Dave, same here. NS has tracks right next to my grandparents house. Love watching them go by. Chief, I have a buddy that has an engine like the one you are looking for, I will see if he is interested in selling.
Wait, he does not like southerners[:O][:P][;)][(-D]
The truth about NS is...
They only have 2 engines and a mile of track.
They operate a siding on a southern GRITS factory.
Blueberry, I happen to like NS, even though some operators are from the south.
How do you Yankees think I keep “tabs” you all and sneak in on the OTTS. NS gives me a secret ride right through the lines. NS is a Southern line. [}:)][:D][;)]
A HA!!! That is why I hear those horns blowing to blow your cover. I am gonna be standing trackside Chiefie boy.
Yankees are only half-bad, they come to visit and then return home. DammYankees move down here and never leave.
They proceeed to tell us how to drive on snow then hit our infamous freezing rain and take a ride behind the wrecker.
Buckeye General T. Sherman was a [}:)]Yankee burning ties, bending rails around trees and frightening women and small children. He left, but he didn’t leave much. Took our RRs 140 years to recover and takeover Yankee railroading. If General Sherman were still in his grave our NS would vibrate him when it passed—but he’s in a warmer place[than Florida].
[all my relatives around New Comerstown and Dennison, Ohoh are well schooled in this lecture]
Aw shoot-I forgot[:)][:D][:p][;)][:X]
GEE I thought this was about GRITS for breakfast lunch and dinner.
laz57
Here’s the best kept secret (secret getaway accessible only by cable car).
Chiefi’s secret house for toy trains and grits storage:
Chief, did you see the October copy of Trains magazine? I just was able to get it out of the library this week and read it on the train today - what an interesting lead article about NS. I thought of you.
I read it too, Doug. In the October issue. I couldn’t believe
how many tons of GRITS, they haul daily. I wonder what
they do with it.
Chuck
DAVID looks like the CHIEF had to patch the sides and roof with GRITS.
Looks GRITTY [:I][:O][:)].
laz57
ChiefEagles
Can you do something about the rain here in Portland?[:P]
How Grits are Formed.
Grits are formed deep underground under intense heat and pressure. It takes over 1000 years to form a single Grit. Most of the world’s grit mines are in Southern Georgia and are guarded day and night by armed guards and fierce attack dogs. Harvesting the Grit is a dangerous occupation and many Grit miners lose their lives each year so that Grits can continue to be served morning after morning for breakfast (not that having Grits for lunch and dinner is out of the question.) Yankees have attempted to create a synthetic Grit. They call them Cream of Wheat. As far as we can tell the key ingredients of Cream of Wheat are Elmer’s Glue and styrofoam. These synthetic grits have also been shown to cause nausea and may leave you unable to have children.
The same week he developed the theory leading to the development of the Atomic Bomb, Einstein invented Cream of Wheat. Later in life, he could not decide which was the bigger tragedy.
Lincoln agonized over declaring war on the South knowing it would endager the worlds grit supply.
Napolean the Great reaching for his secret stash of grits. Rumor has it that later in life, Napolean turned to eating Cream of Wheat. This is widely believed to be the beginning of his decline.
As mentioned earlier, the first known mention of the Grit was by the Ancient Israelites in the Sinai Desert. After that, the Grit was not heard from for another 1000 years. Experts feel that the Grit was used during this time only during secret religious ceremonies and was kept from the public due to it’s rarity. The next mention of the Grit was found amidst the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii in a woman’s personal diary. The woman’s name was Herculaneum Jemimaneus (Aunt Jemima to her friends.) The following are rare pictures sh
30s best grit guide I’ve ever seen.
There’s a place I eat called True Grit in Dumphries, Va… They serve grits and have John Wayne pictures everywhere. The waitress is friendly but her memory is bad so whatever she serves up; half what I ordered gets exchanged for something else.
I believe (for Chiefie’s edification) that most southern grits come from Ohio corn. [:D]
Thanks, David.
I believe you are 100% correct about Ohio corn being made into Southern Grits.[:D]
As far as the waitress is concerned…bless her heart.
John Wayne was way cool!![8D]
True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, Stagecoach, The Sons of Katie Elder, The War Wagon, McClintock, The Longest Day, The Shootists, Hondo, Big Jake, The Quite Man, Flying Tigers, The Fighting Seabees, The Green Berets, They Were Expendable, Men Are Like That, Stagecoach, Angle and the Badman, The Sands of Iwo Jima, The Searchers, Rio Bravo, North to Alaska, The Commancheros, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, In Harm’s Way, El Dorado, Chisum, The Cowboys, and a few others, not to mention, are my favorites.
“I’ve always had deep faith that there is a Supreme Being, there has to be. To me that’s just a normal thing to have that kind of faith. The fact that He’s let me stick me around a little longer, or She’s let me stick around a little longer, certainly goes great with me–and I want to hang around as long as I’m healthy and not in anybody’s way.” - John Wayne
Memorable John Wayne Quotes:
John T. Chance (Rio Bravo):
“Sorry don’t get it done, Dude.”
Sergeant John M. Stryker (Sands of Iwo Jima):
“A lot of guys make mistakes, I guess, but every one we make, a whole stack of chips goes with it. We make a mistake, and some guy don’t walk away - forevermore, he don’t walk away.”
John Bernard Books (The Shootist):
“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people and I expect the same from them.”
Ringo Kid (Stagecoach):
“Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.”
Hondo Lane (Hondo):
"I don’t guess
Brings back memories, there “pilgrim”
why can’t they make Westerns anymore instead of all this sitcom, reality trash?
Not sure, David, as in that maybe good common sense morals no longer appeal to society as a whole. Special effects, sex, blood and gore seem to take center stage these days.
Ever enjoy those days with no TV, no phone, no computer…etc? I do.
Here’s some things that were said about an American icon:
“Unforgettable John Wayne” by Ronald Regan[C):-)]
We called him DUKE, and he was every bit the giant off screen he was on. Everything about him-his stature, his style, his -conveyed enduring strength, and no one who observed, his struggle in those final days could doubt that strength was real. Yet there was more. To my wife, Nancy, “Duke Wayne was the most gentle, tender person I ever knew.” In 1960, as president of the Screen Actors’ Guild, I was deeply embroiled in a bitter labor dispute between the Guild and the motion picture industry. When we called a strike, the film industry unleashed a series of stinging personal attacks me-criticism my wife was difficult to take. At 7:30 one morning the phone rang and Nancy heard Duke’s booming voice: “I’ve been readin’ what these *** columnists are saying about Ron. He can take care of himself, but I’ve been worrying about how all this is affecting you.” Virtually every morning until the strike was settled several weeks later, he phoned her. When a mass meeting was called to discuss settlement terms, he left a dinner party so that he could escort Nancy and sit at her side. It was, she said, like being next to a force bigger than life. Countless others were also touched by his strength. Although it would take the critics 40 years to recognize what he was, the movie going public knew all along.
In this country and around the world, he was the most popular box-office star of all time. For an incredible 25 years he was rated at or around the top in box-office appeal. His films grossed $700 million-a record no performer in Hollywood has come close to matching. Yet John Wayne was more than an actor; he
I bet when the grits come into town, Chiefie has armored cars delivering them from the covered hoppers. Lets cut the flow off from the nearest yard!!![:D][swg][swg]
“I reckon so”, Duke!