DRINK THE DONKEY!

OH YEAH

Yesterday was spent over at a friend's house, doing work on restoring a few old railroad signals.

The dirtiest, most time-consuming work in any restoration project is typically disassembling and cleaning the parts to whatever it is you're restoring.  Nowhere is this more true than in railroad equipment restoration.  Items are left exposed to the ( Read more... )

Two Words:  High Definition

plus

Two Words: Steam Locomotives

equals

Four me to own:  http://www.highdeftrains.com/LOSTrailerb.mov

By all accounts, railroad video doesn't get any more professional than this.

Remember long ago when I proposed The Jambulance?

Someone beat me to it.

To add insult to injury, its owner has quite possibly the worst DJ name of all time.

"...Ordinary Germans, like you and me."

I'm looking at you,
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I don't drink.  Except when I do.


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Here's to hoping that
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I don't have much to say about this past weekend's trip up to Minnesota for a mainline steam ride.  Just a few photos and random notes....

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When Storm Dragons Attack:

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I asked a co-worker if he'd ever seen Dr. Strangelove.

"No," he replied, "I'm really not interested in James Bond movies."