CLOSED////////The Coffee Pot is still on and over 3 years. Here we gather as friends with trains.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Roy, sorry to hear about the loss of your friend's wife.

Chuck

[Dr. John]

Roy, very sorry to hear of the passing of your friend's wife. 

[Brutus]

Very sorry for your loss, Roy.  God bless you and your friends. 

[wrmcclellan]

Evening all!

Welcome back Buckeye and Marty!

Not such a great day today. Got a mail this morning that my good friend's wife who was striken recently with an agressive cancer died peacefully Sat night.

Have a great evening all and a great day tomorrow.

[dwiemer]

Good Evening everyone.  Dr. John, thanks for the thoughts....like you say, he had great faith.

David, you may want to try Zanfel, a OTC product at most pharmacies.  It is expensive, I think about $40.00 for  a small tube, but it works if used as labelled.  Also, you may want to get  ahold of your family practice doc if it continues....get some steroids and it will help with itching and longevity of symptoms.

A bit tired.....had a early morning big case that went all day, then, had to pick up the new TV and theater system.  Just got home and then had to turn around and get the new entertainment console.  Also had daughter's first class in Ballet.  She loved it and did well according to the teacher.  We then had to go for dinner to Red Lobster as we celebrated her first day of "school".  Stuffed and tired, so I will check in with y'all in the morning.

Dennis

[sir james I]

Evening folks,

As of 3:30 PM today everything the lightning strike damaged has been repaired or replaced. At least as for what is known at this time. I'm still waiting for a bill from the electrician(s) and then a talk with the adjuster.

No trains rain here today as I spent most of the afternoon helping the repairman from the alarm co. He had the knowledge for the job, I helped by opening windows and watching the key pad,you know lite is on lite is off,etc.

I guess I'll say goodnite as I missed my nap today.I'm hoping everything will ease up now but I just can't shake that feeling.:whats next:    Sir James

 

 

[jefelectric]

I'm still alive.  Just came off of a 26 day trip for work.  The forum seems like it is full speed ahead.  I find it harder to post here because of having to find the login link first instead of pressing a reply button and then sending me to login.  And the differnt hotel services and jibsite services won't allow a reply to this forum.  Not sure why.

 

There has been so much gone on since my last posts so I'll end with...Have a great day! 

Marty, Nice to see you back on board.  Will you be able to make York in October?

[Blueberryhill RR]

 

 I just read this....Anybody have one of those locomotives ??

Made in China with lead based paint............

 

The recall covers 675,000 units of various Barbie accessory toys that were manufactured between Sept. 30, 2006, and Aug. 20, 2007. The action also involves 90,000 units of Geo Trax Locomotive Toys and 8,900 Big Big World 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys, both from the company's Fisher-Price brand. The Big Big World products were sold at retailers nationwide from July through August of this year, while the Geo Trax toys were sold from September 2006 through August of this year.

[Brutus]

Not that I am being a tad cynical but next week the Public Utilities Commision begins hearings on construction of a new set of hi-voltage power lines and yesterday we had some brown-outs, hhmmm.

Standard Operating Procedures around here!  Plus they play the local news stations like a violin.  Any time the schools want $$$, they have story after story about problems at the schools running up to the vote.  Ditto police, fire, utilities, etc.  We were barraged for a month with stories about a new bridge and how draconian our Governor was for wanting to let it be built by a private concern that would pay for it with tolls.  Now, Missouri doesn't need the bridge as far as I can see.  But, all my friends who live over in Illinois and work in St. Louis would LOVE to have another bridge.  I don't blame them, but do I want to pay for it?  I think you can guess the answer! 

[jonadel]

Buckeye--

I spent a lot of $$$ last year at York with Justrains and saved many $$$ with them, they are the real deal. I could not find better deals for what I wanted anywhere else on the grounds. I would order from them again in a heartbeat.

[Brutus]

Hey Buckeye, welcome back!  Neat Garden railroad pic!

Doug M - I did not get the windows all done yet.  Everything was ready for primer, except still drying off from the final scrub down when the family got home and we went out to eat, then it was too late.  I was going to prime tonight, but the can says not when humidity is above 50 percent.  We have not had a drop of rain in a month, so should be good to go, right?  Nope...  Humidity 60 percent and expected to rain tonight and all through Friday.... 

No more brownies, but you can come over for icecream anytime!  John S, heard you cleared Chief out of popcorn!  By the time I got there, all he had left was boiled peanuts 

[dougdagrump]

Doug, I have a 5' curves on my Garden RR.  LGB equipment will negotiate everything.  MTH needs at least 8 feet.  This poor guy built his with too big of curves and look what he had to buy.

Those are nice, but I don't want to have a hernia operation every time you need to pull that puppy off the tracks.

[MartyE]

I'm still alive.  Just came off of a 26 day trip for work.  The forum seems like it is full speed ahead.  I find it harder to post here because of having to find the login link first instead of pressing a reply button and then sending me to login.  And the differnt hotel services and jibsite services won't allow a reply to this forum.  Not sure why.

 

There has been so much gone on since my last posts so I'll end with...Have a great day! 

[Buckeye Riveter]

Doug, I have a 5' curves on my Garden RR.  LGB equipment will negotiate everything.  MTH needs at least 8 feet.  This poor guy built his with too big of curves and look what he had to buy.

[dougdagrump]

Buckeye,

Do you have some pretty wide turns on your "G" rr, thankfully I only have 4 footers or I might be tempted to aquire loco's like this that require much bigger turns.

http://64.186.55.212/0907/FMPro?-db=auction%20database%200907&-format=inspect.htm&-lay=data%20web&-op=cn&Description=usa&-max=20&-recid=12615230&-find=

Check it out, it is SWEET !!

[Jumijo]

My daughter and I just finished doing her homework. It's going to be a long year! This is just day one.

Good to see Buckeye has returned to us. Here's to 4000 more posts!

The Chief has been quiet of late. What is he up to?

Earlier this afternoon, I painted a Lionel hopper B&M blue. Pretty. Now to fill it with baked beans.

Jim

[Buckeye Riveter]

Since I am out from under the bridge, I ordered the Polar Express Disappearing Hobo Car and two special cars from Justrains.  Boy, they are good people to deal with. With Davis Trains gone, they are becoming my go-to guys for trains.

And again, this year don't tell Baby Buckeye about the Polar Express Car.  It is a surprise for her Christmas layout, shown below:

[dougdagrump]

Good Mornin' Guys & Gals !

Well they say the heat wave should be cooling down, but I'll believe it when I see it. I was out early and got the required yard work done that had been put off due to weather. Wonder if the lawn mower woke-up anybody. Not that I am being a tad cynical but next week the Public Utilities Commision begins hearings on construction of a new set of hi-voltage power lines and yesterday we had some brown-outs, hhmmm.

What a day at the museum yesterday. We are normally closed on mondays but when it is a holiday the kids club runs it the entire day, they can sign-up for one hour blocks so a lot of the kids can get some run time. Unfortunately there were a couple that only had two speeds off & full bore, luckily there were no major collisions. Next time we are going to try to make some changes ahead of time to limit power availability to restrict speed. I was going to suggest a "Time Out Corner with a Cap" but it more than likely would have not been well received.

Working on the halloween train and have not been able to find some of the items that I need. If you guys happen to be out shopping please keep your eyes open for some little plastic skeletons, want to use a small gondola as a coach with seats. If you come across any LHS's with the "Lionel Lines" orange step van, 6-18423 I think, please let me know. I want to remove the Lionel decal and and make a decal copy of the Ghostbusters logo to put on it. I want to pair that up with the halloween pumpkin handcar to chase each other around the layout.

Later Dudes & Dudettes !  

[csxt30]

YIPPEEEE !!!!!   back Buckeye !!!  Boy, was I gettin' skeared we wouldn't get him back !! I hope he told that attorney about The Chief not saving me any popcorn lately !! That may be the next big issue !!

Well, back to the old grind again later today !!

One more month till the big train show in Burea !! Two months till I get my new engine, I think. 

Hope everyone has a nice Monday, oh, I mean Tuesday !!

Thanks, John

[Dr. John]

Happy Tuesday, everyone.

Jim A - sorry to hear about the two boys. How tragic!

Dennis - just now read about your friend's passing. My belated condolences. Glad to hear he was a man of faith.

Wow! I can't believe I'm posting as frequently as Buckeye!

Had a nice Labor Day - cooler and more rain over the weekend. Alabama and Auburn both won, though Auburn had a fight on their hands. What's up with Michigan, Notre Dame and Florida State?

I'm leaning towards buying a Tacoma. There's a few in Montgomery I want to look at this coming weekend.

Have a good day and be safe!

[Jumijo]

...

Doug, sorry to say, but I thought Charlie would be the real deal for ND until I read more about his lawsuit against this surgeons.  It appears that Charlie always knows best and doesn't take instructions very well....

We already knew that up here in New England, Buckeye. I never cared for him. His ex-partner in crime, Romeo Crennel isn't setting the world on fire with the Browns either. Some men are born to be leaders. And some are not.

Jim 

[Jumijo]

...

Doug, sorry to say, but I thought Charlie would be the real deal for ND until I read more about his lawsuit against this surgeons.  It appears that Charlie always knows best and doesn't take instructions very well....

We already knew that up here in New England, Buckeye. I never cared for him. 

Jim 

[Buckeye Riveter]

 I'm back!!!  I had to hire a pugnacious attorney to get a restraining order against the Chief and his coffee pot dictates.   That should teach the Roseyville Rascal a thing or two.  I bet he doesn't mess with me again.  

Buckeye is celebrating the University of Michigan's 34 - 32 loss to Appalachian State University!  The first time in history that a Top 5 team has lost to a 1-AA school!  Couldn't have happened to a finer institution!  BTW - Notre Dame got crushed by Georgia Tech 33 - 3 for their worst opening day loss in school history.  And Florida State completed the Trifecta last night by blowing it against Clemson!  So in all a VERY good weekend of College Football for Lionroar and Buckeye! (Both our teams won!)...

Brent,   Now, Michigan will get a new coach.  Somebody really good and it will be harder for everyone to kick their butt.  We need Michigan to win the games they are supposed to win so that Loser Lloyd is still in town.  

On the other hand, the Buckeye faithful was ROTFLOAO when we heard the score.  The aftergame crowds were cheering  I heard minimal comments on Sunday about the Buckeye's win over Penguins.

Doug, sorry to say, but I thought Charlie would be the real deal for ND until I read more about his lawsuit against his surgeons.  It appears that Charlie always knows best and doesn't take instructions very well.

Sleeping under the bridge has come to an end. 

Couldn't have been a better holiday.  Ate grilled pork chops and sweet corn on a farm in Southern Ohio under a clear starry sky on Sunday evening.   The farm is situated such that you  can see the lights of Columbus some 25 miles away.  With a bonfire burning, the cool summer air and cold beer, it doesn't get much better.

[Jumijo]

Jimmie, good for you buying books for the kids! I thumbed through the Yaz book at our B&N - must be a mistake to sell it out here - looks like a great read. Is your bride an ER RN? Mine is pediatrics. Sad about those kids.

Doug, my wife is an OR RN. She worked plenty this past weekend. All of it "call". She must be exhausted today.

My new project is an MPC era 634 Santa Fe NW-2 switcher. It came to me in pieces, and not all of them were present. I have had no luck finding a parts list or service drawings for this locomotive, but am sure that with a little time, it will run again.  Maybe Jeff at the Train Tender can be of help.

[dbaker48]

Hey boys, HE's lurking.  A certain Ohizoian is lurking.

Hello Buckeye.

I think I figured it out, Buckeye is waiting for that certain momentous occassion and/or post to respond to.  Doesn't want to "waste" that 4001 response to some silly frivioulous chit chat.  Maybe  he's watiting for a certain team to win a game????

Doug - I was amazed the Michael W was OK, took him a LONG time to get out of a hot car.  It was also reported that a lot of the adhesive on the tape products being used was melting.  Numerous heat related problems!!  Suppose to be high of 80 tomorrow, and 70 on weekend. 

 

[fifedog]

Hey boys, HE's lurking.  A certain Ohizoian is lurking.

Hello Buckeye.

[cnw1995]

Good morning from a sunny and cool Chicago where everyone is seemingly back at work. Late yesterday, we had a small plane crash about a half-mile away. 2 dead. Our home is on the approach of our local little airport - I see all the landings. First crash in a while.

Jimmie, good for you buying books for the kids! I thumbed through the Yaz book at our B&N - must be a mistake to sell it out here - looks like a great read. Is your bride an ER RN? Mine is pediatrics. Sad about those kids.

David, I'm sorry about your poison ivy/oak - I echo Jim A's recommendations. We use lots of calamine lotion. That JLC blog is a great read!

Jim F, hey, the brownies are all gone.  Are the windows all done?

Mitch, get the Flying Yank. You won't regret it.

Brent, boy, didn't Notre Dame stink up the place? Maybe Charlie isn't such a wonder coach after all. I'm embarrassed - a little. Hope my White Sox beat the Tigers a bit this week. They sure stink too.

Don B, did you see Michael Waltrip's fire in the 55 car? I can't believe he got out without a scratch? It sure looked hot there...

Chief, a few weeks ago, I discovered that 'Saving Grace' show on TNT - watched it last night too. 

Well, I got to run the trains a bit last night. Mostly the K-Line Santa Fe 2-6-2 with its three coaches - I'm also thinking up some more operational moves so my trolley passengers can connect a bit more.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning.  Been up early.  Been watering and working in the backroom.  Added a wing to the side of layout.  Now whole room is benchwork.  This will now be covered with Soundstop.  Only got half the benchwork to cover now and put its track back.  Other half already done.  Taking break.  County Commissioner's meeting this afternoon and Town Board tonight.  No train time this PM.  Later

[sir james I]

Good Morning All,

Sunny,high 80s next three days.   I made another attempt at the fuse box cover, no luck, could be I can't get everything aligned at once. I built the train table to close and there is no room to move around. Thumbed the O mag. yesterday could not see anything of great interest, it's getting boring but I want to support them as I remember when all we had was Model RR & RMC.              OK back to work all who must,      Sir James

 

[Anonymous]

88 - Mornin', B.  Just read there was a "hot" time in ol' Mt Airy over the weekend.  6 businesses, any of them the train store?

Welcome back. Get my email?

Fife - Susan and I saw the smoke from the fire as we were leaving for our trip to Boyertown.  The Train Depot is in the group of stores NOT damaged by the fire.  Although there was some smoke damage to most of the town.  It is really sad what happened... 4 Million in loss to the business district.  At least 1 eatery, a woman's clothing store, and a salon.  I think there was a cafe destroyed also, but don't quote me on that.  I hope to stop in at the Train Depot tonight or tomorrow to see how they faired (smoke damage).

Yep got the email...