The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[Running Bear]

Many times last year I asked my nephew to cut down a dead tree in my yard. He never did despite reassurances that he would when he 'got around to it'. I bet if there had been a case of beer at the top of it he would have 'gotten around to it' in very short order. I called him today and told him he no longer has to cut it down. Just cut it up and haul it off. That tree fell today and hit the back of my trailer hard enough that it smashed the roof down about six inches and split open the corner seam where the side and back meet. Inside the trailer the force of the impact splintered the west wall in several places, destroyed one of my DVD racks and broke my loco display case off the wall. about half the locos are damaged, some to the point of being irreparable and some of those are irreplaceable. Among the damaged units is my 70's era metal Bachmann 0-6-0. Try finding one of those. It's one of a kind. My rebuilt/remotored AHM C628 is damaged. The Atlas U30C/U30E645 was totally destroyed. My Athearn KCS SW1500 is damaged. My Atlas Trainmaster is damaged though not badly. The Atlas/Roco FP7's got tossed around but look to be undamaged. A rebuilt Athearn GP35 has a busted truck. The two Bachmann GP7's appear to be undamaged.

I checked the sewage pipe under the trailer. It's still in place. The exhaust line that connects where the pipe comes out from under the trailer was knocked off but it's just a simple press fit.

I put a board against the outside wall and screwed it down to serve as a temporary patch. There's still a gap but it's nowhere as big as it was. The gap is visible from inside as well. I'll be stuffing some old clothes in there to help keep the cold air out. Good thing my nephew is at work. Right now my fondest desire is to hurt him very badly.