Elliotts Trackside Diner III

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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[Rob, Sorry to hear about Stan’s Wife. Is that the same person that had the heart attack you were going to go see in your previous post?]

***Lee, it was Stan’s mother who passed away. And yes, Stan was the one with the heart attack (& lung problems). We figured Stan would pass away soon, not his mother. She was in her early seventies, but very active and really doted over her 50 year old son. From her posture on the steps, it looked like she had a sudden and massive heart attack.

Finally getting sleepy here. Good night all…again. [C):-)] Rob

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Good Morning from Tipton IN ! [:D]

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Mornin, coffee with a wheel please Zoe

Tuesday-Snow and blowing snow. Very windy…High 33 Tuesday night-Blowing snow…windy and much colder…Low 14

Accumulation: 2-4 inches north of I-70, 1-3 inches south of I-70

JIM CG, I got lucky and was able to sell a photo or two some times [mostly sports shots], very far from being a professional.

JERRY, nope didn’t make it up there. So goes the well-placed plan of mice n men. There are some shows coming up maybe I can make one of them. Urbana is Mar 15-16 and the one in Rockome is Apr 26-27. I think there is going to be one in Altamont again this year [July or Aug], but haven’t found out for sure yet. There are 2 or 3 more within a 3 hour drive or less, but I don’t figure their in the cards with Mother

RYAN, don’t remember the cause any more, maybe JERRY does after all this time.

LEE, I didn’t know back then and had forgotten what engines were involved till I scanned them into here and was looking closer at them. If I remember right, there were some in PRR and NYC paint into the mid 70’s

ROB, Thoughts go out for the lose down yur, sorry to hear bout

ED, and anyone else I missed, like the photos. Also ED hope ya’ll has a good trip.

Bad joke of the day: Writing a powerful message

There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed a desire to become a “great” writer.

When asked to define “great” he said “I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, wail, howl in pain, desperation, and anger!”

He now works for Microsoft writing error messages

Gotta get going, 2 of the kids are here and KC’s kinda fussy this morning. Thoughts for all those on sick call and hope ya’ll has a gooden

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Morning!

I’ll have the usual. Just stopping by. working on the layout remodeling still. will post pics

here’s a pic of the manufacturing plant

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Morning, Zoe! I’ll have a glass of Ed’s OJ,

cup of coffee in a Santa Fe mug,

and one of those ham, egg and cheese things, please.

Thanks! Cooler this morning, 37 F (3 C) and dropping temps with (very) scattered flurries/rain (few flurries are mostly north of us, rain for the rest of our area) and cooling to about 25 F (-4 C) tonight. They’re predicting 40 percent chance of snow, but no particular accumulation, just some cold. Guess Johnboy and CN Charlie are giving us a break this time. [;)]

OzarkBelt, more nice photos there! [tup] Nice touch with Darth.[8D]

Garry, nice clinic on the rockmaking! [yeah]

Today’s my mini-seminar at w**k, on anger managment, so say a few for me to make some sense in my presentation…

Watching the bank account with prayers for a long ‘float’ - this past paycheck got stretched exceedingly tight. Had some large expenses (most of which got covered, but then had rent, car payment, and student loan payment). If I get through to payday, I will resume breathing again. (Partly my doing - should’ve likely asked t

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Morning, Cloe, I’ll go with the buffet today.

ROB: got your PM. It’s HO but I have to find it first![swg]If and when I do I’ll send it off to you.Sorry to hear about Stan’s mom.

COLBY: You’re getting some progress there! It’s always better to fix problems sooner than later,Huh!?

OZARK: nice pics!

ED: sounds like a fun way to spend a few days. The track looks good to me.

My son took pics of the whole layout, kind of a ROW tour. Would you guys be interested in seeing it? It’s about 8-10 pics.

Along the same lines, I grew a set and finally posted a pic on the photo FORUM thing. Got a nice response and a request to "post away"I was pleasantly suprised. Guess I figured the powers that be would point out the stuff I thought was not so good!

Today I’m going to start building the center island in our kitchen.Suprise the CFO when she gets home tonite.Maybe that’ll free up funds for ROW extension lumber!!![:-^]

That’s all from balmy No. Wisconsin(18f).

Terry

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Morning all!

Another beautiful day in central Indiana! Last night we had falling slush from the sky. Not rain…not snow…somewhere in between. It was slush, falling from the sky. Made my drive home from school rather, ummmmm, interesting! Now it’s snowing lightly and the temps are dropping to the mid 20’s.

Saw something on my way in this morning that you don’t see a lot around here. Now remember, this is CSX / NS country. I saw a UP loco on point followed by a KCS and three more UP’s all lugging on a container train. Now we see UP once in a while, but not a ton. We get KCS once or twice a year, but to have all of that and not a CSX or NS in sight? Never! They were headed to Indianapolis from Anderson area. Of course, I didn’t have my camera!

Well, I have to head home this evening to help guide my son in the fine art of building a pinewood derby car. Should be fun, huh?

Also, we’re getting ready for my wife to go have her next surgery. She’s had one knee rebuilt, so now it’s time for the other. I just wish she didn’t have to go through all this. It hurts her so much, ya know? Prayers for her!

Matter of fact, prayers for all those in need! Yeah, thats you too!

Rob, it’s hard to lose those close to us. My condolences to your wife.

Hoople, Vinny and his boys are already looking for you! I’ll see if I can head them off!

Later!

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Good morning.

It’s 48 here but the wind coming off the lake makes it feel like 30. The expected high today is 56.
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Today’s Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 2/26/2008

Wind Chill: 43°F
Humidity: 65%
Dew Point: 38°F

So Far Today
High: 68°F
Low: 49°F
Rain: 0.06"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 33mph N

Important Message

Lake wind advisory in effect from 10 AM this morning to 4 pm cst this afternoon.

Today High: 58 Becoming mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.

Tonight Low: 35 Mostly clear. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Today one of the tower operators was saying that he always wanted to get a close look at the bottom of a bay window caboose. What’s that old saying? Be careful what you wish for? The caboose had detached from a train and was hit by another train and derailed, coming to rest wedged between the lead locomotive and the interlocking tower.

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Good morning All…Its cloudy wind and some kinda light snow sleet rain mix…sure would like to see a sunny spring day…I’ll have the breakfast buffet please…thank you …

I pulled building off one end of layout and am going to get the rest of ground cover down…Then glue sidewalks and building bases down so i can level them up and make it look better…Also started on a Bachman bagage car that JR sent me planning to repaint it for IC…I need to take lessons on building passenger cars from Gary!

Mike…You did miss to much at Mattoon not to many layout or dealers and prices were pretty high…John and Becky were there You talk about honest I came up and Becky said"You have a credit"Two years ago at the show I bought a DPM building and when I got home it wasn’t in my sack…I figured I had lost it someplace but she said it didn’t make in sack!..Thats what I call Honest folks…I probaly won’t make the Rockhome or Urbana shows my Knees hurt to bad on those longer rides…

Ozark…Keep the photos coming…

Jim…Good luck with your prsentation…

Terry…Yes I’d like to see photos…

PC…KCS ??..Did Jeff have anything to do with that?..Isn’t that kinda rare up here?

Jeff…I’ll bet your tower operator went home with a brown streak in his pants after that wreck!

Ed…Track work looks good…

RT…That standard guage is neet I’d like to see it run…

Well you all have a good one…Jerry

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Morning folks!

It looks like we will get some good rainfall today, more than just a few drops, and maybe even a few inches of much needed moisture for the drought stricken areas of the southeast regions. First time in a long time I have heard thunder and seen some lightening too. Radar shows a long line of showers and storms in red, yellow, and dark green…we need it!

Ozark now I get it, Star Wars goes Back to the Future… Oh, and nice weathering on those trailers too!

Ed Aloha Oahu Pork sounds like a great meal, set me up for a plate too! Have a safe and fun trip to the City! The rail painting looks great! That is quite a tequila collection you had there, did you dispose of them by your own consumption or did you give them away. Drink I hope!

Rob sorry to hear about Stan’s mom, thoughts and prayers for you, your wife, and the family.

Garry I finally found your rock strata thread, great information there, I’ve saved the link and I will be referring back to it for future reference.

Yikes Jeff! Another accident…I hope they have good insurance…

Today’s Lunch and Dinner Specials

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad

Menu

May We Suggest a Cocktail?

Daiquiri .85 Manhattan .85 Vodka Martini .85 Martini .85 Old Fashioned .85

Choice of One

Fruit Cocktail Maraschino Chilled Tomato Juice

Puree of Split Pea Soup &nb

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That’s what always happens to me. Either I don’t have the camera with me or the batteries have mysteriously died.

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Couldn’t pass up Ryan’s menu I’ll have broilded Pork chop with apple sauce,whipped taters,corn and egg Nog Ice cream please…Thank you…Jerry

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Hello everybody…

There’s Jeff …having fun with his hobby… I like that concept. … Some HO scale people may not have been having fun, however, as the derailed caboose approached them!

Ryan, do they honor those GM&O prices today? If so, I’ll take home some doggie bags filled with some of those dinners. (Our family calls them “doggie wags”.)

Again, I’m glad people liked the rock thread. I did add a page to show how I got gound cover into the rocks.

There’s been a little talk about pinwood derbies, and it reminds me about when I was a Cub Scout master. Scouting is such a great experience for the youth.

Happy Model railroading!

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I think he might be behind this! You just don’t see the gray ghosts up 'round here!

This is for AWANA, but it’s basically the same. Should be fun!

Oh, and Ryan…a steak please! Don’t want to lose my girlish figure ya know! [:P]

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Hi Zoe, I’ll have one of Ryan’s Steaks from the menu, please, with the salad, kernel corn and the chocolate pudding dessert, and a glass of Dr. Pepper. Thanks! [dinner]

Gee, Jeff, looks like that RR needs some hefty-duty insurance! [:O] I’d second Jerry’s comments on the poor tower operator on that shift…

Presentation went well this morning - and had a good turnout (9) show up. [:D] Good participation from a few, and I covered most all of the material (and what I didn’t cover was in handouts they can read at home).

You wouldn’t guess it, but when I was in my junior year of high school (military school, and no, I wasn’t that bad), they had a custom of certain days when junior and seniors were supposed to give a speech in front of the whole school and teachers (under 500 by a bit). Well, I didn’t know (it was my first year there) that the expectation was that juniors were supposed to give their speeches standing out away from the podium, while seniors got to stand at the podium (and have a little cover, so to speak). I was the only junior with two or three seniors that day, so I followed their lead and gave my speech from behind the podium(!). Got talked to by the headmaster or somebody, but I didn’t know, so I never had to go back and re-give it free-standing. I was pretty bashful in high school or younger, but ended up in college going into teaching (go figure!). Talk about strange things, huh? [;)] Nowadays, it doesn’t bother me much at all, other than the usual mild nervousness before/during.

Okay, enough yacking from me, time to get to business on my steak and lunch! [:)]

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Good Afternoon Crew,

Chloe, when you are back this way, I will order the Sirloin, Onion Rings, Sweet potatoe and a ginger muffin with a cranberry chaser today, Ryan, [C=:-)]recommended this to me, and you know he is a class act. Thanks. And by the way, you are looking as cute as ever.[dinner]

Garry, That was a super tutorial on rock strata. I really anjoyed that and appreciated your effort. And as Ryan did, I have it tucked away in my favorites and will use it before long.[yeah]

The last free time I have had, I have spent rebuilding a couple of cabeese that found a shorter way to the caboose track than staying on the tracks. Boy when they hit the floor they really show you the number of pieces in their make-up. But with another hour they will be back to the way they were (close).[:(!][banghead]

The construction of the snow shed it self is finished will now put some retaining wall on the side of the mountain that it fits against and mould in a platform in the enbankment below the track to support the base of it. It really looks great. I will get some more time to get that photo bucket account and show you folks.[8)]

We have a great day going on here today. No wind, some melting happening, the feel of spring in the air. No complaints from the Great White North. Sure hope this continues down your way as it seems as those south of the lakes and into the Big Apple are still getting the messy end of the stick.[:(]

There has been lots of talk about track cleaning cars. I’ve always wanted to mention this but kept forgetting when I got on. Don’t have it in front of me as I am at

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Here in Tampa it threatens to rain but probably wont. Meanwhile my little sister takes her anger out by screaming into a pot; no I don’t like it, but it beats my ears and face any day.

Fries with that, Zoe.

It just occured to me I have no idea what she is angry about.

Meanwhile I have a question for everyone: Is there any real advantage in Bachmann E-Z track? Are there any realistic crossings for it, taking into account the fact that you could build one off the power peices. But I was thinking of something that has working lights and red gates found at an LHS.

Until then, railroadnut out.

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Afternoon all.

It’s cloudy out here in Seattle, but a nice 50*s.

PC: That sounds good.

Sue: By chance, are you going to the Trains Trains and More Trains show in Puyallup? I know I will be there. Probably with the 4DHOMODSIG group. To find me? Look for someone running some UP big steam.

Later all.

Mark

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& the Panned Filet Sole, please & thanks.

***Jeffrey, looks like someone on that railroad is apt to lose their job if such carnage continues.[(-D]

***Johnboy, sounds like a great idea for a cleaning car. I could see having several in a row for a MOW train. Perhaps have one car could have two small separate strips of leather that could then be soaked in a cleaner, followed by a couple of the ones you describe? Sure like the price!

Went to the Wake with the wife this evening. Never been to one myself. Tough to know what to say to those grieving. Now my wife wants to drag me to the funeral. I have always sworn that the first funeral I attend will be my own, (even though I would prefer to be cremated and just spread out over a pasture).[:-^] So guys, do I have to go?[:-,]

[C):-)] Rob