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I am up. Had 3 cups of coffee so far so I am now semi-awake. I went to bed early last night, around 2 am. Duchess was ready to start the day at 7 am. So between her barking at the cats half the night and a trip to "the room" I still only got around 4 hours of sleep. [:(] Has everyone here taken my poll in the Classic Trains forum on "Favorite Railroad Decade'? I just was thinking about it since I haven't "been there" in a while and thought I should take a look at it. Last time I was there you could tell us "boomers" were voting for the 40s, and 50s. It seems the early years in life kinda influence your image of railroading. I wasn't born in the 40s but very much would have liked to have lived in that generation (the best generation this country has ever produced), it was a time of war, a time of self sacrifice, a time of family values and when families WERE "families" and of course a time when railroading was making its finest stand with much less than ideal conditions or decent equipment. If you have not taken the poll head on over there and take it and please leave some comments. Steam was long gone when I was old enough to begin my train watching but as a youngster of 5 playing in the backyard I bearly remember the black and yellow F units that Frisco ran. My grandpa (mother's side) died in the mid 60s and mother and I took the train down to Topelo (Mississippi) for the funeral. That was the first and last time I ever saw him. I remember the "outhouse" type shed where we caught the train. It truly was a "flag stop". I will never forget standing there by the tracks and waving the red flag at the engineer for him to stop and pick us up. I was thinking as the engine passed, "He is going to fast to stop", but he did stop and we got on. The train also had a bunch of cars carrying solders and the diner was closed to the public. The solders ate the railroad out of house and home and we never got anything from the diner. They even had to order us some sandwiches and we stopped somewhere to get them. People who have never ridden a passenger train before Amtrak took over have missed a very special time from our recent past. It is such a shame that we have so few choices in train travel now, here in the states anyway. ok, time to get off the soap box and find something else to do. [;)] I made a thread for wanted items, for sale items or items we might trade but it is going over like a lead balloon. A few people liked the idea but I just can't seem to get my message across that that thread was to help us modelers find things that others may have and not use but never sell. Items are thrown away and people are missing the chance to find them or give them away items they don't use. Everyone seems to say "Ebay" but many people won't list items, they just are thrown away or sometimes given away. A guy at work threw out his whole HO layout when he was moving. I wish I would have know it before he moved. Well I think I am going to change the topics name and see if that might help. Later all. Have a super day.
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