I’ve been trying to take it easy for the last couple of days, strained my back either putting down mulch last week or helping a buddy build a storage shed for his boat on Labor Day.
On the train front, I started building a tender for my K-Line Porter. It looks kind of bare without a tender and it doesn’t make sense not having any fuel even though its a tank engine. I’m sorta following the plans that were in the other mag. a couple of issues back.
Good morning all,
It is cloudy and cooler in SE Indiana with highs near 70. What will I do tonight? No home soccer games as the boys play a rare Wedenesday road game and the girls have a long road trip tonight. Maybe mow the yard, but we did not get much rain. Maybe spend time with the wife? Maybe run trains? There’s the ticket (so to speak). I am in weather junkie heaven as I hooked up one of the digital TV converters last night (yes, I am still on antenna), and there are 24 hour weather stations available on digital. All weather, all the time. I love it! My wife thinks I am bad about soccer, but that is nothing compared to the weather watching. All I have to do is figure out how to tape with the VCR and I am set. The local PBS station has three channels in the evening and for our friends across the pond I can now watch the BBC news at 10 PM. In other news, I did work with my Brazillian soccer “student” last night. She might get some field time this week in a JV game. I had bran mufins on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning all. Roger B, watch that back. Can get to be a bad thing. Hope it clears up. Think I will service the pickup this AM. I do not trust others servicing my truck. I like to do it once in a while to be sure everything is “covered”. Calling for showers later. Fireants poped out of the ground. Found several big nests yesterday while mowing. One big one in the field across the fence. Could see where they tunneled just under the surface to get to my yard. I fed them well. [}:)] Spectrocide has some granduals that they love. Sprinkle on top of mound and they rush out and start takeing it into the mound. Few hours later, no ants. Off to coffee and cook breakfast. Later.
Mornin’ Fellas.
WOW I miss a couple days and guys are in the hospital (Glad you are home RT), grandmas are in the hospital (Dennis hope your grandma’s last days are as comfortable as possible), guys coming in for York and leaving before the picture ceremony… and Fife’s been under the weather too… must be from rescuing the flock from the nasty weather on Saturday… or too much yelling at the TV during the Raven’s game?
York - I am mailing my registration tomorrow. I am planning to make it for the whole day on Friday, but that may get pushed back to afternoon. Will keep you posted.
Wes and Buckeye - when will you be in the area? If we can’t hook up at the show, maybe we can do a board dinner somewhere Thursday night? Susan is addicted to Isaac’s Deli and Restaurant… http://www.isaacsdeli.com/ Fife may even show up since their mascot is a pink flamingo? And there are a bunch of them in York/Hanover/I-83 area.
Got home yesterday and the Legacy Command Base and Remote were there to greet me. A few weeks back during a gathering at our house the Remote lost connectivity with the Command Base, and I never fixed it… well last night I hooked everything back up, powered up… and the Remote found the Command Base! [tup] ran trains for a few minutes… one problem has been identified… the Jr. Berk loses center rail pickup when traversing the O-54 turnouts.
So now I have to figure out a way to get power from the center rail on one of the tender pickups to the engine… anyone ever do anything like this?
Brent,
We travel Wednesday, go to the show Thursday and possibily friday morning, and then back to Buckeye town by Friday evening. So far only thing planned is where we are staying, and breakfast Thursday before the show. I’m open to whatever everyone comes up with.
Wes
thanks brent and all again
Brent call our friend Jeff Kane in N.Y. ( the train tender) he has a middle pickup that will clip right on the truck of the tender and you can run a wire from that to where you need it 585-229-2050
Sorry brent read to fast basicly your going to need to make a teather from the engine to the tender if it doesn’t have one already. if it does guess you could bet a black wire and attach it to the out side of the teather and run it to the board where the power comes in on the engine but again I would have a jack of somesort so you could seperate them.
Morning all. Sunny and cool today as the rain heads east. Prayers for Roger’s back and Sir James sinuses. I think everyone is getting a cold here. Who cares though because I am still basking in the Bear’s victory and my White Sox are still (for the moment) in first place too. Looking forward to conversing with Jack about match-ups. Ran trains in the background last night while I was cleaning out a bit of the basement to get some things in today’s trash pick-up. Finally about 9, the middle boy who is a freshman in high school shared the news he forgot he has a math test today. [banghead]
Roger, I’d like to hear how you plan to make the tender for the Porter.
GOOD MORNING
Rained all night, grass turned green, and the sun is shining. I’ll see how it goes from here. Have a great day…S.J.
Mornin’ boys. Mornin’ English. Thunderboomers & 79 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. No painting today; perhaps I’ll slap some plaster-cloth on Mt. Molson…
88 - Actually slept thru Saturday (anyone catch the tag on that MACK truck…[xx(]). I’m rather intrigued with the Thursday night “gathering” if I can get off.[tup] I Will probably skip Friday (due to afternoon court…my penitance for being “mean” to people…). Tom and I are planning on spending Saturday AM at YORK (he has his 2 tables in Red hall), then around 2 head up to ENOLA/ROCKVILLE BRIDGE. Will probably have some steak at DUKE’S before heading home…and as always, you’re welcome to join us.
rt - Enjoy your new NS loco. And I have a feeling those docs will find a good heart…we here already know so.[;)]
kpolak - Hey thanks for the “no call” tip. Just took care of it…the buggahs!
Roger B - Do you think Cole Porter’s dad was a train-buff…[D)]
Good mornin’, ya’ll,
RT…your upbeat post was encouraging. Preventative/pre-emptive treatment sure does beat the alternative, and I’m not trying to blow sunshine up your stack. I joined the Forum 9 months ago, and you’ve been running flat out (successfully) for all that time through some of the most stressful of situations life can present. Re the weight, join the club. My attitude is that I didn’t get this way in a couple of months and I’m not going to fix it without an extended period of time and a few lifestyle changes. I sure am missing my Cheetos (fried not baked), Kit Kat bars, and Hostess cupcakes. My dietary confessions to my Doctor made her laugh, and I was happy beer wasn’t listed as a recommended “avoid” item. Have to determine what she meant by moderation. I thought my 6 barrel abs were attractive; and if I get stranded in New Hampshire’s White Mountains without food, I can just crawl into a cave and hibernate until Spring.
Dennis…your Grandma’s German/Brooklyn/Tennessee accent must be something to experience!
Brutus…re the return to Disney, my sentiments exactly. As spectacular as the area is (my second trip there with the whole crew back in May), it is also quite expensive (February=ouch!) unless you can mitigate some of the major expenses (i.e., food and lodging) by renting outside the park a large 4 bedroom, 3 full bath, LR queen sofa bed house, laundry facilities, with a pool and a kitchen as we did. Daughter found a ton of houses for rent on the internet within 20 miles of the theme parks.
Kurt…I bet you are secretly glad your GG-1 need
RockIsland - Wifey’s “domain” is inside (except for NASCAR/Layout rooms);I am the lawn boy. She’s a little “top” heavy (shut it, Brent!), and I wouldn’t want her stumbling down the hill.[8D]
Hey all, forgot to mention my TRAIN encounter yesterday afternoon. We got a call for lights malfunctioning (stuck on red), causing a traffic jam outside two nearby schools. Turned out to be a CSX GP40 with some M.O.W. cars fouling the signals. Asked the crew to move up about 25 feet, and everything went back to normal…CODE 8!
Cheif…
The Great Train Expo is going to be at the North Carolina State Fair Grounds. This Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Here is a link for ya… www.greattrainexpo.com Admission price is $7.00 for adults…kids under 12 free…
Let me know if u are going I was thinking of going to look for the perfect little coffee house to buy and put in my layout and call it “The Coffee Pot”. I will be there on Sunday… would go Saturday but I work all night on Friday to Saturday Morning…
Doug,
See OGR, Run227, Feb./March 2008. I pretty much have the body roughed in. When the glue totally sets up I’ll sand and fill as needed before adding some details, attaching the truck and setting the mounts for the coupler and draw bar. Since my Porter is on a partially hiden loop toward the back of the layout, and runs continuously as long as the layout is powered up, I’m not bothering with a light.
Thanks for the concern about the back guys, its something I’ve lived with since my teens though it hasn’t acted up in quite sometime and I sometimes forget to take it easy.
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That is usually how I prefer them too…
Jack heres this is for you to check out it the reason beer wasn’t listed on the not to have and why it must be in moderation
Roger I understand the bad back haven’t had a serios problem with but have pulled muscles in my a few times as most here probally have so hope you get feeling better.
Brent, If the tender already has a pickup, all you need is a tether. Did this to my Lionel E6 Atlantic and now it goes through all my turnouts without a hitch. If you are going to York there is a guy in about the middle of Orange hall, in the front that has tethers from 2 to 8 wires very reasonable. One of those stands with lots of tools. See you at York.
Good Evening everyone!
Home with the oldest (6) who is playing “Lego Indiana Jones” on the Wii. Picked up the Wii Fit for the bride as she wants to work out at home, high tech style. Had some cases this morning that kept me busy and then the computer folks at the hospital told me they want me to enter things from my cases into the database…told them I wasn’t interested, they have secretaries for that. They didn’t like the answer, but I’d rather focus my energies on my own work.
On the train front, I won an auction for a bunch of old train magazines. Lots in there, mostly “Trains” from the 80s and also picked up a Mint, in the box 6656 PW car. It looks great. I also picked up a few other pieces of rolling stock and some scenery pieces. Getting ready to do scenery if I can ever get some time off of work.
Roger, hope you are feeling better. I suffer with a bad back and neck. Ain’t fun! Anyway, I have a meeting tonight with a Rep. At least I get a good meal for my efforts. Also, I got a call today that some magazine is going to interview me for the movie. Kind of exciting, but in reality, it is a God thing.
God Bless,
Dennis