Good evening all,
Warm finally. Good day at work. Ran trains tonight and watched Jane the Virgin. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening all not a lot going on here. Had a bunch of running around today then came home and put two more shelves up here in the room. Trying to get as many trains up as I can have a couple that probably won't go up as there new in box unopened yet.
Hope all had a good day. I did a lot of walking today between Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart and where ever else I went today lol.
Talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Sun today, 50s all week. I can work with that. Spring forward on Sunday.
Kevin the boxcar w/sound is a preorder from the 2016 catalog. I don't have it yet. Yes you are right those 5 engines had to be worth big $$$plus the sound reefers and boxcars. And 5 cabooses, 1 for each engine.lol, those are not cheap either.
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 from Sunny 40F Southern Ohio
Started cleaning up the Civic, washed and waxed, motor detailed and interior detailed. Getting new tires and a alignment. The tires are cracked from old age and not worth the risk. Changed the oil in it yesterday.
Spank- The transition sounds like a lot of work; you should be proud!
Bob- Good job on the Datsun
Buckeye-Be careful out there. There are some really crazy drivers!
May God bless
Jim
Good morning all, woke up to sound of heavy rain on the roof. Tapering off a little now but it is welcome relief for the drought stricken part of California.
Got new message about my brother in Va. Did not go home from the hospital yesterday. Lung doctor now says he has COPD and his oxygen level is still too low unassisted. They are setting him up with oxygen concentrator at home probably today and then he can go home unless there are more complications. Don't know yet if he will be on O2 24/7 or just for sleeping. If it is 24/7 that will really be a game changer since he likes to hunt and fish a lot. He could probably manage fishing if he has a portable oxygen concentrator but it's too early to think about those things. I have COPD too but I only need oxygen for sleeping. Hope his is the same.
Ray
SPMan
Aloha. Beautiful weather temps-wise. Might rain a bit but I'll take it over the white stuff. That's quite a workbench, Roy! Thanks for the video, SJ. Buckeye, going to visit the Auburn museum?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning all!
Great weekend with temps in low 70's and cool breezes. 70's and rain - 2-4 in predicted) on tap for most of the week.
Got the new workbench (3000 lb capability) assembled and another wall in the garage patched/painted.
York cometh...!
Regards, Roy
Morning. Sunny and 52. Haeded to the mid 60's today. Hit high 70's to 80's later this week. NO RAIN!!!
Off to the run of meetings until late tonight.
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
Good morning,51, cloudy heading to 58 Chance of rain and 60s next four days. Thinking of removing the chains from the tractor but still early. I took off the snow plow yesterday and put the bucket on for pothole filling. I wish some of these neighbors would slow down some.
Bob, sounds like you had a good weekend.
That was some long train SJ. Wonder how much money was there with all those cars and engines. BTW did you say you got one of those new Lionel PS-1 Boxcars with sound??
Buckeye stay safe on those travels.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Road trip......W. Lafayette, Fort Wayne, Auburn, Fremont and Dundee. All aboard!!!
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
Hello all
Nice day here in the Ol' Pueblo. Slept in and it felt good.
Helped a friend get the back seats out of his Rav4. He latched them on the wrong hook and they were stuck. The service writers @ Toyota had no luck and he was about to take it in to an independent mechanic. W/ two people and a screwdriver/pry bar in the right places we got them out and latched back in correctly. Bad design, too many pull levers and loops. I could easily see how someone could get confused.
Then installed the new ignition module in the Datsun. Fired right up and went over to Bill's and installed the new plate on the bumper (last owner had it on the tailgate). We also pounded out the bad race from one of the rear bearing hubs on the 4dr Corvair and installed a new one. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon we can pack the bearings and assemble both hubs. After that the car will pretty much be ready to sell (after we install the bearing units that is:).
Yesterday we got the '89 RTS bus closer to running, but no cookies. Changed out both fuel filters as there was some nasty stuff in there. Maybe it is also in the injectors. Going to talk to a friend of mine who works on the current bus fleet about it. We replaced the air pressure regulator for the suspension system on the '73 GM 'fishbowl' bus and finally got air into the tank and in the system. But....both the front air bags are fairly dried out and are leaking. They will need to be rebuilt or replaced. At least we now know what it needs.
The auto museum we went to was pretty cool. About 50 cars in a private collection. Good variety and some very nice cars. And riding in the '38 Yellow Coach bus was awesome. Runs very nice.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Slow day on the pot today. Did 10 miles in 2:49:41 which is a 16:58 minute mile average and a little over 3.5 MPH. Did an extra half mile in 10 minutes on my slow down laps. Did most of my breathing thru my nose which kept the mouth from drying out and reduced water stops. Wife and I also went to see high school choral groups perform. I hope everyone has a good day.
No new snow this morning.
Club video not up yet.
You will want to see this one.
Five engines pulling boxcars, The caboose is only about six inches from the lead engine.
Edit ....The video is now online at that other open 3r forum.
Also at detroit3railers.com
Went to Indy today to TCA meet. Hardly anybody there. Did get a DC can motor to replace one that I fried. Mixed luck on rest of searches. Got what I needed for lights from Menards, but had no luck at Barnes and Noble or Carrhart store. Was kind of interesting seeing a vinyl Led Zeppelin IV album at B&N. Ran trains for several hours tonight. Mostly went well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Afternoon all from rainy snowy mild (mid 30's) Southern Ohio,
The Avalon is gone and we now have the '05 Civic, with 14,400 miles. Changed the oil in it today, it takes 3.5 qts. Went to Kentucky and picked up our beef. It looks great. Bride going to prepare a roast for Sunday.
Brent, Dennis and Bob - thank you for the advice on the Chromebook. I looking into prices now.
Spank-Yea, we see the "moody teen look" from Gabriel at times too.
Ray - tough decistion ahead. I'll keep you guys in my prayers for guidence
Kev- Looks like fun times!
Time to head to the West side for Mass
Good evening and may God bless
ChiefEagles KEV, no. PC with Windows 10. Does it on table and smart phone too. Quirky things. Next time you use it, that problem OK. Then a new one will happen or the old one comes back. Not consistant. Understandably, that makes it hard to get an IT person to fix. All have a great weekend.
KEV, no. PC with Windows 10. Does it on table and smart phone too. Quirky things. Next time you use it, that problem OK. Then a new one will happen or the old one comes back. Not consistant. Understandably, that makes it hard to get an IT person to fix.
All have a great weekend.
That is strange Chief. I don't have many problems at all and I am on a Laptop with windows 10 and Firefox. Never even tried the Windows 10 IE browser.
Bob, I just thought that those two pictures were cool. Took 60 years apart. One by my mom who passed when I was 6 and the other by our daughter. They both put the same kind of hats on both of us. Weird. Katherine looks a lot like my mom did.
The kid is sleeping. After his nap we will be heading to a birthday party for Rocco the 3 year old cousin. Then we will do the swap Jordan for Lexi.
Here is what we did today after I posted when we were waiting for grand-ma to get up.
Morning. Partly cloudy and chilly [43]. Not much on tap for the day. May tinker in the Train Box. Add some lighting. Got the fixtures from old train room.
Good morning,
Jordan just got me up. Little does he know how hard it is to sleep with him. I already need a nap.
Watching cartoon and when wife gets up I will make breakfast. Jordan already polished off a bowl of Rice Krispies.
Then after we have lunch and his nap we will be heading to a birthday party for Rocco the 3 year old cousin. Then we will swap Jordan for Lexi.
I got to catch up later.
Roy, Yes Jordan and I went up the lane last weekend and grabed a down 25' tree trunk that I had pushed to the side of the lane when it fell. It picked it right up and we worked are way up the lane and put it on the neighbord burn pile.
Chief, yeah they are a lot of work but they are only young for a very short time. And you only have a little time to mold them.
I don't have that many issues with this softwear other than the spell check don't work. What are you using for it a phone?
You guys have a good day.
Hello there,
waiting on Mrs to get awake before starting the day. 750 was the count served fish last evening. The weather was so so but the free money came out last week. That usually makes our number higher.
Lots to do at home this weekend. Supposed to have all 4 grandkids this evening. That will be interesting.
Little dog spent the day at the vet yesterday. $206 later he came home minus 2 teeth and his shots up to date. 88.....they built a convention center about a block from the expo center . It's nice but they took a lot of the expo center parking. If there is an event at both places you'd best have your walking shoes on I went to several of the shows in Greensburg. I think they were Great American Train Show.
Phish. ...I bought a Toshiba laptop for less than $200. The only thing I don't like about it is Win 8. IT guys at work put our machines on 10 and made them work very similar to 7. I'm going to ask one of them to do the same to my laptop. Dang font thing is all screwed up. Best get the day started.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Long day, but a nice day here in the Ol' Pueblo.
Got the Datsun registered today. At one point both vehicles had issues and basically managed to fix them both. Datsun decided it wanted a new ignition module, so it will be in tomorrow. Gotta be one of the cheapest and easist to replace. The horn relay shorted out on the Corvan and melted the power wire to it. Taped it off for the time being, I didn't have a horn button anyway:) Found out why the gas gauge doesn't work. I musta pulled the wires out when I replaced the speedo cable. And I got all the turn signals and dash lights to work, yee ha!
Kev - he is the spitting image of you
Phish - I second the Chromebook. I bought on as a temporary computer and that was 3 years ago!
More work on the busses tomorrow, after we check out a new auto museum. Get to ride in the restored '38 bus. Will also look into what kind of space they are willing to give me in the new place.
Then pick up the module and see if I can get the Datsun running consistently again. Oh, somebody had fastened the old one in w/ drywall screws! Nuts. It wasn't the pack rats that caused the electrical issues w/ this truck, it was the humans!
Busy week. Unexpected trip to Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday - 7 or 8 hours drive each way for about 1/2 hour meeting. This trip didn't help me shake the cold I've been fighting for the last week or so.
The old church that downtow we are members of burned down Wednesday night. Spent a little time at lunch today saying goodby while watching the (unstable) stone walls being knocked down. That church was built in 1888. Was in the romanesque style in white limestone. Our church built a new building on the edge of town about 15 years ago, and has been running traditional services in the downtown building and contemporary services in the new building, so losing the downtown building is sad, but not a great tragedy.
Too soon to know what will be done. The downtown church was busy. It was used as a meeting place for another congregation, a location for scout meetings, AA meetings, wedings, batisems, etc., etc. I see this as an opportunity to build a building with a chapel, a couple of meeting rooms, and maybe a kitchen, to continue supporting these sorts of activities. Would be neat to salvage some of the stone and use it in a new building.
Planning on working at the museum tomorrow taking down the toy train exhibit that has been up for about 2 years. Probalby going to do some maintenance on the display cases as well. On Sunday, I hope to get to the train show in Kansas City.
All for now.
Good day at work. Rested this evening. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!
I am glad another very busy week has come to an end.
Another day with sun and 70. Nice breeze. Rain for the weekend. Still 10 degrees above normal. Hope we do not pay a price for it this summer.
Still working on garage cleanup. Cleaning areas that have not been touched for over 20 years. Patching, repairing, and repainting wall sections as I go.
Dennis - good to know about the Chromebook.
Phish - glad the retirement plans are moving forward.
Chief - get well!
DJ - 13, I remember those days, not fondly...now at 22, he is a pleasure
Fife - good luck on the sale!
Kev - have you tested the grapple yet? Maybe on the youngun's diapers?
KRM ChiefEagles Kev, poor kid if he is a carbon copy of you. , Yeah no kidding Chief but the good news I know he will do good with the ladies. Boy can he fill his pants!!!! He is napping now and we got deer corn changed the oil in the John Deere and went for lunch. I need a nap. DJ, Tyler is looking good. He must be in one of those groth spurts.
ChiefEagles Kev, poor kid if he is a carbon copy of you.
Kev, poor kid if he is a carbon copy of you.
, Yeah no kidding Chief but the good news I know he will do good with the ladies.
Boy can he fill his pants!!!!
He is napping now and we got deer corn changed the oil in the John Deere and went for lunch.
I need a nap.
DJ, Tyler is looking good. He must be in one of those groth spurts.
They will wear you out. But they will make you smile.
This has to be the sorriest software in the world. Why I don't post here much. Do you know how I got this quote? Couldn't do it with reply with a quote. Would not let me get a cursor on the screen. So, I copied the quote and then opened a regular post. Pasted it on.
Chilly 41. NS Lionel Legacy engine that Lionel repaired with smoke you out of the train box. Never had a Lionel engine smoke that good. Runs great. Headlights work.
Chat later.
Good afternoon all,
Brother is still in the hospital in Virginia. Blood oxygen level is still too low to go home without oxygen. Being treated for Pneumonia and kidney stones. They have ruled out COPD or Emphasema. That's good. Appetite is better today.
New Gold Line light rail system opens tomorrow near us. Free rides all day and festivities at 6 new stations. My two sons will ride it but I will probably take a rain check until later. Trying to avoid crowds and first day problems. I don't want to get stuck downtown and have to wait a long time to get back home.
Got a note from a lady at church who has offered any kind of help we need at home free of charge. Yes, there are still some good people left in the world. Told her I would call if we need her but I will insist that she let us pay at least something for her services. Made my day.
Took wife to day care facility yesterday for her weekly visit. Would do more days if I didn't have to do so much driving. Wish we had one close to home.
Chief, get well!
later,
Sun and 34, still a little snow on the grass but it will be gone soon.
Grocery shopping wiped out the morning.
Afternoon fellasBanks - no never went to the Kittanning show. Did go to the one out near Irwin at the Greensburg Mall? once. Was nice, medium sized, show. Also went to a few local shows in the Cranberry/Butler area. That is where I picked up my 681.Which convention center did they move the Monroeville show to? It used to be at the Expo Center next to the Mall.
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Windy and cold. 37 and wind chill of 32. Rain came through last night.
Spanky, great looking young man.
Go test the Lionel NS diesel they repaired under warranty which was out two years ago. Great customer service.
Suppose to be "off" today. Need to hide phone. Ringing and ringing.
Have a great weekend.
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