Afternoon/Evenin' folks.
Chloe, I'll have the deep fried Tillapia filet with fries and a trip to the salad bar for dinner tonight. Oh, a tall ice cold glass of lemonade would be great as well.
OK, gather round.... Lets play an ID game.... Tell me where I was, and of what this is a photo of. Yep, this is one of my photos.... Bet G can tell us right off! No peeking at Photobucket now.....
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Todya is a lazy day, but perhaps we should have gone here:
{Herr Ulrich would be right at home-but probably not as good as at his home-with some american substitutes}:
the Alpine Wurst and Meat house in Honesdale, PA:
http://thealpineonline.com/aboutus.sc
MIL used to send us to there for stuff when she was alive...without Mutti, rest her soul {2 years now}, we just haven't been.
I see it seems we can order online, now. Save the gas? dunno, depends on shipping costs...of course...
MOH has mentioned going here a few times now, so maybe we go next weekend..
Tomorrow we go back to the Sterling renaissance festival for Celtic Weekend,, with the pipes and kilts galore!
I'll be wearin' o' the red/green kilt on the morrow....if it still fits...
-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.
It's the first of the month, diners.
Walthers had the Variety Printing buildings on sale with limited quantities. So I decided to buy 2 with a Conrail Mercury container ( they say it has a different number).
Nothing much just yet but its still early.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Ulrich: NICE pics!
Workign on the old resume, the thing that will hopefully get me working part time again,
One job looks jack of all trades, and was:
Administrative Assistant
· Field client requests via phone, mail, and email
· Edited Legal Journals for publication {IRONIC AS I CANNOT TYPE WELL,,hUH? Word processing does wonders!}
· Prepared Journals for printing
· Prepared and processed billing
· Supervised book collation
· Supervised processing of order fulfillment and packaging
· Limited Accounts Payable
· Thermal and GBC book binding
· Interfaced with United Parcel Service in processing shipments
· Maintained inventories of shipping, binding and packaging supplies
· Maintained file systems
Bulk mail processing
so this should help....
more work to do on it though...
later
Afternoon, Folks!
Ray - I would feel right at home in your living room!
Today has been a day of a big surprise for me. Shortly after I had posted this morning´s greetings, my friend Lothar called and invited me to a trip into the countryside. We finally ended at Bruchhausen, the terminus of a little museum line celebrating the annual rail fan´s day. Unfortunately, all the trains were sold out, so we could not enjoy a ride down the line, but we were neverless able to observe some nice narrow gauge branchline action, just like in the good old days.
Here are some pictures I was able to take (and thanks to the built-in fuzzy logic, there are not all shaky).
Mornin' everyone!
Well, Zoe, the diner looks nice, all freshened up after a month abroad! Always amazes me how you girls get it all spiffed up so quickly... I will have the #2 Special this morning. Over easy on the eggs, a couple sausage links, home fries, and a double order of that wonderful sour dough toast you bake fresh every moening. Oh yes, put on a 20 cup pot of Marrakesh Express Organic Dark Roast for me please.
Currently 74°F here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS this morning under partly skies with a small chance of some sprinkles later today. High will be 78°F this afternoon.
I shall continue to clean out and put away stuff today. I need to get all the odds and ends together and make ready to put in storage all the papers and STUFF from the convention last May. Also have a lot of other items that have just been oput on hold during the rebuild of the living room. Oh! Thank you for your kind words on the results. I am very pleased as what I had envisioned is how the room has turned out. I am now collecting STUFF for my DIL's Yard sale sometime in August. I guess I am up to where I should have been last April....
Later!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Hey, Bear, Mate, congrats on the cap! Enjoy! smart thinking that chap!
Garry: safe trip as always: watch out for that stoopid {wiht two "o"s} Frenchman: De Tour! He's can be as bad as his cousin in the winter: De Frost!
oh well, bad joke's but they are running jokes here......LOL.
Good morning, and Happy August 1st.
The pile driver at the nearby bridge contruction project began working at 6:00 AM. No sleeping in this summer.
Bags are packed and the trip to Alabama begins very shortly.
Have a nice weekend.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning all!
Coffee and toast Flo please.
Whew...August 1st! Good granny where is the time going? I cannot believe that we are on the downside of summer already. Time indeed goes far too fast Gents!
Almost ready to prime my Trackside Transfer building as well as my modern(ish) grain elevator. I will post pictures when I get them done. Did some railfanning yesterday and caught a few Norfolk Southern and CSX coal drags and intermodals. Kinda hot standing beside the tracks though. Glad I had water and snacks.
Well, I hope everyone has a healthy and enjoyable 1st day of August. Make it count fellas.
Happy modeling to all!
Don.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that both engines have failed, and we will be stuck here for some time. The good news is that you decided to take the train and not fly."
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Mark H: Crhostler:
Here is another view of the Viaduct trip...with the Helicopter footage dubbed in, somewhere there, on the fireman's side, in the cars of peeeps is..ME, MOH, and our firends! We were on it whne the Copter flew aruond, making a BIG media specticle of it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bUTPy56zmM
the viaduct from below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alQKmRU56-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlaXRz-pwD0
It IS awe-inspiring isn't it??? It is an amazing build!
It OPENED in 1915, 100 years ago! Gee,, I wonder IF Steamtown is planning an innaugural 100th anniversary trip in November?
A panaramic photographic view:
http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pennsylvania/tunkhannock/
it is magnificent...I agree, and brings tears to your eyes? I can see why..
The Starrucca Viaduct predates the Nicholson by some 50-60 years, another amazing feat {shouldn't be I guesss the romans and greeeks had their own feats of engineering}.
for those wondering:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrucca_Viaduct
Starrucca is closer to where I live than nicholson, but the nicholson is more impressive...
Reading?
Here is some nostalgia for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enwOmwcjctM
welp, better go feed the cat, he has been encircling my legs for the last hour now...he wants "breaky" now,,,,at almost 18 years old he is too skinny and a fussy eater....
Galaxy...I am sooo envious!! Nicholson (Tunkhannock)Viaduct...so awesome! I was there in 1981 and was floored at the size of that bridge. I so miss railroading in PA...it could put tears in my eyes. I was born and grew up in the Reading, PA area and was fortunate to get to many areas of PA that were notable to railroading. I caught a D&H train descending the Ararat grade somewhere south of the Starrucca Viaduct in 1979...an incredible sight. Oh the sight and smell of brake shoe smoke...YES!
Oh...and one more thing. There's a tunnel just a few miles south of the the Nicholson Viaduct (Factoryville Tunnel...IIRC). Take a look if you have the chance.
Have Fun
Mark H
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
Good Morning!
My word - August already! The month starts with a bright and sunny day and it´s not going to be too hot! My kind of weather!
Ray - your new living room really looks nice. I like more traditional furniture.
up831 - there were some US bomber pilots who remained in England after the war. That chap could have been one of them...
Galaxy - thanks for opening this month´s Diner.
I am not continuing with posting a video each day, but there is one spectacular video I found yesterday, which I´d like to share with you:
Have a great weekend!
Good Evening,
As I key this it is still the 31st of July. It's that time zone thing. I got out this afternoon for some very successful railfanning. I did it also 2 weeks ago. First time in 21 years. I am not a fan of the UP...but what the hey...if that's all you have. I've missed it. Finding some nice...and all round safe places to video and take stills. Got an awesome canyon along I80 east of Reno/Sparks to get trains running at 65+. My day today yielded 11 trains and one high rail pick up from 11:45 AM to 5:30 PM and that includes Amtrak #6 going east at about 70.
Well the health has given me something of a break...the sciatica has finally calmed to allow me to sleep. That is a bear of a condition to deal with...I don't miss it. I'll be 54 on Sunday and I'm realizing more and more that aging is not for weenies. I tell people that I'm 54 going on 80...physically, but in the mind I'm still 20 something. How cruel nature can be!
Oh...oh...yeah! One last thing. I'm going over the top as a modeler...at least for me.
I'm taking a shot at building a 2-8-8-? from two Mantua chassis, some copper tube, and a gazzilion detail parts. Multi-year project. I'll be posting stuff as I go. Getting bold these days... well at least as a modeler. LOL!!
Take care all
I nearly missed the opening of the new diner! I went to bed at 9 pm, and slept until 1AM, those who know me, know i NEVER sleep for 4 hours all at once like that! Not even with a "helper med"....
Hmm I must have been exhausted from not sleeping lately... Even though I ahve tried and stayed in be,d the only time I sleep is usually the late morning hours...
well, ENJOY THE new diner!
It's been spit-polished {a TERM, not actual practice} adn shined up! The A/C is on Strongly!
we will begin our tour of American operating Steam locos with a favorite CN # 3254 from Steamtown, on a trip to the Tunkhannock Viaduct, in Nicholson, PA., a trip I was actually ON the frst time! Oh, the excitement in the air!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7C-KjGuyY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtrrpnoPHw4
In memory of
Jeffrey Scott Wimberly
July 07, 1960-December 15, 2014
AKA Running Bear, Dr. Frankendiesel, The Spray Can Rembrandt
Volunteer firefighter, exceptional model railroader and friend.
Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner is a meeting place for all who wish to join. We talk on-topic, but also off-topic here {the only place allowed by our hosts}, but always within the framework of the forum policy. Talk about your ongoing or future model railroading projects, show us your latest acquisitions or simply share your day. If you need to let off some steam, you can do it here, but beware - Cousin Vinnie, the proprietor, is keeping a close watch on the language and is unforgiving when it comes to violations of the house rule.
Hello, and welcome!
The old diner is Here:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/248443.aspx?page=20#2779892