It's gonna be a bit cool here tonight. 28 degrees. I'll have the heater on for sure. I was more of a polar bear in my younger days but now I'm more of a lizard. I love my heat.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Garry,
I’m modeling the track age of the LS&MS, but bringing it into the 1940’ – 1950’s under the name LS&W.
At the top of my web site is the track age map of the LS&MS.
Other than running through my home town the LS&MS hauled everything, and had connections with almost 100 different railroads/short lines.
Once the LS&MS finished its AIRLINE yards everyone wanted a piece of the LS&MS.
In October 1867 the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad leased the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad. The CP&A changed its name to the Lake Shore Railway on March 31, 1868, and on February 11, 1869 the Lake Shore absorbed the Cleveland and Toledo. On April 6 the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad and Lake Shore merged to form the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, which absorbed the Buffalo and Erie Railroad on June 22, giving one company the whole route from Buffalo to Chicago. The main route passed through Dunkirk, New York, Erie, Pennsylvania, Ashtabula, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, Waterloo, Indiana and South Bend, Indiana. An alternate route (the Sandusky Division) in Ohio ran north of the main line between Elyria and Millbury (not all track was laid until 1872). From Toledo to Elkhart, Indiana, the Old Road ran to the north, through southern Michigan, and the through route was called the Air Line Division or Northern Indiana Air Line. Along with various branches that had been acquired (see below), the Monroe Branch ran east from Adrian, Michigan to Monroe, where it intersected the leased Detroit, Monroe and Toledo Railroad. At some point the original line to Toledo was abandoned west of the branch to Jackson (Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Railroad), with the new connection at Lenawee Junction, the crossing between that branch and the line to Monroe.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway: 1869-1914
Around 1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt and his New York Central and Hudson River Railroad gained a majority of stock of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The line provided an ideal extension of the New York Central main line from Buffalo west to Chicago, along with the route across southern Ontario (Canada Southern Railway and Michigan Central Railroad). On December 22, 1914 the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to form a new New York Central Railroad.
While the original main line was to the south between Toledo and Elyria, the northern alignment (the Sandusky Division) eventually became the main line
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Evening all.
The weather's been weird today. In the moringing it was fairly warm, but by the middle of the day it got cold. The mercury has been dropping since then. Hope it snows.
Today was the last day of college for me until next semester. Now I'll have more time for my projects. I managed to put together a Walthers 100-ton cement hopper today, tommorow I'll put together my SP double-door automobile box (which is probably too old for my era). I didn't have instructions for the latter, but I found instructions for a similar one on HO seeker.. I'll probably leave the roofwalks of so it doesn't look so out of place with my 70s-era rolling stock.
Yesteday my parents ordered that F45 that I wanted. It might not get here for christmas, but I can wait.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
PC; Tnx for that wonderful story...that does wonders to the spirit
Jerry; We'll keep praying for your family. Take care
Rob; ...and you still need to deal with the plumber after all this rigmarole? Sheesh!
'Spring' crawled into the tree, and apparently slept in it for an hour...Audrey told me this when I got home. Now we are trying to figure out whether he didn't really sneak off with something in the tree...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
River flood warning in the area (not here though). Even with all the recent rain, our big pond is still a good foot down from the overflow pipe. At least the smaller duck island & goose island ponds are full so the birds are quite happy now. The usual middle pasture gate across the creek washed out, so put the cows up in the barnyard for the nighe, incase Twister (mare) swims through the gap to "play with them". Still need to check the back pasture creek gates.
Wife & I are NOT happy with what the contractor listed for deductions. He left off a few thousand dollars worth in his figuring. We will be busy the next few days working up estimates to make our case. Fair is fine, but if someone tries to rip me off, I'll be more than willing to seek arbitration. I'm so wound up right now I could explode.
Plumber comes tomorrow.
Mailed back the defective loco with delivery confirmation. We'll see how that goes. Also shipped out more art prints, which (along with the rain) is something good I can report on.
Rob
PC thats a good one..It made me tear up too...Jerry
Well, as if i didn't have enough on my plate:
I get to teach a model railroading mini-course at my school. And I'll be teaching my classmates,w hich really sucks. So now, along with all the other crud, I have to hunt down our career counselor (who's running these things) and figure out what I have to do from him, then I think I'm going to have to get some adult to help, and then i gotta teach it. So yeah, not going to have a fun January, lol.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
SilverSpike......and if you don't mind I'm going to have to copy that one and forward it along.
Please do!
Wonderful story PC, just wonderful! Brought tears to my eyes at the end!
Thank you for sharing it here, and if you don't mind I'm going to have to copy that one and forward it along.
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Sent to me by someone I love......passed on to you as someone I love.
True Meaning Of Christmas
The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. He had no decorations, no tree, no lights. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebrate. There were no children in his life. His wife had gone. He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened up and a homeless man stepped through. Instead of throwing the man out, George, Old George as he was known by his customers, told the man to come in and sit by the space heater and warm up.
"Thank you, but I don't mean to intrude," said the stranger. "I see you're busy. I'll just go." "Not without something hot in your belly," George said. He turned and opened a wide mouth Thermos and handed it to the stranger. "It ain't much, but it's hot and tasty. Stew. Made it myself. When you're done, there's coffee and it's fresh." Just at that moment he heard the "ding" of the driveway bell. "Excuse me, be right back," George said. There in the driveway was an old '53 Chevy. Steam was rolling out of the front. The driver was panicked. "Mister, can you help me?" said the driver with a deep Spanish accent. "My wife is with child and my car is broken." George opened the hood. It was bad. The block looked cracked from the cold; the car was dead. "You ain't going in this thing. George said as he turned away.
"But mister. Please help..." The door of the office closed behind George as he went in. George went to the office wall and got the keys to his old truck, and went back outside. He walked around the building and opened the garage, started the truck and drove it around to where the couple was waiting. "Here, take my truck," he said. "She ain't the best thing you've ever looked at, but she runs real good." George helped put the woman in the truck and watched as it sped off into the night. George turned and walked back inside the office. "Glad I gave 'em the truck. Their tires were shot, too. That 'ol truck has brand new..." George thought he was talking to the stranger, but the man had gone. The Thermos was on the desk, empty with a used coffee cup beside it. "Well, at least he got something in his belly," George thought.
George went back outside to see if the old Chevy would start. It cranked slowly, but it started. He pulled it into the garage where the truck had been. He thought he would tinker with it for something to do. Christmas Eve meant no customers. He discovered the block hadn't cracked, it was just the bottom hose on the radiator. "Well, shoot, I can fix this," he said to himself. So he put a new one on. "Those tires ain't gonna get 'em through the winter either." He took the snow treads off of his wife's old Lincoln. They were like new and he wasn't going to drive the car.
As he was working, he heard shots being fired. He ran outside and beside a police car an officer lay on the cold ground. Bleeding from the left shoulder, the officer moaned, "Help me!" George helped the officer inside as he remembered the training he had received in the Army as a medic. He knew the wound needed attention. "Pressure to stop the bleeding," he thought. The uniform company had been there that morning and had left clean shop towels. He used those and duct tape to bind the wound.
"Hey, they say duct tape can fix anything," he said, trying to make the policeman feel at ease. "Something for the pain," George thought. All he had was the pills he used for his back. "These oughta work." He put some water in a cup and gave the policeman the pills. "You hang in there. I'm gonna get you an ambulance." The phone was dead. "Maybe I can get one of your buddies on that there talk box out in your car."
He went out only to find that a bullet had gone into the dashboard destroying the two-way radio. He went back in to find the policeman sitting up. "Thanks," said the officer. "You could've left me out there. The guy that shot me is still in the area." George sat down beside him. "I would never leave an injured man in the Army and I ain't gonna leave you." George pulled back the bandage to check for bleeding. "Looks worse than it is. Bullet passed right through ya. Good thing it missed the important stuff though. I think with time you're gonna be right as rain." George got up and poured a cup of coffee.. "How do you take it?" he asked. "None for me," said the officer. "Oh, yer gonna drink this. Best in the city. Too bad I ain't got no donuts."
The officer laughed and winced at the same time. The front door of the office flew open. In burst a young man with a gun. "Give me all your cash! Do it now!" the young man yelled. His hand was shaking and George could tell that he had never done anything like this before.
"That's the guy that shot me!" exclaimed the officer. "Son, why are you doing this?" asked George. "You need to put the cannon away. Somebody else might get hurt." The young man was confused. "Shut up old man, or I'll shoot you, too. Now give me the cash!" The cop was reaching for his gun. "Put that thing away," George said to the cop. "We got one too many in here now." He turned his attention to the young man.
"Son, it's Christmas Eve. If you need the money, well then, here. It ain't much but it's all I got. Now put that pea shooter away." George pulled $150 out of his pocket and handed it to the young man, reaching for the barrel of the gun at the same time. The young man released his grip on the gun, fell to his knees and began to cry. "I'm not very good at this am I? All I wanted was to buy something for my wife and son," he went on. "I've lost my job. My rent is due. My car got repossessed last week..."
George handed the gun to the cop. "Son, we all get in a bit of squeeze now and then. The road gets hard sometimes, but we make it through the best we can." He got the young man to his feet, and sat him down on a chair across from the cop. "Sometimes we do stupid things." George handed the young man a cup of coffee. "Being stupid is one of the things that makes us human. Comin' in here with a gun ain't the answer. Now sit there and get warm and we'll sort this thing out."
The young man had stopped crying. He looked over to the cop. "Sorry I shot you. It just went off. I'm sorry, officer." "Shut up and drink your coffee," the cop said. George could hear the sounds of sirens outside. A police car and an ambulance skidded to a halt. Two cops came through the door, guns drawn.
"Chuck! You ok?" one of the cops asked the wounded officer. "Not bad for a guy who took a bullet. How did you find me?" "GPS locator in the car. Best thing since sliced bread. Who did this?" the other cop asked as he approached the young man. Chuck answered him, "I don't know. The guy ran off into the dark. Just dropped his gun and ran." George and the young man both looked puzzled at each other. "That guy work here?" the wounded cop continued. "Yep," George said. "Just hired him this morning. Boy lost his job." The paramedics came in and loaded Chuck onto the stretcher. The young man leaned over the wounded cop and whispered, "Why?" Chuck just said, "Merry Christmas, boy. And you too, George, and thanks for everything."
"Well, looks like you got one doozy of a break there. That ought to solve some of your problems." George went into the back room and came out with a box. He pulled out a ring box. "Here you go. Something for the little woman. I don't think Martha would mind. She said it would come in handy some day."
The young man looked inside to see the biggest diamond ring he ever saw. "I can't take this," said the young man. "It means something to you." "And now it means something to you," replied George. "I got my memories. That's all I need." George reached into the box again. An airplane, a car and a truck appeared next. They were toys that the oil company had left for him to sell. "Here's something for that little man of yours."
The young man began to cry again as he handed back the $150 that the old man had handed him earlier. "And what are you supposed to buy Christmas dinner with? You keep that too," George said. "Now git home to your family."
The young man turned with tears streaming down his face. "I'll be here in the morning for work, if that job offer is still good." "Nope. I'm closed Christmas day," George said. "See ya the day after."
George turned around to find that the stranger had returned. "Where'd you come from? I thought you left?" "I have been here. I have always been here," said the stranger. "You say you don't celebrate Christmas. Why?" "Well, after my wife passed away I just couldn't see what all the bother was. Puttin' up a tree and all seemed a waste of a good pine tree. Bakin' cookies like I used to with Martha just wasn't the same by myself and besides I was getting a little chubby."
The stranger put his hand on George's shoulder. "But you do celebrate the holiday, George. You gave me food and drink and warmed me when I was cold and hungry. The woman with child will bear a son and he will become a great doctor. The policeman you helped will go on to save 19 people from being killed by terrorists. The young man who tried to rob you will make you a rich man and not take any for himself. That is the spirit of the season and you keep it as good as any man."
George was taken aback by all this stranger had said. "And how do you know all this?" asked the old man. "Trust me, George. I have the inside track on this sort of thing. And when your days are done you will be with Martha again." The stranger moved toward the door.
"If you will excuse me, George, I have to go now. I have to go home where there is a big celebration planned." George watched as the old leather jacket and the torn pants that the stranger was wearing turned into a white robe.
A golden light began to fill the room. "You see, George... it's my birthday. Merry Christmas." George fell to his knees and replied, "Happy Birthday, Lord."
"What you do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all your tomorrows."
Author Known To God
howmusJeffrey it has been a good many years since I have had to field rig a vehicle to get it running. Sounds like you did a good job of it. Growing up on a Dairy Farm that was an almost daily occurrence with the old junkers we ran.
Heartland Division CBandQ Global warming has brought snow to Houston and New Orleans. How terrible.
Global warming has brought snow to Houston and New Orleans. How terrible.
I know it's just amazing! My cousins in Houston, step-son in Baton Rouge, in-laws and parents in New Orleans all called to tell us they have accumulation. And are shutting down the city by the minute...
And Garry, thanks for asking about Monique, she is much better now!
Jim - Yes, she is my new niece and Monique is much better now too! You asked about soup on Tuesday and I dropped the ball again. So to make up for that here is a soup selection for you a trio of soups; Crawfish Bisque, Black Bean Soup and Split Pea Soup...
Howdy and Welcome Back Flash! Long time no see! I love the Christmas train!
Happy Birthday Tom!
Ray - I've similar fire starters like the ones you did for Boy Scouts. We even used lint from the dryer put into the egg crates and dripped candle wax on those. Makes for great quick start campfires.
Glad you like the cookies Sue, Jim, Garry and Jerry!
As I mentioned a few days ago I did some progress on the backdrop of the west and south side of the lower deck on the layout this past weekend. Here is a photo and link to my story about how I did it all...
Jerry, GREAT news!
Continued prayers for Jerry's brother, Mary Ann, and all the others in need. Speaking of which, how are you doing Terry?
Hello ..
I'll have a bowl of chili. Just the right thing. Drizzle and mid 30's here. Yucky.
Jerry...... That's great news about your brother!. I hope he heals from the surgery soon.
Rob ..... Perhaps, you will sleep better after the new house is done, the stress of building it is over, and you are all cuddly with your better half in the new place.
Lee ... Another question about your fallen flag: Is the LS&W related to the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. I am wondering because I have a brass LS&MS 4-6-0. My LS&MS Ten Wheeler was acquired for my old 1900 era layout shortly before I dismantled it due to moving. The brass engine has been resting in its box ever since. It's a nice old engine, and I ought to run it every now and then.
JimCG .... Speaking of fruit cakes, have you ever experienced the Claxton funde raiser things?? They sell them every year at the local Tru-Value hardare store. When I first saw them there, I could tell I was in Redneck country. Where else do they display fruit cake on teh same shelf as the rat poisen and the snake poisen?
Stay warm everybody
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning All.....Its partly cloudy and 29 here....I'll have a Ham salad sandwitch,chips and a diet coke please, Thank You...Thanks for for the prayers and thoughts for My Brother...He came thru fine and they think they got all the cancer..
Havn't got much done on Railroad..Maybe latter today...Paul take good care of Mary Ann..Jeff glad to hear you got a good deal on your glasses and that you got your car going again..I would have like to have seen you under it!!..
You all have a good one...Jerry
Mornin' everyone!
I'll have a pot of dark roast, Flo! How about a bowl of hot oatmeal with brown sugar as well. Getta get the chill out of the old bones this morning.
Currently 27°F here in the Finger Lakes with a high of 30°F predicted for this afternoon. Snow in Houston? To paraphrase a famous line by Crocodile Dundee..... That ain't snow! This here's snow:
Photo taken two years ago of my porch. Haven't had one of those yet this year, but it should be forthcoming. I like to play with the snowblower........
Last night we welcomed 6 new people to the Board of Deacons at church, filled bags with goodies for "Shut-ins", and had our annual Advent/Christmas/December party at the home of one of the Deacons. Fun was had by all, and I need to diet for the next several days to compensate for the injestion of calories...........
Jeffrey it has been a good many years since I have had to field rig a vehicle to get it running. Sounds like you did a good job of it. Growing up on a Dairy Farm that was an almost daily occurrence with the old junkers we ran.
Paul, good that Mary Ann is back home. Hope she continues to do well on Dialysis!
I best finish my coffee and get to work. I have a days worth to get done in the next hour or two.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hey Rob, do you own an Ark by chance? I've been watching the weather, and you may find that one will come in handy!
Morning, Zoe - I'll just have some scrambled eggs and couple strips of bacon, glass of Ed's OJ and a glass of milk, please, n thanks. Yeah, I'm running a bit of a runny nose, and my stomach likes milk better than coffee when I have that.
Jeff - snow? Even if it doesn't stick, still... that's very surprising down your way. Almost as amazing as Terry having snow in Houston.
BC, that black ice can be one huge mess (tm - sorry, Fergie!).
Garry, it depends on the maker for the fruit cake. I used to like the Corsica (TX) fruit cakes - my grandparents' business would get them - many moons ago - for business customers for Christmas. They're fairly good, but you have to keep them from drying out. And no, I do NOT want everyone sending me a fruit cake this year (or any other...). Thanks, anyway!
Tom, I wonder if brass is tougher than cats' teeth. Guess you could tell us, huh? Sure would be nicer if Remi wasn't knocking the O scale locos off the tracks (most of those locos are not lightweight, for sure). Good that your Z-6 may be in before Christmas. Did you LHS guy say how far across the Pacific Ocean the Korean shipment was? Can you track it online?
We're gonna have some sunshine today - let's see, what did that look like? - but it's not warming up very much, only about 40 F today or tomorrow either one. I think the temp with wind chill this morning was about 24 or 25 F. Bit on the cool side.
Paul, hope Mary Ann is doing better today. Take good care of her, y'hear?
Lee, actually, I will have plows on the front of several of my locos, since up in the Southwest mountain areas in the winter it can get a bit of snow (Hey, that's my story - it's 'my world' on the layout and I'll make it like I want...).
Rob, good to hear that (some of the time, anyway) you have been getting some sleep again. Hope that other stuff with waking up quits on you. How's the contractor moving along? Seen them again lately?
I'll be in the window booth, finishing my breakfast up. Glad the twins put the insulated glass in the Diner when they moved over here.
Blessings and a warm, dry place for your day,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning all,
I’m glad the weatherman is sharing the snow with the southern states; all of you may need to weld plows on the front of your road units. LOL
Rob have you considered a double decked layout? You could install lights on the bottom of the upper level so you can see the lower level.
Terry, it snowed in Corpus Christi winter of 2000. Less than ½ an inch, but it closed schools and pretty much shut down the whole town.
Paul, glad to hear Mary Ann is back home, how is she doing?
Lee
Decafin a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
***Garry, overall the sleeping meds have helped. I do not take them every night. Last night however, I woke up about every two hours with a racing heart. That hasn't happened in a while. Needless to say I'm overly tired today.
Has been raining most of the night and heavily all morning. Temps will plummet with the tail end of this storm. Might turn to snow, but it shouldn't stick.
blownout cylinderJeff; Snow in southern Louisiana? And south of that line you mentioned? hheeeggh! Have fun with the drivers...be safe out there...
Have fun with the drivers...be safe out there...
Good Morning everyone!
Jeff; Snow in southern Louisiana? And south of that line you mentioned? hheeeggh!
Good morning. It's 34 and raining slow and steady and there's some sleet now and then. The high will be around the mid 40's with more rain predicted. As predicted I didn't get anything done yesterday. It's hard to work on anything when you can't see squat. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 12/11/2008 Wind Chill: 26°F Humidity: 93% Dew Point: 32°F So Far Today High: 36°F Low: 34°F Rain: 0.50" Rain Rate: 0.12"/h Gust: 20mph NNW Through 6 AM...light to moderate snow will continue across southeast Texas and southern Louisiana...generally along and south of a line from Toledo bend dam to Lafayette to Marsh Island. Up to one half inch of snow accumulation is possible. Elsewhere...a mixture of rain...snow...and sleet is expected. Rainfall amounts up to one half inch but little snow or sleet accumulation are anticipated. Today High: 48 Cloudy with a chance of rain and snow early in the morning...turning to rain by late morning. Becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 23 to 37 in the morning. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Tonight Low: 32 Partly cloudy early in the evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good evening...
I was working late on the layout this evening.
Rob... Is the insomnia better now? ......As for the Atlas, it may be quicker to deal directlty with Atlas. Perhaps the seller will cover your cost to mail to Atlas.
Mr McGuver, eh. Way to go Jeff!
Tom. Nice of you to arrive in the evening for your fro your all day brithday party! I'm glad your Z6 is on its way. Too bad about the MT2.
I'm wondering if there are any fruit cake fans out there. We just got one that's really good. MMMMMM.
Paul, we'll have Mary Ann prayed for.
Happy Model Railroading.
Tall glass of cool lemon water, please & thank you.
***Jeffrey, congrats on your soon to be new eyes. And I'll second that Mcguyver suggestion.
Rained a good 2" here and there is another front moving in as I type. Raining over this period of time sure will be good for our water table.
Walked through the future train room and there should be ample room for both our layouts. If mine continues to shrink, so be it...I really would like to finish just one N scale layout during this lifetime. Wife has been picking out models she wants for hers, most are pre-built, which I think is important for two reasons. 1: I will not have time to build many for her. & 2: she is impatient. Heck, I'm leaning more and more towards very few structures on my own layout with emphasis on scenery. Time will tell.
Have a good night all. Rob
Tom; You may find yourself playing hide and seek with your engines with Remi...
What we have up here is a lot of black ice and frozen slop and something that is trying to continue the resemblance of snow...and going down to -13 C thankfully with not too much wind...
Terry--
Whaddaya mean SNOWING in HOUSTON? Here I am 45 miles from the snowiest mountain range in the entire You-nited States and we don't have a bloody FLAKE of the stuff and it's snowing in HOUSTON? Holy COW, BUDDY!
Okay, we're supposed to get some next Tuesday. And wouldn't you know it, the idiot weather-persons around here are going into some kind of Mourning because it means we won't have any more Clear Days (with thick morning Fog). Ah, SunnyCal!
Hey, everyone, thanks for the Birthday Wishes, that "Hippo-Bird-Day Two Ewes" was a kick in the pants. Absolutely hilarious!
Well, went down to the Hobby Shop to hit the Brass Case--walked right up to it and---OHMYGAW! It wasn't THERE! Bruce's Assistant Manager came up to me (he's one really COOL guy), stared at me and said, "Oh no, Tom, you were a day late." MT-2 is GONE!
"Who-Bought-It?" I asked in a strangled voice.
"Uh, someone from up north."
"I want his name and address so I can go kill him."
Bruce's Assistant gives me the name. Of course, it's someone I REALLY like from meeting him at some of the train shows. Thoughs of murder and mayhem immediately leave my mind. I just sigh.
"Um, if it's any help," Bruce's assistant says, "We test ran it and it needed a new motor and some balancing and maybe some real work on the connections."
"Mph," I mutter. Still looking at the empty brass case. Well, not EMPTY, but nothing I'd want.
"Besides," he grins at me. "I found out that your Z-6 order is confirmed and Sunset is shipping it as soon as it arrives from Korea."
MT-2 is forgotten. I grin. "Maybe by Christmas?"
He grins at me. "Let's hope."
So for my Birthday to myself, I raided a whole bunch of new Intermountain reefers. 4 PFE's, and 2 NP's. You can NEVER have too many 'reefers.'
Came home and set up the little On30 set around the tree. I'm in trouble. Spooky, of course, went after the last car, as usual. Remington satisfied himself by whacking the locomotive off of the tracks. This kid thinks BIG! It's going to be a really INTERESTING Christmas around here!
Best to all, thanks for the wishes and prayers to those in need.
Happy Advent!
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
blownout cylinder Terry in Texas; how often does it snow in Houston? That is weird... Snip
Terry in Texas; how often does it snow in Houston? That is weird...
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Other than 4 years ago on Christmas eve
The last time i remember was 1985
TerryinTexas
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Evening Gang: I'm just stopping buy to let you all know that Mary Ann is home. Her first appointment for dialysis [ I found out how to spell it] is tomorrow at 5:30am. That is early as we will have to get up at 4am to get breakfast before going there.
Good Night All