Good Morning Folks. 59° and overcast this morning. Overnight thunderstorms left .75" in the rain gauge, never severe but noisy! High today is predicted to be 70°, which was the low yesterday until nightfall. For the week coming up, it will be 84° on Wednesday, but will drop to the upper 30's at night by Friday. Had an unexpectedly busy day yesterday in Dallas. My wife was going in to watch some games that my grandsons were playing in, and I went along. A double-header baseball game for the oldest and a single game for the younger one. Then lunch and nap at my daughters where I read that news story that I posted yesterday, then a soccer game for the youngest in the afternoon. Then on to the other daughters house to see my granddaughter and have drinks and BBQ supper. As a treat, I brought each of my SIL's a twelve pack of Yeungling beer that's not available in Texas. They both originate from the Pennsylvania area and yearn for it. I picked it up during the vacation as it is now sold in Louisiana. The only downside is that I was within five miles of Discount Model Railroads and I couldn't break away for a spending spree...grandkids take priority in my life.
Didn't make it to the train shed yesterday due to the above activity.
Garry - I haven't made it to the Frisco TX museum yet. I had seen it numerous times when it was still located in Dallas before the "Great Move". I also got to see some of the equipment riding by my then place of employment on the BNSF tracks that ran alongside. Some pieces rode on flatcars but a few pieces were just towed through. The "Big Boy" move was quite impressive and it took two weekend days to travel 30 miles. From what I can tell, they are not completely finished yet and access is still limited. They are not allowing "self-guided" tours yet. For that reason, I am waiting for everything to settle down first. Some of the more impressive pieces of equipment besides the "Big Boy", an FP45 diesel and an M-160 Motorcar (Doodlebug), which actually moved under it's own power. Somewhere I have pictures of it on a siding about a mile from where I worked at the time. I will repost some of them when I locate them.
Curt - It sounds like your daughter's issue with the student is on track to being resolved. Encouraging that they appear to back her up in the filing of charges.
Today's pictures were taken at the "HO" model railroad layout located at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum in Jackson MS. I posted some from this museum last year.
Visitors to this museum display can operate the trains by pushing a button on the fascia. They then make a couple of laps and park themselves. Pictures are a bit harder to take due to reflections off the 6' high plexiglass wall surrounding the layout.
Everybody have a great day.
Willie
