Heartland Division CB&Qou said you visited this lake as a kid in the 1970's. The lake would have been very new at the time. The dam on the Cumberland River was completed in 1966 which created Lake Barkley. With 90 square miles, it is a large man-made lake.
I do not have any crystal clear memories of the lake. I do remember my uncle talking about how it was the longest/skinniest man made lake in the world. My memories from my youth might not be all that clear, but I do remember having a lot of fun there when I was young.
My Uncle moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s, and that fun ended too soon.
Kentucky Trainpark: This museum has a beautiful old depot and a restored E unit.
I found it interesting that the EMD data plate described the locomotive as an 0-6-6-0 instead of an A1A-A1A.
There is also a model train layout inside.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
MLC
Thanks for the feedback. Your comment actually did ring a bell in my head. My brother is usually extremely busy during the week but I always talk to him on the weekends. I'm looking forward to discussing the tilt shift lens with him.
For the record, I don't know if you guys remember a while back, the discussion of his rope hair dread locks. I didn't see him much back then and always wondered if that was a wig. I guess that really was his own hair. He had it cut off carefully and saved it when he decided to get his act together.
He used to be quite the skateboarder so it all makes sense. He was a dude back then It's kind of funny, I guess he still puts it on sometimes when he's feeling a little Wanky
Mike
I hope your dogs okay. I've always been a dog man and looked at your dog's picture. I like him, How could you not like that happy face? I hope he's okay, Maybe he was just sick to his stomach. Sometimes my Nellie used to act like that and she'd go outside and eat some grass and throw up. Then she was just fine, I hope it's just something like that.
TF
Post-hog
Man Kevin
In past photos you have always come across as this Burly Guy that someone would think twice about messing with. But I must admit you look like a little kid standing in front of that F7 though
Thanks for the pics
Heartland Division CB&QI had a dome car photo to post in the Show Me thread, but could not log in and post it. Now, it has another topic.
Garry: I just fixed it for you!
Good morning.
We have a bad storm about midnight last night. Several weeks ago we had a storm with wind gusts to over 80 mph. That took care of a lot of weak or old trees. Last night, the winds were around 60 mph, and some more trees suffered. I've spent the morning cleaning the yard and made two trips to the landfill. I'm going to start on the backyard after I cool off a bit.
My brother-in-law has a large boat at Lake Cumberland (I'm pretty sure that's the name of the lake, but I could be wrong). He lives in Bowling Green, but he spends weekends on the boat, kind of like if it was a cabin. I guess that's why it's called a cabin cruiser.
A few more minutes inside, then back out into the heat and humidity. The chainsaw is getting a good workout.
York1 John
York1The chainsaw is getting a good workout.
I looked at my Royal Ponciana this morning, and it looks like a big shaggy dog! I will be trimming it down this afternoon.
Going to need to break out my chainsaw... I hope it starts.
I don't know what I did to log on, but it worked this time. Being on a cheap tablet, my usual bag of tricks is unavailable.
There's a low pressure area offshore and the media are making it sound like a big deal. It's not, but they never let even a mediocre crisis go to waste.
Hey, I just noticed that the annoying bottom-of-the-screen popups are gone. If that's permanent, thank you.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good afternoon
I tried to beat the heat this morning when I went out around 11 to organize my truck and trailer. I dumped all the buckets and totes of product and hardware all over the parking lot. I organized everything so I can put the stuff to use, now that I know where everything is. I had a contractor bag almost full I threw in the dumpster, good riddance. I didn't beat the heat but at least I got that done.
I've been drying out in the air conditioning and resting my aching back that bent over about 300 times. For the last hour I've been surfing through eBay. I told Kevin a few days ago he was creating a monster when I found out there are cars there.
Why did I have to find this! The 1972 Gran Torino. These cars are a combination of muscle and luxury. A cruiser for comfort. She's going for 14,900, so they might consider 12 13.
I'm seriously contemplating it. One of my top three all-time favorite Muscle Machines. My second-favorite is the 1970 Cuda but those were way too expensive. I'll probably come to my senses as this is not like buying a CN N scale F7
That don't confront the fact that I want another big toy though
MisterBeasleyI don't know what I did to log on, but it worked this time.
Afternoon Folks!
I sent an email to Customer Service at Kalmbach about the problem and got this back. "We are currently working to apply a fix to our sites. In the meantime, please delete cookies from within your internet Browser. You will then be able to log into the sites with your existing email and browser." I earlier deleted the cache and the cookies and that is how I got back online here this morning.
Just thought I would pass this on to you folks....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Track fiddlerI'm seriously contemplating it. One of my top three all-time favorite Muscle Machines. My second-favorite is the 1970 Cuda but those were way too expensive.
TF and Kevin, you've got me thinking about high school cars. I knew a kid who had one of these in blue. It was parked in our high school parking lot, and everyone who saw it thought the same thing: "I wish that was mine." I remember he had a string of beer pop tabs hanging from the rear seat coat hanger. The ultimate in cool.
I did not own a car until I graduated from college. While that sounds unusual, back then quite a few kids I knew in college did not own cars. We wanted to, but our money went to tuition and beer.
First cars?
Ya' can't beat a Beetle!
IMG_0005 by Edmund, on Flickr
I didn't have any beer tabs in the back seat but I did carry a few quarts of SAE 30W and one of those push-in spouts. 1966 was the year the VW jumped in horsepower from 40 to FIFTY hp!
My next car was a 1963 Coupe deVille! ($200) Really stepping up in the world!
Cheers, Ed
York1TF and Kevin, you've got me thinking about high school cars.
My high school car was an MGB. Not exactly what you would call a muscle car! However, my older brother Richard had several friends who did drive some serious power. One had a Road Runner, another had an Olds 442 but my favourite was a 58 Chevy that was a total sleeper. To the uninitiated, it looked totally stock, even the hub caps. However, if you looked at it from behind you might notice that the rear tires were huge! I have no idea what size they were but I do know that the rear wheel wells had been widened considerably to accommodate them.
Before I got into Hondas several decades ago, I took my mostly crapped out cars to a shop that specialized in servicing drag racers. Why they tolerated my presence mystifies me, but it was sure an interesting place to visit! I used to kid the owner, Ed Shram, about what his test drives were like. They certainly didn't consist of a trip around the block. Half of the stuff wasn't street legal.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
My first car was a Renault R 6. I got after I graduated from German high school, but our friendship didn´t last very long, hardly a year. The whole thing was just a rust bucket, which started to fall apart, so it had to go to the scrapper.
Then I got this one:
A 1971 VW 1302L with the infamous, gas guzzling 1300cc 44HP engine, that liked to blow a gasket on the third cylinder. Kept it for quite some time.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Howdy
First cars ..... My first was a 55 Chevy station wagon my parents gave me which had been the family vehicle for a number of years. ....
...... I saved my money and purchsed a 1962 Impala convertible which looked very much like this '61 model on my layout. White with red interior.
Kevin ..... Thanks for the favor in the Show Me thread.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
In high school, my afterschool job was delivering prescriptions for a pharmacy.
The pharmacy had two VW beetles for us to drive for the deliveries. I learned to drive in that car. It was colder than heck in the winter.
Whatever anyone thought of that car, it had one thing going for it -- in first gear it could beat any other car off the line. For the first 15-20 feet, it was the fastest car I drove.
Cars,
My first car was a 16 foot wooden skiff, with a 1954 Johnson 10 HP. outboard. It was hard to go to a drive in with it.
herrinchoker
Top of the page, bars is open for those old enough to guzzle, Shirley Temples for them what ain't. Put it all on my tab.
Evening all.
My first wheels in High School, had to get to work somehow.
Then I bought myself this when I graduated High School. Ordered it right from the factory, paid cash. Spent as much again customizing it.
Babes O Plenty!
Sold another piece of property tonight that was part of this Estate I am looking after. UGH! I need a drink. I sold it to foreign investors and they were not nice people. Fortunatly my agent is a force to deal with and we got full price in the end.
I think I just need to watch the idiot box tonight as my brain is dead.... As it usually is.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
herrinchokerIt was hard to go to a drive in with it.
Yes, but there was a lot more room in the back seat!!
BATMANMy first wheels in High School, had to get to work somehow.
I was well out of high school when I bought my first Honda bike:
Magna_82 by Edmund, on Flickr
This was one smooth-running machine, though. I didn't have the same saddle accessories you did
gmpullmanI was well out of high school when I bought my first Honda bike:
My only Honda was a 1981 CB-900 that I bought for $1,500.00 in 1987.
I traded it in on a 1977 Harley-Davidson FXR Lowrider in 1990. That was the worst decision I ever made. That Honda was smooth, reliable, and fun to ride. The Harley was none of that... so I bought two more! A 1973 FLH Electraglide Dresser and a 1998 FLD Dynaglide Switchback.
So dumb. When I finally got rid of the last of them it was a great day.
Kentucky Railway Museum:
As usual, we were the only people there, and this was fine with me.
This museum has the only CF-7 I have ever seen. It does not look as weird in real life as it looks in model form. It is big and impressive.
It also has a BL-2 which I also have never seen in real life previously. I know it is very popular to call the BL-2 "ugly", but I like the styling. unfortunately, the way this one was positioned in the barn, I could not get a good picture of it.
There are some nice displays inside, and there are even some model trains. This "S" scale USRA pacific was beautiful enough to make by briefly consider switching scales.
The walkways to the equipment backshop and storage areas were all closed. It looked there was some interesting stuff going on. I did not have my 300mm lens with me, so this is the best picture I could get.
This is another museum that is worth a visit.
SeeYou190That was the worst decision I ever made. That Honda was smooth, reliable, and fun to ride.
I followed an almost similar path. After enjoying the smooth, four cylinder Magna I was convinced by a few fellows at w**k that I really needed a V-Twin so I searched around and found this machine:
ACE_crop by Edmund, on Flickr
I bought it in late May and, as an omen, it began to snow on the ride home from the dealer! By the time I got home there was wet, thick slush all over and I was soaked and frozen.
That engine rattled so bad you couldn't see anything in the mirrors since they were shaking so much! Over the next couple years I had three close-calls then finally a deer jumped right in front of me and down I went.
Rode it a few more times just to be sure I was done with it and, sure enough, I don't miss it one bit.
Never got the Harley bug. Quite a few times I heard guys around the shop griping about maintenance and repairs. Maybe they're better now, that was back in the late '90s.
That was my mid-life crisis in a nut shell.
LastspikemikeAt Napier there happens to be a viewpoint in a quiet residential neighbourhood from which you can look down on this container port from a very great height.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning
A pleasant sunrise again this morning. Another day off and only a half a day job tomorrow which is fine by me, I like semi-retirement. I need to find physical things to do frequently, otherwise I stiffen up like an old board
I worked nights for a period of time when I was remodeling pizza franchises in strip malls. I never liked turning my days and nights around. As Bear stated, I was glad when it was over. The new lease improvements, build-to-suit could be done during the day which was much better.
My dad who lived in Wisconsin had a VW Bug he picked us up in for our weekend visits. I remember I liked the sound of that thing. I was always good at sound effects and could imitate it pretty well. My older brother and I always fought over shotgun
My first car in high school was a big bomb, I guess my mother wanted me safe.
A 1972 455 Buick Centurion that looked very similar to this.
My first motorcycle was a popular mini bike.
Remember these? A 1970 Honda Trail 70 like this, they were quite popular, almost every kid had one.
Make it a great day everybody
Good Afternoon!
What a summer! We have the heater going full speed - without it, it would be just too damp and cold inside!
During my stay as an exchange student on Bainbridge Island, I bought a old ex-Army HD flathead, bike, which required some work to it, before I got it going. It needed all new rubber things, including the tires, for which I spent more money than the bike itself.nI worked on it for quite some time, but coud enjoy riding it ony for a few weeks, as I had to return to my home country. I left it up for grabs. One of my old high school pals took it and rode it for a while. BAck in Germany, I only rode a bike once, about 42 years ago. Never been on a bike since, motor bike that is.
TF - that bike was called Honda Dax in Germany, but it wasn´t really popular. As a 16 year old, you were limited to 50cc engines, for any "bigger" bike, you needed to be 18 and have a full motorcycle license. For a short period of time, Honda marketed a 50cc version limited to 40kph, but it was quite expensive compared to the more sought after brands of Kreidler, Zündapp or Herkules.
Good morning, Diners .... I'll have a donut and coffee, please.
Kevin .... I'm glad you posted pictures of KY Ry Museum. It has been several years since I have been there. We were making plans to go there this year, but delayed doing that becasue of the virus and social distancing. In past years, we rode on their excursion trains. One time, Thomas the Tank Engine was visiting and we rode with grandkids who are now in their upper teens. The CF7 was on the other end of the train doing the work.
Here is my photo of the BL2. I, too, do not think it is ugly.
This C&O Berkshire was moved last year to another location where it is to be rebuilt for excursion service.
This L&N business car looked nice to me.
I did not get a photo of L&N 770 which is an EMD E6. It was in horrible condition when I saw it. They said it was going to be repaired and repainted for static display.
I recall during the train ride with granddaughters from Cincinnati when they were 4 and 6 years old. We passed a string of rusted old railroad equipemnt including the E6. One granddaughter said "Grandpa needs to fix those trains." Laughable comment.
I'm taking a break -- I've been cutting wood since 6:00 a.m. Of course, I'll quit by noon and take a nap.
I've got the worst of the cuts made. One of the pine trees was 16" in diameter, and that was the worst for me. I finally cut it into one foot sections so I could pick them up and get them into the truck.
The chainsaw is working better than I am. It's 8:30, hot and humid, and I'm already worn out. I want to get this finished so I don't have to listen to someone I live with tell me I should hire it done. I just keep telling her it's good for me.
I've never had a motorcycle, and I've ridden one only once when I was about 17. I'm not sure why, but I've never had the desire to ride one. I'd probably have loved it if I had.
We get to Bowling Green, Kentucky, every few years to visit relatives. The next time I'm going to make sure to get to that museum.
Have a good day, everyone. It's time to get going again and take a load of wood to the landfill. It gives the chainsaw time to cool down.
Heartland Division CB&QI did not get a photo of L&N 770 which is an EMD E6. It was in horrible condition when I saw it. They said it was going to be repaired and repainted for static display.
The E-6 was beind the same row of debris and junk that made it impossible to get a full photo of the BL-2. Thank you for sharing your picture.
They have a few inspection holes cut into the carbody, and the diagonal supports are completely rusted away. This is going to need a lot of work just to become am enduring static display.
They also have this crane which is stitting outside and needs some serious attention. Again, sorry for the poor photo. I never have my 300mm lens when I need it.
This baggage car looked wonderful to me for some reason. The aged patina is perfect.
I did not see the L&N Business Car there. It is handsome.
Good Morning,
A nice sunny day here with a high of about 80F and not humid.
Kevin, you got some great photos on your recent trip. It must have been strange being virtually alone at those museums.
Things are slowly picking up here. Restaurants are at 50% and there's a lot more traffic on the streets. Stores seem fairly busy but not much sign of people wearing masks. Mind you we haven't had any new cases in our province for the past 9 days and there are only 5 active cases now. Our population is only 1.4 million of which half live in Winnipeg with the rest mostly spread out within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
We got Robbie groomed this week so he looks a lot less shaggy and I'm sure he is a lot cooler.
I put together a beach train on the layout which is a Pacific with a baggage car and a couple of coaches. It runs around as many times as I want it and then stops at the harbour where there is a small platform. The beach must be around the corner from the lighthouse. I'm only guessing as I can't see it.
As we are in the U.K. I think I'll have a cup of tea and a couple of shortbreads. The shortbread must be from Scotland as they make the best. Walkers is a good brand but there is a store here that has a private label version that is even better.
CN Charlie