Howdy folks,
Speaking of the IC, the daytime desk clerk at HIE used to work for the IC in the fares? department, he would come up with the shipping prices.
Just took this outside.
Are we too far north and west for boiled peanuts?
Just as well, imagine a peanut with the consistancy of a baked bean with a poisonous amount of salt.
Good evening .
MLC … Thanks for the greetings. … Also thanks for the historic photos. … I have a book about the history of the IC line from Paducah to Louisville (Now the P & L Ry) … Interesting to read about the trains of gold going to Fort Knox. … I see if I can locate the book.
Robert … Reading about Elvis’ sandwich does not appeal to me. [+o(]
Henry … That peanut thing does not sound good to me either.
NWP SWP … Beautiful clouds photos
Boiled peanuts more of a Georgia, Alabama, Florida thing.
I have actually had some, but I am not that fond of them.
Evening folks,
Boiled peanuts are a Louisiana thing too.
Went to the MRR club, got some free mechanical advice. I need to get some transmission related stuff done.
I’ll be around.
Good evening all.
The craziness of page 5 is here…
Zoe - A large RBF please. Thanks.
I will pass on the special sandwiches and the boiled nuts. Honey roasted, maybe, but no thanks on the boiled.
Weather - Hot, Humid, Hot, sticky, and hot… And it’s hot. It’s still, at 11:10pm, 78F, with a dew point of 73. So very humid, and very hot.
Tomorrow is guessed to be 90-92F, with a very high humidity index.
W*^k - Decent sales day yesterday, did jack today… Secondary job wasn’t much busier.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
Evening All!
Looks like we have the standard page 5 glich.
Hobby Front: Decided to breakdown and ballast some of my turnouts and the tracks over the joints. Proving to be rather interesting. Foam creation is also being rather interesting.
The passenger car has increased by another car. I got the floor for the fourth coach today and it is already painted and installed with the trucks. I did accidentally glue one of trucks down with the CA for the weights. Thankfully I have some Glue Buster and got that solved quickly. It is now waiting for me to finish the custom decals and get them ordered.
Car Front: Mom finally found a “new” car. The dealership will bring the vehicle down on Sunday. While we didn’t see it in person, it is a Certified Pre-owned Vehicle and the dealership is one of the most well known in the region, so there shouldn’t be a problem. Maybe I can get the layout section finally brought into town around the 16th.
Good Evening everyone—
I hope this finds you well…
Recorded in Ohio — but headed for Kentucky!
Kudos to the photographer, for using a tripod! I would have liked a pan-shot now and then, though. Great sound, horn echo in second scene, too.
At least the format isn’t that crazy vertical video style [:(] [N]
Looks like NS forgot to get out the DullCote. All railroad equipment is a dull, flat finish, right?
Cheers, Ed
Eveing Diners
Flo, the gang will have a [B] and I take a keg with a straw, give Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they like.
My Brain Hurts Work Front. The more I dug into what Nancy and Jerry sold Staurday and Sunday the more I got behinde! [banghead] By the close of the day I was finnaly to where I started when I got there this morning! [sigh]
LMC Whats was wrong with the wife and is she OK?
Steve O I am more of a Duffer than a Old Cute. I still have 70% of my hair. I don’t think, well in my case I know the problem is not Steven’s age but the time he moves the dinner!
Start the new Dinner, post a waring the dinner is being moved and add a link to the new dinner. Is that asking to much?
My brain hurts, so later.
Ken
Gidday Cloe, I’ll pass on the boiled peanuts, but some lightly roasted and salted peanuts would be nice, if possible, please.
I thought w**k was going to slow down a bit so I could catch up but it hasn’t, and to make it worse, I’ve come down with a dose of the dreaded lurgy, and have been hitting the sack early, and am only just catching up with the goings on in here.
So, a belated Happy Birthday Garry.
I hope the railroad didn’t want that passenger car on the W.B.Duncan, somewhere else in ahurry MLC. A great photo especially as I find car ferries interesting.
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
Cheers, the Bear.[+o(]
Ken,
Mrs MLC story is a long one, She has excercised every day for 25 years. Last May she hurt her ab muscles. (but continued to excesicse) She hurt them some more in June. Then things got really bad by mid July and she seeks treatment, They put her on pain meds and muscle relaxer and she has reaction to both. Pain meds cause pancratitis and muscle relaxer turns her into a lobster with a bad rash and made her “nutty”.
we get her off those meds, ( which also cause severe gastritis) she has to have an upper GI scope to see if ulcers. ( no ulcers just inflamtion)
She has been in rehab for 6 weeks and everytime they have her do some Ab muscle excesise it injures again. The pain got so bad Sunday night we went to ER to get a CAT scan to see if there is something else going on. CT scan came back clear. We suspect a rare type of hernia that they usually only find with exploratory surgery. She has appointment with surgeon tomorrow. This has mainly been mentally tiring on her because she can’t work out. She started a new job and is afriad she will lose it so she streeses and can’t get rid of stress because she can’t work out. So that adds to the “pain” Since we had ER visit and found there were no cancers etc we have been in a better frame of mind.
So moral to the story is “excersise is bad for you”
Good morning. Here is some more touring of Western KY.
Here is a picture of Casey Jones , He was from Cayce Kentucky (hence the nickname.)
The IC Paucah shops under contruction in 1925
cleaning a locomotive at the roundhouse at Paducah in 1955
Building of a center pivot swing bridge over the TN river at Gilbertsville KY in 1905.
This Bridge would be replaced by Ky Dam upstream of the location . The railroad crossed the dam until recently when a new bridge replaced the dam crossing up stream of the dam.
Bear , here is another car ferry at Paducah. It traveled between Paducah and Brookport IL across the Ohio river.
Good morning .
MLC … Thanks for the historic photos. I did see the one of Casey Jones on the 2-8-0 at the Casey Jones Museum. I recall his nickname is based on his home town, Cayce, KY. … The new bridge at the dam actually is downstream on the Tennessee River as it flows north to the Ohio River. I recall dring acorss the dam when the railroad also was on the dam. There was a coal train on the dam at the same time. …
Bear, and again to everybody else, thanks for the birthday wishes.
Today is our anniversary. Many years ago, my wife gave me “Skookum” as a gift. I currently have a thread about it in the main forum.
This relates to our present conversations in the Diner because Skookum was built by Baldwin for a logging railroad in eastern TN. It did not stay there long because the small locomotive was still too big for the poor trackage in the TN forests. Later it was moved to a logging railroad in the Pacifc Northwest where it received its Native American name.
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Yep Garry Downstream. And the tracks and highway both were removed from the Dam.
Looks great Ulrich!
Afternoon folks!
[color=red]Ulrich[/color], Lookin’ NICE!!!
In keeping with our placement of this month’s diner, I offer:
Not a train but you might like this local houseboat…
Meanwhile since fall is just starting North of the Border:
I’ve spent most of the morning over at the fieldhouse putting in my 4 miles. Today the lady who runs the place stopped me just as I was starting my last lap and warned me that the heat index was well above the danger point and to be very careful! I told her I rest several times while doing the 4 miles and only had one lap left to do and I keep myself very hydrated. Not to worry! Good they are keeping a watch on us though…
Will be spending much of the afternoon getting some NMRA stuff acomplished after I go get a new pair of bifocals at the eye docs and after lunch…
73
This is an IC crew caller in Jackson TN
Another look at the Metropolis Bridge contruction from the KY side.
An Early engine house in Hopkinsville kY
Depot in Hopkinsville KY. I don’t know if it still stands or which railroad it was, I think IC.
This was an OOPS at the Ohio River in Paducah in 1905.
Another shot of the TN river Bridge contruction.
And the Dam Downstream of the bridge we saw under contruction in the previous photo.
Here " Kitty, Kitty , Kitty…
