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

[ngauger]

Jim:
Hope you heal up soon!

Matt:
Great picture! Glad you were able to see it!

[Charlie B]

It was my day to see the Big Boy, the crowds were unbelievable. our chosen spot was packed when we arrived at 0800for an 11:00 train so we had to go to an alternate spot. It worked out because it was a perfect distance from the track and the state police removed all of the trespassers    

Jim, I am wishing you well with the doctor. 
Charlie

[ngauger]

Charlie:
Great Picture!! Have you ever seen one before?
The only place I've seen one is at Steamtown USA in Scranton, PA

[LiveSteamer]

Jim:
Hope you heal up soon!

Matt:
Great picture! Glad you were able to see it!

Thank You Mikey. My fiance was determined to get me there one way or another because she knew I wanted to see it.

[sir james]

Monday 7/13/26
Hello Blue
The two of us had a quiet weekend, nothing from the kids except the youngest who had a good walleye fishing day. 
The club layout was at a weekend exhibit that wasn't well promoted but those who saw the layout liked it.
Last time out gas was $3.84 but with more fighting going on it will probably go up again.
S.J.

[Charlie B]

Ngauger, the one at Scranton is the only other one I have seen.  My FRA inspector at the Kiski was chief mechanical officer for the Lehigh Valley  when the Big Boy was moved to Scranton
. He said they put the tender on the ground twice on a sharp curve. 

All's quiet here today. 
Charlie

[tompm]

Good evening folks

Saturday, I took my wife to HomeGoods in St. Davids, and we went to the grocery store next door. While we were in the grocery store, there was a nasty thunderstorm with high winds and heavy downpours. Our trip home involved going around several downed trees and utility poles and a detour. Somehow our neighborhood was spared.

Sunday, we had to run to the pharmacy and get gas for my wife’s car. We moved a small azalea from one garden to another garden in the front of the house. The azalea and its root ball were heavier than expected, and as a result, I may have overdone it, as I am experiencing pain.

I finished the Trade Tower and placed it on the layout. I am probably going to move it elsewhere within the city. I cleaned out some of the stuff that has collected near the layout. The basement is still in disarray from the broken soil pipe and repairs.

I hope everybody has a good evening.

[jim currie]

update the eye surgeon canaled surgery rill after retinas surgeon dose his thing later this month. do it's another month of no serious modeling.
Jim

[FiatFan]

Greetings, gang.

86 under partly cloudy and hazy skies this morning. Supposed to hit the low 90s for the next several days. With the tree taken down in the back yard the thermometer back there is pretty much useless in the daytime. Right now it says 102. Only thing it tells me is that I'm not going to be working in the back yard today.

3919.4 miles of spectacular scenery. The eastern part of Yellowstone was a very easy drive but the western part was a nightmare. That's where all the scenic stuff - waterfalls, geysers, boiling mud. etc. - is located. The crowds are quite large and my sympathy goes out to the park rangers trying to keep things under control.

There were several stretches of road where the speed limit was higher than I thought it should be. Driving through canyons, along rivers, or through forests on very twisty roads was a little nerve-wracking. I would frequently pull over to allow traffic behind me to go through. Coming home was interstate highways all the way. FYI Portland, OR traffic is an absolute nightmare.

All stay safe.

Tom

[sir james]

7/16/26 Thursday
Hello Blue.
Tom our nightmare city from Michigan to Florida is I75 Atlanta. Wrong time of day and your screwed. A couple other bottlenecks but Atlanta is by far the worst.
We are sitting under Canadas wildfire smoke. It's so bad I can smell it in the house. Temp for today will be 90. Bought gas @ $3.85.
Took my wife to an ENT yesterday, she has an ear infection. Got script drops, hope it helps her.
No outside stuff for us today.
S.J.

[ngauger]

Hello Blue

I tried to take pics of the wild fire smoke, but it's not thick enough to see on camera.
I can see it and smell it .

[Charlie B]

Good evening.

     Tom B, I am glad you had a safe trip. I would have to take a month at least to drive that far. 

     The smoke and smell here is horrible. I went out to the mailbox and by the time I had returned I was having problems breathing so we are in the house, sealed up with the HEPA filter running. It is way worse than anything we got with the train wreck.

      I installed a decoder in an old blue box Athearn and the decoder was full of smoke. I checked for shorts and can't find a thing that would have caused this. I cleaned the gear train and have it running effortlessly, drawing less than half an amp, and it was a 2 amp decoder so I think it may have been bad. I will try another one, but in the meantime I am installing a sound decoder in a passenger sharknose locomotive. Sadly the train room has no air filter so projects are on hold. I turned down free HEPA filters when the derailment happened because I didn't need one, now I wish I had got one for the train room. 

      Good luck and best wishes to every one having health problems. 

Charlie

[BR60103]

Yesterday we had yellow and orange warnings and the atmosphere actually was yellow and orange. Tonight we have an extremely red sun burning through. (8:00 pm)
We are being advised to wear N95 masks outside. I remember a while ago that people were wearing the masks outside the taking them off in the mall.

[FiatFan]

Greetings, gang.

Another warm one under way. 75 headed for 90 with hazy skies.

Not much accomplished yesterday other than getting the paper restarted and releasing the hold mail. Also made a quick trip to the grocery store for milk and bread. Discovered two Post-it® notes on the front door. A delivery company had some stuff needing and adult signature. I called and they will be back today. Now all I need to do is find an adult.

On the trip I picked up some stickers that will be going on the SuperCruiser. I even pulled off a clever move. On the trip I stopped at the Nebraska Ashfall State Park which is an active fossil dig. Very interesting stuff including.... wait for it , all you hunters... a sabertooth deer! That would make hunting a little more challenging. Anyway I asked the attendant if I could have a second tag to put on my moped but he said no. So I pulled mine off after the tour and put it on a hard surface. When I got home I was able to salvage it and apply it to the SuperCruiser with some 3M adhesive spray. I do have a couple of other stickers to apply later today.

Only project for today is to mow the yard. I'll need to make a grocery run but I'm not going anywhere until after the delivery person is here.

All stay safe.

Tom