Elliot's Trackside Diner V, at the diamonds

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello .... Sorry i've not had a chance to catch up on recent posts. Briefly scanning thru, I see there is some interesting stuff from many of you guys.

I appreciate all the kind responses to my post last night. As I mentioned in some of the direct correspondence, I was breif about what happend. In addition to the one incident where my heart was restarted 3 times while I was unconsious, there were three times when the heart device restarted me with a single jolt. The treatment seems to have improved the rythm, but I'm still really tired.

have fun everybody.

[bjdukert]

Afternoon all

Rob All of the last pics I have posted are from Northlandz in New Jersey and I believe on his web site it is a 65,000sq ft building. There is a pic of him standing in some of the scenery and there are areas that are at least 10ft high or better.

JR I didn't ask him what brand the rolling stock is or locos are but they do run good and didn't see any derailments at all. Although there was one loco down in a canyon that did do a lot of growling,so I think it was probably ready for some maintenance. I did ask what he used for the mountains and he said it was hydrocal and some plaster and about 33,000lbs of it.

That's about it

Best to all on sick call and those recovering

Talk to you later

Duke

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, yes it's nice when friends help you out.  I felt a little guilty having him do all that work so I have given him some of my "modern" rolling stock and first pick in my "the bay" box I have started.  I think it all works out in the end.

You know, if they want $50 to put a model together for you they should buy it, build it and sell it, not charge a friend.

Lee

My feelings exactly. I can build most of the bigger models but those with a lot of small detail parts are beyond my abilities. I have to find somebody who's willing to do that now being that my model builder moved to Florida.

[LSWrr]

Jeff, yes it's nice when friends help you out.  I felt a little guilty having him do all that work so I have given him some of my "modern" rolling stock and first pick in my "the bay" box I have started.  I think it all works out in the end.

You know, if they want $50 to put a model together for you they should buy it, build it and sell it, not charge a friend.

Lee

[Cox 47]

Afternoon all...Its sunny and warmer here today....I'll have a Pork burger,Onion rings and a butterscotch shake please...Thank You....I have been running a coal drag this morning,working on a tank battery kitbashed from a tank car for our oil well and a little coupler maintance..seems like about 75% of my time is spent fiddling with these  tiny N scale couplers and I use to think HO couplers were small!!...Gotta get back to work on the Rix building yard office to grocery store kit bash..I showed it to Sallie and She says it needs 2 doors a in and a out so looks like back to the xacto and see if I can "whittle" out another door..You all have a good one...Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

It's nice to have friends like that. I have some who tghink I should PAY them $50 or more to put a model together. Nothing doing!

[LSWrr]

GMT, Try clicking on my WWW button.  The FC tower is on page 11 of the construction pictures and the Cabooses are the last 5 pictures of the locomotives and rolling stock section.  Are you using a MAC?

 

Jeff, I really need to draw my layout to scale someday soon.  I've been working off drawings of each table, but nothing on the whole thing. I need to find a friend that has a track CAD program to hook me up.

 

Keeping you motivated, I have friends that help out; Dale has been bored since his wife said no more models cluttering up the house, so I supply him with paint, glue and buildings and he assembles them.  Some I do on my own, but he digs through my model box and takes several at a time.  He has a second job sitting in an office overnight with nothing to do so it helps him make the time go by faster.

 

 

Lee

[pcarrell]

***Philip, I can understand "checking you out", but I would think anyone with half a brain would be able to discern the difference between a raifan and a terrorist.

Indeed, check me out, but that was rediculous.  I don't go near that yard any more.

 

Ryan, praying for your Dad!

[OzarkBelt]

Ozark - that's is some nice work you're doing. My favorite is the special passing the station. With you, Jeff and Lee sending updates we'll all keep inspired.

Station? I'm confused. All there is a paper mill and office. Are you reading my mind or something? Cause, I actually am planning to add a small flagstop station by the offices of the papermill for the commuters who want to save gas, so they take the commuter train:

Thanks for your comments though!

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,

     Almost home - we're in San Jose to catch the flight home today. I'll have a regular and a waffle please Zoe.

Ryan - my prayers for your father. Hope the tests help.

Jeff - my prayers also for your mother - best wishes for a speedy recovery. And that is good news from your doc. New shoes and all sounds like the feet are doing fine.

Garry - that's some scary stuff. Our prayers for you and we hope any damage is minimal at worst. Hang in there - we.'re all with you.

Ozark - that's is some nice work you're doing. My favorite is the special passing the station. With you, Jeff and Lee sending updates we'll all keep inspired.

Duke - the Northlandz stuff is TOTT! How many years did all that take? Is it sill being updated/reconstructed? Oh yeah and do you have any idea who's stuff he uses for rolling stock?

Lee - haven't gotten your pics to open yet - maybe when I get back home and can use my less crotchety desk top.

Got some touristy stuff in yesterday. Went to the Golden Gate Bridge as my daughter has wanted to see it in person forever. Toured up rts 1 and 116 nice roads and gorgeous scenery and got back to San Jose last night to leave later this morning. San Jose now has some electric light rail running and you can scarcely hear it as it passes by. catch y'all later,   J.R.  

[C&O Fan]

Morning All

Gonna try an egg and waffle this morning

Looks like rain all week here

I made a second roof for my station

you can see photos here

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1509431/ShowPost.aspx

Prayers for all in poor health

[NS Luc]

Good morning

[jeffrey-wimberly]

It was intended as one, I always look foward to seeing pictures of your projects.  How big is your train room?  I liked the one shot you posted about 6 months ago of your room with the stone work on the celing, kinda looked like a train tunnel.  Very cool.

8' x 13'. The layout is bolted to the east, north and west walls. It extends 6.5' along the east wall, 8' along the north wall and 10' along the west wall. Here's the basic trackplan:

[LSWrr]

Jeff, is that a store bought car or one you painted?  It's getting hard to tell.

I'll take that as a compliment to my modeling ability. That one is store bought. I got it at the not so local HS in Alexandria.

It was intended as one, I always look foward to seeing pictures of your projects.  How big is your train room?  I liked the one shot you posted about 6 months ago of your room with the stone work on the celing, kinda looked like a train tunnel.  Very cool.

Lee

[SilverSpike]

Ryan, we will keep Joe Boudreaux in our thoughts and prayers, I wish him a speedy recovery. 

***Ryan, sending healing thoughts Joe's way.

Ryan: Speical prayers for your father. Tell him that I'm pulling for him.

Afternoon all

First,best to all with the health problems.

Thanks Lee, Rob, Paul and Duke! Your thoughts and prayers are much appreciated.

We will find out more information tomorrow afternoon and I will let you all know what the docs have to say.

Glad to hear the surgery went well for your mom Jeff!

Great progress and photos Ozark!

Garry, so sorry to hear about your ordeal, thoughts and prayers for your rest and recovery.

You all have a great day!

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, is that a store bought car or one you painted?  It's getting hard to tell.

I'll take that as a compliment to my modeling ability. That one is store bought. I got it at the not so local HS in Alexandria.

[LSWrr]

Good morning,

Jeff, is that a store bought car or one you painted?  It's getting hard to tell.

Rob, fine catch you got there. After painting a few figures by hand I figured out why those painted figures are so expensive; THEY ARE WORTH IT, LOL.

Jerry, Garry and Jeff's Mom; thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

Ok today is publishing day for the Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) for D9, maybe I can assemble everything and send it to the publisher before lunch.  If anybody wants a copy shoot me an email here [e-mail] and I'll send it right out to you.  If you want on the weekly mailing let me know.

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 75 and clear, though not for long. The high is expected to be in the mid 80's and thunderstorms are likely.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      8/19/2008

Heat Index:  79°F
Humidity:  87%
Dew Point:  71°F

So Far Today
High:  75°F
Low:  75°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  3mph NNE

Now through 07:15 AM CDT August 19, 2008
      
Areas of rain and showers mixed continues to fall across southeast Texas...southwest Louisiana and the adjacent coastal waters this morning. This area of rain is moving towards the northeast.    

Today  High: 85    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.    

Tonight  Low: 72    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! 

[Cederstrand]

One last thing, picked up these sets while wife was sleeping. I know she will like the mounted police and can work in the fishermen & road crew, too. Not so sure it would be safe for the kids swimming on her layout, as there will be some pretty rowdy characters around.

Good Night! Rob

[Cederstrand]

***Garry, very sorry to hear such news, but very glad that you survived the ordeal. Healing thoughts heading your way.

***Philip, I can understand "checking you out", but I would think anyone with half a brain would be able to discern the difference between a raifan and a terrorist. IMHO, the degree of treatment you describe like pulling an 85 year old woman out of a line at the airport to frisk her and x-ray her shoes.

Rob

[pcarrell]

Morgan, a word of (extreme) caution around Avon Yard with a camera.  Thats where I earned my terrorist status with Uncle Sam a couple summers ago.  I was taking pics and was swarmed by Homeland Security, local Police, and RR Police, cuffed, frisked, had my car torn apart, questioned for two hours (literally), had my pics erased, then was told I was now under inveestigation for terrorism.  A week later they told me I wouldn't have to go to court, but they were keeping my file on record.  And now, in the prophetic words of Arlo Guthrie, "somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a study in black and white of my fingerprints."  (That one goes back a ways!)

[Flashwave]

Garry: Sorry to hear about that. Healing thoughts for you to get well and stay that way.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Here's an angle on my layout that you usually don't see. It was taken through two different cameras. The first camera is on a permanant mounting. I use it to keep an eye on that part of the layout while trains are running.

This photo was taken with an old AIPTEK CCD Pencam.

And this one was taken with a Vivitar 3935.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello everyone..... I'll try to catch up on recent posts tomorrow.

Last Wednesday evening, I became unconscious at home due to abnormal heart rhythm. My implanted defibrillator restarted my heart three times, and I regained partial consciousness. This attack would have been fatal without the defibrillator.

I was transported by helicopter to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN...Tests show the rhythm attack was due to my heart failure condition. I have had heart failure for several years.

My arteries continue to be clear and are not a problem. This minor heart attack added more damage to my heart to that caused by previous heart failure. Doctors have added another medication to those I already take.

Tests before my release from the hospital this afternoon indicate the new drug is working to control my heart rhythm and increase pumping strength.

I have just now returned home where I will be recovering. ..

 

[Flashwave]

This weekend's projects,

 

Caboose(s)

These are Tyco and Bachman models from 1970-1980 sporting fresh paint and their new L.S. & W legends with knuckle couplers.  Currently I have 8 operating cabooses, all I need is 3 chimneys to finish them off.

 

Lee

Sprue. All you need Sprue. It work wonders for chimneys. Espercially Walther's Sprue

[LSWrr]

Jeff that is good news and new shoes to boot!  Hope you Mom make a speedy recover.

Ozark belt thanks for sharing the pictures, looks like your making fine progress there.

Ok time for a shower and bed,

Have a good night.

[Flashwave]

I got's a freight train story. One of those "Why the flip do I not have my camera with me?" moments. Coming home from the Dentist today, I drove into the Avon Eastern Limits. near Country Club (For your reference PC) there's a single track line that cuts across us 36 via a bridge. Just past it on the South Side, there's a switch. One leg curves around and ddrops down to ground level to head into Avon Yard, the other stays more or less at that height, leads into an iron bridge, and goes on to to cross us40 later before leveling to the ground by Indy International Airport. Below this mess is another double track line part of ex-NYC Bee Line to Terre Haute and later the world. Tehre was a train on the bridge of 36. it was curving into yard, but parked. Beneath the iron bridge was another train sitting. Then I realize, there's a THIRD train sitting on the iron brisdge above the Bee Line and just up as far as he can legally get to the other train on the curve.

 

[LSWrr]

This weekend's projects,

 

Caboose(s)

These are Tyco and Bachman models from 1970-1980 sporting fresh paint and their new L.S. & W legends with knuckle couplers.  Currently I have 8 operating cabooses, all I need is 3 chimneys to finish them off.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2903641990029441264TygudM?vhost=good-times

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2010277610029441264LpmMCv?vhost=good-times

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2776303300029441264tsqSbo?vhost=good-times

Fox Creek Tower

This is an IHC kit (#602) dark grey wall with light grey trim.  Coming soon: Elk Creek and Swan Creek towers.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2296769810029441264rTfOaQ?vhost=rides

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2061985560029441264hQWkqc?vhost=rides

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2831231670029441264GXFJGt?vhost=rides

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2835497950029441264nlNHub?vhost=rides

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2612839040029441264GplckW?vhost=rides

You can also see the Reddy Killowatt bilboard I printed and installed on a Life-Like billboard. 

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Well, my mother went into surgery for knee replacement late this afternoon and is now in her room recovering. My father will go by tomorrow on his way home from work. He has to make two bus runs to Alexandria tomorrow.