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Went down to Castle Rock for some train watching and look at what we caught.

Great round of photos everyone! Chessie4155 I love those circus Western Maryland units. What make are they? Also the coal drag is neat! Jeffery I like how the park is coming along and that is one sharp looking KCS hopper! Ralph Great looking hoppers! Shaygetz Great looking...

Good morning folks It was 71 F as I headed to work this bright morning. High today will be 88 F. I finally finished the layout photo session I had been working on this week. I even ran a train for a little while. I still have a bunch of track cleaning to do to get things back running the...

Good morning folks It was a bright 68 F as I headed onto the roadway this morning. High today will be 83 F. I was going to take some photos on the layout last night but instead I wound-up Taking care of some scouting paperwork and letters. I figured spend one night doing it and it will...

Good morning folks It was 73 F on the way into work this morning. High toady will be 86 F. It looks like I will not be furloughed this year as the state has a budget! It was a busy weekend. We did the grocery shopping ordeal. Yesterday we had to get new tires for my wife’s Tracker. I also...

Yes we are. waiting and seeing what goes on or doesn't. I had to say but the only time we run into this mess is when have a Democrat in the Governor' Office. Rendell has done this several times now and so did Casey. Overall being an employee for five governors now this one has been the worst...

Good morning folks It is 82 F on its way to 88 F. The humidity is brutal today. It was bad when I got at 5:30 AM to let the dogs out and feed the cat. I went back to my air conditioned bed for a few hours. The wife is a work, which meant I had to wake the bear, aka my son. He is one unpleasant...

Good morning folks It was a muggy 78 F as I headed out on to the crowded highways this morning. The humidity is supposed to rise along with the high temperature of 92 F. We may get some thunderstorms this afternoon. I started assembling another P2K Mather stockcar. Everything was going...

I like the fence Jeffery!

Good morning folks It was 76 F as I headed out this morning on its way to 91 F. Today is the first day back to work. I had to clear a couple hundred emails. It may take me all day just to clear the pile on my desk so I can get back to real work. Our Cub Scout Marbles Night went well last...

Good afternoon folks We made it back from vacation and I am finally having some time to sit in front of the computer. This one was and up and down vacation with some highs and lows. It started when we arrived at our hotel in Bangor. They gave us a smoking room. We reserved a non smoking room...

I am still here. I would have loved to have gone to bed by now but it has been nuts. My daughter had a basketball game tonight. We got a call on Sunday that a team needed a player and would she help out. Since this league is competitive, well organized, and the premier youth league in the...

Good morning folks It was 67 F as I headed out this morning. High today will be 79 F. I have a half day today and then I am officially on vacation for a week. Once I get home this afternoon we will pack up the car and get ready. We hope to be on the road by 3 AM. According to the Tom Tom...

I am not sure about them using boxcars for cement. I know they used covered hoppers for cement service. When the LNE was closed down the only thing that survived was the cement service which was sold to the CNJ and operated as the Lehigh & New England Railway. Since the cement service was late...

Good morning folks It was 71 F this morning. I can’t tell what the humidity is doing. One moment it feels nice and the next it feels sticky. High today will be 86 F with a chance of heavy rain. We had a busy weekend. We had to do the grocery shopping. We also did some odd jobs around the...

Good morning folks It was 72 F as I rolled onto the roadway this morning. You can feel the humidity creeping back in. High today will be 88 F. It was a comfortable ride this morning with something missing: school buses. Yesterday was the kids’ last day of a school. No modeling last...

I saw this late last night. My heart goes out to the families of all the people involved. Having just returned from camping with the Cub Scouts I can’t image what they are going through. We sweated bullets when someone turned up missing for a few minutes.