Big East Coast Snow Storm Predicted…"The Artic Express" What’s in your O-Gauge Survival Pack?

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And my beautiful, charming and supportive wife, too

Spent Christmas with our daughter and family in Williamsburg, VA.  Got back Saturday and the train shop has eight repairs for me. Priority though was having five of the littlest Grandchildren over for a sleepover movie night and train running.  Then had a Thanksgiving type feast and family gathering at our youngest son's house on New Year's Day.

 

Today, tomorrow, Saturday are for train repairs.  The cold air (forecast zero tonight) and snow (forecast 4-8 inches) won't interfere.

Pete

 

 

16" and counting in Chicago so far. Luckily it's been a light powder not the heavy stuff.

 

Down one bottle of "Hot Chocolate" smoke fluid, about to crack a new one!!!

 

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Get ready boys!  I am in IN and we got about 6" last night.  Roads are a mess!  Leaving work early!

 

Just bought a Lionel H-7 from Nassau Hobby, the gentleman said they are expecting up to a foot of snow!  Great folks to do business with, by the way!

 

Be careful out there!

We have 14" here, so I'm going nowhere today. The trains are waiting, although my wife has other ideas (shoveling, cleaning, etc.)

Glad I got the Transformers Edition

Automatic standby generator. 

 

Without power, you ain't got nuthin'.

 

Rusty

Six Pac of Paulander Beer!

 

Gandy

Looking forward to making even more progress at fine tuning the layout and running a few trains.  A perfect excuse to stay in the basement.

In Florida so sunblock and swim trunks

We are supposed to get the brunt of the storm this evening add overnight.

Tomorrow will be a "tele-commute" day, from the train room !

 

Ken

I feel sorry for you guys up north, as I have been through a few bad snow storms too. Forget what year(between 1963 & 1968) the state of Connecticut had a really bad snow storm but power was out for a few days and I remember my mom cooking at the fireplace in Stratford CT. Also had to sleep near the fireplace to keep warm.

 

I remember shoveling snow in north Reading PA(Muhlenberg Township) during the early to mid 1970's, it's no picnic!

 

Even went through hurricane Andy in August of '92, no electric power for seven weeks! No air conditioning for almost three months as A.C. units had to be replaced.

 

Lee Fritz

Well its been 80 degrees all week here in Southern California, had to turn the sprinklers back on because the grass was turning brown.

Sort of like me, I can go to the beach today as it is near 75 in sunny West Palm Beach FL.

 

You guys up north can send us some cold weather as we are having overnight lows of 71, sometimes even 76 for an overnight low temp. Daytime high may get up to 78 today.

 

Lee Fritz

Well,

I pretreated my driveway with a de-icer.   My Kubota with a 60" snowblower is primed and ready.  Since the weather people here in Pittsburgh are pushing the storm arrival time back,I am hoping for a minimal impact.  I will be ready

Since our Christmas Tree is still up and lighted,I will probably run my pink standard guage 408E for a bit.  Incidentally,my wife,sister,and niece think that this pink set is the coolest train set ever.

 

Norm

We don't have much yet. Sadly will not get to work on the layout at all. Ever one needs plows fixed, will be working till it stops just to go out and plow. It's all good tho more money for the big show next month.

My MOW crew has Jordan snow spreaders ready to go. Back-up crews are on stand-by. The Yard Master has emergency heat for the the switches. The brass has issued rum for the night trick, when the snow will intensify into blizzard conditions. Contingent plans have been made to re-route trains, should there be wash-outs. Yes, we are ready.

 

I was in New York/Westchester county, for the holidays with family and friends. The plans where to stay until Friday the 3rd but I had  to get out yesterday. Do back to work Monday did not want to get stuck. I wish I could have stayed for the snow storm always like a good snow storm when it lands on a weekend. Every buddy up north enjoy and BE SAFE ON THE ROADS 

Hoping my customers close and i get to play with and photograph the cjristmas layout

I went out this morning to get more gas for the snow blower, just in case.  We had a little snow this morning, but it's not yet clear how much more -- if any -- there'll be, here in central PA. 

 

But my railroad is prepared!  My #53 snow plow is freshly lubed and cleaned, ready to keep the main line open!

 

Train show in Somerset NJ this weekend, just hoping for clear roads. 

Lee, I am from Stratford and remember those storms. I have friends in West Palm.

Reading this forum and taking it easy. Here in southern New Hampshire at 3pm it is 6 degrees and snowing lightly. We are supposed to get a foot of powder. This winter storm has to be one off the coldest that I can remember, temperature wise.

Snowing hard now in Maryland. Back in the big snows of February, 2010, this MTH O-gauge plow performed admirably. It stands ready again if needed.

 

Note: No O-gauge equipment was damaged in the making of these images.

 

 

 

It is cold here in the upper midwest, about 6 above right now and going below zero tonight. Feel for the train road crews that have to work out in it tonight. We dont have a lot of snow, maybe 12-14" on the ground all in small lifts. THE STORM HITTING THE eAST IS COMBINING the storm that has blown through here and the rain storm that has moved up the eastern seacoast. We are looking at days next week where the high will not get above zero. Suppose the rails will get tested a bit.

 What’s in your O-Gauge Survival Pack? The same thing that was there when we were in business. The phone number to church ladies.

Not quite sure I have an O-Gauge Survival Pack.  If I get bored watching the snow fall I'll probably do a little PM on a few locos.

I don't know who or why little storms started getting names.  I decided to check out the Weather Channel for storm news.  They showed the maps & predicted amounts of snow for the Hercules storm, that's the name.  8"-12" in some spots and 12" to 16" in others.  That is just a dusting of snow for Alaska & they don't name anything up here.  Our "storms" don't even make the Weather Channel.

When they thought it made things sound super exciting and dangerous, so we'd stay glued to the TeeVee.

 

I get my weather reports off the net.  The Hysteria Channel has gotten much too silly for my taste.

 

       
       


LOL..Bumblebee

I hurried up and did my plowing so I could work on the layout.  In order to do that I had to move a few engines, and that turned into a day of running trains…..
Oh well, I think it’s going to be a long winter!!!



Stay Warm…

K.C.

       
       


Cool Picture!!

K.C.

It seems the Hysteria Channel decided to name winter storms on their own. It's not "official" like cyclones which are globally handled by the various government weather agencies.

BumbleBee needs a rotary thrower off an MOW piece. I LIKE IT!

It looks like we got about 8" of snow here in N.E, Ct. Waiting for it to stop so I can clear the driveway.

In anticipation of having a snow day, yesterday I picked up emergency rations of 14 lengths of conduit a dozen boxes and three spools of wire to add 110 service along the inside perimeter of the layout.  Now to finish it b/4 the snow melts.

 

No more extension cords!

 

 

My wife and I took Amtrack from Phila to Boston yesterday to visit with our daughter's family. The snow started in RI, and was already 4" or so when we arrived at the RT.28 station. It took over an hour for the limo service to get us to Medway. It looks like a least a ft. out there now.

 

Are you sure that gas price jump wasn't our new Pa State gas tax that went into effect Wednesday?

 

 

As for me, all I need is this monster:

 

 

       
       


LOL Pete…

Feeding those guys would really wreak havoc on my train budget…

K.C.