Good Morning Gang. A pleasant 57° and partly cloudy. Never got above 76° yesterday, and we're looking at highs below 80° for the next four days. Still looking for some rain! Went to town yesterday to pick up a new room A/C to replace our 24 year old one in the living room. It still worked, but was getting noisy and is less than efficient. New one is 18,000 BTU so it should cool most of the house. I'll get the prep work for installation done this afternoon or tomorrow and then invite the 45 YO neighbor down for beer and assistance getting it in the window. It does weigh 130 lbs., which I can move horizontally but not vertically.
Out in the train shed, I semi-completed one of the two structures that comprise "Four Fingered Tony's Wholesale Meat". It lacks signage and details right now, but it is another small step for mankind! I may have posted that there are 28 boxes that came with this kit that have to be cut out and assembled, I think that I have completed seven! I have only begun to paint the white metal castings, three of which are outdoor vegetable bins.
Louis - Those Pennsy photos are certainly an anomaly. Reminds me that I never saw a clean Southern Pacific unit while they still operated around here. Other major RR's from the 60's-80's like MKT and ATSF always had clean locos. Did see a lot of clean BN initially after the merger. MP and KCS were somewhere in between clean and dirty.
Eric -
Where'd everyone go?
i haven't been on all week and now chime in and all I hear is crickets and smell stale coffee from Fllo's.
What's up with that?
It does seem to get this way on Saturday night for some reason.
I like the table plan that you posted. You can get some good extended running out of that, as well as plenty of room for some switching and scenery. Now if you could just move a mountain!
Terry - You joked about the "dry heat", but there really is something to it. Still hot, but bearable. I just read your dry humor remark...I like it! I guess that one needs that to exist with the NC mail service.
Everybody have a great day, I think that I'll stroll through the garden before going to Mass.
Willie