Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It's a cold morning. 14 degrees. Going up to 28 today, with cloudy skies. No call for snow, but more tomorrow.
Today, I am going to Cambridge, to do the grocery shopping. It has to be done. No fun job. Gas dropped to $1.89 a gallon. That's good news. I hope it keeps dropping.
Got a lot of work done on the layout, yesterday. All I have to do is run permanent wires to the back room. Ran a train thru the tracks to check clearances. All looks ok. More work tomorrow.
Dining Car arrived from " points west ". Ready for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Ours is back up to 2.19 in Delaware, OH. It never got below 1.94 lat week.
Wes
Good Morning Everyone !! Was out earlier shoveling & cleaning the car off from the about 6 inches or so of snow that fell last night. That was fun !!
Chuck : send the dining car Nawth !!
Jim : you got work to do on your starter set !!
Hope everyone has a nice day !!
Thanks, John
laz 57 wrote: JUST looked at Lionels shipping schedule and the BIGBOY and LEGACY TMCCII will be shipped in APRIL? It figures. NO GOOD @#$$!!^%laz57
JUST looked at Lionels shipping schedule and the BIGBOY and LEGACY TMCCII will be shipped in APRIL? It figures. NO GOOD @#$$!!^%
laz57
Well, that's when my new Atlas steamer should be coming !! The race is on, Buddy !!
csxt30 wrote:Jim : you got work to do on your starter set !!
Yeah. I did run it for a long while the other night and noticed that the motor was hot, which is unusual for this locomotive. It usually runs very cool. I think I might have had it pulling too much, but it never balked. Last night when I ran it, it started running slower and slower. I'll try cleaning it up. There was a lot of leaking smoke fluid along the bottom. If that doesn't fix it, I'll buy a new motor and test my new soldering skills.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
jaabat wrote: csxt30 wrote: Jim : you got work to do on your starter set !! Yeah. I did run it for a long while the other night and noticed that the motor was hot, which is unusual for this locomotive. It usually runs very cool. I think I might have had it pulling too much, but it never balked. Last night when I ran it, it started running slower and slower. I'll try cleaning it up. There was a lot of leaking smoke fluid along the bottom. If that doesn't fix it, I'll buy a new motor and test my new soldering skills.Jim
csxt30 wrote: Jim : you got work to do on your starter set !!
Hope it's just something simple, maybe clean & lube or how about brushes ? Chief will probably know just what it needs ! I don't think you need a whole new motor !! Anyway, hope you get er' goin' !!
It's a modern can motor, John. Keep your fingers crossed. Those can motors can get expensive. I think they go for $3-$5 in my area!
jaabat wrote: It's a modern can motor, John. Keep your fingers crossed. Those can motors can get expensive. I think they go for $3-$5 in my area! Jim
Jim : yes & I thought I ran across a site for those once & I think they're made by Mabucci . Now I can't find them !! I thought you had a different type motor !!
Morning all,
I have a question here, but will post a new thread about. I am interested in getting the Greenberg's guide to repair modern era lionel trains. I know this has been out of print for awhile but if anyone has an extra copy they want to sell.... I am game. Perhaps we can convince Kalmbach to publish it again.
Thanks,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
csxt30 wrote: laz 57 wrote: JUST looked at Lionels shipping schedule and the BIGBOY and LEGACY TMCCII will be shipped in APRIL? It figures. NO GOOD @#$$!!^%laz57Well, that's when my new Atlas steamer should be coming !! The race is on, Buddy !! Thanks, John
With Lionel and MTH seems to be the case all the time.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Don
Stay warm, Doug!!
Too bad both teams couldn't lose on Sunday!
Good morning from Dallas where it is 33 degrees, sleeting and snowing. Supposed to get to 42-45 today - so no accumulation if the weatherpersons are to be believed.
Good news from the foundation engineer - it is within 0.2 inches of where it was over 10 years ago. The recent moisture lifted the rear of the house back to where it was previously. The bad news is the two trees in the front yard are affecting the center of the house (previous not-to-bright owners planted them within 10 feet of the house) and need to be taken out. Looks like it will be a busy spring here.
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
It is a beautiful day in Buckeyeland. The sun is shinning and nary a cloud in the sky.
MS VISTA is here. Are any of you using it yet?
Where's Kevin from Alaska these days?
Are there any good train shows in Ohio this weekend? My birthday is getting close, so Mrs. Buckeye said that I could buy myself a train gift. She suggested that six track pins would be appropriate or an unlighted lockon.
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
Buckeye Riveter wrote: It is a beautiful day in Buckeyeland. The sun is shinning and nary a cloud in the sky. MS VISTA is here. Are any of you using it yet? Where's Kevin from Alaska these days? Are there any good train shows in Ohio this weekend? My birthday is getting close, so Mrs. Buckeye said that I could buy myself a train gift. She suggested that six track pins would be appropriate or an unlighted lockon. See ya down the tracks,
BUCKEYE maybe a six pack wins instead of pins? Always good for your birthday.
Buckeye - gosh - six track pins! - that's double what she suggested last year!
I anxiously await my copy of MS VISTA which was included in the price of the new laptop I bought for my business in Dec. I have to use it as the new laptop came with MS XP Media Center Edition and XP MCE (unlike XP Home) will not allow connection of MS Outlook into a corporate MS Outlook Exchange server. From what I have seen - VISTA offers nothing but a new user experience (read that pain in netheregions) and no option to have a "classic" view.
Good to see some of our newer posters like Lisa signing in on the 'Pot regularly.
Well, while watching Emperor Of The North & running trains & computing on the computer, I looked over on the layout, and what did I see going by my new signal bridge ? !! The two Superheroes making their rounds !!
Holy Moley, Batman! You seem to be enjoying that little car, John!
jaabat wrote: Holy Moley, Batman! You seem to be enjoying that little car, John!
Boy do I !! Now to get back to building my Batcave !! That will be up somewhere in Apitz Mountain, which is at the foot of Eagleville, in Buckeye Land, not too far from Blueberry Hill !! Don't want to give away its exact location yet !!
wrmcclellan wrote: Buckeye - gosh - six track pins! - that's double what she suggested last year!
Shhhhhhh!!!!!!!! I know she is letting me splurge this year. Don't screw it up for me by reminding her of last years gift.
John,
That big gray-ish silver thing in the background - is that Gotham Chemical Co? Looks like the boys are heading for a fill up at Goober's gas station! I'll bet the put it on their Bat- charge card!
John--
Also have Emperor of The North on here, I rarely watch movies but I think this one might be worth owning. I know I'm dating myself with this comment but it's sad that we don't have more movies like this being produced today. Tremendous actors who probably didn't know how to spell rehab and no camera gimmicks. Lee Marvin & Ernest Borgnine--gigantic actors.
Buckeye--I also have a birthday coming up soon, I'm hoping for above zero temps--that would be wonderful.
Jon
now back to our regularly scheduled movie
So many roads, so little time.
Congratulations Reggie and wife!!! A crisp 6 degrees this morning...that's the actual temperature....don't know what the chill factor is!
underworld
No problem Dennis,
It's a labour of love!
John Baker
jaabat wrote: The not so good news - our starter set 4-4-2, our first Lionel seems to have a problem. It's been pulling a 5 car passenger train the last few days with no trouble. Last night it was slowing down noticibly at 15 volts. The little sucker was smokes like an MTH too! This loco is special to me because it was the one that got me interested in toy trains 2 years ago.Late night here tonight.Jim
The not so good news - our starter set 4-4-2, our first Lionel seems to have a problem. It's been pulling a 5 car passenger train the last few days with no trouble. Last night it was slowing down noticibly at 15 volts. The little sucker was smokes like an MTH too! This loco is special to me because it was the one that got me interested in toy trains 2 years ago.
Late night here tonight.
whats the number on the side of your steam engine if its the one I'm thinking it may be either the board in it or the dc motor both not that expensive of parts to get.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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jonadel wrote: John-- Also have Emperor of The North on here, I rarely watch movies but I think this one might be worth owning. I know I'm dating myself with this comment but it's sad that we don't have more movies like this being produced today. Tremendous actors who probably didn't know how to spell rehab and no camera gimmicks. Lee Marvin & Ernest Borgnine--gigantic actors. Buckeye--I also have a birthday coming up soon, I'm hoping for above zero temps--that would be wonderful. Jonnow back to our regularly scheduled movie
JON,
You are probably right about the actors, back then they could act. Also say EMPEROR of the NORTH in drive in with JERIMIAH JOHSON. Great double feature back in '73-74?
Good Afternoon all!
Excuse me while I catch up a bit here.
Congratulations to Reggie and Wife on the new arrival!
Colin, Glad to hear your dad is back home and feeling better.
Been noticing that Mike C. is running some of the same Standard Gauge equipment as I have. A #8 and #318 in particular.
Chief, The layout is looking fantastic!
Laz, Looks like I'll be running conventionally for a few more months while Lionel "debugs" TMCCII. Too bad they can't do something about debugging customers who pre-ordered only to see release dates pushed forward. Right about now I'm "BUGGED" beyond belief.
Wifey and I made a trip to the LHS last Sunday. She's genuinely interested in the hobby and does chose some of her own favorite equipment. Well, there in the display case sat a second hand Weaver Milwaukie Road streamlined Hudson. (F6?). She liked it a lot and who am I to argue if she wants to buy herself ( or me ) a brass engine? So in no time it was on the test track. Unfortunately it wouldn't budge....just sat there with lights and sounds but no movement. I guess it's 10 year old QSI system had issues. Consequently that was a no sale but in retrospect maybe my money would be better spent once some TMCCII engines start arriving. Bought a nice K-Line smoking N5C instead, a scale caboose I was sorely lacking to run with my scale freights. Looks nice behind the GG1 even if it's a western division cabin. I might cut down the truck mount areas a bit to get rid of it's "Johnstown Flood" look.
Later all!
Bruce Webster
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