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Elliot's Trackside Diner...OCTOBER 2013!!

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Posted by Trainman Sam on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 3:07 PM

Good afternoon friends!

Just a quick stop in before going back on duty for the go home train.

I'll be at the RC on my laptop checking VRE's website to be sure I'm still working tomorrow...

with the goverment shutdown, we have lost approximately 50-85% of our rider ships, so they monitor the passenger counts and "call the ball" for what schedule we will run the next day.  So far my trains have had near the same numbers.  Hopefully the "group of baboons" on the Hill get things figured out. (BTW, a group of baboons is known as a Congress, so I used the definition correctly! Lol) not getting political.

Thanks for the welcome back!  Almost felt like the prodigal son... :0)

Packer - Good luck on the work front.  I'm certain something is in the pipeline for you soon!

KBK - hopefully it is a second look!  

Jeff - I enjoyed the derailment scene!  Tabasco peach mango lemonade?!  Sounds delicious!  Do you have a recipe you can share?

Ohhh, I have long missed the Diablo!  Chloe, may I please have one?  Thank you!

Well, I'll be perusing the VRE.org website for service info...  

Q: How many A.D.D. kids does it take to change a lightbulb?

Wanna ride bikes?

Sam

 May He bless you, guide you, and keep you safe on your journey through life!

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Posted by chochowillie on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 3:41 PM

Hello all.... well, it looks like fall is truly here in Alberta. Wet, cloudy, and a high of 35 F today with a nice little wind just to add to the chill. Forecast calling for rain/snow mix tonight. Yayyyyy.

Picked up the Masonite to do the fascia on the old RR the other day.  With the weather turning I've got 99 percent of the yard w**k done except for putting the metal fences around 3 shrubs to keep the jack rabbits from eating them this winter and wrapping the cedars in burlap to protect them from sun scald during the snow months. Oh right, I still have to put the convertable to bed for the winter and take the water pumps out of the ponds so they don't freeze up. Then I can get back to the RR. One of these days I need to come up with a name for it Confused

Lets see, what else have I been doing??? Oh yes, got my wife all set up for a trip to Vegas towards the end of the month with her sister. She wanted me to come along but I'd have been like a 3rd wheel so I said no, you girls go and I'll cat sit. Frankly I can use a few days to myself right about now. Even though I try and stay out from under foot, I need some ME time for a few days now and then.

Been watching the stuff going on with your government and have be shaking my head about it all but who am I to say.Hmm  Nuf said, none of my business.

Hmmm, bought a really nice high end Nikon camera this summer and have been really enjoying it. Still need to get a flash for it at $500 bucks but when I do it should be fun on the layout.

Take care one and all

Later...

Dennis

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Posted by galaxy on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 4:20 PM

Hi all

MIL-update..she has her good days and bad days. Today was a better day. Continued prayers and thoughts her way would be greatly appreciated!

While I was at the hospital I went for blood work. I have had so much blood work aand so many IVs that my veins are fussy and non-compliant to say the least. I told the vampire best to try with a butterfly in my hand than in hte elbow. Did she listen NO.SHe swore {like many others do} that she had "been doing this a long time, could get it right off", etc etc. So I said "try it then, but if you start stabbing at me I will complain loudly" {I wanted to use another word that I can't even print here}. SO she did the elbow, and stabbed around for about 2 minutes trying to get a vein to cooperate. NIL. NIL and NIl. She did ask it she was hurting me, and I said "NO". SHe confessed I was "right" and went for the butterfly nad the hand. SHe elevated teh chair adn I siad "oh, this adventure comes with a ride?" she said well of course. She went fo the hand and was stabbing around in there not finding one there to cooperate either. Again, after 1 minute she asked if she was hurting me. Isaid "No, Oddly enough, maybe I am dead?" She laughed and dropped a quarter.**

So the groceries are done and MOH off to work.

Free bread day came with a cake  with which we willl celebrate my big FIve-Oh birthday from last week as we didn't have a  cake then to celebrate with!

** a pyschologist on PBS once remarked how some people are so uptight they "clench their cheeks so tight and could hold a roll of quarters between them. If you could get them to lighten up, such as to laugh, they might go "tee hee" and actually drop a quarter" {out of the roll they are "holding"}. So hte vampire dropped a quarter.

have a great night!

Geeked

-G .

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 5:59 PM

Howdy ...

I hope the haz mat teem cleaned up the tank car derailment in Jeff's picture.

CDN Dennis .... Looks like you will have some time for the layout and already have a project for it (fascia). Enjoy the Nikon. Does that mean we will be seeing layout photos?

Paul ,,, I have known people who needed laser for the eye as you need. It always went well for those I know.

I need to do more on the layout, but I have used my limited model railroading time to run trains.

Some of you mentioned the shut down. Our property is next to Uncle Sam's Land Between the Lakes. The park is closed for now..  Won't be able to see the buffalo. As far as I know the highway is open to the other side..... At least, the government may be balancing the budget for a while.

Happy Model  Railroading!

GARRY

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 6:19 PM

chochowillie
Hmmm, bought a really nice high end Nikon camera this summer and have been really enjoying it. Still need to get a flash for it at $500 bucks but when I do it should be fun on the layout.

What model Nikon is it? Mine's just an old Coolpix L20, refurbished at that. I picked it up online a couple years ago I think for around $65 from a Big Lots or OfficeMax after I dropped and wrecked my L18. It's point and shoot but takes decent photos, up to ten megapixels but I keep it locked down to five.

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Posted by JeremyB on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 8:13 PM

Hi Guys

Not much going on here guys. I'm taking 15 old PS3 game tomorrow to trade in towards the new madden 25. worst part is I will still have to pay cash to get the new game, Video games do not hold value for a long time.

But I get the clutter out of the way and walk out with a new game. I also have F1 2013 coming next week so have alot of gaming for the winter

Only other game on my list to get is the new Call of Duty in November. and maybe Gran Turismo in December

Be back later guys.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 8:22 PM

Well we've snagged two more mice with the snap traps and the cat nailed another one for three. So that's cat 2, snap traps 4, glue traps 0.

Didn't get anything done trainwise today. I have an appointment in the morning at the prosthetic clinic in DeRidder to see about getting the whatever it is that's supposed to reshape the stump of my leg so that it's more prosthesis friendly. That should just about do away with the morning.

I want to get some TV time in tonight so I'm calling it a night. See y'all sometime tomorrow.



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Posted by kbkchooch on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 8:22 PM

Good evening all!Cowboy

Cloe, can I get a Beer and some hot soft pretzels with mustard to dip them in??Wink

Oh, can we get another box of Kleenex for Todd? Mischief

Tripped giving driving lessons on the new tractor to SWMBO,,,,now I have a sprained left wrist. Something tells me I deserved this.Sigh 

Not much else going on tonight, pretty good for 1 handed typing huh?Hmm

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 9:33 PM

Evenin' folks!

Janie, just a decaf for me please...

Been a long and busy day for me today.  Drove down to the hobby shop to get a bottle of "Boxcar Red" and lo and behold they had 3 different tints in stock.  I bought the darkest one to mix with the bottle of mix I want to use on the Blacksmiths Shop.  Then after lunch drove to Canandaigua to take care of the sister's cats.  Claude her indoor kittie is a sweetheart.  After charging the car a bit I headed up North of town to get the PiP's oil changed (10,000 miles on it already).  I asked them to top off the battery so I could get farther home without burning gasoline.  They did at no cost so the 10,000 mile service came to $0.  On the way home I was able to drive the first part of the way home on EV, to the farm where I grew up and down the next hill before I kicked it over into HV Mode (Hybred Vehicle).  Drove about 6 miles that way until I got to the top of a hill outside of Seneca Castle.  I still had 5.1 miles of battery left so I put it back in EV mode.  Not only made it all the rest of the way home (a little over 6 miles) but still had 1.9 miles of EV left when I pulled in the driveway.  My MPG going to Canandaigua was 119.  Coming home it was 221 mpg!  It is about 18 miles from the dealer to my house....  Had 11.9 miles of EV showing when I drove out of the dealer's parking lot. Smile, Wink & Grin

Tonight I had to drive to Waterloo, NY for a Scout Roundtable and Commissioners Meeting.  Did that after I recharged the PiP!

Tomorrow I will be having 3 ladies from my High School Class over to hopefully finish the booklet we will be mailing to everyone who came to the reunion.  Then I have to bget everything done and packed for the Meet on Saturday.  Never a dull moment around here!

Prayers for all in need!

73

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, October 3, 2013 5:04 AM

monring coffee in the diner..

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!!!

Today is Thursday, October 3rd, 2013!!!

MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!

Today's fun limmericks:

The shoes of old Eskimo Joe
Fell apart as he walked in the snow.

"Have you needle and thread?"

I enquired, but he said,

"No, i glue them not sew them, you know."


There once was a guy named Matt
Who had an overly large cat
When it chased a mouse
It shook the whole house
So Matt got rid of that!


Well I am off to the AARP Safe Sriver course, so I can "become a better driver".

Geeked

-G .

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Posted by kbkchooch on Thursday, October 3, 2013 7:31 AM

hi gang

flo, can i get some coffee, 3 eggs over easy, 3 buttermilk pancakes, an order of bacon,  and some scrapple please? 

sorry, no caps today. wrist too sore from swmbo's driving lesson, tailbone hurts too. so it's wrapped and i'm typing with one hand. gonna be real fun later finishing 2 sd-26's. just handrails to install but already i can see where its gonna be fun.

 

galaxy

Well I am off to the AARP Safe Sriver course, so I can "become a better driver".

i hope you dont talk like you type, they might think you had a Drinks or 2 already!!Wink

remember, right pedal go, left pedal whoa !Whistling

later!

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Posted by TMarsh on Thursday, October 3, 2013 8:02 AM

Good Morning!!!

Coffee and biscuits and gravy with a couple three scrambled eggs on top please. Thanks.

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83.

Looks like a tornady or a hurricane blew through sundown. Pitched the train plum off the tracks.

Galaxy- Glad you explained the drop a quarter saying. My first thought was she… well...Hmm...how do I say this….um…..dropped one?... Blew the trombone?.....Floated an air biscuit? That definitely would have lighted the mood a bit.Embarrassed Laugh

Well I didn’t cry until KARL posted that picture. Where’s the Kleenex's. (sniff)

Another day of staying off the hoof today I think. Don’t mean to whine about this cause compared to what others have this is like crying about a broke fingernail WHICH, I might add is painful as heck and nothing to be ignoredWhistling. But I’ve had this, what I thought was a stone bruise on my heel for about a month now. Hurts the most when I walk after I’ve been off it for the night, and the more I walk it in the less it hurts, but only so much..., then it just hurts. Hard to explain. Might be one of them there pressure bruises too. Don’t think it’s cracked or nothing like that cause the pain center if you will, moves around. Sometimes center, sometimes left side, sometimes more to the right. Now the side of my foot is also getting sore as I’ve been favoring the heel and sacrificing the outstep of my foot. It was getting better it seemed until last night when I went in to wo*k to help because they got hammered with the parade and I stepped down hard off the step into the kitchen.

I do have to get Missy’s food today because, well, I didn’t get into town yesterday and she ate the last bowl of it. So it must be today or the fat dog will starve pert near to death.

Phone just rang andBrenda forgot her morning meds. Off to the elevator I go with an illegal transportation of prescription drugs violation looking me in the face. I hope I won't have to walk the steps to the courthouse what with my heel and all.

Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!

Todd  

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Posted by pascaff* on Thursday, October 3, 2013 9:58 AM

  Morning All,

    Currently it is 38 with an expected high of 61 with breezy conditions this afternoon.

   I was able to get a little modeling done yesterday. Got the road bed and track glued down for the last two industrial spurs, and put a little ground cover between some tracks. I don't know if this happens to you folks, but I start on one project, then get side tracked by doing something else, and do not seem to get as much completed as I would like. I should make a list, but I probably would not follow it any way.Whistling

   Need to go to Lowe's this morning before heading to w**k for some Velcro for holding throttles to the fascia, and package of furnace filters.

   Prayers to all in need.

   Paul

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Posted by chochowillie on Thursday, October 3, 2013 10:17 AM

Jeffrey  It's a Dx 5200 with two lenses. One 15mm to 75mm and another 75mm to 300mm, both good Nikon glass in them and G5 ability. I almost went for the 7200 but it was another 200 bucks so decided I could use that 200 toward the aforementioned flash.

Cheers

Dennis

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Posted by howmus on Thursday, October 3, 2013 11:24 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, coffee, dark roast, to go and a couple Bavarian creme filled donuts too.

Busier than a cat covering poop on a marble floor today...  Have 3 ladies from my class coming to the house to finalize the booklet we are doing (I hope!).  Then up to Canandaigua to feed my sister's cats, then back home to have supper and go to a Sout Troop meeting.  It is rechartering time so I have to sit down with the committee chair and secretary to make sure they know how to do it.  Most of it has to be done online these days.

Have about 3 days of stuff to get done before Saturday for the Division meets as well...

Hopefully next week I can get back to a more sane schedule and do some stuff with the trains!

later!

73

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, October 3, 2013 11:44 AM

Good morning. It's 78° with 89% humidity. The high will be 88°and will feel like 97°.
 with a

Made it to my appointment this morning and got a prosthetic sock that will shrink the stump down to an acceptable size. I go back to see them again on the 31st. I told the nurse I'll have to remember to bring my mask and bag. It took her a few seconds but she got it. Halloween. Everything went well this morning until we got back home. By that time I was very tired. Not much sleep last night and using that walker gives a heck of an upper body workout. The last hurdle before getting into the house was the step at the door. It's only three or four inches high but that was high enough for me to trip on when I tried hopping up it. I hung onto the walker and used it for support so I didn't fall over but that didn't prevent me from going to my knees. From there it was a short trip on my hands and knees to my power chair. From there it was an easy matter to get up onto the seat. If that's the worst my day gets I'll be happy.

We scored another mouse! That's five for the snap traps, two for the cat and zero for the sticky traps.



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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, October 3, 2013 11:59 AM

Well

I went to the first part of the AARP Safe Driver class. I go every 3 years, whether I need it or not. Ha Ha.

What is NOT SO HA HA, is this: you all who use your computers for electronic banking/billpaying wonder why we don't?? Well here's yet another example of why. Even with all the "safety features" and "passwords" we have, the other day AOL asked if we had accessed our account from a computer other than this one two days earlier? NO we said. CHange passwords then, it said. SO we did {both MOH and I got these messages separately onour separate screen names}. SO then this AM I was on one Screenname and went to switch to the other, and BAM!! LOCKED OUT! So I tried 3 times, and it wanted me to change passwords, but I tried back to the one I was just on, and BAM! LOCKED OUT again! SO I asked MOH to try and BAM! LOCKED OUT!!! ACCOUNT COMPROMISED AGAIN!!!

WE called AOL promptly and they said another "user was accessing the account from a different computer right then", so they "dissconnected the other user and shut off our account" while passwords got changed.

BUT KEY POINT: THIS is NOT THE FIRST TIME. THIS is why I won't change {until forced to} to electronic bill paying or anything!!! Then we will get another {laptop} computer to use ONLY for financial stuff! Don't know what "protection systems" w e will choose then....

Doesn't matter what programs we use as "safety features"..this happens periodically!

To those who say "must do", I say "PFfff-tt"! I won't.

Geeked

-G .

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, October 3, 2013 12:18 PM

galaxy
BUT KEY POINT: THIS is NOT THE FIRST TIME. THIS is why I won't change {until forced to} to electronic bill paying or anything!!! Then we will get another {laptop} computer to use ONLY for financial stuff! Don't know what "protection systems" w e will choose then....

This is exactly why I don't sign up for electronic bill paying online. I either contact the person/place using a phone number I know to be theirs or speak to them in person and have the signup done from their end with no exchange of card or account numbers being done online.

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Thursday, October 3, 2013 12:58 PM

Whistling

Our bill paying is done through the computer and has been for 7 to 8 years . This is with a Credit Union and have never had a breach. all has been accurate and double checked.

Johnboy out............................and keeping fingers crossed

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Posted by kbkchooch on Thursday, October 3, 2013 2:50 PM

galaxy

Well here's yet another example of why. Even with all the "safety features" and "passwords" we have, the other day AOL asked if we had accessed our account from a computer other than this one two days earlier? NO we said. CHange passwords then, it said. SO we did {both MOH and I got these messages separately onour separate screen names}. SO then this AM I was on one Screenname and went to switch to the other, and BAM!! LOCKED OUT! So I tried 3 times, and it wanted me to change passwords, but I tried back to the one I was just on, and BAM! LOCKED OUT again! SO I asked MOH to try and BAM! LOCKED OUT!!! ACCOUNT COMPROMISED AGAIN!!!

WE called AOL promptly and they said another "user was accessing the account from a different computer right then", so they "dissconnected the other user and shut off our account" while

got changed.

Galaxy, this used to happen frequently when we were with AOsmell. The worst part is even if you get rid of AOsmell, it has now propagated itself and wrapped itself into so many of your other programs that getting rid of it will be like trying to get rid of Ivy.Bang Head

The last computer I had that had AOL on it went to its grave with fragments of the program still in it.

AOL. "youve got mail, and so do you, and you, and you too" !Confused

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Posted by chochowillie on Thursday, October 3, 2013 3:48 PM

howmus
Hopefully next week I can get back to a more sane schedule and do some stuff with the trains!

That is what you said last week about this time as I recall.  Laugh

Dennis

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Posted by Packer on Thursday, October 3, 2013 5:40 PM

afternoon guys

Been chipping away at that U25C. I got the radiators removed to put see-through stuff in. I also started shaving off the ridges on the walkways as I have etched brass walkway tread for it (really need to get a #17 blade for this one). I haven't cut into the area behind the cab for whatever goes back there yet. I'll probably do that tomorrow after work. The unit will hopefully look like this when done:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1539298

The only things I really need to complete the detailing on the shell is a cab. The old one was super glued on and broke on removal. Hi-tech details makes a cab for a U25B which would work. Although the cab I have from an Atlas U33C may also work (for when they added the 2-piece windshield to some units).

I'll be by the RC munching on a meatball sub.

Vincent

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2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, October 3, 2013 5:54 PM

Good Evening

   I just spent most of my day in emerg here...my CHF was acting up...again        

So, most of the day was pooched...now I'm back on-line....   thanks to our wonderful doctors...

Very low salt, low cholesterol, low fat, etc, etc, so on and so forth...although I can has lots of spicey stuff...heeheehee  

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, October 3, 2013 6:46 PM

blownout cylinder

Good Evening

   I just spent most of my day in emerg here...my CHF was acting up...again        

So, most of the day was pooched...now I'm back on-line....   thanks to our wonderful doctors...

Very low salt, low cholesterol, low fat, etc, etc, so on and so forth...although I can has lots of spicey stuff...heeheehee  

glad you're back!

On another note: my father has been on a mission for about 10 years to "low sodium" "no salt" diet...GUESS where that ended him up for 3 days? IN the hospital for TOO LOW SODIUM! They prescribed salt tabs for him to boost it.

Sodium adn Potassium are needed for the cells to do their things!

I am always low on potassium every time they took blood and put me on supplements so Potassium supplement has been added to my diet.

My Cardiologist wants me on low salt, too, but when I am low on sodium, I can taste it on my lips signalling I need more sodium intake. I used to just mix salt water and drink til I couldn't stand it anymore and that was that. Now I add a little Pacific Ocean salt to my diet to boost it as I, too, was registering  too low on sodium for too long a periods. But I can just add a little salt to my diet, not needing a script for it, yet.

I am SOOO Not convinced that a low fat, no fat, no salt, low salt, "healthy cooking" diet is good for you. MY Grandmother, {b. 1899} bless her soul, came from the Appalachian hills..as in "Hillbilly"...deep in the "holler'...and lived the first oh, 40 years of life  on: bacon fat, Lard {pigs fat too}, salted meats for preservation, Salted brined veggie preserves{- home canned stuff in brines}, etc, before moving bmore "urban" and buying food stuff grocery store offerings, and she lived to a ripe old age of 94...and would never take a pill a day in her life, even when prescribed! Her  sister, born in 1890, lived to a ripe old age of 92 and lived in the hills til 1978, then moved more "urban". Her brother {1894} was a ripe old age of 88 when he died..

Well, I am Off, by one bubble to the left...but it hardly shows.

Have a great night...

Geeked

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

 HO and N Scale.

After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, October 3, 2013 7:30 PM

Went out to dinner today with my father and step mother. My choice of places. Los Mayos of course. It's the easiest one for me to get into. Upon getting home it was another upper body workout with the walker. I didn't trip in the doorway this time. But as a result of all the walker use today I'm very tired and sore. The bed is looking really good. Got an appointment tomorrow. They want to do ultrasound scans of my neck to find the partially blocked blood vessel that's playing heck with my hearing. So I'm calling it a night. I'll see y'all tomorrow.



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Posted by alfadawg01 on Thursday, October 3, 2013 11:03 PM

Good evening all,

Stopping in to see what's up after a long absence.  My temporary job ended 31 May but I've been busy since then with family health issues, vacation and rebuilding our brick patio.  Got back involved with a volunteer position at a Christian radio station today and received a warm welcome back.....beats a real job when you get hugs from all the female staff Wink

There's a 5'2" x 1'11" piece of 3/4" cabinet-grade plywood out in my garage that's whispering "Use me to build a switching layout, dummy."  I might not be able to ignore the call for too long.  Sounds like November's project to me.

Have a splendid evening.

Bill

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, October 4, 2013 3:51 AM

morning coffee in the diner...

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!

Today is Friday, October 4th, 2013!

MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!

Today's fun limmericks:

Tis a favorite project of mine,

A new value of pi to assign.

I would fix it even at 3,

For it's simpler, you see,

Than 3 point 1 4 1 5 9


There once was a man named Ned

fell on the floor out of bed

Said he, "I don't know

But I'd lke to go

This is the day I'm to wed!"

Today's WOrds:

caboodle:, {incorrect: Kaboodle} (kuh-BOOD-uhl): noun: The lot, collection, or crowd ; Note: This word is mostly seen in the expression "kit and caboodle" meaning "the whole lot;

Etymology: Perhaps from boodle (money, goods, people), from Dutch boedel (property). Earliest documented use: 1848

"ENCOMIAST": You might be closer if you used the synonym "eulogist", one who praises your noteworthy accomplishments after you're buried

Ichnography - (Gr. τὸ ἴχνος, íchnos, "track, trace" and γράφειν, gráphein, "to write"), pronounced ik-nog-rəfi::

A building's floorplan; Examples of ichnography:

      


Geeked

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

 HO and N Scale.

After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, October 4, 2013 4:01 AM

Next, on our trip around the Great {large} State of Maine, we shall ride the Maine Eastern Railroad!

Come aboard their restored vintage railcars for a carefree journey through the spectacular scenery of mid-coast Maine, between Brunswick and Rockland.  You’ll experience charming seaside villages, picturesque sailboats, lobstermen working their traps on the bay, tidewater wildlife and in autumn, magnificent foliage.


Whether you crave adventure, world-class arts and culture, or simply stunning sights and relaxation, your ride on the railroad is a ticket to the best that the mid-coast has to offer. With convenient and luxurious transportation on the Maine Eastern, your mid-coast holiday will remain in your heart for a lifetime.  All Aboard!


Regular season service begins in August and will continue through the fall foliage season until October.  So we are JUST in TIME for "leaf peeping" scenery!

STATION MILES
Brunswick 0.0
Bath 8.7
Wiscasset 20.0
Rockland 56.6
The Maine Eastern Railroad operates seasonal passenger excursion trains for 56.6 miles along Maine's mid-coast region.  The route for these trains is the former Maine Central Railroad Rockland Branch.  Beginning in Brunswick, 30 miles northeast of Portland, the line snakes along the waterfronts of the coastal towns Bath and Wiscasset before traveling through the beautiful scenery of Maine's forests.  The line reaches the coast again in Rockland, a magnificent coastal town and popular tourist destination.
Tomorrow, Saturday the 5th, we will Board for the  
2013 DAMARISCOTTA PUMPKINFEST & REGATTA:
DAMARISCOTTA, ME    -    
  :
The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, held annually in Damariscotta, ME, is one of the largest pumpkin festivals in the world.  This event, now in its 7th consecutive year, regularly attracts over 15,000 people from all over the globe.  For more information on this year's festival and to plan your visit, please visit the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta's website.

The Maine Eastern Railroad's normally-scheduled train will be making an extra stop at Newcastle on Saturday, October 12th for people who wish to attend the event from out of town. Dubbed the Pumpkin Patch Express, this train will be available to bring people from Brunswick, Bath, and Wiscasset to Newcastle and back.
The trains:

 A trip to the Maine coast is all about relaxing while the salty breeze lifts your spirits - so why not park your car and begin your vacation? With a Maine Eastern Railroad excursion, you can leave the car and the traffic behind and get on board to carefree fun with a unique way to experience the spectacular views of the Maine coast.

The Maine Eastern passenger fleet is comprised of restored streamlined stainless steel railcars and locomotives from the Art Deco era of the 1940s and 1950s.  This equipment has been fully rebuilt to today's standards of safety and comfort, and provides a perfect social setting for lively conversation about the scenery and historic highlights of the 56.6-mile route.

The train rolls along the craggy coast for about two hours. Along the way, you'll spot charming seaside villages, sailboats tacking in the breeze, swooping gulls soaring overhead, and during the fall, trees that glow with a kaleidoscope of color.


LOCOMOTIVES
The Maine Eastern's two vintage passenger locomotives were originally built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (better known simply as the "New Haven").  They are designated as FL9-type locomotives, and were originally equipped to operate using either diesel power or third-rail electrical power to access the New York Central Railroad's Grand Central Terminal in New York City.  They were built with a unique five-axle configuration that allowed extra space in the rear of the locomotive that housed the third-rail electrical equipment and a steam generator to heat passenger cars.  The fifth axle also improved the locomotives' weight distribution, which allowed the FL9s to meet weight-per-axle restrictions on the Park Avenue Viaduct that leads into Grand Central Terminal.

Our two FL9s, #488 and #489, carried EMD serial numbers #21962 and #21969 and were built in September of 1957 as New Haven road numbers #2016 and #2021.  When the New Haven was taken over by Penn Central on December 31, 1968, they became Penn Central #5016 and #5021.  Penn Central was merged into Conrail on April 1, 1976, and our two locomotives became Conrail property and retained their Penn Central numbers.  Conrail almost immediately sold many of its surplus passenger locomotives to Amtrak, and our two engines became Amtrak numbers #239 and #240.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Amtrak contracted Morrison-Knudsen to begin upgrading its FL9 locomotives with head-end power generation systems, and the steam generators were replaced with Cummins diesel engines.  When they were rebuilt by M-K, our two FL9s were renumbered to #488 and #489.  They ran for Amtrak between Albany and New York City into the late 1990s, when they were replaced with new General Electric dual-mode P32AC-DM locomotives.

Around 2002, #488 and #489 were acquired by the Maine Eastern Railroad's parent, the Morristown & Erie Railway, for excursion train service.  At this time, the third-rail electric capabilities were removed, making them strictly diesel passenger locomotives.  After three years of excursion service on the M&E, the #488 and #489 were sent north in 2005 to serve on the Maine Eastern and have been pulling our passenger trains ever since.  Aside from sister FL9 #484, which operates on the Orford Express in Montreal, Quebec, and #2019, which operates on the Naugatuck Railroad in Thomaston, CT, #488 and #489 are the only other remaining FL9s in service anywhere in the world.

PASSENGER CARS

The Maine Eastern's passenger car fleet consists of five streamlined stainless steel cars constructed in the late 1940s and early 1950s for a variety of railroads throughout the United States. All of these cars have been extensively rebuilt and upgraded to current safety and operational standards while still retaining their postwar luxury and comfort. 
For information on the technical and operating specifications of each car, please visit ourcharter page.



Ash - Coach, built 1947 by the Budd Company as New York Central #2900.  Merged into Penn Central #2900, sold to Amtrak #5640, acquired as Maine Eastern Railroad #1003.

Elm - Coach, built 1947 by the Budd Company as New York Central #2901.  Merged into Penn Central #2901, sold to Amtrak #5641, acquired as Maine Eastern Railroad #1004.


Magnolia - Coach, built 1946 by the Budd Company as Florida East Coast Jacksonville.  Sold to Seaboard Air Line #6263, merged into Seaboard Coast Line #5627, sold to Amtrak #5627, acquired as Maine Eastern Railroad #1002.



Penobscot Bay - Buffet-lounge, built 1948 as a dining car by the Budd Company for the Santa Fe. Sold to Amtrak #3106, rebuilt to buffet-lounge, acquired by the Maine Eastern Railroad.

Pine - Coach, built 1953 by the Budd Company as Santa Fe #2834.  Sold to Amtrak #4826, to #4709, rebuilt to #7623, acquired as Maine Eastern Railroad #1001. 
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Geeked

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

 HO and N Scale.

After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, October 4, 2013 4:11 AM

Hi forgot to tell you:

Tickets on the Maine Eastern Railroad are as below. See previous posts {bottom of page 4} for LOTS of info on the Maine Eastern Railroad!!! {pretty pictures too!}

No ticky, no washy: Tickets seem A bit high, BUT it seems worth it!
STANDARD FARES One Way Round Trip
Adult fares between any two points that include Rockland
(Brunswick to Rockland, Bath to Rockland, or Wiscasset to Rockland)
$30.00 $47.00
Adult fares between any two points excluding Rockland
(Brunswick to Bath, Brunswick to Wiscasset, or Bath to Wiscasset)
$18.00 $30.00
SPECIAL FARES (Between Brunswick and Rockland only) One Way Round Trip
Senior Citizens (65 years +) $30.00 $41.00
Children (ages 4 to 15)
(Children under 4 years of age ride for free)
$18.00 $23.00
Family Plan (2 adults and 2 children) $93.00 $122.00
Geeked
EDIT: I got "TOP Ticket", SO eat up! Daisy, here is my credit card, add a tip for yourself. No, an APPROPRIATE tip, thank you!

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

 HO and N Scale.

After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, October 4, 2013 7:23 AM

pascaff*
I don't know if this happens to you folks, but I start on one project, then get side tracked by doing something else, and do not seem to get as much completed as I would like. I should make a list, but I probably would not follow it any way.Whistling

You're kidding right? I mean that is like an everyday normal for me.Laugh

 

Good Morning!!!

Coffee and a stack of buttermilk pancakes  with maple syrup and a side of bacon please. Thanks.

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 88. And Sunday high of 62.

This no smoking thing has given me a sore throat. Haven’t had one of those in ……can’t remember. Years. But it’ll be 2 weeks come Sunday and I couldn’t be happier. Well, I could but that’d  require the influx of mucho casho.

Welp, got to my usual feeding grounds yesterday. Owner lady stopped by to apologize for not talking but she was “very busy! Two buses plus busy day!” And boy they were. Place was packed and people waiting for a seat. All I could think of was my experiences at other places. That, and I still don’t see the purpose of eating chicken feet. Tasty recipe, but you can use something a little easier to eat. Anyway, here this girl has the whole section to herself, probably 15-20 tables, and when I get up to get another plate, I come back to no dishes on the table and, if my drink gets to half, she asks to refill. Most places around here, they have half the tables and they’ll clean the table mostly after you leave plus, you could literally die of thirst if you drink your drink too fast and they still are so busy they just can’t get anything done. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t require a clean table or a drink refilled at ½ full or a neck rub, or even to be burped like a baby. No. I don’t expect that at all and am just fine with the way most places operate. I just find it interesting that what is the norm at some places and is done without even breaking into a trot looking like it’s just as easy as can be and still asking how you are AND taking the time to smile, while at others the folks just can’t seem to handle just picking up a plate as they pass or returning within 15 minutes with the refill or kinda give you the feeling they think you're making their job harder by just being there. Which..Hmm I guess is true.

Another day of favoring the footsy. Not getting much done, but I have to w*rk again tonight so….

Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!

Todd  

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In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.

I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk. Laugh

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