The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
It doesn't look like the recent update has fixed the page five fun.
Richard
The folks across from us have been clearing land to use as a horse pasture. They have an Amish crew doing some logging:
Logging in team by Edmund, on Flickr
Who's watchin' who?
Logging in eye-team by Edmund, on Flickr
These guys and another pair worked all day with no rest. Now I see why GE kept pushing us to do 'TeamWork!"
Logging in A- team by Edmund, on Flickr
After a few days' work my road looked like this:
Logging in north by Edmund, on Flickr
Some of the photos were taken on the eleventh:
Logging in 911 by Edmund, on Flickr
Now It's my turn to go in there and harvest all the firewood I want I get a warm feeling all over about free firewood!
Wenatchee River crossing by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
While I was outside pruning the Areca Palms in the back yard today...
The new family that lives South of my house came home from a day out fishing. The father and son went to cleaning a beautiful snapper in their back yard. Their neighbors behind them and to their South came over, and they all started talking.
Now, I am one of the dumb Floridians that never learned Spanish, so I could not understand a word that was being said, but I could tell by laughs and hand gestures that "fish stories" were being exchanged.
Fish stories... the universal language of American back-yards!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190I am one of the dumb Floridians that never learned Spanish,
Hi Kevin,
We had a new family move into the house next door last year. It quickly became apparent that they only spoke Spanish which we don't. Thanks to the wonders of the modern age I was able to quickly download a Spanish/English translation program onto my phone. We have not had any long conversations, but we have been able to converse quite reasonably. They are excellent neighbours to say the least. They are quiet and they are maintaining the property quite nicely (contrary to the previous tenants). We have given them some annuals and perenials and a few gardening supplies which they greatly appreciated. They have had a few backyard parties but there was no excess noise or boisterous behaviour. In fact, it was entertaining listening to their Spanish music.
When we first moved into our current home in 1988 we had terrible, terrible neighbours! The police visited them regularly and they were obviously dealing drugs. The new neighbours are fantastic.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
York1Bear, those three 'industrial arts' planes looked great. I could not tell how large they were. I was guessing the size based on what I thought was a towel the three were sitting on? Great work! How long did it take to build those?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning
Been busy between the condo rehab down the hall, and keeping Ju-Ju entertained on the weekends, so I've been missing a few things.
It's nice that the rehab is on the first floor right next to the sidewalk. The railing on the patio was removed to get the boat load of junk out of the living room, and filled the ten yard dumpster in the back lot.
I'm leaving that railing loose for the Winter, as the new kitchen cabinets are coming soon, and plenty more stuff after that.
John got me busy with a few more columns, restoring decks and railings again. Switching gears was welcomed though. Much more enjoyable out in the beautiful Fall weather.
The site was quite glitchy, and freeze framing this morning. It took over an hour to post a reply in the old train song thread early this morning Besides problems placing text, the first video started to play towards the end of the song, and had to be re-posted. Oh well, a better version was found anyway.
Has anyone had those ads that surround your post, leaving you not able to do anything? ...
"getting and stacking all next winter's firewood" Can you send it over here?
Well, it seems to me, two seasons Flip-Flop twice a year here. Winter is on it's way over here, while someone else is preparing to emerge from his cave into the Spring sunshine over there.
Dratz!, ...Six months ago was much better...
Images courtesy of Shutterstock
Well, off to Knife Lake to soak up the sights, and visit Sheriff Dave. Can't seem to remember if the Knife River flows into, or out of that lake.
Have a great weekend gentlemen
TF
BroadwayLion
I remember when I looked that fit (if not quite that fast). It was long ago and far away.
John (of Attu)
Rain is on the way! While I love rain, this time it will be even more welcome. I can't paint in the rain! I will have to take a break and watch some daytime TV. There are some good old movies on this afternoon.
Bear, thanks for the info on the planes. Very neat!
This is a BNSF train with the Narrows bridge in the background, outside Tacoma, Washington. This site is most famous for "Galopin' Gertie", the suspension bridge that collapsed.
Narrows Bridges with freight train, Tacoma, Washington by Don Briggs, on Flickr
Have a great day, everyone.
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
Wife opened a bottle of Snapple today.
Under the lid it stated that it is illegal in New Zealand to name your twins Fish and Chips.
Who knew?
maxmanIt is illegal in New Zealand to name your twins Fish and Chips.
Also not legal in Iceland.
Oops!, change of plans. Our going up to Knife Lake to visit Dave had to be put off. It was one of those things put together on a whim anyway.
There was a post-it note on the freezer, as a reminder of my favorite Train Show today. Judy wasn't real happy about it, but understands my priorities
Just full of enthusiasm today!
SeeYou190 maxman It is illegal in New Zealand to name your twins Fish and Chips. Also not legal in Iceland. -Kevin
maxman It is illegal in New Zealand to name your twins Fish and Chips.
Haven't the foggiest notion how the originator came up with this one, but I'll bite
Have a great Saturday
Good morning, diners. Flo, I'll have bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
At my annual physical, I told the doctor about the amount of bacon and eggs I eat. He said don't worry about it. I like my doctor even more now.
SeeYou190 maxman It is illegal in New Zealand to name your twins Fish and Chips. Also not legal in Iceland.-Kevin
Also not legal in Iceland.-Kevin
Being a school principal, I could tell you about some very unusual names of students I encountered over the years. The worst were the ones that were pronounced completely differently than they were spelled. The school secretaries loved stuff like that. I never had a Fish or Chips, though, in 43 years.
My layout is suffering from neglect. I guess once the cold weather hits, I can get back to my hobby.
Have a great Saturday, everyone.
090517 bike ride seattle-1 by iurikothe, on Flickr
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Good morning everyone, happy Saturday! Chloe, one big bagel with a bunch of cream cheese please.
Last night I heard a weird noise outside. I opened the rear door and realized it was the marching band at North Fort Myers High School, they were having a home game. It has been years since I heard the band from a football game. Two years of Covid lockdown, and then hurricane Ian just ended it all.
They were playing a terrible rendition of "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi, but I still enjoyed it, and it put a smile on my face.
York1 Being a school principal, I could tell you about some very unusual names of students I encountered over the years. The worst were the ones that were pronounced completely differently than they were spelled. The school secretaries loved stuff like that.
Being a school principal, I could tell you about some very unusual names of students I encountered over the years. The worst were the ones that were pronounced completely differently than they were spelled. The school secretaries loved stuff like that.
I ran across someone once whose name was spelled Tiffani and she insisted it was pronounced Ti-FAH-nee. No, your name is TIF-a-nee, get over yourself.
hon30critterWe had a new family move into the house next door last year. It quickly became apparent that they only spoke Spanish which we don't. Thanks to the wonders of the modern age I was able to quickly download a Spanish/English translation program onto my phone. We have not had any long conversations, but we have been able to converse quite reasonably. They are excellent neighbours to say the least. They are quiet and they are maintaining the property quite nicely (contrary to the previous tenants).
I have had three new families move into vacant houses in the past month.
All seem like excellent people. All are much better (so far) than the previous people that occupied each residence.
This has been quite a relief.
HELLO! HELLO! Is there anybody here?
It's been almost a full day with no posts since Kevin's last post here. Sup?
I've taken the liberty of buying a pizza for breakfast, for anyone who wants to stop by and have a slice or two.
I've been lucky with the neighbor thing ever since we downsized about 10 years ago. That's a good thing, as halls in condos are much tighter social environments than streets dividing houses Yes, most of the people here are retirees, and pretty mellow.
Had a blast at the train show yesterday. The plan was to only spend $200, but running to the cash machine two separate times certainly blew that idea right out of the water
Way too much was spent, but made a much more enjoyable time acquiring some really good goodies
Have a great Sunday gentlemen
I went to a neighbor's father's 100th birthday party. Leo is a survivor of the Okinawa landing. He is still with it and lives in assisted living in one of those large communities where you own a house or apartment and if needed, transition to more skilled nursing care.
Leo is still with it. He had a female friend who fell asleep multiple times during the party.
Went downstairs to look at the layout, which I haven't done much to. The last thing I did was lay 9' of curved track. I notice I left 1/4" gap in one rail where it was attacged to the mainline. I had to pull it up, sand the bottom of the ties and re-lay the track.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
We've been here in Delaware for about 5 years now, and we're still pretty much the new kids on the block. We're on a nice little small loop road with only local traffic, no through streets at all. During Covid they shut down the community happy hours, so our little cul-de-sac sat outside in beach chairs, all socially distanced, and had our drinks. It was a nice bonding experience.
Our next door neighbors are younger and have 3 little girls. One of the girls was visiting us, playing with the dog and the cats. Her Dad called over from their porch and asked how she was doing. She replied, "We're looking for Whiskey!" He came over right away, so we introduced him to Whiskey, our orange tabby cat.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasleyOur next door neighbors are younger and have 3 little girls. One of the girls was visiting us, playing with the dog and the cats. Her Dad called over from their porch and asked how she was doing. She replied, "We're looking for Whiskey!" He came over right away, so we introduced him to Whiskey, our orange tabby cat.
Now that's funny! I can imagine what that father first thought.
Henry, that's a neat story about the guy's 100th birthday.
We have more relatives coming this week, so it's another couple days cleaning the house. That puts the painting on hold. At this rate, the entire house will be painted by next June.
I have not run trains for a long while, so I'll get them fired up tonight to make sure they run. The relatives will want to see something move, and I've learned I should run the trains for a while before putting them on display for visitors.
Have a great Sunday, everyone.
There's a lot of power pulling this train near Spokane, Washington:
Spokane River Crossing by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
We are the old timers in our neighborhood. We built the house in 1997 in an orange orchard and were the first home occupied on our street. We moved in in July and by October were still the only house on the street. It made for a very quiet Halloween that year.
I am headed out on a solo, three-day, two-night, road trip tomorrow. I am going to visit a national monument I have never visited before (El Morro) and ride over a new mountain pass (Emery Pass). I am looking forward to some cooler temperatures, at least for three days.
Richard, if I remember correctly isn't El Morro closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays?
Maybe not the same finesse of the Bear's Maple coffee table has but I was reminded of a similar, but not quite the same calibre, bench I made for my son using 2" solid maple for the top:
Adams-Bench by Edmund, on Flickr
I didn't get a beer out of the deal but he's a tee-totaler so I wasn't disappointed. Making something of an heirloom for the kids reminds me of an old Neil Diamond song:
What a great legacy...
The Bear Coffee table by Bear, on Flickr Mr. TF, I did appreciate your airshow photos, I’ve seen and at some stage w**ked on most of the types shown, but there were 3 that I’d never seen before in the flesh, so to speak, the Beech Mentor; one I had to look up on “Google” to find out, it was a Piaggo Avanti, and last but definitely not the least, a fairly rare machine, the Piaggo flying boat, that’s the one I’d really like to look over. I also did a search on the Wings and Wheels show and reckon I’d be honoured to accompany you and Judy to such an event, though I’m not that keen of having to travel in the trunk of the “Stang”!!!! Then you go and spoil me further by showing more photos of the old SOO Osceola depot, I do like that building. My friend who owns an engraving business has offered to laser engrave, and cut anything model railroad related if I learn CorelDRAW. If I find the time, and have the nous, that Depot would be the one I’d go for. Interestingly I found this photo of the Depot, so it looks like the awning is a realitively recent addition. Soo Line Depot, Osceola, MN 07-1968 by Hiawatha Rails, on Flickr
Hi Bear
Early to rise and had coffee on, just past 4:00 this morning. Was eager to respond to you in your evening time, but with the site too glitchy, by the time it hit 5:30, most likely you had probably already hit the rack.
Great looking coffee table, it reminded me of the one a young buck once made in high school. My shop teacher, Cliff Matisse made them among other items and sold them at the lake. Furniture handcrafted from the native knotty pine of the area is how he made his living. His work was beautiful, and sold like hotcakes.
He got an extra cross-section of a 63-year-old Norway Pine with his order from the old sawmill owner, Rufus Tomczyk. Rufus only had one hand from a sawmill accident, years before we had moved there.
In the lumber pile in the wood shop, there was a cross cut of Basswood with the bark on it as well, it was used for the lower runner. Wish there was a picture of that coffee table around here somewhere.
It stayed in the living room at the lodge, as it belonged there. The parents of my best high school friend bought my parents resort some years later. Many years later after that, upon returning for a visit, the coffee table was still right there in the living room.
It's nice to learn Piaggi Avanti is the name of that plane. I've always admired planes with wings that change angles, and seem to be few and far between. Seeing the Piaggi boat plane for the first time, with her wings inverted from the likes of a corsair, made me fall in love with her right away. To me, the plane looked like a lofty goose coming in for a landing, and made me think the plane would have the word goose in her name.
Put the Bear in the trunk Judy! I'm not exactly Grizzly Adams, and it's a long drive up to Osceola. He may become a bit rambunctious anticipating the air show, and unintentionally tear up the back seat with those big Mud Hooks of his. Put the Bear in the trunk Judy! ...
It's fun to see the older historic picture you provided of the Osceola Depot. Until you mentioned it, it had never dawned on me they added awnings to keep the rain off their passengers.
I've always loved that place. Everyone is so friendly there, and will always take the time to talk with you. I'm hoping they continue to stay busy so that Depot is always there.
The Bear presentation by Bear, on Flickr
And a great presentation at that. How you made planes out of aircraft plugs was certainly crafty. Those are a piece of art! I'll take the one on the left please
Thoughts and best wishes
Good morning. Bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
Busy day today, busy week this week. Retirement is busy.
Centralia, Washington, headed for Seattle:
Next Stop, Olympia by Benjamin Dziechciowski, on Flickr
Have a great Monday!
Good evening
The Imgur site is jacked, in the state of Minnesota anyway.
Tried to upload my last Pullman cars for the Show Me thread, and the Imgur site said, "Uploading is down, but we (are) doing our best to repair it".
What if that takes as long as here?
I'll try again later
BS I'm on a picnic with Judy without my reading glasses, ... and it still seems more important to see what all you guys are doing... (ARRR!!!)
But no one's posting lately anyway, so who can tell?
Where have all you guys been? Do you have an earache or something?
The day anyone catches me walking in the rain with an umbrella, is the day they catch me wearing a tutu
Author known...Track Fiddler
Reading is great, but posting is much more better. That goes for all you 'Track Sideliners' too!
Track fiddlerI'm on a picnic with Judy without my reading glasses, ... and it still seems more important to see what all you guys are doing
Hope you had a good time on the picnic. I don't know how you can even post anything without reading glasses. I can't even read large print until I get about five feet away.
It's getting to be the time of year that these corn mazes start to show up. This one is about 75 miles away, but is always impressive each year.