gmpullman Somebody had to sort the washers... BnM_Billerica-shop_washers by Edmund, on Flickr With luck, and some connections you might be lucky to snag that prime spike sorting job you had your eye on!
Somebody had to sort the washers...
BnM_Billerica-shop_washers by Edmund, on Flickr
With luck, and some connections you might be lucky to snag that prime spike sorting job you had your eye on!
I used to live across the street from Billerica (pronounced Bill Ricca) where the B&M shops were. Last I looked, it was just a large wasteland. Somebody could make a hefty profit turning that land into housing lots and shopping centers, but I'd image they'd be responsible for a lot of toxic waste.
Happy Fourth to all. Again, we're not getting in the car at all today. The long-time locals said yesterday was the worst traffic they'd ever seen.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Happy 4th of July everyone!
I am celebrating the proper way.... (I bought a 5th. on the 3rd.)
Actually I will be out at my son's house for most of the day and we will celebrate then. Besides I have had plenty enough of the (illegal) fireworks from the guy one street over (BOOM!!!!) which has gone on every day for the last two weeks and will continue for about another month...... The City will have a large fireworks display late tonight about the time I get home (Psssshhhhh BOOM!) That I enjoy. Nice day today so I will likely sit out on my deck and enjoy it from there. The idiot with the illegal stuff will likely be going on before and after the City Display.... It is illegal here in NYS but the police don't have enough manpower to enforce what happens here every year and simply ignore the danger. Sooner or later, someone will get seriously hurt and then there will be a lot of finger pointing.....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmusSooner or later, someone will get seriously hurt and then there will be a lot of finger pointing.....
Oh. look. There's some laying on the ground.
maxman howmus Sooner or later, someone will get seriously hurt and then there will be a lot of finger pointing..... Oh. look. There's some laying on the ground.
howmus Sooner or later, someone will get seriously hurt and then there will be a lot of finger pointing.....
Exactly!
HAPPY 4TH of JULY! To all my friends in the United States.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
howmus maxman howmus Sooner or later, someone will get seriously hurt and then there will be a lot of finger pointing..... Oh. look. There's some laying on the ground. Exactly! 73
Don't worry, I am sure those in charge will send out plenty of thoughts and prayers when it happens.
Fireworks are illegal in Florida, unless you are using them to scare birds. When the fireworks are sold, a paper needs to be signed where you swear you will use them to scare birds.
Lot of birds are being harassed around here tonight.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Flags flyin' :
Sidewalk in Lincoln by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
SeeYou190Fireworks are illegal in Florida, unless you are using them to scare birds. When the fireworks are sold, a paper needs to be signed where you swear you will use them to scare birds. Lot of birds are being harassed around here tonight.
Love it!!!
The main show is going on right now one street over from me. POP....... BOOOOMMM!!! Wizzzz crackle, pop BOOOOOMMM! POP!
We had a lull from 10:00 to 10:15... The show is back on again!
I thought that "sorting washers" would be a boring job.
Then I looked down at the next pic.
Sorting spikes? A mountain of 'em?
Those jobs must have "gone cheap", seniority-wise...!
Evening
The fireworks display is over, and yet another Fourth.
Boom Boom Boom boom, Bang Bang Bang Bang
Happy 4th Kids
PS A fun day at sea sir. Here's two of my favorite girls on the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Got talked into the Tilt-A-Whirl today myself, and it was just the same way as remembered...
TF
SeeYou190Fireworks are illegal in Florida, unless you are using them to scare birds. When the fireworks are sold, a paper needs to be signed where you swear you will use them to scare birds.
Just in from Action News:
Authorities in Florida have reported a major fire underway at a vacant mall. It was reportedly started by a flaming seagull. Witnesses stated that the wayward bird burst into flame after it was struck by a bottle rocket fired by local residents trying to scare it away. The bird plummeted to the mall roof where it ignited accumulated dried palm fronds.
The fire is now partially under control, but damage is expected to be extensive.
More news at 11:00.
Well alrighty then
Sorry Brother Lion, Sometimes good material, may be borrowed a bit
Track fiddler Sorry Brother Lion, Sometimes good material, may be borrowed a bit TF
I've got too many parts!!
I just spent an hour looking for some bridge rectifiers which I know I have but I couldn't find them. I had them in my hands a few days ago but now they are nowhere to be found.
I have three medium sized drawers full (overflowing to be honest) of electronic components and I went through each drawer very carefully, but nada. They are probably sitting on the workbench right in front of me.
Fortunately we have Digi-Key to save us. By tomorrow afternoon I will have 20 new bridge rectifiers delivered to my door for peanuts, and then I can get on with the project that I need them for. That project is the Cook Car lighting system for which I am trying to build a set of spring contacts so I can take the shell off without having to disconnect any plugs. I messed up the bridge rectifier that I had already installed in the circuit.
Oh heck, what's another complication between friends!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Shops:
Applying the flag by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Don't scratch the paint:
Dropping a prime mover by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
One of my favorite modern-day paint jobs:
Coal motors shop time by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Let's hang around for a while:
Union Pacific Railroad - UP gas turbine electric locomotive Nr. 75 - Salt Lake City Workshop, Utah by Historical Railway Images, on Flickr
Good morning
An utterly delightful day forecasted today, with the dew point in the mid-30s, and a high of 76. Could be the nicest day of the year. I'm going to plant my hiney outdoors all day today
I'd hang around that Turbine witcha, and always been fond of that modern BN paint scheme myself Ed
Here's one in the works in Scotland
PS Seem to recall, Brent has a pic of that handsome BNSF on a low Timber Trestle above his truck, up in Canada eh?
Good morning everybody.
This comes from the department of silly family traditions.
From the very first road trip we took as a family, way back in 1989, if we are near Chattanooga, Tennessee, we drive to the park on Lookout Mountain and take pictures looking down the barrel of one of the cannons.
I don't know why. We did it then, and then we kept on doing it.
This is my wife holding our third daughter (Baby/Baby), way back in 1995. My daughter was just five weeks old for this picture.
Here she is again at 15 years old. I have dozens of these pictures with each of us taken every couple of years.
Today, I was sent this picture, and it was the greatest thing I have ever seen. I was absolutely overcome with happiness.
She drove her little sports car up the mountain and had a stranger take a picture of her puppy looking down the cannon barrel.
She sent a big huge appology for the picture being so bad. She made a cute pose, but the guy took the picture too early.
I don't care. She is the only daughter that went up the mountain as an adult and sent me one of these pictures. It made me so happy.
That's cool Kevin
I'm getting some t-shirts made at the shirt shack.
We're waiting two doors down having a few at the Mad Capper until they're done, and need to put in a couple more orders.
Need to know your shirt size my friend?
Track fiddlerPS Seem to recall, Brent has a pic of that handsome BNSF on a low Timber Trestle above his truck, up in Canada eh?
Bringing up the rear.
There it is! What a beautiful piece of Machinery, and that Ford looks pretty good for her age too Brent
Do a fisheye lens on your on your vehicle mirrors, but not in the back alley
Post Hog Post Hog!
This ain't no Party, this ain't no Disco, this ain't no fooling around...
Seen all good people turn their heads each day So Satisfied I'm on my way...YES!
PS Still need the shirt size
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Track fiddlerNeed to know your shirt size my friend?
Was this directed towards me?
TF: You can't buy T-shirts that fit me. Seriously. I have such an unusually long torso that the only shirt that even comes close is special-order from Dickies directly size 3XLXT. Any other T-shirt leaves about 2 inches of torso hanging out of the bottom.
There is good reason 80% of my wardrobe is Dickies. The rest are expensive shirts made just for crazy-tall freaks like me. Even so-called Big & Tall stores don't have thinsg that fit me.
"Big OR Tall" would be a better description. It sucks being big AND tall.
For reasons unknown, possession and use of fireworks is legal in Dodge City from July 3rd through July 5th. We have been surrounded by private fireworks shows. I know an individual who spends thousands of dollars on fireworks. At this stage of my life, not something that interests me at all.
Finally, progress on the train room. My daughter is in town for a week, and she loves to jump start projects. She declared that it was time to paint the train room, so we did. We also started our outdoor painting project on the wooden windows, soffits and trim. We got one window set done as proof of concept. Wife is supposed to power wash soffits so we can paint this weekend.
Grandson and his cousin playing in the sprinkler on the Fourth of July:
Tin Can III know an individual who spends thousands of dollars on fireworks.
I am sure some of the people around here spent in excess of $1,000.00 on their private shows.
Three or four brass USRA locomotives exploding in the sky... I could never do that.
Baby/Baby motoring through Nashville.
Happy 4thish July all-
I found a cool photo op on the way home from a show Tuesday that I wanted to share with you guys. My apoligies if the image doesn't work, it's been a long time since I posted a pic. The geeps were resting in Mason Mi.
Kevin as a former haberdasher, I am wondering how tall you are and what you pants leg length is?
Did you guys know there were "track nails" Perhaps they should have been called tie nails because that's where they were. They have a 2 digit number. I picked up some in WV somewhere. Did railroads ever replace their ties just based on dates?
This is funny and sad at the same time. https://youtube.com/shorts/hAvHF5IBWCM?feature=share
This guy is a Youtuber, who admits to a unhealthy past. What he does for recreation is unmentionable in this forum. However he has his fans. Someone sent him a track nail numberboard.
Sadly, it will be immediately obvious to you, but not obvious to the Youtuber that the nails are in consecutive order by date. When he shows you the back of the board, you wouldn't hang it on your wall.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley