Elliot´s Trackside Diner has been renamed.
In memory of
Jeffrey Scott Wimberly
AKA Running Bear, Dr. Frankendiesel, The Spray Can Rembrandt
Volunteer firefighter, exceptional model railroader and friend.
Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner is a meeting place for all who wish to join. We talk on-topic, but also off-topic here, but always within the framework of the forum policy. Talk about your ongoing or future model railroading projects, show us your latest acquisitions or simply share your day. If you need to let off some steam, you can do it here, but beware - Cousin Vinnie, the proprietor, is keeping a close watch on the language and is unforgiving when it comes to violations of the house rule.
The finest foods and beverages are being served here by the staff - that´s the twins Chloe and Zoe, and Janie and Flo. There is a new menu, which now includes Chinese dishes (for you, Todd!) and JSTL - that´s Jeffrey´s special Tabasco lemonade.
Come in and enjoy!
Hi All,
This is not a very good time of year for me with all of the friends and family that are gone from this Earth
It`s been even worse this holiday season with the loss of Sammie.......this is a pic that my mom took the first day we started to move into the new house......mom put her on my bed so she could rest and not get in the way ........a lot of times Sammie would have a look on her face as if she were smirking at you.....
Not sure if I`m going to bother to stay up for the new year crap.....it`s just another day to me anymore.
Been putzing around since Thanksgiving weekend with building a new modelbench......just realized that I have not done anything with model building since the last week of July when I started to pack up all the stuff.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Well, well, well.... I was busy typing and tyhey moved the diner on me! Ulrich, thanks for making the move for us, and your rememberance of Jeffrey Scott "Running Bear" Wimberly. I think he is pleased! I do miss him.......
Evenin' folks!
Nothing for me right now Janie. I'm just about out the door to go to my son's house for New Years Eve. Supper will be Horses Dovers and snacks washed down with a glass of Finger Lakes Wine.... At Midnight I will imbibe in about two fingers worth of bubbly and then head home. No, no I will not be close to being over the line to drive! Those days have been over for a few decades. It will amount to one small glass of wine and then a taste of the bubbly stuff at midnight.
Got quite a bit of stuff done today. Did the rest of the wash, cleared off the inch of white stuff on the panels that had accumulated overnight. The sun was out and the rest cleared off very quickly. Then got some year end finances done, and put a switch stand on the layout behind the fill with the bridge. The Stand was assembled last night and got painted and installed today.
Solar panels did their thing well today and I ended the year 4.7 kWh better than last year! Not a WOW! moment, but I am at least seeing some consistancy in output over time. It also means that I saved close to $550 on electric this year which after all incentives puts the payback period for the Solar Panels and equipment a couple months more than 13 years total. Right on schedule from what was estimated when I purchased the system. I am considering adding a few more panels to the system.
I want to wish all of you in here a most Happy, Safe, Prosperous, and Satisfying New Year in 2015! May all your good dreams come true! See you next year!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hi Gang,
Just a selfish moment here for me.. I wanted to be in on the new Diner in the single digits of posting, and also to welcome those who come after to "Jeffrey's Trackside Diner. Also to Toast it's namesake with a glass of JSTL, (if I can get it down--for two reasons). Jeffrey, you will always be in our thoughts as we enter the Diner and you will always cross our minds when discussing a point as to what would Jeff have to say about this. You will always be missed....
I was the Guy who gave him the handle of "The Spray Can Rembrandt" many years ago, it seems.
Thank you Ulrich for doing such a fine job of seeing the re-furbishing and moving of the Diner. BTW where are we for the month of January ???
Hope you all have a safe New Years Eve. No Drinking and Driving, not even two fingers worth Ray !!!
Best Wishes to All.
Johnboy out...............till next time
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
So sad to hear of Jeffrey's passing! I was unaware until this moment. He always treated my well and for that I am thanksful and glad that he was my friend!
NP 2626 "Northern Pacific, really terrific"
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association: http://www.nprha.org/
Ulrich .... Thanks for starting the first thread for Jeff's Trackside Diner.
Jeff was a friend to everbody in the MR Forum and the Diner in particular.
We can fondly remember Jeff's positive attitude and his sense of humor.
YGW .... Thanks for commenting in one of final posts in December Diner, but to clear it up. Our youngest two adult children were born on December 31st two years apart. Not one year apart.
Happy New Year and Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Happy New Year to all the Diner Patrons!!
A quiet evening for my wife and I, just likely watch a little telie and then have a few snacks. We used to go out for lavish dinners that started about 10 p.m. but I just don't have the constitution or desire to do that anymore.
Jerry, nice to see you in here. I can relate with the DPM hotel as I put one of those together last winter. It took me a couple of weeks to get all the window frames painted.
Sure do miss Jeff.
See you in the New Year.
CN Charlie
Hi Everyone,.
Hey Flo, please fetch a big cup of coffee with boocoo cream. This is my first post on the diner, not that it matters. I never met Mr. Wembley, but what little I knew of him it would seem fitting that the diner be renamed after him. Now older and wiser, I don't go in much for the celebration do N ew Years, but I hope everyone will be safe and sound.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Hello all!
First visit to the diner for me! I hear this place is like cheers, so I thought I'd swing in for a few.
Well, tonight I'm hard at work here in Kansas City, but hope to be home about an hour before the ball drops on our year. Was thinking that I'd throw the coverage up on the TV and chip away at my layout. Its been about 14 months so far since I started my 15x12 and I'm slowly getting things done. I'm at about the halfway point in the track process which has been a lot of fun.
I'm not much for going out on the town drinking (and I am on call) but for those of you who do, be safe and have fun!!! Happy New Year to all.
Jerry
Well well well..... Hello Railfans one and all! Let me first make the compliment on the new decor - thanks to our talented friend Ulrich. Well done, tasteful, and well said. I like it!
Flo? I spose the drink of the evening is champagne. There are many things we should raise our glasses too. To wit:
1) Jeffrey Wimberly, the new namesake of the diner. I raise my glass and toast his friendship, gentility, service, railfanmanship, and honor his lasting memory.
2) To those among us, friends, family, loved ones who share and make part of, our daily lives.
3) To the brotherhood of railfans, for which without this forum, we would all be strangers. I am thankful for such a place as "Jeffrey's Trackside Diner", and the folks who patronize it.
4) To the Greatest Hobby in the World. For which has given me decades of enjoyment, and a passion to live for.
5) To the new year (still 4hrs away for me). Heres wishing its a dog gone sight better than the last.
6) To those in poor health. For your struggles in life which seem harder as of late. May you all enjoy one more year amongst us in good health.
7) To the landlords who provide us this space to reverent on topics good and bad. Heres to another year of continued success in bringing the hobby to the world.
8) And to you, the reader reading this now.... Heres to you, for all your help, understanding, sharing of knowledge, and most of all.... your friendship in our great hobby.
In General - I want to wish each and everyone of you the safest, Happiest New Year for you and your loved ones. May you have everything you wish for except one thing...... so you will always have something to strive for.
Happy New Year fellow Railfans!
Your friend,
Douglas
PM Railfan
WEll,
I, like Johnboy, thought I'd stop in to say hi and be in the single digits of the *new, improved* diner!
Someone suggested I "open" the dinner again, once it reaches the East Coast of USA.Ulrich has a 6 hour advantage on us at being on that side of the pond...he experiences 2015 long before we do, but long after Australia and NZ and other parts of the world.
I will certainly post a NY'ers NY's greeting, though it seems it is well open already! I am not the only one on this coast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=edSVRUFm-Z0
Auld lang Syne, My friends, Auld lang syne!
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind {but not Jeffrey}
Auld lang syne, my friends, for auld lang syne!
We'll take a cup o' kindness, then, for days of auld lang syne!
~We will remember Jeffrey Wimberly always....a moment of silence this eve, for Jeffrey, he will be surely missed!
A to all!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Jeeze, Doug, you said everything so well, left nothing to add.
Just a thanks to all for your friendship. May the New Year bring Peace and Health to all.
Flip
last mountain & eastern hogger Thank you Ulrich for doing such a fine job of seeing the re-furbishing and moving of the Diner. BTW where are we for the month of January ???
Flo, a hamburger, fries, and Diet Pepsi.
Ulrich, love that framed photo of Jeff hanging over his booth. Nice touch!
Rich
Alton Junction
Good evening everyone,
It's been awhile since I've been here. I am so pleased to see the diner renamed in honor of Jeff Wimberly. A very fitting dedication.
Last week was the first I heard of his passing and was quite saddened. What hit me more than anything was knowing he was just slightly more than a year older than me. I never met him, but wish that I could have. He seemed like someone who I would have enjoyed an afternoon of train 'pow wow' with, then just go and run trains. My impression was that, not only was he very knowledgable and positive, but also someone with a somewhat dry type of humor. I imagine him sitting at the computer keyboard writing a thread response with a devious grin. Anyway...that's merely my impression. From my side of things...he will be missed.
This night is a quiet, home based holiday as it's been for a good number of years. A little light indulgence at home with the dog and cat poking around, I'll watch movies and tinker on the layout. Living here in the northern Nevada casino land puts all sorts of irresponsible...crazies out on the road. On a night like tonight, going out on the highway is much like playing Russian roulette with a loaded automatic instead of 1 round in a six shot revolver. (Strange but appropriate metaphor)
For me New Year is just another year and a reminder of I'll be another year older.
So to those into the New Year thing...Happy New Year.
To everyone else...have a good night.
Mark H
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
I'm not normally a participant here. Doc says stay out of such places. I do want to say I think it's quite fitting to rename it after Jeffrey and a suitable honor to his memory.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Good Evening, Chloe - and Zoe too (maybe expecting a crowd tonight)? Well, I will have hot chocolate (with those little marshmallows, please) in a L&A mug, in honor of Jeffrey. Thank you, and a toast to Jeffrey (and others who may have left us this year) and to the New Year ahead of us (or some in other parts of the world who have started on us already).
May we recall our friends (here, gone now, or still to meet in the years ahead), and celebrate the hobby that brings us together (as Doug said much better than I did).
Blessings on your 2015, and may it bring healing, comfort, and rest,
Jim in Cape G.
Bryan B.
For auld lang syne, my friends, for auld lang syne
Ulrich did an excellent job polishing and painting and the new booths look fantastic!
And A WONDERFULL Tribute to Jeffrey, our new posthumous host! May we never forget!
Have a GREAT RESTFULL night!
See you later in the year now...
I wrote a rushing experience on the previous month, but I hope it went well.
It took me three months but I finally got a haircut. The hair was bothering my right ear and my eyes.
It's raining here in Tucson with a little showers. ( I believe for 5 hours straight.)
Happy New Year and talk to you later probably tomorrow. Good night.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Dropping in to say Hello to all at the new Diner. A fitting honor to have it renamed for Jeffrey since he was a regular here.
Wishing all the best to everyone and their families this coming year.
I still have 53 minutes left until it is 2015, so can someone hurry up and get me the Lottery numbers for January 1st?
Robert H. Shilling II
Good job on the Intro, Ulrich.
Stopped in to say Hi and wish all the Diner's a....
''Happy New Year''
Take Care, All.
Frank with the stripe's
Good Morning, Folks!
Wow! I am overwhelmed by the number of posts here in Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner, only shortly after it was opened in its new location! When facilitating the move I forgot to mention where we are for the month. I thought Louisiana would be a nice place - to be more specific, it´s New Orleans. A tour bus will take us to Leesville, so we can pay our respect to Jeffrey. I still can´t imagine this place without his contributions.
YGW - you asked what I need to get started on my layout. Actually, very little. I have nearly all the track I need, it´s just a few curved sections, a few lengths of flex track and two Peco switches, not to forget cork roadbed. What I need the most is a kick in my backside to buy the lumber I need for the benchwork and time in my friend´s workshop to make it. I had to dismiss any idea of a quick & clean way of building a lightweight and cheap benchwork. Styrofoam won´t work, because it will not allow to attach the catenary poles securely to it. I will try to have the benchwork up within this month.
Progress on this layout will be slow - dead slow, but that´s fine with me. Although only the visible part will be equipped with catenary, that stuff is really expensive and it will take me a couple of years to save up the required funds. My monthly budget is to the tune of $ 10 and that won´t reach far, considering European prices. Rome wasn´t build in one day - my layout won´t, either.
Have a happy January 1st, 2015!
What a wonderful thing to do in the memory of Jeff.He will be missed.
Slide me a cup of that there coffee and one of them jelly donuts..
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edSVRUFm-Z0
{auld lang syne in case you missed it, the best version I have ever seen/heard}
I hearby resolutely resolve to make no resolutions! That way I cannot break them!
Today will be the parade, and MOH will watch the Southern CA peeps freezing out there! I say that as it will be COLD where they are in Pasadena.
It is currently at 3:30 AM a whole 35F, feels like: 35F, No wind.Forecast 31/54F
Forecast: 31 / 54 °FWind: No wind
Clear.
Feels Like: 35 °FForecast: 31 / 54 °FWind: No wind
Location: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport
Current Time: Jan 1, 2015 at 3:29:17 AM
Latest Report: Jan 1, 2015 at 2:53 AM
Visibility: 10 mi
Pressure: 30.04 "Hg
Humidity: 54%
Dew point: 20 °F
So
they will have to "chill" to watch the parade there.
MOH would love to see it once, but not this year!
I will busy myself with something, as I am not particularly "into" the parade. Maybe set up the kit from Bar Mills and see what is what and that all parts are there. I think.
I miss Jeffrey . SO short a life, so quickly and cruelly ended...
Well,
Happy New Years guys
I was in bed by 10 last night,lol
Dinner at my aunts house today and that will put a wrap on christmas-new years dinners for us.
Good Morning and Happy New Year! This is really a nice idea of changing the trackside cafe to Jeffery's Trackside Cafe. Thank you for doing so.
With that said, I am one of forum freind of Jeff at Rails of the World. I am now the administrator and I took over the forum after he passed. http://jeffreywimberly.proboards.com/ If you're interested, come over and sign up at the link and I can approve you. Once you're approved, stop in Cup'O'Joe cafe in General Discussion down towards the bottom of the main page and introduce yourself and feel free to look around. Thank you.
Ken "Kencutus the Borg" Plaza
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I was walking along and saw the "new" diner and thought I would pop in and say, "Hello."
Richard
Greetings everybody, and Happy New Year!
My home hangout is Running Bears Coffee Shop across the street. I used to be a 'regular' in here back when it was first created in 2004, but haven't posted here in several years. JimRCGMO might still remember me - and so would Jeffrey if he was still with us [RIP]
I'll try to participate more from now on.
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Good morning and Happy New Year to everyone!
As expected, I passed on the brouhaha and went to bed early. Penny is still fighting a cold, so she (for once) made the right decision to stay home. We watched a couple of episodes of The Tudors on Netflix and then I went to bed, after a brief detour to understand the historical inaccuracies of the production. (Henry VIII had two sisters really, but the show compressed them into one, and had her marry the aging king of Portugal, not France, and then smother the poor guy with a pillow, another fiction.)
It's bright and sunny out today, with a high predicted to be just above freezing. Next week we start with some rain in the 50s, but then serious winter will be here mid-week, although still no snow on our bare ground.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.