Trackside Lounge - Spring '09 Edition

[Modelcar]

blhanel

I just bought a new monitor for my home PC today at Sam's Club- it was a deal I couldn't pass up

Brian......If your product works as well as mine you should be well satisfied.  I have two flat screen TV's {less than a year old, and they are Samsung, and I am well satisfied with their product.

When I need a monitor, that {like you purshased}, will be just what I will be looking for.

 

[blhanel]

Neat shots, Chris.

I just bought a new monitor for my home PC today at Sam's Club- it was a deal I couldn't pass up.  $150 for a Samsung 20.5" widescreen LCD flat panel monitor (16x9 aspect ratio).  Wow, what a difference!  It has created a new problem, though- all those pictures I got from you for my wallpaper, Chris, no longer fill the whole screen.  They look sharper than ever, though!

[CopCarSS]

Justin - Welcome! You don't really have to worry about "pitching in" or anything like that. The lounge is just a nice place to hang out, chit chat, share photos, etc. I'd like to hear more about your Amtrak project, though.

Carl - Good to see you here, too. How are things back in your neck of the woods. I *might* be back that way in April. I'm thinking about attending this conference. I have to see if I can work that into the finances. On the bright side, since I could stay at Momma's house, I wouldn't have to worry about paying for lodging!

Cannonball - Thank you for the kind words.

Tree - Thank you for the kind compliment. I haven't been hanging around here as much as I should, so I've missed a lot of stuff in here. Do you have any new work?

zardoz - A long time ago on a sub far, far away?

 

[zardoz]

switch7frg

The second pic. looks like the engine is shooting a double beam laser at the other train .

TRAIN WARS!!  (with apologies to George Lucas)

[tree68]

Chris - I fired up a new monthly edition a while back and it sunk quickly to the depths.  I doubt anyone will complain about your resurrecting it!

Especially when you share your quality work with us in the process.

 

[switch7frg]

Cop Car, the photos are super. The second pic. looks like the engine is shooting a double beam laser at the other train . Really not so , a really good pic .  They remind me of night photos of Mr. Link.

                                                                                          Respectfully, Cannonball

[CShaveRR]

Chris, it's good to see you in any capacity. Wish I could answer your question about the Limon Sub.

I tried sticking the Lounge next to the Cafe for a couple of its incarnations, but was "outed" last time. So you're both accurate and reasonably timely!

I can't produce photographs of Chris' caliber for posting in the Lounge (heck, the caliber I'd come up with wouldn't even make anyone's wallet!), but I can blog and respond with the best of 'em. I have answers and experience which some folks actually appreciate.

So, I'll be right over here, catching up on some much-needed rest. Won't take too much to get me to perk up my ears.

Latest news from here: cardiologist reveals that I have a heart, after all! Therefore, I must be a scarecrow.

You're welcome here, too, Justin. Folks, this young man has a plan (dream, really) to get his Scout troop on board Amtrak sometime. He and I are the only ones I know who can say they've earned the Railroading merit badge.

[bubbajustin]

Hi!

I'm Justin, nice to have another place to hang out in! I will pitch in when I can too.

[CopCarSS]

zardoz

Please do not misunderstand--I was not being critical (I was trying to be comical); indeed, I am glad to have another lounge to hang around in.  Especially if it is going to have some of your wonderful photos in it.

So you have no need to apologize; if anyone needs to apologize, it is I.

Oh! OK. Sorry...it's hard to read emotion sometimes. I just wasn't sure if there was a current incarnation of the Lounge. I went back several pages and didn't see one, and I know we've been getting new versions of the popular threads lately, so I thought a new Lounge would work.

And thank you for the kind words about my photos. I'm looking forward to getting out and getting more pictures in the coming months. I've been in kind of a dry spell lately. It'll be good for me to get out and get some new stuff.

[zardoz]

CopCarSS

zardoz

Gee,  the recession has even hit the forums: diners keep closing and new ones keep opening, hoping to try to get enough business.....

Was there another Lounge thread someplace? If so, I missed it and apologize for that.

Chris,

Please do not misunderstand--I was not being critical (I was trying to be comical); indeed, I am glad to have another lounge to hang around in.  Especially if it is going to have some of your wonderful photos in it.

So you have no need to apologize; if anyone needs to apologize, it is I.

[CopCarSS]

zardoz

Gee,  the recession has even hit the forums: diners keep closing and new ones keep opening, hoping to try to get enough business.....

Was there another Lounge thread someplace? If so, I missed it and apologize for that.

[CNW 6000]

I'll chip in here when I can.

[zardoz]

Gee,  the recession has even hit the forums: diners keep closing and new ones keep opening, hoping to try to get enough business.....

[CopCarSS]

Hi All,

I couldn't find a recent version of the lounge in the recent archives, so I figured it might be good to start a new one anyways.

I went out last night with designs for a photo involving the moon. Alas! there was too much haze on the eastern horizon, so the moon didn't appear until it was much higher in the sky than I needed it to be. I did manage to get a couple of shots that I like, though.

Meet at Mesa

Competitors in Opposite Directions

These didn't turn out quite how I'd like, but I still like them. The biggest problem I had was that the Limon Sub was a busy place last night and I didn't have time to set up shots like I had hoped to. Come to think of it, it's been seeming a LOT busier lately. Anyone know if Uncle Pete is sending more stuff on the old Kansas Pacific?