well thanks on the rfd , but im still in the stone age i guess with cable...
i finally got my track from ebay, took the guy three weeks to ship, took me 2 minutes to pay, oh well it was worth the wait, most of the track is brand new, now to find some larger curves..
just curious what should one expect to pay for som used sante fe f3's, loco and dummy ( i know its a sight unseen question sorry) reason i ask is there is a set at the local train shop here. show some scratches but run really well. them things are huge...
well asked the same shop which is run by a guy who is around 80-90 and can barely talk well, hard to understand, didnt hear to well either, poor guy, anyways he told me to call lionel about my mth and they would have a solution?
well im still trying to figure out a layout for the track, everytime i think i got it something else pops up.
Evening all
Been real busy. New job has "developing" responsibilities. Interesting how it will turn out.
Jim - I had a Grizzley planner and for the money it is a real bargin.
Doug - Couple years ago I was on assignment in Oak Ridge Tenn for a little over a year and fell in love with the Tenn. Carolinas area. I could easily see retiring to the area.
Moved about a ton of fossile stone from an area where if I get approval from the secretary of fianance (my bride) for an addition to the garage. Not including the pad will be about $3K. 20x30. I need the length because of an extended cab long bed full size now with a dream of a crew dually someday.
It was beautiful today. Low humidity nice temps. A/C is off and windows open! Wife on night shift, and dishes to finish up and studying class this weekend, and finals the following weekend.
Lotsof neat pictures this weekend, had to only look as I've not had time to take pics. I've need to review my priorities
May God bless all your needs
Jim
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
I too watch the Trains and Locomotives. Nice footage and a lot of places they spoke of, I have been to.
Jim, no, didn't get the lawn taken care of....it was still 98 degrees at 7pm and I was just wore out. I helped the bride with some duties around the homestead and after dinner, I went to the train room and another bedroom we have up stairs.....I am thinking of taking out some walls and making some storage closets. They would have to be for durable goods as I am sure the heat climbs to well into the 100's during the summer.
Chief, why on earth would you want to head to the heart of Yankee land? I could understand going for business, but on some FF miles? Couldn't you pick a nicer location, like the Okiefanokie swamp? Anyway, hope you have a good trip. Who knows, you may be able to pick up some good deals on some trains, (a PW Santa Fe set perhaps?).
Anyway, hope everyone has a great night.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
dwiemer wrote: Chief, why on earth would you want to head to the heart of Yankee land? I could understand going for business, but on some FF miles? Couldn't you pick a nicer location, like the Okiefanokie swamp? Anyway, hope you have a good trip. Who knows, you may be able to pick up some good deals on some trains, (a PW Santa Fe set perhaps?).Anyway, hope everyone has a great night.Dennis
Because down deep thats where he feels he belongs ever notice he lives in NORTH CAROLINA
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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good evening everyone...hope all is well here tonight.
drinking a cpl cold ones....just got done doing the entire braking system on my truck. i was originally just gonna do pads and a master cylinder...but when i broke my brake line trying to get it off the cylinder i went to get one line from the parts shop and they said they had a kit for the whole truck...was cheap to...so i did it..all new wheel cylinders, lines,splitter, calipers in front, power booster, master cylinder and pads. Took me about 2 hrs to put on all the new stuff. tell ya the truck stops on a dime now....well worht the money..
well my new track came from the bay some i am gonna go mess around in the garage.....take it easy catch you later
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
morning mitch- id take a cup if you dont mind. been out in the garage for a few hrs thinking and reconfiguring track designs, still not satisfied. oh well a work in progress.
well take care im off to watch tv and fall asleep...
Good morning Y'all!
Heavy rain, hail, wind, and lightning right now. I have to go do rounds, but am tempted to wait till it gets a bit better out. We need the water, but not all at once. Anyway, hope everyone is having a great day.
Blessings,
dennis
dwiemer wrote:Chief, why on earth would you want to head to the heart of Yankee land? I could understand going for business, but on some FF miles? Couldn't you pick a nicer location, like the Okiefanokie swamp? Anyway, hope you have a good trip. Who knows, you may be able to pick up some good deals on some trains, (a PW Santa Fe set perhaps?).Anyway, hope everyone has a great night.Dennis
What a comedian! Why don't you fly up too, Dennis? Then the 3 of us could raid those Yankee train stores together. We plan on going to Charles Ro, Northeast Trains, Mountain Trains, Treasured Toys, Modeler's Junction, and that's just before lunch. Many many train stores up here. Bring your charge card, because you're buying!!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 55 degrees. Going up to 85 today with sunshine. Grass is starting to dry out a little. Need an all night rain.
Today, the is a usual, work outside day. I may mow the back yard, just to keep the cycle going. Needs a little trimming. Grass is not growing fast.
Not too much train news going on. Tomorrow, I will buy the bridge paint and schedule a painting day. Need to set up a way to hang the bridge, so I can spray all the areas. Got a few ideas.
By the way......Where is Buckeye today ????
Well, Dining Car is here and ready for breakfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
It is another beautfil sunny day in SE Indiana with temps in the 80s. Class went well last night, and last night the barber was in the house so I got a haircut. Lucas washed "his" car for the first time and found out it was not as easy as it looks. Today is my "short" day as this is the only day this week I work a normal shift. Laz, thanks for the info about the turtles. Wow, three sliders. I hope you have some success with the eggs hatching. I see where the dining car arrived from "Points East" this morning early with bran muffins onboard. That direct route from Ohio to Indiana sure runs quickly :-) Tmcc man, I am glad to see you posting on a regular basis again. I hope you enjoy the soccer updates. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
dwiemer wrote: Heavy rain, hail, wind, and lightning right now. I have to go do rounds, but am tempted to wait till it gets a bit better out. We need the water, but not all at once. Anyway, hope everyone is having a great day.
Dennis, send some of that rain back up this way. It keeps passing us by. Last week there was a shower in Watkinsville, 4 mi. from house, and not a drop at the house. Sat. heavy rain, hail, etc. one county down and not a drop here. I've given up on a lown this year.
Stopped by the store while I was out yesterday and another batch of rolling stock was delivered, not expecting any power until Lionel releases TMCC2, were hurting not having any engines other than what we get from buying up collections.
Mornin all from Georgia's georgeous coast. Light rain this mornin with highs getting in the mid 80s today. Dennis your lucky you got rain, hail, and whatever you said. Savannah area has been tricked and tricked with them afternoon showers. Nothing but red coming our direction, then the next time you look at the radar, its all gone. Hope everybody else gets plenty of rain.
Grayson
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Mornin' boys. Please pass the Splenda Mitchie...
dwiemer - Perhaps you can squeeze in a few holes at BUSHWOOD.
HI GIZ,
Did another day o laz camp, 5.5 miles and weights felt good.
MITCH you can do it then all summer to recharge them batteries.
Wifes Birthday today, she wants ALASKAN KING CRABS tonite so I got to go and get a few pounds.
All have a good one.
laz57
Morning all!
Another warm day today. Low 90's and partly sunny.
Had two trees removed from the front of the house yesterday. It was too bad that the trees were too close (5-6 feet away) to the foundation. One was a live oak and when we counted the rings it was over 40 years old (predated the house by 10 years). When they went to work on the stump with the grinder, the lower stump diameter was nearly 4 feet! No wonder it was sucking all the water out from under the foundation.
Zeke - I recall you like to stay up through the night. I sometimes do the same thing. It stems from when I did 3rd shift work many years ago and once I am up past 11 pm, sometimes I am unable to fall asleep until 3-4 in the morning.
Chuck - Buckeye is off trying to build that "house" that Don B posted in his Chief's scenery link since it seemed such a good fit for Ohizo scenery.
Regards, Roy
Laz,
You're gonna give your wife crabs for her birthday????
Good morning.
I am looking out my office window down Fayetteville Street in Raleigh at a genunine media frenzy. Mike Nifong, the rogue prosecutor of the Duke lacrosse case, goes on trial for ethics violations today. The case is being carried on Court TV and there are probably half a hundred media vehicles here.
Good morning from a sunny and mild Chicago where I rode the 'water taxi' down the Chicago River today just for the heck of it (and it was free). Of course, it added time to my walk to work since it was in the opposite direction but it was worth looking up at the undersides of bridges and up at the tall buildings. We boarded from a river-side dock after walking down, down deep under the city streets. Thought of Buckeye.
I hear you, Raleigh. Had a building full of protesting poli-sci students and assorted media yesterday...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Nick/Dennis, Could not go on bender as I had to drive after the show and I had left it too late to get a room for the night. If I am spared? Next year I will have to stop over as the distance is too great for a flyer. Then swig will be consumed in copius quantity.
Feeling my age today SWMBO wants me to see the Vet. but why? He will only tell me to stop enjoying myself and join the Band of Hope, might as well be dead happy than miserable live.
Nick hurry with the evidence, or I will be (dead). I used to do a bit of medium duty courting in Halifax (near Ilkley) before I met present management, and you know the rest!
John Baker
jaabat wrote: What a comedian! Why don't you fly up too, Dennis? Then the 3 of us could raid those Yankee train stores together. We plan on going to Charles Ro, Northeast Trains, Mountain Trains, Treasured Toys, Modeler's Junction, and that's just before lunch. Many many train stores up here. Bring your charge card, because you're buying!!Jim
Jim, that is what I hear...about all the train stores, not about me buying. Even though I have purchased a lot lately, I am still on "Train Restriction". It is not a question of finances, more a question of space. I have just about completely taken over my son's closet, a hall closet, besides having a large train room, all full of orange boxes. My wife says I am more into collecting and not into running the trains. I plan to make that change soon.....see thread on Chief's scenery.
dwiemer wrote: jaabat wrote: What a comedian! Why don't you fly up too, Dennis? Then the 3 of us could raid those Yankee train stores together. We plan on going to Charles Ro, Northeast Trains, Mountain Trains, Treasured Toys, Modeler's Junction, and that's just before lunch. Many many train stores up here. Bring your charge card, because you're buying!!Jim Jim, that is what I hear...about all the train stores, not about me buying. Even though I have purchased a lot lately, I am still on "Train Restriction". It is not a question of finances, more a question of space. I have just about completely taken over my son's closet, a hall closet, besides having a large train room, all full of orange boxes. My wife says I am more into collecting and not into running the trains. I plan to make that change soon.....see thread on Chief's scenery.Dennis
Dennis, we'd love to have you tag along. If you have a change of heart, let us know. It's set for June 19. And I'm intending to look, not buy. I have enough stuff already...I think.So much so that I've run out of space under the layout and had to build shelves for the walls to hold it all!
I feel like a collector who runs what he collects.
Keith - Havn't heard from you, do I need to do anything yet? Please let me know.
Signed
Anxious
Don
magicman710 wrote:Mornin all from Georgia's georgeous coast. Light rain this mornin with highs getting in the mid 80s today. Dennis your lucky you got rain, hail, and whatever you said. Savannah area has been tricked and tricked with them afternoon showers. Nothing but red coming our direction, then the next time you look at the radar, its all gone. Hope everybody else gets plenty of rain. Grayson
Grayson, from your post I'm assuming you live in Savannah? The Jr. High Choir from our church is heading there tomorrow for a few days on their summer tour.
Good to have another southerner on the Coffee Pot!
Not as hot today in Prattville, cloudy and may get to 90 today. Much better than last two days over 100 (before the heat index!). Fair chance of rain for the next few days.
Everyone have a good day!
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