lionroar88 wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: Wes, wondered where you had been. 88, if you get to Wheeling, let me know. I have a car. Not a bimmer, but one that has GPS, XM Radio, Bluetooth and 258 hp turning the front wheels. It doesn't break down either because it is designed by Riveters and built by Buckeye farmers.LOL!!!!! That is just too funny!Will do...Hey, what do they mean by 'arrangements to turn the Railroad Bridge at lock 10 can be made by calling ... '? Is there a swing bridge I'm not aware of?
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Wes, wondered where you had been. 88, if you get to Wheeling, let me know. I have a car. Not a bimmer, but one that has GPS, XM Radio, Bluetooth and 258 hp turning the front wheels. It doesn't break down either because it is designed by Riveters and built by Buckeye farmers.
Wes, wondered where you had been.
88, if you get to Wheeling, let me know. I have a car. Not a bimmer, but one that has GPS, XM Radio, Bluetooth and 258 hp turning the front wheels. It doesn't break down either because it is designed by Riveters and built by Buckeye farmers.
The railroad bridge at Lock 10 is a single leaf bascule bridge on the Ohio Central Railroad. It is just above lock ten. There are two swing bridges at McConnelsville above the lock. One for highway traffic and one for maintainance vehicles to cross the canal. The locks were constucted in 1840. Some locks use canals for the approach and others are were built as part of the dam. The miter gates are wooden. Do you want to go for a boat ride?
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John Bakeer wrote: Jim F, What dos Melvin with the old potato mean? Maybe I'm losing it. John (csxt30), I hope this is within the rules. My off forum contact details are; revo@talktalk.net Telephone #+44(0)161 477 4043 (transatlantic calls aren't cheap from here, so don't expect a reply) should you or anybody want to contact the old country, 6to8 hours ahead of you.
Jim F, What dos Melvin with the old potato mean? Maybe I'm losing it.
John (csxt30), I hope this is within the rules. My off forum contact details are; revo@talktalk.net Telephone #+44(0)161 477 4043 (transatlantic calls aren't cheap from here, so don't expect a reply) should you or anybody want to contact the old country, 6to8 hours ahead of you.
John : I sent you an email !! That should be more cost effective than the telephone !!
Well, I found out the Barnum & Bailey Circus will be pulling into our yard for a little stay in October sometime !! They will be watering the elephants & all up at the track Dept. Depending what shift I'll be working then, I should get some good pictures !!
Not much else going on here !
Hope all have a nice day !!
Thanks, John
fifedog wrote:rt - That appears to be a CLASS I-5. B&O built approx. 400 of them at their Washington, Indianna shops in the late 20's. This example (what I can see of it...) definitely has been lovingly restored. (Original paint would have been Signal Red w/black handrails)
Yes at least they had the good sense to use a Superior name instead of something like NS
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Hey Doug, I remember that you & TMCCman are big into history. That being said, my brother (the Colonel) was part of the Sgt York team that found the spot where he caputured all them Germans... www.sgtyorkdiscovery.com/
He also sent a picture of the service they had in Afghanistan (he's on deployment there 'til Feb) he noted that there was a fire crew from Germany...truck & all! Thank God for our Allies.
Buckeye, Nice pictures. I'll have to do a tour of Florida...may take a few weeks.....Far & few between here!
Rich
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
This set me off looking for photos of interesting infrastructure...but I found trolleys instead (in the town where I grew up - Stamford, Connecticut...)
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
That looks like a great trip!
lionroar88 wrote:Buckeye - Have you ever stopped in Zanesville to see the Y-bridge?http://www.producersservicecorp.com/y-bridge.htmlI stopped a few years ago on our trip out to Columbus to see PSU get beat by OSU in The Shoe... pretty neat.
88, not only have I seen the Y-Bridge, I have worked on the dams, canal and locks in the vicinity of the the bridge. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/muskngmr/tabid/773/Default.aspx Just up river from Zanesville, there is also an antique suspension bridge.
BTW, I can't wait to see the pillow fight this weekend between Michigan and ND. Buckeye fans are still LOL about the Michigan-Appalachian State game. Of course, this weekend the Buckeyes will have trouble handling the Huskies.
ChiefEagles wrote:Morning all. Great photos Buckeye. T&K is about the best train store I've been in during my travels. Few bigger ones in MA. The owner is a great guy. He should be giving 50% of on Realtrax. We discussed the reason earlier [reminds me, fife, will send you an email with my comments for Mikey boy, hope he has an answer]. Suppose to be cooler. Hope to do some trains today. Have a great one.
Chief, I must agree. T&K is one of the best I have been in. Good prices and great service. Caboose Hobbies in Denver is probably the best. I was disappointed in Graboski and Charles Ro. Nicholas Smith is neat because it is so crowded with trains. Train Express used be be a great store until they moved it to a warehouse that is impossible to find.
Since I visit G Scale stores, too, Watt's Train Shop in Zionsville, Indiana is one great store. G Scale Junction is less than 20 minutes from my house. Not much of a store, but definitely a warehouse with tons of G Scale. (Hear that Doug and Colin?)
During our discussions with the clerk at Patrick's Trains yesterday, he told Chuck and me that O scale is big in the Ohio River Valley. HO and N suck wind!!!! There are 7 authorized Lionel dealers in and around Wheeling.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: fifedog wrote: Buckeye - Great pics. I want to visit that Kruger Street museum. What town is it in?Thanks for sharing.fifedog, it is in Wheeling, WV, just off of I-70 and just west of Cabela's. http://www.toyandtrain.com/ You would take I-68 west, to I-79 north and then west on I-70. Wheeling is a very interesting old river town. There is another museum nearby, too. http://www.marxtoymuseum.com/main.htm It is south of Wheeling about ten miles. If you are in the area, Olgeby Park has a huge O scale layout. Their 18th annual model railroading show is Jan 12 and 13th. Olgeby Park is known for its Christmas lights display. Numerous bus tours navigate the park during late November, December and January. Yes, there is a mall nearby.
fifedog wrote: Buckeye - Great pics. I want to visit that Kruger Street museum. What town is it in?Thanks for sharing.
Buckeye - Great pics. I want to visit that Kruger Street museum. What town is it in?
Thanks for sharing.
fifedog, it is in Wheeling, WV, just off of I-70 and just west of Cabela's. http://www.toyandtrain.com/ You would take I-68 west, to I-79 north and then west on I-70. Wheeling is a very interesting old river town.
There is another museum nearby, too. http://www.marxtoymuseum.com/main.htm It is south of Wheeling about ten miles.
If you are in the area, Olgeby Park has a huge O scale layout. Their 18th annual model railroading show is Jan 12 and 13th. Olgeby Park is known for its Christmas lights display. Numerous bus tours navigate the park during late November, December and January.
Yes, there is a mall nearby.
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Chief, great pics of the grandson. He sure is growing like a weed!
Cloudy in Prattville this AM. We had over an inch and a half of rain last night. More on the way. Very glad to get it, too.
Busy day today, hope everyone has a good one!
Buckeye - Great pics. I want to visit that Kruger Street mueum. What town is it in?
kpolak wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: Carter not happy after his meal:Clearly that's a grits face.Kurt
ChiefEagles wrote: Carter not happy after his meal:
Carter not happy after his meal:
Clearly that's a grits face.
Kurt
The Ohio Toy Train Society's Great Easter Ohio Train Store Tour was a rousing success. Yesterday, I met Chuck at Bob Evans in Cambridge, Ohio at 8:00am after driving through hard rain on I-70 east of Columbus. We arrived in Bridgeport, Ohio just a little before 9:00am, so I took Chuck on a short tour of the National Road where we saw the historic "S" bridge and the Roman Arch Bridge.
Our first stop on the OTTSGEOTST was T&K Hobbies in Bridgeport. This store is less than 1/4 mile off of I-70 and you can see the store from the interstate. T&K bills themselves as the largest store between Pittsburgh and Columbus. I believe they are wrong in this promotion. They are the largest store between Pittsburgh and Chicago!! I would estimate that the show room is at least 2500 sq feet and it is full of trains. Chuck and I spent at least an hour looking at everything including the layout under construction. The owner, gave us a short lesson on how he was constructing the layout and using water based latex spray paints. Since they have 20% off on MTH RealTrax, they got my order for Phase III of the layout.
G&M Trains in Martin's Ferry, located just north of Bridgeport, was our next stop on the tour. G&M in the past has had special runs of Beeps for sale. They also have the large standard scale MTH items and Chuck started drooling. G&M has a large display of Weaver.
We then traveled east to Wheeling and headed to our lunch stop, Louis' Famous Hot Dog, established and family owned since 1919. Louis' Famous Hot Dog is a Wheeling institution founded in 1919 by Louis P. Mamakos. We each ate about a dozen hot dogs to keep up our energy for the rest of the tour.
Leaving Louis's, we had a short trip to the Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum. The museum is privately owned and is located in an old elementary school. Chuck and I admired their restored B&O caboose and then went inside.
The museum has a great collection of old toys.
The layout is a three track layout. A BEEP pull three cars on the middle loop of track.
Of course the layout was not running when we were there, so engineer Chuck put the petal to the metal and off it went!!!
Our last stop for the day was Patrick's Trains. This store is located in Wheeling under I-270, just east of the Ohio River Bridge and it is tough one to find. Patrick's is where Chuck purchased his 100 year bridge and he gave them a photo of it all painted for their bulletin board. They have a large inventory of MTH, Lionel, Williams, and K-Line. Their locomotive inventory on display rivals Nicholas Smith in Philly. Everything from BEEP to the MTH Challenger was on display. They handle a large quantity of CSX, Chessie and B&O. They never heard of NS.
On the way home stopped at T&K to pick up the track. Dropped Chuck off and arrived home in Roger's Corners a little after 5 pm. We had a great time and we are looking forward to doing it again. One thing that we missed is the layout at Oglebay Park. Also, there is a train show this January at the park.
One more thing, we saw many flags flying at homes and businesses in the Ohio River Valley yesterday. On 9/11 I was working in Berea, Ohio and one of the most inspiring tributes I saw was CSX high balling south with a big American Flay attached to the front of the locomotive.
Morning everyone!
Thanks for the great support. For me, 9/11 is still a pretty downer of a day, very emotional. Didn't do much at work. Though I don't actively fight fires on a regular basis, I still feel for my brothers in NYC. Tough day for all.
Off to a better start today, should get to 90 today thunder later. I may run over to my other store later (and maybe to my LHS to see whats up!!)
Buckeye & Chuck.. nice tour! You guys should run a travel agency tour bus. I might fly up for dat!!! Nice 'boose dere Buckeye!
Chief, 'ol Carter lookin' good. Grow up way too fast though..maybe get 'em a nice FEC set to keep him entertained (hey, at least is ain't CSX..no offence there John!).
Thanks again gang. Now I know the coffee is great here!
Good Morning All,
I'm sorry to report that it's a cool 51 degrees, and maybe 66 today.sigh, I am going to miss summer.
Boy it doesn't take long for grits to travel the distants, funny though it sticks to everything else.
Lisa- I sent the email mon. evening, must be traveling around in space somewhere.
I hope everyone enjoys their day, I'll drop back later. Sir James
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good morning all,
It is sunny but cooler in SE Indiana with highs in the low 70s today. Although the score (4-0) does not indicate it, "my" soccer girls played a much better game last night against a very good team. A questionable call lead to the only goal in the first half and one goal came after the reserves were playing. There was a bit of controversy with the coach and the lack of substitutions last night, but sometimes you can only bite your tongue so long. I am not even a parent of any of the kids so I feel like I have a slightly un-biased view of things. I did some track time at the YMCA as well. Work was pretty wild yesterday with all sorts of events occurring. Today will be interesting as well, or maybe not. Just the usual fare on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day. I also just remembered the US Women got off to a rough start in the World Cup, tieing North Korea 2-2.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 70's here in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Chief - Babies like bright & shiney trains (like CSX YN2, or even the new Coors Light engine), not dull black washing machine looking choo-choos (NS). C'mon, do it for the lad...
Blueberry - That school building would make a great scratchbuilding project.
There was a caboose behind Buckeye...? I better go back and look again...
JAABAT!!! You there...? HEY JIMBO!!!! Jump in here.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cool and sunny 60 degrees. Going up to a nice, sunny 78 degrees.
Today, I am driving up to Cambridge for the weekly grocery shopping. That's a real fun job. Gas is still high at $2.78 a gallon. Looks like it's going to stay that way.
We had a good Tour yesterday, of the Train Stores. I plan on going back to the one in Bridgeport, as soon as my train funds are back up.
Dining car is here and on time. Breakfast is served.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Chuck and Buckeye: Looks like you guys had a great time! Thanks for the photos.
Brent: Thanks for the wrastling humor. Now I can't stop thinking about the cast of characters here with their wrastling (screen) names, and the advertisements for the matches. Maybe I'll start singing 'I have a lovely bunch of coconuts'...Yup, that took it right out of my head.
My father and his wife arrived yesterday! The oldest is enjoying Grandma and Grandpa, the youngest is still unsure. She started stranger anxiety. Grandma came in, touched her toe, and set her off. He brought trains; an old HO Atherns UP steel tank car with operating metal couplers, and an HO AHM BN diesel along with 3-boxes of other stuff, including a biplane kite with a 40" wingspan, uh...for the 2-YO of course.
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