Elliot's Diner, Mark XV

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello everybody...

It was good of Bill T to stop in. Perhaps, he'll think about bringing donuts in the morning.

Today, I started working on a locomotive. It is to be a replica of Colorado & Southern number 700D. The C&S was a subsidiary of the CB&Q. #700D was an F7A that had been badly damaged in a wreck and sent back to EMD for rebuilding. The unit returned to the railroad looking like an F9 instead of an F7. I am using a Stewart F9 for my model.

Have a nice evening!

[JimRCGMO]

Evening, Janie, just a go cup of hot cocoa, please 'n' thankyou, ma'am.

Thanks, Robby - I wonder how small of a package of the black trash bags I can find...

Forgot who it was (Todd?) who wanted to see what my Delaney Building I'm w**king on looks like. Here's the overall view (with the building set on top of the platform assembly:

(that was taken without flash). And here's a closeup of the side of the platform assembly (done with flash):

and here's more of a 'straight-on' view of the loading dock doors:

After I looked at the top of the platform (here):

 

I was thinking maybe I could paint the platform top in some 'wood' color. What do you think it looks like, Diners?

Well, about time for me to head for home. See you all in the morning.

 

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

JimCG. I used componants of the RDA kits as i put together some industries on my layout. You might be interested in seeing these pictures. This might give some ideas about colors.......

My brewery includes the red brick building with the sloped roof from RDA...

My vegetable canning plant includes some componants that should look familiar.

My freight warehouse is crammed into a narrow, wedge-shaped piece of real estate.

[blownout cylinder]

Good morning

Well, got some more sun with ye olde cloudy period mixed in for good effect for today. High today will be 24C and tonights low will be 7C(?!). Right now we are at 10C.

It's hi ho its off to work I go ----driving to all parts of the compass this week and next week will be doing almost the same thing.

Oh, good morning Flo, yes I'll have my usual. I'll be at the RC and see who else will show up at this hour

Have a good one--

[inch53]

 

Mornin, thought I'd slip in while the house is quiet for an irish coffee Zoe.

ULRICH,,,,, Thoughts n prayers for you n yur folks.

RAY,,,,,,,,,thanks for post the instrutions again.

JIM CG,,,,,,the saw and windmills were Woodland Scenes kits. 

 I missed posting another RR local news story on the restoration of the IC station in Mattoon  Mural hidden in Illinois train depot

Best gets round ta some chores an besides I think Yazee's waken up again. Plans for the day is, what garden n yard chores, the kids will let me get done and maybe some time filing burrs of the windmill parts. Thoughts for all those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden

[Anonymous]

 Hi everybody,

lunchtime is just over, so I´ll just pop in for - you guessed correctly, Flo - my daily dose of RBF.

Folks, your prayers can do miracles - there is a step up improvement of my mother´s health. Thank you so much for all your prayers and thoughts - words cannot describe my feelings.

all of you a really good day! 

[Robby P.]

Good morning......The suns out, and no rain in sight.

The plan today, is to "knock out" the Ann Arbor car.  I will get some shots of it later up on here.

Jim...........I read in a old MRR mag. that blue bags work as well for tarps/wrapped loads.  Maybe your grocery store has them.  

Garry........Nice looking buildings.  Thats one thing my layout really don't have.  If I expand, I will add a few.

Ulrich.........Things  should get better.  Some days really "suck", but then you have some days that are "great".  I don't understand why things happen, well bad things.  When is enough, enough?

Well its 8:18am, and I better hit the basement.

I will be back in later.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 77 and sunny. The high is expected to top 100 and it will be sunny.

There won't be much getting done outside today, at least not by me. My nephew the engine and tranny into the Jeep yesterday afternoon and had the engine running before 9 pm. Today he'll finish connecting the transfer, change out all the fluids and put the belly-plate on. My sister and my niece should be out cleaning up the piles of brush in my parent's yard. They put them there, it's only right they remove them. My niece's upcoming wedding is just days away.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      7/13/2009

Heat Index:  82°F
Humidity:  87%
Dew Point:  73°F

So Far Today
High:  81°F
Low:  69°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  6mph WSW

Today  High: 98    Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight  Low: 75    Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.


 

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

Had a surprise visit from the girlfriends brother and sister in law yesterday morning, I was cleaning house in my cut off shorts and the oldest tee shirt I owned.  Went to show them the layout and of course nothing worked due to dirty track (been working outside mostly).

Jim, how about aged concrete for the deck and the trim and brick read for the panels of the loading dock?

Nice industrial area you have there garry.

 

[pcarrell]

Mornin' all!

Back at work, and the coffee is flowing!

Current Conditions
Indianapolis International Airport
Lat: 39.73   Lon: -86.27   Elev: 810
Last Update on Jul 13, 8:54 am EDT

A Few Clouds

71 °F
(22 °C) Humidity: 53 %
Wind Speed: NE 5 MPH
Barometer: 30.06" (1017.4 mb)
Dewpoint: 53 °F (12 °C)
Visibility: 10.00 mi
 
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind between 3 and 6 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North northeast wind between 3 and 7 mph.

With the dewpoint this low and the temps in the low 80's, it's shaping up to be one of the best days of the year so far!  And tomorrow looks like pretty much a carbon copy!

Well, time to get busy!

[JimRCGMO]

Morning, Zoe, Flo - I'll have a chocolate donut and some coffee in a D&RGW mug (oh, just the coffee in the mug, a plate'll do for the donut), please. Thanks.

Ulrich, that's great to hear on your mother's improvement! We'll keep the prayers and the thoughts coming (and for your company's approval, as well). Some days seem worse than others, but I try not to 'down' myself any more than possible on those days - just makes them feel worse, even if they aren't. And it's okay if you have something other than a RBF - unless you're developing a taste for them...

Garry, thanks for sticking up those photos - and yep, I recognize some of those buildings, all right. Have a couple or three of the RDA kits (still to be assembled). The Delaney kit included two other buildings, but was a better bargain than buying just the transfer dock part of it along.

Robby, maybe the blue ones are an 'Eastern' supplier thing - all I see around here in stores for trash bag colors is an off-white or black, but the black should work for those loads.

Lee - Murphy's law gotcha on that surprise visit, didn't he? I may do the columns in aged concrete; after you said that, I was thinking about perhaps a stucco for the area between the wall columns. I'm starting to lean toward wood (maybe faded/weathered greyish) for the dock, because of the support structure looking like wood construction. I'll probably fiddle with it some once I get things put together more...

Jeff, that's a busy intersection there - nice shot (from over the gas station roof, right?).

Inch, let me know how that windmill kit and the sawmill one go - I've been thinking of getting the windmill kit, and have the sawmill (unassembled).

I'll sit here at the RC and join the growing crowd.

 

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[Robby P.]

I would like to introduce you to....................Ann Arbor.   She'e been around the block a few times.  Faded, rusty, dirty, grimy.......Poor little thing .

Before:

After:

[Packers#1]

 Robby, perfect car man!

Well, I'm up turd creek w/o a paddle, to put it mildly. My mom shot down the aroudn the walls idea, and lord knows I can't afford the benchwork for a dbl. deck layout. And I need a long mainline run to have a good operation mainline, and I don't have enoug money for switches for a shelf alyout that would actually make me happy. so now I'm back to square one. I think I'm jsut going to go fire up my airbrush and paint my GP35, to give myself something to do right now.

[Cox 47]

Morning all...Its sunny and 78 here..Just stopped in for a mid-morning RBF.please..Thank You..You all have a good one...Jerry

[howmus]

Mornin'!

DONUTS!  Do I smell DONUTS!!!???!!!  Must be Bill was here....?  I used to get myself in trouble at one of the elementary schools here in Geneva way back when the local PD youth officer (now assigned to the Middle School with a grant to the PD) used to walk by me.  I would go "sniff, sniff", and then say in a loud stage whisper, "donuts, I smell donuts....!"  He would grin at me and say "watch it, Mr Howard!".  The next summer I was pulling my equipment trailer with a high school kid who was working for me [edit] (That doesn't sound right......  A high school kid and I were in the truck pulling the equipment trailer....) and ran smack dab into a Sting Operation.  Of course who sees me?  "OK, Pull it over!"  "Need to see your license, registration, trailer registration, insurance cards, and what is the relationship to you with this young man sitting next to you?  Where are you going and what are you carrying in the trailer?  Etc. etc, etc."  All said with a huge grin on his face.  I reached for my wallet and started to pull out IDs and he starts to laugh and said, "Get out of here Ray! Have a safe trip."  The two cops working with him who also know me (one was a former student) were doubled up with laughter...  Now when I see Officer Bennett, I don't say a word.  Sometimes I do sniff and grin, but I don't say a word.  He does give me the third degree every time I see him in school....

Flo, I'll have a couple of those Bavarian cream filled donuts and lots of dark roast coffee in a R&GV Mug.  Please and Thank you.  I'll be at the Rivet Counter harassing people.

I get to go back to the Rotorooter Doc this afternoon to learn what they found during Butt Cam 2 a couple weeks ago.  I don't really expect that it should be bad news, but I will feel much better after the meeting...  After that I need to do some shopping and get back to weeding the garden today.

Last night I made a list of everything I can think of that needs to get done before the layout gets judged for the Merit Award.  Sure wish a few people from this forum lived in this area and could come over and advise me..........  So far the list has 7 items, all small things.  Then I get to start taking the photos that will be used for the Certificate and do all the paperwork.

Got to find my hearing aids and make a couple of phone calls so I best be running along.

73 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

JimRCGMO

Jeff, that's a busy intersection there - nice shot (from over the gas station roof, right?).

The 'gas station' is what will someday be the 'Pak-a-Pig BBQ'. Don't you know that one truck driver is glad his trailer is on a seldom used spur and not the mainline?

[Cederstrand]

Coffee in a  Southern Pacific  mug, please.

***Jeffrey, nice dusk (or dawn?) shot there.

***Garry, you have some neat industrial structures on your layout.

Yesterday, had a horse get one leg stuck over 4' off the ground when she decided to "kick for freedom" (or maybe at another horse outside her stall). By the time I sprinted down to the barn she had yanked it free. She is a bit sore but I find nothing seriously wrong with her leg. Should be just fine...hope she learned a lesson.

Have a good day all. Healing thoughts to those in need.

Rob

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Cederstrand

***Jeffrey, nice dusk (or dawn?) shot there.

Thanks. One of the two trucks in the photo is a matchbox toy. Which one is it? Can you tell?

[Anonymous]

 Robby P. - I have seen the picture of that Ann Arbor box car - my big, fat jealosy is drippin´out of your ´puter!

How on earth do you do this? Very humble question of a fellow model railroader admiring your work! 

[Robby P.]

Ulrich...............How on earth do I do this?  Brother.......practice and patience.   The sad thing is after I see the cars on my computer, I think to myself...."I could have done that better, fixed this, touched up that".  The problem with that is, after working on a car for a few days you kinda get burned out on it.  Your eyes kinda go in circles. 

Hopefully these cars will sell.  Money is still tight, and thats the only time I get a "project" is when one sells.  

[Packers#1]

 Hey Chloe, I'll take a cheeseburger and Mountain Dew please.

Ah, just what the doc ordered! I have ALL of my locos and the three boxcars I had stripped painted up and back in service today. All that's left is to order one more bottle of Engine Black for the walkways (they aren't completely painted), and also a sheet of white Block Gothic decals. Also, I will get some red decal film to patch my NW caboose. 

Here's the caboose and hopper I bought Saturday:

 

GP35:

 

I'll psot all the pics in WPF

[howmus]

Afternoon folks!

Sawyer the loco is lookin' good!

And speakin' of "what the doctor ordered"....... Had my follow-up appointment on the colonoscopy this afternoon.  As I was waiting to check in at the desk (several people ahead of me) I saw my doctor come over and look at the charts in the inbox.  He then looked out at the people in the waiting room with the
"you poor B@st...... look on his face.  I felt my blood pressure surge and started hyperventilating right on the spot.........  I have a feeling the look was for a guy who looked to be my age but was getting around with the aid of one of those 4 legged canes and was obviously in pain.  By the time they called me in I had settled down and actually had normal blood pressure when she took it.  A couple minutes later a very cute young nurse (my regular doctor only hires very homely old battleaxes for nurses) comes in and hands me a printout of the results which came back normal.....  3 small polyps were removed and all came back as the hyperplastic variety which don't become cancerous.  Other than some diverticulos and a few of the other usual old phart PITA type thingies everything is good.  Don't have to have another one for 5 to 7 years. 

Oh and John I spoke to them about the psyllium fiber and she told me that is a very common recommendation they make and it will not cause any problems with absorption of any of my meds.  So I will be giving it a try.  They sell the capsules of it at a locale wholesale market and I will pick some up in a couple of days.

Hope I didn't ruin anyone's lunch with the report.......   Flo I think I'll have a RBF to celebrate!

I be in the front booth watching some of the switching going on in the yard.

73 

[Packers#1]

howmus

Sawyer the loco is lookin' good!

 

Thanks. I posted the rest in WPF. but here's the link to the album: 

 http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/Packers_1/weathering%20pictures/

[pcarrell]

Ray, that is some real good news the nurse gave you!  Now, behave yourself young man!

[howmus]

pcarrell

Now, behave yourself young man!

 

ROFL!  Not something I am well known for....   Actually ever since I "officially" became diabetic a couple of months ago, I have been back on the diabetic diet I was given several years ago by the nutritionist.  Part of that is high fiber.  So..............

[blownout cylinder]

Ray: And don't we know that fibre is good for us---- I do get that lecture sometimes-----sheeesh

Sawyer: That engine is looking good!

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Got home from going almost up to Owen Sound ON. At my work we do cover a large district so i's be puttin' lotsa kms on this little Audi. ---of course----sometimes I do wind it up a tad--- But I've got this week and some of next week to do these around the region things-----then it'll be hiding in the office writing up the dang thing---

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Ulrich: Sometime back in the late 1990's I saw a 1973 MB 6.9 for sale-----I almost got the thing if'n it had not been for the fact that the dude selling it pulled it off the market-----wifey had a second thought----

Garry: Neat little industrial district there

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Chloe, I'll have the RBF as well-----please. I'll sit at the overloaded RC with everyone else here----

 

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Got a wedding rehearsal dinner to go to tonight then there's the wedding tomorrow. My niece has the ball and chain ready to be clamped on her fiance the instant they're declared husband and wife. I don't know if either of them have cold feet yet but I'm sure one of them will.

[BamaCSX83]

Evening all.  Just stopping in and catching up with everyone.  My GP40-2 is now ready for primer, I've just got to find the doggone camera!  Still haven't heard anything job wise, but I'm keeping my head up and prayers going in the right direction.  I did do some much-needed work on my Impala this morning, but the stupid rain chased me inside.  I'm going to do my best to get the job done tomorrow morning.  Then comes the fun part, putting a radiator in a Jeep (too bad its not a money job....FIL's Jeep). 

For the evening meal, I'll be having a RBF, a double back cheeseburger, and an order of cheese fries.  I think that'll do me for the evening.  Probably going to be going for a walk this evening and I'll of course being heading over our railroad tracks down here, so if I find the camera, I'll try to see what's coming through and get shots.  Or at the least, I'll get shots of the GP40-2 as she's ready for primer.

I'm going to hang out here at the RC and enjoy my food.

[NittanyLion]

 Got back from vacation today and let me tell you: going on vacation while in the planning phase of a layout is a dangerous beast!

Seeing coal mines tucked into hollows in West Virginia, the enormous terminal on the Savannah River (and the mental image of what the River St Rambler must have looked like), FEC intermodal blasting past me on US 1, and CSX woodchip trains in the north Florida swamps made the gears turn a lot.   Pittsburgh just seems so mundane after all that.  Although I'm not sure how I'd be able to duplicate that incredibly bright washed out look the sun makes everything have in St Augustine.

[ns3010]

Evening all. Chloe, I'll take the Seafood Special, pleasenthanks.

Welhp, just finished revising my new plan again. It can be seen here (scroll down a bit).

I'll be sitting at the RC catching up.