A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In Loganton, Pa

[MurphOnMillerAve]

As soon as I read your “wealthy” detail, Rufus, I was reminded of men such as JP Morgan and a few hefty Presidents from those years. Good point.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

As soon as I read your “wealthy” detail, Rufus, I was reminded of men such as JP Morgan and a few hefty Presidents from those years. Good point.

Like Taft?

[HONDO74]

Fat people used to be the unemployed or the wealthy; everyone else worked back when work actually burnt calories........

And today's children are being trained to sit in front of a computer all day.

Do kids even build models anymore or do they just play with a smart phone ??

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Fat people used to be the unemployed or the wealthy; everyone else worked back when work actually burnt calories........

And today's children are being trained to sit in front of a computer all day.

Actually, today's adults have already been trained to sit in front of a computer all day.

Do kids even build models anymore or do they just play with a smart phone ??

I'm hearing that today's kids are tired of phones and want to do other stuff, but that their parents haven't got the time to be bothered to interact with their kids; I'm also hearing that today's kids are tired of characterized as doing nothing but playing with their phones when it's the senior citizens that do nothing but sit around on their phones on Facebook.

[healey36]

Do kids even build models anymore or do they just play with a smart phone ??

Hondo, you should hit the IPMS Nationals next time it's in your area (they rotate around the country, so it'll likely be not too far from you sometime soon). Between the display area and the vendor halls, you might find it terrifically inspiring. One thing I have definitely noticed is that at least half of the crowd is a geeky bunch of under-30s, and they are spending big bucks on high-end kits. Also, older guys often have their kids in tow. It's not as dead as one might think.

Market Street, Harrisburg, sometime between 1910 and 1920:



Library of Congress.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

........hit the IPMS Nationals next time it's in your area (they rotate around the country, so it'll likely be not too far from you sometime soon). Between the display area and the vendor halls, you might find it terrifically inspiring. One thing I have definitely noticed is that at least half of the crowd is a geeky bunch of under-30s, and they are spending big bucks on high-end kits. Also, older guys often have their kids in tow. It's not as dead as one might think.

Yup! It's not all a clumping about of old bald guys in their walkers...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Along the LVRR for a bit...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

And it’s amazing that so much of that work we see having been accomplished, seen in that top photo, was done by hand, using handheld instruments of varying capacities and scales.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Neat LVRR photo in Bethlehem.........string of interesting ventilated boxcars and a string of ore cars



Station in Tunkhannock

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Terrific panorama, with numerous details - an entire narrative of place. Really nice. Full of meaning.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Studs, all, clearly.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Studs, all, clearly.

Commuters waiting for the train to the suburbs,

[Rufus T. Firefly]