Mornin,,,, the farmers special n an irish coffee, Janie. Oh an throw one of Petra's strudels on too.
TODD,,, sure sorry to hear bout the tornado up yur ways and glad no one was seriously hurt. Wasn't it 4-5 year ago a tornado hit the south side of Springfield. Jamie was living down on S. 10'th by Hammers HS then I think.
BAMA,,, on your research, you might also try the collages and universities. They have a lot of history in their libraries. I've used them a time or two.
TEEN STEAM,,,, I'm late, but welcome to the diner and hope you enjoy all your visits here.
PAUL,,,, great to hear from you and congrads on the new grandson. Glad you n Mary Ann is both doing ok now. Was wondering the other day, if ya'll were being hit by the drought in Texas very hard??
FERGIE,,,, good to hear from you too. Hope they get the parts out to you soon. BILL's forecast track shows him dying out, but you might get some wind n and rough surf maybe up your way.
RAY,,,, you got some great photo's of LV211. I think the 2'nd one would be a contest winner.
ULRICH,,, Happy Birthday, even if it's late.
BARRY,,,, me n Mother sometimes take off on country roads just to see where we end up. We've found some beautiful scenery along those back roads.
Haven't had to much MRR'ing time still. Been busy with kids n chores this week. We canned the last batch of canning for the year looks like, our garden is purrty well done producing I think.
Schools has started here, so I'll have fewer kids around, KC 1 or 2 days, but I'll have Yazee bout everyday, so trying to keep up with fall chores may be fun, since she's not big enough to help yet..
Plans for the day, a trip to Terre Haute to pickup the title for Mother's car, that's payed off now. Still no word from the insurance companies on repairs from her getting rear-ended last week. 3 n maybe 4 granddaughters are coming this evening for the night. I think I'll find someplace to hide with all those girls here.
Best gets round, thoughts for those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden.
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LSWrrJeff, what kind of foot surgery? Will this be an outpatient situation or are we going to have to sneak MRR magazines and a laptop into the hospital for you?
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Good morning,
The HD is having a sale on refrigerators and since I’m working two jobs right now I think I’ll divert some MRR funds and order one this morning. Looking at an energy star side by side unit that will throw ice and water out the front door. The new unit will cost $52/year to operate opposed to my current one that runs me about $18/month.
Jeff, what kind of foot surgery? Will this be an outpatient situation or are we going to have to sneak MRR magazines and a laptop into the hospital for you?
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning.It's 74 and clear. The high will be in the low 90's and it will be partly cloudy.Went to see the foot doc yesterday. There's been no real progress on the healing of the wounds. I'm going back on the 31st to get the paperwork for the upcoming surgery out of the way. We got the word in the paper yesterday that lake will cease being a half dried puddle in October. By that time the levee and spillway will be completely repaired and the problems with the lock and dam will be resolved. Rebuilding of the spillway park is progressing. The beach has been rebuilt, the boat launch area widened and the swimming area made larger. On the layout front I put the first foreground elements in place against the background so it appears the Sundown industrial area continues on the other side of the tracks and the railroad crossing lines up with a road on the foreground. In the coming weeks I'll be adding other such additions.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 8/22/2009Heat Index: 78°FHumidity: 89%Dew Point: 71°FSo Far TodayHigh: 77°FLow: 74°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 6mph NNEToday High: 91 with a heat index of 95. Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.Tonight Low: 65 Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds around 5 mph.
Yeah, the present server would have a coronary bringing that up. It was over 1,200 pages long!
The first diner was lost several server and software versions ago.
Milk and a Steak,Chloe.
(In my best game show announcer voice, which is pretty darn good, if you ask me)
Hellllllllllllllooooo! Welcome back to another fun filled round of "Elliot's Trackside Diner!" First a word from our sponsor, The Smileys!
(This also counted as a smiley check)
Veteran customers of this diner, can one of you post a link to the first diner, if possible? (Edit: Or the Oldest one still here) and then fill in who has left/went MIA? Thanks In advance.
Went to the Hartford Fair and won three goldfish, and saw the rodeo. All in all I had a good day.
See yall later
Nik
EDIT: TOPPS! DIG INN!
Good Morning Folks,
there I was, at the diner´s old spot, with a two-weeks supply of fresh homemade strudel, ready to unload it and - the diner was gone! Took me a while to find the new track....
Janie, how about some coffee in my ARR and a slice of that strudel I brought along?
The weather is back to normal, i.e. nightly temperatures of not more than 12 C and a lot of rain. You could literally hear the earth slurping up the liquid. The soil is quite sandy over here, so it does not store water very well.
Janie, I´ll sit on the bench outside to watch the beautiful sunrise we are having!
Team Steam Fan - if you are into British outline modeling, don´t forget that OO scale is about 10 % larger than HO scale (1/76 vs. 1/87), i.e. the structures, cars and figures need to be 10% larger than your regular HO accessories!
Jim - I am not to fond of pork, either, I am more of the beef eating kind, so I won´t get swine flu!
Have a good day, all of you!
http://www.modelrailwaysdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Hornby-Steam-Locomotives.html
A Caldonian Railway 812 could run me over and I still wouldn’t know what class it was, but I do know it’s the same locomotive Thomas the Tank engine was modeled after. Check this link and see if you can find it.
You heard correct. Speaking of witch, that sounds great.
If anyone can give me some links to kits or RTR of Caldonian Railway 812s (preferably 2) and tenders PLEASE PM me. Thanks ahead of time.
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
jeffrey-wimberlyLSWrrCongratulations Paul! Hey nobody locked the old diner yet. Yeah, I know. At least I did put the closed sign on the door.
LSWrrCongratulations Paul! Hey nobody locked the old diner yet.
yeah, I posted a map to the new diner too.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Congratulations Paul!
Hey nobody locked the old diner yet.
twhiteSawyer: Wow, a Freshman! From what I've been gathering the past year, your reading ability and interests are about four levels above you, my friend. Keep it up! You'll KILL in your Junior Year!
Sawyer: Wow, a Freshman! From what I've been gathering the past year, your reading ability and interests are about four levels above you, my friend. Keep it up! You'll KILL in your Junior Year!
I'm about ahlf freshman half junior. I've got:
spanish2
english2
biology1
geometry
PE
physical science
world geography
The main thing lacking is a study hall, lol. Well, I survived the first week, Chloe, I'll take a slice of chocolate cake to celebrate, lol.
Good Evening--
Was gonna post on the old one then saw that you guys moved on me!!
Had a busy evening with looking for the dang roadmaps we used last weekend and now I can't find them---we's still working from paper, I know but, hey we're still a little techno-primitive here. No GPS as of yet--then again, maybe where we're heading ---- So tomorrow we're gonna go off into the blue highways---or in this case---county roads by the seat of our pants
Teen SteamFan:--Welcome to the forum!!--and no--we don't get flooded out here---yet---we have 2 sumps so we're safe--relatively speaking ---of course
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
JimRCGMOPC, happy leather-working tonight. And never having been to either of the Disney places (one was when I would've been too young to fully appreciate it, and the other came along too late for me), what's the E-ticket ride at Disney World?
First off Jim, you're NEVER too old for Disney! Matter of fact, it's better when you're older! Second, an E ticket is the one that gets you on all the GOOD rides! Anything worth riding is an E ticket!
Evenin' Folks!
Lucky I posted those photos last night of old LV #211. That way the diner could be moved today in style. I'm sure the old girl had no problem moving the diner, the refrigerator car, and the Chapel Car. After all that EMD 567B that got put in her a few years ago still has some real moving power left in her!
Just got a phone call from the lady who is the Program Director for Camp Onseyawa (Rotary Handicapped Camp in this area). She said that they have canceled the second week of the camp due to the Flu making an untimely appearance out there and going through the camp like wildfire. So, now that I have spent ???? Hours getting everything put together, and most everything loaded into the truck. I at least have it all ready to do Railroading Merit Badge for the Scouts.....
Hope you are are all having a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Wow. get back from a Faculty Meeting and the place has moved, LOL!
Afternoon all from Sunny(still)Cal. About 93 today with a low off of the Alaskan coast that's promising to move down here by tomorrow or Sunday and bring--showers. Not cold ones, it's one of those 'Lows' that's supposed to dip down, suck up the Tropical moisture around Baja California and bring it up here. Which means thunderstorms in the mountains and humid warm rain up here.
Needless to say, both Spooky and Uff-Dah, who are busily working on their Winter Coats, are not amused. I am getting very baleful looks from my big Viking. I think he's pining for the Fjords, LOL!
Jeff: I LIKE that backdrop. It's from Busch, right? I was looking at their 'mountain' backdrop, but it's mainly Swiss Alps, a little too 'jagged' for my Sierra Nevada. But, what the hey, nobody'd probably notice, anyway, LOL. But yours is just NEAT!!
Fergie: So good to hear from you, buddy. I was beginning to think you'd gotten stuck on an ice floe or something. And yes, you're right, 2-10-2's and 2-10-4's for some strange reason require larger radii than some 4-8-8-4's. Go figure. I hope you can find a tender for the 2-10-4.
TeenSteamFreak: A big welcome to the diner and the forum. And did I hear you mention my two favorite foods Bratwurst and Sauerbraten? Ahah! Food of the Gods, I say! And you'll find that Chloe and Zoe here, make an absolutely heavenly Schwartzwald Kirschtorte (I gave them the recipe).
Well, got all of the Code 83 Peco turnouts laid in the Deer Creek yard. No problem. Lifted out all of the yard trackage very easily, installed the turnouts and--BAM! The yard tracks are suddenly too LONG! Track clipper time. Either that or have about 4" of yard track buried in the forest, LOL! I'll do it 'tomorrah,' as Scarlett says in Gone With The Wind. Funny, the Peco looked the same length as the Walthers Code 83 that I replaced. And no, nothing against the Walthers--but when you're running big, heavy brass locos over them all the time, those Walthers/Sinohara contacts eventually seem to say, "HELP!" At least mine did.
Last weekend of 'freedom', we start up Monday at the school with a Faculty Retreat. Catholic School, remember--we have to sorta/kinda get our spiritual side in order before the kids re-invade on Thursday. Actually, it's a good 'centering' exercise for us. Retreat Monday, then orientation for the students on Tuesday and Wednesday, then we jump into the trenches Thursday with the first day of instruction.
Met the new Principal today--Leah and I were in the office going over the repertoire for this year, and she walked in. This is a first for Jesuit--a female Principal. Up to now, the high school has always had a Jesuit Priest as a Principal, but this woman has come very highly recommended. She seems quite nice, and when Leah introduced her to me, she smiled and said, "You're 'Doc.' I've heard great things about you. Glad to have you back." and gave me a VERY firm handshake. Need I say that I found her VERY attractive, LOL? It should be a very interesting year. Leah said that the Faculty is pretty darned impressed with her.
Well, the temperature's starting to drop a little, so time to go out into the garage and start 'clipping' those yard tracks. That still confuses me a little. Oh well--
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
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!
Good Evening, Zoe - I'll have a RBF (natch!), grilled cheese sandwich and a big bowl of the garden veggie soup, please. Thanks! Thanks, the cold's doing better, just not completely gone yet. Probably tomorrow. Yes, I think I will have some of Petra's struedel for dessert. Thank you!
My apologies if my post is hard to read - started it in the old location, and was trying to finish it up as they were getting us moved into position here.
NittanyLionBut a truss, I guess (I'm no engineer), across the open side could help draw the two ends closer together and keep the roof from falling it!
Nittany, welcome to the wonderful world of 'modular-engineering'... As for whatever is needed, I'd just say build what works to hold the building together, and let the engineers call it what they want afterward.
TeenSteam - maybe Ulrich might be able to give you some info on 'across-the-pond' steam. I think there are other Diners familiar with British steam (DerJohn and others), but DerJohn and Ulrich (Ulrich) are in more often than our few British/English/Scottish/Welsh Diners, who haven't stopped by to visit recently.
Jeff, yeah, I'll have to watch Mr. Murphy extra close when I start on my backdrops. Thanks for my reminder (unfortunately, at your expense). I guess by now, it wouldn't be workable to make the background section (the one you hadn't put up) match the one you have glued up, would it? Just hoping for ya... The photos you posted look great - not entirely sure where the background starts (or the background trees begin, if you have any there).
Lee - thanks for the links! I think I'd been by their site, but it had been so long ago I'd forgotten it. Huh? Oh yeah, backdrops - and in the process of looking at related sites, I found another one I'd gone to in the past which was also good. Now, if they'd put some of those in the Walthers sale flyers... That was pretty unbelieveable that the woman's car stayed up there. Somebody should've suggested to the police that she probably went straight home to change her britches...
Ulrich, I actually very rarely eat pork - has probably been quite a few months (and think that was in a BBQ sandwich). My ex-in-laws (when they were living and had their farm way south of here) raised pigs, and I never was too fond of when the wind blew from their barn to the house (instead of the other way)... Pork always has tasted kinda 'greasy' to me... Sorry to hear that Barry and crew are 'sharing the weather' with you. At least for a good t-boomer, you should get a temp (and humidity) drop on the backside of the front!
Sir MadogSomeone must have given word to Vinnie about Petra´s Strudel place. He showed me his argument about competition, made by Messrs. Smith & Wesson. Could calm him down only by promising to deliver free strudel for the next two weeks.
Ach du lieber Himmel! ROTFLMAO!! I'd say you have learned the finer points of staying healthy in the Diner, Ulrich. Oh yes, and I'm happy you two w**ked out a (tasty) deal... Like your choices of tunes, too.
Fergie - good to know you're still bobbin' in the briney blue, and keep it that way, Cap'n! So you can't even get a half a watch off to go fiddle with a kit or make trestle bents? (I hear that Barry could use some help - they're only N scale, and all...) I was suspecting that at some point you might need some major re-w**k to fit curves for those bigger locos. Downside of having a little extra room in the basement, eh? Stay safe out there once you get your parts for the engine (or other machinery).
PC, happy leather-working tonight. And never having been to either of the Disney places (one was when I would've been too young to fully appreciate it, and the other came along too late for me), what's the E-ticket ride at Disney World?
Paul, good that you got your computer problems fixed, as we were getting ready to send the bloodhounds after you. Great that you won the pool (was it big enough to treat Mary Ann to dinner?). As I recall, your son farms also, yes? Gotta get that boy (and a few more) trained up and grown before your son reaches retirement age - or maybe you want the grandson grown now, to help you out? (He is almost big enough...) Good to hear you and Mary Ann are staying healthy.
Not a lot of MRR'ing today - well, not directly. It's payday [YAY!!], so I went by the credit union and transferred money from savings to checking, then withdrew from there. Paid two bills off, drove by the pharmacy and got refills of my two eye drops - and stopped by the sorta LHS (the R/C one I mentioned previously) and got some 5-minute epoxy (for finishing up my trailer kits and the trailer park office kit) and some German batteries that he was touting as as good as Duracells, but only 40 cents each. I figured I can try them out in my camera and see how long they last. If they're any good, he has a good stock of them.
I'd made a tentative list of what I need to do for the layout (so I can tighten up the track and its fittings/gauge/etc.), and what stuff I'll need to find places to move stuff to... I plan on maybe moving some of the stuff off the layout starting tonight. Getting antsy to make more progress on my layout, after seeing everybody's progress and pics in here. I also decided to just remake my Athearn SP 50' single door 'DF' boxcar, which I'd determined (as is) was too late for my RR's era. Think I'll just repaint it for CAW markings, maybe do a patch job over the SP stuff (and the barcode marks...). Might put together another of my Bowser covered hoppers also. We'll see.
Good to hear from some of our MIA Diners. Prayers continue for those travelling (like Jerry and Sallie, and I think Garry and Shelley may already be on the way to the 90th birthday shindig for Mom)(probably include Fergie in this, even if his ship's not actually travelling until those parts arrive), for those needing healing (including my sniffles - mercifully the headache and slight fever are gone from yesterday morning) and comfort. Hope that chapel car got moved along with the Diner. Oh, yeah - and prayers for more moderate weather!
Blessings and a great start for your weekend,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Grilled Salmon with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, please.
Rained most of the night which benefitted the creek. Most of today I spent repairing fences while the wife finished bushhogging the front pasture. Also made a hay & feed run.
No time for working on our models. Perhaps later tonight.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Rob
Jim: Nope, I doubt i'll be done before the next snow flies. If you get a cahnce, read this month's RMC, there's an article on an N scale plow using a Tichy piece. A typo made it sound like he could also do this in HO, and I got excited. I think dad and I will cannibalize a pair of Athearn BB rotaries.
nik.n: Hmm, a rotary body would make a good crew car. Sounds like it would work, And remember, your talking to the guy who thought about putting russel plows on the fronts of F units to work as bows of a ship; engines to wade into floods and haul cars out. I'm also the guy who was planning a water train to drain some water out of floods, where ecologically safe to do so, nd haul it back for storage, possibly to fight forest fires in water-deprived areas.
-Morgan
Different place, same friendly atmosphere. The old place can be found here.
Got the foot doc appointment out of the way then went to the pharmacy and got refills on prescriptions. I then went to Wal-Mart to get a quart of flat latex paint mixed in the same color blue as the backdrop so I'll have plenty for painting over the blue area later. I'm gonna be making clouds within the next couple weeks and I'l most likely make some mistakes I'l want to be covering up.