Tom, I enjoyed that May Day
Great goal! Great Call.
Among other things on this busy day,it's Amtrak's 49th Birthday!
Students pose around May Pole on May 1, at Morton Avenue Public School probably in the 1960s.
Garry, the station in the corner fits the space well. I like your HW passenger train.
Curt: The coal breaker is coming along fine.
Chad: Interesting. The PRR had GE build 66 E44 motors rated at 4400 HP, beginning in the early '60s. They replaed the earlier P5 and P5A classes of AC motor, and the Post WW2 experimentals. The last group of the class were classified as E44a, and delivered 5500 HP. They remained in service until Conrail pulled down the wire in 1980 or so. Nothing they couldn't handle, but they were noisy.
Chet: Great NYC photo, neat trial offer commentary!
Sherrel: Pay them no mind...we haven't got our stimulus money either. Must be connected to our states of residence.
Went to the surgeon, and the knee surgery is a go. Do the left knee first, the right about 3 months later. 6 weeks of intense PT after each. The catch, since Elective surgery is still verboten, it won't be until mid June at the earliest, and possibly into August, before the fun begins. On the way home, I stopped at HD. Picked up two bags of vegetable garden soil, three tomato plants, and one pepper plant. Yhey have the garden department sealed off from the main store. There were 50+ people standing on line waiting to get in the main store. I still need weed killer spray, bug spray, and wild bird seed. Might try early tomorrow AM.
Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, so it's a garden day. The lawn needs to be cut, leaves need to be raked, and the tomatoes planted. After all, it's May!
South Amboy Enginehouse, 1963. Aging BP20, Alco RS-1, and almost new E44s.