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.
RAY, BB is on the move?
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
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.
Chuck
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!
laz 57 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.
Ray
SPMan
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
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".
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.
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.
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Good evening all,
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.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Home again. Got 7 AM meeting in Raleigh. Off to bed.
Sleep tight.
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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.
Afternoon [meetings all morning]. Sunny and warming. 70's tomorrow and Sat. No hunting this week.
Mayor's videos this afternoon.
Later.
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.
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.
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.
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 !
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
Gonna do some work on the layout today. Got tree cut down and lites put on tonite gonna decorate with WIFE. Gonna run trains later. Made up Buffalo chicken mac and cheese, WOW its good.
BUCKEYE & CHUCK, TGIF!!!
Morning. Where are the Cheerios? Sunny and real warm. Off for the walk and then help Wifey get ready for her family to drop by tonight. Hope to get Polar Express down from shelf and have it running for kids.
Have a good one.
Morning fellas and gals; Gonna be a sweet warm day here. Water is already dripping from the roof. Picked up a bunch of parts from the local train store. Will be making several log cars with grandkids for Christmas. All that's left to do is baking; my favorite part. Butter cookies, Traditional German Christmas cakes etc.,. Yummy! The bride will get on my case if I don't help. Gotta put train works on hold for a few days; then i'll be back in action. later.
Cheerios computer isn't computing today.
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
Cheerios is here. My computer has burned up
it's modem, so I am using my wife's. What a day.
We have had very little rain so far. I hope it stays that way.
Buckeye , you were right. Compatibility check.
Later.........
dougdagrumpThe 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.
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Wife's laser eye surgery went well. Earlier in the day saw the Jingle Rails exhibit at the Eiteljorg. The one DVD I wanted to get here before Christmas for the wife arrived today so it will be a good Christmas at this household. I hope everyone has a good day.
Museum was kinda slow today, seems like it has been since Christmas on the Prado the first weekend in December.
Joe, I call that "Quality Control".
Brent, I use various sizes of plastic storage tubs for transport. The larger loco's are transported in tool boxes. Initially I was using bubble wrap for the rolling stock but slowly trasitioning to bar rags that I buy at Costco. The bar rags are better in that they protect the cars and if they pick up any oil or dirt from the axles/wheels I just toss them in the washer and they're good as new.
Went with the "BetterHalf" to Kohls & Wallyworld tonite for a couple of last minute items. All is done !
Nite all, see ya tomorrow.
The 22nd Annual Children's Christmas Party is at our house tomorrow night. Get here early to get your ticket to run the trains. We should have about 30 families with kids. The cat hides out during the party.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill...........
Good Morning, Joe...........Glad to be back.
It is a rainy 60 degrees. Going up to 70 today with more rain.
Today is an easy day. Not much going on. I have a few chores to do and some organizing of my desk. I plan on an early lunch and a nice nap, later.
As usual, Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Morning fellas and gals; Kinda cloudy today. Ducks, ducks, ducks. That's all you here about. Got me to thinking. Now that the lake I live on is almost drained to make a new dam, I miss my feathered friends. Funny how we take for granted what we have right before our eyes. I must obtain some different duck calls. Maybe I could coax a few back so I could feed them again. later.
I crashed early last nite, in bed and out like a lite.
Forgot to mention on last nite's post the results of the Cab-1L test. Based on yesterday's performance the old Cab-1 is history. With the old model we have areas around the layout that were dead spots which made it difficult for the Kid's Club as well as adults to operate w/o issues. The new Cab-1L worked flawlessly everywhere in the room as well as out in the hallway, both in TMCC mode as well as running conventional thru a TPC. So far, based on very limited use, I give it . It seems to be a little bit heavier compared to the original, hopefully the buttons and red knob don't display some of the same issues as the original.
All for now, later.
Joe, If you are a Sugar Cookie fan I have a recipe that is the best.
Happy, happy, happy.
dougdagrump Forgot to mention on last nite's post the results of the Cab-1L test. Based on yesterday's performance the old Cab-1 is history. With the old model we have areas around the layout that were dead spots which made it difficult for the Kid's Club as well as adults to operate w/o issues. The new Cab-1L worked flawlessly everywhere in the room as well as out in the hallway, both in TMCC mode as well as running conventional thru a TPC. So far, based on very limited use, I give it . It seems to be a little bit heavier compared to the original, hopefully the buttons and red knob don't display some of the same issues as the original.
Doug...Did the museum already have Legacy in place or did you take your own BASE 1L with you, too? Your Cab-1l had to send the signal to something to send the signal to the engines, didn't it?
Buckeye Riveter dougdagrump Forgot to mention on last nite's post the results of the Cab-1L test. Based on yesterday's performance the old Cab-1 is history. With the old model we have areas around the layout that were dead spots which made it difficult for the Kid's Club as well as adults to operate w/o issues. The new Cab-1L worked flawlessly everywhere in the room as well as out in the hallway, both in TMCC mode as well as running conventional thru a TPC. So far, based on very limited use, I give it . It seems to be a little bit heavier compared to the original, hopefully the buttons and red knob don't display some of the same issues as the original. Doug...Did the museum already have Legacy in place or did you take your own BASE 1L with you, too? Your Cab-1l had to send the signal to something to send the signal to the engines, didn't it?
Buckeye,
The club already has the Legacy base. I had thought, some time back, about buying a Cab-2 when they were issued as an add-on to the original Legacy set. Unfortunately you don't have access to the updates unless you already have the Legacy base or at least access to one. Since I don't have any Legacy engines why go to the expense when this unit accomplishes what I need.
We'll see how they hold up in the long run.
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