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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    And Good Morning All from NE Ohio where the temp is 35 deg with falling temps, high winds and snow on its way. (didin't they say that yesterday?) Buckeye - did I read that BPS is coming to Ohio, and Chief with it? How is this a good start to the new year?wall1 I bet he won't make a visit to...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    From NE Ohio where the temp is 32 degs and snow coming tonight. :thumb: Today we are joining several of our train freinds for an operating sesion on his layout. Tonight we will be over to my MIL for dinner. Not sure if will be make it to midnight, as snow is on the way and we just may get...
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    Tax deductions

    Yes OZZY there is a web site for it www.wrmrrm.shutterfly.com we are working on a new site with which will have an 'org' ending.
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    Tax deductions

    Thanks Chief. You don't know how many times I hear that someone just through out some old train parts (something that we could have used to repair another old engine) or old track that we could have saved and used. Many times we received engines that aren't running and we repair them...
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    Tax deductions

    As the end of the year comes, and we start thinking of April 15, so we should also be thinking of tax credits as in tax deductible donations. If you have any train related items just sitting around or you might have been saving for a garage sale, consider donating it to a toy train museum and...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Buckeye - the museum address is The Western Reserve Model Railroad Msueum 7471 Unit L Tyler Blvd. Mentor, Ohio 44060 If you are going to send a package, then it is best to send it to my house, as someone is always home to receive it. Email me if you need my address. thanks aussie
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Chief - Sorry to hear about your dog. Buckeye - Sorry to hear about your new great engine from Chief. Does the one that Don got work? :cry: announce1 As it is getting near that time of the year for taxes, if anyone needs a tax deductions, any item (or cash) that is donated to our museum...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Good Morning All from NE Ohio where the temp is 32 deg and headed to 49 with rain on the way. Chief - I don't think OGR will approve this kind of thread. In the past, when bad weather was hitting the south, they deleted it. If its not model train related, it's gone.
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    Dec. 28 Weekly Photo Fun

    This is part of our HO layout at the museum, and I can not take credit for this fine work. It was done by one of our other master modelers.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Don - what a great looking set that Chief sent you. We have that set in HO at the museum. Sure wish we had one in O gauge also! :cool: Ozzy - My home layout is 10' x 20' with all O27 track at 027 dia. We also have a second layout (Circus layout) that is 5' x 8' also with 027 track. And yes...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Ozzy - It is an MTH flat car, the the auto's didn't come with that car. I put different auto's on the flat car for the scene. :rolleyes: :wave:
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Good Morning All from NE Ohio where the temp is 35 deg and raining. Ozzy - Good luck at the doc's. As Chuck says, it might just be scare tissue for a past aliment. Don - Glad to see that Santa and Chief provided you a great gift just in time for Christmas. Yesterday I posted that MTH...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Good Morning All from NE Ohio Where the temp is 27 deg with Blue Clear Skies and heavy frost. Sounds like all had a great Christmas Day including me. John – glad to hear they liked the doll houses, they look great. Chief – we had turkey too, going back today for seconds RT and Ozzy – O scale...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    RT - I underside where you are coming from, but I just wanted you to know the differance. Here is a compairson of scale and not scale cars. The two in the middle are the same as what you just bought. The two on the outside are scale aussie
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Merry Christmas from NE Ohio RT - Santa was watching over you to be sure that no one was hurt. Many diecast car mfg call their cars 1/43 scale, but they do not define scale as we do. To them, scale is the size of the diecast molds. When was a GTO the same size as a vette or Chryler 300? But...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Merry Christmas from NE Ohio Where the temp is 30 degs with lots of high winds. The snow has missed us so far, went east and south of us, but we are still hoping for a white Christmas! :mrgreen: We will be with our family today. :wave:
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Good Morning All from NE Ohio where the temp is 52 deg and falling to have a white Christmas (Chief eat your heart out). Don - these look the same, but a different name (most likely made by the same mfg.). Our local Hobby Town had them (440-946-5588 ) 8). I have to check the box today to get...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    HI Buckeye, yes I did, but they were alot more $$$$. I didn't look that close at them, but I can next week. I believe they were about $189.00 or so.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part III

    Good Morning All from NE Ohio where the temp is 43 deg with overcast skies and headed to 50 with snow on the way tomorrow, just in time for a White Christmas !:mrgreen: :thumb: We pick up a replacement helicoper for our Lionel flat car. This copper is remote controled and really does fly. What...
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    Dec 21st Weekly Photo Fun

    Here are some pic of the Christmas trains at the museum.