Good morning!
Welcome to the same old diner just moved a couple of tracks over. The track crew got a brand new siding all set up for us. Even started up an old RS1 to do the moving:
Probably a good idea to get the move done as the old track was having some issues with that wrap around thing.
So sit down and order up on me this morning!
73
Those are neat engines-
Got a bunch of work to do for tonight’s classes and this weekend’s seminar series—
Have a good one people!![swg]
Sure are, and that one still has the original Alco Prime Mover in her. We have at least one RS1, an RS2, and of course the RS3 #211 with the EMD 567B rebuild on board.
Flo, I managed to work up an appetite getting the dining car to a new track so I think I’ll have the #2 special this morning. Over easy on the eggs, bacon, homefies, and a double order of sourdough toast to tide me over 'til lunch. Oh and my usual for coffee in a R&GV mug! I’ll be at the Rivet Counter watching Barry do his homew**k.
73
Thanks for taking care of the move Ray. I like the new siding - nice and level. One thing we find at the museum is when equipment gets parked for a long period the track tends to sag under it. Guess the real operating roads never left anything standing still for as long as we do. On another note, what happens when we get to chapter 50 ? We should get a prize for talking so much[:-^]. J.R.
Ray … Thanks for hanlding the move. I see the chapel car was also moved. Prayers continue for Jeff.
Also, Ray … Neat video starting the RS1 …Shhhhhhhhh …don’t tell the EPA …[X-)]
Edit … Does anyone have contact with Jeff’s family?
You’re welcome guys! I certainly wouldn’t have left the Chapel Car sitting on the old siding, we need it right here for all those having health problems and such. Besides it was parked in the way of the move so we just coupled on to both of them for the move…[:-^]
Sure was nice of them to go to all the trouble of laying a new siding for us. Here is a video of some of the work getting her ready for us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJI_xtN37y4&feature=player_embedded
I think I may have found a Rubber Chicken for the skit at church this Sunday. The local Theater Guild may have one that we can borrow.
Well, it is an ALCO…[:-^]
73
Milk and a Dale’s Sauce drowned steak, Zoe.
Speaking of RS-3’s, I saw two of the Delaware Lackawanna’s RS-3’s. They hava a sharp looking quartet of RS’s, and they make your heart skip a beat when they throttle up.
Here is some pics of the fleet on northeast.railfan.net
Jeff: Good luck![angel]
Ulrich: Good luck as well![angel]
I’ve got another project going on. I’m makeing a piece of bead packing foam into a diarama with a bridge crossing a river in a gully. I’ll post pics when the camera charges.
And Al Gore weeped… [:-,][tup][(-D][swg]
Sweet machine, wish I’da been there to see/hear it in person.
Thanks Ray, for handling the move.
Cold, windy day here…gonna freeze tonight shooting football. They’re talking about sn** possibly this weekend. Hey Ray? Go fire up that ALCO some more…right now I’ll take some “global warming!”
Chris[8]
Thanks for making the move, Ray.
Chloe, I will have one of those giant chef salads with honey mustard dressing. I will hold this back booth incase anyone wants to join me.
Sue
“Hi, just a cup of hot coffee please”
Whoa hey, thanks for the nice ‘Welcome’ Its always nice to be around others to talk about trains. I’ve been busy all morning it seems. Took my son’s car to get smog certifide, seems that took up the better part of the morning. Well I did wash it as well. He and his sister are hundreds of miles away in college. Took my second oldest 5 years to get through with Junior College, my youngest 3 years. But they are both living together… and walk to the campus which is only two blocks away. Which is the very reason why I have his car now. My oldest son is moving today, wow… empty house. Woo Hoo~ ! Maybe Jeanne will go out dinning and dancing… lol. So my wife comes home for lunch… I was working on my layout… she’s gone now… and here I am. Just wanted to drop in and say hello~
Keith
Just psoted in the old diner, my bad.
Well, I’ll jsut re-post here. I’m feeling good, but I’m tired, it’s been a long week. I ain’t gonna go to the football game tonight. I do think i’ll probably work my tail off on the soldering tomorrow on my layout, we’ll see how much I actually get done though.
SAWYER: Good to see ya Pal, glad you’re out of the plastic bubble…I might disinfect it and stuff my wife in it before her head cold/creeping crud wipes me out too.
SUE: Good afternoon Ma’am tips the hat to the lady
KEITH: Smog inspection? Glad I’m in Iowa… right now with all the repairs my '97 Ford Ranger pickup needs…it’d likely be condemed if it were inspected. Still runs good. Makes about 18 mpg…just kinda falling apart underneath…[:-^] Overall not bad for 200,700 miles and counting.
It has gotten colder throughout the afternoon. At least the sky is clearing, so no rain on this photographer w**king up and down the sideline tonight. Homecoming for Clear Creek Amana, the school district THAT editor assigned to me. I’m hoping the brand new concession stand at the brand new stadium (the Mecca of high school football stadiums) has decent coffee and/or hot chocolate tonight…I’m gonna need it.
No staff meeting this morning (YAY!) but w**king tonight, so got a little farther on the XTRA hoppers. Here’s part of what it takes to make an Athearn PS-2 look like a Portec hopper:
The ends are the worst as the “end cage” gets some pretty heavy surgery to narrow-up parts, hack-out some pieces, scab-in some others… All in the name of having something a little different eventually rolling on a layout.
Chris[8]
Good afternoon. I just put up the “stars” so you can find the new location easier.
I’m thinking of Jeff. I suppose he had the operation, and he is looking forward to returning home to his layout. Jeff has been thru a lot, and I say he is one of the most inspiring people in the forum. He keeps doing all sorts of stuff while enduring his diabetic condition. I’m glad to see all the names of people concerned for him. I hope somebody here is in contact with his family.
Got the surgery done and I’m back home. My nephew took me to the hospital this morning then came back to pick me up when they called him to tell him I needed to be picked up. There was one perplexing moment though. As I was getting dressed to leave the hospital I noticed this rather large dark red puddle on the floor then looked up toward my foot which was propped on the edge of the bed and saw a thick stream of blood coming through the bandages. I called to the nurses in the room somewhat urgently and informed them that I was bleeding like a stuck pig and could use some assistance. Three of them quickly unwrapped it, applied new dressings over the old ones and did a rather professional job of wrapping it up again. They surmised that what had come out was what had collected from just after the surgery. So far I haven’t had another bleeder moment and I’m taking care to insure that I don’t.
Hey Jeff:
Glad to hear that all went well and that you are home recuperating. Make sure and take your doctor’s advice and don’t try to speed up your recovery.
Dr. Joe
Evening all,
Still raining, still chilly. May have frost in the morning.
Jeff good to hear all went well, I wish you a speedy recovery.
Afternoon everyone!
Jeffrey glad you are home and recuperating. Hope the bandage issue is the only problem yu will have the healing. I figured they would keep you there for a day or two… Just being good to their staff I guess…[:-^][;)][;)] I see you found the new palace with no problem.
Never did find a rubber chicken, but I bought a Halloween chicken that plays “The Chicken Dance”. That should work. Picked up or made all the other props we will need for Sunday as well today.
Zoe just cup of decafe right now. For some reason I lost my appetite. [sigh]
73
That sucks man. Gotta love colds especially; sick enough to feel like crap but not sick enough to warrant skipping out a day or two of life, lol.
Keith, you’re gonna make me blush! I’ll let ya buy me dinner here in the diner, OK? I like helping out though. Track planning is fun for me. It’s the one time in the whole layout process where you have the least constraints and the most freedom. Then reality sets in…
Hey, if any of you haven’t seen what Keith has going on, you neeed to check it out. It’s really quite something! You can see it here!
Now, Sue, you haven’t seen anything in a while, that’s true. All of the medical problems of the family put things on serious hold. Then I got the scoot, and, well, I’ve been riding, ya know? (How 'bout you and your new mount?) But that doesn’t mean all is lost! I’ve recently bought a ton of new building kits, enough for a couple of towns. This winter should see a few new towns springing up on the Autumns Ridge Railway & Navigation Co. right of way!
Jeff, glad to hear all went well, I think everyone hear was thinkin of ya all day long, I know I was. Lee, Phillip…? Is it time for a long story on this rainy night? If so, maybe someone better get another pot of coffee going. Maybe a tall tail, but Gospel Truth story? I love those~ … A sad but true… sounds like a country song… story? I’m here just sitting drinking my coffee reading, looking at pics of layouts and thinking. I’ve been going over link in the forum with thousands of hours of pure fun. Now, Phillip, I thank you for the nice compliment. Up until now, I was still feeling like one big dope. lol. I figured never to the likes of you in here…lol. Let me tell you, I have already more than likely dropped 10 grand in this… lol… I had no idea. And probably ready to drop another if need be… but that another story in itself. And I’ve read some men have spent more. Don’t think that I am going to do some Halfaz job here… oh no~ I’m an artist by heart. When I draw … it has to be perfect. The major problem with any artist, they dont’ know when to stop! And Maddog, where in the heck did he go? I got started on this… all this posting cuz he wanted to see a layout from start to finish. So hey, if you guys want to really hear … what kind of a layout I really want to build. I mean its enough to make most advid RR Model’ers shudder. So, pull up a chair for a rainy night story… if ya want… I’m just sitting here drinking my coffee.
“More coffee? please?”
Keith