Elliot's Trackside Diner V, at the diamonds

[Cederstrand]

Tall glass of lemon water, please & thanks.

***RT, sounds like some very good news there, especially considering many of the alternatives.

Wife's popcorn cart arrived via UPS today. It's adorable (IMO) and will be a nice little addition to her circus/carnival layout.

Killer headache and backache tonight. Perhaps paying for that MIL's birthday cake I gobbled up earlier. I knew better and did it anyway.

Night all. Rob

[rtraincollector]

Hey, PC - wanna treat me to a brownie a la mode, and a cup of coffee?

Just curious, but how often you planin' on milkin' that cow?

Probally as often as you will do it

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! 

[rtraincollector]

Morning all been a while scince I had breakfast here and seeing Rob is buying figured why not.

Hey Chole I'll just have my small breakfast if you remember Its 4 strips of bacon, 2 sausage patties (the small 4" ones) 2 slices of ham, Hashbrowns 6 pancakes (don't want the big order 12 stack) 4 slices of toast 3 eggs over med, 3 slices french toast, LRG OJ from eds place, LRG glass of 2% milk (got to watch my fat intake) Lite Regular syrup (Go all out a little this am) and a bolw of mix fruit. Boy glad I'm not real hungry don't want to ruin my diet.

Morning all hows it going not bad here decieded to take today tomorrow and monday off as doc said I could go back to work but no lifting over 5 lbs so figure just take off as it would be boring and drawn out working that way they find dumb things for you to do.

Oh cloe forgot bring me 3 of Bill T.'s doughnuts.

Well take care all talk to you all later

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's clear and 65 degrees. The high should be in the mid 80's and it will be partly cloudy.

My schedule for today: As little as I can possibly get away with. I woke up with a really bad backache so I don't foresee much being done on the layout today.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      10/4/2008

Wind Chill:  65°F
Humidity:  88%
Dew Point:  62°F

So Far Today
High:  69°F
Low:  64°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  0mph NNE

Today  High: 88    Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight  Low: 62    Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

[C&O Fan]

Morning All

Gee TOM I can relate to the reaction to the drugs thing as i am the same way with any of the Terramycine family Hives and all

Hope to get some more fence work done today so better get a bowl of hot oatmeal

i'll be in the booth in the back waiting to see who comes in

[Packers#1]

Packers#1 said

    hey RT, I just noticed, you're only about a 45 min. drive from me, lol.

I accually went by a exit on 20 that said Aikens today. Remember reading it as there was a gentle man in the room from there but don't remember his name.

I'm at exit 70 on interstate 20.

Not too much happening tonight just woke up from nap was tired earlier still am acually but not like I was.

Cool. My dentist is actually in Augusta. And he's a model railroader, so it's actually fun going to the dentist 9and i've never had a cavity, so that's better).

[pcarrell]

Morning all!

Got lots to do today.  Gotta teach tonight, and have lots of schoolwork to catch up on too.  Somewhere in there I have to go to my son's basketball practice.  I don't like to miss that.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Packers said his dentist is a model railroader.

Is he the one who extracted a horn from a GP-9 becasue it had "toot decay"? 

..............ooops ....oh good morning diners!

[Cederstrand]

in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.

Does anyone have some new train or layout pics to share?

Will be in a corner booth working on a coffee trying to wake up. Rob

[Cox 47]

Good morning All .....Its sunny and cool here this morning....I'll have the Farmers special Breakfast with coffee please...Thank You...Had a good time at Football game last night Casey rolled on ranked # 1 they won 56 to 0....they have only have had 19 points scored on them..

I took a Atlas caboose apart yesterday gonna Decal it for IC...

You all have a good one...Jerry

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello ...

 

This is to express appreciation to those who expressed concern for our church friend, Diane,  and prayed for her. We received the following in an email today today from her husband, Wayne. Prayers work. ..

"It's Sat. AM at 11:45.  I just came in from Nashville for a short time ....Diane is doing great!!!!!!!!!............Her surgery went well last Tuesday afternoon.  Her mass was some smaller than the doctors anticipated.  Good news.  On the flip side, they found some enlarged lymph nodes which they removed.  As of now they have not gotten the pathology test completed on them.  ..............her spirits continue to be optimistic. .........We don't know when she will be coming home .........

We both know and appreciate all of your prayers thus far.  We know this progress could not have happened without them.  Please continue to do so........Wayne......"

Thanks everybody.

 

[der5997]

Diners: ...and a bright sunny one it is here on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia!  Breezy however, as it's been blowing for three days straight now.  Again, waiting for things to dry.  In the basement, the mainframe of the crane has it's undercoat drying, (I can already see where more sanding will be required, but it looks better grey than white with wood and paper portions.

(by CapeJim)  Good to hear that you got your wood rods thing figured out.

..look just like the rest now); and here in the train room the cable house can't get any further along until the hangers for the cat walk are firm enough to take the rail nippers (for a flush cut) trimming off excess bits.  So I thought I'd drop in and see what's cooking.  A black tea and cookie please Chloe.

 

Fergie:

Ahhh Yes I know this joke all too well...

You see when I worked in the office several years ago,.... And I couldn't retract the email before she read it Funny how life can be

...Oh indeed, and I go into the gory details here only for Pastor PC's benefit!  Many years ago a pastor not 100 miles from here now (but this happened on the other side of the country) grew tired of the numerous phone calls (like "What time is your 11:00 o'clock service?"), together with the usual spate of telemarketers... and decided to answer the next call with "City morgue here, you stab 'em , we slab 'em!"  You guessed it, that next call was from a family wanting help with a funeral.  So PC, I'm sure you'd never yield to such a temptation.....

Looks like it time to feed Rosie-the-not-so-active dog.  Dinner time will give a good time for the things to set up. TTFN

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Yesterday I slipped a Bachmann DCC OnBoard decoder into an Athearn F7.





I wired another one into an Atlas GP40.

[grayfox1119]

 Autumn is definitely here, snow on Mt Mansfield, and Killington Mtn, VT, and the White mountains of NH, down to 3500 foot levels. A very Fallish 53F today, as we brought in more firewood for storage. With heating oil at $4.16 a gallon ( #2) , you burn a lot more firewood!!!

 ROB: I am totally blown away at what you have been able to teach your horse!!!!! Absolutely amassing!!! When do you teach "Patches" to run your MRR trains??

http://videos.komando.com/2008/08/26/

JIM: No frosted Flakes...the window project is DONE inside and out, and none too soon, it is getting mighty chilly around here, the winds have been blowing constantly for days now, yielding a wind-chill factor that is 20F below the day temperature.

RT: Glad to hear that health issues are getting under control....diet is the main thing, after age 40, all men really need to control fat intake from ALL sources...keep up the good work RT, it will pay great health dividends.

Later guys,

[Packers#1]

Packers said his dentist is a model railroader.

Is he the one who extracted a horn from a GP-9 becasue it had "toot decay"? 

..............ooops ....oh good morning diners!

Nice. It's actually nice, b/c the waiting room has about 3 to 4 model railroad mags, including model railroader and the NMRA bulletin. And we'll get to talking about trains while he's doing my teeth.

[Cederstrand]

***Dick, I often wonder if Patches the Horse is still around. Saw that video years ago and was blown away by it. One difference between those fellas and myself is I would never feed my horses hamburgers, as our bottle baby miniature cows might find out and would surely have a fit. Thanks for posting it.

Wonder how (and how much work) it would be to do this for the wife's carnival rides? Anyone know what they are using for lights? http://www.tjscarnivaloflights.com/ Sure looks mighty cool. Perhaps I shouldn't let her see these video clips.

Found a place not all that far from us we simply must go visit, providing it's still there: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3W4Z Wife wasn't that impressed with the photo, but I suspect in person she would enjoy it and perhaps return home with a few new ideas.

Rob

[pcarrell]

Fergie:

Ahhh Yes I know this joke all too well...

You see when I worked in the office several years ago,.... And I couldn't retract the email before she read it Funny how life can be

...Oh indeed, and I go into the gory details here only for Pastor PC's benefit!  Many years ago a pastor not 100 miles from here now (but this happened on the other side of the country) grew tired of the numerous phone calls (like "What time is your 11:00 o'clock service?"), together with the usual spate of telemarketers... and decided to answer the next call with "City morgue here, you stab 'em , we slab 'em!"  You guessed it, that next call was from a family wanting help with a funeral.  So PC, I'm sure you'd never yield to such a temptation.....

Nawww, I answer it, "City Morgue, you kill em, we chill em!"

[grayfox1119]

 

Wonder how (and how much work) it would be to do this for the wife's carnival rides? Anyone know what they are using for lights? http://www.tjscarnivaloflights.com/ Sure looks mighty cool. Perhaps I shouldn't let her see these video clips.

Found a place not all that far from us we simply must go visit, providing it's still there: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3W4Z Wife wasn't that impressed with the photo, but I suspect in person she would enjoy it and perhaps return home with a few new ideas.

Rob

It looks like Laser lights, but it also could be LED's, I suspect Laser lights used.

[gear-jammer]

Hi, guys. I haven't been in for a while.  I hope that you are all doing well.  Looks like you are having fun as usual.

Dick,  I finally bought the book.  It is starting to take off now.  Looks like it holds your attention.  Thanks for the recommendation.

Winter is upon us.  All that rain forces you inside.  Layout work.

Sue

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: I got in from the live steam meet a couple of hours ago. John and I ran my steam locomotive for the first timein months. It performed well. It was actually making steam going up the slight grade to Grissley Flats. After we got back from supper was a different mater. On the first run out I ran out of water coming into Maddox Jct. That's what you get for being in a rush to get going. I didn't check the water tank. Fortunately there is a track that goes back to Grissley Flatsso I backed to there and then ran Back to Terry Town. That's the main town with the water. As I was heading back a snake slithered across the tracks. I didn't mention that to the gals on the train. After taking on water I headed out again and the locomotive acted like the valve gear locked up west of Grissley. I backed up and started again and everything seemed all right. We were going up grade through Nusbaum gorage and it happened again. I got out and hit the valve gear with some oil and went on into Maddox Jct. There I did the back up to Grissley and went back to Terry Town. I dropped the train in the yard and put the loco up on the bay and dropped the fire. I'll go back over tomorrow and see what I can see in the daylight.

Well I've had my shower and gotton all the dirt off. Believe me there is alot of dirt from a coal burning steam loco.

Good to see you back in the diner Sue, even if you did set me up for top of the page. Have at it gang it's on me.

Good Night All

[TrainsRMe1]

 hey All,

   hey Zoe, I will take a cup of hot choclate please, "ah man'! who took all of the chairs out of the Bailey yard veiwing room?  Anyway how's things gang, We took our of town guest up to the Columbia River Gorge this afternoon, he loved Multnomah Falls, (it's the 2nd tallest falls in the US.) We love showin' off Oregon to our out of town friends,

  Packers1# Your dentest is a MRRder? man how did you luck out with that?? man you can get help with an issue with your layout and your teeth at the same time!!

    Well this Saturday is at a end for me it's bedtime for this engineer I will talk to everbody tomorrow, Thanks for the choclate Zoe!!!

                   He who has the most loco's win's!!!!!

                                                              Trainsrme1

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! 

[rtraincollector]

Wonder how (and how much work) it would be to do this for the wife's carnival rides? Anyone know what they are using for lights? http://www.tjscarnivaloflights.com/ Sure looks mighty cool. Perhaps I shouldn't let her see these video clips.

Rob

sent you an email

Morning all lazy morning here just got up as went to bed befor the cows came home last night was tired early.

Not much happening here talk to you all later

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 64 and clear. The high should be in the upper 80's and it will be partly cloudy.

Yesterday I picked up several more items. 12 Scene Scapes (Bachmann) trees, 6 conifer, 6 spruce, A shell 3-dome tank car (Bachmann), a MKT single dome tank car (Athearn), a Boise Cascade all door boxcar (Bachmann), a WM 50' boxcar (Bachmann), two 2 bay coal hoppers with coal loads (Athearn), a 50' BNSF covered hopper (Athearn), a 50' D&RGW gon (Athearn), a CSX 4 bay hopper with coal load (Bachmann), a 40' Rock Island boxcar (Bachmann), a Santa Fe wide vision caboose (IHC), a Santa Fe wide vision caboose (Bachmann)a bottle of WS fine gray ballast, a bottle of WS green blended turf, 2 WS Scenic Accents packs (A1871 Welders and accessories and A1851 Road crew details), and a bay window caboose (Athearn).

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      10/5/2008

Wind Chill:  64°F
Humidity:  82%
Dew Point:  59°F

So Far Today
High:  68°F
Low:  64°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  0mph NNE

Today  High: 88    Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight  Low: 65    Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

[LSWrr]

Good morning,

Rob, I would shy away from black. If you are going to paint the walls a FLAT light blue I would recommend: painting the ceilings FLAT light blue, or a FLAT "Winters Day" (sold at Lowes).  What type of paint will you use to paint the backdrops and clouds?  If you are using artist acrylics you may need to use a semi-gloss on the walls, double check with the instructions on the paint can before you leave the store.  You may want to use a primer paint tinted with your choice of blue.

Did anyone see the DCC buyers guide on page 50 of model Railroader? The Lenz Set comes with a 10 year warranty vs. the Digitrax 1 year warranty.  Any Lenz experience in the group?

 

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Any Lenz experience in the group?

Only experience I have with Lenz is I have one of their JST decoders (LE1014) and a bunch of the cheap decoders they make for Bachmann. Haven't had any problems with them.

[NS Luc]

Good morning

[Cox 47]

Good Morning Morning All..Its sunny and cool here 58 and headed for the low 70's...I'll have a sweet roll and coffee please...Thank You...Havn't had much railroad time..I got the new RMC in mail yesterday...It has plans for a niffty small station..I have been thinking about a small station..I have been trying to find a Life Like Rural station I saw alot of them when I wasn't looking for one now can't find one..Sallie and I are going down to Robinson for one of the Grand daughters 2nd Birthday this afternoon..I am taking the Camera might get luckey and see something on the Indiana line...You all have a good one...Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

For the past couple of weeks I've been working on two old Mantua flatcars. I cut the horrible looking tops off them (made for culvert pipe I think) and leveled them off with some wallboard joint compound. I now have the new deck down on one of them and it looks really good.

This photo shows what they were like when I got them:


Here's how they looked after I cut them down and painted them:


And here's the one I've completed: