Umm... It IS at the end of the month...TERRY and LOUIS - Very nice tributes for starting off Memorial Day weekend. I have to look at the calendar - For some reason, I thought it was at the end of the month?
Later guys
Umm... It IS at the end of the month...TERRY and LOUIS - Very nice tributes for starting off Memorial Day weekend. I have to look at the calendar - For some reason, I thought it was at the end of the month?
Later guys
It's the last Monday regardless of what the date is. When I was younger, it was on May 30th, whichever day it was. Then along came elected officials and bureaucrats who wanted three day weekends! Presidents Day supplanted two presidential birthdays at the same time. Not much they could do about January 1 or July 4!Umm... It IS at the end of the month...
Not much they could do about January 1 or July 4!
My father would take me down to the refinery in Waterloo to ride in the cab while the crews switched the cars around
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Louis: So what's wrong with being a out of control train junkie? Speaking of selling, it's becoming more apparent that some of my stuff has no place on the railroad I'm building, and since I still buy stuff that fits, I'm running out of storage space. i many go from eing a perpetual uyer, to a buyer and a seller, once I finish discovering lost treasures.
Had to laugh at a fellow who posted on the passenger car list overnight. he was in his LHS, and saw some of Rapido's beautiful new CN Dining Cars on display. Rapido always offers the Canadian cars in other (US) roads to broaden the market appeal. He likes the one done in NP. It was sad that this man was asking if it woule be appropriate, and prototypical to buy the NP car...Time to get real, if you like it, buy it, if you don't like it, don't get it. Of course it's not a NP car, it's a freakin Canadian national Diner, eh? Buy it. Who cares what anyone else thinks.
FWIW, I believe they did these in PRR and B&O too. I am tempted, but there is also a New Haven Diner that would be more appropriate...talk about out of control passenger car junkies?
Have a great weekend, and stay well and safe!
1951 my folks bought a house 1 block from the LIRR Morris Park engine facility. Engine roundhouse, turn table, coal tipple the works. I spent countless hours watching steam locomotives being serviced and set out on the ready tracks. I loved the sound and smell.My father would take me down to the refinery in Waterloo to ride in the cab while the crews switched the cars around. Sure wish he owned a camera back then. Spent the first ten years of my life listening to the whistle of this locomotive...lived about 600 feet from the refinery.
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Here's one I wouldn't have minded having.Nothing wrong with being an out of control train Junkie. We are not spending the milk money.
The only problem is; I have better things to do with my time than selling stuff I never should have bought.
" if you like it, buy it, if you don't like it, don't get it." ... "Who cares what anyone else thinks." I couldn't have said it better myself.
I'm confused. Is that supposed to be a fireworks, or a virus? Seriously. It looks like it could be either, or both. The context of your note even makes it look like it could be both.Good day all. Another warm day shaping up. Nothing to report from the train room. The forecasts for Sunday and Monday are rain and more rain so I should get some train time.
Wish everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day.
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Bob - You remind me that we haven't been to Babes in a while. Absolutely great fried chicken and even better chicken fried steak, problem is that they add too much salt to the green beans and cream corn though.
Mapping?
My father would take me down to the refinery in Waterloo to ride in the cab while the crews switched the cars around. Sure wish he owned a camera back then. Spent the first ten years of my life listening to the whistle of this locomotive...lived about 600 feet from the refinery.
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Burlington Bob: Those are fantastic photos. There is much fantastic scenery in Tennessee. I regret not taking the time to stop and enjoy, when I was traveling to and from Clarksville.
I'm confused. Is that supposed to be a fireworks, or a virus? Seriously. It looks like it could be either, or both
That is exactly my situation, with three separate hobbies. OTOH, we're not at all hurting financially, so I could just let my heirs deal with it.Nothing wrong with being an out of control train Junkie. We are not spending the milk money.
The only problem is; I have better things to do with my time than selling stuff I never should have bought.
Sorry, it July 4 falls ona weekend, Independence dayison the firstMonday after.It's the last Monday regardless of what the date is. When I was younger, it was on May 30th, whichever day it was. Then along came elected officials and bureaucrats who wanted three day weekends! Presidents Day supplanted two presidential birthdays at the same time. Not much they could do about January 1 or July 4!
Sherrel-The cat came back when I went back to work on the model wanting me to rub his back with my foot.MIKEY - that's a funny story about the cat and tire.
Yes, a BMW I had was the same.
Here's a progress report on the tomato plants in the garden.
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The ones on the right have outgrown the 4' tall cages already. the ones on the right planted about three weeks later are over 2' now.
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And a small sampling of the "fruits".
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Hoping to duplicate the bumper crop of 2017.
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