Elliotts Trackside Diner (est 1-1-07)

[Paul W. Beverung]

Morning Gang: I'm dog sitting this morning while Mary Ann is doing the laundry.

Rob: Daisy is a Dachound. She's about 9 yrs old and had to have 2 tumors removed from her mameries. She also got spayed. We don't know if the tumors are cancerious. The vet sent them off to get them checked. I had a paint horse that I used for hunting cows. We would just head out and I'd let him have his head. When his ears perked up and he looked there were the cows. When city people started moving in they turned there dogs loose and they chased him into a fence and killed him. No I didn't shoot the dogs owner but they decieded to move shortly after.

My back is hurting me abit. Well more then a bit. I'm getting too old to spend the day on a tractor, I guess.

I'll see you all later. I've got some thngs to take care of on the puter. 

[Cox 47]

Howdy Everone....Sunny and hot with high humided here today....Looks like I am buying from when i stopprd in last night....I'll have a Chef's salad and a Diet Coke please...They just hauled my van off to be fixed HOPE it's just the water pump...but with over 200 thousand you never know...I ran the Wabash FA and NYC caboose for a while this morning had lots of stuff going on today...Cops here Woman claims a man wrote something in the grass under her window i went over I sure couldn't see it,then guy on back side had a stroke and ambulance picked him up then they pulled my van out probaly more excitment than some of these folks can take in one morning....

Well this is my 1000th post...I never thought I'd make 100 when i started...You all have a good day....Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

A SuddenLink technician came by to check out my internet problem (the one that the cable company keeps saying is due to my equipment) and found that the problem is NOT due to my equipment. He did find however that the connections outside (cable companies responsibility) were corroded and replaced them. That helped things a bit. He then went up the pole and checked the connection there. Again, corrosion in the connector. He replaced it also. There's still noise in the line but it's coming from the main line (cable companies responsibility) going all the way back out to the main highway (about five miles). There's a lot of places to check between here and there, so the poor boy has his work cut out for him. So it's looking like what the company was saying was my problem is actually their problem. The tech checked all my stuff out and found it all to be good and within specs. I told them over a month ago that this was happening. I guess they just had to wait for enough people to complain about bad service to recognize that something may actually be wrong.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I hope life isn't that simple!

[pcarrell]

[jeffrey-wimberly]

hope you had a happy bithday Jeff

It went rather well. I was able to get the yard mowed, got in some work on a couple of locos and had some watermelon with the family and some friends. I also got a new structure. The lumber yard and mill from Model Power.

[pcarrell]

Ah ok so this is like a chat room .

You got it!  Come on in and set a spell.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      7/9/2007 
 
Heat Index:  80°F
Humidity:  96%
Dew Point:  74°F
 
So Far Today
High:  76°F
Low:  75°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  3mph NNE
 
National weather service Doppler radar indicated isolated showers moving across southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana including the adjacent coastal waters this morning. These showers are moving rapidly to the northeast around 30 mph. 
 
Today  High: 90    Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs around 90. South winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.  

Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.

[JimRCGMO]

Good morning, Zoe - cup of coffee to go, please.

Just a quick stop by for this morning. Got to get ready for the W thing. See everyone later. Great(!) to hear you're home, Zeke.

 

Blessings for your day,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

07-09-07

[jeffrey-wimberly]

JEFF: Do you have black ants down there where your trailer is? If so, watch out for those pine trees. They eat the inside core out, the tree looks healthy, then one day "crash" the tree falls. It happened to my neighbor, the tree was all green, no indication of trouble at all. The tree snapped at the base, and there must have been 10 million black ants. The tree crashed onto the house, knocked down the chimney and did some damage to the roof and rafters. I imagine if it hit your trailer roof, things could get nasty real fast.

We used to have a big problem with those big black ants here. The forestry service started an extermination campaign on them back in the 70's and now it's a very rare thing to find any.

[wickman]

Ah ok so this is like a chat room . Well hope you had a happy bithday Jeff

[grayfox1119]

Good evening, I hope everyone had a nice Sunday........we went to the nearby lake and enjoyed the day at our friend's house, cooler there on the water for sure.

ZEKE: Very much relieved to hear that you have kept your hand on the throttle Mr. Engineer.

COLBY: Great photos, Mike will be proud of your work. BTW, "Wooster" Ma????  Do you mean "Worcester" Ma?? If so, as you travelled west on I-90, you passed through my town and about 2 miles south of me.

JEFF: Do you have black ants down there where your trailer is? If so, watch out for those pine trees. They eat the inside core out, the tree looks healthy, then one day "crash" the tree falls. It happened to my neighbor, the tree was all green, no indication of trouble at all. The tree snapped at the base, and there must have been 10 million black ants. The tree crashed onto the house, knocked down the chimney and did some damage to the roof and rafters. I imagine if it hit your trailer roof, things could get nasty real fast.

JIM: Yup, even though I am ORF, I sleep later in the morning, as you notice from this email time stamp, it is after 11:30 EDST, and I am still up and moving, need the 8 hours sometime. Fergie is 1 hour before me, so he gets to the Diner 1st and cleans up the pie.

Tomorrow's agenda calls for me to take the Explorer to the Ford dealer for the 50K maintenance. Then we head off to Circuit City, they have a big sale on SD cards that need for the DSLR. Hopefully they have some of the newer Sandisk Extreme III 2 gb cards on sale. Need them for the photo railfan trip to North Conway this Friday......the 0-6-0 steamer will be pulling passenger cars along the 2.6% grade through Crawford Notch, NH. I hope to car chase and get good shots at every one of the locations that I feel are great scenes.

Good night to all,

[gear-jammer]

Rob,

Tell me about your paint horse.

Sue

[Cederstrand]

***Paul, thanks! Her name is Twister and she's one a keeper. When she was only days old, she would follow Barbara and I down to the creek and play in the water. Her mother "Sandy" would be calling for her and little Twister could have cared less. She is quite independent, fearless, and enjoys playing with anything that has a running motor and moving parts. Heck, anything not tied down is just another toy to her. Very athletic, too. Sandy is now half blind and seeing ghosts.

What kind of dog is Daisy and what was the surgery?

Rob

[Cox 47]

Evening All...Its been Hot here today....just stopped by before hitting the sack...Zeke..Glad to hear your doing better...Didn't get any railroading in today my brother was here this afternoon...Got to get my Van in the shop monday looks like its the waterpump..You all have a good night and a great week....Jerry

[Paul W. Beverung]

Zeke I'm so happy to hear that you'r home and doing better I am almost crying. You've been on my mind all day. Take care of yourself and take care of Jenny. She's all right.

Daisy didn't like the "Funnel" but is getting used to it. It is on her neck and keeps her from messing with the stitches. We take it off when she goes out and we are with her. It's on when we are out or sleeping or not able to watch her.

I spent the afternoon out at John's ranch working on the road. John pulled my dump trailer with his 4x4 truck and we really moved alot of gravel. There were 3 of us again and that worked out very well. Michael loaded and ran the pit, John hauled and I spread and leveled. Tomorrow I'm going to act more like a ORF. I may even work on raising the layout. I've only been saying that for 2 years now.

Cederstrand. Nice looking horse there. Is it yours?

Well I'm ready for bed. Mary Ann and Daisy are already there so I'm on the way.

Good Night All

[Cederstrand]

It has been about 15 years sinse I last visited part of the Tacoma yards. Really enjoyed watching. Had my sister with me one day and a friendly engineer was going to let us into his switcher for a look-see, but before we could do so, some security dude showed up and said we would need permission from...bla bla bla, then escorted us off the property. Although I understand entirely he was doing his job, sure missed not seeing inside that cab.  Rob ps: that sister collects HO, rides railfan steam trains every chance she gets and is as nutty about trains as I am.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Found this languishing on page three. Unusual for a Sunday.

[ModelTrainLover]

hey guys I have a question for all of you and its got nothing to with religion.

do you think there is a Great Railroad Sprit, that helps the men and women working on the railroads. Like in the locomotives and railyards safe?

[GMTRacing]

Good Afternoon All,

Still at the W place but finishing up lunch and thought i'd give us a BUMP.

Zeke - hang in there brother we're all pulling for you. CUL,J.R.

[gear-jammer]

Good morning.  Coffee please.

I thought that I would drop by and share a photo of Port of Tacoma.

Sue

This was taken out of the truck window on the way to a job site.  Larry's driving.

[pcarrell]

Zeke,

Glad you're doing better man!  You had us worried there for a bit!  I was praying up a storm for you man.  Now you take it easy, and no more of that messin' around with death stuff, you hear me?!?  And tell that girl of yours thanks for keeping us posted, alright?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. Those are good pics there, Colby.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      7/8/2007 

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
 
Heat Index:  80°F
Humidity:  88%
Dew Point:  72°F
 
So Far Today
High:  75°F
Low:  74°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.04"/h
Gust:  8mph NNW
 
Through 9 AM...widely scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will continue to develop and move east across the region. Hourly rainfall amounts will be less than a tenth of an inch in most locations...but the heavier showers and storms could produce up to a half-inch.  

Today  High: 92    Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. 
 
Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.

[ModelTrainLover]

 Oh boy!!! were to being?

My Mom, Dad, Brother ad me head off from Lewiston on Interstate 90 west. Woster, Mass has a railyard, and and few other towns along the way.

Iroquois, New York. CSX mainline from Albany to Buffalo. 2 trains in one sighting, one had CSX locos towning Boxcars, the other had Union Pacific locos with a mixed freight. I was not able to see what kind they were or get a shot of them. A while later not too far from the Hermire-Mohawk rest stop, there was another CSX train hauling boxcars.

    Then a MOJOR traffic accident. Traffic was backed up from about 2 miles. 2 cars were involved one car was literally pancaked. the roof was smashed down. I'm noty sure if anyone was killed or not. The other car was on a flatbed tow-truck up side down, with no drive shaft or wheels plus the undercarage. It was 5:50pm Sunday, when we passed it.

on the 1st 2nd and 3rd nights in Niagra Fall there were Fireworks. while there we did the Ripliy's Believe it or not Muesum, mini Golf, The Bird and Butterfly conservatorys, Maid of the Mist and the journy behied the falls, and the Imax Thearter, and Marineland which is were the Killer whale was taken, I got to feed a Bluga Whale and toutch it, The bluga whale feels like wet rubber, not pencil or tire rubber Wickad nice.

And I meet a Conductor for the Canadian Pacific while waiting in line for the worlds longest steel rollorcoaster whcih goes upside down 4 times

Here are but a hand full of pics I got loaded from the trip.

http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h181/Trainboy13/Vacation%20Pics/

Zeke and Zeke's girlfriend. These last 3 are dedicated to you.

[rtraincollector]

Zeke will probally come in and write you all also but heres what he put in the other forum

 

  Alright Zekie, stop playing around and get well!!!! 

 

I'M BACK

Missed you chief, I really did. I missed all of you and wow I had no idea thier would be so many folks that cared. You guys and gals are so wonderful. I thought about all of you constantly. And well I am home just released tonight about an hr ago I couldnt wait to get on the computer to write you all. I was on my way home yesterday or day before i can recall, kinda all blurry. But i had a little problem yesterday and I am fixed, Um  i think. I was leaking brain fluid and well it really freak jenny out. And the dr rushed me in and assesed me i went unconcious and i woke up and i felt better. Something to do with the tumor, which is gonna be removed in a cpl weeks when my chest heals up which feels alot better too. They told me the details but its not coming to me right now and poor jenny is sleepin, shes been an angel and been threw alot with me. Great gal. So i thought my breastbone had been cracked but wasnt, i was just cut threw, which is better and alot faster recovery. Thank god for that one. So the pace maker was a success and i am feeling so much better its really nice.Cant wait for the tumor to be out of me. Which i was told was a 1-3 day hospital stay. That music to my ears cuz i will tell you the food sucks and i got all the older nurses, they were really nice but  oh nvm......... So i am home taking it super easy. Have a 2lb wieght limit which is rough cuz 2 lbs isnt much. I have been poked and stabbed and i had enough. Turns out i am now hypoglacemiac ( spell?) So i have to poke my self and draw blood every so often. No biggie. But I feel so much better today, they wanted to let me go like 5 hrs ago but theres a certain thing you have to do before they consider letting you go and i couldnt do it for along time. but i am home now,   thank god. Cost me alot to be in the hospital, not the hosiptal it self but jenny's cab rides here everyday and food and she hired a pet sitter my meds, and blah blah blah, 750 bucks out the window real fast.

But i missed all of you and i thank you for your support, I guess they told jenny i wasnt gonna make it threw the night of the 6th. I lost alot of blood and some other fluids that are essintail to living. But guys like i told her im a survivor and im to dang stubborn to die. Besides who'd run my trains?

Sure is glad to be back n my own home, it never smelt or looked better i have to admit. Well i  am gonna get off here and will catch you guys later tomorrow. Thanks for caring !

 

This is an awesome family and i am so glad to belong here!

[ModelTrainLover]

it's back

[inch53]

Mornin, just some coffee for now Janie. Gonna be another hot one here, highs in the 90's with a feels like temp bout a 100+, so the AC will be working hard today. Not much going on round here, just kids and ball games, which are finishing the seasons, for bout one, he still has 5 games left [T-ball].

DICK, really like the on  tools, I've got a lot of the dammit tools. I also have those missing tools still, but now there at one of the boy's house, and with the grandsons around, it's still goes on here

RYAN,, hope you Ben have a lot of fun with the telescope. They can be fun and a great way to learn bout the sky.

OZ,, your Falcon looks like the Ford Thunderbird here, good looking car

HAPPY BURTHEN DAY JEFF, a tad late. Hope ya had a good one.

Gardens doing good so far, but no red tomaters yet but their turning. Just cucumbers n banana peppers, so far. Talked to my mom yesterday and they've got zucchini and yellow squash ready [they didn't have to replant theirs twice]., May have slip up to Bell Ridge this week.

No big plans for today, if the kids n grandkids all leave early enough, me n mothers going to look for a new washer. Our old started acting up and 15 years old, it may be time for a new one.. Hope ya'll has a good day n stay safe.

inch

[Hoople]

Hey all. I went to my gramma's house, and mowed her lawn. I'm offically $10 closer to a big boy.

Well, it's late. I'm gonna catch some Z's.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, how bad did the weeds look before the mower got to them? Looks like you did a good job of clearing out whatever was there. How long did that take to get it all cleared like that?

The weeds were about knee-high at the highest and the bushes were around 2 - 3 feet high. It took about 2 hours to mow it all down with the tractor.