Saturday, Nov 6th

[Rail and Tie]

Enjoying a fall morning in the mountains. Wood is stacked and mostly chopped for the winter.


Here is an interesting high speed bullet train on a cool layout.


https://youtu.be/n-kj8Tongfs

[Opa George]

Another afternoon check-in.
My wife and I spent the morning pulling up tender bulbs for winter storage. Now we have buckets of dahlia, canna, elephant ears and gladiolus.  The better than average growing season this year was good for the plants, so what is normally a large bulb harvest was huge this year. 

Have a great day, everyone.
--Opa George

[deemery]

Back from the operating session on JBVB's layout.  I was paired with an experienced operator as brakeman for the first hour or so.  That really helped me understand the thought process, workflow, what to look for, etc.  Then I ran 2 passenger trains by myself.  On the 2nd, an express, I "exceeded the speed limit" and then due to a DCC failure lost control and the train ran a switch.  But still it was a lot of fun, and I'm much more comfortable with operations than I was before.


Wife:  "You mean you went to this guy's attic and a bunch of you played with trains all afternoon?" 
Me:  "No.  We operated the layout.  That's different!"


dave

[bparrish]

Dave..............


It has taken YEARS to teach my wife that she cannot use the words trains and play in the same sentence.

I almost have it ! ! !

see ya
Bob

[deemery]

Bob, one of the things we all admired are the structures James' wife has built.  They're -really well done-, and since they are working from prototype photos, they look just right for the location.   (My wife at least comes down and helps me match colors...)


dave