ChiefEagles Speaking of forum software. I had to get IT at CTT to work on my profile. Could not make any changes at all. Think it was a Yankee conspiracy. Fixed now. Check it out.
Speaking of forum software. I had to get IT at CTT to work on my profile. Could not make any changes at all. Think it was a Yankee conspiracy. Fixed now. Check it out.
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Good afternoon all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the windy 50s. Watched Arrow and MASH last night. Did not drive to work today and was able to rest on the way in. Quiet day at work for once. Do not know anything else. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
lion88roar ChiefEagles Speaking of forum software. I had to get IT at CTT to work on my profile. Could not make any changes at all. Think it was a Yankee conspiracy. Fixed now. Check it out. Buckeye and Chuck - it didn't work. Appears someone at CTT forgot to put the memo out!
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Yeah but he forgets It was done over a year ago it took him that long to realize it. ( remember chief I was able to get into your account one day. ) And Brent I even told him I was in his account
Afternoon all not a lot going on here today. just taking it easy did clean out the dryer ( lint and all from in the fan area)
Put down last section of carpet for layout of coarse it doesn't match perfectly which I expected seeing they had to get another roll and 3 weeks later to get the last section.
But all will be fine. I'll figure out something to do to cover the difference .
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good afternoon.
Headache right now, so I'm not going to do much aside from homework. Hope it clears up.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Where do I start............
Let's start with last Thursday, when I flew to Baltimore and toured the B&O Museum. That night I spoke at an engineering society function. On Friday morning I rode Amtrak from Penn Station to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and then the SEPTA Train to the airport. From the airport I took the hotel shuttle to the place hotel shuttles always go, the hotel. On Saturday, I had meetings and then Amtrak to Penn Station at Newark and out to see the grandkids. I take the Acela Express back to BWI and ride Southwest back to Buckeyeland.
Now here is where it gets really interesting. On Monday morning I awake with a huge pain in my left side. KIDNEY STONE!!! The Mrs. takes me to the emergency room where heavy doses of pain killer are put in me and somehow she gets me home to sleep for the next two days. On Wednesday morning I pass a stone and then another stone about an hour later. Needless to say it has been an memorable week.
TGIF somewhere!!
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
Buckeye what did you eat or drink while in Baltimore remember it is a southern state the chief must of gotten someone to slip you something. You have been warned about this in the past but you get all tied up in your speaches you forget.
I've been busy working on a couple of locos today.The first is a GP40. It's all Bachmann, body, frame, motor, everything. Well not quite. The couplers are Kadee. However there is something slightly amiss. Can anyone spot it? Better put your sharp peepers on.The other is this GP38. Bachmann and Atlas. The coupler pockets are a bit high so I have some Kadee 142's coming. I could have cut out the middle of the pilot, put in a shim and lowered the coupler taht way but I really didn't feel like doing that. Must be getting old.
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Buckeye Riveter Where do I start............ On Monday morning I awake with a huge pain in my left side. KIDNEY STONE!!! The Mrs. takes me to the emergency room where heavy doses of pain killer are put in me and somehow she gets me home to sleep for the next two days. On Wednesday morning I pass a stone and then another stone about an hour later. Needless to say it has been an memorable week.
On Monday morning I awake with a huge pain in my left side. KIDNEY STONE!!! The Mrs. takes me to the emergency room where heavy doses of pain killer are put in me and somehow she gets me home to sleep for the next two days. On Wednesday morning I pass a stone and then another stone about an hour later. Needless to say it has been an memorable week.
Good afternoon. WOW Buckeye, that would suck, Take care of yourself. I have been beating my small brain out today trying to figure out how to build my tunnel. Here is the criteria. It needs to cover a 1/4 72” curve that is also on an 3.5” incline. It has to be able to be lifted off of the incline curve and just sit on the table and portals because I want to be able to paint the inside black so it is dark. That is why I want to be able to lift it off. I have tried about six ideas so far and nothing will flex as it needs to and work. So now I have been thinking of making a skeleton super structure of 1” strips of cardboard going and down and sideways I can build from the high end to the low end by placing and bending the strips and gluing and stapling them in place with hot glue. I think I can make some height and width jigs from 1” Styrofoam to help make the bends in the cardboard pretty much uniform from the roadbed plate to the top of the tunnel and and control the width. I can let the strips go down to the flat of the table and put a 90* bend at the bottom of the strips for it to sit on the table.. . Once I have it built I can take it to the shed and cover it with plaster cloth, Let it dry and paint the inside. Take it back to the layout set it in place over the track and build the mountain over it. What do you think?? Time for a Have a nice evening.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
rtraincollectorBuckeye what did you eat or drink while in Baltimore remember it is a southern state the chief must of gotten someone to slip you something. You have been warned about this in the past but you get all tied up in your speaches you forget.
RT.........besides severe gastrointestinal blockage and distress, and lethal methane gas, now we know that grits cause kidney stones!!!
Buckeye.....seriously, hope you are feeling better. Those suckers h-u-r-t. When my wife had some kidney stones a few years back, the doctor examining her asked her to describe on a scale of 1-10 her level of pain, with 10 being the worst. She snapped back without hesitation: "WORSE THAN CHILDBIRTH!!!!!" She subsequently captured some stones as instructed so that a link to a dietary cause could be determined. The stones were examined and she had to make a couple of changes, no reoccurence. Hope you are just as fortunate.
Jack.
Buckeye,
Hope you feel better. Chief probably has Fife and Brent working for him as RT hinted.
Rich,
Got the parts situation straightened out. For the OEM upper and lower grilles, bumper cover, LH headlight, and both parking lamps, I just have to pay the difference of $250. I called a local Ford dealer just to check the shop's quote. That $250 is cheap for the peace of mind. Comparing the prices of the salvage parts on the estimate to the prices for the new Ford parts shows how ridiculous the markup is on the salvage parts.
I am in the market for new quarter windows louvers too, and my vendor is out of stock for the G2 color code. I am trying to decide if I want to drop the $640 on the Ford Racing Stinger mufflers as well.
Jim
Afternoon all!
Back from business trip. Three long days.
Way behind so hope all are well or getting better
Beautiful day here, sunny, 70s.
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
Evening guys.
glad to see all is almost well with all, minus a few stones and some head aches
Kev, that flooding sucks
prayers for all
Ryan
Hello.
Buckeye, get well soon.
Rich, happy birthday!
Allergies are obviously kicking in. Headache hasn't cleared up yet, and my eyes are itchy. Also feeling a little congested.
Temp is 50
Lite showers most of the day.
Rich in case I missed it, HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Buckeye I have had two of those stones, I know the pain. Doppler shows a few more in there. Hope they stay put. Charlie was here tonight. We ran his new from York Williams GT GP38 for about half an hour, no problems noted. Then he got called back to work, that's what happens when your the boss. At least from here he was only half the distance from home. Banilla will be waiting..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
Rich well got the last 4 feet of carpet down but not stapled to the boards yet but thats coming. Then will finish the outer 2 loops and go from there. discovered today I bought some O-54 gar-graves track ( takes 8 to make a circle) well I got 7 O-54 and one who knows from the guy. So will need to make it fit its wider than my O-54 and its about 1" longer but its not O-63 either so I don't know what it is. Oh well it will work some how.
Not much else going on this evening. Hope all had a good day
Happy BIrthday Rich!
Buckeye - you got stoned in Baltimore? Seriously, hope you are okay!
Nothing much today. Nice chat with the guys last night. Dreaming of some Brit advans with Doug is always fun Got out to Ruby Tuesdays for a fat burger and a couple brews for supper tonight. walked about 2 miles back, but stopped at K-Mart and got some diet Pepsi and oreos - food of the gods. Watching a $5 movie I picked up too - Quarantine. The heroine is the lady who plays Deb on Dexter (Dex's sister). We are going to see who wants to do what this weekend, to see if people want to share transport and stuff and get out on the weekend - I hope to see the old Union Station. I could care less about the Grand Ole Opry. This is my 4th day in The South and still no grits - SJ gave me a lot of tips on avoiding them. Tardis is about ready, I hear, but you guys will have to pick me up - SJ has the keys. TTFN!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
The thing slightly amiss about the GP40 is it's a Bachmann GP40 body on a Bachmann GP38 frame. The other loco is Bachmann GP38 body on an Atlas GP40 frame.Didn't get any cleaning up done on the layout. In fact I made more of a mess working on the GP40 and GP38.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Hello all,
I'm in charge here till Saturday PM. Mrs is at a PSEA convention. (Don't tell her I took time to post)
lion88roar Mornin' FellasSorry about the delay. Been dealing with an infant and a toddler in the evening and have been bush whacked.
Mornin' FellasSorry about the delay. Been dealing with an infant and a toddler in the evening and have been bush whacked.
88.....Don't feel bad, welcome to the world of parenthood. It don't get any better. When they get out of school you think..."whew, now I'll have some time" along comes Son& Daughter in-laws grandkids etc & you're back to wandering where the time went
Between "Test & Tune" at the Drags & Hillclimb as well as a wedding my weekend will be shot. (Drags were to be last weekend but got rained out)
See ya all later
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Well I didn't get to the really bad service call they scheduled for me. We had other issues arise. Now I have the joy of going to it on a Friday morning.
Rich - Happy Birthday
Buckeye - prayers for a quick and easy healing.
Rt and cheif it looks like I will be using 054 curve. I measured across from the wall to the bar. It is 63 inches. So unless I cut holes in the bar (which I have been thinking about doing) it will have to be 054 or a mix.
I have been looking and thinking about getting a williams engine. Any suggestions. Looking to be in the 150 to 200 range.
To top the day off - I didn't get to work on the trains!
Hope everyone has a good night.
From the frigid thumb of Mi
RJ check around for the best price as the price goes up and down depending on who your dealing with
Good Evening All!
Just a quick stop in to say:
DevilRich - Happy Birthday!
Buckeye - Hope all is better and those stones stay away. Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode when Kramer had stones and passed one at the the circus.
Later
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Sunny and maybe 60 today. Didn't get out at lunch time today. We were invited to a 'free lunch' (code for meeting through lunch time) at work today. That meeting lasted until 2pm.
RI52 - I guess that statement I made could be seen as having some political implications. What I was talking about was my Cobalt SS.
Speaking of which, the dealer called and informed me of the amount to get it out of hock - just over $1,300 .
All for now.
Hello all
Back at work for a few days.
We have a group up here putting in a receiver for a test. They come up every year about this time. 5 extra bodies. Just too many people in this building. Plus we have a trainee besides the 2 regular operators. Will be heading to NM on Sunday thank goodness.
Buckeye - peeing baby sea urchins is no fun. Had a couple of 'em.
JimT - sorry to here about the Mustang. Glad to hear is is working out w/ the parts.
Kev - got the SF dockside yesterday. Looks good, but we'll see how it runs later
Thoughts and prayers for the flood victims.
No further progress on the Daewoo as yet. Need to take a look at the electrical diagrams. Trouble is the electronic version of the manual my friend has is for a 97 not a 2000, so it doesn't cover the 2.2L. We got an Isuzu Rodeo manual that covers the engine so we had something to actually put our hands on while working on the car, but it of course covers a different electrical system. I'm sure we will sort it out. Right now at least the engine turns over, although we may need to clean the starter solenoid. Apparently it's known for being iffy. Too bad I didn't know that when the intake manifold was off when it was easier to get to Oh well, I love a challenge. Intake manifold is the craziest one I've ever seen, and I've seen plenty. All these weird dead end chambers to make it quiet. Before we installed I held it up and blew on it like a conch shell. Hoping to appease the gods of speed
8N - a throttle position module? Of course, since it's drive by wire, just a sensor wouldn't be enough. We now need a servo and control unit to move said throttle, and the aforementioned sensor so we know where the servo moved it. As Mr. Scott once said, "the more they overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain"
I even got a chance to work on my own car Just got new rear brakes including drums. One wheel cylinder was weeping just a bit and the brakes were sticking. Will be ordering a replacement cylinder this week as I didn't have time to get to that piece. Was told the car got a complete brake job before I bought it, well not quite as it turns out.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Thanks for the Birthday wishes, Guys!!
Doc said brain scans were normal......I'm sure he switched them with someone else.
Another test on Tuesday, I get an MRI soon, and start some kind of therapy....God know what. Looks like something I'll have to live with. Short driving to start then longer as I get "better" at it....
Viewing on Sunday, funeral on Monday. I plan on attending both.
As an aside, the Chapter President of the Red Knights (my local chapter) past away as well...at 56...
Was not well most of the day, took an Meclazine and got tired. Dinner was Baked Chicken Mashed Potatoes and Corn...Cannoli Cake afterwards!! Was a good time and JUST BECAUSE it was my birthday, my NJ Devils came from behind and beat the Penguins...life ain't bad.
Off to my bed, see youse giz tomorrow!!
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
good morning....
We be going to be sunny and much milder today....a couple of days ago we had almost blizzard like conditions just to the north of us here...not much fun...
Today will have some people over over to run an operating session....and find out issues, no doubt..oh well...
Have a good'un!!
Anjdevil2...
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/
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 50 here in the Mid-Atlantic region, where the wait for my LCCA Generals continues...
anjdevil ---> It ain't the years, it's the mileage,kid...
bc - Remember, don't feed them after midnight, and never ever get them wet.
88 YORK pic
Buckeye - Hope you are feeling better.
Good morning.
Work tonight. Will get a little bit more of some scholarship work done tomorrow. Don't expect to be home from work early tonight. Will be preping for the long haul.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a sunny 36 degrees. Going up to a sunny 60 today.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will relax and read my latest copy of "Classic Trains" mag. This issue really looks good. Lunch and a nice nap later.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Buckeye & LAZ..... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
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