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[siberianmo]

G'day ***

Only 2-3 degrees hotter than normal, eh[?] Well, it was hotterinahalf---'dfoxinaforestfire! as far as I was concerned! [swg]

What a marvelous day and fantastic bunch of people that I met as well. *** if something should happen with regard to upsetting our plans for the May 2006 Rendezvous - YOU will be descended upon en masse to repeat the peformance of yesterday! [yeah][wow] Awrrrrrrrrrrrrright! [tup][tup][tup]

Catch you later - and by the way, I sent Emails to Josh 'n John, thanking them for their hospitality .......

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[Anonymous]

Good morning Y'all. Think I will have a cup of strong Joe and maybe a good pastry from the Mentor Bakery. Don't tell my wife as she will have a fit. I am supposed to be llosing a little dunnage.

Tom and I had a great time playing with the trains in Dallas. Rather than steal his thunder I will deferr to him to report on Big D. The weather was not the best as Tom already has mentioned. It is 2-3 degrees higher than normal and havering around 100º for the last week or so. While Tom was here we had a small shower which drove the humidity to about 385%. Thank God for air conditioning. Without it Dallas would be a small farming town of about 500 people.

You can easily go for months without going outside here. You leave your air conditioned house and walk to the garage and get into your air conditioned car. Drive to your underground parking at the office and enter the air conditioned office. lunch is served in a restaurant connected to your office by an air conditioned tunnel or bridge. At the end of the day you repeat the procedure and can never go outside for months.

I actually spent two days in The Hague without going outside. Flew into Schipol airport. Caught the train under the airport which is about 50 feet from the customs gate. Ride the train to The Hague on a very smooth riding coach. This is the subject of a later posting. Arrive at the Centrum Station in The Hague. The station complex has a hotel where I stayed plus the office tower where we had two days of meetings. Good restaurants in the hotel/office/station complex so did not get outside. After the meetings took the train to Schiplo and flew back to London. Spent two days ther and did not know if it was hot or freezing outside. We are all spoiled.

Better get back to work. After two weeks in the cool Maritimes I am still trying to see the bottom of my desk.

Cheers,
***

[siberianmo]

Mornin' Ted

Saw your cyber name pop up while trying to find a cure for some of my not-so-acceptable photo's .......

Regarding those Kalmbach specials - I nearly bought that issue while browsing the bookshelves - flipped thru the pages and came up with pretty much what you've indicated. Some good stuff - some not - and hardly worth the price, at least for me. I've got my MRR's in binders dating from the mid-60's to present, along with a few score of other similar magazines. Just getting to the point of buying for the sake of having - nothing more. Gotta stop that habit! The price of beer is going up after all. [swg]

Double Crown it is - and keep the bag, however, don't let Al know. He likes to keep his marble collection in 'em! [;)]

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[Anonymous]

G'Mornin' everybody, welcome home Tom, you did a great job of "keeping in touch" while away.[tup] Thanks for the kind "best wishes" by proxy, much appreciated.[:D] Tom, I think I need something with a little more authority than "leaded" Joe! Please make it a double Crown straight-up. I've been watching the "eviction" going on in Gaza. Its a high price for no guarantees, isn't it?[V] I'll say no more than it is mindful of the Sudetenland Corridore in Czechoslovakia circa 1938. Nuff said![}:)]

Gunns, I thought "ACK ACK" was Anti Aircraft Artillety.[swg] Not a problem, only sorry you missed a "happy rails" event at "Our" Place. Hey, those Buckeye" trucks are a problem in HO. Too many "pivots," wheels and long wheel base. I finally, set my pair on a "rip track" for the world to see. Rob ditto the above message for Gunns. The pix you sent were presence enough.[tup] Russell, by now you have probably deduced (correctly) that "I can't find my Keester with both hands" Looked for the "Heritage" Post and came up with Zip![:I] Something about an "old dog learning new tricks?"[(-D] HeyAl, hopefully you will find the data you need. My hands are itchin' to have a copy of it.[tup] West Coast Dave, I'll be looking for the traditional livery you are so impressed with. Maybe I should have 'nother "double" first, eh?

I picked up "Modeling Railroads of the 1950's," Kalmbach. Sorry I can't give it a sterling review with 7 pages devoted to creating a citrus orchard, however the "Chicago's Dearborn Station" was pure pleasure.[^] Also, some handy sites, e.g. www.branchline-trains.com for authentic HO 1950's pass. and freight cars (proper logos, colors, etc.) made the $6.50 seem worth it. Vintage billboards, autos, trucks and solid info. on the transition to R.D.C power on branch lines (e.g. A.T.S.F. "Surf Line") saved the "rag" from instant shelving. Rob, just a tiny "blurb" on catenary overhead (Pennsy & MLW). Okay, Boris flip the channel back to cartoons please. Don't think I want to watch much more "heavy stuf."[tdn] See ya's soon.

[trolleyboy]

Morning Tom. Good to be here the smae time as you for a change. I think a don not disturbe the [alien]'s sign is in order for the pen err shed. [swg] the silk trains were a van Horne baby needed to find a quick way to repay the loans I guess. They ran into the 40's after the war airlines took over this role ( CP Air of Coarse )I remember reading a twenty one hour fastest crossing on these trains! 75+ miles per hour. They apparently ran them mostly at night less things opposing them I'm guessing. Have a good day I'm workward bound. Rob

[siberianmo]

THURSDAY’s NEWS & SUMMARY of RECENT POSTS

Good Morning All! Here we are once again, nearing the end of the week, and of course, beginning the day at our favorite place. Check out the offerings over in the pastry case from The Mentor Village Bakery – have a cuppa Joe and order one of our light breakfasts while you’re at it! [swg]

News of the Day:

No news is good news!

SUMMARY:
Name - Date/Time - (Page#) - Remarks

(1) siberianmo Tom Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 06:41:11 (78) Wednesday’s News & Summary – from Big D

(2) Theodorebear Ted Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 08:28:25 (78)

(3) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 09:12:50 (78)

(4) Theodorebear Ted Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 14:54:52 (78)

(5) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 16:47:39 (78)

(6) siberianmo Tom Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 16:50:11 (78) home again

(7) West Coast S Dave Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 17:45:53 (78)

(8) passengerfan Al Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 19:12:34 (79)

(9) siberianmo Tom Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 20:49:23 (79)reply to: Nick – Chris - Trainnut484 - West Coast S – passengerfan – Trolleyboy

(10) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 21:54:59 (79)

(11) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 22:54:07 (79)

(12) Gunns Kevin Posted: 18 Aug 2005, 00:18:53 (79)

(13) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 18 Aug 2005, 08:41:57 (79)

(14) siberianmo Tom Posted: 18 Aug 2005, 09:05:15 (79) reply to Gunns and trolleyboy, etc.

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That’s it! [tup][;)]
Tom (Siberianmo) [4:-)] [oX)]
Proprietor of “Our” Place, an adult eating & drinking establishment!

[siberianmo]

G'Morning Guys!

This talk of the fast freights really brings to mind the fact that crossing the Continent (ours) in relatively fast time, and also efficiently, was done on a regular basis. Here we are in the 21st Century and we're still without high speed rail linking the major Metro areas of Canada and the U.S. Tsk tsk - shameful indeed.

I've read about those PFE's that Gunns Kevin mentioned .... never heard of the Silk Train though. Thanx for the info, Rob! [tup]

All I can say about the Birthday Bash for Ted is that Leon the Night Man and his now partner, Boris must have hooked up with a couple of ----- dollies for the night! [:-,][}:)]

Gotta get crackin' - have those photo's to edit (or at least try), a SUMMARY to get out and of course, my trip report.

See ya! [swg]

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[trolleyboy]

Good morning tom and the gang. I'll need the high octane and a dani***o start me up today.Gunns It is amazing all the infastructure needed to keep the reefers going. I would bet you however that the railroads had less spoilage then,than they do now.Most would assign high to very high priority to the produce and fruit trains. I remember reading about the highest priorty train on the CP. It was called the "silk train" They had some speacial built insiulated boxcars used to transport live silk worms from Vancouver to Toronto and Montreal. The only reason this train was stopped was to change locomotives as they ran it non-stop. All high speed trucks on the cars and royal hudsons or better pulled the train,speed was of the essance as live silk worms were very valuble and very fragile. This train was apparently the highest revenue sorce for the CPR at the time as far as what the cargo value was worth. Even the Trancontinental passenger trains were switched to sidings to let this thing pass! Tom any idea why Leon's jump boots were sticking out of Boris's shed on the feet of "Dolly" ? Any who I'm off and running catch you all later. Rob

[Gunns]

Hi Tom
Man looks like a party hit...

Ted Happy <Belated> Birthday!

In my Air to air game they call outside interferance "ACK" ie kid Ack, Wife Ack ect....
Here I guess it would be a "Derail" I got hit by the Family "Derail" sorry.
New post in the museum thread. And have been thinking about Classic Feight trains, Like the Express reffers that ran to the East from So.Cal. Imagine all that "Ice" equipment, to keep the fruit and vegges cold all the way back East. The Train I have in mind is the PFE that ran over S.P.. But I am Shure there were others

Gunns

[trolleyboy]

hi I/ve popped back in for a refill/ irish coffee i think [burp][oops] dave i agree with you on that katy paint job [wow] not too pretty. I wonder if the designer had a long standing LSD problem[?] On the upside perhaps NS . BNSF , CSX and the rest of the ususal suspects may follow suit and do some real classic schemes. It certainly would make for some colourfull railroading ( and what a bonazza for Kato and company ) Perhaps some nice purple and silver ACL cars may be comminf to a CSX train near you. Oh well my semi rant [soapbox] for the evening Line em up Leon this rounds on me. Rob

[trolleyboy]

hi I/ve popped back in for a refill/ irish coffee i think [burp][oops] dave i agree with you on that katy paint job [wow] not too pretty. I wonder if the designer had a long standing LSD problem[?] On the upside perhaps NS . BNSF , CSX and the rest of the ususal suspects may follow suit and do some real classic schemes. It certainly would make for some colourfull railroading ( and what a bonazza for Kato and company ) Perhaps some nice purple and silver ACL cars may be comminf to a CSX train near you. Oh well my semi rant [soapbox] for the evening Line em up Leon this rounds on me. Rob

[trolleyboy]

Evening folks. Tom I do whole heartedly apologize for missing the bulk of the party.kimshee kimshaw as they say somewhere ( probably boris's home town )[swg][swg][:O] Ted Glad you liked the pictures of old #12. That is shot at Port stanley in 1945. The soldiers were heading out west in preperations for joining tiger force which was earmarked for the invasion of Japan.Thankfully they were not needed. By the By we have old #8 it's sister at the museum in pristine operable condition. She is the museum's crown jewel. #14 still exist's as well at the Elgin county musuem in St Thomas but she is a non refurbished shell. #10 is at Delson in Montreal but I understand that she also is in sad shape. tom I await for the pictures with which you plan on driving me crazy. I assume that they are ***'s streetcars from down town Big D. hopefully they let you ride the Birney safety car [tup][:D] Well gents I'm away for now coffee and danish in hand. I'll need to nuke both though i think they must have been left over from breakfast. [:O][XX(] Rob

[siberianmo]

Hi Guys!

Just returned from mowing the south forty before tomorrow's high temps, humidity and wet grass sets in. Nothing like cutting grass as it gets dark 'n darker. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, [yeah] swat! [swg]

Nick Thanx for the rundown on our man Boris - I'll have to save that for future use ......

Chris Thanx for the Email w/pix .... responded today! [tup]

Trainnut484 Russell Thanx for the grat participation for Ted's Birthday Bash! [tup][tup][tup] I read the article you posted regarding heritage and understand where you're coming from . Appreciate the fact that you took the time to clue us in ...... [swg]

West Coast S Dave How do you really feel regarding UP's nostalgia paint jobs[?] Several pages ago I posted some info regarding the possibility that this may be due to litigation that has gone against UP. I'm not into this kinda aspect of RRding, but these days - who knows[?] Doesn't bother me as much as many others - although once a flag is retired - well that's where it should remain. Thanx for the round! [tup][tup][tup]

passengerfan Al I checked some of my old E-files and haven't come up with what I'm looking for. I changed out hard drives about 3 months ago - perhaps it's on that one. There is one guy in particular up in Ottawa who is an Oracle when it comes to VIA Rail. I'd like to put you in touch wiith him. I'll surely not forget you! Thanx for the round! [tup][tup][tup]

Trolleyboy Rob Forgot![?] What![?] Well, are you back in the deep kimshee once again! How can this cyber bar 'n grill perk along without one of our Charter Members being present on siginficant dates{?] Oh [yeah] - work - sure - great excuse!! [swg] I've got some pix that you are going to go bonkers over - however, as I mentioned earlier - I've got to figure out how to enhance them sufficiently for posting.

Oklay guys - I see that Leon the Night Man has strolled in - shiny Jump Boots, party hat from last night, and a white cummerbund from his tuxedo. Hmmmmmm - this guy must have gone to the Boris School of Men's Fashion.

See ya, maybe a bit later on!!

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[passengerfan]

Welcome Back Tom. How about a CR and a round for the house.
Glad the place got put back together before your return. I didn't mention it before but I certainly did like your latest S Gauge aquisitions. Just wish I had the room, but then I would never get any work done on my book. Will keep this short as I have things to do this evening. Am going to Amtrak and plead for some help to fini***he book and also you mentioned you might have a name or two at Via would appreciate any help . Thx Al

[West Coast S]

Aternoon Tom and the gang, welcome back Tom, trust all is well?

UP unvailed the heritage MKT scheme today, gawd awful doesn't begin to describe it, congradulations on reaching a new low I did not think even possible, I believe it is time to consider drug rehab for whoever came up with these designs, please UP, for the sake of the railfan community and those of us with fond memories of what you attempt to replicate, seek treatment as soon as possible, before any more [censored] Heritage schemes are let loose among the population.

A round of jack for the house, three tolls of the bell and a moment of silence as we raise our glasses in a salute for ole' Katy, may you and others so long departed rest in peace and may the Yellow Borg not besmirch your glory or memory.

Dave

[siberianmo]

Greetings All! Back behind the bar and from the looks of things, all is normal 'round here. [tup] A slow day, however ...........

Thanx to Ted for overseeing the staff and keeping things going in my absence - also to you all, for keeping the posts flowing - not to mention the brew! [swg]

Now there is one item that always seems to need reinforcing during times when I'm gone: Boris is not a bartender, nor is he to be allowed to work behind the bar. Given the write-up of Nick regarding Boris' background - it should be evident that we need to limit his access to certain things, people and places. See Nick's post on page 78 .......

Have a bit of a setback regading my pictures from Dallas - a quality issue. Photo's did not turn out well and I'm looking at trying to locate a software package to help me enhance them. There are a few dozen different iterations out there, mainly overkills for novices such as I - but I do need to do something in order to salvage as many as possible. Nothing wrong with the camera - it's either me or I didn't pay close enough attention to the 7 zillion different settings available! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. [sigh] Well, this isn't a camera forum nor a camera thread, so I'm [#offtopic] - Boris Ring the bell!

See ya later!

Tom[4:-)][oX)]

[Trainnut484]

Afternoon everyone [:)]. Ted, I'll have my usual.

OHHHKAYYYYYY brace yourselves. This isn't pretty. I know the theme here is "CLASSIC TRAINS", but this falls in the territory of heritage. For safety, I'll put up a warning label:

WARNING- NOT SUITABLE FOR THE WEAK OF HEART OR WHILE CONSUMING FOOD OR BEVERAGE

http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/006/109bgdoq.asp

[Anonymous]

Hi again, thought I'd check in to see how things are coming along with the "refurb." I'll need to make a withdrawal from "petty cash" for more paint thinner. Boris, after our "discussion" on the artistic merits of "free form" painting; I'm trusting you to cease and desist all temptation for applying bru***o pigment. Russell has something there with the "Bobcar" solution. I'll get that underway a.s.a.p.! Oh yes Russell, I've noticed such ramps before in a number of yards and near freight stations. Sometimes, there are two {book ends) and a lengthy wooden loading platform between them but not always. If only one is at the stub end of a derail, mosy likely it was for car-to-car loading (as per circus). Okay, I'm on my way and Jemima has come in to baby sit assist Boris with customers. Hope to look back in before Leon does a "shake down" and locks-up tonight. Tom may want to "burn some midnight oil" when he sees the receipts and "pay-outs" since Tuesday night.[:O] See ya soon, Ted

[Trainnut484]

Good morning everyone. Cindy I'll have a nice tall mug of coffee and a couple of doughnuts from the bakery please..thanks.

Glad you had a great time last night Ted. Boris and Leon worked all night cleaning up, and that was just the inside. Tom may have to get a bobcat to clean up the outside.

Tom, hope you had a great time in Dallas [C):-)]. Boris and Leon should have everything cleaned up by the time you get back.

Keep working on your photo posting Jeff. You'll be posting pics like a pro in no time.

Thanks Dan for your input on the ramp in Springfield. Wonder if a real circus train went through there.

Cindy, another cup of java please

Russell

[Anonymous]

"...and a grand time was had by all." Cindy, if you can find the coffee urns, I'd like a "skull buster" size cuppa Joe, "leaded," please. Tom, you're estimate is probably right: "clean it and burn it." Save the bell however. We know from Gunns what a restoration job that can be.[:O] Rob, love the 2 pix on your last Post. The "Class A's" worn by the guys boarding old #12 says a lot with one Soldier hand-in-hand with his Toddler and the others boarding for, "who knows where?" I wouldn't want to be the driver of the hand car with the snow blade. Picture hitting a drift with a "lump" in it![xx(] The TCC crimson and cream really looks sexy on the brow of the PCC peeking out in front of the Whitt.[^] BTW, great e-mail![tup] Lordhawke Jeff, know what you mean 'bout posting pix. I "gave it a shot" and ended up in the "rubber room" for 2 days.[banghead] However, barndad's memo cleared up some mistakes I made. Hey Jeff, I definately must look into the frozen "Tex Mex" arsenal foods for here at home. In Florida they think kidney beans and "Sloppy Joe" filler is a dish fit for Pancho Villa.[V]

[C=:-)]Nick, I'm totally amenable to the chorus line of Senoritas complimenting the Mariarchi band. As to paying in advance, let's see what Tom thinks of that arrangemnet. At last audit, the "bathtub funds" are solvent enough, so why not?[tup] Okay Boris, grab the clapper cord and "heave to." The first 'round for "sick call" is on me.[(-D] Welcome back Tom, we are all awaiting your synopsis from "Big D."[tup] Happy rails everyone, Ted

[siberianmo]

WEDNESDAY’s NEWS & SUMMARY of RECENT POSTS

Howdy [C):-)]from Big D! Hope this mid week greeting finds all of you doing well and looking forward to another find day! [swg] While you’re at it, take advantage of The Mentor Village Bakery fine selection of tasty treats, a light breakfast, and of course, our freshly brewed coffee (regular & decaf)! [tup]

News of the Day:

(1) The Birthday Bash for Ted was a huge success and it seems that we’ve done it again! Thanx to all of you for your support and participation in what has become a tradition here at ”Our” Place.

(2) *** Watkins is a real, live person! Verified and certified to be so, by Tom on Aug 16th, 2005! My first meeting with an ”Our” Place customer! [tup][tup][tup]

SUMMARY:
Name - Date/Time - (Page#) - Remarks

(1) siberianmo Tom Posted: 15 Aug 2005, 23:05:23 (76) Tuesday’s News & Summary

(2) barndad Doug Posted: 16 Aug 200, 05:49:30 (76)

(3) passengerfan Al Posted: 16 Aug 200, 07:10:59 (76)

(4) Theodorebear Ted Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 07:23:4 (76)

(5) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 09:09:2 (76)

(6) coalminer3 Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 13:08:28 (77)

(7) earlydiesels Dan Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 13:47:18 (77)

(8) passengerfan Al Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 14:21:06 (77)

(9) CFournier Chris Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 14:26:02 (77)

(10) CFournier Chris Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 14:30:05 (77)

(11) West Coast S Dave Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 14:56:08 (77)

(12) barndad Doug Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 17:18:4 (77)

(13) passengerfan Al Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 18:14:15 (77)

(14) nickinwestwales Nick Posted: 16 Aug 200, 18:16:27 (77)

(15) Lordhawke Jeff Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:05:43 (77)

(16) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:13:30 (77)

(17) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:16:36 (77)

(18) Lordhawke Jeff Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:16:59 (77)

(19) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:20:30 (77)

(20) Lordhawke Jeff Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:35:43 (77)

(21) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:41:54 (77)

(22) Lordhawke Jeff Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 19:51:53 (77)

(23) Theodorebear Ted Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 20:00:16 (77)

(24) Lordhawke Jeff Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 20:34:59 (77)

(25) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 20:50:53 (78) from Big D

(26) Theodorebear Ted Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 20:54:13 (78)

(27) Trainnut484 Russell Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 20:59:28 (78)

(28) nickinwestwales Nick Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 21:09:44 (78)

(29) siberianmo Tom Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 22:07:50 (78) from Big D

(30) Theodorebear Ted Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 22:14:37 (78)

(31) pwolfe Pete Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 23:05:00 (78)

(32) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 23:43:04 (78)

(33) trolleyboy Rob Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 23:53:04 (78)

(34) Lordhawke Jeff Posted: 16 Aug 2005, 01:27:50 (78)

(35) Lordhawke Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 01:29:38 (78)

(36) barndad Doug Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 05:57:29 (78)

(37) siberianmo Tom Posted: 17 Aug 2005, 06:38:22 (78) from Big D

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That’s it! [tup][;)]
Tom (Siberianmo) [4:-)] [oX)]
Proprietor of “Our” Place, an adult eating & drinking establishment!

[siberianmo]

Mornin' Gang!

Just Siberianmo from Big-D checkin' in ...... Have plenty of time this mornin' to get off the SUMMARY, grab a bite and head off to the airport for the return to St. Louis.

From the gist of the posts, Ted received quite a tribute from one and all for his Birthday. This place is in need of an explosion - then rebuild it from the ground up! Boris and Leon are doing a commendable job in restoring things to normalcy. [tup]

I'm not going to be addressing all comments you've made regarding me just yet. However, I'll get there .....

As I mentioned last night, the day with *** here in Dallas was fantastic. This is one fine place for railroading and *** is a fantastic host with an impressive amount of knowledge regarding all aspects of rail transportation in these parts. I'll put together a report of sorts, with some pix, and I'm sure you'll agree with my assessment. The RDC's were the highlight - rode up in the cab for a 40 mile round trip - what a treat, an absolute treat indeed. DART has 13 of the former VIA Rail cars and they are in wonderful condition after being totally gutted and refurbished up in Montreal as part of the purchase agreement. I doubt that there's a fleet of opeating RDC's of this quantity or higher anywhere in the world. This experience will remain with me for the rest of my days as a positive and happy memory! Thanx *** Watkins for being my driver, tour guide and friend! [tup][tup][tup]

Cindy is back behind the bar and will take care of your every want, whim and desire! Don't ya just wish Be on your best behavior, boys, 'til the Chief Barkeep returns! [}:)][:-,]

See y'all later this afternoon or evening.

Tom [4:-)][oX)]

[Anonymous]

Lordhawke, I can see your picture if I go directly to the I-net address, so you're doing that part right. What you need to do to see the picture in your post is imbed that link between a "img" and "/img" (in brackets). Like this (without spaces.
[img http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/Lordhawke/DRG2.jpg /img]
Both the beginning and last [img] need to be in brackets. I didn't do that in the above line, so you could see the general format. Finally, the last [img] needs a slash (/) in front of it. This is just like your other font commands like bold and underline. CLick on the bold icon while editting to see what I mean. You can do this!

[Anonymous]

Looks like I ain't lernt how to take photygraffs yet!

[Anonymous]

Ye Gods! What hit this place!? Oh well, I guess I'll pick up a few of these empties....... No Boris, I'll NOT help you repaint the place! ok, that looks a little bit better, at least now ya can see the floor. Ted when ya get this, I hope ya had fun and yer head don't get too painful. Tom I want to thank you for welcoming me into this wonderful group and invitin' me to the bash. That goes for the rest of you guys too! Cya tomorrow, God willin' and the chile plant don't get too carried away with production. Jeff img <img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/Lordhawke/DRG2.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

[trolleyboy]

hi I'm back quickley. Tom You can do an interurban run on the s-guage. You don't need towns just model the line in between tree's rocks etc.alot of the canadian radial lines ran in fairly rural environs.One example would be the Nippising Central ( owned by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario, preasant day Ontario Northland ) I bet Nick's eyes just perked up. Anywho the NC ran between Northbay to Hailyberry and over to Cobalt. Anyone familiar with north central Ontario will know that little lies in between theses cities still today. After the hailyberry fire( lightening strike ) which took out most of downtown and many of the homes the NC stopped running. The Northlander absorbed the traction line completly in '48 and to this day still provides bus service between the towns.A good twenty miles worth of poles wire and track were destroyed by the fire as well. An interesting side story was that the TTC sent 50 retired streetcar bobies old double and single truck TR cars to Haliberry for use as residences. Today the town still has one of the old DT cars and uses it as a museum to the "great fire " Well I'm off again. Rob

[trolleyboy]

tarnation.between a bad rememberer and a finicky dial up I'm here to help ole Boris scrub the walls clean. [bday]Ted many many happy returns[bday]. I sent you a birthday funny hope you enjoyed it[tup] Nick I now know why the tomlinson couple was soooo badley bent on the back of ole #327. It must have been Boris's head impacting it when he fell off. Tom Sounds like *** put on one heck of a show for you, can't wait for the pics.Oh Ted BTW your birthday presant has arrived a fday pass on the London and port stanley the only downside is that you will need Leon's time machine as the ticket was dated 1945. Sorry! i'm museum bound tomorrow but I will attempt to stop by for the rest of the clean-up. Oh if you want some TTC crimson and creame to cover the VIA colours Tom let me know. Later gents Rob.

[pwolfe]

HI sorry i'm so late.I would just like to wi***ED [bday]and good health.

[Anonymous]

As Ya know, its after 11:00 pm here and between the high blood pressure potion, bouble Dourbons, Nick's sense of humor (hickup) and the clean-up before Tom gets back...Arrgh, "I wanna go home." Belchh! Oh well, "its all part of growing up!" May I bid all of you a safe and pleasant ride home and may there never be blue and red colored fog in the rear view. Me myself, I'm taking Tish Gearhart's Village Funeral Home limo service to house...w/oxygen. Many thanks to all for the fine "Bash."[:D] Little did I expect such a great "turnout." Okay, G'bless and Leon, you've been the epitome of decorum and I take my leave knowing "Our" Place is in the best of mitts hands. Good night to all and thanks again, Ted.

[siberianmo]

Gentlemen!

There is no way that I could or would attempt to address each and every post of this fine day for our friend Ted on the occasion of his 67th Birthday. So, suffice it to say, a huge thanx and lots of appreciation to those of you who took the time to participate - no matter what the time of day. [tup][tup][tup]! [swg]

Any questions directed at me in these posts will have to wait until my return home for a response. It's been a long day - I'm tired! - and it's time for me to hit the sack in preparation for tomorrow's madness at the Dallas-Ft. Worth airport and the trip back to St. Louis. Lord o' Lord how I wish Amtrak and the Texas Eagle could be more affordable for bedroom accommodations and reliable insofar as on-time-performance is concerned. It isn't in both cases - so American Airlines, come 'n take me away!

See y'all later in the day on Wednesday!

G'nite! [zzz]

Tom[4:-)][oX)]