Tom Trigg
I'd like to introduce you to a couple fellows you may be seeing more of in the future.The fellow driving is named Mercer, but most folks call him "Deacon" because he's usually playing hymns on his harmonica, or singing them if his hands are busy. He's a right giant of a man at 6'8" and almost 300 pounds. He's also the hardest working man you're likely to ever meet. He has to be, it's still real hard for colored folks to find a good job, even 'up Nawth' - and he'd rather die than go back to share cropping in Alabama. He's been with the AV since he got out of the Army (9th Cavalry) back in '19. The local section boss really likes, and more importantly to Mercer, trusts and respects him - because all he has to do is say "Mercer, this needs fixed." And he knows that by the end of the day it will be done, and done right.The fellow on his right is Shawn, but the rest of the crew calls him "The Leprechaun" for his red hair, and the fact that he only stands about 4' 9"! He is small, wiry, and also a very hard worker, probably just because it never occurred to him not to. He spends a lot of time with Mercer because it tends to keep the other section hands from playing tricks on him - like stuffing him headfirst in a barrel and pushing it down a hill. Besides, he likes the music and the quiet talk.
I am glad you can keep track of all that! - Peter
Modeling the Bellefonte Central Railroad
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Well, this is pretty much what it's gonna look like. External fuel tank, driver and some clutter needed, yet
PJM20 Another project! How do you keep sane with leapfrogging from project to project, my head would explode. Wait is that your 4-4-0 peeking behind the TT waiting to be finished? - Peter
Another project! How do you keep sane with leapfrogging from project to project, my head would explode. Wait is that your 4-4-0 peeking behind the TT waiting to be finished? - Peter
Who ever said I was sane?
When the muse bites, I work on them, then I work on something else while the glue or paint is drying. If I start to get frustrated, or can't find a part for one, I work on another. Usually I have 2 or 3 going. Now is slightly unusual, as I have 15 projects started. Some are waiting for parts, others prototype measurements, still others a break in the weather --- and a couple are being actively procrastinated over.
The washing machine runneth over... There is the nonesuch 4-4-0, a scrapbox 0-6-0 using a B'mann drive, the RPO, a milk car, the TT, and two New Blight boxcars that are undergoing a growth regimen.
I keep telling myself "No! No!No!" I do NOT need to start another project until I get a few of the 8 or so I already have in progress finished. Seems, I don't listen too good....... Last winter I built a rather nice 1918 Ford c-cab Model TT box delivery van from a diecast panel truck and other parts While cleaning up for Christmas, Kim accidentally dropped it and it came apart. She didn't find all the parts before the idiot dog decided that one set of wheels was a chew toy :( Today I found a couple HLW shorty flats and a New Bright freight car truck while looking for detail parts for the 0-6-0, and..... I just couldn't resist. It will be a dummy for the moment. Until I replace the drive in my 4 wheel climax. The old single axle drive out of that should run this thing OK - pulling another HLW flat turned into a low sided trailer. (needed for the power pick up) "Trotting Turkey" just sounded like a good name for a converted TT I never claimed it was original.
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