Happy Thanksgiveing to all you Canucks. Thanks for the well wishes Der. I really don't celebrate Columbus day. He's a Johnny come lately as far as I'm concerned. My ancestors were here 492 years before him. We can't figure out what took him so long.
Scott: Hang in there. Unfortunately, you will run into his type many times in your life. I know that I have.
Not much going on with the MRRing. did get some more done on the Cliffs shaft headframe. I stopped by a friends house last night on the my way home. He had just gotton a P2K 0-8-0 w/sound and I wanted to see it. It does run nice and the sound is pretty good. The chuffs were kind of strange though. It sounded like it was out of time. I told him to get on his chief mechanic and have that taken care of. You cant't have a loco running around out of square.
Well it's time to get to work so I'll see you all later.
ModelTrainLover wrote: rtraincollector wrote: ModelTrainLover wrote: rtraincollector wrote: As stated before 1st you need an ac transformer not dc(ho/n) second one wire to outside rail and one to center rail (the 2 outside rails are usually connected by the ties the center as an isolation piece of carboard) If you have problems don't hesitate to email me I'll help you all I can depending on wheater you have conventional O-27 track or you have some of the newer stuff as to how easy to connect the older type I can send you a clip that connects to the track that you connect the wire to. You may even get to like the Oversize gauge. well my dad's engine is not what you call typical... It gets it's power from the center rail not the outer ones the 3rd rail. It's a MARX 0-4-0 and it's 40+ years old. Thats why I said hook one wire to one of the outside rails and one to the center rail . By the way my oldest set is 75 years old its from 1931. email me your address and I'll send you a pice that clips on your track that you conect the wires to it makes it real easy Well you were right it works but it's the engine my dad must have taken it appart when he was a kid cause now it's nearly impossible to run. you have to hook the wires directly to the motor to make it work... any have a O scale engine they would like to depart with for free?
rtraincollector wrote: ModelTrainLover wrote: rtraincollector wrote: As stated before 1st you need an ac transformer not dc(ho/n) second one wire to outside rail and one to center rail (the 2 outside rails are usually connected by the ties the center as an isolation piece of carboard) If you have problems don't hesitate to email me I'll help you all I can depending on wheater you have conventional O-27 track or you have some of the newer stuff as to how easy to connect the older type I can send you a clip that connects to the track that you connect the wire to. You may even get to like the Oversize gauge. well my dad's engine is not what you call typical... It gets it's power from the center rail not the outer ones the 3rd rail. It's a MARX 0-4-0 and it's 40+ years old. Thats why I said hook one wire to one of the outside rails and one to the center rail . By the way my oldest set is 75 years old its from 1931. email me your address and I'll send you a pice that clips on your track that you conect the wires to it makes it real easy
ModelTrainLover wrote: rtraincollector wrote: As stated before 1st you need an ac transformer not dc(ho/n) second one wire to outside rail and one to center rail (the 2 outside rails are usually connected by the ties the center as an isolation piece of carboard) If you have problems don't hesitate to email me I'll help you all I can depending on wheater you have conventional O-27 track or you have some of the newer stuff as to how easy to connect the older type I can send you a clip that connects to the track that you connect the wire to. You may even get to like the Oversize gauge. well my dad's engine is not what you call typical... It gets it's power from the center rail not the outer ones the 3rd rail. It's a MARX 0-4-0 and it's 40+ years old.
rtraincollector wrote: As stated before 1st you need an ac transformer not dc(ho/n) second one wire to outside rail and one to center rail (the 2 outside rails are usually connected by the ties the center as an isolation piece of carboard) If you have problems don't hesitate to email me I'll help you all I can depending on wheater you have conventional O-27 track or you have some of the newer stuff as to how easy to connect the older type I can send you a clip that connects to the track that you connect the wire to. You may even get to like the Oversize gauge.
As stated before 1st you need an ac transformer not dc(ho/n) second one wire to outside rail and one to center rail (the 2 outside rails are usually connected by the ties the center as an isolation piece of carboard) If you have problems don't hesitate to email me I'll help you all I can depending on wheater you have conventional O-27 track or you have some of the newer stuff as to how easy to connect the older type I can send you a clip that connects to the track that you connect the wire to.
You may even get to like the Oversize gauge.
Thats why I said hook one wire to one of the outside rails and one to the center rail . By the way my oldest set is 75 years old its from 1931.
email me your address and I'll send you a pice that clips on your track that you conect the wires to it makes it real easy
Well you were right it works but it's the engine my dad must have taken it appart when he was a kid cause now it's nearly impossible to run. you have to hook the wires directly to the motor to make it work...
any have a O scale engine they would like to depart with for free?
Sent you an email with my address send me engine and I'll see what I can do with it
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My bad! Forgot to say Happy Columbus Day to all you USA dwellers.
I guess this is more like the Pinta or the Nina than the Santa Maria, but it’s the best I could find at short notice.
Mike: Nice photos, they finally came in when I came back here after dinner. Before they were half width, and I couldn't see that t ressle behind the dam!
Scott: Too bad about Sears and the strange workmate. Hang in there if you really need the
Hope your day goes well folks.
TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Hi everyone: I’m with Flip, too many pages to go over since I was last in (about 30 I think.)
So I haven’t seen if anyone has wished Happy Thanksgiving to all north of the USA border tomorrow.
A local fisherman is missing. Didn’t return home yesterday. The coast guard have been searching for much of last night and all day today. There’s a ship, like the one Fergie used to be on before his present posting, in the Sheet Harbour Passage. It’s helicopter has been active, we heard it last night. I thought it was a fixed wing aircraft doing a drug ship search (couldn’t hear the chop chop at all). It was still flying this morning, so after breakfast I drove down the Passage and saw the CG vessel, a small cutter, and some zodiacs.
There was obviously a search going on, or a training exercise. Then later this afternoon we learned that it was a search. The man who’s missing is, I think, David Power, over to Mushaboom. That’s on the other side of the SH Passage mouth from us here on Sober Island. The helicopter just swept our cove about 15 minutes ago. That’s the first time they’ve been over this way, away from the Passage itself. Any who feel like praying for him and his family, I’m sure it would be appreciated.
It's getting on, must but up the big table in the living room ready for the gang to come for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. TTFN.
Just looking in to see what's happening today. My system is down, so I'm on my parents computer. This dang thing is so slow. You'd think a 2.88 gig Intel P4 would be fast, but this thing creeps. I be glad to get mine back online. I'll be able to fly once again! What's the problem with mine? The cable modem went KAPOP yesterday and that was all she wrote. A tech from SuddenLink is supposed to be bringing a new one tomorrom or Tuesday.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Mornin'!
That Biscuits and Gravy sure looks tempting! That, and some coffee please Chloe! Thanks!
Inch, thanks for the invite! Getting a bit nippy for a tent these days though. Your beans with ashes would warm up the inside though. The trains are happliy tucked away and enjoying their new digs just fine, thanks! Oh, and how do you get those trains to pose so pretty for you? Seems like those engineers see you with your camera and they just stop and pose for you. Great shots!
Scott! My man! Were you been my friend? Is life getting in the way again? Welcome back!
No use trying to catch-up. Back to many pages. So I just poked around on a few.
Prayers for all in pain. Old saying goes- If everyone could show their troubles at the front door for all to see, we would quickly take ours back in.
Been busy. Opened up the shutters and discovered a multitude of wasps nests. Some of which quite large. WD-40 and high pressure water hose removed them. Flip many- wasps zero. [ no offense, guys, these were the flying, stinging wasps.] lol.
Still have 4 models to put together but no incentive to do so.
Ryan- I like tomatos but not as a soup. Prefer pea, chicken or ox-tail soup. Any other mature members remember ox-tail soup?
Still more laundry and shopping to do so off I go.
Thanks to Ed for his postings, Inch and others for the pictures , Steve for the beautiful English steamers.
Prayers for all and enjoy yourselves.
Flip
Morning y'all.
Mikey: Bose is too far away. Because of family matters with the step-family...We moved back to Sykesville. So I am back home where I should be. Unfortunately, that makes Bose over an hour away...So now I am at Sears so that I could get about the same amount of pay as I would at Bose. I need two jobs to do that...And still haven't gotten that much yet...
Inch: I try...But he is supposed to be showing me the ropes...And can't help himself but to throw in something about his money or how he is the "$h*t"... Sears has been one problem after another, and I'm getting sick of it...
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Mornin all, short stack, sausage, and some of Luc's coffee Janie. You be loooking mighty nice this early dear.
In for another nice day, sunny, highs in the 70's. Had kids most of yesterday, so not much of anything got done. Did cook a pot of beans, over to the campground. Sure was an enjoyable way to watch the full moon come up. Even got a few hands of dominos in, which was fun with KC wanting to help me play.
PC,,, sorry bout not getting back in here sooner, but you n yours would have been welcome for beans. You could have even set up a tent an spent the night, had some freinds that did
Hows the trains like their new home, know you be happy bout it.
RT,,, good luck with the retirement plan. But if your luck runs like mine, when you decide to sale, theres no buyers or they want to give pennys on the dollor.
Scott,,, good to hear from you and glad schools going ok. Keep up the good grades, the AP calculus will get a little easier as the year goes on. To bad bout Sears. Don't worry bout the rich kid, just do your best.
Mikeygaw,,, like the train pics,, thanks
This past Thur. we did a little rail fanning over in N. Terre Haute, In. at the Merkle Mill Dam. I was wanting some pics to use for painting my back drop. Here's one of the dam and the old NYC bridge.
While we were there, I got some pics of a Terre Haute bound CSX crossing the mill pond.
Use to swim there some as a kid, when over to my Uncle or grandma's with my cousins. Good fishing there too Blue gill, cat and even caught a couple bass.
Nothing really planned for today, but kids, football and trying to get some MRR time. Think Mother fixing a pot of veggy soup, I'll be eaten on that all day, wheres the Tums. Hope ya'll has a gooden
inch
Good morning ! from Indiana.
10-08-06
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
PA Belt wrote:sure, join in, blue oster cult then cky on the playlist at the moment
Howdy y'all. What's going on?
I have no idea when I last posted here...So I'm not even going to bother searching way back when.
So, yeah, things have been interesting here. I'm seriously thinking about leaving Sears. It just hasn't been anything that I have felt like doing. I'm done my training and starting to work on the sales floor...And I have the pleasure of working with an arrogant rich kid who thinks he can do anything because he has money...It's just fun...I haven't been happy with Sears at all since the beginning. Maybe I should start looking again.
At least other things are going well. School...I have my usual straight As so far. AP Calculus is a bit of a stretch though...Not as easy as PreCalc was. But I'm confident that I can pull of the A. Working back at Purkey's Toy Trains is fun. I love working there; and I missed it. And my car is running great still.
Good news! I'm trying to get a friend into model railroading. He wants to build an N scale layout.
I'll talk to y'all later.
Scott
Its been rainy here all day so I inventored most of my trains and so far I've shocked the heck out of my self I figure I have about 4 times the value I thought and I'm not done yet. I'm right at $4000.00 so far . By Greenburgs Pocket Guide To Lionel Trains. (2003 Edition) If I put them all up on ebay my guess is about 1/2 that but still thats twice what I thought forgot about a lot that I have. Still have a few freight (postwar and present ) to do then I still have all the prewar cars and then I need to add the 2 sets of Passenger cars I ordered/won so boy I still have my work cut out for me to get this all inventoried.
Hope all have been doing well
I'm looking at a standard Gauge set that maybe I can work somethin out with this guy That would be the tops if i could get that. thats what I really want the most right now is an prewar Standard gauge set.
Hey everyone!
Well, I got some of my trains over here today from the old place. They're all tucked away safely in their new room.
I see PA's been modeling. How about the rest of you?
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Slow day here again, like all days. I wasted most of the day watching the baseball divisional playoffs on television. Padres still alive. Yankees headed for home. No "Subway Series" this year I guess.
Not much model railroad activity today, although I did at least run trains for a while. Spent some time trying to run in a relatively new Plymouth switcher from Bachmann. With such a short wheelbase it has a lot of trouble on unpowered switch frogs. I'm hoping after it runs in a bit it might be smooth enough to coast over them at a bit slower speed. Hard doing yard switching at warp 1. Also spent some time trying to find why a few cars and locos are bouncing at one point on the layout. I suspected a stray piece of ballast was hidden just inside the rail, but after a bit of picking I still hadn't seemed to eliminate it.
Warm and humid as usual, but at least it was overcast most of the day. Even when it's hot, if the sun stays behind the clouds it makes it a lot easier to bear.
Catch you gys later.
Ed
Howdy all....been a fine day here sunshine and cool temps.....I'll have a diet Coke please....Its been to nice to be inside today so not much done on the layout....Cable has free Showtime this week end so maybe we can watch some movies....Picked up a bag of apples grown here and maybe pop up some pop corn.....You all have a good evening....Jerry
Howdy folks,
A BIG THANKS for all the advise as well as the suport. Been doing some excersizes for my hands and I have a little relief but ..WOW it hoits!! This bites having both at once. Oh well....
Busy at the shop this morn. and heres hoping the train show in town will bring bunch o business. Watchin the RFD channel as I did the books and LOVE the steam engines. All footage was on the Rio Grande.
Thanks for not using up my plastic yesterday!
Trent
inch53 wrote: rtraincollector wrote: Not to much happening here today did it again thou won 4 madison style passenger cars on ebay today for basicly $70.00 including shipping so that was a good deal seeing they sell for about $170.00 from Williams. (yes O gauge) RT,,, your wifes gona hurt you one of these days.
rtraincollector wrote: Not to much happening here today did it again thou won 4 madison style passenger cars on ebay today for basicly $70.00 including shipping so that was a good deal seeing they sell for about $170.00 from Williams. (yes O gauge)
Not to much happening here today did it again thou won 4 madison style passenger cars on ebay today for basicly $70.00 including shipping so that was a good deal seeing they sell for about $170.00 from Williams. (yes O gauge)
RT,,, your wifes gona hurt you one of these days.
One of these days
She already done that but I don't learn to well lol.
Oh well thats life you see where my priorities are trains first then other items. lol. Should it be any other way ??
I look at it as investing for the future . I can sell them little by little when I retire hopefully for a good proffit and have it as an income.
Need to sit down and make an list though of what all I have then keep it updated . Also put down aprox value so I have that incase I ever need it .
If I counted right the other night in my head I'm upto 14 Engines (not counting the dummies or b units) and 40+ cars not counting what is still to come in that I have won/ordered.
Oh well all take care see you later