Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. I am pitch hitting for our friend Rich Murnane, aka "Super Dad," who has some family duties to take care of.
Some housekeeping...Here was last week's topic if you missed it:
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...12#85057867689432612
Now, getting down to what really matters, this is Memorial Day weekend, so let's be sure to remember those that did so much for our country, paying the ultimate sacrifice. Without their service, we wouldn't have the freedom we have today.
Below is a picture of an American cemetery in Impruneta, Italy.
Here is my own dad at the onset of WWII, stationed in the Hawaiian Islands for the US Army, soon after the Pearl Harbor attack, in early 1942. Sergeant Panettiere has the guitar in the first photo and is seen in "full combat mode" in the colorized second photo below. After WWII his friend got him a job on the New Haven Railroad. He was a fireman, trained on steam and diesels, but the railroading life was not for him. Dad still supported my train interests, building my first Lionel layout for me back in the 1960's and would drive me to train clubs in the 1960's-early 1970's. Much of my enjoyment today can be traced back to him.
So, in honor of Memorial Day, I took some new pictures of my prewar Lionel #228 (on my only 2 pieces of T-Rail track), al fresco! The 228's were built from 1939 to 1942, a time when my dad and many others were already serving in WWII. Dad had enlisted before 1941 and his combined Army & National Guard service lasted until around 1980.
So, lets see those switchers!!!
Tom
