Saw that news item last night and thought I heard it wrong. Chief - good luck with what you have to deal with. I think we should suspend any discussion of it on line.
Don - prayers for you, Kay, and the in-laws. Tough times. Been there.
Fife - you could have kept that check. You don't really need it. Like a business keeping their first $1 right?
KEV - those ALCOs look good!
Regards, Roy
88 - Anytime you want to go...or want to stay...
dbaker - Best wishes for your family.
Forgot to mention, got my pay stub sent from the Scenic RR. It was cool looking, and wished I could have held onto it for a memento.
lion88roarKev - Social Media has made LE's job easier, but harder at the same time.
I agree but Brent has it made the world better? You see what the group in Chicago posted live on line??
Just sick! And the Chicago Chief can't decide if it is a hate crime???????????
You know your right Lee with the heat running so is the motor forcing the heat around. But ,,,,,,well I just don't know. We may be a bit jealous.
Won 2 turnouts today on da-bay I needed and ended up @ $25.60 each with shipping. A left and a right. I have a worn out right I need to replace.
Got some paint and I am primer painting 3 ALCO 200 series shells I have restored. My original 202 from 1957 and two TX special 210 shells I replaced the front skirts pilot aprons on. They look darn good to me..
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good afternoon,
Hey Kev a.k.a. KRM what really is bad is having to pay for heating as it costs more to heat then cool. I know that air conditioning can run your electric bill up but heating is worse!
Any way this weekend according to the weather man on the local news we may see 45 degrees saturday or sunday overnight and then warm up to 75 during the daytime on monday with an overnight low of 56.
I have been in Fort Riley Kansas for a year & a half and was stationed in Fulda Germany for 40 months so I know what cold weather is. Also grew up in Pennsylvania & Connecticut so I am very familiar with ice & snow. One time in Germany it started to snow but was a mix of freezing rain and snow, tried to put chains on a 5 ton cargo truck with six axle drive, could not get the truck to stay in a straight line, started to sway or go sideways, even in 6 axle drive in fourth gear.
Lee Fritz
Don, sending prayer for your in laws. Sounds like you and Kay have your hands full. I know all about the diffculties with care giving. It's a tough job. I was in the hospital myself for 24 hours last week with some kind of medicine reaction. They gave me three new prescriptions and cancelled three others. Had a rough night last night. Kept waking up with cramps in my lower legs, feet and even body cramps. Also had some acid reflux. Haven't had that in a long time. Must be the new meds. I did not do a good job of making a follow up appointment with the doctor yesterday. They gave me a date sometime next month. The take away from the hospital said have your doctor follow up. What we have here is a lack of communication. Duh? I'm laying low today and just staying home. We have a soft rain going on and it's cold outside. Will visit Helen tomorrow. Went to caregiver meeting yesterday and it did me some good.
Ray
SPMan
Sturgeon-Phish Brent – The only carpet we have in our house is up the steps and the upstairs hall and that is because I lost that decision. Bride has agreed it needs to go as well. Are they installing pre finished or unfinished hardwood?
Brent – The only carpet we have in our house is up the steps and the upstairs hall and that is because I lost that decision. Bride has agreed it needs to go as well. Are they installing pre finished or unfinished hardwood?
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Don,, prayers for Kay's mom and all the issues you are going through.
Chief,, Bussed in or not, thank the world of social media. Has it made the world better?
So much for the weather getting better,it is now 10 degrees.
Passing through. As you know I've beenon TV and busy for a few days. Got to get personal stuff done.
Those bad kids are not Rolesville. Bussed in. Why our parents are so upset. Most are backing officer. Mom wants money. Rest of the story will come out. Our lawyers have put a "gag order" on us.
Snohio for Friday night and Saturday. How much?????
Later
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,
Ever make a post, then fall asleep before you hit the submit button ? Happens more than I care to admit to.
Kay's mom is in hosp., Kay took her there on Tues. She had problems breathing and they went to Urgent Care, and they sent her to the hospital. MIL has pnumonia, heart condition, and a broken back. FIL has a bunch of stuff, and MIL is his primary care giver. So Kay has her hands full. She takes her dad to hosp in daytime, then to their house at night, and spends the night there. Been trying to help as much as I can, babysitting FIL, when feasible. Don't have any idea how this will all work out.
Regarding the layout in Chicago, the guy trying to get it back together having all kinds of issues. I was able to find a guy in Chicago area who is very familiar with DCS, so he is going to go there and see about helping out. Should work out.
Lots of rain here, only problem is with ALL the concrete here it just ends up in the ocean, not enough storage facilities.
The Rolesville incident seems a little over the top, what is the police suppossed to do? Stand and watch? The desire to "make" news is so sickening, I have very little confidence in what is reported.
Going to make a trip to Lloyds today to get a different DCS layout running. Then home and time in train room, recording tapes (both video and audio). Good rainy day activity.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Don
I went out this morning to let the Escape run awhile(been about a week) the temp from the car was 18 as I watched snow flurries fly around. Won't be above 32 till some time next week.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good morning, About the same as with Doug here but a tad warmer. It is 12 degrees heading to 16 and cloudy. We did get a dusting of snow last night but not enough to cover the ground. No plans to speak of.
Thanks Jim, not sure when the grand-son will show up next but sure he will like it.
fifedog Thank you Charlie. Doug, so what you're saying is if you can sling the ukulele, you can rustle a B.T.S.?
Thank you Charlie.
Doug, so what you're saying is if you can sling the ukulele, you can rustle a B.T.S.?
Definitely...
Aloha to everyone. High of 5 degrees today. Sigh. Off to grocery-shop and then to work. A video'd school 'incident' in Rolesville NC was the lead story on our local news yesterday. It seemed a bit overblown considering we're 900 miles away. Of course, it's replaced by a new video-based 'incident' today. Stay warm! SJ, I like to read CTT outside too. There's snow in Ohio, but nothing here?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
SPMan Roy, I know it sounds silly but the burrito was only a flour tortilla with scambled eggs, potato and bacon with no hot sauce. On the other hand, the black eye peas contain enough gas to lift the Hindenberg. Happy New Year. That explains the strong winds we had yesterday.
Roy, I know it sounds silly but the burrito was only a flour tortilla with scambled eggs, potato and bacon with no hot sauce. On the other hand, the black eye peas contain enough gas to lift the Hindenberg. Happy New Year.
That explains the strong winds we had yesterday.
Morning all!
Chilly this morning at 37, cloudy and gray. 30's all day and teens tonight. Maybe snowhizo north of here. Cold for the weekend and then back to 60's next week.
Up early today to take the wife to the light rail for jury duty downtown.
Banks - prayers for your mom
Ray - Hindenburg comment - - hope it is not as flammable!!!
Good Morning from snowy 22°F Southern Ohio,
Schools to the north of us are cancelling class, the school the kids go to is still on. We’re to get 2” – 4” inches which isn’t much, but they are calling for ice. I hope we have school. Grandson has a jr high basketball game tonight against the school where we live. We send our kids to the Catholic school. It is a pretty intense rivalry in all sports.
Banks – We have the same schedule with the Christmas decorations. I did take down the outside lights that require ladder / roof access this past weekend as the metal roof is very slick if wet.
Kev – the gate and semaphore man are great! Love ‘em. That is quite a layout you have there.
Got to go. May God bless
Jim
Mornin' boys. Partly cloudy and 20 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. S'posed to snow overnight.
Yesterday Wifey wanted to take a ride out into the countryside, so we explored the South Branch Valley, from Romney to Moorefield. You pretty much parallel the railroad (it's at the west river bank, you're on the east) the whole route south, and with all the foliage gone, you get to observe the line in its entirety. Down in Moorefield, checked out the South Branch engine facilties (for the first time), and made my customary pass by the stockyard (it's just a cool structure). Came home and took down outside decorations.
Banks, continued best wishes for your Mom, and you.
Good evening all,
Sunny but cold today in SE Indiana. Good day to walk. Busy, but quiet day at work. All caught up on work. Worked on puzzle again. Slow progress. At this rate, will be working on it next Christmas ( the gift that keeps on giving....). I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello there?
spending this evening with Mom at the ER. She had a severe angina episode early this Am. Got a caregiver and left her in bed. She reported Mom never got out of bed or ate anything. She was really out of sorts so I brought her to the ER. Nothing confirmed yet other than she didn't have a heart attack. Took me 3 hours to learn that.
On the decorations. ..indoors and out ours will be up and lit until Epiphany. Weather permitting I'll get the outdoor stuff in Sunday pm. The tree and everything else will stay till the tree starts dropping needles or just before Valentines day.
Never did get around to working on my 259. Did get a bunch of other things scratched off the t do list.
Turns out the fallen State Trooper lived nearby in Martinsburg. His funeral is being held at the Blair County Convention Center. They are letting local schools out early to avoid the road closures.
Approaching 4 hours here, gonna move on. I'll let you know how we make out.
Prayers for those in need.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
YES Roy, the door is open, winter is back 12 here and not going to get much better.
Lee that warm weather must suck paying for all that AC.
Sub-mail carrier never tried to deliver my package yesterday so I hope are normal carrier is on the job today or I will have to go to town to get the package.
Yesterday was clean three more area rugs and then buy three more to replace three that are worn out, so that cost me $300.00 I don't have but wife is happy..LOL We got them off that site Wayfair. Hope it works out.
Brent, we are 100% wood floors in this house. I would never go back to carpet.
Update:
The banjo signal got here today so I finished up the project.
140 Banjo Signal
145 Gateman
252 Crossing gate from RT.
Here is the finished Action Corner of the layout I did for grand-son Jordan. It is all run by a push button to give the three year old the job of being the Gateman. I think he will like it and know he don't care about the scale..
afternoon fellasThe New Year is here and I'm busy ripping out carpet and padding in the LR/DR in prep for hardwood flooring installation... speaking of which I need to call the store to see why they haven't called to schedule install. My older sister and I are taking our Dad to the Flyers/Penguins Alumni Game in Philly on the 14th. Will be my first hockey game in Philly! We're planning on heading up in the morning and making a day of it since the game starts at 7. Really looking forward to it, going to be lots of fun!As Laz would say, 'Stay Frosty my friends'
The temp got up to 86 yesterday according to the local news. Supposed to cool down for the weekend, maybe as low as 55 overnight for a couple of days then warm up again.
Had my American Flyer # 295 running yesterday, had to fix the track by the switch as one pin was not inserted properly. Still have to wire the lower level permantly, just have temp wiring for now.
Very windy and 25 degrees, thats our high for today.
I am 3 CTTs and 2 TCAs behind in my reading. Seems I enjoy reading on the patio or porch more than I do indoors.
Good Morning from clear cool 38°F Southern Ohio,
Temps are going to drop all day and be in the teens or lower by the weekend.
The crossover All Aboard panel I was bidding for went for a crazy high price on Ebay last night. Others wanted it a lot more than I could afford. It seems the AF All Aboard things are going really high right now. I’m patient. With the prices high maybe more will be offered.
Bride made a beef roast with potatoes and carrots for supper and it was great. The leftovers will be the base for vegetable soup.
Good day, busy day at work. Got two weeks of labs done in one day. Do not have much piled up for given that I have been off almost 2 weeks. Worked some more on puzzle. Got MR and Trains today (can I say that here?). Weather was good for a walk today, will wear long johns tomorrow. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!
One of you up north left the door open again. Temps dropping today - freezing tonight - next few days - gray/cloudy - maybe some snowhizo Friday???
Some work today - then with the wife to mall to exchange some clothes - time on phone cancelling services replaced by DirectTV/internet/phone package - saving about $200 a month.
Ray - getting concerned about the Chief - a good southerner like us immediately reports the amount of black eyed peas consumed New Year's Day - the peas bother you but not a burrito? Ouch!
Philly - glad your wife is ok.
Dennis? - you there? Hope they didnt find the clips?
Okay Buckeye You need to tweek the direction of the snow cannon. I know you aim for roseyville but your a little to far south at present setting as they are calling for snohio on Saturday here. I moved to South Carolina
Afternoon all. Well wife agree's to the idea of looking for a different place rather than putting so much into this property. I would end up putting more into it than what I paid for it. And wouldn't get 1/4 of it back in value. probably. So looking for a place that is more fitting.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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It is around 82 again in sunny southeast Florida. Supposed to be cooler this weekend again.
My wife's cousin in Camilla GA was under a tornado watch for 3 hours the other day, Camilla was spared. Albany GA got hit and one of the bridges is out(blown away)up there, don't know which bridge. Not sure how much other damage was done.
My wife is home from the hospital. Nothing bad was found! Just a minor scare by the doctor's office, but better safe then sorry though.
Done a little more work on the layout, added some plastic Lionel bridges and added or fixed a couple of upper level supports. Got out the Troller brand transformer and used for my American Flyer trains last night.
rtraincollector May you rest in peace Father Mulcahy You where great actor.
May you rest in peace Father Mulcahy You where great actor.
I think his name was William Christopher. He also played on one or two episodes of Hogan's Heroes(season one) as Ltn. Richie who was in the British air force.
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