a picture a day....

@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.

Welcome to Indian River',  Sorry No Trespassing!

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.

Hetch Hetchy 1919

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!  😣