Elliotts Trackside Diner (est 1-1-07)

[Anonymous]

I'm not bored anymore. Gtg

[Derrick Moore]

Gotta go. Bye.

[Flashwave]

Uh, yeah. Backing away slowly...

[pcarrell]

Uh, yeah. Backing away slowly...

As you and I are both doing that, might I suggest that we don't take our eyes off of them........

[BryansHO]

Afternoon everybody. Just stopped in to see whats happening in the diner. Construction began yesterday on a scratch built engine house. Not sure how it gonna end up, but i had to try my hand at scratch building. Hope this finds everybod ok.

Callin for rain Thursday , really hope we get some. Well time to get back th the project....

Bryan

[JimRCGMO]

Afternoon, Zoe - what's this I heard about the men in the white coats being by here earlier?

Uh, yeah. Backing away slowly...

As you and I are both doing that, might I suggest that we don't take our eyes off of them........

Oh... I understand now.  

But hey, it's almost quitting time for me here!

Better pack up to head for home soon.

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[JimRCGMO]

Afternoon everybody. Just stopped in to see whats happening in the diner. Construction began yesterday on a scratch built engine house. Not sure how it gonna end up, but i had to try my hand at scratch building. Hope this finds everybod ok.

Hope it goes well for your enginehouse, Bryan - what kind of materials are you using (brick, wood, stone)? You know we're gonna want to see some pics once you get further along/done...

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Had a pretty savage thunderstorm come through a while ago and my trailer took a direct hit. It sounded like a bomb going off! The only damage done was it blew the end off the TV cable out on the pole. All the rest of the energy went to ground. The way my trailer is grounded, the lightning just skins around the outside and goes right to the grounding rods which are all seven feet apart from each other. Guess I need to redo the ground on the cable line. I trimmed the end of the cable back, put a new tip on it and I'm back on-line.

[Hoople]

Looks like we have ourselves some new members of the diner...

*Runs to the corner booth*

Chloe, Get me a Coke, a pie for PC, and a straight jacket for whoever wanted to post 6+ times in a row... Wait, he's paying, never mind. Get PC 10 pies instead... I'm not paying. The new guy is.

[BryansHO]

Jim.

the framework is balsa wood. I am not sure what i am going to use for the siding and roof, however there is work to be done yet before i get to that bridge. if you have any ideas please let me know. thanks in advance.

Bryan

[Ted Marshall]

Had a pretty savage thunderstorm come through a while ago and my trailer took a direct hit. It sounded like a bomb going off! The only damage done was it blew the end off the TV cable out on the pole. All the rest of the energy went to ground. The way my trailer is grounded, the lightning just skins around the outside and goes right to the grounding rods which are all seven feet apart from each other. Guess I need to redo the ground on the cable line. I trimmed the end of the cable back, put a new tip on it and I'm back on-line.

Jeff,

I'm glad you got your Mtv working again.

It seems the same weather system that caused you havok is poised to create the same kind of problems to those in the St. Louis area sometime late tonight and in Indy/Chicago tomorrow. Severe t-storms, hail and tornados are expected as this system makes it's way North along the Mississippi Valley. To those in it's path, a word of caution.

I'll have a cheese danish and a cup of mud.

[pcarrell]

Jeff,

I'm glad you got your Mtv working again.

It seems the same weather system that caused you havok is poised to create the same kind of problems to those in the St. Louis area sometime late tonight and in Indy/Chicago tomorrow. Severe t-storms, hail and tornados are expected as this system makes it's way North along the Mississippi Valley. To those in it's path, a word of caution.

Yeah, I work in the service dept. at the phone company in Indianapolis.  Guess how much I want to call in sick tomorrow!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Yeah, I work in the service dept. at the phone company in Indianapolis.  Guess how much I want to call in sick tomorrow!

100%?

[last mountain & eastern hogger]

Hi all,

I can't stay long as work calls.

I'll have two par-boiled caraway seeds on toast and a cup of swamp water.

Jeffery, I'm really glad to hear you survived that big blow.  Boy how I hate the wind and yet we don't get those kind of winds very often.  You should move up here to the Great White North and I'll teach you how to Snowmobile.  We would have a blast.

Have a great evening everyone and I'll check back later.

Johnboy out.........

Long Live the "Wobbly"

James:1 Verse:5

[der5997]

Good Evening everyone.

 

A spectacular day weather wise, bright sun all day, and little wind, mild temps. Was able to complete 4 of 5 major outdoor tasks including turning over the compost bins. It smells like silage out there now!

Sue

der, I am so jealous of all that space.

…It’s Normal Scale don’t forget. The train room is not that huge. Here’s the track plan.The dots mark 12 inch squares. So the room maximum is 12’x16’, with the end section to the right less than 8’ wide. The most “spacious” view, the upper level depot, is looking into and across a sort of open doorless, sideless cupboard towards the door. The depot in question is the right hand red star. This next plan is the transition from upper level to lower. The depot behind the container dock is marked by a star on this one. The Depot at the rock wall is on the right hand side of the lower level track plan.

JR

Der - The rocks are looking very good indeed. It all seems to be coming together for you.

Thanks, but it’s soooo sloooow! I found a photo I took of the contents of the Grandt Line Grab Bag of N windows and doors. This should give you an idea of the variety. Since you are going for house detail, and this assortment leans towards the industrial, I’d have a look at the Walther’s 2007 and see what Grandt has for those.

Matt to the Diner. Hope you like it here. What’s creepy is that it says you joined tomorrow. Top of Page means you pay for all the orders in the Diner for that page. However, since you’re new, I guess Derrick will have to ante up

Jeff: Good thing that cable didn’t bring in any of the lightning to your PC! That would be some surge! You seem to get more than your fair share of lightning strikes on that trailer!

It’s not that late, but I think I’ll call it a day. All, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.

 

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: Not much going on here. I ran the 7.5 diesel today. The power steering fluid i put in the cylinder and let soak seems to have worked. It smoked a bunch at first and gradually stopped. Now I'm going to run it regular and give it a shot of fresh fuel and a bitof top oil. I'll add stable to the gas also.

Mary Ann and I went out for diner. It's our 38th annaversary. We've been through a bunch of ups and downs in the last 38 years and we are still totally in love.

Well I think that I'll head for bed.

Good Night All

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff: Good thing that cable didn’t bring in any of the lightning to your PC! That would be some surge! You seem to get more than your fair share of lightning strikes on that trailer!

That's what I get for living on a hilltop. That's why I grounded my trailer with the concept of the Faraday cage in mind.

[GMTRacing]

Good Evening All,

      A nice glass of Cabernet is in order I think. Finished packing for Watkins Glen and all that's left is to load the cars tomorrow and I'm off. Just so ya'll don't think I've completely neglected the rails for the pavement, here's a couple of grab shots from Topeka.

This is the restored Topeka Overland Station

Sante Fe 4-6-4 in the Expo Center Park looks like it's getting some attention, just not quickly

CUL,J.R.

 

[Cederstrand]

Cool, tall glass of water is all, please & thanks.

***Jeffrey, lightning sure can be exciting. Glad your' place was set up to deal with it and that no real harm was done.

***GMT/JR...cool loco photos. I really enjoyed them.

Looooong hard day from sunrise to well into the night. With the tractor loader being out for need of some welding, had to do everything manually. Gutters & tanks are ready. Moved all the water troughs from the barn (where the new gutters are now) and placed them in other locations around the farm to catch more rain water. Will be some quick work to do when it does finally start raining, after which I can kick back and watch.

Hope everyone is doing well. Rob

 

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

10-18-07

[ModelTrainLover]

Afternoon, Zoe - what's this I heard about the men in the white coats being by here earlier?

Uh, yeah. Backing away slowly...

As you and I are both doing that, might I suggest that we don't take our eyes off of them........

Oh... I understand now.  

But hey, it's almost quitting time for me here!

Better pack up to head for home soon.

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

Uh that was strange..... Slowly moves twords the layout and conducts switching operations.

Morning.. I gess after that strange event. I have an announcement of sortes. I'm part of the AFJROTC at my highschool. I'll get a pic of me in uniform up soon.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Sante Fe 4-6-4 in the Expo Center Park looks like it's getting some attention, just not quickly

I like that 4-6-4. The last survivor of the 3460 class. There were only six of that class built (3460-3465) and has 84" drivers. I bet that baby could fly down the rails in it's day.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      10/18/2007 
 
Heat Index:  85°F
Humidity:  89%
Dew Point:  75°F
 
So Far Today
High:  79°F
Low:  76°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  20mph SSW
 
Today  High: 92    Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 
Tonight  Low: 62    Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.

[JimRCGMO]

Good Morning, Diners! Zoe, a cup of the TH

please, and a blueberry bagel.

  Thanks!

I think the storm has moved through here and it should be gone now (I hope) - got awakened around 3 something by wind outside, so turned on the TV to see the local radar. Nice oranges and dark oranges on the radar, no tornado reports, but then soon after the TV signal and then power both went out. So I went back to bed. I think the power came back on around 4:30-something. I reset the alarm clock and went back to bed. Reset the microwave clock and let the VCR tuner re-find the broadcast channels after I got up at 6. I'll get around to setting the clock on the stereo and on the VCR this evening, as those take more doing. 

We got a bit less than 2 and 1/2 inches of rain yesterday - not sure how much we got after midnight, but could've been another couple of inches from the sounds of it. It's 74 F this morning, and supposed to hit low 80's (F) today, and windy the next couple of days. 

Sorry for forgetting to you to the Diner, Matt. What kind of MRR'ing are you into (starting or have a layout? modeling a particular RR? time period? etc., etc....)? We're a curious but friendly bunch in here (as opposed to some of the other forums outside the Diner).

Inch, give our congrats to Grandpa Jim and to Rachel on the new young'un! 

'bout time for me to head out for now. See everyone later!

 

Blessings,

Jim in (soggy) Cape Girardeau 

[pcarrell]

So whats up with the weather in your neck of the woods?

Interesting! 

Just lots of nasty storms around here!

last mountain and eastern hogger, I like that verse!  Thats a good one!

[ModelTrainLover]

					Extended Forecast
Mostly Cloudy	AM Showers	AM Rain	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy
High: 67°Low: 53°	High: 65°Low: 59°	High: 67°Low: 51°	High: 63°Low: 50°	High: 67°Low: 53°

 Weather forcast for Lewiston, Maine

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Philip: Looks like you're getting some of the weather I was getting yesterday. Enjoy.

Colby: Better look out, it's heading your way.

[Cederstrand]

in a ATSF mug, please & thank you.

"IT'S RAINING" Just enough to lightly water the pastures thus far. The barn roof has dumped 200 Gal so far into the tank, the house gutters perhaps 75 Gal. It's going to need to rain a LOT MORE than this. Keeping fingers crossed that we get a gully washer between now and tomorrow.

Nothing on the train front. Wish I lived closer to some tracks so I could at least see a live one now and then. Heading to a corner booth to drink my coffee before nodding off.

Rob

[Derrick Moore]

So whats up with the weather in your neck of the woods?

As always in the desert, COLD and DRY..........

Thank goodness I'm moving.

Breakfast on me.

Gotta go.

[gear-jammer]

Good morning.  I will have coffee and one of Jim's bagels with lots of cream cheese.

We have a wind storm predicted for this afternoon.  Gusts should be up to 50 mph.  Today is the day that I will pick up the calves.  I sharpened the chain saw just in case I have to cut my way home.  The generator is ready to go.

Jeff,  Glad the storm didn't hit you too hard.

der,  Looks like you have lots of track.  How long does it take to travel the entire distance?

Paul, 

JR,  Great photos.  Thanks for sharing. We will try find the race.

Rob, The animals are probably enjoying standing in the rain, aren't they.

Well, I should go hook up the trailer.

Sue