Good morning, America! It's 35 degrees with a predicted high of 45 and clear skies. Not bad for mid January.
Yesterday, in my haste to get off the computer when my wife called, I forgot to post a link to the story I was going to put up. Anyway, here it is, just a day late.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-the-baboon Like I said earlier, it may be something fit for Ripley's Believe It or Not. Let me know what you think.
Chet- A belated thanks for the video about the grain elevator. Pretty cool how they actually work and how they moved the boxcars. It's sad to see the prairie skyscrapers disappear. That derailment looked pretty serious from here!
We always used to go to a city park. I don't see anyone playing on a street in anything smaller than a city without large parks.
Which stirred a memory. I haven't seen pics of any layouts where kids are playing in areas where they shouldn't be: gravel pits, storm drains, railroad tracks, etc. Those places used to be magnets for us.
Beady - I'm with you on the kids playing areas! When we were kids, one of our favorite places was climbing on the train cars at the fertilizer and redi-mix plant. Only on Sundays though, when they weren't working.
BoB - I may be totally off in my memory, but seems as if I sprayed with 15 to 22 pounds of pressure and I don't remember that much overspray nor airborne particles. Others may have a totally different speak - it's been a long time?
Sherrel- I'll be finding out soon. Hope to have my spray booth operational before the end of the week. We're leaving for Tennessee Monday morning to look for prospective living areas. So, it could be another week before I get to use it much.
Justin- Great pictures of the coal mines. I used to work at a strip mine for seven years until they closed it down at the end of 1983.
Willie- Are the Downtown Deco models cast as one piece in Hydrocal and just need painted and detailed? Nice work. The iron works is nice! Are Wally and his customers in any danger from the derailed tank car?
Doesn't look like the busker is making much money. Really great scene!
Patrick- You've been busy! Good work. One of my BIL's had surgery for his carpal tunnel after it got bad. He was laid up for a couple of weeks, but it hasn't bothered him since. Almost 28 years ago.
My core railroad is B&M. I have many great memories of watching B&M steam and early diesel locos running on track along side the Deerfield River in Mass. But the truth is I really like RS-3's and SD45-2's and GG-1, so you'll find some not to prototypical trains on the layout. The way I look at it is, "it's my layout, I'm generally alone operating it, so any loco can be used." Most people who actually see the layout are not railroad perfectionists and just find it neat, and that's OK with me.
Hobo- The old saying "My railroad, my rules!"
Hope I got everyone, please forgive me if I missed someone. I don't type the fastest, so this takes a bit of time for me. My wife laughs at how slow I am at making my posts!