Thank you TCD. Great report!
And as Bert said to Mary Poppins...."Don't stay away too long".
Here are some pics of the 1900 CS the last to be remodeled
Well sir, you have done it again. Great photos, and report. I am thinking that now we need to start a 'Post Your Picture from the Pioneer Hall Balcony' thread.
No Cassette Potti onboard...jest a little too little space (ie, air space...) for um, a CP. This is why you stay at campgrounds with fine CS facilities... We've taken our p/u all over the south and have enjoyed it as well.
TCD I am pretty sure some of the guys on the roof were plumbers. The reel on the roof is a camera reel for looking in the sewer lines. They had to be running the camera down the vent pipe. Also like you I have a little girl she is now 8 months old and she is awesome.
[ Two thumbsup, just in case you missed that. I doubt you missed it with your superb super hero/spy/detective skills! Thanks for the great energy and effort in putting this together. A job well done!
My faves: The FWRR, Shimming up the TE balcony, everthing else and my personal fave.... (you know!)
If we cheer really loud, will there be an encore?
I really enjoyed reading your report - it makes me even more excited for our trip to the Fort this summer!
Thanks so much for some great reading! Do you have plans to return soon so that we hopefully can look forward to a sequel for some interesting summer reading?
hey thanks for all the tips. everytime we go i take my ds 5 exploring. with his age and stuff we will not be hunting down swap trail. but he loves the train ties. so to show him the complete train tracks he will be ecstatic. thanks for the report it was awesome
I greatly enjoyed the report, TCD. You have been sorely missed my friend. My favorite part? The rails!
I have a theory as to why these rails remain while they were removed everywhere else. Given the use of extra measures (bolted spike plates and gauge rods) I suspect that this was a troublesome section of rail, probably due to the swampiness. The crews who were recycling the rails may not have been equipped to handle the frozen bolts and rods used on this section of track and opted to just leave it. It would seem, from the photos at least, that they took all the spikes and spike plates that were not bolted... even on light rail projects there would be more plates than shown (on heavy rail it is spiked at every tie). It seems unlikely that they would take the plates and skip the rails unless they were just too much trouble for the return. Anyhow, it's a theory. I can't be there to see them myself, so I'll do what I can... theorize!
Thanks again
Great trip report. I can't wait to my next visit. Thanks.
Thanks TCD - your post brought back so many fond memories. But I have a few questions. Maybe someone can help me out.
Okay, realistically I knew Minnie Moo wouldn't live forever...
But, you're telling me the goats are GONE?
as are the peacocks?
And what happened to the shoes in the shoe tree?
And why is the lawnmower tree a lawnmower stump?
What about the guy that drove around in his little delivery truck banging on his skillet who brought eggs to your campsite if you forgot them? Or the elf that hung Christmas stockings on your camper door on Christmas Eve? And the fresh air-conditioned tram?? Okay, I know - they're gone too.
Oh, it has been way too long since I have taken a trip to the Fort!!
If I recall correctly, the shoe tree was populated in '04 and was denuded in my next trip in '07.
Otherwise, I will see you on the next TCD trip report.
TCD
I took these last week. I connected four pictures together and smoothed the edges for better viewing. The scale is very close to correct buy not exact. The thing I hadn't seen in other pictures were the blue containers at the right of the picture. These looked like 10-12 of those blue miniature swimming pools. I'm guessing they were for draining the river country pool but why so far from it. Also why not just pump water out to the lake. Any ideas?
And that picture alone:
I am guessing that maybe they are like a portable fish hatchery or something being used by the fishing guides.