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Posted by BryansHO on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1:35 PM

afternoon all....just wanted to drop in for a cup of coffee.layout still going slow but now  i do have some direction( thanks to all the help from here).well thanks again for all the help, talk to everyone later.

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1:11 PM
afternoon all.....Kinda overcast here today and hotter than blue blazes....I'll have a chunk of the pie if there is any left and a double dip of ice cream please..Thank You...I am kinda tuckered out after yesterday trip...did some paper work this morning and rested in chair....Gona work on trains awhile then rest some more...Hey how bout the Cards they looked good last night plan to watch tonites game...I fished around on Ebay but seems prices have gotten out of hand....I made a deal with a feller for a laser cut kit called Saw Pit Store it will be my first laser cut kit any body have any experance with laser kits in N scale? I may have bit off more than I can chew?....Well you all have a good afternoon....Jerry
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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 12:41 PM

, strong and black, in a Southern mug today, please and thank you.

***Jerry, hope your son didn't have any damage done from the natural gas. Had plenty of exposure to some chemicals myself over the years and they can mess you up.

***Scott, I'll send you Barbara's cell phone number, because we usually leave the land-line phone unplugged. It is very rare I leave the farm, so even if you just showed up, the chances are I'll be here. See you soon and have a safe drive down.

Power went out this morning. Nice to have it back on. Have a great day all!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 8:48 AM

Good morning

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      9/5/2007 
 
Heat Index:  83°F
Humidity:  93%
Dew Point:  75°F
 
So Far Today
High:  77°F
Low:  75°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  3mph NNE
 
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 50 percent.  

Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 8:05 AM
 ModelTrainLover wrote:
 pcarrell wrote:
 nscaler711 wrote:

Hey PC Pie over here!.......

Now thats just not nice to tease a guy like that!

* Holds up 9x9ft pic of apple pie with all the fixings long enough for everyone to have a pice of PC's pie.*

Yeah, Colby,but I bet PC can tell the photo from the real pie! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 8:01 AM
 pcarrell wrote:
 nscaler711 wrote:

Hey PC Pie over here!.......

Now thats just not nice to tease a guy like that!

* Holds up 9x9ft pic of apple pie with all the fixings long enough for everyone to have a pice of PC's pie.*

 

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:56 AM
 JimRCGMO wrote:

Prayers for comfort, peace and healing, and rain for those of you whose areas are needing it. 

Amen!

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 7:05 AM

Good Morning, Zoe! Cup of TH please.

We're supposed to get some rain today or tomorrow. Down in the Missouri Bootheel (south of me), a few places have already got a little rain this morning. We're ready for some moisture here (even though I, unlike some of you, don't have a garden that's parched).

Ed, good to hear you didn't get drenched by Felix, and will be able to get to the orange grove soon. Think our supply of your good OJ here in the Diner had been getting a little low, so it's just in time.

On the topic of the Diner in (HO) scale, I'd been debating about using an old Model Die Casting/Roundhouse kit (Harriman passenger car) for a Diner about like this, though it'd be rather smaller than the Diner's abundant space. Now, maybe I could find another MDC Harriman kit on eBay to put with the other one, and...

Time for me to get going. Prayers for comfort, peace and healing, and rain for those of you whose areas are needing it. 

 

Blessings on your Hump Day,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 4:28 AM

Good morning ! from Indiana. Big Smile [:D]

09-05-07

Clown [:o)]

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Posted by gear-jammer on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:59 PM
 nscaler711 wrote:
 

 

Hey, Did Philip save any pie?  It looks pretty yummy.

We had a wild thunder and lightning storm here last night.  There was water standing everywhere this morning. We had almost a wopping 1/2 inch.Laugh [(-D]  For this neck of the woods, that is plenty this time of year.

It is my bed time, so I will be off.

Sue  





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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:05 PM
 nscaler711 wrote:

Hey PC Pie over here!.......

Now thats just not nice to tease a guy like that!

Philip
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:03 PM

Hey y'all. Cowboy [C):-)]

How about a nice mug of chocolate milk? Thank ya.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN UPDATE:

Only a week and a half until I head down to McDonough, Georgia to start training. Got The Cherry Bomb, my car, in the shop gettin' new tires, brakes, oil, coolant, belts, and a good goin' over to make sure that she's ready for the 700 miles down, followed by who knows how many miles around Georgia, and then 700 miles back home. I'm gonna say 1500 miles plus easily on my ROAD TRIP for trains.

Rob: Yes, I still plan on dropping by the farm when I'm down there. I don't know when exactly, I'll have to see how the whole training schedule goes. But I'll be down there from the 16th to around the 29th or 30th.

I'm out y'all. Have a good one. Cowboy [C):-)]

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Posted by nscaler711 on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:01 PM

Hey PC Pie over here!.......

 

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Posted by Hoople on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 9:09 PM

Can I have that SP B unit?

Joking... I need to get one for my E9 though...

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:55 PM

For those who are interested, here's some of my locos.

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Posted by Cox 47 on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:03 PM
Looks like i am buying again...get my apron out looks like more dish duty...Order up and enjoy....Jerry
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Posted by Cox 47 on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:01 PM
Evening All...Its been very hot here today....I'll have a double Root beer float please...Thank You...My brother and i went to see Sallie today we found her in great spirits and had a good visit we left her in the dinning room eating pop corn and drinking root beer...My son just stopped by on his way home from DR. he got too much natural gas while pulling pipe some of the gas went to his brain but he says the brain will heal itself and get rid of the gas with no lasting problems but he's off work for another week...Jeff...Gotta watch that blood preasure...don't let that clown get you down..I look forward to your photos and your modeling is top notch...I have been a model railroader almost 40 years and I have picked up some great ideas and insperation from your modeling and photos.. Instead of moping around because you have a 10.00 camera you worked with it and turned out some good photos...Well i am watching the Card Pirates game hope it comes out better for the Cards tan yesterdays game....You All have a good night....Jerry
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Posted by Flashwave on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:00 PM

gotta go. One for the road Chlo?

thanks

-Morgan

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:56 PM

Good evening everyone, visited the LHS today in Warren, Ma, Bob is back from vacationing on the coast of Maine. I picked up a couple of Atlas Trainman New Haven 70 ton 9 panel Hoppers, $12.95 each. The detail is surprisingly good, metal  wheels, weighted nicely, hard to beat for the price. I also picked up more ME code 83 track and another book to read, Steam Locomotives of the New York Central Lines.

The garden is turning into a "dust bowl", I have one soaker hose going night and day so that the Butternut squash develops properly before harvesting laster this month. The Broccoli is hanging on nicely, as well as the Green Peppers, but everything else is just about history except for two Zuchinni plants.

I finally settled on a swing gate for the layout, I was inspired by whay Ryan had done. I was unable to use this type until I reorganized the work area to allow for a swing open gate. I picked up the materials for that today and work starts tomorrow pending any changes in the HDJ.

JEFF: I missed that thread, what was it? I don't recognize the coding. I like what the new camera is producing, you will be very busy with that model.

ED: Glad to hear that even the rains will miss you. From what the WC was showing yesterday, it sure looked like the heavy rains would get you.

STEVE: Glad to see you back in the Diner ....what have you been up to??

I have a thread in the General Forum that seems to have many of the MRR's stumped. I am trying to find if anyone makes/has made, 2-6-6T and 4-6-6T in HO scale. I am not having much luck searching, and it seems like no one else knows anything either. This were Double Enders, used on the B&A ( later owned by the NYC ). You can see a photo of the engine and integral tender on the thread that I started.

The wife is all excited...the Red Sox just scored 4 runs, I have to go see hwat that is all about.... later guys !!

Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by Flashwave on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:53 PM
 Cederstrand wrote:

[would the Elliot mind if the Diner were to be homaged on my HO&N line?]

***I had thought about doing that one, too. Then decided it would not be the best Diner to serve my future mini towns main food source, Soylent Green. I see nothing wrong with an Elliots Diner on someones layout, but I haven't been here long enough to count.

I'm anxious to show you all what have for my porch. Will kinda tie in with this place.

Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

 

Good, cause I've got a coach in mind. (And because it came up on one of the first pages, a caboose as a church. :P

-Morgan

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:53 PM

Evening Gang:

Jeff: I missed the goings on at WPF. I'll say this though. I think that you have fun and enjoy yourself. Your photos have given me a shove to get some things going and besides that I enjoy them. As for those others there they can suck an egg. You just keep those photos coming here where they are appreaciated. We'll be richer and the others will be poorer. Most important take care of yourself. Just consider the source. By the way, how did those Uncle Petes sneck in? ( I clicked on it. )

I spent another day playing heavy equipment operator. That big wheel loader bucks like a bronc going down the road. We have moved about 300 yards of fill and finished the washout. We may go back later with the dump trailer and add some more fill to the creek side. Tomorrow we have to clean out the creek crossings and patch some spots that are rough. Well I'm going to bed. My upper back is aching so I'll give it a rest.

Good Night All

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Posted by Cederstrand on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:52 PM

[would the Elliot mind if the Diner were to be homaged on my HO&N line?]

***I had thought about doing that one, too. Then decided it would not be the best Diner to serve my future mini towns main food source, Soylent Green. I see nothing wrong with an Elliots Diner on someones layout, but I haven't been here long enough to count.

I'm anxious to show you all what have for my porch. Will kinda tie in with this place.

Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

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Posted by Flashwave on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:50 PM
 pcarrell wrote:
 Flashwave wrote:
 pcarrell wrote:
 JimRCGMO wrote:

Any chance of a slice of apple pie that PC didn't get?Wow!! [wow]

HEY!  I resemble that remark!

Yes, quickly! - plop a dollop of ice cream on that and let me have it, quick!

HEY, HEY, HEY THERE!  I SEE THAT!

 

*Puts up a revealing picture in front of pc long enough for jim to get his pie and stash*

Sorry gals, this'll go as soon as it's no longer needed

Doesn't even phase me!  I married my dream girl!

And besides.....you're talking about pie!

 

well, there;s the messier alternative...

 

*Large tin of whipped cream lands squarely on pc, so neither of the girls would have to clean it*                                                                

                                                    

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Posted by Flashwave on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:50 PM
 pcarrell wrote:
 Flashwave wrote:
 pcarrell wrote:
 JimRCGMO wrote:

Any chance of a slice of apple pie that PC didn't get?Wow!! [wow]

HEY!  I resemble that remark!

Yes, quickly! - plop a dollop of ice cream on that and let me have it, quick!

HEY, HEY, HEY THERE!  I SEE THAT!

 

*Puts up a revealing picture in front of pc long enough for jim to get his pie and stash*

Sorry gals, this'll go as soon as it's no longer needed

Doesn't even phase me!  I married my dream girl!

And besides.....you're talking about pie!

 

well, there;s the messier alternative...

 

*Large tin of whipped cream lands squarely on pc, so neither of the girls would have to clean it*                                                                

-Morgan

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Posted by Cederstrand on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:47 PM

I'll have the usualin a Southern mug tonight, 

and a BIG slice of , please & thank you!

***Duke, those are neat autos. What fun! I remember when I was a wee lad, doing a rally with an Unlce who had a cool MG & numerous Minis. I loved riding with him in his custom MG. He had his friend take me down Brea Canyon (I think that is what the steep windy road was called) in his racing Mini and it was definitely a rush.

***Jeffrey, extra nice pic there. 

I was going to find a train headed west, but the tracks are too far away.Whistling [:-^] Then the wife came home and gave me a present she found while out with "It" today. She gave me a Train Flag. It looks like a green European Loco, even though it says Southern #32 on it's side. Looks like an 0-6-4 with built in mini-tender area under the rear trucks. It's pulling three small passenger cars. Although not something I would have spent any money on, it shows her big heart, (and maybe some guilt for bringing "It" here). I know, I'm not being very kind, but YOU try walking on eggshells in your own home, wondering what will set off that Jekyll/hyde switchSoapBox [soapbox] Rant is over now. Thinking HAPPY Clown [:o)] thoughts.

mmmm...excellent pie! Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:38 PM
 Flashwave wrote:
 pcarrell wrote:
 JimRCGMO wrote:

Any chance of a slice of apple pie that PC didn't get?Wow!! [wow]

HEY!  I resemble that remark!

Yes, quickly! - plop a dollop of ice cream on that and let me have it, quick!

HEY, HEY, HEY THERE!  I SEE THAT!

 

*Puts up a revealing picture in front of pc long enough for jim to get his pie and stash*

Sorry gals, this'll go as soon as it's no longer needed

Doesn't even phase me!  I married my dream girl!

And besides.....you're talking about pie!

Philip
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Posted by Flashwave on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:23 PM

Best of luck on the crop.

 hey, would the Elliot mind if the Diner were to be homaged on my HO&N line? (if we ever put track down...)

-Morgan

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Posted by egmurphy on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:15 PM

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,

Another beautiful day here in Paradise.  And, unfortunately, another day with no progress on the layout, although I did make up a train and ran a few laps, just to keep the railheads clean.

CG Jim: Hope Ed isn't getting too much of Felix's rains and it's way south of him (and stays south of him). Actually, for the sake of the folks that way, hope Felix fades out ASAP!
Felix went waaay south and is breaking up in the mountains of Central America (Honduras and Nicaragua).  We won't see anything from that storm.

Now that we haven't had any significant rain in a couple of days, and with the threat of a visit by Felix gone, we can start thinking about heading out to the orange grove and checking on the crop.  I'll keep you updated.

No more photos today, I need to edit and upload some more.

Later

Ed

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Posted by Flashwave on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:56 PM
 pcarrell wrote:
 JimRCGMO wrote:

Any chance of a slice of apple pie that PC didn't get?Wow!! [wow]

HEY!  I resemble that remark!

Yes, quickly! - plop a dollop of ice cream on that and let me have it, quick!

HEY, HEY, HEY THERE!  I SEE THAT!

 

*Puts up a revealing picture in front of pc long enough for jim to get his pie and stash*

Sorry gals, this'll go as soon as it's no longer needed

-Morgan

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:36 PM
 JimRCGMO wrote:

Any chance of a slice of apple pie that PC didn't get?Wow!! [wow]

HEY!  I resemble that remark!

Yes, quickly! - plop a dollop of ice cream on that and let me have it, quick!

HEY, HEY, HEY THERE!  I SEE THAT!

Philip

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