Elliott's Trackside Diner X - Are We There Yet?

[ewl01]

Jeff.....   ummm. Okay then!

PC-  Pecan? or maybe Cheesecake?  I'm getting hungry.  It seems you've been laying low.  Everything okay?

Going to try and get ambitious and get the modules leveled and maybe some plywood tops on.  Was also thinking of using foamcore as a base/floor for the coffee plant.  I've used it before, makes for a firm, lightweight base and helps with interior detailing.

 Got to take a break from this estate stuff, my head is spinning.

[howmus]

Mornin' everyone!

nik, very sorry to hear about your Grandfather.  I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

It is currently 56°F here in the Finger Lakes.  A rather gray day out there with rain in the forecast for this afternoon.  The good news is that (knock on wood) that the forecast for this weekend looks good.  I'm hopeing that attendance will be good for the NMRA Meet (I would like my first one to be a success....).  I know I have put a lot of time and energy into the planning.

Zoe I'll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes with NYS Maple Syrup and a side of bacon this morning.  Oh, I want my usual dark raost coffee in a FGLK Myg as well.  Thanks!

I'll be in the back making a list of "must get dones" for the rest of the day. 

[nik .n]

 Hi.

Bad news, My Grandpa pased away on thursday in a logging accident. He was cutting wood with his chainsaw,  and when he cut a piece off a log, it shifted, and two logs on top of the pile slid down and hit him in the chest/neck area. Gram and my cousin pulled the logs off. It was instant, but the first responders wished they didn't look like a bunch of bums sitting around since a large part of my imedate family and a few cousins are in that particular fire department and everyone knew most of the people there. Most of the people from each fire department keep ther raidieos on scan, so when everyone in a fifty mile raidus heard that there was a accedent at grandpa's (He was popular with everyone) there was people from twenty fire departments there. Drawing from that my sister went in the hospital on monday, got out of the hospital on Tuesday, a friend of mine had a stroke on Wednesday, and the acedent on Thursday and all the viewings and the furnerail over the weekend, I've had an eventful week. Bye.         

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Good morning.

It's 46 and partly cloudy here. The high is projected to be in the high 70's and it will be partly cloudy.

I put together a couple of trackside shacks and an old 2 stall engine house yesterday. Placing the larger structure meant relocating the fire station and the O.L. King and Sons building. The fire dept has been moved to the east side of the south engine house and now has an old rusty steamer on it's back lot while the O.L. King building is just to the immediate west side of the south engine house and east of the old brick engine house which the south engine house replaced. The brick engine house is now used for repairing freight cars and has a single track going into it. Several minor structures were also shifted. Ezra's house is now atop the garage of his service station. The old Sundown freight station has been moved to the service spur on the main part of the layout and Rodney Craig's house now occupies the spot vacated by the Sundown freight station. I'm still looking for a place to put the Freezee ice cream building. I've removed the glass enclosure from the front of it as it looked too much like an old McDonald's building for my taste. Now that everybody is thoroughly confused it's time to move on to new business. Exactly what that will be is a mystery even to me as todays schedule is open.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      3/18/2009

Wind Chill:  46°F
Humidity:  91%
Dew Point:  44°F

So Far Today
High:  50°F
Low:  46°F
Rain:  0.01"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  0mph NNE

Today  High: 78    Mostly sunny. Patchy dense fog early in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

Tonight  Low: 52    Mostly clear until late night then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.

[pcarrell]

Did someone mention pie?

[Robby P.]

Another warm day.  The high is about 66, not to bad.

Inch I agree.  The wife still has to start them in the basement.  I was getting the soil ready like........rocks, grass clumps, getting tools together.  Half of the neighborhood is further along than me.

Barry, thanks.  

I don't have much layout work planned.  Might have to do a few laps with the engines.  Straighten up the layout as well.  I have stuff all over it.

Well I will be back later.  Everybody have a good morning.

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning--We're at 9C in the dull clouds--going to be sunny with cloudy periods and a 40% chance of showers this afternoon. We're going to be sunny tomorrow as well!! heeheehee--but outdoor work is ahead for me--ohno ohno---

Inch Around here we're still hearing the occassional blat about pet cougars being the root cause. On a few events, wherein some 6 sightings occurred some 80km apart,in a couple of hours they still claimed---"Oh, it's someone's pet cougar"--or in that case--"Cougars escaped from a circus/zoo/farm/whatever thing you can name---"--in other words we's still got poor beleagured experts in denial--I've got a ---on this I'll tell you. In fact there was NOTHING mentioned at all about what a truck driver nailed on the 401 just outside of Woodstock ON a couple of years ago when original reports said that he hit a Moose! We heard that there was an investigation into whether it was a deer or a moose--but the oddest thing occurred---no report ever came out----and yet anything else that happened ---reports came out---HMM--chin stroking time---HMM. Not that we're getting tin foil hat here but all the same----

Robby--That thing with your wife is kind of odd--We'll pray for her wellbeing--take care----

Chloe--I'll have a 3 egg special sunny side up and a coffee please. I'll be in the back booth---oh Chloe---did someone try to hide a catapault under this booth?--I thought so-----

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Cederstrand

Question: What is the width of an HO scale paved country road? Highway? One lane dirt road? (is there a guide for this online somewhere?)

  Here are the measurements I use: 16 scale feet. 22 scale feet. 9 scale feet.

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

Today: Scattered showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. South wind 7 to 15 mph becoming northwest. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then a chance of showers. Low around 35. North wind between 4 and 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Lee

[ewl01]

Good Morning !!!! Flo, Oatmeal and a decaf tea please.

 Frost on the windows here at the Jersey Shore.  Never was all that warm yesterday and won't be today...maybe 50.

Had a doctors appointment yesterday.  Needed to get prescriptions renewed.  Apparently I missed an appointment last year and haven't seen him since '07.  Dr. couldn't have been too concerned, he never called to remind me.  Usual blood tests for cholesterol, etc.  Now that the parents have passed on from cancer the Dr is all gung-ho on cancer screening.  He forgot I had already done that 2 years ago, have another 3 years before next "inspection".

Ah.. time to start work.  ome on topic stuff later.

[inch53]

 

Mornin, an irish coffee Zoe.

Another nice day here, but a chance of rain coming in later in the day, then cooler, but dry, the rest the week.

TODD,,,,, think we may skip the meet there and go to the one in Decatur instead. It's an hour closer. There's swap meet close to you in Chatham coming up Nov 18'th [another flier] to raise funds for the depot museum there.

BARRY / RAY,,,,, there's always been cougars round here, even thou the state denied it. Last year the state had to change their tune, when one was killed by a car by Charleston and it made the news. I've always known there were cougars round and have seen several over the years, it's just the first time, one's been this close to the house.

RAY,,,, glad the visit with your FIL was a good one. We'll keep you folks in our thoughts.

ROBBY,, it's way to early and wet for a garden here other than radishes or maybe spring turnips.

Haven't done much in the train room the last few days. With this cold and working in the yard most the day, just to tired to start much. May do some this evening if the rain moves in early.

Best gets round, it's bout wakey, wakey time. Thoughts for all those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden.

[wetidlerjr]

 Good Morning ! from TIPTON IN.

[Cederstrand]

Wow, looks like I'm the only insomniac tonight. Phone rang just as I was drifting off to sleep (about 2:00am). Wife & I both figured it was going to be about her Dad, but turned out to be an errant ring. Niether of us can get back to sleep. Ugh!

Question: What is the width of an HO scale paved country road? Highway? One lane dirt road? (is there a guide for this online somewhere?)

Rob

[Cederstrand]

I'll have the Insomniac's Special, please.

Seems quiet in here.

Sending in (hopefully) my last train stuff order tomorrow. Should be everything needed enough to complete our layouts, or at least come close. Going to use as much leftover building supplies as possible. Who knows, might accidently discover a useful new (new to me) technique.

Well, have a good night y'all.

Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Been doing a little work on the layout today. Got a couple of trackside shacks put together and pieced together an old two stall brick engine house. Now I have to find new places for the fire station and the O.L. King and Sons building.

[gear-jammer]

 

Good evening, All.

I have been too lazy to set up the tripod.  This is a big workweek.  Maybe I will get the photos this weekend.

Sue 

[Robby P.]

I really don't know what the temp was today, but I will say about 60+.  Thats warm.

Lets see.....................Todaym the wife didn't go to work.  She needs to get a CAT scan, but her insurance needs to approve it.  OK!!!!!!  That makes alot of sense.  I guess it has to be a emergancy situation.  WHATEVER!!!!!!!!

Um........Hamster got loose again, well he was running in his ball.  Got out, and the 25lbs cat got him.  Didn't kill the poor thing but he's pretty scared.  That was this morning.

Later in the day, got a computer (Dell) from the father-in-law.  Our desk top hasn't been doing good at all.  They were giving them away at his work, and he took one.   It has a 2.5ghz, 512ram.  Hey its free.  Plus with him giving it to us is good.  I don't think he likes me at all.  I guess all of the tattoos, and just no-one is good enough for his daughter.

Then........The neighbor came over and tilled the garden for us.  Now I have to pick out rocks, and get the ground ready.  

Well that was my day.  Pretty busy.

Well everybody have a goodnight.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 The high today was 72. Maybe it'll be higher tomorrow. Hard to tell this time of year. The weather sometimes makes like a yo-yo.

[der5997]

I hope you have all had an enjoyable St. Patrick's day This is a very quick drop in for a small JR Regular, and a grilled cheese samich on whole wheat.  The ISS flew right over our house this evening at about 8:45 Atlantic DST.  It tracked down the handle of the Big Dipper on its way out, passing very close to Alioth, and just "inside" Mizar.  By that ime it was entering earth's penumbra,a nd had been totally eclipsed by the time it should have passed Alkaid. (Thanks http://www.astropix.com/HTML/C_SPRING/BIGDIP.HTM for the names!)  The shuttle was supposed to follow 5 minutes or so later, but didn't show. The TV must have had the times wrong.

Many small tasks accomplished in the last 24  hours, not without a good dose of Murphy in the changing of the ballast  in one of the train room flourescent lights. First the retainer screw for the ballast fell to the carpet.  It wasn't easilly found, having bounced soundlessly into a scenery implements ice-crean container 8 inches tall!  Then, the replacement ballast had the slots at the ends TOO NARROW TO FIT THE STANDARD TABS IN THE FIXTURE!!!  That was a hacksaw fix, but really! GRRRRR!!!!!  I hesistate to mention my self-induced Murphyism of twisting together and murretting the red wires to the socket - that's both of them together, and then red wires from the ballast, both of those together - Duh!  Still, the thing eventually worked out OK.  I had to find the right breaker on the panel before I started, and, wouldn't you know, it had been labeled "Master Bedroom closset plugs"  The fact there are no plugs there was a small clue....There is a breaker for "Train Room Plugs", and now there's one for "Master Bedroom closset lights / train room lights."

Time for bed.  Good night all, prayers for all in need of Healing, Comfort and Peace.

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello .....

Looks like a lot of people had a great St P day. I'm glad.

It's good to see many people are breaking or have already broken th e smoking habit. The church group we work with helps people get over various addictions. There is some really bad stuff out there. It's sad how many young people have gone to prison for drug offenses. We help them get their lives back as much as we can, but it is really tough for those young people and their families. We've never had addition problems ourselves, but we think all of us should be helping to solve this major problem.

I did not do any construction on the layout, but I did some operations. That is the fun part.

Happy Model Railroading!

[galaxy]

howmus

...Hey, hey, hey!  The Thermometer has hit 60°F this afternoon here in the Finger Lakes!  Wow!...

 

It got to 68* here at my home in the Southern Tier! The house warmed up to 76*....was tempted to turn on A/C but no, lets hold heat in for the chillier night and meanwhile sweat a little. April first the plastic comes off the windows! WooHoo!

Spring is this week First day is friday! WooHoo!

WooHoo!

{doesn't take much to excite me does it?}

[blownout cylinder]

'ello pipples--Chloe, I'll have a fish & chips dinner with a mug of IRISH coffee please

I spent the entire day in my back yard fighting with all kinds of branches and broken twigs and what all else there--I got the new door put in and had to stuff the other door/bits into the garage to get rid of during our 'spring cleanup' next month. The garage --which was clean;Honest!!--is now a mess again as stuff from the basement came out of said basement and landed in the garage. There is even more gubbage to show up as well---the attic needs it as well---sheeesh!!

As for all the smoking and quitting--I too took up the rotten stuff when I was a kid of about 10. I, thankfully, never got things like asthma--dang lucky there---BUUUTT!!--I have a heart arrythmia that was discovered when I turned 44. This thing gets/got triggered when I smoked. Hence I had certain health issues stemming from this. I had to quit smoking---COLD TURKEY. Boy, am I glad I did. Besides the various heart issues, I soon discovered that YAY!! I can taste food!!---YES PC, that also included PIES!!---and even better--my clothes did not have that odd odor either-----then I also then found that I actually was not CONSTANTLY BROKE---and on and on and on---so now that I got this anti-smoking lecture mode off my chest I too will get off my

ERIC-like the way the building is turning out

Time for me to stuff myself into a booth and fill up on my fish/chips here---

[ewl01]

A little more...

[ewl01]

Okay, I'm confused!  It's 46F here at the New Jersey Shore, and no, there is no wind.  Oh well.

Here are a couple of pics before detailing, weathering, etc.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

howmus

Hey, hey, hey!  The Thermometer has hit 60°F this afternoon here in the Finger Lakes!  Wow!

It's 68° here. Weather guesser says it'll hit 77°.

[howmus]

Hey, hey, hey!  The Thermometer has hit 60°F this afternoon here in the Finger Lakes!  Wow!

Just got back from going to see my Father in Law.  He got to see his latest Great Granddaughter.  He isn't strong enough to hold her anymore, but did set her down in the bed with him and got a photo of the two of them.  Four generations there in the room with just us.  It is hard to see him as frail as he is.  He did recognize us and talked a little.  Don't think he will make it to 96................ He did give a big smile when he saw Emily for the first time (and maybe last time).  I was glad that my son was with me to see him.  He always idolized his Grandpa Fox!

OK Now I am out the door to practice.  Have great day!
 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 I see Rob has TOP honors. I'll have the chimichangas and chili.

[Cederstrand]

Coffee refill, please & thanks.

Temp is heading over 70F today, so I have all the windows open. No rain, just blessed sunshine.

Layout is going to sit until I get one section of cross-over track. Put in an order today for it, and a couple little bridges. What I CAN work on though is making shims for elevation changes in the longer runs.

Wife is out buying a couple dwarf apple trees. Going to be growing as much of our own fruits & veggies as possible in the future. Guess I'll be getting in a workout (with a shovel) when she brings them home.

Rob

[AmanaMedic]

Think I'll grab an early lunch here: double bacon cheeseburger, plate of fries (in beef fat, please), and a large Coke. I've got a hunch it's gonna be a busy afternoon...and not just from the newspaper stuff I'm working on...

From the Quad Cities NWS office: WARM TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND
DRIED VEGETATION WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN A VERY HIGH THREAT OF
GRASS FIRES TODAY.

Yippee. It's 63 going to 75 this afternoon. I'm just waiting for the fire pager to go off.

JEFF: I like the loading dock. Also, hope the MRI results are what you're wanting to hear.

Food's here...gonna slip off to the back.

Chris

[last mountain & eastern hogger]

 A wish to all of you of the irish persusian or those of you who wish they were.

 

May you all stumble on one of these in your travels today.                Health and well being to all.      "Happy St. Pats Day"

 

A very busy day here today. Can't stop for long.  Will check back later.

Johnboy out.

May the Rails never be Silent.