Camping Coach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEI4YG4pLwc&ab_channel=AlanSnowdonArchive
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Happy Birthday MisterBeasley. You are a day older than me.
I'm glad to see your lawn is green, Brent. My lawn was brown yesterday, and today it's white. I'll have some of that fish when it's finished. Thanks!
York1 John
Good morning from the beautiful West Coast.
Got the first cut of the season done and the Daffodils are coming up. Sure glad Dad moved us out from Winnipeg when I was two.
Got the last of the downed trees cleaned up that came down in the ice storm just before Christmas. Others have the same idea as I can hear lots of chainsaws off in the distance. It is nice to be out in the yard with just a light hoodie on.
We have a busy weekend coming up so best get at it.
All the best to all.
Edit: I see I have tops. The farmer down the road owns three fishing boats and brings home a small part of the catch for us locals. He puts a small sign out to tell us when he has just come in. The sign is out! I will go grab a 20lb salmon for the barbie.
Help yourselves.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Well the email arrived this morning making it official. Trains dot com wished me a happy birthday, so get out the trombones be ause I'm 76 today.
Ever been to Stockbridge, Massachusetts? It's the home of the Norman Rockwell museum which houses much of his artwork. I spent some time there. Despite being the town described in Alice's Restaurant, there really aren't many tourist things there, so the museum was a good way to spend some time. As I sat on the large porch surrounding the Red Lion Inn later, I was people-watching and remembered that Rockwell used real locals from Stockbridge as his models. It looks like bloodlines breed true and many families have stayed in Stockbridge over the years, because I kept seeing characters from his paintings walking the streets or manning the small shops. Even the architecture of the town center maintains the charm and history of an old New England village.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
The electrician just came by to give the the estimate to replace the service entrance, meter box, and grounds.
Can't wait to find out how much this is going to cost...
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good Morning,
A cloudy day here but no snow.
Kevin, I think what looks to be a door above the door is a window. Old buildings often put large windows to provide light in stairways before electricity was available.
John, yesterday when I unloaded the grocery order there was two 1kg packages of bacon(4.5lbs,) . Nice lean stuff. I checked the bill and it was a free gift. I thought of you.
Off shortly to take wife to a doctor appointment.
Today I plan on doing some clean up in the garage before I put the car away. I opened the locker near where the engine is and a little mouse scurried away. I plan on putting a trap in there. I have one that is inside a housing so squirrels can't get at it. Won't tell my wife.
Time to go.
CN Charlie
Water Level RouteOur favorite campground. Been too long since we've been there.
Michigan has the most tourist-friendly State Park system I know of.
I need to get back there again.
SeeYou190 The World Is A Beautiful Place -Photograph by Kevin Parson
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Mike
York1The doorway actually looks like one of the windows to the right, and the shape of the lower level of the 'newer' building looks much like the lower level of the older one.
I sometimes look at the pictures I have taken of downtowns, and ponder over how it must have changed and developed over time.
I have become very fond of scenes with differing architecture and styles very close together.
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
I am going to need to incorporate blocks like this into my next downtown scenes.
SeeYou190 -Photograph by Kevin Parson The most unexplained feature in that picture is the doorway above the entrance to the covered staircase. What is that door for?
The most unexplained feature in that picture is the doorway above the entrance to the covered staircase. What is that door for?
I wonder ... it almost looks like at one time, that new facade was put over a continued part of the old building. The doorway actually looks like one of the windows to the right, and the shape of the lower level of the 'newer' building looks much like the lower level of the older one. I wondered why the newer building's angled shapes mirrored the angles of the far right of the older building.
Very neat!
Good morning everyone. Chloe, please bring me one of those warm apple fritters and a large cup of your coffee.
NorthBritStunning pictures, Kevin. So many differences in buildings close together.
York1Great pictures, Kevin! Thanks for the work posting all those.
gmpullmanGreat stuff on your architectural captures, Kevin.
I am glad that you enjoyed the pictures of Americus, Georgia. It takes a lot of pictures to show what I think makes it special, and I was apprehensive to make a post with 20 pictures.
There are more beautiful buildings everywhere, but when you take in Americus as a whole, I have not seen anything like it.
I sure wish someone would make resin kits of 2 and 3 store buildings like these. Just a little more ornate than DPM, Magnuson, and Lunde (I know those were all mastered by the same person).
gmpullmanI could see using some City Classics and Design Preservation Models being a starting point for some of those.
I tried to scratch build a brick building once, and the results were not good.
BigDaddyKevin should like Lubins, a vaudville and movie theater on the right, in a 1908 Baltimore pic. That building is gone, the one down the street with the big arched windows used to be a bank. Last time I was in Baltimore, it was a Chinese restaurant.
That is quite a street scene there. I wonder what it looks like now.
I hate the way that so many cities are revitalizing these downtowns. The new construction that mimics the older buildings is ridiculous in most cases. The McDonalds in Ybor City is an absolute eyesore. I wish I had a picture.
If you need to build a new building, build a new one. Trying to duplicate the look of days gone by is goofy.
I’m thinking Kevin, that if scene was duplicated on an actual layout, most viewers would wonder what on earth was the modeller thinking!!!
NorthBrit A case of seeing things only when you slow down.
Carrying a camera with me everywhere has really made me slow down. I look for things to take pictures of. It has changed the way I look at the world.
Good morning. It is a very good morning. The predicted four inches of snow turned out to be less than an inch. That amount is still too much, but I'll take it.
Another part of a good morning is the fact that the entire day is unscheduled (except for the grocery store).
I finally finished working on the switch motors for several turnouts. Now I can start something I enjoy more -- I will be doing some more trackwork for an industrial area.
Ed, I had a framed copy of that Norman Rockwell picture in my school office. Over the years, I had to deal with several girls like that. The bench outside my office was very good for letting kids 'cool down' before I had to talk to them.
gmpullmanWell, could be a convention honoring anyone who has been on the receiving end of a knuckle sandwich? Norman Rockwell "Shiner" oil on canvas... by Paintguide, on Flickr Cheers, Ed
Norman Rockwell "Shiner" oil on canvas... by Paintguide, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
I am enjoying seeing all the rolling stock photos, everyone. Please keep them coming!
Good morning Diners. A coffee on the go please, Chloe.
Not my kind of building, but seems to be appearing more often.
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Track fiddler Orchestra music. TF
Orchestra music.
TF
I had to Google “Shiners” Ed, as I couldn’t imagine bootleggers having a public convention!
Well, could be a convention honoring anyone who has been on the receiving end of a knuckle sandwich?
Good morning
Fell asleep in the recliner again last night. Musta been tired.
gmpullman Track fiddler Ed? 450 width, 250 height, is the only way It can be sized to be seen on a phone. I just use the default size of 560 x 315 that seems to satisfy the forum parameters. Does it look OK on your telephone?
Track fiddler Ed? 450 width, 250 height, is the only way It can be sized to be seen on a phone.
I just use the default size of 560 x 315 that seems to satisfy the forum parameters.
Does it look OK on your telephone?
The normal size of 560 by 315 a video comes standard in, only fits half the video in the screen, just past the red play arrow in the perimeters of a phone screen.
So viewing it on a phone, you can't access the full screen bar on the right side of the video. And with a video on screen, it also cuts off the left side of the text on the screen with it. Then, the only way you can read all the text is to go in the edit or reply mode
Isn't that Interesting? Must be one of those computer things, and been dealing with it that way since day one The only other way you can see the whole screen, is in desk top mode. Than the screen is so much smaller, one darn near needs his modeling visor to see it Might need a bigger phone here
Took a day off yesterday, but didn't seem to be quite enough. Need another one but will have to wait till I'm finished upstairs, so the carpet guys can get in to do their job.
Will be happy to be done and get back to a couple days on the modeling mat.
SeeYou190
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Track fiddlerEd? 450 width, 250 height, is the only way It can be sized to be seen on a phone.
Rolling Stock — a modernized Nickel Plate dining car:
NKP_129_dinerlounge by Edmund, on Flickr
and my model of same:
NKP_DL131 by Edmund, on Flickr
*full disclosure: my model is actually that of an ERIE diner but it was "close enough" for me to sneak it in to a Nickel Plate train
EL_DinerLounge by Edmund, on Flickr
Purfect
Ed? 450 width, 250 height, is the only way It can be sized to be seen on a phone. What do you suppose It should be set at?
Hockey, Scotch, Dogs, all is right in my universe.
Kevin should like Lubins, a vaudville and movie theater on the right, in a 1908 Baltimore pic. That building is gone, the one down the street with the big arched windows used to be a bank. Last time I was in Baltimore, it was a Chinese restaurant.
My grandmother used to go to her safe deposit box, which she called "going to the Vault." Back then bonds came with a sheet of coupons, giant stamp like things, about 2/3 the size of a business card. When the interest was due, you "clipped the coupon" and took it to the teller. I remember a lot of marble and big bronze doors in those banks.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Interesting
Rare stock along the highway.
Here's one of the Cabeese's not to far from Terry's house in Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, Eckington Yard is a beehive of activity with the Shriners in town:
BnO_Eckington_Shriners by Edmund, on Flickr
Some heavyweights for Charlie! Lots of honeybuckets to empty, in June yet! Note that the extra (½) tracks were laid right on top of the pavement in order to increase capacity. Many of the conventioneers stayed on the cars during the stay in Washington. Can you imagine a railroad today going through that effort? The freighthouse roof looks like it is nearly new, (it is) we will see why in another photo.
Great stuff on your architectural captures, Kevin. I couold see using some City Classics and Design Preservation Models being a starting point for some of those.
What a nifty hopper car from the N&W, Jim! That's something I'd like to see a few of on my layout.
Great pictures, Kevin! Thanks for the work posting all those.
Hi Everyone,
This month we're doing rolling stock.
Here is one. The N&W made these wood hoppers back in WWI. It was to save as much metal as they could. The design worked and these cars were in use into the 30's.
Ralston-185-1923-N&W by Jim S, on Flickr
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
It is 13 degrees here, And do not expect a temperature above freezing for the next several weeks. Don't know how deep the snow is, the Prior will not let me go outside to take a look at it.
We got younger monks who clear our roads and sitewalks with big machines that make a kot of noise. Right now the road is clear, so these two are tkaing a rest.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Afternoon,
A nice sunny day here, about-5C.
Got the car back this morning. Running great. The cost to repair all the rodent damage was $1813. Have to say they did a great job and actually spliced some wiring to reduce cost. I also like my 13 year old car better than that new 81 grand SUV. Mine drives just as well, has no squeaks or rattles and sure sounds better. I have sent the insurance claim in so hopefully I'll get $1613 back. Have to install that pepermint oil pack in the engine bay.
John, sorry to hear Daisy is fading. Always tough to see them get old but they do give us such great memories. My Nazareth passed 40 years ago and I think of him often, usually with a smile. He was such a goof.
I like passenger rolling stock especially heavyweights. I also have a thing for express reefers. I don't have any of note. I do have a few exceptional locos.
Time for coffee or perhaps tea.
Stunning pictures, Kevin. So many differences in buildings close together.
The beauty taken in such buildings is outstanding craftsmanship. Most of that beauty is high up where most people never see as they hurry about their daily work.
The picture with the grey single story I would think has always been like that. If it had had a second story the building to the right would not have windows. To me the building on the right has been rendered (many years ago) and it is coming away.
Lovely pictures of buildings that have character and charm. All individual in their own right and stand proud for all to see. A case of seeing things only when you slow down.
A joy to read and see, Kevin. Thanks for posting.