88 - watch that hand for infection, Bro. Sooooo, any NEWS yet?
GregM - Congratulations!
Fife - I wish Doug Murphy would send some rain down/over to us! It keeps raining just north or south of us and lawn is looking pretty sad now. Need to water again I guess.
Spankybird, that is a big layout! 4 minutes flat out??? I wish I had that kind of realestate.
Good luck Lee - hope you get your locomotive from the guy.
Don - how about some pics of the benchwork? I was thinking, you could route the trim work so it comes in on the sides at the top and fills up around the plywood.
Phil - looks like a nice locomotive your grandson picked out! I see he likes the 1:1 models more than 1:48! I'd try to break him of the rivet-counting thing early!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
GregM - Congratulations on the new arrival!
Jim/Don - Would you belive the gamesroom is actually around two weeks behind due to all the rain we have had. Hope to have a party next spring when we get it all finished inside and FIL gets his Seeburg Jukebox sorted out. Hopefully my son Charlie and I will have the layout baseboards built and track/electrics up and running by then. Hope to have a BBQ and I'll lay in a stock of Anchor Steam. Leaves you guys plenty of time to save up those Airmiles
Have a good Sunday all
Nick
lionroar88 wrote:Since I left work on Friday there has been 4 pages of posts, and other four worth mentioning... H(.)(.)TERS!
Thats why I have made a decision only to post when I absolutly want to. I know nobody wants to talk to me, and I respect that. Like Fife said, we all have things on our plates....
My only question is, and please answer this, do yall want me aroud or not?
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Afternoon to all,
First would be congrats to Greg M & family.
Don B, 2000 in your class,yikes we had apx.225 and about 100 showed last nite not to bad for 50 yrs. Sadly there are 32 known to be deceased. We had a good time and nobody rich enough to have a young companion. I promised a report thats it.
We have had a slow drizzle/rain today and its really needed as much of the state has been under a outdoor fire ban. grilling was allowed. also we have a forest fire way up north thats been burning over a week now.I don't think this rain is reaching them though.
No trains today, resting. Sir James
"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
magicman710 wrote: lionroar88 wrote:Since I left work on Friday there has been 4 pages of posts, and other four worth mentioning... H(.)(.)TERS! Thats why I have made a decision only to post when I absolutly want to. I know nobody wants to talk to me, and I respect that. Like Fife said, we all have things on our plates.... My only question is, and please answer this, do yall want me aroud or not?
Grayson, you do it to your self. Don't be so paranoid.
Sitting in the mighty Montgomery Regional Airport. Has KLM, Delta, Continental, US Airways and some more. Tiny airport and the smallest I have ever been in [including Palm Springs]. Lots of runways. Has Air National Guard unit with a few C130's and a couple of F16's. Just got buzzed three times by two F16's and then they landed. Killing time as flight is not until 4:50 CDT. No keoshes and TSA takes your bag and puts it on a table in front of you. Opens it up and "wands" it and closes it up. Then it goes to baggage area. Told the lady I was not use to such personal service. She laughed and said I was being polite. Went through security. Told screeners that I wished every airport was this way. I was the only person in line so I could take my time. We all chatted and etc. Now sitting in little business center at the gate. Tried to sit at gate and use internet. Wireless kept going in and out. Guess antenna is in here.
Got first class from Charlotte to RDU. Big deal. Hope flight is not late getting to Charlotte as I have 50 minutes to go from E terminal [wing way away from rest of main airport] to C. OH NO, hear babby crying. Means it will be on flight with me.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
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Afternoon all!
Doug - hope the eye heals quickly.
rrtraincollector - good to see you back.
Welcome to the new folks - stick around!
Don B - Been really busy the past few days which is why I have not had time to post. In addition to the problems below, I have also been doing some layout wiring for a custom a friend of mine is doing, so that has kept me busy.
Had to hire a lawn sprinkler company to find two valves (idiot home ower before me had them buried all over the yard instead of being in a central manifold box) I could not locate. One was leaking. It took them approx 8 hours of digging and using a test signal device (we found out they do not work when the valves are buried like mine). Finally found them - front yard looks like a trencher went wild. The bill for this is gonna be very bad for my checkbook.
Daughter's Taurus acting up. Loses all electrical power like the battery is disconnected. Only happens when it is really hot outside and the car has sat and heat soaked for a while. Jumping it does nothing. Battery is good. It has 13 volts on it when the car is dead. Tapping the fuse block under the hood will cause it to work again. Checked all wires - all good, clean, and tight. Checked Battery terminals - good, clean , and tight. Took battery terminals loose and cleaned them with wire battery brush anyway - no difference. Checked the two negative wires from battery to frame and battery to starter motor - good, clean, and tight. I suspect a bad fuse - but could not find one. Weird. Still under Extended Service Plan so dropped it off tonight for the dealer to look at it tomorrow.
BTW - also took a heat gun to the fuse block area (including the giant Ford Mega-Fuse on the fuse block) after idling the car and heating up the engine to simulate a really hot day (temps here have dropped from 100's to low 90's) and could not make it fail.
BTW2 - when the car is dead I mean dead. No radio, no lights (interior or exterior), no horn, no elec windows, no elec locks, no alarm, absolutely nothing. When it finally works - the radio is completely reset as if you had disconnected the battery. I know Ford has a bad reputation for poor electrical design - guess I am finding this out first hand.
Any ideas?
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
ChiefEagles wrote: THE GREAT SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN:Good night
THE GREAT SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN:
Good night
A fine looking group.
Greg M, Congratulations on the grandson.
Doug M, A speedy recovery with the eye problem.
Don B, The E-town Fair draws about 25-30K if the weather is good for the 7 day run. Since there is no admission charge there is no hard count but that is the estimate. Unfortunately the first four days are predicted to have showers off and on. So far (today) it has been right on. Sun has not been out at all today, but only about 1/10" of rain.
Take care,
GregM and Karen - Cong on the new family member!
Jim and Don - the layout is coming along, but kinda of slowly with all the other projects at the Museum. The layout is 25' x 60' "E" shape. In its final design, it will have 3 main lines.
We also added a yard section this week.
Here is our track plan
Grayson - I don't see why anyone doesn't wish to talk with you. I personally just don't spend much time on the forum. Too many other thinks going on.
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
spankybird wrote: Grayson - I don't see why anyone doesn't wish to talk with you. I personally just don't spend much time on the forum. Too many other thinks going on.
Well, thats a good thing!!! Let the past be the past!!!
WR
Thought it might be a starter relay, sometimes if you smack them they'll reset or you have a loose wire to your fuse box. As far as heat activating it mite be a bad relay.
Jim
Been raining in Phily all day. Steady drizzle. Ran the trains alot today and the computer. Looks like they're calling for ran the whole week. Just when I put the old Harley back together it rains.
Might be good it's quite at work when it rains everyone stays indoors.
dbaker48 wrote: CSXect - I'm curious how many times have you been back to Cracker Barrel looking for that blond?
CSXect - I'm curious how many times have you been back to Cracker Barrel looking for that blond?
They(the bluegrass musicians) will be playing there on saturdays for awhile will go back again but will not eat there if I can help it. The Blond was 30ish and was there with her mom who also was very attractive.....should have talked to her but she was texting about every 5 min
wrmcclellan wrote: Daughter's Taurus acting up. Loses all electrical power like the battery is disconnected. Only happens when it is really hot outside and the car has sat and heat soaked for a while. Jumping it does nothing. Battery is good. It has 13 volts on it when the car is dead. Tapping the fuse block under the hood will cause it to work again. Checked all wires - all good, clean, and tight. Checked Battery terminals - good, clean , and tight. Took battery terminals loose and cleaned them with wire battery brush anyway - no difference. Checked the two negative wires from battery to frame and battery to starter motor - good, clean, and tight. I suspect a bad fuse - but could not find one. Weird. Still under Extended Service Plan so dropped it off tonight for the dealer to look at it tomorrow.BTW - also took a heat gun to the fuse block area (including the giant Ford Mega-Fuse on the fuse block) after idling the car and heating up the engine to simulate a really hot day (temps here have dropped from 100's to low 90's) and could not make it fail.BTW2 - when the car is dead I mean dead. No radio, no lights (interior or exterior), no horn, no elec windows, no elec locks, no alarm, absolutely nothing. When it finally works - the radio is completely reset as if you had disconnected the battery. I know Ford has a bad reputation for poor electrical design - guess I am finding this out first hand.
I had a thunderbird that did that when the alternator went bad. Good thing it has the service plan. The only problem is they need to recreate the problem before they can diagnose. It always works at the dealer. Ask them to test the alternator.
Kurt
I went to the beach today to visit my wife's family, and came home with a FREE Marx 1666. It is in excellent cosmetic condition, runs well and smokes like a demon.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
jaabat wrote: I went to the beach today to visit my wife's family, and came home with a FREE Marx 1666. It is in excellent cosmetic condition, runs well and smokes like a demon. Jim
Great score on your part. Marx made some good and then some great as well as some cheapies.
Hi everyone!
RT -just been reading and observing. Still very hot and dry around here. Grass goes crunch - crunch so no mowing. Garden has dried up except for a few pepper plants that I'm keeping watered and the tomatoes are about all gone.
Hubby's hip is fine, the gout in his foot is greatly improved and he is ready to go back to work - we go back to the Dr on Wednesday and he should release him. The "weekly special" for him last week was a root canal! Don't think I'm ever going to get him straightened out. However - Deer season is rapidly approaching (about 3 weeks away for Bow season) so he has a big incentive. Told him he could only hunt off the ground - NO CLIMBING TREES this year or he would be the one getting SHOT!!
Working a little on the layout - been too hot in the garage to do much. Also, need to get myself back to work - been slack on the job search since I needed to be at home to look after David and everything around here. Need train money and Christmas is quickly approaching.
Hoping to get a few train items for my special day (Tues).
Hope everyone has a great week!
Lisa
Good evening all,
It was hot and humid again in SE Indiana and still no rain. Up north they are getting some, but not down here. I see where the Michigan NASCAR race was rained out. We spent the weekend with the older daughter, her husband and their two kids at our place. Grandkids are nice, but they do wear you out. I had bacon and biscuits today for breakfast. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
GregM, Congratulations! Glad to hear everyone is doing well. As Chief said, spoil him and when he cries, etc., hand him back.
Roy, A few things, I doubt it is the alternator, but I have seen diodes go bad with heat, I doubt that it would work some times and not others, besides, the battery still shows full charge. Try the battery with a load on to see if the alternator keeps up. From what you have described, I would place my bets on a computer module. Little square thing probably mounted to the firewall on the engine side...I believe up on the drivers side of the car. They are not particularly expensive, but control the whole works and can create havoc when they don't work right. The other thing would be the connections to the battery leads (or further down the line). If a lead is loose, or gets loose when hot, it could cause the trouble you noticed.
Chief, hope you get home safe and sound. Also hope you got a little bit of the rain.
Spankybird, nice Ahrens Fox on that flat car. I had thought about getting one, but am waiting till they come out with a white one. The fire department I was on had one that they sold to a volunteer department for $1.00. They take great care of it and it can outpump many modern engines.
Great day at church. Wife stayed home with the kids as they were all a little under the weather from travelling, etc. I start call first thing in the morning, so train time may be minimal this week.
God Bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Thanks Dennis and Kurt - 2 votes for them to check the alternator - I will point that out when I talk to them in the am! I will also make sure they load test the battery.
Lisa - good to hear your husband is doing better.
Greg M - congrats!
Dennis - a friend of mine in Nashville bought a fire pumper truck from his volunteer department (he has served for many many years). He had to get some sort of clearance from Homeland Security (I think) in order to buy the truck. Apparently they do not want someone to be able to cause havoc by masquerading as firemen.
Got about 5 minutes of rain here with lots of thunder, but it's long gone now. Hope we get more rain through this week!
Lisa - ditto! Glad to hear your hubby is doing well. At the wedding I caught up with my sister and BiL who moved to Charlotte. They really like it -- except for the Palmetto Bugs!!! LOL
88 - is this a salt water aquarium? I can't remember any fresh fish called a parrot fish, but I know there is a whole family of pf's that are salt water fish.... By the time I treated the water here to be able to keep fish it was costing me a fortune in time, effort and that green stuff, so our aquarium went to a friend at work.
John S, when you get off work, there are some frozen strawberry shortcake deserts (weightwatchers) in the freezer -- they are actually very good! None for Chewy, but you know where those bacon treats are don't you? TTFN!
Jim Fortner wrote: 88 - is this a salt water aquarium? I can't remember any fresh fish called a parrot fish, but I know there is a whole family of pf's that are salt water fish.... By the time I treated the water here to be able to keep fish it was costing me a fortune in time, effort and that green stuff, so our aquarium went to a friend at work.
Chief must be tired, has posted tonight.
Got soundboard cut and shaped for layout. Used 4 sheets, only put a single layer down. Ironically need about 3 more sq feet to finish. I will check and see if they (Lowes) has any partial or broken sheets. Hate to buy a full sheet for such a small area. I don't like throwing stuff away. But will probably end up doing so. Thanks to the Chiefs handy dandy directions:
My rules for Celetex Soundstop:
Celetex Soundstop is light weight. Is dusty but not bad after it is handled some. Can be cut with utility knife [I have cut it with my lockblade knife]. Saw with fine tooth saw [I used jig saw instead of table saw as saw easy]. Turn sheet upside down from side you want up [due to ragged edges]. Seal with latex paint and it will get harder and no dust. I used the "printed label" side up. Will hold deck screws. Going to use small drywall screws for track. Do not paint as I did before installing. Paint makes it "curl" up some. Unpainted, will flatten [humidity wiil make it curl slightly] and glue down easier [half of my sheets are unpainted and work better]. Put screws into only the sheets of Soundstop [not into the hard wood below]. Paint will make a difference once installed. I highly recommend this product. Solid but not too hard. $9 to $10 a sheet.
Other than working on that all day, nothing goin on here.
Don
Yawn - up late and these grounds have been "wet down" a few too many times today. Too tired to make new, though. Have to try Captain Binky's Blend. Watching Thunder Alley with Annette and Fabian (no Frankie!) - it's a little racy for the kids!
Hey John S - just saw that Megasteam website has videos, including a $5 video of CSX train(s) - make a nice stocking stuffer for You Know Who
Good morning all,
Either the forum is on the fritz or I am the early bird this morning. Still recovering from the weekend. Was hoping I could sleep in on the way to work, but the carpooler was off sick today. Not much going on today, and hopefully it will be a quiet day at work. Just the regular fare on the dining car for "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
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