The Shops at Bandana Square Saint Paul. A trackside structure back in the day when the mighty Northern Pacific Iron Horses along with Lowey scheme F7’s were still steaming the tracks.
It was a large passenger car repair facility.
The rails still visible like a ghost from the past.
What’s left of the transfer table makes one wonder what its last operation was.
I was in the structure many times before the HMO took over the building. Most of the handcrafted structure still exposed with the flavorful aroma of old wooden timbers made for a memorable experience.
Sure wish I could find the picture of those impressive free-standing, burly wooden stairs. Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum used to be up there.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee. Again. I never get tired of that breakfast.
Before I begin taking down the layout, I’m designing a new layout. I started out yesterday with some graph paper. It’s more difficult than I thought. My list of things I want on the new layout will need to be edited – I can’t fit them all in. I’m not sure I could fit everything in on a room the size of a football field.
Bear, a while back you posted a picture of a cattle roundup. In my state, we do the same thing. It’s a pretty amazing thing to witness. I was on a canoeing-camping trip with my students when we got to see cattle being moved from one pasture to another. The horses and dogs are well-trained. This is not my photo, but from our university:
With the national college football championship done, it’s a discussion if the champion is really the best team. I thought this was funny – it shows Hillsdale College is actually a better team than Georgia:
Have a good day, everyone. I hope any of you diners with health problems or other issues in your life will find some relief today.
I’ve been out of it for a while. I didn’t know so many greats had passed.
I’ll miss blownout, sperandeo, brakie, heartland, rrinker, steinjr, tomikawa. I know I personally talked to them multiple times over the years and they have been of great inspiration and help.
Spent most of the day in the trainroom as I did yesterday, this could become habit forming.
Hope your surgery went well Henry.
Thanks, John, I have been looking at more and more prototype photos of CP Jordan spreaders and they had several different types through the years, I even saw one that looked a lot like the Walthers one. I think I will just keep hunting locally as the train shows tend to always have a few though for some reason they always seem to have a little damage to them. On occasion, the local train shop will get one but they tend to be priced higher than what Brass Trains ask for them. Any idea what they want for the one near you?
Still works, but definitely needs a new cord.
TF, that was a beautiful sign you guys made for your resort. Spent quite a bit of time a fishing resorts as a kid, great memories. Fishing and/or waterskiing all day long. Though I would rather drive the boat than ski, I got great pleasure in trying to wipe out whoever I was pulling. [:-,]
The boss and I got our third dose on Monday, I had no reaction at all while she has been sleeping quite a bit. Quite the operation they got going on at the rec centre, we were through in minutes. I’ll give the Government extra credit for the way they are running that show.
That snow plow on the bottom of your last post is really interesting! The name appears to be something like “The Ideal Snow Plow CO.” so I suspect that it was a prototype. I also suspect that it was a failure because it doesn’t appear that it could through snow far enough to keep it from building up beside the tracks unless those blades were operating at very high speeds. Do you have any information about it?
It would make a really interesting kitbash. It might just be enough to get my creative juices flowing again.
Dawn had a bad morning today. Fortunately she has ‘pulled round’ and is feeling much better. It allowed me some time in the train room.
Ravenglass Station on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
The R&ER is a 15 inch gauge railway. Note the ground signal. The four feet eight and half inch gauge carriage behind for people to stay in whilst on holiday there. The house on the right also belongs to the Railway Company for visitors to stay. Anyone staying in the properties can travel the line as often as they wish.
We are in the middle of a heat wave. Tomorrow, it changes back to cold and some snow.
Grand Island, Nebraska, used to be a major stop on the Union Pacific line. Today, there are still some structures there, with many of them being used by the Nebraska Central RR. Union Pacific still has some structures there, but it is difficult to get close enough for pictures.
It’s amazing how much junk there is around these buildings, compared to my nice, neat layout structures.
I am back from the edge[:D] I didn’t see any bright white lights or hear beautiful music.
I had a nerve block before general anesthesia and surgery. They said it might last 3 days, and I can now move my thumb after 31 hours. Nothing more than tylenol since recovery room. I start PT tomorrow.
It’s going be be impossible to wire any track for a couple months. Getting full range of motion is the goal, and hopefully the pain will be gone for good.
I’ve known more people who have gotten C starting right before Omnicron was announced in mid December, than I have the whole pandemic.
The fear mongers started forecasting an ice storm and Nor’easter before the storm hit the west coast. Sunday it may go N, S, E or W and we may have snow, ice or nothing at all, stay tuned at 11. Or just buy bread, milk and toilet paper.
