Evening all!
70 today, sunny, and more of the same tomorrow!!!
I have driven both ways through the Whittier tunnel. And Whittier is a beautiful place! If you hold your speed right, the car tires will track the railroad rails and you can let go of the steering wheel! Cars and trains alternate through the tunnel.
Regards, Roy
Rob, Ten years ago I worked for the company that did the enlargement of the Whittier Tunnel. I did not work on the Whittier tunnel, but I worked on one in Kentucky.
This is a real good video taken from the locomotive of the trip from Whittier north through the tunnel on the way to Anchorage and Denali. Just after the train departs there is a cruise ship on the right and a set of canopies along the track where the cruise passengers board the train for the ride.
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
Afternoon All!
Old Man Winter isn't letting go this year! Another round for our friends on the East Coast.
Buckeye - Yes, Alaska is definitely on the bucket list. My folks went this past summer and did both the Alaska and White Pass & Yukon train trips. Like you, he took some fantasic pictures and he's now an Alaska fan for life. The multi-purpose railway/highway tunnel near Whittier looks interesting.....
Spank - I resemble that too!
Joe - Jet setting aside, how's the layout planning coming along?
Have a good one and prayers.
Rob
V8Vega I tried to post on the Planters Peanut thread here but it took so long for the reply box to appear I thought I had screwed up my computer and gave up in dispair.
I tried to post on the Planters Peanut thread here but it took so long for the reply box to appear I thought I had screwed up my computer and gave up in dispair.
The Planters turned scrap iron hopper is now running around the O guage track at Maritime Hobbies and Crafts in Halifax, NS. I loaned it to them for awhile. With it's full load of real metal and low centre of mass, it runs smooth! DJ
Hello there.
Crashed last night without posting.
Mom returned to the home yesterday. No diagnosis from the hospital. My opinion is she was severely dehydrated. I will discuss this with the home.
Lots going on today. Gastrointestinal doc, chiropractor ( PT guy says it'll do me good ) and a viewing. Found out Saturday that a 2nd cousin same age as me had lost his battle with cancer. Didn't even know he was sick.
Best move on.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
A very nice day in the low 60's. High 60's and sunny for tomorrow.
Nothing in particular today to speak of.
Good evening all,
I am quite partial to the Alaska theme myself. Colors on the train remind me of the Hoosier state flag. Busy day this morning, not so much in the afternoon. Weather was nasty for walk today, but made it to and from work ok. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good evening,
Where is the time going? I cannot believe March is almost half over and we reset the clocks. Last week I was on the road to Japan and Hawaii for work. I left on Sunday and returned home Friday. I was quite tired but had plenty of chores to do over the weekend. This week is flying by and I still have plenty to do at work and around the house. I hope everyone is doing well.
Joe
Buckeye Riveter Kevin, The Alaskan Caboose is MTH. I believe they are still available. Check with Clyde at Stockyard Express. He has a huge selction of MTH in stock and a special caboose section. Rob, I have been waiting for Lionel to make an Alaskan Railroad Diesel in Lionchief Plus. This way the grandsons can run it very easily. It was one great ride! If you have not been to Alaska, GO!
Kevin, The Alaskan Caboose is MTH. I believe they are still available. Check with Clyde at Stockyard Express. He has a huge selction of MTH in stock and a special caboose section.
Rob, I have been waiting for Lionel to make an Alaskan Railroad Diesel in Lionchief Plus. This way the grandsons can run it very easily. It was one great ride! If you have not been to Alaska, GO!
Thank you Buckeye, I will check it out. The Alaska trip is on our bucket list...
As for the Alaska train,,,, Just paint your own.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Morning All!
Quick pop in on lunch. The white stuff is still lingering.
I'm 75% Irish, 20% Scottish and 5% Gibberish!! I always get a kick out of folks pretending to be "Irish" on St. Patrick's Day with the green beer, etc. I'll stick to my Kilkenny, Caffrey's or Smithwicks (pronounced Smith'icks) thanks. I'm just waiting for next thing to be "offended" by is portraying us Irish as a bunch of drunks.....
Buckeye - Nice video. I think you need to treat yourself to a nice Alaska SD70 to pull that train. Retirement gift, perhaps?
Banks - Prayers for your mom.
Ray - Prayers for your brother.
Rich - I'll be in for one of the FD cars for sure!
Spank - Just 4"? That's still good grilling weather!!
Have a good one.
Morning. Snow almost gone. 47 degrees, sunny and temps climbing fast.
Hope all are OK. Busy afternoon and night.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Tuesday is seniors day at two of our local community recycling stores. I will get 30% off all purchases. Once again I'll be looking for RC vehicles to take apart and use in my O-scale models. Another east coast winter storm is on its way so got to get moving. Have a great day everyone.
Got word about my brother in Va. with kidney cancer. The Immunotheraphy is not working and the cancer is becoming more agressive. They are starting conventional chemo and radiation now. He has an appointment tomorrow but the roads are covered with snow. Forcast is for around 50 at noon and his appointment is in the afternoon. Good night all,
Ray
SPMan
Hello there,
thanks for praying for Mom. She's about the same today. The hospital is grasping at straws as to what caused all this. My faith in this hospital has reached an all time low.
Best try to sleep.
Very quiet day at work. Cold walk at noon. Watched Izombie. Very good tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Sunny and 62. Very pleasant. Same for tomorrow.
Banks - continued prayers for your mom.
DNA? - Texan - Done!
I'll let you guz know when I get my CTT Forum 15 year pin later this year...
Buckeye Riveter Chief, I doubt you are related to me. BTW, you and I have been on this forum for 14 years. When do we get our free gift from CTT? For about two years I have been collecting freight cars that you might see in Alaska. Here ya go!
Chief, I doubt you are related to me. BTW, you and I have been on this forum for 14 years. When do we get our free gift from CTT?
For about two years I have been collecting freight cars that you might see in Alaska.
Here ya go!
Sun came out but it is below normal temps.
Buckeye,, Nice train!!! What is the part number and maker of that Alaska caboose? I would like to add that to my Alaska train. Looks way better than my old Lionel 6-16523 from 1990.
Buckeye don't hold your breath waiting for that free gift. After years of MR and then CTT I couldn't even get a free badge from Bob at York. They use to be free but I guess they decided to sell what was left. I did get a cookie from his assistant...:)
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
Happy Monday!!
WGH show at Edison was great, made a contact from Lionel for a custom run of Fire Fighter cars as a benefit for the FD....more as it develops - these will be US made and delivery by Christmas, we hope
Drama free weekend - spent Sunday with the Princess, lunch and house cleaning done, all and all finally a decent weekend - just need the weather to be better.
Prayers for your Mom, Banks
Prayers for Donna
Kev - that sucks....I'm the executor for my parents, 5 kids total and I'm the oldest. I've seen what happens with wills and such in my family - greed takes over.....
Yes, the software is horrible.....
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
Buckeye Riveter Chief, I doubt you are related to me. BTW, you and I have been on this forum for 14 years. When do we get our free gift from CTT? Are you kidding!!!! Bet that will never happen. Been a long road with a lot of changes. For about two years I have been collecting freight cars that you might see in Alaska. Because you live in a state that has the same weather. Here ya go!
Are you kidding!!!! Bet that will never happen. Been a long road with a lot of changes.
Because you live in a state that has the same weather.
Let me remind you how bad this software is. The original 14 years ago was ten times better. Had to post and then edit to get out of the "quote".
Rainy and cold. May have some snohio flakes later.
Not much on agenda.
Prayers for Donna and Banks' Mom.
Enjoy the day.
Cold cloudy and damp, just plain yucky. Could sure go for some 60s
Went into Plainfield and shot the BS with Jeff yesterday. Was good to catch up and the beer was cold.
Banks, Prayers for your mom!
Mornin' boys. 30 with a shaker of snohizo along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Hope to get a haircut before heading into office this morning.
Like Banksie said, we just missed each other at the Blair County train show yesterday. Continued prayers to you, sir. Show itself was decent. Picked up some AF parts, and 2 Hawthorne Village buildings (Civil War collection). For the second straight trip, the ladies didn't want to visit Horseshoe Curve. They made me go to Outback and consume Foster's instead.
Chief - Did the DNA folks discover a lot of Eagles in that tree...?
It may be Monday but when you're retired everyday is Saturday. Have a good one y'all eh?
Good evening all, Kev, sorry to hear about all the legal problems. Hard to believe what some people will do.
Got some much needed rain last night. Went to TTOS train meet in Arcadia today. Saw Don's friend Bob and my two train buddies, Larry and Bob W. Did not buy but sat through some of the auction. Looked like some good buys today. Some good standard gauge went cheap.
Fixed some ham and cabbage for dinner with taters. That was good. Talked with sister in Connecticut. She says her daughters dog died. Hard for her I guess. He was pretty old.
More rain forcast for next week. Have a senior dinner on Tuesday and will have to transport my friend to the doctor in the afternoon. He is grounded on driving for a while.
Don, glad to hear you had sucess with the bullfrog snot. I still have some if I can unharden it with water.
Promising race went to the thunder. Tony K got punted on the first lap, but he did come back for an 11th place finish. Leist started well but had some mechanical issues, lost 10 laps and then crashed. Ugh. I hope everyone has a good day.
Altoona show this morning. Got a Prewar 1680 Shell tank car, a late 50s HO Revell box car and a HO Plastic villa 2 story house with box. All for less than $30 including admission.
Had hoped to hang at the show long enough to shake Fife's hand. The home called. They sent Mom to the ER. She had a long unreponsive spell followed by bad nose bleed, low blood pressure, low O2 level. Doc was really concerned when I got there. They got the bleeding stopped and levels up and admitted her to try to figure out the cause.
More as I get updates
Bed soon
Afternoon all!
Sun just came out. It was cool and breezy this am. 60 today and may hit 70? 85 yesterday!
Watched the Indy race earlier and NASCAR right now.
43 degrees and raining. Not doing much today. Meds making me a little sluggish.
Got my Ancestry DNA results. Surprising. Mostly Western European. Scandinavia. Some Irish/Scottish/Wales. Some Portugal and Spain. Small part is Great Britain. [that is strange as the great family historian says we were knights and buried in some abbey???] Guess I will check other. The Portugal and Spain may be why a lot of Mother's family [including my two uncles] had olive complexions. I looked at DNA relatives. Was right on. Shows cousins through Mother's side [she had 8 brothers and sisters] and some I do not know. Bad part is, I might be kin to BUCKEYE.
Hope all have a great week ahead.
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