Coffee in a small SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
Hope everyone is doing well. Next time I come to the Diner during daylight hours, me thinks a pair of sunglasses would help lessen the reflection off that bright Red locomotive.
The sun is shining and all is well on the Ol' Farm.
I figured out it's the BP meds that is keeping my heart rate high. What good is that? Just ordered L-Arginine & L-Citrulline for a more sensible approach. Will also look into chelation therapy. I have no intention of staying on prescription drugs with bad side effects that do not deal with the root cause of a problem.
Have a good day all.
Rob
Yeah Chris, should look rather nice once they're all lettered and weathered.
Robby, i'm pulling for the steelers today, need the vikings to lose at least one game this season, lol.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Hello everyone! I can't believe I have been out there long enough to have to come across TWO empty diners in order to find this one... But I see that some things don't change:
blownout cylinderChloe---I'll have a slice of chocolate pecan PIE!!! please----as well as a RBF----gotta wake this place up at some point----I'll be at the RC
Chloe, If I can have that same order please!?! Just so long as no one throws it at me!!! LOL
I'll be in the corner with my study material, I have a lot to study and commit to memory!!!
I have been busy, the section of training I am currently in with NJ Transit is all about troubleshooting. So to that end, we have had to learn each piece of equipment first! This wouldn't be so hard except for the fact that NJ Transit has 5 different types of passenger cars (Comet II Rebuilds, Comet III's, Comet IV's, Comet V's, and Multi-Levels) not including the Cab-Cars for each (except the Comet II rebuilds, they are only coaches). Then you have the Locomotives: ALP 44 O, E, & M; ALP 46 (both the 44's and 46's are electric which have their own issues); MP-20B-3 (switcher deisel); GP40-2 (non passenger); GP40-2, GP40-2Cat, F40PH-2, F40PH-2Cat, GP40-PH-2, GP40FH-2, P40BH, PL42AC; ARROW III's (electric MU's) That is 15 different types of locos to have to trouble shoot... exhausting when you have to be qualified to operate each piece of equipement!!!
Lee: Thanks for the email, Hilarious!!!
Sorry I haven't kept in touch better... Missed quite a few specials I'd imagine as well...
Like I said, I'll be hanging out in the corner studying...
Sam
May He bless you, guide you, and keep you safe on your journey through life!
I Model the New Hope & Ivyland RR (Bucks County, PA)
Cox 47Jeff..hope the dish feller gets you going again..Whats the latest on your layout?...
The Dish Network tech came by and looked at my DVR receiver and tested it and agreed that is does have some severe issues. For one thing it did it's little trick of powering off the TV2 mode then bringing it back on right when he was looking at it. He said that was really strange. He then tried doing an update through the phone connection but the unit wouldn't dial out. It would say it was dialing out and it would say that it connected but that was as far as it would get. From there it would either lock up or terminate the call, both of which it's clearly not supposed to do. To put it in the techs technical terminology, "This thing is totally whacked". So they'll be sending me a new one via UPS in about a week at the latest. Sending the old one back is easy. The new one will have a pre-addressed prepaid label with it so all I have to do is put the old unit in the box, put the label on it and send it to them.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Morning...Its partly cloudy and 53 here posta hit 65...I'll have biscuits and gravey and coffee please..Thank You..I'm still working on some 2 bay hoppers for coal trains...gotta finish up a home made coal load for one..
Ulrich..nice photos..thanks for posting...
Jeff..hope the dish feller gets you going again..Whats the latest on your layout?...
You all have a good one...Jerry
Just a quick stop. Not much planned other than watching the Steelers beating up on the Vikings!!
Hope everybody has a good day.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
The b&w picture actually looks much better than the colored original. Your are quite right - that´s the feeling a wanted to capture - a hazy summer day . The background is the same Jeffrey uses - made by Busch.
Sir Madog
This one made me think of a rather muggy summer day---I noticed how the backdrop just fades away into the haze---this one is one good catch----you have a photographers eye here Ulrich
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/
ULRICH: Nice pics, wish I had some clever and comforting words to say about the pain you feel in seeing something again, that had to be sold-off. All I can tell you, is I know the feeling. I've done it too. Oh, and THAT editor seems to be particularly fond of banishing THAT word, but, I met another reporter at a writer's workshop I was sentenced to...her editor has also banished THAT word. Odd, we're supposed to use "AP (Associated Press) style," and their writers use THAT a lot. Hmmmmmm. I don't know, I just play by her rules. I would prefer to just be a photojournalist: fancy high-falootin' name for a news photographer. But, since I didn't go to journalism school...I'm pretty much doomed to small town weekly papers, where ya gotta do everything.
JEFF: Well, (raising a class of Ed's OJ) here's hoping the Dish guy makes it out to your place today...
Good morning, for a variety of reasons, my sleeping patterns are completely screwed up...and I've been awake since 0142 this morning. Yippee.
SAWYER: I'll echo those who spoke yesterday about the coolness of red locomotives with white lettering. I'm kinda fond of the look as well.
Today, I "should" deploy some caulk/weatherproofing stuff around the house. I'll listen to the race at least until the low-power AM station gets over-powered by static and/or some Mexican station. I might slap a little more paint around in the RR room. I can either wait for Loving Wife to use her sign painter's skills and tallents to do some fine edge w**k for me, or I can see if I can cobble together an edger of my own to keep progress rolling...even if only at a snail's pace.
Have a good, SAFE day...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good pics there Ulrich.
Good morning. It's 47 and clear. The high is expected to be in the mid 70's with some clouds. The Dish Network service call yesterday was rescheduled due to the tech having a family emergency, something with which I can identify. He's now scheduled to show up sometime this morning between 9 and noon. If he has to change out the DVR unit I'll most likely lose the programs stored in it. If so I'll just have to record others and hope I can catch some reruns.
At first, I thought to post the following under the WPF thread, but then I decided against it - the laughs should be only on the side of the honorable guests and patrons of Elliot´s Diner.
A picture of me!
And a pic of my last layout - sold off for economical reasons:
Seeing those pics hurts a little ...
Good morning all,
My girlfriend has a habit of waiting for the last minute to ask me to do projects around her house; last week she wanted a tree trimmed back and her garage roof tarred. It’s been cold and raining on and off and we had that 4 day Indian summer, but I was working or doing volunteer work; looks like today is the day if I want to have a peaceful winter. Last winter in the middle of February she decided she wanted new gravel for her driveway. I made some calls and everyone was closed for the season since the gravel was frozen in a big lump in their yard. I heard about the need for more gravel every week for 16 weeks until the local bulk gravel companies opened up. I need to nip these two projects so I don’t repeat last years reminding.I also have to run over to Dale’s house and drop off some MRR supplies and pick up some of my models he assembled for me.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Sir MadogBarry - would you please be a good boy and put that catapult away?
Hey!! I DID NOT bring THAT catapault in here!! I am innocent of this thing---I Never brought any such WMPD--(weapon of mass pie destruction)---in here cough cough ---ahem dang, where'd that come from? ----Todd? where's Todd gone to now?
Good Morning--
We're going to get some sun today----yay!! With our high at 14C--this is a good thing for us--this will also go for tomorrow as well
Got church this morning and the seminars this afternoon---I's be a busy fellow today----
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and some toast/jam please----I'll be at the back with Ulrich and watch the day unfold
Good Morning,
I am a little later than usual - maybe it is because we had to reset the clocks back to "normal" time last night. Chloe, I need my coffee IV, followed by an order of bacon and eggs, a roll, orange juice and today´s copy of our newspaper "The Switchman".
Calm and normal October weather - a good time to sort out things for the upcoming move. Sold my railroad books yesterday and made a "pretty penny" out of it - enough to furnish the kitchen properly. Petra is quite happy, which makes me happy, too.
Keith - quite a few of us in here have a German background, heck - the likes of us are everywhere! Or, as one of my favorite characters in the British television comedy "Allo, allo" would say " - and ve hav vays of making you talk..." Von Arndt is a very old name in Germany, IIRC, a von Arndt was also involved in the attempt to kill Hitler...
Ray - Fish and Chips - that´s what we will be having today, plus a bowl of salad, just to get that dose of vitamins...
Garry - I would not want to have a close encounter with the lady on that picture you posted - nor with her husband...
Barry - would you please be a good boy and put that catapult away?
That pumpkin pie Petra made is meant to be eaten and not to .... Barry? Please, don´t ----
A good day for all of you
Joe, again.. I watched the train ride video, it was great so much stuff to watch. I liked it because it gives you so much information as far as prototypical.. just by looking out the window. Last year one of my best Christmas presents was the complete DVD set on trains… Scenic Railroad Cumbres and Toltec.. stuff like that. The one on Chama New Mexico.. I kept watching this train going higher and higher. I think it went over like 10 thousand feet and higher~ Maybe as high as 11 thousand! I’ll have to put it on again.. but any ways, Thanks! I enjoyed the videos. Just great stuff to look and study.
Alrightie then.. just wanted to check in. Tomorrow I think I'll have some de-caf. I talk too much.
Happy very late evening all. I've been home for about 2 hours now from w**k, just getting caught up and ready for bed before church tomorrow. So far nothing on the baby front from Amy, few contractions here and there, but nothing really timeable, nor consistent.
Rob, sorry about the loss of your friend, I know the feeling and will keep you and yours in our prayers.
Vincent, glad to hear that you were able to get another ride, even at the loss of a good one.
Well guys, I think I'm about to head out and get to studying the back of my eyelids...
Hello everybody
Ray! .... Yum! ... I like those cookies! Keep it up!
My adventures with my 90 year old Mom include driving through Land Between The Lakes. Sunny and beautiful fall colors. We went to Patti's Settlement for lunch. Patti's is ranked the number one small town restaurant in the Southeastern US by Southern Living Magazine.
At Grand Rivers, I could see the coal cars for the transloading dock for barges.
The bisons (buffalo if you prefer) is within 15 minutes of our home. I took this pix of a female today. (The bulls are twice as big).
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
JimRCGMODANGNAB FORUM SOFTWARE AND ITS RELOADING IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WRITING A POST!!! AAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
Evenin' folks!
Just a cup of decafe Flo.
Say Jim, maybe one of these I just took out of the oven might help:
Yep the oven works very nicely!
Flo stash the rest of them under the counter for use on frayed nerves, crunched up cars, the loss of pets, and any other emergency where some good taste and good conversation might help. Nothing like a couple Butterscotch Toll House cookies and a nice cup of coffee to clam and warm the spirit.......
Hope all of you have a great evening. Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
DANGNAB FORUM SOFTWARE AND ITS RELOADING IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WRITING A POST!!! AAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
Jim in Cape Girardeau
P.S. I'll be back later, after I go punch some holes in a boxcar or something....
Hey ya'll, RBF for me.
Ulrich, I guess a days isn't too long.
Barry, It was scary. I was hitting the brakes and looking to avoid the wreck but there was just no where to go. All I could do was brace for impact and hope for the best.
Lee, I did get another car, it isn't faster but it gets better mileage and maybe lower insurance. It has potential (see below), but that's for when later when I get my degree and a good amount of money saved up.
Well not having a car is only going to last 8 days. By some irony, my father sent me a link to another mustang (a 1988, just like the very first car I had, but I never got to drive it) for sale for $1500. I went and checked on it today, and was able to talk the guy down to $1000, and actually found a buyer of the wreck of my 1997 mustang (he wants it for the VIN for his 98 cobra, remind me to do that with a junked base model when I get an upper-end model). I won't actually be getting the car until Wendsday since I have to call the insurance company, transfer the title, and my tag from my other car. Should be a lot cheaper than getting a new tag and title, which is now close to $250 in the tax-rape state of Florida.Although my father paid for the car, I have to pay him back. He said that he'd cut me a break from the parts he's getting from my car. The transmission, torque converter, starter, alternator, fuel tank, E-brake cable, and radio are going to my dad. My brother is getting the rear axle (with 3.53 gears), center console box, ram air intake, A-arms (aka, front control arms), rear swaybar, and the aftermarket speakers. I'm keeping the springs, shocks, steering rack, wheels and tires since they'll work on the 88 mustang I'm getting. The wheels and tires won't work until after I do the 5-lug conversion (I just need the rear spindles). The white-face gauges, box speakers, and the 1000 watt amp are going for sale. Haven't figured out what to do with the exhaust which does have a prochamber with Flowmaster mufflers, my brother didn't want it. The new car is a 4-banger so it's going to be slower than the 1997's V6, but it does have an aftermarket tranny and 3.73 gears. I figure it should get me about 30 mpg in the city, over the 25 from the last one. After I pay off everything I'll get it re-painted. Then after paiting, I may hunt down a turbo from an SVO mustang or Turbo T-bird and the computer and some of the wiring. I know a guy who have a few SVOs wich are busted, and another guy I know has re-built an SVO. But the turbo is a long ways away.
I've already stripped out the A-arms, steering rack, front springs, insturment cluster, radio, center console box, wheels and tires. I'll get the rear axle, rear springs, alternator, rear brakes, exhaust, and speakers out tommorow. Then I'll get the tranny, starter, fuel tank, shocks, and struts out after that.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Just got a call from Dish Network saying that the tech in this area can't make it today and the service call has been rescheduled for tomorrow morning.
Good Afternoon-
Welp--got some of the seminars done early today--left some assignments for tomorrow with the students and didst proceed to go to the car----I met some of the students at my car as a bunch of them were also going to the same parking lot. One of the the guys was pointing to his car---big scratch along the hood---someone used keys to mark up the car----very much like an adult, eh? Of course the campus police were called in---there is someone being looked for b/c of a number of these things--
Seems pretty quiet and low key in here today----oh welp. Must be the weather---dull dull dull---
Chloe---I'll have a slice of chocolate pecan PIE!!! please----as well as a RBF----gotta wake this place up at some point----I'll be at the RC
Afternoon everyone!
Just got home from the museum. Gave the truck a good workout getting the trailer with the woodspltter in out there. I left it for them to use as they get wood in. A member is supposedly donating a truckload of maple from a tree that came down in his yard last Spring. I will probably bring it home in a few weeks. I cut up a log that had been up near the ROW for a few years. Good thing we are getting it out now as a couple more years there wouldn't be much "fuel" left in it. As part of doing that, I did get to ride up and down the track a couple of times in a track car today. There were supposed to be a bunch of college students volunteering at the museum today. They never made it (had more jobs in town than they had volunteers).
Ulrich the inaugural meal cooked on it was "Fish and Chips". I had a nice filet of tilapia in the freezer and cut up a couple potatoes to fry........ I am about to go to the store and get some chocolate chips for baking some........ Oh BTW some of Ryan's Cajun Spice was used on the fish.... Mmmmmm Good!
Catch you all later...
Looks like a cool afternoon on what has proven so far to be a slow Saturday. It's now up to a pleasant 65 here. I'm currently waiting on a technician from Dish Network to show up. He's supposed to come around some time between noon and 5 pm. With my luck he'll show up at 6:30 when I'm out to dinner with my sister and niece tonight.
Rob, it sucks when pets die. We've got our own little cementary in the backyard; three dogs, two hamsters, a gerbil, and a guinea pig. there's also another dog the doc accidentaly gave too much sleeping medicine to during an operation (didn't like veteranarians after that for a while) buried somewhere else in the backyard (sorta know where, it ain't where the other pets are b/c that dog died before all the other pets).
Vincent and Ulrich, thanks! I'll just be leaving the geeps red now and using white lettering; gets them into service quicker and they'll look a heck of a lot better.
Good morning.
Oliver is doing great! New Mom and Oliver go home today. Thanks for the comments, everyone!
Rob ... Sorry to learn about your loss. We understand how pets are family.
Ray .... Are you in competition with the Diner? That's quite an oven. Look out for Barry! He is Chow Hound of the Month so Far. Did you see how he devoured those ribs?
My 90 year old mother is still visiting. Yesterday, I took her to the National Quilt Museum in Paducah. I'll be driving her back to Alabama soon.
Good Morning..Its cloudy and 47 here...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll..not much goung on here..high school football season ended last nite..playoffs start friday...I am working on rehabing a couple of 2 bay hoppers out of scrap box..did a "patch paint job" and replacing some broken steps and end bracing with stuff from a "donor" car....
I am trying to find a Life Like SD 7 to use as a yard switcher...You all have a good one...Jerry
Not much planned at all today. The "brother in law" is taking us out for lunch, and we get to meet his future wife.
Rob.....I'm with the others about Lorenzo. They might be animals, but they are family!!!
Good morning. It's 43 and partly cloudy. The high will be around 70 and it should be clear and sunny. The pain from the tooth extraction is almost to the point of not even being noticeable anymore. Had to call Dish Network yesterday to have them send out a tech today to look at my DVR. It's doing some strange and not so wonderful things, like turning off the TV2 mode in the middle of a recording. A couple of times it turned itself off completely then came back on as if nothing had happened. I checked the cord and all the cables and can't find anything wrong there. We'll see what he can come up with.