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[csxt30]

Good Morning Everyone !!

Jim : glad Julia is getting better !

Well, so far only a little bit of snow has blown in my driveway during the night. I think that's cause these guys below caught the culprits  !! Why else would they be seen headed into town towing the paddy wagon !!

 

Hope everyone has a nice day !!

Thanks, John

 

LOL, John!!! Maybe the boys are heading south for a little vacation after catching Mr. Freeze!

Jim 

Could they be going to Disneyworld ? !!

Thanks, John

[Jumijo]

Good Morning Everyone !!

Jim : glad Julia is getting better !

Well, so far only a little bit of snow has blown in my driveway during the night. I think that's cause these guys below caught the culprits  !! Why else would they be seen headed into town towing the paddy wagon !!

 

Hope everyone has a nice day !!

Thanks, John

 

LOL, John!!! Maybe the boys are heading south for a little vacation after catching Mr. Freeze!

Jim 

[tmcc man]

Good morning everyone,

I got notice early today that we are off!!!! Tomorrow will be our last day, because we have Friday off. A nice short week. My dad traveled up to the main office yesterday, and the area where he is is expected to get nothing less than a foot of snow. He was supposed to come home last night, but I guess he can't now.

Well, I hope everyone in the Northeast stays safe with the weather. And hopefully everyone has a good day.

BTW, Jim: I'm glad Julia is getting better. I hope she continues to.

[csxt30]

Good Morning Everyone !!

Jim : glad Julia is getting better !

Well, so far only a little bit of snow has blown in my driveway during the night. I think that's cause these guys below caught the culprits  !! Why else would they be seen headed into town towing the paddy wagon !!

 

Hope everyone has a nice day !!

Thanks, John

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a snowy 17 degrees. Going up to a cold 20 today. Had misty rain last night and it froze up. Light snow this morning. Looks like another, stay at home day. I wish.

Today, I have to run an errand and then I will stay here. Have to do grocery shopping in Cambridge tomorrow. Looks like they got a lot of snow, up North. Maybe run trains, later. Did a lot of work yesterday. Well on the way , to finishing up setting bridges.

The snow covered Dining Car is here. Time for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Wednesday.

Chuck

[Jumijo]

Good morning from a sloppy New England!

A mixed bag expected today. Rain, snow, and sleet. I experienced all 3 on the drive in this morning.

Happy Valentine's Day, boys! I sure hope you all got something for your better halves.

Julia seems to be getting better! 

Jim 

[Nick12DMC]

  Chief, I would think carefully about London in 2011, it will be one big building site (2012 olympics). With the screw up over building just on stadium (Wembley) for a few dorks to play footy being two years late and miles over budget anticipate unmitigated chaos. so be warned!

 John is right Chief, Wembly is still is not finished! I think there is going to be a proper regular season NFL game held there this autum. I think thats a first outside the US. Then again they probably won't finish the place by then!

I hope I am proved wrong but unmitigated chaos..probably  

Nick

 

[John Bakeer]

  Chief, I would think carefully about London in 2011, it will be one big building site (2012 olympics). With the screw up over building just on stadium (Wembley) for a few dorks to play footy being two years late and miles over budget anticipate unmitigated chaos. so be warned!

[mickey4479]

The white stuff left us this morning but its going to be really frigid for a couple of days through the weekend.  We got about 3 inches+ in Kansas City and thats about it.  Next week it may get up to the 40s or low 50s so says the weather man. 

Tom:  Love that bus in tonights photo.  Where did you find that? 

Goodnight all.

 

[Brutus]

Rained overnight last night, turned to sleet this morning, then big, heavy snow flakes.  I think we got about 3 inches at my house or less - it is blowing all over, but it is icey underneath of course.  Up north a few miles and down south a few miles, they got much more!  School already closed for tomorrow.  I'll call in again, since my wife was off Monday sick with a hurt back.  She'll have to take off if there are more days this week or month though.  Ran all the wires for the switches through the foam and back to the controls area/corner.  Since I'll be off tomorrow, I'll run wires for some of the accessories and draw up some plans for my control/power box.  We watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets today - can't wait for that Lionel Set!  What a brilliant marketing coup!  First the Polar Express and now this - these guys are onto something!  The Hogwarts' Express actually got me into trains again with an HO model I bought just a few years ago.  The Polar Express has sure brought a lot of folks into the O gauge hobby and I'll bet that the Hogwarts' Express will do the same again

[ChiefEagles]

SNOW???  WHAT IS THAT?  Its really a GRITS raid. REBS gettting even for the cold weather raid you Yanks sent earlier.  Do you huff and puff like the big bad wolf when you blow snow?   Better not laugh.  It thundered and lightninged earier.  Tale is it will snow in 10 days.  Poured down rain like a big summer storm.  Been raining off and on.  If it had been snohio, we'd be burried.   Bedtime.  Good night.

[underworld]

Crazy weather in snOhio today! Not actually that much snow on the ground here but it's drifting and they really aren't keeping up with the plowing. Everyone remember Valentine's day tomorrow!!!!! That way I'll get plenty of overtime! The weather will be giving me a good bit of overtime all by itself!

underworld

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

   Well got the word at about 7 oclock that we are off tomorrow.  YEA!!!!   Celebrated and went down stairs and ran trains for 2hrs.  NO PILE UPS, all ran GREAT!

   JELECTRIC nice Williams models you got there.   Looks like a match.  Helps to know the right people.

   Still is snowing and the snowblower is ready for the AM.  Got to do all the women in the neighborhood, there driveways.

   Good nite.

laz57

[wrmcclellan]

Evening all!

Temps have been dropping about a degree per hour since the 56 degree high at midnight last night. Might hit 28 tonight and maybe a light snow tomorrow. It was near 70 in some areas here Monday.

Jim A - glad to hear about Julia! We'll keep her in our prayers.

Jim - very nice on the coaler!

Doug - is that your autographed Robin pic??

John - the B&O looks good. Are you buying it (you probably said so elsewhere in the pot but I missed it).

 All geared up for V-Day tomorrow. Got the flowers hidden and the cards are ready to launch in the am!

Have a great evening all!

[underworld]

Ran trains last night.  I swear the smoke is better in a colder room.

Cold air is more dense, so anything in it will condense more.

underworld

[underworld]

Is anyone planning to come to the Train Show in Saline, Michigan (Due South of Ann Arbor) this weekend?

I am planning a visit Saturday am.

 Kurt

I'm going to try to get there Sunday. Glad that you mentioned it or I might have forgotten!!!

underworld

[spankybird]

A Very Snowie Evening from NE Ohio

where the temp is 14 deg with lots more snow  fallling. We should have 12 to 14" by morning.

I was going to Grand Rapits in the morning, but have put off the trip for one day.

Just remember that OTTS started as a meeting of local forum members in NE Ohio. And now it is about 30 members strong.

[jefelectric]

Good eveining again,

Something just went wrong and I lost the post that I had typed.

A little more on the Lehigh & New England FA1.  I did a little research and it looks like Williams did a pretty good job on the paint scheme.  This is a prototype.

[Anonymous]

Well the temptation was too much... Yesterday I received the B&O Passenger cars my wife ordered for my birthday from rtraincollector.  They have been sitting on the dining room table waiting to be mated up with B&O Mikado she bought me for Christmas (I had packed all the train stuff away in anticipation of the pending move), well the trains were calling out and I could resist no more!

Here they are in all their wonderous glory!  They make a nice long passenger train!


I'll let the rest of the pics speak for themselves:






A few of the cars need a bit of cleaning, but that was to be expected.  I can now no longer wait to move and get the new layout built and see these beauties flying down the tracks!

THANK YOU BILL!!!!!  I can not express how pleased I am with these cars!  And the B&O Hopper was a nice surprise as I don't have much rolling stock!

Can't wait to move in, get the layout built, and have the lot of you over for a train room warming party... huh, I mean house warming party!

Brent

[perry1060]

RT,

I'm thinking about a new truck for myself, but that law of the land thing you mentioned is keeping me in the 'thinking only' stage for now.

 

 

Website updated

http://home.mchsi.com/~ironmaster1960/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html

 

[ChiefEagles]

CTT convention.  All fly to London.   Wife says we are going for 25th Anniv.  4 years from now [if she will fly over water ].  Rainy and a little cool.  Did I hear SNOHIO?   Get those Yanks.   Took a break and ran several different trains.  Got to go. 

[rtraincollector]

had the law layed down on me this afternoon. Now that I bought a new truck I need to stop buying trains for a while. (like at least till christmas) . now she did say I could sell some ( not what I want to do but she gave that option seeing she thinks I has to many lol)

Not much done today train wise or other had some running around I had to do today.

Lisa prayer added for your freind

[Nick12DMC]

Nice engine John,

Warm, in the low 70's here, but the sky is ominous.  Winds have picked up and they are talking a turnader watch for several hours.  Anyway, on call so I will be here at the hospital for several more hours and hopefully it will have blown through by then.  I do want to get home and get to work on the layout.  Should not take too long before I am running trains.

Looks like we have a bunch more folks joining the CTT forum.  It is great to have more new blood here with more ideas to add. they can share.  I consider myself a "Newbie", but when looking at the overall picture, I have been around for longer than many.  It is great that everyone is greated with open arms to this site.

God Bless,
Dennis

I'll second that Dennis. This is a very friendly site. They even welcomed us dudes from across the pond! Guess they might have to have a CTT forum convention...John B is doing a photographic survey of UK pubs so we have plenty of info to choose a suitable location here. Comfy Chairs : check, Real Ale : check, Log Fire : Check

Regards

Nick

[dwiemer]

Nice engine John,

Warm, in the low 70's here, but the sky is ominous.  Winds have picked up and they are talking a turnader watch for several hours.  Anyway, on call so I will be here at the hospital for several more hours and hopefully it will have blown through by then.  I do want to get home and get to work on the layout.  Should not take too long before I am running trains.

Looks like we have a bunch more folks joining the CTT forum.  It is great to have more new blood here with more ideas to add. they can share.  I consider myself a "Newbie", but when looking at the overall picture, I have been around for longer than many.  It is great that everyone is greated with open arms to this site.

God Bless,
Dennis

[jefelectric]

Afternoon,

The storm is upon us.  Started snowing lightly about 5:00 AM and has been snowing ever since.  About 4 inches on the ground now.  I haven't been outside since I took Jean to work this morning.  In a little while I will go out and blow off the driveway & walks.  Local roads are snow covered, not sure what the main roads are like.

Check this out.  I wanted to know what the Lehigh and New England FA1 looked like, there is no picture on the Williams site, so I emailed Marty at Ma & Pa Junction and he took one out of the box and took a picture for me.  How is that for service?

Pretty nice I think.  Just the thing for a New Englander - JAABAT!

Will keep Chief & Julia in our prayers and add Colins Grandfather.

Enjoy your trains.

[cnw1995]

Holy Iceberg, Batman!

[csxt30]

It is 26 degrees on the ground in Buckeyeland.

It is raining.

We are becoming coated in ice.

 

The cool, cruel work of Mr. Freeze, no doubt. John, dispatch the Dynamic Duo in the Batmobile to dispatch the dastardly desperado!!! It gives me chilblains just thinking about it!

Jim 

Jim : The Dynamic Duo has been spotted high atop of Mt.Apitz headed our way !! They have swung into action !! We'll just have to wait to see how this all plays out !! I think they already have a plan !! Will keep you posted on any more new breaking news on that dastardly desparado capture coming up !! 

Thanks, John

[Jumijo]

It is 26 degrees on the ground in Buckeyeland.

It is raining.

We are becoming coated in ice.

 

The cool, cruel work of Mr. Freeze, no doubt. John, dispatch the Dynamic Duo in the Batmobile to dispatch the dastardly desperado!!! It gives me chilblains just thinking about it!

Jim 

[mickey4479]

Hello from cold but pretty snow fall Kansas City.  Nothing like you guys in the east will experience soon.  Only got 3 inches of the white stuff.  Once upon a time I experienced lake affect snow in eastern PA and NY on a ski trip.  We drove from St. Louis through Cleveland and nearly bottomed out in a Carmen Gia.  Stay well.

[Buckeye Riveter]

It is 26 degrees on the ground in Buckeyeland.

It is raining.

We are becoming coated in ice.