Good morning every one. Looks like I had some catching up to do. I've been slammed here at work, and tried to catch up last night and this morning. The kids are off today (a weather day...is this a Southern thing? Snow days I understand!) and Monday, so the traffic is better. Of course, scholl was out for almost 3 weeks, now this. I don't get it....
Laz & John, my condolences to you both. I lost my Godfather(Uncle) right around this time last year. I believe that if you remember those who have gone in your heart, they always live on.
Chief, glad you made it back here. I will be heading BACK to the land of the Union Friday for my annual Firemans Installation dinner. A good time to catch up, have a few drinks and visit the Family(capitalized because we're Italian descent). Of course we'll make the rounds to the LHS's that dot the Central Jersey area.
It's 50 now going to 72 today. More like spring in Jersey than Winter in Florida, I think.
Well, I'm off to see the Wizard (the Boss), so back to work I go....( 2 movies references in 1 sentence..is that a violation of something?)
Later all, make it a great day!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Mike,
You're not the guy who wrote all those articles in CTT about inexpensive freight cars, are you?
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Jaabat,
Thank you for the compliment. CTT has been very good to me over the years, and they seem to think my writing has some merit. I have had the privilege of meeting most of the staff from time and time, and as the Chief can attest, they have some nice facilities there. I enjoyed the comments about the Chief and dessert. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
He took it all, Chuck!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a 46 degree day with light showers. Going up to 52 today and , also, light showers. So, it's gonna rain today. Yuk.
Today is a work around the house day. Have a few chores to do. I will be in the train room this afternoon, running trains and working on the layout. I should be getting my 022 switches from CA today. Now, I will have all the stuff to make the new section happen.
Jim....You are saying that Chief..ate the entire dessert ??
Well, the Dining Car just rolled in from " Points West " and it looks like the guys ( Mike and Buckeye ) , left me some breakfast. Time to eat.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Congratulations on your upcoming article!!!!! As a 520 fan, and a forum friend, I doubly look forward to reading it. You're so quiet and unassuming. Who knew? It's really great to see one of us on the forum appear in the pages of CTT. I hope you are more proud than you let on. You should be!
Again, congratulations, Mike!
Good morning all,
It is warm and rainy with temps in the 50s in SE Indiana. Jaabat, I wrote an article about the postwar 520 electric engine and how the shell was used for various postwar, MPC, and Postwar Celebration items. Buckeye, I do have a fairly small (4x11) standard gauge layout that is not even close to having pictures posted here on the forum (much less for appearing in CTT). It is just painted plywood, but I do enjoy running trains on it. The avatar I posted is from when the team my daughter and I played on won the soccer championship last year. It is the only digital photos I have. John Bakeer, there are a few of us soccer (football) fanatics on the forum. I think Tmcc Man plays the game, and there may be more. As far as Beckham is concerned, if he can light a fire in the American fans, that would be great, but the closest team to me is the Columbus Crew, which is at least three hours away. I would have to do some major talking to the missus to persuade her to go. I will send the dining car from "Points West" to Blueberry Hill with some goodies left on it. I hope everyone has a good day.
Jim, You were lucky. Most of the time when one has a meal with the Chief, he asks just about everyone in the place to join him in sharing the desert.
I didn 't even know Mike C. had a layout? I can't remember any photos, so what did he write about?
The weather says that some of you may get ice. Be careful and good luck.
See ya down the tracks.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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
cheapclassics wrote:Jaabat,As far as how I got the March CTT so early, let's just say it helps to know people :-) Actually, they send contributors an "early edition", which is kind of a nice gesture on their part. Normally I would not mention it, but some of the people here take great delight in announcing how early they got their copy, and I decided to tweak them a little by beating them all to the punch :-) It is a good issue, but then they all are.Keep on training,Mike C. from Indiana
As far as how I got the March CTT so early, let's just say it helps to know people :-) Actually, they send contributors an "early edition", which is kind of a nice gesture on their part. Normally I would not mention it, but some of the people here take great delight in announcing how early they got their copy, and I decided to tweak them a little by beating them all to the punch :-) It is a good issue, but then they all are.
I know you got your issue early because you were a contributor. What I want to know is, what did you contribute to that issue? Was it a photo? Was it an article? Was it an ad? Were you sworn to secrecy? Stop holding out on us, Mike. We want to know . . .
Good morning all, from a mild New England. Looking forward to a 3 day weekend. I could get used to them! We ran trains briefly last night before heading to the in-laws for dinner. Came home stuffed and tired.
Not much is new here. Brownie scouts tonight. I will duck out and get my hair cut and maybe poke around the hardware store until the meeting is over.
Funny and true: So after lunch the other day, the Chief orders this huge dessert. Ice cream, sauce, and pecans. Monsterous in its size. As big as his head! The waitress asked me what I'd like and I told her I didn't want dessert. Then she asks us if she should bring 2 spoons! I said, "Lady, we aren't on a date". I thought the Chief was going to bust a gut! Even the waitress busted up. That's my story for today.
HI GIZ,
36 and a little drizzle today to hit 48. Going to hunt deer tomorrow up at MOMs. Last day maybe get lucky?
MARTY and ROY have a safe trip.
TGIF.
All have a good one.
laz57
wrmcclellan wrote:Quick post - flight home tomorrow. It will be good to get back.John - sorry for your loss.Have a great day tomorrow all!
Quick post - flight home tomorrow. It will be good to get back.
John - sorry for your loss.
Have a great day tomorrow all!
ME TOO. Leave Phoenix at 10am...
Trying to update my avatar since 2020
MartyE and Kodi the Husky Dog! ( 3/31/90-9/28/04 ) www.MartyE.com My O Gauge Web Page and Home of Kodiak Junction!
Endoscopes;
I've had the doubtful luck to have been seen throuugh every orifice.
0530GMT been up since 0430 here in jolly old Stockport, got a head ache and rumbling guts thanks to an excess of Robinsons tamped down with a very large Chicken Kebab with extra onions and garlic, burp-ooch!!
Just after I had ordered my first Lionel train set the painter turned up, so my credit card is going to be full again. Still, can't take it with you.
Any of you guys follow Footy? What do you think of LA Galaxy paying Beckham $492,000.00 a week for kicking a bag of wind around a field? Nobody is worth that much! Makes my $28,000.00 a year look sick.
John Baker
Regards, Roy
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Pennvalley wrote: Was going to make a trip to Justrains today to pick up an engine & odds & ends. Didn't happen.Tomorrow I'll give it another try.
Was going to make a trip to Justrains today to pick up an engine & odds & ends. Didn't happen.Tomorrow I'll give it another try.
Buy trains, what trains.Heh, just got back after picking up Carol at work, her car won't start, turns over ok.Hope it isn't the fuel pump (it's in the gas tank).
Paul
RTRAINCOLLECTOR, thanks for the link will check it out. Wishn you were closer to get some of those freebes. I scrounge from the Amish here, they give me all of there 2X10 cut offs for the kids to make banks out of. Been doing them for about 10 years. Always looking for materials.
BRUCE, been thinking of that but want the PS2.
FIFEDOG, not too bad when all the lites are down but might incorporate those lights.
DENNIS, will do on the choo choo auction.
T hanks GIZ and all a good nite.
Evening Gents...
In Phoenix for the NBA game on TNT. Get to fly all the way home tomorrow only to turn back on Saturday to LA. So far no big chair tomorrow Chief Got it on the way back to LA though. Thinking about getting the Penssy expansion passenger pack to run behind the Polar Express while on the layout downstairs. Picking up some videos too for the long flight back to LA.
Everyone have a great evening!
Hey guys - well I got Norton Internet Security working on both computers, but not systemworks. Won't work. I'll wait a week and see if it works then.
John & Hobo -very sorry to hear of your losses. This seems like a tough time of year. God bless you and your families.
Well, I'm off tomorrow - have to get the Chevy truck (Colorado) fixed due to a recall and also needs a service. Then, I have some wiring to do on my little layout and some stuff to watch still on dvd, so I'm sure I'll fill up the day. Can't wait to see the new Lionel catalog - checking the countdown each day.
Roger, thanks for sending out those emails - I've got a ton of emails I need to sift through on my desktop, so maybe get that done tomorrow too. I sure appreciate the emails I get from you and the guys!
No new train purchases this week - at least so far, but I have a bid on a Lionel Derrick car for my lumber industry. TTFN!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Almost forgot Dennis.
Laz and jefelectric - sorry to hear of your recent losses. I will keep you and their families in my prayers. It is never easy to lose a loved one. My best friend in high school died as a result of injuries suffered in a lacrosse game. There's rarely a week goes by that I don't think of him at some point. It'll be 35 years this May and I still remember his great sense of humor and passion for life.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
ChiefEagles wrote: fifedog wrote:brwebster - do you mean a sexy nurse is gonna pop out of Dennis's cake? Right? Gonna have to share some pics of that,k?YES, his wife Kim is a nurse and good looking too. Oh, I hear she cooks good southern food too. He has the best of both "worlds". That is why he saw the light and converted to REBS.
fifedog wrote:brwebster - do you mean a sexy nurse is gonna pop out of Dennis's cake? Right? Gonna have to share some pics of that,k?
YES, his wife Kim is a nurse and good looking too. Oh, I hear she cooks good southern food too. He has the best of both "worlds". That is why he saw the light and converted to REBS.
Thanks Chief, we dropped the daughter off at the sitters, the son off at school, and we had some time to ourselves. The cake was home made. As to the scope, been there, done that, and lets just say that drugs make all the difference.....but that prep has to go!
Buckeye, glad to see ya back....missed you. Wish I could say I was sorry about the loss to the Gators, but I am not. Not a Florida fan, but glad the SEC did a good showing.
John, sorry for your loss. It seems too many have suffered here lately.
Laz, Check out Choo CHoo auctions... I think I saw a F3 Lionel NYC set at the time I saw it it was going for about $150. I think it is up today, but not sure.
Y'all take care and thanks again for the birthday wishes.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
tschmidt wrote:Hi guys, I got a quick question...It's been a long time since I posted some pictures. Could someone please take me through it step by step?Thanks, TomS
Tom,
At the top of the forum they have posted some instructions. Basically you post the photos on a host like shutterfly ( an account is free) and then you can copy and paste the url between the img tags or use the icons on top of the message window(if they show up). I use a Mac with Firefox browser and I can get the image button.
Here's my new nephew and I in my train room.
Well, That wasn't exactly the type of "surprise" I was thinking of. This surprise involves a camera on the end of a long probe. Up to you to imagine where it's inserted. It's a well known right of passage into middle age these days. Had a sexy nurse performed this proceedure on me I would have fainted from embarassment. I'd suggest not having the wife do the proceedure either, no matter whether she's a nurse or how good looking she is!
Bruce Webster
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Open account at http://www.photobucket.com/ and up load your pics then copy the last set (img code) and paste in here.
this is what it will look like (I removed the IMG at the beginning so it wouldn't post )
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/rtraincollector/Trains/Trains061.jpg[/IMG]
and heres the pic the IMG
Hey Hobo, I still got my cattle car. Those cows shook all over the place but that was OK. Last time I used it [1985], it worked. Think Roger B has rebuilt one. I left the hobby due to a move to a house without finished basement. Now kids are gone, I am using bedroom and walk-in attic upstairs. When I came back, PS-2 was already around. Got DCS and PS2 engines first. Later added TMCC and Lionel TMCC engines. Have converted some PS1 engines to TMCC and Railsounds. Read a lot about Equlizer that converts PS1 to TMCC but still uses the old sound board. Exact date on PS2, I am not sure. Some of the guys here will know and post. Conversions are easy if you can solder. Actually fun when I have time to sit down and do them. Done one old U36B conversion from old EUnit to TMCC and Railsounds. Tight fit. Really interested in the Electric RR kits. I think they are smaller. OH, don't worry about posting something wrong. I do it all the time. I hear or read something and get it wrong. A lot of good help on here. Microwave Popcorn time [eat a bag every night].
Tom, since I know you are running a MAC, I know that the MAC users have had a horrible time posting photos. Jon, in Iowa, may have been the only one who has had some success.
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