Elliots Trackside Diner IV, Under New Management!

[JPowell]

Oh, one more thing... 12 more days and I'll be leaving this joint!

Take care!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Oh, one more thing... 12 more days and I'll be leaving this joint!

Take care!

I hear that. My brother-in-law will be leaving that sandbox in about a month to spend some time at home, then he'll be going back.

[Cederstrand]

 Anotherrefill, please & thanks.

Needed a "train fix" so ventured onto the-bay and picked up 2 Preiser sets, shipping included for a grand total of $11. Will use these on one of the farm scenes.

(has a black cow in the one I got)

Rob

[New Haven I-5]

Hmmm........ 

 

   I'll have a French Dip Sandwich. Mmmmm!

[JimRCGMO]

Evening, Flo, not sure who's still here this late, but wanted to swing by before I head home for bed. Glass of water'll be it for me. Thanks.

Well, for those who had suggestions, I've considered going to Comcast, but don't really want or need cable TV enough to warrant it. Will need to see if Comcast will sell me just the broadband, 'cause they don't offer phone capability in our area.

I AM fed up with AT&T tonight. Had troubles with the email (outbound) early in the afternoon, and went by a friend's place, but by the time I got back home it hadn't been fixed. I tried calling what AT&T jokingly calls 'tech support', but they were all tied up (guess a lot of people are having the same problem...). I can get to other websites, and was able to login to AT&T's email, but when I tried to delete some spam, their server froze up on me. I could get to my Gmail account okay, and so I tried sending the email (that I'd intended to send via AT&T) by Gmail. Piece of cake! That has about clinched my decision for me. Wherever I'm going, it won't be with AT&T... Tom, you wanna send Guido and "Thumbs" Louie's phone numbers to Vinnie for me?

Jeff:

If you want to PM me your address, I've got an old Rivarossi smooth-side baggage car in SP "Sunset Limited" tomato-stripe that you can have.  It's just been sitting around taking up space for years.  I'd be glad to send it to you gratis. 

Tom, that might just do the trick, since Jeff will be 'replacing' the original paint job with a lot of rust if he follows how that abandoned baggage car was.

Ryan, I see that JP spoke up for the gumbo. Just as well, gumbo's not my cup of... uh... soup.

New Haven I-5 (Luke) - do you have a steam loco in mind for a project, or did you buy that book for general reference? I saw it once in one of our LHS'es, and it looks like a good book.

Rob, I'm not sure what prices for N scale Preiser figures are, but that sounds like a good price on those figures. I keep watching the Walthers sale catalogs myself, for any figures that are on sale and that I might use on my layout. Been building up my RR's population gradually that way. Hopefully you're done with the septic tank.

CN Charlie, I would think with your winters up there, that they'd enjoy Mexican food for a little extra 'warmth' on a cold winter's day.

Jeff, is that pic another of that baggage car, or a different one? Hard to tell with all the rust on it.

Ed, thanks for the update on the fruit harvests down there - and I'm sure that certain Diners' mouths will be watering for some of that Key Lime pie.... (Shhhh, don't tell any of our pie eaters...)

Bet PC will sleep pretty well tonight, with all the stuff that was on his plate today.

'd best get going, not much time until news is over and it's bedtime for this Diner. Didn't get much at all of my intended list done this weekend - drat.

Hope everyone else had a more productive weekend than mine. Gonna be a hot one tomorrow for us - they're talking heat advisories along the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to a bit south of Memphis area.

Blessings and prayers for those needing them,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, is that pic another of that baggage car, or a different one? Hard to tell with all the rust on it.

It's the same one alright. Incidently the end overgrown in trees is the north end.

[SilverSpike]

Just a quick drop in!

Sorry for the mix up Jim and John! I knew it was a J name, LOL....oh well, must me my "ole' timers" kickin' in or sumptin'!

Glad you like the gumbo John!

Thanks for the recipe Ed! Nice to know the origin of the soup too, I did not know that it was not served in Mexico that much!

Not put any time on the layout since April! But I have been showing it off more to friends and family lately! They like to see the trains run, and so far Mr. Murphy Law has stayed away.

You all have a great week ahead!

[Cederstrand]

Tall glass of cool water, thanks.  

***Jim, you can't even tell where the septic tank was now. Still, I wouldn't suggest driving a loaded cement mixer over the area anytime soon. Oh, at $5.50 per set of figures delivered, I felt it was a pretty decent price for them. Now, if I could have found them in HO for the wife, that would have been even better.

Have a good night all.

Rob

[pcarrell]

Bet PC will sleep pretty well tonight, with all the stuff that was on his plate today.

I did too!  I got it all done but the garage.  I'll do that tonight.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 78 and clear this morning. The high is expected to be in the high 90's and it will be partly cloudy with a small chance of thunderstorms.

The saga of the internet problems drags on. Right now it's doing alright, download and upload speeds are both high. I expect the upload speed to drop off around 11am or noon. Yesterday it went from a speed of 500 all the way down to a speed of 1! They're sending a tech out today, probably on a mission to prove that it's my equipment and not their's that's causing the problem. How's my equipment going to effect an entire area? Why do other systems in this area exhibit the exact same symptoms as mine? I'm goint to keep passing the buck back to them until this gets resolved.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      7/21/2008

Heat Index:  82°F
Humidity:  84%
Dew Point:  72°F

So Far Today
High:  82°F
Low:  77°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  5mph NNE

Today  High: 98    Partly sunny with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.    

Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

 

Rob those figures look real good and $11 for both? That's pretty good.

 

I have decals on 25 hopper cars now.  They each have their own unique number, I started at 1401. 1000 = bulk product. 1400 = bulk product 4 bays.  The next group will be 3 bay hoppers starting with 1301.  Not sure how I'll designate the gondolas.

 

Rained all day Sunday so Jonathan missed out on the Dew Games (AKA Gravity games or X-Games).  But Dorothy took him Saturday for a tour of the RR Museum and a ride on the AC&J railroad.  Too bad no steam but they are pulled by a RS2.  I had to work L so I didn't get to go.

 

Lee

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good morning, everybody........

The corner booth is filling up.......... PC was the early one. Followed by Jeff and Lee..........and look at this....Bill arives at about 8:00 cdt. .... You can tell he's retired with hours like that. Howdy, Bill.

I see JP stopped by over the weekend.......

Jeff's planning to model the rusty, beat up baggage car....that'll be a fun project...

Ed provided a fruit update from "paradise"......... I see a bunch of other stuff --- everthing from septic to gumbo.......(Not the same thing. Right, Ryan?)

I hope Tom's lowell will be OK after all that vet time.

I had a full week end of non-model-railroad stuff......... I'd better get back to it.

Happy Model Railroading

 

[JimRCGMO]

Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have a cup of coffee, glass of Ed's OJ, a glass of milk and some of Bill T.'s buffet, please. Thank you, ma'am.

Not sure what to make of it, but as I was pulling up this morning, I saw a dark PT Cruiser pulling out with Vinnie driving, and two other guys with some (musical instrument?) cases in the back. Wonder where Vinnie's going?... Oh, kind of a "don't ask, don't tell" thing, huh, Zoe? 

Lee, on your gons, you could go with #1100 series, I suppose. Only one bay (so to speak) on a gondola. You must've been a busy fella over the weekend, if you got 25 cars decaled.

Tom, any more word from the vet on Lowell? Hopefully, your buddy will be able to come home with you today.

Ryan, now I don't feel as badly about my delays on my layout. 9:)] Thanks!  Surprising that Mr. Murphy has missed your operating sessions, he doesn't usually miss those.

Jeff, you aren't on AT&T/Yahoo by any chance? Might explain your problems if you are... 

Hey fellas, is there an open spot in that corner booth, or are you full up? Okay, I'll grab a seat in the next booth. Time to chow down.

 

Blessings on your week,

Jim in (stinky hot and a heat advisory today) Cape Girardeau 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, you aren't on AT&T/Yahoo by any chance? Might explain your problems if you are...

Nope, I'm not on either on those. I'm on Cebridge high speed broadband through SuddenLink.

[SilverSpike]

Mornin' folks!

Yep, Garry, everything but the kitchen sink huh!

Hey Jim, proper preventitive planning which includes some track cleaning seems to help keep Mr. Murphy Law out of the equation!

In-laws made a surprise visit last night on their around the states driving vacation. Drove from Fargo, ND to Wake Forest, NC in two days, that's 1,600 miles of driving. They drove through pouring rain in Indiana, said it was plush and green there with all the rain lately. Showing them around town today!

TTFN,

Ryan

 

[C&O Fan]

Morning All

I see everyone has beat me to the Breakfast bar

That's ok my throat is still too sore for food

I'll just sit in the back and listen to the chatter

Plan to drag out the new air brush and try spraying some gloss coat today

 

[inch53]

Mornin, Zoe, could I get 4 chocolate milks, 8 doughnuts n 2 coffee's please. Got five of them today range from 18 down to a 2 year old, plus 2 more coming Fri for a week. It's only 33 more days till school starts.

Been busy and haven't stopped by for a few days, other than just a passing through. Between chores, kids and the hot n humid weather we're having, I'm bout down, mostly though from the heat, just can't handle it well anymore. At least the temps are suppose to improve some

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1:00PM EDT/12PM CDT FOR ALL OFF THE WABASH VALLEY THIS MORNING.

Rain and thunderstorms will move through today with gusty winds and small hail being the biggest threats. Temperatures will still be hot and humid topping out in the lower 90's this afternoon with the heat index approaching 100°. Scattered rain and thunderstorms continue tonight and into the day tomorrow. Temperatures become a bit more comfortable on Tuesday with the daytime high only warming up into the lower 80's.

Flash,

Good to hear your dad's improving, but sorry to hear of stinky skunks passing.

Dick,

 Gardens coming along good, but still no ripe tomatters yet. Hope ya got your tiller going, our tiller down too, but I need it to get it going soon. Got some flowerbeds to move, so I don't have so many to keep up.

Tom'

Hope Lowell is improving also. It doesn't sound to silly to me with the vet. We've done it a few times ourselves.

Garry,

A friend of ours went out to go to work one morning and smelled a skunk, but didn't see one. He found him when he started the car. The car stunk so bad for 2 months, you couldn't stand to drive it. He also found out, that skunk damage under the hood is not covered by Allstate insurance.

Ed,

Don't feel bad about not getting in any MRR'ing time, I haven't touched mine in almost 2 months.

JP,

Getting down to short time now, it'll be good ta have ya back. Stay safe out there.

Here's the last of the digital pics from our trip the Sat, we headed over towards Garry's and we got a pic of some fledgling eagles in their nest atop the bridge.

After meeting Garry n his wife, our first stop was at Gus's

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Next we all went to Dan's

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His was still under construction and not as far along, but I sure hope to see again next year maybe. After that was Garry's turn to show off

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Here's one of us guys

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and the wife's

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Finally it was time to head back, and then we got another treat going across the lake of a big boat. Garry will have to tell what is for sure, but it was interesting to look at.

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I got a bunch more photos on film that's getting developed now to post some time, hopefully their be better than what if posted so far. Best gets going, seein as I've been since 5 this morning trying to finish this, and the kids a outside. Thoughts for all those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden

[jeffrey-wimberly]

SuddenLink says they have the problem fixed. Well, we'll see. If it goes down again today somebody in Tyler will be getting their head bit off.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good morning.......

I'm glad Inch (Mike) and Mother (Deb) enjoyed their visit. It most definately was good to meet them. The bridge photo Mike posted is very close to where Shelley and I live. The large birds nesting on the bridge are osprey. They are large, fish-eating birds with six foot wingpsans. In that photo crossing the bridge our location is just to the right. We are about a mile from the bridge as the osprey flies or about 2 1/2 miles by roads. Ospreys are very common here. So are blue herons. ...and zillions of geese. ....many wild turkeys.......etc.....it's really fowl here.

The picture of the guys left to right .... Me (w/ Brio loco), Dan, Gus, Mike

The picture of the ladies left to right .... Shelley (Me), Carol (Gus), Toni (Dan), Deb (Mike)  

One photo on my layout shows my hillbilly making moonshine on banks of Mrs. Hippy River. Other photos do a fine job of displaying my clutter under the layout. The length of my train room is 64'. It has various widths, but it's mostly somewhat narrow. The layout operators lounge is much larger than the trainroom.

 

 

[grayfox1119]

Good morning !!! It is still hotter than a desert rats armpit here and humid!!!! Dew Point of 71F right now and headed for 75F which is as tropical as you ever get here in the far Northeast, the sweat drips off you doing absolutely nothing outside.

MIKE: You have your winter beard already??? As for tiller, I got the darn thing going again, I had to move the drive belt to the next set of pulleys which kept the tines turning. I think I need a smaller belt which would be tighter when engaged. Great pics !!!!!  I think Garry need to get to the table first more often...LOL feed the poor guys will ya ??

JEFF: Hey Jeff, tell us how you REALLY feel LOL LOL LOL.....give them the business Jeff !!!

CAPE JIM: Ahhhhhhh good old AT&T, got rid of them back in 1998, Charter Cable and no more copper lines makes a BIG difference, all fiber optic cable now. I was without service for a whole week, three times back then, and this was with no storms!

A stormwarning for our Nova Scotia friends....TS Christobal is headed up the Atlantic coastline and the center of the cone of probability to hit land is aimed right at Yarmouth!!!!! If this holds true, you guys are going to get your rain barrels and cisterns filled.

FERGIE: I see you are at (approx) 42.5 N LAT, 60.4 W-Long. Christobal is taking aim at you guys, tell the Captain to get the Hudson back to port PRONTO !!!!

Lunchtime !!!

[Cox 47]

Good morning all....Its cloudy here this morning and We are under a T-storm watch till noon..I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please...Thank You...Havn't posted all week-end My Son and his family was here so We had lots of Grand Baby time!..They kinda tuckered Grandma and Papa out so I'll probaly spend most of day trying to catch up on rest..

Inch...I sure enjoyed your Photos! Garry and the others have some great layouts and the more I see the more I am empressed...Ky model Railroaders are OK!!

Jeff...Can't wait to see baggage car when your done..

I got the last of ground cover down Friday and things kinda put back together..I changed the locations on some of the buildings..I think it might look better with a car lot or maybe a 1 story maybe grocery store closer to the front? what do you all think..

Here is shot of mirror mostly blended in...I toof a green auto and painted the back of it red so its posta look like a 2nd auto in mirror works pretty good from the right angle...

You all have a good one...Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

JEFF: Hey Jeff, tell us how you REALLY feel LOL LOL LOL.....give them the business Jeff !!!

This will let you know how I felt when it went down yesterday:

[New Haven I-5]

New Haven I-5 (Luke) - do you have a steam loco in mind for a project, or did you buy that book for general reference? I saw it once in one of our LHS'es, and it looks like a good book.

Yes I do. A MDC/Roundhouse Prairie.

[JimRCGMO]

Mornin, Zoe, could I get 4 chocolate milks, 8 doughnuts n 2 coffee's please. Got five of them today range from 18 down to a 2 year old, plus 2 more coming Fri for a week. It's only 33 more days till school starts.

Yeah, but who's counting, right Mike? You and Jerry watch out for yourselves today on the rain. This morning's weather looked like you (and our Indiana and Ohio folks later) may have a day of it with the rain. That one photo of all of you must've been in the operator's lounge, right, Inch? That was something else on your friend - wonder what the rider to cover underhood skunk damage would run?...

Dick, I thought Mike's beard was shorter than back in the winter. Am I about right, Mike? And the sad thing on Ma Bell was that they had a fiber optic line to my building... I called and told AT&T that they could cut off both my land line and the internet tomorrow. Of course, they'll stick me with a cancellation fee on the contract (even though I've been with them for many more years than that). I'll be glad when I get the last bill taken care of, and I'm totally done with them. I may just use my free night and weekend minutes on my work cell in the meantime until I decide on the phone part whether to go with Charter or not. Still not wild about anyone's cell plan.

Jerry, a car lot sounds good for the front - maybe the right-hand lot in your pic? Chance for some more detailing of stuff (signs, those flags on a (dental floss) line strung between some poles, etc.). There was somebody in another forum here who did those triangular flags on a line, but his was with a gas station (and in HO scale).

New Haven I-5, that Prairie's one of those nice medium sized locos (if you don't count Challengers or Yellowstones, that is ). I like that, as well as my Mogul (which I think is a former IHC perhaps). Best wishes on a fun project spiffing it up.

Better be heading back to work, now that my breakfast has had a little time to settle.

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[pcarrell]

Mike, those pics made my day!  Thanks!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Almost right at 11:30 the internet problem reared it's head, again! What SuddenLink said was fixed isn't. My download speed is now cut in half and my upload speed has dropped from 500 to 54. I'm really PO'd now!

[LSWrr]

Jim,

I sit down and label 3 or 4 cars then get fed up and go cut grass or something then I get back to them and do a couple more......

I still need to switch out couplers on them I may have to order another 40 these are easy and cheap to swap out.

Lee

[LSWrr]

Jerry,

How about a lumber yard, or a grain coop or something???

Lee

[Fergmiester]

A stormwarning for our Nova Scotia friends....TS Christobal is headed up the Atlantic coastline and the center of the cone of probability to hit land is aimed right at Yarmouth!!!!! If this holds true, you guys are going to get your rain barrels and cisterns filled.

FERGIE: I see you are at (approx) 42.5 N LAT, 60.4 W-Long. Christobal is taking aim at you guys, tell the Captain to get the Hudson back to port PRONTO !!!!

Lunchtime !!!

Actually Dick The thing is headed out to sea now tracking North of Sable. We're working East Scotian Slope and Storm Warnings have been issued. To tell ya the truth we're better off here then in the shallow waters so here we sit. Hopefully this will be a fast moving system so it will come and go quickly and as far as telling the "Old Man"... Nah that can wait

Lee: Good philosiphy re the decals. It's a hateful process. So would you tell the "old man' to head to port?

Tom: How's Lowell today? Hopefully doing ok!

Anyway must run

Later All

Fergie