rtraincollector wrote: 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 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.
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.
Jim
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.
8635 is the cab number.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Hi All, My only hope with TMCC II is that Lionel have done extended testing including 50Hz compatibility.
Congratulations Reggie and Family!
Nick
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late checking in for the day... really busy... bank has requested a DNA sample and first born son... have to contemplate viability of buying house but having to give up a child.....wife is sick of lender #1, so she called her current lender and guess what? they can beat the other guy's best rate! Hmmm... I told her to call them on Sunday... I think I will forego the 'I TOLD YOU SO!' remark... even though I did!
Wife fell asleep last night at 7:30pm... So I ventured to the train room (aka basement) and ran the trains one last time. Got everything boxed up and tucked away... After Christmas gifts and a few pre and post X-mas purchases I am now up to 5 25 gallon totes and 8 35 gallon totes... plus 4 full train sets in boxes and the ZW box... getting quite a collection going... Wife wakes up this morning, goes downstairs to feed cats, comes up and says, 'I thought you bought new bins for the trains?' 'Yes, but I underestimated and needed two of the old bins.' 'What are we going to do for moving storage?' 'Well I was thinking I could go get 4 more of the larger bins, that will free up the smaller ones for moving storage.' No response... :(I did some measuring on the floorplan... looks like the main layout is going to be 12' x 30', with the smaller leg 5' x 19' 8". So I'm going to start planning the layout now!
I've been occasionally using Vista (release candidate 2) at my work. Not too bad. It does have various "classic Windows" settings. My main machine is still WinXP, but I have a feeling we'll have to upgrade company wide very soon. I've got four PCs and a Unix box in my office. :)
Well guys, It looks like I will NOT be heading to OHIO next month. The bean counters have taken too long to approve the travel. Right now, my next meeting may be Macon, GA.....a lot easier on the travel, but not exactly the train mecca as many other places. I hope to make the San Diego meeting next year, they have a outstanding layout that is almost as good as the Chief's
Saw the response from Bob Keller regarding the Modern Era train repair manual, Sad to say that they won't be publishing it again. Anyway, hope y'all have a great day.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Brent,
Don't let banks jerk you around. Tell them to screw if they keep asking you to jump through hoops. Tell them you want a decision or you're going somewhere else. They will give you one.
And the rest of you mugs - have a good night. I'll see you in the morning.
If your not having luck with the banks, try a mortgage broker...it's their main business instead of a sidleine.
Up to a sultry 16 degrees right now.............
underworld
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
dwiemer wrote: Well guys, It looks like I will NOT be heading to OHIO next month.
Well guys, It looks like I will NOT be heading to OHIO next month.
And we were finally going to get to meet a sane Sutherner. I guess I'll be able to get the sock drawer clean that day since Dennis is not coming to OHIO.
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
Regards, Roy
Buckeye Riveter wrote: dwiemer wrote: Well guys, It looks like I will NOT be heading to OHIO next month. And we were finally going to get to meet a sane Sutherner. I guess I'll be able to get the sock drawer clean that day since Dennis is not coming to OHIO.
Buckeye, I was looking forward to catching up with Y'all, but alas, we will have to wait till another day. I had my extra bag loaded with Grits too!
Oh Well, not a good day, I tried to follow up on a lead for a Greenberg's guide to Modern Era Lionel trains, but that didn't pan out. I did get a bit of reading of the latest CTT which I finally got this week. Seems like a real good issue.
Good Night,
Dennis - you may have missed Bob Keller's comment - you can download all the Lionel repair manuals and parts lists for free from Lionel's web site. These are huge pdf files (Supplement 1 which covers 1970 to 1986 is 72 MB, 500 pages, and is - hey! - a Greenburg/Kalmbach publication).
Go here: http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/Findex.cfm
Hit Parts Lists & Pictorial Diagrams
At the bottom of that page is a link to Complete Supplements.
csxt30 wrote:Now we have to cancel the Limo we had reserved for that day too !!
I hope we can get our $500 deposit back from the limo company. I'll also call the Hilton and cancel the penthouse suite that we had reserved. Lindy's, our five star restaurant had promised a great meal, too. Oh, well, easy come, easy go.
And the OSU band will need to be cancelled, too. I'm glad I had not set up the private tour of the Buckeye Yard. It would have been embarrassing to cancel. Dennis would have enjoyed sitting in the engineer's seat and taking a long NS coal train out of the yard towards Detroit.
BTW, John, remember to remind me the next time the Chief comes to Buckeyeland, that I will need to take him to a new restaurant. The place we used to take him to, Burger King, burnt to the ground.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: csxt30 wrote:Now we have to cancel the Limo we had reserved for that day too !!BTW, John, remember to remind me the next time the Chief comes to Buckeyeland, that I will need to take him to a new restaurant. The place we used to take him to, Burger King, burnt to the ground.
Wow Buckeye !! That must be why The Chief has been so nice to you lately !! He probably thought you really splurged the money on him, taking him to Burger King & all !! That was real nice of you to do that !!
Thanks , John
Well, so much for the dump truck to haul the GRITS. And we had snow forecasted for the next 7 days. He'll miss it. And we only get one sane Sutherner, every 10 years.
BRUCE,
If your wife wants to buy her trains thats great. My wife does the same at YORK she buys all the stuff for running her own train under the tree. But just think if she gets some real nice stuff when shes not around you can get it out and play with it too. WIN WIN iN MY BOOK.
laz57
Good Chief !! Now please pass the popcorn !!
Thanks, John
(I'm in one of my silly moods tonight !! )
Same wheather here Chief but I'm not working tomorrow any way.
Hey guys tomorrow is the big 52 for me So I'm taking off from work will probally put up a rug layout and run some trains
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Bitter cold today and supposed to get either flurries or 1 to 2 inches of snow?!?! Great link to Lionel manuals and stuff - thanks! I've been on their site about 10,000 times and never looked there.... D'oh! Nothing new today, just work work work. Taking off 2 hours early tomorrow so I can go with my son to a God and Me scout thing. Should be fun!
Happy birthday RT!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Just popped some of Orville's corn that is new to me, you shake Ranch seasoning on----ugh!---this batch goes to the crows. Need to stay with regular popcorn.
May get a little snow here in the Triad and freezing rain followed by a warm up to 32-33 degrees later tomorrow. Chief is down there in Rolesville/Raleigh where all that hot air comes out of the State Legislature so he will be warmer. Had planned to go to my high mountain place and pickup a couple engines but snow still on ground there. Anyway, tomorrow is not a good day to travel west. [taking down the high shelf layout there]
Mom was from NE Ohio, Dennison High School also New Comberstown and Urichsville where we used to have family reunions. She had 11 brothers and sisters so I have at least 150 first cousins still in the Buckeye state but they are moving to warmer climates as they reach retirement.
Used to catch the N&W to Columbus from Madison, N.C. [where O gauger Lisa-n-NC lives] during the late 1930s and during WWII to visit my Grandma. Grandpa died during the 1918 flu epidemic. Grandma was a good cook [don't tell Chief but she cooked grits with poached eggs frequently. Several of my uncles were in WW I and got used to eating grits while at Southern military bases----I eat them once every 5 years whether I want to or not].
Well, looks like someone southwest of NC is sending lots of grits our way. Latest NOAA update says we may get 3-4 inches of snow here next to the Virginia State line. They've been layin on the brine solution since before daylight this morning and cancelled schools for tomorrow before it even started snowing in Tenn.
CHIEF - you may just miss this one but looks like Dewey and I will be socked in. What the heck - LET IT SNOW....LET IT SNOW....LET IT SNOW!!!
RT!!! Make some Snow-cream to go with your cake!
Happy trails!
Lisa
Took me a minute to catch up -
RT!
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