Trains.com

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

539803 views
15108 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Watkinsville, GA
  • 2,214 posts
Posted by Roger Bielen on Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:32 PM
 Buckeye Riveter wrote:
 ChiefEagles wrote:
 Roger Bielen wrote:
 spankybird wrote:

Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!

Not this Roger.  Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome.  I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.

Love to see that.  Yanks would be tared and feathered and riden out of town on a rail. Evil [}:)]Wink [;)] 

These Sutherners are a interesting lot.  First they invite you to supper Dinner [dinner] then they threaten you if you show up. Pirate [oX)]

Welcome to my web said the spider to the fly.Evil [}:)]Mischief [:-,]

Roger B.
  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Millersburg, Pa.
  • 7,607 posts
Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:16 PM

DA BEARS WIN,

  Next week NEW ORLEANS at CHICAGO. 

GO BEARS!!!!!!

  JELECTRIC, AND KIETH,  MILLERSBURG BEAR only on lone til super bowl is over.

  Made a pot of deer stew with the last of my deer meat that I had frozen.  Now got to beg for some from my friends.  LISA do ya got any left or did ja give it all to the CHIEF.

  Got to go watch the CHARGERS now.  Sister lives in ESCONDIDO so I'll root for them.  I helped build their house out there in '86.

laz57

  There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't stay still; Robert Service. TCA 03-55991
  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Sandy Eggo
  • 5,608 posts
Posted by dougdagrump on Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:43 PM

Hope her hands aren't to cold for the prostate exam !!!!!!

  Shock [:O]  Oops [oops]  Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Go CHARGERS !!!!!!!!!!

Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.

www.sd3r.org

Proud New Member Of The NRA

  • Member since
    February 2004
  • From: Rolesville, NC
  • 15,416 posts
Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:35 PM

John F, glad to see you back.  Remembered you and the loss.

Tom P, don't do me any favors [snow Disapprove [V]].

Buckeye, when it comes to "treating" Yanks, no holds bared. 

Hot here but a little windy.  Was going to take Crappie Jon to pond and fish.  Ended up cleaning up under shelter and cleaning the table saw and putting it away along with power handtools.  Cranked tractor and fogged Ranger boat motor [as I don't think I will get to the lake anytime soon].  Watered greenhouse.  Going to pond and bank fish later.  Wife not feeling good [again].  Got physical tomorrow.  Nice to have a female doctor for that. Shock [:O]Wink [;)]

 God bless TCA 05-58541   Benefactor Member of the NRA,  Member of the American Legion,   Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville Laugh,   KC&D QualifiedCowboy       

              

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Central PA
  • 2,536 posts
Posted by jefelectric on Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:17 PM

Good afternoon,

Don, Too bad you have to work in the bad weather. Sad [:(]

John Baker, Thanks for the translation.

Laz, The seahawks just went ahead.  Maybe the bear isn't doing his part.

lionroar88, How is the bear at your house doing today?

I finished up the catenary as far as I can go until I get to LHS for more.  Will have to do some improvising, since the double track on the shelf does not have room for poles along the outside.  Have a couple of ideas to try.

John Fullerton Home of the BUBB&A  http://www.jeanandjohn.net/trains.html
  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Sandy Eggo
  • 5,608 posts
Posted by dougdagrump on Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:06 PM

Someone close that dang door !!!!

Here it is hi-noon and the flower beds are still frozen with ICE on them in the backyard. Grumpy [|(]

Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.

www.sd3r.org

Proud New Member Of The NRA

  • Member since
    March 2004
  • From: Jelloway Creek, OH - Elv. 1100
  • 7,578 posts
Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:18 PM
 ChiefEagles wrote:
 Roger Bielen wrote:
 spankybird wrote:

Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!

Not this Roger.  Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome.  I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.

Love to see that.  Yanks would be tared and feathered and riden out of town on a rail. Evil [}:)]Wink [;)] 

These Sutherners are a interesting lot.  First they invite you to supper Dinner [dinner] then they threaten you if you show up. Pirate [oX)]

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..

Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR

TCA 09-64284

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: 15 mi east of Cleveland
  • 2,072 posts
Posted by 1688torpedo on Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:56 PM
 Hello All!   Don B- Your e-mail is in my e-mailbox & I read it. That was a nice 1688E set on that auction & the Freight Car's looked to be in better shape than the Engine or Tender combined. I have some 1688 sets with cars in the same condition as those above & they are hard to get. I hope Lionel makes them as part of the Prewar Celebration Series they have now. Laz- The 800lb Bear is now in Chicago? Sounds like Millersburg lost one of their Icons.Wink [;)]Wink [;)] He helped put Millersburg on the map. Now what will Neil,Roger,Kent, & the rest of the CTT Gang do when they're at York & bored in the evening after dinner with no 800lb Bear to visit?Wink [;)]Tongue [:P]Clown [:o)] Doug M - Keep an Eye out for a 800lb Bear should he wind up in Crystal Lake as they are known to wander long distances.Wink [;)]Tongue [:P]Shock [:O] Take Care all.
Keith Woodworth........Seat Belts save lives,Please drive safely.
  • Member since
    February 2004
  • From: Rolesville, NC
  • 15,416 posts
Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:55 AM
 Roger Bielen wrote:
 spankybird wrote:

Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!

Not this Roger.  Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome.  I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.

Love to see that.  Yanks would be tared and feathered and riden out of town on a rail. Evil [}:)]Wink [;)] 

 God bless TCA 05-58541   Benefactor Member of the NRA,  Member of the American Legion,   Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville Laugh,   KC&D QualifiedCowboy       

              

  • Member since
    December 2004
  • From: St. Louis, MO
  • 4,913 posts
Posted by Brutus on Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:50 AM
Cabin fever - gotta get out of the house before I go crazy, so will try to get to LHS today.  Need to remove the white flannel from my layout, I just laid it over the brown stuff anyway - should have thought of that earlier.  Need to get wire, some straight O-27 track and a bumper.  Then maybe to Home Depot for some light fixtures for the basement.  Need to run a wire for another outlet just for the trains - maybe a double?  Then for another 3-way light switch for a hallway, a 4-way light switch for a bedroom, and light switch and outlet for bathroom.  Then finish stubbing in the plumbing, install shower, drywall...  Hmmm, still a lot of work left to do! 

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

  • Member since
    December 2004
  • 3,176 posts
Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:40 AM
 Roger Bielen wrote:
 spankybird wrote:

Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!

Not this Roger.  Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome.  I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.

Roger : thanks, but I'll just skip breakfeast !!  What's for lunch & supper ? !! I know that would be great !! Dinner [dinner]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

Thanks, John

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Watkinsville, GA
  • 2,214 posts
Posted by Roger Bielen on Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:26 AM
 spankybird wrote:

Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!

Not this Roger.  Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome.  I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.

Roger B.
  • Member since
    March 2004
  • From: Jelloway Creek, OH - Elv. 1100
  • 7,578 posts
Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:52 AM
 Frank53 wrote:
 ChiefEagles wrote:

Yes, finished the benchwork in the walk-in.  Trains now run through the wall and back out the other side.

Frankly, Frank - congrats!

Frank

I gotta see those trains run through the wallsShock [:O].  Chief, when they hit the wall does it mess up the front of the engine or as we saw in the movie, Silver Streak, they just take out the wall.

Either way, Congratulations!

 Nick12DMC wrote:

Morning All, Lots of Grid Iron fans on here! Went past one of the US bases on the way to a Job yesterday. Someone had a Ohio State Buckeyes banner on the front of their house. 

Nick

Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]  My cousin lives on one of those U.S. bases.

You notice Nick didn't see any Florida Gators banners.

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..

Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR

TCA 09-64284

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Millersburg, Pa.
  • 7,607 posts
Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:53 AM
Wink [;)]
 Jim Fortner wrote:

Well, got my hobo musical tower, hobo depot, hobo handcar and hobo campfire out of the basement for the layout while I was digging out my lubricating supplies.  Also found my lumberjacks accessory.  I need to get some buttons so I can let the kids activate these from the edge of the layout instead of reaching over the train to turn the barrel etc.

$capbooking or crapbooking - women get together and make photo albums, decorating each page with lots of designer stuff.  My wife has about a zillion little doodads including weird scissors, cutters, presses with punches and dies, acid free paper in different patterns and colors, etc.  She loads up in some big rolling bags - think of someone showing up to set up a display at a big sales presentation.  Then they all sit around and ooh and ah over the pics, journal in the albums, etc.  She is making on album for each kid starting with out marriage and going through their births and up to date, as well as one for us.  So, one day, the kids will move out and have their own album to keep.  Actually, its kinda cool - but not anything I would ever do.

We had freezing rain last night, but haven't watched the news so don't know about farther north, above I44.  Today it was just wet pavement, but ice on the deck etc.  It melted during the day, but once the sun went down, it started freezing again.  Still drizzling and I guess it will continue through tomorrow and into Monday.  Need to get to Costco Monday to pick up Turbotax Deluxe for $21.  Still want to get out to the LHS as well. 

Never got to the car today, so will have to do it tomorrow.  Nodding off, so good night ladies and gentlemen.

HI GIZ,

  Another rainy one on tap today.  Gonna watch and see if sending DA MILLERSBURG 800 lb. BEAR to Chicago will make a difference?Wink [;)] GO BEARS!!!

  JIM F.  Sounds like a lot of crap to meWink [;)]?  But hey if thats what blows her skirt up then its ok.  My wife is the same way with painting humming birds, dragonflies, frogs, turtles, oh well we like trains, I guess they need their own space.

  Watched EAGLES (not FRANK CHIEF) lasr nite blow it,  guess they got to wait til next year.

  All have agood one.

GO BEARS!!!!!

laz57

  There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't stay still; Robert Service. TCA 03-55991
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Crystal Lake, IL
  • 8,059 posts
Posted by cnw1995 on Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:35 AM
Good morning from a bleary-eyed Crystal Lake where the youngest suffered a bout with the stomach flu at 11 pm, 12, 2 3 and 4 am. Ah well, at least I get to stay home with him whilst everyone else goes off to church as I'm not working video today. And he's full of energy again. Wants to run trains in the basement. I'm fine with that. Three and a half-hours until kick-off. Nice and cold with a scattering of snow on the ground - to welcome the 'hawks.

Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: North of Philadelphia
  • 2,372 posts
Posted by tmcc man on Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:05 AM

Good morning everyone,

Let me catch up with the first few pages. Laz and Jefelectric, I am deeply sorry for your losses. I scanned over the forum earlier in the week, and put you both in my prayers. Dennis, happy belated birthday, I'm glad you got what you wanted. Chief, I am happy to find that you have come such a long way with your benchwork. I will have to see it sometime when I go to Duke. Chuck, it is like that here too. The ground is soaked, the fog is thick, and it is a little chilly. Not the kind of weather that I like.  

Colin from prr.railfan.net
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Willoughby, Ohio
  • 5,231 posts
Posted by spankybird on Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:01 AM

Good Morning all from NE Ohio

Where the temp is 35 deg and will be falling with rain turing to snow. I guess winter will be with us for a few days or so.

Cheif - temp in the 30's could mean snow for you too !

Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!

tom

I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com 

  • Member since
    February 2004
  • From: Rolesville, NC
  • 15,416 posts
Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:49 AM
Morning.  Missed Early Church.  Rushing to make Sunday School.  Nic, NC has the Carolina Panthers in the NFL.  Your cousins are not nice.  Neither am I  as I am a Cowboys fan [like the Cowgirls better Shock [:O]Wink [;)]].  Jim F, we have scrapbook stores in NC just like we have train stores.  Was in MINN in 05, hotel let ladies meet in lobby every week for scrapbook club and work.  Sunny and warm.  Suppose to hit the mid 70's.  Will crash on Wed as high to be in the 30's. Shock [:O]  Later

 God bless TCA 05-58541   Benefactor Member of the NRA,  Member of the American Legion,   Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville Laugh,   KC&D QualifiedCowboy       

              

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Watkinsville, GA
  • 2,214 posts
Posted by Roger Bielen on Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:17 AM
John Bakeer - You mentioned spell check.  Is there a British vs. US version?  i.e. colour (I think) vs. color
Roger B.
  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: S.E. Ohio
  • 5,434 posts
Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:14 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a rainy 50 degrees. Going all the way up to 51 today, and rain. It is getting nasty out there. Ground is like a swamp.

Today, I have a couple of things to do and then I will spend time in the train room. I am still waiting on my switches from CA. Next week, I have to get some lumber and start the bracing. Just about have it figured out.

I'm looking forward to the Sunday Photo Fun, today. I want to see the pictures of a few people's benchwork and scenery.

Well, the Dining Car is here and well stocked. Everyone " points west " of here must have slept in. Later.

Y'all have a great Sunday.

Chuck

Chuck # 3 I found my thrill on Blueberryhill !!
  • Member since
    April 2006
  • 8,050 posts
Posted by fifedog on Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:11 AM

Mornin' boys.  Wet but mild here in the Mid-Atlantic today.  Think I'll take it easy.

John Bakeer - thanks for the "snecklifter" definition.  In your honor I will try to use the term in conversation once a day.  Do those Jackdaws jersies come in 2x?

88 - watching post game coverage, there were a multitude of long faces rolling out of M&T stadium last night.  There was one guy who was walking hurriedly through the crowd, as if to get home to see if something were at his door...was that you?

  • Member since
    December 2005
  • From: Cambridgeshire, UK
  • 438 posts
Posted by Nick12DMC on Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:54 AM

Morning All, Lots of Grid Iron fans on here! Went past one of the US bases on the way to a Job yesterday. Someone had a Ohio State Buckeyes banner on the front of their house. 

American football had quite a following on this side of the pond in the mid-80's, when I was at school we even used to play it at lunch time. It was never included in PE lessons though. We all wanted to play it rather than Rugby! In fact we used to drive the PE teacher mad by throwing the rugby ball in the American style! I guess we all wanted to play in the NFL till we saw the size of the "Fridge" Big Smile [:D]

I surported the Patriots as our cousins in NC followed that team (NC did not have a NFL team).

Channel 4 used to show the games but lost them to SKY TV in the early 90's and that's when the mass intrest seamed to disappear.

Nice bright but cold morning here.

Nick

 

 

  

 

  • Member since
    December 2004
  • From: United Kingdom
  • 732 posts
Posted by John Bakeer on Sunday, January 14, 2007 3:54 AM

And;

 SHARKS!!!

John Baker

  • Member since
    December 2004
  • From: St. Louis, MO
  • 4,913 posts
Posted by Brutus on Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:03 AM

Well, got my hobo musical tower, hobo depot, hobo handcar and hobo campfire out of the basement for the layout while I was digging out my lubricating supplies.  Also found my lumberjacks accessory.  I need to get some buttons so I can let the kids activate these from the edge of the layout instead of reaching over the train to turn the barrel etc.

$capbooking or crapbooking - women get together and make photo albums, decorating each page with lots of designer stuff.  My wife has about a zillion little doodads including weird scissors, cutters, presses with punches and dies, acid free paper in different patterns and colors, etc.  She loads up in some big rolling bags - think of someone showing up to set up a display at a big sales presentation.  Then they all sit around and ooh and ah over the pics, journal in the albums, etc.  She is making on album for each kid starting with out marriage and going through their births and up to date, as well as one for us.  So, one day, the kids will move out and have their own album to keep.  Actually, its kinda cool - but not anything I would ever do.

We had freezing rain last night, but haven't watched the news so don't know about farther north, above I44.  Today it was just wet pavement, but ice on the deck etc.  It melted during the day, but once the sun went down, it started freezing again.  Still drizzling and I guess it will continue through tomorrow and into Monday.  Need to get to Costco Monday to pick up Turbotax Deluxe for $21.  Still want to get out to the LHS as well. 

Never got to the car today, so will have to do it tomorrow.  Nodding off, so good night ladies and gentlemen.

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

  • Member since
    December 2004
  • From: United Kingdom
  • 732 posts
Posted by John Bakeer on Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:01 AM

+2 at 0630GMT here in a damp chilly Stockport.

Fifedog, Sorry your Ravens were beaten, round here we have Magpies, Sparrows, Jackdaws, Crows, Pigeons, Starlings, Robins, Jackdaws, Chaffinches, Mallards, Canada Geese, Swans, a Heron and in the tree outside my bedroom window a pair of Nightingales. Not much lunacy yesterday, just a couple of pub windows busted!

Ah! Snecklifter, when I was a kid in the 50s there was not much money about, every pub had a vault or tap room that was a male only domain where beer cost a penny a pint less and there was waiter service too. In said room were played games; Darts, Dominoes, Crib and All Fours. Round the corner from me lived a blind(?) man named Lou Vasine, he was an expert domino player who could earn his beer money at the table, but being a gambler he would always put any surplus from the dom's on a donkey. In order to get through the door to the pub he required the price of a half, all doors in my part of Yorkshire had a sneck which was a metal bar fixed at one end that engaged in a sloping latch or snag, this was disengaged from the outside by a lever with a pad and fulcrum passing through the door, thereby lifting the sneck.

I wonder if a spellcheck would have helped with the (s)crapbook (I use one).

John Baker

  • Member since
    December 2005
  • From: Sunny So. Cal.
  • 3,784 posts
Posted by dbaker48 on Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:04 PM

Frustrated !!!!   I know your going to think I am nuts, but here we are having unpleasant weather, and what am I doing ?  Working !!!  There are so few unpleasnat days here, that I look forward to when they come.  It is ideal to work in the train room then.  I Usually feel guilty when the weather is great outside and I go in to "mess" with the trains.  So get the bad weather and I go off to work.   frustrated

 

I think Marty is coming to LA this weekend, he will probably be glad to go back home where it is warmer.  I don't think it got up to 50 today!

Speaking of weather, I got this neat remote thermometer for Christmas, it also measures humidity.  For youse guys in the east with dehumidifiers what percent do you find is bad for trains?  (I'm serious)

Keith - I thought I did mention I got the email regarding that auction. I did get the email, and the pictures of that set was awesome!!  Complete with boxes, xfmr, track AND cars.  Got to check what it sold for!!  

Sure sounds like a great job on the unit of mine you have!!  I will be excited to see it!!!  But, no problem don't be concerned about rushing or hurrying, that is not an issue.  Take your time, it is not a problem.  If you can post a  picture or two, I'm sure it will be interesting to others, before and after!

Jim - With the pinewood derby cars, when Chris and I was doing it, they YMCA, also had a Dad's division, where we could modify a car anyway we wanted.  I made a pretty much stock racer, then bought a cheap police car that had a led red light, and small siren that ran on a little battery.  (Car cost less than $1)  So I took the light and siren out, and hollowed out the pinewood derby car and mounted in thru the bottom, and painted it like a police car.  The kids loved it!  Especially because it was slower than their cars and would seem to be chasing them.  Hint: Use the graphite liberally, it makes a big difference!

Got to go get things ready for another day at the computer show.... YUK

Stay warm and have a good day...

 

KEVIN..... HOW LONG YOU GOING TO KEEP THAT DOOR OPEN ????  

(YOU'VE ALREADY GOT DOUG TRYING TO HEAT UP THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM WITH ROLLING CAMP FIRES, (The inSane Dieagons don't know what to do when the temperature goes beyond a 74 degree high or 71 degree low anyway))

 

 

Don

  • Member since
    April 2006
  • 8,050 posts
Posted by fifedog on Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:31 PM

John Bakeer - colts scored 5 goals to ravens 2. Bloody sad. No hooliganism in crab town. Someone please pass a tissue.

...and we all just gotta know, what is a sneck lifter mate?

  • Member since
    January 2005
  • 1,991 posts
Posted by Frank53 on Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:17 PM
 ChiefEagles wrote:

Yes, finished the benchwork in the walk-in.  Trains now run through the wall and back out the other side.

Frankly, Frank - congrats!

Frank

  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: Southwest Georgia
  • 5,028 posts
Posted by dwiemer on Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:46 PM

Evening all.  Went to columbus today.  Went to the HobbyTown there and did not spend a dime.  All full retail and very low stock.  I had thought about a few things, but as unimpressed as I was, I just left.  Then we went to Pier One and the bride filled the trunkDisapprove [V]. I am saving up for the train show in two weeks.

Chief, my buddy in Columbus just got a 17 rifle.  He got a great deal on it and it is a squirrel's worst nightmare.  I may have to get one.

Well, have to hit the sheets so I can get plenty of rest for the morning service as I will be on the main camera and that means I can't have  a rest.  They always record that one, regardless of which shot is being aired, this way they have  a running record, also it will display on the Imags, so everyone will know if I mess up.

Have a great night,

Dennis

TCA#09-63805

 

Charter BTTs.jpg

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Millersburg, Pa.
  • 7,607 posts
Posted by laz 57 on Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:53 PM

 1688torpedo wrote:
 Hello All!    Don B- I got your 1688E to run & it will run nice for you now. After my restoration guy feels better,(He's been under the weather lately) I'll call him & give him your engine to put on the Wheels & do the re-paint & clean the trim. First,He'll take off the trim & handrails, then strips the paint off the engine & tender & uses a Bead Machine to clean off the castings & smooth it out. After that, He will re-paint both engine & tender with Three Coats of Paint & he hand rubs each coat of paint to smooth out everything & gives the paint a sheen that looks like a million. I think you'll be very happy with your 1688E after it comes back to you & it will be worth the wait. How did you like the 1688E Set on the New England Toy Train Exchange Auction site? I e-mailed that to you so that you could see what Freight Cars your Engine goes with. Jim F.- Hope you guys are okay in spite of that Ice Storm in your area? Laz- How is the 800lb Bear of Millersburg? He has not been on the Forum lately!Wink [;)]Tongue [:P]Clown [:o)] Chief- You need your own private jet instead of relying on the Airlines. Cabalas might save some money that way anyhow seeing that you fly all over the country. Take Care all. 

KEITH,  BEAR has moved to CHICAGO and will be coming out of hibernation tomorrow at 1 PM.Wink [;)]

laz57

  There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't stay still; Robert Service. TCA 03-55991

Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

Search the Community

FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Get the Classic Toy Trains newsletter delivered to your inbox twice a month