“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.” -Will Rogers.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
NorthBritRemember also those who did not come home.
I agree and this is my reasoning behind posting the photo of Joseph Ambrose who lost his son in Korea in 1951. He is holding his son's flag.
Joseph Francis Ambrose (May 24, 1896 – May 1, 1988) was a World War I veteran from the U.S. state of Illinois who served with Company I, 140th Infantry, 35th Division, A. E. F., from 1917 to 1919, becoming nationally known for his photo at the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., at the age of 86. In this widely viewed and circulated United States Defense Audiovisual Agency photo, he was photographed wearing his Doughboy uniform, helmet and field equipment, for which he was known as "Doughboy Joe". In the photo, Ambrose carries the U.S. flag that had covered the casket of his son, Clement A. Ambrose, who was killed in the Korean War in 1951.
Regards, Ed
The original terminus of the B&O Railroad was Ellicott City. In 1955, when I was 4 years old, this was on the tracks. Not something I ever saw.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
I think this is a PCC the will be restored by the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.
Good morning, diners. Brunhilda, I'll have bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
This morning I'm sitting outside on the front porch with Daisy the Dachshund. Every-so-often a squirrel will challenge Daisy for possession of the front porch. Daisy's bark always wins.
I know some of you are Wordle fans. Today's almost broke my string. I got it on the sixth line, mainly by luck. I really had trouble visualizing what it was.
It's good to be home after the graduations the past days.
My wife is taking an elderly woman out to her husband's grave this morning. My parents and my wife's parents are in cemeteries too far away to visit.
Just a couple of days left this month. I've enjoyed the roundhouses.
I don't know how many newer roundhouses there are in North America, but here's one in Madison, South Dakota, for the Prairie Village Herman and Milwaukee Railroad:
Have a great Saturday, diners.
York1 John
gmpullman Freedom isn't free: Joseph Ambrose, WWI by Edmund, on Flickr Cheers, and hats off to all those who've served. Ed
Freedom isn't free:
Joseph Ambrose, WWI by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, and hats off to all those who've served.
Ed
Remember also those who did not come home.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Track fiddlerAnd I'd like to thank you for your kind compliment in last week's WPF.
Thanks, TF. You earned it
We had a Patrick's Pizza here in Chardon for a while, even had shamrocks on the box. Pretty good stuff, too.
POST HOG! .......POST HOG!
Relax Kids, just like old times! Our Childhood Hero's are old now too.
Just like old times! ......just a wee bit slower.
Keep enjoying it while you still can. Let's face it, these old bands are a Dying Breed.
The new modern entertainment, with their mouthpieces and headsets synchronized by computer, ain't going to cut the mustard after all the talent's gone.
You guys know the drill, and wasn't telling ya nothin
TF
Thanks Brent
That's the focal point I'm talking about. Always appreciated cars made into bridges.
Reminds me of that movie "Into The Wild", with the Bus. That River just got way too wild from early spring, and wouldn't let him back.
And never met anyone that doesn't like Supertramp.
Here's one for the bridge guy.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Happy Friday
Last night's portrait.
The Hotel voltage meter lights up red at night, and made for a cool picture with the neat building across the field.
Always admired the Geeks and Dweebs in high school, and always learned a lot from those guys.
Liked everyone back then, and still do. Decided to take Camera Club for the last two years, cuz it was so interesting.
It was half moon last night, and just had to apply what was learned 41 years ago.
Was remembering how Duane said, "It's not trick photography, but the lighting or lack of it, and with that, it's the distance of the angle you take the picture from".
Duane was always smarter than me, and would have taken a much better picture, but learned a thing or two from him back then.
The focal point needed to be a tad lower, a few more inches closer, and just a slight bit more from the right.
The gold zag would have lined up with the blue stripe, and the lower lights may have illuminated much better into the gray area.
What are you going to do though? , when your crap don't quite fly
Aircraft.
Nearby where we live is an aircraft & transport museum. The grandchildren often ask to be taken there.
Avro Vulcan.
IMG_2187 (1) by David Harrison, on Flickr
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King's Cross Locomotive Shed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yWgDlkUtg&ab_channel=TrainsTrainsTrains
I used to live near Hanscom Field, the closest airbase to Boston. They used to hold large airshow there every year or two. We always had either the Blue Angels or the Thunderbirds. I worked for a while at a place right next to the field, and they always had a practice flight the Friday before the show. One of our managers scheduled a "meeting" for that time in the parking lot.
There were also static displays of aircraft. On one cloudy, rainy afternoon the weather cleared for a while, so I rode my bike over. I actually got to ride around inside a C5 cargo plane. It was also a treat to watch the parachute demonstration teams.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good afternoon
Never did know Duane was an Italian name
The first piece is missing because it's yours. Go ahead, have another
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Good afternoon everyone. Chloe, I will have one of those Bear Claws and an ice cold Coca-Cola please.
I just ran across a seller on ebay listing 1 ounce bottles of Floquil Paint for $40.00 each! I thought it was funny until I saw he had sold 21 of them.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning, diners. I'll have bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
Charlie, you brought up the Doors' "Riders on the Storm". That 'L.A. Woman' album came out when I was in college. My roommate, a music major, loved the Doors and played the album constantly. It was one of the few albums that I didn't get tired of hearing.
Another college friend was the only person I knew who actually got to see Jim Morrison in a concert.
We have another graduation, this one a high school graduation, tonight. Then I get to come home and stay for a while. I love traveling, but there's no place like home.
Have a great Friday, everyone.
Good afternoon Diners. A cup of afternoon tea please, Zoe.
I am on painkillers as the arthritis in my hands is playing up. I still have the scenery to do on the layout, but it isn't easy to do.
The Red Arrows. We see them at least once a year; mainly flying over our house.
'Northern Rock' just arrived at Dalegarth Station turntable on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. The locomotive driver will manually turn the turntable by pushing the locomotive round.
IMG_2223 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Good Morning Diners. Flo, coffee to go please.
Got called to come in to work this morning (supposed to be my day off) to help interview an internal candidate for a job. Then a doctor appointment. Then I finally get to start working on the patio project. The pavers are getting delivered today, but I am nowhere near ready for them. That's okay. With any luck, they will be down by next weekend. I would say sooner, but I know how things tend to go.
BigDaddyOne year the British Red Arrows came to Annapolis
(I had a roundhouse photo for everyone, but can't get it to show when I post. I give up.)
Mike
And one for our good freind Charlie
Maybe a little late, but always listening.
I'd have to say, Jimmy was always a tough act to follow
Mike One year the British Red Arrows came to Annapolis.
Thanks to the American Battlefield Trust, I believe this is a Civil War turntable in Petersburg VA.
And I'd like to thank you for your kind compliment in last week's WPF. You put a big smile on my face
Same engine, same roundhouse, same turntable — about fifty years apart.
4070_W3TT10-9-1976 by Edmund, on Flickr
Grand Trunk Western 4070 by Craig Sanders, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Ain't done with anything yet, still having fun, and already one short of a six
Work Hard, Play Hard
OK, done with everything for the day.
Time to crack open a cold one and enjoy the evening.
Evening
We're halfway to Brother Lions neck of the woods, in Fargo North Dakota, to go see my youngest Grandson graduate from high school.
Stopped for the night and dinner, at an Irish Pub, .....cuz they don't have a Scottish one
up831the tractors are cranking out much more horsepower nowadays So that they can pull those implements.
Uh.... Yep!!! The first tractor I drove (I was 4 years old at the time) was a Ford 8n. That was a real powerhouse at 23 hp! By the time I was a teenager the biggest Ford tractor (Ford 6000) was putting out an amazing 60hp! I drove a couple of them also. The Fords were easier to handle than the John Deeres we sometimes borrowed from a neighbor. That said the John Deere B was the first tricycle tractor I ever drove. The one I hated was the neighbors McCormack Deering. All steel wheels and had a top speed of 3 mph. Also had to be hand cranked to start... That was the darnedest thing to steer. 'specially for a 7 year old kid!!!
I had a LOT of fun as a kid! I was also driving 1930's 4 ton axle Chevy Trucks we had on the farm by the time I was 7.... Ya know? I had a "cool" childhood, I think! ;) ;)
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
York1 SeeYou190 Wouldn't you love to see the look on the long-ago farmer's face who was using that two-row planter if he could see what we use today around my town?: A 36 row planter with 30 inch spacing:
SeeYou190
Wouldn't you love to see the look on the long-ago farmer's face who was using that two-row planter if he could see what we use today around my town?:
A 36 row planter with 30 inch spacing:
John: How right you are about the modern planters. 36 rows at 30" spacing comes to 90 ft. All of that type of equipment has undergone massive expansion in the last 50 yrs. In this case, it's all about farmers spending less time in the fields, and getting the planting done before the weather changes. I think that when I was young a big planter was about 14 rows, but I could be in error on that. The same has happened to combines at harvest time. They now cut a much wider swath than they used to. I think even plow bottoms and harrows have in largened significantly. But then again, the tractors are cranking out much more horsepower nowadays So that they can pull those implements.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
hon30critter ------ A few miles later there was a fork in the road, and there was mister fast pants stuck way off the in the land between the two forks.------- Dave
------ A few miles later there was a fork in the road, and there was mister fast pants stuck way off the in the land between the two forks.-------
Dave
NorthBrit As everyone passed him, his car 'parked' in the ditch at the side of the road, he didn't seem happy.
Hi David,
Dianne and I were travelling to our home in Chatham, Ontario from Kitchener, Ontario. The stretch of 4 lane highway is notorious for bad weather in the winter, and we were in the worst weather imaginable. The traffic was down to one lane and moving very slowly. Suddenly we were being tailgated by some idiot who was flashing his high beams demanding that we move over (into deeper snow I might add) so he could get by. I let him go by in order to eliminate the risk of him plowing into the back of our car. A few miles later there was a fork in the road, and there was mister fast pants stuck way off the in the land between the two forks. He was waving frantically for someone to stop and help him out. The visibility was so poor that I thought it was too risky to stop on the shoulder so I went on by him. I wouldn't have been able to do much for him anyhow.
I have to confess that I tooted my horn a couple of times as we went past just to rub his stupidity in his face. My bad! Actually, we were laughing so hard that I had to re-focus on my driving! Apparently there is justice in the world!!
Cheers!!
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!