Category Archives: Personal

Personal stuff

This n’ That

Posted on January 21, 2015 by ToyTrains1

The list of Atlas O reefers is as up-to-date as I can make it with all currently available information included.  The photo catalog also has all of the cars released to date. I had the cataract in my right eye … Continue reading →

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It’s Been One Hell of a Year!

Posted on July 23, 2014 by ToyTrains1

I've received emails asking why I've mostly left my online presences.  Where do I start?  For a while now, I've noticed that my vision has been degrading.  Magnifying glasses began popping up all over the house so that I could … Continue reading →

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A New Year – 2014

Posted on January 19, 2014 by ToyTrains1

I'm sure you noticed that I posted nothing last year.  Very few new toys, not much to talk about except the fact that I haven't been well and I don't like talking about that.  I've just made the effort (I … Continue reading →

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It’s Summertime!

Posted on July 21, 2011 by ToyTrains1

::sigh:: I'm getting way too old for this! Temperature this afternoon: 101 degrees F Feels like: 112 degrees F What more can I say?

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A Personal Note

Posted on December 7, 2010 by ToyTrains1

Today marks five years since I "got retired" (how appropriate it's Pearl Harbor Day) and I have to say that I've really been enjoying my retirement.  The trains play a large part in that.

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A New Train!

Posted on November 20, 2010 by ToyTrains1

I gave up celebrating birthdays a long time ago, but with mine coming soon decided that I needed a present.  I went down to Trains & Things in Ewing (near Trenton) which is where I got my Standard Gauge Ives … Continue reading →

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Taking a Break

Posted on November 19, 2010 by ToyTrains1

Since getting the HD camcorder six months ago, I've been averaging 16 True HD 1080p videos a month (yes, there are now 96 of them).  While it's been great fun getting out all the trains and running them again, some … Continue reading →

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Another HD Video

Posted on May 17, 2010 by ToyTrains1

I've gotten back some of my mobility since the surgery on my knee last week and ventured into the basement for the first time today.  I decided that since the last video turned out well, I'd shoot the other train … Continue reading →

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Oh Good Lord!

Posted on May 11, 2010 by ToyTrains1

I had the surgery on my knee today.  Now that the anesthetic in the knee has worn off, I don't know but that I was better off with the torn meniscus!  Getting old SUX!  🙁  I'll be off the air … Continue reading →

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When It Rains …

Posted on March 10, 2010 by ToyTrains1

… it pours, or so the old expression goes.  I've come to think that it's not nearly strong enough.  It should be: "When it rains, you get a category 5 hurricane", or at least it seems to me of late.  … Continue reading →

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An Update

Posted on February 14, 2010 by ToyTrains1

After PSE&G cut up the tree enough to free the lines at 3 AM (chainsaws at 3AM, what a wonderful sound!), at 10 AM their crews arrived in bucket trucks to reconnect the line to the house up near the … Continue reading →

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Disaster!

Posted on February 11, 2010 by ToyTrains1

We've had some really lousy weather this last week, with a snowstorm dumping about 8" of snow this past weekend and, over the last 24 hours or so, a blizzard that dumped 16-18" of very heavy, wet snow that clung … Continue reading →

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