Oh yea almost forgot. BIG CONGA to ROGER BEILEN from the pot, he was in the PHOTO GALLERY of the latest CTT.
WAY TO GO ROGER!!!
laz57
GYZ,
Heres something I just found on another forum that might interest YUZ GYZ of Garden RAILROADS its pretty cool. Don’t know if its BUCKEYEs or not?
Enjoy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Y5fJGrJ3k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlXkaGgs1cI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH62n2-Pumo&feature=related
laz57
Good Morning All
We got lite snow and freezing rain overnite but the streets look ok and schools are open. My wife has Awanas at church tonite so I hope the roads stay safe.
Too early for train news this morning, I have not heard from my friend yet about going to the store so I shall wait. Have a safe day…S.J.
Good morning it was cold and icey yesterday morning, got my CTT and OGR mags the other day, in the new year I will cut down on the subscriptions have 4 of them now and will cut down to 2 more than likely.
Brutus glad your sister is ok.
Hey,
Was sunny and 60 this morning and now is raining windy and getting cooler now.
Had my meeting with the boss and I didn’t get recompenced like I should have so a little more cash
in the next paycheck will be nice…
Nothing train worthy yet, excepting I stopped at the FEC crossing and a short train with hoppers (sand and or phosphorous?) and double door boxcars. Engine #421 was pulling, must have been a local, since it was so short.
Will check in later, multiple issues have reared their collective ugly heads, so more craziness abounds.
And what happened to Extreme Trains last night? I actually stayed up to see it an nothing?
Later!
Morning all. Cold, grey and snowy - not much though. Got started with another class last night. Good bunch of students. Had a nice chat with my favorite old-head conductor on the milk run home. He told me his dad designed the old IC logo when he was with them in marketing. I’ll have to research this a bit more. Brutus, good news about your sis. You gave me a good idea on how to cope with my lack of lock-ons by using spade connectors. I think I have a few of those. Glad RIch is getting more money for trains.
Here’s something I found funny from my youngest’s school - a reminder that when its 0-15 degrees out, outside recess will only be 20 minutes. These Illinois kids sure get toughened up.
Good Morning,
Sunny and near 74 this morning in West Palm Beach FL area. Expecting some cold weather tonight, anjdevil will see more of the cold than me as he lives about 200 miles further north.
Getting a little extra pay for working both holidays but will need to put it toward bill paying. Still hoping to do the train show near Pompano FL, Hillsboro Road Amtrac station, on the 24th of this month.
The train that anjdevil mentioned in his post may even come down as far as Jupiter or Tequesta FL to service the cement plants, I think they haul sand for the major cement plants on the east coast of Florida. If FEC has more than one engine there is a good chance it is going to NW 36th street, a major loading and unloading area for both FEC & CSX, in Miama near the sea port. Another area that FEC goes to for sand is out in west Broward near the sand mining area to fill their hopper cars.
While I am at I forgot to mention that the new remote control don’t work with my Panasonic TV, also the video control box only works on one input. I think I may try the Sony TV again and see what happens.
Lee F.
Lee: We have the same TV. Ours did a similar thing a few years ago, and it cost us 3 beans to get it fixed. Better than buying a new one. I still have my first sony 20" 18 years and still strong.
Kurt
looking to be a long day of it here. Hospital is full and they are having difficulty finding rooms for the patients. They will eventually get them, but it will make the cases drag out while waiting.
Glad everyone has been OK through the storms, etc. Just waiting on word from RockIsland.
Looks like I may actually get some layout work done this weekend, should they not bother me with emergencies, but if so, it’ll happen another time. If I get out on time tonight, have to make it to the church as we have to learn some new programming with the new light board.
God Bless,
dennis
Good Morning from cloudy Southern Ohio,
The weather here is to turn nasty, just in time to start night shift tomorrow. I went to Columbus yesterday evening to pick up the bride coming home from Florida. Rained all the way up and back. I did finish taking down the last of the Christmas decorations yesterday and have them put away.
Kurt – I can identify with your dilemma of balancing family and ministry time. It is a challenge and I cannot say I have successfully responded all the time. The scripture for the Jan 31/Feb 1 weekend Masses is from Corinthians 7:32-35 where Paul talks about the struggle of ministry and marriage, and I have been asked to do the homily that weekend. What does go through my head is the saying, “If Momma isn’t happy, nobody is happy”.
Jim F – Glad sis is OK. I guess there are good AIR BAGS, oh that was not nice[:I][swg]
Buckeye – That is a nice car you sent. Is it Wes’s?
Well I have work to do for services this evening
May God bless
Jim
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Jim, that’s the difference between a “airbag” and a “windbag”!
Just read an article in the paper that “Fireproof” is one of the 8 finallists in a film contest. The chances of it winning are very good, but I understand the other 7 movies are very good as well. Either way, it is an honor that it was thought of so well.
Dennis
Morning all. Why am I so late posting???
I HAVE BEEN OUT TALKED!!! This REB lost that battle to a Yankee. [:O] I know, you can not believe it.
Jack [Rock Island 52] returned my call. For over an hour we chatted. Wonderful guy. He is OK. Had a few “upsets” in the past months but he can explain if he wants too. His wife [he] does have a new puppy. [(-D]
Sir J, wife has a good organization for kids.
Dennis, good luck with the nomination for the movie.
Jon, when are you going to KW? Love it there. Trying to get wife to go on my airline miles and Holiday Inn points. She does not like flying into that little airport on a small plane.
BTW: I am not superstitious as booked flight to New Orleans on Friday 13th.
Yankees, let it snow, let it snow. [:-^][(-D]
Wind blowing and rain spitting. Some wind damage in the outer counties. Windy and spitting rain all day they say. Got to get moving and off to Town Hall. Have a good one.
Kurt: I have an extra TV that I am subbing right now. The Sony Trinitron will cost between $285.00 & $485.00 to repair or $60.00 to send it to junkman. By the way what is three beens? Is it $300.00?
Lee F.
I’m glad Jack is OK.
Boy, what Jim and Kurt noted sure resonate with me. My bride and I find ourselves overcommitted in ministry as the year begins - much as I love video, I can’t work ten hours every Sunday through April and she’s leading or involved in three ministries - drama, prayer and jr high / HS. So we’ll be working this out.
I figured out I ‘rented-to-own’ the TV that’s now in the bedroom back in fall 1985 - that’s a long time. It is miraculously able to work with the ATT box which connected to the only connections on it - for an external antenna - no remote though because it never had one - just the dial. LOL
Howdy all, wet and rainy here today, but at least we dodged the sleet and freezing rain they were predicting.
Playing volleyball tonight - first game of the year - need to be careful as my back is still giving me problems from tweaking it on Monday (as well as major tweaking it when setting up the trains around the tree). As it is the first game, and I’m rusty, it’s probably best to take it easy on the court.
Ran the trains as usual last night for the kids - it’s amazing, whatever room my three year old is in, when those trains go on he comes running in all excited. Didn’t get a chance to remove the Polar Express coaches and put on a load of Xmas cars, hope I can do that in the next couple of nights. I want to see if an increased load will up the amount of smoke produced by the smoke unit.
Have a good one!
Chief–sent you an email with our dates in KW. We are actually flying into Ft. Liquordale and renting a car, we have family in Orlando, Davie & Vero Beach. Not sure if we will make it to Orlando, we were there last year and they have 3 kids all under 5… 2 keepers and one Holy Terror [}:)] he’s the middle one and I really like him but he makes life MISERABLE for his older brother and younger sister and parents won’t discipline him, all he needs are some parameters and consequences, it’s not rocket science.
REALLY looking forward to KW, we were there one day years ago on a cruise ship, loved it. The warm temps will be good for the old bones.
Hi all, newb here, posted some pics of layout on another thread, surfing the site and trying to get a handle, have a few ??'s, is there a search feature to look for old post’s? is there a way to check for New post since last visit, or do you have to scroll through all the pages? Thx…
[#welcome] to the “Coffee Pot”.
On the right side of your screen just below where your profile info & changes are done is a search block. You can define what you are looking for and where to search.
On the left of the thread title is a flag that shows if it has been added to since your previous visit, but it only works for threads that you have opened.
Thx, visit many Mustang sites and hope to keep up on this one for the other Hobby.
Evenin’ boys. Evenin’ English. Rain and 38 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Jonadel - Feel free to pick me up on the way down to KW. I can buy drinkemups for you all week.
laz - $1 an oz for black plastic raisenetts!? [:O] Does LIONEL have an AREA 51 somewhere? We’re gonna have to hit the aisles of the local craft stores and find a suitable substitute.
**Phillyreading/**anjdevil - I like the bright color schemes on some of the FEC locos, but I think they are missing something…