Jim Fortner wrote: Brent, you are making me look REALLY bad, man! Took me months to wire my basement and sounds like you redid your entire house in a week?! Well, after a marathon day yesterday, my basement wiring is all done except connections to the load center and install lights and fan in bathroom.
Brent, you are making me look REALLY bad, man! Took me months to wire my basement and sounds like you redid your entire house in a week?! Well, after a marathon day yesterday, my basement wiring is all done except connections to the load center and install lights and fan in bathroom.
Chief,
I remember Jim telling us that, you were able to work in a Halle Berry coment. Good luck running for mayor, I'd vote for you if I lived in Rolesville. I think you are going to win.
I haven't done too much lately. Went to a local salvage yard last Thursday. Guy told me on the phone that he had a 97 Probe GT with a sunroof. When I got there, I found out that it was a 97 SE with a sunroof, Only problem is that the sunroofs are completely different between the SE and GT. I pulled the sunvisors for only $5, and they cleaned up to like NOS. Makes me regret the worn set I previously bought on ebay for $52! I got caught in the heavy rain Thursday, but I kept digging through that car. Won a 397 coal loader last night. Hope everyone has a good day.
Brent, the odds are that you are barely using half of your current potential. I would put a small breaker box out in the garage and set it up as a service panel with a double 30 or 50 breaker in the main box. Look in the main box for your manufacturer and see if you can replace current single 15 or 20 amp breakers with duplex breakers (twin half-width breakers) to make more space. This is what I did. I used about 50 feet of 8-3 with grnd cable to connect my main panel to my subpanel. Just label the breaker in the main panel and write in the subpanel - "shut off in main panel". The Home Depot wiring book shows how to do this. Then, you can put your 220's in your subpanel.
Here is a great site for finding out about this stuff:
http://www.terrylove.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Thor,
Happy Birthday! I didn't see it before I typed the last post.
Jim Fortner wrote: Brent, the odds are that you are barely using half of your current potential. I would put a small breaker box out in the garage and set it up as a service panel with a double 30 or 50 breaker in the main box. Look in the main box for your manufacturer and see if you can replace current single 15 or 20 amp breakers with duplex breakers (twin half-width breakers) to make more space. This is what I did. I used about 50 feet of 8-3 with grnd cable to connect my main panel to my subpanel. Just label the breaker in the main panel and write in the subpanel - "shut off in main panel". The Home Depot wiring book shows how to do this. Then, you can put your 220's in your subpanel.Here is a great site for finding out about this stuff: http://www.terrylove.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Back from jury duty. Didn't get picked as all cases were settled out before a jury could take the case.
So now I'm off the rest of the day! Spent the last hour cleaning up the house. Hope to run some trains and continue cleaning and detailing my 2343s. I also want to photograph the K-Line Pacific I repainted and turned into a Boston & Maine loco.
Happy birthday, Thor, Mike, whatever name you use here...
Got another post war 6464-475 B&M boxcar today.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
lionroar88 wrote:Jim,I thought you were going to complement me on my home improvement abilities! LOL!Actually the panel is all duplex breakers so I doubt I can go higher.
Sounds like you could make a subpanel, but you'd have to move some of the current cables over....
THOR, and many more.
laz57
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Hi everyone !! A little on the warm side here today, 90 some !! Nice & cool down here in my trainroom !! (basement !!)
Thor : a very to you tomorrow !! You will then be the same age as me !!
Well, not much going on here cause I can't reveal my latest Top Secret project that I'm working on !! If I did that, it would no longer be Top Secret !! So Jim A, wild horses won't get it out of me !!
Congratulations Jim A on your tremendous amount of quality & FUN posts !!
Hope everyone has a nice evening !!
Thanks, John
thor!
Hey guys and gals> thanks for all your thoughts and everything I am so much better today. I rested up yesterday and today i am feeling great. They are scheduling my tumor removal for a cpl weeks its a in and out type of deal from what i understood?.
been alot to read threw and trying to keep up.
I seemed to have misplaced some trains, does anyone know what i did with my 2025 engine and tender?
well its been 105-112 here last few days and that is way too hot. Will somone please send me some rain?
the guys showed up today to get the saab soo its leaving today or tomorrow, will kinda miss it.
well i will be around and well glad to be back, missed you all
Thor, I know it is tomorrow, but the way this thread goes, we may be several pages on and I won't remember to say it again. Anyway, hope you have a good one. We are not quite to your number, but celebrate it about the same. A little subdude, but still nice to be recognized. My bride usually lets me order whatever I want and she gets it and holds it till my day. Think this next year will be a #773
Have a meeting with county commissioner and then a meeting with a rep. at outback. At least it will be a good meal. I usually don't go out with Mfg.Reps, but don't want to be rude either. This is all eating into my train time.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Evening all,
It got up to 95 today with 60% humidity, pork chops for supper. Going to Jesup, Georgia (a hour drive from Savannah) to go to the railfan platform there. Should be some good views. Hope everybody has a good night and good Tuesday. Thor,
See ya'll later,
Grayson
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Hey Grayson, is that platform the same as Folkston or is it better??
I've been threatening to get there sometime, just work gets in the way. Is it better during the week or weekend?
I've been trying to catch the FEC near US 1 here, but my timing must be off (and I can't seem to get a schedule from anyone...)
Thanks!Rich
anjdevil2 wrote: Hey Grayson, is that platform the same as Folkston or is it better??Thanks!Rich
Rich, the Jesup platform is inferior to the Folkston platform. The Folkston platform has viewings of up to 75+ trains a day , since to the north is the subdivision that goes to Waycross, the other track is called the Nahunta Sub, it come form Jacksonville, and it goes through Jesup and then Savannah. Jesup has a Juntion of trains from Folkston (Nahunta Sub), Waycross, and Savannah and theres a Amtrak Station there as well. Jesup has been known to have up to 40 trains a day.
Sounds like Georgia is a good place to watch trains.
Any way Amtrac comes down to Jacksonville FL then works its way west to Orlando, goes a few miles further west then goes south to Okeechobee FL and east to West Palm Beach FL then goes south to Miami FL, not sure of the exact route but that is pretty close to it. Amtrac was working on a deal about five years ago to use FEC(Florida East Coast) tracks from Jacksonville to Miami but didn't get the needed money from the government to make that happen, FEC wanted to lease the right of way to Amtrac. FEC has not seen a regular passenger train in almost 43 years on their tracks, sometimes a passenger car behind the freight train but never a full passenger train since the strike of 1964 by passenger employees of FEC, due to low ridership and expenses FEC did away with passenger service in 1964 and has been mainly freight ever since.
Lee F.
zeke wrote: been alot to read threw and trying to keep up. I seemed to have misplaced some trains, does anyone know what i did with my 2025 engine and tender?
Beware Zeke that is a symtom of the train bug, I once found a box of green PRR passenger set that I bought and forgot about
zeke wrote: I seemed to have misplaced some trains, does anyone know what i did with my 2025 engine and tender?
Hhhmmmmm...
Seems Jim; Jaabat has presented a never before seen 2025 and tender on Sunday photo fun.
Coincidence???
Happy Birthday Thor!
Kurt
HOT: played with trains,beat Tiger woods on PS2...........HOT .no rain.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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kpolak wrote: zeke wrote: I seemed to have misplaced some trains, does anyone know what i did with my 2025 engine and tender?Hhhmmmmm...Seems Jim; Jaabat has presented a never before seen 2025 and tender on Sunday photo fun.Coincidence???Happy Birthday Thor!Kurt
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Hey, I finally took a few quick pics of that K-Line Pacific I repainted and turned into a B&M. This particular steamer (3713) was built in 1934 and given the name Constitution by a child in a contest. In retirement it sat for years in front of Boston's Museum of Science before heading to Steamtown in PA where it is currently being restored.
I used Krylon Semi Flat Black, made my own B&M decals, and used dry transfers for the cab numbers. I finished the tender off with a real coal load.
P.S. Whatcha working on, John? I have a top secret clearance, so you can tell me!
Very nice, Jim. You did a great job.
By the way, you need a top. top, super duty clearance.
Chuck
Jim : That engine really looks great !! Nice job as usual from the old New England Mastercraftsman !!
Yep, Roger on the Top Top Super duty clearance !!
I need to get back to work again. I went to my favorite LHS in Homer City, PA. I bought the MTH Canada 6 Car 100 ton Hopper Car set. Then the CN 100 ton Hopper, B&O RS 1 and my daughter wanted the Katy set. She ended up with a Kathy hopper.
So I just about have my Candian National line done. Just waiting on another diesel that comes out in November.
I got the pleasure of taking my 11 year old to the doctors today goes with the no job thing. We spent 2 1/2 hours there because they were backed up. The doctor said she needs her shots updated so I said ok. My wife said didn't I know better than to space them out since she got all 5 today. The mom thing is new so I said I thought I was doing good since I remembered to take her.
Well tomorrow I think I will sleep in then go take some train photographs with my daughter. I think the rest of July is going to be fun if I can stay away from the train stores.
Beautiful work Jim. I didn't expect that kind of quality from a spray can.
Good Evening all! Made it through the first day back to work. What a day! Got pretty much all caught up though.
Even had a cousin call me, (us California folk don't keep in contact with relations for some reason), anyway hadn't talked to him in 15 years. He wanted value information on trains he had, and wanted to sell. Apparently, he was somewhat disappointed in that a guy offered him $85 for a Marx 666, and he thought that was an insult. He figured it had to be around 600 or 700. So I just sent him to ebay. Didn't want to get involved, he would think I was trying to steal 'em or something.
Boy this thread has everything, politics, trains, voyerism, travel, drama, comedy. Sure is addictive. Never know what topics are going to come up.
Going to go unpack so good to hear everyone is ok. Good luck with the job hunting guys, don't get down. It'll work out.
Don
Evening all
Jim-beautiful job on the loco
Don-Interesting that some folks think that a train is old it is worth a lot of money. I do the same as you did, point them to ebay or show them a Greenburg price book.
Got pretty warm today. Close to 100. Continued cleaning up and preping for the garage addition. If the backhoe guy does not show up soon I'll have the site prep done. Not sure if that is a good thing or not.
Good luck with the job hunting. Going to clean up and mess with trains!
May God bless
Great job Jim A! Looks excellent! Got the new motor from Jeff Kane today (traintender guy) with the screws already in it. Storms came through and now I have a headache, though. Maybe later or tomorrow night.
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