Heartland Division CB&Q Speaking of Recipes.... It is past the time for Cajun Chef Ryan to report for duty.
Speaking of Recipes.... It is past the time for Cajun Chef Ryan to report for duty.
Someone call out my name?
Hey Garry,
I saw the mention from my Google alerts for "CCR" and now I am reporting for duty as called sir!
So, what's for lunch and dinner today?
How bout some Cajun Blackened Prime Rib Steaks? Yeah, that's the ticket!
Hey, I may have emailed several of the "Diner" folks in here about my friend James Porterfield, he wrote several books on railroads and dining. Here is his latest work on Tourist Railroading:
Journeys For A Railroad Tourist, Along The Right-Of-Way
Hey Bob (Duke) I have a few videos I need to upload from Apex.
Thoughts and prayers for all in need, recovery, resting, and healing!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Garry: I tried sending you a test message via the 'Conversations' function. It got kicked back. What do you have your conversations configuration set at? There are three choices. None, friends only and everybody.
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
Got the covered hopper done. My black powder didn't want to stick but fingerprint powder makes an excellent substitute.
Ryan ... Just in time for dinner! I know how to get your attention now! Good to see you. The diner is in AZ , Do you have any southwestern recipes?
My PM's have been set on "everybody" all along. Don't knopw why they are not showing up. I sent PM's to 3 of your who said you sent to me.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey guys
Raining today, so can't really do a whole lot. Heard a bunch of Sirens when at work today. Either the new sherriff is finally cracking down, the snowbirds are here, or more cases of local driving inability. Odometer gear showed up today, but still no pulleys.
Say does anyone have any of the trucks that came with life-like train sets? One of those is late 70s-early 80s ford pick-up. Would work well on the Bilevel autoracks I have.
Rob, not likely you could PM me more shots of that BN boxcar? Did you have an MNS one like the one you did before too at the show?
Ken, Check PMs
Garry, Perhaps your inbox is full?
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.
Hi guys,
Extra special thoughts and prayers for my MIL.
She hasn't been out of bed now for 6 days, and doesn't recognize anyone anymore.
WE fear we shall loose her soon.
Thanks
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Boy another trying day.
Flo, Beers are one me. And I will take a dozen or two my self.
Spent another two hours with a Charter tech today. This time it was the phone / internet. Originally he came just for the phone, but found a bunch of line problems and band aids the other ones used to half way fix are problems. Are they right now? Have no clue because each tech that comes out claims to be a expert! So who knows?
Then I made my self a big heaping plate of WHAT THE HECK DID I DO NOW! If I was not on the sites, I would used a different word than HECK.
My old (note the keyword is old) computer ran hot when I watched CBS.COM. I asked about cleaning it in general discussion and then PM a IT tech that comes to the site. His advices was sound so it was not his fault. But you know me and electronic Yep, I killed it, won't boot up. Tuesday I am going to double all connections and reset the P/C to the mother board. Would like to get it running again.
One I am on now,the specks are better one than I had. My old one had a 2.4 Pentium, 512 MB of RD Ram and 40 gig hard drive that still had 14 gigs open. This one is a 2.8 Pentium, 1.25 of Ram 80 Hard Drive and a Ethernet card. I can no longer complain about down load speed. I got a 27.1 gig download speed on speed test. com. I had all the real important stuff saved on my Lap Top or my Thumb Drive, but something are still lost for now.
Vincent If you have read the above, you know I got sidetrack far as getting a shipping cost and reading your PM.
Todd, Galaxy and Der5997 Last plan I posted is out, I liked it but the con's won out. What sucks is I had a new plan I spent a couple of hours on today and it was coming a lone nicely. Guess which computer it was on!
Time to mess with the new computer some more and look for missing software.
Might see you all Tuesday.
Ken
I hate Rust
Paul W. Beverung Morning Gang: Here it is 3:26 am and I'm here at the puter instead of in bed asleep. It happens. Anyway I thought I'd drop in and let everyone know that we're ok and doing well. I'm not doing much of anything on the MRR, too many other things going on. The ranch is taking up most of my time and Mary Ann and the grand kids the rest. I did get the new Hiawatha from Fox Valley the other day. It looks really good. I have heard that some of the locomotives have running problems. Mostly wobbling and excessive speed. Of course the class As were run normally at 100mph +. I'm just happy to have the first Hi in my collection. Well I guess I'll get back to bed and try to get some sleep. My best to everyone.
Morning Gang:
Here it is 3:26 am and I'm here at the puter instead of in bed asleep. It happens. Anyway I thought I'd drop in and let everyone know that we're ok and doing well.
I'm not doing much of anything on the MRR, too many other things going on. The ranch is taking up most of my time and Mary Ann and the grand kids the rest.
I did get the new Hiawatha from Fox Valley the other day. It looks really good. I have heard that some of the locomotives have running problems. Mostly wobbling and excessive speed. Of course the class As were run normally at 100mph +. I'm just happy to have the first Hi in my collection.
Well I guess I'll get back to bed and try to get some sleep.
My best to everyone.
Paul! good to see you again! ... I hope you have time to enjoy the "HI", and I hope Mary Ann is doing well.
Hello ...
As you may see in these photos, the Chapel Car is coupled to the Diner in a special train.
Prayers for PC's son's surgery tomorrow. Also, prayers for Galaxy's MIL and also his "train nuit's" wife. Prayers also for needs not mentioned, but the Lord knows of them. While we are at it, we may PTL for Ulrich's job and other blessings not mentioned.
Vincent.........I will get some shots for you tomorrow, and PM them to you. It will probably be layout shots. Its suppose to rain all day tomorrow. I will get pictures for you .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning Folks,
Petra is off to her teaching, so I have a little time to spend on my own.
Zoe, just a coffee, please.
I gave my treasure a good cleaning and took a couple of pics which I´d like to share:
My humble beginnings of my HOn3 empire! Looking at these picture - I was a dang good modeler, aged 19 - much better than today.
She needs lighting installed and maybe even a DCC decoder, but that will have to wait - better to start on the layout!
PC - my for your son´s surgery today
Galaxy - for your MIL and your wife!
You all have a good one!
It's surgery day, and we're on our way to the hospital! Thanks for the prayers and I'll hit ya when we're back!
PC- the prayer candle will be lit for your son, my MIL and for our train nuts friend' wife who is now resting at home, but barely able to eat and keep it down and for anyone else who needs thoughts and prayers! May the angels watch over all.
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning, Today: Rain, mainly after 3pm. High near 50. East wind between 7 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight: Rain. Low around 47. Breezy, with a east wind 14 to 22 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
I added the bricks to the beet pit and started to scratch build a conveyor to unload the beet trucks/wagons. I also have to build a H frame to dump the trucks and wagons, in the 50’s not many farm wagons had hydraulic systems on them.
Thoughts and prayers to those in need, looks like we have a few that need them this week.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning Folks!
Cup of coffee please!
Going to be a rainy day, Hope everyone has a great day!
Steven
Good rainy morning.
I'm off to the LHS to give him some cars to sell for me. I have a Rail Box at his store and he said people are begging to sell it to them. So hopefully the ones I take will sell.
Sold a couple of auto-racks yesterday from the show but had them listed as free shipping . Luckily they go to MN, and OH.
PC...........I hope it all goes well.
Lee..........I will get your package out this morning.
Mourning AZ
Flo, I take a cup of Coffee with cream and sweat and low pleas.
Well you folks lucked out! Won't be seeing any layout drawing from me foam a while. Before I messed up the old computer I had backed up the Atlas RTS 8.0. When I installed yesterday and opened it, it looked a little strange, but everything looks a little strange on the newer computer so I did not think much about it. Today I opened it, and all the Library files are missing. None of the track plans are there, no track, no buildings only thing in the RTS is the program for making the bench sizes? Guess I will have to try downloading the 10.0 version, ha problems the last time I downloaded it, hope it goes smoother this time around.
Well Sue saw a mouse last night! Off to the races she went. Started carrying a broom around to protect her self! I just cannot understand the fear a mouse can cause in some people, and just as glad as I don't. I have 3 traps set and yet to catch one.
Today is manly going to involve looking for missing software (all over the garage) and trying to get this computer up to speed. Speaking of speed, this one does not seem any faster than mine on or off line. But, there is a bunch of junk running on this one. With some luck, maybe I can get the old one running again.
See you all later.
cudaken Mourning AZ Well Sue saw a mouse last night! Off to the races she went. Started carrying a broom around to protect her self! I just cannot understand the fear a mouse can cause in some people, and just as glad as I don't. I have 3 traps set and yet to catch one.
I don't have a fear of mice...I just don't like them munching on my property and especially DYING INSIDE my house boy! does one little dead mouse stink! It took 3 months to get that smell out of the room/house!
We will probably spend most of the day at the MIL's bedside today. SPecial thoughts and prayers are requested for her!
Special thoughts and prayers go out to PC for his sons operation, I am sure he will do fine.
For the rest of you, have as great a day as you can have.
Good Morning! Coffee please. Lots of coffee. AND a couple of them donuts Bill brought in. Thanks
Busy day today. Hooowever, do to some unforeseen circumstances that would take way too long to explain, I juuuust may end up in the ol train room for a bit this early afternoon if all goes as planned. Of course there is always the Mr Murphy visits.
Brakie- Gee ain’t it funny how time slips away when in the train room, but doing something else to get there takes so long.
Jerry! You’re not suppose to gorge yourself just because it’s a buffet!. Wait, that’s like the pot calling the kettle black. Glad you enjoyed it.
Ryan- Good to see you again! Another mouth watering recipe I see.
Ken- If you use a computer like I do with the similar type programs as I do, and it sounds like you do, you probably will not see any faster performance from one to another as they already have been working faster than the human mind can think for many years. (Especially mine.) The RAM is where the improvement can be noticed and seem faster, which I guess it is, because it isn’t having to put away and open another book as much. So, if the programs you run run sufficiently on 512 then larger Ram will not be a noticable difference. THAT is all I know about computers. You’ve drained my knowledge. I am tired now.
Never did learn much about computers. They are a passing fad so it would be a waste of my time. They will go the way of the 8-Track tape. Pencil and paper, they will still rule. (wait, didn’t someone say about the same thing regarding cars? )
Oh well, best take a quick ride on Garry’s Chapel Car for those we’ve mentioned and especially G’s MIL and PC’s son before heading out. Sooner I get started the more likely I will to have time to do something to the layout other than hug it. Did I say hug it? I didn’t mean that. I never hug OR kiss my layout. Did I say kiss? I don’t do that either. No! I don’t. I’m outta here.
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good morning All!
Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this Tuesday morning other the NS sounds busier then normal.Maybe later this afternoon I will take a look see.No modeling yesterday other then fooling around with various paint schemes for my new short line.
T.Marsh,Indeed..I recall some 8 hour work days seem like I was working 16 hours.
I shall have a cup and look over the forum.
Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Mornin'
I'll have a cup of dark roast coffee and several refills in my FGLK mug this morning. A few of those chocolate covered donuts Bill brought in would fill well too!
Prayers have been said for PC's son (and the whole family), Galaxy's Train Nut Friend and his MIL (and for him and his wife as well), and several others here in the diner.
I already dealt with about 40 emails this morning, and not any Spam among them.... ".... but I don't like Spam!"
Ryan, I went to your page to see the recipe and started to drool all over my computer keyboard..... You inspired me. Had to go shopping yesterday afternoon and bought myself a nice Sirloin Roast for dinner (and lunch and dinner for several more days). I didn't do the Blackened Rib Steak, but I will when I get a chance. BTW, would the recipe work with other cuts??? I assume it would.
Garry, the chapel car is very nice. A real comfort to be able to sit in there and commune....
Managed to burn myself yesterday morning while making French Toast for breakfast. Flipped a slice over in the frying pan and it threw a glob of hot oil over on my hand, so I have a nice dime sized 2nd. degree burn on the back of my hand to deal with........
I am going to spend some serious time in the train rooms today!!! Really, I am.... Nothing is going to get in the way.... Right after I fix the light THAT is not w*rking on the trailer, take the Museum's chain saw to Penn Yan to see if it can be repaired, stack some more firewood, and start cleaning the house.... really I'm going to get down and w*rk on the layout!
[edit] This just in (from a fellow member of the R&GV RR Museum) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-11/15/c_13607622.htm
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning all...Its cloudy and damp here this AM but no rain yet...I'll have coffee and a couple of Bill's dougnuts please..Thank You..
Got a package from a feller in Canada yesterday...Any you old time N scalers help me with this...Its N scale doodle bug kit..made by Robert A. Boyd..Castings are pretty good..says to use Atlas GP 9 trucks for power
I think with alittle work it might make a nice doodle bug..
You all have a good one...Jerry
Ken, I can loan you a couple of snakes. If you let them have run of the house the mice will go away then Sue won’t have to carry the broom….
Every year I have a problem in the garage with field mice chewing through everything I own. This year I broke down and bought the green blocks of poison, I think I’m up to 20 confirmed kills so far. One made it 10 feet down the driveway before it collapsed.
Robby, sounds great, now when are you coming out with that instructional DVD?
Brakie, are you going to any of the layout tours this weekend?
Jerry, how old is that kit?
Ulrich, that is one fine locomotive.
Jerry ... I like doodlebugs .... Hope your project is as fun as it looks.
Robby .... I tried sending you a PM.
Ulrich ... I tried sending you a PM.
Vincent ... Thanks for suggeting I delete old PM's I got rid of amny of them dating back to 2008. Was able to communicate with Jeff.
Ken .. Looking forward to your coninuing with layout planning. WHen I planeed mine, I did not do well with the learning curve with CAD layout software. So, out came the trusty drafting tools and drawing board. .
Lee asks:
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With a blank look on my mug what tours?
Garry - I ´ve sent you an e-mail - PM ain´t working!
Ah, lunch time already....
Zoe, I'll have a roast beef club sandwich, tater chips,, dill pickle, and a large unsweetened iced tea.
Got the trailer light fixed. Turns out it was the easy thing to fix, blown bulb..... Of course I spent a half hour testing all the wiring first. I have a bunch of automotive lights in the workshop down stairs THAT have been hanging on the hooks down there for a couple decades or so. I spend another half hour making sure I didn't already have an 1157 bulb..... I didn't. I drive over the the very big chain auto parts store in town and grab a 2 pack of 1157 bulbs and wait for a clerk to show up.... Finally someone waits on me and he, of course says, "That it?". I say, yep, THAT is the only thing THAT appears to be broken today...... He then spends 5 minutes trying to sell me injector cleaner.... I ask him why my trailer would need "injector cleaner"? He says it would be for my truck. I tell him I'm driving my Yaris and I doubt injector cleaner will improve the 40 MPG I am currently getting on it....... He still tries to sell me "Injector Cleaner!" I didn't buy the "Injector Cleaner...." Got out to the car and thought of what I should have said.... He, he.... I should have asked him where I would put the Injector Cleaner in my Tesla????
So the new bulb has been installed in the trailer, it works, and the trailer has been unhooked from the truck. Both the cats and I have had lunch, so now I can scoot down to Penn Yan to the chain saw place.......
Just a quick stop.
Took some cars to the LHS, so hopefully some will sell.
I've also been working on some wiring for the layout, but its not going right. I just want to control two engines....one switching and one moving freight. Once the switcher is ready to delivery some cars, have the other engine come into the yard (and the switcher leave). THAT'S where I am having trouble.
Lee..........I thought about it. Might make some money!! Also you are getting a box in a box. The powders were coming by flat rate, but I didn't realize that till the post office pointed it out. I put the original box in a bigger box. So............You should get them in 2 - 3 days. Don't worry they are packed good.
Garry.........I sent you a email.
Vincent.......Here's a few shots of the BN. Our camera is getting old, and its not giving out good shots. The roof is darker, as is the car.
Afternoon everyone!
Janie, I'll have a RBF to tide me over to suppertime.
I'm am quite obviously back from Penn Yan delivering the old chain saw to the repair shop/dealer. I also stopped down to the local Post Office and mailed the SOQ (Statement of Qualifications) to the Region AP chair in Canada. By the time I arrived back here it has started precipitating outside so I'm not going to be able to spend the rest of this afternoon stacking firewood........
TRAIN ROOM................
YES!!!!!!!!!