Mornin' Fellas.Busy weekend. Got the BMW back on Friday... no more headaches with that please! The new brakes for the Murano arrived on Friday as well, so spent Saturday morning putting new brakes (front and rear) on the Murano as well as rotated the tires (I did this as part of the brake project, not as a separate project as my FiL thought I would). While taking it out for the test drive I stopped by the LTS to check on my pre-order. The new NPC GP35 powered and non-powered units were in as well as the holiday house and one of the NPC girder bridges. Now I need to figure out what I need to purchase to power the under-the-tree layout. I have a KW and a TMCC Cab1 and Base. I know I need something else but can't remember what it is... is it the power master bridge, and if so do I need one per loop?Eventually I will get a ZW-L and transition the modern ZW to the Christmas layout. I don't think I will get a Legacy Command Base and CAB2 for it as I only run this for a month or so a year... at most I may get one of the newer Cab1 setups, but from what I read in the Signature Catalog you can only program one engine as 99 and one train/track as 99 - is that true?
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COLD!! Went to lake house to insure heat was working. Had not been in about two months. All A OK. Back home to fried tenderloin biscuits, grits and brown gravy and scrambled eggs. UMMM Good. Now TV and stay inside.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good evening all,
Quiet day at home. Watched Vettel win in F-1 again.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning,
I received some photos of UP4014 move from Ray, so I posted them on SPF, check it out.
Going in this morning for MRI on shoulder, then have Dr appt on Tuesday, (Mondays appt cancelled). Other news found out yesterday Chris is going to Chaing Mai, Thailand for 6 weeks next summer for research with school. Needless to say Mom isn't too happy. As I told her at least he is going there with a hammer and chisel in his hand and not a rifle on his shoulder. Didn't help much. (He will be about 400 miles from where I was when I was there with USAF.
Cal Stewart meet going on this weekend, think Im going to take a pass on it. In the past there isn't a whole lot there and cost would be $40 just to get in the door once youre there.
Hope everyone has a great day,
Later
Don
Hi GUYZ,
WOW COLD ONE here. Don't know if CHUCK has the sites of the SNOW CANNON set on the Mid Atlantic this week? How bout it CHUCK? Wednesday? They are saying to stay tuned.
Went for birds yesterday with winds in the 20-25 MPH range and temp aroung 40 made for a cold day afield. We did put up 3 pheasants but they got up at about 45 yards and way to far to shoot, was at dusk so we couldn't go after them. saw some nice bucks last nite spotting deer so was a good day. MINNIE dog wore herself out but managed to bounce one rabbit and had a good chase.
Doing laundry today and walkin the dog and watching football. Maybe run some trains?
DOUG M, GO BEARS!!!
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
Morning all. What the heck has happened to the software. No welcome Chief Eagles with photo. Cold and sunny. Off to Sunday School.
Later.
AH, it came up after I posted this. ???????
Good Morning from Blueberryhill............
Good Morning, Joe.........
It is a cold 16 degrees. Going up to 28 today with sunshine. Big deal.
Today is an easy day. I plan on running trains this morning and trying out my new track cleaning car. Lunch and a nice nap, later.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Mornin' boys. Blustery & freezin' here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Glad that Fifepup and I hanked down the sails off the yatchet Friday, when the weather was mild. She's all snug in her cradle for the winter. You couldn't give me tickets to today's game at M&T. If my RAVENS lose to Gang Green, their season is all but over. Hope to get a lot done on the layout(s).
Konnichiwa and Ohayo Chuck,
We had a nice Saturday yesterday. The princess did well in her volleyball game as she is getting much better. I’m extremely impressed with her progress since this is the first time she has ever played volleyball as part of an organized team. During the morning the boys and I raked the leaves and filled around 10 large lawn bags worth. Unfortunately, there are still plenty of leaves still on the trees so the end is not in sight. Today we had Sunday school and church and now we will have a relaxing afternoon. We have our church’s Thanksgiving potluck this evening. Prior to going to church I was able to watch the second half and overtime of the PSU-Nebraska game. That was a disappointing loss to say the least.
Laz – I’m sorry to hear about Barry. I hope he has a speedy recovery. I realized a couple of months ago that the forum wasn’t compatible with IE11 so I use Firefox for it.
Doug M. – It won’t be too long before I’m out of league when it comes to her math.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good to see you up and about, Don. You will be back at the throttle sooner than you know. Got to set up standard gauge as grandkids were a little bit later than scheduled. The tables are at the right height for them, and all but the youngest (5 months) took turns "operating" the train. Set up some Lego houses around the layout as well. Only two hitches in the operation. One was the Classic 384E has some sort of hiccup when running forward. It seems to take off smoothly in reverse, but it takes about a lap around the oval in forward before it hits its stride. It is almost as if it is lugging in a high gear at low speed in automobile and then it "comes on cam" so to speak and runs smoothly in forward. Weird. The other issue is track. I could almost swear I have some more pieces of new track laying around somewhere, but I cannot find them. I can get some from Train Express but it bothers me that I may have misplaced some track. Oh well, it was a nice visit and a good time was had by all.
Weather is really cold here and looks to stay that way until after Thanksgiving. Have plenty of indoor stuff to do. Got new CTT today. Looks like another good issue. I hope everyone has a good day.
dbaker48
No wonder you fell out of the train. I can't believe the farm would let an engineer use a walker or a cane to climb around the engine.
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 day yesterday, made a visit to Knott's, to check up on everyone.
Probably, overdid it a little in the walking, probably ended up about 1 mile on the walker. But worth it, saw everyone (save 2). Got caught up on the news, and confirmed with everyone I was coming back. All said and done left the house for PT about 8:30, didn't get back home till around 4. So it was a bit of a long day. Leg was 'talking" a bit last night, so I was put on restriction today.
That new Lion-Chief sounds interesting for a market entry level product. Will be interesting to see how it fits in and is accepted. I assume that the engines will work with TMCC or Legacy, (which probably will let DCS control it as well. But will have individual specific controllers, (for each engine, apprx 20), when operated with the Lion-Chief system (handheld).
Have a great day! Time to start planning for the Christmas layouts.
Good morning all,
Sorry I did not post yesterday. I did the outside lights and paid some bills and was going to rest just a bit and then I was tired so I went to bed. "Wicked" was a very good show. It is interesting how one set of events can be reinterpreted so that an entirely different set of circumstances can lead to the same result for highly altered reasons. Music was good and the acting was superb. Had not been to a live stage show in quite a while. Grandkids will be down today. Was going to have standard gauge up but will have to run HO instead.
I couldn't log in at this site for sometime. Contacted CTT and they said Explorer 11 wasn't working here and had to use the tools for"Compatibility View Settings". Now it works go figure. I could log in for Bobs Train Box watch video but not come on here and use forum. I think someone from NC had something to do with it? Oh well now I'm on.
Big news, yesterday went to BARRYs TRAIN SHOP, upon entering found out that BARRY had a mini stroke on Tuesday. He's ok and will be released today from hospital. Hopefully he will start to heed the doctors advice and take better care of himself. Prayers for my good buddy.
Went out with WIFE on a date last nite, was fun. Had an enjoyable evening.
Today pheasant hunting with trusted dog MINNIE and BRO. Appose to be windy and dropping temps this afternoon? Maybe no fire tonite?
Ran trains last nite for 1.5 hours, NO PILE UPs!!!! Go a Rice Crispies car at BARRYs yesterday and my Reading 1067 Caboose finally came in so had that on the track last nite. Gonna start doing the final wiring for layout and then some scenery. Gotta build my BIG FOOT Mt. too.
CHUCK & BUCKEYE, belated TGIF!!!
SIR JAMES, FIELDER, big bucks for little power in playoffs, better off without him. Kid I taught in HS played with him in the minors, for a year.
JOEY D. Great to here the team was doing good. Keep em goin!
RAY, whats the latest on the BB? I heard the Lionel BB for 2014 is gonna fetch 2150 bucks. Nice seen it at YORK but lots o money for an engine.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & brisk in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gonna take grandson to see a huge Christmas train setup at local mall today. I'm stoked. Dropped the youngest princess off at her school dance last night. Amazing how far she has come, when back in March she had major spine surgery. Helping Fifepup build a O/HO coffee table layout for his brother's little ones.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill..............
It is a sunny 35 degrees. Going up to 42 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have a few chores to do and a project to work on. Lunch and a nap, later.
Usual breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
On this day in 1963 I was at work. One of the secretarys had been listening to a portable radio while typing and heard the news about President Kennedy. We were all shocked and could not believe it. Boss shut the place down and sent everyone home for the afternoon. I think all the businesses closed. It happened very close to Thanksgiving and it really put a damper on the holiday. We all put out flags with black streamers or at half mast in our homes and were glued to the TV for several days until after the funeral. He was a great inspiration to a lot of us young people back then. I have never felt the same way about any other president since.
Ray
SPMan
Joe I think you are right about the Tiger trade, there is no talent loss but it frees up a lot of money they can use for other players.
FORUM QUESTION: Unless I am missing something, it now takes me 3 steps from sign-in to forum.
Have I overlooked a shorter way to do this?
"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
Aloha from a cold and snowing - a little - Friday. A day indeed for reflection - don't recall much having been 6 months old.
Joe, I'm always studying up on the math so I can help the youngest. In a few years, I won't be able to keep up anymore.Buckeye, those Michiganers were indifferent to Illinois plates. I think it reflects this state's lack of football prowess that neither Ohio nor Michigan cares.... I happen to speak to a few of the pole maintainers at the museum the other day. They're all ex-ComEd or railroad men. They were speculating on the straight-line wind speed needed to bend the poles and the soil because the poles were allegedly 'regulation' depth. They wanted to fix them before the ground froze.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning. Sunny and warm. Off to the farms to hunt.
We were in biology class and the teacher was late coming in. Why? He was listening to the news in the teacher lounge. He came in and made the announcement. We kept saying, "Are you sure?" "He really isn't dead."
Have a great weekend.
Buckeye Riveter Fifty years sure went by fast. I can remember November 22, 1963 in excruciating detail.
Fifty years sure went by fast. I can remember November 22, 1963 in excruciating detail.
Like Buckeye, I vividly remember November 22, 1963 and it's still painful. There are very few things I would like to not do again but living through the '60's again would be a period I would not wish upon anyone. A truly dark decade for America.
I have enjoyed all the network presentations this week regarding President Kennedy, very tastefully done. Not sure where those fifty years went..........
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.............
Good Morning Joe........ Glad you found the Alaska RR to watch. I think you'll like it.
It is raining and 50 degrees. Going up to 60 today with more rain.
Today is a busy day. Wife is running errands and I am doing chores and a small project. Lunch and a late nap will be nice.
Cheerios for breakfast on the dining car.
Buckeye & LAZ.......... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
This is a late post for me and I never had a chance to post yesterday. Yesterday I was busy helping the older two kids with math. It took some time as I needed to relearn some Algebra in order to help the princess. Today our office had its Thanksgiving potluck lunch. I ate more than I should have but there was some good food available. To compensate I skipped dinner this evening.
Chuck - I discovered that the Railroad Alaska is run out here on Sunday nights. I'll be tuning in to it this week for sure.
SJ - Your Tigers are trading a big name player. I think they are making a smart trade.
Went to see Wicked tonight. Good show. Work was busy today. Day off tomorrow. Will rest.
Afternoon fellasWas hoping to have my BMW back today... no luck. Seems people can't follow instructions! Nor can they understand the difference between a XEON lowbeam bulb and a HALO bulb. Wonder how long it will be till the repair shop calls me back and tells me their 'man' hocked my bulbs ($120 for the lowbeam and $148 for the HALO).Been designing a new layout for under the CHRISTMAS tree. Not sure if I will attempt it this year or wait to do for next year.
We're having drizzle this morning so everything is wet. Did not take a walk yet. Maybe later.
I was able to reschedule my possible colonoscopy until January. Did not want to cope with that during the holidays.
We had a power failure last night around 3:30AM. That's when I woke up and noticed that my oxygen concentrator was not working. I only use it for sleeping and it is not so critical that I can't live without it so I don't think I was in any real danger. However, I did get out my portable oxygen concentrator that works off electric or battery and fired that up. It does not give out a continuous flow of oxygen but only dispenses it when you take a breath. They call it pulse mode. I am not used to the noise the machine makes and you hear a little hiss too when you take a breath. All that kept me awake but the power came back on around 4:00AM.
V8, California is a gateway to the orient and many other parts of the world. It's no surprise to me that we have so many recent imigrants here.
Don't know if the U.P. crew will continue work on the Big Boy today despite the rain but my son says they will. The police use that parking lot at the fairground for driver training for their patrol cars and are anxious to get the steam engine out of the way so they can use it again.
later,
It is a cloudy 36 degrees. Going up to 51 today with some rain.
Today is a busy day. I have chores to do and a few phone calls to make. Then, a small project to work on. Lunch and a nap.
Dining car has the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday
Out the door again. Thanksgiving and Christmas will "cram" all my meetings into a couple of weeks. Chilly and cloudy. Warming good tomorrow.
8N, sounds like you have it going good on layout.
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