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[anjdevil2]

Ok, I'll be fast on this one subject and hope I don't get "killed" for this...

I'm on the fence about the whole "z" affair. If someone will give me proof on this deal, i'd appreciated it. e-mail or PM me, it dosen't have to be a public thing.

I don't condem anyone's feelings either way, like Chief said God is watching (and I say Karma is he11!)

Thanks

Rich 

[jefelectric]

Good evening guys,

Mike C., I read an article in the local paper about the F-1 situation, but it never really said what the real reason was for the spat.  Any inside info.  I don't follow it a lot anymore, but once was an avid fan.  The races are all run at very inconvenient times for live viewing here.  I remember a time when F-1 drivers were considered the highest paid athletes in the world.

Brent, Nice layout plan and layout room.  Your message was very clear, hope he reads it.

Colin, You might as well get used to work, you will be doing it every day in a few years.

John O, you are making me hungry for sweet corn, guess I'll have to visit Amish Country.

Now for trains, I got a Weaver, Lehigh and New England Caboose in the mail today, nice but I haven't put it on the tracks yet.  Also got an email from Cool Trains that the Lionel, PRR Burro Crane is in that I ordered.  Got a second email saying that the 4 PRR fishbelly flats I ordered about a year ago have come in.  More flat car loads to build.   

All have a nice weekend,

[magicman710]

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.

 

Grayson

[Blueberryhill RR]

Brent...That's a great looking train room. You should have one nice layout.

Also, hats off to you , for your message to Zeke.

Chuck

[Anonymous]

Cool the basketball games were rained out. I read a few things and I'm not surprised it is a good learning lesson. Hopefully a cheap one at that.

Well I know my wife is going to drag me to the W-Mart tonight. Too bad they don't have trains. Our sweet corn looks like it will be a little late this year. To tell the truth that is all that I eat for supper over a three week time period. Nothing better than fresh picked. 

Now if anyone is close to Somerset County I will give you all the free sweet corn you want because this place needs some good times after what a few people went through. Sorry guys can't mail the stuff it just isn't as good.

[csxt30]

Good Evening Everyone !! Very nice weather here again today !

Wonder if someone could clue me in on the Indy races ? Does that mean there will be no more Indy 500 ? I probably misunderstood & maybe they're talking about some other races held there . I don't think they would do away with that race, would they ? I never got to go yet !!

Brent : that sure is going to be a nice train room !! How about a ski valley in that open spot ?

Well, now for a trip to the store.

Thanks, John

 

[Anonymous]

Doug and Dennis,

                        Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Chief,

          Any news on Elliott?

I stayed up all night last night to clean off the pingpong table, lay I/O carpet, and start laying track.  I haven't been this excited about a project in a long time.  I bought a gorgeous 250 ZW with a crisp box on ebay today for only $140!  There are three more ZWs that are around that price, and I had a hard time deciding.  Catch you all later.

[Brutus]

Brent - man, that's a nice room!  Looks like a good track plan to me, but do you need more sidings and an industry somewhere?

John Baker - I've read of your soccer hooligans and the problems with riots and stuff.  Keep your head down and avoid that mess -- stick to trains and a few drams of rheumatis medicine!

Got off the phone with Lionel and they were very nice and will mail me a replacement coupler for my new docksider right away -

Glad to hear that Doug Murphy is getting better.  Guess he won't be reading his trolley books for a little while, though.  Dennis, I had a stress test a few years ago and it's not bad at all.

Need to get a birthday present for my friend - it's not for another week, but I'll be fishing that weekend, so need to give it to him tonight.  TTFN!

[CSXect]

tmcc,

I am sick to my back teeth with wall to wall footy. You can have all of it with my blessing.  

When there is footy at my local ground? I am afraid to go out because of the general mayhem and violence.

  

Should I even ask what is footy????? is that one of them non-american sports

The only violent sports I know of is the OSU vs. Michigangame

[John Bakeer]

tmcc,

I am sick to my back teeth with wall to wall footy. You can have all of it with my blessing.  

When there is footy at my local ground? I am afraid to go out because of the general mayhem and violence.

  

[dbaker48]

A lot of the teams run on low budgets (I know I used to work for one) which leads to some close racing and some innovative engineering.

<>Nick

Nick - I never worked for a team, but you are 100% + Correct !!!!  When the teams were indivdual and running on small budgets, everything was better!  The competition, innovation, excitment, everything.  The large teams is what has made Nascar the "cookie cutter cars" on the "cookie cutter tracks".  What used to be great racing is now a 3 or 4 hour advertising commercial.    Sorry for the Rant 

[Nick12DMC]

Hi All,

Brent, That is a very nice room.

Mike C, Bernie loves to throw his weight about. He tried playing hardball with Silverstone over here. Until he felt the PR & fan backlash. F1 is great, even better since Lewis appeared on the scene. However take a look a Endurance racing LMES and ALMS and of course the 24hrs of Le Mans. Le Mans is a great event £50 for a general entrance ticket thats valid for the the week. In Contrast F1 Silverstone ticket around £130 for 1 day.

A lot of the teams run on low budgets (I know I used to work for one) which leads to some close racing and some innovative engineering.

Nick

 

 

[cheapclassics]

njalb1,

Wow. That is a tough question to answer briefly.  F-1 races all over the world in open wheel cars that are arguably the most technically advanced in the world.  The IRL was formed in 1996 by the owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Those cars are a spec series that runs primarily on oval tracks in the US, but they do some road courses as well.  Their big race is the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing", the Indy 500.  There is a third open wheel series, the CCWS, which runs in the US and some overseas events, with all events currently on road courses.  The CCWS and IRL were part on one series at one time.  The event at Disney was an IRL race.  I hope this helps.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[njalb1]

Good morning all,

On to a matter that probably will not concern many here, but occasionally people sound off and vent on various non-train related issues.  I will avail myself of that privilege now.  As most of the regulars know (and some of the "irregulars" as well), there are three items in life that matter to me more than anything else besides the usual priorities (religion, family, etc.).  They are auto racing, toy trains, and soccer.  While soccer came to me in a later part of my life, auto racing and toy trains have always been a part of my life.  The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is where I have been going for over 40 years, and consequently is very important to me.  While initially curious about F-1 when it came there, I went to the first race and was hooked.  The news yesterday that no such event would take place in 2008 was devastating.  The management at the Speedway have gone above and beyond to try and make this event possible, but the F-1 demands were too much.  (Now for the soapbox)  I am angry, sad, disappointed, mad, upset and frustrated that this happened.  The IMS has been around almost 100 years.  It is an INSTITUTION of motor racing, and there is no place else that has nearly as long a history.  Long after Bernie Ecclestone and the rest of the idiots who have insulted the tradition of the Speedway are worm food, the Speedway will still be there.  These people who operate F-1 do not seem to realize that if F-1 does not succeed at Indy, it will not succeed  anywhere else in the US.  The Speedway spent a ton of money making changes to  the facilities to accommodate the F-1 specifications and there is no way the Speedway will get ever a return on that investment.  ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!   (I will now get down from the soapbox.  Thank you for listening.)

There were cinnamon rolls and cereal on the dining car for "Points East" this morning.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana 

 

 

Mike is this the IRL leauge that broke away from Indy racing years ago ????

   Maybe you can clear it up for me. Years ago I saw my first IRL race at Disney.

[Blueberryhill RR]

  Man, wish I had a room that big.

Chief - Simple solution -  Referendum to establish a Roseyville Historical Annex, with emphasis on early US historical transportation systems. 

Great idea.

Just talked to Doug Murphey.  Doing good.  Can watch TV [he says he thinks because it is at a distance], no reading nor couputers.  Kind of boring.  Hope to get OK when he visits eye Dr. on Tuesday.  Says, "Hi to all."  Thanks for prayers.  Was a sudden surprise.

Thanks for letting us know, Chief.  I hope Doug recovers quickly.

[ChiefEagles]

  Man, wish I had a room that big.

Chief - Simple solution -  Referendum to establish a Roseyville Historical Annex, with emphasis on early US historical transportation systems. 

Great idea.

Just talked to Doug Murphey.  Doing good.  Can watch TV [he says he thinks because it is at a distance], no reading nor couputers.  Kind of boring.  Hope to get OK when he visits eye Dr. on Tuesday.  Says, "Hi to all."  Thanks for prayers.  Was a sudden surprise.

[dbaker48]

  Man, wish I had a room that big.

Chief - Simple solution -  Referendum to establish a Roseyville Historical Annex, with emphasis on early US historical transportation systems. 

[ChiefEagles]

Brent, check this out.  I was doing 054 for yard switches.  Found out track were closer together with 072 [Realtrax].  So, switched to 072.  Might check and see how it works for your track system.  Man, wish I had a room that big.

[tmcc man]

Good morning everyone,

It has been a busy few weeks lately. I have to work today, which is what I don't want to do today.

Dennis and Doug, feel better soon.

Mike C., there are only a few people in the U.S. that watch 2 of the most interesting sports, those being soccer and F1 racing. Soccer is probably going to be better here though, because Beckham is coming to the U.S. But, I am really going to miss the F1 at Indy. 

[Anonymous]

Brent - That really looks GREAT !!!!!

Some comments -

Regarding the aquarium hole, possibly a carnival area, industrial area possibly a refinery with a spur.  Also, the elevated area, G scale would look good up there!

The layout really looks fantastic I love the design.  What is the maximum radiuss you are running?  You MAY want to consider going 1 size bigger for future acquisitions.

Great job !!!!!!!! 

Can't go G-Scale down there... I am hoping to do a garden layout out back near the fire pit... more on that later...

All curves are O-45, switches are all O-54.  The yard area is O-36, except the mainline going into the turntable is O-45.  I'm not running any Alleghenies on this so I don't need O-72s or larger... at least for this room... next house/room that is a different story...

The aquarium hole will be partially blocked by the large mountain in the upper right corner of the layout pic... that is why I was thinking just scenicing the hole with the valley... I could add a spur back into it so it looks like a valley line along the river... hmmm....

[dwiemer]

Good Friday Morning to Y'all.  Brent, two thoughts regarding the aquarium, you could either leave the aquarium and get a aquarium from Lionel and have a train with all the aquarium  cars, submarine, etc.  Second thought, you could get a nice flat pannel TV in there and hook up one of the on-board cameras to an engine and broadcast it on the TV.  You could also watch all the train related shows in the background while working on the railroad.  Otherwise, it is a very nice space and good luck with it.

As for all the well wishes, thanks.  I don't think anything is really wrong, maybe some apnea and some degenerative disc in my neck, but it is just a part of living.  This will also get a baseline for a lot of this so that if any changes, we can jump on it.

Hope all have a great day.  It should be nice here.  We have a little get together at the British pub that one of the anesthesia docs built.  Thanks to John B., from across the pond, we had plenty of photos to help.  This should be fun, a big pig roast and plenty of folks.

Dennis

[sir james I]

Good morning all.

Mike c.  I don't follow racing but if your talking about the Indy 500, that would be a national disgrace.

Wife is home today may have to hide in train room.no telling what evil lies ahead, and we sure don't need Hillary as president again.    Bye for now  Sir James

[dbaker48]

Thought I would post this since I've been talking about it for so long...



The problem I have is what to do with the 'hole' that will be left over when I remove the aquarium... I was thinking of just modelling a valley into it as it is too tight for anything really... there will also be a ceiling track around the perimeter that will go into the room behind you...

This room is 17.5 feet deep by 12ft 10 inches wide.

This is the main layout plan:


This is the elevated layout plan:

Brent - That really looks GREAT !!!!!

Some comments -

Regarding the aquarium hole, possibly a carnival area, industrial area possibly a refinery with a spur.  Also, the elevated area, G scale would look good up there!

The layout really looks fantastic I love the design.  What is the maximum radiuss you are running?  You MAY want to consider going 1 size bigger for future acquisitions.

Great job !!!!!!!! 

[laz 57]

Hi GIZ,

   Nice day here to get to 83 but no humidity.  Played GOLF last nite beauty of a nite and beat brother by two strokes shot a 44 for nine holes.  Still can't putt.  Ate and drank at our 19th hole.

   LIONEL 2986 get rid of that junk get money spend on train stuff.

   DOUG M, and DENNIS prayers are on the way.

   BRENT nice train room.

   All have a good one.

laz57

[ChiefEagles]

CHIEF,

I'll vote for you. Send me a ballot.(try not to spill grits on it though)

Good one James !!   I'd vote for The Chief too !!

Hope you & Kurt get hooked up at the train show !! I've met a lot of guys from this forum at train shows !! One of the benefits  !!  

Thanks, John

+

I am thinking of filing to run for Roseyville Mayour.  They have told me that they are in desperate need of a candidate.   

Well, that does it for me !! 

I'm voting for BUCKEYE !!

Thanks, John 

Me too !!!!  He's better than "nothing".

I have decided to drop out of the race for Roseyville Mayor after learning about the inoculations that are needed in order for me not to catch a serious disease in the swamps of NC. I will miss living in the Mayor's mansion and being driven around town in a white Caddalac convertable in my white suit smoking a big cigar. 

Thank you for your support.   

BOOOOO!!!!!!!

I was really hoping to see Buckeye try to fit into his white suit and cadamillac convertible!!!!

Now well just have to settle for Chief... One things for certain... no one will be able to talk at the town meetings...

BTW - Chief, Susan wants me to tell you the reason you have so many problems down there with the county commissioners and school board is you don't have a woman running the show!  I nearly fell off the couch laughing when she said this... I said, 'So you believe we would be better off with a woman in the White House?'  'Depends on who it is... me, we would be fine... Hillary, no way!  Anyone else, I reserve judgement.'  That's all we need is my wife as the leader of the free world!  --- I would find a hole to live in for 4 years!

Tell Susan that is the problem.  We have a woman Mayor.  She can not speak in public [has to read everything] and can not remember to call for votes after motions and discussions.  She might not remember your name the next time she sees you.  Tell her that on the County Commissioners, there is one woman who is almost as bad as or Mayor in the mental category except she talks all the time saying nothing.  As far as the School Board, women are in the majority.  Seems they are the problem.  Don't get me wrong.  We have another woman on the CC and she is great.  Lots of great women leaders [but Nancy P and Hillary C].

Morning all.  Partly cloudy.  Rain later?  Lets hope.  Got to get going.  Want to run to Lowe's and get order for sound board, go pick it up and get started putting a coat of paint on it.  Got some other train related work to do too.   Later.

[Anonymous]

Thought I would post this since I've been talking about it for so long...



This is the new train room.  You are standing in a 4 foot opening, looking into the train room... as you can see there are items stored in here that don't belong... wonder where they came from!

Anyhoo... The bins on the left are all accessories, track, books, magazines, and power.  Back rear corner are engines and rolling stock.  Behind the Bar Stuff boxes are my sets, Thomas, Chessie Super Freight, and a Christmas set that I am going to be trading for an SC-2 TMCC Switch controller.  Then the next set of bins is the Christmas trains... on top of those are the old O-27 tracks I will be using in the display cases.

The pendant light is coming out and will be replaced by an appropriate ceiling light or fan.  The 40 Gallon High aquarium in the back wall is coming out as well.

The problem I have is what to do with the 'hole' that will be left over when I remove the aquarium... I was thinking of just modelling a valley into it as it is too tight for anything really... there will also be a ceiling track around the perimeter that will go into the room behind you...

This room is 17.5 feet deep by 12ft 10 inches wide.

This is the main layout plan:


This is the elevated layout plan:

[anjdevil2]

Dennis & Doug, Get Better Soon.....Dennis, I hera ya on the "old age" thing.  At 52, I shouldn't be worrying about tests and such.  Can we move on past this (sickie thing) part?

Mike, being a passionate motorsports fan, I understand your frustration.  HOWEVER!! Until we get a top flight US DRIVER (Uncle Mario, are you listening?) F1 will not become a sport to watch in the US.  If NASCAR ran it.....hmmm never mind...My passion in MOPAR, so I don't watch CHEVY-CAR oops...NASCAR like I did years ago.  After all, a HEMI is UNFAIR..(its a production engine isn't it?), and if I wanted a spec car series, I'd watch something else...thank GOD for NHRA (every fueler a HEMI and some Pro Stocks too)

Anyway, just my.  Got up today and it's already 80 (8:30) & steamy already, rain showers today and most of tomorrow. Been very busty with work, so I've hadn't had time since Sunday to gaze at my railroad empire (ok, village..).  Have to work tomorrow, so that'll cut into my train time (again).

Blueberry, it's good to have your waitress back, give her my reguards for feeling better.

Rich 

[Anonymous]

CHIEF,

I'll vote for you. Send me a ballot.(try not to spill grits on it though)

Good one James !!   I'd vote for The Chief too !!

Hope you & Kurt get hooked up at the train show !! I've met a lot of guys from this forum at train shows !! One of the benefits  !!  

Thanks, John

+

I am thinking of filing to run for Roseyville Mayour.  They have told me that they are in desperate need of a candidate.   

Well, that does it for me !! 

I'm voting for BUCKEYE !!

Thanks, John 

Me too !!!!  He's better than "nothing".

I have decided to drop out of the race for Roseyville Mayor after learning about the inoculations that are needed in order for me not to catch a serious disease in the swamps of NC. I will miss living in the Mayor's mansion and being driven around town in a white Caddalac convertable in my white suit smoking a big cigar. 

Thank you for your support.   

BOOOOO!!!!!!!

I was really hoping to see Buckeye try to fit into his white suit and cadamillac convertible!!!!

Now well just have to settle for Chief... One things for certain... no one will be able to talk at the town meetings...

BTW - Chief, Susan wants me to tell you the reason you have so many problems down there with the county commissioners and school board is you don't have a woman running the show!  I nearly fell off the couch laughing when she said this... I said, 'So you believe we would be better off with a woman in the White House?'  'Depends on who it is... me, we would be fine... Hillary, no way!  Anyone else, I reserve judgement.'  That's all we need is my wife as the leader of the free world!  --- I would find a hole to live in for 4 years!

[Anonymous]

There were cinnamon rolls and cereal on the dining car for "Points East" this morning.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Mike,
I hear you on the IMS issues... really blew me away that F-1 would do this, but they hinted at this last year as well.

As for the cinnamon rolls...

THEY ARE MINE!  ALL MINE!!!

AAA HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

MINE!!!!!

[Buckeye Riveter]

CHIEF,

I'll vote for you. Send me a ballot.(try not to spill grits on it though)

Good one James !!   I'd vote for The Chief too !!

Hope you & Kurt get hooked up at the train show !! I've met a lot of guys from this forum at train shows !! One of the benefits  !!  

Thanks, John

+

I am thinking of filing to run for Roseyville Mayour.  They have told me that they are in desperate need of a candidate.   

Well, that does it for me !! 

I'm voting for BUCKEYE !!

Thanks, John 

Me too !!!!  He's better than "nothing".

I have decided to drop out of the race for Roseyville Mayor after learning about the inoculations that are needed in order for me not to catch a serious disease in the swamps of NC. I will miss living in the Mayor's mansion and being driven around town in a white Caddalac convertable in my white suit smoking a big cigar. 

Thank you for your support.