Good afternoon.
Happy Easter to all. Woke up to snow and 17 degrees this morning but now the sun is out and the temps are climbing past the mid 40's. Got about 4 inches but it is melting off. Should be back into the 60's again in a few days.
Terry - Sometimes I think that if you didn't have bad luck, you wouldn't have any at all.
Joe - Like that photo of the GG-1. Sweet.
Alan - A consolidation in kit form ??? Nice job on the brass cars.
Garry - The grade crossing came out nice. Like it.
Paul - It sounds like either your daughter wasn't paying attention or she has a lead foot. At least there was no injusy or damage. Good luck. When I took my son for his license I happened to know the examiner and she was very pleased to see him taking his test on a standard shift car. That's all we had at the time.
Ray - Good MRL photos. Look familiar.
Justin - The hoppers look good, but could use a bit of weathering.
Guy - Now I know why I didn't find any Easter eggs.
Willie - The rehab job really came out good. A nice addition to your empire.
Greg - Happily, we are over the taxes. Had out refund (enough for a burger and a milk shake) back the beginning of February. I have to laugh at the way some people bid up the old Athearn BB freight cars. Baffles me.
We aren't going to have out train show at the club in Livingston this year. We usually have it on the last weekend in April just before the museum in the main depot opens up. I have seen blue box cars with Kadees go as low a $4 each, but usually around $6 to $8. Maybe I should buy a bunc up and sell them on ebay. We could possibly have the train show/swap meet at the end of the summer right after the museum shuts down for the summer.
I did get down into the train room for a while. Ran the Northern Pacific F units around for a while with the track cleaning car and then did a bit of switching using the little switcher to spot freight cars on the passing siding which were later picker up with the train being pulled by the NP nits and then used the little Prairie to pick up a few cars in Gallatin Gateway which were spotted in the yard.
My daughter and the grand kids just arrived to celebrate my birthday last week. Gotta go.
Later