Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
Last night we went to my office’s Christmas party. It was a fun time and we won an electric fryer and Cuisinart chopping/blending system. We have no need for the fryer so we traded it for a couple of $10 gift cards. The office had the day off today since last night was party so the wife and I enjoyed a day of running errands together. We decided to splurge and order some pizza for dinner and the wife made homemade cinnamon rolls for dessert. She makes quite a bit of them for the neighbors and our friends right before Christmas. My job is to sample them for accuracy.
Sayonara,
Joe
Evenin' All.
The munchkin is here tonite so needless to say grampa is pooped.
Ray, Thanks for the info. Before I checked and saw your comments I had already decided to scrub the trip. Woke up to rain and there was no way I wanted to drive that far with the crazy SoCal drivers on wet freeways.
All packed for the museum tomorrow, Christmas Trains is the order of the day.
All have a good tomorrow ! I'll drop in tomorrow nite, assuming I don't fall asleep when I get home.
Nite all !
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Good evening all,
Good day today. Work went well. Watched a show on PBS about Applied Imagination, a garden railway design and build started by Paul Busse. Featured several of his layouts such as the one at the Eiteljorg, which we are going to tomorrow. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
dougdagrump Ray, Have you heard anything on how the Train Stop closeout sale has gone? Trying to decide if it would be worthwhile, O scale stock wise, to make a trip to San Dimas tomorrow morning. Friday is their final day.
Ray, Have you heard anything on how the Train Stop closeout sale has gone? Trying to decide if it would be worthwhile, O scale stock wise, to make a trip to San Dimas tomorrow morning. Friday is their final day.
Doug, I was in there yesterday Wednesday 12-18-13 and the place was almost stripped. There is hardly anything left except a couple of Williams Diesels in Virginian color. I managed to grab a couple of Lionel add on heavyweight cars lettered for Pullman with a sticker price of $199 for the pair. I got them for $40 brand new in the box. Such a deal! I'm not kidding. The place was almost empty of stock. Don't waste your time coming up from San Diego.
Ray
SPMan
Afternoon [meetings all morning]. Sunny and warming. 70's tomorrow and Sat. No hunting this week.
Mayor's videos this afternoon.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning from Blueberryhill............
Good Morning, Joe..... I hope you win some nice prizes.
It is a sunny 36 degrees. Going up to 48 today with sunshine. WOW.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will relax. I have some reading I want to do. Then, lunch and a nap.
Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Home again. Got 7 AM meeting in Raleigh. Off to bed.
Sleep tight.
Good day at work. Good drive to and from work. Got to play soccer tonight. Good day all the way around. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mornin' All.
Got a new CAB-1L in the mail yesterday, plan on using it on the club layout. Now the big question is will it work with the TPC's from the old CAB-1 era. The owner's manual doesn't really address that issue, it only coments on the Legacy Powermaster. Oh well, guess Friday morning will be "experimentation time".
Been very warm for a couple days now itis supposed to cool down and maybe rain. Sure could use a nice steady rain to soak in instead of the downpours that just run-off.
Breakfast has had some time to settle, now it's time for pills.
Later all.
Hello allRare midweek stop in.Spent most of last weekend putting snow plow on the big tractor, it's 9', and plowing snow and shoveling walks. I didn't go to the effort of getting out the snow blower for the walks. It's a late70's or early 80's Craftsman I bought a few years ago. We also have a Toro 2 cycle that's good for light snow but it's a half hour project to get it out and running.We ended up with about 9" Saturday and Sunday AM so not much outside decorating got done. Not having Mrs to help slowed that down.
Highs near 60 predicted by the weekendBest get busyPrayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
laz 57 RAY, BB is on the move?
RAY, BB is on the move?
Laz, not yet but I heard today that they have been making some more jockeying moves to get it lined up just right to connect with the Metrolink main line. No solid information yet on the date for the move. Have heard everything from December 22nd to sometime in January. Will keep you posted.
Morning fellas and gals; Cold and clear here, 17 degrees. Might hit 30 later. The warm up is on the way. The D.E.P. has decided that we need a new dam for the lake. Of course that was 13 years ago. They just got started about a month ago.! No ice skating or ice fishing this year. Project is scheduled to be complete in two years. If you believe that, I have a bridge for sale.......it's in Brooklyn! Just thought I would share another one of those bureaucratic boondoggles. If they would have started it sooner it would have been half the price! Now it'll be around one million! Us lake residents have to foot the bill. Looks like i'll be eating beans and fat back for a while. later.
Think good thoughts, do good deeds!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.....
It is a cold and cloudy 26 degrees. Going up to 33 today with a chance of sunshine.
Today is a busy day. We have an errend to run that will take most of the day. Not much else new here.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Hi GUYZ,
19 here and cool. Getting to 33 today then 67 for Sunday!!!!! Yesterday cut out foam with TIPPI Tool. hot knife does a great job for the mountains. Today maybe cut some more but first I have food shopping to do. Then gotta go cut down tree. Maybe get some train room work but doubtful.
RAY, DOOD, and DOUG, my 800 lb. bear has been gone for awhile. I heard he was at ROGERS CORNER for a while mooching food there. Then was to go to Illinois to hibernate. But hes in Jersey? WOW, gotta go get him.
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
Busy day at work. I hope the rest of the week is quiet. Did Christmas cards for people at work. Not much else to report. Hope to play that American game (soccer) with high school kids tomorrow night. I hope everyone has a good day.
Sunny and about 40 today. Big full moon tonight too. Quite an impressive moon rise.
Doug - if you are interested in getting the monthly newsletter from the KATY museum here, send me your address via PM and we'll put you on the mailing list. That goes for the rest of y'all too.
I think those cougars are having a tough time getting to Laz's place. Last summer there was a state policeman and a pickup truck stopped in the median of I-70 about 40 miles east of Kansas City. At first glance, it looked like they were looking over the carcas of a deer. I did a double take when I realized there was a long fuzzy tail and the color of the fur was too light - they were looking at a cougar that had been hit.
All for now.
ChiefEagles Good night all. Reclinerizing again. Great Mayors' Assoc. Christmas party. Got a thank you plaque. We sat with the pro gun control ex-Mayor of Morrisville, NC. I invited her and her husband. Yes, you can be nice and win friends. She lost her re-election due to her stand. The new Mayor did not invite her to attend so I did as Roseyville's guest. Really warm outside this late [or early]. Going to the lake house by noon or earlier. Blow and burn leaves. Back Wed. night. Ray, I thought that Big Boy had already left. Sleep tight.
Good night all. Reclinerizing again. Great Mayors' Assoc. Christmas party. Got a thank you plaque. We sat with the pro gun control ex-Mayor of Morrisville, NC. I invited her and her husband. Yes, you can be nice and win friends. She lost her re-election due to her stand. The new Mayor did not invite her to attend so I did as Roseyville's guest.
Really warm outside this late [or early].
Going to the lake house by noon or earlier. Blow and burn leaves. Back Wed. night.
Ray, I thought that Big Boy had already left.
Frank, the Big Boy is still at the Pomona Fairground. They only moved it from the museum on the South end of the parking lot to the North end, a distance of about one mile. It is sitting there now waiting for the Union Pacific to come and haul it away over the Metrolink track adjacent to the fairgroud. The U.P. is donating an SD40 diesel and caboose to the museum which they will deliver when they pick up the Big Boy. Rumors are all over the place about when they will move the Big Boy ranging from Dec. 22nd to sometime in January. I will let you all know when it finally happens.
So jealous of your weather, Dennis. And Chief. Traindood, that's a big bear! Speaking of wild critters, The IDNR euthanized a 120 ib cougar about 20 miles from me. They've been extinct here since the 1870s. This one they said was traveling through - probably on his way to Laz's.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
traindood Morning fellas and gals; Great photos Chief! I posted some news last nite but I don't know if it took. Anyhow, here goes. A record black bear has been taken about a mile from my house. The 829 lb. beast can be seen by going to The Daily Record of N.J. The biggest one I ever saw walking down my road a few years ago, was 602 lbs. How do I know? Fish and Game darted the bear and weighted it. That fellow was later released in PA. later.
Morning fellas and gals; Great photos Chief! I posted some news last nite but I don't know if it took. Anyhow, here goes. A record black bear has been taken about a mile from my house. The 829 lb. beast can be seen by going to The Daily Record of N.J. The biggest one I ever saw walking down my road a few years ago, was 602 lbs. How do I know? Fish and Game darted the bear and weighted it. That fellow was later released in PA. later.
At LAZ's backdoor.
Morning. Sunny and warmer. Pretty day here. Some things to do here and then hit the road to the lake house. Going to walk in a few.
8N great job on Polar Express layout.
Will see if I can find the Katy Texas Depot photos. If so, will come back and add here. Found them:
Later
Aloha. Warming up to 20 today! RT, sorry about 'my' law in action on your layout. I was asked to help at our church's Christmas services - there's six of them, with rehearsals and all. That'll be a lot of time but I'm happy to help. Don't have a major layout project this year. 8n, that KATY depot sure looks neat. I found photos online. Laz, I am excited for Sunday's game. If Da Bears win, then they're third in the wildcard.
Got about an inch of SNO HI O, nothing big. Thanks CHUCK. Started working on my mountain on the layout. Made the platform for the track going around mountain. Was really cold outside when I had to cut plywood and upright with the table saw. Today gonna try and work some foam for mountain sides. Love this time o year for working on layout.
DOUG M, BEARS got the BEAGLEs on Sunday nite. Gotta get better on defense they stink.
RT, cool pic LOL!!!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill........
Good Morning, Joe...........
It is a dark and cloudy 32 degrees. Going up to 38 today with a little snow.
Today is an easy day. I have anerrand to run and a few chores to do. Then, I can relax and do some reading. Alaska Railroad series is turning out to be very interesting. I have 5 episodes recorded so far.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
The workday was uneventful today which was nice. The wife made a comfort-style meal for dinner: meatloaf, twice-baked mashed potatoes, and an ice cream cake for dessert. We’ll spend the rest of the night letting it digest.
8N – Great job on the Polar Express layout! Thanks for sharing the photos.
I hope everyone has a great day.
Still having trouble logging into the forum on one of our computers. Does not matter much, as we've been pretty busy getting ready for last Saturday's Polar Express program at the KATY Depot and working on the 2014 museum displays there.
Chief, this KATY Depot is in Sedalia, Mo. As well as serving as the KATY depot for Sedalia, it also held the district offices. Sedalia was also home to the MKT shops. These shops did maintenance for locomotives, passenger and freight cars. Some rolling stock was also built here. The Missouri Pacific also had a large number of shops in Sedalia. It is unusual that two railroads would construct shops in the same city. After all of the purchases and mergers, the MKT and MoPac ended up as part of Union Pacific. The Union Pacific still has signal shops here in Sedalia.
I'll try to post pictures of the museum display in another thread. Might be a while, as I am having trouble getting pictures to post on the forum from Photobucket.
Evenin' Dudes & Dudettes.
Great day here today, got a little bit done on a donated T&P MTH Steam engine this morning (runs like a champ). A bit of running around this afternoon, thought I would have to turn on the trucks AC it was so warm out.
Got a real good buy on a MTH L&N Heavy Pacific, guess I'm gonna have to really do some searching for the passenger cars for it. I started looking for the Railking 60' Madisons from 2003 but they seem to be very scarce. Found a few of the add-on pieces but not the set. This will be a tribute set to grampa on my father's side, he was a conductor for the L&N.
Ray, Glad to hear the Mrs was feeling better. Never take a chance, better to be safe then sorry.
RT, Cool wheelchair, bet my Mom would have liked one when she was with us.
Time to get some other things done.
Nite All.
I see where some Roseyville rascal was doing some edits on my posts again. Probably jealous because a Hoosier team won Quiet day at work today. Finished LEGO factory model tonight. A little smaller than I expected. May get another set to expand it. Did not have to drive today and glad of it as roads were lousy. I hope everyone has a good day.
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