Photographs of many different subjects and associated notes and comments.
Morris the Dog
This is Morris the dog. Morris was a very special canine pal. He grew up in the Germantown area of Philadelphia and went by the name of “PupPup”. Unfortunately, we had a tough time and was badly injured when he was hit by a car. Morris hid under a porch …
The Bridge That Doesn’t Exist
There’s a story here. John Boyd Thacher State Park is located in the Berne area of the Helderbergs, Albany County. If you live in the Capital Region, you know this park. It is a wonderful place. The bridge in the photo was built in the early 2000s as a solution …
The Train Is In the Yard!
In the previous posts I described the train I was building for holiday decor. This is it completed. You can see the Santa train to the left. This train is inspired by the electric ride-on railroad in the toy department of the Rhodes Department Store in Tacoma in the ’50s …
A New Passenger Car for the Railroad
Well, not exactly the railroad! This is one of the passenger cars that I mentioned in my last post. It is partially painted with a little bit more to go. There’s a lot of pin-striping on this project. In the post from the other day I mentioned that these holiday …
Riding the Milwaukee Road .. Sort of!
Back in the 1950s and through the ’60s the great place to do in Tacoma, Washington was Rhodes Department Store. The big store downtown was a treasure chest of cool things. But, at Christmas time the coolest of the cool was up in the toy department. The Milwaukee Railroad sponsored, …