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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, November 16, 2007 9:09 PM

[Thank you David. Jeff is one of  kind and we really appreciate you and your family looking after him.  J.R.]

Sign - Ditto [#ditto] from me. And thanks for the update, David.

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, November 16, 2007 8:41 PM
Thank you David. Jeff is one of  kind and we really appreciate you and your family looking after him.  J.R.
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Posted by Train Master on Friday, November 16, 2007 8:37 PM
Ok guys. Here it is. Jeff has food poisoning. It seems that some fish he ate today had been around a little too long. They made him throw it up and his temp is back down to 99.5. He should be back home tonight. I have his bed ready for him and he is going to go to bed as soon as he gets home even if my mom has to come over and pop him with her rolling pin.

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, November 16, 2007 8:27 PM

Good Evening All,

     Hope Jeff is doing ok - nasty business all that. He he we're up to three pages first day and all. At least the diner still has trucks that are certified under it so we can move at a moments notice. Don't know how the web works, but 10,000 responses a year (we were well on our way there as of yesterday) is probably a lot more load than the site wants to carry. Are there any other sites or threads on this whole arrangement that even come close to our traffic?

Philosophy 101 seond semester: operating.

    As i was running trains tonight (nothing like a noisy steam locomotive to inspire you) it occured to me that steam engines attached to passenger cars are a fair bit more finicky to run than freights. That said, the prototype I'm modelling had(has) as much passenger traffic as it had freight at least in the non wartime years and besides I like passengert cars. Regretably I will probably have to fill in my swing bridge once construction is further along as I just can't get passenger cars to traverse the cuts reliably. Just won't happen and I don't want to spend the first hour of every evening doing track w..k. Problem is the swing bridge is on curved sections of track with no way to change the configuration and even the little bit of expansion and contraction I get is enough to mess things up (we're talking about less than .020") on an 89' car with three axel trucks. Add to that the fact that i have elevation changes like the prototype has in real life and you can get a mess (sorry Fergie) in a hurry. So at some point I'll solder the cuts back together and file them smooth and get a glider to duck under the tracks (four on two levels). Try as I might I can't see any way to get a gate installed on a straight section but it just kills me to admit defeat. But other than that life is good. anyone else have these issues?

   Set me up with a root beer float if you will please Chloe and I'll have my cake and eat it too. Just gonna sit back here for a spell and ruminate on my predicament.   CUL,Banged Head [banghead]J.R.

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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, November 16, 2007 7:58 PM

***Lee, Thunder Snow is very cool. Only experienced it twice here on the ol' farm. And one of those times it turned into an ice storm so by the next day it sounded like the 4th Of July in the forest behind us.

That vintage cow & calf loco combo sold tonight for enough to pay for 2/3rds of a new Kato NW2. (I can live with that) Now just need to figure out how to come up with the remaining 1/3rd.Confused [%-)]

Anyone know where the cheapest place is to by an oval of Bachmann (HO) ez-track? I need it for wife's table layout. 

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Posted by rtraincollector on Friday, November 16, 2007 7:48 PM
 TA462 wrote:
Where is Elliott???  I can't remember the last time he posted here.
Last I heard about him was that he is not really doing trains anymore because of health problems he had . Him and the misses are taking it easy and slowing down. He had cancer and I believe i heard they got it all but you never really know. Theres a mamber on the clasic toy train forum that calls him once in a while. (goes by the name chief)

Life's hard, even harder if your stupid  John Wayne

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Posted by Train Master on Friday, November 16, 2007 7:34 PM
 Cederstrand wrote:

***Jeffrey, I agree with Dick on this one. That is a serious, high fever for a grown man and not something to mess around with. Are you taking anything to lower it? - Rob

CEDARSTRAND: His fever went up so fast because of all the meds he is already on. His imune system is not working like it should.

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, November 16, 2007 7:28 PM

Darn, we didn't even make it 1 full year in the old diner.

RT: Did you get my post about curves this morning?

Jeffery:  Keep those pictures coming; your layout is looking good.

All:  Sorry still kind of busy for us Coast Guard guys and I can't keep up with all the posts until the big pond freezes over.

We had snow here this morning, but only a trace amount. Yesterday we had ‘thunder snow" mixed with rain, sleet, hail, and freezing rain.  So you guys in Main are not that special, we get the grand sampler pack of weather to choose from in the late fall. Smile [:)]

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Posted by Cederstrand on Friday, November 16, 2007 7:28 PM

***Jeffrey, I agree with Dick on this one. That is a serious, high fever for a grown man and not something to mess around with. Are you taking anything to lower it? - Rob

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Posted by Train Master on Friday, November 16, 2007 6:56 PM
GRAYFOX: Do not worry. My dad took him to see the docs. I think he has a bug that has been going around here. I had it last week and it is really nasty.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Friday, November 16, 2007 6:48 PM

Jeff, keep your phone by your side, better still, better let your neighbor or friend know that you are that sick, someone needs to check in on you buddy !!!!!!

Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 16, 2007 6:05 PM
That['s right Jerry. its you r layot do what you wann t with it. xcuse the typin g. I have a 102.2 temp an my motir functins ar e cuttinnnnnng   up. its hardd enogh for me to typ e under normal circumstin ses bein that i usualy cant feel hyands, now im haven troible focusin. if it gits abov e 103.5 im going to the er. if yuo don t hear frim me agizn tonitee, yoi know whut hapened. fur som e reson sppel l checck is not wirkin on my firwfox. whut a piec eof crap

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Posted by Cox 47 on Friday, November 16, 2007 5:43 PM
Well said Jeff...You have nailed my Model Railroading to a " T "..........Things may go south here in the "real" world but on my railroad its pretty much my way......Thats one of the reasons its such a great hobby...I may run a IC coal drag and 10 minutes latter a 0-4-0 steamer with 2 Amtrack cars.......Jerry
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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Friday, November 16, 2007 5:14 PM

Whistling [:-^]

Jeffery,   Spoken like a true politician, That's why I'm voting for you.

You'll make a great Vice President.

JohnBoy out..

Going out for supper tonight,  somewhere other than the "Diner"

Catch ya all on the back side.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, November 16, 2007 4:17 PM
Jeff it's good to see your fun with mixes and matches.  If you can find pictures of old Rock Island or old katy locomotives you may find ideas for more creations. Also, the old Mexican diesels were also kitbashed creations. I remember the Alaska RR GP7's on Alco trucks too. Penn Central had some weird engines, too. Keep it up.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:57 PM
 Cox 47 wrote:
Ditto on that Jeff...I am a big IC fan but for the most part they ran EMD...But I have had FA's,RS's painted for IC...I have a friend who is a big Colorado Midland fan... they never ran anything but steam but he designed a paint job and had a fleet of CM diesels and modern cabooses...Kind like what you are doing...Jerry
I like throwing some odd-balls out there. A GP38-2 and an F7 with Alco trucks, a GP50 with two cooling fans on the dynamic brake housing instead of one, a SD40-2 with a GE cab and a streamlined observation car relegated to MoW service as the MoW supervisors personal car. If someone doesn't like it, that's their problem. It's my layout. I have my own 'Modelers License' hung on the wall saying 'Be it hereby proclaimed that Jeffrey Wimberly is duly entitled to twist, turn and pervert railroad reality at his discrestion in order to achieve complete satisfaction in the pursuit of model railroad nirvana', presented on the 14th day of January, 2006.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:41 PM
 pcarrell wrote:
 secondhandmodeler wrote:

I noticed they have stepped up the preventative maintenance.  I was surprised to see quite a few threads locked today.  I guess they are just enforcing their rules.

I only noticed one thread locked on the whole Model Railroader forum......the old diner.

Look again. 'Telephone invented in Canada' was locked also.

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:40 PM
They also locked 'the phone being invented in Canada'.
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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:37 PM

Phil, he also locked Electrolove's phone call from Sweden thread.

I have a feeling things may get animated this weekend around here...  ...just a feelin'!

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:35 PM
 secondhandmodeler wrote:

I noticed they have stepped up the preventative maintenance.  I was surprised to see quite a few threads locked today.  I guess they are just enforcing their rules.

I only noticed one thread locked on the whole Model Railroader forum......the old diner.

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:19 PM
Thanks for the welcome.  I worked at one my friend's bookstore for a few months that had a coffee shop.  We were required to know the coffee shop area.  You'd be amazed at what people would order.  As far as modeling, I model HO, 1920's, middle of nowhere Western Wisconsin.  My style is shoot from the hip.  I'm eight months into my first layout and I already know what I would do differently.  All along this journey, I've set my standards pretty low.   That way if I meet my expectations, I'm happy.  If I exceed them, then that's great too.  I really get a kick out of building scenery.  This is why there are many many loops in my railroad's future.  Thanks again for the welcome.
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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:07 PM

Hello diners. here's a scene that includes my shed that I made this week from scrap box materials.

GARRY

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Friday, November 16, 2007 3:00 PM

Afternoon, Diners! Mmm, Ryan, those shrimp look pretty tempting.Dinner [dinner] Zoe, dish me up an order of those, please, and a root beer float. Thank you!

Corey (Secondhand) - first, Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the Diner (round 2, so to speak)! As for your (humorous, right? Wink [;)]) coffee choice, if you want anything that fancy, you'd better be able to fix it yourself or walk one of our virtual servers through how to fix it for you. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] What scale do you model, layout (or dreams for one) style/era/RR, etc.? Fill us in, please.

We're generally - as others have said already - a nosy friendly and sociable bunch in here. Since you're new, you might get away with hitting the TOP your first time, but what Dick said is the usual. Chloe can work out a pay-as-you-go plan for doing dishes if you don't have the plastic or cash. Of course, there's always her cousin Vinnie's 'finance plans', if you catch my drift... (do not get on his bad side, though Shock [:O]).

Well, I'm going to chow down on some shrimp 'n' garlic bread for now. If I don't get the sauce all over it, I'm also fiddlin' around with some possible plans for a spare room layout once I get more space.

 

Blessings,

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Posted by SilverSpike on Friday, November 16, 2007 2:36 PM
 grayfox1119 wrote:

RYAN: What's for supper ??

Good question.......hummmmmm.........okay.....I got it!

How about some New Awlins style BBQ Shrimps with some Garlic French Bread...

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Friday, November 16, 2007 2:25 PM

Greetings Secondhandmodeler and welcome to the virtual Diner, formerly the Coffee Shop. Yes, the rules are being enforced a little heavier these days. It seems like the tolerance level of individuals is lowering, which leads to "flaming" and replies that are not very appropriate. It looks like a more professional, mature approach is being applied.

The Diner ( being Virtual of course) is just like a "real time" Diner, where we can chat about various subjects pertaining to ourselves and what we are doing, as well as support to the modelers in the Diner, just as we would if we took a break from work and visited the cafeteria or Diner in this case.

We kid around, nothing ever serious or hurtful of course, and those that hit the top of the new page pay the "virtual" check for the Diners on that page.

 

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Posted by secondhandmodeler on Friday, November 16, 2007 2:09 PM

Hey folks, I've never been in this coffee shop before.  Greetings,  I'll have a double mocha soy chai tea peppermint schnapps's alfredo cappuccino!  Just kidding, coffee for me.  The reason I decided to pop my head in here is the forum police.  I noticed they have stepped up the preventative maintenance.  I was surprised to see quite a few threads locked today.  I guess they are just enforcing their rules.  I found it ironic that this happened after a nonsense thread about them censoring topics.  At the time, I had stated my opinion of how I was surprised how mellow MR is about enforcing there rules.  Two days later and it's a brave new world. 

 I didn't know where else to post this comment, I didn't think it was appropriate for a thread on it's own.  Has anyone else noticed the stepped up enforcement?

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, November 16, 2007 1:55 PM
Whew - thought maybe the laser we put in last night got out of control. As was said elsewhere we're always willing to help out around the forum, but a little warning would have been nice. J.R.
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Posted by grayfox1119 on Friday, November 16, 2007 1:51 PM

I had received an email from one the MR policemen stating nicely that my subject/reply about some danger in food on the market was not train related, so he had to pull my comment/reply. I was totally lost by this comment because I had not made any such remark since the contaminated spinach probelm way back in the Spring. Then , last night when I went to the Diner to see what this was all about, I noticed that one of the Diner memebers, I forget who, had replied to me about food. I was totally lost on that one too because I have not mentioned anything about national food issue since the Springtime.

  It looks to me like the server had a problem with corrupt file/s and the watchdogs had to clean house.

With the heavy rains yesterday here, I headed out to my LHS and really hit paydirt. He had some "never out of the original box" locomotives that an older gentleman had returned, and I was able  to get the following for a total of $200:

Atlas Alco RS-1, NYC, a Proto 2000 GP7 NYC, a Proto 2000 E8/9 , all for $200 . I also picked up a TrueLine Gold series C-Liner NYC ( TrueLine is a Canadian company, formerly Life-Like Canada, and this new company has really nice quality products !!! ) , 8 cars, and a caboose.

RYAN: What's for supper ??

 

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Posted by dansapo on Friday, November 16, 2007 1:42 PM
 davidmbedard wrote:

The trucks are different.  What do I win?!?

David B

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Posted by SilverSpike on Friday, November 16, 2007 1:37 PM

Afternoon folks! I know I posted this on page 413 this morning, but does not show up in the old diner, so I will repost again here in the new diner.

Hot coffee for me please, my feet feel like ice cubes!

Was out all day taking another class yesterday for the new web design projects I do now. So, now times to catch up in here....

Thanks to all who noticed and commented on the roundhouse project updates, Duke, J.R, Der John, Dick, Ed, Indiana Phil, Mike, Sue,

Der John - In answer to your question, the spacing for the expansion joints grid in HO scale are approximately a scale 10' X 12' apart.  Oh, and funny Kermit cartoon too!

PhilnRunt Phil - The clothespin factory starts shipping as soon as the outdoor dryer season starts up again, and BTW, it makes for a great energy savings!

Jerry - Nice oil pump on the layout out!

Rob - good news on the water barrels and tanks being full again! We only got about an inch of rain from that system yesterday.

Colby - Wow, snow huh!

Catch you all later!

Ryan

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