The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

[Anonymous]

Hi all

I’ve got a lot further towards finishing the LCC Class A tram build than the last photo – still need to order the detail parts but here it is with most of the paint done. The upper deck needs railings, seats, and the interior painting while the lower deck is missing a few detail parts besides the trucks, etc.



Rob, the really odd part is we have a set of taps that were installed when the house was built 100 years ago. Those give no hassle at all – clearly modern materials aren’t as good!

J.R. I’ve used ball-bearing wheelsets in G before now but didn’t know you could get them in HO too? Must take a bit of precision work to assemble those, the G scale ones are twice the price of standard metal wheels but you get lighting pickups by using them so it’s worth the extra on passenger stock.

Bye for now

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cheese3

hey all, i haven't been in her for a while. Well tonight in class we're auto and dumpster fires, is should be fun. I'll take some pics for y'all

Now that sounds exciting. What do they put in the dumpster for a demo? Calumet's new rescue unit has a hose in the front bumper that is used for car fires, I think they've already used it once.

Greg

Here's some REAL fire trucks. The white one is an engine with a brush-pumper option, so it can go either way, and it has foaming capabilities and all of that good stuff, but with that 4wd Chevy diesel/allison automatic, it's a good brush unit too. The red one is a 5-ton 6x6 with a 1200 gallon stainless steel tank. It tops out at about 55 so it takes it a while to get there, but once it's on scen the fire's as good as out (except the big one a couple weeks ago) especially with it's front spray boom. There's a deuce and a half just like it now too.

[grayfox1119]

Good morning everyone, another banner day here in New England. 57F degrees at 10:30 and headed for 65F. Clear skies, low humidity and no wind...very nice indeed.

RYAN That is terrific news to hear from you again and that you and the wife have settled into new jobs and a very nice area of the country as well. Several people that I used to work with years ago have also settled in NC and one works at the Park as well. Best of fortunes to you and wife in your new home......hey, it's only a about a 12 hour road trip to Central NE too !!! And the White Mountains of NH in the Fall, and the terrific train ride through Crawford Notch with all the colors blazing as you ride along the mountain cliffside high above route 302.

J.R. The wheelsets are sort of an antique brass color, not black. I have some old cars that were part of a train set from the early 70's that we had bought for my two younger boys. The old Athearn blue box cars need repairs, horn couplers replaced, and wheels on all of them. Bob Buck ( Tuckers ) highly recommended them. He had a sale on them by the box of 100 for $65. With no shipping cost, that is not a bad price at all. Bob also demonstrated the new cattle car that has cattle mooing and making all sort of cattle sounds when the car is moving/jostling about. He sold out of them on the first order, and has a second order on the way...good seller I would say. There is a chicken car and a hog car with sound also coming in soon.

CHUCK & KATHY How are things going for you guys on the West coast? I hope you guys are in top health soon....just keep drinking Ed's OJ, you can't go wrong with that. It dropped my Cholesterol from 283 to 205, I drink it by the gallon, LOL. Sorry, that was a paid commercial for Ed.[:D][;)][(-D][(-D]

OK, time to head out to the yard for cleanup duty, last burn due tomorrow, so I have get the rest of the brush and leaves gathered. Hey, I wonder if I loaded this on to a northbound freight to NS for Fergie on his freight line......hmmmmmm, he could use this for mulch couldn't he....ahhhh, the problem is solved!!! Now to make out the waybill.

See you guys for lunch at the corner table,

[pcarrell]

Mornin' all,

Just thought I'd pop in and say hello.

Matt,

You're really quite good at scratchbuilding. You continue to impress with those trolly's. Very nice work indeed. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Greg,

That 6x6 looks like it could have a fun afterlife as a backwoods toy. I could see that thing with a bed on the back with some camping gear in it and just taking off through the woods.

All,

I'd like to suggest that Luc gets the same prize as the winner of our 1000 page contest. He has kept score for us all along and has not been negligent in his duties in any way, and that should be rewarded. What do you all think?

And last but not least, I haven't forgotten you all in my prayers. It's a good thing when we pray for one another, you know?

[SilverSpike]

Hello fellow Coffee Mates!

Spring has definitely sprung here in the Piedmont. The Bradford pear trees have been flush with beautiful white flowers, and the daffodils have been flowering for over a week now. The dogwood trees are just starting to produce some flower buds as well. I understand that the pollen will be profuse for about two to three weeks starting in April, along with frequent showers. Supposed to actually have the four seasons up here in the Carolinas, so coming from New Orleans we only really had two seasons; fall with a few days of cold, then about one week of spring and the rest is summer.
Getting ready for our trip to the coast this weekend and looking forward to actually checking out the sights around here on the eastern seaboard.

Hey Attaboy,

Thanks for the warm welcome back. I have been quite irregular the past few months, but hope to ramp up my modeling and forum activity soon.

inch53,

Great story, thanks for sharing that one!

cheese3

Ditto!

rt,

Good CXS photos, thanx!

John Wood,

Thanks, glad to see your still kick in it up in NS! You are so right, it doesn’t get any better!

Hey Bill

[#welcome] to the CS and….

Thanks for the donut, that éclair really looks good!

***,

Great to hear from you too!
That sounds like fun, will have to look into the NE and the White Mountains. I look forward to exploring the area and making some road trips, the Smoky Mountains are about a 4 hour drive, and I believe DC is about a 4 hours drive too. I checked out Amtrak rates to DC from Raleigh, only $200.00 round trip total for the three of us at the coach rate, and the train ride is about 5 ½ hours. We may be taking a weekend jaunt to the nation’s capital this year…

Well, you all have a great model railroading day!

Cheers,

Ryan

[inch53]

afternoon all, just some coffee Zoe,
Hope all of ya doing well this day. Sunny n warm here , but storms moving in tonight into tomorrow.
Wasn't suppose to have kids todays, but I've got Herman n J Birds, both sick, so no work outside.
Glad ya'll liked the wooden bowl. I thought it was to good not to post

RT, enjoyed the pics and I'm glad you and Doc got things worked out

RYAN, Happy things seem to going OK for you n yours now

Gotta go J bird woke up n needs pa pa
inch

[emdgp92]

991 pages? Holy cow!

[bjdukert]

Afternoon all and Zoe how about a nice big Rootbeer float before supper.
Just been sitting back there in the corner booth watching and listening

Ryan [#welcome] back and the first full weekend in Oct I will be down your way at Apex for the Steam meet.

Matt [yeah] Looking good[^][8D][:)][tup]

Fergie Congrats to No. 1 son. [tup][tup]

Best to all on sick call and RT thinking of you. [angel][angel]

That’s about it
Talk to you later

Duke

[Anonymous]

When is that MR said they where going to change the whole look of the forum, seems like it was along time ago? Anyone know the answer to this one?

[Anonymous]

Good afternoon everyone, Zoe, I'll have a cup to go. Black and Hot, please.

Hope everyone is doing fine. I'm off to the funeral home, one of my best buddies lost his mom yesterday, it's pallbearer time for me. I'm honored, but sure hate doing the job.

Catch ya'll in the morning. God Bless !

[rtraincollector]

well you like those lets see what else I took will add 3 more here and as time goes will go back for more for you all .

[image] http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/rtraincollector/Trains/Trains_0039.jpg [/image]

[image] http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/rtraincollector/Trains/Trains_0041.jpg [/image]

Kinda chopped the ends on this one sorry

[image] http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/rtraincollector/Trains/Trains_0037.jpg [/image]

Hows it going 3 more days of work (fri,Mon, &tues) and then its cutting day for the doc. [%-)][:(][oops]

Not much happening here told boss the tractor I'm driving needs to goto the doc while I'm out so it can get the hydrolics looked at as when discing today it took about 2 minutes to lift disc. So I didn't bothered just turned and went on with what I was doing trying to get job done. [:-^]

Well talk to you all later

[Anonymous]

Now U see me, now U don't

Hello coffee crew,

I've been AWOL from here the past month or two for a variety of excuses reasons, I guess mostly because of being out in the garage or at the workbench. Can't build a layout and hang out online at the same time.

First, WELCOME to all of you who have started hanging out here at the Kalmbach Coffee Shop since the last time I posted - can't name any names, because I know I'll miss somebody...

Ryan - great to see you here again, and with your life back on the upswing![tup] I have a stepsister who lives in your region [Apex], but she just had surgery for beast cancer and is about to start chemo, so now may not be a good time for me to try to introduce you...! Now about your railroad: Are you needing to re-think your layout plan to fill a larger space? Decisions, decisions....[:-^]

RT - Thanx for posting the photos, I especially like the one of the 3 bethgons. I hope to order a six-pack from Walthers when they become available in another month or two. Glad the visit to the M.D. brought hopeful news...

Aggro - That's a totally bizzarre weather picture you posted [:O], I never imagine stuff like that happening in your state (only forest fires and earthquakes)

Adam - I posted some pics of my layout with the Bob Ross-style painted backdrop on the Atlas forum, and people went totally wild (don't worry I gave you credit[;)]). Wound up posting a tutorial thread on it, similar to what Aggro did with his furnace filter trees about 15 months ago.

Well I've spent about 30 minutes composing this message, now I'll be late getting home...sorry I don't have time to talk to each one of you but I guess you understand.
I'm outta here!

[TrainFreak409]

Hello Hello Hello. Reporting into you live from the Bose Factory Store here in Hagerstown, Maryland. Current temperature is in the mid 60s at the moment, and it's feeling rather warm here in the store.

YAY! The day is approaching its end! Tomorrow I'm heading out to good ole Sykesville because I don't have school.[8D] I'm planning to meet up with a group of friends after they get off. So I won't have the Internet from Friday to Saturday, and may not be on Sunday either.

Adam: If you cannot make it to the little shin-dig after school, is there a good time I can drop in on Saturday?[:D]

Trolley Rob: I would love to have a Bose system in my car. I have even had thought about retro-fitting the Lifestyle into my Marquis, but that would be a lot of work, and would probably not turn out that well. I don't have room for a 50 pound bass module anywhere except the trunk. And Bose doesn't do any after-market installs in vehicles, so I'm out of luck...

PC: I'd like to get one of the $300 theremins, but I think they are more toyi***han the actual instrument. So, in a sense, I still wouldn't really be getting what I truly want. But it would at least be a start. And then one must also include amplifier and speakers. However, one of my coworkers may be able to help me with that one since he is in a band.[8D]

GMT: Lothar and the Hand People? Dave Biro and the Birotron? Are they theremin bands? If so, I'll have to look into them.[:p]

Matt: I would say that being employed within the government or police is a great field, but I'm not sure exactly what it is like over there in the UK. But whatever you decide to go into, good luck. I've been lucky enough so far to land jobs that are enjoyable, as well as beneficial, and hope the same for you. I'll need to check out the Wikipedia article on the theremin. Man, Wikipedia has everything.[:D] Nice work on the tram![tup]

Fergie: Pass onto your son that I said Congrats and Keep up the good work![tup]

And I should have saw this one coming...Good thing today is payday.[;)]

GATHER ROUND Y'ALL, DRINKS ARE ON ME.[C):-)]

[Anonymous]

PAGE 1000 contest update

Flip - March 1
KenM - March 3
luct, TallDude - March 4
manofwar - March 5
Jim in Cape - March 6
Attaboy - March 8
*** - March 9
trolleyRob - March 10
JP - March 11
Kathy - March 12
Noah, Chuck - March 13
Duke - March 14
RT - March 15
Deuce - March 16
pc - March 17
OZJIM - March 18
steveblackledge - March 19
Jerry, Trent - March 20
Fergie - March 21
Greg - March 22
KenL - March 24
Gman - March 25
Paul - March 27
dhilyer - March 28
inch - March 29
JR - March 30
nsscot - April 1
Phisig3 - April 2
Ed - April 3
Scott - April 5
der John - April 6
dekruif - April 7
stripes2 - April 8
TrainsRMe - April 10
avidham73 - April 15

We have reached the cutoff page, page 965. No more entries accepted.

I will post this from time to time and update to the post date.

Good Luck.

The winner will get to help out Elliot!!!!!!

[pcarrell]

Scott,

Always remember, pawn shops are your friend!

Not sure you'll find your instument there, but an amp, yeah sure.

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning ! from Indiana. [:D]



Have a cup !

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by wetidlerjr

Good Morning ! from Indiana. [:D]



Have a cup !

Good Morning from a few miles away from you.

I think I will! Thanks! [:D]

[grayfox1119]

Good morning gents! I see the good weather has everyone running a little late this morning to the CS!!!! WOW, another day even better than yesterday, 60F already and headed for 75F, this is almost unheard of in March ( even on the last day of March ).
Brush fires have sprung up in Southeast part of the state the last few days, we are now on RED alert for all the state until we receive some rain.

REMINDER TO ALL.......MOVE THE CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR BEFORE GOING TO BED SATURDAY NIGHT......DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS !!!!

See you guys for lunch,

[inch53]

Dinner time, I'll have a ham n cheese on rye an coffee Zoe
Got back from Effingham abit ago. A freind of mine moved his VA appointment over there and he had never been, so I rode over to show him how to get there and even got my labs done for next week. Got a few photos on the way back to post later if they'er anygood.

JERRY sent me good joke,

THE RABBIT AND THE BLONDE ;; A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit jump out across the middle of the road. He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the rabbit jumps right in front of the car. The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulls over and gets out to see what has become of the rabbit. Much to his di smay, the rabbit is dead. The driver feels so awful that he begins to cry. A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway sees a man crying on the side of the road and pulls over. She steps out of the car and asks the man what's wrong. "I feel terrible," he explains, "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it." The blonde says, "Don't worry." She runs to her car and pulls out a spray can. She walks over to the limp, dead rabbit, bends down, and sprays the contents onto the rabbit. The rabbit jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them and hops off down the road. Ten feet away the rabbit stops, turns around and waves again, he hops down the road another 10 feet, turns and waves, hops another ten feet, turns and waves, and repeats this again and again and again, until he hops out of sight. The man is astonished. He runs over to the woman and demands, "What is in that can? What did you spray on that rabbit?" The woman turns the can around so that the man can read the label.
It says..
(Are you ready for this)
It says, "Hair Spray - Restores life to dead hair, and adds permanent wave."

don't blame me
inch

[JBCA]

Hi guys, eight more to go and March is about gone.

[JPowell]

Afternoon all from sunny and warm (72 already) Syracuse NY!
Not much going on here today. Just waiting for the end of the workday and then I'm off till next Tuesday. Not going to be able to get any mr'ing in this weekend as I have my class tomorrow and need to practice some skills for the skills portion of our midterm on Monday evening. The written test (multiple choice exam) is scheduled for Wednesday evening and I need to do some studying for that as well.
Anyways, time for me to go as lunch is over.
Take care and maybe I'll stop in over the weekend.
JP

[grayfox1119]

MIKE!!!!! What a groaner........!!!!!!! On that note, I need a tall root beer float !!!! Made it to 71F at 1pm!! WOW is it ever nice out. The alltime recors is 89F, we won't break that record for this date, and we won't get the great Blizzard of 1998 with 28" of snow either. I'll take this for March.

JP I see you have some of that nice warm air also. A nice day to sit out there with your book and study for the exam, but don't fall asleep, it is easy to do on such a warn day with light breezes.

I'm going back outside guys, too nice to be in the house today... gee, maybe I should plan a Garden RR !!

[Anonymous]

Good afternoon folks ! Cloe, how about a cold brewsky? I need one today. Just got home from burying my best friends mother, sad, but she isn't in misery anymore. It was good to see all my old school buddies.... just hate to see them under these circumstances.

grayfox1119, I've been pricing Garden RR stuff...... too much for my pocketbook right now. :-( But I would love to have one.

Ya'll have a great day.

[JimRCGMO]

Good Afternoon, Zoe, I’ll have a root beer float - almost downright warm out this afternoon! [yeah]

Hey guys, we’re going to have to do more posting if we’re going to hit the 1K page of posts before September, at this rate! [}:)][swg]

Got my tax return figured, and I do get a refund [yeah], but not as big as last year. So I guess that means I’m doing better than last year, right? [sigh][swg] But it will come in handy for a little more breathing space in the budget, and paying for my licensure test this fall.[tup]

DerJohn - I am impressed! I do believe you’ll tackle all kinds of electronics projects (you’ll notice I didn’t say anything about how successfully... [}:)] ) Best of luck with it, and let us know how it goes - you might have another forum topic out of that! [:-^] [:-^] [:-^]

TrolleyRob, not to worry about my stopping looking at train shows and eBay - when I have the money I just figure how much I want to spend, and I take that much (plus lunch/dinner money) with me. Works much better than the plastic - less shock afterward (when the bill arrives! [:O]). Some stuff - like the Ernst gear sets for my RDC’s - I don’t find at the train shows, so I search on eBay for that, or watch for them to go on sale at Walthers...


PhillipC., that’s a good site - I think I’d seen some of the other pages there, but must have missed the asphalt roads page. Thanks!

Attaboy - and I hope that at least some of those DVD movies are train ones! Good to hear your eyes are progressing nicely, even if the same can’t be said of your layout for now... [(-D]

Fergie - good to hear that you haven’t been totally corrupted by your Dad’s diesels (not just yet, anyway)...[swg] Good to hear about his progress with the shunts. [tup] Congrats to your #1 son - is Chief Scouter like the (U.S.) Boy Scouts’ Eagle Scout award (i.e., the highest rank in Scouting itself)? (I see Chuck asked about the same thing, Figure in another page or so, I’ll find your answer. Good luck with finding an excellent suitably MESS’ed 2-10-2! If you’re going to be out at sea for the rest of the year, you could even get a kit for that loco. [;)] Hey, I’ve seen some of your past shipboard projects - you could probably do it! [:)]

Trent, I’m no expert on Digitrax, but a lot of the guys in our MRR club use it, so I could act as a go-between for you. What kind of questions do you have - or email them to me, since club meeting is Monday night and I can ask them there.

RT - I’m sure you must be frustrated and anxious with all the questions on your surgery (yeah, just a bit, right?). Hang in there, and know that we’re all pulling for you here in the Shop (and in our prayers, as well). [angel][angel][angel]

[#welcome] back, Ryan, GREAT to hear you guys are in your new place and jobs (and that the cash flow is more in your favor now). Good that you’ve located the LHS’es (including one with some nice bargains and stuff [yeah]) And in answer to your decision question - “It’s your layout, man!” Go for what you’d like to do, and how much you’re willing to do if you change roads/equipment with the new layout area. Great to hear you have more MRR room - Imminent Domain! [swg]

Inch, hadn’t seen the Wooden Bowl for a while - thanks for posting that! Oh, almost forgot - thanks for the pics of the baggage/MOW car.

Hey, JP - I only put my beverage on your tab! [:O] Anyone else’s is their own doing and I didn’t tell them I was buying anything! Help - Chloe, vouch for me here, I think I’ve been framed!

Guys, on the counting cars (or engines) thing - I figure that if I only have one of an engine or car, I must need more of that, just for backups if it needs to be repaired, right? [(-D] (Tee hee...) A guy can never have too many freight cars - or diesels, or steam locos (need at least one extra for spare parts, right?), or passenger train options (let’s see, heavyweights, streamlined, RDC’s,...) [swg]

[#welcome]EMDGP92! You don’t really need to read all 991 pages, y’know! And it’ll be better for your eyes if your don’t try to read even most of them...[:O] Probably just read through at most, the past dozen or so and you’ll catch most of the people who are in here fairly often, and you can figure out the rest of things as you go. Have a cup on me - just tell one of our virtual servers, Zoe or Chloe (the twins) what you’d like to drink.

Inch, that last one was a groaner! Think I’ll have to pass that one on to some of my other friends...[}:)][swg]

Got called out early this a.m. (about 1 to 5 a.m.). This was after one of my neighbors wanted to sit by the corner of the building (right outside my bedroom windows) (10:30-11:15 p.m. or so) and talk and cut up - right when I was trying to get some sleep. [:(!] As I was opening the window to yell at them (and then call the police for being so noisy), the person with the vehicle backed out of our parking lot, and things (finally!) quieted down. [censored] noisy neighbors.... I was thinking about making a lot of noise when I had to go out to (or when I came back in from) the assessment(s) I had to do. Luckily for them, I didn’t, but I definitely felt like a grouch about them. (okay, end of rant[soapbox])

Well, going to go back home and maybe catch a nap before dinner. I got almost a couple of hours of sleep after my call out this a.m., and then went to get laundry done. So I want to get my full night’s sleep before I loose that hour of sleep Sat. night.

Everyone take care of yourselves (and your families), and keep on MRR’ing!

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[Noah Hofrichter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by KenLarsen

Now U see me, now U don't

Hello coffee crew,

I've been AWOL from here the past month or two for a variety of excuses reasons, I guess mostly because of being out in the garage or at the workbench. Can't build a layout and hang out online at the same time.

Ken, I think you're on to something there...... This may explain why I haven't got as much done on the module and layout as I would like![;)] I'm going to have to look into this thing you call "working on the layout." I really haven't tried it since I found the forums, or at least not like I used too.

Noah

[inch53]

afternoon all, nother cffee Cleo
Just a quick stop in, need to get ready to run over to the hospital after while. I said J Bird was sick yesterday. Tonight she has an over night stay and she wants her papa. They think she has pheinonia not bad yet[ i know the spelling not right].

THE RABBIT JOKE ;; I know it was a groamer, but like CAPE JIM, had to pass it on. The devil made me do it ( flip wilson) (it's JERRY's fault).

laters
inch

[rtraincollector]

[}:)]<-- = INCH (for that joke)

eveing all hows it going all seems fine here now. counting down the days about 4 1/2 to go to .[%-)] Yes the sooner the better just like to get it done and overwith.

Think I'll go watch the tube for a while not much happening here. talk to you all later

[egmurphy]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,

Well, I suppose I'm overdue for a trip report on our trip to Mexico City last weekend. I did get in more railfanning than I expected. So below you'll see some of the shots from the trip. The shots of the old bridge come later.

But first I have to make one comment:

QUOTE: ***: we are now on RED alert for all the state...

Should that read Red Sox alert??? After all, we're only a couple of days away from the opening game. Got to see how the new team performs. Schilling opening the first game, Manny and Big Papi back, with that new infield. We'll see.


Anyway, we now return you to talk of railroading:

Well we were back in Mexico City again last weekend, and I had a chance to do a bit more railfanning. So let me share a few shots with you.

First, for the steam fans, an old narrow gauge (3’) 1899 Alco built 2-8-0, that used to run on the old Ferrocarril Interoceanico. It’s on display (static, unfortunately) in front of the Monumento de la Revolution, which is just about a half mile from the main plaza in the center of Mexico City.




Then we headed back out to Lecheria, a real good spot to see trains, about 20 km north of the city. This is the same place we railfanned a few weeks ago. Saw lots of action in only 2-3 hours. First, here’s Ferromex SD40-2 #3150 southbound.




Then we had FTVM “FerroValle” (Ferrocaril y Terminal del Valle de Mexico) MP15-AC #9814 working the local spur. Here are two shots. Not a paint scheme you’ll see up here. By the way, this is the same crew that took my picture (on another engine) in the same spot a few weeks ago.






More Ferromex, this time northbound with a pair of C30-Super7R’s #3719 and 3723 (still in the FNM ‘Smurf’ paint scheme).




This pair of FTVM Sw1504’s #8835/8845 were assembling a train from the local yard. They managed to block the crossing that we were at for over a half hour. Pull ahead, back up until you almost clear the crossing….. but not quite, ahead a bit, back….. Didn’t bother me, of course, but there were a lot of unhappy locals.




Although FTVM is the local terminal railroad that handles incoming and outgoing train classification and makeup for Ferromex, KCSdeM and FerroSur, they also handle a lot of local industry servicing. Here’s one of their road engines, a B23-7 #9162, heading towards Mexico City with a short train of just cement hoppers from Cementos Anahuac.




Here’s a shot of the cars.




And to top it off, the train sported an old NdeM caboose!!! I have no idea (at this time) of when they use cabooses and when not.




Here are a pair of FTVM B23-7’s #9138 & 10026 running light back towards Mexico City. #9138 is the one that the local crew was using a couple of weeks ago. These are still in the FNM 2 tone blue ‘Smurf’ paint scheme. When FNM was privatized and their locos distributed among the 4 major roads, lots weren’t repainted, and just carry a small logo indicating which of the roads they belong to.




And just as we were about to leave, here came FVTM C30-Super7R #14516 northbound. That’s quite a popular locomotive down here.





In any case, there you go with a fix of railroading south of the border. There’s more. The purpose of the trip to Mexico City was to go on a railfan trip to see part of the first railroad line opened in Mexico (originally opened in 1873) including the old Metlac bridge. We got some good shots, but I’ll rest my typing finger before I report on that part of the trip.

Best regards

Ed

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53

Dinner time, I'll have a ham n cheese on rye an coffee Zoe
Got back from Effingham abit ago. A freind of mine moved his VA appointment over there and he had never been, so I rode over to show him how to get there and even got my labs done for next week. Got a few photos on the way back to post later if they'er anygood.

JERRY sent me good joke,

THE RABBIT AND THE BLONDE ;; A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit jump out across the middle of the road. He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the rabbit jumps right in front of the car. The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulls over and gets out to see what has become of the rabbit. Much to his di smay, the rabbit is dead. The driver feels so awful that he begins to cry. A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway sees a man crying on the side of the road and pulls over. She steps out of the car and asks the man what's wrong. "I feel terrible," he explains, "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it." The blonde says, "Don't worry." She runs to her car and pulls out a spray can. She walks over to the limp, dead rabbit, bends down, and sprays the contents onto the rabbit. The rabbit jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them and hops off down the road. Ten feet away the rabbit stops, turns around and waves again, he hops down the road another 10 feet, turns and waves, hops another ten feet, turns and waves, and repeats this again and again and again, until he hops out of sight. The man is astonished. He runs over to the woman and demands, "What is in that can? What did you spray on that rabbit?" The woman turns the can around so that the man can read the label.
It says..
(Are you ready for this)
It says, "Hair Spray - Restores life to dead hair, and adds permanent wave."

don't blame me
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Sooo,....I liked the wooden bowl story.........[:D]

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning ! from Indiana. [:D]



Have a cup !