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Old Train Thursday.

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Meet the Man at the Controls of the World’s Largest Steam Locomotive

After restoring the monster locomotive, Ed Dickens is hitting the rails.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-drives-the-biggest-train/?mc_cid=0e74dee989&mc_eid=73aa73684d Please use the link to the article on the Big Boy…

Both entries above were found by Phil and sent to me.
Sent in by Elmo, thanks! She is beautiful!

#5 was built by Baldwin in 1875 and used to work on the Carson Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company in Carson City, Nevada. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad purchased the locomotive in 1899 by the president of the railroad who was John F. Kidder and he renumbered it to #5. In 1940, it was assigned to helper service. In 1942, #5 can be seen in the opening scenes of the western film The Spoilers staring western movie star John Wayne. It was used in over 100 movies and tv series. Starting in 1983, the Nevada County Historical Society started the Friends of the Narrow Gauge and they started looking for narrow gauge artifacts and equipment. Finally on May 10th, 1985, #5 returned to Nevada County for the first time in a long time.


1925 Beyer Garrett Articulated 2-8-0

Phil’s walking problem, related to his Congested Peripheral Arterial Disease.

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I bantered about thinking how we could help out Phil with his walking problem. At first, a lightweight walker would be the ticket where he could support some of his weight and have a place to sit and we could add a cup and cigarette holder. It might be too light. I thought the All Terrain model below it would be perfect. Rugged, and versatile, a place to hold his tools and junk he get’s attracted to. No, I thought, he needs something with POWER! Far below I found the perfect walker and it meets all his needs and ego…

Light Folder Walker, $125.99
All Terrain Walker, extra wide seat, $328.00
Motorized Walker, $Priceless.

A prayer request, Igor and his wife and family and Phil and his family. Now Cathypop.

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Sometimes bad medical incidents happen in threes, like most other accidents and happenings. We at this blog would ask our family here to give prayers and a heartfelt thoughts to Igor and his family, to Phil and his family and a commentator and his/her family to be named later. Life gets in the way of living. These families are looking at abrupt and changing lifestyles and economics in their lives.

Update: We have our third commentator to be named later, Cathypop, please extend the same prayers and thoughts for her recovery.

Homoton, I love it! From, Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated.

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1897 – J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London. Since then, we electrical folks have identified the homoton, a gay electron that runs around blowing fuses.

Now we have Homotons, earlier Morons were discovered, that is why we are overrun with idiots and LBQTXEWQs… Maybe we should have left science and physics alone, we are too far immature and ill-equipped to play in the Supreme Architects domain.