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

[fec153]

pc- Yep, Bergie has erased some posts. I did start page 1087 this a.m. but have now found it in mid 1086.
Thanks again for dousing the flame.
Well after having an Accurail kit to put together for almost a year, I did. Used the new wisker couplers from Kadee.
Question?- What do you use to hold the trucks on instead of the supplied push-ins?
I don't trust them. One already has slipped out.
Flip

[Anonymous]

Good evening/morning all![:D]

Great night. [tup] Before our practice tonight, I ran into member of a local band who I haven't seen in about a year. Discovered they were going to be playing for the Christian Surfer Foundation Outreach Night at the church.

Our practice timing was perfect, we finished and pack the gear in time for the start of their concert.[8D]

Not surprisingly, the boys rocked the house.[{(-_-)}] Had a blast watching the surfer kids get into the music. Had even more fun just hanging with my band.

Well I best be getting to bed. I ain't as young and stupid as I use to be.[:-^][swg]

[pcarrell]

Evening all!

I was just heading off to bed after a busy evening and thought I'd pop my head in here.

SilverSpike,
Looks like this is the place where old scouts hang out, huh? Sounds like you did about as well as inch and I. Guess Ryan's got us all beat though. Great job Ryan!

Scott!,

QUOTE: Which y'all'll (double contraction...awesome) see soon enough.

You're murdering the english language! Congrats on inventing a new way to do it! I'm famous for not never using no double negatives! (Wait,....that's a triple negative!)

Bill North,

QUOTE: OH, we let the uNdersized ones hang out with us too.

Hey!!! I resemble that remark!!!

Flip,
It wasn't just me dousing the flames. I just happened to find myself out front of a whole bunch of people who were all right there with me. This is a good place and I'm pretty sure that most of the regulars work real hard to keep it that way.

Gumby,
Now that sounds like a great night! I'm glad you had fun! We all need that once in a while.

Well, off to bed for me!
Catch up with everyone tomorrow!

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana. [:D]


06-10-2006

[Anonymous]

Good Morning All,
Just coffee today. Ate way to much last night at neighbor's BBQ. Welcome to all newbies newer than me.
Not much more to say this A.M.
John

[inch53]

Morning all, Coffee please Janie,
Cool outside this morning, I’ve got 56, there’s a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and the next 3 days. The fair queen contest is tomorrow afternoon, so it’ll rain in Marshall for sure.
Mothers long days at the fair starts today, we were over there last evening and found out she’s already behind on entries. Won’t see much of her till next Sunday.

Jessie , I think you been round before, but we don’t know much bout ya, such layout, scale n such. If’en ya would give us some clues bout your self. You always be welcome here.

Silver Streak , I think there’s several X- boy scouts round here. I liked Philmont both times. The last time, I had my first up close encounter with a bear, another story there. All I’ll say is this one had bad breath.

Ken L

QUOTE: [i]Just a quick note to let you all know I'm A&W.

When first read that I thought of chili dogs and root beer.

Grayfox

QUOTE: [I]...you are a virtual book of country cooking in the wild knowledge my friend !!!!

Just some thing I remember the big boys saying. Spent a lot of time outdoors
Thanks for the Windows info, ours came with XP on it or Mother wouldn’t have it.

Bill N , I can cook some rabbit, I still have 3 in the freezer, along with squirrel, venison, and a young coon for BBQ. Think there’s a couple beef tongue and heart too.
Glad you’ve enjoyed all the pics.

Flip , I use White Out on my pushpins to help hold them in place. Seems to work for me

Here’s some pics a ballast tamper, I found on the old freight siding here in town. The maintenance crews were doing some repairs.







Need to get Mother up n moving. Thoughts n prayer for all in need
inch

[rtraincollector]

Well all its that time again to say hi and see hows the world is fairing . Not much happening here

I'll have a couple of those blueberrie muffins chole and a large OJ.

[fec153]

Mike- I'm referring to the plastic push-ins that are supposed to hold the trucks to the bottom of the car.
Flip

[TrainFreak409]

Good afternoon everyone.

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

Scott!,

QUOTE: Which y'all'll (double contraction...awesome) see soon enough.

You're murdering the english language! Congrats on inventing a new way to do it! I'm famous for not never using no double negatives! (Wait,....that's a triple negative!)

Oh PC, don't'all (don't +y'all) know that the English language is boring and needs people like us with our double contractions and double-triple negatives to spice it up?[^] Or maybe we have a greater comprehension of the language, and can enhance it using these techniques...Hmmm, makes one wonder...[:p] I am so smart, S-M-R-T, I mean, S-M-A-R-T. [(-D]


Maybe maybe maybe, I'll show y'all the first phase of my Black Project, because it is operable...Hmmm...Maybe maybe maybe. I'm undecided at the moment...

Catch y'all later. [C):-)]

[Paul W. Beverung]

I guess the weather must be pretty good. I haven't seen anyone in the coffee shop this morning. I noticed that a couple have snuck in and ran out real quick, but no one is hanging around.

Inch: That is a track geometry car. It levels the track, takes out dips and aligns for straightness, or curveness. You got some good pictures of it as usual.

I noticed that this is awfull close to the bottom of the page. I hope that I don't start a new one. I'd hate to incure the rath of PC.

It's almost time to hit the road for home again. I've still got to finish up that wiring job in the barn. Of course it's about 99F in the shade here. I've got to look around the place and see if I've got some 12-3 romex stashed some where.

I just had a thought. Since Bergie shouffeled things around is he going to buy?

I'll see you all later.

[TrainFreak409]

THE BLACK PROJECT UNVEILED.

Project Frankenstein II

[^]http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67462[^]

"A Tale of Two Locos" on the main page.[:D]

This ought to get some interesting responses...[:p]

[fec153]

Paul- I have no fear. I shall take the chance. After all, what can Philip do to me?
Philip [aka Flip ]

[fec153]

Well, it's been a long time and the credit card is loaded. O.K. gals, what ever the folks want, except road-kill , put it on my tab. Surf and turf for me, please.
Flip

[grayfox1119]

Well thanks Flip...I will have a rootbeer float thank you.
Another cloudy day here with off and on showers, only .27" of rain since midnight, but many of the streams and rivers east of us are all at flood stage or higher. The Red Sox had a double header scheduled for today, one of which was a rain makeup game from the last time the Texans were in town, that game was cancelled tonight, and the afternoon part of the doubleheader just started now.
And now we hear that the first tropical depression of the season has formed in the GOM, and it is predicted to hit the NE coast by next Wednesday with all it's rains.....OHHH JOY, just what we needed. get ready DER JOHN, LUC, FERGIE , more is headed your way after we get clobbered first.

FLIP I sure hope DUKE gets to Florida before the storm hits the west coast near Clearwater, no fun on a bike with a storm that size.

Talk later guys, going to check out the forum

[Anonymous]

Good evening all!!

How about a piece of banana pie and a coffee? Thanks!

Scott - Nice project!

I would say I'm practiced out but that's only the excuse so I get get other stuff done. It been a while since I've been able to play the bass, didn't realize how much I needed the release.

My son got a baseball game in today. Sadly they lost but most important they had fun. The weather really made this season bad. Hopefully next year it will be better.

Got ot run. Have fun.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Good Evening Gang: Here it is 7:18pm and I'm ready to hit the bed. This getting up at 4am is getting old. By the time I get home and get the chores done I'm too tired to do anything in the basement. The heat is still with us and that takes alot out of me also.

I think that I'll cut this short and go to bed.

Good Night All

[Fergmiester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Paul W. Beverung

Good Evening Gang: Here it is 7:18pm and I'm ready to hit the bed. This getting up at 4am is getting old. By the time I get home and get the chores done I'm too tired to do anything in the basement. The heat is still with us and that takes alot out of me also.


I think that I'll cut this short and go to bed.

Good Night All

Hey Old Man[:D]

I feel for ya. This week has been absolute grief. I don't think I've put out this many "fires" in a long time. The Audit was sheer H-E-double hockey sticks. got nailed on several things but in retropect I wasn't able to give the answers they were looking for as I had more pressing issues on my mind. Unfortunately it's a Bean Counting Excercise!

I'm starting to put the Tsunami in the 2-10-2 and should have it wired by Tuesday.

***: I see we have our 1st TS of the year! Lisa's tracking!

Later Gents

Fergie

[grayfox1119]

Good evening gents, I had to get away from the Red Sox game, nice close game then the put in Keith Foulk and he promptly walks the 1st batter in the 9th and then gives up a home run ball. 87MPH fast balls are something that even me at 67 can hit out....grrr

FERGIE Yes, as if we don't have enough rain, now this TS will get caught up in the northern jet stream after it crosses over Florida into the Atlantic and come right up over Cape Cod with copious amounts of rain. When we walk inthe yard now, it feels like we are walking on a well soaked sponge.
Is the audit all done? I remember those bean counter audits at several companies that I worked at....a real PITA!!! Good luck with the decoder installs. BTW, where did you buy them? Tony's? I just bought 5 from him last week. If this rain keeps up, I'll have plenty of time to install them.

PAUL B I know you are asleep by now, as well you should be, so here's hoping that you have a day of some rest on Sunday.

Talk later,

[fec153]

Fergie - ***-- I will try to open the spigot all the way. We need all the rain we can get.
Just not up to flood stage , of course.

***- when was Duke supposed to leave for Fla.? Sure hope he watches the weather reports.

Time for prayers and sleep. goodnight ya'll.
Flip

[TrainFreak409]

Howdy y'all. How's everyone doing at this early hour of the night?[^]

I just thought I would drop in and have a quick drink. I'm rather thirsty.

Gumby: Thanks. It turned out better than I thought it would. I'm really pleased with it.[:D]

Okay y'all, I'll be around somewhere.

[inch53]

Morning all, Biscuits n gravy, OJ, an coffee for me today please Janie
Hope every ones having a good day, been raining here all night and powers been flashing on n off, had some thunderstorms go through.
Mother drug me over to the fair grounds yesterday for 5 hours, I wasn’t thrilled. I didn’t feel like doing much of anything by the time we got home. Did see 2 friends I hadn’t seen in many years. Sheep barn was bout half full; you could sure tell it’s the first show of the summer. None of them was to thrilled bout the shearing n trimming going on. Cattle barns only had 2 herds so far, most those will be in today. Horse races had all but one race filled. Karen said if the entries keep coming in, they may need to slip n another race or two. Queen contest and antique tractor pull is all for today I think. So that’s today’s fair update. Me, I’m staying home and spending some time in the train room, since Mother’s fairing all day.

Flip ,

QUOTE: Mike- I'm referring to the plastic push-ins that are supposed to hold the trucks to the bottom of the car.

I was too, I had one that keep coming loose during a run, tried it and didn’t have any problem with it.
Hey what’s the matter with road kill, and besides the price is right. The girls said the leftovers are FREE.

Paul , the guys that were working on it called it a tamper, said tamped down the ballast between the ties. Guess they didn’t tell me all of it
I’ve got 40 ft. 12-3 here if you want a break from the heat down your way.

Scott , checked out the new engine, looks good, what’s next from the shops.

Here’s ya some Sunday train pics. Got these on our trip north Thursday, east of Pawnee.
I think Illinois/ Midland is a short line RR, since I’ve only seen them around Springfield, still trying to find out more info bout it.







Thoughts n prayers for all in need.
inch

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana. [:D]



06-11-2006

[Anonymous]

Good Morning All!

Coffee and a donut this morning, please.

Busy day as most Sundays are for me. Have fun and be safe.

[Anonymous]

Greetings all, coffee is on me today.
INCH As usual the photos are great. I work on the maintance crew between Texarcana and Hooks Texas in 61 and 62 and we didn't have any equiptment that looked like. Back then most all was don by hand. We hand spiked, hand tamped, leveled the rail, pulled the rail, replaced rail, replaced ties all by hand.
You can't get good pictures here in Lafayette. They only have a double mainline that goes through. There is a small staging yard on the Northwest end of town, but there is only about three miles of track there. You would have to camp out frof daybreak to nightfalkl to see a half dozen trains come through. An Amtrac and the rest freight.
Did get some photos of the Lasta's SP Macaido that came through last year. But this is not an excersion train but a history of La. train. Not much fun.
Well got to run. Still have work to do at the apartments. Have to get them ready to rent so I can buy another something for the layout.

Welcome [#welcome]Jessie[#welcome]to the CS Us dirty old men will try to show our good manners [if we have some] when you visit.

Later
Neal

[fec153]

Mike- Sure do love seeing your photos. I'll give the "whiteout" a try. I was thinking about screwing the truck down , similar to an Athern model.
What kind of camera do you use?

Flip

[Anonymous]

GOOD MORNING ALL,
Another excellent night on my fairwell tour with old friends. Hard to say good bye to some and realize that you may never see them again due to the distance we are moving from Long Island. Thank goodness for e-mail, so at least we can all keep each other posted. Not one of the old crew is a model railroader, or even has a passing fancy in trains so I couldn't turn them on to you guys & gals in the "Coffee Shop". They wouldn't get it. That said, hope everyone is well this morning and all of your model railroad projects come out much better than expected. The big model railroad project here is boxing up the locomotives that have been on display in our wall unit since I took down the layout about six weeks ago. Having the locos on display behind glass and the comraderie of the coffee shop has kept the model railroader fire burning. But the good news is that in about three weeks the locos and all the other train equipment will be in their new basement with the house over it for shelter. That's all for now, Please enjoy another round on me. John

[pcarrell]

All,

QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153

Paul- I have no fear. I shall take the chance. After all, what can Philip do to me?
Philip [aka Flip ]

You guy's seem to be under the misguided misconception that I'm violently opposed to anyone but me being in the position of top gun around here. That's just not true. I don't mind if you take the top spot. Just know that if you do, you will be eliminated, that's all! [:o)][;)][:p][:D]

BTW Scott, interesting project. That cab ride would give a whole new meaning to the term "Hot Seat" up there next to the smokebox. [;)]

[rtraincollector]

original by inch

QUOTE: Hey what’s the matter with road kill, and besides the price is right. The girls said the leftovers are FREE.

There seems to be an answer in this comment ah yes the word free when food is free at a dinner/coffee shop theres a reason foer it like nobody else will eat it and its the only way toget rid of it.

I know girls you tried and its just no use might as well feed it to the dogs .

Good lord they won't even eat it lol

Mike you need to keep your recipes at home I think lol.

I noticed you didn't have it this morning either and you mentioned it was

FREE

Sorry had to rib you on it just couldn't resist.

Not much happening here lately.

You all have a good day

Oh janie I'll have a cinnamon roll to go for the misses please.

[Anonymous]

Hallo again everyone...!
been ages since I've had a cuppa, anyway, since I last dropped in, i've now got a round the wall layout, but now the transformer has gone bust, so it;s sitting in the car waiting for a trip to the shop..... it's shortcuircting inside, something to do with the slide switch..... anyway..... good to hear you're all alive and wet overthere, we're praying for rain, so we can go sking!!! can't wait! anyway, it's 12:12 in the morning, time for some sleep! DD

[Anonymous]

Happy Sunday Morning All,

Mike:

QUOTE: Bill N , I can cook some rabbit, I still have 3 in the freezer, along with squirrel, venison, and a young coon for BBQ. Think there’s a couple beef tongue and heart too.

Enough with the menu!!!! I was sitting here reading it, and my mouth actually started watering. I'm beginning to think I'm more like "Pavlov"s Dog," than I care to admit.
For anyone who hasn't heard of "Pavlov's Dog," He would ring a bell every time he fed it. After a period of time all he had to do was ring the bell, and the dog would start salivating.[:P]

I also started salivating after reading this month's issue of M.R. (Not trying to suck up) I Gotta tell you it's one of their better ones. Every month I put sticky note labels out the top of the Mag., and write the title of the article on them. (Things I want for future reference- at a glance.) Usually I have one or two, this month I have six. If you monitoring us today, great job guys.

Be back later,
Bill North