Hey!
Now that the Cubs have won the World Series does that mean that the Toronto Maple Leafs might eventually win another Stanley Cup? I guess if the odds are the same I'll have to wait another 56 years for the Leafs to do that. I think the last time they won the cup was in 1964.
By the way, just to tell you how much of a diehard Maple Leafs fan I am (not), the last time I saw the Leafs play in person was when Eddie Shack was playing for the L.A. Kings, long hair and all! Toronto lost 3-0. Typical Leafs!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Garry:
You missunderstood. I said I "almost" blew my bank balance on the Rapido FP7s. Sober second thought caused me to back out because they had Tsunami decoders. I have not had good experiences with Tsunami decoders. (OK, all you Tsunami lovers please back off - I know how to get them to run just fine. I just don't need the hassle!).
If I had bought the Rapido ABA set I would have replaced the Tsunamis with Loksounds (just like Rapido has done - wonder why?!?) but that would have brought the price right back up to what everybody else wants for them, so no bargain. For now I will stick with my InterMountains (although I have to replace a couple of QSI decoders in them too).
Today's lunch special is... barbecued goat.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Howdy !...... Holy Cow!..... Watched a long game last nght. Cubs win 8-7.
! ! !
I have aited all of my life for the Cubs to get to the World Series. As I have said a few days ago, I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and I went to many Cubs games and White Sox games. We took the train to get to the ball park. It was the Burlington commuter trains into Chicago Union Station, and then the CTA "El" train to the park.
To celebrate. .....
.... I have brought Chicago Style Hot Dogs for lunch and Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza for supper !
Chow down !
My life long model train friend and his wife are arriving here from northern Illinois later today. It will be a few days of fun including trains and celbrating the Cubs' big win.
Dave ... Congrats on acquiring the CP ABA set. Are they in the original CP color scheme ?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I almost blew a small fortune on a Rapido Canadian Pacific FP7 A-B-A consist tonight. The 'Buy it now' price was $600.00 Cdn which is about 1/3rd less than the typical asking price. Something told me there had to be a catch, and when I read the listing in detail I found it. They are the earlier versions with Tsunami sound. I don't like Tsunami decoders. Upgrading the Rapidos to Loksound would have negated any savings that the deal offered. Darn!!!
But hey, the bank account is still intact, for now at least. Then I found some CP slab sided hoppers............. OH, I'm sorely tempted!!!
The wife went nuts when they won, she thinks she woke up the neighbors she was so loud.
Modeling on the cheap
Well, looks like the Cubs pulled it off! First WS win in 108 years!!! That has to feel good! Just think, the last time they won the World Series steam was just entering its hayday! Wow!
Hello fellow diners,
I'd like some pepperoni pizza slices and a large container of beer.
Ed, I love the pictures of Garrison and the covered walkways.
Monday... I tried to work on the cruise control for my truck, to no avail, I replaced three different parts, and it's still not working. I'm going to keep researching the problem and see if I can find a solution before taking it to the shop. I have a service date for next Wednesday to find out for sure what's going on with it.
During the repair work, I had my phone in my pocket, and in short, needed to go to Verizon and get a new smart-phone. I got the phone, plus a Life-Proof Case, Asus tablet, magnetic charger, and a car-charger. Apparently between a healthcare employee discount, and a bundling deal, I not only saved quite a bit, the monthly bill went down significantly too. And we have substantially more data. We meaning, I am on a family plan. Whole experience had been a little overwhelming and as I liked my old phone, I would have gladly kept using it. The new phone is sweet though.
Tuesday... I thought I had the day off, and spent the day, doing errands, and again while working on the truck, trying to clean debris from the blower fan, missed three calls from work about going in. They were surprised as I'm usually on time, and never more then a few minutes late without giving them a head's up. No foul at least, but my night at work had been not good.
Today, I had the day off, and enjoyed not having to do much, though did make a bit of time to go to my favorite hiking spot.
Got one of my painted X29s decaled tonight. Felt great to finish it as it's been an unfinished model since I think this Winter. I have one more to go and I'll be done with X29s for a long time.
Cheers all,
Alvie
Good evening all.
Chloe - Hot fudge sundae please.
Weather - Warm again today. Hit 74, but tomorrow is supposed to be cooler. Much cooler.
W**k - Slow day today. Did a whopping $150 in sales... Whole day to hit it. Like Cudaken says, should have taken a book!
Speaking of w**k -
YGW - It was a compliment actually. The store manager was surprised I was picking up (and running with it) so quickly and smoothly. She told me today that she is "glad that (the other store) let me go", as, in her words, "I got one heck of an employee out of it." I will take that compliment, and the one from the other day. Makes me feel better, as I don't feel I am doing as well as I could be yet.
Cudaken - Yes, I do enjoy working retail, and do like this job as of right now. A nice manager, nice store owner, so it seems good so far. The store manager had me on my own today, with the few customers who came in. Thought I had a fridge sold, talked her into the next model up, better features, and a better warranty, and was just about to close the deal, when she backed out, to double check with her husband first. But, she did say that the would both come in tomorrow, and look for me. (They need a refrigerator.... Soon!) The store manager said that she was extremely impressed, and that I had hit all the right points.
Baseball - Not as close as I had hoped, but not a total blow out either. Torn between the game, and the CMA awards... Both are pretty good tonight. Baseball would totally win though if Indians were closer or leading. (Sorry Garry. I am rooting against your team tonight.) I will say, glad to see Ross get a homer in his final game... Got to respect what he has done in his career. But, I will say I am not liking the current score... Wrong team is leading right now. (For me anyways.)
Hope all are well, and everyone have a good night! (And Let's go Indians! )
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
gmpullman While exploring Garrison in Google Street View I came across this neat tunnel arrangement that dates to the New York Central days. So, why did they "daylight" one track and not the other? Did they run out of money for the project? Why not run both tracks through the cut on the right? If we did this on our layouts wouldn't that raise some eyebrows???
While exploring Garrison in Google Street View I came across this neat tunnel arrangement that dates to the New York Central days.
So, why did they "daylight" one track and not the other? Did they run out of money for the project? Why not run both tracks through the cut on the right? If we did this on our layouts wouldn't that raise some eyebrows???
They aren't the only one to do that.
http://mtnsub.org/cumberland/images/p-o-r-tunnel.jpg
CG
Good Evening, Diners...
Just stopping by for a quick cuppa' Joe, Brunhilda, plaease.
yougottawantaEd - You like musicals ?
YGW, That statement can be correct with the question mark or an exclamation point!
I have to laugh at what age can do to a person —I had a life-long friend who was a huge fan of musicals and he would sing some of the tunes and describe some of the stories and I would just roll my eyes and smile... OK, whatever floats your Showboat I would reply.
Fast forward twenty years and here I am getting Singin' In The Rain, Oklahoma, State Fair, The Music Man, et al. from Netflix! Mrs. Pullman and I just love the "campy and corny" attractions, especially if they're in CinemaScope and Technicolor!
Not long ago I was inspired to make an addition to my layout that was actually inspired by Barbra Streisand!
While watching Hello Dolly which was partly filmed on my beloved New York Central in Garrison, New York, (across the River from West Point) I noticed an enclosed pedestrian overpass walkway. On further investigation I found a strikingly similar model by Faller and knew I had to have one like it on the layout!
http://barbra-archives.com/films/hello_dolly_3_streisand.html
Scroll toward the bottom of the site and see the photo of Babs at the Poughkeepsie Station showing the overpass.
Here's my version of the pedestrian walkway, still under construction in this view:
I recall being at many of these stations along the Hudson, Spuyten Duyvil, Dobbs Ferry, Harmon, Tarrytown, and they all had similar, enclosed pedestrian walkways. Some still exist today.
Notice the old New York Central "NY-50" milepost seen between the bridge guardrails!
Turning 180° you get this view:
Sometimes Google catches some pretty neat scenes! The depot where "Dolly" was filmed is toward the last car of the train.
Take Care, everyone...
Chat Later, Ed
Here is the LION. Him wants Spaghetti with a nice Wildebeest Sauce.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
YGW - westbound headed into Conway Yard. That's the only NS locomotive I've seen like that. There are some others I've seen with pretty good burn marks from stack fires, but basically their engines look pretty good.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good Afternoon Diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Just got back from a trip to the Pacific Northwest. Got to see a few BNSF trains and stopped in a fine LHS in Kirkland. Picked up a couple of Accurail kits. I must say I'm a little impressed with the detail.
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However, I can't hide my disappointment in the scarcity of kits. I think that in the long run it will affect the hobby negatively. Nuff said.
YGW: just saw the invite. Responded. How are you, by the way?
V8Dennis: Where is SP's horseshoe curve? I was in So Cal for 10 years and never heard of it.
Steve: Are you trying to tantalize us With chili cheeseburgers?
There used to be a place in Van Nuys north of the airport called Tommy's that offered chili cheeseburgers. Gooey and good! Not quite up to In-n-out, but good nonetheless.
Gotta get back to work.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
After having been off of the bike for over weeks nursing my neck, I finally went out for a ride today. It has gotten colder and darker in the mornings, so I went out after 9:00 this morning. It was a beautiful morning--mid 70's, sunny, light breeze. It was good to get back out and my neck is no worse for the wear.
Richard
A 48 cent Old Fashion?! I still have a few coppers left over for a wedge of that mince pie!Skol !
Modeling the Chicago Great Western and Milwaukee Road along Minnesota's Cannon River Valley.
yougottawanta FRRYKid - Was it a Ford that burned up ? I just found out from a mechanic friend of mine that Ford trucks had this gas valve that would malfunction and caused the vehicle to catch on fire. I assume they have corrected this on the newer models.
FRRYKid - Was it a Ford that burned up ? I just found out from a mechanic friend of mine that Ford trucks had this gas valve that would malfunction and caused the vehicle to catch on fire. I assume they have corrected this on the newer models.
I have no idea. I didn't get close enough to see what logo the vehicle carried and I can't identify vehicles by their noses. However, it looked to be a fairly new pickup.
We were in North Carolina this weekend for my daughter's birthday, and I grilled fajitas. We had to create a marinade out of spices we could find (no fajita seasoning in the store); but they were still good.
We grew up eating Mexican (actually Tex-Mex) as my mother learned how to cook at the family restaurant as a teenager. But I don't remember ever eating fajitas until they became popular in restaurants around the early 1980's.
Today's luncheon menu, courtesy of Fred Harvey... um, multiply all those prices by at least 10 though...
mmmm, who doesn't like julienned tongue salad?
Morning all
Been away for a few days. "Puter" problems and LOTS of inspections at w**k.
Richard - Thanks for opening the diner
Tom - NS #2537 - I though NS took better care of their engines. Where is this one taken ?
Garry - Do you think your Cubs will have a chance to win the 7th game ?
Moeandlarry, Angel, CG - I am in your club too. No trick or treaters at our house either. I wonder if this event is dieing off ?
Howmus - You have reason to be proud. Kids are wonderful
RickyW - Is that a compliment or put down ? "better than expected". Not sure how I would have taken that.
Henry - Do you have any Peruvian resturants in your area ? We have a coouple and teh food is pretty good.
V8 - That is a BIG curve if they can see the whole train !
SRwill - I have never been that far south but I hear all the time from the many Hispanics I work with that the "Mexican" food in this area has been "Americanized" and taste nothing like their native foods.
Ken - Gee that stinks the B&O is in the Repair shop ? Speaking of repairs how is the car doing ?
Ed - You like musicals ?
Todays History qoute I thought somewhat humerous
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
Thomas Paine
TTYL
YGW
Good morning, everybody .
I enjoyed the World Series game last night. Home runs can be exciting. The Cubs had some outstanding plays in both the outfield and the infield. The grand slam was fantastic. I suspect, pitching will dominate game 7.
Ed .... You were here in the middle of the night. I doubt it was sunny in NM at the time. .. LOL ... Interesting there was a movie about the Harvey girls. I recall the Fred Harvey restaurants which were along the old Santa Fe Railway. If I recall correctly, Fred Harvey managed Santa Fe dineing cars, too.
Good Morning, Diners!
Sunny New Mexico! It Grows As It Goes! (A good motto for our model railroads, I might add!) The last time I was in New Mexico was in the summer of 1966, and then it was only my left foot! The family took a side trip after visiting the Rio Grande narrow gauge in Durango and we stopped at the dusty Four Corners Monument. I wanted to add three more states to my "bucket list" at age ten, no less, before heading back east.
Flo, looks like I'll be having a Blake's Lotaburger, green, of course, and a cold Sarsaparilla to wash it down...
http://www.lotaburger.com/#menu-1
ROR—that photo would gain a lot of credibility if someone would Photoshop the cell phone tower in the background out of the picture
Mentioning the Harvey House reminds me of one of my favorite Judy Garland movies:
Let's all sing together, now... one... two... three...
Do ya hear that whistle down the line?I figure that it's engine number forty nineShe's the only one that'll sound that wayOn the Atchison, Topeka And The Santa FeSee the old smoke risin' 'round the bendI reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friendFolks around these parts get the time of dayFrom The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
Fred Harvey should be the patron saint of the diner!
Rick, Glad to hear Day Two went well for you on your new job I wish you much success!
Hey, Ken!
Sounds like you run those engines harder than the B&O ever did ! Don't forget to run them in reverse every once in a while so you even out the wear on the thrust washers, worm gears and keep the motor brushes wearing evenly.
I have a busy week with company coming for a layout visit on Veteran's Day but I'll be setting aside stuff to send your way. [Bessemer caboose and QSI decoder] Can you run any Rivarossi passenger stuff? I'm pretty sure your curves are too tight for Walthers cars. I have some blue-box Atheran cars I'll send your way, too.
Maybe I'll get it boxed up by the weekend...
So long for now, folks! I have a mouth-watering Lotaburger to munch on! I'm a bit sore from splitting and stacking firewood, on a 72°F November day, no less...
Regards, Ed
Not much on the hobby front as it's the beginning of my w*rk week. But it was an interesting day at w*rk. We had a pickup catch on fire in the parking lot this evening! Engine fire. That made for a bit of excitement. The fire department was called. (I actually was the one that ended up calling as I was the one by the main phone.) As one would expect the vehicle looked to be totaled. On Friday night late, we had a customer that had to be ejected and after the customer left due to the fact that he scared everyone, the police were called and was picked up about an hour later. The store has had quite the last 5 days.
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed and I will have a please.
Work Front High light of the day was Ronda (GM's wife) sent me some home made chile from there Halloween party. She a great cook and I like talking with her.
Rick Do you like the job? That is the most important part if you ask me. I love my job, I just hate the paychecks! Main reason I stay is becase of my feet problem. Should stand no more than 3 hours a day total.
Feet Front Not looking good with either the new shoes or the old ones now! Left big toe has gotten a blood blister and I was wearing the old shoes for a few weeks. Get new inserts for the new shoes this coming Friday, sure hope they can get them right this time. This will be the 6th visit to get the new shoes right.
Train Front Well it has sort of stunk tonight. Mess with the POS PK 2000 E-7 with QSI sound. Dang thing will still not move! THen I lost the Mighty B&O F's that Ed sent. Well, I know where they are. One of them started making a nasty clicking sound, and like Ed said in a PM it sounds like a drive shaft. Just seems odd that I did not hear the sound (Cannot be missed) for 200 hours of run time? Guess I will be opening them up, unless the sound goes away after a rest! Might just be tired.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Henry, I grew up in NM and my NMSU Livestock judging coach use to tell us that the farther you get from the Rio Grande, the worse the Mexican food is. Therefore, NM food has to be better than AZ.
Steve
Zoe - I will have a slice of apple pie, and a nice Mexican hot chocolate please. (In NM, so, close, right?)
Weather - Hit 72 today! Wow! That is hot for November in NW PA! Expected to be near that tomorrow, before rain showers and maybe even some expected...
W**k - 2nd day, and already hit a decent bonus today. So, it could turn out to be a good job. Manager seems nice, and most* customers are nice. (*Save for a few grumpy ones.... Get that working retail though.) Got told by the boss tonight that I am doing better than she expected, so.... All seems to be going good.
Trains - Hit a snag on the SD40-2 project... Ain't that always how it goes? For some reason, while the LED's fit perfectly in the front headlights, the rear lights do not fit.... Not even close! So, doing some work on that portion... Then will come front and rear ditchlights. Have the parts, and the chip style SMD lights on hand, so, hoping that goes easier.
Baseball - Cubbies got to Tomlin early, and added a grand slam, but now Cleveland is starting to try to come back... Very slowly though. To keep from going to game 7, they need to rattle Arrieta though. Hoping they get some runs in, just to make it interesting.
Hope all are well, and all have a good night!
Evenin' folks!
Yawn.........!!! Been a busy weekend. A happy "All Saints" to all of you and a happy "All Souls Day" tomorrow! Janie I'll have one of those chili type cheeseburgers and a cup of decaf please. Oh, Please leave off the tomato.... and the chili too.... Don't think my superfluety would take to any of them chili peppers on my food..... It would be obnoxous to my superfluety I guess.
We got my son's 50th. B-day all taken care of properly. The whole shebang went on for 4 days. Had dinner with my youngest son (who just turned 47) on Thursday evening, then a bunch of us played Eucher at the birthday bioys house until the wee hours of the morning on Friday. I slept in Saturday morning, but got to babysit the granddaughters for a couple hours on Saturday night while the sons and a bunch of cousins went to Chili (near rochester) in a limo to hear his cousin's husbands bad play (and do some serious drinking I guess, hence the limo). Then the usual family on his wife's side along with me showed up to celebrate on Sunday evening.
Yesterday I got ready for ALL HALLOS EVE (aka Halloween). The first little monsters to show up at my house (15 minutes early) were my granddaughters... They were cute as always (have a few photos I took but haven't processed yet). The rest of the evening was a trickle of kids. Probably around 15 total. No where near what I used to get back when I was teaching and they found my house........ One of the groups had a very cute little girl, about 5th. or 6th. grade I think who had on a good costume but no mask... As per my usual whako sense of humor I looked at her and said, "Wow! That is an awfully scary mask you have there!!!" The girl thought for a second and started to laugh with a great big grin on her face. At that moment appearing out of the darkness her father walked up on the deck, stuck his hand out and said, "Hi Mr. Howard it's Matt Ma..........." He was one of my all time favorite kids back when I was teaching Middle School. Great singer and very good and personable kid. He and a bunch of other similar kids were the young people that kept me sane the year after my wife died! They hung out after school for as long as I would let them most every day. Absolutely great to see him all grown up and with three kids of his own.... Rather made the evening for me!
Have a safe night out there....
73
(edit) Ok, got the photos edited and into my Photobucket account.... Here is one of the two prettiest girls I know.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Heartland Division CB&Q We have never had Trick or Treat here. We moved here in 2001.
We have never had Trick or Treat here. We moved here in 2001.
Been in Tennessee for 15 years, three counties and briefly a fourth, but not on Halloween. Have gotten ready for Halloween twice, but have never had even one kid show up. This is my first Halloween in this county and didn't do anything to prepare. Called it right. Nobody came by. Oh well, always too far out in the boonies, I guess.
Which state has the best Mexican food, New Mexico or Arizona? Here in Maryland I think we get the Guatemalan or Honduaran impression of what Mexican is like. Everywhere from Texas and west has better Mexican food than we do. In what used to be family run restaurants, the South American contingent has seem to take over kitchens in Italian and Greek restaurants.
Toys? Steven I'll be over to paper your house. I liked Halloween as a kid, but now the idea of kids, who are mostly overweight, begging for candy seems weird.
FRRY nice building.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
evening,
Give me the Chile Burger
Not much happening on the home front, It is hot here for November,
Escaped tricker or treaters
Onward!