Chief, if you go to Gettysburg and you have the chance, view the movie before you go. Went there my first York in '96 and in April of this year. A majestic place. There is also a great micro-brew pub at Seminary Ridge with a very good menu.
Bob Keller
ChiefEagles Don't know the distance from G'burg to York.
Chief, the distance from Gettysburg to York is 30 miles.
Ray
SPMan
Wifey emailed answer about maybe all who can eat together on Sat night at York. "Would be fun."
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Good morning
Just checking in.
Sun and 46 this morning.
Some chat time last night. Yes we still do that.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Morning all. Sunny and cool but warming into the 80's this week. Big surprise. Opening day of gun season in NC has been second Sat. in Oct. for years. So all of us were planning to go Friday night to the camper, hunt Sat. I was planning on going back next week for a few says [no meetings week]. SURPRISE!!! Friend Fred happened to look in the regulations manual as bow season was delayed a week this year. So is gun season. It opens the next Sat. Pam planned our trip to Gettysburg so I could hunt opening day and the next week. Nope, gone opening day. Will hunt the next week and canceled all my meetings. Going to do something for me for a change. Town can wait.
Guys, I think Wifey is now saying we are not leaving until Friday. Could do Sat. night somewhere, I think. Make her come along to meet the motley crew. We'll see. Don't know the distance from G'burg to York.
Off to try and get xray today. Yes, Dr.'s ofc. screwed up order. Got there. They hadn't sent [was suppose to be done last Friday afternoon]. Then they sent it to wrong place after I had discussed which center I was. Not good.
Need to mow but really don't feel like it this AM.
Have a good one.
Hello There,
Buckeye.....yep it's 7:30 AM. Mrs & I will be there the Good Lord willn'. Lookn forward to meeting you. Now if only Mrs Chief would turn him loose for a few hours............,Maybe we could feed him some scrapple........
Plate Rail and any body else looking for light bulbs........I've had good luck at a local electrical distributor buying miniature bulbs at +/- $0.30 each in boxes of 10
Past my bedtime............nite
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Buckeye - yes in the am. See you there!
Did my jury duty service today.
SJ & Charlie - see you in the spring.
Regards, Roy
wrmcclellan Banks - yes. RoC Friday. I think we try to meet there about 7:30? LAZ, SJ, Charlie, John?
Banks - yes. RoC Friday. I think we try to meet there about 7:30? LAZ, SJ, Charlie, John?
That is am? Right? See you there.
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 evening all,
Did a lot of "odds and ends" today. Was hoping to see the boys' first sectional game, but lightning and thunder postponed that one. Will try again tomorrow. Will work on Halloween stuff tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
dougdagrump Bruce, You might try giving Brasseurs a call for K-Line parts and info. When K-Line went belly-up they ended up with all the parts and papers from Lionel. Thanks Doug. I wasn't aware of that. It's coincidental you mention them. We were planning a shopping trip to Michigan later in the fall and Brasseurs was on the list of places to see. Bruce
Bruce, You might try giving Brasseurs a call for K-Line parts and info. When K-Line went belly-up they ended up with all the parts and papers from Lionel.
Thanks Doug. I wasn't aware of that. It's coincidental you mention them. We were planning a shopping trip to Michigan later in the fall and Brasseurs was on the list of places to see.
Bruce
Afternoon All.
Busy weekend, 50th anniversary party for a friend Saturday then on Sunday a one year anniversary jam session for a friend who passed last year. For being two very different occasions they both had so much in common, lots of good food good music and lots of fond remembrances.
Chief, Slow down and smell the roses !
Well, based on weather guessers statements I thought the electric meter was going to get a bit of a rest today. NOT ! It is a little bit cooler with the emphasis being on little.
With York rapidly approaching and not being able to attend in person I decided I'd be there in spirit. Yesterday's breakfast was one of my favorites from my youth, Scrapple !
Gotta get a move on. Lots of stuff to do.
Later all.
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fifedog KRM - You are correct. It does all that. Just being careful with a new 33K investment.
KRM - You are correct. It does all that. Just being careful with a new 33K investment.
I see,,
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
fifedog Yard work and oil change today on the Durango. Synthetic oil + cartridge filter = $55. Upside, only changing every 5k.
Yard work and oil change today on the Durango. Synthetic oil + cartridge filter = $55. Upside, only changing every 5k.
Fife, Why every 5K? That is way too often using Synthetic. My Dakota's manual "called for" oil changes at 7K using regular oil. I always went 10K + using Mobil 1 traded it off with 167K and never had any engine related issues. It had the 4.9 V8 Does your Durango have a oil monitor that tells you when to change it or is that the dealer blowing in your ear about 5K?
The Silverado and wife's car both tell you when to change the oil off combustion events picked up by the on board computer. She can go 11K before it tells her to change it and the truck will do 8 to 10K depending on the type of driving. That is also considering conventional oil.
Nice out there today. working on the corners for the chimney filling some cracks before I stain them.
Don, Thanks for the info on Fontana. I thought that was where the NASCAR track is.
Roy due to Charlies work schedule we only do York in April.
There is nothing on my want list so I go for the outing. It's always nice to still be able to say Hi good to see ya.
Morning. Chilly and nice fall day. Off to get chest x-ray. Then County Commissioners followed by Town Board. Rest of the week till Friday, mainly rest. Friday, go east and insure hunting camp ready. Sat., opening day of rifle season. If raining [could], come home.
Have a great week.
Mornin' boys. Pleasant & 50 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Yard work and oil change today on the Durango. Synthetic oil + cartridge filter = $55. Upside, only changing every 5k.
Baseball birdies --> Football birdies -->
Hang 'em high, Judge Roy!
Aloha. Spent a pleasant if cold and wet weekend in downtown Chicago with the bride. Now back to work. No train news of late, but with the leaves falling, I find myself spending more time in the basement assessing some cosmetic work I have to do on the layout Big bust of a Bears game ...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Going back to Firefox to post so that at least the spacing is ok. Reffed one game today. It was well played but not a close game as it ended 3-0. Both coaches did an excellent job of being positive throughout the game with the kids. Finished a puzzle with the wife. Off work tomorrow for a personal day. 3 or 4 day work weeks thru mid November for doctor visits, holidays, or 4 day weekends. Nice. Soccer boys have first game of tourney on Monday night. I hope everyone has a good day.
Don,
It looks like I'll need to peek inside another TMCC equipped engine to copy from. Lord knows i don't want to plug 9 volts into some place where it's not wanted. The F in F unit would stand for Fried!
Loads of time for tinkering though...and if all else fails then go with ERR.
Evening all!
Another busy end of the week and weekend. Had some neighbor get-togethers and an Octoberfest party Sat night. Lots of work around the house.
Jury duty tomorrow. Have to drive downtown. Ugh.
Hope all have a great day tomorrow.
Thanks Kev. There's one guarantee when you buy at the swap meet....you usually bring home more work than you bargained for. It's all fun though. Here's the evenings project. Started to add some handrails and painted all of them on one of the k-line F7's. About the only thing I find incorrect about them is that CP doesn't seem to have owned any F7's....FP7's yes but no F7's. Not to worry....my passengers can go without steam heat.
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Good Evening,
Didn't get a lot done today but sure enjoyed it! Kay asked if I wanted to go to train meet, well.....sure! So off we went. (Riding shotgun all the time sure can be concerning.) Anyway we got to the location about 30 miles away. Went through all the displays, saw some interesting items. However those that I could afford, I didn't have space for. So didn't buy anything. Then ran into a friend of Ray's (Larry), who use to run trains at Knotts. He also worked at the museum in Union Illinois. Shortly, Ray arrived. We had just sat down for lunch and had a great visit. Heck, one of the vendors even offered to buy me lunch when the cast comes off.
Then came home had a nap, and checked out Facebook, wow sure don't know what I'm getting into. But, in the short time I've messed with it I have made contact with 3 people I haven't been in contact with since Nam. Been invited to a reunion in Tucson next weekend. Just have to cautiously proceed, a lot for an old guy to absorb.
Kev, Chris and I were looking at the truck in June. The sales rep said that their inventory had NOT been upgraded with the recalls yet. That sold ones had current priority. But, I'm sure IF we would have pursued it with him, we would have had immediate priority. And anyway I wanted to find out more about the recalls, and had some real concerns about that model year immediately. (Even minor issues are indicative of either some issues with the manufacturing process, be it Chevy or vendors, or quality compliance concerns.) So currently issue is in a holding pattern. The company he is at has a fleet of 4 or 5 various pickups of the 2500 class, and one is available to him. He tried to convince them to rent the truck on a daily basis from him. And he would purchase it and rent it back to them. Oh yeah, Chief, when a truck shows up, Chris plans on giving his Honda to a friend.
Bruce, Good luck finding a schematic or even a wire list for TMCC. I haven't been able to find one.
Kev, Regarding Fontana.... Former site of Kaiser steel mill, (was located in Fontana to be out of range of any Japanese ships during WWII), currently home to NASCAR track. At the foot or bottom of Cajon Pass. Weather is HOT, and when it is not hot, it is WINDY and HOT. Housing is relatively lower cost in consideration of the rest of LA basin. Did I mention it is hot and windy? It is ! He is close to the San Andreas fault probably about 15 miles or less. I'm sure he will do well though.
Take care all and Stay Healthy !!
Don
Hi all.
No train news today!
I hate to do this but this first part of this post is a cut and paste form the other side. Just too much going on to do it all fresh,
"Been busy the last two days, Did a trans refresh (oil, filter and pan clean out) yesterday on a 2000 Silverado 2500 Z71 and worked today on the chimney corners. Now to stain everything before the install, but getting late in the year so they may sit till spring because things look to be in fast forward to winter here. Did leaves all morning before Brian and Mark showed to work on the project. The guys left about an 3:00 PM so I could breath. I don't know who won the NASCAR race but will see later."
So from here now I have got to get the rest of the work done on the wood work tomorrow.
I am shocked to hear Don they would not sell you one and then just do the work later. It must be worse than I have been told. Why I like to let them rest a year before I dive into an new model. Just drive them to market ready or not.
Bruce, Liking what I see you have posted on SPF. You seem to be working the projects head on.
RT caught up with you over there!
Any of you Cal guys by Fontana?? The son may be taking a job out there, I sure don't want to see him go so far away but it sounds like something he should do. Like he said when the big one comes he will fall in the crack not the Pacific Ocean.
Good afternoon all,
Went to TTOS train meet today and had a nice visit with Don and Kay. My friends from the Thursday group were there too. Saw a proto 1 MTH K4 on a table for $290. Seemed like a fair price but didn't want it that bad. I already had one before and sold it.
Going out to eat tonight. Too hot to cook.
Drove beside part of the Gold Line light rail extension on the way home. Track all the way to end of line in Azusa will be finished on October18th and they will have a last spike, er rail connector ceremony. They say they will start running test trains next month. However, service not expected until next Fall.
later,
Evening folks,
Boy O boy has fall arrived! I believe it dropped below 40 F last night and will probably repeat that tonight. I'm not looking forward to winter...not if it turns out to be anything like last year.
Spent some quality time with trains repairs. The K-Line CP F3's turned out to be F7's and their conventional control ( was told that by the seller ) turned out to be TMCC! I will need to look up a schematic since it seems the 9V battery and it's harness have been removed...the battery holder remains. Replaced 2 visibly bad capacitors in the rear unit but still can't seem to get running lights to it in reverse. I've got direction, horn, bell and all 4 motor control but no talk, no rear lights and no rear coupler operation.
About 8 cheap switch controllers I bought yesterday gave me a wealth of much needed bayonet and screw in bulbs. It's tough finding those 18 volt types without paying dealer prices.
Morning all. Almost noon. Slept late for a change. Was good. Then Wifey cooked breakfast [for a change, usually me if any done]. Finished DVR'd Hell on Wheels and new Stalker.
Yesterday, watched Old Miss beat Alabama and then Auburn crush LSU. Two good games. Usually not around to watch college football [busy outside or something].
Hope all have a great week.
dbaker48 Good Morning! Ended up sorting documentation yesterday. Asked the insurance company for a copy of the medical records from my accident. It arrived this week and talk about thorough! At least 4 reams of paper. Went through and sorted it out to were I understand it. The hospital bill (only hospital) for the 1st surgery was $200k. So I'm sure that I am definitely worth more dead than alive! My leg is certainly worth over $1 million.
Good Morning!
Ended up sorting documentation yesterday. Asked the insurance company for a copy of the medical records from my accident. It arrived this week and talk about thorough! At least 4 reams of paper. Went through and sorted it out to were I understand it. The hospital bill (only hospital) for the 1st surgery was $200k. So I'm sure that I am definitely worth more dead than alive! My leg is certainly worth over $1 million.
Just got a round trip ticket to LA. Packing bone saw from deer dressing kit.
Sake and Bake. Chris will have to move out if he gets a new truck. No where to park it. Drive will be full. [Can't park on the street in Cerritos ]
Later
Then was browsing around on the computer, came across some info that went back to the time in Nam. Ended up finding a website for the base, and made contact with 3 guys I worked with. And, even had a conversation regarding a friend that didn't come back, and between us filled in a LOT of blanks regarding his situation.
Kay, saw a reminder I had for a train show today, so she offered to take me there! Don't need anything, but will be a fun outing, might even see SPRay.
Kev, Chris and I had gone and looked at the Silverado's about a month ago, after we had discussed what we were interested in and the salesman showed it to us. He told us he couldn't sell us one because everything they had was on recall. I was shocked!
Fife, Congrats on the yard sale, am sure your neighbors appreciated the "commission" you gave them.
Bruce, I really think your on to something. It does make sense. Since it is a diesel I don't have any linkage binding. But could be an alignment issue.
RT, Enjoyed the picture of the Cresent and cabbabose. Had to have been a good time!
Work on the Chief's engines has been going well. I did have to remove one of the internal lights. (It wasn't working anyway.) The socket for the bulb was just getting in the way when I tried to lower the shell. Since it doesn't fit all the way down to the chassis, at least I wanted it to be level. Without the light it now opens up the opportunity for a "Cab Forward Diesel", just a matter of how the lights are plugged in. And that minor change will make the engine just that more rare. After I get back from the train show I will try to get some pics of his engine and post them tomorrow.
Later, you all have a great day, and Stay Healthy !!!
Mornin' boys. Cool & breezy in the Mid-Atlantic region. Grandson & I are dealing with seasonal allergies today. RAVENS on at 1, O's at 4. Wifey making stuffed shells for dinner.
Plate Rail - My freudian slip was showing...
Hudson - Is fishing season over for you?
rt - Chessie caboose ride; I'm a little jealous.
sirjames - How are the Tigers fans handling things...?
WTG Mike! Congrats theres the numbers you need. Morning all yesterday the Mrs.RT and I went and took a Caboose trainride. it was enjoyable. they also have a small museum there also. In SPF Chief I will post pics of the southern Crescent that someone made out of wood and they did a very good job of it.I will post some other pics also of the trains I saw/rode.
Hope all have a good sunday
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