Elliotts Trackside Diner III

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

Currently it's 66 degrees here under mostly cloudy skies. Expecting a high of 82 with partly cloudy skies.

Today's Weather for:      
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      3/15/2008

Wind Chill:  66°F
Humidity:  83%
Dew Point:  61°F

So Far Today
High:  68°F
Low:  66°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  23mph NNE

Today  High: 85    Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph shifting northwest in the afternoon.    
 
Tonight  Low: 52    Partly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds around 10 mph.

[saronaterry]

Mornin'! Breakfast buffet for me, please.

JEFF: Yet another nice vid!You're having fun with that ,aren'tcha!

ROB: Sorry 'bout the smoked pilot light, I didn't know about it or I'd have said something.

PC: Absolutely unbelieveable good news!! That'll sure brighten a guy's outlook, huh?!?

CapeJIM: That's two of the three packages delivered.Did you receive yours yet?

Haven't seen the bad weather reports down south yet, hope everyone's OK.

Built some chain link and some wood fences yesterday, turned out pretty good. I use the three foot rule,thoughI'll try to get some pics.

That's all for now ,folks,

Terry

 

[rtraincollector]

Morning all were supose to get some stong storms here today. Not to much going on here today other than trying to spruce the place up and strighten it up for possible sale.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

JEFF: Yet another nice vid!You're having fun with that ,aren'tcha!

Don't you know it. What's the point of having if you can't share.

[Cederstrand]

in a stormy Southern mug, please & thank you!

***Terry, are you kidding...I could care less about a pilot lite. It performs superbly and that is all that matters. I'm stoked!

Sun popped out for a bit and now Round 2 is heading our way. Should have just enough time to get some feed out and then it will be time to hunker down . Uh....spoke to soon, just heard a big rumble of thunder. Better hustle. Have a great day all. Rob

[Cox 47]

Good morning all...Its cloudy and cool here this morning 47....I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please..thank You...Hope all you folks down south got thru the storms OK saw the damage in Atlanta on CNN this morning...Sallie is gone for the day her and her Sisters are helping their mother celebrate their Mother's 80th birthday...Got the roof on fish shack last night may work on it more latter...

PC...That is wonderfull news about your Son..

I am having trouble watching anything on Utube I get a thing that says I don't have the latest Flashplayer [and i do] or my Javascript is turned off?...You all have a good one...Jerry

[Cederstrand]

Heard the distant tornado siren go off right before Mother Nature opened up on our valley (which completely drowns it out). Chance of penny sized hail & 70mph wind. I'll believe it when I see it. Still, quite an enjoyable system moving through right now. BRING IT ON! YeeHaw! Rob

[pcarrell]

Dang...Top of page twice in one day. Looks like I'll be doing a lot of dishes. Oh well.

You tryin' to whip up on my record or somethin'?

[Cederstrand]

Philip, you are welcome to take back top of page honors anytime.

Hey, siren went off twice with this latest storm. A tornado was in my county and did severe damage with some fatalities, but it was far south of here. Barbara is heading in for work, right into the storm.

Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I'll be taking my car to the local repair shop Monday morning. I was planning on just having the master cylinder rebuilt. When my father learned of this he said "Heck no you're not getting it rebuilt. Have them replace it altogether. If you get it rebuilt, you'll never be able to trust it.". I told him "Yeah, right! How am I supposed to be able to pay for a new one. I don't have bunches of money". What he said next absolutely surprised me. He'll pay for the parts and labor. All I have to do is cut his grass one or two times every couple of weeks until I get him paid back, $20 a cut. I didn't argue. Until the car is repaired I'm using his truck to get around.

[wetidlerjr]

I'll have a salad with French dressing and a lemonade !

NKP Signal Gang/1947/ Near Bluffton Ohio

 

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Hey, Bill has the tab for the page! I feel like having a LITTLE sandwich.

 

[LSWrr]

Afternoon all,

Jeff, nice video, looks like a busy spot for train watching.  Matter of fact it looks like you designed a convergence right there.  Are those 2 side by side ovals passing near each other?

Diesel is $4.19/ gallon up here today.  Need to buy a big tricycle with a basket and a small trailer.  OH and I want a bell and a quad tone air horn like Conrail had.

Went to the Lakeland collage train show (NMRA Div. 5) this morning, only a 30 minute wait to get through the doors.  The gymnasium was closed due to a water leak so they moved everything into various class rooms.  Nice flexibility to the last minute changes.  Seems the only casualty to the show was the loss of some operating layout space.  I think if they do this again I would recommend sorting the vendor rooms by scale to limit how many shoppers try to stuff themselves into one classroom.

Rob, glad to hear the brunt of the storms passed you by.

Bill, nice pictures.

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Afternoon all,

Jeff, nice video, looks like a busy spot for train watching.  Matter of fact it looks like you designed a convergence right there.  Are those 2 side by side ovals passing near each other?

In the area where the crossovers are the tracks are about four inches apart, railhead to railhead. At the closest they're an inch and a quarter apart, railhead to railhead. The 50 and 60 foot cars get real close to each other there but nothing has hit yet. The two tracks of the outside line are one and seven-eighths of an inch apart, railhead tp railhead.

[JPowell]

Evening all -

  Just a quick stop in to say 'Hi!' while waiting for the g/f to show up so we can go get dinner. Told her last ngiht I wanted steak for dinner, so we're gonna go out for dinner!

Ok all -

Take care!

[Cox 47]

Good saturday evening all...Its been a cloudy cool day here...I'll have a diet Coke and Onion rings please...Thank You...Sallie got back from the birthday party about an hour ago and is napping...I ran the NYC passenger train for awhile and worked on Fish shack..Plan on a evening in front of tube...You all have a good one...Jerry

[Hoople]

Hello all.

Just a quick stop before I go to my grandma's. I'm going to bring a bunch of stuff for Microsoft Train Simulator, so we'll see how it works.

Nothing else is new, except I'll be re ording my big boy through factory direct this time.

[sleeper33]

 Evening all

 I'll have a tea and a breakfast sandwich with sausage please girls.

glad storms didn't batter your area too bad Rob absolutely lashing it down overhere at mo.

Gav

[New Haven I-5]

 I'll have what Jeff is having. One of these:

[gear-jammer]

Good afternoon, All.

Mark,

Let us know  how you like MS train simulator.  Larry has the MS flight simulator, and that is fun.

Sue

[Cederstrand]

***Sue, my wife has wanted that Flight Sim for a long time, but it continues to take a backseat to other stuff. How does it work for Larry?

Strong storms here today. Last one dropped pea+ sized hail on us, sending most of the horses sprinting out of the barns & shelters. (must have been LOUD under those tin roofs) Some wicked cool lightning, also. In the middle of one storm, it suddenly got deathly quiet for about 30 seconds, then opened up again with a roar. Cool! And now a rainbow has appeared as I type.

Question: What is "Fixed DC" used for?

Been watching all those train shows on the History channel. Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I may be wrong but I think 'fixed DC' refers to a power supply that puts out power at a preset voltage, not unlike a computer power supply that puts out fixed voltages of 12v and 5v. A booster for a DCC system can be regarded as a 'fixed' power supply.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang:

JR thanks for the advise on the tranny. I'll make sure that is what is done.

Rob we heard about the tornado in Atlanta. I heard the there were no deaths there.

I went over to the track today and helped with replacing ties on the main line. I don't know how many ties we replacd but we only got to the first town. I guess that's about 300 ft down the line. I spent the time hauling ties with my diesel locomotive. It's actually gas but looks like a SW 9 when the body is on. The last part of the line in Grissley Flats was burried under a bunch of ballast. Just the tops of the rail showing. I raked and loaded 2 cons of ballast that didn't need to be there.

Daisy the Dog wants to go out so I'd better get going.

Good Night All

[New Haven I-5]

Evening Gang:

JR thanks for the advise on the tranny. I'll make sure that is what is done.

Rob we heard about the tornado in Atlanta. I heard the there were no deaths there.

I went over to the track today and helped with replacing ties on the main line. I don't know how many ties we replacd but we only got to the first town. I guess that's about 300 ft down the line. I spent the time hauling ties with my diesel locomotive. It's actually gas but looks like a SW 9 when the body is on. The last part of the line in Grissley Flats was burried under a bunch of ballast. Just the tops of the rail showing. I raked and loaded 2 cons of ballast that didn't need to be there.

Daisy the Dog wants to go out so I'd better get going.

Good Night All

Do you have a steam engine? Also, all of us want to see some pics of your 7.5 gauge rr!

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello everybody...

Rob .... the GA storms have been in the news. Glad you are safe.

Gav ... the London - York train I mentioned last night was dark blue with a red or orange stripe of about 18" below the windows if I remember correctly. It was a double ended train with locomotive at each end.

I'm still working on scenery.

Happy Model railroading.

 

[sleeper33]

 Right Garry

 That would be either a GNER class 91 with dvt ( driving van trailer ) if overhead electric or an hst 125 if diesel. AS an afterthought GNER has lost that franchise.

Gav

 

[egmurphy]

Do you have a steam engine? Also, all of us want to see some pics of your 7.5 gauge rr!

You weren't paying attention, son.  I posted photos of Paul's railroad, including his steam engine, back on page 37.  Use this link, it's about in the middle of the page.  3 photos.

http://cs.trains.com/forums/37/1363439/ShowPost.aspx#1363439

Regards

Ed

[sleeper33]

 can I  have a strong cup of tea please.

One of the little angels has just chucked a bag full of gone off curry all over the floor of the lift. So just spent 15min. cleaning it up and as the other lift has got "lost " again good job someone

told me about it

Gav

Sorry evening Ed.

[egmurphy]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,

Another beautiful day down here in Paradise.     But it got up near 95º (35ºC) by mid afternoon.  That's just a touch on the warm side for me.

We made things worse by going out to play golf, and teeing off right at noon.  Yeah, that's tempting heat stroke all right.  I chunked it around the course, and will blame my poor score on the heat.  What's that old Noel Coward line about "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun..."

The coffee is good and strong tonight, as always.  Goes well with Fran's strawberry ice cream pie.

No progress, au usual, on the layout.  But I did get a bit more reading done in an old book on the NdeM that I picked up at a used book store in Mexico City a couple of weeks ago.

That's about it from down here this evening.  Catch up with you tomorrow.

Hasta mañana,

Ed

[Hoople]

The MSTS stuff didn't show up on the CD. Too bad I guess. I'll wait for MSTS2/MSTSX in fall. Right now KRS is good for me.