Cleared up a big mess in the basement - took out 4 big blag bags of trash (cut off wires, wood, boxes etc). Buddy John stopped over for a few minutes and we set up the table just before dinner time. Running too late to work on the layout per se, but got a lot done really with the benchwork. Need to make a little side tray for the transformer though.
Had some poor boy sandwich for dinner and then some Karmel Sutra icecream. Watching a great sci fi flick with the kids - The Last Starfighter. Scheduled off Thursday and Friday, so only have a 3 day week!
Chief, hope you're not full of cobbler, 'cause I was saving you some pie! Got some for Sir James (if he's not out howling at the moon!), John S and everybody else that wants a bite - c'mon down! Goes great with coffee!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Hi GIZ,
Sucked up leaves and cut grass at the same time. Then ran aerater over grass, reseeded, and in about 2 weeks put on winterizer.
STUR FISH, to bad about the pheasants, they are a blast to hunt. When I retire in 4 more years want to save up and go out to South Dakota to hunt them out there. They have 11 million birds(state bird) and only about 900,000 people. Suppose to be great. Saw it on the outdoor channel and literally 100 birds get up at a time. Real cool stuff. Wonder if they have an outdoor fireplace out there with OLD MILWAKEE after the hunt?
BUCKEYE, good job on the raid of the NS, keep dat GRITS stuff out of DA NORTH.
Ran trains for about an hour, NO PILEUPS, all is good wit da world.
laz57
fifedog wrote: Well, I tracked down and shot 6 trains with my Canon by noon. They were all of Chief's favorite "short line". Stayed around B&O's 172 year old Thomas Viaduct the better part of the morning. Pretty weather but the leaves still haven't changed around here. They're either just falling off green, or simply turning right to brown.Buckeye - Was it a successful raid? Any prisoners? Any grits?BTW, anyone else notice a "raid" of sorts on the CTT board today?
Well, I tracked down and shot 6 trains with my Canon by noon. They were all of Chief's favorite "short line". Stayed around B&O's 172 year old Thomas Viaduct the better part of the morning. Pretty weather but the leaves still haven't changed around here. They're either just falling off green, or simply turning right to brown.
Buckeye - Was it a successful raid? Any prisoners? Any grits?
BTW, anyone else notice a "raid" of sorts on the CTT board today?
fifedog, it was pretty quiet in the South. A Virginian mistakenly bought me a beer and a Southern Belle asked me to move to North Carolina.
The breakfast buffet had grits in a big pan. When I was about done with my breakfast, I noticed that a maintenance guy was at the grits pan dipping them out and into a big bucket. Later I saw him using the grits to clean the urinals in the hotel.
If you were shooting your Canon near the Thomas Viaduct, were you near the Potomac, south of Harper's Ferry?
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
Jumijo wrote: Here's the campfire I started building yesterday. Almost done. Just need to hide the edges a little better. Maybe I'll paint the logs so that they look charred. It's powered by a battery-operated flickering light, so I can place it any where I want to, whenever I want to.
Here's the campfire I started building yesterday. Almost done. Just need to hide the edges a little better. Maybe I'll paint the logs so that they look charred. It's powered by a battery-operated flickering light, so I can place it any where I want to, whenever I want to.
Jim, you sure are pround of your house in MA. You have posted it in two places. Remember, I've been there so I recognized it right off.
Ran the Santa Fe F3's and 6 passenger cars. I had been running five and suddenly realized I still had one in storage. Got it out and felt sorry for it so I ran them a little more. Ran the 2065 some more too. Took them into the back and out came the NS diesels. Ran them a while.
Town meeting at lunch followed by County Animal Control Taskforce followed by passport applications being done at main PO in Raleigh followed by visit to Toyato dearlership to test drive and look at the new 4 Runner. Enough!!.
Later [cherry cobbler and vanilla ice cream]
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Jumijo, that looks good with the hobo jungle.
how did you make it(part # for light/led)
Chief,
I have been listening to a bluegrass station through the net the last few days, lots of Ky and Wv roots in the columbus area we even have a bluegrass shop on Highstreet(route 23), have been going to a church 3rd friday of the month for a bluegrass jam/dinner for a year or two now the music good and food is free
Sturgeon-Phish wrote: Evening allIt has been pretty quiet at work. I did get some homework done. I'm going to take a new-hire out to see what he learned today and then start getting things ready to turn over to the next shift.Jim F.-The screws are a square drive (Robertson type) head. They have a flat base and are either course or fine thread and fairly stout, (#8). The special part is the drill bit that is a step bit with the pilot and countersink in one bit. The jig provides a specific angle and placement of the hole for the screw. Chief-Enjoy!!!!Laz- Always wanted to try hunting pheasants but we have no pheasants in Southern Ohio. I've been told the clay soil keeps them away. Never went pheasant hunting but took many a turn being a rabbit dog. Thank God for Carharts! You would come out of the multiflora looking like you've been in a cat fight.May God blessJim
Evening all
It has been pretty quiet at work. I did get some homework done. I'm going to take a new-hire out to see what he learned today and then start getting things ready to turn over to the next shift.
Jim F.-The screws are a square drive (Robertson type) head. They have a flat base and are either course or fine thread and fairly stout, (#8). The special part is the drill bit that is a step bit with the pilot and countersink in one bit. The jig provides a specific angle and placement of the hole for the screw.
Chief-Enjoy!!!!
Laz- Always wanted to try hunting pheasants but we have no pheasants in Southern Ohio. I've been told the clay soil keeps them away. Never went pheasant hunting but took many a turn being a rabbit dog. Thank God for Carharts! You would come out of the multiflora looking like you've been in a cat fight.
May God bless
Jim
Jim, I have a buddy from just across the river in WV and an avid hunter. When he told me he had never seen a pheasant in the wild, I couldn't believe him. As a kid in Northern Indiana, I would many times see pheasants as I walked from the school bus stop to our house. Pheasants are all over the north part of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
The big raid to Charlotte was uneventful. I can't believe they serve sweet tea for breakfast. The leaves were still grean in Charlotte and all the locals were delighted I brought the rain with me.
Took the wife down to the hills to see the fall colors today. Nothing spectacular, but still colorful. Lots of cabins tucked into the hills.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Ohio has snowplows and snowblowers............
DON, It just felt like I was in OHIO.
Laz - Not trying to do a 1 up, but as a result of checking that out, Look at this one!! Wow!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8250269883012843961&q=rotary+snow+plow&total=11&start=0&num=50&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Don
GOOD MORNING ALL
51 and sunny, but we had lite frost this am. At the moment no plans except to watch the Lions and that usually puts me to sleep by half time. I watched the buckeyes go crazy last nite, boy that stadium is loud. No train news at the present so I guess I will meander....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
Here's one that was posted on the Model train Journal I think YUZ GIZ would like?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj-lYM5GCQg
Cool one here at 48 tonite we are to get frost. To get to 32?
STUR FISH, no my BROTHER uses me for a dog and I use him. If we had a dog it could of went into corn after the birds. All we did was walk along sides of the corn and try to talk em up. Sometimes this works.
Going to suck up leaves today then aerate lawn, Then reseed and put down winterizer.
All B safe.
fifedog wrote:Mornin' boys. Sunny & 55 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Think I'll grab my CANNON and go trackside for a while this morning. (Sorry, I'm still using slide film...)
OH BOY, one more Yankee in jail. Feds down't like you blowing up trains. You did say CANNON!!!!!
Morning all. 53 degrees!!!! and not going much higher. Hope all have a great day. God bless.
Morning Folks,
Lazy morning here. Slept until 7:30. Got to get ready for church meeting at 10:00, then services at 11:00. Hope to work on trouble shooting the horn on the BEEP later.
Take care.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Jim, I'll post a photo of the campfire as soon as I can. I just got around to making it yesterday, and I had already taken this week's photo fun pictures. Today is going to be busy, but if I can I will. If not, look for some next Sunday.
Jumijo- Going to show us a pic of the campfire?
Jim F - I've got a Kreg pocket screw drill guide and it is great for building frame work. It makes the joints neat strong and trouble free. I'd use glue also.
CSXect - I've got a friend who has a place in HideAway, we've stayed there many times. Nice place, changed a lot in the past 10 years. Thought of getting a place there, but it is about 2 hours away, so it would not be real convenient.
Laz- were you with dogs for the birds?
Don- Glad to hear the clean up is going well. I'm sure you'll be glad to have the bride home.
Had class all day yesterday, had to use 12 hours of vacation. Oh well thank God for 240 hours of vacation a year. This year class took 204 hours of vacation. One more class for this quarter, then a formation weekend in November then off the January. Hopefully I'll get the garage addition done while I'm off. The cool wet weather is curing my concrete well. I'll take the forms down Monday when I'm off and before I start night shift Monday afternoon.
Finally got around to posting some pictures. I posted pics of the Gabe the Lamplighter and the Electromagnetic crane that I just put on the layout, and some pics of the new to me stuff I bought at the local train shop, including the tipples. I already had the hand car. I'm at work and have handed out the assignments, so I'd better go. Check back later
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 40 degrees. Sun is coming up. Going up to 55 today, with lots of sunshine.
Today, we have a lot of chores to do around the house. Getting things back in order, since wife is home. Maybe run trains, for awhile, later.
Looking forward to SPF.
Looks like Boston is going to sweep the Series.
Nascar race this afternoon.
Dining Car is here and waitress is back. Breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Good morning everyone! Looking like a nice day ahead here in these parts. I am not scheduled for anything with the production part of today's services, but we never know. Anyway, been real busy with the movie thing. One note of interest, Kirk Cameron is going to be the lead in the movie. We are taking this week off, so I hope to get some train time in. Speaking of train time, I will get to play with the 1:1 scale in a few weeks for the movie, but I can't tell any more details.
Hope everyone has a blessed week ahead.
dennis
TCA#09-63805
ChiefEagles wrote:Don B, guess you are going to get a real Big Boy this time instead of that fake one.
Don B, guess you are going to get a real Big Boy this time instead of that fake one.
Hmmm, and you think my MTH RK Big Boy is fake???? Given that it cost less than 1/3 of the Lionel. That remains to be seen!!! It will be interesting comparing the features. The biggest advantage that I currently know of is the quality of the Lionel SHOULD be considerably better. (Even though the Lionel is 7 years newer.) My "fake" BB will even run in little circles, so it will be fun. I may have tosend the new one back.
Anyway, you will be too busy watching water flow over spillways, while I'm running trains. I know one thing though, I'm not going to buy anymore Big boys !!!! Sure hope Atlas doesn't come out with one!
CSXetc, 1 lb bream [bluegills for you Yanks], 2 lb crappie and bass up to 8 lbs. Some channel cats I stocked over a year ago run about 2 lbs.
John F, cold coming this way too.
Just saw a cute movie with Russel Crowe. Get a vineyard in France from Uncle. Plans on selling it. Things change as it goes along.
Good night.
Evening all - Sounds like everyone is having a good time. No one down sick, and no major accidents or new injurys. Even the pond is full.
My travellers are doing well, but they are going to take a break. Currently they are in Flagstaff, and plan on going to Laughlin, NV for some last chance gambling tomorrow. Then home on Monday. Works out good, I need the time.
Got most of the cleaning done, even the mirrors on the hutch. So whe should be a little surprised.
Working on that dumb bridge of mine, and finally got it worked out. Trying to keep clearance and road height, curve geometry all in check. As well as track joints. Came across something really interesting and NEW to me! Using Gargraves track, if I use 027 tubular pins at the lower opening, get a very secure fit, and better track head alignment. Even provides capability of forming the rail head to asymetrical shape if required. Also, works very well for a disconnect and reconnect point for the bridge.
BTW, Im sure everyone is hearing news reports regarding the military aircraft availablility and the lack of "fire observers" required to fly with the aircraft. Another issue I don't understand. The city of San Diego has city limits that extend for 20-30 miles and further from the actual city, and covers 372 sq mi., the county has an area of 4,500 sq mi.. And the County does NOT have a fire department! They rely on a assistance agreement from the various communities. Apparently, the decision to development has repeatedly been voted down. Then there are some other issues involved as well regarding developers. Maybe some of this will be corrected. With 2 major fires in 4 years, and deveopment will certainly continue, something should be done to minimize the fire impact!
Back to work........................
HI GIZ,
Well me and BRO went hunting pheasants today. Nice day at about 64 not bad saw 7 birds all in safety zones, couldn't shoot, DA! Anyway took guns for a nice 5 hrs of walking, oh well beers and burgers and dogs tasted good. Maybe next week, all the corn was still a standing and maybe next week they will take it down.
No trains tonite watched DA BUCKEYES beat up DA CHIPMUNKS. Go going! Hate those chipmunks.
All B Safe.
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