Elliott's Trackside Diner - August 2012

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I'm off to my sisters birthday dinner. She's fifty-seven today. Well, see y'all later. I gotta go keep the family happy.

[cudaken]

 Evening Folks

 Flo, Lemonade pleases.

 Just a quick post to let you know I am here. Just tuckered out.

 Guess I will see you all Tuesday with the site being down Monday.

 Ken

[howmus]

Evenin' folks!

Janie, just a cup of decaf for me right now....

Ken, that's right, no coffee here tomorrow I guess.....   Wonder what there going to foist upon us this time???   Hope is just maintenance and not one of those "upgrades"!

Curt, thanks!  Today I finished the stones for the wall, used rock dust (local from the Seneca Quarry) to fill in between the "rocks", and then used the same technique I use for ballast.... Couple eyedroppers full of alcohol to wet it down, and then some dilute white glue.  I will see tomorrow how it turned out.  Your turntable area is looking great, BTW!

Major prayers going out for Barry and Galaxy!!!

Have a good night everyone!

73

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Time for me to call it a night. See y'all Tuesday.

[wetidlerjr]

 

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

 

August 13, 2012 is the 226^th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

 

 

 

 

TIPTON

 

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 77° with 98% humidity. I can hear water pouring inside the A/C unit right now. The weather guesser says there's a fair chance of rain today. The high will 95° but will feel like 104°.


When I got home last night I saw that the decals I had made earlier had done exactly what I said they would do. The ink crazed and cracked and the looked like old badly weathered peeling signs that had been out in the elements for too many years. So much for using decal paper in my printer. So I printed up some new 'KEEP OFF!' signs on some thin paper I found laying around, think it was an old bill or something or other. They have black letters on a gray background. At least I think it's gray. I'm a bit color-blind. I printed up a few dozen. I intend to apply them to every loco on the layout then I'll get started on those in the display rack. I have to put a little glue on the backs of them but that takes about as long as dipping a decal in water. I got one a little crooked on the slug and I'm going to have to redo that one. I also put them on the GP38 and SD27J as well as the F7A and both F3B's. Maybe later I'll hit the GP9's. Depends on how I feel later. I was up ALL night working on this so I haven't had a bit of sleep except for a little nod here and there. But I guess for now it's back to making glue on paper decals like I did years ago.

Note the 'KEEP OFF!' decals on the F7. Those are simply strips of printed paper glued on with white glue.


See y'all later.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Open for business!

It will take a while to get used to the new format. Sort of like re-arranging furniture.

Also, I like sorting be most recent, and I do not see how that is done.

Hope everybody is well!

[tcwright973]

I see things are somewhat different around here. I like the look of it, seems cleaner, less cluttered somehow. Hope there are no big problems.

We had a nice weekend. My niece and her family stopped by on Saturday for a short visit on their way home in Camp Hill, PA. It's always great to see the kids. They are both teachers, so they will be getting ready to start preparing for the beginning of classes. I don't think either one of them is very happy to see the new school year.

On Sunday, the wife and I went to our usual spot to railfan the Norfolk Southern mainline. We were fortunate to catch 13 trains in a little less than 2 hours. Best day we have had for sometime. Temperatures were in the low 70's and with a good breeze blowing most of the time. If there was a downside, it was that it was overcast, so not great for taking photos. But that's okay, I don't get very good photos when the sun is out either. Speaking of photos, I really don't like graffiti, but here's a photo I took of some which caught my eye. My photo doesn't pay justice to the artist, but the real thing was amazing.

i90.photobucket.com/.../IMG_1948.jpg

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying themselves. Tom

[wetidlerjr]

Good Afternoon!

from Tipton IN.

August 14, 2012 is the 227^th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

[howmus]

Hello.....  Where the heck are we, and what the ..... did they do to the forum?  No way to Quote.  No way too change the font, boldface, italic, etc.  No way to preview.  Ah.....  found it!  Use Rich Formating at the bottom......  Didn't THAT used to be the default?  Why change it?

Looks to be another mistake on Kalmbachs part!  Probably attempting to make the forum work better on "stupid" phones!!!

[galaxy]

Well, well well

I come back and this is what I find?

The place has changed?

Where are the smileys? OH, THERE they are.

Well

I left for awhile for the fact that I was dizzy and lightheaded as you know, but I was typing gibberish and not sure what I typed {even when it did come out right} when I did manage to get something out. SO I figured I better wait til I could be more coherent.

Then  I come back to this...hmm...don't know if I like the place, but LIKE ALL THINGS, WE WILL ADAPT!!!

I see a pencil for editing your post, , that you have to click on the persons name at the top to start a conversation with them, and That there is a cancel button at the bottom of your post which I think is the DELETE post button?

INTERESTINK, veddy veddy Interestink!

dinner will be roast pork loin, rice-a-roni {the San Francisco Treat, DING DING}, and steamed  fresh broccoli Spears.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Galaxy ... We were wondering about you. Good to see you.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Got my neck back in order and I feel much better. Since then I've been going like a rocket sled on rails! Went to the New Llano post office to send some packages out. Went to Radio Shack to get two new tips for my Weller model 8200 soldering gun (wanted to get some solder too but needed that money for something else more important), went by Wal-Mart to get a package of toilet paper. That's the important item. I was down to one double roll. Got home to find that my newest commemorative coin had come in. It's the 'Remain Close to the Great Spirit' in the Native American Journey collection.

[galaxy]

I forgot..

I don't know who all needs them, but a general prayer candle is lit for those in need for tonight..

Anybody hear from Ulrich? I wonder if his worst fear was realized? If so, he will need LOTS of prayers and thoughts for his condition just as those with the heart conditions!!!

[Curt Webb]

Evening All,

Well this format will take some getting used to. Tomorrow my son has his court appearance and who knows after that. Today I installed the DCC breaker on the layout and tested it without any issues. After court tomorrow I'm going to try to get up to the LHS but I'm not sure that will happen.

Galaxy- Glad to see you back.

Ulrich and Rob- Hope you guys are doing OK.

Garry- Hope you are still doing well.

Ken- How's your toe doing?

Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.

 

[howmus]

(Walks in, looks around, Scratches head........, Leaves.)  (Comes back, scratches head, and looks around some more.........)  Hmmmmmm.  Is this the diner?

Oh, is that you Chloe?  New uniforms I see.  Didn't recognize you.....  This place still serve coffee?  Well can you get a pot of dark roast....  No I don't want any Hazlenut, mocha fudge Latte Dottie crap.....  Just plain old dark roast, strong coffee!  NO, NO!  Not yelling at you, just the place and menu is now way too complicated to get through just like it was a problem getting here without some GPS app for a phone I don't have......  Darn so called "upgrades"  it now takes 3 clicks to get where you used to just be......  My late wife used to say, "I'm sorry sir, you can't get there from here..."

Hey Galaxy!  You're back!  Glad you are doing better.  You had us worried, you did!  Ulrich is probably stuck in a cloud, trying to find the place........

Well, I see they did put the "Clog up my inbox with Spam - ring my smarty pants phone/texter, email, bad photomaker thingie" box so that it defaults to off!  THAT is an improvement!  Heck I almost ever answer the phone when it rings here at home anyway.  sometimes I lean over and see 866-000-0000 type numbers and just laugh and keep doing something else, but I seldom answer even if it is people I know.  Family and close friends I make exceptions for.  [edit] Phone just rang...  866 - 339 - 9733.  Picked up about half an inch and slammed it down real hard.  Wonder what part of "DO NOT CALL" these idiots don't understand.  Gotta get me one of those little air horn cans and then push 1 for the next available live operator.....  Heh, heh, heh!

72.5

[galaxy]

howmus

Hey Galaxy!  You're back!  Glad you are doing better.  You had us worried, you did!  Ulrich is probably stuck in a cloud, trying to find the place........

Naw, I didn't. Not really. Actually I think it was just my sinus "doing a number" {insert your own words there} on my inner ear balance. What WAS scary though, was the not being coherent business. THAT was scary. {or is that scarry?}. Since my Dr was out, it seems to have cleared up though I did help it with a good ear clean out system.

Hey, AUTO spell check now actually works for me here!!!! You might all now get to understand me better!!! Ken too, if he uses it!!! Yep, Its "Scary" not "scarry".

Works well, now if I can check the correct spelling out of a list that includes the actual correct spelling!

Oh ULRICH...He may now have me worried. I DO know what is going on with him..but don't know how much at liberty i am to say about it. I can say..he NOW has me concerned as I see he hasn't posted in awhile either. 

Well, dinner was great. Cake for dessert {I know I shouldn't but it will fininsh it off..and I had help eating it}.

MOH has been happy at work since out of the department with the manager with whom there was conflict. And getting More hours too! got two slow weeks though, but two big weeks made up to a mediocre few weeks. Hopefully the hours will be staying the same.

WEll, have a great night.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I'm currently working on a 70's era Atlas FP7 that had a bad motor. It wasn't dead but was on the way, just would go slower and slower the longer it ran. I'm refitting it with an Athearn type motor from a Proto 2000 FA1. The new motor sits a little higher and that would throw the shafts out of alignment. If you think that doesn't make a difference just ask a mechanic who's worth his salt. So I modified the frame slightly so the motor could be laid on it's side. The shafts on this motor are a little larger diameter than the old Roco motor which by the way was NOT original to the model. So I had to drill the shaft couplings out a bit then carefully measured how far they had to go on then super glued them onto the motor shafts. The drive shafts fit just right!. Now the frame mods I had to make will be readily apparent in the two photos below, especially to anyone who knows how this frame looked before.

[blownout cylinder]

uuummmmmm...what happened?

Go to emerg...end up there for a couple of days and come back to this?

Oh well...why not enjoy the change of scenery....doctors have given me clean bill of health..at least as far as pain in chest in concerned...seems that my GERD did a number on the easophagous and it did a cramp thing..hence the pain....beep beep beepity beep.....

Well, I'm off to peruse the rest of the forum.....

[jeffrey-wimberly]

blownout cylinder

uuummmmmm...what happened?

Go to emerg...end up there for a couple of days and come back to this?

Somebody gave the keys to the place to the technogeeks!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Well this is my progress so far. The motor has been checked to insure it is isolated from the frame. It's been hot glued in place and checked again. I connected test leads to the motor and clipped them to the rails and test ran it on address 00. It runs OK at low and medium speed. I'll find out what it does on high later when it's off it's wire tethers. I went into Macgiver mode and used a piece of decal paper to make a shield to go over the commutator to help keep wires and other things out. I repurposed the old motor mounts (white objects in photos). I glued them to the frame. They'll support the Bachmann decoder board. That's all I'm doing tonight. With the exception of the wiring it's almost ready.





Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.

[howmus]

Evenin'

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Ahem....  Janie can I get a refill on the decaf....  No no french vanilla, chocolate, carmel fudge decaf, just plain old decaf coffee please......  This new stuff is driving me crazy.......

Barry, good to see you are back and no worse for wear!

I have a friend from my division (one of our officers) stopping in tomorrow morning.  He just earned his Master Model Railroader and is truly a master modeler.  He will help me install the upper staging area and advise me on a few projects.  Then I owe him lunch for a bet he says I lost....  Now I don't think I lost, but I will still buy the guy lunch.  LOL 

I should be hearing later this week when they will want to install the solar panels....  It would be nice to get them on line before we run out of summer sun...  Of course it should mean lots of cloudy rainy days for the rest of the year!

Prayer for all in need!  Have a good night.

73

[cudaken]

 Hum, is this Starbucks?

 Evening Dinners.

 Flo, Pleases.

 Why do folks feel the need to change something that was just working fine before? Guess I will get use to it.

 Cannot hang around, I have to be at the VA Hospital at 9:00 AM. With the traffic I have to be up and out the door at 7:00 AM.

 See you all later.

 Ken

[tcwright973]

Ray - I have been following your threads concerning the solar panels you are having installed. I haven't seen any residential installations around here. That's not to say there aren't any, just that I'm not aware of any personally. I was wondering if snow accumulation can be a problem, or if some type of heating/melting system is built in. And has the manufacturer said anything about maintainence such as annual cleaning, etc? I think renewable energy systems will become more and more common place. For example, I see more and more wind farms every time I go across the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And we read about the construction of "green buildings" all the time. It's all getting very interesting.   Tom

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

August 15, 2012 is the 228^th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

TIPTON

[galaxy]

GOOD MORNING!!!

Today is HUMP DAY!!! Hoo Ray!!!

Smile, the day goes along better if you do!!!

Love your enemies, they need it more than you do!!!

 

[blownout cylinder]

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark 
Everyone around me is a total stranger 
Everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger
That's why I'm turning Japanese 
I think I'm turning Japanese 
I really think so 
Turning Japanese 
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so 
I'm turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so 
Turning Japanese 
I think I'm turning Japanese 
I really think so

Gee, thanks BILL....you got this running through my head now.....

Morning

It is now about 60F going to a high of 75F. later on...in the rain...right now it is sunny...

uuummmmm...why are there lines in my post area now?

OK...very strange forum effects...I guess...

Today I have a bunch of new doctor appointments to attend to ...RAY...I guess when one does get older the social life is usually due to doctor appointments...roight?

Boy...aren't we busy with the lines here....

Anyways...have to get these things going here...have a good'un!!!

[LSWrr]

Good Morning All,

Dense Fog Advisory, 63F, 90% humidity, Hi today 80F.

Ken, the driving force in the universe is change…

I wander off for 3 days and you guys swapped the Pullman for a Budd car??  Oh sorry it’s the new modern look of the diner….

Garry, how Dorothy and I met is a funny story; it was a blind date at the Zoo.

I can’t spell phlebotomist without the aid of spell check, LOL.

Todd, my 12 year old Labrador couldn’t remove the squeakers in these toys so I doubt the puppy will.  Road kill squirrel and road kill bunny don’t have stuffing.  The squeakers are large nowadays to prevent the dogs from swallowing them; some of them are larger than my fist.  I see they have dog whistle squeakers in some of the toys, the dog can hear it squeak but humans can’t.

I had a small black mouse in the back yard that caught Katje’s attention. She chased it into the rhubarb patch where it had a den.  Took me 2 hours to re-plant the rhubarb, put all that dirt back, and bath the dog, but she got the mouse and she was so proud of herself.

[LSWrr]

Why is my post way down there???

[TMarsh]

sorry. Clicked the wrong button.