York1 hon30critter Dianne and I just got back from dinner at The Keg where we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary, Dave! Hope you enjoy many more years together.
hon30critter Dianne and I just got back from dinner at The Keg where we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
Happy anniversary, Dave! Hope you enjoy many more years together.
I will second that!
I am a bit sad today as I always am on the 15th. of August..... My wonderful wife died 34 years ago today........ Still looking for a replacement that might be anywhere as wonderful a lady.
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
hon30critterDianne and I just got back from dinner at The Keg where we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary.
York1 John
Good Sunday morning, diners. I'll have coffee please, Chloe. I'll have donuts later.
It was a late night last night -- got home at 2:00 a.m. from visiting family. It was just me and the trucks on the Interstate.
In 1956, my grandfather in Tacoma, Washington, was very sick. My mother and I boarded UP's City of Portland in Grand Island, Nebraska, to go see him. Two nights on the train!
I think this trip was one of the main reasons that I love trains today. I especially liked flushing the train toilets and seeing the tracks running underneath! I also learned what finger bowls were in the dining car.
Have a good Sunday, everyone.
Track fiddlerI never was a big fan of Spam
Oh.... I love it!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcY3W5WgNU
Good morning
It's great to hear that you and the wife are still having such a wonderful time on your holiday Bear I look forward to seeing your pictures when you get back in a couple of weeks
I never was a big fan of Spam but I enjoyed Spamfest, all the scenery and the clickety clacks Ed
Have a great Sunday gentleman
TF
A little entertainment with your Sunday Morning breakfast:
Wonderful camera and editing work, sound dubbing and model making!
Cheers, Ed
Track fiddler And where is Our Friend Bear by the way?
And where is Our Friend Bear by the way?
This is the first proper holiday Her-in-Doors and I have taken in 20 years!!!! Should be back home in 12 days.
Will bore you all silly with holiday photos!!!
Kia kaha, Cheers the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Track fiddlerWhat a cutie Kevin! You're a lucky dad!
All the girls have my wife's DNA, so they were destined to be adorable, but with my big feet!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I'm way late hitting the rack so Nighty night to you Kids
Tomorrow
SeeYou190
gmpullman Today starts the photos of the period 1950 to 1980? CBQ, Chicago, Illinois, 1951 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr Lots happening in this era. Railroads have pretty much arrived at the conclusion that the "Post-War" boom is going to look more like a bust. Especially for passenger. AM, Fargo, North Dakota, 1972 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr NYC, Marion, Ohio, 1955 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr Three of the "Too Big To Fail" railroads, The Pennsylvania, New York Central and the New Haven will have merged, then disappeared into Conrail, only to have Conrail itself disappear in 1999. Penn Central only lasted from 1968 to 1976. AMTK/PC, St. Louis, Missouri, 1972 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr Regards, Ed
Today starts the photos of the period 1950 to 1980?
CBQ, Chicago, Illinois, 1951 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Lots happening in this era. Railroads have pretty much arrived at the conclusion that the "Post-War" boom is going to look more like a bust. Especially for passenger.
AM, Fargo, North Dakota, 1972 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
NYC, Marion, Ohio, 1955 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Three of the "Too Big To Fail" railroads, The Pennsylvania, New York Central and the New Haven will have merged, then disappeared into Conrail, only to have Conrail itself disappear in 1999. Penn Central only lasted from 1968 to 1976.
AMTK/PC, St. Louis, Missouri, 1972 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
Perfect Ed and I thank you. I always enjoy what you post.
I'll opt for the green machine
As we move to the next era, my middle baby waves goodbye to 1900-1950 from a period appropriate passenger car.
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilde, coffee with cream, please.
Kevin: Belated sorry to hear about your sister in law. For what it's worth, hospice care is a pretty good thing. They make every attempt to make a patient as comfortable as possible without resorting to aggressive treatment. It gives the patient the chance to have some dignity in an unfortunate situation.
Don't have anything to report MRR wise, but I'm enjoying all the posts. MR did an article with plans on the CB&Q 2-10-4s in the October 1961 issue. The Q had two versions, one with Elesco feedwater heaters and one without. Both were fairly attractive locomotives for lack of a better word.
Humidity has been terrible here lately. Today was a nice breezy less humid day.
Hope all is well for everyone.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
CNCharlie I got out my Dad's watch, gave it a wind and it works fine. He got it in 1943 before he went overseas. It is a Rolex but doesn't look like current models.
My dad had two Rolex watches. One my grandmother brought back from Europe for him, and the other was a 1941 model from the year he was born.
That 1941 Rolex looks nothing like more modern Rolex watches. I have that one, my older sister has the other watch.
Go back and zoom in on the picture Garry.
The engineer of the locomotive had fell asleep and his head was tilted down as you can see by his hat. I don't think the bike rider was lucky or anything, just kinda stupid because those things come through as steady as they go anyway even if the driver is awake
Good Evening,
Hot here today and for the next few days, about 95F or so.
Today I got out my watch to time the patties I was about to grill and it wouldn't wind, like the main spring was broken. I wore it a couple of days ago and all was well. I bought it in 1976 so it isn't that old. It is a Tudor watch and yes it is a manual wind. I hope it can be fixed. I got out my Dad's watch, gave it a wind and it works fine. He got it in 1943 before he went overseas. It is a Rolex but doesn't look like current models.
Nothing much new here. Lots of birds in the yard which along with the squirrels keep us entertained. I have a few house maintenace jobs to do but can't get motivated.
Nothing happening on the layout either. I keep thinking I'll run a train tonorrow but the Pacific pulling a mixed is still at the water tower. Maybe it is empty what with the drought we are having.
At least I have my health, so far.
CN Charlie
Heartland Division CB&Q TF .... I like the old Zephyr photo. The bike rider should be more careful. Here is a CB&Q 2-10-4 which was often used for coal trains.
TF .... I like the old Zephyr photo. The bike rider should be more careful.
Here is a CB&Q 2-10-4 which was often used for coal trains.
Yes he should have Garry and I like your 2-10-4
A beautiful steam locomotive always has a great nose.
And a beautiful nose at that!
Dianne and I just got back from dinner at The Keg where we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. Nice food, good service, and we had a $100.00 gift certificate from our son and daughter-in-law to cover part of the cost. The restaurant gave us free dessert in honour of the occasion so we came home stuffed!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Howdy ...
Kevin .... those are nice family photos.
John .... That is a good picture of the UP main line.
....
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
SeeYou190I am buckling down for a couple of stormy days. Storm readiness is not what it used to be. Now that I have Cat 5 windows, rear slider, and garage door, all I need to do to prepare for a storm is bring in the trash cans.
The storm has turned, so the conditions will be OK tomorrow.
We had a brief period of high winds this morning. One of my neighbor's Mimosa trees blew over into my yard. I cut it up and it is in the back of the truck right now.
We had rain for a few hours, but nothing bad. Rain and wind were seperate from one another.
There is supposed to be a distant feeder band move through tonight, but it is just a rain event.
So we can add this storm to the "no big deal" column.
Track fiddlerI don't know Kevin but I do. There's a country singer that has a song "Who Needs Pictures with a memory like mine" or something like that. So true! I've had four phones that something happened to and all my pictures were lost.
The thing is, nearly all the pictures I have to go through are pictures of my kids. I would never have sent any relatives pictures of my layout under construction.
I failed badly at taking pictures of construction, but film and developing cost money, and the girls were the photographic topic of choice.
So, SGRR #3 shows up in the background of pictures of kids, like this one. However, the most grand version of the the SGRR was #2, and it was in a dedicated room where the kids were not allowed, so no pictures of the kids with SGRR #2.
I took lots of pictures of the girls on my motorcycles. It never occured to me to take pictures of them on the layouts.
The only pictures I have of my motorcycles have the kids in them!
The girls would be mad if they knew I was sharing pictures where you can see their feet. The poor things all got my giant feet!
Last I understood he was on holiday but who could be on a holiday this long?
Maybe I should take a few lessons from the Bear for a more extended vacation when he gets back
yes
I don't know Kevin but I do.
There's a country singer that has a song "Who Needs Pictures with a memory like mine" or something like that.
So true! I've had four phones that something happened to and all my pictures were lost.
Or were they?
All those pictures are imprinted in my memory and I don't need the media ones anymore. I like to remember the ones that put a smile on my face
Although I do wish I could dig up a few of those old Kodak ones from back in the day to show others
I look for some of those really old pictures and I know they're somewhere but every year I still cannot find them
They will always be in my memory though
I have gone through the 20,000+ pictures I received from relatives.
Unfortunately, I have no pictures of the N scale "Dream House" version of the STRATTON AND GILLETTE. I was afraid of that. Randy told me he thought he took some, but he cannot find them.
I am not sure I ever took any pictures of the layout. This was pre-digital, and there were very few finished scenes. I doubt I would have processed film for that.
I did find a few pictures of our kids taken in the house. There were a few details I had forgotton about the dream house.
The house had wood panelling in the living room and green carpeting. It also had terrible linoleum in the entry, kitchen, and bathrooms. The bathrooms had the worst wall paper. I forgotten all of this.
It is amazing how memories change when there are no photographs to remind me of the reality.
MisterBeasley When I was a young man and cars were simpler, I did all my own repairs and maintenance. Yeah, I always carried a lot of tools.
When I was a young man and cars were simpler, I did all my own repairs and maintenance.
Yeah, I always carried a lot of tools.
When I was a young man and cars were simpler, I did all my own repairs and maintenance. I knew everything about my first two cars, a Triumph Spitfire and an MGB, both two-seat convertibles. I rebuilt the engine on the Spitfire, and even replaced a push rod on busy Route 128 in Massachusetts.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
The storm conditions are starting to build up. Power will probably be cutting out and backin again for the next couple of days.
I need to bring the trash cans in.
York1I used to drive a Toyota that broke down every time I went out-of-town. I can drive the same route now and point out every place along the highway where I conked out. I finally sold that stupid car for $15 to a guy who wanted the seats.
This was my favorite beater. I bought this car for $300.00 from a person I worked with. I kept it for almost ten years. It never failed to start, and only broke down if I tried to drive it out of town.
BATMANYep, planet Earth has a way of looking after herself.
I think it was George Carlin that said, "The planet is fine, the people are .......!" He said a lot of truths in potent ways.
Mid August is always difficult for me.... Tomorrow my wife will have left this world 34 years ago....... Still miss her!
Bucking the trend, I had a good day yesterday. When I was a kid, my older brother turned 13 on Friday the 13th.
I used to drive a Toyota that broke down every time I went out-of-town. I can drive the same route now and point out every place along the highway where I conked out. I finally sold that stupid car for $15 to a guy who wanted the seats. It hadn't run in eight months.
This is along the UP mainline in 1920: