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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy JimZ - would I be right in thinking that 6911 is also a Centennial? It was donated by the U.P. and is on permanent display in a museum in Mexico City. I have no idea why they picked Mexico City, since I never knew of any connection (other than the old SP line that ran down the west coast) betwen UP and Mexico. [/quote] Bueños dias, Señor Eduardo! When I can't figger out how to type foreign characters on the 'puter, I just do a translation in Google's translation tools: http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en then, copy and paste - no fuss, no muss! Yep, good ol' 6911 is a DDA40X Centennial, and I have no idea why it wound up in Ciudad México. See this link for the disposition of all the Centennial prototypes (including 6938 in Little Rock, Jim [:)]: http://www.railfanusa.com/info/locos/dd40-x.html Maybe somone thought it could provide a nice warm place for a few hundred people to live comfortably. Has anyone seen what they're doing to convert containers into offices and homes? I've seen four-story office buildings made up of containers stacked and bolted together. One of our Z manufacturers, Harald Freudenreich in Northeastern Germany, has four 20 foot containers bolted together horizontally and furnished quite nicely for his office and manufacturing facility: [img.nr]http://www.fr-model.de/images/information/frshop.jpg [/img.nr] If you want to see the cutting edge of Z manufacturing quality, check out his site: http://www.fr-model.de/english/productlines_us_models.php So, how did you decide to live in La Tierra Del Muerte (Da Land Uh Da Dead)? If I interpret the demographic comments correctly, is your lovely lady of Mexican descent? That would definitely sway my decision on where to settle my load over the long term. Our company has the stuff we sell via our web site manufactured at a maquilladora somewhere just over the border (Guadalajara?), and I've heard about entire developments filled with retired military folks living the Life of Riley down there. I don't think I could stand the corruption and bureaucracy, though - I have enough trouble with our government stomping on individual rights without bothering to do some basic background investigation (I know a lot of good police and intelligence folks, but there are some bad apples who are making the majority look pretty bad, like the Iraqi prisoner fiasco, f'rinstance). I've got a mandatory meeting with my pointy-haired boss in a few hours (assuming he ever shows up, which is under 30% of the time, but that's actually OK, since he's the ul-dumb-it micromanager). So, I'd better get some shut-eye (well, in addition to the siesta I accidently took after getting back from Marie Callender's and settling into the ol' recliner - always a bad idea if I want to stay awake and get something useful done [zzz] I had the new grilled citrus chicken and shrimp over rice - it was OK, but the Mandarin oranges were definitely canned. It did give me a good idea for a BBQ recipe, though! I have to admit I've enjoyed the cooking discussionZ here as much as the train talk [dinner] Now, look and what I made myself do - I'm starvin' again - time for some hotcakes with real maple syrup, snausages and a large orange juice (I have a confession to make, coffee makes my tummy ache, so the strongest I can take is hot cocoa - but it has just as much caffeine and comes with a built-in sugar high to boot, so it works)! Hasta luego, and All Z BeZt, Jim
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