Voyager

If you're going to use my likeness in your posts, then I demand royalties...

So, this summer our local Reading and Northern Railroad will be hosting the massive Union Pacific Big Boy steam engine as it makes its way from Scranton to Philly. A special excursion will run behind the Big Boy from Nesquehoning to Pittston. Meanwhile our own stream engine (the 2102) will also be running in conjunction with it. After that, it appears that the Big Boy will run the rest of the Reading and Northern trackage to Reading and then eventually Philly. If it does this, it'll pass through Tamaqua along the way. It's going to be one hell of a railroad and steam event.

I've been a train fan since I was a kid. One of my dreams was to have a basement model railroad, but so far it hasn't happened.

Bumping this thread to ask if anyone on the forum is at all interested in steam trains. If so, I'll post some really cool information!

I know. I was being somewhat facetious, trying to lighten my own mood. I've not been feeling well the past couple months, both physically and mentally. I'm actually at the docs right now, hoping he'll set up a barrage of testing, from imaging, to blood, to a cancer screen, to see why I'm in the current state I'm in.

Trying to figure out why it takes 3-5 days to warm up, but only 12 hours to get cold...

Yup. Like the one that got a lump of coal...lol

Honestly, I'd be fine with 50 in the winter and 85 in the summer.

I really can't wait for backdoor cold front season to end. I went out for our coffee and breakfast sandwiches, and the dark, cloudy, murky, foggy, cold and damp look and feel made me instantly depressed.

59 now after a high of 79. Whe we went to dinner is was summer. When we came out it was fall.

I hate backdoor cold fronts...

I'll believe it when I see it...

Surprisingly, the warmest temps, and the only real sun I've seen today is in the least likely place.... Hazleton.

For sure. If not this weekend, then probably late next week a lot of folks are going to be doing their first mowing of the season.

Physical pain is a part of it for me. With a (removed) thyroid, and not being able to regulate it with levothyroxine for some reason, the cold hits hard for me. One of the effects of my condition is cold intolerance. Some of the others is depression/anxiety, muscle aches, and extreme fatigue. So my general distain for winter, plus the physical issues, and mental depression makes for a rough time for me. And before anyone says "move", if I could, I would, but as many of you know, my wife won't leave here for ANY reason, so I'm stuck unless I leave her.