Elliot's Trackside Diner, October 2012

[Curt Webb]

I can honestly say I have never been to Kansas.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

cudaken

 Hum, Galaxy beat Ulrich on moving the dinner. But why Kansas Galaxy? Like there is anything there? Plus they don't sale beer, it is a dry state! 

Depends on where you go. As of this year only nineteen counties are dry. The other eighty odd counties all allow beer sales.

[AmanaMedic]

"Ah, a new place! Kansas eh? I've been here before. Never believed those tales about it being table top flat until then when I saw for myself."

Aw JEFF! You must've been out in the western part. Up in "my" part of Kansas, there's the Flint Hills. Here's a shot of Myers' Valley with the "town" of Flush nestled in it. The shot was taken from high on a hill overlooking the village. 

THAT elevator is looking good! In a day or two, a box should be arriving to help-out with it.

Chris (in Iowa, but with great fondness for Kansas)

***EDIT*** KEN says they don't sell beer in Kansas! Since when??? Kansas wheat farmers kept Grain Belt in business for decades. Grandpa Umscheid always put salt in his Budweiser. The "Sungold Saloon" in downtown Flush always had Coors readily available. My favorite Uncle keeps Milwaukee's Best in business. I make it a point to stop at the convenience store in Westmoreland, KS to pick up a case of REAL beer when I go to visit said Uncle. A "dry state?"  Hardly!!

[cudaken]

 Hum, Galaxy beat Ulrich on moving the dinner. But why Kansas Galaxy? Like there is anything there? Plus they don't sale beer, it is a dry state! 

 Flo, here is a dollar for the Glass, I bought my own.

 Work Front was even more boring than yesterday!  Think I made around $16.00 today?

 Played with Paul's layout ideas today. I forgot what a pain in the caboose the Atlas CAD programs is!

 See you all Monday, I am off!

 Ken

 

[AmanaMedic]

Holy Rock Island Rocket, Batman! 

I was just about to enter the Diner, and *poof!* Welcome to Kansas! 

Uh, whereabouts in Kansas are we? Just curious I know a little of the northeast corner. Marysville is pretty busy with the UP and their "cut-off" from Gibbon, NE to Menoken, KS (just west of Topeka). There's some good train watching spots along US 24 from Topeka to Manhattan, and I think there's an old UP caboose still sitting in "Railroad Park" in Wamego (famous for it's Dutch windmill and the Wizard of Oz museum).

In other words, thanks GALAXY! 

Here's a little sample of Uncle Pete's ops in Marysville and along the old Kansas Pacific line:

JP: Good to see you in here again! To answer your question about the DVD, several years ago I took the pile of RMC and MR magazines I had and cut-out the articles I liked, and the ones THAT looked like they could come in handy some day. Those all went into binders by subject: locomotives, freight cars, structures, track plans, etc. Now, I only pick up a magazine if there's something in it I really want or "need" to see. So (sorry Kalmbach) last month's issue of MR was left on the rack at Walmart, as was this month's. Next month, we'll see. IF it has something, I'll grab it. The article or articles of interest will be pulled, the rest sent to the landfill in Illinois. 

THAT said, having 75 years of stuff I mostly don't want/need just doesn't make sense for me. Likewise with the special issues. I grab the ones I want/"need," and again dissect out what I want and pitch the rest. Plus, I've already got the "hard copy" in front of me when I'm trying to do something rather than sucking up expensive ink to print something out. As it is, I've got hundreds of pages from TrainLife.com's web archives of magazines THAT I have to print-out at some point. 

Long answer to a short question, I guess. Bottomline: 75 years of magazines in one place is neat...but doesn't do me much good. Your results may vary. 

Since we're in Kansas, would it be too much to ask for a bacon cheeseburger made of genuine Kansas pasture-raised Angus beef? I'll chase it down with a bucket of Coca Cola at the RC...my how it shines! THAT GALAXY fellow sure does a nice job.

Chris (in Iowa) 

While we're in the "Land of Ah's," I'll be visiting some family. Here's one must-stop for me:

[TMarsh]

Howdy, fried chicken dinner please and a Dr Pepper thank you.

Great. Kansas. I can here Garry now come 1st of November..."Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore."

I haven’t a clue what Ray said so I’m gonna go with Jeff and say….ya .  That’s what I meant. All I know is they say “Daylight” and I try to get the highest Kelvin number on the shelf regardless of what it calls them. Makes a HUUUUUGE difference in the trainroom and the garage. Wait, (reaches in pocket and pulls out a 4 pack of CFL’s) Ya, I thought I had some. The box says, Daylight, 13 watt, 6500K (thought they were like 7000K but I guess not. Or at least these aren’t) 800 Lumens. Oh and none better for outside lights. If you don’t mind the bugs.

JPowell- HEY good to see you back. Reason I don’t is almost what G said. I saved Car Craft magazines since 1979 til I finally quit the subscription last year. Reason….literally a ton of magazines that I do not reference as I thought I would. Things change and other than something cool to read and have, I find (for me only mind you) no actual use for a technique from 1960 that has been bettered 40 times since. Now, that being said, others opinions may/will differ. The other reason I would, would be for the same reason I have all the episodes of NCIS on DVD…..Ziva.    NO! I mean entertainment. I’m not going to buy them, but that would be the only reason I would.

Welp, time for the season premiere of Family Guy and American Dad. See yuns tomorrow!  

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I think Vinnie is thinking about twisting up some more crowbars!

[kbkchooch]

galaxy

Forgot to tell you where we are!

We are smack dab in the middle of the country, We're in KANSAS TOTO!!!

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oh Auntie Em Auntie Em!!

In honor of the Great State of Kansas, let's play TWISTER!!!!!

OK, OK, sarcastic episode over for now, ill for sit in the booth over there,

Hay Janie, got any of the Tropicana Twister?? 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Ah, a new place! Kansas eh? I've been here before. Never believed those tales about it being table top flat until then when I saw for myself.

Been feeling pretty rough today. In fact I've felt like crap since I got up this morning. Took a nap around noon and woke up feeling even worse. I did manage to get part of a makeshift structure for the elevator put together. It's just a few printed wall plates stuck to a box but it at least gives me something to work with.

[sakel]

galaxy

sakel

The old diner is where? There is no links. For future reference, as it is still September.(Thought you could get away with making the diner early,eh?)

Young Sakel. if you will review when the September Diner was moved -the last day of AUGUST, you will NOTE: it was moved as follows as posted on the first post in the september thread:

"Posted by Sir Madog  on Fri, Aug 31 2012 8:09 PM" {Eastern Dayligt Time}

Pay attention and you will do fine. It usually gets moved the last day, sometimes late, sometimes earlier.

Just a FYI

Just a joke... But when I moved the Diner a few months ago I did it at 12:17..  no cheating for me!

(hmm, not even 10 posts in and already.. ah...whats the word...)

[galaxy]

sakel

The old diner is where? There is no links. For future reference, as it is still September.(Thought you could get away with making the diner early,eh?)

Young Sakel. if you will review when the September Diner was moved -the last day of AUGUST, you will NOTE: it was moved as follows as posted on the first post in the september thread:

"Posted by Sir Madog  on Fri, Aug 31 2012 8:09 PM" {Eastern Dayligt Time}

Pay attention and you will do fine. It usually gets moved the last day, sometimes late, sometimes earlier.

Just a FYI

[rdgk1se3019]

Wow a new diner.........And I have the day off tomorrow......guess after I craw out of bed sometime during the day I`ll work on the layout.

[galaxy]

Forgot to tell you where we are!

We are smack dab in the middle of the country, We're in KANSAS TOTO!!!

Wikipedia lists the Kansas railroads as follows:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kansas_railroads

I have spiffed up the RC, took out the trash, and shined the floor! {you'll all be glad to know I did not use spit to do so!}

The heating system was serviced..just in case you know...it gets chilly here.

[sakel]

The old diner is where? There is no links. For future reference, as it is still September.(Thought you could get away with making the diner early,eh?)

[galaxy]

 

The old diner is here:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/209630.aspx