking it easy today. The last week has been very busy for me and I've been pushing myself too hard and it's been having a telling effect on me. The relatives are headed back home today. I know my father will be happy about that. To him visiting relatives and old fish are pretty much the same. After a while they both begin to smell. No doubt he'll be very happy not to watch every step to make sure he won't be stepping on some toy. The last couple days getting across the great room has been like navigating a mine field.
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
Aloha. 18 and flurrying. My long day with class tonight. Prayers for your daughter Mike C. Nice tractor, Jeffrey! Jack, that is quite a hike to run to visit a GF. Was she happy to see you when you showed up exhausted? Did she give you a ride home?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
wrconstructionGood morning. .........As much as I am sick of winter, i would like a good 1 plus foot snow storm just as a good excuse to shack up for a day or two Ryan
.........As much as I am sick of winter, i would like a good 1 plus foot snow storm just as a good excuse to shack up for a day or two
Make that two feet!!!! I totally agree with you on this one, Ryan. Caveat: one has a way to move the snow without killing themselves (snowblower equal to the task), has power and heat, the cupboards are stocked (food, sinful treats, and beer inventory up to snuff), and the firewood is close by and at the ready. It is really nice every so often to be to housebound with nothing to do and all day to do it, when the world of other responsibilities has to slow down or nearly stop.
We had a 34" storm about this time of the year a few years back. The sustained high winds coming in off the Atlantic created 6 foot drifts up against the front (Eastern exposure) of my house and the driveway. The city plows could not keep up, so the streets were impassable. Think it snowed non-stop for nearly two days.
All went really well until my wife saw me clearing out a path from the front of the house to the rear (for future heating oil deliveries). She decided it would be a good idea if I continued excavating and snowblew a large expanse in the back yard for the freakin' dogs.
RockIsland52 8ntruckSunny and high 40's today. RI52 - My Cobalt is on 18" cast aluminium wheels. Both front wheels seem to leak. Since an aluminium casting is just a collection of voids held together by a lattice work of aluminium, I do suspect the wheels to be part of the problem. I did have a screw in the right wheel, which I've plugged. I've checked the left front a couple of times for FOD and found nothing. I think the next move is to switch the wheels front fro back and see if the problem moves. Then again, the tires are getting close to the end of their life. I think I'll end up with some new ones later this year. The leak was slow but steady, but the TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) kept talking to her (warning light on dash). The tire needed air every few weeks. Took it in to my mechanic and he performed the soapy water approach and the leak was discovered where the sidewall of the tire intersected the rim (bead?). He deflated the tire and reinflated it. No go, still leaked. So he took the tire off the rim and used a power tool to polish off any residue on the entire rim edge. Remounted the tire and the leak was gonzo. That was 5 months ago. No problems since.
8N I have to agree with Jack that if the tires have been on the rims for 3 or more years they neeed to be taken off and the rims will beed to be buffed clean and the tires reinstalled. This is a FOR SURE if you live where they salt the roads.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
cnw1995 ........Jack, that is quite a hike to run to visit a GF. Was she happy to see you when you showed up exhausted? Did she give you a ride home?
........Jack, that is quite a hike to run to visit a GF. Was she happy to see you when you showed up exhausted? Did she give you a ride home?
Doug........happy to see me? Yes, but shortly after I arrived and rehydrated I took a 45 minute nap (passed out) on her folk's family room floor. Her Dad suggested she give me a lift home. My Dad realized we were at loggerheads but nonetheless would not permit her or her father to get involved with our stalemate by giving me a ride home. He did grant me dispensation to hitch hike back home.
She lived in Riverwoods just West of Deerfield. I hoofed it to the Route 294S entrance ramp at Deerfield Road, hitched a ride to O'Hare, and then caught a ride back into the City on the Kennedy to the Lawrence Ave. exit. Then walked the remaining 3 miles home from there. Cooler heads prevailed when I got home. My Dad believed in sleeping on highly charged issues until rationality returned to the combatants. I was beyond too tired to argue the point anyway. In the end, the King of the castle was holding all of the cards..
I do recall him very calmly pointing out that if I would just apply myself with the same level of determination and persistence with things that truly count in life.......made me cool off and think.
This is crazy awesome. Can't imagine doing this in 2012 though...
Good morning,
26 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. SOS on the North Bluff.
Not much planned for today, I will be going into town to get some very small nails to attach the hardboard decking to the risers for the superelevated section of track and then start testing it with various trains to see how it will work with the angle
George (the cat) has not been eating much for the last three days so we are giving him Hairball treatment. I am thinking he is plugged up.
SP Ray I hope that Oxy pump works out for you.
LV, the BT&S looks good. How many rails does it run on?
Brutus, The brain leakage has stopped just in the nick of time. I still have some left. Thanks for asking.
V8Dennis, Good call on the couch. Nothing wrong with pre-driven furniture if it is clean. After the tornado in 1990 that is all we had in the rental house we lived in till we rebuilt.
Joe, as MikeC would say. Keep on training.
Chuck, I am with you and SJ on the weather change. I am ready.
Jack, My dad’s only rules for a car were if you want one fine but you pay for everything. My first car was sitting in the driveway two months before I was 16.
Well time for Perry Mason on ME TV.
Later guys
Good Morning, 31 and a dusting of snow at the Jersey Shore:
A bit of a dreary day today. This morning i will help my wife decorate the Ice Cream Shop for Valentines Day. She wants me to hang heart lights at the windows. Then it is run trains for the afternoon.
We had a house fire yesterday afternoon. The house was a goner after the stash of fireworks went off. Enough said!
Jack/Buckeye: You were both very lucky with those accidents.
Dennis: Nice deal on the couch. I keep thinking of the episode on Big Bang Theory between Penny and Sheldon with the couch or chair that she found.
8N: That 2018 sounds like a nice runner. Like you I would rather leave the nicks and tweeks. There is a story behind each.
Joe, Go for it Marathon Man!
Banks: I agree with you on the economy.
Jack, The TPM on my GMC is a joke. But they are mandated to install it on all vehicles under 10,000 GVW. The story about the girlfriend reminded me of Run Forrest Run! I remember that snow storm real well. I did not see home for a week.
Mike C: Prayers for your daughter.
Mom is doing good. She has a doctor appointment and chemo tomorrow. Thanks for the prayers and support.
Have a Great Day!
John
Kev, Good luck to George the Cat. I hope it is just a hairball.
Jack you hit the nail on the head. theres NOTHING like a day or two holed up in thouse when you couldnt do anything if you wanted. As longs as your stocked up.
any one can take a day off when ever, but its just more relaxing when the phones not ringing, and no ones bugging you.
We lost power when the hurracaine in october happen, and the wife was in complete dismay and disbelief that i hooked the train room into the generator pannel.
I, too, when we get measurable snow, have to clear an area from the cat door to woods and beyond for the cats. they just refuse to use the litter box. The vet said, that when snow or something is predicted, to put potting soil in the litter boxes as opposed to litter, and they will use it.
The Farmers Almanac is calling for a big Nor Easter mid February we'll see.
slow day at work. I dont get it yesterday was a complete Zoo in here.
Last Friday I got word we were selected on the "Big Project" I have been negotiating, then today find out the guy that approved it is no longer there, and any negotiations with him are "Mute Points" And to make matter worse, he has a NCND with that company so he cant say anything about the deal we discussed
Pretty much how my luck goes
Dennis, congrats on the sofa, everytime I see one worthy of getting (I want one for my office, but as filthy as this place i want a freebee) It has usually rained or snowed on it by the time I see it.
Jack / John, I would think it would make MORE sense to have the TPM on vehicles OVER 10,000 GVW? Ever see a loaded truck blow a steer tire at 70 MPH on the interstae?
As cold and crappy as it is outside, ICE Cream sounds good.......
V8VegaPS: The younger guys on the forum can't appreciate the fact that we "seasoned" guys used to get by just fine without all of these idiot-proofing devices on cars. Just imagine how much more reasonable the cost of a new (or pre-owned) car might be without all of these add-ons. Or how much cheaper they would be to own and operate.
cnw1995This is crazy awesome. Can't imagine doing this in 2012 though...
Doug.......hitch hiking 44 years ago was easy, and arguably safer. Today no one would stop and give you a lift. And if a driver did, my more seasoned brain would be far more suspicious and worried.......unless she was good looking.
Hudson#685Kev, Good luck to George the Cat. I hope it is just a hairball.
Amen to what HJ said for George. My dog never skips a meal, not even after he literally inhaled one of my son's socks whole. So for him that would mean something was amiss.
I am not sure what the timeline is for cats from ingestion (like hair) to elimination, but for dogs it can be as much as 6 days. It was for Maximus. Up front the vet told us to look out for the signs of obstruction.....for changes in behavior, distress, lethargy, loss of appetite, panting, and unproductive wretching (bile only).
Temp is 28 with some sun. Another lite snow expected. shouldn't be too far away as the streets and walks are dry and clear again. Home from having stitches removed but have a new bandage over another biopsy. The trip was expensive as granny went with me. A stop at Kroger for eggs and bread cost me $111.00 and then a tank of gas for her car.
No need to replace the smoke element, you can use smoke fluid in PW engines just go easy(3 or 4) on the drops....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
Well I decided I'd use the new tractor to move the old one to the back side of the machine shop. So I used a length of heavy electrical cable to hook them up back to back with the intention to pull the old one backward. I made sure the brake on the Peerless was off and the tranny was in neutral then then commenced to pulling it. The rear wheels of the old tractor skidded the whole way. The tranny was locked up! I got it to the other side of the machine shop but it was a fight. If I had tried that with the little MTD Yardman it would have just sat there spinning. It has the power but not the weight for that kind of work. Then I went to town to get some prescriptions refilled and get twenty pairs of new socks. I also picked up two cans of starting fluid for the van.
Good afternoon,
You are right SJ. I use fluid in my 681 with no problems.
Thanks Jack and John for the comments on George. He did eat about half of normal amount of food this morning and Sandra gave him some hairball paste he licked off of his paw. He is wanting to be outside and hides in his Igloo all day, that tells me he is out of sorts.
Layout Update:
I have driven eight different trains over the raised area of the layout addition and none of them had a consist of less than 9 cars counting tenders and cabooses and the most was 14. None experienced any problems with the Cant or superelevation. The trains look very nice as they roll up and down over the curves as the superelevation changes from level to pitch to level to pitch and back to level.
Only one had a problem, and that was with the grade incline. It was wheel slippage with a post-war 681 pulling 12 heavy post war cars. This train is at it's limit on the flat. I ran Lionel post-war 681, 218 & 202 ABA set, MPC, DT&I 8111, New Haven F3 AA set, Modern NS 18207 & 18213 lashed up, CSX 18214 alone. Two K-Line lashed up ALCO S2 switchers and a RMTBang. One thing I will say is the engineer needs to be driving the trains. I also do not have any added lockons and it could use at least one. Maybe I will add one later and see how much that helps.Will keep at it.
Here is some video..
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Going the other way
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V8Vega PS: The younger guys on the forum can't appreciate the fact that we "seasoned" guys used to get by just fine without all of these idiot-proofing devices on cars. Just imagine how much more reasonable the cost of a new (or pre-owned) car might be without all of these add-ons. Or how much cheaper they would be to own and operate. Rock Isl I couldn't agree with the above more. Also with my tenant helping me with my computer when I lost Internet Explorer a little bit ago,and also Jefferyies teaching this is my 1st copy and past from a previous post. I'm quite proud of myself.
Rock Isl I couldn't agree with the above more. Also with my tenant helping me with my computer when I lost Internet Explorer a little bit ago,and also Jefferyies teaching this is my 1st copy and past from a previous post. I'm quite proud of myself.
This younger guy could do without tire pressure monitoring, Ford's drive by wire throttle, catalytic converters, and Smart Junction Boxes to just name a few.
Jim
RedfireS197catalytic converters, and Smart Junction Boxes to just name a few.
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