Today is a big day in Buckeyeland. Yes, today is the day when the average high temperature for this date has now risen to 40 degrees, however, the actual temperature is something like 39 degrees less than the average. Wind-chills are hanging around -10 degrees this morning.
Since I had meetings last night, the Valentine's Day Dinner at White Castle was postponed until tonight. I can smell those Sliders already, or was that the cat passing gas?
With the low temperatures, the house is creaking. Snow and ice are falling off the roof spooking the cat. Maybe that would explain the smells, too!
There is a posting on CTT about Weaver products. I think this is one company that needs to increase their awareness to the O gauge buyer. I know of only one LHS that I can walk into today and see any Weaver products.
See ya down the tracks,
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Good morning all,
It is cold in SE Indiana with temps climbing to the teens today. At least the roads were clear. I watched a little bit of "Lost" before turning in. Not much more to report since the last post. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Valentines Day was nothing short of a bust!Wife didn't get her flowers because she couldn't get to work.No dinner because I couldn't get to the butcher.So we took a drive to see her father, had lasagna with him... not too bad in the overall scheme of things.No word on the house. Hopefully today...Chief, have a safe trip into FL...
It's cold. The display in my car read -6 on my way to work. Then there is the wind chill.
I haven't been at work much this week due to the weather, and my son getting brochiolitis. He's much better now. To top it off, I have a dentist appointment today, so I'm leaving at 11am. I am going to stop by the LHS and pick up some more MTH track, if I can find any. I know one that had some two weeks ago. I don't know if MTH has fixed the dealer stock issues yet, or not. I don't need much yet.
I didn't build anything this week. I was afraid that if something bad happened in the shop, I wouldn't be able to get out and go to the emergency room. They finally plowed our street last night.
Have a good one!
Wes
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold, sunny " 0 " degrees outside. Going up to only 21 today. Hope the sun stays out all day.
Today is grocery shopping day. I will drive to Cambridge and spend some money on food. Nasty job. Prices keep creeping up. Maybe later, I'll get a chance to run trains to relax. Finally starting to see the end of the tunnel on the layout. Lots of work.
Dining Car is ready for breakfast. Be back later.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
HI GIZ,
OFF again today. Cold here at 9 and only to get to 20? Very windy last nite closed lots of roads here. Even I 81 and I 78 are closed in sections.
Going to snowblow ladies again.
Happy Friday Eve!
CHIEF have a safe flight.
laz57
Morning all,
Cold and sunny with lots of ice! Great Valentine's Day. Homemade Chili! Wheew! Wife was very pleased with my gift to her; it was a sit up statue representing John 12:3. My wife gave me the OK to get gauges for my truck, EGT, boost and trans temp. Since we pull a camper a lot, driving a diesel without monitoring these parameters can get you in trouble in a hurry.
I placed the coaler I refinished on the layout last night, at 5 x 10 3/4 it tkes up a lot of realestate. I'm thinking I may run both coalers off one control button, using a diverting switch on the base. I'll experiment today between study.
I forget who asked, but the car is Ertl Collectable stock # 20656P fromTysToys, 262-514-2994, it has happy holidays on the trunk lid, but I'm going to remove the stencil with finger nail polish.
So glad folks are on the mend, keep us up dated on those who we're praying for.
Stay warm
Jim
Good morning from frigid central PA.
Went out to the greenhouse this morning to checkon the seadlings & seeds. Using artificial light as the sun has not been out much. They are doing OK, but slow.
Pond frozen over except for a spot at the heater and another where the water fall hits the pond. Birds love that running ice water!
Hope to get a little more catenary done today. Can't run trains on the main while the construction crew is at work.
Tonight is my night to make dinner. Cornish hens, rice and a veggie of some kind, have to check the freezer, with salad and mixed fruit.
Till later,
sounds like a great dinner, John. I haven't had cornish hens in years.
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Greetings All,
Glad the storm is passed, as I understand. Interesting Valentines evening. Wednesday, typically wife goes to Weight Watchers and out to dinner with her Mother. Chris and I eat fast food and go to train club.
So yesterday being Valentines Day checked with wife, Yep going to WW, Chris wanted to go to club because he was going to reposition some curtains around layout. OK. Went to leave, wife not going anywhere staying home, huh? Got about 5 miles, and I asked Chris to call and ask her if she wanted to go with us, she answered YES. Total surprise.
So we went back home and got her, she really seemed to enjoy the evening. Got the curtains up and I played with the trains. Ran a BEEP lash-up! Totally unreal. (Both BEEPS I had upgraded with TMCC, they did really well!) Then ran our Cotton Belts and a Shay, so I had a total of 4 engines running at the same time. Wasn't hardly anyone there had the whole layout to myself. Then went home and put on a movie that you guys had been talking about. The Emperor of the North, with Lee Marvin and Earnest Borgnine. I had never heard of that movie before, it was very unusual and different. Really enjoyed it.
Later
Don
John Baaker,
Thanks, I am looking forward to the photos. I was not able to see the ones you posted today here, but hopefully if they go to my email....we will see. I am at the hospital, so perhaps the firewall stops them.
John, my wife makes great cornish hens.....stuffed with a apricot brandy stuffing. Tasts great!
Chief, have a safe trip. I know you will be busy at the Orlando BPS, but don't overdo it.
Got a bit cooler today, had to wear my jacket this morning, it was in the 30's, but going to about 60 later.
Had an interesting presentation this afternoon. Medtronic...(for those with pacemakers, you know the name), came by with a large tractor trailer with the sides of the trailer opening up like a new RV. The presentation was good, but boy the two plasma screen TVs with the Bose surround system made me wish to borrow this unit for some tailgate parties at SEC games or Nascar. Then I was thinking of the size layout I could put in that thing. Not bad, a multi million dollar mobile home for a train layout....but they wouldn't let me take it.
Anyway, thoughts and prayers for those in need and Blessings to everyone.
Dennis
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John, Cornish Hens sound great...
Sounds like a lot of us are also into cooking...or at least eating.
I got my early birthday present today, a grill for the fireplace.
We're having fatty ribeyes we couldn't serve to company...I'm going to try it over oak with some applewood chips...that's all we have. I'll get some chunk hickory when I can.
I'll let you know how things turn out.
Kurt
Mornin' All.
Been awhile since posting, hope all the rugrats as well as the adults are getting well. Looks as though you are going to get a little break in the snow, except for lake effect in N.Y.
I was surfing around last nite and found some stuff at Stout Auctions that would certainly be of interest to the trolley fans. Lots of bells and such, I'd love to have a compressor on my truck that could handle the requirements because they also had some single & multiple chime horns.
Jim F, A few pages back you asked about the AT&SF ten wheeler set and all I can say it is one SWEET little engine. I still haven't tried DCS with it but even running in conventional it is great, especially the cruise. A few weeks ago I had it at the club layout running up and down from upper to lower levels and back again without having to touch the controller, 2% grade. It was hauling the three Overton coaches and the Presidential Overton. Sound is more than adequate and the smoke system is great, I run the smoke at about half power and that is more than sufficient. Good smoke not a lot of fluid blowing onto the loco and you don't get asphyxiated. Size wise they are probably closer to 027 than say scale or semi-scale. I am so happy with it that I just wish I could afford their scale 4-4-0's, in B&O livery of course.
Later all, it's refill the coffee cup time.....
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Doug,
My Dad has a set of locomotive horns on his F250 and he installed a compressor under the rear seats. That sure can move some traffic. Has also been the ruin of some underwear too Anyway, have a great day,dennis
Dennis, re: Medtronics - use all the stents you can and buy them from Medtronics. I've a few shares of theirs.
If your interested in taking a drive over to Jacksonville, FL next weekend there's a train show there.
Evening all!
Hope it's cold enough for you boys up nawth! Gonna be about 19 tonight here. Had snohizo flurries today, a literal blizzard - I think I counted about 37 snowflakes!
We had Cornish Hens night before last - they were great! Nicely roasted.
The wife says she is tired of the cold - last year at this time I think she was tired of the heat!
Have a great evening all! Watch out for the peanut butter!
Regards, Roy
dougdagrump wrote: Mornin' All.Jim F, A few pages back you asked about the AT&SF ten wheeler set and all I can say it is one SWEET little engine. I still haven't tried DCS with it but even running in conventional it is great, especially the cruise. A few weeks ago I had it at the club layout running up and down from upper to lower levels and back again without having to touch the controller, 2% grade. It was hauling the three Overton coaches and the Presidential Overton. Sound is more than adequate and the smoke system is great, I run the smoke at about half power and that is more than sufficient. Good smoke not a lot of fluid blowing onto the loco and you don't get asphyxiated. Size wise they are probably closer to 027 than say scale or semi-scale. I am so happy with it that I just wish I could afford their scale 4-4-0's, in B&O livery of course. Later all, it's refill the coffee cup time.....
I have the PRR version of the 10 wheeler and I agree. It is one of my engines that never leaves the layout. Great runner and smoker. I picked up the MTH Premier H-3 Consolidation, from the 1890s, on ebay and that is another nice engine. The only complaint on that one is that the engine sounds are a little to soft. Whistle sounds like a PRR steamer (yes I have heard them) and it also smokes very well. I pull the three coaches, to which I have added passengers, with the 10 wheeler & a small train of hoppers with the H-3.
BTW the cornish hens came out great as did the rest of dinner, wife is happy and that's what counts. Thought I had some box stuffing and discovered I didn't so had to improvise. She thought it was the best part of the meal. Sometimes you win one.
Evening to all. Today was the third day of no students. Ice is really bad on parking lots and sidewalks. Schools and offices were closed yesterday. Not sure if they will get schools open tomorrow. Back roads are really nasty still.
LAZ - hope they get 78 and 81 re-opened. Looks like quite a mess on the TV.
I had not run trains in two weeks or more. Turned on the space heater when I got home today and went out to the train room after dinner. Ran trains for a good while. No pile ups, only one minor derailment. I have a couple of gondolas that will derail when being pulled across one switch behind the Willams GP 9. Doesn't happen when running in the other direction or with other locomotives.
Glad to see that Chief's surgery seems to be healing OK and Julia is doing better.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
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LAZ, Mitch or John,
What happened on I-78? We are hearing horror stories about people stranded in their cars for 16 hours in the snow.
Buckeye Riveter wrote:LAZ, Mitch or John, What happened on I-78? We are hearing horror stories about people stranded in their cars for 16 hours in the snow.
Buckeye
Semi trucks got stuck on a hill near Hamburg and blocked the road. The back up was 40 miles or more at one point. National Guard troops were traveling along passsing out food and fuel to stranded motorists. I-81 in PA was down to one lane from a little north of Harrisburg all the way to the NY state line. Some roads were closed for more than 24 hours and I believe I-78 may still be closed. I think PennDOT got caught with their pants down.
You can check some of the video out at http://www.wgal.com/news/11020082/detail.html
I heard on the radio they had fuel trucks loaded with gas and diesel and they were trying to get it to people on the highway, some who had been stuck in place overnight!!!! I sure hope it's been cleared up by now?!
Dougdagrump, thanks for the info! I am still watching that set - decisions decisions! Doug or John, Will it run on O27 track? I know it has a loop of reatrax, but I already have an O27 layout going right now.
Chief - I guess weneed to call Kevin and ask him to shut that door! It's the coldest of the year so far here in the St. Louis area.
Went out to eat with friends to Smokey Bones
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