Elliots Trackside Diner IV, Under New Management!

[sleeper33]

 If you double up on your chores and be very nice to her she might anyway how much space you talking about?

Gav

[Hoople]

Jim: Nano scale wouldn't do it either... I have been experimenting with plans...

There is space, question is will mom allow me to use it...

[LSWrr]

Howdy,

Haven't done much MRRing the past week, been down with this sinus infection, felt like I had an ice pick stuck in my left ear.  Dorothy was so sick she hasn't even played with her new sewing machine.   She finally starting eating solid food Saturday night, took her 3 hours to finish off a hamburger patty, Sunday I got her to eat 2 hotdogs.   Today she had to go to the dentist to double check her jaw, the sinus infection traveled into her gums on the left side. 

Dorothy wants to edit the LSW logo to embroider it on a polo shirt; if that works she plans on buying the art work for several of the RR and make shirts and sweatshirts to sell at the local train shows.

I need to get busy; friends want to come over this weekend for the first operations visit on the new layout.

Lee

[sleeper33]

 Evening gang

 tea and a bacon sarnie please Zoe

 how' s evryone this fine evening?

 P.C. Great that your son is getting on so well , sorry your wife has a cold .get plenty of vitamin c down yourselves best thing for a cold.

grey fox

 yes that plane crash was bad but could have been a lot worse according to the news the pilot steered the plane away from the heart of the town.

 looks like my tea and breakfast are here so going to sit down and eat it

laters

 Gav

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang: I just renewed my subscription to MR and Trains. It's raining in Milwaukee and Ft. Worth is getting hammered. No real connection there just a comment. No rain for us here but I'm hoping.

I went over to the track earlier and put the trucks under the narrow gauge gondola. I also moved the diesel to the upper bay in the engine house so I can work on it.

I'm going to cut out and be back tonight.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, I'd say you did a fine job on rebuilding that A unit. 

Thanks. It's missing a couple of peices but nothing critical.

I went to Hobby Lobby today and came back with some goodies. A Bachmann Silver Series flatcar, a roll (90 feet, 22 gauge) of stranded hook-up wire and two bottles of medium gray ballast.

[JimRCGMO]

Good Morning, Zoe! Sorry I missed this weekend (mostly). Lots of posts to wade through, that's a definite! I'll have a ham & cheese sandwich, cheesey fries, and a Dr. Pepper, please.  Thanks, Inch!

Wonder where Ed is now - visiting the kids in Texas, likely. But the tankers of the OJ keep on coming, so he must have elves managing the shipping duties while he's gone.

Great pics of everyone's progress - Ryan, I like how that Allied Rebuilders building is coming along. And JR, is that building you've been working on a DPM modular (with the powerhouse sections)? I like that one. Jeff, I'd say you did a fine job on rebuilding that A unit.

Hoople, you may have to be looking to annex some more territory for your RR, if you're going to have a decent train to match that Big Boy. I hear you about not being able to fit 140 cars on that layout you have - not even sure that in iNvisible scale that you could fit enough cars on there! Got an adjacent room that you could commandeer for the RR line?

Last night was the videotaping for the church's worship DVD, and the Spirit in the place was awesome (!). They did had some good munchies in the choir practice/ready room in the back, most of which we got back to after the service (hey, I have a reputation in the Diner to live up to!). Now, to wait until early summer when the CD & DVD is ready... Oh, (I might have mentioned it earlier, not sure) one song the worship leader wrote will be on a new CD coming out April 21st (I think), "Reign Down USA", with Michael W. Smith, Delerious?, Aaron Shust, Newsboys and others. Go here if you want info on the CD:

http://devotionmusic.com/reigndownusa/ 

Well, I think I'll have my lunch now.  

 

Blessings on everyone's Monday,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[pcarrell]

Gerry, Zicam has always worked better for me.  I've been using it quite a bit, but this thing is just a tough one to kick.  I know some other folks with it and they're having trouble kicking it too.

Dick, yeah, yeah, I hear ya!  Bring him on big boy!  I'm man enough........OK, maybe not, but it sounded good......

[inch53]

Mornin, ta-go cup Zoe

Baby boomer cartoon video

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-walt-babyboomers-blurb,0,1036393.blurb

[grayfox1119]

Good morning Diners.......cloudy and showers have begun at 11am, 35F, no sun until tomorrow. Good day to do some layout design as well as read the latest MRR mag. The furnace repairman just left, of course the furnace would not fail as he tried everything to repeat the problem. There was only one thing that he did that he feels might have caused the problem. The power vent has a vacuum switch fed by a small 1/8" tube. If that gets and dust, dirt, etc. in that tube and blocks the vacuum, it will cause the furnace to cutout while the zones are still calling for heat, hence the off/on/off/on/off/on action of the relay switch chattering like a chipmunk. Time will tell if that was the cause.

 I was reading the new Kalmbach book on DCC, it is really quite informative and has the info presented very well, I recommend that you guys check it out the next time your at your LHS.

BOBK: Sunny skies in Boston area at 8am??? Not for long Bob, raining here just 45 miles west of you.

PC: Philip, you have been under tremendous stress, have not received anywhere near enough sleep, and you wonder why you can't shake your cold?? Young man, you need to take care of yourself also, if you hope to take care of your family. Don't make me send Big Mike out there now...lol.

Later guys, time to get lunch ready, I'm in the kitchen of the Diner today.

[Cox 47]

Good morning all...Its cloudy and damp here this morning temps in the low 50's...I'll have a sweet roll and coffee please...Thank You....I have pulled most of the buildings out of my down town area to finnish putting veiw blocks in some and side walks details in...Gonna scratch up some more street lites...

Ryan...building looks good thanks for photos...

PC...Hope you are feeling better today...

Garry...Hope to see some more photos of the areas you are working on...

Rob...Hows goat this morning? Better I hope...

You all have a good one,,,,Jerry

[Hoople]

Gav: Big boy is doing great. Haven't run her in a bit, I have to vacuum up the million bits of foam from cutting a 1/2 (wide) inch by 4' (long) by 1" deep whole...

[SilverSpike]

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

It rained here from Friday late until....well....it's still raining... almost three days of light misting rain.  Should keep the wildfires down!

Thoughts and prayers to all in need, those who are sick and in recuperation!

Made some progress on the Allied Rail Rebuilders kit and the lift out section this weekend, what else can you do on a rainy weekend...heh!

Here are a few progress images for your viewing....

Later folks,

Ryan

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good morning ............

Philip ........ I'm glad things are going well overall.  As for cold symptoms, have you tried "Airborne"? We've used it here and it does help in our opinion to quickly boost the immune sytem. of course, the trila lawyers got in theact recently and won a class action lawsuit because there's "no scienticic proof' that the stuff works. I'll just say it's helped in our family.

On my layout, I'm continuing with the scenery. I showed alittle bit with a couple of photos this weekend. There's much more to do. It's rural scenery, and the old Burlington had plenty of that. I suppose to make it more real, the barnyards need to semll like barnyards.

Happy Model Railroading

[pcarrell]

Morning all!

Got any flooding around you Jeff, or is that yet to come?

We've got some rain today too.  It's not the prettiest start to the week.  Warmer air is moving in, but what that means for us today is a lot of low clouds and drizzle.  Most of the rain and thunderstorms will be very spotty, few and far between.  In spite of the gloomy weather, it will be warmer than normal with highs ranging from the low to upper 60's!

As some of you know, I've been fighting off a cold for almost 2 weeks now.  Well yesterday I spent a good portion of the day in bed dozing.  I crawled in bed about 3pm and basically stayed there until this morning.  And do you know what?  I'm still drug out and tierd!  And it's not like when you've had too much sleep either.  It's like when you haven't had enough.  I guess it might be an early night tonight, huh?

My son continues to improve every day.  he still gets the occasional shooting pains from those nerves that he's never really used until now, but other then that, he's walking all over the place on his casts and doing most things normally.  He just doesn't let much slow him down, ya know?

My wife is coming down with the cold I've been fighting I think.  She was sick to her stomach all day.  She's better now, but yesterday was tough.  She couldn't even hardly sit up.  I'm glad she's better though.

So Rob, how's Puddles this morning?  Dialated any more?  Hows your wife taking it?

Well, I've got to run just now, but I'll stop in later.

Bye!

[bogp40]

Good morning, Well another bright sunny day here in Boston.

John: You will be staying about 10 minutes away from Weymouth where I live. There are about 1/2 dozen decent Hobby Shops near Boston. Charles Ro in Malden, but they seem to cater to mail order more these days, don't quite have the great HO selection they used to.

Bill's Friendly Train Shop in Rockland is about 20 min south of Quincy down Rt 18. He does carry a large stock of N and HO.

The Platinum Spike in Cohassett, 1 Pleasant St, is a small shop owned by a club member. Even though small does have quite a decent selection of HO and N. Not old dusty stock, new releases accross the board. He feeds all us in the club and we keep asking for more...This is about the closest to Quincy about 15 minutes south on 3A.

Trackside Sales in Attleboro, is a fantastic shop but it is about 50 min down 95S heading almost to RI.

MR Dealer listings gives others. Platinum Spike is not in the directory.

I don't know what your hectic schedule for the weekend. If by chance you have a couple of hours to kill, I would be happy to show you the club and layout in Hingham. The club is only 10-15 minutes away from where you will be staying. I can access the club at any time. Email me for any info on LHS or time if you would like to see the club http://www.ssmrc.org/ . You have probably seen all the pics I have posted, quite a nice layout we have in that 10,000 sq' building.

I need to head off to w*k, a busy week wrapping up on this job. ....No added stress mind you..

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's a pleasant, though wet, 64 degrees here this morning under a mostly cloudy sky. A high of 78 degrees with partly cloudy conditions is expected this afternoon along with a small chance of thunderstorms.

Today's Weather for:      
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      3/31/2008

Wind Chill:  65°F
Humidity:  99%
Dew Point:  65°F

So Far Today
High:  66°F
Low:  64°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  10mph NNE

Today  High: 80    Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 80. South winds 10 to 15 mph.    

Tonight  Low: 65    Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

[sleeper33]

Hay Hoople

hows the big boy going?

 CHEQUE please see u all tonight

Gav

 

[Hoople]

Evening.

I got myself a backdrop finally... But it's too heavy (Wish they had masonite, stuck with 1/2" birch ply) so I need to find some braces to hold it up.

Besides that, Microsoft Train Simulator works on the new PC! I installed FEFs, Big Boys, Challengers, SP 4449, SP Cab Forwards, and a bunch of others.

I'm gonna go play it before hitting the sack.

Mark

[Guilford Guy]

JP, Charles Ro Supply Co. in Malden has a good selection of N-G. They are home to USA Trains, G scale, and boast of being the largest lionel dealer.  Half their store is devoted to warehouse space, and their is a layout, built by Dave Frary upstairs.

http://www.charlesro.com 

[grayfox1119]

J.P.  Check with BobK, he lives in the Quincy area somewhere, and can tell you every LHS in that area. I live 40 miles west of there, west of the city of Worcester, so I know the LHS's out this way, like Tucker's in the town of Warren, which is my favorite, as well as the Palmer RR station which is the hot spot in NE as well as a GREAT restaurant.

GAV: Sorry to hear about that plane crash south of London, several people killed on late news here just heard at 11pm. 

[Cox 47]

Evening All....Just stopped in to see whats going on..I'll have a Root beer float please Thank You...Not much railroading today spent most of day in recliner...RT hope you have your place sold and get good news soon on new job...Time to hit the bed..You all have a good night...Jerry

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Scince Garry is buying I'll have the chef's special . Lobster, fila mion, Shrimp, stuff crab, Stuffed clams,Baked potatoe, green beans , Asst Breads, and for desert a large slice of chocolate cream pie, of yes need to watch rthe waste line there girls just ice water to drink thank you.

Evening all looks like I have my place sold (will see I've seen this before)

Hope all had a good day will talk to you all later

 

Enjoy it, RT, but don't tell Ryan. He's on a diet. RT, I hope you get the news you want from Ashville.

Paul .... I know this is a sad time for you with your friend terminally ill. We're here for you.

 

[New Haven I-5]

 I had a good day. I went to the last day of the Fillmore & Western Rail Festival today in Fillmore, California. The turntable was running. I checked out the D&E 2-8-0. The loco looked in bad shape. The boiler was off the drivers & the cab was off, plus there was no backhead. They had the Sespe on display. The stack & smokebox was rusty. The bad news was that the Live Steamers left  their property across the street from the station. I got a copy of the 2007 Bachmann Product Magazine & a video.

                                                      See ya!

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: John and I went to the gun show in Ft. Worth today. He was selling his Colt 45 auto. He finally sold it to his BIL over the phone. $14 for entrance fee and he sell's it over the phone. I saw a couple of items that I would have liked to have, like a simi auto Bren gun, a simi auto MG42, and a simi auto 1916 Browning water cooled on a wheeled mount. Prices seem to be down from the last time I was at a show. I did get a bag of small clamps for the modeling gig.

Thanks for the kind thoughts and prayers for Tony. His trials are almost over.He has suffered for some time.

Right now I have a headach. See Der, I told you what happens when  I try thinking.

Rob it seems that when it rains it pours. I hope that your FIL gets better soon. I know how you feel about Puddles. It's hard to see an animal suffer and not be able to do anything about it.

Well I guess I'll head for bed.

Good Night All

[rtraincollector]

Scince Garry is buying I'll have the chef's special . Lobster, fila mion, Shrimp, stuff crab, Stuffed clams,Baked potatoe, green beans , Asst Breads, and for desert a large slice of chocolate cream pie, of yes need to watch rthe waste line there girls just ice water to drink thank you.

Evening all looks like I have my place sold (will see I've seen this before)

Hope all had a good day will talk to you all later

[sleeper33]

Hi Heartland

i've just started on my goods depot for the station so will have about 1/2 done by tonight

Gav

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello everyone ....

I'm still working on scenery.

I like the series of depot photos from Bill.

Cheers! 

 

[wetidlerjr]

NKP Depot Forest IN