Aloha. Great York photos! Had a nice weekend hanging pictures in different rooms. Only had to move one where the bride changed her mind. That's a win! Watched the Bears crash and burn and some other football too. Leaves turning swiftly but not falling yet.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning all,
Banks, thanks for the photos. Looks like Chief brought a good crowd with him. Nice to see his better half. In thinking about our gang, whatever happened to Pat on the dairy farm? Haven'nt seen any post from him in a long time. Hope all is OK.
Ray
SPMan
Fife and John,
Thanks. The 3656 used to be one of my specialties. I had twelve complete sets at one time, and I've fixed many more. I used to get them in need at shows and fix them then resell.
Banks,
Thanks for the photos. When I saw the first one, I thought 'Fife must not have been feeling well.' The second was more like it, although nothing will ever top the ladder shoot from a few years ago.
Has anyone here ever rewound an armature? I've got a Flyer 312 steamer on the bench with two of the three poles toasted.
Jim
cheapclassics Good evening all, Good to see so many posts again. Mowed the yard and picked up sticks today. Also edged the sidewalks. Ran the standard gauge upstairs in the attic tonight. Had the reverse fixed on the 318E and a horn added. Runs and sounds great. I know all the modern tech can make the engines creep along and gently couple to a string of cars, but there is a skill and pleasure in running conventional and hitting the direction button on the power just so the engine does not slam into the freight cars. There is a knack to it. Sometimes I get it, sometimes not. Day off Monday for dental appointment. May do some movies with wife as well. I hope everyone has a good day. Keep on training, Mike C. from Indiana
Good evening all,
Good to see so many posts again. Mowed the yard and picked up sticks today. Also edged the sidewalks. Ran the standard gauge upstairs in the attic tonight. Had the reverse fixed on the 318E and a horn added. Runs and sounds great. I know all the modern tech can make the engines creep along and gently couple to a string of cars, but there is a skill and pleasure in running conventional and hitting the direction button on the power just so the engine does not slam into the freight cars. There is a knack to it. Sometimes I get it, sometimes not. Day off Monday for dental appointment. May do some movies with wife as well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mike,
I'm glad to see you're back with us. Sorry I missed that earlier.
Nice to see even some two railers are having fun with their pikes:
http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Rooster_One.html
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dougdagrump Nice to see even some two railers are having fun with their pikes: http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Rooster_One.html
OUTSTANDING !!! Looks like something Fife would do !!!
Don
It is Monday night and I finally have arrived home from York.
Tomorrow I will need to triple or quadruple my production to pay for more SS. And I always thought the Chief was a burden.
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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Buckeye Riveter It is Monday night and I finally have arrived home from York. Tomorrow I will need to triple or quadruple my production to pay for more SS. And I always thought the Chief was a burden.
Tks, Buckeye!!!!!
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Another sunny, 70's wonderful fall day here. Too bad I was cooped up inside at work. Sure was hard walking back into the plant after lunch.
KRM - I've gotten my 4 motor ABA Alco project up to the test running phase. I think I posted some pictures on SPF earlier this year, maybe back in May. Had it pulling 22 cars at that time. I need to get it into the paint shop and tidy up the wiring a bit to get it finished off. Planning on blue, white, yellow Mo. Pac colors.
Hummm. Other operators as missile targets. Interesting. Only problem is, I'm usually the only operator!
All for now.
8N, can you send me a link to that post??? I must of missed it. Would love to see how it turned out!
Thanks again,
A very good day. One small cavity, though, at checkup. Will fix next Monday. Got a replacement car today from Lionel for my New York Central set. Excellent. Some of "my" soccer girls will be at my game Tuesday. Got a bunch of errands done today, and trimmed redbuds along property line for last time this year. Watched "Jane the Virgin" tonight. It is different, but good. Nice to hear Buckeye back to work. Good York pics as well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Sure looks like fun was had by all at York. Hope to get back there in the spring.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
And I hope to be with him.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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KRM Thanks 8N, I got to thinking it may have been you. Think I will look into them they sure do look nice and will go good when not in use on the display shelf with my old 218 ABBA set. BTW, did you ever finish the powered ALCO B unit? That would be cool to see. Banks, thanks for the pictures. I feel better about not going now!!! Staining some parts of the house once the temps climb above 55. Right now 47.
Thanks 8N, I got to thinking it may have been you. Think I will look into them they sure do look nice and will go good when not in use on the display shelf with my old 218 ABBA set. BTW, did you ever finish the powered ALCO B unit? That would be cool to see.
Banks, thanks for the pictures. I feel better about not going now!!!
Staining some parts of the house once the temps climb above 55. Right now 47.
Kev, Opened my e-mail this morning and Trainworld has the Lionel Black Bonnet on sale. Not sure how good that price is but it's a good starting point.
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
dougdagrump Kev, Opened my e-mail this morning and Trainworld has the Lionel Black Bonnet on sale. Not sure how good that price is but it's a good starting point
Thanks Doug, That is a real good price too. I see they don't have the B unit .
The site has a very good video to. I thought they were in flat paint not gloss till I saw the video. I would prefer it as flat.
A good friend of mine from years ago is one of the umpires at the world series. Well deserved!!!
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
A good day all around. Work went well although there were some non work related dramatics by a co-worker. Soccer game went well as we won 5-0 and one the soccer girls showed up with her mom and dad. Wife and I had a nice post game supper at Pizza Hut. I hope everyone has a good day.
Another nice sunny fall day here. Again, stuck inside
KRM here is the link hope it works:
http://cs.trains.com/ctt/f/95/t/229627.aspx
8ntruck Another nice sunny fall day here. Again, stuck inside KRM here is the link hope it works: http://cs.trains.com/ctt/f/95/t/229627.aspx All for now.
WOW !!! Talk about supercharged !!! Cool...
Morning all. Home for few. Enjoyed Gettysburg, visit to restaurant in York and mainly good to see some of the gang. Resting up today. Meetings tomorrow. May go back to deer camp Friday and come back Sat. Bucks beginning to chase does. Rut just getting started. Saw lots of deer but none I wanted to shoot.
Hope all have a great day.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
It worked fine
8n very nice work, A pulling machine for sure.
Thanks for posting.
RT, I hope your surgery went well.
Has been a busy week so far. Meeting at senior center on Monday, plus accupunture treatments for wife on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Neuroligist yesterday and caregiver meeting for me in afternoon.
Cool this morning with overnight low of 55. Maybe I can start getting back out to the garage now with lower temps. #2 son broke up with his girl friend. Was a short relationship. At least nobody got hurt. Glad to see him back in the dating game though. He's not getting any younger.
Neurologist wants wife to have an MRI because of her neck pain to see if there is any connection between that and her memory issues I guess.
later,
Good Afternoon,
Went to Dr office this am. He reviewed X-Rays and was very pleased. Everythng doing well. Next appt. not until December.
Went to movies to celebrate our 35th, we saw two movies, The Judge, and St. Vincent. They were BOTH very good. I was a little disappointed with the Judge however. It was located at a small town in Iowa. The place was beautiful!! Fantastic waterfall, rolling hills very very lush. I'm ready to move! Even willing to tolerate the tornado type weather they had to sustain. So I stayed for the ending of the credits to see "actually" where it was filmed at. MAJOR disappointment!! It was filmed in Massachusetts!!
Going to spend the afternoon in the train room. Take care all and STAY Healthy !!
I had heard and read things about "The Judge".... I will probably wait until Netflix -- besides I can put up captions, as I don't understand all dialog even with my hearing aids. Sunday here in Oregon -- we took our 5year old Grandson on a Halloween train ride -- lots of super heroes -- he was a leprechaun --looking more of his Irish side than Italian -- one of only a few 'home made" costumes. I wish I paid more attention to the cars and engines.... I had already checked the website and they listed several of the types and dates, but after the ride, I found only really two. Twin engines -- One nice SP "as delivered" 5399 the oldest in this small line's inventory --1950's I think -- nice looking. The other was green and yellow --but I didn't get close enough to see. I bet is was one of the small lines that used to ply the Willamette valley. The baggage car, bar car and observation car were all early '50's. The weather was unseasonably nice... we rode in a re-furbished flat car that had a long seat down the middle and "safe" sides, but open air... Short ride-- down the line for about half hour with the SP in front, then back to starting point with the other engine in 'front"... Grandson had a great time waving at all the crossings. He knew when we'd get close, because the engine would always sound the horn... Rode through country-side, you can't see from the highway -- not spectacular, but nice. The Portland Heritage museum will be starting a short "holiday" run with on of the two steamers either #700 or SP daylight 4449..... This year I will take grandson up to that short ride. I have the HO Daylight.... couldn't afford the O (yet).. Back to rain here, but I have some inside jobs and layout work to do... first the jobs so the YF is happy....."If mamma ain't happy ..." As my 94 year old dad says "Stay Healthy"..... The trains keep us young.
Good Afternoon!
Been busy since York, between babysitting granddaughter Kali and doctor visits, mine and taking others. Monday I had a visit to the eye doctor. I am getting occasional flashes in the left eye. Had an extensive eye exam. You name the machine they had me look into. I was there for over 2 hours, no waiting time. The results are I am far sighted in my right eye and near sighted in my left eye. The both kind of balance it out and I do not need glasses yet. The right eye is healthy but the left eye has a tear in the retina that is healing, a floater just above my sight line and I may have glaucoma starting in it. I go back in 6 weeks. School tonight.
SPMan: Ray, I emailed the info that I got from MTH. I hope it helps. Prayers for you and your wife.
Don: Good news from the Doctor.
Enjoy the Day!
John
dbaker48 Went to Dr office this am. He reviewed X-Rays and was very pleased. Everythng doing well. Next appt. not until December.
OH that sounds good. How much did you pay him to keep you in a wheel chair for Kay to push you around.
Second, when I first got a computer years ago and got on line, joined a forum. Was typing everything in bold. I was politely told by a guy, typing bold meant SHOUTING! So I quit. Now I am aware that this software with turn to bold on its own and you can't turn it off. Just go out and come back in. Then retype and post.
Third, get in that train room and work on my engines.
Took a nap in the recliner [reclinerized] during the news. Woke up cold. No wonder. Wifey had heat in house set on bedtime temp. Yes, its chilly outside. In fact, Lucy is barking in fence wanting to come in. Bet she is cold.
In fact, Wifey and I started loading greenhouse this afternoon. Fall is here.
Later
Quiet day at work. Spent a half hour at bank tonight signing papers for a home equity lone renewal. Only do it to get exemption on property taxes. Another game of that "all American" sport Thursday night. Hopefully will get another win. Got my first issue of the LCCA magazine today. Looks pretty good. I hope everyone has a good day.
Chief's theme song:
It's the second week of deer camp
and all the guys are here,
we drink play cards and shoot the bull
but never shoot no deer.
The only time we leave the camp
is when we go for beer.
The second week of deer camp is the greatest time of year!
Good Wednesday Evening All!
Had a great time at York. Thanks to Mrs. Banks for taking the pic!
My 15 month old grandson Patrick has finally leaned how much fun it is to hit the button that operates the whistling billboard! We are definitely in trouble!
Been fighting a cold the past few days given to me by John while we spent the three days together at York, thank God for sick days.
Later....................
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