In the 50's, the suburbs were close to the city. My parents went to one of two Chinese carry out restaurants, both owned by Jimmy Wu, in Baltimore City proper. There were no Chinese restaurants in Baltimore County.
They always ordered Chop Suey and I thought that was Chinese food until I was in college. A Chinese American classmate, also worked there and he made us a meal with those tiny corn cobs. It wasn't that wet sloppy dish of Chop Suey and I loved it.
I understand my expanded knowledge of Chinese food, still isn't "authentic" Chinese food. A close friend travels extensively and says you can go to a restaurant and pick the live animal you want to eat. That would have worked for Merriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark, who preferred dog to elk, but not for me.
Flo I'll have the chicken lo mein.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Had good barbeque for dinner last night, but I have had heartburn all day.
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That s not fair! I am tempting fate tonight and I am going to have Chinese food for dinner. I have not had Chinese in months.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Afternoon Diners,
NWP SWP Evening diners, Good news! My uncle has decided to sign his house over to my dad, long story short the 8 acres we live on was originally purchased by my grandma, they have lived here 16 years, my uncle and his wife moved in the back and they live here for 13 or so years, well when my aunt passed away my uncle remarried about 6 months later, about a year and a half into their marriage they decided to move to a house in Liberty, MS and leave his house (a mobile home) on this land, around this time my parents bought the property off my grandparents (they still live here), well my uncle cut the power to the house so it's been sitting for 9 months empty, well it's falling apart and needs to be rebuilt, so he has finally decided to give it up and put it in my dad's name, we're going to gut it and renovate it to be my house, well in part of that I will now HAVE A PLACE FOR A LAYOUT!!! Nothing is on paper yet but it will be soon!
Evening diners,
Good news! My uncle has decided to sign his house over to my dad, long story short the 8 acres we live on was originally purchased by my grandma, they have lived here 16 years, my uncle and his wife moved in the back and they live here for 13 or so years, well when my aunt passed away my uncle remarried about 6 months later, about a year and a half into their marriage they decided to move to a house in Liberty, MS and leave his house (a mobile home) on this land, around this time my parents bought the property off my grandparents (they still live here), well my uncle cut the power to the house so it's been sitting for 9 months empty, well it's falling apart and needs to be rebuilt, so he has finally decided to give it up and put it in my dad's name, we're going to gut it and renovate it to be my house, well in part of that I will now HAVE A PLACE FOR A LAYOUT!!!
Nothing is on paper yet but it will be soon!
I had high hopes too, but reality hits. We had situations like that twice. In a short answer. No, it's not going to continue into the family. Fix it up than selling it.
I decided to buy a CMW 1948 N Scale green bus. Also I got a 2 pack of people. The buses were to represent the late 50s and 60s. My problem was picking the color being green or orange.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Hello diners,
hon30critter NWP SWP I will now HAVE A PLACE FOR A LAYOUT!!! Wow Steven! How lucky can you get!?! You got horseshoes or what? I hope that when renovating the mobile home you won't run into too many problems. Mobile home roofs can be a bit of a challenge. When I was selling roofing we politely declined those jobs because we knew we would be running into a nightmare with most of them. Hopefully not too many critters have moved in too! Good luck with it! Dave
NWP SWP I will now HAVE A PLACE FOR A LAYOUT!!!
Wow Steven! How lucky can you get!?! You got horseshoes or what?
I hope that when renovating the mobile home you won't run into too many problems. Mobile home roofs can be a bit of a challenge. When I was selling roofing we politely declined those jobs because we knew we would be running into a nightmare with most of them. Hopefully not too many critters have moved in too!
Good luck with it!
Dave
I credit it to diet, exercise, and keeping the faith, just kidding, the roof does leak and it will need replacement, the walls will need to be stripped and replaced due to mold, I haven't been in the house for a while so I don't know how bad it is just yet.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
mbinsewiThanks for the video Henry, that first car behind the UP locos looks like some sort of combo car I've never seen before
Neither do I. Is it supplying power to the rest of the train? It looks like it's full of passengers. There is another video from a couple days earlier of it traveling east bound. I wonder if it was a special charter or a company/employee event.
Thanks for the video Henry, that first car behind the UP locos looks like some sort of combo car I've never seen before.
Mike.
My You Tube
NWP SWPI will now HAVE A PLACE FOR A LAYOUT!!!
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
UP 1943 and passenger train. Horseshoe Curve PA
NWP SWPBoth those pictures were of the same train, the Coldwater-Marshall Turn, one on the way there, the other on the way back, both are at the same spot by Ajax Refinery.
Steven,
The pictures of the club layout look good. Hopefully you can build up a good supply of pictures and start participating in Show Me Something.
Steven NWP SWP .... The Burlington SD40's look great. As info, CB&Q owned Colorado and Southern, and the units were C&S locomotives. C&S purchased 13 SD40's in 1967 and 1968 numbered 875 through 887. ... CB&Q itself bought SD45's instead of SD40's. ... C&S traded in E5 passenger locomotives to EMD when it acquired the SD40's.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
cudakenUlrich Why don't you and Petra buy a small window A/C? A 5000 BTU unit will cool a 400 foot bedroom. In the US they are around $150.00.
Ken - window A/C units like you know them are not marketed over here, as you wouldn´t be able to fit the to our windows, which are tilt and turn windows. A tilt and turn window can both tilt inwards at the top or open inwards from hinges at the side. This is the most common type of window in Germany, its country of origin.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Afternoon Diners
Flo, the gang and I will have a please and give Rick and Steven what they like.
Rick te boom was not from the weather, souded like a transformer blew.
UP 831 Far as to Fuel Cars, you feel them more than you hear them! When I was drag racing my 68 Road Runner when I started it up in my body shop it would shake dust off the rafters. Looked like Gray Snow.
Ulrich Why don't you and Petra buy a small window A/C? A 5000 BTU unit will cool a 400 foot bedroom. In the US they are around $150.00.
Ever not understood how to use the NMRA rail gauge for turnouts? I know it was greek to me! I have some #4.5 turnouts to cross from one side of the station double track to the other. That is where the PRR M1a is derailing and the turunout is not thrown! This is the best video I have found on using the NMRA gauge!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA27Ij5QYuI
Before I cut them out (I have never used them anyway but look cool) I wil see if I can find the problem.
Steven Ever get the T-1 running? I would love one, just a great looking engine and it is a PPR as well!
Grants Wars! I feel like battle ship row on Dec 7th 1941. This is the worst infectsation I have ever had! I am using the tip Jeffery gave me using Vinger and Dish Soap. I have got around 150 of them. Any other tips?
Later Ken
I hate Rust
Tinplate ToddlerDon´t you agree it would look great on my layout?
That is a great looking machine. I think it would look great on your layout, on a shelf, in my display case, etc!
Ulirich: I hate when I can't sleep. I woke up at 4 am this moring and tossed and turned.
Steve O: I was going to make a Fantasy Island character reference but I won't :)
not much going on here. My solder roll holder came in form the bay. It is much sturdier than the old one. The old one broke a peg off the roll spindle. This one has a metal spindle instead of plastic.
Good evening!
No, I am not having a good day today. The unpleasant temperatures we had and the lack of sleep are taking their toll now. My body is yelling insults at me. It´s one of those days you regret having gotten out of bad, but what else can you do when insomnia strikes?
No MRRing for me today, but a little bit of daydreaming of an electric locomotive I´d like to see on my roster.
The prototype is DRG class E 91, a 1927 built C´C´electric, which saw service on the mountain lines southwest of Breslau. The Märklin model sports a cast metal chassis and body and should be a great puller! Ebay has a few on them on offer, but that´ll have to wait - sigh!
Don´t you agree it would look great on my layout?
As the son of a man who earned his tattoos during 22 years in service to our country, I would like to say that the decision to tattoo or not to tattoo is a personal one, and none of anyone else's business. So let's drop the topic before anyone gets their feelings hurt.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Without further adiue, I present my album of pictures from the op session at the MSMRC.
http://imgur.com/a/iLBJZNe
Both those pictures were of the same train, the Coldwater-Marshall Turn, one on the way there, the other on the way back, both are at the same spot by Ajax Refinery.
I included pictures of the manifests, the last two trains (Flyash Turn and Entergy Turn) did not get photographed because my phone was dead.
There's a few pictures of four CBQ SD40-2s running together, those are from a few weeks back but I included them anyways.
Also just to clarify, the locomotives are not mine, they belong to a club member, I run them a lot because they all have sound and lights, some of the other club locomotives either don't have sound or in a three unit lash up only one has sound.
That's "Sprach Zaruthsta" (improper spelling I knoe)
I goes along with this.
ricktrains4824 Just remember, some lines of employment do not appreciate the "self expression" craze. Nuff' said.
Just remember, some lines of employment do not appreciate the "self expression" craze. Nuff' said.
In my case that's why I got mine where my sleeves will cover them. (There are people that don't know I have them. They are quite surprised when they find out. I surprised my eye doctor about a month ago with them. I had one of my sweatshirts on with a muscle shirt underneath. It was a little warm and I had taken the sweatshirt off.)
Hobby Front: Finally got the engines and all the caboose brought into town. At least one of these engines I have had so long that I don't think it ever "lived" in town. (The one I know is the brown Proto. It is a BN GP18 that I bought in college. Somewhere around 1999-2000. It was purchased because the road number is 1994, the year I graduated from high school, back before I offically decided what and when I wanted to model.) I had forgotten exactly how many engines and caboose I have until I had them stacked like this. (One box is a cleaner boxcar.)
Back again,
Down to the last photo to upload, should be done in the next few minutes, I will post a link to album.
Good evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have some sleepy time tea, please.
MOH and I volunteered to work a NHRA race with our church group today. Frankly, it was easier than working the Indy race. Oh, I'm tired, but not exhausted like last year at Indy. This was our first drag race. All of the cars are very loud. The nitro burning top fuel cars are something else. They go up to 330 mph, cover 1/4 mile in well under 4 secs, the sound is 150db or more. But what can't be conveyed on TV is that when they go by, they not only shake the ground, but they shake the air as well. When they go by, it physically hurts in your ears and your chest. They also have fire coming out of the header pipes. Quite the spectacle!
Tatoo discussion: not a fan! I just don't see the point, nor the attraction. Same for piercings.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
I'm back, Imgur is still uploading the pictures, it will be a while yet.
Jimmy Braum,
Are you still 26 years old? Can I borrow your time machine please? I'm at the other end.
http://southcoastrail.blogspot.com/
Evening Diners,
I don't care for tattoos, and piercings. I'm not really attractive to them. I might learn to like them but that's a challenge altogether.
We cut your tree today since the neighborhood society say it's dead. The problem was that tree was dead a decade ago. He made us wonder if somebody called him to complain about it.
Good evening all.
Janie - A slice of that pizza sitting there, and a Coke please. Thanks.
Jimmy - Hope the interview goes well.
Ken - From the weather? Or some other kind of "boom"? Sorry to hear your VA is just as bad as the one in my area. (They are notoriously slow, horrendous with bedside manner and absolutely atrocious when dealing with family members.)
Steven NWP - Sounds like the op session was fun.
Tattoo discussion - I myself do not have any, and do not get the trend at getting them. However, I won't put you down for getting one. Just remember, some lines of employment do not appreciate the "self expression" craze. Nuff' said.
Weather - Cooler than it had been, but some nice thunderstorms rolled through today. Not a major threat, but did have lots of rain, with some wind included. I do like it cooler than the hot and humid weather we had earlier this week. (90F with a humidity index of 80%+...)
W*^k - Not so sure how the new department will be w*^king out... My availability does not change just because some other department needed people in it. If it don't fit what I am available for hours, then I do not wish to help. Now if only the boss will get that...
I will say I had the best ever question from a customer. I dare say of all time. (From a adult customer anyways...)
While ringing their purchase, I was asked, "What part of Pittsburgh are we in, exactly?"
(I work in Erie Pa... About 2&1/2 hours north of Pittsburgh.....)
Scary thing is, the customer was holding their car keys...
So they made a 6ish hour round-trip, for paper... Yikes!
Yep... At least in my retail experience, best ever question by a customer. (Other than a very young boy, but that's another story...)
You want to hear the young boys question? Ok, fine.
I should state, upfront, he was between 2-3 years old.
He walked up to me, all on his own, no parent in sight, and said "Hi. Are you wearing underwear?"
Yes, I have been asked some doozies in my experience in retail!
Arizona - Flagstaff this month, huh? Ok. Lots of BNSF action there. With all the leaders and pool power, it will still look like what I am used too for rail action, I'm sure. At least it's not humid here.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the day!
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.
Hello again,
I'm currently uploading 49 pictures to Imgur from the op session yesterday, they're all of the trains I ran, I also took pictures of the manifests to give you guys a sense of what it involved.
It might be a while by Internet is going really slow!
Last week there were two instantly famous insults directed toward women that made the news, less than wholesome wasn't in the running. However if there are any of our waitresses or female lurkers in the diner, I apologize. PM me pictures of your tattoos and I will say something nice about them.
While waiting for my cork road bed, foam and elmers glue to dry, I am watching drag racing for the first time.
These guys need a jersey barrier between lanes as they become unstable and start swerving. Far more women in the sport than Nascar. The father of a father daughter team bounced off the wall 3 times as hitting the wall shifted the car body and stuck his throttle open, accelerating as he went. Afterwards he told the reporter his shoulder hurt and he was going to get it checked out, then hopped on a motorbike and drove himself away!
Should have used caulk, the elmers isn't drying.
Hail storm in Chama turned the ground white this afternoon. I was hoping the train would return in the midst of the storm, but it came back after the sun came out.
I guess I better apologize to any guys out there with 1" in diameter holes in their ear lobes too.
RideOnRoadBefore today's travel installment, one quick comment. The disparaging comments about women with tattoos may be offensive to some.
Yup.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Afternoon diners from the deep south, land of great humidity!
When I say HUMID, I mean HUMID! There is so much humidity in the air it's takes the wind out of you, it soaks your clothes to a nice state of sopping wetness, when you look around you can see the haze caused by the humidity! It's truly opressive!
Did I mention that the weatherman is calling for rain over night! We need the water for the ground, which is so dry it's literally dust, but the air can't take anymore moisture!
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a pleas. Give Rick and Steven a RBF as well.
Had a longer post going, the power went out, heard a small boom then power came back on?
Replaced a #4.5 turnout with a #6 leading to the passenger station thinking it was the problem with the PRR M1a. Well looks like it was not the problem! I have better idea tonight what the real problem is. Steam Engines can be such a pain in the Caboose! But, when they are tracking right, I love them!