July '22 Coffee Pot. Foot long hotdogs smothered in chilli, onions, mustard, coleslaw, and grits! A Yankee-Doodle-Dandy tradition for 18 years.

[Leverettrailfan]

Better work fast!

I may be biased, but in my personal experience August hot dogs taste just as good as July ones do.

-Ellie

[pennytrains]

Great!  July is almost over and I just FINALLY got hot dogs and buns!  

[fifedog]

Mornin' guys and gals. Pleasant and 66 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Need to head back east to say farewell to another friend and neighbor. Will be coming back through , so at least the bug "juice" will get washed off.

The gals and grandsons spent the day in Dutch Wonderland yesterday, which was a belated Mother's Day gift to Ms Kelly. They had a nice time, but the 6 hour round-trip is getting old. I volunteered at the RR museum, then dined at the local sports pub on fried shrimp and Yeungs.

End of the month. GOOD! Hope August is better, emotionally. Somebody please start new Coffee Pot, as I'll probably be a late riser tomorrow.

[Flintlock76]

"Good Hunting!" at the Greenberg show!  I've been to a number of Greenberg shows but the Edison show is the "Gold Standard,"  I've been right-time right-place lucky twice to have a visit and was VERY impressed!

[anjdevil2]

Hey, good morning

Cloudy, looks like 90s through the weekend - off to the Poconos for a wedding tomorrow.

Fife - Yeah, I'm expecting it to be very emotional - When I took the tree down in March, I could hardly see it.

Got my Greenburg's Edison tickets, so I'm ready to go on the 7th.  I have some money saved for that.

I have a nice bit of Menards, I'm hoping some of the cars are at Greenburg's - I love those sweptline Dodge pickups. 

Still a lot going on here, debating on putting the house up for sale, with interest rates bumping up, I can't sit on this past the move out date of my Princess.  She's ok with moving in with up or at least into Jenni's house until she moves.

Hope to stay home on Sunday, I would like to clean out the garage and get that straightened up.  Probably will take Mom's Mustang out for a wash and vac.

Prayers for all in need

[Leverettrailfan]

TheWaysideRailroader

I like how Menards makes cheap o gauge rolling stock!

I really appreciate the Menards stuff, I have a few cars. Mine all needed minor tweaks, but I didn't mind too much. The main things were that the B&M hopper car had issues with the trucks being too close to the body and not resting level on the track or entirely clearing the body. I made a couple shims out of some sheet styrene that was kicking around, and now it's perfect.
I also swapped knuckle springs out because they were too stiff and made it hard to couple- and replaced the springs that return the 'latch' for the coupler in the metal trucks- they were ok but I thought a gentler spring might make the cars couple easier as well. I used 1661e-30 brush springs that I had removed from equipment I had serviced.
I also oiled & greased certain parts to make the couplers open and close easier. They work fantastic now. I modified the plastic knuckle couplers on my New Haven hopper to give them 480-16 springs since the built in plastic one was much too stiff and those usually break anyways.
If you don't mind that you might benefit from- or need to do some 'tuning up' on your new stock, Mendards is a great choice. 

Vacation in Maine has been fun, got to visit the WW&F and had an absolutely fantastic time there- wish I had gotten more time but we got there late and they close stuff down somewhere after 3:00-ish. The work they do there is simply amazing.
One of the best parts of visiting our family's friend's place here in Maine is that we get to go sailing- he's taken us out quite a bit and while I don't think I'm that great at it, I've had a lot of fun taking the tiller. I'm still learning more about making adjustments to the sails based on where the wind is coming from and where we're trying to go, but I'm starting to understand it much better than I did in past years.

Tomorrow I'll be returning home, so today is my family's last full day in ME. I'm going to miss it!

We lost one of our neighbors last night, still processing that. I never knew him well, but it's still very sad. I've been mowing their lawn for them this summer.

Take care all, stay safe & well.
-Ellie

[fifedog]

Mornin' guys and gals. Sunny and 68 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Spent yesterday cleaning and organizing the FifeShed. Nothing on the agenda today.

Last night, watched the Trainworld livestream with Mike Wolf. Very informational and interesting. You can catch the segment on YouTube. 

My buddy Tom received his power and dummy set of Lionel SD45-2s, finally. These are the special ATSF Bicentennial painted units from TCA. I hope he brings them with him on his next visit.

Wayside - Agreed, it is fortunate for our hobby that Menards has emerged when it did.

[TheWaysideRailroader]

Evening, the only train news I have is that I ordered 3 freight cars from Menards.

(An "Original" Norfolk Southern boxcar, a J. Sheperd and Sons boxcar, and a Skittles hopper) 

That's all! 
I like how Menards makes cheap o gauge rolling stock!

[fifedog]

anjdevil - Understand. First Christmas without my Mom was pretty emotional.

[fifedog]

Mornin' guys and gals. Overcast & 70 in the Potomac Highlands. Big rain-maker system apparently staying south of Fifedom. Been busy around the house. Fixed the smaller train shelf, making the gaps less visible. Repaired two leaking faucets in the master bathroom with new cartridges. Installed new "blingie" LED light fixture in our walk-in closet. Even took some layout pics for upcoming SPF. However, since grandsons went home, had to take out my own garbage...

SHARK WEEK! If you want to see what Laz has been up to, check out his Whistle Stop Wednesday vids on youtube (pgwadd).

"We're gonna need a bigger layout..." 

[anjdevil2]

Good Morning

Softball last night - 2 for 3 and 2 RBIs, lost 14-8 - another game tonight - playoffs next Wednesday, I think.

85F yesterday with low humidity - was a nice night, we had Boston Market on Jenni's screen porch.  Left Jenn's late, another midnight sleep time.

Yanks lost to the Mets - we stayed up for that?  

Saving my money for Greenburg's/Edison - I expect to get a few things then.  Awaiting my power truck for the PRR EP-5 tomorrow.  Also need to pick up my 1666 and GP38 from the train store - both are ready.  Plan is to get the 1666 (after 2 E-Units - I got fed up and sent it to someone else to fix) under power under Mom's Christmas Tree this year.  It ain't gonna be the same, but we must move on.

Fife - glad you could get to Mac's send off.  ANother one of my mentors passed in March, since I was so involved with Jenni's recovery, I missed that.  It is heartwarming that Mac ws so respected and loved.

75 now and cloudy up to 88F later

[fifedog]

Mornin' guys and gals. 76 with passing showers along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Spent weekend back near Baltimore. Best Friend's ceremony was touching. There was police honor guard, Army color guard, taps, and even a bag pipe. The banquet room was standing room only, which is a testament to how much Mac was loved. His widow was overwhelmed by the outpouring of support.

Saturday was spent at Sister-In-Law's house. Seafood dinner, then a dip in the pool. Next morning, took DD to Oldest Princess, and visited with grandsons before heading back to WV.

[pennytrains]

Stay on the breezy shores of Lake Erie!    In an air conditioned apartment of course!  

[Flintlock76]

96* for us right now, 1:00 EST, and probably going to hit 100*.

Hey, it's July in Virginia.  What are you gonna do?  

[smokey1]

Morning all.

Already 82* going to 91*

No real plans for today. 

Hope to get more straightened up in train room today. 

Other wise nothing going on or plans for today.

Hope all have a good day, talk to you all later.

[Flintlock76]

smokey1

Yes got it yesterday. It's 35 1/2" long not counting couplers, I have passenger cars to go with it 30" long each not counting couplers.

Wow.  Any bigger and you'll need a ticket to "ride" it!  

[smokey1]

Flintlock76

 

 

smokey1

 

Southern style FEF

 

 

 

 

Beautiful model!  Recent aquisition? 

Yes got it yesterday. It's 35 1/2" long not counting couplers, I have passenger cars to go with it 30" long each not counting couplers.

[Flintlock76]

smokey1

 

Southern style FEF

 

Beautiful model!  Recent aquisition?

[anjdevil2]

Good Morning

Took the Mrs. to her birthday present last night to see Morris Day and the Time (Yes, of Prince fame) and she had a great time.  Weather cooled off just enough to be comfortable.  Opening act of the Discoteqs was very cool and funky.

Had a great time at Carlisle, catching up with our Mopar Family last weekend.

95+ today and tomorrow - grass will bake until it's cool enough to cut.  Starting to look jungle-esque out back.

Ordered a truck for my PRR EP-5 as the motor I bought fits but does not hit the gear - so that is on hold until 1 August.

Got my tickets for Greenburg Edison yesterday 6-7 of August.  The 14th I head to Mountain Top, PA to pick up a freebie N scale layout that's 4X4 in size.  Should fit in the Magnum with no problems.

On the 21st we are scheduled to hit the PRR Railroad Museum for the LCCA fun run, I'll be bringing my 2026 TMCC equipped engine and my C&O Berk with TMCC.  Maybe will bring cabooses for both.

Will check back soonest - prayers for all in need

[smokey1]

 

Southern style FEF

[TheWaysideRailroader]

Evening.

Nothing much going on here, did catch the end of game 2 of a doubleheader between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees (Because, my favorite team, the Atlanta Braves aren't playing today) but that's about it. (Besides WalMart testing the fire alarm and all they said about it was "Don't be alarmed, it's just the fire alarm", and similar things)

[fifedog]

Mornin' guys and gals. Very warm in the Alleghenies. Will be taking down decorations today.

Last night, we hosted the WM Chapter at our home, with a cookout and train room session. Think the count was 17 attending, and Wifey was the hostess wit da mostess, once again. Ran trains for over an hour, with NO PILE-UPS (as Laz would say). Last of the guests left around 2130 hrs. One of the members presented Fifey with 2 CSX caps, and a RR magazine. I think folks had a nice time.

I did slap together another train shelf prior to our cookout, and it looks slapped together. May have to tweek on it today.

[smokey1]

didn't work

[Flintlock76]

*

[pennytrains]

smokey1

Thanks. 

I have that clear liquid diet for prep of the test we all don't like. :(

 

Thats about it for today.

 

Oh joy!  

[smokey1]

Thanks. 

I have that clear liquid diet for prep of the test we all don't like. :(

 

Thats about it for today.

[Leverettrailfan]

smokey1

I need to work on my video skills but this one is a lot better than my first one tonight. I have forgotten how to install a video from youtube. so you have to click on the tiny box below this.

As Becky likes to say... here it is, up in lights for ya!

Video embedding is weird. Embedding the video won't automatically work, you have to edit the source code and look for your url- and add an "s" after the http. That seems to fix it just fine. I love the B&M Alco!

-Ellie

[fifedog]

Mornin' guys and gals. Sunny and hot along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Hosting the NRHS Chapter meet tonight at Fifedom. This is our third year doing this, and Ms Kelly really gets into it. Youngest Princess made cupcakes last night. I spent four hours cutting, trimming, pruning, and leaf blowing.

Finished the first train shelf unit, that oldest grandson started. It measures 65"W x 38"H x 4" D, and looks great.

Smokey1 - gave your vid a . Hobby Lobby has a really cute collection of vehicles, close to G scale, including a VW mini-bus.

[pennytrains]

Large scale!