Good evening all,
TV night in the house. Grimm, Emerald City and Blue Bloods were on tap. Good day at work as it was very quiet. Got much work done on time saving project. Got one response so far on the stamps with a better estimate than I expected. Cloudy but mild today. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
.. Scored big time at that local auction ... on lionel tubular track .... all shiney and new looking ... 93 pieces of straight ..... 91 pieces of O72 curved .... 3 crossovers ... 2 manual switches .... got other items .... will come back after checking out a whole box of transformers ... a club took down their whole layout and sold it .... .... forgot to mention I got all that for less than $ 23.00 ....
Evening all.
Kevin in Columbia, S.C. I came across a old bridge that said Seaboard on it. They have CSX and NS running thru Columbia, S.C. now.
Not much going on here today. Just relaxing now.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Ray, here is some pictures I found on the web for you.
Looks like your right, they used a few ways. and the black looks to be dark green to.
Seaboard "Citrus" paint scheme.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Kev, enjoyed the pictures of the famous triple crossing in Richmond. I always wondered which paint job was correct on the Seaboard "Citrus" paint scheme. The 1939 Orange Blossom Special had early E units with yellow roofs and silver trucks. I noticed in this photo it is a yellow roof with black trucks. Some that I personally remember had black roofs and trucks so I guess they were all used at one time or another. MTH did the `1939 version but on a later model E unit. Later on they reran them with black roofs and trucks. I have often wondered if the black roofs were really yellow and just got covered with soot. Inquiring minds would like to know.
Ray
SPMan
Good afternoon from overcast 62°F Southern Ohio
I finished the Lift pump installation on the truck and the truck runs fantastic. I'll secure the rest of the inner fender fasteners and call it done. I cleaned up the garage and I'm going to get a Marx train ready for the school fundraiser auction.
The triple decker crossover is really neat, never saw anything like it.
May God bless
Jim
Lite rain and 40s.
Not michigan weather at all but I'll take it. Feb. just might get even.
No toy train news, I've still got 2 CTTs and 2 TCAs to read.
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. Wet here too, but I love it over snow.Might get up to 42 today and 55 tomorrow - that I have to see. Sound like some great hikes, Fife. I'm regularly on the train for an hour and the half but every so often for far more than that when someone is hit on the line. It has been quite a seaon for that because this line is at grade and the trains can go up to 60 mph. But I haven't been stuck like that for a while (knocking on wood). Richmond would be neat to railfan.Prayers for Mrs Banks
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Mornin' boys. 'Tis a new day (and a wet one at that). Wifey did her first walk (she don't hike) on the Great Alleghany Passage, up to the Narrows. Then we stopped at Lowe's, and she certainly hiked me all up and down the aisles. Girl can shop.
Richmond, VA is an awesome place to observe trains. Everyone focuses on the triple crossing, but the lines leading up to that spot are awesome as well. The top line shoots south across the James River, the middle line travels over a long elevated trestle, and the bottom line heads over a lift bridge just to the west. It would certainly justify a "stacked" style layout. And if you fancy street running, Ashland, VA is just to the north, hosting the busy CSX north/south main.
Neat triple crossover pics! Quiet day at work. 3 hours of meetings. Warmer weather for walk. No soccer tonight...again. Took wife to see "Passengers". Do not bother. She liked it but it was boring. I hope everyone has a good day.
KRM RT, This crossover would be a great place to Start a layout and build around it.
RT, This crossover would be a great place to Start a layout and build around it.
Don't give me any ideas
Evening all!
60's today and no where near 70. Maybe 70 tomorrow?
That 3-way crossover is pretty cool.
Banks - prayers for missus and mom.
Regards, Roy
Keving I think somewhere I have seen this picture except it had C&O, the Richmond,Fredick and Potomac Rail road and believe it was B&O also crossing that three way bridge. Steam of coarse
Good morning,
Banks, Good news!
Fife, that triple cross over is neat, Thanks.
Best get going, Wagon Train is on.
Morning. Cold this AM. Was in the high 30's here. 42 degrees and rising fast. 60 for a high. Woke up early. Had sausage, egg and cheese sandwich with OJ. Get ready for the eye Dr. annual exam. New glasses and frames. Tomorrow, go inspect a mobile in the park for a homeless Veteran. Hope this gets OK from funder. If so, got him covered.
Glad Mrs. Banks did well. Prayers.
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
Heloo there.......
Quick check in. Thanks for your prayers. Finally got Mrs out of the hospital 'bout 5 yesterday. Surgery went well. Mrs is relieved but sore. Took them some extra time and a treatment from respiratory therapy to get her O2 level to stay normal.
Best move on.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Mornin' boys. Clear and 42 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Hiked over 5 miles along the C&O yesterday, which took just under 2 hours. If "pain is weakness leaving the body", I experienced a lot of departure the last mile. Soaked in the big tub last night (even Ducky had wrinkles). Wifey might go with me today.
Banks - Hope the Mrs' surgery went well.
KRM - check out BN Junction in Kansas City, the triple crossover in Richmond, and ZOO interlocking in Philadelphia for ideas.
cnw1995 - That wasn't you stuck on the train for hours the other day, was it?
Buckeye Riveter ChiefEagles NOW: have I told you lately what I think of this software? No, but I have been putting up with you for almost 13 years on the CTT Forum and the software is getting worse, just like MTH Realtrax Switches.
ChiefEagles NOW: have I told you lately what I think of this software?
NOW: have I told you lately what I think of this software?
No, but I have been putting up with you for almost 13 years on the CTT Forum and the software is getting worse, just like MTH Realtrax Switches.
Told you so. Yes, MTH switches are crud. One day I will start replacing them with another brand and wire them seperate from track.
Been cold tonight. 45 degrees. Cooler tomorrow at 60 degrees. In fact, suppose to be in the 60's for the next 7 days.
Off to bed. Sleep tight.
Quiet day at work. Good day at work. Made some more progress on a work effort that should save me more time. Just need to tinker some more. Sent emails about the stamps. Will see what happens. I hope everyone has a good day.
Afternoon Ladies !
Banks, Prayers for the Mrs.
The weather guessers are just short of calling the storms coming in Rain-magedden. Significant rains possible but this is one time I would hate to have beach front property with possibly 16ft surf coming in during high tide.
Things went well at the museum on Friday and the Kid's Club on Monday, no pile-ups. This Friday I plan on running a string of Pullman Passenger cars with a CSX "Bush the Elder Whistle Stop Tour Dash8". Should get a few chuckles, hopefully no one will go into a deep depression. Second train will be a freight consist headed up by a Lionel Desert Storm SD40-2.
Time to get moving, later all !
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Hello there,
spending today at the hospital with Mrs. We signed into same day surgery at 7. By 9 radiology had inserted a wire to guide the surgeon to remove the problem area. Then we learned surgery wasn't scheduled til 11.30
They finally took her about 12.30
More later.
Good afternoon,
My cable got killed yesterday morning by Comcast workers working on my neigbor's cable, took over 7 hours to get an emergency repair order done.
The temp is going up to around 81 today here in southeast Florida, more then the average temp should be, should be around 74.
Worked on my Williams F-7 ABA Crown Edition Reading Lines set yesterday, installed the QSI sound unit from another engine and installed an 8 amp bridge rectifier instead of the circuit board. First tried reversing the wire harness at the circuit board but it didn't help so I put a bridge rectitifer in instead of the circuit board. Also put some wires to the power clips at the side track.
Lee Fritz
Wet wet wet. Everything is wet. But 40s.
Yep it was a busy toy train weekend. Lot's of NYC...
Kids today don't care about a circus, from age 5 and up their nose is in a cell phone or game.
Aloha. I've been unable to login for a while because somehow the site didn't recognize my credentials. Then after circles-spinning in the browser forever, it did! Cloud here but warmer - since this is usually the coldest time of the year, for it to be in the 40s is great! Hope it helps DonB on his lightning trip to the layout. Fife, I hear you about TV - I wish we had the Western Channel. I have been watching Barrett Jackson car auctions on Velocity as my solace. Tough news about Ringling Bros circus. I remember watching the train go by and years ago, watching the elephants walk to the old Chicago Stadium. I hear the Illinois Railway Museum already reached out to them about the train cars. Lee, I grew up just down the coast from you in Stamford. MikeC, I thought of you as I botched baking some bread on Monday. I tried to quick-rise the loaves in a warm oven with a pan of hot water and it was a dismal failure. At least you got to eat your rolls for breakfast. Buckeye, that is a great video of the ore ship on the lake. The other day I was looking out at Lake Michigan from the 33 floor of a building on Michigan Avenue and spotted one of the freighters way out 'to sea' in the ice. Do your grands get to keep their yearly ornament or are they on 'your' tree?SJ, sounds like a great train weekend!
cheapclassics Good evening all, Made some calls on the stamps today. Will not be retiring any time soon. In fact may keep what I have that is not used and used them for postage...... Does not make sense but when it comes to financial value, what do you do? Mike C. from Indiana
Made some calls on the stamps today. Will not be retiring any time soon. In fact may keep what I have that is not used and used them for postage...... Does not make sense but when it comes to financial value, what do you do?
Mike about 20 years ago now My father had passed about 5 years earlier. Anyway my oldest Brother and my mother got Dads stamps out and had a couple of folks appraise/look at them to buy and they came to conclusion that they would make out better using them. The guys didn't even want to give full face value and my father even had block numbers and in some cases full sheets. So I believe my brother is still using some of them today lol. So much done on the internet anymore.
Morning all. 67* going up to 73* today. No real train news. Not a lot planned for today. May do some yard work but thats about it. Over cast right now so will see.
Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 50 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Supposed to be a mild week here in the Potomac Valley, and I'd like to get out and really stretch my legs. We shall see.
Can only take 15 minutes of any news outlet, before I want to vomit. I find solace in the Western Channel, and have enjoyed watching Lonesome Dove recently.
Been catching up with my closest friends, 2 retired, 2 still at the cop shop. Too much termoil with my old agency, and I'm glad I had retired.
Good day at work. All caught up from Friday so I can work on a project tomorrow that should save me some more time. Ok day for a walk. Paid some bills. Made some calls on the stamps today. Will not be retiring any time soon. In fact may keep what I have that is not used and used them for postage...... Does not make sense but when it comes to financial value, what do you do? Wife wanted me to watch "This is Us" tonight. Definitely not my cup of tea. I hope everyone has a good day.
50's today. Rained this evening. Same for tomorrow.
Nothing new to report today. Hope all have a great evening.
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