Saw my first, in fact two today ever of the new Ford Maverick.

What a suck pile of shit looks like! What a liberal, yuppie scum is going to buy, because they got tired of the faggot Subaru Foresters. With only a 4000 pound load and towing, I could fit that in my Chevy bed and tow my travel trailer and still have enough GVWR left for a couple cases of MGD bottles and a taco six pack from Taco Bell and a a supreme burrito. I ain’t buying this abortion! Sorry Leigh, Ford done fucked this up and the Bronco too!

DVT, Deep Vein Thrombosis. I went to the hospital late Friday Night.

I had a DVT develop in the small Saphenous Vein about 4 inches below my left knee. Almost immediately my leg swelled to watermelon size and hurt like a bitch and red. I was so bad I went by ambulance, no way I could walk the pain was unbearable, I fucking hate ambulances, my two heart infarcts I drove myself 33 miles to the regional hospital in Troy, Alabama) I was placed on IV Heparin to dissolve the clot. I was discharged this evening, I was a difficult patient, I expect excellence and I wasn’t getting it. The Heparin seemed to work, no indication of clot. I am prescribed blood thinners, but wasn’t told which when I was discharged, it will be sent to my pharmacy tomorrow. So, that is why I was MIA, hasn’t been the first time. I tend not to worry about my phone, I am not wedded to it. Thanks for all’s concern and yes, I got hold of my Catholic Grand-mother… Posting at least for this week will be sporadic as I have a few appointments now thru the week.

Old Train Thursday.

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Steam:

1953 SP RR, 4-8-8-2, #4287 (AC-12), Colton California.

2)

1954 Virginia RR, 2-8-2, #430 Class MB), Norton, Virginia.

3)

1943, Norfolk & Western RR, (L to R) 4-8-4 #604 (J), 2-8-8-2 #2147 (CY-6), 2–6-6-4 #1212, Roanoke, Virginia.

4)

Hand Drawn Steam Diagram.

5)

1955 UP RR, 4-6-6-4 #3715, Potter, Nebraska.

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1950s UP RR, 4-8-4 #817, Council Bluff, Iowa.

7)

1946 Rio Grande RR, 2-8-2 #1207, Montrose, Colorado.

8)

1968 Rio Grande RR 2-8-2 #498, (K-37) Narrow Gauge, Durango, Colorado.

9)

1953 UP RR 4-6-6-4 #3941 and 4-8-8-4 #4024 Double Head thru Borie, Wyoming.

10)

1949 Pennsylvania RR, K-4s Double Head, Bayhead Junction, New Jersey.


11)

1959 UP RR 4-6-6-4s #3702 and #36703, Nearing Retirement, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

12)

Diesel:

1950 Rio Grande RR 2-8-8-2 #3615 (L-132) near Sierra, Colorado.

13)

1965 Santa Fe RR F7A #261-C with 4 F7B units, Castle Rock Colorado.

14)

1970s Rio Grande RR F7A and B #5691, Denver, Colorado.

15)

1974 Santa Fe F7A #335-L and 3 F7B units, Ardmore, Oklahoma.

16)

1975 Rio Grande SW 1200, switching engine #138, Salt Lake, Utah.

17)

1964, Erie Lackawanna H&H 600 short haul/switching engine #138, Jersey City, New Jersey.

18)

1960s Delaware & Hudson RR PA-1 #13, Alplaus, New York.

19)

1950s Santa Fe RR Box Cab Diesel.

20)

1960s Harlem Transfer Company RR, 60 ton Box Cab #2, Bronx, New York.

21)

1960s, Baltimore & Ohio RR GP30 # 6967