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  1. J

    Weekly Photo Fun 1-30/2-5

    Here's the project I chose to do today. Seems I have this UP dummy GP40 locomotive. I want to put it in consist behind my two SDP40F's but at 1.5 ounces it's much too light for that. I removed the shell exposing the empty plastic frame within. I then packed the frame with modeling clay to...
  2. J

    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Look who was out and about today. Ezra's always good for a photo op.
  3. J

    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Good morning. It's 31 and partly cloudy here. The high is expected to be in the low 60's and it will be partly cloudy. Didn't find any damage yesterday from the early morning hail storm. As most are aware of by now my new camera came in yesterday as did a new 128 MB SM card for my Olympus...
  4. J

    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    You mean the signature line? Go to the top of the page and click on USER CP. Scroll down and click EDIT SIGNATURE. Get your sig line to look the way you want it then scroll down and click SAVE. Go back to USER CP and click EDIT OPTIONS. Scroll down unitil you see three check boxes. The top one...
  5. J

    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Tonight my father was telling me about something that happened on Fort Polk last week. The railroad track that runs past the part of the post he works at has a very sharp curve. It's OK for SW's and the geeps but for some reason they were trying to take one of those massive Southern Belle GE's...
  6. J

    Weekly Photo Fun 1-30/2-5

    Got my new camera and I'm having a good old time learning how to use it. Here's a few samples:
  7. J

    Weekly Photo Fun 1-30/2-5

    This photo was taken with an AIPTEK VGA pinhole camera. Not bad considering the technology.
  8. J

    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VII

    Good morning. It's 51 and very wet! The high should be around the mid 50's and it will be partly cloudy. Just after 2am this morning I was awakened by a racket that sounded like a hail of machine gun bullets on my tin roof. I looked outside to see what was going on and saw that we were having...