Good Morning All. Cloudy and 64°, light rain off and on for the last few hours, although not currently raining. Rain gauge has a measly 0.2 in it, but a bigger storm is poised about 90 miles west and should be here around noonish. The weather geeks are still predicting 2.5" for today which should end around dawn tomorrow.
Patrick is most likely getting a lot of rain right now. Oh! He just posted that.
Not a lot happening on the SFW estate yet this week. After several years of languishing, I am clearing out years of accumulated junk from the "workshop" adjacent to the train room in the train shed. It has been a catch all for obsolete yard equipment, lumber, flooring and other assorted crap for 12 years now. To start, I installed a couple of shelves to get some stuff off the floor, using some 8'- 2"x 12"'s that have been stashed in my barn. Eventually there will be six or more of them. They sure seemed heavier than they seemed to be when I stored them there 25 years ago. When I put them there, I could carry one under each arm at the same time. Yesterday, it was just one at a time. Maybe I was just being more careful this time. I'll return to that project today since I won't be mowing.
Thanks for the always appreciated comments and reactions to yesterday's pictures;
Mikey, Guy, Tom O, Karl, Steve J, Dave B, Joe, Chad, James, Hughie, Louis, Troy, Curt, Patrick, Smudge, Gary, Rick, Sherrel, OB Ken.
I will be back later with yesterday's train shed adventures as I have some business to attend to right now.
Here is a teaser.
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Tom O - Despite the overcast skies all day yesterday that will continue today, at least our temperature has been staying above 65°, meaning that I can still use shorts and tee shirts here. Rain/puddles don't play well with tennis shoes though. Hobby retail therapy, whether online or at the LHS is always good.
Mikey -
I like them on other folks layouts as well. I also like to see how they make some of their structures that are the same ones that I build, different from mine.
Guy - At least around my neighborhood, some national holidays are truly celebrated for what they are. While Christmas is obvious, Memorial Day, July 4th, and Thanksgiving Day are special days for what they are meant to observe. Others such as Presidents Day, Labor Day and MLK Day are just days off work.
Greg - The diamond in DuPlainville seems like a good spot to watch trains. I have a spot nearby on the BNSF main line from Ft Worth to Oklahoma City, where there is a wye with the KCS. While I haven't been in about three years, from noon til four, I could catch two interchanges with KCS on one of the sidings, while there was 2-3 trains in both directions every hour which also included the SB Heartland Flyer (Amtrak) around 1300. NB Flyer came back around 1730. There is besides the wye, a passing siding and an interchange siding. The passing siding is about 3 miles long while the interchange siding looks to be just over a mile. Lots of action. The main line is barely 50' off to the side of the highway and I have a favorite shade tree to park under.
I am cutting out early this morning as I have a 9:15 call from a financial advisor to assist me in setting up some "Inherited IRA" accounts. I used to be able to do that online, but my old company, Prudential, has been bought out by Empower and they have different procedures. So far, more complicated.
Today is Bob Dylan's 81st birthday.
Everyone have a great day.