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Trackside for this fine Thursday!   Humphrey Tragob and Sirob Follrak unfasten the chains that hold these powerful beauties in place during their long  train ride.  Boss man Axle Bentley stands in front of the Mack pondering as where to park these tractors once they come off the flatcar.  IMG_8151IMG_8132IMG_8133

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FOR TODAY:  It's Springtime in Patsburg!  The Westend section of Patsburg is bustling with activitivty.  The Good Humor truck makes its' first appearance since last Labor Day.  Kids line up for Popsicles, Dreamcicles, Nutty Butty cones, Rocketship pushups, and for those lucky kids with a nice shiny ( or not shiny ) 25 cent piece  ... a half pint of delicious Good Humor ice cream.  Emmmm ... one of the many pleasures of the season we call Spring. IMG_1017

AND some new Lionel sets have arrived at Kiddie City Toys.  A dad and his two kids walking by stop to admire the new sets only to discover that owner Klaus Atnas has fogged the windows. Now the young family trio's curiosity is at a fever pitch and they must come inside KCT to have an up close look at these exciting new sets.  I wonder which set they will purchase today.  O'l Klaus is a pretty persuasive salesman!  After all, he sold Sally Sue that nice jump rope after she came in looking for the Milton Bradley game called Sorry which was out of stock.   IMG_1013

At Westend Park:   Nanny, Mrs. Bledsoe pushes young Fauntley Nottingham as Mr. Higgins takes a break from his men's clothing shop. IMG_1016

Westend Ave on Friday afternoon.  IMG_1008

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Trackside for this fine Thursday!   Humphrey Tragob and Sirob Follrak unfasten the chains that hold these powerful beauties in place during their long  train ride.  Boss man Axle Bentley stands in front of the Mack pondering as where to park these tractors once they come off the flatcar.  

Humphrey Tragob and Sirob Follrak...been watching old movies again Patrick?

@Farmall-Joe posted:

Humphrey Tragob and Sirob Follrak...been watching old movies again Patrick?

Farmall - Joe  .... you figured it out!  Bravo!!   Not watching old movies here, however, those two actor's names popped into my head just before I was about to press Post Reply.  At that moment I paused and said " why not do a play on words".  I've done this before in other posts but no one seemed to catch those .  You have a most discerning eye my friend!  

@walt rapp posted:

@lee drennen - I'm guessing that you removed your comment about my haystacks because I got a notification that you showed your own picture of a real one and commented about being from a Mennonite farm.

After my divorce, my kids lived in a area of NW PA know for its Amish population.  That was my inspiration for the scene on my layout.

walt

@lee drennen posted:

No they did Man I love this place!

@walt rapp posted:

From what I saw in my email, I didn't notice anything close to controversial.  Hmmm.  Sorry to know this.

walt

@lee drennen posted:

Walt just some of the reasons I don’t post here much anymore

Nothing got deleted. The photo is still there. You (Lee) posted it inside the quoted reply of Walt’s post instead of in the body of your post. User error, not moderator action.
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@lee drennen- Lee glad to see your commenting again and great comment on the haystack and the Amish Farm.  Thanks for the comment on my picture.  My wife's family is from Lancaster, PA and has Mennonite relations in their background and we lived in southern Maryland and had Mennonite neighbors (including horse drawn wagons and such).  They may have some unusual practices but on the whole, they were honest, hard working, and straightforward neighbors.

Best Wishes

Don

@lee drennen- Lee glad to see your commenting again and great comment on the haystack and the Amish Farm.  Thanks for the comment on my picture.  My wife's family is from Lancaster, PA and has Mennonite relations in their background and we lived in southern Maryland and had Mennonite neighbors (including horse drawn wagons and such).  They may have some unusual practices but on the whole, they were honest, hard working, and straightforward neighbors.

Best Wishes

Don

Don, good to see you posting; after all the news about Texas weather.

@pennsyfan - Thanks for your concern and comment Bob, we certainly have been having a "doozy" this spring.  I teach at Baylor and on Friday we had to evacuate the University Buildings and seek shelter in the specified locations for Tornado shelters.  Baylor is in downtown Waco which was destroyed by a tornado in 1953 so it was somewhat scary!  Anyway thank you for your concern and asking.

Best Wishes

Don

Well its a little late but here is a starting post for today's thread.  The commuters are waiting for transit on the Leonardtown and Savannah in order to get into town for some shopping.  No school age children they are all in school so the parents are taking some time to get to the stores in peace!  Mrs. Hilda Stout (in the green dress) is looking forward to a lunch near the Savannah River waterfront at her favorite cafe...(just between us, perhaps she goes there too often )

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Don

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Well its a little late but here is a starting post for today's thread.  The commuters are waiting for transit on the Leonardtown and Savannah in order to get into town for some shopping.  No school age children they are all in school so the parents are taking some time to get to the stores in peace!  Mrs. Hilda Stout (in the green dress) is looking forward to a lunch near the Savannah River waterfront at her favorite cafe...(just between us, perhaps she goes there too often )

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Don

Ah, the Savannah River waterfront cafes.
That’s where I got the sign “Barracuda Bob’s “ for my layout. I think they have since closed.

From one of my Christmas Layouts.  The house is a model that I made of my parents' house where I grew up in Port Vue.  Mom always hung clothes out to dry on sunny days (Sadly, maybe, I had to help).  When I made this scene I made sure to put the poles in the correct spots.  The hedges and trees too.  That's a model of my Dad and my Mom that Trainsformations made for me back then.  They are SPOT ON.

- walt

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@walt rapp posted:

From one of my Christmas Layouts.  The house is a model that I made of my parents' house where I grew up in Port Vue.  Mom always hung clothes out to dry on sunny days (Sadly, maybe, I had to help).  When I made this scene I made sure to put the poles in the correct spots.  The hedges and trees too.  That's a model of my Dad and my Mom that Trainsformations made for me back then.  They are SPOT ON.

- walt

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What a great modeling skill Walt.   Your description of the memories and modeling pulled me into your photo to take a closer look around.    Nice

@walt rapp posted:

From one of my Christmas Layouts.  The house is a model that I made of my parents' house where I grew up in Port Vue.  Mom always hung clothes out to dry on sunny days (Sadly, maybe, I had to help).  When I made this scene I made sure to put the poles in the correct spots.  The hedges and trees too.  That's a model of my Dad and my Mom that Trainsformations made for me back then.  They are SPOT ON.

- walt

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WOW!!! Walt this is fabulous modeling!!! Quite stunning really, and what a terrific tribute to your parents!!!

Trackside for this fine Thursday!   IMG_2993

There's that FM TM H-24-66 Reading poking its nose in your trackside Thursday in Patsburg, MA scene, got to love it! Great stuff Patrick! I travel back east at least once a year to Lehigh University, PA, Wilmington, DE, and Stamford, CT. My son will be a sophomore at Lehigh University next year, and I have family in DE and CT. If I can ever figure it out, I would love to see your layout and catch some live music with you blowing the trumpet. (wish list) In the meantime I'll keep enjoying your posts here on OGR, keep 'em coming.

FYI - Two of my favorite bands are Chicago and Tower of Power. Great brass sections!! I've seen Tower of Power at least 5 times at the Frost Amphitheater at  Stanford University in the 70's! Wow, so awesome.

Keep those FM Train Masters rollin'!

I just thought this would be a funny entry for a trackside thursday posting.  I have a floor layout, 11'x14' with lots of switches, so there are always derailments and other things that go wrong.  As Murphy's Law would have it, those problems always seem to be in the rear of the layout .

When I'm planning my new track design and scenery options for the new Christmas season, one consideration that I keep in mind is making sure that I have a way to get to the back of the layout.  Here's me after rerailing a couple of cars in the rear.  Keeping my balance is no small, easy task to boot.

And it ALWAYS seems to happen when I have guests.  These images were taken by my B.I.L.

- walt

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@walt rapp posted:

I just thought this would be a funny entry for a trackside thursday posting.  I have a floor layout, 11'x14' with lots of switches, so there are always derailments and other things that go wrong.  As Murphy's Law would have it, those problems always seem to be in the rear of the layout .

When I'm planning my new track design and scenery options for the new Christmas season, one consideration that I keep in mind is making sure that I have a way to get to the back of the layout.  Here's me after rerailing a couple of cars in the rear.  Keeping my balance is no small, easy task to boot.

And it ALWAYS seems to happen when I have guests.  These images were taken by my B.I.L.

- walt

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Walt, you must have been tuned in to my thoughts earlier! Seeing you reminds me of picking my way through the rock garden when I ran the LGB in Brooklyn.

@walt rapp posted:

I just thought this would be a funny entry for a trackside thursday posting.  I have a floor layout, 11'x14' with lots of switches, so there are always derailments and other things that go wrong.  As Murphy's Law would have it, those problems always seem to be in the rear of the layout .

When I'm planning my new track design and scenery options for the new Christmas season, one consideration that I keep in mind is making sure that I have a way to get to the back of the layout.  Here's me after rerailing a couple of cars in the rear.  Keeping my balance is no small, easy task to boot.

And it ALWAYS seems to happen when I have guests.  These images were taken by my B.I.L.

- walt

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Something Alpine-looking about your moves....maybe Aspen....

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