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Hobo West Meet

Postby webenda » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:06 am

San already reported that we met in Los Angeles after Christmas. Here is a photo my wife took of the event.
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The wind makes my hair look like a toupee. Funny. :lol:
I'll be getting another hat when the rodeo comes to town in February.
There are some more photos on my photobucket site. I hope this link works for everyone...
http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh79 ... 3445ab.pbw
----Wayne----

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Postby AG » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:00 am

Awesome!!
Excellent Hobo's pictures.
Look like was a lot of fun!!.
Does somebody notice the scale in the entrance?
so you may check how much you ate. :lol:
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Postby The Dirt » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:57 am

Wayne, exxxxxxcellent!!!

Love the photo trick to make it look like an old black-and-white movie!

That fire station is the nuts!! 8)

Glad to know the West Coast Hobos are just as homely as the East Coast contingent. :wink: :D

Hope you buried your hat with full honors! 8)
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Postby penncentral8885 » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:02 am

Nice pics Wayne! Looks like you fellers' had a good time there!
Pretty handsome women with ya too!
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Postby penncentral8885 » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:07 am

Happy new year to ya all!!!
Tramp, Hev ,Dirt and the other east siders! hope all is well with ya.
Jon and the rest of the southern folks!
and the "Hobo's West" group!,,,same to you all too!,,,have fun tonite and PLEASE ,PLEASE be safe out there!,,,,don't want to here of any statistics later!!!!!
http://www.indianarailwaymuseum.org/

Turn to the dark side!,,,,Penn Central 1968-1976

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Postby 2railjon » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:04 am

This is to cool!! Look what I scored off Ebay for $29.00 including shipping!!!!! O scale handbuilt water tower!! :D :D
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Postby Tramp » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:12 am

Jon, are you going to dip it to weather it?
That a life will be spent gaining inches,
When this distance is read in miles.
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Postby 2railjon » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:24 pm

Tramp, I'm going to weather it, what's the "dipping" process?
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Postby Tramp » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:49 pm

Jon, not sure but it seemed easier than trying to brush all those structural members evenly on each side. There used to be a product you dipped wood into that gave an amazingly weathered look of dirty aged lumber.

Wayne, really enjoyed your B&W photo montage. B&W can have a lovely quality and you used it well. I still want a French dipper! I tried to approximate them here with turkey gravy etc., but I'm sure it's not even close.
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Postby rogruth » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:05 pm

Nice pics,Wayne.

Is the train museum in Phillipes?

Wife buys purse,you buy train car.Sounds familiar.

My wife asked me "When are you going to stop buying train stuff?".

I said "When you stop buying shoes and clothes".No further comments from her.
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Postby Tramp » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:45 pm

Any hobos at home? Every knowledgeable drinker I know stays near the home fires on New Year's Eve. Only amateurs head out into congested unruly digression-amped sloppy depraved naked pil-- Sorry, gotta run.


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Postby 2railjon » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:33 pm

Bonfire out in the garden this evening here!! Ol' Petey has suprised my son with an official hobo cup today!!! Well done, Pete!!!!! My son thanks you!!! Welcome to the club, Jon-Jon!!! Happy New Years, All!!!!! :D :D :D
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Postby webenda » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:40 pm

rogruth wrote:Nice pics,Wayne.

Is the train museum in Phillipes?

Wife buys purse,you buy train car.Sounds familiar.



Roger,

Yes it is in Philippe's. Here is a color photo of part of the display:
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War Bonnets in Black, Yellow and Red

The purse purchase netted me two cars (because they had different numbers.)
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Atlas SP Overnights

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Does the non-standard coupler height reflect the Chinese "Its Good Enough" quality philosophy or did Atlas specify low couplers.
Is there a standard for three rail coupler height?
----Wayne----

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Postby 2railjon » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:00 pm

Wayne, my Atlas SP Overnite's couplers height match all of my later engines and rolling stock. It's probably just the old high-water style Lionel GP.
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Postby Daisy » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:02 pm

Happy New Year to all hobos! And "hunk of burning love" to all of you for the next year > for my THOUSANDTH POST I MOONWALK INTO 2008 as bad as a moonwalk has ever been done


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