Dave Vollmer wrote:Among other nice things, I got the gift that keeps on giving...(Cut for length)
Among other nice things, I got the gift that keeps on giving...
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You're going to LOVE it once it's done...
We've got the same kit in the basement. Inactive right now though...
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Santa dlivered my Christmas present to me early, actually last June, in the form of a 5 foot 6 inch sweet lady who supports my hobby, and who has stood by my side through a tough time, when I was seriously injured at work, and disabled for the last 6 months.Christmas day she fixed me the Christmas meal of all Christmas meals, and we shared the day with her two grandaughters, 4 years old and 10 months old.The10 month old get an animated "Elmo" and she laughed and giggled with delight as Elmo laughed and did his tricks!
The rest of us just laughed with hyseria at the reactions from Emma , her 10 month old granddaugter
Deb did give me a really neat flashlight with a swiveling head , and it will come in handy for those odd hard to reach and illuminate places under the train tables.When Deb first saw my layout( still under construction, she said Oh my gosssshhhh , Drew, her oldest Grandson (6 years old)would just be tickled pink to see all of these trains. Unfortunately he lives about 175 miles south of us, but we plan on having him up before much longer.But she feels it's important that I have a hobby like this, and totally supports me in it.You just can't ask fror more!Fortunately I just got a doctors release, so I'll have to look for work, my former employer discharged me because of my injury, then refused to file an accident report with the state of Indana Workmens Comp Board.
The state gave him a BIG BAG of COAL for Xmas, and pulled his rights for running his trucks in Indiana and he can't reapply for three years!It really cooked his Xmas Goose, because he had a very profitable contract hauling GM parts.
And I sent him a lawsuit for 6 months wages, and damages. The accident was due to his negligence of safety.
But Christmas day more than made up for the last 6 months of hard times!
Hopefully by next Christmas Deb will be 'Mrs K4Kid" Later this year, I plan on taking Deb and several of the Grandkids on a Steam Excursion ride , the train pulled by the real "NKP 765" out of New Haven Indiana.
TheK4Kid
PS0-Santa let me pick out a Christmas present to myself , a new MRC Prodigy Express DCC system!I retired my old Atlas System.
Phase 2 of Christmas:
Spectrum Combine, Coach, IHC 4-8-2 (don't laugh. It looks awesome) all in Daylight. And I could swear the Tailight on the IHC is brighter than the headlight. The whole tender glows.
-Morgan
skerber wrote: An Athearn Conrail Blue Box Sd40-2. Although it isn't as fancy as my other locomotives, I am real excited to have a Blue Box that is no longer in production. My son is young, so Athearns are safer to have around than Blue Lines--I know because he dropped a 15 year + old gp38 blue box Conrail two weeks ago and I was able to put the locomotive together and it looks fine. I had a sd60M proto 2000 days earlier fall off my train table and it is presently smashed to bits in the front and is totally unrunable.
An Athearn Conrail Blue Box Sd40-2. Although it isn't as fancy as my other locomotives, I am real excited to have a Blue Box that is no longer in production. My son is young, so Athearns are safer to have around than Blue Lines--I know because he dropped a 15 year + old gp38 blue box Conrail two weeks ago and I was able to put the locomotive together and it looks fine. I had a sd60M proto 2000 days earlier fall off my train table and it is presently smashed to bits in the front and is totally unrunable.
My son is 19 and way past the train bug when he was 5 years old, the ol' Blue Boxes were the best. We started him off with his own engine, the Hustler. He still has it. Great way to go for the young ones. I think you start there and see what develops before you sink major coin into Kato or Atlas products.
I know your wife is glad to be out of the hospital. May next Christmas be a whole lot better for both you and her!
Jarrell
novicerr wrote:I got the wife home from the hospital after 4 weeks due to an auto accident. She still has more surgeries, but at least we are alive and thankful. Merry Christmas all.
wm3798 wrote:What in the HELL?!?! How did this HAPPEN?Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...Lee(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
How did this HAPPEN?
Oh, well... I guess it's the thought that counts...
Lee
(PS: Never let your cat on eBay when he's on his third Martini...)
So now we have a clue why you dislike that kittie. Now if it was in something that really existed like
Ooops, a Freudian slip there....
Now that should make you feel better...Merry Christmas Lee
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Two Walthers P2K tank cars along with $250 and an order to spend it all on trains (I love it when my wife bosses me around)!
Rick
I guess you could say that my christmas gift from my wife is that she finally gave the final OK for building a 15*30(around) foot train house on our property. I can't wait until spring to get started. Ofcourse, to afford it I have to build it myself, which is both exciting and a source of anxiety since I never built something like this before!
Magnus
selector wrote: http://precisioncraftmodels.com/PCM---N&W-Y6b-2-8-8-2,-HO-c3143.html
http://precisioncraftmodels.com/PCM---N&W-Y6b-2-8-8-2,-HO-c3143.html
How good do you think it is? Are you as happy as I am with mine?
Congrats on a superb present.
Santa brought me 2 BLI Blueline NS SD40-2s, 14 pieces of various rolling stock and the Dave Frary's 4 DVD set on scenery and weathering.
Engineer Jeff NS Nut Visit my layout at: http://www.thebinks.com/trains/
selector wrote:http://precisioncraftmodels.com/PCM---N&W-Y6b-2-8-8-2,-HO-c3143.html
C'mon, you're gonna post pics, right?
Just in time for Christmas, Santa brought me the two NY,NH, & H RR hybrid I-5 4-6-4s that I had hinted to BLI about over a year ago.
They are absolutely GORGEOUS.
Strangely, they came in a UPS truck, so he must have been really busy.
Even more strange, they were charged to my credit card.
If I ever get the courage to take them out of the box, I'll post some pix.
Oh well, Merry Christmas from Sunny Scottsdale Arizona, to you lucky guys.
Cheese wrote: On the no-railroad side I got an Ipod Classic 80g and a Digital Camera.
On the no-railroad side I got an Ipod Classic 80g and a Digital Camera.
Well, you can take train photos...... (then post them here....hint hint...)
I got North American Railyards and a video camera.
I opened up my T55 ES44AC GE Demonstrator loco this morning, wow what a beauty. I also got 6 Intermountain Sultran Gondola cars and 1 Intermountain Potash car. A few containers and a six pack of coal for my Walthers coal cars. Woohoo!
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
cnwfan51 wrote: After being laid up for nearly 70 days and finally got back to work I didnt get anything but made sure my wife and grandkids got everything they desired ITS ABOUT THE GIVING `Larry
Larry,
Your Christmas Spirit is very admirable. Not many people would be happy just giving and not getting, but you don't seem to mind, and I thinnk we could all take a leaf out of your book. Your sir, are a true gentlemen and I hope God blesses you for your good spirit.
Cheese
Nick! :)
...A Mr. Beer Home Brewing Kit!!!
First batch of lager is fermenting as we speak!
Looks like I'm about to embark on yet another lifelong hobby...
Merry Christmas!!!
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Walther's Pella station built-up and a BLI SW-7 in the C&S / AT & SF Joint line version of the Burlington switcher scheme.
Mark Gosdin
Oooooo!
Route of the Alpha Jets www.wmrywesternlines.net
Kodak C513 Digital Camera. (WPF's in trouble now!)Nvidia GeForce 256meg 8X AGP Video Card. Tranz runs pretty smooth now!And cash that I used to buy some building kits that I'm waiting on. (Right SteamFreak?)
Santa brought me a Genesis SD70MAC in Conrail paint!