Couldn’t sleep—what a shame–
Had playtime to reclaim…
Three or more tries
Under night skies,
But with a clearer brain!
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He completed reconnecting
Both spur and runaround track connecting….
All rail joiners fit
He was done with it,
Couldn’t test with the power pack defecting!
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Musical power packs,
Changing over to power tracks…
When he’s done
both layouts’ll run,
He’ll go on to more creative acts!
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Jonathan Caswell
Google Image of a real train engine switching a spur track..
A painting of “ESTHER LING,”
Indeed is it the real thing…?
The one we loved
And her blog, white doved,
Or is it just a representative thing?
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Jonathan Caswell
His N scale model railway,
Unfinished to this day…
Is labeled P.C.
Not politically,
But “Procrastination Central”, he’d say!
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So much on it still to do,
Each project is almost half-through…
Keeps changing direction
On theme selection,
Rearranging things as if on cue
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HE THINKS…he’s nailed it down,
His scrap plastic pile’s quite a mound…
Rough kitbashing
Some parts go missing,
On which he won’t expound!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Looking at his Comments Column,
A lot of people “call” him…
Lots of LIKES–
Stands to rights–
They like many posts within!
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Others receive more Comments,
But his output is immense…
What–a dozen–
And he’s still buzzing,
To do so wouldn’t make sense!
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Sometimes particular posts,
Of course his own the most…
may receive
A comment brief,
And that more than most!
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But each has their own
Time limits to be “on”…
Grateful he is
For LIKES that whiz,
Stacking up here to beyond!
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–Jonathan Caswell
On the Railway named “PAN-AM”,
They conjured a curious plan…
An old loco
With it’s first logo,
Put it back in service and it RAN!
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Mostly for local yard work,
Natives thimk it a perk…
Local history
Working patiently,
With the expected GP-7 or 9 quirks!
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Spends time in between rail yards–
East Deerfield, Portland, onwards…
Railroader memories
Don’t grow up on trees,
And for a while they won’t break down from rust!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Image from the NERAIL NEW ENGLAND PHOTO website of a currently-working heritage locomotive
The Poet’s gone searching again,
For winter scenery then…
GREEN MOUNTAIN’s Alcos—
He’d love to see those—
His favorite engine!
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ALCO RS-1’s in the cold,
Working with heart although old…
Giving class
To a road short of cash,
That railroad’s survival they’re owed!
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–Jonathan Caswell
His memories of New England various,
Were by and large vicarious…
Mostly pictures he saw
with interest and awe,
His chances of a visit–hilarious!
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Point of fact he was too young,
Couldn’t drive himself even some…
The eight-hour ride
Once a summer left wide,
Window for relevant magazines to come!
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Still his interest grew,
Past the time when he knew…
This paint scheme was gone,
these ALCOs moved on.
But the history he wanted to view.
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Found an N scale engine thus,
Painted just like this—a plus–
To re-enact
Historical fact,
Without too much fuss!
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–Jonathan Caswell
The train ’round our tree survives,
It must own several lives…
train tracks glued down
won’t shift around,
But the trains do go flying–surprise!
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Being careful my wife and I,
Have avoided seeing the train fly…
It at times left the rails
So far my steamer fails,
To run here–I don’t know why?
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Helps that we have no kids,
Nor cats to sit amidst…
Not much room
Nor do our trains zoom,
But they’ve been known to do splits!
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–Jonathan Caswell
After the Child was born,
Joseph was duly warned….
Warned in a dream
Of Herod’s blood scheme,
Traveling far from harm!
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Believers today face the same,
Sudden deliverance named…
Listen each day
Finding the way,
Keeping their new faith from harm!
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As Joseph, so should we,
Do what’s necessary…
Shielding one’s faith
Moving where it’s safe
Escaping Herod’s fury.
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Then when The time is right,
Let Christ within you shine bright…
Obedience true
Is up to you,
If Christ would be your light!
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–Jonathan Caswell
A re-engine Baldwin’s a “BEEP,”
And this is a one-trucked GEEP…
Inventive play
May even pay,
The price of these aren’t too steep!
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It probably is O scale,
I think I’ve seen them on sale…
Familiar but not
Prototypical, yet
A whimsical engine they’ve nailed!
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Don’t think this poet is stuck,
Some switch engines DO USE ONE TRUCK…
One recently
Used on off an “S.D”*
Getting two engines on a six-wheeled truck!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Several manufacturers make these…! *An “S.D.”, which stands for Special Duty,
is a heavy-pulling diesel engine with six wheels in each truck
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