32 degrees. Melting today and a good thing it is. Temps are going into the teens by mid week.
Doug, we ended up with 7" of the white stuff here how much did you get up there?
Chief,,Snow is what makes Christmas, Christmas for the kids.
I have always loved the snow and have found it a great adventure to put up with,,,but these days I am starting to see things like SJ.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Sunny and 48 degrees. Snow?? What is that????
Had rain last night. More forecasted for tonight.
Busy Town afternoon and tonight.
Town Christmas tree lighting tomorrow night.
Had a great Christmas parade yesterday. Cloudy and cold but that is OK.
Hope all have a great week ahead.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Just checking in
Cloudy and 40s today. No snow, our area stayed just warm enough to get lite rain instead. Christmas tree and decorations are up. I stay out of the way unless called upon. It took me years to get granny to let be buy a tree with hindged branches, should have done it years ago without her permission. Pull the box out of the closet, put 3 sectoins together and it's done. 15 minutes.
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
Aloha. Grey but not too cold. Yesterday's 6.1 inches of snow was the largest 'first-snow-one-day' total here since records started being kept in the 1800s. Who knew? But the Bears won - it was fun watching them play in the snow. That win probably dilutes their chances of drafting a decent QB. Oh well. Looks like a quiet day here.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning from a cloudy 42°F Southern Ohio,
The weekend flew by. Friday I got the phone line in for my mother in law’s heart monitor, some decorating inside and outside, working with the kids on their science fair projects and Masses were on the west side of the county this weekend so more time in the car. The “theme” of the science fair projects seemed to be chemical reactions. My bride oversaw the chemical reaction in making marshmallows and mashed potatoes, (Alton Brown would be proud) and Gabriel took instant ice packs apart and measured the endothermic reaction with different amounts of ammonium nitrate from the cold packs.
Basketball game after work then maybe a couple strings of light outside tonight after the game.
I won an American Flyer All Aboard scenic panel on the ‘Bay. Now find / buy a crossover panel and I’ll have the base for a display I want to build.
Rich – May God have mercy on your friend’s mom’s soul. My bride’s mom is still alive at 87 but we’ve seen a big change in the past year. Like they say we are born to die, then the real fun starts.
Kev – You must be feeling a lot better! It’s been a rough year and you’ve came through it.
Bob – May God have mercy on Ron’s soul. Gotta love the Marx 1666!
May God bless
Jim
Good evening all,
Wet and miserable here. Did 8 miles in 2:07:33 or 3.76 MPH. Wanted to do 13.1 tonight but just ran out of steam. Did the first four miles in less than 60 minutes, but just got slower and slower. Decided it was not worth effort struggling for another 5 miles. Did get upstairs Christmas tree working and helped wife some with her efforts. Dental check up tomorrow. Maybe get main tree up as well and work on Christmas cards. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Happy Sunday....Got the Christmas stuff down from the attic for Mom and Dad and started getting the Christmas stuff at the other house.Dad got the fake tree up and the kids and I got a live tree from the firehouse for $50.Joey (the boyfriend) helped out we picked it out and paid for it, cut the trunktossed it up on the roof of the Acura an I held it down with the sunroof open.It made it...the Princess drove...it was only a half a mile...The Christmas layout at the firehouse on Thanksgiving Friday was a success, it'sstill up for the time being, I was asked to bring it up in the hall for Breakfast with Santa next Sunday, but I'd have to dismantle it ans the put it back together.If I wasn't working 2 jobs, I'd probably do it, but, I'm just beat.Was supposed to do the LHS tour of Jersey with one of my fire buddies (he a train nut as well), until the rear brakes wore out, on the Acura, so we did Lionel Train Day and our local, where I traded my UP 9100 diesel, a Pavonia passenger Conrail safety award car(it was a duplicate) and my scale 80' PRR Williams Crown 4 car passenger set for a semi scale Lionel Powhaten Arrow set to go with my TMCC J class.
I have a partial PRR set, I just need to take inventory and fill in the missing cars.Trying to sell off some other inventory on Facebook and Craigslist and no takers....Was at a viewing for one of my friends Mom on Thursday, so very sad...all of ourgroup had all the Moms looking over them...My Mom and another friends Mom are still hanging in there.Bob - sorry about your friend....OK boys, gonna finish up laundry and hit the mattress...another long week looms ahead.Prayers for all in need.....
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
wrmcclellan Kev - you look ready to do battle. Good thing you are somewhat healed up.
Kev - you look ready to do battle. Good thing you are somewhat healed up.
Kev it's about 50 miles west(snow) and rain coming up from Toledo so we will see what the morning has for us. It's still dry here.
Evening all!
53, cloudy, some most, and gloomy here. To continue into tomorrow. Got about 1/2 in of rain yesterday.
Had a nice evening with friends last night.
Watching some football. Enjoyed the Packers/Texans game. I think all football games should be played in the snow/outdoors. We (C'Boys) need the Steelers to win over the Giants.
Regards, Roy
Were getting your Snow now SJ. They are calling for up to 5". We will see. Got wifey's and my boots out of the basement just in case there right for once.
Cat looked outside and headed for bed.
Set up the 252 crossing gate I got in that package deal to work on the kids side of the layout. Built two insulated track sections to run it. Kind of neat when Thomas goes by and it drops into place. Think they will like it.
Bob, so sorry about your friend. At least it was fast.
Just checkin in.
Cloudy as usual with our first on the ground snow expected overnight. Not much but they will drop tons of salt anyway. Interesting game last night, congrats to Penn State on their win.
Hello all
Another long night on the mountain.
My friend Ron passed away suddenly on Thurs. I found out Friday morning as I was getting ready to go back to work. He was a volunteer w/ the bus/trolley group and he and I became good friends and messed around w/ model trains. Some may remember the G-scale equipment I worked on for him. He also bought a Corvair Lakewood wagon from a club member recently. The last thing we did together was drive it on Sunday after completing some work. Apparently he had a stroke and then massive hemmorrage. He was an Air Force Vietnam vet, speech therapist, and avid historian. He will be greatly missed.
I got in the Marx 1666 cylinder smoker this past week. Looks and runs great. Tonight I found a 3820 boxcar and a 7" tin Santa Fe caboose on a 8-wheel chassis. These will go w/ the scissors/tilt coupler on the tender.
Will be going up to CO via train this Christmas. Need to buy the ticket soon.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 33 along the Patterson Creek cutoff. Supposed to be a lousy week weather-wise in the Potomac Valley. House is quiet, so I sipped my coffee and gazed at the North Pole layout, basically plotting next year's version. Local town is having its Christmas tree lighting @ 5, and the gals voiced some interest in going. Wifey and I did decorate for my folks yesterday.
jefelectric - Please don't be such a stranger. Good to see you are well.
Cold and rainy/misty all day here. Hit low 50's.
Prayers for all those in need
We put together an impromptu holiday/dinner party this evening. The wife made lasagna and I made chocolate and apple pies. Friends brought appetizers, salad, and wine. Good time had by all!
Did very little today. I hope everyone has a good day.
Thought I better post a bit, just to let you all know I'm still around. Got the layout setup for Christmas with three Christmas trains running. Looks like we're in for a change in weather, it's been pretty mild so far this fall, but next week looks to be coldest so far this year with nights in the 20s. Hope everyone is enjoying today's football and that your team is winning.
Don
Another winter gray day. First snow called for tomorrow. Doing some on-line Christmas shopping for Grandaughter Lexi.
Not much else.
Prayers for your BIL and friends SJ. Seems to get harder as you go along. I still am having many issues from that dive down the stairs. Sure takes a long time to recover these days. At least I can sleep without the drugs now. Hope you get there soon to Ray. That prednisone can be bad stuff.
Busy day at work. Got a lot done. Brisk weather for walk. Did some errands after work in Indy. Watched "Bad Moms" again at home. Funny movie, but definitely not for kids. Watched "Blue Bloods" as well, which if you watch Bad Moms you will see is quite a good match. I hope everyone has a good day.
Don, it's amazing how fast they can steam qualify new people for that train. Hope they learn fast.
Wind is howling over here as we live right below the foothills. My pool was full of stuff this morning which I bailed out. I think it's filling up again now. I hear things hitting the roof. Probably something off a near by palm tree. I have an umbrella on the patio which is probably being torn to shreds even though it is down. I took my first dose of prednisone this morning. Feel a little better tonight but still have a way to go.
Jim, thank you for your prayer for my uncle. He lived a pretty hard life at times but he found the Lord in his old age. We are grateful for that.
Ray
SPMan
Sun and 40s today.
We have several friends and a BIL in the hospital. It has not been a good year for some.
Morning all. 51 degrees and sunny. Warming fast.
Not much on the agenda. Big holdiay party [she wants to be politically correct] at Raleigh Mayor's house tonight.
I think Shake and Bake is trying to hint, after he leaves Knotts, everything falls apart. I think he caused it.
Have a good one.
Good Morning,
Went to Knotts yesterday afternoon, it was interesting. Asked a crossing guard for the train if the "Goose" was running, (typical due to off season attendance.) And he replied, you mean the "Gray Goose"? I asked if he wasn't confusing it with the vodka, he said no its gray that's why its called the "Gray Goose", hmmm I suggested he might want to look at the large emblem on the side that said "Galloping Goose". Oh well. Enjoyed the visit, Knotts has two steam engines #340, and #41. Both the same. #340 had been in the round house for a rebuild, complete retubing of boiler etc. #41 is the one that I operated. Last spring 340 was finally finished after 6 years, and brought out, so that 41 could go through the same retrofit. (And chassis repair, believe me there are significant cracks.) 340 was in operation for 3 weeks and one of the pistons cracked, so its back in the shop and 41 back in operation. The other thing there has been a 100% turnover in personel on the railroad, wow!
Phish, Thanks for the very nice compliment, enjoyed you and your sons visit!
There are SOOO many methods on cleaning track, and pros and cons of all. What I do is use a palm sander and "ScotchBrite", I like it because it really brings the surfaces back, and forces me to check all the tie down screws and alignment points. Then I vacuum the tracks to ensure no fibers are left in the track. Do the same with the switches just more care. (I see signal strength go up to "9's & 10's immediately, and the ScotchBright fits perfectly on the sander.)
Today, going to clean the pool, then continue with the track cleaning.
Hope everyone has a great day, and take care.
Aloha. Grey and cold. Winter is here though leaves are still on the trees and grass is green. I will join the vacumning brigade today and also clean the bathrooms (it's part of my working from home). We stay in just that part of TN on our summer trips to the SE. I understand everything is gone there. How terrible for those who lost their lives and those who lost homes and businesses! I hope to give Ivor's track a thorough cleaning in the next week too (with SJ's formula of rubbing alcohol, a rag and elbow grease.
Phish- I left the "flock" with my sister, back in Baltimore. She and her husband have really built up the layout I gave the nephew 2 years ago.
Good Morning from cloudy 33°F Southern Ohio,
TGIF - I’m off Friday Saturday & Sunday but TGIT doesn't have the “Oh Yea” of TGIF
Just got the kids off to school. I’m going to instal a phone line in my mother-in-law’s bedroom. She has some sort of heart monitor and it needed a hard wire phone line. After that going to do more decorating for Christmas. If it’s not raining I’ll decorate the outside.
Fife-You PE Christmas layout would be great in SPF! Any flamingos?
Ray - May God have mercy on the soul of your uncle. I’m glad you don’t have the plurosie.
Don-Hearing you say you’re cleaning track brought back the memory of visiting you and seeing your layout. We had a great time. You are a most gracious host.
Chief - Praise God on the great results of the tests!
Got to go
Mornin' boys. A chilly 38 along the Patterson Creek cutoff. Did finish the North Pole layout (maybe I'll post on SPF). We ate at Texas Sizzlin' in LaVale, and the food was good. Not much planned for today, but may be needed to go up to folks' place to help them decorate (both feeling poorly). We really need to fire off some Christmas cards too.
TGIF (but when you're retired, everyday feels like Saturday.)
Got word that a long lost uncle of mine passed away today. He was 87 and had been living in a nursing home in Washington, N.C. He was my mother's brother and was the baby in his family. Now that whole generation has passed on.
Talked to my doctor today. Xray showed that lungs were clear. Turns out my pain is coming from on old neck injury. The doctor is giving me prednisone for 5 days to start with. Can't take it any longer or you would have to wean yourself off of it.
I had a hard time sleeping last night but finally put on a heating pad on low and was able to sleep. They told me to start the medicine in the morning because it can keep you awake.
Don, can't say I've heard of Mediformin. Is that a prescription drug? I am border line diabetic myself but so far no special medicine.
We are having warm days and cold nights lately. I like it except for the short days this time of year.
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