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

[jefelectric]

Mornin' boys.  Buckeye!  It's good to have the real you up and running!

jefelectric - I actually had researched the Steelton & Highspire to the point of drawing up a trackplan (as part of a bigger PORT Road layout).  Went to one of the Train shows in the Union Workers Hall in Steelton, and no one had any pictures or memorabilia from the joint.  Spent a whole year developing the layout plan and trying to gather pictures (Safe Harbor was to be the centerpiece), then went totally in a different direction (Sand Patch).  I still have the track plan; maybe someone will want it someday...

I had an uncle that was and engineer on the S&H.  I never took any pictures, even after I was old enough to have a camera.  Guess I thought it would always be there.  WRONG!

[jonadel]

We've had heavy rain all afternoon and it's starting to get ugly as the tree's and power lines are beginning to load up and of course the wind is howling.  We have not had a serious ice storm since 1990 and this one has all the trappings of a tough one.  Heavy wet snow should begin soon as the temps drop, almost hate to see night fall.  Hopefully we will keep our electricity, haven't lost it in the 17 years we've lived out here.

Need to go run some trains and quit looking out the window

Jon 

[1688torpedo]

Hello All!    Jim A- Glad that Julia does not have phenumonia.Hope she feels much better soon. Buckeye- Also glad that your situation was not as bad as it could be. Hope you're better soon. Roy- Thats not a dust storm in your photo- Looks more like a Grits Storm from a exploding silo or a Boxcar from Roseyville. Chief- Glad that your cold is better. You need some rest. Colin- It's nice that your Grandfather is staying with you. Does he have Train's also? Take Care all.

[tmcc man]

Good afternoon everyone,

I have had a good day so far. I was over at a few friends houses earlier, so I am getting ready for them to come up for dinner soon.

Roy, looks nasty where you are. Keep safe.

Buckeye, glad you are feeling better.

[wrmcclellan]

Big dust storm here. Blocking out the sun.

Earlier clear skies after some rain this morning have turned dirty...

 

 

 

[wrmcclellan]

Glad to hear the Buckeye is better and back to his old self.

Blasting wind here. Moderate temps - 65. Two shutters have been peeled from the front of the house. One appears unrepairable . The entire neighborhoods leaves are piling up in my yard. The wife says it looks like a West Texas sand storm.

Hope all have a great day.

[Brutus]

Hope Julia, Chief and everybody else continues to improve.  Buckeye, glad to hear that you are doing better and things are working out.  TMCCMAN - sounds like you'll have a good visit with your grandad, with great food too!  Went over to some friends' house last night and played Blockus for a couple hours, then had to work today.  Might get some tain stuff done, but right now we are watching The Little Mermaid while my wife is out grocery shopping.  I think she's going to pick up Flushed Away on dvd.  Tomorrow, I've got plans to go see Ghost Rider, which looks pretty good, and maybe have some pizza with "the boys".  TTFN

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Buckeye!  It's good to have the real you up and running!

jefelectric - I actually had researched the Steelton & Highspire to the point of drawing up a trackplan (as part of a bigger PORT Road layout).  Went to one of the Train shows in the Union Workers Hall in Steelton, and no one had any pictures or memorabilia from the joint.  Spent a whole year developing the layout plan and trying to gather pictures (Safe Harbor was to be the centerpiece), then went totally in a different direction (Sand Patch).  I still have the track plan; maybe someone will want it someday...

[Anonymous]

Morning all!

Fureeezin' up here but at least the sun is cheery.  Ran the docksider some more yesterday with 15 various pieces of rolling stock, some scale stuff and some old traditional.  You can tell it labors a bit with all that weight behind it.  The upside is the smoke output due to the higher voltages required just to run it at medium speeds.  Even my K-Line smoking caboose puts out healthy amounts now.   I fear if I hook up any more cars to the consist I might tear the traction tires right off the little Docksider...and I'm starting to run out of rolling stock! 

 I thought it was a good time to experiment so I hooked up my old Lionel 201 to this consist and was pleased to find it performed equally as well.  Not bad considering it's age and the fact it has no traction tires. 

 Glad to hear you're doing well, Buckeye.  Monitor up on blocks!   LOL

Chief, I hope the cold gets better.  I'll also say a prayer for your coach buddy.

Jim, your daughter sounds like a real trooper.  Good to hear she's on the mend.

Take care all!

Bruce Webster

 

[cnw1995]

Good morning from a grey and blustery Crystal Lake where I think the big ice storm passed to the north of us or maybe it is still coming... So glad Buckeye is getting better - may the same happen to Julia soon. Having guests for supper tonight - have to fix up the layout to show it off. I have tomorrow 'off' from working the services at church so I'm looking forward to lounging about reading the paper after the first service. Off to clean the house. Have a fine day!

[thatboy37]

happy to see you feeling better buckeye

[Blueberryhill RR]

YEP......Buckeye is feeling better !!!!!!!!!!

[Buckeye Riveter]

Live from Roger's Corners, OHIO

It's Saturday Morning!!!!

Again, thanks to everyone for their emails, posts and prayers.  As of this posting, it seems everything has worked.  The Kidney Hospital is using a new form of anesthesia and it worked great.  In the past, the prep for the anesthesia affected me to the point where I would just shake in the gurney before the Lithotripsy (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A procedure using concentrated shock waves, which are similar to sound waves, to break up kidney stones inside the body.)   So far, I have only passed small grains of sand.  I have not observed pieces of the stone.  The stone was 8 mm and when they break it, you can see pieces of it about 2 mm.  I am still keeping my fingers crossed because if one of those pieces begins to move and it is too big, we may be calling the squad. 

Jim, I'm glad that Julia had a great check up.  Although living in the city is not my first choice, the medical care in Columbus is outstanding. 

And now for what you really want to read: 

10 Ways To Tell If a Southerner Is Working
At a Computer in Your Office

• 10. The mouse is referred to as a "critter."
• 9. The keyboard is camouflage patterned.
• 8. There is a Dr. Pepper can in the CD-ROM drive.
• 7. The password is "bubba."
• 6. The six front keys have rotted out.
• 5. "Winders 95" has a Dale Earnhardt sticker on it.
• 4. Outgoing faxes have cold drink stains on them.
• 3. John Deere Pocket Protectors.
• 2. The menus all have Dr. Pepper, and Royal Crown Cola options.
• 1. And the #1 way to tell if a Redneck works in your office: The monitor is up on blocks.

See ya down the tracks,

[Jumijo]

Good morning from New England.

We took Julia to a Boston hospital yesterday. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. She was checked out thoroughly and did not have to be admitted. Lungs do NOT have pneumonia, thank God! She does have a double ear infection, infected adenoids, and chest congestion. She was scoped, x-rayed, poked and prodded. A hearing test showed moderate hearing loss, but the good news on that is it's temporary. Never once has the little girl complained. We are lucky to live so close to Boston. It is one of if not the best place to get medical attention in the world.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your prayers and well wishes. Have a great weekend everyone. I'll see you all on Monday!

Get well, Buckeye!

Jim

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Good morning all

I hope all is well or on the mend.  Continued prayers for all those in need.

 Actually have a weekend off, one of two this month.  I hope to do some yard work, and start installing the gauges in my truck. Maybe some training later on.  Real nice outside.  Sunny and mid 30's.

Check back in later.

Jim 

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Off to the store time.  Chilly and windy.  Highs only into the 50's today [they say].  TStorms tomorrow.  Might be some rough weather in Texas and SNOW in that Nawth.  Watched last part of the movie Greatest Show On Earth last night.  Lots of circus trains in it.  Big wreck at the end.  It was on TCM.  Don't remember seeing it much.  Do remember seeing it as a kid.  Hope the Buckeye is doing good.  Will check with Jim on Julia.  Elliot has refused cemo as only a 10% more chance of survival.  As far as "reoccurance", still 50/50.  Keep him in your prayers.

Later

[csxt30]

Good Morning Everyone !!  Sun is shining here, warming up a little.

Hope Buckeye is feeling better .  

Hope The Chief feels better too.  

Jim's daughter also.

Hope everyone has a nice day !!

Thanks, John  & don't forget to stop !!

                              

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 18 degrees. Going up to 40 today with more sunshine. The days are geting longer. Spring is coming.

Today, I will get a haircut and stop at the local store for a few needs. Then, I am going to do some clean up and tool organization in the train room. Maybe tke some pictures to post tomorrow. It is really fun, running trains over those two bridges. Looks good.

Buckeye....I hope you are feeling better today. Run those trains.

Chief....Get rid of that cold. Nice talking to you yesterday.

The Dining Car is early today. No stops at " points west ". Must be a late sleeping day.

Y'all have a great Saturday.

Chuck

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

   15 and cold here to get dumped on tomorrow.

TRAIN SHOW TODAY IN ALLENTOWN.  Leaving in 20 minutes, I'll let YUZ GIZ know what was there.

No trains last nite, fell asleep in chair at 8:45.

Have a good one.

laz57

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

  27 and windy here today may get snow on Sunday.

Gearing up for big train show in Allentown on Saturday.

TGIF

Have a good one.

laz57

Laz, Be sure to save a little cash  for YORK!

 

Thanks JOHN for the advice.  Only looking for a NYC passenger set and people to populate the town along with some cool cars for a cheap price.  I'll let you know how it went.

laz57

[jefelectric]

Mornin' boys.  Someone run down the street and get my trashcan lids...

88 - it arrived, I've signed, it's enroute.  Didn't know MARYLAND MIDLAND ran at night.  Wouldn't keep me up.  When I was a boy, we lived about 200 yds from the North East Corridor.  It was an old house, and my mom's china closet would start to "sing" when a Pennsy freight moved by.

My grandparents lived about the same distance from the tracks in Highspire PA.  I loved to vist them.  Used to spend hours in the back yard watching the mainline and the steam switchers work the yard next to the main line that served Bethlehem Steel's Steelton Plant.  Between 55 & 60 years ago.

[jefelectric]

HI GIZ,

  27 and windy here today may get snow on Sunday.

Gearing up for big train show in Allentown on Saturday.

TGIF

Have a good one.

laz57

Laz, Be sure to save a little cash  for YORK!

[ChiefEagles]

Didn't go to the OTTS gathering tonight, stayed home to watch Ghostwhisperer.  Was worth it!

One smart YANKEE.

Going to the room.  Slow night at BPS. 

Add to our prayer list, Ben Onley.  Was retired coach for high school down here.  Went back to work [they called him back].  Suddenly got bad headache.  Rushed to Charleston.  Bleeding on the front of the brain.  They do not know what caused it.  Out of ICU now and in room.  Can get up and walk some.  Real shock to all down here [me too] as he coached everyone and their kids.  A good buddy that I "hung out with" when at the store here.

Remember Julia.  She has had a rough time this winter.  Hope they can get this over and then do tubes and etc. to clear it up for good.

Cold better.  Had bad dry cough all day until I came back to room.  Took tussinex.  No cough.  May go to sleep before getting down the hall.

Microwave Popcorn time.  Gooood night and God bless. [Dennis W, I need to talk to you about a place in Augusta]

[GregM]

Didn't go to the OTTS gathering tonight, stayed home to watch Ghostwhisperer.  Was worth it!

[Roger Bielen]

Wife informed me yesterday that train room construction can commense as soon as we are settled!

You had better get her to define what is meant by "settled in".

[laz 57]

Thanks guys.

Sitting here waiting to go the hospital.    I will be put to during the procedure and then feel like the rest of the weekend.  Looking forward to running the trains tomorrow.

See ya down the tracks,

I hear Mrs. Buckeye is slipping them money to keep you asleep.   Good luck old Buddy.  Get Mrs. Buckeye to give us an update as soon as you recover [if you don't beat her to the computer].

Windy and cool at Myrtle Beach.  Came to room to get cough meds.  Dry cough but cold is better.  Later. 

 

LAZ, lots of "Bunnies" next door as a Doll House is next door.

 

Thanks CHIEF, and DOUG, for the update on BUCKEYE, will run an extra few laps around the layout for him.

 LAZ, lots of "Bunnies" next door as a Doll House is next door.

CHIEF, some GIZ have all the LUCK!  ENJOY!!!!!

laz57

 

[cnw1995]

Just spoke to the Chief who is on his way back to the store...

 Buckeye is resting after the kidney stone was successfully pulverized.

Julia (Jim A's daughter) is back home after going to the hospital. She is still pretty ill with lots of stuff in her lungs - what her mom the nurse thinks is pneumonia and her ears 'impacted' with infection.

Keep 'em both in your prayers.

[tmcc man]

Good afternoon everyone,

I have been lurking, but only when I wasn't supposed to. These past weeks have been packed with academic work, as well as work around the house. The upstairs had hard wood oak floors put in, crown molding in my room and my parents room, chair rail in my parents room, and now both rooms are being painted. I have to start moving furniture out of my room so they can have access to all the walls. Funny thing is that everything that was taken out of my parents room was (is) stored in my room. Extra work.

We haven't received any news on my grandpop lately. He is staying with my sister and me while my parents go to Florida tomorrow. He is going to cook dinner for my friends and me, so they will be treated to a first class dinner. Bravarian Gulash (sp?), pasta (noodles made from scratch), sauce, homemade ice cream, and cookies. He knows how to cook, and is a lot better than I am, but he still likes the food I cook.

Anyway,

88, congrats on the new house. Train room sounds good. Your lucky that the misses game you permission to start soon after the move in.

I hope that everyone that is sick gets to feeling better soon. The sickness in our house has dissappeared. (Knock on wood!) 

Oh yea, I got a new phone yesterday. I like it a lot. Lots of features.

I hope everyone had a good day.

[ChiefEagles]

Thanks guys.

Sitting here waiting to go the hospital.    I will be put to during the procedure and then feel like the rest of the weekend.  Looking forward to running the trains tomorrow.

See ya down the tracks,

I hear Mrs. Buckeye is slipping them money to keep you asleep.   Good luck old Buddy.  Get Mrs. Buckeye to give us an update as soon as you recover [if you don't beat her to the computer].

Windy and cool at Myrtle Beach.  Came to room to get cough meds.  Dry cough but cold is better.  Later. 

 

LAZ, lots of "Bunnies" next door as a Doll House is next door.

[Anonymous]

Buckeye--

Enjoy the drugs and let the boss wait on you

These are words I didn't want to hear, the National Weather Service just said "we will have a significant weather event this weekend that we haven't had for several years", lovely.  I tend to not believe the local weather guessers but when the NWS makes a statement like that it makes me listen.  1/2" of ice followed by 8" of the white stuff, sure hope they are wrong.  Good reason to stay inside tomorrow and run trains.  It's been a while.

Jon 

Buckeye... best o' luck!  I've heard stories about this procedure and every one of them has me buckling over in pain!

Jon... I hear ya!  We just got over a 'significant weather event' where we got some rain, then 6 inches of snow, then 1/2 inch of ice... it is FINALLY melting and Saturday night in to Sunday morning we are supposed to get more Ice and possibly snow... Someone has a sick sense of humor and I wish they would stop playing jokes!    At least I'll have an excuse to spend some quality time with the misses...