Elliotts Trackside Diner (est 1-1-07)

[nscaler711]

i am a bit better

Jim in CGMO the Cards will Kick ars this year!

[bjdukert]

Afternoon all

Ed I remember Tom but I think Bill was a little before I came into the CS and it sounds like you did alright in the grove.

Inch I had a great time at the races and JR was a great host as was all of the people in his group.

Dick How about some pics of the gate and layout.

BaylorMax and I think you have already seen that the people in here are good people.

Ryan It will be here before we know it and I need to call the motel to get reservations. Does Ben know who my mascot is or will it be a surprise??

Well not much more to say so here are the last of the race pics

JR's rig (tractor-trailer)

And the Man himself again

That's about it and hope everyone enjoyed them

Best to all on sick call and those recovering

Talk to you later

Duke

[Cederstrand]

***Ryan, as a youth I had many amphibians & reptiles, mostly lizards. Too difficult to keep them healthy and safe with power outages here, not to mention keeping decent food for them year round.

***inch, I like that last photo. Really shows the elevation change in the track. How does one model that (lay track) and still have the trains operate well?

Got the FIL loaded no problem. He's more agile than I expected. Had to take him to the Doctor (got custody of him...one down, one more to go) Wife and I were both ready to "throw momma from the train" today. Even some relatives are suggesting we bag this idea and have them both instatutionalized. I'll go along with whatever the wife decides....might be worth having that new train room...tough call. 

Passed by a brightly colored (lots of red) GP-something today on a siding with some fellas on it chatting about something. It was a small facility with a dozen or so covered hoppers. Would have stopped if I could and snapped a photo. Oh well.

Hope everyone is having a nice (and sane) day. Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[Cox 47]

Afternoon All....We got some rain last nite and its partly cloudy a little cooler with a chance of more rain this evening....Guy on TV say just about kick off time for high school foot ball .....I'll have a double cheese burger dray it thru the garden, onion rings and a diet Coke please...Thank You...Inch I sure have been enjoying your photos and all the rest who have been posting photos....Not much going on with the railroad so far today....I didn't have a real great nite so I been napping in chair...Sallie got staples out and they plan to take the screw out Oct. 11....She was pretty tired when she got back....I am trying to find a N scale passenger car shell for my version of the Dinner already got a prime piece of real estate right next to the track staked off....Welcome to all you new folks glad to have you...Card gave it to the Pirates last nite now just a game out with another game with them tonite.....You all have a good Friday nite....Jerry

[inch53]

Mornin, Coffee please Zoe,

Had some more rain during the night, got bout a ½ inch so far [since yesterday] and the grounds almost dry in most places already. More rain forecast for this afternoon and through Monday. Highs today, mid 80's with clouds and a S wind.

DICK,, the gardens here are same as done, I've even started cleaning it up. We may get a batch or two of whole tomatoes canned from ours and with some extras both our moms' gardens, but that's it. We do both canning methods, pressure canner inside and boiling outside on the campfire pit [keeps some of the heat outside].

JIM CG,, rain won't help the veggie garden, but it's still very welcome, I've got some flowers to transplant still

STEVE, welcome to the dinner and have a cup on me and hope you enjoy your visits here. Haven't seem the Oct MR yet, but looking forward to it now.

Some more from last Sundays trip. We started home and seen a west bound empty UP coal drag [no chance for pics], then when we got on east of T-town we found a UP Loaded east bound on a siding. I did get a couple of the push engine.

 

I didn't get any of the lead engines then, no good places to pull off. But I knew where he was heading, so we went on home. Then I headed over to the Cline Orchard crossing to wait and get'em on their way through.

Still got a few more from over there, but I'm trying to find out some info first.

Got J Birds this morning and a very busy weekend ahead. I think we're keeping kids tomorrow while their moms n dads go on Chucks ride poker run. Chuck was killed in Iraq 3 years ago and left behind a wife and son [that's when the ride started]. The money raised goes into a collage fund for his son.

Little league football Sat night and Sunday afternoon, so not much rail fanning, less it's local.

Hope ya'll has a gooden n stay safe.

inch

PS, yesterday was not good for me as far as sports.  Da Cubs lost again, Brewers [even now] and Cards [1 back now] won. Then the Indy ponies won. I shall not express my feeling at this time due to censoring.

RYAN,  I always root for the Saints [unless they play the da Bears for some reason] and had high hopes for last night. I'm afraid the affair with the horses' buts will go on for awhile unfortunately.  

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello....just a quick stop in the diner.. 

Welcome to Steven Barkley from Garry on Lake Barkley. The signal article looks great, but I've not had a chance to read it. By coincedence I have a photo in Trackside Photos of the same issue. Also, Steve, you said you are an NP modeler, and I have several NP locos and cars, too.

Everbody...... Many thanks again.

[Hoople]

Hey all!

Just the usual.

Steve: Welcome to the diner! Sit down and come chat. That's basically the point of this place.

Sue: I saw your pictures in the Aerial photos thread and uhhh... Can I come run trains?

Jeff: Who doesn't want to ride in style? I'm sure Mr. MOW is happy with his car.

Well guys, s****l awaits...

At least there is a dance at 7! WOOO!

Oh and BTW
GO DALLAS COWBOYS!!!!

Mark.

[gear-jammer]

I'll have a large black coffee please.  Pour one for Steve.

   to the diner.  I saw your article in MRR.
A lot of effort went into compiling it.  Thanks.

Has anyone started working making butterfly bush trees yet?  Our bush didn't produce very large flowers this year.

Sue 

[SilverSpike]

Morning folks!

How about a short stack, some fresh coffee and some of Ed's Special Limited OJ, Chloe?

Venus was quite bright early this morning, got to view it just before day brake.

Now that the NFL Indianapolis Love Fest is over.....

Rob - sounds like you got quite a farm stock going there, I thought I had a zoo with ducks, rabbits, dogs, cats, fish, and amphibians at one time. You got the real deal feller!

Duke - Yep, 28 days and counting....and you will get to meet Ben this time I want him to meet your mascot too! Racecars look like fun.

Speaking of racecars did you know that you can spell that word the same backwards and forwards R-A-C-E-C-A-R

Saints vs. Colts opening game of the NFL regular season is tonight! GO COLTS!

Later folks,

Ryan

fxxd :P

(Hoosier boy)

Hey, Hoosier Daddy....don't go hijacking my post!!!

Nscaler - keep your chin up and don't worry. Like Dick said, give it time and this too shall pass.

Ed - thanks for the update on the grove, now we can be assured of another shipment of OJ to get us through the winter. Yea, I remember Tom and Bill from a few years back. Speaking of a few years back, whatever happened to the birthday calendar?

Mike - thanks for pulling for the Saints, but they just about laid an egg last night, oh well, and least the NFL love affair with Indy show is over.

Jim - Thanks! And the tunnel end is finally in sight so you might be seen in me pop in more often in the next few weeks.

Garry - thoughts and prayers continue!

Steve - Welcome to the Diner, and have a virtual cup of coffee on me! Mighty fine article you got printed there in the Oct 07 MR! My goal is to eventually hook up one of my old Dell PC's to the Digitrax system and use either Winlok or the other software JMRI I think. You got a book coming out anytime soon on DCC Signaling, block and turnout detection?

Later folks,

Ryan

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      9/7/2007 

Heat Index:  81°F
Humidity:  100%
Dew Point:  75°F
 
So Far Today
High:  76°F
Low:  75°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  5mph SE
 
Today  High: 92    Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.  

Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.

My MoW supervisor likes to travel in style while he's out inspecting the line.

[BaylorMax]

Good morning, all, from Beaumont, Texas.  I found your forum a few days ago and though I'd join in.  It's warm here in Southeast Texas but that's not new for this part of the country.

 

I model the Northern Pacific in HO scale.  My article on signaling is in the October Model Railroader.  Semaphores are really neat!

 

Jeff, you're in Leesville.  I have many memories of going to Fort Polk for National Guard drills some years ago.  Lots and lots of pine trees.  If you ever get over this way, there are a number of model railroads in Southeast Texas.  Many of them will be open for display the Saturday after Thanksgiving as part of the November Model Railroad month layout tours.  You can chack this out at the San Jacinto website:  http://sanjac.leoslair.com/tour.htm.

 

 

Well, I'm about done with my morning coffee.  It's time to go to work, but then it's Friday so the weekend beckons!

 

Steve Barkley

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

One of the reasons that model railroading is the world's greatest hobby is that the people engaged in model railroading are the greatest people in the world.

Thanks much for the numerous expressions of sympathy. Janet (Shelley's youngest sister) was on a journey through life that was just too short. Thanks from Garry and Shelley

[pcarrell]

Mornin' All!

Had some wet stuff falling from the sky this morning.  Tried to get on line to find out what it was, but the only clues I could find was something about a thing called "rain".  Ever heard of it?  Strangest thing......

Well, looks like we're going to see some more of that stuff, so I guess I can run some tests on it and find out a thing or two.

For today it looks like it's going to come and go.

If I come up with any startling results I'll be sure and keep you posted.

Hmmmmm, rain, huh?  I'll have to look into this a bit more................

[JimRCGMO]

Good Morning, Diners - Zoe, cup of mocha to go, please. Thanks!

Garry, sorry to hear about Janet and your family's loss; at least her pain is behind her now. for those who left to grieve, including Shelly and you.

Ryan, good to see you back in the Diner, even briefly, and now it sounds like you have the end in sight (once you get the new guy up and running).

Duke, more good pics of JR's cars! That one does kind of resemble a go cart...

Nscaler, I would Dick's encouragement. Once you're on the other side of this, it'll be better and you will be a stronger person for it.

I won't get in the middle of the football debate - that sport isn't my thing (no offense, just never got interested in it). Now, if the (baseball) Cardinals can keep a winning streak together, they might duplicate last year's end of the season! Go, Cards!

Inch and Jeff, more good train pics! Jeff, thanks for the link on the crane.

Got to go meet with the trustee this morning. I'm okay, 'cause I know Who's in charge of it all. Looks like rain most all of the weekend for us. Inch, Jerry, PC, and points east, your gardens will be happy!

Prayers for comfort and healing, and thanksgiving for the rain.

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[ModelTrainLover]

Howdy howdy everyone!

The planets have aligned!

Something's definitely up...I've been lucky enough to get this job with Norfolk Southern, and every day I get more excited to be heading down to Georgia to start training...And so, when I least expect it...Everything falls into place and I now have a girlfriend. It's been almost three years and I was gonna forget about it until I settle in with the railroad. But it didn't happen that way, and now I'm happily in a relationship!

A celebration I say! I wish to take over the tab for the rest of this page!

Take out the cake mix Cloe!!! *Sparking water  starts spraying every were*

I wish I have your kind of luck when I get a RR job.

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

09-07-07

[grayfox1119]

Good evening, finally got the gate design done and mounted the frame and hinges, looks like it will work just fine. This is an off-set gate because one bench is 8" longer than the other bench across the 30" isle. The gate is actually an "L" shape. I had to do some rearranging of the work area ( table, cabinets for parts etc. ) to gain the room needed for this gate, but it worked Ok.

GARRY: Our thoughts and prayers for you sister-in-law.

NSCALER711: It is always darkest before dawn.....what you are feeling is what many of us have felt in our younger days.....stay positive, this will pass and you will be stronger because of it.

MIKE: Nice photos as usual, I see you are getting more time with railfanning now that the kids are in school. Today we canned 16 quarts of tomatos using a pressure cooker, this is much faster ( and safer ) than using the old method of open pot boiling for 45 minutes. Only need 8 minutes at 5 pounds pressure in the cooker.

Time to hit the sack, see you guys at breakfast..

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang:

Garry: I'm sorry to hear about your wifes sister. You have my sympathys.

Rob: I managed to work the tractor out with the bucket, and you'er right the animals come first.

It's late and I've got to head back to the road work in the morning.

Good Night All

[inch53]

Plenty warm and humid here tonight, thanks to what rain we got, could sure use a lot more

As far as the kids n grandkids, alls doing good, other than Leroy. We're having trouble getting him to go to school, once he's there, it's fine. Sadly he doesn't deal well with change and he's shy to boot. He's also never really been around anyone but family till he started playing baseball. Hopfully it'll  work out before long or we don't know what to do

Also we're still on granddaughter watch, maybe the stork will show this weekend.  And we found out this evening the oldest granddaughter was nominated for home coming queen. Beth's happy bout the queen part, but not to happy bout having to wear a fancy dress [17 year old tomboy]

JERRY, there is some good rail fan spots over there [ the station's still the best], but the overpass isn't one of them, no sidewalk and the traffic runs bout 2' from the railing. I'll get in one of these days for the box [or send Deb by]. Hope Sally got along ok today.

DUKE, thanks for all the racing pics. Looks like ya'll had a good time up there.

NSCALER, to bad bout the girl friend, but there's more good and bad times ahead of you. The good will most always win out in memories. Remember, it could always be worse you could have hemorrhoids too and be out of prepation H.

ED good to hear the orange grove came through with almost minor damage. Guess that means plenty of fresh squished before long.  

Some more from Effingham, the first one is part of the Effingham RR wye inter-change with CSX and MOW storage. 2'nd one is part of their main.

These 2 are of their engine, not the best shots, but I'd really been trespassing to do any better [kinda pushed it for what I got].

Thanks for all the congrads on the photo of the week just another lucky, by accident shot is all. It has felt good to get out chasing some trains, hadn't got to much of it this summer and Mother's even enjoyed it too.

Need to get back to the game, RYAN, I've got high hope for the Saints tonight, I don't care for the baby horses.

 Hope ya'll has a good night.

inch

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[egmurphy]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,

Okay, so we finally made it out to the orange grove today.  I was pleased to see that it's in pretty good shape, other than the weeds being too high.  We did lose some branches (w/ fruit) from the winds that came from Hurricane Dean, but we didn't have as much fruit shaken off the trees as I had expected.  I salvaged the fruit off the broken limbs.  It's not ripe and it's still too acidy for regular juice (think "sour orange" candy), but cut with sparkling water and with just a bit of sugar added it makes a fine orangeade.

Garry - my condolences on the death of your sister-in-law, Janet. 

Rob:  Honestly, I have little respect for most of the people I have met in North Georgia.

Talking of North Georgia just reminded me that way back in the days of the original Coffee Shop, we had two real good model railroaders (and real friendly guys) who lived up there.  Some of our older posters here will remember Bill Mathewson and Tom Watkins.  Unfortunately, both dropped out of sight and haven't posted on the forums in a long time.

Not much more to report. 

Hasta mañana

Ed

[Cederstrand]

***JR, that is a cute little yellow car with a nice smile on it's grill. But what is that big go-cart doing out on the track?

Rob

[bjdukert]

Rob  You will need to ask JR about the cars as he is the man when it comes to them because all I did was go and watch and meet him.

Duke

[Cox 47]

Just stopped in to "Bump" the Dinner back to page 1.....Jerry

[Cederstrand]

in a Southern mug, please & thank you.

***Duke, that is a cute little yellow car with a nice smile on it's grill. But what is that big go-cart doing out on the track?

***nscaler, for what it's worth, everyone has been through tough times as well. It helps you appreciate the good times that much more, so hang in there and things will turn for the better when it's time.

Been a long and CRAZY day. Could say more, but would not be appropriate. Tomorrow may be even more interesting. Wish I had a finished train room to escape to. Oh well!

Rob

 

[nscaler711]

Scott that is cool

when the planets aline i lose
i just am depressed, i just lost my girlfriend ( my depression is not b/c of her she just added stress to my depression) school is getting worse, my trains arent running how they should...and nothing makes me happy now not even my P42....(she ussually makes me happy)
i feel like i am going to die ( i am not physically or mentally dying, just emotionally)

i hope other people (like scott) are doing better.

[Cox 47]

Gary sorry for you loss my thoughts and prayers with you and your family.....Jerry

[Gryphon]

Spending my afternoon making a mountain or at least covering the shell with topping compound.

[bjdukert]

Afternoon all

Garry Very sorry to hear about Shelley's sister.

Tracklayer As said,I don't think I could let things go that easy without some kind of action legally.

Printer Yup,grandkids can be fun to spoil and then give back. he he he

Inch You are the man of photos with another one

Jeff Not doing bad at all,especially with a new camera

Jerry Best to Sallie and hope things work out with the leg.

Scott New job and girlfriend,all at one time. Good luck!!

Steve Sounds like it is going to be a no brainer from here on out.

Gryphon Question answered.

Ryan Changed oil in the bike tonight after work and there won't be that many miles put on before I leave and you will have to bring Ben this year.  

GO SAINTS!

I would say that about the Lions, but I think it will have to wait a few years.

Ok race fans,here are some more

JR said this one was made from a drop tank

That's about it

Best to all on sick call and those recovering

Talk to you later

Duke