Elliot's Trackside Diner V, at the diamonds

[pcarrell]

Train's overnight at Fishers, leaves at 8:45, then arrives at: 10am, 11:30, 1pm, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30.

I might catch the 1pm or the 2:30pm one.  I might even catch you!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

PC: Then we probably saw and talked. I've said hi to almost any cameraman I've seen. Thursday was in Csar 7, second from the Buisness car. (Consist: Salon, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, NKP1. Yep, they aren;t in order) Looks liek I might be in that Platorm pic, Iwas ither by the car or the ones with my arms on my hips. There;s no good lighting under the shed to tell who that was. I'm, usually wearing my Bellcap, and a paper Volunteer pin. Monday I start the 8-4 shift though.

I think that was the car getting new shoes, but I could be wrong.  Maybe I'll get a chance to swing by for lunch on Monday.  What times does the train hit Fishers?  I just caught it by chance.

Train's overnight at Fishers, leaves at 8:45, then arrives at: 10am, 11:30, 1pm, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30. 

Could be the one getting fixed, no one tells me anything.

Low man on the totem pole? I know how that is.

[Flashwave]

PC: Then we probably saw and talked. I've said hi to almost any cameraman I've seen. Thursday was in Csar 7, second from the Buisness car. (Consist: Salon, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, NKP1. Yep, they aren;t in order) Looks liek I might be in that Platorm pic, Iwas ither by the car or the ones with my arms on my hips. There;s no good lighting under the shed to tell who that was. I'm, usually wearing my Bellcap, and a paper Volunteer pin. Monday I start the 8-4 shift though.

I think that was the car getting new shoes, but I could be wrong.  Maybe I'll get a chance to swing by for lunch on Monday.  What times does the train hit Fishers?  I just caught it by chance.

Train's overnight at Fishers, leaves at 8:45, then arrives at: 10am, 11:30, 1pm, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30. 

Could be the one getting fixed, no one tells me anything.

[Cederstrand]

refill, please & thank you!

***Der, mine is also N scale. (I have N, the wife has HO) I won't actually start that project until the train room is done and I have build some shelves and moved everything in. Sure have seen lots of great ideas here. I might fall into the "lazy camp" as well, we shall see when the time comes. I'm not known for having an excess of patience.

Rob

[Packers#1]

It's cold outside, only 87.4 degrees farenhiet, lol. It is, after all, Auguast in SC.

[Cox 47]

OUCH!! I order up a big dinner and looks like I am buying...Ladies get my apron out You all order up and enjoy!...Can I take a portable set back in the kitchen so I can watch the game while I wash dishes?....Jerry

[Cox 47]

Good Sunday Morning All..Its a nice day here sunny and temps near 80 its was in mid 50's last nite can't beat that for August weather...I am fried chicken hungry How abot fried chicken legs and thighs,Mashed taters,Gravey,corn on the cob and a big slice of Chocolate pie please..Thank You...

I got the four walls cut out of Rix building and am going to have some "left overs' to put another wing on it...may get some of the windows and doors cut out while I watch the Cards-Cub game on the tube from the friendly confines of........

Rob..Keep us updated on your turntable project..

Lee Hopper cars R us...Thanks for photos...how many hoppers does that make..What will be the number you use on trains during operation?...Like the Icing platform and Ice House..is it Walthers?

You all have a good one...Jerry

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang: Just a quick one and I need to get to working on the shed again. I looked at the temp out front yesterday and it was 108f in the shade. That's the last time I do that. Not mush else going on.

JimCG: I pulled the pump out the other day and will collect the hose and pipe today if the heat doesn't get real bad. I don't know how much good it all did but maybe it helped a bit.

Well I'd better get going and get something done.

[der5997]

Quick drop by before a roast pork lunch with the 07 Blackberry wine (this year should be a good blackberry year too).  Rob, you asked about the Atlas TT.  There are two approaches tha tI know of.  First and more complicated, is to bury the thing, using the table as a motorized, indexed and polarity sortedout base for a pit sitting n top of the Atlas.The second, the route I took because of laziness, and lack of space below the site for burial, is to add details to the flat acre of snow-shed boards.  My model is N Scale.  In HO you've fewer tracks, and may have to add some dummy leads off.  I includeda bride, an operator's house, and some repair work to get the eye away from those dull boards..  Here's more detail o thte repairs.  I avoided the working figures, mainly because I didn't have any!

 

[Packers#1]

Our dogs' names are Diana (corgie), maria (my dog), Bullseye (the huge one), and penny (the min-pin). main reason we have Penny is that back in Januarary or Feburuary, my sister's Jack Russel-chiwawa died of an allergic reaction to a tick bite. You shoulda heard her screaming the morning after. Then when we got bullseye for my little bro and other little sister (I'm the oldest), they saw peny, and so when she was old enough, we took her home.

[TrainsRMe1]

 Good Moring all,

   Hi Chole, i'll have eggs and bacon with wheat toast, and a cup of coffee please, Hey I see hoople is here, Hey man I hope your sister doesn't give you away! that would be wrong,but if things get rough I'm sure she will come to your side!                                         

   LSWrr- Thanks for the info, man I wish we had one, sounds like they have great deals all the time.

   Well today will be a good----no GREAT day to work on the layout, no honey do list!!! I'll be back later this afternoon, have a good and relaxin' day all.

                         HAPPY MRXRDING-

                                                    Trainsrme1   

[Cederstrand]

in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you!

***Tom, excellent!

***Packers, Minpins are very cool little dogs. We had one some years ago, but lost him to a snake bite. He was a big eater for so little a dog and had a heart of gold.

Rob

[Packers#1]

I thought this was the funniest thing I'd seen in a long time!  Makes me want to keep an eye on my kids, and they're teenagers!

We've got 4 dogs already, I don't think my dad wants any more. Thankfully we've got a big backyard. Our dogs:

a corgie (or however you spell that)

a wire-haired terrier that may have beagle or coccer spaniel in her (my dog)

a lab, hound, and/either birdhound or dalmation (he's gonna be a big dog)

a tiny little min-pin, chiuwawa, and might have pug.

[pcarrell]

I thought this was the funniest thing I'd seen in a long time!  Makes me want to keep an eye on my kids, and they're teenagers!

[pcarrell]

PC: Then we probably saw and talked. I've said hi to almost any cameraman I've seen. Thursday was in Csar 7, second from the Buisness car. (Consist: Salon, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, NKP1. Yep, they aren;t in order) Looks liek I might be in that Platorm pic, Iwas ither by the car or the ones with my arms on my hips. There;s no good lighting under the shed to tell who that was. I'm, usually wearing my Bellcap, and a paper Volunteer pin. Monday I start the 8-4 shift though.

I think that was the car getting new shoes, but I could be wrong.  Maybe I'll get a chance to swing by for lunch on Monday.  What times does the train hit Fishers?  I just caught it by chance.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 78 and mostly cloudy here. The high should be in the low 90's and there's a chance of thunderstorms later.

I kept myself busy yesterday reorganizing my DVD collection. Maybe today I'll get around to cleaning off the parts of the layout that I haven't been working on and seeing if there's still scenery under there.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      8/10/2008

Heat Index:  83°F
Humidity:  82%
Dew Point:  72°F

So Far Today
High:  80°F
Low:  77°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  5mph NNE

Today  High: 95    Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight  Low: 75    Partly cloudy until late night then becoming mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

[LSWrr]

Good morning all.

Thunderstorms and more rain for us on the North Coast with 68F for a high.  I have 3 vessel exam appointments for this afternoon.

Garry, I have 9 more hoppers sitting on the table here waiting for new couplers.  The yard ballasting was my big project this week along with installing the ground throws for the yard.  I didn't want a "clean" yard so I added some bushes, grass, and some brown taconite ballast to the tracks.

I've been going to the train shows and garage sales picking up targeted items for the past 6 years or so and I don't keep track of what I bought.  1^st year I was buying turnouts for $1-$2 each. 2^nd year I bought building kits, 3^rd year I bought those hoppers for $1-$2 each.

Morgan, thanks.  I know Dale has a ton of videos at his house, but none have any detail to them.

TrainsRme1, Nope no Hobby Lobby on the west coast, sorry.

Thanks Terry.  I see one of the ore cars I bought (used) has 2 different types of trucks under it.  Looks like it's going up hill.

I still have some touch ups to do in the yard and I have to figure in a cab track and a MOW track on the west end of the yard.  I also have to clean the house before company gets here on the 14^th.

[C&O Fan]

Morning all

Cup of tea please

Wow Lee Great looking yard and fueling station

do you plan to use the ship on the shelf for the layout ?

 

Fergie Your loco has a massive look with those tanks on the front

kinda like a C&O loco

Well i'm going to the both in the back and see who shows up 

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! 

[Hoople]

                                                                 

     Hoople- I'm sorry your having a boring weekend at your dad's,does he like trains?? ask him to take you to a hobby shop or go to a movie. You are going to be a Freshman this year congrats! That's one of the best times of your life!!!!!!Well all, I'm draggin' I'm even to tired to eat so I'm rollin' home now and I will see ya tomorrow

                            Happy Modelrails-

                                                         Trainsrme1

  PS for Hoople

 I'm not sure if they still do this or not, but watch out for "Freshman" day , that can be scary

I'll be a freshman next year... This is the last gradeschool year. I think some people do freshman day... I hope they don't. My sister will be a senior then, so I think she might give me away...

Dad doesn't really like trains. Being one of three (in the middle, of course) I can't go anywhere by myself. Well it'll be over in... 18 hours? Yeah, thats right I think.

Mark

[TrainsRMe1]

 Whew!?

   Whatta work day!,  I had to clean the roof of branches we uesed a power washer, and yes we are getting a new roof soon! Man do we need it! there was moss growing in some spots, we live by alot of trees,But it was cool though,not hot all, I would say about 65-70 degrees,partly cloudy, one of my best friends came over to help 

    LSWRR- I did run my arrands and went by the hobby shop and pick up my loco could you find out for me if there's a "HOBBY LOBBY" close to Portland Oreg, I would love to check out there deals                                                                                                             

     Hoople- I'm sorry your having a boring weekend at your dad's,does he like trains?? ask him to take you to a hobby shop or go to a movie. You are going to be a Freshman this year congrats! That's one of the best times of your life!!!!!!Well all, I'm draggin' I'm even to tired to eat so I'm rollin' home now and I will see ya tomorrow

                            Happy Modelrails-

                                                         Trainsrme1

  PS for Hoople

 I'm not sure if they still do this or not, but watch out for "Freshman" day , that can be scary

[Flashwave]

Morgan, MORE NKP PASSENGER CAR PICTURES PLEASE.  Friend of mine is pulling his hair out looking for color pictures of NKP passenger cars.  Thanks.

 

Lee

Well, NKP 1 is a buisness car not common carrier, but it's just pullman green. I doubt I can get any inside shots, I'm not trusted in that car by most of the people who own it. (New guy+teenage rep=Cold stares of death and unfair treatments). Let me see what I can do Monday. my next session. Tell your friend to hunt down the Video of Pere Marquette 1225 on her first march to Steamfest. NKP 1 is in the consist. There's also a Trains and Locomotives of NKP stock footage, abouyt 30 minutes, that I believe includes some Passenger in it as well.

Interior is a milk white color. There's a mohogany colored rectangle over the open section in back.

PC: Then we probably saw and talked. I've said hi to almost any cameraman I've seen. Thursday was in Csar 7, second from the Buisness car. (Consist: Salon, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, NKP1. Yep, they aren;t in order) Looks liek I might be in that Platorm pic, Iwas ither by the car or the ones with my arms on my hips. There;s no good lighting under the shed to tell who that was. I'm, usually wearing my Bellcap, and a paper Volunteer pin. Monday I start the 8-4 shift though.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good evening....

Looks like Duke woke up for a minute or two.... A bit crabby with complaints about noise and stuff..........but awake nonetheless.............

Lee..... that's impressive.... Lots of hoppers there!

Tom W ........... I really like the photos of your layout in WPF.

Jeff..... you too.... You've been busy!

Guilford Guy has some photos of a neat Geep in wpf, too.

Happy Model Railroading!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LSWrr]

Some pictures of what I've been up to this week;

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Lee

[pcarrell]

You could dress that turntable up like Bob Grech did his.......

[Cederstrand]

critter rounds done...yawn.

***Duke, that is an excellent looking TT. I think something along those lines would be doable for me. Might simplify it even more, but shoot for the same kind of effect. A project for when the new build is finished (and I have no more HDL items left....if that actually ever happens while still among the living).

Need to dig up something to eat, then lay down for a bit. Have a good night all.

Rob

[bjdukert]

Rob  Here is one article on making a pit turntable from the Atlas and I have another here that I will have to dig out and scan.  It deals with the 35mm film canister JimCG was talking about.  I tried it and would try something else over the canister but the idea is a good one.

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1159391/ShowPost.aspx

Duke

P.S.  Keep the noise down a little guys it's getting a little hard to get a nap anymore and I want to start practicing to be an ORF.  Oh and wouldn't you know it,I get top honors now.

[Cederstrand]

in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you!

***Paul & Lee, all our roofs here on the ol' farm have been metal. The house structures (and one small shed out back) have been brown, while the barns and other out-buildings have silver. They are easy to install and can handle medium falling branches & large hail without a problem. Only negative I can think of is the colors fade over the years and they are louder during rain storms, unless you use spray foam insulation in the attic (which I highly recommend).

***Jim, good haul there. Looks like it will be a tight fit transporting all those fellas & stuff in just one pickup. Perhaps you need to pick up an extra truck. And then, when you have more space in those two trucks than you need, you can pick up yet more workers. And then when...

Off to do evening critter rounds. Had to bring in our little bull & cows, as he was teasing the neighbors HUGE bull on the other side of our old flimsy fence. Bad idea!

Rob

[pcarrell]

Morgan, I actually snagged my pics of the fair train on Thursday afternoon.  They had to sit a few extra minutes while they changed a brake shoe at the Fishers station.  If I see someone else snapping pics when I'm up there again I'll have to see if they answer to "Morgan"!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Wow Jeff, I doubt you'll want to watch those now after all that work, LOL

The nearest hobby Lobby for me is 2 hours away

Lee

Au contrare! I'll be watching them starting tonight. I feel your pain about the HS being far away. The nearest one to me is a 120 mile round trip.