Sleeping with the Trains

Where in the #$*! do you live, anyway? That would be awful! 🥵

I thought this was about what happens when you tell the CEO that you are expanding the layout further into "her" space. 😂😂

Sucks when the AC dies.....

I am in the Midwest.  The humidity is killer outside today and is only supposed to get worse throughout the week.  I discovered the ac was not working last week and called the repair company.  They said they might be able to get to me this week and then called this morning to say that next Monday was the soonest they could get here.  I guess I will have to live with it until then.

Did that this time last year. The dehumidifier in the basement made it relatively comfortable, as it could be anyway.

I was praying my 20 year old fridge didn't quit with elevated indoor temp.

Good luck with the repairman!

I certainly hope your AC gets repaired Monday but a tip of my proverbial cap to you for making lemonade out of lemons!

-Greg

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

Tonight I will be sleeping with the trains!  My air conditioner is not working and it was 99 F outside today.  The ground floor has warmed up to 83 F, with the bedroom area on the second floor being warmer.  The ceiling fans just don't cut it.  However, the train room is c. 72 F, so I have set up a cot and will move a dog bed down there for the pups.  The ac repair man is coming next Monday, with the temps supposed to be hot for the rest of this week.  Will likely be spending more than tonight sleeping with the trains.

NWL

looks  like my life

Who lives better than you, NWL, you get to sleep with your dogs and your trains! LOL!

Seriously, good luck with your air conditioner.

NWL,

Gack. Good luck with the fixes to the A/C. Used to live in Southern Illinois, about 50 years ago. Could get hot and humid (for that part of the country), but not this early in the year.

When I saw the subject, thought it was about something like this:

David

When I saw the headline, I was thinking Luca Brasi (sleeps with the fishes) and an intriguing O gauge murder mystery. Envisioned a back-alley deal gone bad for a "used but in mint condition" MTH DCS TIU Rev L or Lionel Legacy 990 Command Set "never used but no box or instructions".

For your sake, I hope the fix it guy gets delayed and maybe you have to sleep down cellar for even a few more nights!

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Who lives better than you, NWL, you get to sleep with your dogs and your trains! LOL!

Seriously, good luck with your air conditioner.

Sleeping with the dogs is nothing new.  They were a bit disappointed that they couldn't fit on the cot with me.  They did enjoy the cooler temperature, as my 10 month old Labrador wouldn't go into the basement willingly the first time, but went downstairs with no problems afterwards.

NWL

A righteous amount of pre-war. Not sure what the set is called, but its American Flyer and plated nickel, and see at least two of them. Sold all my pre-war a long time ago, but I have had an eye out for the AF O orange, not green, Illini set.

Well, at least you should have good dreams of trains! Been there with an early season heat wave and the AC broken (when I had central AC). I kept a portable AC on hand after that, which could work in a room where the central AC wasn't effective or in the bedroom if the AC failed. Actually using a portable unit in my basement instead of a de humidifier, in its 'eco mode' it keeps it comfortable and runs a lot less than the dehumidifier did.

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

Sleeping with the dogs is nothing new.  They were a bit disappointed that they couldn't fit on the cot with me.  They did enjoy the cooler temperature, as my 10 month old Labrador wouldn't go into the basement willingly the first time, but went downstairs with no problems afterwards.

NWL

Our German Shepherd/Beagle mix, would bark like crazy at the train when I ran it. I think she thought it was a snake. LOL

I thought this thread was going to be about Sleeper Cars!

I feel your PAIN!

I moved from Wisconsin to NY a few years ago.  People always ask me why? (Grandkids)  Everything out here cost 1.5 to 3 times as much, and other things are "different".  However knowing what the weather has been like this "spring" back home, and 20 below in the winter.   I ask, why I subjected myself and family to that for 60 years.  BTW REALLY miss the Illinois Railway Museum.

One suggestion, if you have a layout, put a train on running at low speed.  It produces white noise not all that different from a waterfall, like they use in those tapes (opps my age is showing) for sleep therapy.

Hope the guy gets your AC fixed soon.

@illinoiscentral posted:

A righteous amount of pre-war. Not sure what the set is called, but its American Flyer and plated nickel, and see at least two of them. Sold all my pre-war a long time ago, but I have had an eye out for the AF O orange, not green, Illini set.

Actually they are Cadmium plated.  One is the Yukon (with black steam engine) and the other is the Century , which is often referred to as the Aeolus (with cast aluminum streamline steam engine).

As bigkid mentioned, get a small window A/C (or as I call them "window shakers"). They are not too expensive and will make your life more bearable once the basement heats up in a day or 2!

I grew up in Northern IL ... never has AC ... trains were in the basement ... until we built a bedroom for 2 daughters in the basement ... then the trains moved to the attic ... luckily , there was usually a good 95degree breeze moving through the farm house on the hill ...

...and here I thought your follow on posts were going to be about how you weren't able to get a good nights sleep because of all of the noise with the trains whistling for grade crossings and the incessant dinging of the crossing gate warning bells.

Great place to sleep. I've done the same thing on occasion as my train room is the only room in the house with A/C. We have so few really hot days in New England that it's hard to justify buying even a room air conditioner, but my min-split heat pump gives the trains a better living environment than we have.