Morning to All.
Last day of vacation before I go back to work after the wedding. The wedding was a wonderful celebration for our kids. Going to take the Mrs for a ride over toward Hagerstown and hit some train stores while we are out. Might even buy her some dinner out.
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
CHIEF.........who is handling the Trick-or-Treaters in your absence??? :-) JACK.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
fifedog Mornin' boys. Sunny & 50 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Back on night-shift. However, that means I'm "available" to help with newborn nephew that wifey is baby-sitting. Kid's got some lungs! Throw the 23 month old grandson in the mix, and we have an idea how Brent feels----> worn out! Wifey & I did sneak off to Ocean City this past weekend, which was nice....and peaceful.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 50 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Back on night-shift. However, that means I'm "available" to help with newborn nephew that wifey is baby-sitting. Kid's got some lungs! Throw the 23 month old grandson in the mix, and we have an idea how Brent feels----> worn out!
Wifey & I did sneak off to Ocean City this past weekend, which was nice....and peaceful.
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Morning all. Real warm for Oct. Suppose to be that way all week. Probably hitting the road Thursday by noon to hunting camp. Back Friday night unless rain hits early. Sat. is Fall Festival with free hot dogs for all.
Did get in the Box for a few last night.
Glad to see Williams using more wire hand rails. Those big stamped metal ones turned me off. Buckeye has done a great job of converting his with ERR kits.
Roy, is that you putting the skyscraper on the layout in Dallas getting it ready to go to Grand Central? Looks like you in the CTT photo.
Each day now gets Shake and Bake closer to the "great escape".
Hope all have a great day.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Aloha. This is the week when I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. Not that daylight savings time will help much but I'm still looking forward to it. Brent must've been sending out some track-cleaning vibes because that's what I did last night for a while with the game in the background. But I do it the old fashioned way, with a cloth and sometimes one of those erasers I kept from my days in the smaller scales - and then run Ivor pulling the home-made Scotchgard car around the track. Fortunately, our basement doesn't have much dust. Looking forward to that review, Brent.BL2s are kind of cute-ugly. They had some great pain schemes...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill........
It is a frosty 30 degrees. Going up to 70 today with sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and a little paperwork. Then, I can relax and enjoy my latest copy of CTT. Lunch and a nap, later.
Usual breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Joe not sure what you where referring to Brent but with daylight savings time coming to an end reminds me of a old Indian tale
When the old wise Indian was told of Daylight savings time he shook his head and said " Only the government would cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom and expect it to be longer."
With that I leave you all as heading out the door to a retirement seminar ( I'm just over a year away)
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Konbanwa,
Last night's flag football practice went well considering two of the players were not there. The kids seem excited so we should have a good season. The workday flew by and then when I took the daughter to her first volleyball practice this evening, I found out her team did not have a coach yet. Well, the princess really wants to try playing volleyball so I volunteered to coach the team. This is going to be interesting as I have never coached volleyball before. I have played in intramural leagues before, but nothing seriously competitive. I also have never coached a team of girls before, let alone girls aged 12-15. My next few weeks will be busy as I have flag football practices on Mondays and Wednesdays and volleyball on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All the games are played on Saturdays so I will need a parent to coach the volleyball team for the games as I cannot be two places at the same time. Based on the times, I might be able to make some of the games. I normally would not over commit like this, but I could not let my daughter miss an opportunity to try a sport.
Doug M. - AL solidarity goes out the window when it's the Sox.
SP Ray - I think the Sox have the momentum now, and I fear they will have another championship.
Brent - Let me know when you figure out how to find more hours in the day.
Mike C. - Congratulations on the train table. I am a long way from the type of maneuver.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good evening all,
Work was quiet, but accomplished what I set out to do today. For the first time in years, I have a train on a table on the main floor of the house. Not much but it is a start.
Mike C. from Indiana
dougdagrump Buckeye, The first thing to do with the Williams units, as with many others, is to drop the trucks and check the amount of gear lube installed at the factory. Quite often it is almost non-existent.
Buckeye, The first thing to do with the Williams units, as with many others, is to drop the trucks and check the amount of gear lube installed at the factory. Quite often it is almost non-existent.
Doug....I agree. I need to head to the LHS to purchase another tube of white grease after putting it on the Williams FM. Every Williams I own has needed grease and a little axle oil. With ERR inside they just run so smooth even at very slow speeds. I also have replaced the lights with Evans LEDs.
Inside a Williams BL2 Monon with ERR
Outside a Williams BL2 Monon
A real BL2
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
Good Afternoon,
Had a good weekend, watched the Nascar Race, helped Kay on Saturday, and just hung around the rest of the time.
Had Dr appt this morning, was the GP, not anything to do with the accident. She was surprised to see the shape I was in, but said to keep on doing what I have been, cause the numbers are really good.
Doing some maintenance stuff on the computer, expanding our data base. Should be able to get back to the train room tomorrow..
Glad to see the Chief posting again. He is going to need to hire a Driver to make sure he gets to all his vacation spots on time. That way he can sleep while enroute.
Later
Don
Good morning all,
Joe, have to agree that the interference call in the last game was the correct one, if not the most desireable way to end a game. Even the Sox manager said it was correct but he didn't like the rule. They got even last night though with the Card rookie getting himself thrown out at first while asleep at the switch. Wouldn't want to be in his shoes after the game.
Forcast in the Times called for a "little" rain tomorrow but we are having drizzle today. A lot cooler too so maybe we can cook something tonight without heating up the kitchen.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Mornin' FellasNot sure where to begin... Friday The Q, ThePs, and I, went and did some errands when we got home. After dinner, stop at the wholesale club, bank, Boscov's, ice cream store for TheQ's b-day cake (her b-day isn't till next week but for some reason we start celebrating it two weeks early and then the entire month of November [sometimes I think she is related to Buckeye]), we were too beat when we got home to do anything - so off to la-la-land.Saturday it was up before the roosters, started a fire in the fireplace (because well minus the snow you would have thought it was the middle of Winter), make breakfast, get ThePs ready, get ready and head back out... stopped and got the emissions tested on the Murano (passed), then to jewelry store for The Q's b-day gift (OUCH), then to a mall to get new luggage as a b-day gift from The Q's father, stop at grocery store, home. Get food prepped for family b-day gathering, stoke the fire, not sure what the heck else I did, then it was off to b-day celebration... back home - saw the PSU/OSU score, stoked the fire, went to bed.Sunday got up, stoked the fire, mowed the leaves, removed some vines from a stump in the front yard (been bothering me for 6 years), removed a weed that had turned into a tree by the stump, cut down an even larger weed/tree nearby... result = more sunlight for a rather large area of grass. Next up is to remove the rotten stump, grade the area, plant grass next Spring. Came inside, stoked the fire, fell asleep on the couch...REALLY want to get down to the train room to do the review on the track cleaning car... just need more hours in a day...
Home from the hills with trusty rifle in hand. No big antlers so just watched them eat corn and walk away. Had super frost while I was hunting. Figuring out when I'm going back. Was planning on Thursday afternoon and come back Friday night. Forecast is for scattered showers Friday. ????
As for my special project that RT found out about. The wheel barrow is to howl all my graft and corruption money to the bank.
As for Rich, we had our eye on him as soon as he landed. Just let him pass through. He was on a good mission to see the Princess.
As for the Sox. May they die. Any call against them is a great call. [says all NY Yankee fans].
Later.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill...........
It is a cold and frosty 30 degrees. Going up to 60 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. Wife is gone on business. I have a few chores and work on the big project. Lunch, later and a nap.
Cheerios for breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Aloha and happy Monday. Sunny and cool. Battled a bug over the weekend but still enjoyed company for supper last night and taking the youngest to the local Hobby Town USA. Got a few dinosaurs to add to Ivor's layout. Buckeye, that was quite a saga with the CNJ units. Glad it's over. Joe, I loved Gravity. Hope you enjoy it. I am pulling for the Sox over the Cards in AL solidarity.I sure agree about the latest CTT - Becky does marvelous work!
Konnichiwa,
We had another fantastic day here weather-wise. I started the day with a nice 14-mile run which is always a great way to clear my mind at the beginning of the work week. Tonight is the flag football team's first practice so it will be interesting to see what the talent level truly looks like. Then we have dinner with two other families from church.
SP Ray - As a Yankees fan, I enjoy seeing the Sox lose any way possible. However, from what I understand and have read, it was the correct call to make. The Sox stole one back to even it up. The Cardinals should fire the pinch runner who let himself get thrown out to make the last out.
Hudson John - I'm glad your mom is doing well and that your branch line cheers her up.
Evenin' All.
Long time no post, but still dropped in to read just to tired to type.
Thought things would calm down after the surprise party for the better half but club issues and other issues kept me up to my butt in gators for awhile.
Today has been somewhat of a bittersweet day. We attended a celebration of life for Rick. About 150 people turned out as well as about 25 musicians that he either taught or performed with over the years resulting in a Bluegrass festival in the backyard. Lots of good memories and laughter with a few tears as well.
Gotta try to finish-up the halloween garage over the next few days.
Later all !
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Nice fall weekend here. 60's and sunshine. We are getting some nice reds and orange leaves this year.
Donated a few hours to work yesterday. Spent most of the rest of the time this weekend re-working the scenery on my Polar Express layout. I'm replacing paper mache over newspaper with plaster cloth over expanding foam. Since this is a traveling layout, a little more durability is a good thing. I'm committed to a trestle now, as I ripped up risers and roadbed and built a new hill side this afternoon. Another trip to Menard's tomorrow to get dowels for the trestle and some more foam spray foam.
Had the F1 race on in the background while I was working on the layout this afternoon. Some pretty good racing - Too bad it was not for the lead. After the F1 race, I worked my way through 'Children of the Danmed', and "Them!". Both pretty good black and white thriller type movies. Matt Arness was one of the actors in 'Them!' - one of his pre 'Gunsmoke' rolls. Leonard Nemoy had a bit part in this movie. Didn't find him though.
All for now.
Did my first practice for the Mini marathon at Indy next year. Did 4.3 miles in one hour. If I can maintain that pace for the entire distance I will be in good shape to finish. Wife and I did some rearranging of stuff out in barn. Looks better. Watched a "real" football game today on NBC. Houston beat DC United to make the playoffs.
Buckeye..........Thank you very much for sharing that with us. I think we need to know things like that. I, personally, have two Williams Trainmasters and am very pleased with them. Lionel should take situations like this and use it to the positive, to improve their quality control systems. This includes the Dealer involvement. It would make for a much more dependable hobby.
Hudson#685 Buckeye: I am really impressed a CNJ FM Trainmaster. Nice unit.
Buckeye: I am really impressed a CNJ FM Trainmaster. Nice unit.
Climbing on
John.....The whole story involves a CNJ Alco AA unit made by Lionel that when taken out of the box by my grandson for his birthday, immediately or sooner broke a plastic gear, a repair of the Alco where the authorized Lionel repair center "forgot" to put the side trucks back on after replacing the gear and axle, paint peeling off faster than a onion skin, the passing of June, July, August, and September to get my money back and so many unreturned responses of emails and phone calls from Lionel's Customer Service, I lost count.
So if you see a Lionel CNJ Alco AA Unit being sold like this,
please avail yourself to my recommendation not to purchase. It is junk. Price approx $230.
The Williams FM CNJ Trainmaster has now spent countless hours riding the rails under my grandson's bed. This is the winner!!!
Price from Western Depot, $ 175.
Stepping down now.
Not much to post. Mom is doing great with the treatments. I installed my Plasticville: Union Station, Watertank, Firehouse, plus my MTH Streetlights that I got at York on my Branchline at Mom's this week. This really brought a smile and more reminincing of the past. She really complimented on the Streetlights.
Enjoy the evening.
John
Joe, the Red Sox were robbed with that kakamami interference call. Didn't look like it was intentional to me but not sure about the rules. I have no dog in this fight but I still hate to see a game end that way.
V8, the only reason I have gone to Cal Stewart in the past few years was to help my friend who runs the floor layout but since I am unable to do that any longer, I don't see a need to go. Most of my friends have passed on to the big meet in the sky so I don't socialize much. I don't need to buy much now either.
Have to get ready for church now so not much time to write.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill..................
It is a cold 31 degrees. Going up to 60 today with sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I plan on spending a few hours in the train room, running trains. I need to do some dusting too.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
You all must be having a busy weekend as there has not been much activity on here. Our Sunday has been nice and the sun made its return today. I saw PSU was blown out by OSU; I thought they might play a little better than that. It was nice to see the Cardinals go up a game on Jack's Sox. I received my digital version of the latest CTT and am over halfway through it; it's another great issue and as others have said, it's great to see Becky's work. I think I read the digital version faster than I used to read the hard copy magazine. I hope everyone has a great Sunday.
Good Evening,
Not much on the train front. Spent this morning helping my wife at the swap meet, did OK no records though. Spent the afternoon reconfiguring the wiring in our "Home" office. Took awhile but got it all untangled. (Fax line was crossed with the house line.)
I Don't plan on going to Cal-Stewart either. Just too expensive. $30 plus parking, then be done within a couple of hours. I doubt that I would buy anything either, IF anything it would only be parts.
You all take care, and received the new CTT magazine, and Boy, did Becky do a great job!
Afternon all,
TCA meet today was a dud. Very few people in attendance. However there was a nice Halloween train display layout running. Raffle won by the guy who buys the most tickets. No surprise there. Takes all the fun out of it though.
Talked to one of the members who just got back from York. Took his little toddler son with him. Said they both had a ball. The kid has probably traveled more than me in the last 10 years and he is not even six yet.
Don't think I'm going to Cal Stewart either unless something changes my mind between now and then.
Going out to eat tonight with family and a widower friend of ours. Just waiting for my son to get home to go with us.
Watched grandkids play soccer. Team lost, but they did ok. Had a nice visit afterward with family. Did some train shopping later on. Good day made better by "dopey grin" email from my Norwegian soccer friend.
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