Elliot's Trackside Diner, March 2013

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

Weather here kinda dull...again....33F currently getting to 36F later this afternoon...yay....

Getting a few things done later on today...hopefully can do this and not get sidetracked into other details..like I did a couple of days ago...

AND....we didst do an operating session yesterday and NO incidents, accidents, Broake & Howe people showed up!! YES!!!

Jeff:  Better get that looked after...that does not sound good!!!

So, on that note I'll say....have a good day, people!!!

[Cederstrand]

Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.

***Jeffrey, doesn't sound like there was enough left of your stowaway to invite it "for" dinner afterwards, huh!

Healing thoughts for those in need.

Cheers!  Rob

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

Burlington Northern #24

hey gang I think I snapped abut 200 pictures, anywho brought something home from the gift shop a 1:72 or 1:48 scale P-51D for myself and grandpa bought an SR-71 model that I will build, paint, and make a good model out of for him. off to wash them parts, and write a list for the paints I'm gonna need. 

Good luck with them Gary!

Same plans as always for today, but there's an early dissmisal, so that's more time for me unless I have work.

[howmus]

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, I'll have a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar, and a cup of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug.  Please and Thank You, Ma'am!

So far not a bad day here in the Finger Lakes.  Currently 39°F (the high for the day they say) under partly skies.  A bit of brightness is peeking through now and then although they are calling for Barry to send the gloominess from his location due East to where I live later today.  I will use today to get caught up on a large list of items that have benn piling up for the last several days.  Feels good not to use half the afternoon driving to Canandaigua to feed my sister's cats.

Jeffrey, as others have said, get thee to an eye doctor and get checked out.  Nothing to put off!

Galaxy, good luck for your "other half" with the entrance exam!  Keeping her in my prayers.

Blackie seems to be walking a bit better and actually paid a visit to my bedroom last night.  First time he has ventured to that part of the house in close to 2 months.  I picked him up and put him on the bed for a few minutes and he was very happy....  Then I picked him back up and took him to the couch in the Living Room for the night.  He is now walking up on his legs rather than on the back of his hind legs.  Still very wobbly, but an improvement for the little guy.

Hope each of you has a great day out there!

73

[jeffrey-wimberly]

blownout cylinder

Jeff:  Better get that looked after...that does not sound good!!!

Already looked at. It's a bad case of pinkeye. I get it sometimes when pine pollen is real heavy. This year it's thick on everything. Just have to keep treating them with eye drops. It'll clear up eventually. Until then I have to live with the pain, blurry vision and light sensitivity. Right now I'm in a daark room and I have my sunglasses clip-on on my glasses while I look at the video screen.

Rob: That particular morning snake wasn't on the menu. Never tried Blue Racer. I've had rattler. Pretty good when it's cooked right.

[Curt Webb]

Morning All,

Already been to the Chiro and swept the floor and wiped it down. Now I get to do some modeling

Jeff- Glad  it was only pink eye. I had a EMT partner many years ago that had to get out of EMS because Diabetes was causing significant vision issues.

Todd- Nice looking Sanctuary. Maybe on your lucky day you can actually be king in your layout world  of Todd land and run some trains

Galaxy- I'm really glad YOH seems to be catching her second wind so to speak. 

Gary- How about some pics of your planes.

I am really getting worried about Ulrich. Is there any way to find out if  he is OK?

Hope everybody has a good day and prayers for those in  need.

[last mountain & eastern hogger]

wetidlerjr

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

TIPTON IN

Thanks Bill,  Love that Fresh HOT Coffee,  much better than that stuff you were serving yesterday.

Keep smiling, it looks good on ya !!!

Johnboy out.............................sniff, sniff yeah, love it

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Curt Webb

Jeff- Glad  it was only pink eye. I had a EMT partner many years ago that had to get out of EMS because Diabetes was causing significant vision issues.

Been there and done that. I had to get several clouded areas in each eye vaporized via laser some years ago. It was quite uncomfortable but effective. And no, it wasn't cataracts. These were clouds of blood floating in the liquid in the eyeballs. Talk about seeing red!

[Burlington Northern #24]

Here's one!

[galaxy]

well, we did a lot today

Thank you for all the well wishes for MOH, but may not look so good. First ALL application materials HAVE to MAILED in and RECIEVED by April 15th. The real kicker? Two of our BEST letters-of-recommendation people {also best employment references} are out of  the country for 2 weeks!! And IF they DON't get stuff in by the 4/15 deadline, MOH is Screwed. We have another reference friend, BUT is not a work reference.

Second, they recommended a study guide and practice tests book for the test. MOH and I went to Barnes and Noble to get it {$25 which is a LOT of money forus now}. MOH was taking the practice practice test, lost on half of it and I had to help with much of it. SO MOH may NOT do so well...and placement into the LPN program comes based on scores of tests..higher gets in faster. SO, MOH will have to do LOTS of studying and MAY have to get some basic general math practice/update books to work with too. {dunno where that money will come from} SO LOTS of work ahead. Also, naturally chemistry is part Of LPN work, and although MOPH survived high school chemistry better than I did {I barely made it out alive}, MOH has forgotten lots of it! We kinda knew this was coming, but not so hard on MOH we were hoping.

Went to get Sunday Easter dinner fixins. And get some groceries for In laws.

Then off to the In Laws, and FIl naturally wanted to be er um ah "difficult". HE wanted to go out to do shopping we can do for him. AS I told MOH, FIL is like a dog, you have to let him out once in awhile. FIL's trip of "only 15 minutes" takes 3 hours. He gets sidetracked and lost on his way home. SO now MOH has to go back out tonight because FIL called once we got home and INSISTED he HAVE the items {Ramen noodles of all things} TONIGHT. Can't wait til tomorrow for them, MUST BE tonight!

Wat else? I did the banking this AM. State tax refund STILL not in yet. WE certainly could use it with the expenses MOH seems to need to rack up for LPN entrance. WHat's left will go to savings so we have it for loan repayment before we have to default.. Can't count on student loans to cover living expenses YET.

Well what else:? we did more than my back cared to do that is for sure!

Having garlic sauce sauteed chicken cubes over noodles with a side of corn. Maybe asparagus, it was on sale at the store so we bought more than enough for Easter dinner. SO maybe that instead. Fresh asparagus. Yum.

Dryer was sounding fine, but started to squeal again yesterday. Thanks for all the tips on what could be wrong. there were suggestions for more parts than I thought a dryer had. We may still have to buy a new one as If I get it apart I surely won't get it back together again. besides it is old and worn out and gets a LOT of use. Maybe it will settle down again when everything cools off inside..as it ran for 4 loads in sequence the other day. Seems to run fine with only a load or tow at a time.

well, I tried ot nap, but then FIL called and interrupted with his NEED for tonight. SO that was ruined.

Well I guess I should get to dishes left over form yesterday so they are not in the way for tonight's cooking.

AND go get the mail if there is any.

Later

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

Hello. Have work tonight, so that messes up my plans a little, but it's more money.

Gary, P-40 or P-51 Mustang?

 

[blownout cylinder]

Good Evening...

Well...it was a wonderful dull day here...nothing but gloom here...and our high got all the way to...33F...sigh...

Spent the afternoon at the mall with friends and got some stuff for the good friday buffet at our church ....then went home to a lively little Spring....

And on that note...Chloe....I'll have a 128 oz. ribeye steak special with the 5lb tub of poutine and the 500oz keg of RBF please....think I'll top the whole thing off with 4 Strawberry Rhubarb pies as well...thankeeverymuch....this boy be HUNGRY!!!!

[Curt Webb]

Evening All,

Had spaghetti for supper. Now MOH is snoozing on the couch.

Ended up not doing much of anything today, just some puttering around. It seems strange not to have some significant layout project going on.

Gary- Great looking P-40. Did you paint the "tiger" or decal it?

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

[fec153]

Just checking in. Deb's surgery went well. Dr. wants the stitches to stay in longer than usual because he found extensive damage due to R.A.

We continue to have all included in our prayers.

Wish Health to all and a good nights sleep.

Phil   aka Flip

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

My eyes are still aching but nothing like they were this morning. My vision has cleared quite a bit also. The right eye is a clear as it's going to get but the left is still blurry and very light sensitive. It si however much clearer than it was this morning and I'm not having to depend so much on large print. Hopefully my vision will be back to normal by Sunday.

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

[howmus]

Evenin' folks!

Janie just a hot cup of decaf for me.

Flip, good to hear Deb's surgery went well!  Hope her recovery goes smoothly.

Evidently the Finger Lakes must have gotten more sunshine than over in Barry's neck of the woods today.  Solar panels kicked out 16.4 Kwhs today bringing the total for the month of March to about 285 Kwhs.  tomorrow could bring it over 300.  The best month so far, but still not near what it should do come summertime.  Not bad for a cloudy and snowy day around here.

I took a large check from my church down to deposit in the MLK Scholarship account today.  Then went to the car wash to get rid of a heavy coating of salt from the last couple weeks.  Then I did some grocery shopping.  Later this afternoon I actually spent some time working on the railroad...  I found I have to start the grade that will take the line over the gorge and into the reverse loop is not long enough to have the road coming down the hill I have been doing go under an overpass for the Railroad.  A horse and buggy might just squeak under (If the driver ducked), but no truck would ever get under it.  Still may have to lower the road a bit to make it believable.

Blackie was out here wanting to be picked up and cuddled for a while earlier tonight.  He is definitely walking better!  Will be interesting to see in a few weeks how his blood sugar is doing.

Hope all of you have a great night!  Prayers for all in need...  Do wish Ulrich would show up...

73

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

Good evening. 

Will likely be heading to Elmira tomorrow. Will be hoping to get a P-51D Mustang at Hobby Lobby and some stuff for my N scale layout. 

Night everyone. 

[pascaff*]

Evening All,

  Still felt kind of blah  most of the day, so did not do too much of anything. Kind of a wasted day off.

  Jeff - Glad to hear the eyes are getting better.

  Flip  - Glad to hear Deb's surgery went well.

   Prayers to all in need.

     Paul

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Howdy ....

Week is going fast with the visit here of the 2 granddaughters.

Flip ... prayers for Deb's recovery from surgery.

Todd ... Thanks for sharing photos of your sanctuary. Very nice! I think anyone would feel at home there.

Rob ..... I bet the Pennsy T1 is a beauty.

Jeff ..... Hope the eyes continue to improve.

Ulrich ...... We're concerned about you. I hope you get back with us soon.

Ken ...... Hoping your toe situation improves soon.

Chris ....... Is THAT editor being good to you?

JimCG .... If your're looking in, say "Hi" to us. .. Duke: ... You too.

JohnBoy ..... The Scenicruiser arrived here today, and it is on the layout.

 

Cheers everybody! ...... Smile!

 

[cudaken]

 Good Late Evening

 Flo, wake up and get me a Pleases.

 Got out of work at a godawful time, 9:35 PM! Plus I did not make any real money to boot. Seems like as soon as the other counter people left I got slammed, no let up till 7:45 and we close at 8:00.

 Health Front, I am a little worried! I got a call at home saying I have a appointment this coming Friday? Reason I am worried is when I was at the Ulcer Clinic this Tuesday they ordered X-Rays and Blood Test to see if I have a active infection. I was told I would be called if there was a problem. Was this the call,  or was it the fact they forgot to cancel the Friday appointment when I found out I could make this last Tuesday appointment?   

 Train Front Vince's old PK 2000 GP 20 must be his April Fools Trick on me, just got here a little early! Yep, it up to it old same trick, won't run! Tried to start it, lights came on and it just smirked at me, tried rocking it, just smirked at me with it's LED's! Moved it from the B line to the A line, ran just fine. Moved it back to the B line, running just fine again?  Well as long as all I have to do is pick it up and move to get it to run, I will live with it's quark.

 Bachmann GP 30 This is sort of a Jeffery question but chime in if you can help. While I have the PK GP 20 and the Bachmann GP 30 speed matched, the Bachmann motor make some racket. It sort of sounds like a DC engine being ran on DCC, just not as bad. Will a better decoder (thinking about the NCE drop in) help quite the motor down any?

 Well looks like I am closing the dinner again.

   Later, Ken

 

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

TIPTON IN

[Burlington Northern #24]

Lehigh Valley 2089

Hello. Have work tonight, so that messes up my plans a little, but it's more money.

Gary, P-40 or P-51 Mustang?

 

P-40 warhawk/tomahawk

Curt handpainted it like my SD90. 

[galaxy]

Morning coffee in the diner...

GOOD MORNING!!

Today is Thursday,March 28th, 2013.

The prayer candles will be lit as long as I am home.

MAKE it a GREAT day!

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning...

Another dull day forecast for us'uns again...sigh...high of 36F....yay

Have some stuff to catch up on this fine morning..better get at it...

Flo, I'll have 22 pancakes with Real Maple Syrup, 1 doz. eggs scrambled and a loaf of whole grain bread...toasted, please...oh...and a barrel of coffee if you will be so kind....

[Fergmiester]

Morning!

Coffee!!

More Coffee!!!

Thank You~

[alexstan]

cudaken

 Bachmann GP 30 This is sort of a Jeffery question but chime in if you can help. While I have the PK GP 20 and the Bachmann GP 30 speed matched, the Bachmann motor make some racket. It sort of sounds like a DC engine being ran on DCC, just not as bad. Will a better decoder (thinking about the NCE drop in) help quite the motor down any?

 Well looks like I am closing the dinner again.

   Later, Ken

From experience, the NCE Drop in does help quiet the motor down, plus removing the capacitors wired across the motor terminals helps.

[JeremyB]

Hi Guys

Just about to go to work soon. I have been up pretty much all night sick to my stomach so I might see about leaving early if I still feel this way in a few hours. I figure at least they can see you attempted to come instead of just calling in.

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

Gary, Flying Tigers P-40?

Anyway, good morning.

Heading to Elmira soon, so I'll see all of you later today.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

alexstan

cudaken

 Bachmann GP 30 This is sort of a Jeffery question but chime in if you can help. While I have the PK GP 20 and the Bachmann GP 30 speed matched, the Bachmann motor make some racket. It sort of sounds like a DC engine being ran on DCC, just not as bad. Will a better decoder (thinking about the NCE drop in) help quite the motor down any?

 Well looks like I am closing the dinner again.

   Later, Ken

From experience, the NCE Drop in does help quiet the motor down, plus removing the capacitors wired across the motor terminals helps.

I have to agree. Those capacitors can be a royal pain in the butt. Best thing to do with them is to remove them. The only times I've had Bachmann motors make noise like that was either a bad motor or a decoder that didn't have silent drive. As far as the Bachmann GP30 making mechanical noise, both of mine sounded like Athearn blue box locos. They ran great, they were just noisy.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 48° with 89% humidity. The high will be 70°.


My eyes feel much better this morning. The left one still twinges a bit and is still a little blurry but it seems to be improving. No plans for today.

This mornings photo rather matches my sight about now.