rtraincollector Charlie Brown goto the link in my post it will allow you to look at over 700 real train pics, some of my trains and even a few links to youtube of my one train running on a shelf/ceiling layout I have. mine is 14' x 16' and about 22' of train.
Charlie Brown goto the link in my post it will allow you to look at over 700 real train pics, some of my trains and even a few links to youtube of my one train running on a shelf/ceiling layout I have. mine is 14' x 16' and about 22' of train.
Thanks for the link. Couldn't find the video. Nice collection and layout.
The bedroom I was looking at going into is about 8 '6" x 9' 6". Which is way to small.
dougdagrump CharlieBrown, How about a "combination wall/ceiling mounted track" ?
CharlieBrown, How about a "combination wall/ceiling mounted track" ?
Actually that was my first thought when I first planned it in the bar room / man-cave. The only problem I have is the entry door. The train will be pretty low considering the low ceiling. It may be just high enough though so will see after I get the main layout done. It is nice having the basement. I lived ten years in Texas without one. If the attic had heat/ac that might have been a place to go.
Aloha from a gloriously beautiful spring day. Raked the front yard. Put down some seed. Got Kev's rain overnight. I think I'll need more seed so much of the lawn is dried out and dead. Played some catch with my youngest - he is still scared of the baseball. Then repaired the smashed head of his Sheriff Woody doll. It was some kind of odd plastic but I finally found an epoxy that worked beautifully! (I know he's almost 11 but he likes this 'buddy.')Brutus, a buddy of mine uses hand sanitizer as a fire starter when camping. Didn't know it was flammable! Dougda, that's beautiful! Praying for those who need to feel better.RIJack, I think I am finally cured of my old 'lead-footedness' - it was when the kids were younger and I got a bigger, slower min-van that when loaded, could barely go the speed limit. I just put on the cruise control and meander along as we can...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/ noticed it isn't on here anymore need to see about adding it back on
Afternoon all. Not a lot going on here this afternoon. Home from work so relaxing and i have tomorrow off
Hope to get train room straightened up some more just starting to see the table top which is built a little still need to finish some table top and get back to work building the layout. Bought some more dremel cut off wheels as the last one I used ( and was my last one) I was able to just barely use it at the end as had it down to about the size of a dime lol.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Afternoon all!
Back from our road trip to OK to see the son for Mom's weekend. SWMBO was pleased.
Watching the race. Good one so far.
To all the sick and wounded - get well soon
70s here today (finally). Think we will grill out tonight - pork chops
LAZ - yes, York is coming! Getting primed for the trip!
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
Howdy All !
Yesterday was pretty much a Veg-Out day, although I did get Friday's stuff unpacked and returned to it's appropriate storage place.
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Holy cow miss a day and three pages behind.
Well yesterday didn't go exactly as planned. I did get my camper moved to put up for sale. I didn't get the two shrubs removed from the front of the house. Brother in law is going to help next week. Hoping the tow strap holds up.
I started to clean out an area in my workshop room for the train and decided it wouldn't work. To dark in the area plus low on outlets. So I cleaned out the main floor bedroom (which was planned to be grand kid playroom) to set up in. After laying down a sample layout I decided it was to small. I had a ton of track left. I plan to have two layer but even with that it was just not going to cut it. So I decided it could go in one of two different places. One the man-cave second I build a new garage and build it in current garage. Needless to say it is going in the man-cave.
I see a few hurt and sick on here plus family members that are ill. Prayers sent for quick healing.
Now as for the grits ... I actually like em. I either eat them plain or with egg. My wife who is from Oklahoma doesn't care for them.
Time to watch the left left left left left turners. Maybe move the train AGAIN later.
V8Vega.........I fell down in the shower last night and hurt my back. It really hurt last night, is better this morning but still hurts., a word to the wise , throw out old shower pads that don't stick to the tub good anymore. I knew it was dangerous, If I had a wife she would have thrown it out long ago.
Dennis.........new shower mats are cheaper than wives. Safer too. Hope you are feeling better.
Earlier this morning I saw the Canadian geese across the street feasting on a front lawn. Now the geese are presently having a field day in my neighbor's back yard, eating the lawn down to dirt and leaving behind excrement beyond belief. The neighbor's poodle apparently is slacking off with the guard duty. Maybe I can make some $$$ by renting them Maximus.
Ryan.......no warmer temps here either, not quite yet, though the weather misforecasters say warmth is on the way. Colder than normal March. April is the same. I am cringing because the furnace is running. The next fill up is going to be accompanied by another hefty bill.
Last week my son bought AND installed an even lower flow dual shower head in one of the bathrooms. Worst case, the cost (his) will be recouped quickly with reduced water use and lower hot water heating costs. And he didn't even break any water pipes during the installation, no leaks!!!! Miracles never cease.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
laz 57Hi GUYZ, Nice here and going to get to 63? Yesterday was cold at 49 but we did do some trout fishing and managed to catch and release 8 browns and brookies. Not bad for 3 hrs. out. Today gonna do walk with WIFE and doggie. Got YORK on my mind. Sounds like a song? JACK, good to know bout those State Police up in Maine. WIFE and I and doggie going up there for a week in July at ACADIA NP. Can't wait to have some lobsters. Stay frosty my friends, laz57
Nice here and going to get to 63? Yesterday was cold at 49 but we did do some trout fishing and managed to catch and release 8 browns and brookies. Not bad for 3 hrs. out. Today gonna do walk with WIFE and doggie.
Got YORK on my mind. Sounds like a song?
JACK, good to know bout those State Police up in Maine. WIFE and I and doggie going up there for a week in July at ACADIA NP. Can't wait to have some lobsters.
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
This probably applies to all of the interstates, maybe more so now than in the past. But yesterday I saw more state troopers out enforcing the speed limits than ever before. And I drive the interstates three to four times a week.
I got to chatting with a retired Portland ME police officer at yesterday's services and he said the burner has been turned up. One reason is the sheer number of drivers hitting 15-20+ over the speed limit. The second is the number of guys with outstanding warrants they arrest during routine stops. The third and probably lesser reason is $$$. The states share the fines with the local municipalities.......and money is tight for both. Then the retired officer explained the usual strategies......unmarked vehicles, blind spots, overpass units with chase cars, interchange ramps, the usual.
Maine had lighted message units on a couple of the overpasses yesterday warning motorists to be watchful for and respectful towards motorcyclists who are emerging from a long Winter and taking to the roads. One thing I like about Maine, unlike Taxachusetts, is that they maintain the condition of their highways making for a pleasant and smooth ride. So if the $$$ is going for that instead of tapping the pockets of citizens with more taxes, fees, and higher tolls, I am all for it.
The California boys earlier this month were talking about their state's possible jacking the gas and sin (tobacco and liquor) taxes to allegedly pay for infrastructure; and Massachusetts is once again going that route (to the legislature) down my way. The state income tax here was jacked a full percentage point to 6.25% in the past couple of years.......and we all know that whatever goes up tax and fee-wise does not necessarily come down.
Speaking of "funding," I wonder where all of the $$$ from the lottery and cascinos is going. It was supposed to cover state education and other important stuff. But the powers that be can never seem to make ends meet. The higher the revenue, the greater the shortfalls followed by the doom and gloom predictions (that never materialize).. And one more piece of fear-inducing nonsense the politicos propagate: "spending cuts." They cut nothing!! They level-fund nothing. They manage nothing. They only reduce the increase in spending. The waste in government spending???? Lots of low lying fruit that not one politico has the courage to take on until some investigative reporters uncover what those managining the processes could not or, more to the point, would not do. Solution: starts with term limitations. DougM and KEV's state legislature in Illinois saw to it through self-serving LEGISLATION that it is illegal for the voters to propose term limitations in a voter referendum/ballot question!!!!
Temp is 46 and it's cloudy.
I have no special news this morning so I am just checking in. Granny went to church but still has a sore tummy. Not sure why as she isn't sick. Hmm maybe from pushing those slot buttons last week.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Jack, I got ya, and I agree. its been rocky for several years now. I gives she gives, I re adjust she re adjusts, but it all fades back to the same old same old in a few months
Brutus, I was reading an article about things Teenagers are doing these days, and apparently, there is some way they are able to separate the alcohol from the hand sanitizer, with table salt, and its something like 150 proof. apparently, this is causing alot of teens to end up in the ER for alcohol poisening, or dead. The article recomends that if you have teens at home, and use hand sanitizer, to get the foam kind, as they cant separate the alcohol as easy.
I must say, I was in dismay of some of the things these kids are doing these days..... And I thought we did it all when I was a kid.
The weather doesn't seam to be getting as warm as the weatherman says it is to be. its still better than 30 (almost 60 but windy)
The cats are enjoying it.
I was hoping that this would be the last week of the all day heating season, but not looking to likely. I just want to get the wood stove cleaned out and the bark cleaned up for the season. but at this point , theres no point till its warmer out. another week or two wont hurt nothing.
I was stuck burning Pin Oak all winter, and it is some ashey wood. seems I took out as much ash as wood i brought in. At the ware house, i burnt all Red Oak, and only cleaned the stove once this season
chat later
Ryan
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Hi GUYZ,
"Good morning America, how are you?" [Eagles does the Eagles]
Sunny and going into the mid 70's. Slept hard.
Kev, get well. The secret to shaking the REB germ attack is a big bowl of grits.
Jack, Wiley the coyote [Yorkie] found his hiddy hole under a "paint drop cloth" packed in a corner under the layout. Will wait for the "candy" to do a job for a couple of days. Then raid his "house". Was keeping the paint drop cloth for things like hydrocal and other messy layout projects.
Lots of deer in the day time on the trail cameras since deer season is over. Turkeys too. Pesty squirrels eating away.
Hope all have a great week.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good morning all,
I am feeling a bit better but far from that 100% mark. Thank you Chief.
Bright sun and already in the fifties outside with a touch of fog. They said it was going to rain last night and I heard some thunder but there is no evidence of rain. maybe DougM got it.
Well I guess I will just see how it goes and take it slow today and watch some guys drive around left hand curves.
Prayers for all in need,
Have a good day.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Crystal clear here but 32 degrees this morning, was 30 yesterday at this time. Global warming.
Yesterday morning the wife and I got up very early and drove 120 miles up to Brunswick ME for a "celebration of life" services. As you may recall, last week our friend lost both of her parents just two days apart. She broke out in tears when we walked in. She did not expect us to make the drive. Lesson learned: no matter how uncomfortable one feels going to the services of a friend's (or otherwise) lost loved ones, no matter how inconvenient the drive or the need to shelve other matters, never underestimate just how much it means to family and friends when others come to show their respects. The words "I am so sorry" are all we have to say, even when we feel uncomfortable and the words seem totally inadequate to comfort others.
During our early morning drive, the State troopers in ME were out in force, counted about a dozen on Interstate 95 on our way up with folks pulled over. RI Jack was too smart for them, driving the speed limit + 5 the whole way up and back.
Last night Grammy and Grampy attended a 1950s style "sock hop" hosted by a local church group for the kiddies and their parents. It was nice to see so many young parents spending time with their children. But dinner "out" beforehand was a whole other matter. The food was good but the service was beyond horrendous.......took us forever for our order to be delivered to the table, and it came in pieces with some finished eating before others were brought their main course!!!! I spoke to the manager throughout the ordeal, to no avail, apologies one after the other don't cut it. So much for that place. I like taking my time to eat, but not 2 hours.
Maximus was out early to perform geese patrol, but this morning things were diifferent. The 9 geese were joined by 5 ducks with whom I think they have formed an unholy alliance. You guys with past and present mice issues (Jeffrey and the Chief), get yourself a Doberman.
We have a lot of walking wounded here, and you have my prayers. I am bound to miss someone, my apologies. We've got Jake, RT, Granny, KEV, and I think Rich, though I must have missed his post. I hope little Tyler is making progress too, though as one person posted Spanky has been MIA for a while.
RT.......please get one thing straight. Your acid reflux has clouded your judgement. HudsonJohn is a distant second to me when it comes to long posts!!!
Ryan......there may be those here that disagree with me, so be it. It ain't over until the fat lady in the courthouse sings. Your options are all open. How bad do you and your better half want it? Sometimes a cooling off period and an arms-length, neutral referee can change the course of things for the better when they start pointing out that it takes two combatants to tango, and both share equally in both the debacle and the solution. Healing and re-commitment ain't easy. Me? I'm in this for the long haul and have had to alter some of my ways to make things work.
Later, gang.
Good morning. It's 59° with 99% humidity. It will be cloudy with a high of 75°.No plans for today except to relax and take it easy. My sinuses are being a real pain today. I've already had one coughing fit so bad I had muscle cramps around my sternum. Man that hurts! I may get around to running some trains later.
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
Morning all at work this morning off at 3:30PM figure go home and start working on my train table again I know so far its good and strong as it can stand me on it with out giving any so that's a Plus. Using basically 3/4" plywood for table top. plans have changed some since I started as I received some Super O track so want to do a loop with that getting some other ideas also so will see when I'm done. Right now trying to get enough Straight track have more than enough curve ( About 50 pieces)
Need to do some more frame work to get the rest of the table tops down.
Well about time to get back to work you all have a good day talk to you all later
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a sunny 62 degrees. Going up to 70 today with a slight chance of rain later.
I plan on spending a few hours in the train room this morning. I need to run trains and do a little work on the layout. Ballgame and Nascar race this afternoon.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 60s. Slightly chilly this AM as I watched grandson play his first game of that American sport, soccer. Team did well and won handily. He did all right for his first game ever. Speaking of American sports, Indycar continued their Southern invasion with a stop at Birmingham this weekend. AJ's team had a questionable penalty in the second round of qualifying and will start 12th when they could have been in the top 6. Good thing AJ was not there or some ears would have been chewed on. Oldest granddaughter has First Communion on Sunday. Also helped daughter set a new mail box post. Hopefully this one will last. TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
PS Thanks for all the support.
Howdy guys - really nice and warm here today! My son and I went to see the new Evil Dead movie - it was great! Later tonight, we took his science experiment and kicked it up a notch outside. It was a model of a cell and the cell "goo" was required to be hand sanitizer by the teacher. We poured it all out in a metal pan and lit it up to see how long a quart of hand sanitizer would burn - wow that stuff lit up super fast! One match! It burned for about 15 minutes. There was still liquid left and I think that it would have burned a little longer, but the flames were dying down quickly when the wind blew it out. That should be a separate experiment all in itself Don't use hand sanitizer around flames - lesson learned!
TARDIS is ready and we have lots of goodies tonight, including some Blue Moons, chips, rootbeer, and banilla
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
ChiefEaglesFeeding my engineer mouse "blue candy". Took all the peanuts out of the Train Box. So far the little rascal has out smarted me. If that does not do it, a regular trap with some heated bacon.
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I got the grass mowed today. That's $30 in my pocket. This morning I found an old 3D Pinball game on my old 80G WinXP drive (now an external USB/EIDE data storage drive). I set up a shortcut so I can access it from my start page. It's a 32 bit program and it had a couple of minor hiccups running under 64 bit but I was able to reconfigure it successfully. I played it several times before I shut everything down and took off to cut the grass. We had a power failure this afternoon about 4:40. A large pine tree fell across the road about a quarter mile from here, about halfway between here and the Spillway Park and took the power lines down with it. The power was out an hour and a half. Once the line crew got on scene they had the lines back up in record time. My computer was on at the time the power went out. It took a little while to restart later but it did restart without incident. I guess it had a real mess to clean up as I had been online at the time with eleven tabs open. I did lose a little unsaved information but that was to be expected.Well it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
KRM Boys and girls I am a sick puppy today. Good night. Good thing it got to 70 today,,so in come the Reb germs. God Bless.
Boys and girls I am a sick puppy today. Good night. Good thing it got to 70 today,,so in come the Reb germs.
God Bless.
Good evening.
Getting tired, will be heading up soon. Reckon I'm not feeling well from being tired.
Night.
Good Evening Everyone!
Nice easy 8 hours at work today and then went over to my son's house to help put in the new fridge. His friend was moving and said take the fridge, stove and dishwasher. Not a bad deal since they are only eight years old and free. Since Sunday is my only day off it's time to unwind and relax for a day. If on;y the Yanks could win one for a change it would be nice.
Ryan - No, I haven't yet but I will do either Sunday or Monday, thanks again!
Kev - Hope you feel better tomorrow, a good night's rest and a good breakfast should do it. If not, repeat the same until you're better
RJ - As far as grit's are concerned, I tried them once and thought they left sand in them. Not good!
SJ - Verlander and Sabathia tomorrow. Let's hope it turns into an enjoyable game.
Kevin22 - Have you tried to pre-register? I'm thinking it might save you some time from the line.
RT - Acid Reflux. I have it and my symptoms were a nagging cough and some throat irritability. That was 7 years ago and I've been on Nexium ever since. No problems since either. Good Luck!
DevilRich - Hope you're feeling better soon.
That's about all, now to relax and watch the Syracuse/Michigan game as March Madness winds down. Monday night is the final and my bracket was over last weekend. Another year out of the money.
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Temp is 50.
After my nap I watched the Tigers win, the LPGA and a movie all at the same time. my remote control pushing thumb is tired. Banilla is ready for the thingy. I plan to be there..S.J.
Zero Export Kev, liked the video. every time I see your layout, it amazes me how nice a lay out can be had in a medium space. Thanks Ryan! Kev, in the video, why the Ore car in front? I now have 3 in front. Maybe I missed the post? No You did not miss anything. I did it because I can. BTW, When I was a kid I lived by a gravel pit and the engine that pulled the gravel out always had empties on one end and fulls on the other. They never had to turn around.
Kev, liked the video. every time I see your layout, it amazes me how nice a lay out can be had in a medium space. Thanks Ryan!
Kev, in the video, why the Ore car in front? I now have 3 in front. Maybe I missed the post? No You did not miss anything. I did it because I can. BTW, When I was a kid I lived by a gravel pit and the engine that pulled the gravel out always had empties on one end and fulls on the other. They never had to turn around.
Turkeys everywhere. Wild turkeys and not Yankees. Home from the farm. Tired. Beautiful day. Sunny and mid 60's. 70's tomorrow.
fifedog Buckeye came through town on AMTRAK yesterday, but I missed him. My buddies and I were tracking down a burglar at the time. Oh well. He said he'll be returning soon.
Buckeye came through town on AMTRAK yesterday, but I missed him. My buddies and I were tracking down a burglar at the time. Oh well. He said he'll be returning soon.
Yes, Buckeye "passed through" alright.
cnw1995 The Chief would be proud as I inadvertently had grits for breakfast and here I am still alive.
The Chief would be proud as I inadvertently had grits for breakfast and here I am still alive.
One great Yankee.
Feeding my engineer mouse "blue candy". Took all the peanuts out of the Train Box. So far the little rascal has out smarted me. If that does not do it, a regular trap with some heated bacon.
Okay a update it seems somehow for the chest pain any way was due to my acid reflux even though it wasn't really burning so thats part of it. The doc has ordered a ct scan of my chest where the inject iodine in you. So when thats over we will see still get a little winded but not as bad as it has been but still feel exhausted when my 8 hrs are over. so maybe just need to rebuild after all that I went threw for past month or so.
Well it seems that Hudson 685 ( john ) has taken lessons from RIjack with how to post a post. ( about wore me out by time I got to the end of it
Any way one of the sets I got last 2 weeks that all came in on same day is a super O set. I had super O when I was young so was glad to see it as I loved the stuff but need some help here.
How do you get pins out of the outside rails that got pushed in to far. I have about 1/16 of a inch sticking out if that. Do you get new ones and some how push these old ones farther into the track? as I cant see how to get them out otherwise. Or do you just solder a wire to the 2 tracks where they join.
Was an okay day at work today. nothing spectacular.
Talk to you all later by way asking same question about super O in the main forum also
All right, Catch up time:
CheapClassics / Mike, If you wan to talk off line send me a PM I am going though a pile of crap my self right now.
Kev, liked the video. every time I see your layout, it amazes me how nice a lay out can be had in a medium space
Kev, in the video, why the Ore car in front? maybe I missed the post?
Jeffery, My company recycles PC Boards, we pay 2.00 a pound for them. the shipping wont out weigh the reward, though. Nice hit on the motors. you would go nuts in my ware house, just skids and skids of stuff like. All goes for scrap. (we have a lot of clients that require we destroy the materials. )
SJ, another KID? LOL
Well, thats 10 pages of catch up. Guess I didnt miss much.
John, life goes on......
I was in a pretty bad accident last Thursday night. big concrete wall 1 Truck 0
There is a lot more to this, but its legal in nature and i can't discuss it right now.
I tore all the front end down on the truck today and took the parts list to my buddy (he's a wholesaler, and I'll get the parts at cost) Worst part, the tires were less than 3 months old...... Even though I carry Full coverage insurance on the Truck, I am in enough hot water with the Insurance company in lieu of Thursday's Fiasco, so I'll just eat it.
Any way, that's that, shoulder a tad sore still
I started Packing my stuff today, and the (ex)wife comes into the basement in tears demanding to know if this was really it and is what I really wanted....... remember, SHE initiated this.......
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