Lary Ellis (Top)

Yeah I saw that butt ugly vehicle already

Might be a good looking truck if they get rid of the nasty paint job, paint all 4 wheels the same color and get that hokey looking plastic rack thing off the rooftop.

Hvytrkmech

So Nissan is going to make the frontier a piece of junk also?

Bark

؟ What day is it ? I must be related to Rip Van Winkle. Homemade Deviled ham for dinner than back to bed.

chaikwa

Deviled ham is just ground up spam.



Morning all! Rise and shine, it's MONDAY!


It's not only Monday, it's is also February 10th.

1763 - The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England.

1846 - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began their exodus to the west from Illinois.

1863 - In New York City, two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren were married.

1863 - The fire extinguisher was patented by Alanson Crane.

1870 - The city of Anaheim was incorporated for the first time.

1870 - The YWCA was founded in New York City.

1925 - The first waterless gas storage tank was placed in service in Michigan City, IN.

1935 - The Pennsylvania Railroad began passenger service with its electric locomotive. The engine was 79-1/2 feet long and weighed 230 tons.

1942 - The Normandie, the former French liner, capsized in New York Harbor. The day before the ship had caught fire while it was being fitted for the U.S. Navy.

1962 - The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for the Soviet spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel being held by the U.S.

1967 - The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment required the appointment of a vice-president when that office became vacant and instituted new measures in the event of presidential disability.

1981 - The Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino caught fire. Eight people were killed and 198 were injured.

1990 - South African President F.W. de Klerk announced that black activist Nelson Mandela would be released the next day after 27 years in captivity.

1992 - Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping Desiree Washington, Miss Black American contestant.

1997 - The U.S. Army suspended its top-ranking enlisted soldier, Army Sgt. Major Gene McKinney following allegations of sexual misconduct. McKinney was convicted of obstruction of justice and acquitted of 18 counts alleging sexual harassment of six military women.

1998 - A man became the first to be convicted of committing a hate crime in cyberspace. The college dropout had e-mailed threats to Asian students.

1998 - Voters in Maine repealed a 1997 gay rights law. Maine was the first state to abandon such legislation.

2005 - North Korea publicly announced for the first time that it had nuclear arms. The country also rejected attempts to restart disarmament talks in the near future saying that it needed the weapons as protection against an increasingly hostile United States.

2009 - A Russian and an American satellite collided over Siberia.


Today's thought:
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.


C0ffee & ph00 are ready. The ph00 is 'Monday Blend'; it's aroma stinks, it's bitter and has a bad attitude.

TOB&F today!

FiverBob

YYOO = = sounds perfect to me - - just like me. .........................

Morning all. Can't believe it is another Monday. Wow, time flies when you are having fun. Gorgeous morning here - - little brisk for my shirt sleeves when I went out for the paper - - 61 degrees, heading for 79. Puuurfect.

Grabbing my ph00 and go have some fun.

Bob

Scotty

Hi...



Bye

NE frmhnd

Chaikwa, I'm looking for the video of your processor to show a friend.

Did I (or anyone) mention Union Pacific rebuilding the "big boy" steamer # 4014? They got it moved to their yard in Colton, CA. Guess they've determined they need to replace part of the boiler, but the rest of it is in much better shape than they expected. The museum that had it on display actually greased and lubricated it regularly.
4014 ready to leave for Colton
This is one of the better videos I was able to find of it. Could have still used a bunch of editing. Around 4:00 you'll see a red line coming over the side about mid-point of the boiler. They ran air lines to the rear drives for additional braking. They had 4 locomotives and 10 freight cars, mainly for braking. The locomotive and its tender weigh in around 1 1/4 million pounds.
Some perspective:

It was built to run 70MPH, it was doing up to 20 in the video. Imagine the force on those drive rods at 70?
You might notice the locomotive hooked to the front is 4884, the wheel configuration of the 4014 (4 bogeys, 8 drives, 8 drives, 4 bogeys)
If I can't get east, I hope I can at least get up to Cheyenne to see it come into town this summer.

chaikwa

Here ya go:
w w w .youtube.com/watch?v=qJnFDMSsXew

I spaced out the 'www' part so it wouldn't convert to a U2B screen. Now you can just copy and paste more easily.

Nice video of the locomotive BTW, thanks for posting it!

cougar

My my my, what a work of art. They should have let it pull all the others.

NE frmhnd

Thanks.
I almost think I'd rather go to Cheyenne this summer than Pennsylvania- almost.
I like trains.

NE frmhnd

Thanks.

4014's on its way to Cheyenne for restoration. If it weren't for the condition of the boiler and some of the bearings being in unknown condition (they can't access them without a shop) it could have. It's primary purpose was hauling trains from Cheyenne to Ogden on the main line.

Scotty

Thats very cool!

P.S. Did you get a video of your surgery? I have a dvd of my dremel shoulder surgery.

NE frmhnd

No, thanks, I just wanted the stone. I can watch getting stitches, but I don't think I wanted to see this.

Scotty

My shoulder surgery was amazing. I was thinking it'd be a great movie for you since you're bored.

cougar

I think I still have mine around here somewhere. Though they didn't record the part where they had to "detach" the muscles. The die grinder to the bones was kind of boring.