Good evening diners!
I'll have some of that Chocolate Cake Ryan baked and a coffee please Chloe.
Johnboy; You asked about the train to Churchill. Yes it still runs and is operated by Via. It goes from Winnipeg but some people pick it up in The Pas. We have some friends who took it this past summer and found it a very long trip as it runs at a slow speed espcially from The Pas north due to poor track and also it stops a lot as you can still flag it down.
Grayfox; I realize I did say earlier this week that it was supposed to warm up by today but it was the usual little joke by our weather office. They now say early next week. I stand by my earlier claim that they are a sadistic bunch at Enviroment Canada. I would very much like to stop the cold air but as I have said before I don't have much control, much like the situation at home.
I like the idea of a special headed to Ed in Mexico. We could fire up CP 2816 in Calgary and run it through Regina and pick up Johnboy, continue on CP lines to Winnipeg where yours truly could join and then south on Soo Line to Minneapolis and Chicago. I think it would be great to see steam in winter. That way we could say that something warm came from Canada for a change.
Jeff; I do have a question for you regarding insulin. We have a dog who has been on insulin for the past 6 years. He'll be 13 tomorrow. Anyway my wife and I have often wondered if an insulin injection makes you feel better or perhaps you just feel bad if you don't get it. Your insight would be much appreciated. Glad to hear the foot is doing fine. I enjoy your photos but I'm not so keen on the weather reports, call it jealous.
Not much done on the layout this week. I had planned on getting some roads done but so far have just prep'd the roadways. I won't get the plaster stuff done this weekend as our social calendar is very full.
See you soon!
CN Charlie
Rommel, Welcome to the diner! Once upon a time I was a huge war gamer, often Going to the university meets to play MechWarrior, battle ground 2010, and some large scale medieval battles with the little cast figures and vehicles. That was way before computers. Having 50 to 100 people gathered around tables set up end to end in a university basketball court was always chaotic but fun.
FoulRift, no hurry I'm glad the passenger cars are going to a good home.
Terry, nothing in my email, was this a 20 Mb file or something? I double checked my spam file and didn't see it.
Mark, sounds like you had a good day at the LHS!
Last and not Least [insert drum roll please]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREYFOX! .
I know your B-Day is friday, I just wanted to be the first to say it!
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Evening Gang:
Baby Lara is doing well. She is 4lb 10 oz and sucking down the milk. She peaked at Mary Ann and me today. When she gets out of the hospital she will only recognize me as a small gray box with one eye. I've always got my camera on her for that once in a life time shot.
My friend Tony is now on disability. He'll be getting $2500 a month from the VA. His case worker told him today. Unfortunately he probably won't live to see any of it. He will be moving to a hospice ward soon. At least he is being well cared for. I hear a lot of negative stuff about the VA but they are doing a great job with Tony. I just wish that he would have gone to them last year when I wanted him to.
Mark nice haul. I think that I would have gone for all the passenger cars.
Dick I think that you had better make later sooner. I just saw the girls talking to Vinnie. I would like to go to a train show like that once. Man 4 buildings! Don't break the bank.
Terry I'd like to see a good copy of that drawing too. Maybe Lee will post it?
Lee how about that?
If the Orange Juice Special is coming from Canada if it comes across the border at the Soo it can come to Marquette and my Duluth Superior & Southeastern can take it to Duluth to hook up with Terry's railroad.
Flip it's good to see you. Have a whatever on me. Maybe you could use your influance with the girls to go easy on Dick. Oh yea I think that you had better leave well enough alone. I don't think that they have quite forgotten that party.
Well it's about bed time.
Good Night All
I had a good day at the LHS.
I was lucky to find four pullman standard 85' walthers cars in southern pacific. I wanted all four, but I only bough two, the 48 seat diner and the 10-6 sleeper. Red Stripe scheme.
I also bought an Athearn 40' reefer steel Swift, and a P2K 53'6" EJ&E flat car with tractor engines as loads.
Lastly I got two woodland scenics tree kits. Now I need that backdrop and I can go nuts.
Mark
Good evening, I hope everyone had a great day, I see that the Donkeys and the Elephants played nice today and we are all going to see checks in the mail sometime between May and July. So the Fed wants us to go spend that money to get the economy rocking again, so start making a list for your visit to your LHS.. $600 per person, $300 for each child, the cap is $75K for single people and $150K for married couples. After the cap it is reduced to some lower figure up to a final cap. So, if you are married, and have 4 kids, you will get a check for $2400! ( Sorry, dogs and cats don't count as kids ).
It was not too cold here today, hit 30F, 19F here now with cold air streaming in on NW winds straight from Canada courtesy of Johnboy and CN Charlie , etc. But we have a moderation coming by Monday, 40F's, whoopy doo !!!
TRAIN SHOW: The biggest train show in the east if not the whole country is this Saturday and Sunday in West Springfield, Massachusetts. They have expanded it to 4 buildings this year, which covers 4 acres of space, every vendor in the world will be there. I plan to go on Saturday with my son and grandson.
JIM: Ya, I am watching the third row disappear about 2 feet a day, but it may slow up next week with the warmup that is expected here. That will melt the snow enough that I can get the yard tractor and cart up back to get more wood "just in case", or JIT as we used to say in work.
JOHNBOY: Hop a freight and come to Springfield on Saturday, the Loony goes a long way south of the border with the exchange rates now.
CNCHARLIE: Ok, you can shut the back door now Charlie....the house is aired out enough.
FERGIE: Good to see you made it back safely, now you can get back to the MRR room unless the HDJ is full again.
NJBOB: You are in trouble lad...your wife smokes too?? It is going to be very hard for you unless you can get her to stop also. I sincerely hope you can do it, my neighbor was facing the same problem, his wife could not stop, she passed away from lung cancer at age 62, he now is on O2 and is giving up without her. Bob, PLEASE STOP NOW !!! There are new methods now that are working well, go talk to a doctor or someone who specializes in helping people to quit, but you need to do this together.
ED: Make sure that you do PM's on that cable, otherwise you might be floating down the river to the GOM.!!
Ok, time to throw another log on the fire, see you guys later
Hi all! Have just a few minutes before bedtme. Big welcome to all the new folks. Heck I'm only 4 pages behind. Can't read fast enogh to catch up.
Ed-I still have 3 of their albums also 4 Freshman and The Limelighters. Plus others.
Condolances to those that have lost dear ones. Prayers are said daily for all of us. Yes, I include pets in thoughts. They give as much and even more comfort than fellow humans.
Flip aka Fla.Phil
Hi, again! I'll have an Old Smoothie please. Thanks.
OK ,Lee, I had to have the CFO DO it for me but you should have the map. E-mailed to your address below your signature.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Evening every one.
LEE: as soon as I figure out how ,I will. It's a map ,hand drawn, of the Omaha X i copied out of the historical soceity's book at the museum in Spooner.It's pretty neat! Plus it gives visitors a quck snapshot of what I'm modeling in the basement.
Good afternoon ...
I saw Ryan posted info on the Denver Zephyr's Chuck Wagon...... The DZ was an all Budd, stainless steel train, and the Chuck Wagon was located in a vista dome car coupled ahead of the dining car. Its was Burlington's flagship train. It was highly popular, and it may have been the most profitable train in the country. It was usually a long train and often a second section was operated. Normally, it had at least two E9's, and often would have extra E units added.
I put together my own DZ several years ago, and I've upgraded with newer cars when better ones (or more prototypical) are made. At present my DZ is as follows: 2 P2K E8's, 1 BLI baggage car, 2 Walthers coaches, 1 BLI Dome Coach, 1 BLI Dome Cafe Dorm (my Chuck Wagon), 1 BLI Dining Car, 1 Con Cor Slumber Coach, 2 Con Cor Sleeping Cars, and 1 kit bashed Dome Observation. I can add extra cars, but it's already rather long.
The kitbashed dome observation car is one I made from a Con Cor Dome Coach and a Model Power Budd Observation car. Windows were relocated to match the prottype and a roof antenae is installed.
I don't operate the full train much because it's easier to operate shorter trains. My schedule has three short fictional Zephyrs running in each direction each day.
SO .... Thanks Ryan for posting the Chuck Wagon information.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
JimRCGMO wrote: Morning, Zoe - I'll have Ed's OJ, cup of coffee and some of Bill T.'s buffet, please. Thank you, ma'am!Jeff, good to hear that your foot's progressing. Keep up on your insulin, though.Sounds like Lara continues to be a fighter, Paul. Great!NJ Bob, as the others said, we'll be pulling for you to help quit the smoking. Maybe you and your wife could quit together, and help each other stick with it, also. I was the only one in our family of four growing up who didn't get started smoking ('nuther story there for later) - my Mom died from other causes before the cigarettes got to her, my Dad was in a nasty accident with another car (and quit because he was in intensive care and couldn't smoke), but later died of respiratory problems a few years later, and I had one aunt who died of cancer from smoking. My brother quit, but not sure how - he was living out of our area by then. I had a bit of bronchitis back in fall of 1990 (while going through my separation & divorce), and I never took up 'the nasty habit'. So the sooner you could quit, the more likely it is that you could be extending how long you'll live. (Mom died at age 55, while Dad - after he quit - lived into his 70's)PC, good to see you back in the Diner. Sorry to hear about your daughter's accident, but I bet she'll be a more cautious driver now. Fergie - nice pics of the loco and passenger cars (but almost felt cold just from looking at them, even before you told me how cold it was up your way)! Dick, hope you got some more wood in, to keep your home fires burning. Oh, a short note to our students (Colby, Hoople, Shockwave and any others I missed) - STUDY UP! We do expect our Diner students to get a good education (which will prove helpful later when you are done with school 'n' college). Keep at 'em, guys!On the Orange Juice Special idea, the Colorado Arizona & Western (CAW) will grant through rights between Farmington, NM and the ATSF in Holcomb, AZ. Should be a really nice view for those in the observation dome cars as you pass through the CAW's area! Cold and crisp today in Cape G. - it's 18 F (-8 C) with a wind chill of 3 F (-17 C). But that's okay, we're going to warm up into the TWENTIES this afternoon uh, before we drop back to about 10 F (-12 C) tonight (minus whatever wind chill...). Ah, well, just won't go out any more than necessary.Won some auctions yesterday/last night - a P2K GP7 (undec., phase II, dyn. brakes), Walthers 4-in-1 modular building set, and an Athearn Frisco PS 2893 covered hopper. Think I need to lay off the auctions for a while now. Have to make sure I have enough left for new insurance on the car. Not wild about the rates some of the insurance companies are quoting me. I also despise their using credit history to determine rates, since that has about nothing to do with a person's driving record. Okay, time for me to step down from the now.Better get going on my breakfast and then time to go w**k so all you ORF's can get your Soc.Secur. checks! Everyone take care out there with that cold weather most of us seem to be having a spell of.Blessings,Jim in Cape Girardeau
Morning, Zoe - I'll have Ed's OJ, cup of coffee and some of Bill T.'s buffet, please. Thank you, ma'am!
Jeff, good to hear that your foot's progressing. Keep up on your insulin, though.
Sounds like Lara continues to be a fighter, Paul. Great!
NJ Bob, as the others said, we'll be pulling for you to help quit the smoking. Maybe you and your wife could quit together, and help each other stick with it, also. I was the only one in our family of four growing up who didn't get started smoking ('nuther story there for later) - my Mom died from other causes before the cigarettes got to her, my Dad was in a nasty accident with another car (and quit because he was in intensive care and couldn't smoke), but later died of respiratory problems a few years later, and I had one aunt who died of cancer from smoking. My brother quit, but not sure how - he was living out of our area by then. I had a bit of bronchitis back in fall of 1990 (while going through my separation & divorce), and I never took up 'the nasty habit'. So the sooner you could quit, the more likely it is that you could be extending how long you'll live. (Mom died at age 55, while Dad - after he quit - lived into his 70's)
PC, good to see you back in the Diner. Sorry to hear about your daughter's accident, but I bet she'll be a more cautious driver now.
Fergie - nice pics of the loco and passenger cars (but almost felt cold just from looking at them, even before you told me how cold it was up your way)!
Dick, hope you got some more wood in, to keep your home fires burning.
Oh, a short note to our students (Colby, Hoople, Shockwave and any others I missed) - STUDY UP! We do expect our Diner students to get a good education (which will prove helpful later when you are done with school 'n' college). Keep at 'em, guys!
On the Orange Juice Special idea, the Colorado Arizona & Western (CAW) will grant through rights between Farmington, NM and the ATSF in Holcomb, AZ. Should be a really nice view for those in the observation dome cars as you pass through the CAW's area!
Cold and crisp today in Cape G. - it's 18 F (-8 C) with a wind chill of 3 F (-17 C). But that's okay, we're going to warm up into the TWENTIES this afternoon uh, before we drop back to about 10 F (-12 C) tonight (minus whatever wind chill...). Ah, well, just won't go out any more than necessary.
Won some auctions yesterday/last night - a P2K GP7 (undec., phase II, dyn. brakes), Walthers 4-in-1 modular building set, and an Athearn Frisco PS 2893 covered hopper. Think I need to lay off the auctions for a while now. Have to make sure I have enough left for new insurance on the car. Not wild about the rates some of the insurance companies are quoting me. I also despise their using credit history to determine rates, since that has about nothing to do with a person's driving record. Okay, time for me to step down from the now.
Better get going on my breakfast and then time to go w**k so all you ORF's can get your Soc.Secur. checks! Everyone take care out there with that cold weather most of us seem to be having a spell of.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Heh heh Irony. Shockwave is another part of the TF mythos. I'm Flashwave. (I can't tell you how many times that happens here. I'm just prodding with ya.
And yes I do study. Gots my Chemistry in my lap here. After all, my plans are to be working the large scales for a job (1:1)
-Morgan
Afternoon all -
Just got back a little bit ago after dropping $85 @ the LHS. Had the owner order me 2 Green Frog videos, 1 Kalmbach book, and 1 Norscot vehicle.
Speaking of the LHS I go to, the owner was also packing up some itmes to take tomorrow to the Train Show in Amherst, MA. Dick / GMT - are either of you 2 going? If so, find the table that Central Hobby Supply from Syracuse has and said hi to Bill (the owner) for me! Never know, he may have some items of your liking as well.
Other than that, Chloe, let me have the NYC special, and the cake for desert. Thanks!
Well all, time to go get some work done here around the apartment.
Take care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s303/nuts4sports34/
Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
The unfortunate thing is that the road this all happened on, where this rather nasty curve is located, is one that we use to get around on all the time, so she will have to drive it again. Good for her I guess.
[When the horse bucks you off get back on.]
***If it is a rodeo/bucking horse. Otherwise, I would say the person who trained the horse in the first place didn't know what they were doing. Speaking strictly horses here. I know what you meant...just having fun.
Now for some in a AT&SF and the Denver Zephyr Chuck Wagon ~ Filet of Perch, Whipped Potatoes, & Cole Slaw.
***FoulRift, the light at the end of the tunnel may have been turned off, but at least you didn't fall into one of the airshafts on the way, right!?!
Have a good day all.
Rob
Rommel-at first I was offended but I'm over that now.Keep the name and welcome to the dinerFoulRift
Morning fellow diners.Coffee and buttered toast please.
Garry-no offence taken.I understand exactly what you are saying.I know I'm not doing myself any good.
Lee-thanks for the heads up on mailing the cars.As soon as I get them I will send my stuff back ASAP.
Ryan-Thanks.I noticed the No Smoking sign when I first came to the diner.It's not lunch time yet but I'll be back for a couple of plates of shrimp.
Philnrunt-I still don't know all that my editing program can do but I'm learning.What it boils down to is this-you create it in one program then bring it over to another,convert it and enhance it.Sounds easy but I still make mistakes.Take for example the diesels in my signature. I did that in MS Publisher.I resized it and then copied it to my editing program (Irfanview) and converted it to a jpeg,uploaded to Photobucket and that's it.
I guess everyone has their own way of doing this-but this is what works for me.
See you all later-FoulRift
Ryan,
I would say look up a historical scosiety and go visit their locomotive shops. often the volunteers are retired railmen and will tell you their stories all day. If you ever find yourself in Bellview Ohio there is an excelent museme.
My "step father" worked at Conrails Stanley yard shops in Walbridge, OH from 1978-1993. While in Jr high and High school I did several "take your kid to work" days working Toledo CUT, Stanley's hump Yard, and in the locomotive shops. Conrail wasn't shy about letting a 15-18 year old work as long as I had the proper gear.
Hump yard was fun, working the CUT was the dirtiest and most physicly demanding work I've ever done, I'd rather fill sand bags for 8 hours a day!
My first night shift at the CUT my job was to carry the cables to the other end of the train while they turned the locomotive, those cables were 80 pounds each! And there was 4 of them! Then they showed me the little truck they used to haul the cables.
The last time I was in the shops a locomotive fell into gear, hit the derailer, went off the tracks, hit the concrete pad infront of the shop re-railing it's self and drove through both doors of the engine house (at about 10 MPH). That bay was empty but 20 minutes previously I was in that bays inspection pit with a squeege pushing water to the drains.
The Hump Yard all I had to do was stand on a set of steps and using chalk write what ever the guy told me to on the side of the cars.
FoulRift wrote: Evening fellow diners. Just got home. I think I'll just have coffee-Thanks.Terry-I'm interested in the passenger cars.What do you want for them?Cox47-nice job on the town. I like the diner-the extension is a nice touch.Not too much else going on. I'm going to try and borrow a camera this weekend. There are somemore pics I want to take so I can post them. Before I went to work today I just happened to poke my nose in the other room and there are two wack jobs there with the screen names of Rommel and da_kraut.Personally I find those names offensive and happen to mention it to one of our pt moderators and the response I got was a sudo history lesson and not much else. Might as well have been talking to the wall.Maybe if I ignore those two they will go away.I'll just stay in here from now on-it's safer.Well I got to go now. Got to get up at 5AM for work.How did this happen?Top of the page again.At this rate I'll be broke by the end of the weekend. See you all later-NJ Bob
Evening fellow diners. Just got home. I think I'll just have coffee-Thanks.
Terry-I'm interested in the passenger cars.What do you want for them?
Cox47-nice job on the town. I like the diner-the extension is a nice touch.
Not too much else going on. I'm going to try and borrow a camera this weekend. There are somemore pics I want to take so I can post them.
Before I went to work today I just happened to poke my nose in the other room and there are two wack jobs there with the screen names of Rommel and da_kraut.Personally I find those names offensive and happen to mention it to one of our pt moderators and the response I got was a sudo history lesson and not much else. Might as well have been talking to the wall.Maybe if I ignore those two they will go away.
I'll just stay in here from now on-it's safer.Well I got to go now. Got to get up at 5AM for work.
How did this happen?Top of the page again.At this rate I'll be broke by the end of the weekend.
See you all later-NJ Bob
But then again maybe not?
Sorry your affended
Im a Historical war gamer ( Flames Of War) and a model railroader (NKP & Era II ) I feel lucky to have two great hobbys that I can i take part in and over lap some, Often my toy soldiers can be used as freight in my toy trains, Im also a orginizer of gaming events in my area and have made lots of friends in both railroading and wargaming and Im glad each of them has not judged me before knowing me like you have. You have inspired me thou ,Im thinking of changing my name to "WACK JOB" - the desert fox.
pcarrell wrote:The unfortunate thing is that the road this all happened on, where this rather nasty curve is located, is one that we use to get around on all the time, so she will have to drive it again. Good for her I guess.
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JimRCGMO wrote: PC, good to see you back in the Diner. Sorry to hear about your daughter's accident, but I bet she'll be a more cautious driver now.
SilverSpike wrote: PC, glad to hear that your daughter was okay after the accident and that did sound like a hairy curve too! The angels were with her!
PC, glad to hear that your daughter was okay after the accident and that did sound like a hairy curve too! The angels were with her!
She was indeed being cared for by a higher power. She narrowly averted a head on. Yesterday she took one of our other cars out and she said she wasn't nervous, but she was more cautious. The unfortunate thing is that the road this all happened on, where this rather nasty curve is located, is one that we use to get around on all the time, so she will have to drive it again. Good for her I guess.
Morning. 4th day straight it's below 30* in the morning, but with no clouds...
Well today I get to go to the LHS after school. (meh) Maybe I'll find a nice deal. Maybe for some random odd reason the Proto 2000 F7s are 30% off.... lol.
Oh yeah, I had a Jazz band concert last thursday... Went pretty well. We got to play three songs, and there were three drummers, so I got to play only one. Luckily, mine was more of a rock tune. So of course I go nuts with fills here and there... But at the ending in a phermoda I didn't do what I wanted to do... My teacher yelled at me for going all "Led Zeppelin-John-Bonham-Ish" with the fill at the end... so I didn't get to do that.
I was told that I was the best drummer by far... I'll admit, the other two weren't that great. Weren't that bad either. Just not great.
Well that's all for now.Mark
Morning folks!
QUESTION: I've been wondering about what a day in the life of a typical locomotive maintenance shop worker was like with repairing and maintaining locomotives. Do any of you know anyone who has worked on loco maintenance and repair for any Class 1 railroads? I'd like to pick their brain for a few hours!
Not much happening on the layout, but I did get to post my tree making on a budget mini clinic on a few MR forums and seems to have gotten some good response. And I learned about another technique with using ¾" medical surgical tape for roll roofing material, I like those hot, fast, and cheap scratch building techniques!
Chloe, I'll have the Sante Fe Omelet for breakfast this morning and some of Ed's fresh squeezed...thanks!
Hey RT, did you get that insurance settlement taken car of?
NJBob, well since the Diner is a no smoking zone, that might help you get a start. I'm pulling for you to quit! I was never a heavy smoker, a few cigs and cigars here or there, but never smoked that much. Have not had one in over 8 years though, and never had the urge since. Having been in the restaurant industry there is a lot of exposure to tobacco; I used to purchase 20 different cigars brands/shapes/flavors and had tried them out often. Just another reason I'm glad to have made a career change.
Jerry, I like the new avatar, is that you in the photo guarding all those locos? And those Nickel Plate Berks sure a beauty eh! Duke knows all about those baby's! And I haven't seen a Woolco in 30 years; they still have any of them around anymore?
last mountain and eastern hogger wrote: .. Who is cooking these days ?? and that Chloe and her sister Zoe are just knockouts.
.. Who is cooking these days ?? and that Chloe and her sister Zoe are just knockouts.
JohnBoy, when I'm out and about Cookie here takes care of all the kitchen duties! Here he is in action dishing out some grub to the crew.
Welcome back to the land of the land lubbers Fergie! How are your sea legs? Nice pics too! There is just something magical about a train in the snow!
Paul, glad to hear Tony is getting better!
Ed, when you ship more virtual orange juice, please add with that some warm air too! BTW, how did your sauce come out?
PhilnRunt, are all those houses up for auction due to foreclosures? I heard that many families have been run out of their houses in the past 6 - 12 months due to mortgage closures and bank repossessions with the sub-prime lending rates forcing them out after the rates go up! I've heard of some middle class families having to live in shelters here in the Raleigh area. Oh, and our NS Piedmont Division and SOU trackage rights can pick up the Orange Juice Special from New Orleans and run it up to Indiana, and I think KCS-MX can run to Mexico from New Orleans.
Mitch, thanks for the update on you mom, and wishes for her continued recovery continue!
Jim, congrats on the auction wins!
Well, let me slide on over in the back booth and write up the menu specials for today.....
Soup du Jour ~
c $2.95 b. $3.95
Milwaukee Road ~ Tureen of Onion Soup, au Gratin
From the Grill
$5.95
New York Central Thrift Grill ~ Grilled Ham Slice, Spiced Apricot with Garden Vegetable, Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Diner Special ~
$7.95
B&O Capital Limited ~ Breaded Fantail Shrimp, Chili Sauce
Blue Plate Special ~
$4.50
Denver Zephyr Chuck Wagon ~ Filet of Perch, Whipped Potatoes, Cole Slaw
Dessert ~
$2.95
Amtrak TurboService ~ German Chocolate Cake
And now.....a railroad dining tasty morsel in history....This was found on the back cover of the Denver Zehpyr Chuck Wagon menu, circa 1970:
The Chuck Wagon
Charles Goodnight constructed what was probably the first chuck wagon. He bought the gear of a Government wagon and had it rebuilt with the toughest wood he knew - Osage Orange. The wooden axles were replaced with iron and for lubrication a can of tallow replaced the usual Army tar bucket.
The chuck wagon was a commissary on wheels, equipped with a box at the rear for storing tin dishes, a Dutch oven, a frying pan, kettle and coffee pot. The standard staples also had their exact places; green-berry coffee, salt pork, corn meal, flour and beans. A folding leg was usually attached to the chuck box lid, so that it formed a table when lowered. The main body of the wagon was packed with bedrolls, slickers, and extra clothing. Fastened at the front was a water barrel.
The first day of the roundup, the men would be up before dawn to eat their breakfasts early at the chuck wagon. After supper, while the cook was washing the pots and pans, the cowboys liked to assemble around the fire for some singing. If they were lucky, a fiddler would be among them. They sang rollicking songs, sad songs, etc., but usually ended with a sacred hymn. Soon afterward, all except the night-herders would be in their bedrolls.
FROM: "Trail-Riding Days",by Dee Brown and Martin F. Schmitt.
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good morning all,
FoulRift, I'm heading to the post office this morning I'll take a SWAG that they should arrive NLT Wednesday.
Phillip, glad to hear everyone is ok.
Jeff, things are looking good on your layout.
Terry, can you email me a copy of your chart under your name? It looks cool, but I'm going blind trying to get a better look.
I missed a few pages here because I was working on the layout yesterday. I have the parts cut for: four 48" x 48" corners, two 36" x 48" modular sections, and 2 backing boards for backdrops.
Get well wishes for those on the sick call list, may they have a speedy recovery.
Hi ,guys! I like Philrunt's passenger train idea!
I hereby grant trackage rights from Duluth,MN. to Eau Claire, Wis. on the Indianhead Division.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Folks-just a quick coffee in my "Eeyore" mug & then I'm off for bed.
Update on Mom-she's still ok, but tired. I stopped today as I had large print book deliveries in the unit above her, & when I arrived, my Dad & Uncle were visiting. Her spirits are good though, & she had some checks for me to mail for her. She said they had her sitting in a chair for awhile, but after over a 1/2 hr or so, she needed to get back to bed. No complete diagnosis yet-but I'm glad she's where she's at-the main objective of the Skilled Nursing unit is to get her strength back, & it'll be awhile. She's fairly comfortable there as she knows members of the staff when she was there last year, & if they didn't know her before, they will if they remember the old TV show as her name is Dona Reed (Mom's is spelled with 1 "N") Anyways, I'll let everyone know more as when I can!
Worked a bit on my freight cars before work, but somehow broke part of the extending hopper bays on my Athearn ACF 2970 car. I dropped it once, but found it-then as I picked it up the 2nd time for regluing, it went "PINNGGGG"!!!" off to never never land! Athearn doesn't list them in their parts list, so I emailed them-still waiting
Oh I almost forgot-Lee-yeah send me the train show lists-I meant to get back to you sooner. (apologies) I want to "try" to hit the ones up your way this year as the ones down here are too "toy" oriented.
Off to bed-& once again folks, THANKS for thoughts & prayers with Mom-they mean a lot!!!!!!!!!
Hidy hi.
Just to be clear, Runtzpunkin is still here, just on meds at this time. She's just off to my right as I type this, and still very spry and bright eyed. If I gave the impression she was less than alive, well, I don't do impressions, and now you know why! And thank you pcarrell, silverspike and last mountain for your good wishes. They do become such a huge part of our lives.
FoulRift-I absolutey followed your advice to Johnboy right up to the word "example". Then you lost me! I gotta say that people who take the time to learn how to use these things are waaaay more dedicated than I am. I am humbled by your abilities.
Went to an auction this afternoon, a house was being sold. We got there at 1555, the auction was at 1600, and by 1605 we were walking back home. Never been to a house auction, it sold for 17G, plus 4500$ in costs. 2 story, not in that bad of shape, lots of room for a layout, if the new owners were so disposed, but I didn't get that impression from them. On the street we live on, there are 4 or 5 houses for sale, and the street is only 3 blocks long. Lots of folk moving away. Around here, it's a real "have-have not" type of lifestyle. When the economy booms, we get few benefits, but when it tanks, the houses go on the sale block fast.
Gonna get alot colder than it needs to again. When our NOB members talk about -40C and other insane hellish comments, I still wonder why our ancestors stayed after the first winter. We should all be crowded onto Key West or down there with Ed this time of the year. And Ed- you say that it's not so great when it hits summer there, but it's pretty close to the same here, and we don't get the advantage of decent winters! My railroad is freight only, but I know some of you have passenger operations, we need an Orange Juice Special to head down his way! Any of you CEO's want to set it up? Get with your operations and see what thay can do for us.
Ya know, that might be a fun thing to do, start with the Canadians in the diner, and plan out an imaginary route down to Ed's place. Might just get our minds off of the cold. If any one is coming south from Ontario or Quebec, my RR can give you trackage rights around Muncie, Indiana! A little varnish on our rails might be a good PR move.
OK, gonna go do something. It'll be wrong, but I'll still get paid for it.