Elliotts Trackside Diner (est 1-1-07)

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff, nice work on that covered hopper - though I don't model the modern era. You might post a topic with the directions on how you did that so the rest of us can learn.

Look in this thread, it tells about that.

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1107162/ShowPost.aspx

 

[JimRCGMO]

A quick Good Morning, Zoe - I was going to ask for one of those chocolate 'long john' donuts from Bill's box o'donuts, but... What? You had another one under the counter that Ozark Belt missed? Whew! I was fearing the revolt if the morning crew came in and had no donuts. Yep, I'll have that chocolate one and a cup of coffee. No, I don't need the big cup today, thanks, though.

to the Diner, OzarkBelt! Tell us about your RR empire (plans, time period you model, etc.) We're a nosy friendly and inquisitive bunch in here. 

Philnrunt, good to see you in the Diner again - no, none of us ever get too busy with work and chores to work on the layouts. Hope you and AmyJo get some breathing space with work before too long.

PC, keep 'em comin' After another lonnngggg day at work yesterday (no lunch and straight through, until 4:30, with about three crises, two hospitalizations and several phone calls), I and my co-worker David were both about to spit nails. It's like the ones who could hire us some help, won't because of the money (or are incompetent about managing the cash flow well enough to do it), or don't really care about the clinical staff. Grrrrrrr.... (and I'm not talking Tony the Tiger there). I really feel like going into our clinical director's office this morning and asking her to tell me why I should continue working there. $%^*&(@+! bean-counters....  Oh, sorry, Zoe, didn't realize I was thinking out loud.

I need a vacation - a long one! Well, so long as it's not on a ship like Fergie's, that is. Talk about a rock(ing) & roll(ing) job.

Jeff, nice work on that covered hopper - though I don't model the modern era. You might post a topic with the directions on how you did that so the rest of us can learn.

So Ryan, tell me more about mojitoes - is that something new for lunch?

Got to go get ready for wk. Hope I'm in a better mood by this afternoon, or Zoe may be whapping me on the head.

May the rest of you have a much better day.

 

Blessings on the remainder of your w**kweeks,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[OzarkBelt]

Hey, i'll take that whole plate of donuts, i don't need to watch my figure; it right where i left it! I'm starved.

wish i could say that i've done a lot on my r.r. , however, i am contemplating kitbashing life-like's coaling tower into a grain elevator. maybe i'll get to that today.

[philnrunt]

 Hey wetidlerjr, looks like us Hoosiers have the diner to ourselves for now.

  So, you ever run down to Nobelsville and catch the pizza train back to Tipton? Pretty good trip, and the pizza isn't bad either. We might try it again this year.

  Where did you get those donuts....aww, never mind, probably shouldn't have any anyway. Ratz.

    Take care.

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

05-03-07

[philnrunt]

    Jim- that pot of joe is just about the right size for tonight. I got about 3 hours of snooze time today, just talked to the state police radio, she picked up about 4 hours, and my Amyjo is working the sheriff's dept radio on 3 hours 'cause she had to go in on days AND midnights to day. Seems like a universal conspiracy to deprive us of sleep. You'd think they would put that Roswell stuff to better use!

    Went to the NMRA show in Muncie on the 22nd ( I think I mentioned it here) and saw an Athearn BB FP7 shell in the Santa Fe yellow and silver warbonnet scheme I think they called them yellowbirds or some such , it only cost 4 $ but at that time I only had 2 $ and somehow or another, I forgot to pick it up before I left when Amy came in with more cash. It amazes me I forgot about it then, because I have'nt been able to forget about it since! I don't model SF, I don't use cab units, I have absolutely no use for this particular engine, but I WANT IT!!! Sure do wish I could remember who had it. I'd call him up and go get it. With gas at 3.09, it would probably end up costing me 25$ now, but I'd still do it!

    Paul- So how much grief would it cause you to use the ol' 30.30 universal key on that lock? You could always tell them it was a band of Comancheros a tryin' to rustle your herd that shot it off. Or something equally inane, as it seems that intelligence might be in short supply at their facility. Seems to me they should give you a free weeks worth of power, what with the lock and the outage.

    OK< all of you guys posting pictures of really tasty looking chow, HAVE MERCY!!!! I had a can of Boy r dee sketti and meatballs for dinner (my dinner is at 2 AM) and then I get on here and see flapjacks, roast beast, duck, turkey, etc etc.....c'mon guys, I have one gas station open all night we can get food at, and they run pretty thin on roast duck by 2AM! Your'e killin' me!

    I picked up the tables I'm going to try for benchwork just before a leak developed in our roof, so RRing is on hold until we get that fixed, with our schedule, we have the right weather but no time. I'll just bet none of the rest of you ever had no time to complete projects, now have you? I was under the impression that as you aged, things settled down and free time became embarassingly abundant. Now I know that I don't do very good impressions.

    Okey dokey, I'll hold down the fort until the rest of you get movin' in the mornin'. Take care all, and hang in there.
Oh, almost forgot- jeffery, that is a great weathering job. I think I saw that car roll through town the other day!

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

JEFF: Nice job with the weathering, it looks like the technique is a winner to me.

Look at it now. A tagger got to it!

 

[grayfox1119]

Just dropped in before heading off to bed...

Today I worked with the lift out idea for the train room, but I soon settled on a drop-down entrance. It came out good, all I need to get now is a couple of gate slide latches to lock the drop-down in place.

RYAN: I like that song also "Blue Moon", and there is a great version by a country band, I think they were called the Renegades. It was a theme song for Apollo 13.

JEFF: Nice job with the weathering, it looks like the technique is a winner to me.

PAUL: I think you shot your budget for May...remember, your now on FIXED INCOME, so you need to budget carefully.

Time for bed, see you all in the morning,

[jeffrey-wimberly]

My two latest acquisitions.

An Athearn BB ALCO PB-2.

A Kato ALCO RSC-2

And since Paul's buying, I'll have the roast duck.

 

[Paul W. Beverung]

Afternoon Gang: I just got in from wowing a couple of the smaller pastures. Some of the thistles are 4ft high. I should have done this much earlier but with all the rain I kept putting it off until it dried up. I finally decided this morning to go ahead and mow what I could. Right now they have put us on a thunder storm watch. There is a tornado watch S.W. of us so I guess we'll be getting wet again.

JimCG: Woweee, That's some pot of coffee. I've been trying to get a hold of the rep for our area. She said the last time she was out she would get us a key. I'm leaving the lock alone so she can see it. Our lock was open so all the reader had to do was unhook our lock and go in. They didn't even have to unlock there lock. When the reader left they left our lock unlocked away from there's and locked there's. It almost looks like they did it on purpose.

JimOZ: I used to be a delivery driver in my early days. I got to see a lot of Milwaukee that way. Of course I never took the long way by the railroad yards or the harbor to see the boats. Enjoy.

Phill, yes you.

Fergie: With swells like that you will feel inclined all right. Right, left, right, left, up, down, up, down. Ohh I don't feel well. The red should look real good. The steam locomotives that I remember from my youth were all black except for the Hiawatha and the C& NW's 400.

Jeff that's a nice mix of Alco's. The experiment on the clouds seemed to work. Exactly what did you do.

Dick: It's going to be some time before I can get any more locomotives. I spent about $250 renewing my memberships in the Great Lakes Historical Society , the Historical Construction Equipment Association, the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society, and the NRA. I also ordered some books and videos on Marion and Bucyrus Erie equipment.

I have the feeling that I may be the TOTP.

Oh Well it's been a while. See you all later.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Just an experiment with some black leather dye and alcohol.

Before.

After.

[SilverSpike]

RYAN: Which full moon ?????  We have TWO FULL MOONS this month...." once in a Blue Moon "? It is going to hit 32F here on Sunday morning, but I suspect that will only be in the usual cold valleys and lowlands. You should be fine in central NC.

Yea, you had me going there for a few secs, I even looked at the calender to verify my original notion.

Now that is a song I like....blue moon....

Hey, we broke a high temp record on Tuesday, we hit 92 at RDU airport which broke the previous high record of 90 that was set back in 1986. Funny too, since in the first week of April we set a record for most consecutive days where the low went below freezing in April ever.

Is it Mojito time yet?

 

[pcarrell]

 

Thanks, and yeah, I thought he'd like that.  We don't see KCS out here very often, but this last week I've seen them every other day, and not the same units either.  Maybe I'll see them more often now?

How big were the trees that you planted? Evergreens to the North, shade trees to the South, ie Maple, Cherry, Ash, etc.

I planted a 12ft  regular Maple out back and a 14ft King Crimson Maple out front.  I now need to get one more King Crimson and the tree planting will be done.  Then I start in on the bushes......8 of them in the front lawn.

Those are great trees, we planted ours new back in 1969 and they are now over 70 feet tall and giving great shade on the east and south side of the house. Phil, remember to plant them a minimum of 30 feet from the house ( roots and roofs )

I put it about 20ft out and I know I'll have to trim it.  If I put it 30ft out it'll be in the street.

[Cox 47]

After noon all....Cloudy and rainy here but cooler got the A/C shut off.....I'll have a Pork burger basket and a Icy mug of Root Beer please...Thank you....been doing a little scenery stuff redoing one section for the 4th time....Can't do much today I sliced my thumb open on a can I was opening for supper last nite....I did look thru the New Reallistic Layout book MR put out found it in the local grocery store

PC...Are you sure you didn't use one of Jeff's cloud backdrops on that first photo you posted yesterday? That photo shows Jeff has clouds nailed....Jeff maybe you should start selling backdrops?

Caregiver is gone and its almost time for Sallie to get home you all have a goodin....Jerry

[grayfox1119]

 

Thanks, and yeah, I thought he'd like that.  We don't see KCS out here very often, but this last week I've seen them every other day, and not the same units either.  Maybe I'll see them more often now?

How big were the trees that you planted? Evergreens to the North, shade trees to the South, ie Maple, Cherry, Ash, etc.

I planted a 12ft  regular Maple out back and a 14ft King Crimson Maple out front.  I now need to get one more King Crimson and the tree planting will be done.  Then I start in on the bushes......8 of them in the front lawn.

Those are great trees, we planted ours new back in 1969 and they are now over 70 feet tall and giving great shade on the east and south side of the house. Phil, remember to plant them a minimum of 30 feet from the house ( roots and roofs )

RYAN: Which full moon ?????  We have TWO FULL MOONS this month...." once in a Blue Moon "? It is going to hit 32F here on Sunday morning, but I suspect that will only be in the usual cold valleys and lowlands. You should be fine in central NC.

FERGIE: I hope you have a seat belt ON !! LOL.

[pcarrell]

PC: Nice pics of CSX, and, I see you made Jeff's day too!!

Thanks, and yeah, I thought he'd like that.  We don't see KCS out here very often, but this last week I've seen them every other day, and not the same units either.  Maybe I'll see them more often now?

How big were the trees that you planted? Evergreens to the North, shade trees to the South, ie Maple, Cherry, Ash, etc.

I planted a 12ft  regular Maple out back and a 14ft King Crimson Maple out front.  I now need to get one more King Crimson and the tree planting will be done.  Then I start in on the bushes......8 of them in the front lawn.

[grayfox1119]

Good morning everyone....this is the 2nd attempt at a reply....I mistakingly hit the backspace key when the cursor was at the edge of the page and kablooee, it blew the reply away into never never land...I really hate that about this forum software..it should place it on clipboard save or warn you if you hit a key that would otherwise blow away your reply.

Today it is cloudy and 47F, but is supposed to clear by noontime and great weather will be with us for next 10 days as a Bermuda High sets up shop and protects us from foul weather for many days.

I'm off to the workshop in the garage in a few minutes to cut-out the lift-out bridge section for the layout. It will be a curves piece so that I can maximize the radius from one side of the bridge to the other.

PAUL: I forgot to get to you regarding your question on the 2-10-2..it is a P2K, and is featured in the June issue of MRR mag. I hope it runs and sounds as great as the write-up in June issue. Are you getting yours soon?

PC: Nice pics of CSX, and, I see you made Jeff's day too!! How big were the trees that you planted? Evergreens to the North, shade trees to the South, ie Maple, Cherry, Ash, etc.

FERGIE: I like the RED/BLACK paint scheme...real sharp colors together, reminds me of the 1957 Ford that was Red and Black with fender skirts, continental kit in the rear with chrome cover, side mirrors and 4 barrel Holly Carb, 312 CI engine, and dual mufflers.

Your ship is quite definetly involved in Global Warming data gathering, and it sure looks like they are monitoring the North Atlantic Conveyor deep ocean current that flows all the way around the planet and has MAJOR play in the climate.

TIFN

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      5/2/2007 

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
 
Heat Index:  76°F
Humidity:  82%
Dew Point:  66°F
 
So Far Today
High:  71°F
Low:  67°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  9mph S
 
Now through 10:00 AM CDT May 02, 2007

 High: 82   

Through 10 AM...a few showers and thunderstorms can be expected over central Louisiana from near Anacoco to Alexandria to Marksville. This activity will maintain an east movement near 25 mph.  

Today  High: 82    Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.  

Tonight  Low: 65    Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.

I'll have the pancake today.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

This is a PA1

 

YES!! that's the one. Jeff is that a 3 axle or 2 axle?

Colby 

All PA's have 3 axle trucks. I have 4 of these locos. Three from Athearn and one from Life-Like (Proto 2000). The P2K is a PA-1 and the Athearn's are PA-2, PB-2 and PB-1.

[Fergmiester]

Morning All

It's another foggy one here on the outskirts of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Wind is 20kts out of the SW with a Labrador current of approx 1kt out of the NW and a 2 to 3 m swell out of the NE, which translates to disomfort, not alot but just enough to be annying. Try sitting at a keyboard with feet braced, hips gyrating, chair squeaking and arms jammed onto the keyboard rest to steady youself... Ya you got the picture.

Anyway nothing done on the MR last night as we were pithing and dipping so maybe tonight if I feel so inclined.

Later All

Fergie

[pcarrell]

Mornin'All!

I think I'll have the eggs benedict this morning Chloe.  Thanks!

You know, I haven't said much about this lately, but I do pray for all of you regularly.  I suppose that many of you probably like to hear that from time to time, but maybe not like everytime you turn around.  I know there are some who can't hear it enough, but for those who don't want to hear it every time I post, just know that I am remembering you, OK?  Just thought that needed said.

AH, Jeff. I think that PC set you up for TOTP.

(*under his breath* Darn, they're onto me!) 

Who me?

Would I do a thing like that?

Well, only if I was alone or with somebody.................

(Huh, huh....they can't argue with that logic!)

[JimRCGMO]

Yawwwwnnnnnn!! Is it morning already? Zoe, I think I need a big cup of coffee. Yep, let me also have a couple of waffles with some bacon strips, please.

Thanks. I'll be eating them over in the window booth - nudge me if I doze off.... Huh - oh yeah, I'm awake. Thanks, Zoe.

I think I'm awake this morning. Let me get some more coffee in my caffeine system here. Okay, that's better. Oh yeah, morning!

OzJim, I'll have to go check out Google Earth today. Never saw that detail in the maps part. Sounds like that job delivering will be good for your navigational skills. Keeping you busy, are they?

We are getting rain currently in Cape - only about 64 F so far. Supposed to reach the mid-70's today. 88 percent relative humidity. Nice drizzly day - I sure hope work will be less hectic than yesterday. Boy, was I ready for bed last night!

Well, I'd better get back to the waffles. Might have room for some scramble eggs, too. S'cuse me while I put the feedbag on...

Hope you all get the necessary and important stuff done today. 

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[ModelTrainLover]

This is a PA1

 

YES!! that's the one. Jeff is that a 3 axle or 2 axle?

Colby 

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,

     Rainy and 48F this morning. Still scrambling so I'll only have a regular to go please. With luck I'll go to Morristown tomorrow to get parts for the museum RS-11 (DL-701 for you NH fans). Spent last evening at the museum working on the HO display and some time before that detailing brick inserts for one of my buildings. Tried something new by rubbing latex spackle into the joints instead of paint - looks promising and we'll see how that goes.  CUL,J.R.

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

05-02-07

[james saunders]

A more detailed reply

 I haven't had much time lately for forums, i've been busy building my MRR and loco's and rollingstock Work has been flat out too, 6.30-5.30 with barely a break through the day!!

JimRCGMO: Yes last wednesday I had a day off, and went for a railfan trip out west, to photograph some coal trains etc. you can find some pics @ photobucket.com/ozjim This weekend There is a model train show, so there will also be pics of the layouts and goodies i get there. By the way, you will also see a photo or two of my first Coal wagon i've completed on my photobucket site.

 I'm now a delivery driver at work, which is good fun! i'm learning the streets of Brisbane very, very quickly!! There is also plenty of deliveries to The Gold and Sunshine Coasts, and out to Toowoomba as well. Have a look on a map Of S.E QLD for an idea

 Time to go home,

Oz

[JimRCGMO]

Evening, Chloe, just a hot fudge sundae and a cup of decaf - too close to bedtime for me. Thanks, Jeff!

Busy day - didn't get any lunch and was there until 5 p.m., so I was ready to leave when I did get to go home. Kind of worn out tonight. Did get to meet up with some friends and have dinner some and visit a bit.

I've been working (again) tonight on backing up the files I started on over the weekend (but didn't get finished before bedtime). I'm getting aggravated with either the backup software (it's telling me - about every second or third DVD-R that I stick in - that the drive is malfunctioning or that the heads are dirty), or be mad at the drive (if the heads on the DVD burner drive is off). Or else, I bought a bad batch of DVD-R's at Staples... Not happy about it, any way you look at it. So far, I have two DVD's burned (data backup), maybe one DVD from Sunday night that might be good, and three that the backup program gave me the error message on.

42? Jeff, that's a lot of locos - I can see why you're busy a lot with painting and upgrading them.

Paul, hope your meter reader can remember to bring you a copy of her key (or else, you could bill the utility company for any losses caused by your having to take the long way around and the cattle lose weight...)

Fergie, I think the red and black would go well with your RR's logo colours. As you say, it's not a show engine. 

'bout time for me to head for bed. Hope everyone has a good night's rest. Sorry if I missed very many people. Tired and ready for ....

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: Not much going on since earlyer. mary Ann and I went down to get the cattle out of the pasture. When we got to the gate we found that the meter reader had locked his lock so ours was just hanging there. We were locked out of our own land, again!!!!. I called the electric co rep but of course she had gone home, it was about 6:30pm. I left a voice mail and we used the gate by the road to get in. Anyway tomorrow I'll have to get in touch with her and get her to bring out a key for us like she said she would. I guess a high IQ isn't one of the necessary qualifications for a meter reader here.

So what's going on with everyone else? Only RT and PC have been in since I posted this afternoon. I guess that everyone has been out doing honey do's.

There are rain storms in the area that may bring us some more of the wet stuff. If we get any more it will be run off. Our pond can take about another 12 inches but some folks may have some flooding. We're on the top of a hill so well out of the flood plain. It's hard to say that I'd like it to stop raining since we've been in a drought situation for the last 3 years.

AH, Jeff. I think that PC set you up for TOTP.

Well it's time for bed so I'll say Good Night All

 

[pcarrell]

You knew I'd like the second one, didn't you.

I put that one up just for you!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

You knew I'd like the second one, didn't you.