Two liters of MOXIE is wild,
Not this happy since a long while…
Twelve can packs of DIET
Could barely stay quiet,
Bought the two twelve packs they had there tonight!
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SHAWS in Whitinsville, Mass.
Is where I found this great cache…
A delicious way
To end the day,
Sure hope they have more in the back!!!!! ❤
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Jonathan Caswell
Layout Design Elements,
A railroad modeler’s defence…
‘Gainst unreal ideas
That bring one to tears,
Look to the prototype hence!
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At a Connecticut loading dock,
A switching design loudly pops….
An Inglenook
Said someone in a book,
Makes a switching puzzle that rocks!
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Certain real boxcars,
Are have doors damaged by sudden jars…
Or loads have shifted
An engineer gifted,
Learns which side of the dock a car is better to be parked!
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This game I’ll reproduce,
The prototype is of use….
These pictures found
In archival ground,
Good modeling is real life—reduced!
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Jonathan Caswell
REAL-LIFE INGLENOOK POSES PROTOTYPE PUZZLES
Stuart Pate, from Bolton, Connecticut USA, took these shots of a prototype Inglenook sidings that is in daily use in East Hartford, Connecticut on the Connecticut Southern Railroad. “It is used as a baled pulp transloading point for a small tissue mill that is located away from the tracks,” Stuart points out. “As you can see from the photos, it has the required three tracks, two of which are at a loading dock that holds two cars per side, while the third is used as a ‘hold’ track before and during switching.
“Normally, loaded cars are either brought in on the arriving train or stored on the right hand track. Upon arrival, the conductor of the train talks with the forklift operator on the dock to determine which cars have been emptied, and to receive instructions regarding the placement of the loads. Sometimes an outbound empty may be ‘buried’ behind a load, or a car may have a defective door on one side and have to be swung to the other side of the dock for access. Some of the inbound cars may have priority over others for unloading.
“For the modeler, this represents a simple prototype for a very small and operationally flexible layout. Scenicly it’s nothing more than the three ballasted tracks and a wedge shaped dock with a telephone pole and small red equipment box. It wouldn’t have to handle only boxcars like the prototype. Flatcars and gondolas loaded with steel, lumber, curbing stones, or farming equipment could conceivably arrive here. The forklift could be replaced by a mobile crane as needed.”
When I asked Stuart why he had such an intimate knowledge of this little scene, he confessed, “Yes, I’m an engineer on the CSOR in East Hartford, and I get to switch the ‘prototype inglenook’ almost daily. It’s a small part of the East Hartford yard. In one of the photos, you can see some track to the right, so if you had a spare couple of inches it would also be possible to have a length of track against the backdrop displaying some favorite cars.”
Article and pictures reproduced from Page 73, May 2008 on-line issue of http://www.carendt.com/small-layout-scrap-book/page-73-2008/
Going Canadian,
The collector bought another engine…
From RAPIDO TRAINS
It only remains
Just when his bank’s charge comes forth!
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AfteR that special exhaust
Piping C.N. switchers have across…
their system-wide
Practice he spied,
If the model could be bought for minimal cost!
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Without signing up for EBAY,
He found the right price to pay…
EBAY will arrange
Canadian currency exchange,
And he’ll receive it in the mail, someday!
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Jonathan Caswell
Photo of the N scale GMD-1 model courtesy RAPIDO TRAINS, found on Google images. His is an older release.
(An opinion in a practical religious context)
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Muslims Jews and Christians agree,
It goes against sanity…
For “LGBTQ’s”
Both bathrooms to use,
With total impunity!
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Guys don’t mind looking at a girl
Think she’s a man–what a thrill…
But “girls” made like guys
A boy often lies,m
Ro get hormonal toe curls!
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Men and women don’t mix,
Anatomically betwixt…
Security most times
On women’s minds,
Secure and private functions are blitzed!
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We believe humans basically evil,
This POLITICAL oppression’s the devil…
Giving predators free rein
And those who complain
Are chastised for being “evil”.
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An opinion post, based on religious and experiential fact.
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Jonathan Caswell
GENESEE AND WYOMING bought,
PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER stock…
At crossings I see
New grass frequently,
Where once I saw only rock!
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Sadly I watch the downgrade,
Of physical plant improvements made…
It is a let down
Seeing grass newly grown,
Like this buyout wasn’t the best trade?-
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Less-used spurs look like this too,
A shock for this railfan true-blue…
Grass along the ties–
Most think it small-sized,
But what else will they not do?
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An opinion of the author–above image is an example of–not the real grassy track referred to–which is at the Hartford Street crossing in North Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
A New York State Trappist monastery,
Supports itself by varied…
Breads and preserves
The proceeds go towards,
Keeping up this sanctuary!
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Been thinking, since I have a friend
Who once thought he’d be Trappist at the end…
Married Chinese
The Lord they please,
The Lord to China them sent!
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Christian industry
My layout could use, naturally…
Flour and sweet
Railcars meet,
Blessing a miniature economy!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Practice in city driving
Thankful sufficient timing…
Route memory
Made it easy,
Without my wife’s reminding!
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–Jonathan Caswell
It’s not too early at all,
Better now than in the fall…
Scheme and plan
We know what ran,
For something new can we call?
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The simple circle’s a hit,
With one spur decorated…
I want TWO TRAINS—
And changing terrain—
Do you think my work is legit.?
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–Jonathan Caswell
The V.R.A.** clientele,
Like Diana are treated well….
Diatated to treated
We’re pleasantly greeted,
It’s customer service they sell.
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Managing efficient care,
As patients move chair-to-chair…
Each conducts
Themselves with facts,
Showing if we’re getting somewhere!
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The gals at the front greeting desk,
Check status of every guest…
Beautiful smiles
Trim paperwork piles,
tto a size that is best!
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Nana and the women within,
Where documentation comes in…
Check history
And ability,
To see since the last visit in.
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V.R.A.** dedication
To each patient’s situation….
Is very apt
In relieving handicapped,
Vision from further disintegration!
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Doctor defrin’s name still appears—
He treated my wife for years–
On the name b oard
Many eyes he restored,
Has retired with a full and rich career!
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–Jonathan Caswell
Dedicated to the staff and doctors of Vitreo-Retinal Associates, for their fine work, pleasant manner and especially how they have treated the author’s wife, Diana, with all their kindnesses over the years!
Please note—that this is an unsolicited testimonial.
woe betide them that try
to se in stone what needs more time…
My turn table lost?*
without further cost?
Then I looked near bed time!
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I thought I’d lost my lead
To that tyrn table, but indeed…
A curve could be made
With large enough radius laid,
To satisfy the using of steam.
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A switch I’d previously cut in,
To one engine stall could run…
The other could Branch
From the turn table switch–
My space problem was overcome!
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Envisioning a massive water wheel,
Fed by a sluice pipe has appeal…
This motorized–
Already planned (what a surprise?),
For which the tourists would positively SQUEAL!
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And then, the bridge over a mill dam flood—
If I wanted, a covered bridge wouldn’t take TOO MUCH blood…!
Just for light tourist trains–
Steel reinforced all the same–
An occasional short freight could be good!
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I wish I could draw all this now,
All it took was time to see how…
Possibilities arise
by opening one’s eyes,Imagination plus a day’s-worth of wrinkled brow!
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–Jonathan Caswell
*NOTE–Refer back to the post..ECONOMIC CHOICES IN MINIATURE…posted yesterday~!
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