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

[tschmidt]

Morning everyone,

 It's colder out than a ....let's just say it's cold!

 I'm taking a half day off work today to head to Ohio to see Buckeye and his wife and then we are off to the Blue Jackets/Sabres game.  We are really looking forward to this visit.  I hope when I'm at Buckeye's I get to see the control room where the F-15's are sent to Roseyville.  I think there is even a satellite link to pictures of Chief's backyard. It also has a laser that vaporizes grits.

 Have a good day.

TomS 

[Wes Whitmore]

I think he calls it his "mission cammand post", but I'm not sure.  It reminds me or NORAD a little, but just not as big of a setup.  He uses large LCD screens instread of projectors, so he can save some space.  He usually keeps one screen on the Chief, one on the weather channel, and one on the Dosenberg at all times.  I probably would too as all are pretty important.

 Wes

[1688torpedo]

 Hello All!   Don B-  Liked your last post. You would have made an excellent Ziegfried on the old TV Show "Get Smart" Looks like more Batmobile photo's will be forthcoming from CSXJohn! Now all he needs is a Monkeemobile & a Yellow Corvair to add more variety to his collection! Chief- Look out!  Those F-15s are keeping an eye on you for being naughty to us Northerner's & trying to spread Grits up North! Take Care all.

[Jumijo]

Keith,

You must be anticipating that new prewar celebration passenger set. If it was half the price, I'd be all over it!

Jim 

[cnw1995]

Good morning from a frigid Chicago where I am hoping the workday is quiet. I screwed up something with wiring the semaphore - one of Lionel's 'new' ones - so the light works but not the arm. Oh well. I'll re-do it. Jim A, we got home from church in time to watch two helpings of The Office. My bride loves that show - probably because she's never worked in such an office. I have - and still do (can't wait for the latest diversity task force report to blame me for something) so sometimes find it painful to watch which the bride doesn't understand. Jim F, she also doesn't understand why I share with her goings-on highlighted in this thread - 'let me get this straight - you've never actually met these guys and you talk about toy trains all day' -- yep, they're still friends...

Welcome Jim H!

[fifedog]

cnw1995 - Mrs. fifedog makes the same comments about "The Coffee Pot"...

[Jumijo]

Doug,

My wife is the same way regarding this forum. She almost freaked the first time the Chief came for a visit. I had to explain to her that we are too old and dorky to do any serious trouble making!

Jim 

[ChiefEagles]

Morning gang.  My wife could not get over me visiting folks I had never met.  "Aren't you worried about these folks?"  "No Dear, they play with trains not chains."

Cold as a Yankee's tit [or is a witch's, what the difference] here this AM.  High in the 30's!!!!

Guys, you have never really looked at my layout pictures.  So I will move this to a spot and photo from a different angle.  It was on the carpet layout too.  This is what I did in the US Army in 68 and 69. I have an EXPERT Missileman's Badge.

Now Yanks, talk your junk. 

Have a good one.

[Jumijo]

 

Hey Pottymouth, My missile is bigger than yours!

And that's a fact, Jack!!

Jim 

[1688torpedo]

 Jim A-  I sure will pre-order that new Tinplate Passenger set. Someone on another forum claims that the original can be had in prinstine condition for around " $400.00" Yeah right! I've got a Bridge in Brooklyn to sell him also. & some Swamp Land in Roseyville to sweeten the deal I don't get it. Here is a New Set with a Warranty, No dents,scratches,broken parts,warped castings & with new boxes to boot! The $629.00 is only a suggested retail price as many will be sold for less than that anyway & Gryzboski's in Scranton & The Trading Post in Cleveland sell New Lionel for less than MSRP. In mint Condition with all of its boxes & everything else it came with a original 246E Passenger Set would sell for much more than a reproduction ever would. I've seen the passenger cars for sale at Train Shows for $100.00 or more each & the scratches,rust,& dents are thrown in for free. The 262E Engines usually go for around $300.00 or more depending on condition. You Can get them for less. However they would have to be a basket case & by the time you buy all of the parts you would need to replace the broken,damaged,or missing parts & possibly re-paint the engine & tender., you could buy yourself a reproduction without all of the above issues. Take Care.

[dwiemer]

Chief, looks great!  We have some old Trident Missle silos just down the road a piece from here.  They were really active when Mr. Kennedy had his tift with the Russians over a little island off the coast of Florida back in the early 60s.

Hope everyone has a great day. 

Dennis

PS: I think I am going to order one each of the "It's a Boy/Girl" cars from the K-Line catalog and put my kids information on them  I had wanted these back when they were first part of our family, but they were hard to come by for awhile.

[fifedog]

Great, now I'll have to suffer with missile envy...

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Hello all,

Cold and overcast.  I'll need to fire up the kerosen heater in the garage today!  My wife asked the other day if I would chat with her on line like we do here, and I said Will it be about trains???, I did not get any brownie points for that one.

Babies and little kids are so cute,  the ages of  puberty  is when things get exciting!  

Buckeye, be careful down there, if you get lost at the river I'll build a bonfire on the north side where I go catfishing, chicken livers and grits for bait.

Jim 

[Jumijo]

Jim,

It's more fun to chat with other people's wives online. Keeps life spicey!! 

[MartyE]

Morning all...  Got home last evening.  Slept late today and hope to convince myself to workout later.  I've been missing quite a few because of work.  Looking at the new Lionel catalog on line.  Probably order those K-Line Pullman cars for my CC Hudson.  Nothing jumping at me but I would like to get a Legacy engine so I'll take a close look at the heritage engines. 

I think all in all they are a couple good catalogs.

I'm definitely running some trains tonight though.  Take care all. 

[laz 57]

MARTY,

  Enjoy your weekend.  No work this weekend,are you doing Super Bowl?  Have fun at Kodiak Junction, hope there are no PILE UPS.

laz57

[Blueberryhill RR]

We have bigger guns.....................

My wife says : "We are all nuts ", but we're havin' fun.

[ChiefEagles]

Just talked to Elliot Feinburg.  Doing OK.  Hurting so taking his pain meds.  No word on the lymph node bio.  Praying it comes out OK.  Said his arm looks like a shark took a bite out of it. 

[laz 57]

Just talked to Elliot Feinburg.  Doing OK.  Hurting so taking his pain meds.  No word on the lymph node bio.  Praying it comes out OK.  Said his arm looks like a shark took a bite out of it. 

Thanks CHIEF, for the update.  Say a prayer for him GIZ.

laz57

[MartyE]

First time in 3 years no Super Bowl for me.  Just came home from NHL All Star Game.  Next big show up is NBA All Star in Vegas.  Still have a couple regular season games til then though.

[Jumijo]

Not much going on here at lunchtime. As soon as I closed the dorr, sat down to eat lunch, someone knocked and came in with work. Never fails!

Still cold out there. Let's leave it out there!

I have no idea what's on tap for the weekend. I am hoping that you all have a nice one.

Jim 

[Anonymous]

Chief, that is cool!  I was a Pershing Missle Crewman when I started my career!  They were phasing them out due to the INF treaty so I had my choice of new MOSs and went with 74F (Systems Analyst)... that gave me something to when I ETSed.  I still love this quote about the ol' Pershing:

The increased range and pinpoint accuracy of the PERSHING II were major factors influencing the Soviet Union's decision to seek the Treaty on Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces in which the United States and the USSR agreed to eliminate an entire class of nuclear missiles.

[Jumijo]

You missile guys are creepy! How could you stand working around them all the time?

Anyway, launchtime is over. Back to work.

Jim 

[Anonymous]

You missile guys are creepy! How could you stand working around them all the time?

Anyway, launchtime is over. Back to work.

Jim 

It wasn't that bad unless you had to do a warhead storage site inspection... we had to wear led lined suits to 'protect' us so our sperm didn't get messed up... or when you went to the field and Greenpeace would show up to demonstrate how stupid they are... we had M16s, M60s, M203s, and the Germans had the English G-6? (7.62 rounds) and they would try to break the security perimiter... we never had to shoot anyone but there were a few guys that became pretty good tacklers and could have made a decent living as Linebackers in the NFL!

Have loads of great stories from my service in the heart of 'Battle of the Bulg' land, and loads of pictures too!  I've personally stood at what remains of the Bridgehead at Remagen...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plunder

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/art/P-P/USAIA/Remagen.htm

http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/hellendoorn_dalfsen.html

 

[jefelectric]

Morning all, (It's just a few minutes after 12)

Was 9 degrees when I got up, may have been colder earlier.  Less than an inch of snow but they still delayed 2 hours.  Our 7 year old granddaughter spent the delay with us so Mom could go to work. 

Did a little painting on a building project. 

Nice picture of the new daughter Kurt.  Have 5 granddaughters so I'm an expert on that subject.

Take care all.

[laz 57]

 HI GIZ,

I just checked the shipping schedule at Lionel and BigBOYS along with TMCC II is still on schedule for Feb. 7th.

http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/Findex.cfm

laz57

[laz 57]

Notice on the page it was just updated today.  We can just hope it arrives on time?

laz57

[Anonymous]

OK, If I have a structure that I want to model for an O Gauge layout, how do I go about making the dimension conversions?  If O Gauge is 1:48 would that mean each foot on the layout represents 48 feet in real life?

Would a 1069 foot long bridge then translate into a 22.27 ft long bridge on the layout?

[Anonymous]

 HI GIZ,

I just checked the shipping schedule at Lionel and BigBOYS along with TMCC II is still on schedule for Feb. 7th.

http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/Findex.cfm

laz57

Laz, it isn't Feb 7th it is February 2007, meaning sometime during the month of February...

[laz 57]

 HI GIZ,

I just checked the shipping schedule at Lionel and BigBOYS along with TMCC II is still on schedule for Feb. 7th.

http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/Findex.cfm

laz57

Laz, it isn't Feb 7th it is February 2007, meaning sometime during the month of February...

OOPS my bad LIONROAR.  .

Thanks,

laz57