a picture a day....

Buladeen, TN.

Monday, June 14, 1943...

The photographs all look great, Lee!  I see the gent in the light suit is looking at his 1943 version of the smart phone.

FOR TODAY:  Tales from the Mountain Division:  

Hobo Harry lives a solitary life.  He's made good friends with nature and lives primarily along the tracks.  Harry claims that the tracks and the trains that run along them are his TV.  

Here's Poindexter, the exclusive rail fan.  He's kind of a snob in that he only likes large steam locomotives and streamlined diesels.  Caught here on camera he's turning his back on a Docksider.  He wants nothing to do with such a "ridiculous little engine."

Every spring season folks from all over come to climb the challenging rock cliff alongside Big Rock Tunnel.  Here we see Edgar, Tater, and Benson nearing the top of the rock cliff.  This trio of guys are all roommates at Patsburg University aka: PU home of the Skunks.  

MOW camp at milepost 56.   That's Jake standing on the back deck of a work caboose. Jake is the MOW Dept. tool foreman and has been working for the Free State Junction Railway for 23 years.  He's looking away from the occupied outhouse because Billy Bob never closes the door.  Billy Bob always mumbles something about "ventilation" whenever he's asked to close the door.  That Billy Bob is a genuine piece of work for sure!

This train called "The Mighty Logger" heads southeast across the Bollman Bridge.  

Hey trumptrain, I love the names you give to all of your people. All fun and kidding aside, your layout is spectacular. Curt

My other garden alongside the Hereford pasture.

@Curt Henion posted:

Hey trumptrain, I love the names you give to all of your people. All fun and kidding aside, your layout is spectacular. Curt

Thanks so much Curt!  I really enjoy your layout scenes as well.   Btw - your reference Hereford in your recent post.  Would you by any chance be a fellow Marylander?

No, Patrick, I grew up in Michigan on a farm north of Battle Creek. I had Hereford cattle and was a member of The American Hereford Association. I was an FFA member in High School and showed my Hereford cattle at local and State Shows.

Pat, thank you for introducing us to some of the folk!!

Curt, the farm is looking great!  I grew up next to a farm in Pennsylvania, but he had all Holsteins and hogs.

Hey Mark, I had Herefords, but my summer job was milking the neighbors 44 Holsteins. What a great way for a kid to grow up.Picture of my Champion Hereford Heifer in 1967.

@Curt Henion posted:

Hey Mark, I had Herefords, but my summer job was milking the neighbors 44 Holsteins. What a great way for a kid to grow up.Picture of my Champion Hereford Heifer in 1967.

Great shot Curt'... I bet you won more than a few trophies for that Champion'.... Nice history and memories of your youth'....

@Curt Henion posted:

Ladies in their garden.

Curt, great looking garden with hard-working attendants! Mine are working the night shift, in spite of the party going on in the parking lot of the door company...

@Curt Henion posted:

Hey Mark, I had Herefords, but my summer job was milking the neighbors 44 Holsteins. What a great way for a kid to grow up.Picture of my Champion Hereford Heifer in 1967.

Gee, you and I looked a lot alike back in ‘67.

Hey Mark, we both like trains, so we are probably long lost cousins.

Hey Mark, at least you kept your hair.

FOR TODAY:  It's 1941 and the mainline is abuzz both night and day with traffic for the war effort.  A brand new Washington Terminal ALCO RS1 is about to head east as a B&O 4-6-4, stopped for a red signal, brings a troop train west bound.   That's Buzzie Beavers dragging the pallet.

Hey Paul, Capetrainman, looks like we have relatives. The Preiser #65341 O scale Hay Harvesters is a nice set, really life like. I don’t see a lot of companies carrying that brand anymore or they are out of stock. Are they getting that hard to find? Curt

My locomotive repair shop. It is not done. I have to detail the interior with machinery, some parts laying around, and some more people. Probably should install some ventilators on the roof to get the smoke out.I noticed the interior lighting shines thru the brick exterior, so I need some black out paper behind the bricks.

Crazy J RR, Wow, very nice layout, and I love the Storm Sounds, so neat. I have their talking water tower, but need to get that one. Thank you for the video, it’s very interesting. Everyone, your pictures are amazing, the scenes so neatly scenicked, Wow.  Happy Railroading Everyone

Excellent as always, Larry!!

@Curt Henion posted:

Hey Paul, Capetrainman, looks like we have relatives. The Preiser #65341 O scale Hay Harvesters is a nice set, really life like. I don’t see a lot of companies carrying that brand anymore or they are out of stock. Are they getting that hard to find? Curt

Hi curt...the Preiser O scale do seem to be getting harder to find, and Preiser itself isn't releasing any new O scale figures that I've seen.  I wonder if the prices from Germany are simply getting too high?   The selection of HO from them is huge...they seem to go where the sales volume is, I guess...HO over O Gauge