Jeffrey Scott Wimberly
July 07, 1960-December 15, 2014
AKA Running Bear, Dr. Frankendiesel, The Spray Can Rembrandt
Volunteer firefighter, exceptional model railroader
and dear friend to many of us.
Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner was formerly Elliot´s Trackside Diner, but was renamed to honor our dear friend Jeffrey "Running Bear" Wimberly.
Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner is a meeting place for all who wish to join. We may talk on-topic, but also off-topic here (as a matter of fact - the only place tolerated 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 rules, same as the general forum rules!
The staff is exceptional, and anything you desire to eat is available 24/7/365. This would include: Janie, the twins Chloe and Zoe, Flo, Daisy and the latest addition, Brunhilda ! The food is always excellent and tasty, just the way you like it!
So, pull yourself in, bank you fire, and sit a spell and enjoy!
Wake up, get up, its the first of the month!
Very early morning diners,
I bought the last season of Warehouse 13 today. If anyone remembers it, it was on the sci-fi channel 2 years ago.
It's been very windy today around one or two in the evening. They believe it's going to rain. I'll find out sometime after I wake up later in the day (8:00a.m.)
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good Morning, Folks!
I took the liberty of moving the Diner to the new location for the month - just down the track a little from where it had been in January.
It´s just incredible how fast January passed by - it seems to ghave been much faster than in past years! The good side of it is that we have gained about 1 1/2 hrs. of daylight since Christmas
I spent a nice afternoon at my new train friend´s place. He helped me doing the repairs on my broken down loco (the one in my avatar, which had developed gearbox problems). It was a much bigger job than both of us had anticipated, but after 3 hrs. of blood, sweat and tears plus a number of choice words I am not allowed to post here, we got it up and running again. It now purrs like a kitten, compared to the howling noise of a jet plane taking of it made when I got it.
Sven (that´s my train friend´s name) is 20 years younger than I am and his eyes are better than mine and his hands less shaky. He is building a huge layout, which would cover all of our apartment - some 800 sqft.! Too big for my taste!
Well, I am off to run the morning ttrain now!
Have a great one!
Good morning and Happy February !
Ulrich ... Thanks for moving the Diner. I have moved the Chapel Car to be with the Diner for those who need a sanctury or a place of refuge. ... I'm hoping all of the bad luck is being used up, and good luck will prevail.
Also, Ulrich ... I'm glad you have a friend helping you repair your locomotive. Say "Hello" to Sven from North America. We think he is a good guy.
Henry ... I hope the boxcar project you mentiond is going well.
Everybody: .... What are your plans for model railroading in February?
I have several projects awaiting me. There is a location on my main line where I will make some corrections to the track where occassional derailments occur. Some steam locomotives and some passenger cars are very sesnitive to curves and changes in grade. I'll have to pull up track, and make changes to the plywood base. I will need a day or two to make the corrections. This is on the new section of the layout, and I must do this before continuing with scenery.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Thought I'd stop by and say Hi to all. Watching the rest of the blizard snow melt today in Northern Virginia before my trip to the South China Sea tomorrow. Hope all in the North East got through the blizard safe and sound. Time to run the late morning commuter train.
All the best.
Reinhard
Joe F
The LION is here, wherever *here* is.
Some Wildebeest sausage and Ostritch eggs sounds like a good start to the day.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Heartland Division CB&QSay "Hello" to Sven from North America. We think he is a good guy.
He certainly is. It´s great to know him. When it comes to model railroading we are birds of a feather...
Folks, I blew it! I got "the look" from Petra. I have been trying to keep household peace by not doing any major w*rk on my layout which is messy, but I failed. Today I overdid it by cutting the Masonite boards for the fascia. You know how much dust is involved in that!
Petra had just hung up the laundry on the drying rack. Shame on me
Chessie reinhard Watching the rest of the blizard snow melt today in Northern Virginia before my trip to the South China Sea tomorrow. Reinhard
Watching the rest of the blizard snow melt today in Northern Virginia before my trip to the South China Sea tomorrow.
Have a safe journey. Let us know how you are doing
Gd' Morning Gang,
Hard to believe that Jan. is gone for the year, and now for you Engineers that have a Firewoman in your Cab (wife or Girlfriend), keep in mind that in two weeks it is Valentine's Day. Don't forget or you might be booted out of your Cab.
Well, I had a gremlin show up last week on the LM&E. and where everything had been running smooooth, all of a sudden (with no changes having been made) when I went to run a train on the 2nd Main another loco on the Branchline would start to run as well and vice versa. I spent the evening on Friday and most of Saturday checking everything, block controls, the Controlmasters, the throttles, all the track and turnouts and could not find a source of the problem. The only thing that I couldn't see was where the feeder was soldered onto the Barnchline as that joint was buried under the concrete slab I poured under the Elevated Station. So I took the chance and cut off that feeder under the benchwork where it went up to the track and extended it to an area that is more in the open. And guess what? Everything works the way it is supposed to. Seems that somehow, and I can't think why, a leak had occured in the slab between the two lines. ?????. So now I am back to being a happy camper but will always be thinking about how that could have occured.
Back at work today and tomorrow. It is cloudy and gray here, about -8 C. and very little wind which makes it rather pleasant out. Still above our average for this time of the year and we virtually have no snow. It is indeed a very strange year. C.N. Charlie, Seamonster and Blind Bruce in Winnipeg have had more winter than we have had and we are only 363 miles apart on the praries. I do believe it is some lake affect they get being just south of two large lakes.
I guess I should get back to work for awhile, but will check in later.
Hope you all have a great week with lots of healing for those doing so and the avoidance of such for all the rest of you.
Johnboy out......................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
last mountain & eastern hogger keep in mind that in two weeks it is Valentine's Day
Worse than that - February 13th is SWMBO´s birthday! I will take her out to our favorite Chinese restaurant (btw, where´s Todd?).
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a pot of Seneca Lake Dark Roast Coffee and a couple Sour Cream Glazed Donuts to dunk in it, please and thank you Ma'am.
Ulrich, thanks for moving the diner for us. I think you forgot to lock the doors on the last one though..... Somebody was in there wonderin' where everyone is......
Yesterday January closed out at just over 100 kWh of electric from the solar panels on my roof. Down just a few from last year, but down about 25 from two years ago. Last year I made no electric the last week of January as there was about a foot of snow on the roof! I have already made more this February morning than I did in the entire month of February last year, so that is a plus!
Today is going ot be a busy one around these parts as I need to go to Canandaigua to feed my sister's kitties (clean the litter box, drop off more litter and kittie treats, sit an read something while the PiP charges) and then head to Rochester to drop off the petition to the Asst' Super of the division so he can try to get more people signed....
Need to call for more CPAP Supplies from the wholesaler it comes from. Would also dearly like to be able to find some time tonight to work on the Girder Bridge project....
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Greatings to a new month. It is hard to believe January flew by so fast. Yesterday I took my walk in a flannel shirt, today it was back to the winter coat.
Our own little corner of the world has a raging controvery going on about a retired police officer and his trained German shepard Ajax. He offered to buy the dog but apparently state law treats the dog as municipal property and it has to go to bid. The issue has gone viral on social media and it has drawn national news attention. I guess a crowd funding effort has pledged over $50,000 to buy the dog which is way crazy. It will be interesting to see the final resolution. The city has already held a press conference to air their side of the issue. Lots of black eyes already.
Managed to glue down all my stained ties this afternoon. Cleaned out the gunk in my staining vessel so I can mix up another batch of stain and do up another package of ties.
Thanks to Uhlrich for moving the diner again this month.
Jim
Well, January's gone, welcome to February. Nice to hear from so many folks. It was spring-like warm here in Maine today - into the 60's. I personelly prefer it to be 'seasonally cool".
I sent the recalcitrant sound decoder off to the experts. It will be interesting to see how badly itis fried, if that is the case. In the meantime I am going to try to build from scratch a model of a Signal Station for my railroad (others call them 'tower's). this will be something new for me, we will see if this is something that I can be succssful for future projects.
Happy Feb One to all...Supper's ready, I am done for now...
Evening. I didn't even think of it being Feb 1st, even though I knew it was.
Well, we are done with the trailer, end of Jan.
Garry: Thanks for the concern expressed in last month's diner. I placed an emergency call to Mental Health this morning as soon as they opened to get in to see my counselor. She isn't available until Thursday for me, and that is after services on Wed evening {whihc we will attend the whole time}.
The services for Christian are wed evening, there will be calling hours prior to a service at 7pm,followed by a dinner after.
I have a morning appt wiht my pulmonologist to find out more about the shadow on my Xray. We willsee hwat happens, Keep your fingers crossed it is JUST a shadow on hte Xray!!!! ANd not a pulmonary nodule, cancerous or not.
-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.
I like the CP post card.
DER when do you start construction ?
Der I'm planning something smaller. Cleaning my mom's house out this spring was an eye opener. I don't want to leave my wife and kids with 2 dumpsters full of stuff.
3 prisoners escaped from the jail here, they had nothing to loose, they were murders. So the big news story here for a week. They have been captured now.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Over all today was pretty uneventful. Work was OK at the very best. I was looking at what I made last year comparied to this year, about a 20% drop in income.
Train Room Front. Good news is the trains are running well! But the Control Tower Chair Is Jacked Up! OK, it is my offices chair. I have to get 80% of my weight on the right side or something slips and I am leaning at a 10% grade to the left. I have a good idea what the problem is. A self tapping screw should do it, but at last I have none that I can find.
Ulrich, shame, shame, shame on you! Fresh laundry and saw dust do not get a long!
Galaxy Good luck on the X-Ray!
Tired of feeling like I am falling over.
Ken
I hate Rust
Looking at our weather, Punxsutawney Phil would certainly claim the end of Winter. It´s a wet & windy day, with the daytime high expected tp exceed 10°C!
Folks, I am really in for something nasty. I just did very little on the layout this morning, with only a tiny bit of dust involved, but Petra was short of losing her temper! I made arrangements to do the cutting of the remaining fascia boards at a friend´s place - my attempt at restoring the household peace.
Guess I have to buy a bouquet of flowers!
Gm,
Today's word:
ulrich: do your duty and make it up to her. you have her Bday V day and "make up" day to make up for....she will only tolerate your hobby so much before she says "no more".
Good morning ..
Galaxy .... You're welcome. Again, keep your faith. Prayers are being answerred, and you are near a turning point where you've used up bad luck, and good luck is following. Even Punxsutawney Phil says your tough Winter is approaching an end. Model railroading is good for what I call "sanity breaks", and it has helped me through some very rough times in the past. .... I would suggest you and Train Nut get started with building your layout in your new basement. Let's see. Did you once say you model the Chessie System?.... Also, don't forget the Little Engine That Could. Repeat this phrase over and over: "I think I can."
Ulrich ... Thanks for reminding us of Groundhog Day. Your talking about Petra reminds me. I get most of my model railroading accomplished if home alone. Perhaps, Petra could go spend time with lady friends.
Speaking of wives, Shelley has a bad memory. She remembers everything!
Der John ... Thanks for the info regarding the CP locomotive. You may be interested, when I was a boy, we rode on CP from Vancouver through the Rockies and then to CP's connection with Soo Line at the border with North Dakotoa. Most of the time it ws dieseles but the train had a steam locomotive on its final leg to the border.
Good Afternoon!
It was a good thing to be out of Petra´s way for a while. Her mood has improved and I got a few things done! The fascia is now cut and already installed, which was a simple glue and bolt on job.
This is how things look now:
Installing the curved backdrop will be a challenge. I will use the one I made for that On30 failure layout, but I need to have it reduced in height and length. Fortunately, I can have that done at our DiY store at a rather nominal charge of $ 1.10 (1 Euro).
Ulrich: You do amazing work.
Richard
Well, I spent 6 hours at the pulmonologist, the CT scan with contrast and blood work done. Exhausted. DOn't know anyhting yet. I make quite the pin cushion for IV and blood needles.
Nap time.
Garry: it will be a long whiel before trains are unpacked. we have other stuff to "find"
Ulrich, cook her a dinner like spaghetti don't tell me you cant-nad make it up to her.
Gee, Richard - you make me blush! Nothing really amazing about it & the photo does not show all those areas which will have to be reworked.
Found a great video on "the Tube". It´s completely , but worthwhile watching. Should bring back fond memories to some of us ...
Enjoy!
Calling it a day! It´s been quit in here today, only 7 customers for Vinnie and his team during the day.
Refering to the video in my previous post - suddenly they were all gone!
CU tomorrow!
Good Afternoon diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Well, it's Groundhog Day in which it is learned that if the groundhog see his shadow, we get 6 more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow, we get 42 more days.
gotta go.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Evening all, Yep Phil says we are not going to have six more weeks of winter....I just hope none of us go Bill Murray over it.
In regards to a post about the boxcars, I have no idea who made them, but I suspect Bachman.Truck mounted couplers give it away. Ah well, another project to upgrade them (Body mount the couplers, decal it even further, add seperately applied ladders and grab irons,etc)
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Ulrich: I would like to second that 'Nice Work" comment on your success at installing a fascia; I have yet to install one and I am not looking forward to it. I have the material, just not the gumption as of yet.
Work Stunk so that is covred.
Days Off I am to the point I cannot even call them days off! Besides do all the running Sue normally does I all so have to do the house keeping (It in it self is not much) I all so the cooking, laundry and shopping. Then I have my own running to do. Plus I need to find time to work on the backyard before the Zoing Inspector comes back Feb 18 th.
Ulrich Are you going to make the layout a Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter layout? I would love to do a winter layout some day, I like snow.
Later, Ken
Morning, Folks!
Chloe, dear, coffee in an IV bag, please - hold it! Make that Italian extra strong Espresso, per favore!
After a a fruitless attempt to find some sleep, I got up in the middle of the night. I must have dozed off on the sofa for a few minutes, but that´s about all the sleep I got last night. I feel "freight-trained" this morning!
Ken - I am yet undecided. Right now, I am in favor of a "Winter Wonderland". There is an open issue to that - I don´t know how to bury the track in a scale foot of snow...
MrMick - installing the facia is not a big issue at all, but it sure does make a heck of a difference in the presentation of your layout! I´d say go for it!
If you hear the sound of a chainsaw - it´s me in the backbooth!
CUL!