Elliots Trackside Diner IV, Under New Management!

[Flashwave]

Who is at bat?

Tuesday!

Now your bringing in the Addams Family?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Who is at bat?

Tuesday!

[LSWrr]

Afternoon,

 

C&O Fan, my LT just transferred to CC, TX what a way to welcome her aboard the unit down there.

 

Rob, sorry to hear about your shoulder

 

"His sailing vessel was on its way to the Azores islands in Portugal when it overturned while being buffeted by winds and heavy waves from the storm" Sounds like he needs to sit through one of my NAV classes.  N.S.  And Azores don't even look alike.

 

You can't complain to me about 20' seas.  I drove a 44' MLB in 35+ seas for 13 years.  You're in a 200'+ ship .  The gondolas were everything from New Jersey Rail to UP so I painted a few of them in L. S. & W. colors.  It really doesn't take long to apply decals, but I found it's hard to get started applying decals.

 

251B engines are used in our 210 FT Coast Guard Cutters.

Who is at bat?

ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS!

 

Lee

[pcarrell]

Managed to re-pull/tear/pop something deep under my shoulder blade. Don't know exactly what it is, but makes it hard to take a deep breath or look down. Wish I could trade this body in for a newer model.

I know exactly what you mean.  I tore a ligament in my right arm a couple of months ago and it still hasn't healed.  Hurts like the dickens!

Phil sounds like you do need a rest Family Gatherings can be fullfilling but man -O-man they can be a MESSy affair. Thank goodness for Chinette plates!!

Indeed!  Chinette to the rescue!

[JPowell]

Evening (good day) gang!

  Only 7 more work days left here for me! Should be leaving here w/in the next 9 days! YEAH!!!

Dick - The AM radio station I used to listed to as a kid, on occassion would play 'The Shadow' epsiodes. Some of those episodes were something to say the least, especially for a kid my age!

Well gang, time for me to

Take care!

[Flashwave]

Good morning! Rain and more rain. Very cloudy here this morning with low hanging fog. West of us got flooded yesterday in Palmer at the Diamond, and today the Berkshires, Vermont and Eastern upper NY are gettingh 6+ inches of rain in some places. Will this front EVER move east? Today we are due for another 1" +/-, but tomorrow as the front finally arrives over us, 3 to 4" of rain, and winds in excess of 50 mph. With the ground completely soaked, there will be uprooted trees in the strong winds.

Obviously nothing doing outside today, so I have many MRR books to read including latest DCC book and also industries along the tracks volumes 1,2,3.

JOHNBOY: What on earth is going on with those diesels?? What are they burning? Or, are the fuel filters dirty. Great photo however!!!

JEFF: Those youngsters have to get up pretty early to try to pull the wool over your eyes re. "whose on 1st".

J.R.: Have you had to bail out yet? It is now raining cats and dogs here.

FERGIE: I would guess that it meant the HP and the model series. I could cheat and look it up on the internet, but I took a guess.

( For you youngsters in the Diner, raining cats and dogs dates back several centuries to when the farmers actually had sod roofs. The cats and dogs would sleep up on the roofs, as they love high places. But when it rained real hard for too long, the roofs would give way under the animals and hence the term, raining cats and dogs, literally. )

Yep, that was a 6th grade lesson. But I heard it that the cats were after mice in the sod roof, and that the dogs were after the cats. We asked her why it isn't raining cats and mice and dogs. I don't remember her answer.

That and the the bit about Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite.

Oh, sorry girls. I;m gonna get charged for a lot of useless rambling. So I;ll go away now. Here til Dawn! Try the ve- *Hurk* *caned*

[jeffrey-wimberly]

JEFF: Those youngsters have to get up pretty early to try to pull the wool over your eyes re. "whose on 1st".

I had to memorize that piece when I was in Jr High for a school skit. That's a lot of material when you're trying to get it down pat. Man, that school skit was over thirty years ago. Where does the time ago? And if anyone says 'Into the past' they're getting clobbered with a brick-laden custard pie.

[grayfox1119]

Good morning! Rain and more rain. Very cloudy here this morning with low hanging fog. West of us got flooded yesterday in Palmer at the Diamond, and today the Berkshires, Vermont and Eastern upper NY are gettingh 6+ inches of rain in some places. Will this front EVER move east? Today we are due for another 1" +/-, but tomorrow as the front finally arrives over us, 3 to 4" of rain, and winds in excess of 50 mph. With the ground completely soaked, there will be uprooted trees in the strong winds.

Obviously nothing doing outside today, so I have many MRR books to read including latest DCC book and also industries along the tracks volumes 1,2,3.

JOHNBOY: What on earth is going on with those diesels?? What are they burning? Or, are the fuel filters dirty. Great photo however!!!

JEFF: Those youngsters have to get up pretty early to try to pull the wool over your eyes re. "whose on 1st".

J.R.: Have you had to bail out yet? It is now raining cats and dogs here.

FERGIE: I would guess that it meant the HP and the model series. I could cheat and look it up on the internet, but I took a guess.

( For you youngsters in the Diner, raining cats and dogs dates back several centuries to when the farmers actually had sod roofs. The cats and dogs would sleep up on the roofs, as they love high places. But when it rained real hard for too long, the roofs would give way under the animals and hence the term, raining cats and dogs, literally. )

[Fergmiester]

Fergie, are you in port?

I ordered another 80 couplers from LHS.  These LL knuckle couplers are just too easy to install and at 31 cents a coupler you can't go wrong.  I hope tonight to letter a few more hoppers and I'm going to take your advice and start the gondolas at 1000.

Lee

Not quite...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/23/cristobal-sailor.html

Last night we had worked our way to the South where we would have been nice and snug hove to do Science but as luck would have it we got tasked to proceed to go 90 nm to the west as an Emergency Beacon was going off and someone might have been in trouble. Turns out it was a Sailboat. Anyway the old girl steamed headlong into the 20' + seas quite well with winds gusting to 50 knots. Earl Grey was tasked out of Dartmouth along with a Hercules Aircraft, HMCS Montreal, and a Cormorant Helicopter. Helicopter got there first and lifted the guy to safety and we got stood down after 5 hours of pounding...

So how was your evening?

As for the Gondolas... man you have patience! I have about 80 but in different road names 20 of which are M.E.S.S. I have another 10 left to do and if i schedule accordingly i should get to them in about 4 years.

Paul: Ya I hear ya hopefully a loose wire is all the problem was. If not I see a major overhaul coming.

Here's a Question for all you brite-Boys! As you know the Hudson is driven by 4 Alco 251B type Prime movers: What does the 251B mean?  (I do know the answer).

Terry: Glad you could join us, how are you holding out?. Hopefully Dolly will spare you, Paul and Ed!

Phil sounds like you do need a rest Family Gatherings can be fullfilling but man -O-man they can be a MESSy affair. Thank goodness for Chinette plates!!

Later All

Fergie

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Who's on first, What is on second, I don't know is on third, Why is left field, Because is center field, Tomorrow is pitching, Today is catching, I don't give a darn is short stop.

Well alright mr. Spoilsport. Who's selling the popcorn?

Who's on first. The guy selling the popcorn is you.

[Cox 47]

Morning All...Its sunny and cool here this morning sky is blue,nice breeze from the north east couldn't ask for a better summer day....I'll take a order of biscuits and gravey and coffee please..Thank You....You all talking about old radio shows brings back some to me you mentioned Magee's closet any body remeber Lum and abner?...I have read the Amos and Andy became so popular the some movie theaters would play the show before the start of the feature...

JR....good to see you back...bet the folks at the museum have missed you...

this is my GP 18 with a coal drag coming out of the tunnel nearing the pennsy interchange at greenup Illinois....

I gotta get the pilot M/T conversion painted!!....You all have a good one...Jerry

[Flashwave]

Who's on first, What is on second, I don't know is on third, Why is left field, Because is center field, Tomorrow is pitching, Today is catching, I don't give a darn is short stop.

Well alright mr. Spoilsport. Who's selling the popcorn?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Who's on first, What is on second, I don't know is on third, Why is left field, Because is center field, Tomorrow is pitching, Today is catching, I don't give a darn is short stop.

[Flashwave]

Odd, It won;t let me quote ya Jeff. But that;s the same link I gots'

EDIT: Oh, ccause you removed the post. Yes, Mr. Darn should be at the end of the joke, but we also managed to skip over the entire outfield. 

[Flashwave]

Yes but who is the shortstop?

I don't give a darn! Who's on first.

You should! It's your park!

I think you missed the train at the last station. Think Abbott and Costello.

 

Yeah, I know Abbott and Costello. Or at least more than others my age. What did I miss? He should be on second base? Your talking about this bit right here

Dad was into those skits, and he and some friends did a community theatre production set on Pearl Harbor as a news broadcast on a radio show. They did some of the classic skits, era correct or not, and inturrupted with bullitens from Pearl Harbor and from responses around the country later on. Dad was sound effects, and I also remember him doing Magee's closet.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Yes but who is the shortstop?

I don't give a darn! Who's on first.

You should! It's your park!

I think you missed the train at the last station. Think Abbott and Costello.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good morning ........

Rob ...actually, it's Tom who is thinking of selling locos............ I have more old locos than I need, but each has its "story". It would be hard to part with them. 

Tom......... I should have mentioned the cover on my book, Articulated Steam Lomotives of North America. by Robert LeMassena. It has a Rio Grande challenger 3707. The distintive front end ends of those challengers made them unlike any others.

Happy Model Railroading, everybody 

 

[Flashwave]

Yes but who is the shortstop?

I don't give a darn! Who's on first.

You should! It's your park!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Yes but who is the shortstop?

I don't give a darn! Who's on first.

[Flashwave]

Jeff: After looking at the park and the ball game I'd like to ask; Who's on first. OK gang take it from there.

You're right. Who's on first.

 

 

 

Good morning.

It's 75 and mostly clear here. We're expecting a high in the low 90's with a chance of thunderstorms later.

Nothing special going on today. I went to my parents place for lunch yesterday. Lunch consisted of BLT's and chips. They had theirs on wheat bread, i had mine on sourdough. I hope we get some rain soon. The grass is starting to look a very unhealthy yellow tinge. The only other thing that went on was we had a call-out for a grass fire in Evans.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      7/23/2008

Heat Index:  78°F
Humidity:  94%
Dew Point:  72°F

So Far Today
High:  77°F
Low:  73°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  7mph ESE

Today  High: 92    Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight  Low: 75    Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Yes but who is the shortstop?

NO! Who's on first!

[Cederstrand]

in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.

***Johnboy, man that is a LOT of smoke coming out of those locos. I can easily picture a couple steamers in their place. Excellent photo.

***J.R., glad to hear the construction can proceed. Seems like in your case (still living in the structure) that it should have already been done by now.    

***Garry, good luck selling those extra locos. Hope you make a lot off them.

Managed to re-pull/tear/pop something deep under my shoulder blade. Don't know exactly what it is, but makes it hard to take a deep breath or look down. Wish I could trade this body in for a newer model.

Had a real nice rain last night. All the severe storms went by on either side of us. Nice to have the water storage tanks full again. 

Have a great day, all. Rob 

[JimRCGMO]

Morning, Diners - just stopping in to mark my place. Have too many pages to read through now at w**k, so I'll mark my place in the booth here, and come back over lunch or dinner and get caught up.

From this morning's weather report, Jeff (and Teffy, if you're peeking in the window), you'd better batten down the hatches for the rain today. Paul may even get drenched out his area, depending on which way Dolly decides to go once she hits landfall.

Watch yourselves, our Southwesterners!

 

Blessings and a dry place to be today,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[C&O Fan]

Morning All

Cup of Tea please

Well the storm missed Houston

My friend in Corpus says it's barely raining there

Guess I'll  go to the corner booth and see who shows up

[inch53]

Mornin, an irish coffee please Zoe. Weathers a whole lot nicer today,

Mostly sunny skies will be around today with more comfortable temperatures in the lower 80's this afternoon. Light north winds will keep humidity levels down for today and tonight with overnight lows dropping into the mid 50's. Thursday will stay pleasant until the chance for rain showers move in during the late evening hours. Daytime highs will climb into the mid 80's with a light west wind Thursday afternoon.

JERRY, I don't plan on spending much at the show. I like the old tractors [especially the steam] mostly.

PC, I'm sure the church booth would be happy to sell ya all the pie you could handle, so come on over. It's only about 160 mile from you. If you want to do some rail fanning on the way, get off I-70 at Marshall, and take US-40 over. You can see the old Pennsy [CSX], Vandalia line most the way.

PAUL, What's on second?

JR, good to hear from you. Sounds like your making some progress on the house now.

Tonight's not going to be a good, we got visitation for my Aunt Elizabeth [grandma's sister] died Monday at 83. She was my last aunt still around on mom's side. I have one uncle still with us, at 95 on that side, but his health has been fading and age has bout taken his mind.

Best get back ta chores, thoughts for those in need and hope ya'll has a gooden

[LSWrr]

Jeff: After looking at the park and the ball game I'd like to ask; Who's on first. OK gang take it from there.

You're right. Who's on first.

Yes but who is the shortstop?

 

 

Good morning.

It's 75 and mostly clear here. We're expecting a high in the low 90's with a chance of thunderstorms later.

Nothing special going on today. I went to my parents place for lunch yesterday. Lunch consisted of BLT's and chips. They had theirs on wheat bread, i had mine on sourdough. I hope we get some rain soon. The grass is starting to look a very unhealthy yellow tinge. The only other thing that went on was we had a call-out for a grass fire in Evans.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      7/23/2008

Heat Index:  78°F
Humidity:  94%
Dew Point:  72°F

So Far Today
High:  77°F
Low:  73°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  7mph ESE

Today  High: 92    Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight  Low: 75    Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 50 percent.

[pcarrell]

Morning all!

I wasn't around much last night......anything shaking?

Yeah, I had family from all over the U.S. over last night.  Saw relatives that I haven't seen in 25 or 30 years over.  It was great to see them again.

Well, after a night like that, I need to get back to work so I can get some rest!

Later!

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

Thunderstorms this afternoon and over night.

Ed how close is Dolly to you?

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

 

Fergie, are you in port?

 

TOM, HO I see. Keep me up to date on any locomotive sales.

 

Jeff, plate #2 looks real good from here.

 

I ordered another 80 couplers from LHS.  These LL knuckle couplers are just too easy to install and at 31 cents a coupler you can't go wrong.  I hope tonight to letter a few more hoppers and I'm going to take your advice and start the gondolas at 1000.

 

Dale ran into a former Champs dealer and bought a box of FP&E decals. Fairport and Eastern a short line that serviced coal docks and a few chemical companies.

 

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Since J.R.'s buying I'll have the bacon and eggs with biscuits and gravy and oj.

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,

     70F and a light rain with rain predicted all day. Got back from Elkhart Wisc ok and getting into the swing of things in the shop. We ended up bringing 10 cars out and brought them all back in good order - no blowups, crashes or other incidents.

       Still waiting on the insurance adjustors for the house contents, but the contractor is movig forward after we met with him and the building inspector to go over what needed to be done to meet code. We will get to keep the 7' ceilings on the second floor rooms as "pre-existing" so that helps a bunch. The rest was pretty straight forward. Not so easy is what to do about HVAC as we have a combination of single pipe steam on the first floor and electric baseboard upstairs. Now is a good time to upgrade but the steam is more efficient than most other systems.

     Went to the museum last night and helped with the new O gage laying out a roundhouse and hill that we'll combine to make a single area.

      So much for now, I'll just get my coffee and get back to it.    CUL,  J.R.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff: After looking at the park and the ball game I'd like to ask; Who's on first. OK gang take it from there.

You're right. Who's on first.

 

 

Good morning.

It's 75 and mostly clear here. We're expecting a high in the low 90's with a chance of thunderstorms later.

Nothing special going on today. I went to my parents place for lunch yesterday. Lunch consisted of BLT's and chips. They had theirs on wheat bread, i had mine on sourdough. I hope we get some rain soon. The grass is starting to look a very unhealthy yellow tinge. The only other thing that went on was we had a call-out for a grass fire in Evans.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      7/23/2008

Heat Index:  78°F
Humidity:  94%
Dew Point:  72°F

So Far Today
High:  77°F
Low:  73°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  7mph ESE

Today  High: 92    Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight  Low: 75    Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 50 percent.