I was mislead. I thought this site was about eating food.
Mark
It is, sortof. It’s all virtual food to keep a “story” going whilst we talk of anything and everything. Ansd look who has the tab for lunch.
Slop’s on!
It’s coming up on lunchtime here. I’ll have a burrito and some chili.
[zzz] <<< Wakes up from the back corner booth >>> Did someone say food and eating? [dinner]
Okay…how about some …
Trout Pontchartrain
or
Crabmeat Imperial
or
Veal Oscar
How about a ham n cheese sandwich?
…and, of course, a root beer float, please.
[dinner]
[#welcome] to the Diner, Mark! Oh, and you do know about the TOP (Top Of Page) honors (which means you get to pay the virtual bill if you hit the TOP), right? [swg]
Jim in Cape Girardeau
The diner is famous for its garbage plates! They were a big hit here, along ways from their home in Rochester!
[dinner] Yea GG, that Garbage Plate reminds me of a Garbage Burger we used to prepare on request at Copeland’s Restaurant. It was a burger with everything but the kitchen sink on top!
Flashwave Not sure when these were taken and they aren’t the greatest because my cameras light meter wasn’t working right.
This is what is there now as of 2005 and I couldn’t get far enough back with the lens I had on the camera
Talk to you later
Duke
Three down, one to go.
Hello all,
I see my morning post didn’t make it.
Flash, nice video a little dark but it was nice, I see your layout has giant hands too, lol! i look foward to more videos. maybe I can figure out how and post some of my own.
Well I have one switch that shorts the #2 mainline when it’s thrown, not sure what is up with that but I see it’s feeding power to the #3 mainline. I have insulated rail joiners between the 2 mains. I guess I need to replace those.
I had to buy a pair of Kay-Dee pliers today to adjust some of the coupler ‘hoses". I did pick up a yardmaster series (Branchline trains) 40’ boxcar kit with knuckle couplers for $9. Not bad looking kit. I liked the fact it had the proto type year printed on the end of the box. Built 1940 reweigh 1954. When Alex comes over he has trouble putting cars on the tracks so I bought a RIX ramp. I also bought a drill and tap set to install the new couplers on some of my older rolling stock.
TWHITE: I bought a centerline track cleaning car and it works great. It uses handy wipes cut into strips. It’s all steel construction and the center roller is solid brass. I’ve been using goo-gone then I switch to a dry handy wipe, then I use it to apply the metal preservative. The Rail-Zip metal preservative prevents dirt from sticking to the rails and the locomotive wheels. So far the only drawback: the rail-zip is slippery when wet, once you apply it you have to wait overnight for it to cure or you locomotives will start spinning their wheels. I know of the track cleaner you are using and its abrasive. This centerline car is a good “soft” alternative.
ED good to see you back in the diner, when can we expect more oranges?
GMT wish you the best of luck on th
Lee: Actually, the car I’m using is a twin-motor revolving pad-car that I bought through Walthers–it’s not the actual Walthers one with the ‘brite-boy’ center-slung abrasive pad. I use a hard, leather like non-abrasive material on the pads. I had a center-line track cleaner, and if my layout was insulated, it would be a Godsend, but as I said, I really can’t use any liquid due to the conditions in my garage–only two walls are insulated. It’s not that dust per se accumulates on the track thorugh the cracks in the garage, it’s POLLEN–this area of California is infamous for its high Pollen count–and any liquid track cleaner just turns it into mush on the rails. Thankfully, as the Pollen count goes down during the summer and I run my trains more frequently, the rail problem goes pretty much away. But during this time of year, I have to run the dry-pad rail cleaner pretty frequently.
Ah, SunnyCal in the Sacramento Valley, LOL! You kind of learn to live with it. My sister, who lives 50 miles east of here in the mountains, where the air is MUCH cleaner, says she gets a headache every time she comes down here. Se
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Lee: Actually, the car I’m using is a twin-motor revolving pad-car that I bought through Walthers–it’s not the actual Walthers one with the ‘brite-boy’ center-slung abrasive pad. I use a hard, leather like non-abrasive material on the pads. I had a center-line track cleaner, and if my layout was insulated, it would be a Godsend, but as I said, I really can’t use any liquid due to the conditions in my garage–only two walls are insulated. It’s not that dust per se accumulates on the track thorugh the cracks in the garage, it’s POLLEN–this area of California is infamous for its high Pollen count–and any liquid track cleaner just turns it into mush on the rails. Thankfully, as the Pollen count goes down during the summer and I run my trains more frequently, the rail problem goes pretty much away. But during this time of year, I have to run the dry-pad rail cleaner pretty frequently.
Ah, SunnyCal in the Sacramento Valley, LOL! You kind of learn to live with it. My sister, who lives 50 miles east of here in the mountains, where the air is MUCH cleaner, says she gets a headache every time she come
TWHITE,
My LHS has pads that snap on any rolling stock axel. All they are is white padded cloths mounted to a small plastic board that drag along the top of the rail. LHS said if they get dirty you toss them in a sock, tie a knot and wash them and re-use them. I want to say Marklin made them. They were on a blister card (I think 8 for $7).
Well I’m glad I don’t have pollen on the rails, just house and pet dust. Like flash said a rotory snow plow might be good too, lol.
Lee
Those only work so far. I saw a hopper car once tyhat had oneof those. It tobogganed along the track, the pad had prevented the wheels from hitting. Some of them are prone to breaking the hooks too. But they’re great for boxcars if you aren’t gonna remove them. They SHOULD be able to pick up the pollen.
I’m leaving now, see you in a week.
morning all
just a tea to go please
on days today so wont be in later have a good night all
Gav
Hi All!!
Well it’s time again for the portland Rose festival here Portland oregon, AND YES it’s suppose to rain Saturday on the Rose Parade, ahwell we are used to it,[sigh] anyway my wife says hello to everyone here, and she wants one of Zoe’s burittos to go, How are things with everybody? I will be back later. take care all[:D]
Good Morning from Tipton IN ! [:D]
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__The Longest Day~__June 6, 1944
Good Morning All,
A regular coffee and a danish please Zoe. Could you put it ion the grill to warm it a bit too please? Lots of rain this morning I got soaked twice getting gas this morning, once at the island, the second time inside at 4.50 per gallon. I dread getting diesel as it’s over 5.00 per as well. I’m pretty sure we have close to the highest prices nationwide here in Ct.
Tom - I see you have one of those massive bridges with the unpronouncable name. How is it holding up? If you are really running 5 pound locos over it then I’m really impressed. Do you have a speed restriction on it?
Trains - We always looked forward to the Festival in Portland. We used to do the IMSA races in Portland that were traditionally around that time and got there early enough a couple of years to see the actual festivities.
We meet with the contractor and insurance people in charge of structural repairs this morning - wish us luck. This is where we will really find out how good our deluxe coverage is and how much out of pocket we’re going to be. For those who asked, the layout and trains are ok. I have everything stored in plastic containers now and the anti cat door back up to the layout area. I lost my staging yard to water damage (it was outside the layout room and beneath the stairs and hall for the second floor where the actual fire and water was). The water also took out all the basement insulation and ceiling over the swing bridge but there is no discernable damage there save for the swelled up 2 x 4 frame for the bridge. I washed that down and sprayed it with Lysol just in case. The adjacent ceiling and insulation over the hobby bench and computer area was soaked and I lost my desktop computer and wireless router for the house, and the tile floor may need attention, but the layout room seems to have recovered very well from the water that pooled there. One valuable lesson I learned is that all the train stuff needs to be in water tight plastic boxes
Good morning folks!
I’ll have a Cafe au Lait and some Beignets please Chloe! Thanks! [8D]
J.R. Good luck with the adjusters, sorry to hear about the staging area.
Nice images Duke!
Off to run a bunch of errands this morning, and then I’m cooking a three course dinner for Monique tonight in celebration of her birthday! I’ll share the menu with you guys too!
Appetizer
Crabmeat en Crute
Lump crabmeat, artichoke bottoms, and supreme sauce in a puff pastry dough and baked to perfection
Entrée
Sautéed Chicken Favorite
Boneless skinless chicken sautéed and served on a bed of creamed spinach with wild rice and topped with a mushroom cream sauce
Dessert
Chocolate Crepes Foster
Chocolate mousse filled in fresh crepes topped with a Bananas Foster Sauce