Hi GUYZ,
WIFE and I and MINNIE dog took a nice cool 10 mile hike this morning. We got done at 1PM by the time we got home it is SNO HI OOOOOO and will be getting about 6 inches of the white stuff. No flintlock hunting today. Darn gun won't go off when its dry out it definitely won't go off in a SNO HI O Storm. TANKS CHUCK!!!!
DOUGDA GRUMP, TANKS for da cake. Love the chocolate drops!!!
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
Aloha from a frigid and snowy Chicago. We were without Internet and TV for an unspeakably long time due to some switch-over issues. But I read a lot of old CTTs and played with trains. We had the opportunity to stay in downtown Chicago for a few days around New Years - to celebrate Laz's birthday of course. It just snowed like crazy but we walked around the Loop, visited the Art Institute and had lunch under the big tree at Fields uh Macys. Just got back in time to clear the driveway and get ready for work. Waving the snow bye-bye as it heads east. Now the cold returns. And more snow.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
The grandson just left. No crashes, but had a Proto 1 GG1 throw a traction tire. Then a 2-10-0 threw a traction tire. Then the Proto 1 F3 won't fire up. Is it any wonder I'm becoming more and more conventional...
SNOHIZO is here. Hope my family all makes it home safe tonight.
Good evening all,
Lots of Snohio here in SE Indiana. Stayed in the Tree City today and saw "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", which featured briefly a soccer game. It was a good movie. Afterwards went to Frisch's and then to Aldi's and then home for the evening. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from indiana
ChiefEagles Had one good thing this AM. CBS news had a live video from Columbus OH. Showing SNOHIO. I smiled and thought of "you know who".
Had one good thing this AM. CBS news had a live video from Columbus OH. Showing SNOHIO. I smiled and thought of "you know who".
Light snow today in Roger's Corners with only 3 1/2 inches. The blue spruce trees were beautiful this morning. For you folks that live east of Breezewood, PA, good luck and polish that snow shovel and buy the BenGay in gallon jars.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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Buckeye Riveter ChiefEagles Had one good thing this AM. CBS news had a live video from Columbus OH. Showing SNOHIO. I smiled and thought of "you know who". For you folks that live east of Breezewood, PA, good luck and polish that snow shovel and buy the BenGay in gallon jars.
For you folks that live east of Breezewood, PA, good luck and polish that snow shovel and buy the BenGay in gallon jars.
Buckeye chief and I live east of Breezewood, PA I don't understand what your talking about I know I use to know but I can't even remember what a snow shovel is maybe if I could remember what snow is it would help.
Evening all we had rain today and a high of 51 so it was a good day to goto work Oh by the way my count is down to 147 Laz & Hudson John I'm getting there.
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We are getting hammered. Total snowfall forecast at 18-24 inches for me, high winds 35+ mph sustained with gusts over 50, and temperatures plummeting into the single digits. Round 4 of snow removal to commence shortly. What a mess!!!! Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Jack, Look on the bright side, just think had this storm rolled in when you had a houseful of guests on New Year's Eve. Would you have had enough "adult beverages" to weather the storm, with food being of a secondary nature ?
Christmas Trains all put away til next year. Tomorrow's trains packed and ready to go at the museum tomorrow.
Stay safe all.
G'nite y'all.
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DOUG......my New Years Eve adult beverage inventory was adequate to weather any storm as was the amount of food we had. But with 9 kids accompanying the adults, I would have gone crazy if they were all forced to stay over......unless, of course, I had enough shovels to go around. I may be getting old but I pride myself at making the best of the bad hands dealt me. :-) Spank.....my overnight is due to the moisture you are sending my way. Please stop!!!! Jack
It is now 1 degree, minus 20 with the wind chill factor. Coastal flooding expected with the high tide. The sea swells are at 20-40 feet. The winds will continue overnight at a blizzard clip, 35mph sustained. My snow levels are now expected to top 2 feet, though I think I am already there. The drifting is the killer......you clear an area and the wind just carries the snow back where you shovelled. The city plows have the end of my driveway buried. The dogs are hard pressed to find a spot to "empty the tanks" and Dobermans don't have fur; so Pam has been putting their Winter coats on them.....they look pathetic. I want to get up early in the morning to get a jump on things with snow removal. It is going to take hours to clear this stuff from the driveway, sidewalks, stairs, stoops, and the deck. Then I will have to snowblow part of the yard for the dogs.
Good night all. Rain gone. Wind to start and then cold. Not as cold as up Nawth and no Snohio.
Jack, again I say stay warm and dry. Hope you keep power with that NEre blowing. Hope all stay warm [Dougie M, you too].
Sleep tight.
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Hello all
Been a while since I posted on this forum. Was working since May on a project in New Mexico which is now complete as to my part in it and I am back up on Mt. Graham. Thought I would share this story w/ you guys. Pardon if it's a bit long winded.
Looking for some 7" Marx tin to go w/ a 666 I acquired not too long back. Since I already have the NYC cars for the 999 I thought I would look for some SP stuff. Found a whole set of cars in w/ a 7" SP caboose and... the Marx SP E unit powered and dummy units...for a darn good price.Now there is an interesting story about E unit locos for me. I have a resentment against them. Show me an Alco PA and I'm a happy guy, but an EMD E or F unit and I cringe. No, it's not an EMD/Alco thing, although some of you know I am partial to Alcos having worked on them.It goes back to when I must have been about 8. I had an HO Tyco set, and was looking to add my next engine come that Christmas. We had just seen the American Freedom Train come thru Phoenix that summer and I was enamored w/ the #4449. I really wanted a steam locomotive and thought the Daylight version of the #4449 in HO would be great. Not really knowing what to ask for I think I wrote that I wanted an 'orange and black locomotive'. I awoke Christmas day hoping to receive my new Daylight. Sure enough under the tree was the right sized box. When the time came I tore off the paper to find an Athearn(?) Blue Box and opened it to reveal...a Southern Pacific Daylight orange and black E unit diesel. I think the steam loco was out of the budget my parents wanted to spend and not wanting to disappoint them I tried to be positive. Inside I was crushed. Now in it's defense it was a good engine for the time. Heavy, a real creeper, and it made a kind of diesel like noise going down the track. I grew to appreciate it, but somehow it always seem to be what it should have been in my eyes. Most of my HO stuff went to a father/son who wanted to make a layout about 12 years ago. A few years ago I got into O gauge in the process a resurrecting my father's Lionel #258. Now I could probably never afford a steam Daylight in O gauge nor have the space to run it, but boy did I focus on steam in my O gauge additions. The few diesels are heavily outnumbered. The 'scrappers torch' Lionel scene of the front end of an SP E unit being cut up always gave me a chuckle. Since I started going 'Marxist' I have run across various versions of their diesels. Something about the colors and the lithograph on their Daylight seemed intriguing. Well now things have come full circle and I will have another E unit on the roster and even its associated dummy unit.You want to hear the really funny part? The electric motor unit in the powered unit unit employs, for reasons I think trying to keep things inexpensive in true Marx fashion ... the motor out of one of their steam engines underneath the shell:)
Jack - take care in that weatherBob
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
HI guyz,
3.5 INCHES of CHUCKS SNOW CANNON!!! Tanks a lot CHUCK!!! The bad ting is dat its 10 degrees out there. Even my MINNIE dog didn't like it outside and she never complains. Ran trains last nite for an hour NO PILE UPs! Gotta shovel this morning my driveway and neighborladies.
FIFE, hate when those traction tires go wizzin by.
DOUG,M, BEARs will have to wait til next year. They stunk on that last play. Fire that DB. CUTLER is signed til2020.
SUBBOB, Glad your back.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.........
Good Morning, Joe.....
It is cold. 16 degrees. Sunny. We got about 2 inches of snow, total.
Today is a busy day. I have some chores to do and paperwork. I will be busy most of the morning. Then, lunch and a nap.
Buckeye & LAZ........TGIF
Dining car has rolled in with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
CHUCK..........shut down the snow cannon!!!!! LAZ.........24 inches here and the temps have climbed to 5 above from an overnight low of 1. BOB.......great to hear from you again, though based on the photos you have previously posted from "the mountain" my 2 feet of snow is a mere dusting! Back to snow removal Later, gang. JACK.
BURRRR!!!!! Cold and windy. Actually temps dropped this AM at sun up. Not going back up much. COLD tonight but warmer tomorrow.
Not as bad as Yuz Giz up Nawth.
Had blood draw this AM for the Urologist. Apt for follow up next week.
Will stay in today if possible. Wifey may run errand and then go north to her sisters in VA.
I will go to lake house later this afternoon, turn up heat and check everything OK. Property owners board meeting at 7. Drive back as "baby sitting".
Stay warm all.
RockIsland52 CHUCK..........shut down the snow cannon!!!!! LAZ.........24 inches here and the temps have climbed to 5 above from an overnight low of 1. BOB.......great to hear from you again, though based on the photos you have previously posted from "the mountain" my 2 feet of snow is a mere dusting! Back to snow removal Later, gang. JACK.
JACK,
WOW!!! Remember to pace yourself outside. Wait til its done then have a bunch of Ol MILs.
Blueberryhill RR Good Morning from Blueberryhill......... Good Morning, Joe..... It is cold. 16 degrees. Sunny. We got about 2 inches of snow, total. Today is a busy day. I have some chores to do and paperwork. I will be busy most of the morning. Then, lunch and a nap. Buckeye & LAZ........TGIF Dining car has rolled in with Cheerios for breakfast. Y'all have a great Friday. Chuck
TGIF, CHUCK & BUCKEYE!!!!
Ohhh, so this is what Green Bay, Wisconsin feels like... Took fifeMax to the vet for his check-up. He has an ear infection. He then pulled me across the parking lot which had a fine coating of ice. I probably sounded like Yosemite Sam, "Whoa horse!" Shoveled fifedom, now I am spent.
Could not resurrect the Proto-1 F3. Bit the dust after 17 years, I guess.
No problems staying frosty today, Laz.
Hello all,
TGIF!!!!!!!!
Really cold and windy here……… the Sn** Cannon left about 3 inches. Water is froze in the barn. Need to deal with that later.
I got sad news early yesterday. Son’s Father-in-law passed away. Please add him to your prayers.
All youz old guyz shovelling be careful.......
Best get back at it. Hope to get back over the weekend
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Aloha. I don't mind the snow so much as the cold. it got so cold we had to replace the battery on my son's car which resides outside. And it's supposed to get even colder come Monday... Bring on the global warming! We only got a foot of new snow, so Jack is still 'winning'.
Laz, the Bears got a lot of work to do but at least they have a QB for a few more years. Good day to work on the layout...
fifedogThen the Proto 1 F3 won't fire up. Is it any wonder I'm becoming more and more conventional...
Fife, if nothing is wrong with the motors, I would put in a reverse unit and rip out the electronics. At least you could run it then. I had this done with a set of ACL proto 1 F units I have. I have no horn or bell now but it runs. I suppose I could add a horn to a dummy unit.
SPMan
Please take care you all up there. Hope you all get to at least thawing temps soon. Hang in there spring isn't that far away but you do need to get there.
Banks........prayers for your son's father-in-law. FIFE......I am wiped out from snow cleanup and the frigid single digit temps, but the killer was snowblowing a section of the back yard for the wifey's precious dogs because the snow was too deep for them. LAZ.......I should have had those beers and put off until tomorrow what I overdid today. DOUG M.......I am in the same boat as the wife's car likewise needs a new battery in these frigid temperaures. Chief.....I see that warmer temps and rain are in my forecast a few days from now, thanks for sharing. Later, gang!!!! :-) Jack.
Looks like the Snowplows are getting a lot of work up North.
Be careful and watch out for frostbite. It sneakes up on you. (Had it......forty years later, still tingles at slightest cold)
Thanks for the birthday wishes. Appreciate it.
I need some help.
For Christmas I received a 1225 Polar Express Berkshire 2-8-4 engine with the PE tender, the one that is pure conventional, with the operating headlight, smoke, and whistle. My daughter, son, and son-in-law got it from Northeast Trains as they have gotten other Lionel presents. Pretty sure it was from a set breakup, but from all appearances it was never run. No box, manual, etc., but there was an extra traction tire and smoke fluid, unopened.
The shop guy ran the engine for them, making sure the e-unit, headlamp, whistle, and smoke worked. The engine starts up and pulls beautifully at very slow speed 5 cars and the tender @ just 7 volts (postwar 275 V ZW) . Even the whistle works well at 7 volts.
Strangely, I cannot manually rotate the drive wheels at all with my fingers. Like they are locked. They likewise will not rotate if you push the engine on the track. This does not seem normal to me since the drive wheels on all of my postwar engines can be manually rotated.
Is this normal? Are the drivers out of wack slightly?
Jack
Evenin' all from sunny & warm SoCal.
Sorry guys just couldn't resist.
Gremlins aplenty today. But we were able to persevere, good crowd most all day.
Fife, Are you getting the dreaded "3 clanks of death" ? How good is the battery ? As long as the boards aren't toast a re-programing will take care of most issues.
Traindaddy, Did I miss a birthday ? If so , belated of course.
Take care shoveling all that snow, don't want to hear about health issues afterwards.
Time to reclinerize for a bit, nite all !
traindaddy1 Looks like the Snowplows are getting a lot of work up North. Be careful and watch out for frostbite. It sneakes up on you. (Had it......forty years later, still tingles at slightest cold) Thanks for the birthday wishes. Appreciate it.
Traindaddy.......we must be related. My finger tips were similarly damaged a couple of decades ago, and they are really sensitive to the cold. I sometimes wonder if my brain has been similarly affected.
dougdagrump Evenin' all from sunny & warm SoCal. Sorry guys just couldn't resist. .......Take care shoveling all that snow, don't want to hear about health issues afterwards.
.......Take care shoveling all that snow, don't want to hear about health issues afterwards.
DougDG.......think of it this way. When I have a big holiday bash and have to chill a ton of wine, beer, and soft drinks for the guests, or stash some bags of ice, I just stick the stuff out on the deck right off the kitchen. Same with food items like desserts that need to be kept cool. I don't need another refrigerator.
RI Jack don't try turning the PE Berk wheels by hand, it is not geared to do that.
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