Well today been a good relaxing day supper isn't to far off and I've been doing this and that on the puter have a few time gone onto ebay to newly listed O gauge trains to see what some got that don't want lol
Hope all have had a good day talk to you all later did have 4 of the 5 loops running trains at once today that was great
think I need to take the B&M GP-9 apart and give a real good cleaning and lubing as it doesn't run as fast as It should as mine as a kid would jump the track even with mag-na traction this one won't even come close at full throttle. So there a project coming up.
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Good evening all,
Merry Christmas to all. A good day as everyone made it here ok. Great food and conversation made the day nice and the kids and grandkids all liked their presents. The missus liked hers, which was a relief. She got me a LEGO Halloween house, which I can use at the appropriate time of year and the rest of the year if slightly altered. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Buckeye Riveter ChiefEagles Buckeye Riveter Again, but worse.............. Only 2 Lumps of coal and a note: December 25, 2013 Dear Buckeye, Before checking with the Chief about your behavior, I thought this year I would surprise you with a slightly used Lionel flat car with only one wheel missing, but then I checked. Sorry, but the Chief's evaluation of the situation was worse than previous years, so I had to follow the rules and reduce you from three lumps to two. MERRY CHRISTMAS Santa You got that right. Goes to prove, don't mess with Mother Nature or the Chief. I'm so glad there is an Easter Bunny that brings me trains every year.
ChiefEagles Buckeye Riveter Again, but worse.............. Only 2 Lumps of coal and a note: December 25, 2013 Dear Buckeye, Before checking with the Chief about your behavior, I thought this year I would surprise you with a slightly used Lionel flat car with only one wheel missing, but then I checked. Sorry, but the Chief's evaluation of the situation was worse than previous years, so I had to follow the rules and reduce you from three lumps to two. MERRY CHRISTMAS Santa You got that right. Goes to prove, don't mess with Mother Nature or the Chief.
Buckeye Riveter Again, but worse.............. Only 2 Lumps of coal and a note: December 25, 2013 Dear Buckeye, Before checking with the Chief about your behavior, I thought this year I would surprise you with a slightly used Lionel flat car with only one wheel missing, but then I checked. Sorry, but the Chief's evaluation of the situation was worse than previous years, so I had to follow the rules and reduce you from three lumps to two. MERRY CHRISTMAS Santa
Again, but worse.............. Only 2 Lumps of coal
and a note:
December 25, 2013
Dear Buckeye,
Before checking with the Chief about your behavior, I thought this year I would surprise you with a slightly used Lionel flat car with only one wheel missing, but then I checked. Sorry, but the Chief's evaluation of the situation was worse than previous years, so I had to follow the rules and reduce you from three lumps to two.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Santa
You got that right. Goes to prove, don't mess with Mother Nature or the Chief.
I'm so glad there is an Easter Bunny that brings me trains every year.
What he thinks. Guess who is best friends with the Easter Bunny?
The Chief carrying the Easter Bunny away from Ohio.
Yes, CTT software is the problem with tablet not getting signed on to forum. You can sign in to trains but can't get to the forum or you can get to forum but not sign in. "Too many redirects."
Great day.
Sleep tight.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Does the Chief know every squirrel and nut case in NC?
Back to work today in order to pay the Chief's SS.
If anyone sees a Lionel Hobo Depot or Smoking Shack in a LHS, would like to know about it.
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 Morning from Blueberryhill........
Good Morning, Joe........
It is a cold and cloudy 26 degrees. Going up to 34 today with sunshine.
Today is an easy day. We have some chores to do and then relax. It will be a good day to read. Lunch and a nap, for sure.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Snohizo and 26 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Easy day today. No returns, but Wifey and I would like to go out and score a nice pre-lit Christmas tree for a bargain, later on.
Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Wifey outdid herself with her annual crabcake and ham dinner. Fifey received a Dept 56 border collie w/sheep, a Lemax church, a Coventry Cove Village Volunteers fire wagon (there is a thin mustachioed fellow on the back that I already have dubbed,"Rich"), and some Margaritaville shirts. Counting the scratchbuilt water tower, 19th century B&O boxcar, and the Gingerbread Junction set, I'd say the flanged goodies were well represented.
When the munchkin came over, he got halfway through his presents, when he insisted on going to see Pop's choochoos. He didn't know I had wired all the accessories back up, and really put the MTH Fire Co, and K-line dozer and saw-tooth factory through their paces. He received some pieces to go to his Thomas wooden train empire.
Morning all. A surprise wakeup early this AM. Freezing rain and then it turned to wet mist. Sun coming out soon.
Wifey going west to the moonshine capitol of the world. Wikes Co. NC to visit our friend Gail [who moved with USDA to GA] at Gail's Mom's. Back tonight.
Going to get Boys and do Train Box later this AM.
Had early TWC Tech come and exchange Motorola DVR box out for a different brand that works [Motorola has always been trash from mobile radios, electronics and smartphones].
Buckeye Riveter Back to work today in order to pay the Chief's SS.
Must commend Buckeye for his work. Got notice I'm getting a $20+ a month raise starting Jan. 1.
fifedog Wifey outdid herself with her annual crabcake and ham dinner.
Wifey outdid herself with her annual crabcake and ham dinner.
Must be a great meal. Never thought of crabcakes for Christmas. Would love those.
Have a great day.
Buckeye Riveter Does the Chief know every squirrel and nut case in NC? No he's related to them Back to work today in order to pay the Chief's SS. If anyone sees a Lionel Hobo Depot or Smoking Shack in a LHS, would like to know about it.
No he's related to them
Morning all not much going on here. This is a day to stay put not even going out to any stores today that's for sure bad enough wife wants to do it tomorrow me I want to wait till I'm off next Tuesday.
Had a very good Christmas just wife and self and cats so we really enjoyed ourselves with peace and quiet.
Well talk to you all later
Good mornin' y'all from a chilly 20s and snowing Cape Ann Taxachusetts. My apologies for recently being absent without leave from the POT. Life got in the way. Onward and upward!!!
As is our family tradition, Christmas Eve was held at our place; but the starting lineup was short one very special person for the first time in over a decade, my son-in-law's dear Aunt. We lost her earlier this year, but life must go on. What I will always remember fondly about her is that she was always full of good cheer and love, no matter what life threw at her.
My wife and I along with my son served up our traditional ham, home made vegetable beef soup (old family recipe), and all of the fixings. I had picked up a coconut cream pie and a chocolate mousse cake from a local bakery (man, they are disappearing) for dessert.....yup, my wife and I are not bakers. I am glad to say everyone ate like wild starving animals, like they had not had a meal in three days. By this time the little ones were going berserk. So we adjourned to the living room and then opened some presents.
The gang departed about 10PM because Santa was on his way, and the grandkids had to be all nestled in their beds. Fat chance they fell fast asleep because when they left our place they were really wired, if you know what I mean.
My Pam likes to drag out the fine china (et al) for Christmas Eve, so cleanup must be done carefully and all by hand......no dishwasher assist. However, team Rock Island eventually got everything cleaned up and put away by midnight, then relaxed by the fire for another hour until it was down to small embers. Truth be told, I disappeared for a time into the living room and ran trains until the wifey asked that I take the doggies out for last call.
As also is our tradition, on Christmas Day Pam and I had to be at my daughter and SIL's house by 7AM Christmas morning to watch the grandchildren open Santa's presents.
With high test coffee in one hand and the camera in the other, I did the best I could. Yup, I am the family photographer. Then we had breakfast, what a spread!!! We played with the grandkids into late morning, drove home, took care of the dogs, napped (coma), got cleaned up, and then headed back over to the daughter's for Christmas dinner. Standing rib roast and way too many fixins!!! Hors deuvres, dinner, desserts. DEATH BY GLUTTONY!!
We didn't leave for home with the dogs until 9pm. BURP, BELCH, GROAN!!!
When we got there, I laid down on the floor by the Christmas tree and did what I have done for so many Christmas Day eves since childhood......ran my trains. This Christmas I scored the 1225 Polar Express from my daughter, son, and son-in-law this Christmas. So there is finally a Berk in my exceedingly modest and small stable. Granted, it not of postwar vintage, but it gets the job done and looks good doing it.
I hope that each of you were as lucky and at peace as I was this Christmas. Yes, for me there was an undercurrent of serenity and joy. But I also felt a tugging sense of sad nostalgia for my family and friends who are no longer with us, and for the many family members we could not be with back in the Midwest. We spoke to many of them by phone Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but it is not the same.
In close, I hope that each of you had a joyous and memorable Christmas. From reading the posts on the forum and looking at the pictures, it sounds like you all did.
As we move ahead towards New Years, I pray that each of us can embrace the mindset that the glass is always half full and that no matter what, God will watch over us and provide if we believe.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
RT.......your idea of peace and quiet is running 5 trains? Hmmmmmm, I like it!!!!!
JACK.
RockIsland52 My Pam likes to drag out the fine china (et al) for Christmas Eve, so cleanup must be done carefully and all by hand......no dishwasher assist.
My Pam likes to drag out the fine china (et al) for Christmas Eve, so cleanup must be done carefully and all by hand......no dishwasher assist.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE!!! My sympathies.
RockIsland52 RT.......your idea of peace and quiet is running 5 trains? Hmmmmmm, I like it!!!!! JACK.
There in there own room you have to remember so does not disturb wife and us train guys its music to our ears. so yes it was peace and quiet also most times I can't hear her when I'm down there
Quiet day. Straightened the house up. Worked on the Classics 384 E. Runs some better. Still not the best in the world. Off to Indy tomorrow to visit some sites. Maybe stop in at Train Express if there is time. Went to see Walking with Dinosaurs. Perhaps not the best movie made. I hope everyone has a good day.
Hmmm, new tablet eh? I thought that was something you used to buy for 5 cents in the old days to write letters on or take notes. Also something that you find in an aspirin bottle. I am being dragged kicking and screaming into the electronic age. Still computer illiterate and barely no how to use the cell phone.
Had a nice Christmas with family for dinner and opening presents. We had ham and scalloped potatoes with pies for desert. I hauled the train things I got out to the garage this afternoon. I got two new passenger cars heavyweights by Lionel and a new WBB U.P.GP30 diesel. The passenger cars are the earlier ones with silhouettes in the windows and the bulbs are standard which are too bright for DCS with High voltage so will have to change to high voltage bulbs. The GP30 runs great with horn, whistle and engine sounds. Sound is plenty loud enough for me. Some people say it is too quiet.
Holiday lunch tomorrow with my train buddies at 1:00PM then over here to run trains. Feels like springtime here now with high of 80 today.
Getting ready to warm up left overs for dinner tonight. Our live in younger son is out of town today. He went to San Diego to see a college consolation bowl game. Forgot who was playing. He will drive up the coast tomorrow and be back home around noon.
V8, enjoy your trip to Oregon. I forgot to mention that I also got a book I have been wanting about Donner Pass over the Sierras and the history of the Southern Pacific Railroad crossing of the mountains. Good book by John Signor, a conductor on the SP. Maybe retired by now. I have two of his other books. One on Tehachapi and one on Beaumont Hill where I worked.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Ray.....it is 55 degrees colder here. I wear three layers indoors but add a sweatshirt and a winter coat with a hood when I go out with the dogs. The long term forecast for New Years Eve states we may be in the single digits!!!!
Due to icestorms and the resulting damage to power lines, hundreds of thousands living in NH, Maine, Vermont, and upstate New York are still without power; and the outage reaches up into Canada.
So I am packing my bags and my dogs and coming to live with you. :-)
Jack
Joe
Good Morning from Blueberryhill............
Good Morning, Joe.......
It is a dark and cloudy 30 degrees. No snow today. Going up to 42 today with a little sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and some phone calls to make. Then, I can relax. Not much else new.
Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.
Buckeye & LAZ....... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Morning. Sunny and warming. Off to the hunting camp for a couple of days. Back tomorrow night.
Mike, any movie is better than a soccer game.
Glad everyone had a good Christmas.
Chuck, since Buckeye had off a few days for Christmas, he needs to work Sat. and Sun. to make up.
Wow, conflict. My Cowgirls VS my Eagles.
Have a good one.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 30 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gearing up to head to Wild, Wonderful, WV.
Grandson was here all yesterday. He brought with him a plastic battery operated train set, that we set up on the living room carpet. He apparently likes staging "crashes" with his equipment. Is there a reform school for this type of activity...? Last thing Pops needs is a pint sized Gomez Addams running loose in the layout room.
RockIsland52 So I am packing my bags and my dogs and coming to live with you. :-)
Jack, sorry about your cold weather. We have relatives in New Hampshire too. I'm sure they are getting aired out now.
This is not unusal to have warm weather like this in the winter here once in a while when the desert winds blow our way called Santa Ana Winds. They used to say we get a whole new bunch of people moving out here after every Rose Bowl game when they see the weather.
ChiefEagles Morning. Sunny and warming. Off to the hunting camp for a couple of days. Back tomorrow night. Wow, conflict. My Cowgirls VS my Eagles. Have a good one.
And this is what happened to chief about 3 hrs after getting there
JOEY D........I think that the Yankees have too many players eligible for Social Security to be competitive in 2014. You and AF RAY had better hitch your wagon to a different team for the upcoming MLB seaon. MIKE C, an avid baseball fan, agrees with me. FIFE......I can think of nothing more terrifying ythan a grandchild that has an affinity for staging train wrecks. Chief.....with you marksmanship, I hope you are in shape to carry a gross of bullets so you have an outside chance of bagging more thann a tree or two. RAY SP.......so where am I going to sleep when I get there, and do you have water wings for my Dobermans? SIR JAMES.....have your grandchildren locked your car keys in your car again with the engine running? BRUTUS.....hope Char has restored some semblancee of order in the household affter leaving you in charge. :-) Jack.
Good Afternoon All.
Wow ! What a crazy couple of days. First was Christmas Day with all the friends and family here for gift exchange and glutony dinner. It went great especially since we have added a 3 and 6 year old plus their dad to our extended family. It's always great to have little ones in the house this time of year.
Yesterday was our "Kid's Club Fun Run" at the museum, they run the layout for the whole day with new operators every hour. They were running 6 trains on the four mains, w/ DCS & TMCC. Unfortunately it didn't go as well as the last event, don't know if it was the Christmas cookies or Santa overload but they seemed to have a bit of a short attention span. Several big crashes and some electronic gremlins had some of the adults about to pull their hair out. It was still fun but exhausting. I didn't wake up til 8 this morning, after fixing coffee for the BetterHalf and another hen who came for a visit, I promptly fell asleep on the couch and slept from about 9:30 til almost 1 pm.
Jack, We have been doing these holiday feasts several times a year for decades and my initial mandate, since I do all the cooking, was all eating utensils are required to be disposable. It is tuff enuff just to clean-up the kitchen, cooking starts a day or two prior, and all the pots/pans/roasters/platters/bowls/etc is still a chore. If they were to decide otherwise I guess either the tradition would end or I would order pizza for delivery.
Got my L&N Heavy Pacific today. It is sweet ! Doesn't even look as if it has ever seen the tracks, no marks on wheels or p/u rollers and the price was a steal. Now the hunt begins for some L&N passenger cars, if I haven't found them by the Spring York I may request some Yorkie help.
Time to get moving, things gotta get done.
Later All.
p.s. Since it is a bit chilly back east :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQfpD3Mocs0&feature=share
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Jack yes he did. Sent him out with some packages to take home told him to start and turn on the heat. Well he did. Had to get a ride to the house for another key. We were not very far or I would not have traveled with only one key.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Hello all,
Finally made it back.
A verrry nice Christmas was had here.
Mrs' bad wing made my duties much greater. She is doing well but can do little with her right arm.
Between Christmas helping Mrs and work I feel like a one armed paper hanger, Even though I'm on vacation til the 3rd I've been in the office three times this week. Haven't even considered musket hunting.
Fife.....in April at York I thought your retardment was in about a year??????? Be on the lookout for the Gomez syndrome
RI Jack. all Banks family gatherings switched to disposable several years ago. It's sooo much easier. By the way....how is you grandaughters numbers coming?
Mrs & I went to see Madeas Christmas last night........The projector broke with about 20 minutes to go and the gave us all a free pass. I'd rather see the end than start all over. That;'s how my December has been.
Best get to bed.....son is coming at sunup to haul the shi* out of the barn. (I'll beleive that when he gets here)
No time for trains
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Banks.......with your road trips you better have stock in an oil company. Was glad you dodged most of the Winter weather's wrath. My granddaughter was tested last week, first test since September. The platelet count has continued to improve, and at a faster pace, but is nowhere near where it needs to be. The Docs told us the plan in place---no meds, no transfusions, wait it out, let the immune system fix itself---should continue. They want to retest her numbers in March. They had hoped for more rapid improvement but are satisfied that thingsare moving in the right direction. She remains at risk for internal bleeding, so we have to keep her activities in check in that regard, remain vigilant, and remain patient
Good day today, weather wise and otherwise. Sun was out and that makes things nice. Went to Indy to see the Lilly House at the Museum of Art and to the Indiana Historical Museum, primarily to see the Christmas displays. Very nice. Snuck a side trip to Train Express to drop off a transformer for repair and pickup some light bulbs. Went to Oldenburg to see a retired former teacher of the girls, but she was unavailable. Set up a small O-27 layout on two card tables to have a third train running in the house. Found some more track and will enhance it some. Going to see Lucas on Saturday. Weather should be good then as well. Chief, any soccer game is better than almost any movie, unless it is a movie about soccer. I hope everyone has a good day.
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