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Elliot´s Trackside Diner May 2011 - Welcome Aboard, Everybody!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:31 PM

Howdy ...

The water level has dropped quite a bit, but it is still above normal. Here is one of the logs awaiting removal. It looks like a huge serpent guarding our property.

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:34 PM

Evenin' folks!

Flo I'll have a hot roast beast sandwich semi smothered in gravy...  Just sorta like it can't catch it's breath.  All the usual trimmings as well, and a cup or two of decaf to help me get warm since i see we have run out of wood for the stove in the back....... Whistling

Chris, you have to understand we have to make sure food served in the schools is safe.  They do that by only serving stuff (I can think of a better word, but I don't want Vinnie after me) safely processed and packaged in a factory.  Can't serve food from farms or gardens anymore.  Besides we need to make sure everything contains the new magic ingredient of High Fructose Corn Syrup!  Almost impossible to buy products THAT have been run through a food factory THAT don't have goodly amounts of High Fructose Corn Syrup....  WhistlingWhistlingLaugh Yum!

Attaboy...  Maybe you should do what this guy did.  "Britain's Border Agency announced the firing of an immigration officer recently.  The man apparently had turned sour on his marriage, and while his wife was on holiday with her family in Pakistan, he quietly added her name to the terrorist list of people not allowed to fly into the country"........

Back to w**k!

later!

73

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:53 PM

Careful there RAY, you're talking to a guy who lives smack-dab in the middle of high-fructose corn syrup land! ADM Clinton (formerly Clinton Corn Processors) and ADM Cedar Rapids (ADM Corn Sweetners), not to mention Cargill (East) in Cedar Rapids...Wink

Just how does one go about submitting names to THAT list???? I've got a few candidates in mind. Then again, I'm sure I'm probably on some list somewhere with all the petitions I've signed in the past 2-1/2 years...Hmm

Was THAT a stealth helicopter I just heard????Surprise

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Posted by Curt Webb on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:16 PM

Evening All,

Flo I would like a BLT and a ice cold coke please.

At w**k and it has been really busy, but you can only run one call at a time. There is a nice breeze blowing so it is comfortable today. I had to order some more ground throws with adapters for my PECO turnouts in the yard.

Attaboy- please be careful with your Ex. You never know what a person will do when they feel trapped or under a lot of stress. Can she claim squatter rights to stay in the house longer?

Jeff- More great looking pics. Is that your freight house across from the Exxon?

Howmus- It must be great working on real RR equipment. Nice joke on the food being safe from factories  Laugh

Ken- Is the comfort exchange a brand of mattress? I haven't bought a mattress in probably 15 years. 

Heartland- I had forgot how much of a frontal slope there was on the E-6.

Chris- Interesting question about the right number of rolling stock cars. I will be running smaller trains at home due to size compared  to the club. There will be no 40 car coal drag at the houseSad It would cover 25% of the main line. Oh well.

Galaxy- I had the same issues when I got my HDTV a couple of years ago. I hope you got off cheap with your brakes.  

Everyone have a good night.  

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:22 PM

Curt Webb

Jeff- More great looking pics. Is that your freight house across from the Exxon?

That's an old passenger station but is now Ezra's Pizza Parlor and the boarding point for the tourist train, also run by Ezra's family.



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Posted by galaxy on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:45 PM

Well the facatchied* TV problem seems fixed. Another thing. I programed my remote witht eh zip-fast destructions the guide for the remote says to operate the TV {on/off/ volume}, BUT when I tried it onthe second remote for my other half..it wouldn;t take! BUT let teh cable guy have it and wham-bam-thank you sir it works for HIM, but NOT for me! {I think it was facatchied* when I tried it}

*remember its a word of frustration taken from the facata eye-talian bread, NOT a swear word.

Here is part three of lifes mysteries:

21. Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.

22. I would rather try to carry 10 over-loaded plastic bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring  my groceries in. BUt as I get older, carrying 10 bags in one trip seems like a Herculean task, so I'll take 3 trips with 3-4 bags for teh excercise my Doctor Insists I get.

23. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text. {texting and driving is now illegal so strike that one}

24. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.I'm hungry when I'm bored, and bored when I eat.

25. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

26. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front.  

27. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

28. Is it just me or do high school kids get dumber & dumber every year?

29. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

30. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate bicyclists.

31. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

32.  Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet fifty bucks everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!!!

So what are YOU up to tonight?

Me? Nothing,,, but checking out new channels on the HDTV device. Only problem is now I have 3 of the same channels..one regular, one on a higher number channel,and one in HD. I thought the HD thingy was supposed to give me ALL HD TV ALL THE TIME. Now I have to select, and honestly, I can't tell the difference between the regular low channel, the upper channel number AND the HD!!! I think it's a rip-off.. There are aobut only 15 new channels I may watch out of the 175 more channels I get now. Hmm.

Call now and order yours!

BTW guys...here is a tip...Call up and cancel your upper channel expensive package for next month. Then call back and ask what new deals or specials they have going for new customers. WE got the 175 channels and High Def box for $20.10/month  LESS than we were paying for 13 basic channels and 70 odd "extended package" channels! If we call up next may 10, we may get another deal if we threaten to cut off High Def service and go back to basic again.

I did the same with another account. I called up and said "I don't need this" at this rediculous price", and was told, "oh, no, we don't wnat to loose you as a customer so we can give you the 'prefered rate' at half the price"!!!! I may STILL cancel that one. I really don't need to pay for it.

I pre-ordered some trains form the manufacturer last Nov. they called last week and wanted to know if i wanted to process the payment in full now for shipment. I said "can you call me back in 2 weeks?". They said, "um sure" and he noted my account as my financial situation changed form my pre-order time when I had the money. Today they called and said if money was an issue they have a lay-away plan if that would help. I said "sign me up", so they will ship out in a few months. MOH insisted I do it, though it will still be tight as I had so looked forward to them 7 months ago.

Lessons to be learned: in this economy anybody may be willing to make deals with you to get you/ keep you as a customer at a better rate. I wouldn't try it with my mortgage, though there was a guy on a financial TV show who questioned a financial advisor that he had gotten a ntoice from his bank offering "no closing costs refy at 4.8% on his 6.7% mortgage" and wondered if he should take advantage. The financial advisor said "by all means...they are afraid you will refi wiht someone ELSE at a lower rate so they want to keep you as a customer- go for it" {sorry Cuda Ken for all your troubles}.

Now If I could just negotiate gas prices down....NO WAIT! I CAN.!!!.. I get 10cents off a gallon up to 20 gallons per filllup for every $50 I spend in the local grocery store where MOH works. So SPend $200 in a month and get $0.40 off 20 gallon fillup! at today's prices that adds up to savings! SPend $400 in the sotre on groceries and get $0.80 cents off a 20 gallon fillup! comes in handy!!!

Now if we can just find a bargain for a house....

well I have rambled enough hope I gave some tips that helped you out a bit!!!

TTYALLL8R

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Posted by Attaboy on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:16 PM

Curt, funny you should ask.  I just paid a visit to a shyster lawyer today about getting rid of her after the divorce is final next week.  Turns out I may be able to get her out quicker than I thought.  Last month I told her she could stay till June 3rd if she signed the papers.  She didn't then but lawyer said she may be able to convince a judge/magistrate that is why she signed them last Friday so I should wait till June 4th.  Since there is no landlord/tenant relationship after the divorce is final she will be an "occupant by sufferance".  Meaning she can only stay as long as I let her.  By law I will have to give her 15 days to move after June 4th.  Then I can go before a magistrate and have her forceably removed the same day has the hearing unless she appeals to the courts.  Lawyer said in all probability she will either not show up for the hearing (I would win a summary judgement), she will find a way to get out before then, or she will not appeal it since she would need a darn good reason for not moving.  The lawyer did suggest I make sure I'm here when she does move, just to make sure she doesn't clean everything out of the house.  I planned on that anyway.

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Posted by Packer on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:44 PM

Evening guys

I've weathered a few cars today. A Details West N&W box, an MDC SCL hi-cube, and an Athearn CB&Q Hi-cube. Also put together a Walthers RI waffle box, an MDC Southern hi-cube waffle, and an E&C BN mill gon (What's a mill gon?)

I found out that the Valspar clear flat works very well as a base instead of dullcote. But it doesn't work very well as a sealer when I picked up the SCL car. On the CB&Q car I tried krylon workable fixative. The krylon works great as a sealer. Fixed the SCL car and used the later on it. Pics later.

Chris, The Chessie unit will become one of the "normal" BN units. The Frisco will just be patched for BN. Both will be detailed for there respective types. I have to come up with a "right hand step guard" for the Chessie unit. Say isn't that ethanol land too.

Ray, That is funny about the British Border agent.

Rob, Thanks, but those wheels were just painted with Rustoleum rusty metal primer. I have a few other colors that I want to try, but that color works really well when I hit the wheels with powders.

Vincent

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Posted by teen steam fan on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:48 PM

Hey guys. 

Attaboy- Good call. My uncle got cleaned out by his second wife. the (I'mnotgoingtosayit) took even the toilet paper and the lights out of the light fixtures. 

Well, (deep subject) I got home from paying my boss a visit. She's in the hospital after a stroke on Saturday. She's doing surprisingly well. One thing I forgot to do was ask her if I could put her as a reference on an application.

talking about jobs, my mom's waiting for a call on a job from a hospital about working there. 

Oh yeah, I thought I'd throw my two cents in on life. 

You can get paid to take a car and no one will park next to you. As soon as said car is fixed up, all of a sudden every bad driver wants to park next to you.

 

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:50 PM

CURT: Hope the rest of your shift calms down for you. You'll notice, I did NOT say THAT "Q-word." Don't want to jinx you... THAT interesting question came from the mind of MORGAN (FLASHWAVE) elsewhere in the forums. I was just cogitating out-loud about it. I doubt my layout will have very long trains either, but I want enough variety THAT I'm not looking at the same dozen hoppers on the track for Quaker Oats, or the same three boxcars rotating in and out of Jerebek's Wholesale Distributing (beer wholesaler, he'll have the "finest" in brews: Schlitz, PBR, Old Style, Hamm's, Grain Belt, Old Millwaukee, Millwaukee's Best...).

ATTABOY: Just be careful, and yes, by all means DO keep an eye on her when move-out day finally comes. I got a brother-in-law who was left a rotten potato and a bent spoon in an otherwise very empty house. It might not be a bad idea to have some friends around. I can just see her having a boyfriend or some such charecter coming along to "help" her move. Strength in numbers, if you know what I mean.

 

Chris

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:52 PM

Packer
(What's a mill gon?)

Here's one. Drop end 53' mill gondola.

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Posted by Packer on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:24 PM

jeffrey-wimberly

 Packer:
(What's a mill gon?)

 

Here's one. Drop end 53' mill gondola.

 

Probably should have phrased it better. What's the difference between a mill gondola and a gondola; or what makes a gondola a "mill" gondola.

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Posted by cudaken on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:40 PM

 Evening Fellow Dinners!

 Thank you Flo, you know the way to my heart don't you! Beer

 Work Front While it was not a busy last two days, I am pretty pleased with them, today I finished the day with $1988.00. Just wished I did not miss the other deal yesterday. All so made a extra $60.00 on cash spiffs (paid in cash) so that helps. It will go straight into the savings.

 Savings While I have not saved a lot, it feels good to have a safety net to fall back on. I started saving change on 2-18-11 (when I got the 1926 Buffalo Nickel in change) and now have $742.45 in change) I have all so found $30.00 in coins that are worth more in faces value. I hope to have saved around $2500.00 before Christmas. Not that I would spend that much for gifts. But I am all wise broke during the Holidays. Last Christmas I only had $12.00 to spend on the wife and $10.00 on my daughter. Talk about feeling lower than snake poop. Sigh

Gary Save the snake log! Some wood working it would look pretty neat! Be a real boat stopper.

Curt Comfort exchange is a term used when sales person does not do there job and sales the customer what they want, and not educate the customer so they know what they need! In other words they hate there mattress and want a different one. It is way easier to sell them what they want.

Flo SoapBox Please! The myth that a Firm Mattress is good for your back is just that a Myth! It got started because people could not tell the differences between a soft mattress and a worn out mattress! Anything that is worn out no longer works right, so your back hurts!

 People all so confuses Support with HARD. It not the same thing.

 Hard mattress causes Tossing And Turning! Every time you roll over at night, you come out of Rim Sleep. That is the stage of sleep when the body heals it self.

 If anyone would like a full blown expiation let me know. I don't want to take a hour to type the details if no one really cares. I type real slow! Whistling Think I am up to 14 words per minute.

  Mail Box Helpers You know who you are! Big Smile The package is taking shape. I am starting to feel like Old Saint Nick and you guys are my helpers! I could not have pulled this off with out your help! Thank you one and all for the help and the coming help! There sure are some great folks here at the dinner!

 Best spirits I have been in weeks, and it not just the Beer!

 See you all Wednesday!

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:41 PM

Whistling

Evening Ken,

check your conversations for a note from me.

Johnboy out..............................................

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Posted by submmbob on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:27 AM

Hello all

Another quiet night collecting photons. I did have to get up at 11AM to help the other operator turn on a new receiver, but managed to get some sleep after that.

Ray - I did notice the twin stacks and the high hood, plus it seemed to idle a little too smooth for an Alco:) Guess I was just too excited to see an RS-3. She's a beauty!

Ran the N-gauge on the desk today after I had to get up today during some potentially stressful phone calls. Running trains always relaxes me. Have to remember to do that more often.

Bob

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Posted by galaxy on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:35 AM

Hi

ATTABOY- sounds as if she is a vengeful pest.

Yes by all means keep an eye on her on moving day...just be aware that her moving day may be the day you are away at work a nd she will still clean you out! She may lead you to believe that she will move June whatever, but could duck out early with all your stuff!

At the moment go around and take pics of the house as it is now, that way if you wnat to file a lawsuit if she cleans you out, you have pics to establish you DID have "X" item.

Take all your valuables {stocks, bond papers, CC sitting in a drawer, etc} and stash them somewhere else so she can't "accidentally" take them and use them to screw you later.

Overall, expect to loose everything, and be happy wiht what remains...even if it isonly a rotten potato and a bent spoon.

One guy I know said to his wife {when she declared she wanted a divorce}: I will take 2 weeks paycheck out of the bank, my clothes, my family's photo album and leave. Everyhting else I will sign over to you. I will sign off on hte house, I will sing off on my life insurances so you can cash them in, I will sign BOTH cars over to you, ALl the money in investments are yours, all the money in the bank is yours, but UNDERSTAND THIS: I will pay no alimony or child support or anyhting. Ever. I figure you have close to $1 million dollars, that should pay for everything. If you wnat to fight it, you will only get half of it, and I will insist the house get sold to settle halvsies with you.. ANd he packed his clothes, took hte photo album and called a buddy to take him to the bank and a cheap motel and off he went. He was 52 when he did this. and she got everything, but no alimony or child support since 100% of everything save his 2 weeks of paychecks went to her.

Just a story to tell.

It's sad when people break up and can't do it amincably.

later all

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 4:14 AM

Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.

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Posted by TMarsh on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:20 AM

Good Morning!! Coffee and some glazed donuts please. Thank you.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67

Hm. I'm the first one in after Bill? Odd.

FOURTEEN WORDS A MINUTE!!! LIGHTNING I tell you LIGHTNING!!! Whyyyy I lay awake at night just dreeeeaming of typing 14 words a minute. I’d be happy with 10 spelled pretty close without having to backspace 23 times to correct a word like “was”.

Welp, not much to report here. I need to mow Mom’s yard again, but I need to get the tractor running also. Plus I desperately want to get to the train room. It will be interesting to see how this day unforlds.

Oh and G, as for number 25...two. After that, they start to get annoyed.

Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!

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Posted by Curt Webb on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:05 AM

Morning All,

At w**k today. High today is supposed to be 84 F. W**king OT tomarrow for 12 hours.What we do for our hobby.

Chris- I appreciate you not using the Q word, especially from someone in the know.  

Todd- My co-workers make fun of my one finger typing.

Talk to you all later.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:15 AM

Good morning..... Oatmeal & OJ, please.

Todd..... I donet tipe gud eitherr ...... My rate is 10 typos per minute.

Ken ... The snake log will most likely be cut up but that's a neat idea. ... Any super deals on mattresses this weak? .... Keep saving the $'s.

Ulrich .... It's remarkable Germany will not allow coal for electricity.  I suppose DB has no coal unit trains.( Clever me. I figured that out.  Huh?  )  Much of Kentucky's economy depends on coal mining. The power plant receives western coal with Union Pacifc unit trains to blend with Kentucky coal to meet emmision requirements. So, our power bills are higher than otherwise would be the case.

Curt .... You mentioned the slanted noses on the E6's. There still are 3 E6's which have survived. One is a Louisville and Nashville E6, and it is located in the Kentucky Railroad Museum. The other 2 are a Rock Island E6 and an Atlantic Coast Line E6. 

Also, still preserved is a Burlington E5. The surviving stainless steel E5 is at Illinois Railway Museum, and it still can operate. 

Here is my E5....... 

 

 

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Posted by simon1966 on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:33 AM

Morning all, just popped in to say hello and could not resist responding to the images of the Q E6.  I love the stainless Burlington E units.

There are a bunch of Youtube shots of the Silver Pilot at Union, here is a nice one in profile along with sound effects!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZZJjztcu0  just beautiful.

I was up in Chicago last week for my son's 8th grade trip and we spent some time at the Museum of Science and Industry.  I could not resist yet another photo of one of the great ancestors of the E units

and finally there is a recently restored Burlington E8 at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation.  It does not run, but they did a great job on the cosmetic restoration.  I found this Youtube with some nice shots of it.  Jump about half way through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NgA2HoF5Rg

 

Hey Ken, I may  not know squat about mattress', but I do know a bit about sleep, having sold Polysomnography systems for years.  What you are referring to is REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep.  The deep dream state part of sleep when our eyes flick from side to side as we dream about model trains and our ever growing empires! 

Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 8:50 AM

Packer

 

Probably should have phrased it better. What's the difference between a mill gondola and a gondola; or what makes a gondola a "mill" gondola.

It could be hard to tell on some models but a mill gondola has end that can be dropped so it can haul loads longer than itself, such as rods from a steel mill.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:21 AM

Simon ... I'm glad you visited the dner. Feel free to visit gain soon. I like you website. The ice cream parlor photo with Pioneer Zephyr is great. Feel free to post it here. 

I grew up next to the Burlington main line west of Chicago, and I often saw the E5's in action along with many other CB&Q E units. In fact, I remember the shovel noses, too, when we moved there. I was very young but already liked trains.

I did ride behind E5's on the Twin City Zephyr a few times. Here is the TCZ moving at perhaps 90 mph. 

Jeff and Vincent ... The mill gons commonly hauled steel mill products, and I suspect that is why they are called that. I don't think that is an official equipment type name, however. I think it just means a gondola of 50' or more in length. I use them for hauling steel from my steel mill. Some of mine are covered gons, but most are open top. I use the shorter, 40's gons for scrap metal. 

 

GARRY

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Posted by mononguy63 on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:33 AM

Morning, all. I'll take a Mountain Dew and six Extra-Strength Tylenol, please. This broken toe of mine hurts like the dickens, and there's nothing that can be done for it other than to just wait for it to start healing. It's turned colors that I didn't know existed.

I'm sitting here at w**k and, as expected, I have almost no w**k to do. Nothing makes the w**kday seem to last longer than not having stuff to do to fill it up. Sigh Those who think the economy's getting better should spend a week or two in the construction industry - not a lot of folks out there wanting new buildings designed for them these days.

Well, guess I'll just look forward to lunch, and dream about what I can do in the basement tonight...

Jim

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Posted by simon1966 on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:38 AM

You asked for it.

Another member here on the forum, Grizlump, lives not too far away in Central Illinois and he was describing his trip on the Pioneer Z just before it was withdrawn from service.  I would have loved to have been here in the US for the heyday of  passenger travel.  Instead I was in the UK watching the very end of fast steam travel at the tail end of great trains like The Flying Scotsman.

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:59 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, I'll have a Breakfast Bagel w/ Cheese and a pot of dark roast coffee this morning. 

I think I have everything done except to pack items for the Scholarship Dinner tonight.  So I'm just going to relax a bit (until I remember something not finished....) this morning.

Nice E units being posted guys!

Currently 63°F under cloudy skies here in the Finger Lakes.  High of 67 this afternoon and some liquid sunshine predicted.

Have 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! 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:59 AM

Good morning. It's 70° and sunny. The high will be 82° and it will be mostly cloudy and more humid.

Yesterday I got more work done on the bushes and trees on the northwest corner of the layout. Today I'll try to get some work done on the west side of the main part. Here are some photos of the progress made.





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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:42 AM

Simon .... That's a classic photo.. A few years ago, I rode the high speed train from London to York. I think that was on the old route to Scotland where the Flying Scotsman traveled. The museum at York had some great old trains including the Mallard. 

Everybody  .... Are you in the mood for ice cream at Simon's Ice Cream Parlor? I'll gladly buy.

Jeff... I like those layout pictures.

Ray .... Glad you like the E units. Here's one with an Alco PA1, too.

 

GARRY

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Posted by simon1966 on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:53 AM

Heartland Division CB&Q

Simon .... That's a classic photo.. A few years ago, I rode the high speed train from London to York. I think that was on the old route to Scotland where the Flying Scotsman traveled. The museum at York had some great old trains including the Mallard. 

I have never been to the York museum, it is on the list of things to do when we next head over to visit the homeland.

The Mallard lives and breaths on my layout

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Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:45 PM

Good Afternoon,

I’m 3 days behind on posts…

Jeff, if you want some rain run up here and help yourself, we have had maybe one day/week without rain.  Looks like this Friday will be our one day.  My foot prints fill with water when I raise my foot.

Curt: http://cgi.ebay.com/PENNSYLVANIA-RAILROAD-6-8-6-S-2-LOCOMOTIVE-HO-BRASS-GEM-/260772711772

Galaxy; my new freezer has a light, so we can scratch #18. LOL! Oh and I refuse to buy Blue-Ray.  I would need to buy a new TV, a new DVD player, and then new DVD’s.  Nope not going to do it.  Besides 3D is a trick on your mind.

Chris,  Don’t forget Smuckers in Orrville, OH (PRR) or Cain’s Potato Chips in Bowling Green, OH (TOC).

The right number of rolling stock is over 300.  Since I have about 300 and can’t stop buying I must not have enough….

Galaxy, I have AT&T internet.  When I saw they were offering a low rate if you signed up for 12 months of service I would call and tell them I would like to sign up for 12 months at that price.  Every year I checked to see what the special was.  After doing this for 7 years they finally offered me a lifetime price of $30/month for 5MB DSL.

Mill gondolas could also remove the ends and allow tanks and other military vehicles to roll on and roll off.  The ends can be placed throughout the car making the cargo area larger or smaller depending on what the mill needed to ship.

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 L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes

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