Switcher Saturday July 29, 2023 Edition

@Bill Swatos posted:

Good to know there was a PW version of this car; I found the original described at the Tandem Associates website. I think the PW containers were labeled "radioactive waste" instead of "toxic waste" like the 1993 Kughn era version which is likely why I missed the PW version. Turns out there is also an MPC version, also labeled "radioactive waste." Finally, the PW car was reissued as part of the "Postwar Celebration Series" in the 2000's. And, yes, the concept of placing radioactive waste into such containers is, to put it mildly, quaint.

@Edmund Schwartzel 060518 posted a video of an actual nuclear fuel shipment passing around the Horseshoe Curve:

https://ogrforum.com/...e-today-what-is-this

Now THAT would make a cool model!

Looks like spent Naval fuel cask.

Ron

@trumpettrain posted:

Coach Joe - Thank you!  Yes I was performing, teaching, and recording plus attending lectures and classes at USC all last week. I greatly enjoy learning new things and sharing with others what I know.  It was a delightful week!!!  The daily schedule was intensely packed from 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 pm.  I got home last night, to an extremely hot house,  only to discover that a storm knocked out power in my area yesterday afternoon!   It just came back on tonight at 8 pm.  Luckily the weather was only in the low 80's today and the humidity is bearable.  

After everything wound down at noon of Friday, I grabbed lunch with a friend, then I was off to find a train store.  Once there, I had a wonderful time talking to other O Guage customers and the owner whose name is Joe.  I spent some $$ too!!  The Brookland RR and Hobby Shop is located in West Columbia SC.  It caters to N, HO, S, G, and the O gauge selection is abundantly stocked.  The store, actually constructed of brick and mortar started its' life as a Sinclair gas station.  

Wow Patrick that sounds like one busy week.  Too bad your homecoming was less than stellar.  I'll have to keep Brookland in mind if I get up Columbia way.

@coach joe posted:

Wow Patrick that sounds like one busy week.  Too bad your homecoming was less than stellar.  I'll have to keep Brookland in mind if I get up Columbia way.

Coach Joe - Yep it was a busy week for sure!  I'm now off to State University or NY Fredonia to continue working on a recording project I began in early January of this year.  Actually leaving in a few minutes as soon as I can load Barney ( my dog ) in the car.  Spending tonight in Pittsburgh then off to Fredonia in the morning .  Probably won't have time to stop at any train shops on this trip unfortunately.  Hopefully my return home won't be the downer as last week's return home was.   After I get back I plan to send time working on my layout which should include some new switcher pics too!   Hope the progress on your layout is coming along nicely!

@trumpettrain posted:

Coach Joe - Yep it was a busy week for sure!  I'm now off to State University or NY Fredonia to continue working on a recording project I began in early January of this year.  Actually leaving in a few minutes as soon as I can load Barney ( my dog ) in the car.  Spending tonight in Pittsburgh then off to Fredonia in the morning .  Probably won't have time to stop at any train shops on this trip unfortunately.  Hopefully my return home won't be the downer as last week's return home was.   After I get back I plan to send time working on my layout which should include some new switcher pics too!   Hope the progress on your layout is coming along nicely!

Patrick, will you be making a CD available of your recording? I would love to support your effort with its purchase. I played trumpet in junior high and high school and, although I never was very proficient, I gained an appreciation for great music. From Louis Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis and from The Canadian Brass to The Boss Brass, brass instruments and the trumpet, in particular, have "played" in integral role in making great music!

A little late for last week: Heber Valley Scenic RR

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

A little late for last week: Heber Valley Scenic RR

Or early for tomorrow......

Bob