Sun and maybe 60s this afternoon.
Sorry Bears fans but the Lions really did need at least 1 win for the season.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Good Morning All,
Had a relaxing, stay at home day yesterday. Did some yard work but that was about it.
Thanks for all the compliments!
Roy, yep, that is the same Lloyd that came to York with me. He is doing quite well with his layout business. I have been assisting him with the electrical aspects, and really enjoy it. The track plan is printed on plain paper, then I had it enlarged to 13x19. It is covered with Lexan. Actually I had tried various other materials for the surface, but with over 120 holes to drill, I kept cracking them after 50 or so. Then tried Lexan and it drilled easy with no problem. Definetly will use it in the future.
Will be going to the Dr's tomorrow, tried for today because tomorrow is our 36th anniversary. But will do the best I can.
Take care and have a great day!
Don
Morning all. Up breakfast done waiting for wife to take cat to become a it. After that back home and bed didn't sleep well last night my c-pack mask wouldn't seat right think I need to shave can cause that problem. I hope all are doing well this am will talk with you all later, Prayers for all in need
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Evening all!
Great NASCAR race today. Great finish. Thought about Chuck while watching.
Beautiful weather Yesterday and today. Wife and I went to an Italian restaurant last night and dined on the patio. Place makes their pasta fresh.
Don - good to hear from you. Is that the "Loyd" you brought to York a few years ago? Layouts look great. Nice wiring! What is the control panel schematic printed on? Looks sharp.
Son grilled steaks for the family dinner tonight. Excellent!
Busy week this week. Take care all!
Regards, Roy
Good evening all,
A good day. After Mass, wife mopped the floor to the train room while I mowed the yard. We went to Frisch's for lunch and rested afterward. Picked up leavings from the lawn mower that were in the barn. I have a doctor's checkup tomorrow and will spend the rest of the day doing errands and moving "stuff" into train room. Maybe I will run something tomorrow night? Wife came up with a good idea for running both trains at the Halloween program in two weeks, and it should work ok and be a little more impressive than what I originally had in mine. It turns out it was a pretty good week for my soccer teams as my team won, my grandson's team won and the Indy 11 won. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello all
Well, we think we figured out the problem w/ the triple valve. Turns out the slide valve was installed backwards by the rebuilder. The proper ports would never line up. All that study of how steam engines work has finally paid off:)
So the layout fit in the Corvan perfectly. Were it six inches bigger in either direction it wouldn't have fit. Also noticed that the Corvan is significantly quieter w/ an interior in it, even if that interior is an N-gauge layout:)
Put the legs on this morning. Once I get it moved into position I will post a quick pic.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 40. Yes, Brrrrrrr.... Played cards with the boys on the yatchet last night. Now I'm nursing a cold.
sirjames - My birdies are headed for a top draft pick too....
rt - Compensation forthcoming.
dbaker - WOW! Loyd must really run his trains fast...[(-D]
Don, very happy to see you back. Have enjoyed your posts and missed them for the last month or so. I think it would be pretty nice to work on someone elses layout as long as there was no serious pressure to get the job done.
swede
He is alive and well we see glad to hear from you Don.
Just waking up so streching my brain at the moment lol. No plans for today Got some trains in yesterday that where a deal what started it all was they had all kinds of ground material and trees and bushes for like give away prices and then there where 2 train sets there that where going cheap so 5 auctions later ( that I didn't need lol) 2 train sets 3 ground material (which is all I really needed) any way now I have more trains to see what I want to deal with most where in real good shape so may just flip them as really don't have the room but who knows.
Fife your package will go out Tomorrow. Well thats about it for today. talk to you all later.
Nice layouts Don.
Sun and 39 this morning.
Yesterday was a football afternoon/evening. Some of the family were happy some were not. Today I will fall asleep watching the Lions. With their 0/5 record falling asleep won't take long.
The second layout is being built by a friend of mine who owns "Lloyd's Layouts". I help him when I can, again primarily on the wiring. The layout pictured below is being delivered today. We just finished it last night.
This layout has 3 main lines, 1 bypass, and 1 siding. Powered by a post war ZW, (I have installed TVS's & Ckt Brkrs.) Two of the tracks are dedicated to conventional 1 track to TMCC/Legacy. (Trying to convince owner letting me make all 3 tracks Command Control. The layout is really good looking! Especially the waterfall, stream, and pond.
All the portals, and guard rails are hand made
The upper elevation has a double backed helix design, enabling 3 trains running simultaneously.
Behind the support wall is a bypass for the second mainline.
The above image is the stream above the waterfall, the water looks so realistic you would be concerned of getting wet.
The entire layout is built in 3 seperate modules, intended to be relocated as required. The customer is older and very certain of his desires, esp regarding the txformers and track type usage. The outside track has no switches and is intended to run a JLC Legacy Big Boy, only. But, he is the boss.
Will try to do better
Good Evening/Morning ! (Been a long time, sorry)
Everything has been going very well. Since I was released to go back to work, I have been working at Knott's Berry Farm. But with the restrictions the Dr has on me my activities have been somewhat limited. Then a couple of opportunities have come up building train layouts. So I've been working on two different ones and will probably start another one next week. (Two more jobs are waiting in the wings.) My primary task is doing wiring, and track design.
This layout belongs to a Dr.. He has been anticipating and planning it for over 30 years! His SIL has done all the benchwork, and the Dr did the track plan.
I just finished building the Control Panel for the layout. It has 3 main rails, 18 sidings and 31 switches. All TMC/Legacy only, two ZW transformers the newest one, and one of the ZW-C (4 bricks). AND EXTREMELY CRAMPED SPACE!
I will be wiring all the main lines, switches, sidings, accessories, etc.. Currently, I'm only available to work on it two days a week.
Will do another post on the other job. (Don't want the software to crash.)
Cold and snow flurries here in the north woods.
Wow what a finish to the MSU vs Michigan game. Was pleased with the outcome.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Got to see grandson lead his team to a 3-0 win today. He did not score, but played defense so well he kept the ball in the other half of the field. Weather is very cool. I hope everyone has a good day.
Good morning all,
I know that Don has been busy lately. I saw a friend of his at a TTOS meet lately. I miss his input on the forum but understand he's busy.
Weather is finally cooling down to the eighties for a few days. Need to work on the swimming pool today. It's beginning to look like a swamp. Son will help. Article in the L.A.Times today talks about a lot of people demolishing pools in lieu of the drought. Mine is just a vinyl lined type in ground pool so all I would have to do would be to fill in the hole with dirt. Probably expensive even for that.
Still trying to get a handle on my medicare coverage for a potential expensive drug I may need after January 1st. Bottom line is that although a lot of cost would be out of pocket, it's beginning to look like I could handle it if I have to. Talked to a friend of mine's son yesterday who has the same ailment as me and is doing great on the new drug Humira. However, he is a lot younger and not on medicare. He has a good healthcare policy for which he pays about $500 per month and it covers most of the drug cost. He says his quality of life has improved 100%. That's amazing. I'd settle for just part of that.
My son is taking my wife for a walk this morning. She and I both need the excercise. I ran my trains for about half an hour yesterday and it was the best therapy I've had in months. Looking forward to more train time as the weather cools.
Ray
SPMan
rrswede Chief, have you or any of the "regulars" heard from Don Baker? Last post I have seen dates to Sept. 1. swede
Chief, have you or any of the "regulars" heard from Don Baker? Last post I have seen dates to Sept. 1.
Heard back from Don here's what he had to say "I'm doing well, been extremely busy. Working like 3 jobs, I will post hopefully this evening a couple of pictures and let everyone know what I'm up too. Bottom line, everything is good here, no local mud, just hot and humid." So we should hear from him soon thanks for asking about him I don't get in here a lot and when I do I'm usually just skimming across the post.
Sun 41 this morning.
It will be a football Saturday.
Good morning,
Cold hard freeze last night. SIL Dan is in the tree stand.
Got to service the house HVAC and humidifier today and go to Krogers. Calling for the same cold tonight but then warming on Sunday.
Had a fire going last night. Cat has moved indoors.
Roy, Texas Rash,,,, I went to the Dr yesterday to find out WTH was up with this rash I have had since we got back. The Dr told me it is a bad case of "North Texas Allergy". No, seriously. I got into some poison ivy or oak. Who knows how I got it??? Maybe when I was cutting down the weed field that was on his land??? So I am on PredniSONE a steroid for three weeks till it clears up.
First I have ever had it.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Rainy and cool in the Ol' Pueblo tonight. First time I really needed the defrost since we finished getting it hooked up on the 4dr. It works! The car also got a new battery this morning.
Went down to the trolley barn and talked to the metal guys about the actuators for the sanders. They had some good ideas about how to hook it up.
Also helped the guy working on the brakes troubleshoot the system. Learned about air brake systems and triple valves. We've been having problems testing the system so we took out the triple valve and body. First time the valve body has been off the car since who knows when in Lisbon, Portugal. We will disassemble, clean, and bench test it tomorrow.
Then went to my friends to get the N layout ready to move. Stripped off the backdrop and took apart the support frame. It will sit to a large extent on the edge of my workbench and then I'll make few legs for the other corners. Big move will be tomorrow afternoon, provided the weather cooperates.
Spent the evening taking apart the living room getting ready for the layout. Had a to move a bookshelf so I got to dust everything on it. 4 shelves of tube radio gear, 2 of O gauge, and 1 of N. Most of the N will be able to live permanently on the layout and there is more O to surplus so I'll end up w/ some more shelf space in the end.
Time to find a pillow
thought I had a number for him but couldn't find it so sent him an email to both emails I have for him
Long day at work. Seems the more you do for people, the more they b----. Ugh. Glad I have a couple of days extra next week off for medical stuff. Even getting a blood draw is better than dealing with the vampires at work. Weather is cool but sunny. I hope everyone has a good day.
TGIF.........Finally off the meds.
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
Been handing out dictionaries to all the 3rd graders at both elementary schools. Kids smiles make it worth while.
Later this afternoon, off to deer camp.
Have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
rtraincollector Arkady sent you a message about some passenger cars I have you might like prewar.
Arkady sent you a message about some passenger cars I have you might like prewar.
Much appreciated, rt, but I think I have a line on something locally. Thanks, though.
Sun and 60
Frost warning for tonight.
The cars behind my DT&I belonged to Clem our host, and the other trains were member cars. So I apolgize but don't know where the cars were from. Some of the members bring several boxes of trains to run, I am lazy an engine and caboose is enough for me as every host has plenty of rolling stock.
Hey all TGIF for you that are working. Did a lot of straightening up last night in my train/office. I can now get around but boy do I have a pile of for sale items got more to list thou. More Lionel and a Lil Critter I forgot about I have new in box UP G scale. That will be the last of my G the rest are Bachmann stuff. Nothing at moment planned for today but other 1/2 isn't up yet either :lolol: Hope all have a good day talk to you all later.
wrmcclellan Kev - Springtown is about 50 mi from NE Dallas area. What we call neighbors down here.
Kev - Springtown is about 50 mi from NE Dallas area. What we call neighbors down here.
I was close then Roy, I also have a friend off westI35 at exit 470 and a friend in west Dallas.
Cold today with sunshine. Leaves to do today.
Evening all,
Had a great time at the State Fair. Will take a couple of weeks of dieting to shed those calories. Chicken fried bacon sounded interesting but I cannot recommend it now that I had a couple of pieces. Will stick to corn dogs and funnel cakes.
High temps (upper 90's) here supposed to end tomorrow.
Winter forecast says it will be abnormally warm up in northern US (Dakotas, etc) and much colder here. Now that does not make any sense.
Banks - sorry. At this time cannot make York this fall. And I am sure that for first time in 5 or so years the weather will be beautiful.
Take care all!
Been a bunch of nice sunny fall days here - my favorite time of year. Too bad I've used up my vacationdays for this year.
Sir James - neat video of the Detroit 3 Railers meeting. Do you know anything about the heavy duty flat cars that were running behing the Schnauble (sp?) car? Looked like they had three trucks on each end. There was one of these on a siding in town recently. It picked up some sort of gas turbine generator machinery. The serial number ended in an 'X', so I guess that means it is owned by somebody other than a railraod?
My Coyote and Roadrunner ambush shack got here yesterday. Neat piece. Going to be fun taking to shows.
While I was flattening out the newspaper that was used for packing, I noticed an article about the SS United States. Seems that the preservation group who owns it is running out of money to support it. The plans that they have for developing it are not progressing as quickly as they thought. They are now seriously considering selling it for scrap.
All for now.
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