jefelectric wrote:Zeke, I think you got the fever Baaaaaaaaaaaaaad. BTW that MTH set is probably worth about $200. The track with that set is not fastrack, but Realtrax.
and its all your guys fault...lol..
i came here a man with some old post war trains, broke, and lost, and now look at me..i am going to yard sales every chance i can to find trains stuff....i dream of trains..i have definatly been bittin by the bug....but i owe you guys a big thanks...trains are very threraputic for me..before them i didnt do hardly anything now i am building mountains and learning so much about trains....
sorry i meant to put real trax but i was overly excited about my loot from today...wait till you see the pics..
a huge thanks to everyone here for helping me...you got me hooked..im here for the long haul
Brent - how many days, 12? Zeke - great scores man, you need to start working on the uncle, maybe he doesn't want that stuff anymore? You could clean it up and get it working for him, you know? Sounds like a great deal at that train show.
Upgraded our cell phones last night at best buy, but they could't do the contract, just the phones. So I stopped at the Cingular store today to update and upgrade the contract. The girl was really a jerk because we didn't buy the phones from her. Finally got everything updated/upgraded by calling the Cingular help desk while she was telling me she couldn't do this and that and having the guy there tell her she was w-r-o-n-g and how to do it. Suddenly stuff worked. Quell suprise! Then I came home and logged into their website and double checked everything. You guessed it - she only updated one phone, the other one was still on the old plan. Had to call and have the help desk fix it, which I double checked later. Everything is finally right, so printed out.
Sirjames, RT and everybody else, you guys take it easy - sorry, too much to keep up with here most days for me, and I forget to comment on stuff, but I do read everything.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evening all,
Dr. John - Prayers all ahead full
Zeke - Great buy! If you run across American Flyer stuff, let me know. Give you an atta boy for being an instrument of God to that lady
Chief - Happy Bday; Congrats on getting the car going
Was in Columbus all day for class. Rained a bit. I don't know if it rained at home or not. I came to work after class and will get off in the morning. Going to be a long night. On break now and will check in later.
God bless
Jim
First off, Chief, Happy Birthday! May you be blessed with many more. Good to call you FRIEND.
Dr. John, great news on your bride. When they do the EP study, they will do a "mapping" in which they check impulse triggers all across the myocardial tissue. It may take some time, depending on the methods, but, when complete, they should know for sure and make a informed decision regarding the Defib. Sure has come a long way, we used to do these on the heart lung machine and then do a procedure where we would Cryo-ablate the ventricles. It took several hours, and now, they do it all through a small cath.
Well, we had rain just about the whole day. Not really heavy, but steady and I think it did a world of good. I think the trees like it. I thought I heard them all give a sigh of relief as the water started to soak in.
Zeke, seems like some blessings have come your way. Before you know it, you will be looking for more room to store all your trains. Just make sure you stay on top of cleaning and lube and they will give you years of enjoyment.
Hope everyone has a great night.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
good evening all....i posted my yard sale loot...i am very happy with my stuff..
well hope everyone is doing ok tonight and staying out of trouble..
Hey Chief, The boys down at the B-B-Q stopped by to wish you a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" !!!!!!
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good evening...
i am so ticked off right now... my new engine is a nice paper wiehgt....grrrr
Good morning all..great day to be alive...
im off to bed...but hope everyone is having a great day and cant wait to see all the sunday photo's!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 68 degrees. Going up to 80 today with rain later. Looks like a big storm down south.
Today, I will spend some time with usual chores around the house. Not much new going on. Spent about 3 hours, yesterday, working on layout. Got all the town buildings wired and lite. Looks good. Now to put down the roads and street lights. I will take some pictures.
Nascar race today from Dover. Go # 20 .
Well, Dining car has arrived and is ready for breakfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Laz get that bear of yours under controll I don't want to see this on the news anymore
and chief please quit leaving your ride around
Morning all today is paint the room day
CFO I needs to be going as have to take computor apart to move out of room plus have to move a bunch stuff out before CFO gets up to help
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Good Morning All from NE Ohio
where the temp is 68 deg with overcast skies and rain on the way.
I see many wishes for the Chief's Birthday. Isn't it coming up very soon, so Happy Birthday Chief! These are for you!
This is a small NS yard in Bellevevue, OH. Note the hump!
I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com
zeke wrote: good evening... i am so ticked off right now... my new engine is a nice paper wiehgt....grrrr
Zeke don't be the track transformer and the cars are most likely worth at least that much if no more. you can get the engine repaired I know a gentleman thats real reasonable on repairs and believe he even does MTH can email you info and you can contact him and see.
Zeke, I am sure that engine can be fixed. You still got a good deal.
Well, I am getting ready to do a case this morning. I enjoy what I do, but really miss when I can't go to Church. I need the church charge to get me through the week. Anyway, hope y'all have a great day. The smoke seems to have cleared with the rain. Hopefully the firefighters will get a jump on the fires and get them out.
God Bless,
Good Morning Everyone !! Doesn't look like it's going to be too nice a day today, maybe rain coming. Hope to work on my scenery some today & watch # 20 also !! Not much happening here otherwise, gas is too high !! Of course 3.09 a gal.may be a good deal for some !!
Well, hope everyone has a nice day !!
Thanks, John
1320 here in a sunny, warm 23degC. Stockport.
Chief.
If you light all the candles on the cake? Will it set the fire alarm off?
Jim, tried 060 on Nicks 36" Fastrack ran OK, the coupler didn't appear to be very tight. Thanks any way.
Greg, I have high blood pressure, my Vet. calls it Hypertension, stopped the drugs, made me poorly. Gout affects 1in4 of the western male population, caused by a genetic defect in the kidney making it unable to efficiently deal with uric acid, again drugs worse than complaint, now exercise dietry control and am largely clear of problems. I know this, I am growing old disgracefully, nodded off in DIY store other day, the sight of all that work in one place sure tired me out. Her indoors wan't happy-tough!
CTT arrived Thursday.
Doug, our 0 gauge is 7mm=foot same as Lionel track 36mm. power is usually 12vDC with DCC becoming popular. The price of UK 0 gauge is frightening with a small 060 settiing you back around 1400 bucks.
Lion----, Butterly is about 50 miles from here in quite a nice area, or at least it was 30 odd years ago.
Went to the Ilkley meet yesterday, met some interesting and pleasant people, came away a lot wiser. I didn't realise how noisy Lionel and his friends can be.
John Baker
"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
Thanks guys for the birthday wishes. You can send them again tomorrow as tha tis my birthday. Jim's present had top be delivered yesterday as Miss Edna is not open tomorrow. Tom P, thanks for the great NS pictures. CSX derailment was on single line. Stopped all Amtrac going to Florida. Off to Wilmington to see Grandson. Later.
GOT RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank the Lord.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
First Off --
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIEF !
AND THANKS FOR THIS THREAD !!!
Brent - Have you got your revolving account at Lowes, Home Depot, and OSH yet? Its getting closer and your going to need them. BTW, train activity.... Proabably not for 12 to 18 months, will be too many other tasks coming up! And you will enjoy them too.
Chuck and John - I can't watch the race today, don't leave out JR. I don't expect much from him this year, maybe next year but that may be overly optimistic. My second choice is Tony, he has some personality. Necessary in the cookie cutter cars on the cookie cutter tracks. I long for the "old" days.
John F - Hope you have been "good" this weekend, home alone, with all the train activity going on????? That car show down at York, sure would have been tempting.
So far been an interesting weekend.... Found another issue to take on with the School Board, and High School, tried bouncing a cash register yesterday morning BEFORE our show opened. Found a new great steak house last night. Today going to try and get to BIG TRAIN(s) Train Show this am, and work the computer show in the pm.
Going to do a FINAL layout review this week, and then start BENCHWORK. Yahoo !!!!
Hope everyone has a great day!!!!
Don
Morning all!
Got a big rain here again this morning while on the way to early church. Might hit 80 today?
Happy pre-birthday Chief! Tomorrow's the big day in Rosyville?
Daughter off on Church Choir tour today. They are going to San Antonio. Fiesta Texas is on the agenda.
The Ms. and I are going to try to go to Pirates of the Carribbean today
Hope all have a great day today!
Regards, Roy
This is cool - videos of Ward Kimball on the old Tom Synder Tomorrow show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfAA7UT7oC0&mode=related&search=
There is a series that should show up when you go the the first one.
Hi all, First Chief.
Got back from the Ilkley show this afternoon. Met up with John B for the UK CTT forum meet
John was able to run his Docksider for the first time. Here she is moving a milk car.
Had a great time at the show, nice to meet you John.
Nick
P.S. I will post some more show pics under its own thread.
Good afternoon guys,
Going to hold my happy birthday for the Chief until the big day tomorrow.
Nice to see pictures of our English brethern. I assume Nick is the tall one. John and I appear to be built pretty much the same.
At the show yesterday I ran across a vender called Model Stone Works. They make model stone arch bridges, great looking products. Wish I had a place to use one. Anyone planning a layout (Brent) may want to take a look at them. Although they are designated for HO the owner told me that he sells quite a few to O gaugers. Since they are modeled on PRR prototypes, and since the PRR used very large stone blocks, they look pretty good in O gauge for any other prototype. He said you can run double track O gauge on the four track HO bridge and single or double track on the 2 track HO bridges. Here are a couple of pics I took of his display.
http://www.modelrailroadstoneworks.com/
Take care all,
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Cloudy in Arnold and yet no rain so far. Worked yesterday and mostly resting up today. Need to get up and do something, maybe in a little while
HI GIZ,
CHIEF, wish you many more.
RT thats my boy.
ZEKE nice find at the yard sale.
JELECTRIC, you were right with all the boxes at BARRYs TRAIN SHOP. BARRY told me he has to go back down to KY, and get about 2 and a half more vans of stuff. Lots more engines and rolling stock.
SPEAKING of BARRYs, I scored big yesterday got a uncataloged K-LINE ERIE F3 ABA, both A units powered by two motors ,and the ABA all have smoke units plus a set of 5 PULLMAN HEAVEYWEIGHTS, they are all lite and have people in them, a list value ofver $1000 all for $422 out the door. He bought up 31 of these sets and had them listed on his mailing list on Thursday. I got the 30th set there is only 1 more there. It is a beauty and ran them last nite for my brother and friend. We ran trains for about 2 hrs, only one minor pile up, friends first time on TMCC. Got him hooked though and sold him my other TMCC set. He also bought the K-LINE GP38 BARRY had there all TMCC and smoke and 2 motors he was selling them for $195. GREAT DEALS AT BARRYs.
2 and a half days left o school.
BIG TRAIN STORY on the SOPRANOs tonite the title of the show tonite is "The BLUE COMET".
All be good.
laz57
I believe I've shown you all the progress of my trainroom about a month ago I got the walls done ( Pic 1)
Well this morning got the white klitz painted on the walls (pic 2)
Well this afternoon this is the final coat being put on (pic 3) its called edge blue
By the way all 3 pics taken from the same corner it was the worst corner. in the first pic you can see the mold that I washed with bleach water what you acually see is the stain from it after drying for about a month painted back of boards and then put them up in the room and then painted them today. Looking real good so far.
NICE work RT.
Heres my find and BARRYs TRAIN SHOP yesterday
Its a K-LINE uncataloged EIRE F3 ABA dual motors in each A unit, all units have smoke and 5 Heavy Weights all for the unheard of price of $422 out the door. He had 31 sets as of Thursday and I got number 30. I was lucky.
laz 57 wrote: HI GIZ, CHIEF, wish you many more.RT thats my boy.ZEKE nice find at the yard sale.JELECTRIC, you were right with all the boxes at BARRYs TRAIN SHOP. BARRY told me he has to go back down to KY, and get about 2 and a half more vans of stuff. Lots more engines and rolling stock.SPEAKING of BARRYs, I scored big yesterday got a uncataloged K-LINE ERIE F3 ABA, both A units powered by two motors ,and the ABA all have smoke units plus a set of 5 PULLMAN HEAVEYWEIGHTS, they are all lite and have people in them, a list value ofver $1000 all for $422 out the door. He bought up 31 of these sets and had them listed on his mailing list on Thursday. I got the 30th set there is only 1 more there. It is a beauty and ran them last nite for my brother and friend. We ran trains for about 2 hrs, only one minor pile up, friends first time on TMCC. Got him hooked though and sold him my other TMCC set. He also bought the K-LINE GP38 BARRY had there all TMCC and smoke and 2 motors he was selling them for $195. GREAT DEALS AT BARRYs. 2 and a half days left o school.BIG TRAIN STORY on the SOPRANOs tonite the title of the show tonite is "The BLUE COMET".All be good.laz57
Laz, A guy bought one of those Erie sets when I was in Thrursday. Funny part was that his wife was with him and she kept urging him to buy more. He better hang onto her! Those sets sure were nice, no doubt about it. I'll have to ask Mike to let me know when the next batch arrives, so I get the inside track. I normally stop in once a week but hadn't been in for a couple of weeks so it was just luck.
I didn't buy any as I have a self imposed rule about only buying 5 road names for engines and cabooses. Also don't buy anything of a prototype newer than 1959. This helps me to not spend quite all my money on trains.
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