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

[Jumijo]

 

I've been wondering where Lisa's been. Too bad about her husband's uncle.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Off to early Church [Jimbo, you'd better go and take the kids] and Sunday School.  Set clocks back last night.  350 miles on wife's 4 Runner and she hasn't driven it yet.   Her younger sister drove it last night.  She will as somone is calling today about buying her old car.  Well, coffee and GRITS time.  Later

[Jumijo]

 

I'm going, Chief. Mass starts at 9am. Wifey is just getting out of the shower now. Elvis Only is coming on the radio now.

[mitchelr]

Ran trains Thursday evening.  No pile ups but 2333 is acting up like the e-unit is stuck.  Have to try to unstick it.  Still no table to get the BEEP horn to sound continuously.  Have to dig out a 1033 and a loop of fastrack to see if it is my ZW or dirty track.   Bet it is the ZW.

If this is an early ZW it's probably the contact(s) at the lever.  Mine has the same problem, and needs to be cleaned every few months.

Kurt

 

Thanks Kurt.  I'll pull her apart this afternoon and try that.

 

Mitch 

[mitchelr]

Ran trains Thursday evening.  No pile ups but 2333 is acting up like the e-unit is stuck.  Have to try to unstick it.  Still no table to get the BEEP horn to sound continuously.  Have to dig out a 1033 and a loop of fastrack to see if it is my ZW or dirty track.   Bet it is the ZW.

Mitch, you have a 2333? Does it have the plated rear steps? How does it run? Good puller?

Jumijo = my big fat fingers can't type.  It should have been 2033 and it is not such a great puller.  It does Ok with the unpowered A unit and the 3 passenger cars  that came with it, but even at full throttle it is not a speed demon.  Which is OK with me, that way it won't go crashing off the track. 

Mitch 

[dwiemer]

Morning all,

     Hope everyone is doing well.  Long day yesterday, went up to Columbus and spent the day shopping.....and no trains.  Came home late and just went to bed.  Of course we did get the extra hour so that gives me a little time to catch up here before heading to church.  Laz and Chief, great looking engines!  I hope to check in on SPF later and see some more photos.  Wife is asking what I want for Christmas, not sure what to ask for, but I am sure we can come up with something.

     Read where Lisa is busy taking care of others.....a special person indeed!  Pray for her and everyone's needs.  They are doing some more of the movie this week, but I have little in this section.  Next week we do a train scene, so I will have a few days to work on that.  The week after Thanksgiving is the big fire scenes, that will also require a lot of my time.  Anyway, someday I will get to work on the layout again.

Have a great week,
Dennis

[cnw1995]

A quick good morning whilst racing to church. Sunny and cold here. Lots of honey-dos accomplished yesterday. Sorry Jim faced God's wrath with rain and wind because wrong colored Sox won the Series. Jim Baker, I'm reading a book on Guy Fawkes. According to this author, seems he wasn't the instigator of the plot. Broke out the Thomas boxes before hiding him for Xmas. He looks good!

[laz 57]

Hi GIZ,

  Heres some pics of DA BIG BOY....

With hood on stack...

Without HOODIE..

Smoke em if you got em?

Swinging out on 0-72...

Swinging over another swinger?

The closest call...

EPIP thats all folks.

laz57

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Mornin' English.  Good football weather today.  Can't wait til 4 to watch the Patriots-Colts match.  I hope it is a gunfight down to the wire.  Will be peeping in on the NASCAR race during commercials.

Laz - Perhaps a photo of some of the gals polishing the Big Boy.

[laz 57]

FIFE, GREAT IDEAEER,  I try and get em together.

laz57

[Buckeye Riveter]

I got a head cold. I'm going back to

[wrmcclellan]

Afternoon all!

Another busy week past. Beautiful weather here. Another sunny day and maybe 80?

Great day today - day before my wife's B-Day. Had a nice dinner out last night. Flowers and cards today - all set to go! Then we have NASCAR and two football games - Cowboys tonight and Pats this afternoon. May have to get a couple of TVs going?

Fife and Laz - watch that polishing now?

Buckeye - hope you get to feeling better.

Chief - also did early church today. The choir my daughter is in sings at the early service. However, the person who plays the new pipe organ seems to forget the organ is supposed to accompany the singing, not overwhelm it.

Doug - I have to make a quick 2 day trip to Schaumburg for meetings Tues and Wed. I do not think I will have any time to drop downtown to say hi unfortunately. Would love to go back to that restaurant for lunch!

Hope things go well for Lisa.

Have a great day all!

[Nick12DMC]

Evening all, Yep its "Shock and Awe" here tonight guys Salvo's from all directions.

John B, Hope to have a grand opening of the gamesroom next summer. We are a little way off running trains at the moment. Your welcome to come (as are any other CTT forum members should you be on this side of the pond). Any luck with running the Docksider?

Absolutely shattered tonight, been working on the garage/gamesroom all weekend. Cleared all the rubbish that seams to accumalate with these sort of projects. Levelled the ground outside the garage entrance by filling with hardcore and moved all unused sand and spread over hardcore. Then cleared up inside as plasterer should be along this week.

TopGear tonight on BBC2 8PM, I'll try and catch the Pats game if its on Sky.

Have a good evening

Nick    

 

 

[CSXect]

No trains today

Did drive the Trans Am around for awhile I love that roar when I rev it up(Ram Air engine)

Lot of equipment braking down due to old age, extreme use and occasinal carlessness...boss passed out a sheet listing the price/value of each item and labor cost......some of the cameras are more than what I payed for my house

 

[ChiefEagles]

Evening all.  Ran Big Boy today.  Had to tweek some track at one spot.  The swing out was close to the other track on the right side benchwork.  If running fast, would just touch cars on the outer mainline [not enough to derail them].  Then did some accessories wiring that I had put off.  Get that done and I will start putting tubs under layout.  I can easily move the inner loop and inner mailine in back room and then take out a short section of track on outer loop and will be able to run Big Boy both ways on it.  I can run it one direction on the outer loop now.  Will do that when nothing else to do.  I like running it on the inner loop.  Popcorn time.  

[sir james I]

Good evening to all,

Great day at the train show,,,,,,,,Met Kurt and his cute little daughter,sold him a couple of flat cars and we chatted.  Kurt glad you came.

The Clancy group ran the BigBoy and the HWX among others. I'm tired tonite but it's always good to see old friends and meet new ones. Later,,,,,,Sir James

[Brutus]

Howdy folks - on the desktop as the wife is running girlscouts on the laptop tonight.  Posted a couple pics on the Sunday thread, but not of the HWX .  OTOH - had a great day!  Went to White Castles for lunch, then to museum of transport (99.9 percent trains) for a couple hours of walking around and took 125 pics!!!  One time me and my best friend Dave (I have 3 best friends - makes things easier on me!  Dave, Jeff and John in no particular order!) were walking along checking out a locomotive they were restoring and we got to the end of this building and turned into the shed and there are these signs, but they are facing away from us.  Hmmm?!  So, Dave walks on the other side, turns and breaks up laughing, waving me over.  Anyway, took a pic and it's worth 1000!

Seems we wandered out of the regular area by accident!

Wife grew up next to a transplanted British couple and they did Guy every year, so kids got equivalent of 2 x 4th of July events!

Doug M - I took these for you (and me too!):

Sir James, I'm not in the mood for icecream tonight. Had a couple tall frosty beverages with my Mexican dinner and just gonna veg out watching Amazing Race I guess.  TTFN!

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

  Pulled out all old tomatoe plants, bean plants, kolhrobi plants, and lettuce.  Turned soil and then put in compost, leaves grasses, old flowers etc.  Took about an hour added lime and 5-10-5 to sweeten soil for next spring.  Ran an easy 2.5 miles and then took nice walk with wife and dog.  Leaves looked great and were falling.

  Just got done running trains for about an hour, all good NO PILEUPS.

later,

laz57

[laz 57]

Anyone here from JOHN, CSX30?

laz57

[Jumijo]

 

Hey Brent and Payton, who's your daddy?!!!

 

 

[CSXect]

HI GIZ,Ran an easy 2.5 miles and then took nice walk with wife and dog. 

laz57

Who was on the leash you or the dog?????

Mom is frying up the last of the tomatoes(green tomatoes) for a pie, she has a head of cabbage that finaly produced a deccent sized head will harvest it in the morning it is one of those dutch flathead veriaty. It is nice to be a home owner and close to parents home same street.

[laz 57]

ME of course, a very small leash.

laz57

[kpolak]

Morning!

Great to meet Sir James, and the cast of characters from Wild Bill's at the show yesterday!

Glancy train club has an awesome modular 3-track fastrack layout!

Should have pulled the trigger on the sawmill...DA!  I go looking for certain things, and happen across items I don't think about, and some I buy.  Should have passed on the whistle station, and picked-up the Sawmill...My daughter couldn't put it down...I usually buy things she's interested in, so she'll play trains with me.  Good thing she didn't see the Big Boy!

Bought a Thomas train race set.  4-trains run down a gravity race track, and get lifted to the top of the hill with a battery motor...cleaned, waxed, and oiled and it runs great, and fun to watch!

Kurt

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny, cold 34 degrees. Frost again last night. Going up to 60 today, with a chance of rain, later.

Today, is a busy day. I have to run some errands and then a few chores around the house. Ran trains yesterday. Did some dusting. All ran well. Had an 022 switch that was slow. A little lub and it works well. Still trying to figure out the best way to make a snowy hill. Don't want it to get discolored from dust.

Dining Car is here and ready for breakfast. Later.

Y'all have a great day.

Chuck

[Jumijo]

 

Trains.com is becoming unaccessable with increasing regularity. It happened again this morning. 

[Jumijo]

 

I bought gas this morning and it's at almost $3.00 a gallon. I paid $3.01 for 89 octane. Regular is $2.91 and climbing. I'm sticking with my prediction of $3.25 by Thanksgiving.

Great football game yesterday in Indy. I'm typing this with paper covering my face so Bill B. can't read my lips.

Yesterday I sprayed some Great Stuff expandable foam into some holes that needed filling around some conduits coming into the house. It somehow got on my 2004 World Series sweatshirt. It's coming off, but not easily. Note to self - use the latex-based foam from now on.

The Simpsons were a disappointment last night.  

[Buckeye Riveter]

Good morning from Buckeyeland where the word snow is in the forecast. 

Still have a bad head cold.

Laz and Chief, great photos of the new Big Boy.  Of course, the Chief needs to paint a horse on the side.

Brent, congratulations.  The Lion roared.

Need to wire some switches and stabilize the track.

[CSXect]

 

I bought gas this morning and it's at almost $3.00 a gallon. I paid $3.01 for 89 octane. Regular is $2.91 and climbing. I'm sticking with my prediction of $3.25 by Thanksgiving.

The Simpsons were a disappointment last night.  

I hear ya about gas if it were not for Kroger fuel points from buying food I would not be able to afford to drive to work

Are you refering to the tv show or the Simpsons movie?

[Jumijo]

 

TV show. Last night was the Simpson's annual Halloween "Treehouse of Terror" episode.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Cold and GRITS time down South [you don't like that comment, don't read it].  Off to County Commissioners' meeting at noon.  Town Board tonight.  Grass to mow this AM.  Hope everyone has a great week.  Flying into Yankeeland later this week.  [OOPS another one]  Big Boy is big and makes some noise and smoke.  Got to download my video programs and use my video camera.  Then mail some of my friends the video of it running.  Had camera and nver downloaded the video programs.  I do have Quicktime so I could probably use that.  Later