jaabat wrote: csxt30 wrote: Doug : I also use a bell for communications to my wife upstairs !! I have an old bell from I think a boat & I just ring it 2 times for when I need a cup of coffee, & of course my wife will make it & get it right down to me !! For a snack or a sandwhich, I ring it 4 times !! Works out real good, though if I were to use it for a trolley, it may confuse her !! I can't imagine what she might bring me then !! Thanks, JohnI'm sure that's just how it is, John!!! You ring the bell and your wife shows up with some goodies. Yeeeaaahhh! Have these daydreams often?My name might not be familiar, but my face sure rings a bell. That's why I'm so ugly!!Jim
csxt30 wrote: Doug : I also use a bell for communications to my wife upstairs !! I have an old bell from I think a boat & I just ring it 2 times for when I need a cup of coffee, & of course my wife will make it & get it right down to me !! For a snack or a sandwhich, I ring it 4 times !! Works out real good, though if I were to use it for a trolley, it may confuse her !! I can't imagine what she might bring me then !! Thanks, John
Doug : I also use a bell for communications to my wife upstairs !! I have an old bell from I think a boat & I just ring it 2 times for when I need a cup of coffee, & of course my wife will make it & get it right down to me !! For a snack or a sandwhich, I ring it 4 times !! Works out real good, though if I were to use it for a trolley, it may confuse her !! I can't imagine what she might bring me then !!
Thanks, John
I'm sure that's just how it is, John!!! You ring the bell and your wife shows up with some goodies. Yeeeaaahhh! Have these daydreams often?
My name might not be familiar, but my face sure rings a bell. That's why I'm so ugly!!
Jim
Ha!! If she read this, I'd get a frying pan on the head !!
csxt30 wrote:Ha!! If she read this, I'd get a frying pan on the head !! Thanks, John
Then you'd need a new frying pan!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
jaabat wrote: csxt30 wrote: Ha!! If she read this, I'd get a frying pan on the head !! Thanks, John Then you'd need a new frying pan! Jim
csxt30 wrote: Ha!! If she read this, I'd get a frying pan on the head !! Thanks, John
She has several !! But I only have one head
Don, My family is from all over Europe/UK. Baker is Bakker E.Erope->Scotland->Lancashire. Other members from Ireland, Germany, Austria/Hungary. The only true English in my mind (tongue in cheek) are the Welsh, because when the Romans came over in 49BC they chased all the Ancient Brits Westwards, the ones who could swim went to Ireland, the ones who could run finished up in Scotland and the useless blighters who could do neither got stuck in Wales.
Severe frost forecast for Stockport tonight, it may get as low as -4C/26F.
John Baker
csxt30 wrote:She has several !! But I only have one head Thanks, John
Me too, John. But it's now very small. I used to have a normal sized head until one day I met a gorgeous genie who said she'd grant me anything I wished for. I asked her for a little head . . .
jaabat wrote: csxt30 wrote:She has several !! But I only have one head Thanks, JohnMe too, John. But it's now very small. I used to have a normal sized head until one day I met a gorgeous genie who said she'd grant me anything I wished for. I asked her for a little head . . .
Oh, Gosh !!
Oh, I forgot to mention I saw an interview the other day wit Adam West & he is now86 years old & Robin is only 78 !! Our Superheroes are getting up there !!
John, if I tried that, the bell would be stuffed up the tailpipe You would hear a dinging sound when I walked (at least till it could be surgically removed.
Got my K-Line shanty in as well as a few Lionel boxcars. I have a KW and a few other items on the way. Really pushing the train restriction thing. How mad can she get?
dennis
TCA#09-63805
John, if I tried that, the bell would be stuffed up the tailpipe You would hear a dinging sound when I walked (at least till it could be surgically removed.Got my K-Line shanty in as well as a few Lionel boxcars. I have a KW and a few other items on the way. Really pushing the train restriction thing. How mad can she get?dennis
I Don't think you really want to find out do you
I figured to put the breaks on myself as I have been getting carried away and don't want to chance it.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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John Baker Congratulations on your purchase! I like your summation of the British "migration"
Roy 70 degrees????? In a row? I think I'm going to mail some things to you to thaw out!!!
Well.....it was a balmy minus 4 this morning with wind chill of minus 19....warmer than yesterday! Right now it's about 5...that's about all the warmer it got today. They cancelled all of the schools again today....even Toledo Public! Supposed to get to 11 above tomorrow. I'm off all day tomorrow so I think I'll try to get started on an engine house.
underworld
csxt30 wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: Did fire at the trains after I was getting rifle and amo out of closet. Why is the Chief shooting at his trains? Is it too cold to go outside and shoot the varmit de jour? I think someone snuck a CSX engine in on his layout & that's probably why he was shooting at his trains !! Thanks, John
Buckeye Riveter wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: Did fire at the trains after I was getting rifle and amo out of closet. Why is the Chief shooting at his trains? Is it too cold to go outside and shoot the varmit de jour?
ChiefEagles wrote: Did fire at the trains after I was getting rifle and amo out of closet.
Why is the Chief shooting at his trains? Is it too cold to go outside and shoot the varmit de jour?
I think someone snuck a CSX engine in on his layout & that's probably why he was shooting at his trains !!
Not to worry, he seldom hits anything!
cnw1995 wrote: Ran the trolleys last night - got three moving 'automatically' - without my having to jockey the throttle - that left only two to coordinate -- which I can barely do without allowing one to go too fast and derail on a curve - I realized I hadn't run through the many station stops on the Johnstown trolleys in a long time. I also realized something. My layout is something like 29 by 11 ft and not too 'full' of stuff - I realized how much I like to run these very small units in a large space - where they are part of the 'scene' rather than the main focus of the scene. Must be left-over from my N scale days. What do you think of that? Do you rather highlight the trains or their place in their surroundings?
Ran the trolleys last night - got three moving 'automatically' - without my having to jockey the throttle - that left only two to coordinate -- which I can barely do without allowing one to go too fast and derail on a curve - I realized I hadn't run through the many station stops on the Johnstown trolleys in a long time.
I also realized something. My layout is something like 29 by 11 ft and not too 'full' of stuff - I realized how much I like to run these very small units in a large space - where they are part of the 'scene' rather than the main focus of the scene. Must be left-over from my N scale days. What do you think of that? Do you rather highlight the trains or their place in their surroundings?
Doug, I am just the opposite. I like long trains, just now I have a 16 car freight + caboose pulled by two GP9s and a Blue Comet passenger train on the main. Usually run one TMCC and one DCS so I can run with a remote in each hand. Even then sometimes I get confused and lose track of what I am doing, lots of fun. Needless to say the trains dominate my layout.
HI GIZ,
Just got done with another hour and a half of puttin down lizard litter. Starting to look good, I'll try and get a pic for YUZ GIZ? This started out pretty fun but now its starting to get monotinous. Oh well more the half way done. Later.
laz57
dbaker48 wrote: John Baker, Congratulations on receipt of your new train set, home you enjoy it. (Please don't start a Lionel and MTH controversy in GB.)Takin the day off work today, going to remove wall paper from the "old" train room. Going to make that room into a exercise room. Not looking forward to the wall paper job. Decided I want to decorate the lower portion of the ledger board under the elevated tracks with train heralds. So am downloading a collection of the logos. I think it will look good.Hope the cold weather abates soon, it is setting heat records here. Up to the high 70's to mid 80's. Suppose to have a chance of rain tomorrow.Have a great day !
John Baker, Congratulations on receipt of your new train set, home you enjoy it. (Please don't start a Lionel and MTH controversy in GB.)
Takin the day off work today, going to remove wall paper from the "old" train room. Going to make that room into a exercise room. Not looking forward to the wall paper job. Decided I want to decorate the lower portion of the ledger board under the elevated tracks with train heralds. So am downloading a collection of the logos. I think it will look good.
Hope the cold weather abates soon, it is setting heat records here. Up to the high 70's to mid 80's. Suppose to have a chance of rain tomorrow.
Have a great day !
Don, Send some of that weather East. Also we could use some rain, but not snow. It has been so cold that it can't even snow. Short about an inch of precip for the year so far.
Update on the TCA volunteer work. Went in this morning and after a while noticed it was getting cooler. They discovered the heat wasn't working and after investigation discovered the reason was that the fuel oil tank was empty. Supposed to be automatic delivery. I guess the extra cold weather fouled up the suppliers calcualtions. No delivery or service man(needed to restart the burner when burned dry) by Noon so they sent us home.
Good evening,
If anyone is wondering why so many posts by me in a row, the answer is: My memory is terrible and I just answer with a quote when I see a post that I want to reply to. If I wait until I have read them all, I can't remember what was said by others.
I did stop at a LHS today and pick up an MTH Blue Comet set. With my permission the shop owner had set it up on the shop layout on Saturday and said it got a lot of positive comments. I will take some pictures but right now another problem has come up. One of my Atlas switches has started giving me problems. I have an intermitent connection between the center rail on the point side where it connects to the Y shaped brass casting. This is one of the problems that others have complained about but I have never before experienced. I am going to lift the three switches which are at the back of the layout and redo these connections on all of them. Fun job as I have to climb up on the layout to do that. Wonder if John's 4 bell signal would get me a cup of coffee and a sandwich while I am up on the layout?
Well, all stay warm, or cool, whatever the case may be.
dwiemer wrote:Got my K-Line shanty in as well as a few Lionel boxcars. I have a KW and a few other items on the way. Really pushing the train restriction thing. How mad can she get?
Oooh... a very dangerous question. At my house SWMBO can be quite evil if not obeyed. I've been married 28 years and I am not willing to break in a new wife, so I obey. I think you may be pushing your luck
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
jefelectric wrote: Wonder if John's 4 bell signal would get me a cup of coffee and a sandwich while I am up on the layout?
Wonder if John's 4 bell signal would get me a cup of coffee and a sandwich while I am up on the layout?
John ; it may only get you a frying pan on the head !! Wish you the best in repairing that switch !!
If I started ringing a bell for service, my wife would ring mine for me! Then, Dennis would have to go in to work extra in order to remove a bell from my chest from an intrarectal insertion!!! Doug M = heard there are broken water mains all over Chi-town, but sounds like you are okay? Got up to about 40 here in St. Louis. Did the God and Family badge for cubbies tonight - pretty interesting program.
Dougdagrump, did you ever get that 19th C MTH 4-6-0 set? How does it run? I preordered the Halloween Handcar, Spooky Smoke car, Formaldahyde tanker, Lionel Line 0-6-0, PWC Derrick Car, Halloween Aquarium Car and Pirate Aquarium Car. I'm thinking about that Lincoln Log set, but it looks like it's the cheap plastic trucks and I'm not sure I really want it if I'd have to replace all the trucks just to be happy with it. I'll wait until I can see one in real life I guess. Still want to get that MTH 4-6-0 V&T set from about 18 months ago.... Have to save up some allowance I guess.
Anybody hear about that astro-nut??? Seems she was going to have a "word" with her rival.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
FOUR BELLS...... Yeah Right You've got to be kiddin' Never happen here!!!
Got the wall paper down, came down pretty good. Took all day, but... whatever. Hopefully will get the room painted this weekend !! (York honey do)
Got a compilation of 178 various heralds for decoration purposes, so far look good. Probably be a week or so before actually start putting any up.
Also, got a call going to pick up the El Camino tomorrow. Has new paint job, and a couple of other little tricks. Took over to "El Caminmo Mike" on Jan. 1, so looking forward to see it.
Also, purchased some "micro trashcans and newspaper" racks through the bay. Here I thought they were prestamped, painted, assembled. WRONG ! Flat pieces need to break appart assemble, glue, paint etc.. Would be a nice winter project but WE DONT HAVE WINTER. So guess I'll sit out on the patio and do them some evening. (We might get some rain toward the weekend, hopeso.)
Also got a operating neon light facisimile, for the Standard Plumbing, it works on 3 AAA bateries or can power it. Actually looks pretty cool.
Wife started a class today in Adobe Elements, so this will be fun!!!
Got to run, later.
Don
SNOHIO ?? How is the weather out that way?
I have to drive to Steubenville, OH on Thursday and stay to Saturday. I wondered how bad it is west of Pittsburgh and into the Great State of Ohio? Are there any "must see's" in the area?
Best Regards, Ken
4 bells in the afternoon watch the first torpedo hit the Lusitania and Uncle Sam went to war with Kaiser Bill.
IT'S HERE.
YIPPPPEEEEE!!!!!!****
Hi All,
Its been a good morning, had a package arrive from Lionel. A new US spec. command base power supply. For those of you who have been following our progress on the frequency problems may remember that our command base set was purchased from the UK Lionel dealer. They had replaced the power supply with a UK spec. unit due to EU laws etc.
I was not worried at the time because all I wanted the set for was the Cab 1 to control a powermaster which I needed for the UK 18V AC power supply I had been sold to replace the CW-80. When this set-up did not work due to my son's loco having Trainsounds (also malfuntions on 50Hz). We then went with the pure sine inverter to get 60Hz US spec. power. Our first TMCC engine, a Beep with the ERR upgrade kit worked ok with 60Hz track power and a 50Hz TMCC signal. However my son's latest Lionel missile loco did not respond correctly in TMCC mode. Well it does now! With the new command base power supply run from our 60Hz Inverter (correctly earthed) all problems appear to be solved!
Hopefully all this hassle with power frequency is now behind us. My advice for people on this side of the pond is to use the proper Lionel power supplies run on 60Hz power don't bother doing anything diffrent.
Working from home today......maybe I might fit in some TMCC train running
John B, Its the dockside switcher Copper range mine set is it not? Enjoy!
Nick
Nick,
That is correct, will not be able to unpack it until tomorrow as I will be involved in some medium duty courting for the rest of today.
There is some snow forecast for us and I expect to have plenty of time to follow your guidance re. power supplies.
Good morning from New England.
Not much to say today. I overslept and was "late" for work, but since it's my late night, I really was only 2 hours early instead of 2.5.
I'm closing in on 3000 posts! It might happen today.
Have a great day, everyone.
GREAT DAY a 2hr delay YIPPEEE! We got about an inch o snow, but with temps at 10 a real skating rink here.
Going to put more lizard litter on layout tonite. Maybe run trains for a while?
Good Morning Everyone !! Just a light dusting of snow here for me this morning !!
Jim : hope you hit the 3000 today !! That will mean you had a good amount of fun at work !!
Well, our weatherman asked us last night : if it is zero degrees today, and it is going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be ? !! Well of course, I got it right away !!
Hope everyone has a nice day !! My internet service may be shut down after 10, so they can do maintenance.
Laz, one of the reasons I went with FasTrack was that I knew spreading and glueing ballast would wear on me.
JIM,
I know what you mean. It is getting to me, taking away from train running. But in the long run it will pay off? Even my wife likes the new look. Makes it look real she says.
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