Great photos guys!
@leapinlarry Larry I love all the 1776 stuff you have! I bet it looks wonderful rolling around your wonderful layout!
@WesternPacific2217 Scott, Cool shot of them man handling freight right from the truck to the train! I don't think you would find that in many places! LOL
The Conductor keeping a close eye on these railfans.
NYC Passenger making a stop and watching some miners
Patsburg looking southwest. 
Beautiful pictures fellows, and here’s a few pictures to review as we are getting ready for the LCCA National Convention beginning this weekend in Nashville, “Country” Music City USA, Tennessee…. Wow over 500 Lionel Club members in attendance, it’s going to be a lot of fun. I hope some of you fellows on this great OGR Forum will be here so that we can meet in person. Happy Railroading Everyone 
Larry: Good luck with the LCCA convention, layout looks fabulous!
Best Wishes
Don
@Don McErlean, thank you for the kind words Don, this time 4 separate buses all day long Monday July 25th, and I wish you were coming to visit again, we had fun. Happy Railroading Everyone 
@leapinlarry - When I was in Nashville, we went to visit the layout (s) of Dr. Fisher. He expressed interest in my "flashlight" glove that I had gotten for Christmas. Its great and I think better than a head mounted light for close work. Here are some pictures.
The box lid to give you the source. Each package comes with Two (2) gloves.
Here is how it mounts on your hand. OBTW...the package comes with a flashlight glove for both hands.
If you have a chance would you please pass this data on to Dr. Fisher and of course anyone else who might be interested.
Best Wishes
Don
@Don McErlean posted:@leapinlarry - When I was in Nashville, we went to visit the layout (s) of Dr. Fisher. He expressed interest in my "flashlight" glove that I had gotten for Christmas. Its great and I think better than a head mounted light for close work. Here are some pictures.
The box lid to give you the source. Each package comes with Two (2) gloves.
Here is how it mounts on your hand. OBTW...the package comes with a flashlight glove for both hands.
If you have a chance would you please pass this data on to Dr. Fisher and of course anyone else who might be interested.
Best Wishes
Don
Larry,
All I can say about this is "ET phone home"
Don, that is a neat looking device! These days I am looking for tools that can make a job easier. I’m sure you and many here can attest to the fact that many of the tools we have used for years aren’t adequate for us as we age and develop a variety of health issues.
FOR TODAY: It's harvest time and this vat car is on the RIP track receiving repairs. The FSJR Car Dept. is taking care of business! Willy Don Seavers is on top of the car kneeling as he gets ready to weld one of the hatch doors. Bubba Giles steps from the pickup and tips his hat to foreman Clyde Crawly while the two fellers in yellow hard hats discuss what needs to be done next. Mortimer Henshaw, with hands in pockets, looks on. 
FOR TODAY: Not Christmas in July but January in July! I hope you all will find this scene to be really cool!
Pun intended lol! 
Wow, it’s 101 degrees here in Clarksville Tennessee, @Trumptrain, your snow plow really cools me off, thank you…. @Don McErlean, great picture of the finger flashlight and the message has been sent to Dr. Fisher…. Happy Railroading Everyone 
@leapinlarry posted:Wow, it’s 101 degrees here in Clarksville Tennessee, @Trumptrain, your snow plow really cools me off, thank you…. @Don McErlean, great picture of the finger flashlight and the message has been sent to Dr. Fisher…. Happy Railroading Everyone
Very nice Larry, but you can keep the heat down in the south God Speed! Mark
FOR TODAY July 24, 1950. It's Sunday and I'm taking a bike ride on my new Raleigh 10 speed English Racer! Just bought her last evening at Henshaw's Sporting Goods in downtown Patsburg. Having just peddled up a long 2 mile grade to Patsburg, I thank my lucky stars for spending all my grass cutting money to purchase this wonderful bicycle! It sure is a heck of a lot easier to pedal up that long grade with this bike as compared to my old Huffy with those fat balloon tires .. although me and that Huffy have tons of miles and good times behind us for sure! When my friend Daryl saw my new Raleigh 10 speed, he about flipped!! For a moment he was speechless and finally mustered some words ... " Wowwee Wowwee WOW!! This bike must have cost a lot of bread!!" To which I replied " No bread at all but it cost me a lot of grass!" We both laughed our butts off!
Well here I am just cresting the hill and getting ready to ride down Patsburg Ave. "Wow there's hardly any traffic and wow .. Wow ... WOW!!! ... there's a new Baldwin Locomotive Works RF16 demonstrator sitting on the main idling away. Hmmm, must be stopped for a red signal. I sure like that way cool livery!! I just read about those engines in TRAINS Magazine! I hope the FSJR buys a lot of those engines! Now that I think about it, I heard somewhere that somebody nick named the R16 a 'shark' because of the shape of its' front end looking like a shark. I wonder if that nickname will ever stick??? hmmmm ... 
A little ways into town I pass Bow Hog Evans and his step brother Slim Portly. I guess they are spending some time at the family cabin this weekend. Slim tips his hat as I wave to them. Looks to me like they've been ah clearing some trees. Guess they want to get a better view of the lake from their front porch.
About another 500 ft down the road and I see boaters on the lake and YIKES .... a bear!!!! Now I'm peddling as fast as I can!!! I hope that bear does not chase me!!
Pheeeew!!!! That bear did not take off after me. What a relief!! I've now peddled, going full tilt boogie, to the other side of Patsburg and have wound up in Westend ... the posh section of Patsburg! I made it here in record time and could have never done it if that bear had not put that immense fear in my rear!! ... and of course having this 10 speed bike sure helped too!" Oh yeah ... there's the Good Humor truck! I have 25 cents in my pocket. I can get a popsicle for a nickel and still have some change left over. All in all, from seeing a shark to a possible encounter with a bear and finally some Good Humor! ... This really has been my lucky day!! 
@trumpettrain posted:FOR TODAY July 24, 1950. It's Sunday and I'm taking a bike ride on my new Raleigh 10 speed English Racer! Just bought her last evening at Henshaw's Sporting Goods in downtown Patsburg. Having just peddled up a long 2 mile grade to Patsburg, I thank my lucky stars for spending all my grass cutting money to purchase this wonderful bicycle! It sure is a heck of a lot easier to pedal up that long grade with this bike as compared to my old Huffy with those fat balloon tires .. although me and that Huffy have tons of miles and good times behind us for sure! When my friend Daryl saw my new Raleigh 10 speed, he about flipped!! For a moment he was speechless and finally mustered some words ... " Wowwee Wowwee WOW!! This bike must have cost a lot of bread!!" To which I replied " No bread at all but it cost me a lot of grass!" We both laughed our butts off!
Well here I am just cresting the hill and getting ready to ride down Patsburg Ave. "Wow there's hardly any traffic and wow .. Wow ... WOW!!! ... there's a new Baldwin Locomotive Works RF16 demonstrator sitting on the main idling away. Hmmm, must be stopped for a red signal. I sure like that way cool livery!! I just read about those engines in TRAINS Magazine! I hope the FSJR buys a lot of those engines!
A little ways into town I pass Bow Hog Evans and his step brother Slim Portly. I guess they are spending some time at the family cabin this weekend. Slim tips his hat as I wave to them. Looks to me like they've been ah clearing some trees. Guess they want to get a better view of the lake from their front porch.
About another 500 ft down the road and I see boaters on the lake and YIKES .... a bear!!!! Now I'm peddling as fast as I can!!! I hope that bear does not chase me!!
Pheeeew!!!! That bear did not take off after me. What a relief!! I've now peddled, going full tilt boogie, to the other side of Patsburg and have wound up in Westend ... the posh section of Patsburg! I made it here in record time and could have never done it if that bear had not put that immense fear in my rear!! ... and of course having this 10 speed bike sure helped too!" Oh yeah ... there's the Good Humor truck! I have 25 cents in my pocket. I can get a popsicle for a nickel and still have some change left over. This is really has been my lucky day!!
Outstanding story sir, U should write kids books, God Speed!
@Sitka posted:Outstanding story sir, U should write kids books, God Speed!
Thanks for the encouragement Sitka!
@trumptrain - loved the story...I don't know if that came from your own experience but I am old enough to remember getting what at the time was called an "English Racing Bike" with multiple speeds and being able to trade in my "fat tire" Columbia from 1954. @Mark Boyce - thanks for your comment. I know it looked odd in the pictures, but with a little adjustment after putting it on you can direct the light from both your hands to concentrate directly on what you are working with. It really is outstanding especially for things (like you said Mark that are harder as we get older) like starting small screws or soldering.
@leapinlarry- hope your LCCA visitors has as great a time as us TCA visitors to your fabulous layout. Pictures as usual are great!
@Tom M - great job on the shelving. The artwork at the front end of the lower two shelves is also precious. Wife and I have a scrapbook or two filled with such things from our kids and grandkids, now 56 years later we still enjoy looking through it now and then.
Best wishes to all
Don
@Don McErlean, yes tomorrow is the big day, 4 bus loads of train lovers, hopefully no casualties, all safe fun watching the trains run. We are going to have to get our act together as the plan is 30 minute visits… It’s been fun meeting fellows from all over the country and overseas, that’s why it’s the most fun hobby in the world. We are ready….. Happy Railroading Everyone 
@Don McErlean posted:@trumptrain - loved the story...I don't know if that came from your own experience but I am old enough to remember getting what at the time was called an "English Racing Bike" with multiple speeds and being able to trade in my "fat tire" Columbia from 1954. @Mark Boyce - thanks for your comment. I know it looked odd in the pictures, but with a little adjustment after putting it on you can direct the light from both your hands to concentrate directly on what you are working with. It really is outstanding especially for things (like you said Mark that are harder as we get older) like starting small screws or soldering.
@leapinlarry- hope your LCCA visitors has as great a time as us TCA visitors to your fabulous layout. Pictures as usual are great!
@Tom M - great job on the shelving. The artwork at the front end of the lower two shelves is also precious. Wife and I have a scrapbook or two filled with such things from our kids and grandkids, now 56 years later we still enjoy looking through it now and then.
Best wishes to all
Don
Don - glad you enjoyed my story! Thanks!
Hi guys, Just had to stop in and see what was going on! Great Photos everyone and Patrick your stories just get better and better!
If you ever write a book I will for sure buy one!
I hope you all have a wonderful week and try to stay cool!
Hey fellows, great pictures everyone, Happy Sunday July 31, 2022, now, it’s the time of year to begin thinking about Christmas, 5 months to prepare, also the York meet coming up in October…. and Football season soon to begin…. Happy Railroading Everyone 
FOR TODAY: I snapped this photo while backpacking today. 
@trumpettrain posted:FOR TODAY: I snapped this photo while backpacking today.
I can feel the burn backpacking on this side of the ridge Patrick .
Great scene.
@Dallas Joseph posted:I can feel the burn backpacking on this side of the ridge Patrick .
Great scene.
That is a tough looking ridge for backpacking. It would have been okay when I was in Scouts, but not now.
Excellent view, Pat!
OK guys this is a hill to climb when backpacking. This is the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite. There was a narrow gauge which ran across the top of the dam and through a tunnel which is now a trail. Vertical climb is around 2500 feet. Climbing this was harder than Baldy in Philmont - of course I was 10 years older at the time.
Great location for a hike. Just beware of the inhabitants' 👺
Your scenery is excellent, Ted! I remember walking on the B&O tracks, seeing No Trespassing signs, and thinking, ‘What are they going to do to a kid’? 😄. Now I obey all NT signs.
Jeff, that is a hike!!! The toughest climb I did was Seneca Rock in West Virginia. I was about 25 at the time.
Thanks Dallas and Mark for your comments and compliments!
Great scenery Ted!
Scouting Dad - that must have been one hard climb! Would have loved to have seen a train go across the top of the dam when the RR was in operation.
MOW workers have a never ending job! One of the MOW perks is their job location is ever changing as is the task at hand. The job never becomes routine or boring.
Here Smitty and Roger move a crate, Lester moves his jackhammer, Leo with tools in hand waits for the area to clear before beginning his task, and foreman Jake Farnaby leans against against the gang car taking it all in. The dilapidated partially legible sign reads " Railroad Property Keep Out". ..... just another day on the railroad! 
@trumpettrain and all - following is a link to a page with a photo and description of the narrow gauge track. John Muir strenuously objected to the dam construction and subsequent flooding of the valley.
Hetch Hetchy is immediately north of what we commonly think of as Yosemite with iconic half-dome and is within the boundaries of the park itself. The "fogginess" is smoke from fires near the park entrance so we were unable to get into the lower Yosemite valley.
BTY here is a link to the loop we did. Had an extra stop at Laurel Lake (top left). 4 days 5500 feet vertical climb. Not happy when we had to drop 2000 feet and go right back up again. As my buddy says smiling "its essentially flat". Brought enough food for 4 days, fortunately there were water sources on top. Hetch Hetchy Loop
Also trumptrain - still waiting for your e-book to come out. Love your photos and stories.
Jeff, Thank you for the Hetch Hetchy photograph and map of your hike
Hey guys, great photos and stories about hiking. Sorry I haven't been around to comment sooner but its been busy here and it's not done yet! I would really like to post something but all you would see is new post and cross post for a new fence! LOL What a blast!
I am hoping to be done with it and back in the train room within a week if I am lucky!
I hope you all have a great week!
Climbers racing to the top
Beautiful pictures and scenes everyone, have a great weekend…. Also, Happy Railroading Everyone 
A view across the harbor.
Even at night, the harbor is a busy place.
The night shift loading lumber onto flat cars.
FOR TODAY: It's Friday afternoon in Patsburg and the team tracks are busy! As a gang of ol timers view the action from the tower platform, Zeke and Buzzy disconnect the chains securing the logs on this flat car, as Dexter gives hand signals to the tractor driver positioning the trailer. BIG HOOKER is on hand to lift the logs from flat car to this brand new three axle Lowboy trailer. Once the logs are securely on the trailer they will be transported three miles to the saw mill. This is the last load of the day and the three men are happy about that! After collecting their paychecks Zeke, Buzzy, and Dexter will gather at the House of Ale for a couple cold brews before heading home for the weekend. 
Meanwhile sitting on another team track, these boxcars will have to be unloaded tomorrow. The surprise ahead unbeknown to Buzzy, Zeke and Dexter; when the boss, Scruffy Briggs, brings their paychecks in just a little while he will tell the trio their services will be needed tomorrow to get these cars unloaded. Nothing like a little overtime! ..... Just another day on the railroad! 
Some unexpected traffic congestion on South Main....
Pat, what happened to Buzzy, Zeke and Dexter reminds me of the dreaded 4:29 trouble call! 😣
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