April 2015 Coffee Pot 12 years Grits and Sweet Tea for the southerns and coffee and doughnuts for the Northerns

[sir james I]

Sun and 51 degrees

York is always fun, a few friendly faces missing this time, hope all works out so you can make the next one. I didn't buy much, walked away from a couple things I liked but down deep I knew I didn't need to have them.

S.J.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill.........

It is sunny and cool. Nice day ahead.

Today is busy. Wife is grocery shopping. I have chores to do. Baseball game tonite.

Y'all have a great Tuesday.

Chuck

[cnw1995]

Aloha. Sunny and cold in Chicago. That's a great York photo - thanks for posting. Buckeye, could you ride those trains in Colorado or were they just static - that's the first real live bobber caboose I've seen. Off to take to L up to our other campus!

[Banks]

Hello there,

Sounds like a good time was had by all at YORK. Wish I coulda been there.

Mom is home from the hospital, No worse for wear. Biggest fear was that she would have another much worse stroke. Thanks for your prayers

John how is your Mom doing?

Fife......Stay safe .......... They shoulda kept them under control. The protesters show their intelligence by destroying their own city. Or were they out of towners like last year in Ferguson

Best move on

 

Prayers for those in need

[ChiefEagles]

Fire a Mayor and Police Commissioner.  They admitted they knew this yesterday and did not "ramp up" for this.  Sad.  Officers hurt due to being over whelmed.

[mitchelr]

[wrmcclellan]

MichRR714

L-R: JEFelectric (John), LAZ, MichRR714 (Charlie), Bob Keller (CTT), SJ (Sir James!), Bob Mitchell, and yours truely....

Raining again here. They are letting water over the dam for the first time in 3 years at the lake that is our main supply lake (the lake they pump from, of the 5 lakes in our water district). We have had soaking rains this year for the first time in many years (10+?) so it is finally helping the depleted water table. Some flooding south of here and a couple of wind/tornado events last night.

Have a great evening all!

[anjdevil2]

Be careful Fife.....I saw where they're cutting fire hoses and stopping firefighters from putting out the CVS.....

[KRM]

I saw that to Frank. some wind there!

I agree with DougDG and RT, Fife watch out. 50 years later and the only thing that has changed is what coast the urban renewal is on.  

MY Lionel Rock Island AA unit should be here tomorrow from the repairs. Hope it is good to go now.

No work on the tracking for the Marx project. Heck it is only 41 miles away coming from the town I grew up in.

Basement is getting dry, Looking into a back up pump.

Have a good night.

 

[Buckeye Riveter]

fife...Been thinking about you today.  My grandmother used to live on North Ave east of the current problems.  In the 60's she could look out her window and see the North Avenue Market on fire.  Be careful.  Baltimore is one nasty place when it starts to errupt.  

[ChiefEagles]

Every time I hit skip ad, will not run video. So let it play through.

http://wgno.com/2015/04/27/watch-strong-winds-knocks-over-train-in-jefferson-parish/

 

BTW: who is that ugly guy on front row with mustach????

[rtraincollector]

As Doug said be safe Fife prayers for you and all your comrads 

[dougdagrump]

Fife, Stay safe my friend.

Just veging out today after three days at the museum. Lots of fun but very tiring.

Glad to see all the Yorkies made it home safe.

[charliebrown]

Charlie you should have done a copy and paste of me for the pic. Sorry I missed it. It would have been great to meet everyone. It was nice talking with you and SJ though.

[SPMan]

Morning all,

MichRR714, thanks for the York Photo.  Hope you all had a good time.

Wife and I went to see an old neighbor of ours from privious house that only has a few more days to live.  He has bacteria in his blood stream and no hope.  He is not conscious now and is under Hospice care.  Had a nice visit with his family.  They have 5 grown children and 10 grandkids.  Sad occasion but I'm glad we went.

Have been eating a lot of strawberries lately since they are plentiful now but they are giving my G.I. system some trouble.  Need to take it easy on them.

We might take a drive to the ocean tomorrow.  Looks like it will be a nice day down there.  My son will go with us and drive back since I don't want to drive after dark.  Looking forward to feasting my eyes on the water and having a seafood lunch somewhere.

Glad to hear that Don can walk without the cast now.

later,

Ray

[KRM]

Good morning, one of those nights!

Had a good time yesterday with grand-kids two boys under two Jordan, RJ and the four year old girl Lexi. Lots of train running in the basement.

Late start, just got up for the SECOND time.

 

Woke up at 2:00AM to take a (well you old guys know) and heard the water alarm going off in the basement and thought ON NO not again Jordan!!! So I go down in the basement and water all over the place. So I check the plug to see if the kido unplugged it again like he did once before but nope. Pump motor burnt up this time.

So manually move the shaft to shut off the softener cycle to stop the water flow, get the shop vac from the shed, tools, suck up the water, pull the pit apart, take the bad pump out, put the old one that I replaced the switch on from when it broke down in 2011 down in the hole, fit it up, leave the lid off the hole, plug it in, check it working, turn the softener back on, go upstairs wash up and go back to bed.  

Things to do today,

 Enjoy!

[cnw1995]

Aloha. Sunny and cold in Chicago. Sounds like a good time was had by all at York. I had a quiet weekend - yesterday was pleasant so I cut up and piled brush for the city to pick up next week. That was the highlight of the day. 

[MichRR714]

Was fun catching up with friends at York.  That is always the highlight of my trip.

 

Forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere I had not seen it posted yet.

 

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

We are getting 10%'ed on here...and looking at varying levels of dullness for our viewing pleasure as well.

Nothing much here to report except more doctor appointments and bone scans this week...le sigh.

Have a good day!!

[submmbob]

Hello all

We got about 4 - 6" of snow from that last storm. A decent one for late April here in southern AZ. 

Among other things I tinkered last night, was touching up the director's second AF K325. This loco had quite a few scratches and nicks in the paint. The Barker AF book suggested using a paint pen which I picked up recently. After letting it dry and then doing the furniture polish and buffing trick it blended in rather well. This loco also got a replacement lightbulb this time in the boiler shop. 

 

[anjdevil2]

 quick check in.....had to go pee now, since I turned in to an old guy on Saturday. ...lol!

Had a small party on Saturday and it was great. Mostly family and a few close friends. 

Been spending time with my Princess she leaves later today. I have a half day and she asked to use the car, so I'll be on the Road Star. 

Went to NYC Friday and we went to the Met, a place called Obsura which is on TV, it's an oddities and antique shop. Saw a play called On the 20th century. ....a musical comidy...yeah on a train from Chicago to NYC. ..lol.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!!! Enjoyed the weekend and now my daughter leaves and I have to get back to work :(.

Maybe I'll get to the train store after her flight leaves...lol!

[8ntruck]

I had a 5' by 16' layout set up yesterday and today at a local train show.  It was part of a western themed festival that was started this year.  Was a small show with maybe 10 vendors and 6 operating layouts.  Was well attended yesterday, and not very busy, but steady today.

Like usual, my Moe & Joe lumber car and operating log car were a hit with the kids.  I encourage them to push the button to operate those cars - some of those kids were older than I am!

I got a lot of "that engine looks just like mine", and "the one I had used 3 rail track too.  It is in a box in the attic. Wonder if it still runs" type of comments.

Since this was a western theme, I took my 3656 cattle car and corral.  Everybody got a kick out of watching it.  Being somewhat rual here, there were lots of farmers at the show.  I was somewhat worried about the not too dependable motion of the cattle, but the general coment from the spectators was "just like the real ones - always one that needs a nudge to go where you want."

Big spender, too - $55.25 for a big box of bottle brush pine trees (200 maybe),  a 3656 steer, an Airix boxcar, and a Brio set for my wife.

All for now.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Since I was not able to go to York..........

I hope I can get to York this fall.....................

 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Sarah! Sarah!  Sarah!   Joseph Newgarden led a 1-2 American sweep of the Indy car race in Alabama today in giving Sarah Fisher's team its second win as he beat a hard charging Graham Rahal to the finish line.   AJ's team had a rough day.  Wife and daughters went to a bridal shower today.  I did a 3.6 mile walk in 59 minutes and 22 seconds as a final check for the mini.   Watched Chelsea and Arsenal battle to a 0-0 draw today on Telemundo.   One of "my" soccer kids won prom princess and another one was prom king.  All in all it was an ok weekend.   I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[wrmcclellan]

Pleasant Sunday afternoon all!

Back in da Big "D" - smooth flight on Southwest this morning. Ended up in the last row and seat was reasonably comfortable with leg/knee room. Their new stretch 727's are pretty quiet to boot. Much better than American where they have stuffed all the seats together so your knees are in the seat in front of you. Have had pleasant experiences recently on Southwest and Virgin America.

Also happy to be in warmer climes. York was very cold this spring with gale force winds.

[ChiefEagles]

Chilly. I think the rain is gone but still light clouds. Home from babysitting which is good. I thought my dogs and cat were spoiled. These are worse.

Fifey, some people love to just make noise.

Glad all the Yorkies are home safe.

Have a great week ahead.

[KRM]

sir james I

 

Sometimes the easiest way to fix a Marx is with a swap out motor that works. Thats what repairman did with them way back when. The motor assembly was cheap so if you had one fixed you probably walked out with a whole new motor assembly. 

S.J.

 

James, It is looking like your right. By the time I got the armature, bearings, and gears it needed then figured out how to pull and replace the wheels to do the work and the cost of the parts, A motor swap looks like the way to go. The main thing in this swap will the swapping of the drive rods because they are of a different style and I want to use the originals for uncle John’s 391. I did get the ones off of the old motor yesterday so I think I got it figured out.
I should get the motor by Tuesday and will let everyone know how it works out.

[sir james I]

Sun and 50

Man the grass sure grew while I was gone. The first cut will be soon that's for sure.

Sometimes the easiest way to fix a Marx is with a swap out motor that works. Thats what repairman did with them way back when. The motor assembly was cheap so if you had one fixed you probably walked out with a whole new motor assembly. York was ok, deals were made, deals fell through, but it was still a great time with the guys and we are home safe.

S.J.

[rtraincollector]

Morning all ( while it is still morning and I don't forget to pop in and say it lol ) 74 presently going to 80 for a high today already geeze it's not even summer yet. Oh well better than the cold weather. 

Thing are looking good so far. 
May see if wife wants to goto the zoo tomorrow. We have like 3 more passes for the year so that will be cool and a nice break. Well I have free pass for the year with 3 more guess passes for her lol By time I bought her entry and mine twice for the year I had a year pass with 4 guess passes so it was a no brainier.  
Nothing planned for today may goto the store to get her some things she wants. 
Hope all have a good Sunday Talk to you all later

[KRM]

Sunny, a cold 36 degrees heading to 58 later and mid 80s by the end of the week if they have it right.

Bob, sounds like you got plenty going on. Enjoy. I have a replacement motor on the way for my Uncle's Marx 391. I think it will work out fine.

I am thinking about a new car project to get me back into the shed and out of the basement.

 Glad all of the Yorkers could help out the depressed economic situation in that area and made it home in good condition.