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

[teen steam fan]

Evening guys

Jeff- Shame isn't it the economy keeps claiming businesses

Nothing new from me. Just got internet back so I decided to stop in.  

[Cederstrand]

Coffee refill, please.

That is to bad about NuComp Miniatures, but I completely understand. My business has been all but dead for a good while now: www.cederstrand.com Unless the rest of the idiots in Govt. are replaced by folks who have some real world knowledge of economics, it's hard to imagine a very prosperous future for us the private sector. Rant over!

Back to NuComp, glad we (mainly my wife) bought all she wanted from them previously. She really likes her trailer park and without NuComp, it would have been much harder to create one.

Tuckered out this evening. Think I got to much sun today. Need to go rest for a bit.

Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

For those who have seen the thread on 'NuComp Miniatures' being out of business, it's true. I've been in communication with Mike Sark at NuComp Inc by email. The message he sent me was as follows,

Hello Jeffrey,  Unfortunately, due to the ever rising cost of our materials and the lack of sales in this economy we have been forced to close Nucomp Miniatures. Our web site was supposed to be shut down by now.

He offered me the kit I wanted if I could buy it by PayPal, so that kit is on it's way to me. It's the last purchase I will be making from this company.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

lone geep

 

lone geep:

 

Good afternoon. Flo, another lemonade in a CP glass please. Jeffery-wimberly, thanks for making the web addresses work. Its a sunny day so I gotta go!

The Lone Geep

 

 

In addition to that, how do I get them onto my signature?

The Lone Geep

You really are new at this, aren't you. It's simple really. Find the image you want, position your mouse pointer over the image, right click and go down the list and click 'View Image Info'. A list of info will appear. Go down to location in the gray area and highlight the line. Example of the line would be http://www.lineinfo.jpg. Right click and click 'Copy'. Go to Photobucket, click 'Upload now', Go to 'Upload From' and select 'The Web'. Right click on the first field (there are two) and click 'Paste'. The web address of the image will appear in the line. Click 'Start Uploading'. It's a lot easier than it reads out as.

You can also right click the image, click 'Save Image As' and save it to your hard disk then upload it as you would any photo.

[lone geep]

lone geep

Good afternoon. Flo, another lemonade in a CP glass please. Jeffery-wimberly, thanks for making the web addresses work. Its a sunny day so I gotta go!

The Lone Geep

In addition to that, how do I get them onto my signature?

The Lone Geep

[lone geep]

Good afternoon. Flo, another lemonade in a CP glass please. Jeffery-wimberly, thanks for making the web addresses work. Its a sunny day so I gotta go!

The Lone Geep

[Cederstrand]

Coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.

***Jim, that view of our mailbox is looking past it, at the main road. Our driveway is just out of view to the left. Behind me the main road continues along our pasture where fewer trees are down (becuase we had already cleared some to make pasture). Hope all that made sense. 

Our logger neighbor just had 3-bipass surgery and is in the hospital. Was thinking I could make a deal with him for turning some of these down trees into lumber. He only has one partner cutting now and with a glut of trees coming from other neighbors, not sure it's even worth pursuing. Our trees could be on the ground for a couple months or longer before they could get to them. Hmmmm!

Have a good day y'all.

Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Ordered a model kit from NuComp Miniatures this morning. It's a 1950's mid-sized trailer that's close in appearance to my own trailer. I've been looking for one of these for quite a while.

[howmus]

Mornin'!

Zoe, I'll have a breakfast bagel w/ cheese to go along with a fill up on the dark roast coffee. 

I have read over everyone's posts, but don't have time to comment on any right now.  I have several pressing items that should have been done a couple days ago THAT have to get done early today (like a couple hours ago!).  One is a press release to the local paper for the upcoming MLK Scholarship dinner.  I also learned last night I will have to take on the creation of the lists of attendees for the dinner (a job that I did every year up to a couple years ago) as the lady who was doing it has had to bow out for it.  her Father has been battling cancer and a few out problems for the last few years and is now coming home to Hospice care.  She will, along with her sister who has come home to help) will be tied up 24/7for a while.....

Gotta go!  Catch you later!

73

[BRAKIE]

Good Morning All!

Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this rainy Friday morning other then my railfanning idea got rain on..Nothing exciting going on around here today so,I plan on doing some modeling and maybe watch a railroad video..I have 2  N Scale RS1 shells that needs spray painting but,that's a outside job since I don't have a spray booth.

I shall have a cup and look over the forum.

Have a good'un!

[galaxy]

Heartland Division CB&Q

Galaxy ... Hope you will be OK. You may try a high fiber diet to see if it helps. I learned I could clear away belly cramps with some bowls of Cheerios. Also, I learned not to eat popcorn and small seeds which get stuck inside causing the cramps. ... That said, you may have something else.

 

I already take two doses of psyillium fiber a day {either Metamucil or Konsyl}, beats any cereal for adding bulk fiber to your diet. I will have to increase to three times a day now.

Well off to do some laundry.

Have a great day looking nice out there now!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

james saunders

Lone Jeep : they work fine for me, perhaps just try googling the key words of the website links. Sorry I can't help you otherwise.

No need to try to get them to work. I've already done that and put them in clickable form.

jeffrey-wimberly

They seem to work for me.

Cajon Sub Gif's.

Frograils Train gif's

 

[james saunders]

 

Morning all Coffee please.

Lone Jeep : they work fine for me, perhaps just try googling the key words of the website links. Sorry I can't help you otherwise.

 

Cape Jim : Thanks for the welcome back! I've been lurking on these pages, just only recently I've found the time to post here again. Since about December I had no desire to really touch the layout, but the recent train show has again spurred me. I've moved the layout again, from the Garage back into the house, in the room opposite my bedroom, which is down stairs of the two level home.

I will post some photos in the WPF over the next day or so, to see my layout progress.

I did have four weeks off from mid december to mid January, but 3 days in I had a phone call from my boss to tell me that one of our sales representatives was killed in a head on crash on the highway only about 3.5 hours from home, the worst bit was the driver was another colleague at work and he walked away without a scratch. Some of the stats from the investigating police were amazing, The car they were in was a Ford Territory - roughly the same size as a Chevy Blazer, it hit head on with a Toyota Yaris ( a small 3 door car.) The Territory careened off the road and rolled 6-8 times before coming to rest upright. The Yaris remained on the highway. From the photos it was amazing anyone survived, let alone walked away. I'm pleased to report that the rest of my holidays were excellent.

 

Anyway better get to bed, have to be up in 6 hours.

 

Regards,

 

OzJim

 

[Anonymous]

Good Afternoon,

A sad day indeed.

It was a peaceful ceremony with about 40 people attending. It was heartbreaking to see Alison´s kids having to say goodbye to her Mom. All of the family were in tears - there was so little we could do to comfort them. Petra and I feel with them.

I am not in the mood to do anything today, other than watch the idiot box to get my mind onto something else.

Yes, Janie, I´ll have a mug of coffee, no, nothing to eat, please - I am just not up to it.

CUL, Folks!

 

[sfcouple]

Jeff, like the engine.

Galaxy, bet you're glad the test is over.  Ditto what Garry mentioned.

About a year ago I had to dismantle my layout in preparation for a move to Montana.  After untold hours of construction it was a sad day to tear everything down.  But now I'm up and running again in our new place and attached is a photo of my "progress" to date.  Yup, this layout and the room are a mess right now, but it is my mess and it feels good seeing a piece of track operational one more time....

Wayne

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good morning .... Oatmeal and OJ, please.

DICK !!!! Good to see you. Interesting about CSX projects in Mass. Keep us posted.

Lee .... Your co-worker is correct. Here is the website for Land Between the Lakes. http://www.lbl.org/

It is easy to remember "lbl.org".... Inch visted the area with Deb, and included a layout tour of the 3 layouts here at the lake. It was a great visit! Others may try. JimCG visited last year, and it was good. Bait Shop Pizza is a specialty.

JimCG said    "Jeff, nice photo of your van there.

But I think your computer has the hiccups...

But I think your computer has the hiccups...

But I think your computer has the hiccups..."

I say: "I think I can. I Think I can. I think I can."

Jeff ... Nice job with the engine.

Galaxy ... Hope you will be OK. You may try a high fiber diet to see if it helps. I learned I could clear away belly cramps with some bowls of Cheerios. Also, I learned not to eat popcorn and small seeds which get stuck inside causing the cramps. ... That said, you may have something else.

 Ulrich .... It sounds like a sad day for you, Petra, and Allison's family. ...

Indy Jim, Bill T, PC  .... Looks like I'll be driving through Indiana in a few days. I'll be going from Detroit to visit family in Grand Rapids early in the week, and then drive south through Indiana to Kentucky.

Happy Model Railroading

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Galaxy: Good to hear there were no problems.

 

Good morning. It's 54° and sunny. The high will be 82° and it will still be sunny.

I may start back in on the layout today. It's about time some bushes and trees were added. I also have a MoW car that's way too clean.

[Curt Webb]

Morning All,

Only plans today are to go to Chiro today, put gas in the truck then come home and work on buildings for the layout.

My laptop is working fine at  home so the issue must be the wireless card I use at w**k. Later I will use the card and see what happens.

I realized I am now officially a train geek. I spent Cinco de Mayo at a club business meeting. When did this happen? LOL. The upside is no hangover today. 

Well I am going to get going. Talk to you later. 

[mononguy63]

Morning all. Think I'll try the no-carb pancake super stack with a double side of fat-free bacon.

Well, the wife is sick today, so I've been playing Mr. Mom getting the kids off to school this morning. Mission accomplished with the first three, got about an hour before number four needs to go. Depending on when I can get her in to the doctor, I may not see the office at all today. Wouldn't that be tragic...

Jim

[LSWrr]

Good Morning,

Curt, thanks, looking for hopper decals for my neighbor. I’ll find out how many he was looking for and shoot you an email this weekend.  I was amazed that champs was the source one for steam era decals.  I guess you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.  I was looking into replacing my ALPS printer with a Kodak Dye Sublimination printer, but the printer’s $3K price tag is just outside of my MRR budget by about $2,799.98.  I might try silk screening decals.

Garry, my co-worker is originally from KY and he said that is one of the greatest places on the planet.

Jim, Champs shut down completely in September-October 2010. The owner passed away in 2003 and his daughter and wife had been selling off the inventory stock pile and looking for a buyer for the company. I made a big order right before the finale. I wish I would have picked up a few FP&E decals before they went out of stock.  I guess I’ll be watching the train shows for them or sit down and figure out how to get the ALPS printer running correctly.

Oh I finished painting all the steel mining buildings last night, so once I stop using the mine module as a storage area for the port facility buildings I can get those in place and clear up some clutter.  Then a few progress pictures will be in order…

[TMarsh]

Good Morning!! Coffee and Huevos Rancheros please. Thanks

Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 69. They LIED! Yesterday they said 70. Never trust a weather people.

No Model Railroading yesterday.

Galaxy- Glad your procedure went well.

Jim- Do I have type size problems? Who knows. Knowing me I probably made the text smaller than usual which makes the signature seem larger. Something weird is always happening on this end during a post. I’m fat fingering something or clicking something else I don’t mean too. Good thing I’m not in charge of missile launchers. We’d be in WW48 by now.

Welp, no ones told me what I’m doing today yet so I’ll just play it by ear. Maybe I’ll get into the train room for a bit.

Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!

[Wisconsin Railfan]

Good Day Folks!

Cup of coffee please!

Been a little busy lately, need to catch up.  Hope all is well

Steven

[galaxy]

Good Morning!

Boy it's nice to eat solid foods again!

The proceedure went fine and no probles were found. The gastroenteroligist thinks my meds are messing with my Irritable Bowel Syndrome,a nd even though I take fiber twice a day, I need to add more to keep the cramping down. That and see if some meds can be combined or eliminated by reg Dr. Problem is there is not one I can eliminate...if I forget a dose of somehting I KNOW IT and FEEL IT!!!

So I dunno.

Still got gas attacks this AM. I just let em rip!

Train nut friend is in FL helping his Gma with his Mother's estate as the guy mother listed as executor or CLAIMED executor privelege absconded wiht most of Mother;s estate and wants G-ma to sign everything of hers over to him as well! WE smell a SHister here! He claimed in a "final accounting" to have sent each of the 5 kids a large check as "final distribution of Mother's assets" but HE never got one. He claimed to make a mortgage payment onthe condo g-ma and Mother owned together...they paid CASH for it yrs ago! There never was or is a mortgage! Not even a "second mortgage"! Yep a SHISTER is afoot that is why he went down there to helo his 94 yr old g-ma out. I help out here by writing letters susinctly for him..hes not so good at that...

 

Well, enough of that...

Have agreat day!

TTYALLL8R

[wetidlerjr]

 

Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.

 

[Anonymous]

Good Morning,

another sunny day, with a lot of pollen in the air - achoo!

Flo, coffee and a breakfast bagel, please.

Today´s Alison´s funeral. It was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed so both of her brothers can attend. Unfortunately, there will be no band of pipes & drums to escort her, as the guys of Soltau Barracks are on alert - thanks to OBL. The ceremony will be in English and German, as many of her friends from Scotland will be there.

Jim - I can track the shipment. It has arrived at Customs at Frankfurt Airport, awaiting to be cleared. With a little luck I´ll get it tomorrow,  just before I leave for my parents´ place.

Wednesday saw the opening of the new addition in Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg. It is a giant model of Hamburg Airport, which they had been working on for seven years. I have seen a report on TV - the sheer size of the planes is breathtaking! I should go there some day ...

Have a good one!

[grayfox1119]

Good evening gents, just stopped by the Diner to see if Ed was here, we are getting mighty low on OJ up here in NE.

A major project has started up here in Central Massachusetts, all the bridges on the main line from Worcester to the NY border are being raised higher in order to allow double stack cars to use this old B&A mainline. Tunnel retros also in the Berkshires. And, CSX is moving their main freight yard from Boston to Worcester, now I will be able to see plenty of action on 15 minutes from the house.

Talks later guys, hope everyone is well,

 

[Packer]

Evening guys

Just got back from Golden Corral. My father had a mustang club meeting. I tagged along because I hadn't ate there in a while. It wasn't that great, but I think I gorged myself again. I had 5 plates of food, and a bowl of ice cream.

Spent last night trying to machine (read: grind 13 grooves into a steel bar with a dremel) some weights for those McKean centerbeams. Took forever to do 1, then I realized that I could just remove the ribs from the middle of the sill and not have to do any machining. SO I spent a lot of time for naught, except for a learning experience. I won't have to buy new bars since I finished one the old way, and have enough to spilce together the 2 cars.

Jim, I don't know if it was her roommate/co-worker, that's just what she said. I didn't actually buy the book from the school. I got it from a student who missed the buy-back.

Joe, It's the same job, just a different location.

Probably won't be in til late tomorrow night. After work I'm washing the car and heading up to the drag strip (I call it track). I'll see if I can get a vid or something.

[galaxy]

jeffrey-wimberly

JimRCGMO:

Jeff, nice photo of your van there.

But I think your computer has the hiccups...

 

Why's that?

because, Jeffrey your one post got posted three times a page back....that's why

[jeffrey-wimberly]

lone geep

 

lone geep:

 

 

james saunders:

Edit: Lone Jeep - Try this website: http://www.trainweb.org/cajonsubgifs/train_gifs.htm or http://www.bluarcher.com/traingifs/frograil/intermodal/gundMaxiIV-1.htm

Cheers,

OzJim

 

 

Thanks. The web address isn't working which is why I have quoted it.

 

The Lone Geep

 

 

These web addresses still aren't working. Can anybody please help?

The Lone Geep

They seem to work for me.

Cajon Sub Gif's.

Frograils Train gif's

 

[cudaken]

 Note to self.

 Don't use a die grinder while you are drinking

 I still have all my fingers and the chassis is OK. Few out on my hand 2 times, luckily the coupler survived.

 Well it is again, bu we did have 36 hours with rain.

              Ken