I added some more shots of the Durango trip.
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Videos
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Mornin FellasLast night when I got home I started back to work on the toilet room... the underlayment is now completely off the floor! And I did NOT need to use the affore mentioned M-80! Although that did sound like a load of fun! As I suspected the dehumidifier really sucked that water out! The underlayment was very brittle and came up pretty easy. The subfloor, as I suspected was wet too and very heavily mold ridden! When I was removing the underlayment I put the prybar right through the subfloor! So that will also need to be removed. Since the subfloor seemed to be very heavily mold ridden, I decided to start the dehumidifier and let it go for the night. Around 10pm curiosity got the better of me and I went back into the toilet room and started pulling up the subfloor... removed enough to get to the two floor joist and found NO water or mold! So I don't have to worry about that... just have to get home tonight, rip up the sub floor, replace the toilet drain, reroute the water supply, and then reinstall the subfloor and put down new hardibacker underlayment...I did have another mishap last night... remember how I said the room was small, well small rooms can present quite a problem for large people like me, and when I was pulling up the underlayment I slipped and put by backside through the wall! So now I have a hole to patch as well... LOL!I was able to get the Roadside America trip gallery posted to the website... for those interested:http://www.distorteduniverse.com/trains/roadside_america/gallery.asp
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Made it to work, highlight of day will be getting calls from guys at York, talking about fantastic deals and temptations. Glad to hear that the Big Boy will be finally shipping. Should make the Chief happy!
Have a great day ALL !!!!
Don
I would say that your train was longer that day (or at least closer to the corner)...Nice picture though!
Wes
Evening All, 20:00hrs here in Peterborough. Thanks for the ice cold Bud Jim I've a 6 pack of Coors Light in the fridge (brewed under licence in the UK, but its not too bad). Help yourself to a silver bullet guys.
My ebay bargain Lionel 700e animated lamp showed up today. More decor for the gamesroom. Charlie loves it, Wife thinks I have lost the plot. For those on this side of the pond it works fine on 50Hz with a normal 120V stepdown transformer. Finding a 110/120V light bulb with a ES fitting is easy as they are sold for inspection and site work lights.
Oh that reminds me, if anyone who is going to York gets the chance to view the TMCC 2 demo and ask questions. Could you ask if its 50Hz compatible? Its not a problem for me as I have the 60Hz inverter set up. But it would be nice if Lionel have thought of the international market as MTH did with DCS which is 50Hz compatible.
Gamesroom and Garage is really coming along. Gamesroom now completly dry walled. We are making progress in the shower/toilet with tiles going on the wall. Main fuse box now connected up. Talk about wires everywhere! We labled everything which really made life easy. I am going to do the same for the layout wiring.
Great pics
Have a good evening
Nick
I received an advance copy of the December 2007 issue of Trains magazine this afternoon. I am now in that elite company of other "Coffee Pot-ers" who have been published. I wrote a letter to the editor a while back. They asked for a picture. The picture and letter are at the bottom right corner of page 6 and continued on page 7 of the magazine. Not Toy Trains related but you are the guys I have begun to connect with. Will be interested in your comments when you see the letter.
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
Evening Folks,
I'm back home after spending the afternoon leisurely strolling the Orange Hall. Did not run into any Coffee Pot members. But, I did run into two other guys that I know.
Did not make many purchases, in fact only 1 purchase, a RMT B&O RDC car. I think I am also going to go back to the guy tomorrow and buy the sound kit for my RMT Beep. IT was only $25. Sounded great.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
EARLY EVENING FOLKS,
75 degrees but storms are forecast for overnite.Hope they go somewhere else.
9:30/4:30 helping at the train store, sold one starter set and of course the usual misc. He received a shipping list from Lionel today sorry to long to put here,lot of Kline on the list. he had two pages of hogwarts preordered with four more spaces. I ordered one.$229.95. Brutus BFC 2 left $329.95. Back is tired, not used to work anymore but I'll be there tomorrow. His day man will be back from York for Saturday. Later, 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
Evenin' boys. Evenin' English. Pre-York preparations all made. Looking forward to seeing YUZ GUYS tomorrow. All requests duly noted. Looks like sloppy weather tomorrow. Was going to bring my hip-waders, but then Jim A said he wasn't coming...
88 - Terrible fortune in that bathroom. Take it you won't want running water on the new layout. Enjoyed your slide show of Roadside America. Chief even showed up there.
Wes - A)Thanks for sharing your D&S pics with us. B) Please don't reconfigure your layout...add to it a little if you must, but don't drastically alter the original looping.
Wes - cool videos! Loved that view down from the bridge, wonder how many cameras are down there?!
88 - You should tell your wife that you just wanted a little storage for train magazines and thought that you could slide some in between the drywall and studs! Instant magazine rack!
Don, I'll bet Roy had that fixed in no time!
Nick - cool buy, glad it runs on local power for you! I just got a dvd on ebay from a lady in England - Oh Mr. Porter! and Convict 99 (set). Oh Mr. Porter was pretty darn funny considering how old it was. Especially when he's talking on 2 phones at the same time and then trying to get the Express to stop at Buggleskkelly Station! My favorite part though is when he tries to shunt the trucks out of the way with Gladstone (1864) and pushes them off a cliff, then backs the passenger car onto the mainline just in time for the Express to disintegrate it! Some good verbal Abbott and Costello type stuff too. Too bad this is an R2 disk, so I can't lend it to my friends to watch. I'll have to watch out for an R1 copy in the future! John Baker put me onto this one and I really liked it a lot. Need to track down the other one he told me about - I think it was the St. Trinians Railroad Robbery or something?
John Baker - where are you, anyway? ERNI acting up and converting your spelling to MS-Frenchie?
Congratulations, Mel! Can't wait to read it!
Doug, we had rain 2 days and then this afternoon it poured down for about 15 minutes while the sun was shining!
Mitch, good luck on the York shopping, let us know what you find! Glad to hear your mom is doing better too.
Sir James, I think I paid top dollar MSRP for my BFOC plus shipping too! Oh well, live and learn!
Fifedog, have a great time at York!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Hello All!
The Chief's been quiet lately! He must be showing, Waffle-Tail, Buck-Tooth, & Cross-eyes(The Builderberg Beavers) How to smoke cigars with pink insulation & JTs Mega-Steam fluid in order to make their cigars last longer. I wonder who will get the Bunny Ears this year at York? Maybe Bob K or Carl Swanson?? Those guys have all of the fun! Mitch will probably hide behind Laz as he's had his turn. It's time for another Member to share in the limelight. Take Care & have a nice evening.
fifedog wrote: layout...add to it a little if you must, but don't drastically alter the original looping.
layout...add to it a little if you must, but don't drastically alter the original looping.
I have been trying to rework it a little to accomadate all of the things that I want. More buildings and objects, more turnouts to park on, and at least one loop of the biggest diameter that I can get in there. Of course that would be O72, and that is a little tough to get in there. More multiple trains running at the same time. Room for the operating firehouse! But I will try to keep the loops.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
EVENING, just thought I'd say goodnite.
Brutus- I had time to take a good look at the BFOC today and I don't know,it seems like a lot $ for so little. Very nice detailing though. But like most things;if you like it. Thats my thing about the Hogwarts I always wanted a british style engine and this set would be nicer with upgrades but it's got to be priced for parents to buy. so there we are. We go with what is offered. Would an ice cream cone make you feel better? My treat. nity-nite,,,,,,,,Sir James
Sure not any activity here tonight. Last post at 6:44 pm ????? Guess because Chief's in Lousyana, (intended humor), all the Yorkies are either soaking their feet, or breaking open piggy banks. That leaves the Ohizians....... only can figure if no one is mustering them, they can't think of much to talk about.
So that leaves us out here on the left coast. A rather boring day, no reported earthquakes, tunnel fires, major truck accidents, dust storms, range and brush fires, nothing.... Just a quiet day in paradise. Didn't even see any riots. Or, major crimes anywhere. Work was even slow! Geez, I wonder if this is all due to York ?? The other forums are even quiet.
Been studying how I'm going to wire up switches this weekend. I am going to attempt hooking them up to the DCS AIU, and the remote button in parallel. Have a total of 23 switches, 4 of them will be hooked together so they activate at the same time. (2 sets or 2 each). They accomodate transferring from track A to B. Since I only have 1 AIU, which will accomodate 10 switches, will also connect 8 other switches to the AIU. (Primary or mainline switches.) These switches will also be wired so that pressing a button on the Control Panel will activate them. (Bob Nielson had a great idea I plan on implementing, and that is mounting a stud or screw head in the control panel, and have a probe wired to ground. Then simply touch the probe to the screw head and it activates. However I don't have the necessary LEDs to install for monitoring switch position, and I'm not sure what control panel design I will be using. Therefore,k will use the provide buttons for now. Hopefully, will get a 2nd AIU for Christmas, leaving hints all over. Like, "HEY ! Anybody want to know what I want for Christmas?" Chris is getting the idea.
Ourclub is having an Open House this week-end, going to try and get down there on Sunday. Need to get haircut, mow FIL's lawn, our lawn, and trip to LHS. Busy day.
Going to stop with this rambling, but doubt that it matters much.... Nobody Is Out There Anyway !!
Morning all,
On night shift and hope you al are sleeping well.
I envy you guys going to York. I can't imagine what it must be like.
Mel Congrats on getting published! Welcome to the club!!!
Don-Things are fairly quiet. I hope our buddies in York are behaving.
Well the garage addition project is now waiting on concrete. Should pour concrete Monday or Tuesday. That will hit my shifts just right where I can keep the pad wet for several days the help cure the concrete. After that start my long stretch, the off 7 straight days. Hope to get it framed up during that break.
Was looking at the layout figuring where to put Gabe and the crane. I'm thinking move the water tower and put Gabe there, move the pond and put the crane there. What do you think about if I would put a second 785 coaler next to the one that is there. Would that look OK in you opinion?
Sleep well, may God bless
Jim
1688torpedo wrote:Hello All! The Chief's been quiet lately! He must be showing, Waffle-Tail, Buck-Tooth, & Cross-eyes(The Builderberg Beavers) How to smoke cigars with pink insulation & JTs Mega-Steam fluid in order to make their cigars last longer. I wonder who will get the Bunny Ears this year at York? Maybe Bob K or Carl Swanson?? Those guys have all of the fun! Mitch will probably hide behind Laz as he's had his turn. It's time for another Member to share in the limelight. Take Care & have a nice evening.
Keep em coming, Keith!
Chief, up here, soda is called tonic, not pop. Pop is a NY name for dad.
Some success, some failure last night with the wife's car. The roof came out incredible, but I rubbed out the new paint on the trunk being a little too agressive. Used to happen all the time when I was building models and trying to get that paint as smooth and flat as possible. Will re-paint it tomorrow after yet another kid's birthday party.
Might have a progress report on Brent's tender shell this weekend if time allows.
All the kids have colds, and one of them was kind enough to share theirs with me. Lousy good for nuthin kids...
Morning to All,
A fresh pot is brewing. Getting ready to head to York. I'll meet a buddy for breakfast at about 8:00 and then head to the Fairgrounds. The meet opens at 9:00. I only walked the Orange Hall yesterday. It is the largest of the buildings. Will probably start with Silver and Blue then make our way around to the Orange Hall. Thursday is typically less crowded. Today the halls will be elbow to elbow if it is anything like meets of the past.
Ran the B&O RDC for a while yesterday. Sweet little engine. I think I am gong to go back and get the sound board for the Beep from the guy who sold me the RDC. I wonder if they make a sond board for the RDC. Will have to do some internet research as well as some shoe leather research.
Have a great day.
Hi GIZ,
Well CHIRSTMAS in October, today. Going to YORK this afternoon. YEAH!!!!
Played GOLF against brother won last nite shot a 44, not to bad. Had wings and beer, watched Da TRIBE LOSE, DA!
All B safe.
laz57
Morning!
Not much going on here....Bride is finally done in..80-90 hour work weeks are finally taking their toll...after about 5-months...I'll do a bacon wrapped fillets with corn on the cob, and roasted potatos for dinner, and try to get her in for a massage saturday, to get her away from the attention craving children for a few hours. She can't do the hot tub....too soon after surgery.
Sir James: Nov. 4 show is iffy... MIL said she's comming to town that weekend. Bride and I vowed to not ditch the other one with her. She's a lot of work. I'll see how the bride is feeling by then, and recalculate. Still not out of the question.
Awaiting new (to me) Birney, and 2025! I'm pretty excited about these two!
Reminder: Sweetest Day is tomorrow the 20th.
Kurt
dbaker48 wrote: Been studying how I'm going to wire up switches this weekend. I am going to attempt hooking them up to the DCS AIU, and the remote button in parallel. Have a total of 23 switches, 4 of them will be hooked together so they activate at the same time. (2 sets or 2 each). They accomodate transferring from track A to B. Since I only have 1 AIU, which will accomodate 10 switches, will also connect 8 other switches to the AIU. (Primary or mainline switches.) These switches will also be wired so that pressing a button on the Control Panel will activate them. (Bob Nielson had a great idea I plan on implementing, and that is mounting a stud or screw head in the control panel, and have a probe wired to ground. Then simply touch the probe to the screw head and it activates. However I don't have the necessary LEDs to install for monitoring switch position, and I'm not sure what control panel design I will be using. Therefore,k will use the provide buttons for now. Hopefully, will get a 2nd AIU for Christmas, leaving hints all over. Like, "HEY ! Anybody want to know what I want for Christmas?" Chris is getting the idea.
Interesting...I was planning on trying the DPDT approach...but I have the 022's.. Let's compare notes after.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a rainy 60 degrees. Going up to a rainy 78, today. I hope the rain stops for awhile.
Today, I have some errands to run. A little busy for awhile. Then, later I want to run trains for awhile. Need to do some dusting, again. Not much else new.
Indians lost last night. Darn. Now they go back to Boston for the 6th game. I hope they came pull this out.
How is the weather down there, Chief ??
Dining car is here and it's time for breakfast. Later.
Y'all ahve a great Friday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
It is cooler with a mix of clouds and sun in SE Indiana with highs in the 60s. I ran the 10E with the freight cars last night. I forget sometimes how relaxing that is. I finished reading a book about the battle of Monocracy Creek during the civil war. It is interesting how close the south came to capturing Washington, D.C. in 1864. I did weights and track at the YMCA. Another busy weekend is on tap. We have a wedding to go to on Saturday and a trip to Bloomington on Sunday. There was the usual fare on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
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