Christmas, 2008
I am thankful for everything this year. All the good and yes, all the bad. At least I am still here.
It's amazing how quickly our years go by. Like trains I guess. Now you see it, then the train passes by. Just like our years.
It's amazing how quickly our years go by. Like trains I guess. Now you see it, then the train passes by. Just like our years.
When Dad was being buried I couldn't believe an auto-rack train, possibly from one of my yards, was going by in the background, and I knew he was leaving town too. He was passing by, and maybe he even got on that train. I wondered how many people at the funeral saw it? I have told many... you better not bury me near a train track, but my luck, Iwill get blocked by a train.
Life is like trains in many ways. Sometimes your engines start, sometimes they don't. Sometimes you need a jump. Sometimes you can run at normal speeds, and then at times you have to slow it down. Braking is easy at times, then other times the elements
make it hard to stop. Whether you're pulling a heavy load, or light, the work still has to get done.
Life is like trains in many ways. Sometimes your engines start, sometimes they don't. Sometimes you need a jump. Sometimes you can run at normal speeds, and then at times you have to slow it down. Braking is easy at times, then other times the elements
make it hard to stop. Whether you're pulling a heavy load, or light, the work still has to get done.
There are times you are running smoothly down the rails, and then out o fnowhere.....you derail. Damage is done, help has to be called in to help you clean up the mess, and then you have to get it all back on the track.
Even if you obey all the rules, obstacles are still out there that you will be faced with. Some times the weather is good, and sometimes it isn't. You better dress and prepare your mind and equipment in advance.
It takes more than one to run a train, and your life as well. You can try to do it all by yourself, but good luck trying. Learn early it's better to have a full crew base or your long hair will become short quickly.
The pictures are of me and one of our locomotives and a couple of hard working railroad guys. If you're blocked by a black and orange engine, or see crews wearing hunter or convict orange, it may be one of my crews. I developed the color scheme in 2001 for our company. If it can protect hunters in the woods, than maybe it will protect my guys on the rails as well. It makes it easy to see them when you're operating the engine. It's dangerous work.
The pictures are of me and one of our locomotives and a couple of hard working railroad guys. If you're blocked by a black and orange engine, or see crews wearing hunter or convict orange, it may be one of my crews. I developed the color scheme in 2001 for our company. If it can protect hunters in the woods, than maybe it will protect my guys on the rails as well. It makes it easy to see them when you're operating the engine. It's dangerous work.
3 more states to go and I will have traveled and been in all of them. Stack-trains, intermodal trains, auto-rack trains, roadrailer trains, bulk trains, 4 axle locomotives, 6 axle's, gp-38, gp-9, gp-8, gp-7, sw-1200,sd-9, sd-40....why do I still play with trains?
Hope everyone has a good Christmas and better New Year.
Hope everyone has a good Christmas and better New Year.
Do not buy your kid a train set.
Bobby
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