Good evening all,
Hot again. Got some rain tonight. Watched France beat Belguim 1-0 tonight. Good game. Lots of saves. Busy this morning at work, not so much this afternoon. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' all!
Sunny and still seasonably warm/hot, muggy...
Banks - great news re your daughter. Enjoy your trip!
Dennis - I enjoy your slot car posts - they go well with trains!
Rob - great to hear from you!
Kev - that was a 'sump full' explantion!
Fife - boat booty-licious! You still have the yatchet???
Chief - how does the garden grow?
MikeC - glad Lucas is hanging in there.
Anj - top down this weekend!
Dougsnotta - nice visit from DonB!
Had a slow day yesterday as had not slept well the two previous nights. Received 5 2" blind sets we special ordered from lowes. Got them all installed yesterday evening. Well, did not finish until 10 pm, but they all went in well. Look good vs the old/aging vertical cloth blinds. 3 full glass doors ans 2 windows. Have a few more to do yet, but will wait a couple weeks.
Regards, Roy
Not much going on today except for a visit to the urologist for checkup.
Received registration for York.
Have a good day.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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Slept 9 hours. Unusual for me. Walked 8+K steps per phone. Replanted food plots at farms. Farmer's contractor sprayed and killed. Farmer replaced seed. Hope it rains on them to get them going.
Daughter moving in for a few to babysit [like I did for her the other week]. Make it easier than boarding and CHEAPER.
Back in a few. VA mountains. Actually Roanoke and NS yards will be viewed. Wifey will be at the pool at hotel.
Garden. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and peppers. Squirrels trying to eat apples as they are almost ripe.
Later.
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Good Morning,
Been awhile, but been busy, busy, busy.
It all starts on the 4th, we took a meal over to inlaws, FIL had a choking incident, but it ended up ok. After we left we were home for about 15 minutes, and MIL called and he fell. So went back and ended up taking him to ER. Finaly got out of there about 1 am. We had planned on going to Reno on the 5th, Kay was going to spend the weekend with her best friend. So didn't get the early start we planned on. But went anyway. (FIL was admitted to hosp.)
Got to Reno, on Thurs eve, then I left Fri morning and flew back home. Took MIL to visit FIL, then started cleaning house. Kay and her gf were going to be driving back here on Mon.. So I watched over inlaws, and worked around here. I received a teather I ordered from MTH, for an engine that was erratic. Installed teather to no avail.. Then started looking for someone who would look at it. I really didn't want to open up the engine. Found on the MTH website a guy in San Diego! Thought he probably knows Doug, and it is definetely closer than Va., or Co.. So called him and his price was right, etc.. So then thought rather than ship, drive down there, and go see Doug also. Coordinated the day, and went. Dropped the engine off, and Jim started working on it immediately. He had it fixed in less than 10 minutes. So I was very pleased!
Went over to Doug's, and he and his lovely wife were extremely accomodating and nice. The visit was the highlight of my trip. Really enjoyed visiting with them.
Kay and her gf made it in Mon. evening, and they have had a good time. She is leaving and flying back to Reno this morning. Kay's Dad is still in the hospital, they are talking about having him go to a rehab hosp., probably in the next day or so. So now we are back to the sustaining and support routing.
Lots of other thing to comment on but don't want to make this too long.
Take care all, & stay healthy.
Don
Afternoon all. Some bug got a hold of me and did me in this am. Feeling a little better now.
Fife Layout is on hold until I do a few things. Which probably take about a year. First need to upgrade power to the house from 80 watt to 200 watt. And this is not the time of the year to do it. Need to put in a 24' x 25' pad to put metal garage on. Need to suport roof in old garage so I can knock down a wall and feel safe about it. ( to hot to do that also right now. ) But when I do run electrick out to the garage I will have A/C in there if just a big window unit at first. ( also once wall is down the garage door will come out and a wall put there. ) So in realality I'm looking probably almost 2 years before building of layout starts as I also need to put up studs, insulation, wiring, and drywall. Lots to do so little $$ to do it with lol. So this will be a little by little job.
Other train news, My collection of Tin plate keeps growing.
Hope all have a good evening
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Hi Guys,
Got the new pump combo and the install was a snap, Only problem is I needed another outlet for the charger and the power to there only has a single outlet so I had to get a two space outlet and cover. Looked all over and I don't have one. :-( I will need one for the other side to as soon as I wire up the battery system on that side. I set the Zoeller set up in that hole but I need to drop the pump down about 2" to clear the lid. So I got to get a thinner block for that side.
Well I got everything I needed from Brain and finished the ejector hole just now, I will do the other side tomorrow.
Enough for today. Beer Thirty!
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Nice weather for walk. Quiet day at work. Lost 1-0 in our match tonight. First time in 3 games both teams had enough players. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning all!
Sunny, hot, humid, seasonable
Spent some time on the water yesterday. Wine cruise at dusk.
Nice cool breezes.
Not much on tap today. Cleanup from the last week of projects.
Kev - on sumpin'
Very quiet day at work. Moderate weather for work. Nice visit with friends tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Hello there,
Thanks again for all your prayers
Started this last night and crashed . No fish at the pier Tuesday but the grandaughters and I walked in the bay. The water is warm and shallow. A hundred yards from shore was just past my waist. Lifeguards were busy on the sea side from the storm off the coast.
Wednesday Mrs and I made a quick invasion of NJ. Slipped into Cape May by way of the Cape May/Lewes ferry. Went to Mass at the beautiful Star Of The Sea church then strolled the streets before escaping back to Delaware to finish the day relaxing.
Today after a late start Mrs and I picniced on the bay at Assateague Island National Park. Bought a lifetime pass good at all National parks for $80.
I'd thought about going to Toy Town but there wasn't enough time when we left. A hot tub soak and a shower finished the day.
Charlie. ....congas to Lucas and good luck at the Trap Shoot. Bet there's no coverage of that on a National level.
I asked about the HG because Dad worked on a farm from 46 till 54 an Used them exclusively. They were popular in this area because of farming on hillsides. my uncle had one when I was a kid. His older brother bought it new with his mustering out money when he came back to the farm (Paps) at the end of WW2. It stayed there when he married and moved on. Pap sold the farm to his youngest son in 57 and built a house on the farm Dad bought. It was still there into the 60s. I ran it a few times hauling manure and other things. There was also an Oliver Super 55 like the one we have now. BIL bought one in 81 or 82. We put all new axles and bushings in the rollers and new bushings in the trunnions on the track frames. When we got into the engine the crank bearings were already ground to the minimum and in bad shape .We lucked into a fork truck engine that was identical and rebuilt it. BIL still uses to plow snow, bush hog and plant food plots.
Best get moving .
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Morning,
Yep, still hot but seasonal.
Banks - glad you are enjoying your vacation! Nice story about the tractors and family.
MikeC - surprises continued at the World Cup! Can Croatia take it Sun?
Easy day planned again for the day. Gotta beat the heat!
Good morning all, "The report of my death has been highly exagerated" Mark Twain. Same thing happened to me a couple of days ago. A retired railroad friend posted on facebook that I had passed away and died of a heart attack. I started reading all kinds of condolences but headed it off with a post of my own before I started getting flowers. The guy who posted it said he heard it from the union rep. who is usually a reliable source. I sent him a personal message but have not heard from him yet.
I came across an engine that I never had lately. A non toy train guy sold me a 6222 O27 version of the bell ringing Lionel switch engine from 1949 in Santa Fe lettering for $50. It needed some work and has a few missing details which I hope I can get from the parts dealer. It needs a radio antenna, Bell and two small hand rails for the front by the steps. Our club president at TTOS repaired the engine for me while I waited last Sunday. The motor was seized up. He took the top off of the motor and spun the shaft in an electric drill which broke it loose. He also went through the E unit reverser and checked that out. I was running it this morning and it runs great. The price on those things is all over the place. Some on Ebay were going for over $200 in the original box. Mine is in fair condition but the decals are good. I'm happy with it.
Don, glad you saw Doug and got your engine fixed in Sandy Eggo. I would like to get the info about that repair guy for MTH that you found down there.
Got an invite to go to a jazz concert in orange county Sunday with my friend Larry who will be filling in for the regular drummer. I will ride down there with him.
I think I mentioned that I got a lot of free CD's and LP's from the last one. Life is good this week. Have a nice weekend.
Ray
SPMan
Back from Roanoke VA. Saw lots of trains. Saw a Virginian heritage unit behind NS engines headed west. Was talking to Don Baker when it came through. Did get to meet a guy and his son from neighboring town here. They were photoing trains as they passed.
Visited the O. Winston Link museum for the 4th time.
Tired. Off to bed.
Good evening all, another hot day here in paradise.
Don B. Hope your in laws are doing better. That sounds like a scary situation you mentioned on your last post.
Actually ran some trains on my layout this morning before it got too hot. Cleaned the track with a track cleaning car I bought at a train meet some time ago. It's just a Lionel gondola car with a slide shoe underneath to witch you attach a soft pad like Velcro and soak it with denatured alcohol. It works most of the time but once in a while snags a switch or something. My engines had less arching after I cleaned the track.
Went out to breakfast this morning with my train buddies. One of them just came back after having knee surgery replacement. He is walking after only two weeks.
Not much else going on here. Just trying to survive the summer.
Morning All!,
Not much on the go today, just the usual Saturday domestic duties. Calling for thunderstorms on and off, so that will determine what gets done.
Rich - I'll have the Caravan ready for the next Carlisle event!!
Don - Glad you were able to get locomotive repaired and have a visit with Doug. San Diego is nice. When the Mrs. and I were in Cali a few years ago, we took the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner from Anaheim to San Diego. A great side trip. I took as many photos of the old Santa Fe station as I did the Midway!!
Roy - Wine cruises, nice!!
Kev - Glad the pump is fixed.
Banks - Sounds like a nice vacation.
Ray - Nice to hear you are still with us!! I'm sure that was a little surreal.
Have a good one and prayers.
Rob
Morning. Cooler and breezy. Enjoyed coffee on new deck.
Photos from Roanoke VA.
Engine in consist painted like CSX but lettered something else. ???
Now to finish this post [cursur would not come back, love this software].
CSX with Harrison legacy will go backrupt and be sold to a Canadian line. His plan all along. Then that line will have a corridor to FL. My 2 cents worth.
Saw lots of CSX engines in NS shop being painted NS.
Here is a NS engine bottom part and nose green. ????
WOW just got up!!!!!!!
Lotsa rain over night. So it will be sticky today. Don't know what is going on yet.
Pump jobs are: Finished!!! Hit the LOTO at Farm and Fleet. They hit you $10.00 core on a battery so I took three of the grand kid's old toy rider batteries hoping it would count as one car size battery, The dumb kid gave me $30.00 credit towards the new deep Cycle battery I got. So got off cheap. Hope I am good for a few years now. And I have a new spare pump on the shelf.
There has been lots of field spraying going on around here. Those pilots sure are good flyers. Corn is 8' to 9' high most places. Must have bugs!
Chief, CSX must of sold that engine, I see that a lot at a short line railroad called Illinois Railway here that has engines from all kinds of railroads and all they do is put their name on the side, No paint job.
Here is a list of their engines and where they got them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Railway
Hey Chief, those are all leasers from Progress Rail. I've seen a lot of ex-CSX locomotives lately too. I've seen similar ex-CSX Dash-8's and 9's with GE leasing painted over too. I think the late HH maybe "thinned the herd" too much. They're hurting for power now.
Cloudy, close to 90 again today.
No rain this month at all. The guesser's are saying maybe some this weekend. Maybe.
We just returned from a few days away along the Lake Huron shoreline in the northern part of lower Michigan. The weather was perfect. We did a couple casino visits, yea I lost. A whole twelve dollars, wife about the same but we had 2 afternoons of fun. Also took a paddle boat ride. For $10.00 each we got a 2 hour ride.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Quiet day at work Friday. Came home and mowed the yard. Did it on one tank. Some parts did not need mowing. Was going to post but was too tired and went to bed at 10:30. Did a little weed spraying today and then "coached" alums to 3-0 win over varsity!!! Foyt team finally got a car in top 12 in qualifying on a road course this year with Leist starting 12th. Kanaan starts 15th. I think France will win tomorrow but Croatia could surprise. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning all. Calling for a sunny day here hot and humid, at 90% presently. Hope to move some furniture around today in this tiny room enough so I can cut some 2" x 4" to level this room some and maybe get at least one sheet of 23/32 plywood down. The house is 78 years old and has settled some in the middle, from not putting supports properly in place. So it dips about 4" in the center. I have a quote from a company to come out and re-support it, but they say they can't return it back to where it originally was, but guarantee it won't sink any more. I can live with it in the rest of the house but in here I have my desk and the chair wants to roll away from the desk.Talk to you all later.
Missed posting yesterday. Gonna be hot this coming week 100-105
Ray - glad you were able to nip the reports of your demise! And very happy that you are enjoying yourself, with some train time to boot!
Rob/Chief - From what I have seen, NS is trying to unwind many of the Harrison 'improvements'.
RT - if I had that kind of a floor sag, I would put the dining table there to insure I rolled away from the table earlier than I do now
Kev - good deal the pumps are fixed, and nothin better than getting a 'deal' on a core return!
SJ - glad your trip went well and the financial damage was limited!
MikeC - the news stated that 1 billion people will be watching the match today!
Watched the Kentucy NASCAR race last night. It was a good race for once with a lot of lead changes and pit strategy. Truex won, but wish it had been someone else. Three guys are winning most of the races this year, boring....
Afternoon. Sunday School and brunch. Resting now.
Got lady friend coming with kids to see gardens and trains.
Roy, Harrison was CSX.
Hope all have a great week ahead.
ChiefEagles Roy, Harrison was CSX.
Oops!
Hot and humid it Buckeyeland today, but I was able to paint the trim on the new back door. Everytime I stepped out on the deck, you could just feel the heat and humidity. If I wanted to live in the hot and humid NC, I would have moved there.
I have two rolls of 8 mm home movie film. Any suggestions as to a place where it can be converted to digital? I believe it may have film of train travel on the Burlington in 1967.
Have a good week.
A good day. France won the World Cup as I thought they might. Tony Kanaan got the best finish for AJ this year with a 6th in Toronto. Weather kept looking like rain but never did. Buckeye, I know somebody who does home movie conversions to DVD. Please send a private message and we can work out the details. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evenin' boys. Busy here as of late. Did slip over the Potomac for my yearly qualification to carry. While back in the Baltimore area, stopped by M.B.Klein. What a disappointment. They reduced their showroom to a hat-box, in favor of on-line sales (and this outfit is THE major retailer in the region, not some mom & pop operation). No need to drive to Cockeysville any more... I lament the lack of a train store in Cumberland, as do others in the hobby around these parts.
Spent some time during our layover in Frostburg hammering nails in planks. Some folks just love to watch me work. Wifey loves to watch me work too, come to think of it...
Evening all !
Kind of a laid back and didn't do much at all. Did make one mistake though, we made a visit to Costco for a few things. You'd have thought they were giving stuff away for free as crowded as it was and the lines for gas were just crazy. $3.299/gal wasn't worth the wait and agravation to save 10 cents a gallon.
Mike C., You'd have felt right at home in Sandy Eggo today. Up in North Park the local merchants got a permit to close the entire block to traffic and had one heck of a soccer block party. Two jumbo-tron type tv's, one at each end of the street, with all kinds of food and beverage stations in between. As well as all kinds of activities for the kids. The news coverage looked like a sea of humanity from one end to the other.
Not a lot of train news, did spend part of yesterday going over some goodies being donated to our club's youth group. A former long time club member is downsizing and his generosity will thrill the kids. After going over the goodies we all had a great B-B-Q, with as usual to much to eat. plop-plop-fizz-fizz.
Getting tired of the heat, already looking forward to fall & winter.
Later all !
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