Hobo Jungle

[Rufus T. Firefly]

True. Scott is a busy mann ( ), but asking nicely should pay off.

Harry still does custom work, but be prepared to pay....he's got a web site, but I've lost the url temporarily............

[2railjon]

Rufus, I could never afford Harry's work, but have always marveled at his skills!! The man is a legend!!!!!!
Scott was on the run once again and didn't have but this one shot on his laptop to send......

From the looks of the engineers seat, the detailing is all there just minus the engineer!! Awesome!!!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That does look good - now see if you can insert an engineer in there...

Harry is what a lot of years of practice will get you - I'm about a rung or 2 up from barely able to not burn myself with a torch,

[JIM2223]

I know I have a picture of this one somewhere. If I can find it I will post it.

Reading 0-4-0,at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA

Jim

Bur if I remember its not in too good of shape, but the last I heard that Strasburg is going to try to restore it.

[hev52]

This was taken this past Saturday lookin out my backyard. A kinda neat fall late afternoon......................................

























Then this morning I woke up to this. (Dirt what the hell are ya sendin' down here to me. Keep it up your way.............................. )




















hev

[hev52]

Here ya go Jimbo. I found some of mine...................................







Before....................................



















When it was a Strasburg................................

























and now..................................working on it little by little. Still a long way to go........














hev

[JIM2223]

Hev:

We got the same thing this morning.

Jim

Thanks Hev:

[JIM2223]

Hev:

We got the same thing this morning.

Jim

Thanks Hev you have better picture than I do anyway.

[rogruth]

Hev.

Where is that Reading 0-4-0 located?

Is it the one that was rusting away in St.Louis [I think]?

[2railjon]

Great shots, Hev!!! Man- send some snow this way!!!!!

Hey, if anyone else might have a hankerin' for an Erie Angus, there's one up for auction on Ebay. It has a lighting/smoke problem (probably and easy fix!) and just might go for a great price! Check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3rd-Rail-2600-Erie- ... 240%3A1318

[The Dirt]

Hev, Nice pics! Yeah, lets send it down to Jon.
I think it's only fair that we share our 'wealth'.

My car has a GD gas tank leak. If I need a new sending-unit too, when they drop the tank, there goes a son-of-a-bitchin'-b*stard $450 that I can't afford. P*ss me off. I'm a little sore, with the tank being only 7 years old.

Supposed to go down to 6 degrees tonight.
I'm not emotionally ready for this yet. GD.

[2railjon]

Pete, I feel your pain!!! My trucks fuel pump went out a couple of years ago and it was around 500.00 to replace that bitch!! My other bitch is these plastic side panels on my aluminium radiator that manage to split open every 3 or 4 years.

[rogruth]

Dirt,

We are supposed to be at 20 Degrees tonight in southeast Georgia.That is really brrrr weather for use.I think this will be the lowest for all of 2008.Damn global warming.

[The Dirt]

I ain't got it as tough as this guy though.

Another story of a hobo.
I've always hoped I could pry a story or two out of Tramp, about his years on the run. It's something I'll never get a chance to do. Be fascinating to hear the real thing from the dark side.

__________

The New-Timer

He rode the rails since the Great Depression,
Fifty years out on the skids,
He said “You don't cross nobody,
you'll be all right out here, kid.”

Left my family in Pennsylvania,
Searchin' for work, I hit the road,
I met Frank in east Texas,
In a freight yard blown through with snow.

From New Mexico to Colorado,
California to the sea,
Frank, he showed me the ropes, sir
Just ‘til I could get back on my feet,

I hoed sugar beets outside of Firebaugh,
I picked the peaches from the Marysville tree,
They bunked us in a barn just like animals,
Me and a hundred others just like me.

We split up come the springtime,
I never seen Frank again,
'cept one rainy night, he blew by me on grainer,
shouted my name, and disappeared in the rain and the wind.

They found him shot dead outside Stockton,
His body lyin' on a muddy hill,
Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen,
Somebody killed him just to kill.

Late that summer I was rollin' through the plains of Texas,
A vision passed before my eyes,
A small house sittin' trackside,
With the glow of the Saviour’s beautiful light.

A woman stood cookin' in the kitchen,
Kid sat at the table with his old man,
Now I wonder does my son miss me,
Does he wonder where I am.

Tonight I pick my campsite carefully,
Outside the Sacramento Yard,
Gather some wood and light a fire,
In the early winter dark.

Wind whistling cold, I pull my coat around me,
Make some coffee and stare out into the black night,
I lie awake, I lie awake, sir,
With my machete by my side.

My Jesus, your gracious love and mercy,
Tonight, I'm sorry, could not fill my heart
Like one good rifle,
And the name of who I ought to kill.




B. Springsteen

[AG]

Awesome Pete!

Sorry Pete about your tank.....
So, why leak? because rust or something hit it?
new tanks must to be plastic..rustless!!
Andre.