POLL: the final step before ninth_wave reveals all!

My house actually NEEDS a bulldozer

I've been working so much at both places I have no extra time at all....Good thing I LOVE my job(s)

Hmmm, if you had a 3rd job so you did not need to go home then you could save on fuel, housework and all those tedious things like cooking, watching TV, sleeping . . .

SLEEPING????

What the heck is that??? (As I sit here with my red bleary eyes)

It's 4 in the morning and I'm leaving for work...I have to get up when I'm normally going to bed. Luckily I don't work at this second job too often and pretty soon I'll be on the later shift again.

Let me have that bulldozer back when you're done with it

So, this thread is finally running out of steam. Days between posts, instead of minutes or hours.

Hi Jeff, good of you to drop in and nudge it up the charts again, well what with holidays, and some working multiple shifts and selling in a summer/part recessional lull it was only to be expected.

This ol' thread ain't finished yet, Ms M and I are it's guardians !!

Still the view count continues to creep up despite the lack of lunacy at present, then again online selling isn't that hot at the moment either, just like the weather.

Mind you I am getting good out of season sales on the SpecialistAuctions site so much so that I doubt I wil move my magaazine and books sales back to greedbay, but certainly watching for Auctiva's alternative.

So, running out of steam ? Well the tender is a bit low on coal and water, but the fire still glows, very soon we will get steam pressure up and start pounding the metals again, and anyone else daft as us to get involved in this lounge thread or is it a rope ?

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Let me have that bulldozer back when you're done with it

By the time our lad has cleared up his room it will need a heavy overhaul or shall I just mail you what's left of it

I'm sort of taking August off. I've got some unique items to list, but I'm waiting until September to get started again in quantity. Summer is always slow, so why bother?

Summer has been good for me but it seems to be over now Last week sales really tanked so I'm done for now, at least for a month or so. Then I can start up with fall/winter stuff (if I can ever find any time to take pics)

So Jeff, you're still reading our nonsense huh? Glad you joined us, if even for a little while.

Choo--if his room is THAT bad, keep the bulldozer...you need it more than I do

Hey ChooChoo, going back to my avatar picture, C&O 614, if you want to see a wonderful video of this fabulous engine at 70mph, check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhGoR1cpdrM&feature=related

I just came upon it on YouTube looking up something else In fact, there a re a number of vids, but this is a particularly good on at high speed This is similar to the speed of when I snapped that pic at left Its been over 10 years since these trips, time goes by fast. That's what railroading was once all about!

Another good one, taken a few miles from where I took my still photo. Great pacing footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrrPGQMwXxM&feature=related

Pretty impressive videos, steam rules, when it comes to putting on a spirited show

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Originally posted by ChooChooGuy:
Pretty impressive videos, steam rules, when it comes to putting on a spirited show

There are just so many outstanding videos of these trips 10 years ago, I can't get over it.

Take a look at this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PePKv7OGU&feature=related

While it's 7 minutes long, and worth watching every minutes (some great pacing shots), the first 90 seconds says it all!

What a shame this engine is now sidelined, and essentially rusting away. I don't even know who owns it now. I do know it needs major restoration again, and is out of certification. It can no longer be steamed.

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Originally posted by JeffS:

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Originally posted by ChooChooGuy:
Pretty impressive videos, steam rules, when it comes to putting on a spirited show

There are just so many outstanding videos of these trips 10 years ago, I can't get over it.

Take a look at this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PePKv7OGU&feature=related

While it's 7 minutes long, and worth watching every minute (some great pacing shots), the first 90 seconds says it all!

What a shame this engine is now sidelined, and essentially rusting away. I don't even know who owns it now. I do know it needs major restoration again, and is out of certification. It can no longer be steamed.

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Originally posted by JeffS:

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Originally posted by JeffS:

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Originally posted by ChooChooGuy:
Pretty impressive videos, steam rules, when it comes to putting on a spirited show

There are just so many outstanding videos of these trips 10 years ago, I can't get over it.

Take a look at this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PePKv7OGU&feature=related

While it's 7 minutes long, and worth watching every minute (some great pacing shots), the first 90 seconds says it all! A cold day and the steam condensing from the stack.

What a shame this engine is now sidelined, and essentially rusting away. I don't even know who owns it now. I do know it needs major restoration again, and is out of certification. It can no longer be steamed.

Awesome vids, Jeff. I think everyone likes trains. The hospital I work at is 103 years old and was built behind a huge trainyard. No steam engines anymore, but plenty of freight and commuter trains still carrying on. The noise is deafening at times but no one ever seems to mind The patients say they actually like the sound of the train whistles at night.

Last time I had a stay in hospital the noises I heard all through the night were clanking, splashing and crashing . . . .


Unfortunately it was from the bed pan washing room across the corridor

Choo...are you sure those werent the sounds of your false teeth, glasses, and hearing aid falling to the floor???

KIDDING

Pardon, just felt something go crack under my foot looking for me teef

Yeah Choo, I caught the action...

(Ahem..) I think you lost your toupee too

No, just hung it out to dry after cleaning out the toilet