Morning all!
Getting some rain this morning and more throughout the day - 1/4 inch so far [yeah]
May not be able to work on the shed tonight as a cool front is coming this way tonight triggering the storms.
LAZ is locked down on his countdowm!
Chief - [Y]
Just a quick stop - have a good one everyone!
Well this is the last time on my layout for this old veteran. It’s decoder and the decoder of it’s mate #505B have been reset to factory default and will be carefully removed. The locos will be packed away in a box and put in the closet.
Ed, Fran and Paco on FVTM #9138
This loco was switching at Lecheria, just north of Mexico City, and the crew invited us up for a photo.
Sunney 84
I just heard on the radio don’t buy things just because its a good buy. A lot of my train purchaces years ago were exactly that and now I have tons of stuff I probably will never or very minimully will run. Twenty 2-4-2’s for example or old Marx F-3’s type diesels and so on. TTOS had big monthly meets and I always went and often bought things. I had the collecting mentality at least some back then. This was during the days before oversea manufacturing with all the nice stuff we have now. Now I store this sort of junk by modern standards and I have at least some money in it.
The good thing is I also bought tons of really good looking Fundimensions freight and passenger cars at what would be bargan prices today. So much that I don’t need to buy any today although I still buy a ocasional Industrial Rail car.
(DOH! Posted this in the wrong thread this morning - musta been tired!)
Mornin’ all!
Have to catch up later on the last day or two of posts - gotta get the kids ready and cart them off to school. Then to the gym, then a followup appointment with the foot doc. Then, finally, to work.
Had a good interview yesterday - I’ll be interested in the feedback I get from the recruiter for the company later today.
Ordered some more trains from RMT last night at the end of their 30% off sale. Gotta Halloween Beep, a couple of Xmas hoppers and the Hooker Chemical Bopper set. Still not happy I didn’t get the Baker’s Chocolate Bopper set in my last order - more on that later.
Set up for showing the trains in Corey’s class on Friday. Corey has already picked out the trains he wants to bring - I just need to break down some track and decide what kind of adhoc layout I’m going to do.
On with the day!
Chief,
What LAZ can look forward to.
Projects for today,
My List [:)]
Sandra’s List [*-)]
Prayers to all in need [angel]
[;)]
Stourbridge, condolences for your friend. R.I.P.
Chuck, looks like a light house or maybe a water tank with windows. Probably have a nice view from up there.
Quiet day here and getting warm this afternoon. Ran trains this morning before it got hot. One of my DCS equiped GP9 engines has been losing power on dirty track I thought but I cleaned the pick up rollers and finally cleaned the wheels to make good ground. That did the trick. Cleaning rollers alone was not enough. I have run out of parking places for trains on the layout. Now I am running two trains one following the other on one track and a third on the other side of double track… No room to expand except to double deck or start boxing up stuff.
Prayers for all the walking wounded on here today. [angel]
Had a long talk with one of my Thursday night buddies on the phone. Reminised about good times from the past. He told me about Bass Pro Shops and all the stuff they have. We have one a few miles from us but I have never seen it. Need to check it out.
Starting to get fishing fever again if I allow myself to do it. Might go when I feel better.
later,
Ray
Naah naah naah, I have a ripe tomato. Yankees can’t say that. [:P] [Y] [:-^]
Chief: We’ve had ripe tomatoes down here for weeks. You’re behind the power curve. You need to get more heat up there.
Good Evening…
All appointments out of the way…tomorrow will be getting groceries and such into the house…at least with my doctor I can still drive myself to the treatments…such as that is.
I also had a bit of time tonight to run some trains…and no incidents or accidents…
[angel] for Ed’s family…
Oh chief you are so right. I got buds on mine though…LOL
It was cooler today, breezy and low 70s. I took a lazy day and didn’t do much. I’m a little antsy about tomorrows skin cancer surgery since it’s between my lip and chin. By this time tomorrow I will know how much cutting he did…I had my banilla but saved some for the thingy crew…S.J.
Happy Hump Day!!!
I didn’t realize I had the day off…tried to sleep in, but had a fire call at 10 AM…
Weekend went fairly well
A little more info on my trip: Saturday left the house at 0500 for my trek to Mt. Pocono, PA via Sportster. Weather was wonderful. Went through the railroad towns of Raritan, NJ, Phillipsburgh, NJ and Easton, PA. Easton at about 0730 looks like a wonder town to rail fan. I’m going to get back there and its sister town Phillipsburgh soon. Many CNJ signs on the way up. This area is really steeped in Jersey railroading.
Had a cook out with a friend Sunday at Allaire State Park, Home of the Pine Creek Railroad. They were using a little Plymouth engine to haul a closed coach, an open couch and a CNJ caboose. I could only observe, as I was chief cook and entertainer. Had grilled Italian sausage sandwiches. Afterwards we went to see Chernobyl Dairies…(don’t bother…really, just don’t…)
Monday’s parades were grueling, temps in the 90’s. Princess did a ride along on the second parade and was hit on by one of the young guys. She’s not interested…[(-D][(-D].
Monday night/Tuesday morning responded to a fully involved house fire…I was the ladder pipe guy…on the ladder during the major blaze portion…master streams only, our truck put out the bulk of the fire…
Tuesday was a tough one as well, cleaning cars in 90+ weather in dress clothes…I must of lost 10 pounds…
Got an interesting article today…seems that Chrysler was involved in railroading. You guys into the New York Central should be really interested in this: .
http://www.allpar.com/corporate/railroads.html
Nicer and cooler today
Good evening all! Starting to cool down a bit from the past few days, can’t wait for the summer temps [:'(]
Had a nice time after work tonight as I stopped by my favorite ICE CREAM store and had some LEMON ICE CREAM! Real tasty.
Tomorrow or Friday I’ll be stopping by at my LHW as an order is due to arrive [;)]!
SJ - Good luck tomorrow. If you want either HudsonJohn or I can send you some Lemon Ice Cream in a Dry Ice container, (just let John know). Nice to see you have your font size under control.
Rich - Years ago HudsonJohn’s and my families went on a day trip to Allaire. Nice train ride. It’s also a nice place to camp for a weekend as we’ve done that a few times also.
Later,
Ray
Rich not sure if its my system or what the only way I’m able to goto your links is to copy and paste if I click I get a stupid era message saying either the site is down or off line lol
Not much happening here today. Took some stuff to the auction house up the road as needed to get it out of here. lol
Still have some other things need to get rid of but doing so is a fight normally. wife just wants to hang on to things we never use or will. Like I have a propane fireplace I got when I worked for the propane company in Va. It was nice but to run the copper tubing and to do all that is involved and the cost of propane ( the rest of the house is natural gas) and this can’t be converted it states its for propane use only. so it sits in a bedroom behind a bunch of junk lol.Oh well I’ll get it out of here soon. I finally convinced her that it needs to go just like a lot of other stuff.
prayers for all that needs them. sorry to here about O.J. Ed I remember talking to him often when I was going to the other forum on model railroader side Elliott’s café. lot of the ones that I use to talk to over there aren’t on there any more. I wonder form time to time how there doing. i keep in touch with one thats in FL and have contact info on 2 others up in Mich I think either there or Oh who remembers lol anyway prayers for all in need. side starting to hurt again so need to take it easy talk to you all later.
Evening all!
Got about an inch of rain and maybe another storm tonight. Clearing out tomorrow.
SJ - [angel] for tomorrow.
Prayers for treatments, healing and good health.
Dad is doing well and Char has a narrow sinus passage so they will do a small procedure in about 10 days and roto-rooter that sucker out. She literally can’t wait to be done with that.
Not much got done today - last day of my mini-vacation. I just goofed off mostly. I did finally make the connections and rearrange where all the network stuff was in the house. Router and Modem are now on the entertainment center and my son has his own hub for all his game systems and stuff.
Nice chat tonight with the guys - talking about switches from different companies. TARDIS is ready guys - let’s go!
Time for me to call it a night. See y’all tomorrow.
Reclinerized while Wifey couched. Animals slept too. Off to bed.
SJ, prayers they do not have to “trim” too much tomorrow [well, today as after midnight].
Sleep tight.
Hi GUYZ,
56 and great sleeping last nite. GOLF TODAY in a spendid 76 degree day.
TREE MORE TA GO!!!
KEV TANKs for da list already got them tings done.
DOUG M. nice pic.
CHUCK, might have to have a double helix in the train room at dat house?
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning
Sunny today with increasing clouds tonight. High of 62F expected…tonight…rain.
We are going to get the groceries done and pay various bills and all that silliness today…have an appointment with a social worker tonight…
Laz57: So you finish on Monday? What you have planned then?[swg]
Have a good day people!!