Bonsoir mes amis! (Rob )
56 right now and 40's tomorrow. Rain predicted all day Friday.
The control panel issue was resolved this morning. Son and I got the 3 shelves cut/glued/pin-nailed/cleated, casters mounted, all pin holes filled, unit sanded, and wheeled it over to the paint shop for the end of the day. After paint we will wire up the power supplies and controllers. Also coordinated the wiring/terminals requirement to attach it to the layout.
Regards, Roy
Good evening all,
Walked indoors at noon. Work was quiet but frustrating. Lot of things turned to hash. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from a clear 21°F Southern Ohio,
Drove home from work last night with flurries and more is predicted. Nothing sticking at this point. Started taking down the living room Christmas Tree and will work on it more over the days off this weekend.
Mike C - The day turning to hash, we had one of those too, not one but two single point failure point equipment issues had the operation on hold until repairs are made.
Roy - are you going to be able to post some pictures when you are done?
Rob - A downspout to drain pipe was the cause of a water problem in my basement as well. The drain pipe was compromised by tree roots and I had to re-place the drain. After the repair running the dehumidifier dried all up and all is well.
Spank - You are correct.
May God bless
Jim
Cold 36 degrees and windy. At least sun is out. The snow forecast for late weekend is a no go now. Is for others. What a change.
Had Raleigh PD officer shot in face and neck last night. Out of surgery and all being said. Perp caught.
Hope all OK.
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
Pretty much the same here in Western PA. Cold, windy and snowy.
Thoughts for the officer in Raliegh. My sister is an officer here in PA.
Trying to update my avatar since 2020
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Mornin' FellasI feel like a birdie in an badminton match! Bouncing between houses, projects, work, kids' events, etc. Hard to keep my head straight.Got everything updated on the Pittsburgh property listing. Got the seller disclosure updated to include work done to address water in basement, added home warranty, and dropped asking price. Need to get that place sold. We got a call from the builder that our property will be too level for proper septic flow from house to septic field... they were going to install a septic pump - but that would mean we would not be able to flush toilets during a power outage, which would mean we would need to have a generator hook up installed... we want to have a generator at some point, but weren't expecting that expense off the bat... then got a call yesterday from builder that they will simply raise the house 3 feet and grade the property to get the proper flow rate. No additional cost. Solved! 10 - 14 days from having all permits executed and then they will schedule the pre-build walk through, once that is done... the start digging a hole!That means I have to get all the projects at our current home done within the next 4 weeks... yeah... gonna be busy! Good news is that most of them are either patching holes and painting, or just painting. Bad news is the biggest 'project' is the basement and once I get to that I'll need to rent a storage unit to get a bunch of stuff out of the basement so I can work... ugh.Chief - sorry to hear about the officer. So sad when that stuff happens.Lots to do... better run.Prayers for those in need.
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Cold, windy and 24 degrees but NO SNOW.
Wifes bowling day. I am watching Blazing Saddles.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Brent I'm the back up birdie bounceing from the one house to the other, trying to get all out of the other house and clean it up so we can spruce it up. To put it up for sale.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Cold is still the word on The North Bluff, Sooooooo,
Today I went after this issue
"On the dark side I put the new BNSF Menards Hopper car on with one of my sets and it has issues with the trucks hitting the side ladders and derailing, also the auto coupler part that would be pulled down by an activation track section drags on the switches but just sparks and does not cause any derailing??? Not sure what to do about that. Everything is mounted to plastic?"
Took my Dremmel tool and ground just enough clearance off the back sides of the ladder so that the truck wheel supports would clear. Also smoothed off the auto coupler part. Working good now!!
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Buenos nochas amigos!
40's today and gray all day. Rain tomorrow. 50's for weekend.
Son and I worked on layout wiring today. Paint shop got the control cart painted, but it really needs 3 days to fully dry. The tear down of the Dallas/Northpark Mall Ronald McDonald House holiday layout starts at 7 tomorrow morning. Son and I will be there.
Phish - I will try. I moved to Shutterfly. Was able to post a couple times and then nothing. So I gave up trying. Two many operating systems, internet issues, and web site issues that conflict in today's 'connected' world. Get a bunch of internet geeks in one room and they will agree on one thing - at the end of the day none of their stuff works together....
Chief - that's terrible. glad they caught the bad guy.
Brent - know what ya mean - hope it all calms down soon!
Kev - Dremmel tools are the duct tape of toy train maintenance!
Evening all.
Kevin I remeber someone telling others of that correction over on the other mag. forum. But forgot about that until you mentioned it.
Been busy here trying to unpack from the move. How do you move into a larger house but can't fit what was in the smaller house, beats me lol. So it's going to be one large yard sale come spring. I have 5 shelved metal racks 4' x 18" x 6' and I have 3 boxes per shelf and I have 1 1/2 of them filled with yard sale items, I have another 1 1/2 of them also on other side of garage that we haven't gone through yet. Plus I have about 12 boxes 2' x 2' x 2' in the two different rooms, one has 8 and this one has 4. I keep asking the wife can you spell Y A R D S A L E and she says yes I agree.
Plus side of this move I have 8 shelves 9' long to put trains and things onto. :)
This will kinda give you an idea of whats going on, the shelf with the PRR passenger cars on it will become part of a layout that will be 4' 9" x 9'.
The empty shelf above the trains is where the PRR trains will go. I have more southern and NYC passenger cars just can't get to them yet to add.
Work was quiet. Solved one problem from yesterday. Had some meetings. Starting de-decorating at home. Adequate weather at work. I understand the hassles of home construction. Been there, done that, do not want to do it again. Sorry to hear about the police officer, Chief. I hope everyone has a good day.
Hello there,
got a temporary filling in my broken tooth today. Getting the permanent repair on Valentines day. .Doc said maybe a crown. I'm thinkn maybe pull it.
Just ain't up to snuff yet. Spent the last couple o days keeping warm and watching Farm Show. Missed my favorite the Tractor Square Dance. Hope to catch it in reruns.
Weather guessers are saying long enough cold snap for the ground to freeze. Gonna call tomorrow and try to schedule a coal delivery for the farm house.
My printer decided not to print black ink yesterday. A quick look at YouTube showed a a couple of do it yourself fixes along the same lines. Soaking in rubbing alcohol now. Found a similar new one for $60 at Staples. That's the next step if no go tomorrow.
Phish....sounds like you got the best of both worlds. There was a show a couple o years ago with a bunch of guys hunting suburbs somewhere in New England. Best try to sleep Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Cold, snowy, and gray.
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Got some work to do at the LHS so that will occupy my day tomorrow!
Stay safe!
Nice shelves RT. Maybe I should do something like that to? It seems a shame to have so many nice trains just hiding in boxes.
Cold today with snow on the way tonight. Looks like DougM will get lucky and missed by it. For us one place said 4"to 9" and others say 1" to 4" just depends. We are on the line.
Morning all, makeing lunch then time too help wife shower so we can go do some grocery shopping.
Kevin the real problem is that I probably ( like others in here ) could fill all 8 shelves and still have trains hiding in boxes. My hope since I don't have a basement, to convert the garage here in the new house to my train room.I need to change what was a window ( now blocked off ) and make it a door from the house into the added on garage. And close off the garage door entrence area as it has openings along the side of it where it meets the garage that are up to 3/8" opening. So that would not do. but once that is all done I can get hvac guys come back and add heat and air to that area. Then I will put down a laminate wood grain floor. That's when I can start a layout and shelves in there. In the mean time I'm going to have a small one next to my desk in here.
Hope all have a good day
Afternoon fellasKeep the prayers coming! On a sad note... my second eldest aunt's (Dad's sister) husband went in for chemo treatment for prostate cancer on Tuesday. While there she complained of pain in her back and they took her down to the ER. She was admitted after they found an infection in her blood, Wednesday at Noon she met her parents, and 3 brothers in Heaven. Unfortunately the weather in eastern PA is going to be downright aweful this weekend so they are postponing the services till Tuesday, and TheVPQ flys out to Seattle on Monday, so I will not be able to attend. Really wish I could go because my parents did a bunch of work on the house with me the past 2 weekends, and I am sure my father is going to need a lot of support. This is the first sister to pass. There were 13, now 9. Funny story... the aunt that passed, and her older sister married brothers, my grand parents gave them a rough time when they asked for their daughters' hands.RT - Nice shelves. Gives me some ideas for shelving in the next train room.
88 for Your Aunt and family.
Evening all!
Another gray, 40's day. Rain did not start this morning, but trying now.
Long day today removing buildings, removable track sections, bridges, elevated rail lines, between module wiring ( mostly unplugging connectors and then securing the ends), wrapping/packing buildings (around 100). Final building packing Monday and then start disassembling the ticket office, station roof sections, display walls, lighting. First semi truck load (1 of 3) Tuesday at 6 am.
Here's a link to this years display.
https://youtu.be/8M5XtVstrMs
88 - prayers. Hopefully you can find a way to attend.
Mornin' boys. Waiting for the snohizo along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Ain't gotta be anywhere, so I shall stay hoonkert en zee boonkert.
88 - Sorry for your loss. Perhaps your folks can stay with you, as being around grandkids helps ease the pain.
KRM - I suspect you're not alone with the Menard's wheel problem. Centering some weight over the truck bolsters sometimes helps.
Snowing on The North Bluff above Marseilles. Very light and not heavy so will be easy to move. They are calling now for 3" to 5". If 3" so be it. If 5" I will put the plow on the Ranger and do the lane. South of us they are getting hammered with the stuff.
Fife, you are reading my mind on adding some weight. TKS. So far it seems okay since I made clearance with the dremmel tool. With this Hopper car it would be hard to center some weight over the truck bolsters with the slope of the car body so I may have to just add some on the inside center of the hopper.
Best get with the day.
Forgot to say Great Video Roy. I have been pining for one of those BNSF LionChief Plus GP 20s. Is that what that was?? The 6-82171??? If so what did you think of it???
KRM - Athearn (HO) had flat weights in their kits that you could install along hopper slope sheets. Probably tons of them in boxes under tables at train shows.
Ahhhhh! Snow! Toilet paper, milk, eggs, bread. Everybody we're all going to be stranded! LOL. Weather and news people.
Heading to the shop to play with trains. Have a safe day all.
Cloudy and 28 this morning. The snow is suppose to stay south of us but looking at the radar way to the west I'm not so sure.
Club meet tonight, always a good evening visiting with toy train friends.
Afternoon All! (Konnichiwa Roy!)
Same as Sir James - hovering around 28 and hopefully no white stuff.
Just taking a quick break from my Saturday domestic duties before the "boss" yells at me to get to work!!
Roy - Nice looking layout! I had to laugh at the guy narrating the video when he saw The Polar Express section and the snow. Tell him to come up here. The novelty will wear off in a hurry!
Brent - Prayers to you and the family. Hopefully the logistics will work out.
Kev - Yeah, that's been an unfortunate flaw with those hoppers. Like RT said, it's been covered in depth on the other forum. Some of them don't seem to sit sqaure on the trucks and they hit against that bit of flashing on the underside of the brace. A quick file down and you're good to go.
Have a good one and prayers.
Rob
Good Afternoon from overcast 32*F Southern Ohio,
We were predicted to get 2-5" of snow but it was only a dusting. My bride is over at her mom's as she had another bad spell earlier this afternoon. Her siblings are blaming my bride for their mother's condition because of allowing the doctors to prescribe a drug for what she has. Amazing how many people are getting their medical degrees from google.
I picked up ~ 90 pounds of venision from the butcher from the big doe I shot last week. The freezer is pretty full.
All of the decorations are now down and put away. Furniture returned to place and all cleaned up. Whew.
Brent - More prayers for you and your family. Good idea to go up. Is it crawl space or basement? Either way more room below the main level is always a plus.
Chief - May God have mercy on the soul of the police officer.
Roy - I wonder if I could move my pictures from photobucket to shutterfly??
RT - Nice shelves.
Banks - It is the best of both worlds! Minutes from school stores etc. and on three side nothing but woods and on the forth lights in the distance and neighbors you see through the trees.
Time to getready for Mass
Very quiet day at work Friday, which was nice. Weather was brisk for walk but dry. Watched Blue Bloods Friday night. De-decorated tree and shoveled sidewalks today. Went to Mass and then 2 for 1 fish at Arby's. Very good. Prayers for Brent and family. I hope everyone has a good day.
Thanks all for the comments on the shelves, but, they where here when I moved in, I just filled them with the proper items LOL.
Hope all have a good Sunday, I'll talk to you all later
Morning. Cold rain. About to end per radar.
Brent, sorry for your loss.
Have a good week ahead.
Morning gang!
36 this am and very gray/overcast. Been one of those winters where we do not see the sun much. Might hit upper 60's later this week and then another plunge for next weekend.
Had dinner out with friends/neighbors last two nights. Headed to a play this afternoon. Entire family is going.
Kev - I do not know about the trains they run. They are brought in after the setup and removed prior to the removal. They have some paid and volunteer workers who sometimes bring their own trains in to run. The majority of trains have their electronics removed and replaced with an 8 amp full wave rectifier as the tracks are all controlled with timers so the trains run appox 1-3 minutes on (depending on the length of the track) and 1-2 minutes off. The cycling is required to keep from burning up the can motors since the trains run over 10-12 hrs each day from the week prior to Thanksgiving until the first full week in Jan. The volunteers/workers maintain the trains.
Phish - you can move your photos but it is tedious. Lots of YT videos offering methods. The photo sites (inc Apple Cloud) do not want it to be easy to move your photos. SF recently offered a way to grab an album and move it. It took me a week of spare time (many hours) while watching TV to get my stuff from iCloud to SF.
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