Good morning y'all. Happy Cinco de Mayo! 50° and sunny. Now that I have three tomato plants and a pepper planted and the lettuce is growing, we are expecting a freeze over the weekend.
Are my eyes deceiving me or are those wheels different sizes?
Louis: Probably...it is not unusual to have cars with different wheels. Coupler mismatches are common, not only of freight equipment, but on Amfleet coaches.
Ken: Sorry to learn you are having so much trouble with the fence kit. I recently "found" three older style chain link fence kits, with lace and white metal components. They are just sitting until I get brave enough to fence in the Ford Plant and Penn Steel Castings. I was hoping Walthers offering would be better,but now, after your experience, I look to Woodland Scenics announced fence.
Reminds me of the night we were shifting Kimberly Clark in Spotswood, NJ. We shoved down hill to the facility with 6 box cars, and the brakeman riding the rear stopped the movement. He called the conductor on the radio, and I will never forget the quote: "Yo, J.J., ya know the gate,
that used to be here..."
The gate was always open, then they brought in a new security team, and someone closed the gate. Billy, the brakeman didn't expect to find it closed until....and it was foggy.
Ken: Your reminiscences of driving past Ivy City, are similar to my observations when I made my very first trip to DC . It was so neat to see those different engines, just sitting there. I never imagined there were so many railroads, not the Pennsylvania, Reading or B&O.
Willie: Not for nothing, I like the Cigar band scheme more than the Classic Lightning Stripe scheme. I like how your metal shredder is coming along.
I also like the corrugated fencing in the background...perfect for a metal recycling facility.
Is it me, or are we moving away from the Corona Virus Crisis? Seems like the news is not reporting deaths any longer, and the facility where the MIL is at has declared everyone is "cured". Of course, this is no consolation to those who have lost family members to this and other diseases, but I can't help but wonder if it was as bad as originally presented.
Not the best quality photo, but this captures the CNJ in the 50s.