Howdy Peeps,
Fife, Prayers for BIL and the family.
What a change over the past few days, from fungus corners with all the rain to nothing but blue skies, warm and all sun. Perfect timing with the Farmer's Insurance Golf Tournament and the big Sunroad Marina boat show going on.
Still trying to kick this **** bronchitis, hopefully soon.
Later all.
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FIFEY .... my man ... ..... prayers being sent for bil ..... god bless ya fifey and your whole family .....
I used to hear the engines every day when at horseshoe bend farm right there beside the tracks .... my daddy leased it for many many years .... I'd go there all the time ....
... Buckeye thanks for that pic brother .... I had been there many times ... walked through it when trains were running .... but as forest gump says stupid is as stupid does .... I NEVER TOOK ANY PICS ......!!!!! ....... You know they say many chineses workers were buried alive right next to it .... murdrered as to not pay them ..... true story ...
Mornin' boys. Flurries and 29 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Speaking of, finally ventured over to the east portal of Knobley Tunnel (B&O), which runs just north of new fifedom. Approach has been filled in drastically, but the bore is still accessible, although flooded. How cool it must have been to hear steam engines coming across the valley, or the droan of diesels daylighting from under the mountain...
Apparently BIL has taken a turn for the worse. Family needs strength now.
cheapclassics - I wasn't aware that D24 was in progress, thanks. Personally, I would've left Damon on Mars.
Buckeye - Per your advice, should we wear ballcaps or hardhats then...?
Evening all!
Nice easy day today. Sunny. 60
Spent the afternoon sorting through some defective parts to return to an online machine shop supply. They took care of all the issues and provided a return UPS label.
Regards, Roy
Good evening all,
Quiet day at home. Watched 3 hours of Daytona 24 Hours race on Fox. Wife and I watched the "Martian". Long movie. Good ending. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello all
A quiey night on the mountain. Sure wish I could get over the rest of this cold. It's a hanger-oner.
Jim - I don't have a complete pic of the AeroCoach. A couple of partials when it been sitting next to other buses. I'll try and get a pic of it next week. It is a 'movie star' however. It was used in the film 'The Bigamist' in 1952. I have not seen the clips from the movie yet, but apparently Gene said it does give us some idea of what the interior looked like.
I did however, finally download the pics from the CO RR Museum I took when my brother and were there last month. I'll try and post a few eventually.
I got the power truck from the 623 cleaned up fairly well. Will need to order a few parts for it at some point. Thinking of putting a sound card in it just for fun. There's a spot in the center of the frame that could take a decent sized speaker.
Don - let me know when you are in town and we can try and get together. The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show is the world's largest. The actual show is 3 days around Feb. 14 (AZ Statehood Day if you are single:) at the convention center downtown. However, there are satellite shows at a number of the hotels for several weeks beforehand. I used to spend a lot of time a the show when I was getting my degree in geology at the university.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good Evening,
BANKS, That is such fantastic news regarding your wife. What a great way to start the new year.
Kev, Thanks very much for the invite. Never know what the future may hold. The layout drawing shows a lot of thought and work. It will really look awesome, especially with you skill to details and scenery.
Ray, With all the rain were suppose to be pulling water out of the pool, we have been having to add it! What's happened is start the pump and forget to turn it off, then have to add it back.
Wife told me this evening that Mammouth Mtn has ove 40 feet of snow, and they expect to have the ski lifts open until the 4th of July! Outrageous! Apparently that is the greatest snow depth ever recorded.
Getting reaclamated to being home. Still tired, but will make a short day of it. Had to work two computer shows this weeked. Then next weekend we will be heading down submmbob Bob's area. Going to go to Tucson to see a Gem and Mineral show. Suppose to very good for jewelry, and jewelry and more. Got to watch the budget.
Think I'm going to go and put it down for the. Have a great day all and be safe.
Don
Fife, this is the downstream side of Paw Paw. The rock face on the left side of the photo keeps falling down. They now have it bolted in place.
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
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Sturgeon-Phish Kev – The layout is going to have a lot of action. In rebuilding the front end are you going factory parts or aftermarket?
Kev – The layout is going to have a lot of action. In rebuilding the front end are you going factory parts or aftermarket?
Jim that is the layout and table I have already except the Red elevated loop on the CAD file. That is what I want to add. I just decided to plot what I already have to use it for placing and building the elevated reverse loop above it. Besides it was fun messing with the program.
The bridges got here today but will leave them in the box till the grand-kids leave tomorrow.
The Jeep parts are aftermarket and come from Rockauto and Rough Country. The stuff looks nice and we can take off the old, measure things and build the assemblies and replace then be close to where it needs to be.
We are correcting problems caused from a 4" lift kit and huge tires. Kids!
I have been watching this Stout live auction this afternoon. man are the prices nuts!
Banks, great news on your wife!!!!
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
My bridges I am geting back show out for delivery at Marseilles so maybe they will come today today. Can never tell with this PO.
28 heading to 30, cloudy, same as everyday lately. Picking up the kids this afternoon to spend the night. Trains will run.
Then tomorrow Katie wants to use the PC to do taxes and Dan and I are going to replace the pitman arm, drag link and tie rod assemblies on the Jeep.
Wow Dennis, 35,000 million ? or is it 35 million? Anyway you look at it a lot of money for a building.
Good Afternoon from sunny 40°F Southern Ohio,
My bride made steel cut oats in the crock pot for breakfast and they were really good. I love the steel cut oats but the do take a bit more preparation than quick oats. The kids are going to an overnight 4-H Winter camp this afternoon. It should be fun, even if there is no snow to play in.
Dennis – That sounds like a big church.
Banks – We keep a red heat lamp in the coop. When it gets in the 20's we close the coop to run door. It has kept the coop above freezing so far.
Bob – do you have any pictures of the bus?
May God bless
Jim
Got to love this software!
Mornin' boys. Passing flurries and 33 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Maybe work on the train room today. Wifey is away visiting with her brother.
Chief - The Coffee Pot ain't about the table cloths; it's about the patrons. Check in when you can.
Banks - Wonderful news.
OleTimer - Helmstetter's is still a great spot to watch a run-by.
KRM - Good looking track diagram. I still prefer to sit down with pencil and stencil.
Roy - 'Tis one way to have rails and sails...
Frank53 - Congrats on another fine article.
YORK certainly will be "interesting" this year...
Quiet day at work Thursday. Cold walk at noon. Went to see "Hidden Figures" that night. Good flick. Stayed home Friday. Good move as roads were crap Friday morning. Did very little today. Did read latest CTT. Watched TV friday night. I hope everyone has a good day.
Hello there,
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!.
Spent some time reclinerizing. Now in bed. Gonna sleep in tomorrow. Just can't seem to get enough sleep lately.
Just wanted to share. Mrs got a call today confirming no cancer.
88...I missed the saga of the fridge. How about a cliff notes version ?
Phish. ...do you have a light on your pullets?
Nite all. ..
Prayers for those in need.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Beaut of a day today. Cool but sunny.
Dennis - glad you are ok.
SummBob - keep those projects rolling!
Fife - a canal scene would be interesting.
Kev - nice job on the track plan! I had forgotten about MMO. Yes it is good stuff.
SJ - that green Also set caught my eye also. But that is all it will catch.
Bob, I should of known you knew. ATF should work.
Like Chief said, I remember my boss in the 60s smoking up the place with that stuff. Cleans the rings and valves to.
Got up early and went to the 'big city' (Safford,AZ) this afternoon to pick up some groceries and a couple prescriptions.
Kev - Marvel would have been my first choice but we didn't have any on hand. I figured the ATF couldn't hurt and that way it will soak a bit while I'm at work. That's a good idea on running it in the engine to clean the rings. You should see the sludge build up in the pan. Probably from years of using non-detergent oil. Because it has the Rochester 4MV carburator, I believe this engine is the 501". Aerocoach didn't build a ton of buses to begin with, and because this model has the roof windows it is one of only 29 made.
fifedog Buckeye - I will be "fashioning" a couple portions of the C&O canal, mainly the wharf at Cumberland. I will be using a Dept 56 set for the PawPaw area. My resources are Arcadia books, antique linen postcards, and a pair of hiking shoes.
Buckeye - I will be "fashioning" a couple portions of the C&O canal, mainly the wharf at Cumberland. I will be using a Dept 56 set for the PawPaw area. My resources are Arcadia books, antique linen postcards, and a pair of hiking shoes.
Fife, you may know I have been playing with the software program, SCARM the last week.
It is easy to learn and one thing very neat if you are building new is it gives you a parts list.
Here is mine. it is not correct because I did not have to cut so many sections of track because it will bend and tweak, but if you know what you want for a baseboard and fit track to it from the program it would be spot on. Would help not waste money on track you don't need.
Your retired now and have the time!
Generated by SCARM 0.9.34 beta - www.scarm.info
..... fife I walked the bridge to get to the tunnel many years ago when trains were still running there .... we stayed at the horseshoe bend farm right where the tunnel / bridge is .... was scarey to say the least ....
Good afternoon all,
Went out to breakfast with my friend Larry this morning and ate enough to choke a horse. Don't need a lunch. Ran some trains today for the first time since all the rain we had. Missing a lot of traction tires since they have rotted out from sitting. Would use that bull frog snot if it hasn't got solid again. $25 for a very small bottle. I think you can revive it with a few drops of water. Will try that first. My layout has voltage drops galore. Runs OK in DCS when voltage is high but not good when running in conventional with lower voltages. Even in DCS, I have oone spot where voltage drops too much even in DCS. Need better continuity. It's just a matter of finding the time to chase down all these grimlins.
Don, you did your best in Chicago and then some. I wouldn't go back there for any reason. You deserve a medal.
Have a good day all.
Ray
SPMan
fifedog Buckeye - To it, not through it. Youngest Princess and I will hike it when the weather is more agreeable. Plan to represent Paw Paw tunnel on the new layout.
Buckeye - To it, not through it. Youngest Princess and I will hike it when the weather is more agreeable. Plan to represent Paw Paw tunnel on the new layout.
Afternoon all. I got some bug but believe it's finally leaving me now. but it did a number on me. I was thinking about going to the V.A. when it all started calming down.
Sturgeon-PhishRT – are you thinking about a slot just for the flange? Do you have a table saw? If so I'd use a fine tooth blade to minimize chipping on the finished surface. What if you did the shelves one at a time taking the trains off a shelf, cutting and replacing it, then moving the trains from the next shelf to the one you just did, then repeating. Hardest part is getting started. I tend to "over plan" at times.
Jim I can't get the Drill in there with the screw diver bit to narrow between the shelves. I thought about trying that but to do it I would have to buy a right angle drill and it couldn't be more than 4" I would say wide to give room for it and the screw it was removing. I may have to consider that thou. I built shelves to do that for the both wife had in the vintage mall. so cutting them to size with the table saw is the way to go.
Not much going on around here today. Just trying to relax after this mornings bout. Will talk to you all later.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Morning gang. 48 degrees and going to a chilly mid 50's today. Errands and chili judging at a local church this evening.
Hope all are well [especially you Doug]. Had some sort of bug. Came home from 5 hour meeting Wed. night with chills, aches and etc. Stayed home yesterday until 5 PM. Canceled all meetings [unlike me]. Why I am well today, I'm sure. Did have Rolesville HS midyear graduation yesterday evening. Came back home and rested.
KEV is right on the Marvel Mystery Oil. Used it a lot in past years to free up old tractors and other engines. You'll have to replace the plugs when you get this done. In fact, years ago when I was in Homestead FL., the Pontiac dealer there use to do that with every tuneup they did. Poured Marvel Mystery Oil down carb and it smoked up the town block. Cleaned and lubed upper cyclinders.
Have a good one.
Have I told you how sorry this software on this site is lately. Curser just disappeared. Would not come back so I could type the "Have a good one." Posted it. Then went to edit to finish. Edit just would not load. Had to leave and then come back. Did edit to get it in. That is why I do not post on here like I use to. Love you guys but this is crap.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Well I did like the geen/gray Alco set, but not eough to pay those prices for it, even at preoreder $439.99.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Hi guys,
25 heading to 28 cloudy again. Ugh
Bob, On the International Red Diamond, fill the cylinders with Marvel Mistery Oil and let it sit to free up the pistons. And then when you do get it running pour it down the carb till it almost kills the engine for awhile to clean the rings. It works! is it a 450 6 cylinder?
http://www.marvelmysteryoil.com/index.php/site/products/
Just checking in.
The usual overcast sky and 31 degrees. No snow on the ground for several weeks now but Feb. is coming.
The new Lionel catalog is out, nothing I will buy. If retired it takes a hefty pension to buy at their prices.
S.J.
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