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
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.
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
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
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.
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
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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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
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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.
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
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
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
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.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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Good afternoon.
Headache right now, so I'm not going to do much aside from homework. Hope it clears up.
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!
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.
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 .
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
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Opps I forgot Doug M was on chat last night too. Sorry Doug.
Afternoon. Early out to Human Services Board meeting [7 AM ]. At least you get breakfast. Take my own coffee as theirs is horrible. Sunny and real warm. Wifey home today and tomorrow. She is working her flowers and shrubs. Think I will set out my tomato plants [some 3' tall], peppers and squash. Rain forecasted did not materialize.
Charlie B, 5 1/2 inches curve clearance will clear the Lionel Scale Big Boy. I ran both main lines at 72". Inner tracks 54".
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Aloha from a sunny and cold northeastern Illinois. I enjoyed a TARDIS visit last night. Cream of wheat with flax and brown sugar for breakfast this am. Busy day of work. Kev, congrats on the train-money-producing work-day. Brutus, hope you can get out this weekend. There's some nice sights to see in Nashville.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Temp is 40
Sun now, rain a little later then sun again, so they say. A chat with Brutus and RT on the Tardis while talking to Charlie as he ventured home from work last night. Charlie is stopping by tonight for a little running trains time. I always look forward to his visits. Sausage gravy over toast and some melon this morning. Gotta keep the OGR peepers up to date you know . . S.J.
Morning all not a lot going on here today. plan to do a little more train layout work first thing I want to do is clear room to cut last piece of carpet for the table top and let it flatten out for a day or so before stapling it down.
RJ yeah the atlas tanker made my decision to go wide curve but no the engines that take O72 curves probably never make it to my layout not saying there not worth it just can't see spending about $1000 for a engine.
Well breakfast is done time to get on to some chores so I can do some train work later.
Talk to you all later hope you all have a good day.
KRM fifedog Grandbaby is at Fifedom, so nothin' gettin' done today. Fife will be doing some diaper changing today. Bright sun, mid 40s and going to the upper 50s today, then warming up over the weekend. IDOT has been running trucks in and out of Marseilles loaded with flood damaged furniture and personal items to help with the clean up for three days now. Barges are still stuck in front of the dam and 4 of the 6 have sunken to the bottom of the river. They have a massive crane on site and claim they can get them out. Bad but nothing like Sandy where you had wind and water. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?id=9078090 Have a good day.
fifedog Grandbaby is at Fifedom, so nothin' gettin' done today.
Grandbaby is at Fifedom, so nothin' gettin' done today.
Fife will be doing some diaper changing today.
Bright sun, mid 40s and going to the upper 50s today, then warming up over the weekend.
IDOT has been running trucks in and out of Marseilles loaded with flood damaged furniture and personal items to help with the clean up for three days now. Barges are still stuck in front of the dam and 4 of the 6 have sunken to the bottom of the river. They have a massive crane on site and claim they can get them out. Bad but nothing like Sandy where you had wind and water.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?id=9078090
Have a good day.
I am certainly glad that I can say I join Fife, Brent, and Kevin today with my own "children" duties. I have been duly informed that I have video camera duties tonight at my granddaughters' school play in which she has a solo singing part. My plan is to get there early, stake out a primo spot so I can get an unobstructed video clip, set up a tripod, and execute said duties.........so the family can view the video ONCE OR TWICE and file it away with all of the million other stills and videos I have been asked to take.
Once upon a time, captured video and still photo memories were family treasures because there were so few of them, relatively speaking. Now, with everyone walking around with cell phone video and still cameras, every waking moment of the children is captured and "stored."
As I see it, the most important contributions I am making to my family tonight is to enable others to sit back and enjoy the show while I film. As long as Victoria feels loved and supported, it is all worth it. I figure down the road I can always pull out the video and tease her, like when she reaches dating age and some boy shows up.
Jack
We have a chilly start to our Thursday with cold air still in place. Clear skies early in the day, but we will see clouds begin to build as a weak low pressure system tracks north of Michigan. This will bring late morning rain/snow showers that can continue into the afternoon. We'll top out well below average in the mid to upper 40s with winds out of the SW between 15 and 20mph. Tonight will be a cold one as we drop to the lower 30s and winds lighten up a bit. Now for the good news! We will finally see some warming tomorrow with partly cloudy skies and temperatures climbing into the 60s. Your weekend looks to be pleasant as well with plenty of sun and temperatures above average. Enjoy!
Where the heck is spring??
I have a couple of nasty service calls today. One requires two ladders. It has a steep roof. You have to put one ladder on the balcony just to get to the roof. The other ladder you have to place over the stink pipe to get up toward the top peak. Then you have a five foot climb on the steep roof with no ladder to a three foot tripod. (that you hope to get ahold of or it is a long drop to the ground)
Have a great day!
rtraincollector RJ I went to O-72 as I had cars which would only run on O-54 and larger curves ( didn't know it till I got them in. But love them) Atlas scale 33,000 gl tank cars there like 17" coupler to coupler. Not sure of your dimentions by what looks like a bar but if you only have 6' they might not work as you might be over lapping or scraping the walls as you go around.
RJ I went to O-72 as I had cars which would only run on O-54 and larger curves ( didn't know it till I got them in. But love them) Atlas scale 33,000 gl tank cars there like 17" coupler to coupler. Not sure of your dimentions by what looks like a bar but if you only have 6' they might not work as you might be over lapping or scraping the walls as you go around.
I was wondering about hitting the wall. I had posted that I was looking for a chart that posted the measurements for the curves. I'll measure across from the bar to the wall tonight to see what I have for width on that end.
Yes i agree with ya Kev on the buying bigger and more expensive locos if I go to wider radius but is any of this really inexpensive? lol
Mornin' FellasSorry about the delay. Been dealing with an infant and a toddler in the evening and have been bush whacked. Last night we put the sunroom back together man does it look nice now. Still have to do some touchup paint on the ceiling about the edges, but that will wait till I have to fix the darned sunlight wells again... and I am not looking forward to that because the next 'fix' is going to require some significant demo work...Prepping for Mammy and Pappy's visit this coming weekend. My father is going to help me build the frame and shelf for the mirror in Christina's room - yes the same one I started 12 months ago... don't ask.Dad also wants to see the progress on the train garden, so we may even do some work on that while he is here... we'll see.Fife - enjoy Fifepup!
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