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Posted by wetidlerjr on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 5:14 AM
Good morning ! from Indiana. [:D]



06-07-2006

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 5:42 AM
Morning all! just stopped in to check for any new posts that I can learn from.
Hope everyone is well today!
Unfortunatly I will not have much time for trains today! Have to pipe in 3 wells at the first nations today! (indian reservation)

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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 6:01 AM
Morning all just a quick hello time to get ready for work chole one of those bacon egg cheese sandwiches please yes the turkey bacon and liquid eggs please

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 6:08 AM
Morning Everyone:

Nigel: I hadn't thought about the rail line to the load out having to have a slight incline to keep the cars under tension, but it makes sence. It wouldn't do to have slack running in and out during loading.

For anyone interested in heavy machinery the Historical Construction Equipment Association is a great source for information. They have a magazine that comes out 4 times a year. Membership is cheap, if I remember it was $25 for the year.

Opps. Time to check the maintance log and get out in the park.
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Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 6:08 AM
Good Morning All,
Late start to the day. Drizzly but we got the two rigs and the Excursion launched ok. Hope they have better weather than is scheduled for Vermont this weekend.Just a regular coffee for me this morning.
Got to the train yard after work yesterday and helped move the Little Engine That Could to the turntable to turn it. The SW is still down so it suffered the indignity of being pushed with a bucket loader as it is not self propelled. Later at the museum we noticed the hirailer crew from the Housatonic checking the crossing signals and about half an hour later the Strates Circus train rolled through on it's way to the Danbury Fair Mall. About fifty cars in all -the Housy had all three of their GP38's on for power. I really need to start bring the camera with me at all times, but I'll see if I can get one of the other guys to forward the pics and then post them. Spent the rest of the evening securing track on the HO display.
Enjoyed the piece comparing cars and 'puters. Of course as newer cars get more 'puter power they are starting to develop the same characteristics. On Friday we brought car in running perfectly, shut if off and when restarted had a missfire that after much shirt rending and hair pulling turned out to be a bad ignition module. Fried itself for no apparent reason.
Grayfox - Hope you and your son are putting in plenty of bankrun behind and drain tile through that wall so it doesn't go unstable next time we get all this rain. I'd hate to see you invent the clay glacier.
Inch - Hope today goes better for you. I don't suppose the missus would be amused if you bought her some noise cancelling headphones, eh?

fergie - Don't bring those Tsunamis on the ship! Arctic duty is tough enough already without the high seas.
Time to pick up tools - wish you all a sparkling day and may Paul get some train time.
CUL, [:D] J.R.
if you're interested we have a work web site now www.gmtracing.com to see whats up
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 7:05 AM
Good Morning All,
Hope everyone is either well or getting better. Thanks INCH for the CN photos, some really good shots. Excitment level high here with move coming in about two weeks. Lots of packing still to do so I gotta run. I'll have to get my coffee and eggs to go this morning. Have a good day NY John (As I am being referred to)
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Posted by inch53 on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 7:57 AM

Mornin all, coffee and a couple doughnuts Zoe,
Hope alls well out in train land for every one today. Mine started off better anyway, woke up n the wife was still in bed, guess the snore strips and Vicks worked.
Got through the ball game last evening with only a few sprinkles.
Also got some good news, if nothing happens, # 1 daughter [Roni] and tribe is coming home July 1st for a few days. Sure be good to see them, wi***he h--- they’d move back here.

Grayfox , according to Mother I can snore any way I sleep, doesn’t make any difference how I lay.

Fergie , I’ll keep my bad day n you keep yours!!!. I’ve never been through one of those audits, but Mother has them twice a year at work, and I want no part. Hope today day goes better.

Flip , I tied you twice n 8 days if I remember right. I think RT’s in the running also.

Loading Inclines, I happen to think Little Johns loading is inclined. Now I know why.

HEY RT , wonder how come when we get the top PC tries to broke the bank. When Ryan got the top, he was bout ready to fight for it. Fergie gets the top and he’s almost happy.

GMT to bad ya didn’t have your camera. We’ve seen Ringling Bro/Barnum/ Bailey train come though here, but I’ve never had a camera with me either.
Don’t think the headphones would go over to well. She wasn’t happy with my earplug suggestion awhile back.

Since everyone’s enjoyed the photos, here’s a couple more. First is E. of Teutopolis, ILL, found this CSX sitting on the main line, waiting on a W. bound?



Wasn’t any place to get off the road there for a good pic of the engines? Next is the W. bound going through Montrose, Almost missed him.



These were on the siding W. of Casey



Got KC n Leroy today so won’t get much of anything done today, need to get, laters all
inch

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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:05 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53



HEY RT , wonder how come when we get the top PC tries to broke the bank. When Ryan got the top, he was bout ready to fight for it. Fergie gets the top and he’s almost happy.


LOL!!!

Yea, gonna have to keep a safe distance from now on! No stampeding now!

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:26 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53



HEY RT , wonder how come when we get the top PC tries to broke the bank. When Ryan got the top, he was bout ready to fight for it. Fergie gets the top and he’s almost happy.


LOL!!!

Yea, gonna have to keep a safe distance from now on! No stampeding now!

LOL!!! I'm just trying to keep you guy's on your toes, that's all! [;)]
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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:50 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53



inch, Glad today is going better for you. [tup]

Love this pic! I like the way it's laid out. The composition is great with the tracks drawing the eye to the train all framed by the signals. Nice shot!
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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:51 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53



HEY RT , wonder how come when we get the top PC tries to broke the bank. When Ryan got the top, he was bout ready to fight for it. Fergie gets the top and he’s almost happy.


LOL!!!

Yea, gonna have to keep a safe distance from now on! No stampeding now!

LOL!!! I'm just trying to keep you guy's on your toes, that's all! [;)]


Yea, like a tap dance, huh!

[:D] I could'nt resist! [:D]



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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:53 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53



HEY RT , wonder how come when we get the top PC tries to broke the bank. When Ryan got the top, he was bout ready to fight for it. Fergie gets the top and he’s almost happy.


LOL!!!

Yea, gonna have to keep a safe distance from now on! No stampeding now!

LOL!!! I'm just trying to keep you guy's on your toes, that's all! [;)]


Yea, like a tap dance, huh!

[:D] I could'nt resist! [:D]





See now,....I've got you all nervous! I like that! Ya don't know what to expect next, do ya? [:D]
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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 8:59 AM
QUOTE: See now,....I've got you all nervous! I like that! Ya don't know what to expect next, do ya?


Yep! [:D]

Keeps it interesting! [:o)]

Just when I thought I was gonna take a break from the CS, you got me pulled right back into it!

[:0][:0][:0] Oh now! Look what I done did! [:0][:0][:0]

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Posted by inch53 on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 9:24 AM

PC I don't get to nervous any more, unless Mother has a frying pan in her hand and it's not dinner time

Glad you liked the photo, I just get lucky some times. You take a hundred pics, to get one real good one.

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 9:34 AM
SilverSpike,
See man,...I've got you all messed up now!

NOW,.......I haven't odered anything yet today, so,.........Now that my good buddy SilverSpike is buying (like how I lured you in?), I'll have the weekender breakfast (thats the one with the two eggs, bacon, sausage, three pancakes, biscuts and gravy, and coffee & OJ). That'll teach ya! [:D]
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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 9:43 AM
There it is!

[dinner]
Hey, Chloe, make it two of those weekender breakfast's, and fill er up with some more of that fresh cup O Joe! [:)]

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 9:51 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

There it is!

[dinner]
Hey, Chloe, make it two of those weekender breakfast's, and fill er up with some more of that fresh cup O Joe! [:)]

See, I'm in your head now! [:p]
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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 10:25 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

There it is!

[dinner]
Hey, Chloe, make it two of those weekender breakfast's, and fill er up with some more of that fresh cup O Joe! [:)]

See, I'm in your head now! [:p]


[alien] Take me to your leader....

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Posted by fec153 on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 12:07 PM
Whew ! Man am I glad you said tap-dancing. I shudder at the thought of Ryan or Mike in a TUTU wearing ballerina shoes . LOL
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Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 12:59 PM
Good afternoon everybody...guess what it is doing again here? Yup, another summertime Nor'easter...wind gales at 30 -40 mph, heavy rain over an inch and 2 more to come, then another storm on Friday...no sun predicted until Sunday. At least I get a break from building the " wall of Leicester "

J.R. Have no fear of backfilling JR, we have 24" wide backfill of 3/4" stone from the drainpipe at the bottom behind the wall to within a foot of the top. I shoveled most of it by hand!! Yesterday the backhoe guy showed up and I had him dump the rest behind all the wall that was completed thus far...thank God, my arms were hanging. Now I will have 4 days of rest with all this rain.

INCH53 Mike, nice pics, you do a great job catching the action. Don't you wish you did this in the days of steam? Think about what all that would be worth today $$$$ !!!!

FERGIE How is the audit coming ? Do you need help fixing the crane? I have 4 days off from the wall project with all this rain, if I get the CAT out of Portland, I can be in Yarmouth in about 5 hours from now, how far to where you are?

RYAN Thanks for the breakfast and lunch, I think that {blue] Phil [/blue] has supper on his tab. I can get used to this.

Talk later guys,
Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 1:55 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike

There it is!

[dinner]
Hey, Chloe, make it two of those weekender breakfast's, and fill er up with some more of that fresh cup O Joe! [:)]

See, I'm in your head now! [:p]


[alien] Take me to your leader....



LOL!!!!! [wow]

Oh man, where's Elvis when you need him? [(-D]
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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:01 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by grayfox1119

RYAN Thanks for the breakfast and lunch, I think that {blue] Phil [/blue] has supper on his tab. I can get used to this.

I doubt it. I've got class tonight so you're on your own!
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:27 PM
Hello hello hello, good afternoon everyone. How's everybody doing on this fine day?

So, summer has begun...What am I going to do with myself? Definitely am going to try to work a bit more. Maybe find a second job if I don't get any more hours at Bose. And of course, there are a few train projects I am going to try to start/finish, for once. And I have to hang a few shelves in my room...And I'm going to try to teach myself Macromedia Flash...And redo my SB Locomotives website...Oh the list goes on...

Gumby: Midnight is like early evening to me...When I'm not working the next day. I should have dropped by last night...3:00am is a very slow time of night though. [:D][:p][;)]

SilverSpike: Ya know, I think that this year of school was the easiest one to get through so far...It went by so quick, and was very enjoyable. That's probably because of my Advanced Computer Applications class...And finally doing something I wouldn't mind doing until I retire. But I'm still happy that SUMMER is here.[^]

Woohoo! THE OMEN tonight.[}:)] Just need a quick drop by the ATM, and I'll be all set.

I'll catch y'all later.[C):-)]

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:27 PM
Here it is, Go home time again and not a moment too soon. I went to the park to check on a couple things and had a flat on the scooter on the way back. Not good at quiting time.

I'm off so I'll see you later.
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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 2:31 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

Woohoo! THE OMEN tonight.[}:)] Just need a quick drop by the ATM, and I'll be all set.

Scott,
My wife went and saw that the other night and said it was OK, but the funny thing was, every once in a while you could see the overhead microphone in the shot and it happened so often that it became quite comical. Watch for it, you'll get a good laugh!
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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 3:17 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by swdave

What does Teddy the unibomber and a highschool cheerleader from W.Va have in common? they where both fingered by their brothers.
The boss of the office has a hard choice to make he has just been told by the CEO he has to layoff either Linda or Jack off, out of his office. He doesn't know what to do or how to do it because they are both great workers. I know he saids tomorrow the first one to go to the water cooler gets laid off.
Linda comes in the office with a raging hangover from the night before, right away she heads to the water cooler, the boss sees her and heads right over, he saids Linda I don't know how to do this I have never done something like this before? I have to lay you or Jack off, Linda turns to him and saids Bill your just going to have to jackoff, I had to rough of a night last night.
LOL. keep them on the rails.

Sir, I believe that this is out of line around here. There are kids on this forum and this kind of humor is not appropriate. In the future it would be appreciated if you would refrain from using this kind of humor. Thank you.
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Posted by fec153 on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 3:52 PM
[#ditto] What PC said!
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Posted by fec153 on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 4:00 PM
Scot- Any chance a BSR record player could plug into a Bose unit?
Record player, you know, vinyl. Ask your folks. Please let me know. Thanks,
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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 4:09 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153

[#ditto] What PC said!
Flip


Thanks, for backing me up.
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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 4:16 PM
QUOTE: Sir, I believe that this is out of line around here. There are kids on this forum and this kind of humor is not appropriate. In the future it would be appreciated if you would refrain from using this kind of humor. Thank you



PC hes been told about once a month about this he tries then he slips again and again don't want to loose him but he needs to understand jokes yes but none with any R or higher content

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