Yeah, but what you all don't know is that he's coming down to my neck of
the woods now...I'll have him running Southern locos before he knows
it...:) :)
(If anyone thinks I own a Southern locomotive, you don't know me very
well...:)
Cheers!
Jan Kohl
Castle Graphics
www.castlegraphics.com
John Lee wrote:
>I totally agree with you John, it was a great day at Dave's but also a sad one
>for me. In January of 2000 Dave, myself and about 8 others gathered in Dave's
>basement to start building the B&MR RR, 18 months later we were driving the
>last spike and running trains. For those of you that don't know Dave and his
>family are moving to Savannah GA in January and starting Monday the railroad
>will be dismantled. If you never got to see Dave's layout you really missed a
>great layout. Thanks for a great time Dave, you will truly be missed here in
>St. Louis.
>John Lee, MMR
>St. Louis, MO
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>----- Original Message -----
> From: John Lewis
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 11:53 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Thanks to Dave Lotz & the B&MR Lines
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> My good bud John Jacobs & I were fortunate to be guests of Dave and his
> family at the "last run day" of Dave's Burlington & Missouri River
> Galesburg-Creston layout today in south St. Louis.
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> A few observations on the visit to Dave's and our subsequent trip north on
> MO-79 north along the K Line....
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> - John got his first experience of operating a sound/DCC equipped freight
> ... two SD7 blackbirds on the point.
> - being able to shoot 350+ digital photos of the layout (hey, I need the
> inspiration).
> - swapping Q stories with fellow fans as the aforementioned SD7 powered
> freight was assigned an SW1 helper on the climb to West Burlington.
> - being able to tell about my chance encounter with fellow Q-lister Arch
> Hayden last week.
> - watching the Denver Zephyr having to make a double stop at Burlington.
> The consist was so large, there was no other way.
> - Being chastised by the B&MR President for swapping sea stories with a
> fellow Q enthusiast in attendance (and retired Navy type, like myself)
> instead of talking trains.
> - Having a Galesburg flashback when I saw Dave's model of the coaling tower
> with two S4 Hudsons awaiting servicing.
> - Stopping by a certain hobby shop off of I-70 and Zumbehl ... they had a
> large bookcase full of used railroad books (including two copies of Diesels
> West) for sale. Found a darned near mint condition Holbrook/Lorenz edition
> of 'Waycars of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy' for $16!!!! Doesn't get
> much better than that.
> - Why is is that when I am in Palmyra, I hear oodles of traffic running on
> the K Line, but when ever I try and railfan it, I usually draw a big zero?
> We saw two trains from a distance ... oh well!
>
> I think I can safely speak for John on this ... thanks to Diana, Jake and
> Dave for a great day!
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> Regards,
>
> John Lewis
> Palmyra, Missouri
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