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A Little 'Dab of Snow on the Little River RR

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Posted by Grims on Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:09 AM

wow tom your right it is just about sugarin time I been to busy sittin here wallowing in my cabin fever to notice.

thanks Ed

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Posted by Great Western on Sunday, March 3, 2013 6:19 AM

Yes, Tom, some parts have.  Snow is very rare in my area of SW England - we do have palm trees - but even so since July until January there has been lots and lots of rain,  Floods have been common.  Many parts of the world have had more than usual an amount of rain it seems, even so much of the USA is still,officially, in drought.  The last few weeks, whilst dry, have been cold (by UK standards) 30 - 44F so I have not run many trains: mainly due to the Siberian winds that blow across Europe towards the UK.  If it is dry and not too coll then trains are the order of the day. 

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Posted by Grabnet on Sunday, March 3, 2013 5:57 AM

Thanks for the offer. How about a little Maple Syrup too? Isn't it Maple Syrup time up your way too???

Tom

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Posted by Grims on Saturday, March 2, 2013 4:45 PM

if you want snow come up here to maine and truck back as much as you want were not greedy up here

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Posted by ttrigg on Saturday, March 2, 2013 2:25 PM

nice  Thumbs Up

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Posted by Grabnet on Saturday, March 2, 2013 12:51 PM

Thanks Alan. From posts on G Scale Central I have read that England has had a very nasty Winter this year.

Tom

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Posted by Great Western on Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:41 AM

Nice pics, as usual, Tom.   The only critters suitably dressed would be them ole bears but it seems even they have gone to ground.

There is a saying, from far eastern colonial days here, which says 'mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun'.   Maybe Stateside it is railroad engineers going out is snow conditions without proper warm clothing. Laugh

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A Little 'Dab of Snow on the Little River RR
Posted by Grabnet on Saturday, March 2, 2013 8:10 AM

A Little ‘Dab of Snow on the Little River RR

 

Well we got “our snow storm” for the winter this weekend. And while not as spectacular as some it was a chance to showcase outdoors railroading on the Little River RR in the back yard here in Clarksville Tennessee.

 

Motor Car #1 sets out to see the sights in the modeled mountains of Eastern Tennessee.

 

 

The logging crew is fast asleep in their skid shacks by the tracks as  #1 chugs past Tremont camp.

 

 

 

Wish those guys in the motor car would dress a little more appropriately for the weather.

 

 

Hope you liked the pics.

 

Doc Tom



   Doc Tom and the Little River RR guys in East Tennessee.

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