Good Morning All. 77° and clear skies this morning. Looking forward to another warm day of 98° and low humidity. Pool is an inviting 81° right now, never got above 84° yesterday. A bit dirty though as the local farmer plowed the field across the road and the wind brought dust/chaff over to us. A minor downside to living here.
Thanks for all of the comments regarding the courthouse,
Chet,
Curt,
Joe,
Garry, and anyone else that I may have missed.
Chet, looking at the pictures it seems that I may have overdone the weathering slightly, but it is not that pronounced in person. The camera flash sometimes distorts things.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I stared at the empty workbench (rare) for a while before deciding to run a few trains. On one run, I switched out all of the industries in a town named Graham which contains a grain elevator, pallet manufacturer, cannery, wholesale paper supplier, John Deere dealership, tannery, scrap yard and an appliance manufacturer. It took a bit over an hour to switch them all. Twelve cars and eight industries. The town has an additional turnout for an unknown, unbuilt industry that will eventually occupy a large layout corner.
Ken (D&J) - Have a safe trip.
Greg - There are no building inspectors to deal with where I live. That being said, while I didn't build this house, I have done major electrical and plumbing work over the years to fix some shortcomings. I always build to code even though I am not required to, other than the "graywater" disposal that I installed which simply drains into a field...no need to run all that soapy water through the septic tank. Wiring mistakes can be costly. I am doing the electrical work on this remodel since the contractor told me up front that he wasn't comfortable with it and he might have to bring in an expensive subcontractor. If it's something that I can't do (unlikely), my neighbor is a licensed electrician.
Curt - That's good news regarding your SIL. 16 hour trip, naw, even I don't do that anymore even with a co-driver. I like your scenes. People add so much to a layout in my opinion. While I have many of them already on the layout, I am still looking at where I can add mini-scenes like the hobo camp, or the bears that I posted a few weeks back.
Joe - Hope that you are feeling better soon.
Sherrel - Hope that you are also feeling better soon.
Garry - You also have a safe trip.
Terry - If you could paint the SD45's in ATSF blue/yellow warbonnet, #'s 5542 and 5573, I could meet you at the triple underpass in Dallas with my checkbook.
Everybody have a great day, whatever one it is. I forget now that I am retired!