The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

[Fergmiester]

HELLO EVERYONE!

all together now...

Hi Alex!

Not much on the go except "Beryl" though a TS is to pass through Halifax Friday night. Which means I won't need to water the garden and I might get 5701 finished!!!

BTW: Miss Molly, now 16 weeks is 32lbs and the most cuddly, wuddly thing you'ld ever want to meet

Later Gents

Fergie

[Anonymous]

greetings all,  

Well managed to drop by today for a short visit. A lot has been happening here. I guess I should start by saying it looks like Mom and me will be making our home in Hattiesburg, Ms. We signed a contract to purchase some land there. It is 3 1/2 acres with an old wood frame house and two out buildings on the property. I plan to move the big house back on the property and remodel it for mom and me to live in for the time being. Once there I will build our home on the site where I moved the big house from.

We have a couple that are mentally changelled that we have adopted. One of the buildings on the property was a apartment that I will remodel for them. These are good people that tend to be used by every one that they come in contact with. We figured we can stop that if we adopted them.

Once our house is built we will then move them into the big house. They will live there for as long as they want to.

Hattiesburg has three major railroads that come through. The NS, KCS, CN, and Amtrak.

There is a railroad museum at McComb Ms. and I managed some photos of some old ICRR stuf.

This is an aluminum reefer and is the only one built.

ICRR 4-8-2 Heavy Mountain # 2542 displayed at the museum.

More bad news: Mom's Father passed away this past week. He left home early that morning to go take care of some business.When he didn't come home that evening they started looking for him. He had gone back to the old family property and they found him setting under a large live oak. It was like he knew he was going home. He was 89.

Bout all I have at this time.

Neal

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

07-20-06

[Anonymous]

Hello all!

Just popping my head in to say Hi.  Just got back but I have to run out to Monongahela, PA to visit my flight surgeon for my annual check up. The only good thing about sitting in the right seat is not having to do this twice a year.

See you all tomorrow.

[der5997]

<>Good evening folks. Skies cleared today, and we had sun for the first time in what seems like a week or more.   Got the canoe out this evening, and the GKs had a great time. Should be fine tomorrow as well. Then it’s Tropical storm Beryl coming at us right along the coast for Friday through all day Saturday.  Guess the GKs will come in from the tents.  Fair weather campers this crew.  <>Dick: (Glad Bergie got that sorted out, I was going to call you *J, or starj.

Did you get a tour of the plant? Or, are they paranoid that you are a terrorist?

  I phoned about a tour, and they were so paranoid that they had closed the plant even before they knew I was coming to town!  Security didn’t even want anyone taking photos!  <>Resistant to change as I am, I’m not too happy about the smilies.  Is it just me, or is there less variety now?  I wandered over to the new Railimages  (Trainboard) site this afternoon. Check out their smilie selection! 

Ryan:

my guess is that you are on the left side….

…it’s all a matter of perspective.  When the photo was taken, I was on the right of TrolleyRob.

<>The station building BTW was finished that way by a film crew for a movie, and the management liked it so much they kept the look.
(I didn’t crop the photo so that you could see more of the station.)

 <>Noah:

By  Ryan Noah, nice rail pictures you got there! Thanks for sharing them with us.

  [ditto]  <>PC: shots too! 

Must get to bed   Goodnight all , and God Bless.

[Railfan Alex]

HELLO EVERYONE!

[trolleyboy]

Evening guys, just keeping cool. It's almost too hot "n" humid to type.Still doing the night shift but there's light at the end of that thar tunnel. Hope it's not a train.

Scott -Talk about being beside yourself Neat effect though. So who won ?

Der - Nice to see you make ot back online, it is a nice new coat of paint around here isn't it ? I'm glad that Heather got our best sides when she snapped that shot LOL. I'm guessing that that SD70 is on the "tight curve trucks"for making it around those #4 switches.

Catch everyone later

Rob

 

 

[rtraincollector]

Well we got the second line done today but if it could go wrong today it did . The worst I guest is that the PTO shaft on the farm truck now is L shape as it bent as it busted off the truck today while trying to lift the bed to dump some dirt.

well time to get some rest wore out later all

 

[Paul W. Beverung]

Afternoon Gang:

Ryan: It's you. You must be getting older and slower like me.

PC: you have the same problem I've got only it's trying to get him to go fishing. I'm not going to pay his ternament fee.

See you all later.

[pcarrell]

Hey PC, nice pics! And welcome back!

Thanks!

Now you know what to give the boss for his BD and Christmas, golf packages at the local course...

LOCAL!  Not a chance!  I'm sending his butt outta state!

Is it just me or has the MR Forum slowed down considerably since the change over?

I thought it was a bit quicker, but not by a huge margin.

[SilverSpike]

Hey PC, nice pics! And welcome back! Now you know what to give the boss for his BD and Christmas, golf packages at the local course...

Is it just me or has the MR Forum slowed down considerably since the change over?

[pcarrell]

Just a little somethin'......

 

[Cox 47]

Howdy all......Another hot one here....I'll have a root beer float please.....Been going thru my stock of kits brain storming still havn;t made my mind up about a coal mine...its gonna have to besmall but have 2 tracks.....Got a ConCor caboose I need to get IC decals on...And a F unit to strip and paint....you all have a good one.....Jerry

[pcarrell]

Afternoon all!

Another crazy day at the office!

Gotta figure out how to get the boss to go golfing!  Makes my day easier!

[Noah Hofrichter]

Hey guys, I'll take a nice thick pancake, a stack of scrambled eggs, and a glass of Milk this morning. I'm glad you guys liked the pics, I sure had fun taking them.

<snip>

NOAH, thanks for the pics from the museum, I’m still hoping to get up that way this

summer.

inch

inch, if you get the chance to make it to the Illinois Railway museum, I would highly suggest you do. They have, in my opinion at least, one of the best collections that actually operates regualarly. They have numerous diesel locomotives and cars that are running at different points in time, depending on the schedule that day. It's pretty neat really.

Well, I better get going, I've got lots of things to do today. We'll see you guys around,

Noah

[SilverSpike]

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Good morning! Cup of coffee this morning for me, still need a jolt to wake up. And some more of Ed’s fresh squeezed OJ please; I feel a sore throat and runny nose trying to break through.  

Ben has started playing in the school band, and he will play the clarinet, he is now practicing on it every night at least 30 minutes a day. He also plays electric guitar and the trumpet at home, and seems to enjoy creating sounds and learning new songs.

No train work last night, too many errands and chores after work yesterday. I had to make a run to the local music store to pick up the music books and some supplies for Ben’s music class. Then once home I tried to repair the rear view mirror that came unglued from the windshield on the pick’em up truck. Ended up just throwing it on the floor board… will try again later when it is not so hot outside.

Tropical storm Beryl is about 180 miles off the coast of North Carolina and is supposed to head back out toward the north east today and tomorrow. Hopefully it will stay away from land as the forecasters are predicting. of relief…

back DerJohn! And who is who in that photo?? LOL, my guess is that you are on the left side….

Too bad about the peanuts and edamame Inch! Both are very nutritious and a great source of protein without the fat.

Dick, no basements here either, the train room is in a third floor room that was converted from an original attic space. It is fully built out with electric outlets, ceiling fan, carpet, central AC/heat, and I just put in a window AC unit too. That pool sounds like a refreshing way to get through this heat wave... and a nice way to stay cool…

Noah, nice rail pictures you got there! Thanks for sharing them with us.

LilRob, seems the forum code for highlights is still not up to speed. But I like the effect of scrolling over and seeing the highlight, neat effect.

Hey, PC, nice of you to drop in! Don't be a stranger OK!

 

Cheers,

Ryan

[inch53]

Mornin all, coffee Zoe,

Things might get interesting in the heat here today. 2 grandsons plan joining the army and think it is going to be fun, so today’s their first day of basic training. No I won’t be too hard on them, hee hee.

NOAH, thanks for the pics from the museum, I’m still hoping to get up that way this

summer.

JP, no need to send me any pics, I already have a good idea what it was.

Well time fur chores, hope everyone has a gooden, try n stay cool.

inch

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

07-19-06

[james saunders]

Evening all,

I see you've been busy chatting away.  Work's been keeping me entertained!

I've got to get some sleep now, but I'll check in tomorrow, K?

Bye!

I s'pose it's ok

[pcarrell]

Evening all,

I see you've been busy chatting away.  Work's been keeping me entertained!

I've got to get some sleep now, but I'll check in tomorrow, K?

Bye!

[grayfox1119]

DUKE: You must have version "6" of Internet Explorer because ver 7 is not out yet to the public. It will be included with the new operating system called VISTA , which will replace Xp in January. I have ver 7 because I am Beta testing it for Microsoft, looking for bugs, which I have found, however, ver 7 looks much stronger than ver 6 security-wise, and also has some very nice features that other browsers have now.

We have some real bad TS's moving east just south of us right now, severe wind damage in some towns with trees down and power outages and large hail.

To make matters worse, a 16" water main has broken in Boston flooding streets and businesses. Water pressure is so low that the Boston fire dept has alerted neighboring towns to stand ready to assist in case of a fire. A New Hampshire boring Co. was drilling borings and must have hit the pipe....someone is going to be very embarrased.

CUL

[Cox 47]

Evening all....Still hot and humid here only got out to get the mail....Still didn't get any thing done on the layout....care giver got married today so I "cooked" supper Bologna sandwitch and Pork'n beans.she is supose to be back Wednesday...You all have a good nite....Jerry

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: It was 107+ a little today. At 8pm it was still 106f. It's supposed to cool off this weekend. They are even saying that we may get some thunderstorms late Saturday and Sunday.

Noah: It sounds like you had a great trip. I'll look at the pictures tomorrow when I'm at work and have the hi speed conection.

Duke: I tried to do the gifs on the old sight but never could get the hang of it. On the new site here it is very straight forward and easy. As I said I'll probably drive you all nuts with them. I'll get a photobucket account and give the pictures another try. It maybe a while but I'll give it a try. I agree with you on that old dog thng. I feel foolish sometimes. I used to be an flight instructor in the hottest helicopter gun ship in the world. The AH-1-G Cobra. Of course now it's a museum piece. I guess you know what that makes me?

Time to get to bed. I'll see you all tomorrow.

Good Night All

 

 

[Anonymous]

>Hello all, < I'll have a cold coke.

Check out the highlight effects.

Not much going on with me.

Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers.

'Til later, Robert

P.S. Can ya'll see the highlight effects around "Hello all"? If not, scroll between the arrows while holding down the left mouse button. Don't ask me how I did it. I'm not sure myself.

[JPowell]

Evening all -
  Here I am at work for yet another nihgt. Only have 1 hour left though, so that is a good thing

LilRob - Prayers  and Condolences to you and your families in this time of need.

Ron - to the CS. I hope you find this place to be as enjoyable as I have come to find it. Great bunch of folks that stop in ehre, as well as some very knowledgeable ones too!

Ok all -
  CFO emailed me a pic earlier of the car that she took before she started to remove the spraypaint on Sunday from the early morning incident (vandalism). If you care to see it, email me and I'll send it to ya as I don't want to post it on here for fear the 'forum police' will not like the words that were spraypainted on it.

Time to get going for the night.
Take care!
JP

[bjdukert]

Evening all and  to the newbies

Dick Yes,I do get all of the drop downs and I am trying with this post to see if some things can be done something like the old way. I’m not sure what version of ( IE) I have, I think it is 7 but I am also using XP.

Glad you liked the pics and I hope you get a chance to look at the web site and it would be nice if they would have another run.

Paul I see you have started to put some smilies in and next is pics. I have found that Photobucket was easier for me because all you have to do is copy the line with [IMG ] and then paste to where you want to put it.

Well that’s about it and now to see if everything works.  It didn't!!

Talk to you later

Duke

Ever feel like you are when things change and you are an old dog trying to learn new tricks??? 

[james saunders]

Morning guys, just a quick hello.... HELLO

and i'll have a coke thanks.


Cyaaa


Oz


BUGGER! Drink up boys, Get it while they are COLD!

[rtraincollector]

Inch well I resized my pic so it will fit had to take it down to 1/2 its normal size now you can see its the roof in my room not the floor. The party you missed it everyone had a great time LOL

 

Hi all that should keep mike busy trying to figure it out that it was a joke .

 

Not much happening here today went to work at 6a.m. as boss picks the hottest days so far to put in a new drain field which hes been talking about for 4 months. Ditto tomorrow. LOL

 

came home at 2P.M. showered and took a nap man that felt great.

Time for dinner talk to you all later

[Noah Hofrichter]

Der John, glad to see you made it back to the new forums in one peice. Sounds like you had a good little vacation too, getting to see the EMD plant and all, even if it was just from the outside.

Fergie, glad to see you made it back too. I assume the MESS was as MESSy as every when you arrived home?

I got a chance to do a little traveling on Sunday myself. I went down to Illinois to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union Illinois for their diesel days celebration. They had a bunch of old diesel locomotives running around that they saved from the scap yard, and they were giving rides throughout the day too. I've got only two of my many photos up so far, but here they are:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=151734

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=151591

I also got to catch a METRA commuter train away from the Museum at Harvard, Illinois:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=151589

I also got to do a little railfanning this morning. I caught a Union Pacific Ballast train loading at their quarry in Rock Springs Wisconsin. He had a GE unit on the point, which is quite rare on this line. Normally all we get is two or three SD40-2s. Here's a shot of the train:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=151735

Well I better get going, I've got a lot of stuff to do yet today in the way of modeling. I've been kind of slacking on working on my model related stuff lately, so it's time to get going before summer runs out on me!

Noah

[Paul W. Beverung]

Richard: OK. So how are you Willie? Actually your name Dick is coming through all right now.

Der: Maybe they're waiting for the parts from Athern.

Fergies going to the arctic. Man what a woss. Actually I'll be there thursday. I'd like an outside cabin and don't forget the little chocolate on the pillow.

I know that some of us are having trouble with the new system, but with alittle help from Bergie I've been doing all right. It is taking alittle time and effort, but I'm learning. I'll try posting a picture soon.

Got to go and help Mary Ann take care of the animals. She and son John took some calves to the sale barn. She did pretty well. She's happy so I'm happy.

See you all later.