Well, I was just sitting around doing some gene splicing to create designer pets. What are you guys drinking at this point?
San
Hobo Jungle
Man...that's some deadly shit you drink'n there. Nearest I ever came to die'n was on that stuff. Two shots and I was puke'n for 12 hours. I'll stick to my squeez'ns.
Too (O)ld for (n)scale by (30)years.
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San Diegan
Capt!! Great shot and plenty of room!! Hey, while your out there, how about pulling these two engines up!!!!! 
http://www.njmt.org/outplace_outoftime.htm
http://www.njmt.org/outplace_outoftime.htm
[Written by Dan Lieb, President New Jersey Historical Divers Association, Inc.
In the late 1980's, dive boat captain Paul Hepler asked me if I wanted to go diving a see a couple of locomotives on the bottom of the ocean. At the time I thought to myself, "I dive to see shipwrecks. If I wanted to see locomotives I'd visit a trainyard." Several years ago, a friend reminded me about the locomotives and asked if I'd like to see them. Now, a shipwreck investigator and historian, I said, "Yes."
It only took several dives to record some basic information about the two locomotives, which sit upright and next to each other in nearly 90 feet of water 5 miles off Long Branch, New Jersey. Photography and video followed. The information we brought back was shown to members of the NJMT and other railroad historians around the world. In short order, the results came flooding back. What Paul Hepler discovered back in 1985 were two of the oldest remaining steam locomotives ever built in the United States. Part of what makes them unique is that they are a matched set. What makes them even more unique is that they most likely have the original hardware they were equipped with when they left the factory floor some 150 years ago.
The New Jersey Historical Divers Association (NJHDA), who were investigating the locos, quickly realized that this find was of national historic significance, and that something had to be done to preserve and interpret these two, rare steam engines. NJHDA preserves shipwreck history, not shipwrecks. If these locomotives were going to be raised, conserved and interpreted, we were not the organization to do it. Fortunately for all involved, the NJMT stepped up to the plate and took on the task.
Members of the NJHDA have now joined NJMT to act as technical advisors on this tremedous effort to preserve these valuable pieces of railroad heritage. We have made contact with archaeologists that are involved in the CSS HUNLEY submarine conservation and world reknowned railroad historians from across the Nation that were involved in the interpretation of the steam locomotive PIONEER. If successful, these locomotives will be raised, conserved, interpreted, and maybe one day replicated to run on the tracks of the Pine Creek Railroad at Allaire State Park. With a practical, common-sense approach along with contacts with solid experts in the applicable fields, this effort will not only be successful, but rewarding to everyone involved.
Running that red block Charlie.
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