Steam Trains in Tuscany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g__D0dNB2AI&ab_channel=d-uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr5Cl69iwDU&ab_channel=d-uk
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Benvenuti in Torino.
Espresso coffee please, Brunhilda.
All this talk of snow.
Neve a Torino/Snow in Turin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeXHrhzrVYE&ab_channel=CityExplorer4K
Turin in a Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V2Pfw_G9w0&ab_channel=RebinHadad
Track fiddlerMakes me wonder if I can find one of those in N scale
https://www.scaletrains.com/fox-valley-models-n-scale-ge-es44ac-bnsf-25th-anniversary-heritage-iii.html
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
The Burlington Route was hiding and I couldn't make out the SP&S behind the railing on the first photo.... Now I can. That 25th anniversary BNSF Loco is SWEET!
Makes me wonder if I can find one of those in N scale
TF
P.S. Clicked on to zoom in and found Sam's slideshow of all the different views
Track fiddlerNever seen a BNSF locomotive with all the road logos from which she came from Ed.....COOL!
Their 25th anniversary loco. Nice touch!
BNSF 6022 West by Sam Brodersen, on Flickr
Bnsf 6017.. by Shane, on Flickr
Ed
Good evening
Track fiddler Guess I was quite the talented engineer when just a young lad as well Bear I reckon we all were!! Though building sturdy bridges from sand was a challenge!!
Track fiddler Guess I was quite the talented engineer when just a young lad as well Bear
I reckon we all were!! Though building sturdy bridges from sand was a challenge!!
moelarrycurly4we got our first snow of the season today.
One for TF:
5-15-21, BNSF ES44AC 6022 by OHFalcon72, on Flickr
BNSF must have had some leftover decals in their drawer?
Transport_Italia by Edmund, on Flickr
Enjoy your weekend —
Cheers, Ed
we got our first snow of the season today. 2 inches. which was 2 inches more than they said. this storm fooled the weather guessers. and surprise it has stayed around all day and not melted off.
Torino/Turin.
For the car guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upjIEmUiOf8&ab_channel=BerlinettaFilms
Sights of Turin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNnNmrufHrA&ab_channel=GoTravelPlanet
Track fiddlerGuess I was quite the talented engineer when just a young lad as well Bear
“Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it.”-Evel Knievel
Good morning
Finally understand the sandpit Guess I was quite the talented engineer when just a young lad as well Bear
A nice photo of your Dad Ed. Well, that explains how you got your handsome looks then. Must give you a good feeling passing down some of your more meaningful Heritage.
Having an extended coffee this morning. The stuff in the lobby is better than the sticks and twigs in the room
Waiting for sleepy head to wake up so we can go down to get our free breakfast. She's known to sleep in on her day off. Especially after our friends showed up down the hall last night, ...She may have had a bit wilder one than me...
Hope I'm not repeating anyone's video and I do apologize if so.
https://youtu.be/LFb7lEGch6E
Have a great Saturday gentlemen
Good morning!
I'm not usually up this early, and I certainly haven't started my coffee and taken my morning old man pills. But today the dishwasher is empty and the cats are fed. The GF has taken the dog to the kennel, and will be back shortly. I'll have breakfast ready to start (bacon, eggs and toasted too-healthy fancy English muffins). Bags are packed.
We're off on the Bourbon Trail! I'm not sure about the Wifi or how much downtime I'll have, so don't send out the St. Bernards for nine days. It's 70 degrees here in Delaware, but we've seen forecasts of snow for Kentucky.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Benvenuti in Turin/Torino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRgrYfIR-MI&ab_channel=Revisionee
Stazione Porta Nuovo, Turin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP8ly9L4f58&ab_channel=CityExplorer4K
Back later.
I got to thinking that I rather suspect that all service personnel, especially those who made up the “citizern armies”, would be very displeased with the current extreme divisiveness amongst ffolkes who should know better. It wasn’t what they were fighting for!
I sure hope recent events are at least a small sign that things may be returning what would be considered "normal" or at least trying to maintain an even keel.
“Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.”
D.D.E. 1954
Dear old Dad:
JJT_181crop by Edmund, on Flickr
JJT_181st-inf by Edmund, on Flickr
I just passed his medals, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star among them, on to my older son. Honor and remembrance is the least we can do.
Regards, Ed
Good night
Just stopped in to see what's cooking before hitting the rack. Not much as I see its been awfully quiet in here. Speaking of cooking, ...I wonder what David made for breakfast over there across the pond. Could go for a midnight snack
Nice Italian train pics Dave and nice ta see ya.
Well, that's about it as starting at 4:00 AM makes for a long day.
Nighty night Kids
Italy still has a number of classic steam trains in service. Here is an overall view:
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/best-old-fashioned-train-rides-italy
Here are a few of the highlights:
The Sila Railway:
The D'orcia Valley train:
The Ritten Narrow Gauge railway:
The Buggerru's mine train:
You can read about each of these railways here:
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I seem to avoid the expressways like it's the plague when I can. Don't care if it takes longer to get somewhere as I'm not in a hurry anymore.
Rather be traveling like this though!
https://youtu.be/VQXRwKJJMRQ
Thanks, TF. I'll get through this. My wife carries the biggest burden, as she has to do all the highway driving. Living in SW Kansas, there is a lot of highway driving...
Thanks for sharing Mr B. Certaily must have been hard times losing your Dad, both of you at such a young age. We all love the best teachers that had the most impact building integrity and good fundamentals in us. One of those two teachers was Dad
Wising you the best with your corrective eye surgery TC.
Judy always pulls surprises out of her hat like she did after we got back from Fort Snelling today. She earned a free hotel room at the Bloomington Hilton for excellent work performance.
Not the biggest room we've had but nice. The funny thing is it's only three blocks from our place. We could have walked here if it hadn't got so darn cold so fast
There's a view of the Reserve and the Highland Park Ski Slopes. They're making snow over there.
The view to the north you can see the city of Minneapolis if you zoom in to the top right. It's about 11 miles away as you wouldn't be able to see it but we're on the 10th floor.
Have a great night gentleman
Had a follow up with my eye surgeon on Tuesday. I have had a noticeable decline in the vision in my surgically repaired eye since my last visit in August. He noted that the graft was healing as it was supposed to, but what was a small cataract in August is now a large cataract. The pressure in that eye has also increased to the point that I will need to put in drops twice a day.
I still have sutures in the eye that will come out in January; then the eye can be measured and tested in March in preparation for cataract surgery.
I am now in month 15 since the graft failed, and 10 months post op. I am looking at another 6 months before my eye can be corrected. That sounds really depressing, but I remind myself every day that modern medicine is able to correct everything that has gone wrong, it just takes time.
It has done it again. This afternoon I was on the previous page. Now at the top.
TOP OF THE PAGE.
IMG_2255 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Good afternoon. A blustery day.
Not Italian, but two pieces of music I love.
Hope you do also.
Sailing By - by Ronald Binge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0mjPpCsks&list=RDIc0mjPpCsks&start_radio=1&ab_channel=DannyW
and Elizabethan Serenade - by Ronald Binge. The first time I heard this it was sung in German
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XgbIhlOvk&list=RDIc0mjPpCsks&index=2&ab_channel=MarinovanWakeren
and in German. Still got the record.
Track fiddler Today I always go to the Fort Snelling Sea Of Stones to visit my step Dad that Served as a Marine Sargent. This year, unfortunately, will be visiting two Dads as I had to say goodbye to my biological Father this year that Served in the Navy. TF
Today I always go to the Fort Snelling Sea Of Stones to visit my step Dad that Served as a Marine Sargent. This year, unfortunately, will be visiting two Dads as I had to say goodbye to my biological Father this year that Served in the Navy.
You're lucky to have been able to know them for so many years as an adult, one man to another. My own Dad died of cancer when I was only 23. He served in Africa as a member of the old Army Air Corps in World War 2.
Good Morning,
Remembrance Day here. I'm reading Dad's Flying Log. He was a Bomb Aimer in a Halifax and flew in 77th Squadron based in Full Sutton, Yorkshire. Not a lot of detail in the log but incidences are noted, such as 'attacked by ME110. What is surprising is how long each mission was with most at least 6 hours and a few over 8. He was lucky. He told me that once on the flight home the 2 planes flying beside them were shot down but then the German fighter left. He thought it was because they were firing at it. The flight home was dangerous as many let down their guard but they did not. At age 31 he was the oldest officer flying in the Squadron and their pilot was a year younger. Dad was the 'second officer' in the plane as they flew without a co- pilot. Dad was co-pilot for takeoff and landing.
Got a blast of winter last night. A storm came from the south and we got about 6 inches of the white stuff. High today of 25F so it won't be melting and may not until next April. I was out before sunrise shovelling spots for the Juncos. Such devotion to our feathered friends deserves a reward and I will give myself one in the form of another coffee.
CN Charlie
Today commemorates the Honor and Respect all our Veterans deserve. Goes without saying 365 days a year 24/7.
Frequently I get invited to the Bloomington VFW for Saturday or Sunday morning brunch. That Post has an olive drab helicopter from the Korean War parked sideways with the tail rudder over the front door. There's usually one or more Vets in uniform that I always shake hands with and Thank Them for their Service.
Benvenuti in Piemonte/Piedmont, Italy.
I'll have some cheeses and meats in a salad and a bottle of Barolo wine please, Zoe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbM__BU_eZk&ab_channel=LangheProperty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNyCC7hanbE&ab_channel=VisforVinoWineShow
"The brave they die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men."
Poppy Flowers Desktop Wallpapers 9 by David Harrison, on Flickr
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Attuvian1It's a fabulous photo, and a fitting tribute.
Thanks Attuvian. read more about Doughboy Joe here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_F._Ambrose
The photo is in the Public Domain through the National Archives.
Joseph Ambrose wore his old Army 'doughboy' uniform and carried his son's flag often to Veterans Day parades and VFW conventions. He confessed that some years he had to go on a crash diet to squeeze back into it. But he did it to honor the veterans of the Korean and the Vietnam wars, wars he believed America was trying then to forget. He wanted to remind us of an important truth: that no matter the outcome of a war, those who answer the call of duty and risk everything to defend America deserve the respect of a grateful nation.
gmpullman SeeYou190 Can somebody else open the Weekend Photo Fun thread? Although I don't really have much "new" to offer since I'm still in the groove of upgrading DCC locomotives, not very photogenic, I'll open the WPF this weekend, Kevin. Joseph Ambrose, WWI by Edmund, on Flickr Thank you to all our Allied Veterans out there. Armistice Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Day — Thank you all. Cheers, Ed
SeeYou190 Can somebody else open the Weekend Photo Fun thread?
Although I don't really have much "new" to offer since I'm still in the groove of upgrading DCC locomotives, not very photogenic, I'll open the WPF this weekend, Kevin.
Joseph Ambrose, WWI by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank you to all our Allied Veterans out there. Armistice Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Day — Thank you all.