[#welcome]
The old diner is here:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/209630.aspx
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The old diner is where? There is no links. For future reference, as it is still September.(Thought you could get away with making the diner early,eh?)
Forgot to tell you where we are!
We are smack dab in the middle of the country, We’re in KANSAS TOTO!!!
[#welcome]
Wikipedia lists the Kansas railroads as follows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kansas_railroads
I have spiffed up the RC, took out the trash, and shined the floor! {you’ll all be glad to know I did not use spit to do so!}
The heating system was serviced…just in case you know…it gets chilly here.
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Wow a new diner…And I have the day off tomorrow…guess after I craw out of bed sometime during the day I`ll work on the layout.
Young Sakel. if you will review when the September Diner was moved -the last day of AUGUST, you will NOTE: it was moved as follows as posted on the first post in the september thread:
“Posted by Fri, Aug 31 2012 8:09 PM” {Eastern Dayligt Time}
Pay attention and you will do fine. It usually gets moved the last day, sometimes late, sometimes earlier.
Just a FYI
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Just a joke… But when I moved the Diner a few months ago I did it at 12:17… no cheating for me![:P]
(hmm, not even 10 posts in and already… ah…whats the word…)
Ah, a new place! Kansas eh? I’ve been here before. Never believed those tales about it being table top flat until then when I saw for myself.
Been feeling pretty rough today. In fact I’ve felt like crap since I got up this morning. Took a nap around noon and woke up feeling even worse. I did manage to get part of a makeshift structure for the elevator put together. It’s just a few printed wall plates stuck to a box but it at least gives me something to work with.
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oh Auntie Em Auntie Em!![:O]
In honor of the Great State of Kansas, let’s play TWISTER!!![:-,]
OK, OK, sarcastic episode over for now, ill for sit in the booth over there,
Hay Janie, got any of the Tropicana Twister?? [(-D]
I think Vinnie is thinking about twisting up some more crowbars!
Howdy, fried chicken dinner please and a Dr Pepper thank you.
Great. Kansas. I can here Garry now come 1st of November…“Looks like we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
I haven’t a clue what Ray [(-D] said so I’m gonna go with Jeff and say….ya[(-D] [(-D]. That’s what I meant. All I know is they say “Daylight” and I try to get the highest Kelvin number on the shelf regardless of what it calls them. Makes a HUUUUUGE difference in the trainroom and the garage. Wait, (reaches in pocket and pulls out a 4 pack of CFL’s) Ya, I thought I had some. The box says, Daylight, 13 watt, 6500K (thought they were like 7000K but I guess not. Or at least these aren’t) 800 Lumens. Oh and none better for outside lights. If you don’t mind the bugs.
JPowell- HEY good to see you back. Reason I don’t is almost what G said. I saved Car Craft magazines since 1979 til I finally quit the subscription last year. Reason….literally a ton of magazines that I do not reference as I thought I would. Things change and other than something cool to read and have, I find (for me only mind you) no actual use for a technique from 1960 that has been bettered 40 times since. Now, that being said, others opinions may/will differ. The other reason I would, would be for the same reason I have all the episodes of NCIS on DVD……Ziva. NO! I mean entertainment. I’m not going to buy them, but that would be the only reason I would.
Welp, time for the season premiere of Family Guy and American Dad. See yuns tomorrow!
Holy Rock Island Rocket, Batman!
I was just about to enter the Diner, and poof! Welcome to Kansas!
Uh, whereabouts in Kansas are we? Just curious I know a little of the northeast corner. Marysville is pretty busy with the UP and their “cut-off” from Gibbon, NE to Menoken, KS (just west of Topeka). There’s some good train watching spots along US 24 from Topeka to Manhattan, and I think there’s an old UP caboose still sitting in “Railroad Park” in Wamego (famous for it’s Dutch windmill and the Wizard of Oz museum).
In other words, thanks GALAXY!
Here’s a little sample of Uncle Pete’s ops in Marysville and along the old Kansas Pacific line:
JP: Good to see you in here again! To answer your question about the DVD, several years ago I took the pile of RMC and MR magazines I had and cut-out the articles I liked, and the ones THAT looked like they could come in handy some day. Those all went into binders by subject: locomotives, freight cars, structures, track plans, etc. Now, I only pick up a magazine if there’s something in it I really want or “need” to see. So (sorry Kalmbach) last month’s issue of MR was left on the rack at Walmart, as was this month’s. Next month, we’ll see. IF it has something, I’ll grab it. The article or articles of interest will be pulled, the rest sent to the landfill in Illinois.
THAT said, having 75 years of stuff I mostly don’t want/need just doesn’t make sense for me. Likewise with the special issues. I grab the ones I want/“need,” and again dissect out what I want and pitch the rest. Plu
Hum, Galaxy beat Ulrich on moving the dinner. But why Kansas Galaxy? Like there is anything there? Plus they don’t sale beer, it is a dry state! [banghead]
Flo, here is a dollar for the Glass, I bought my own. [;)]
Work Front was even more boring than yesterday! Think I made around $16.00 today? [|(]
Played with Paul’s layout ideas today. I forgot what a pain in the caboose the Atlas CAD programs is!
See you all Monday, I am off! [8D]
Ken
“Ah, a new place! Kansas eh? I’ve been here before. Never believed those tales about it being table top flat until then when I saw for myself.”
Aw JEFF! You must’ve been out in the western part. Up in “my” part of Kansas, there’s the Flint Hills. Here’s a shot of Myers’ Valley with the “town” of Flush nestled in it. The shot was taken from high on a hill overlooking the village.
THAT elevator is looking good! In a day or two, a box should be arriving to help-out with it.
Chris (in Iowa, but with great fondness for Kansas)
EDIT KEN says they don’t sell beer in Kansas! Since when??? Kansas wheat farmers kept Grain Belt in business for decades. Grandpa Umscheid always put salt in his Budweiser. The “Sungold Saloon” in downtown Flush always had Coors readily available. My favorite Uncle keeps Milwaukee’s Best in business. I make it a point to stop at the convenience store in Westmoreland, KS to pick up a case of REAL beer when I go to visit said Uncle. A “dry state?” [(-D] Hardly!!
Depends on where you go. As of this year only nineteen counties are dry. The other eighty odd counties all allow beer sales.
I can honestly say I have never been to Kansas.
Good Evening, Flo, how about a Rio Grande mug of coffee and a hot fudge sundae, please? Thanks!
Johnboy, I enjoyed your history of the ‘flying railroad’ for lack of a better term. [bow] You have more patience than I do, waiting several weeks/months to pick up your MRR orders. (Whew!)
Dennis, I like your weathering on that RS-1. [yeah][tup] What all did you do for that?
Karl, I think with whiskey, it can numb a lot more than one’s tongue…[:-^][oops] And congrats on selling THAT trailer (and a good start on some layout costs)!
Hmm…Seamonster is warning us about Ambesol numbing our tongues, Karl is peddling whiskey and/or beer for our troubles, and Chris may (or may not) have a three martini lunch - or the equivalent amount of beers… (he refuses to answer, and exercises his right against self-incrimination) Am I detecting a pattern here? Must’ve been a tough week for a bunch of us Diners! [:-^] Should I have a glass of wine with my hot fudge sundae? Nah that wouldn’t go well together (Ray, what wine would go with a hot fudge sundae?)… Pretty soon, the servers may be ‘carding’ DIners at the doors, and the poor younger Diners may not be permitted in… (I hope not, though)[swg]
Chris, I’m with you about the flexibility (and other benefits) of w**king from home. Now, if I were only in a job where that was feasible.[sig
Good evening. Still wet here as it’s rained off and on throughout the day. It’s currently 59° here and looking at a high of 78° tomorrow. Possible thunderstorms in spots tonight. No mention of rain for tomorrow.
Time for me to call it a night. See y’all tomorrow.
Evenin’ folks!
Janie…? Where are we…??? Flat as can be out there and I think I saw a twister with someone screaming, “There’s no place like home… There’s no place like home!” Oh well, can I get a cup of decaf please. Kansas, eh? What’s that Galaxy? Smack dab in the middle of the country? Smack dab in the middle of nowhere I’d say!
Did some painting of woodlands in the hills (real hills, not the tiny rolls in the topography outside) where the new upper staging is. Decided trees will look better than blue sky all the way down to the tracks. I also made a light panel for under the upper staging to light the lower staging area as needed. I bought a bunch of very bright white LEDs on a strip that can be stuck onto a flat surface. It should be more than enough to light up the lower staging.
Still damp and drizzly outside the door here in the Finger Lakes. Tomorrow will be a bit warmer and partly…
Hope all of you have a great night. Prayers for all in need!
73
Where is here? What? I’s was just here. Yes I’m 14, why. Drunk? I swear it looked like tea… It’s your fault for serving alcohol… Dry? Ken brought some in? Vinnie? What are you… NO Ken is fine it was not his… I I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I’m leaving. *Slams door.
Huh. Wonder what’s up with the kid?
Hey, according to WIBW TV13 out of Topeka, we’re in for a great week of weather here in Kansas…actually, it’s a better forecast than what I’m looking at in Iowa, especially for Week 7 of High School footballlllllllllllllllll.
Have a good night everybody, good morning to those across the pond.
Chris (in Iowa sigh)