Good Morning All. 55° and clear. Only got to 82° here yesterday, partly dried things out. Today should bring 85° and they are now predicting 90° for tomorrow. Only a partly successful fiber-optic install yesterday, they're coming back Thursday. Two issues. One half of the two man crew had to leave due to illness in his family, and the original installers did not hook up our line to the main one in the "vault" out by the road. Union rules require some one else (not the guys that came yesterday) to do that part. Vault was also nearly filled with water from ground seepage. OK though as nothing of the old hook-up was disconnected. One of yesterday's crew will return after the main line is connected sometime Thursday.
Eggs over easy and a handful of bacon this morning Francine. I see that Flo is cooking this morning. Where's Mel? Covid-19? Oh! Just off fishing. Good. He deserves a break from you two beautiful ladies sometime.
Thanks for all of the likes and positive comments regarding the various progress photos;
Bob, Guy, Mike, Jerome, James, Phil, Joe, Curt, BBob, Sherrel, Patrick, Karl, Garry, Tom, Chad.
Didn't get much done in the train shed yesterday due to accompanying the phone guys around for part of the afternoon. Thankfully they came after my nap! While I am not done with the scenery around the grain elevator yet, I did decide that I would work on that scrapyard in the foreground next. Especially since I now have the metal shredder that I had always planned on using. So I cleaned up the area a bit while the cows got used to their pasture.
Trying to decide just how I am going to insert and hide the driveway from the back of the grain elevator, making it appear to go to the other side behind the building. The printed backdrop visible there is just some temporary one that I cut out of a larger one that was in some stuff that I got in an estate sale. I am thinking of moving it to the right to allow some artistic license behind the elevator.
Meanwhile over on the workbench, I started on the handrails for the second GP38-2.
The front one was glued in place at some point, so I will have to be careful painting it without removing it.
Note that I am now using cardboard workbench protectors, to reduce the painting, cutting and scarring of the plywood surface.
Almost time to turn this one over!
James/Guy - Y'all are making me feel cold just looking at your local landscape pictures. Here's what I see looking south from the back porch which happens to be our main entrance. I never have to shovel sunshine!
Bob -
I read about that one, it's been making the rounds. It's in Europe or Asia or something.
It made the rounds before about five or six years back, it's in Italy. Google maps tell all.
Pentagram Wye
Joe - That's fortunate that your grocery trip was not stressful.
Sherrel -
I'm not quite sure of what I am looking at there, JAMES?
Looks like locomotive cab parts to me!
Curt - Looking forward to your new build. What's your theme besides Pennsy steam? I' guessing at that one.
Didn't mention yesterday that I saw many gas stations with regular gasoline advertised at $1.25. Haven't seen that in over thirty years!
I mention certain celebrations from time to time, but today is more important than most. It is National Medal of Honor Day. A truly appreciated commemoration.
Everyone have a great day.