Aloha. Winter has arrived. Big wig visit day continues. So far so good. This place has never been so clean and organized. I haven't worn a tie in ... a long time. Hopefully he will be gone before the rain / sleet arrives later. Great York photo as always.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning! 66 and Sunny. The temps are to hit 32 here by Friday.
I had a great time at York. I cannot wait until April. My Big Purchases were Streetlights 1/2 priced at MTH and Plasticville Union Station, Firehouse and Water Tank for my Branchline.
Brent: Sorry we missed you at York. Prayers for your Uncle Carl.
Happy Belated Aniversary Don and Kay!
Happy Belated Birthday Roy!
Fife: Check out the MTH Club. There may be something you may be interested in there. I saw it at York and thought of you. The price is good.
Banks: Tell your wife great job with the picture. Thanks! Great seeing you.
Have a Great Day!
John
Banks Hello all, Busy weekend, Mrs & I got back from our York /Lancaster weekend getaway about 7:30 last evening. We had a great time at York. Met the gang for Breakfast and a Photo at the CTT Booth. I spent very little. Our lunch was the most expensive thing I purchased. I got a Plasticville bungalow in an unusual color, a lighted billboard and an early TYCO-Mantua lighted PRR Caboose. Saw a lot of Gilbert HO. Most I've seen there yet. But nothing I felt compelled to add to my collection. most of it was priced as I expected. Some high and some low. Belated to ROY Fife we missed YA Brent ..we missed you too and for your Uncle Didn't seem right without the crew from Michigan either. Fron the left Laz Jeffelectric Hudson John Banks A CTT Staffer whose name escapes me Roy and AF53 (Ray got in front of the American Flyer Trailer and we couldn't get him to move.)
Hello all,
Busy weekend,
Mrs & I got back from our York /Lancaster weekend getaway about 7:30 last evening. We had a great time at York. Met the gang for Breakfast and a Photo at the CTT Booth.
I spent very little. Our lunch was the most expensive thing I purchased. I got a Plasticville bungalow in an unusual color, a lighted billboard and an early TYCO-Mantua lighted PRR Caboose. Saw a lot of Gilbert HO. Most I've seen there yet. But nothing I felt compelled to add to my collection. most of it was priced as I expected. Some high and some low.
Belated to ROY
Fife we missed YA
Brent ..we missed you too and for your Uncle
Didn't seem right without the crew from Michigan either.
Fron the left Laz Jeffelectric Hudson John Banks A CTT Staffer whose name escapes me Roy and AF53 (Ray got in front of the American Flyer Trailer and we couldn't get him to move.)
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Afternoon,
Thanks for all the Anniversary wishes. We had a good time, went to a play, then dinner with family.
Good picture from York, now I have one question. Is there ANYONE in that picture that you would feel comfortable buying a Used Car from? Hmmm
Going to try and get back out to the train room today, need some relaxation therapy. All this recovery effort can be very taxing and stressful.
Though I had lots to say, now can't remember anything. So till later
Don
Don -- glad you anniversary was a good one, that's the way it should be
I had to chuckle about your comment about whether anyone would buy a used car from the cast of characters pictured -- certainly not! HA
I also enjoyed your comment about "relaxation therapy" in the train room. It's so true! We had the grandkids here this weekend and it's simply a blessing when we can have them for two nights, it's just the best. We spent some time in the train room downstairs on Sunday and just had a ball. Still the bigger fun is up on the main floor when we can run Thomas on the floor and not care what happens. On Monday I spent several hours downstairs simply tweaking up the layout and getting ready for the Thanksgiving visit and Christmas visit. Over the spring and summer time I forget how much I enjoy the train room, I know my blood pressure drops big points when I'm down there -- what a wonderful hobby!
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good evening all,
Sorry I did not post last night. Was doing some winterization items before it got nasty outside. Got blown out 6-0 tonight in the soccer game. I may have touched the ball once. Work was busy, but quiet. Slip the headphones for some Katy Perry time and it is all good.
Mike C. from Indiana
Roy - Now I know why you kept your birthday a secret. We could have had the whole Round the Clock serenade you!
Brent - for your family.
Banks - There wasn't a better place for that pic! Thanks!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Good Morning from Blueberryhill...........
It is raining hard and 38 degrees. Going up to 50 today with some sunshine later.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores and a couple of hours work on a big project. Lunch and a nice nap, later.
Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Aloha. Sunny and cold today. Sure agree with the 'therapeutic train room' - now that it's colder out, it's the season to visit and tinker with things in there. Glad the big-wig left happy from his visit. Even gladder it's over and we can get back to 'real' work.
Rainy morning. Actually just misty here. Did get a few days of shine [not moonshine] here this week.
Passing through here. Did sleep at home last night after Town Board. Going to lake house tonight to check things out as going to 32 degrees by Sat. morning. Coming back and going to deer camp [travel trailer at farm and not "dear" camp as I bet Shake and Bake would try to make out of it.] tomorrow night through Sat. noon. Coming back Sat. for Mayor's Free Family Movie Night at the middle School football field. Got big blowup screen, special projector and sound system. Everyone sits on their blankets or folding chairs on the field after dark and watches the movie.
Finished Frankie's 16X24 utility building. All trimmed and vinyl sided. Did that while baby sitting Oldest animals at her house. Worked out good as only 5 minutes from her house to his. He feed me hotdogs from Snoopy's a lot.
Glad to see those who made York.
Roy, happy birthday.
Poor Kay. Another year with Shake and Bake.
Health wise, hope all are OK.
Have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
What movie are you showing, Chief?
Doug,
The Chief sent me a list of movies he was considering;
- Rainy Days and Rainy Nights (including special effects)
- Dumb and Dumber
- Godfather (Part 1 - Convincing and Controlling)
- The Emperor Has No Clothes
- Life and Times of Boss Hogg
I told him I thought any of them would be fine.
Buckeye Riveter Happy Birthday Roy... BTW, I hope you are not trying to corner the market on Birthday wishes as I have done for the past three years? If you are, butt out! That is my gig.
Happy Birthday Roy...
BTW, I hope you are not trying to corner the market on Birthday wishes as I have done for the past three years? If you are, butt out! That is my gig.
Happy Birthday Buckeye.... Almost missed it this month. With 12 or more birthdays a year, no one has a chance to cornet the market!
Pat
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Good morning all,
Chief, re the movies in the outdoors. They do the same thing here in the summer at our park but what about that 32 degrees you mentioned and blankets on the ground? I guess the cold was at the lake location. Dear camp was a good name from Don but he beat me to it.
Had stomach discomfort last night. Been hitting diet ginger ale too hard. Not supposed to have carbonated drinks. Watching diet today.
Been playing taxi driver for my son for a couple of days with his car in and out of shop and picking up rental car yesterday. Rental place gave him a ride home today so I didn't have to get up early when he turned it in this morning.
U.P. Big Boy news: The U.P. steam team is going to conduct a " rolling test" this week at the L.A. County Fairground prior ot sending engine back to Cheyenne later this year.
Got my U.P. 2014 Calendar yesterday in the mail that they send to all retirees. Nice calendar but all diesels. Should have included a photo of the Big Boy with all the news about it. Probably next year or whenever they finally run it after restoration.
Train meet at TCA this weekend. Small meet but I will go to see people. Also gives me a chance to see Gold Line light rail bridge progress on new overpass in Arcadia, California enroute. We are anxiously anticipating the completion of this line as it will end near where we live and give us some rail service to L.A. downtown with connections to a lot of other trains and light rail lines.
later,
SPMan
Monsterhouse. Dumb and Dumber would star Shake and Bake and Buckeye. No way would I allow them to be shown here.
Jon......Arose at 5:30 am today and hit the rode for downtown Buckeyeland. Ate a good breakfast at one of my favorite spots with all my Boilermaker Brothers and Sisters who were required to learn M=WxL**2/8. Walked outside to see cars driving down the street with 3 inches of snow on the hood.
IT'S HERE!!!!!!!
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 -- I am envious of your circumstances today, all we've had is cold gentle rain Finally, we are done with that oppressive to the senses warm weather and can now look forward to the beauty of the fresh fallen snow and the warmth of a warm wood fireplace. Life will be better for all of us soon
Sadly, I will have to wait about two more weeks for the good life as we are headed to Phoenix and the Grand Canyon soon as the boss along with her sister will be hiking to the Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the canyon. My brother-in-law and I will make that same trip in a helicopter and enjoy fine dinners with wine while the girls are gone for two nights
Our autumn weather has been exceptionally nice this fall, now it's about to get better!!!!!
Colder here. Work was quiet. Watched "Arrow" tonight. Game at 8 PM tomorrow. Going to be cold but dry.
Fall is finally here. The leaves are starting to turn and we are getting frost warnings.
Working on my Polar Express layout regularly in the evenings now. I got invited to display it at a local train show & swap meet on Nov. 2. Lots of improvements on the hit list from last year's run display at the KATY Depot.
All for now.
Konnichiwa,
I'm posting from the office again as I cannot seem to figure out the glitch on the home laptop. What is odd is that I can access every other site on CTT and Trains except for the forum. The work week is flying by this week and we may a tropical storm to deal with this weekend. I received my flag football roster two days ago and we will begin practices on Monday. I hope everyone is doing well.
Sayonara,
Joe
I determined the cause of the glitch: Internet Explorer 11. When I updated to Windows 8.1 it automatically installed Internet Explorer 11 which was not compatible with the forum and a couple other of my usual sites. I will use Mozilla Firefox for these sites.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.............
It is a cold 34 degrees. Sunny. Going up to only 48 today with sunshine.
Today is busy. I have an errand to run and the usual chores to do. Then, a couple of hours to work on the big project. Lunch and a nap, later.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Morning to All,
We are on the second day of wedding preparation. Starting to pack and load the cars. Should be a beautiful weekend. Sunny with a high of 59 on Saturday.
Heard from JustTrains yesterday. Crane controller has shipped. Hope it will be here soon. The gantry crane is my nephew's favorite accessory. Thinking of getting a new one for me and giving him the other one. He will play with it for hours on end.
Have a great day,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good Morning,
Mitch, Glad to see you back!!
Went to see Gravity last night. It was a "good" movie, but I think I may have had my expectations too high.
Did more motorized work, but ran out of gear lube, broke a wire on a gang car, and trolly so quit for the day. Those 2 pieces were really coated with accumulated grease. So will continue with the cleaning then fix the wiring and continue.
Noticed the "Change of Seasons" here as well, (the sun isn't quite as intense). Looking forward to the winter and a few rain drops, and the electric fire place. (Efforts are in place to BAN fireplace usage here with wood fires! Because of AIR QUALITY issues!!).
Hope everyone has a great day.
Mitch -- I've had GREAT experiences with JusTrains several times. I've had them call here after their store has closed to answer a question I had emailed to them earlier in the day. I will certainly use them again anytime I use mail order.
Don -- we have a wood burning fireplace insert that we use constantly, it's a wonderful source of "free" heat for us as we have an unlimited amount of firewood only steps from our front door. With that said, wood burning takes a lot of effort and some expense (chain saws, splitting, stacking) and a lot of sweat equity. I believe in our situation it's a great option, in large cities like Denver and LA it's not such a great idea. Years ago (in December) I remember as we drove into Denver that there was a yellow haze over the city, two reasons -- smog and fireplaces. A few years after that the city passed an ordinance limiting when you could burn wood in your fireplace, I don't remember the details but I think it had to do with your address or day of the week. The good thing about burning wood -- it warms you up more than once and it's great exercise
Aloha. It is cold and sunny. I have an 11 year old partner for two days as he is out of school for teacher meetings. Maybe we'll work on the layout together, or go somewhere to look at trains.
Jon and Buckeye, that snow and cold rain and sitting around a fireplace sounds cozy. We are having Fall like weather here this week with cloudy cool mornings after overnight lows in the low 50's. High today about 76. That's about as close to Fall as we get.
Jon, That hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon sounds pretty ambitious. Hope your wife is in good shape. Going down is not so bad but coming up is another story unless you are all flying out on the helicopter. That sounds like my speed. Do you plan on riding the Grand Canyon train while you are over there? I think they run just diesels most of the time now. I rode it behind steam twice.
Ray -- my wife is an avid hiker and is really looking forward to this challenge. They've had this adventure booked for a year (you have to book the Phantom Ranch a year in advance and be lucky to get a room) plus she hiked several day's in the CO Rockies this summer. Plus she knows that if you have to call for a helicopter ride to the top it's $2,000.00!!!!!
The train ride. It starts in Williams and ends up at the Grand Canyon Village, where we are staying so we are not going to do it. One of my great passions is photography, I plan on being up every morning before sunrise shooting the early AM shots and then making sure I'm ready for that "magic" time just before sunset when the conditions are soft and warm. The light conditions just before sunset are truly awesome, can't wait!
jonadel Mitch -- I've had GREAT experiences with JusTrains several times. I've had them call here after their store has closed to answer a question I had emailed to them earlier in the day. I will certainly use them again anytime I use mail order.
Same here concerning JusTrains. Good experience. Fast delivery.
Something that I have learned about the purchase of trains is that you many times can locate that hard to find eastern road in a western train store. For example, I scoured my normal eastern stores trying to purchase a New Jersey Central Williams FM Trainmaster. Nothing. When I checked Western Depot's website, they had five.
Okay sorry for missing all the birthdays and anniversaries My mind has been far away even when posting think its finally coming back to where it should be.
Any way found out one of the chief's secret prodjects he got the nieghbor kid to test it as he was affraid if he fell he wouldn't be able to do his mayoral duties and how would he explain to mrs chief ( Pam)
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