Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Rob,
she will be pulling a SP Harriman and a 1925 Wood Great Northern caboose. We actually do have a couple 2% grades on the line. The steepest being Butcher Hill at 2.7% and part of it is on a curve. We will have our new excursion car done soon I hope as well. In addition we got some new passenger equipment from the Cal State RR Museum a couple weeks ago, but those cars will need some restoration before being put into service.
Morning all!
Got woken up this morning by the emergency line of my work (it's connected to my cell phone). MAN, I HATE THAT THING! Everyone at my work is convinced that it never goes off, but the reason they think that is because I always handle it so they don't have to. It goes off at the worst times too. It lit up this morning at 6:45am. On my only morning to sleep in. Now don't get me wrong, I feel for the people on the other end of the line who are having a problem. Today I have a nursing home out of service, so it's a priority. It's just me being selfish I guess, and wanting to be asleep right now instead of working on Sunday morning. /rant
Sorry, had to get that off my chest. At least I didn't have to get up with Jeff!
ANYWAYS........
I teach later today, so I'm excited about that. Guess I can use this time to study up, huh? I've got my crews working on the phone problems.
Yeah, thats a good idea. Think I'll get on that.
Later!
Good morning diners, I'll have the Biscuits and gravy since Flash is buying. Oh and a cup of hot coffee since the herbal tea is making everyone a little funny, LOL. I make a motion that we put the trucks on the bottom of the diner and just lease a siding from the M.E.S.S., Autumns Range, or L.S.&W. for the diner, LOL.
Cleveland-Cliffs resurrected a F9 last month! After replacing aircompressors and a few minor parts A F9 A-B-B-B unit was fired up and rolled through the yard trampling small trees and undergrowth after sitting in storage. I'm only hearing bits and pieces of news. The train will be hauling taconite, yes a revenue train not an excursion! Cleveland-Cliffs merged with an enviro-fuel company that makes cubes from waste plant materials. The F9 departed sparrow yard with 89 cars last week, and there are pictures in photo-bucket of the event. From what I'm hearing the plan is to fire up an idle blast furnace using these fuel squares.
"Our favorite A-B-B-B set of F9s was hard at work today as roughly 12fans captured the action in and around Taconite Harbor. "http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=244475http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=244473http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=244474http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=244479
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmadsen/2699948534/
Jeff, have you ever had to use an Indian Pump to fight a grass/field fire? Talk about work, for the diners that may not know an Indian Pump (built by the Indian fire pump CO.) is a water tank you wear on your back and the nozzle is like a giant pump action water pistol.
OBTW, I found Michaels no longer sells plain onion paper. They have it in the scrapbooking section of the store, but it is embossed with starts and clouds. I did buy a pad of 25 pound tracing paper for $2. Much thinner than normal tracing paper. 50 sheets is less than an eighth of an inch thick.
Ok, I'm going to sit in the back a little bit before starting yard work....
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
One cheese burger and a large coke please!
Well, I'm taking a new spin on my layout. I'm gonna do dual gauge instead of just narrow gauge. My love for ATSF Transition era got the best of me! Oh well, I'm not a rivet counter so the combonation of ATSF SG and D&RGW NG doesn't phase me.
Sadly we could not afford to stay in business... Some people kept refusing to pay their Tabs... We sold the business to Flash, so he can fail!
Good luck!
-GG
My Gosh, its late here! I should probably go to sleep shortly...
Alex
I'll have some Chamomile Tea, please & thanks.
***Matt, how many and what type of cars will she be pulling? Any grades to contend with? Enjoy every minute of it.
Rob
Alrighty, a fresh start. How I will sleep tonight, I have no idea. I will be working with a real 90 ton steam locomotive tomorrow. Most of you will know the 19 from the movie Emperor of the North.
It will be my first opportunity with the old girl under steam so far since the season started on the Yreka Western.
Hey Morgan, thanks for throwing the light switch on the new place! This'll work just fine!
JimRCGMO wrote: pcarrell wrote:Fergie is turning into the Cliff Clavin of the Coffee Shop! Huh? You'll have to fill this person in about that, PC.
pcarrell wrote:Fergie is turning into the Cliff Clavin of the Coffee Shop!
Huh? You'll have to fill this person in about that, PC.
The guy with all the answers on the TV show Cheeers (think late 1980's).
twhite wrote:Holy Cow, Flash--I'm not sure where you moved the diner, but I'll swear I just saw a YELLOWSTONE rumble by! Think I'll stay here for a while, LOL!Tom
Holy Cow, Flash--I'm not sure where you moved the diner, but I'll swear I just saw a YELLOWSTONE rumble by! Think I'll stay here for a while, LOL!
Tom
Must be the new herbal tea
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Okay, Janie, a refill on the coffee, please, while I finish catching up. Thanks!
CN Charlie, sorry to hear about your father-in-law. Will be sending some up for him.
Okay, all our electricians and tree experts - now I have one more thing to keep up with! I have enough trouble telling trees apart as is, and now the pressure if there's a storm coming my way...
No word from my St. Louis friend with whom I was supposed to have lunch and see a movie this afternoon. Haven't heard anything back from her (email or voice) since Thursday, and I've sent (since Thurs.) 3 emails and tried calling her cell 3 times but keep getting her voicemail (and no response yet). So maybe one of her kids had some kind of problem, or she changed her mind.
Matt, in that photo you look like you are having way too much fun there.
I'll be resting in the middle booth for a bit. That ice cream did the trick.
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Evening,Janie. I'll have a decaf
and a dish of vanilla ice cream, please. Thanks!
Well, this will be a 'cross-topic' post, starting in the former ETD and ending in the new one...
For everyone's general info, the usual 'schedule' for our virtual servers is Zoe - breakfast shift and weekdays, Chloe - dinner and night shift on weekdays, and on the weekend it could be Janie or Flo or (what's the newer gal's name, folks?)... But all of that is subject to change if the twins (Zoe and Chloe) need to cover for one of the other servers. The Diner's cook can fix most anything you can describe (depending on how game you are to eat it if it's a new dish). There's several booths, including one on the corner window, with a good view of the tracks for trainfanning, plus several tables and the usual counter. In the back there's a pool table and (might need some dusting off) a simple RR layout table, if you don't have company to talk with (like in the wee hours of the morning).
Oh, one other thing - if you post the first post for a page (called the Top Of Page or TOP honors), you get to pay for the virtual food and beverage bill for that page. Zoe and Chloe will keep a tab for you, but don't get too late in paying, 'cause you don't want to have to talk with their cousin Vinnie (if you know what I mean...). The Diner gets tank carloads shipped in of virtual OJ, courtesy of our Diner Ed, who has an orange grove in his place SOTB (south of the border, in Mexico, not to be confused with SOTB as described by our Canadian Diners in referring to what we call the United States)
And just because a Diner patron is not moving, it doesn't mean that he or she has deceased on the premises. Some have been know to doze off for a few days (uh, Duke?...) after working hard at their day jobs.
If you're new to the Diner, it never hurts to fill the other Diners in on what kind of MRR'ing you are into - like scale, modeling freelance or a particular prototype, kind of layout you are designing or building, etc. We're a nosy friendly bunch, and it's fine to share how your day (MRR'ing stuff or other) has been, and we don't push religion or prayer, but if you want 'em, there are several of us who'll put in some for your needs.
And keep in mind that this is a family establishment, including some of our fine teenage MR'ers, so watch your language, or Vinnie and Chloe will have the bar soap out for ya.
Think that covers the major stuff. Others can fill in the rest (like how you supposedly can tell apart Zoe and Chloe, right Flip?)
Blessings on your visit to the fine establishment of Elliott's Trackside Diner (in it's fifth edition, besides some other versions earlier by another name),
Nice place. I'll have a ham and cheese sandwich.
I had a fire call to go to earlier. It was out in the woods on a deer lease and only the very lightest trucks could get to it. That meant the tankers (water carriers) had to stay out on the main road and refill the two brush trucks when they came back to reload on water. That kept me busy for a couple of hours at least.
being the good tenants we are, We've decided to take it upon ourselves to move the Diner to a new thread, since the last one was numbering on 196 pages. So we hooked up a Trackmobile, and towed the Diner down the street to another prime RR spot. And yours truly is footing the bill for the new page.
So come in, put your feet up, say hi to the girls, grab a drink, shoot the wind. and watch some trains. I'll get a schedule up soon for us to refer to. Help is appreciated!
Hope this was alright.
-Morgan