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

[CSXect]

Cheif, here is something you might like it is a NS 25th box car

http://secure.railroadcity.com/product_info.php?products_id=418&osCsid=35f421bbfc8bb8440b3393570ea32005

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

  69 and perfect here to  get to 84.

  Went up state to seeMOM yesterday and take her out for dinner.  Great to see her.  Alls fine.

  Not much happening slept in today going to run a nice slow 6 miler in about 30 min. from now.

  All have a good one.

laz57

[sir james I]

MORNING FOLKS,

Cloudy and cool this morning, chance of rain we really need it but of course it's a grandson birthday party today. No rain here in weeks but probably today. I don't know if I should be happy for the rain or feel bad for the party. Guess I'll go with both. I do hope those on this forum that need prayers are feeling better.

Trains are at the ready maybe soon have to read the web news first

                                                Regards to all,     sir james

[dwiemer]

Morning all,

Got a pig roast tonight and we actually have a baby sitter!  I think this will be the first date my bride and I will be going on in two years.  I look forward to that, but it does mean that I will be busy today.  Have yard work to take care of and some picking up around the house.  We had a maid, but too many things would get broken.  Now I am paying the price.  We had more thunder storms last night and so I have to wait a bit before starting up the tractor.  I will probably get a little work done in the train room and then go look for some screws at Home Depot.

Chief, hope you win the Mayor's job!  For a guy who is supposed to be retired, you sure do take on a lot of work! 

It was great to hear the good news on Elliot.  I hope his progress continues.

Y'all have a good weekend.

God Bless,

Dennis

[DennisB-1]

"Zeke is a nice person, and is not a fraud or poser. Im tired of all the posts about him. You all got him banned and im glad the person who cited the forum about him got banned to. I wish I could have expected more from people who I call my friends and family. "

I apologize gentlemen but I just can't let the above statement stand alone. In case anyone has any illusions about his character,  below is a threat he made to me over on the MTJ forum. He deleted it but not before I had  copied and pasted it in another thread for all to see.  

Zeke-a-nator said:

"screw you *******, i used to live in the show me state and id like to show you a few things....go **** yourelf. See i dont care about a coward like you . I have killed peole for less.

bann me from here please! if i got do it i would"

 

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Morning all

Nice cool morning in Southern Ohio.  Had the grandkids overnight, lots of fun.  We ran trains for a while, had a small pile up. Real glad the American Flyers are made as toys and can take being played with. Got a plasticville house for the All Aboard 600 on ebay.  The panel layout was really a neat idea.  Too bad it was too little too late.

Hoping to cut grass work in garden and cut friends grass today.  Bride working today so have time without distractions

Hope you're doing good Doug

May God bless

Jim 

[thor]

Morning to All.  been off for a dew days.  Back to work today.  Mostly lay around time.  Too hot to work outdoors.

 

Zeke - glad to see you are posting again, hope you are on the mend. 

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Take care,

Mitch 

Thanks Mitch and everyone else who sent me much appreciated b/day greetings.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 58 degrees. Going up to 84, today, with sunshine. Rain, yesterday, was good for the garden.

Today, after the sun dries out the grass, I will be mowing. Looks like the back yard will come first. Need to get the gas cans filled. Yuk. The price has stayed around 3 dollars a gallon. Sure stops unnecessary driving.

I did some cleaning in the train room, yesterday. Ran the upper loop while I was busy. GG1 looks good , going over the blue bridge.

Glad to hear that Elliott ...is doing better.

Dining Car is here and breakfast is served. Be back later.

Y'all have a great Saturday.

Chuck

[Hoople]

Morning!

Yes its 12:32 AM... I have nothing to do and can't sleep.

I decided to pop in to see what this diner is like. I usually hang at Elliott's trackside diner.

I'm not an O scaler, although my grandfather was. I remember 6,7 years ago, running trains with him in the basement. He only got two newer engines, the MTH K-4 and the MTH 2-8-0 consolidation, WM fireball scheme.

Well that's it for now... I'll be in later.

Mark

[ChiefEagles]

It is obvious that certain CA folks can NOT read.  Soundboard under the TRACK and not layout.  Earlier Susan said our problems with CC and Schoolboard and Town was we needed a woman in charge.  Well, that is the case and that is why we are having so much trouble [Mayor is woman and school Board Chair is too].   Just picking back at Susan. 

Good night all.

[dbaker48]

Dennis, good luck onfinding the screws.

Talked to Elliot F a few minutes ago.  Doing good.  Diabetic enough that he might have to take insulin.  The big C seems to be letting him alone.

Sure hope to get to paint my soundboard tomorrow.  Then I will take it upstairs and slide under the track.

Brent, did you tell Susan about the Mayor being female?

Jimbo and family are off to the lake for a couple of weeks.

Later

Could not avoid the opportunity for a few comments: 

- Not even going to touch the statement about Dennis looking for screws.

- Regarding the Chief getting his soundboard -- That is good.  But why is he going to slide under the layout, wonder what HE is doing

- Wonder why the mayor's sex is of significance to Susan..... hmmmm

 Seriously....

- THAT IS GREAT NEWS REGARDING ELLIOT, HOPEFULLY HE COULD GET BACK TO THE FORUM SOMETIME

And finally, the Friday nite Chat was a bit bad, I'm not going back either.  Don't need it!!

 

[Brutus]

had to put visa card under a pile of books as it warped from the heat of being swiped to many times.

Brent - you won't believe this, but when I saw your post earlier with the layout plan, the top picture didn't show on my computer???  So, I thought you were going to just do a huge loop around the room (bottom pic)!  Weird - anyway, it looks great!  Can't wait to see pics of progress!

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

I see where I have really stirred things up and I am sorry for the confusion.  I posted early this morning more from emotion and less on the facts.  I will try to provide some background.  For almost the first 80 years of its existence, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway held one event, the Indianapolis 500, at first on Memorial Day and then when Memorial Day switched to Monday only, the Sunday before.  In 1994, the Speedway added a NASCAR event, the Brickyard 400, which is held late July/early August.  While some changes and expenses were made to accommodate NASCAR, the event was and is very successful from an attendance standpoint and I am sure the Speedway makes money on it.  Also, NASCAR was just as eager to be at Indy as Indy was to host a race.  In the late 1990s, Tony George, owner of the Speedway and a F-1 fan, started talking to Bernie Ecclestone about hosting a F-1 event.   F-1 had a whole string of expensive demands including some garages built to their specs adjacent to the pit lane that the Speedway had to meet that was above and beyond the construction of the road course.  A seven year deal was signed and the race even had a sponsor the first few years.  Attendance was fairly good the first year, but it was held on a cold, wet September day.  That alone probably hurt attendance the next few years, and there were other incidents that clouded the event.  One year Michael Schumacher lead the entire event and slowed on the last lap to let his teammate win the race, which really soured the crowd.  In 2005, there was the situation where 14 out of 20 cars refused to race due to tire issues.  There was a one-year deal signed for 2007 for various reasons, and the Speedway was hoping to negotiate a long-term deal for 2008 and beyond.  Basically Bernie and Co. wanted between $30 million to $35 million for a sanctioning fee and Tony was offering $15 million.  I feel that Tony offered the maximum he thought he could afford.  Bernie evidently feels he can get more from other countries who are willing to subsidize an event.  The Speedway gets no public tax money and has even refused offers of tax abatements so it can't really compete against an offer made by the government of India for example.  The bottom line is that a lot of money was thrown away by the Speedway in the investment of the garages.  The road course can be used for other events, and they will be having a MotoGP event in 2008 for motorcycles.  There is talk of maybe a sports car endurance event, but that is pure speculation on my part.  I guess what really hurts me personally is that 1) I really enjoy seeing the F-1 race, and 2) I hate to see the Speedway abused by people who do not respect the tradition of the place.  Even the NASCAR people as big and as popular as it is still defer to the traditions of the Speedway.  When Tony Stewart finally won the Brickyard, his dad said while that was great, Tony still wants to win the 500.    To sum things up, there will be an Indy 500 and there will be a Brickyard 400, but F-1 is probably dead in the US. 

I appreciate all the comments and questions, and I again apologize for any confusion.  At the risk of stirring another pot (so to speak), I would just like to add that I am glad that some comments were made on the "Z" situation.  For about a day, I felt as if there was an 800 pound gorilla sitting in the middle of the forum that no one was talking about.  As far as I am concerned, I have suffered no harm, but I get the impression others have.  I always try to find a positive aspect in any event, and the outpouring of concern by all on the forum was heartfelt and sincere, and I hope that part of the forum never goes away.  I hope everyone has a good evening.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[ChiefEagles]

Dennis, good luck onfinding the screws.

Talked to Elliot F a few minutes ago.  Doing good.  Diabetic enough that he might have to take insulin.  The big C seems to be letting him alone.

Sure hope to get to paint my soundboard tomorrow.  Then I will take it upstairs and slide under the track.

Brent, did you tell Susan about the Mayor being female?

Jimbo and family are off to the lake for a couple of weeks.

Later

[magicman710]

WOW, Friday night chat was well not at all what I expected

I shall never go there again .

 

I left to, all it was was caos, profanity and all. Im going back later, around 12, thats when the good guys are on, they're administraters. I hope you dont mean that John, its a fun place.

 

Ive said time and time again that this zeke thing would cause these problems! Also, if you didnt know, after you have created a name, nobody else can use it. So John, nobody can use your name, and nobody can use mine.

 

Grayson

[Anonymous]

WOW, Friday night chat was well not at all what I expected

Too much woriiying if _ _ _ _ was there and posong as one of us. It is unfortunate. Was hopping to talk trains. Oh well.

[csxt30]

WOW, Friday night chat was well not at all what I expected

I shall never go there again .

[dwiemer]

Renovo PRR, Very nice of you.  I too have been blessed.  I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Trying to get #4 1" screws for fastening down the fastrack with the sill seal.  Went to Lowes, no go, will try Home Depot in the morning.

Dennis

[Reading T-1]

WOW, Friday night chat was well not at all what I expected

[sir james I]

Not fair I'd have to tell a fib to get my name in the hat.  So nitey nite.

                                                                                       Sir James

[Anonymous]

Wow I'm good, the wife took me to W-Mart. Ok I will even do one better besides the sweet corn I will toss in some great Somerset county sausage from the farm. I know John F i still owe you some but I will get that to you the last part of the month when I make my trip down.

John I can bring you down two Porter House Steaks or a few great Pork Chops. it doesn't get any better than that.

So I have been thinking I have a Williams GP CN diesel that is a great runner. I bought this new this year. I'll make a deal anyone who is out something from the past months let me know and I will let my daughter pick a name out of the hat. The winner gets the train then we can say something great came out of this mess and its all over. 

I don't want or need anything in return. Our family has been blessed through the good and bad times and I'm just passing down one of the favors that was given to me in the past. 

[CSXect]

For those of you who do not already know the train forum know as TheTrainForum has been closed as the administrater wants to use all of his time on a prototype railroad website which is underconstruction. I guess too many  irons in the fire and not enough traffic. We lose a poteinaly great site but at the same time Frank53 is building an awsome site devoted to postwar

[sir james I]

It was the knocking on deaths door to hi guys i'm home that got me to wondering.

 Evening all:  Took the bride to the mall groan,  had to put visa card under a pile of books as it warped from the heat of being swiped to many times.I knew I should have stayed in the train room this morning. That Fresh Corn sounds good with a BLT that I can't have yet. I got the plants in late and they are all still green.  I'll drop back later,        Sir james

[ChiefEagles]

Yes, thats exactly what I mean, just forget it. Forget about Zeke and move on.

 

I really do like this place.

 

Grayson

Who?, What? Don't know what you are talking about?  [even that ugly post early this AM that you did not know I have a copy of, forgotten]

Sprinkled rain here all day but nothing to say accumilated.  Did pick up my sound board.  Hope to get on that project ASAP.

Hope all have a great weekend. 

[Reading T-1]

Anyone up for a chat?

[rtraincollector]

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[magicman710]

Yes, thats exactly what I mean, just forget it. Forget about Zeke and move on.

 

I really do like this place.

 

Grayson

[anjdevil2]

Fair enough, I ready to move on...........

[Anonymous]

Grayson,
I've said my piece... he has my address, if he REALLY wanted to return the stuff he should have put it in the mail... need I say anything further?  I honestly don't care for the stuff I sent him, if I did I wouldn't have sent it free of charge.

I'm done with this mess.  This is that last I am mentioning it.  I hope the rest of us can as well.

[rtraincollector]

I'm sorry if were wrong but when you see stuff that was given to him because of his pitty parties on ebay for sale it goes to far. If you wish to keep sticking up for him so be it but I can't believe that 99% are wrong and 1% is right. You need to stop looking thru rose color glasses. And see the true light. Theres to many that he has done wrong for it to be an accident its right out wrong. I have to ammit I thought for a while this can't be true but the more I saw the more I realized it is so. theres a whole list of ones that gave him items because he was a hurt disabled vet back from the war who lost both his parents and a child in the last year. then has a heart attack switched to stroke and on way out has a tummor bleeding thur his ear and hes released in less than 24 hours and the doctors suposely told jenny don't expect him to make it thur the night all i can say is wake the up and smell the coffee.