December Coffee Pot. Pork Tenderloin served up by the Hoosier with the Holiday Greetings.

[anjdevil2]

Happy Friday Eve.....

I'm on a training mission in Virginia Beach, VA this week.  My Promotion is in full effect and now Team Lead for 20 technicians, God help me.

Took a trip after work to Dale's Train Station in Norfolk and dropped a bit of cash there.  Bought some stocking stuffers for Jenni and a few things for the layout.  Dale's has a HUGE selection of stuff from N to G and there are old and new sets in the original boxes/cases.  They were kind enough to let me shop as they closed at 7, but they were generous with their time and Gloria was my personal helper, getting me things out of the locked cases and such.  So, Jenni's Christmas presents are just about done.  I'll be making another stop tomorrow after I bolt outta here at noon, the Engine House about 15 minutes from here, they are open 9 to 5(?) and hadn't had a chance to visit there cuz of the hours.

Had a Wawa sandwich and soup last night for dinner and then to the pool and hot tub for a bit.  Not sure of tonight's food but I don't think I'm going to far afield today, will try to get into the Hot Tub before it's too late.  I'm thinking early bedtime.

32F today and windy, there are whitecaps on the Atlantic Ocean today.  Yeah, it's cold here.

Dad is doing ok.  I did check on the family and so far so good.  Dad is getting another bed and a better mattress (a low loss air mattress).

Jim Phish - Glad everyone is ok, sheetmetal can be fixed, humans not so much.

Kev - Glad Sandra is getting better. 

SJ - Glad Granny Pat is on the mend. 

Fife - That PE looks awesome!!!

Just a lull in the action right now, I got pounded this morning, so this little break is fine.

Will check back when I can..............

[sir james I]

13 degrees this morning. 21 now. Warming after today. I got the car washed today in spite of the temp. I figured to beat the warm weather salt covered weekenders. The cars not the drivers, if they are salt covered then they must have had a wild night.

S.J.

[KRM]

Started cold but will be warming up the next few days through Christmas.

Taking wifey to PT at noon and going to Menards to waste the time.

My LionChief plus BNSF GP20 is screwing up AGAIN! Put a post out there to see if it is just me or a common thing? Makes me very unhappy.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Fife....HMC is kicking butt in the factory near Marysville.

[KRM]

That is good news SJ! Hernia is not good but better than the BIG C.

 Sandra had that cyst scare this year as well. Saw them on a overy in the MRI on her spine and hip. Ended up no big deal there to but had to have it looked into.

Quiet today on The North Bluff.

[sir james I]

Kev bottom line she had a hernia. However leading up to the operation a CT had shown several spots of concern. So after more test it appears they are cyst and not the dreaded C so the hernia was repaired.

[KRM]

SJ, great news on Pat. I don't think I saw anyplace here on this forum what she had done?

[sir james I]

Sun, wind and 18 degrees, maybe 23 for the Hi. Warming trend starting tomorrow. Kev sounds like Sandy is doing well as is Pat, her one week checkup was this morning, once more in a month. No plans for the rest  of the day.

S.J.

[ChiefEagles]

Chilly, sunny and breezy good morning.  Headed east for the day.  Early out tomorrow morning.  Human Services Board meetings [two].  

Jim, wow.  Hope it all works out OK.

Brent, best of a Christmas to the kids.  Remember when they were tiny.  Post me a photo. 

Have a good one.  

[KRM]

Morning guys, good to see so many posting.

Jim so glad no one was hurt bad. That stuff is scarry. Our daughter decided to total her car and I was in Griffin GA for work at the time. What a day that was getting home.

14 heading to 27 today but will warm all the way through Christmas. Up to almost 50.

Yesterday was running all day. Sandra is making her way. Yesterday's PT over and her staples are out. Just got tape strips on it now and she can get out of those compression socks. There were a group of 10+ deer in the driveway when we pulled in. All wondering why the feed pan was empty. Cold weather, snow and free corn,,works every time!

Best get going, Krogers today for supplies!

[rtraincollector]

Morning all

37* going up to 50* today they say. I think I will stay in as much as possible.

No real plans for today as I have Cable company coming. 

I do have an older gentleman coming over that into O gauge trains to. I have never met him before but he lives close by and was interested in something I had on the bay but got out bid. 

Now if I could just get those who won to pay, I listed a 736 w 2671W and they guy out bid everyone from the word go but then came up with an excuse to not pay until Sunday evening or Monday morning. And now have a 2343C that ended last night but I'm sure he will pay, he has a lot more positive feedback then the 0 the other one has. 

Well meds are taken, it's time to make some breakfast and get the day going. 

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Crisp and clear along the Patterson Creek cut-off.  Just met my trash men at the curb, and gave them Christmas cards.  Always tip the garbage folks.  I could place half a Ford Maverick out there, and they'd haul it away...  They love throwing the frisbee to FifeMax.

Administrative duties the next couple days at the station.  Local chapter NRHS meeting tonight (I just got voted "in").

88 - The WMSR will be running PE next year (and it will be more lit up).

Looks like I picked the wrong year to drop HMC from the ol' portfolio...

JK, glad are all well. 

[Buckeye Riveter]

Phish...So glad that everyone is alive. 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Sturfish, I feel your car wreck pain.  Been there, done that.  Stayed home today as roads were dicey.  Had a nice visit with grandkids and worked on adding extra power feeds to layouts.  Weather did improve so I will be at work tomorrow. I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[lion88roar]

Evening Fellas

Been busy with my work gig, and have had a few interviews as well. Spent last weekend installing the cabinets behind the bar, tonight I installed the over cabinet lighting, tomorrow the lights arrive for inside the two glass door cabinets, so will knock that out tomorrow. The wine racks arrived today for the wine cellar... OMG have I got a project on my hands.

Another wine rack delivery on schedule for tomorrow, so hoping the missing items on the packing list arrive... we'll see.

Fife - The Polar Express looks awesome! We were hoping to make it out for a weekend excursion prior to my untimely seperation. So we are hoping WMSRR is doing it again next year!

Can't remember what else I was going to say, so I will leave it at that.

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Good Evening from clear cold 28°F Southern Ohio, 

It has been crazier than usual around here.  The house looks really festive with all the Christmas decorations inside and out.  I’ve been on the new/old job now for just over a week and it is great.  I’m considered a rehire since I took a voluntary layoff in February of 2016, so I got my vacation and continuous service back. 

Last Friday I shot a nice 11 pt buck and the meat is ready at the butcher and the cape is going to be mounted.  On the crazy front, our daughter’s car needed brakes and I loaned here my 05 Civic to her.  Well she had a wreck, totaled the car and got banged up a bit but doing OK.  Other daughter and her significant other are coming in from Los Angeles this evening and my bride went to Columbus to pick them up.  Coming home she had a wreck with our 2019 Honda Odyssey.  No one hurt but t front of the van got banged up.  Our insurance company is going to love us! 

Kev – Continued prayers for Sandra’s recovery 

Good night and may God bless you and your families 

Jim 

[ChiefEagles]

Rain and 62.  Not much on agenda.  Groomer just left so dogs look great. 

Watched Fifey on his Railroad last night.  Not really but RFD-TV have their Trains and Locomotives that I had DVR'd.  Western Maryland Scenic RR.  Great winter videos.

Have a good one.

[rtraincollector]

fifedog

We were at our local grocery store, and were walking past the magazine racks.  Lookie there,  they had Model Railroader, as well as Classic Trains magazines.  Been forever since I picked up a Model Railroader, and upon doing so it was heavier than my favorite toy train magazine by the same publisher.  86 pages, hmmmm....  Looked at the cover price; it was $6.99.  Hmmmm....

Just seemed peculiar to me. 

Yes and the December CTT cover price is $7.99 and thinner, go figure. 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

I went to work despite some misgivings.  Left about 10-15 minutes, drove about 60 MPH (passed by about everybody), and made it in ok.  Got everything done I could possibly do today and drove home carefully as well.  A good day.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[fifedog]

Evenin' boys. White and sloppy along the Potomac Highlands.  Just got back from shopping with Wifey.  The funniest thing happened....

We were at our local grocery store, and were walking past the magazine racks.  Lookie there,  they had Model Railroader, as well as Classic Trains magazines.  Been forever since I picked up a Model Railroader, and upon doing so it was heavier than my favorite toy train magazine by the same publisher.  86 pages, hmmmm....  Looked at the cover price; it was $6.99.  Hmmmm....

Just seemed peculiar to me.

 

[sir james I]

Some sun and 30 this morning. A good club meet on Saturday evening and a train show on Sunday. Of course it snowed Sunday morning, just enough to make the roads slippery.

S.J.

[ChiefEagles]

Sunny and 59 degrees [and rising].  Rain tomorrow.  Chilly, fair and deer hunting weather Wed.

I believe, Fifey.

Couldn't get in as site would not load yesterday evening.  Had busy day with Grands here for Christmas.  They are headed to Yankeeville this weekend.  NY state.

Have a great week ahead.

[Banks]

Hello there,

wow, a whole week since my last post. Been reading without taking time to post.

Cliff notes version of the week. Did a little cleaning, some decorating, a couple appointments, a bit of unsuccessful hunting and helped son finally research the ominous noise the Massey Ferguson was making.  The Massey wasn't as bad as I feared. It needs a ring and pinion and the main support bearing. That's what failed to begin with. That allowed the ring gear to get to  far from the pinion while chewing the teeth off of both. Probably have over $1,000 in it for parts.

FiTexted Roy the other day. He's fine but run ragged getting tornado damage resolved.

Fife.....lookn good!!!!!

8N......missed you. Bummer about the Polar express.

My eyes are getting heavy ..

Prayers for those in need

 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Good days Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Good eye check Friday for me and saw a nice model train exhibit at the Batesville Historical Society.  Saturday was spent at the local history museum open house and we went to Mass.  Sunday was at oldest granddaughter's birthday who is now 15.  Weather turned bad on the way home.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[8ntruck]

I haven't posted recently, so I thought I'd check in.

About the only thing I've got going on the train front is word that the Thomas the Tank engine expansioin set I ordered for my grand nephew was delivered this week.  I left an e-mail with is parents that this package is of the 'do not open until Christmas' variety.  I had it shipped directly to him from Charles Ro, so the wrapping paper is of the very heavy duty type.

We are back in Mo. at our primary location now.  Winter storm warning until midnight tomorrow night.  Weather gussers are claiming 5 to 7 inches of snow.

I notice there was a disscussion about tires recently.  I ran Goodyear Integrety tires on the last two mini vans we had.  They worked well.  Usually, I'd replace them around 60,000 miles.  They still had tread life, but the winter traction had faded.

Don't remember if I mentioned that we traded the mini van in on a Jeep Cherokee this fall.  The Jeep is an ex-rental vehicle with 35,000 miles on it.  We had a bit of snow in Michigan a couple of weeks ago, and the worn all season tires that were on it were useless.  We put a set of Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice tires on it.  They are working very well.  A little noisier than the all seasons, but not enough to be a bother.

Last year after the Polar  Express themed kids program at the KATY Depot, my wife and I said that we were not going to organize one for 2019.  We would be more than happy to bring our P.E. layout if someone else would organize the event.  Nobody stepped up to organize a P.E. event for 2019, so, unfortunately the event didn't happen.

Thinking about proposing a day trip to Union Station in Kansas City soon to see their Christmas layout.  We made that trip earlier this fall, and were peeking behind the curtians to see it under construction.

About all for now.

[KRM]

Looks good to me Fife!!

Anybody know where Roy is??

Spent the day working on fixing wife's car rear window washer. The hose from the tank to the back split under the master brake cyl,,whay a PITA that was to get to. Nothing is easy on today's cars.

So I cleaned it out as long as it was warm and in the shed.

[dougdagrump]

Fife, Fantastic. 

[fifedog]

My senior conductor and I were discussing how many times throughout the year, that we hear parents and children mentioning that they are "on the Polar Express", long before we committed to this program.  The lament I often hear from model railroaders/train collectors, "We need to get young people into the hobby..."  Well folks, they are.  And PE is the "vehicle" that is ushering them in.

Usually after each run, families clamor to get their photos with the "conductor" actor.  This weekend, they are exitting the train, and rushing to the 450 to get their pics with the "Polar Express engine".  It looks better in person.

[rtraincollector]

fifedog

Mornin' boys.  Partly sunny, breezy, and 43 along the Patterson Creek cut-off.

Okay, love it or hate it, here it is:

https://www.facebook.com/WMSRailroad/photos/a.10151824009407970/10157710133147970/?type=3&theater

But the WMSR has 10k+ reasons why we did it.  The families and children love it!  And isn't that what matters...?  When I walked into the paint shop Thursday, I was blown away.

 

First question I saw was why would you do it for something that is only good for two months ot the year, I replied " believe it or not kids like anytime of the year. 

[Buckeye Riveter]

fifedog

Mornin' boys.  Partly sunny, breezy, and 43 along the Patterson Creek cut-off.

Okay, love it or hate it, here it is:

https://www.facebook.com/WMSRailroad/photos/a.10151824009407970/10157710133147970/?type=3&theater

But the WMSR has 10k+ reasons why we did it.  The families and children love it!  And isn't that what matters...?  When I walked into the paint shop Thursday, I was blown away.

 

I like it and if they play their cards right, they will have increased riders.