Good morning from humid New England.
We are taking the kids to a baseball game this afternoon. It will be the boys first trip to a ballpark. I still remember my first trip. My parents took me to Fenway Park in 1967.
Funny thing happened yesterday. I was running the Marx train and it kept stopping right in front of the station all by itself, and then wouldn't turn back on. This happened 5 or six times before it dawned on me. The must have been paint on the tracks from the other night's ballast painting session. There was. It now runs past the station every time.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Roy, sorry to see that you are selling all of your trains to fix your house in Texas. It took me awhile to figure out the real seller of this train collection, but then it dawned on me that the only one who really needed the money, with a house falling down and a teenager, was you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280146291273
Chuck, a few small limbs down in our yard, but nothing significant in this part of town. It is amazing, even in the high winds, that the Garden Railroad is not affected.
For those of us using Road Runner, they are sending out a message to us in Central Ohio on a speed increase. Real simple and videos are loaded faster.
Speaking of trains has anybody ridden the East Broad Top lately?
Chief, could you send me a new fishing rod? Since you own Bass Pro it is the least you can do for a buddy of yours.
fifedog, do you have any Snickers Pie left? Don't waste it. Good points about SCHNEIDER MODEL RAILROADING.
Doug, I give up. How do you work video for a funeral? Do you get interviews from the deceased?
Sir james, that lightning is not fun.
LAZ, we only have 9 residences in Roger's Corners now since they closed that one house where all those pretty women lived. Never saw them go out much but they had a bunch of visitors stopping by at all hours. The bait and gun store are still going strong as well as O'Grady's Tavern. The town marshall has been busy of late catching skinny dippers in the quarry.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Jim Fortner wrote: Ratatoullie looks great, I'm sure we'll get the Dvd.
Ratatoullie looks great, I'm sure we'll get the Dvd.
I think this is the last pure 'Pixar' film. It will be interesting to see what happens now that Disney owns Pixar. Until now, I said, 'It's Pixar...just buy the DVD', now I'll rent the movie to see how good it is. Let's see if Brad Bird (director of Nemo, Incredibles, and Cars) is still around.
Kurt
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a clear, calm 65 degrees. Going up to 82, today, with sunshine. Last night, we got some rain and mild thunder. The worst of the big Columbus storm passed over, north of us. We were lucky.
Today, I am going to do a few things outside. If the grass dries out enough, I will mow the back yard. Got all the rest done. I'd like to spend some time outside, enjoying the nice weather. I need to do some serious trimmimg also.
I hope all is well with the folks at Roger's Corners.
Dining car is here and ready for breakfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Jim,
The train set in the Mr Bean film was probly 'LGB gauge 1' 45mm track used widely in garden and live steam narrow gauge (16mm=1ft) railways over here. I haven't seen the film, unless they show up on ordinary TV, I don't really have time.
John Baker
God bless Steve. I remember he said he was very sick and it wasn't responding a while ago (maybe last year?)....
Laz - I've got a 10.5 year old who apparently knows more than I do. Hmmm, they'll learn.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Eveniong, AH no, Morning I see. Went to sleep in recliner reading CTT. UHMMM, must have been dull. This has to be the sorriest software in the nation. I have it lock up, take all night to post and etc. Post and visit fishing and other trains forums and have no problem. This one, especially late at night is something. I see that Steve Frame [Gil Fin to some of us] is now in Hospice. Not good.
Doug M, Skyray flew Skyray's and thus his handle.
Long day. Miss Edna's this AM. Soundstop this afternoon [99 at RDU but over 100 here]. Cut and installed the other sections. Now only two little short sections [includes drop down leaf]. Big room will be finished. Was going to finish and wife strats to whine. Seems I have to work on layout when she is not home. Yet she wants it done ASAP so the other room can be re-done for visitors [other visitor bedroom bed is now full of her extra clothes ]. Showered and off to bed.
Good night.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Gas $2.55 here in MILLERSBURG, Pa. And starting this week it will be a week long celebration of being 200 years old. HAPPY 200th BIRTHDAY MILLERSBURG. Maybe gas will come down lower?
laz57
Jim Fortner wrote: Man - a bunch of posts popped while I was typing above. Laz - take it easy when school starts up, let those kids load up all the wood for class this year. You need to get your oblique all better.
Man - a bunch of posts popped while I was typing above. Laz - take it easy when school starts up, let those kids load up all the wood for class this year. You need to get your oblique all better.
JIM, thats the way I've done it forever. Good way to teach the kidos how to stack wood. Takes about two days to cut and take it upstairs in the shop. 1 day to get it up there and another day to restack it, cause they always screw it up. 7th and 8th graders know more then anyone else?
Buckeye, glad to hear you are okay - hope Chuck is back online soon and all is well for all the OTTS guys. Any word frm Keith or Tom anybody?
Doug Murphy, I wish you'd open the dam and let some rain come down to St. Louis, we've been too dry for too long. I think some of my lawn actually died. Had rain last night, but too much too fast and then that was it. Enough so I'll have to mow tomorrow though. Went to my buddy's house and checked out the patio - stil there, guess we did something right.
Kurt - Ratatouie looks great, I'm sure we'll get the Dvd.
John CSXT30 - try some Ben and Jerry Banana Split Icecream, it's yummy!
RT - good cartoon!
Buckeye - a bunch of folks at work are using satellite radio, I think it's mostly the XM type.
Mike, glad the truck wasn't more $$$!
John (jefelectric) - how is that new locomotive running? Got more pics?
Hey guys - copper pipe was cheaper than last time by about 30 percent! Also, just filled up the van for $2.59/gal. Went to see the new Mr. Bean's Holiday, which was pretty hilarious, though it was a little slow in the middle. Good movie for us grown up kids and the little kids as well. At the beginning, there is a kid playing with a toy train layout - looked bigger than O gauge - maybe the size of Standard gauge? John B, Nick, any ideas on what set that was? Then, Bean goes to Paris in a train - Eurostar?
88 - sounds like a nice trip!
Fifedog - I think you are right, that model locomotive and the two cars are really cool, but if it was O31, O36, or even up to O54, I think they would have sold more. They say there are only a few left for sale, though...
laz 57 wrote: lionroar88 wrote:Spent the day touring South Eastern PA! Stopped at Toy Trains Unlimited in Hanover. Picked up the 1688 Mitch mentioned... Keith let me know when to ship it! It is in rough shape... needs a new drawbar connector on the tender, some derusting, a new head light, and one truck on the tender is missing an axle cover... Wife wasn't too thrilled with that... then I picked up an MTH Old Time McDonalds!!! Then we headed over to Laz Country... just north of Lancaster is a small town called Lititz that is home to the oldest chocolate factory in PA... Wilburs... wife spent a small mint in there. Then headed over to Intercourse and picked up some Amish Cheddar Cheese, Ring Bologna, Sour Dough Pretzels, and chocolate covered pretzels, sweet corn, cantalope, and peaches (good thing I brought a cooler). Then we headed South to the home of PA Railroading... Strasburg. Had dinner at Isaac's Deli, but had to stop in at the Strasburg Train Store... I was placed on EXPLICIT TRAIN RESTRICTION (wife stayed by my side and wouldn't let me consider a very nice Western Maryland 4-8-4, or the Baltimore & Ohio Torpedo, or the B&O EM-1, or the B&O E-7s... She did inform me that she has big plans for X-Mas! Before I forget... She would like to know if any one knows anything about Stamp Collecting... she has some old stamps she wants to unload and doesn't know how to go about it...Maybe I can pilfer a new engine out of it! Red - I did find out that the doll store is still in business... US 30 East - past Lancaster... it is North East of Strasburg... so you can take in a trip on the Strasburg RR, spend the night in the Red Caboose Motel, and then go to the doll store... RT - Congrats on the jobGrayson - welcome back... I thinkFife - you dirty dog you...JimA - Told Susan about your fun with the Chief's rental car... she laughed... then asked if I mentioned the Minnesota trip! Chief - I can never tell if you are in Roseyville or off on some adventure to BPS or Cabellas... I thought RETIREMENT meant NO WORK?Buckeye, Chuck, et al. Ohioans - Hope you faired well during the deluge...[Side note] Susan is auto editing my posts again [End Side note] BRENT, Should have let me a HEADS UP. Wife loves LITIZor as I call it LE ***. Sounds FRENCH. My wife goes there about 4 times a year with her friends to buy FOOFARRA. They spend the day there and have fun? Its about an hour and 15 minutes from Millersburg. You could have went to BARRYs about 20 minutes away in ELIZABETHTOWN and hooked up with JELECTRIC. Maybe next time.laz57
lionroar88 wrote:Spent the day touring South Eastern PA! Stopped at Toy Trains Unlimited in Hanover. Picked up the 1688 Mitch mentioned... Keith let me know when to ship it! It is in rough shape... needs a new drawbar connector on the tender, some derusting, a new head light, and one truck on the tender is missing an axle cover... Wife wasn't too thrilled with that... then I picked up an MTH Old Time McDonalds!!! Then we headed over to Laz Country... just north of Lancaster is a small town called Lititz that is home to the oldest chocolate factory in PA... Wilburs... wife spent a small mint in there. Then headed over to Intercourse and picked up some Amish Cheddar Cheese, Ring Bologna, Sour Dough Pretzels, and chocolate covered pretzels, sweet corn, cantalope, and peaches (good thing I brought a cooler). Then we headed South to the home of PA Railroading... Strasburg. Had dinner at Isaac's Deli, but had to stop in at the Strasburg Train Store... I was placed on EXPLICIT TRAIN RESTRICTION (wife stayed by my side and wouldn't let me consider a very nice Western Maryland 4-8-4, or the Baltimore & Ohio Torpedo, or the B&O EM-1, or the B&O E-7s... She did inform me that she has big plans for X-Mas! Before I forget... She would like to know if any one knows anything about Stamp Collecting... she has some old stamps she wants to unload and doesn't know how to go about it...Maybe I can pilfer a new engine out of it! Red - I did find out that the doll store is still in business... US 30 East - past Lancaster... it is North East of Strasburg... so you can take in a trip on the Strasburg RR, spend the night in the Red Caboose Motel, and then go to the doll store... RT - Congrats on the jobGrayson - welcome back... I thinkFife - you dirty dog you...JimA - Told Susan about your fun with the Chief's rental car... she laughed... then asked if I mentioned the Minnesota trip! Chief - I can never tell if you are in Roseyville or off on some adventure to BPS or Cabellas... I thought RETIREMENT meant NO WORK?Buckeye, Chuck, et al. Ohioans - Hope you faired well during the deluge...[Side note] Susan is auto editing my posts again [End Side note]
BRENT,
Should have let me a HEADS UP. Wife loves LITIZor as I call it LE ***. Sounds FRENCH. My wife goes there about 4 times a year with her friends to buy FOOFARRA. They spend the day there and have fun? Its about an hour and 15 minutes from Millersburg. You could have went to BARRYs about 20 minutes away in ELIZABETHTOWN and hooked up with JELECTRIC. Maybe next time.
Ran trains for about 2hrs. NO PILE UPS all ran good.
BUCKEYE, sounded BAD, glad you and the other ten residence of ROGERS CORNERS are OK.
It was real ugly in Roger's corners. The airport, which just south of us spotted funnel clouds. Trees are down and the power is out in about one-half of the city. The sky was looking real bad but it only lasted for maybe ten minutes.
Last night was our big Block Party, the ninth annual. I always set up the Garden RR and of course many of the neighbors head to the back to take a peek at what is new and different on the railroad.
For music this year, we used the feed through my computer from XM satellite radio. I believe the station is called "THE BLEND". The computer is then attached to an amplifier which in turns powered four wireless speakers outside the house. Easy and cheap if you have satellite radio.
I hope I can catch up on the news on the pot tomorrow.
Good evening everybody,
It was hot and humid today in SE Indiana with the temps in the 80s. I reffed two soccer games today. Both were blowouts as one was 7-0 and the other was 8-0. Picked up the truck from the mechanic as well. Bill was less than $500, so it was not too bad. Did some housework and mowed down some tall weeds that were growing in what was once our garden patch. Welcome to all the new members on the pot! You will find this to be a friendly place where we talk about GRITS, north vs south, Corvairs, and on rare occasions, trains. There are some wonderful guys and gals who are very supportive of one another. For all those affected by the storms, I hope everybody gets everything fixed in a hurry. Brent, you said you were in Lititz. The NTN-BCA plant there was a sister plant to one where I used to work before it closed. I never did get to go there, but I still know some people there. That is pretty country as I have been to Strasburg a few times.
I see where Danica is starting second tomorrow for the IRL road race. I wonder how many she will take out on the start?!?! Manning, Sarah and IV are in the back....again. I also see where Scott Speed's replacement at STR is not exactly setting the world on fire in F-1. Hmmm, maybe it was not the driver that needed replacing.
I had waffles and bacon on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening all,
Ive had a chance to calm down some, we still have some dead plugs and lites but there is much more on than off thanks to the electrition.,have to wait for ins. co. I guess.
RT I like your cartoon, hope they leave it in.
My youngest son and family spent two days coming home from Iowa because of the storms,7 hrs of rain on thur. decided to stop south of Chicago for the nite took 9 hrs yesterday to get home from there.Det to chicg. usually 5 hrs. Mich also got tornados from the storms. Kurt, glad your ok. train rooms a little messed up from checking plugs but I'll wait till wires are fixed.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Took this pic for 2 reasons you can see the price of gas here and I don't how long its been scince I've seen a phillips 66 gas sign
not sure if this will get yanked if so sorry but thought it was cute
They just finished the jury selection phase of the Michael Vick case...
$2.45 here, Doug. Sorry to here you're in gas stickup land.
96 degrees and very humid here. How humid is it? I tried spraying gloss clear coat and it dries flat. We went to the pool for a few hours, then headed home to the AC. The kids and I ran Thomas on the inner loop and the Santa Fes on the outer loop. Wifey got called in to do an emergency hip surgery, but she's home now. Cha ching! So now we are all here together experiencing a semi-quiet night, save for the constant bickering and whining between 3 siblings who must all sit together in one little clump and aggravate each other on a huge sectional sofa.
Have a great evening eveyone. Stay safe, my Ohio Toy Train Society brothers!!!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Blueberryhill RR wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote:Chuck, run buddy run!!! Tornados just went over our heads heading for you!!!Heading out on the camels. Elephants have stampeded.
Buckeye Riveter wrote:Chuck, run buddy run!!! Tornados just went over our heads heading for you!!!
Heading out on the camels. Elephants have stampeded.
I hope you don't miss the race & the game, Chuck !! Maybe you should hop a good CSX train !!
Seriously, I hope all is ok down there .
Thanks, John
Just got home from Aldis and chipotle when the sirens went off looked bad to the south and the north, neighbor werked his motorcycle wathing the clouds
I missed the Openhouse at Smokestack hobby shop with Mike Wolf
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