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JEFFREY'S TRACK SIDE DINER, OCTOBER 2016: Cumberland Gap Locked

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, October 8, 2016 1:53 PM

We still have a land line, but only because it came as part of the cable-internet bundle.  That phone rings half a dozen times a day, always around meal times.  I listen to the recording message, and there is hardly ever a message left.

If someone isn't going to leave a message, I don't want to talk with them.  I get very few junk calls on my cell phone.  They've started "spoofing" calls to local area codes, because if I don't recognize the area code I won't even answer.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, October 8, 2016 1:16 PM

Yay!  Once again, my daughter and her boyfriend placed 4th in the North American Wife Carrying Championships!  He hurt his leg a few weeks ago and they didn't think they'd even be able to participate, but thankfully it was not the break they originally diagnosed, and they were out there competing with the best.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by JPowell on Saturday, October 8, 2016 12:11 PM

yougottawanta

JPowell - what will you be selling ? Train stuff ?

YGW

 

Whatever they allow me to. For the most part, as long as sellers meet all the requirements for the various products, etc, they can sell whatever they want to.

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I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, October 8, 2016 12:05 PM

Greetings, Diners!

I only slept about three hours this morning so I need a cup of good, stiff, G.M.& O. Coffee with Chicory, Please Flo. I'll take the leftover home to stain some ties and strip paint off a few Athearn shells.

I remember riding the Abraham Lincoln from St. Louis to Chicago just before Amtrak. They had a rebuilt heavyweight diner and I sure remember the coffee that was served. Wow! Knock-your-socks-off!

Asked the steward if the coffee was OK and he proudly responded, "Oh, sir. That's the chicory in there that gives it that rich flavor." Dead

 

cudaken
Any tips on getting the trucks open besides just prying? That is what I have done in the past.

Just use your smallest, flat-bladed screw driver from your Harbor Freight set, Ken. It is tricky and it seems like you will break one of the tabs but they do finally get free. Do one side, then the other side should lift right off. Be careful to get the axle bearings seated (floating) before you snap the cover back on.

yougottawanta
Ed the NRA museum was AWSOME. They even had RR guns there I think from the B&O

Union Switch & Signal actually made some M1911A1 .45s toward the end of WWII. Of course, Railway Post Office and some Railway Express employees were armed with company issued firearms. Some railroad police departments were larger than what a good-sized city might have!

It is a cool and beautiful fall day here in N-E Ohio. Tomorrow, Mrs. Pullman and I are off to Jefferson, for the Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival. Jefferson is also the home of the AC&J Railroad so I'll stop by and see what's up with those folks.

http://wp.acjrailroad.com/

I hope everyone is doing well today and especially the folks who may have been affected by Matthew!

Thoughts and prayers to all...

Regards, Ed

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Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Saturday, October 8, 2016 10:23 AM

Good morning all. Time for some work around the house.....( maybe I can hide)

Nice and cool here this morning after a cold front passed through.

 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, October 8, 2016 9:56 AM

Looks like I found a sympathetic crowd for unwanted phone calls.  I have a model v202 by the previously listed company.  I have taken to blocking area codes instead of individual numbers as it only has 1000 number memory.  I have 129 area codes blocked and 520 numbers and it's only a year old.  Their newest model blocks the calls with totally bogus numbers like 57  or 1591.

There is a Youtube guy, Ian, who has a Forgotton Weapon channel.  military, old prototypes, 3rd world copies or just really cool old guns.  He takes most of them apart and discusses their similarities or differences from other guns.  For instance an M16 bolt is very similar to a WW2 Johnson rifle, because Johnson worked with Stoner.  Here is his tour of the Cody museum

Went to solder my RS3 lights and speaker and realized the clearance for the speaker is not adequate to assemble the hood.  If Cousin Vinnie will permit a quote from Bart Simpson, "Carumba"

Henry

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Posted by yougottawanta on Saturday, October 8, 2016 9:12 AM

Morning all

Have a question for you all. I met with the electricians this morning to discuss electric needs for the barn and hobby room. Anyone have a suggestion in power needs for the room train equipment. I hope to incorporate Signal, sgl and dbl track, accent lighting, buildings lighting etc. This will be on top of the normal room lighting.

Central gulf - funny ! Hi for the juggle

Ed the NRA museum was AWSOME. They even had RR guns there I think from the B&O

Dave that's a funny story. Tucked off phone techs !

Alvie glad you are safe in DC lots to do here while visiting!

Ken where us that photo from ?

Jeremy - dis the fish die before or after the crack ?

JPowell - what will you be selling ? Train stuff ?

Angel - are you going to buy any ?

Mielarry - chili dog giving you trouble ? Ever seen duck dynasty where the guy wins a T-shirt for eating so many dogs ? Funny stuff 

Richard - they had some John Browning stuff at the NRA

Howmus the oddest thing when on my phone I cannot see all of your post. Most everyone else's is okay

Garry - interesting I did not expect you to look like that. I expected you to be a smaller guy. Your pretty tall.

Henry if at all possible you should try to make it to see the museum it is worth the trip !

Gotta run

YGW

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Posted by CGW121 on Saturday, October 8, 2016 9:09 AM

First phone I remember was a 7 party line our number was 8025j1 friend down the street was 8025w1. My son wanted the rotary phone for his business, he is a film maker, but he had to quit using it because it confused his building phone system some how. It would be cool to use them on a layout to call dispatch for clearance.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, October 8, 2016 8:58 AM

Good morning ..

Alvie... Good to know you left FL and family is safe. We postponed our trip until some time next year. 

Ken .... I like the photo from the museum in St. Louis.

CGW121.... Speaking of rotary dial phone, my mother still owned one when she passed away in May of this year. Times have changed. Remember when companies had switchboard operaters? 

My best memories are traveling by train before Amtrak. 

GARRY

HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR

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Posted by CGW121 on Saturday, October 8, 2016 8:40 AM

hon30critter

CGW121:

I don't have call display. Our land line is through Bell Canada and they want more than $10.00 per month for call display. IMHO that is a serious ripoff and I refuse to pay it. I'm going to start shopping around for an alternate supplier.

I don't have a problem with bogus calls on my cell phone, likely because it is rarely left on.

We could get a phone line with our cable/internet provider but their service is not 100% reliable. Every so often their service goes down for a few hours. We have never had the Bell system fail in 40+ years of dealing with them, even during power outages.

Dave

 

I got rid of the land line years ago and only have a cell phone.When I had a land line I would give that number to people I did not want to talk to so it never got answered.

As to rotary phones, we had one up in Minnesota when we lived there.My youngest daughter saw it, she was 15 maybe, got a quizzical look on her face and asked dead seriously "How does it work?" first time she had ever saw one. I liked it cause it had a real bell so I could hear it from all parts of the house with ease.

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Posted by hon30critter on Friday, October 7, 2016 11:29 PM

CentralGulf
CentralGulf wrote the following post 2 hours ago: They do in the US, not sure about Canada.

I know there was a big fuss a few years ago because Bell wanted to stop supporting the rotary phones. There was a huge outcry because lots of people, seniors in particular, were still using the old phones and they were bound and determined that Bell was not going to force them to change, or spend more money.

One of these days I will plug it in and see what happens.

Years ago my dad took the ancient phone out of my grandparents' home (the house had been sold) and installed it in our basement. This was the type of phone where you had an ear piece on a cord and a mouth piece mounted to a box on the wall. There was a rotary dial. He thought it would be funny to actually wire it into the phone line. Shortly after he did that a couple of Bell Telephone repair guys showed up at the door. They said there was a short circuit in our phone lines. When they saw the old phone they weren't too pleased. Apparently the phone drew so much power that it messed up their whole system. It got disconnected pretty quick.LaughLaugh

Dave

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Posted by cats think well of me on Friday, October 7, 2016 10:59 PM

Hi all,

My family and I decided to leave Orlando yesterday morning around 930. We're safe and sound in DC visiting my relatives tonight, thank you all for the well wishes. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected. 

On the MR front, fixing my two out of commision steamers will be priority for the month. I have some ideas on how to fix the crossbeam on the one BLI K4. 

Alvie

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Posted by cudaken on Friday, October 7, 2016 10:33 PM

 Evening Diners

 Flo, Ed and I will have a Beer please. What Ed is working in the kitchen? Good thing I have some left ove BBQ at the house. Whistling

 Felt pretty good today when I got up. Figuers, and I felt like caboose on my days off! Dis cut up most of the old fence before work. Hauld it to work and it is in the dumpster.

 Work/Train Front. Yes I took more engines to work with me. Good thing I did, only 4 customers in 9 hours. 3 of the customers bought but nothing worth a dang. So chaulk it up as a moral victory.

 SD7's. This time it went so easy to get both SD7's fixed it was all most a disappointment. Way Ed hardwired the decoders I could get the weight off with out any cutting of wires. Worm gear covers had poped off during shipping for some reason? Only thing that went wrong is I forgot my Lithium grease and motor oil.

 Ed Only SD7 I have ran so far is the Pen. She ran fine but needs to gear lub. Any tips on getting the trucks open besides just prying? That is what I have done in the past.

 Later, Ken

 

 

 

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Posted by CentralGulf on Friday, October 7, 2016 9:11 PM

They do in the US, not sure about Canada.

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Posted by hon30critter on Friday, October 7, 2016 9:07 PM

CentralGulf
Provided, of course, that you have at least one plain old telephone on the line.

Yup! Got one. It was giving me some grief a while ago. Lots of static. I opened it up, cleaned the contact points, and she was fine. Try doing that with a solid state phone!

I even have an old rotary dial phone which still probably works, although I'm not sure if Bell supports the technology anymore.

Dave

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Posted by CentralGulf on Friday, October 7, 2016 8:54 PM

hon30critter

I don't have call display. Our land line is through Bell Canada and they want more than $10.00 per month for call display. IMHO that is a serious ripoff and I refuse to pay it.

Considering that the phone company's equipment pretty much comes with built in Caller ID these days, and it should not cost them anything to provide the service, ripoff is an understatement.

We have never had the Bell system fail in 40+ years of dealing with them, even during power outages.

That's because everything is on batteries, or should be. You can expect four hours of service in a power outage at a minimum. Provided, of course, that you have at least one plain old telephone on the line. People who have only a cordless phone with an AC powered base are out of luck.

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Posted by hon30critter on Friday, October 7, 2016 8:24 PM

CGW121:

I don't have call display. Our land line is through Bell Canada and they want more than $10.00 per month for call display. IMHO that is a serious ripoff and I refuse to pay it. I'm going to start shopping around for an alternate supplier.

I don't have a problem with bogus calls on my cell phone, likely because it is rarely left on.

We could get a phone line with our cable/internet provider but their service is not 100% reliable. Every so often their service goes down for a few hours. We have never had the Bell system fail in 40+ years of dealing with them, even during power outages.

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by JeremyB on Friday, October 7, 2016 7:23 PM

Just stopping in quicke guys

the last fish died today so got the tank and outside. I planned on selling it but the one side got smashed, lucky I didn't get cut bad just a small nick.

setting up my little area where I play PlayStation and table tops sports games. It's thanksgiving here in Canada this week with Monday being the holiday, we always eat on Sunday though 

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Posted by JPowell on Friday, October 7, 2016 7:06 PM

yougottawanta

JPowell - Nice to see your back. How are things going ? What kind of Amazon store are you opening ?

YGW

Along the lines of a General Storefront that will seel just about anything they will allow us to.

//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)

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I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017

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Posted by Jimmy_Braum on Friday, October 7, 2016 3:01 PM

Hey all. I'm happy, the modern era boxcar I need for my wheeling trains (60ft gunderson) is FINALLY being produced again, this time by athearn. Between four bowser wheeling hoppers and those gundersons, my wallet will not be liking be lol. 

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Posted by angelob6660 on Friday, October 7, 2016 2:35 PM

Afternoon Diners,

When I found out that Intermountain was releasing their UP CA-3/4 caboose. I realized I make my Union Pacific layout in the late 1950s, probably 1957-58. It would be really hard to buy all 4.

This layout will only hold two trains. FEF-3 #838 would be a good fit, and the newest F3 release.

Modeling the G.N.O. Railway, The Diamond Route.

Amtrak America, 1971-Present.

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Friday, October 7, 2016 12:25 PM

Our phone provider has a free-service. When engaged, the caller receives a message similar to the following:

"This number does not accept solicitation. If you are a solicitor, please add this number to your do-not-contact list and hang up. Otherwise press 1 to be connected."

The number of garbage calls, inclduing all robo-dialed, politcal calls, has gone to zero.

Richard

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Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Friday, October 7, 2016 12:14 PM

Whew...Maybe the chilidog waas not such a good idea. 

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Posted by CentralGulf on Friday, October 7, 2016 12:04 PM

howmus

I got me one of these: https://www.cprcallblocker.com/

Phone rings, i don't know whjo is calling, I type the number into Firefox and find out.  if it is listed in the problem call sites, I simply reach over and push the little red stop sign that says "Block Now".  They are now gone and won't bother me again........  They switch numbers, they get blocked again... I now have 130 numbers blocked! 

I have the same device. It supposedly now comes with 5000+ preblocked numbers, but there is no list and no way to find out who, what, or where they are. It has a few foibles but overall it does the job. I used to get multiple scam calls a day, but now I'm down to one every couple of weeks. It was definitely worth the C-note.


 

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Posted by Zandoz on Friday, October 7, 2016 11:55 AM

Hello folks!  I'll have a DDP, please.

It's been a bad couple days...a lot of pain, discomfort and feeling drained.

On the train front, I mentioned to my wife that I wanted to move two small storage cabinets to make a spot for my little train table.  She heard "please rearrange half of this level of the house".  So until she's done doiing as she will, there is no telling how much layout space I'll have.

yougottawanta

ZandOz - Can you do a shelf layout maybe in N scale ? Or maybe even Z scale ?

I've never been able to wrap my brain around the idea of a shelf switching layout.  My main interest is continious running...with a little switching thrown in for change of pace.

What ever layout I end up attempting it will be Unitrack N scale.  I have enough Unitrack to at least do the 10'x7' dogbone layout I was last planning on...and close to enough to do the 18'x14' around the walls layout I had started before the last move.

Reality...an interesting concept with no successful applications, that should always be accompanied by a "Do not try this at home" warning.

Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.

"Oooh...ahhhh...that's how this all starts...but then there's running...and screaming..."

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Friday, October 7, 2016 11:16 AM

At the risk of getting my hand slapped, there is a great firearm museum in the old Union Station Building in Ogden, Utah--the John M. Browning Firearms Musuem. What makes this even more fun, is that the station actually houses four museums and two galleries, and the cost of admission to everything is only $15. The four museums are--

  • Utah State Railroad Museum
  • John M. Browning Firearms Museum
  • Browning – Kimball Classic Car Museum
  • Utah State Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Additionally, they have a number of trains outside the museum, including a UP gas-turbine engine. Well worth the visit, if you are out that way.

Richard

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Posted by ricktrains4824 on Friday, October 7, 2016 10:45 AM

Good morning all!

Zoe, the breakfast platter, scrambled eggs, although not RR style, so skip the shells, bacon, flapjacks, homefries, wheat toast, and OJ please. Thanks.

Garry - When you go for the juggler, do you go after what he/she is juggling? Or, fake a move at them, and get them to throw what they are juggling at you, and duck so they take out the other clowns? Mischief

YGW - I don't really know what was setting of the alarms, just felt it odd that 4 different locations all had a monitored alarm give a false reading, all within an hour of each other... Maybe those clowns Garry mentioned did something.......

Weather - Warm and sunny today. 

W**k - Water advisory lifted this morning, which is good. Trouble is, there is now yet another leak, and the reservoir itself also now is leaking. The cause of the whole issue? The city took over fire hydrant flushing from the FD, and was doing it this way: Turn on full force, wait for water to run clear, shut off flow immediately after it turns clear. And shutting it off just like you would your kitchen faucet, fast and all the way immediately. WHOOPS! Oops - Sign Oops - Sign

Trains - Making a trip to Fostoria tomorrow, should be nice. Forecast is sunny, but seasonably cool, with highs around 65 for Fostoria tomorrow. 

Hope all are well, and enjoy the day!

Ricky W.

HO scale Proto-freelancer.

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Posted by CGW121 on Friday, October 7, 2016 10:19 AM

A lot of the numbers I have saved on my phone are numbers that I do not want to talk to like the ex. I also do a lot more texting  than talking on my phone.

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Posted by howmus on Friday, October 7, 2016 9:49 AM

CGW121
If I do not see a name on the call screen, like my kids etc, the call never gets answered. If it is important leave a message, otherwise you are out of luck.

I got me one of these: https://www.cprcallblocker.com/

Phone rings, i don't know whjo is calling, I type the number into Firefox and find out.  if it is listed in the problem call sites, I simply reach over and push the little red stop sign that says "Block Now".  They are now gone and won't bother me again........  They switch numbers, they get blocked again... I now have 130 numbers blocked!  Years ago I used to use a portable air horn on them, but that doesn't work now that the calls are done by message robots.  the ones that used to ask for the woman of the house, I used to just say, "I'm sorry she doesn't live here anymore" and give them the lot number at the cemetary for them to send her a letter......  they get more sophisticated, we have to get more sofisticated!!! Whistling

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, I looked at the lunch and dinner menu but found out what some of the ingrediants were, so I'll stick with breakfast.  I'll have the usual #2 special again this morning and a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee with it....

Will be heading out to camp around lunch time to switch out the old amp with the new one.  I sure hope that solves the problem out there and the system will do the camporee with no problem!

Sun is out today, but tomorrow calls for rain almost all day.  that of course means I will be standing in the pouring rain helping people on and off the NYC Empire Express cars for ther Fall Foliage trips.  We are completely sold out, BTW.  Hoping it will be a great day.  Have to move my name tag to my good black suit coat for the day....  Did get an umbrella out to use and will have my winter long black coat as well....  today will get upo to 78°F this afternoon but tomorrow says the high will be 64°F.

Have a great and safe day out there....

73

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by moelarrycurly4 on Friday, October 7, 2016 9:39 AM

I don't answer either. it is my phone and they can leave a message if it is important.

I even ignore comcast cable and att.

 

 

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