The Florida Dolphins lost another one; 0 & 7, in London yesterday against the N.Y. Giants.
Jimbo; I used the $3.00 towards extra ties for my GarGraves track. Good deal on furniture Jim boy!
Lee F.
OK guys I haven't received my Dec issue yet so was checking out the stuff on-line... there is an article on building an X-Mas layout and all I can say is... it looks nice, but I'm not sure I would try to run trains on this layout! The grades are crazy! O-42 curves with 5.25 in height change... you'll burn out your motors in no time with grades up to almost 7%!I redid the layout using Atlas O-45 curves and could only get down to 3.6% grade and that is with lifting the 5.5 back run to 6.5 so it crosses the lower track at the bottom of the diagram while the decent grade is at 1.21 inches.The layout, as in the article, requires you do some 1/2 inch drops in 1/2 sections of O-27 track, that is 1/2 inch drop in 4.5 inches of run...CTT article: http://www.trains.com/ctt/objects/pdf/christmas_track_plan.pdf
my layout: I have to measure the living room... if I can get that much space I may go it!
HI GIZ,
30 and frosty here today. Had to put my lite jacket on this morning and warm up da truck.
All B safe.
laz57
Good morning from a sunny and cold Chicago where it's about 40 degrees and I'm still recovering from putting up and taking down the big castle. Today is the beginning of Thomas-Buying-Week.Jim A, congrats on your free furniture! And a 2nd World Series in so short a time. Great dialogue from Warner Bros. cartoons. . . Fife, I was called King Friday all night. LOL.Buckeye has grass on his roof?Great to hear from Roy and Dennis too.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Welllll now, I have returned to reality...dodged rain droplets all weekend and came to rain (again). Been raining since yesterday PM. At least we were semi-dry in Orlando. A good time was had by most...Mrs. NJDevil was not very happy Friday night, she wasn't interested in Horror nights and didn't want to drop us off...sooooooo
No more sports for a while Jim, congrats on yer windfall...don't think you got a dynasty there....YET!
NJ Devils open a new building and new "system" open up the ice for more offense (where is my Devils "D"??) and now they suck
No more Yankees unitl Spring Training....the ticket line forms around Christmas time
Go NY Giants --- unitl the Red Sox like swoon in mid season
Have the next 2 Thursdays & Fridays off to work on the Chrismas & Train to Work layouts and of course, wrap up Halloween....
That's all the news from the Soggy Sunshine State
Rich
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
It's a beautiful day in North texas. 52 this morning, sunny, and headed up to 72-74 today. 70's predicted most of this week.
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
lionroar88 wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: Brent, when are you going to restore the roar? Hopefully tonight! LOL!!!!Seriously I was incredibly disappointed with PSU's lack of a game plan. Two weeks ago agaist Wisconsin they looked awesome and then Saturday night the coaches decide to put 1/2 the Wisconsin game plan back in the closet.It won't be till after JoePa is gone and they bring in someone with a bit of creativity that PSU will be back in the MNC picture.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Brent, when are you going to restore the roar?
Brent, when are you going to restore the roar?
Does this mean we can count on you for another $5000 to the PSU athletic program this next year?
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
A frosty morning in s.e.Mi.34/50s
Doug- very nice pictures.
Dennis- If more kids had the hornets swated away I believe there would be less trouble in this world. Too many parents don't want to show their kids the right things to do.
Again my day is not planned but I will find something in the train room to do today. Football got me yesterday, never made it to the trains. Also need to get ready for the train show on sunday.,,,,,,,,,,Sir James
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
The frost is on the pumpkin in Central Ohio. The grass is covered as well as the roofs. It is currently 34 degrees at the airport, but the Roger's Corners Official Weather Service shows the temperatue at 29 degrees.
Dennis, glad to see you posting. Kids just go nuts over Thomas.
Mow and mulch today.
Mornin' boys. Clear & 35 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.
cnw1995 - Are you supposed to be King Friday or Prince Tuesday? I notice that the castle is just like Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make Believe. Where's the TROLLEY?
Buckeye - I'm sure that you could point it right out, but the stones are pretty weathered over. The bridge has survived 35-foot walls of water twice during it's history.
What a nice moring it has been. Came in to find that the case is delayed so I get a few moments on the forum. I do have an important meeting at 1pm, so I hope we get going soon so I can make it.
We did the Thomas and Friends train this weekend. A friend is one of the conductors so we got some free tickets. Son (5yo), woke up on the wrong side of bed and was cranky the whole time. To keep the folks from reporting us to DEFACS, we had to swat a few hornets away from his bottom to get him in line, I mean to get those nasty bugs away. Otherwise, it was a nice time.
Plan on some layout work tonight...if SWMBOed allows for it. I have been rather busy lately and the honey do list is now a book.
Have a blessed day,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 29 degrees. Frost last night. Going up to 56 today with sunshine.
Today is another busy day. I have some phone calling to make and paperwork to do. Wife has a doctor's appointment this afternoon. Just a check up. Have to spend some time cleaning up the train room. Maybe run trains for awhile later.
Dining Car is here and it's time for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
cnw1995 wrote:Great work, Jim A! I agree Sir James, it is always tough to find a price on a new set like HWX. How I spent my evening: constructing the castle in the background and helping the Princesses give out candy...The youngest (R) defending the castle with his pal:
Great photos, Doug! Are you known as Sir Loin of Beef or Sir Osis of Liver?
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
2007 WORLD CHAMPIONS
For the second time in 4 seasons, my beloved Boston Red Sox are the World Champions of baseball. My father lived his whole life never seeing them win a World Series. My sons and daughter think it's as natural as breathing. What a blessing for everyone in Red Sox Nation. All of New England can now catch up on their sleep.
And to top it all off, we bought $6000 worth of new furniture back in April from a store that was holding a promotion. If the Red Sox won the World Series, the furniture is FREE! We don't have to pay a dime!!! How can you hate that?!
cnw1995 wrote:How I spent my evening: constructing the castle in the background and helping the Princesses give out candy...The youngest (R) defending the castle with his pal:
Work, work, work... spending the evening with three princesses...Which one's Rosencrantz?
Kurt
Hi all, Had a busy weekend with some friends getting married on Saturday.
Caught a bit of the NY and Miami game held in London last night. I belive its a first to hold a NFL regular season game outside the US. They had a 90k crowd so maybe the NFL will come back next year.
Sounds like Charlie's Hogwarts set will soon be heading over the pond. Have to keep it hidden till Xmas. Hope he likes it.
Have a good one
Nick
Hi all!
Been away for a while for York and NYC Macy's layout checkout for this coming holiday season.
When I got back last Wed night, I had to jump in Thurs with the HS robotics team I coach/mentor to help for final prep for yesterday's tournament. The team did great and we ended up in 3rd place overall after the 7 seeding rounds. However, after the double elimination finals, we eneded up in 7th place, so we missed the cut to go to state by 2 places. I personally hate the double elimination concept. The teams do well for 7 rounds and then get knocked out in the "start over" finals. A low score in the seeding rounds is dropped, but not in the finals. A low seeded team that did poorly in the 7 seeding rounds suddenly jumps up with a single lucky run in the final rounds. It is really not fair to the kids. If you played consistantly all day, you should win.
Doug - nice work on the castle!
Hope all are doing well.
Sounds like everyone had a great day. I'm tired, worked all day in anticipation of the big return. They are in Laughlin and WILL be here tomorrow!
Going to bed,
Don
OOOOwwwwwoooooooo! Watch out, Sir James - don't get naughty and bite your wife! Got Key Lime Pie, Stawberry, and NY Cheesecake - yummy! Just give Chewy some peanut butter, no ice cream or M&M's!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
That was me howling, thanks to that chewy curse. the wife let me out to potty and that darn wire fence was cooold.
I was reading the thread about the HW-X not running on 031 and did not want to change the subject there, but have any of you noticed how the catalog prices are hard to find? Oh they are there but I have to look all over the page to find them. Wonder why they can't make it easier to find, like with a highlite or the same place on every page. Just a thought. Sir James
fifedog wrote:Buckeye - Nope, the Patapsco, south-west of Baltimore.(Milepost 7) Incredible how the Masons from two centuries ago constructed such an incredible bridge (when horses pulled railcars), that today carries a double track mainline.
fifedog, those stone masons had one goal; to make sure the bridge did not wash away during a flood. By making it storm proof, they gave us a bridge that could carry incredibly heavy loads. Have you ever seen any "marks" on the stones made by the master masons?
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