Weekend Update 4/20/25

[pmpexpress]

Thanks for the link , my mini mills were lonely so I just pulled the trigger on the lime sickle Drill Press .
https://www.ebay.com/itm/356367571234?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D284015%2C284137%26meid%3Dfb37660e6a4947e1901716ba52a5f5fa%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D375192347454%26itm%3D356367571234%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bAndUBSourceDemotionWithUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewV1%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2332490.c101196.m2219&itmprp=cksum%3A356367571234fb37660e6a4947e1901716ba52a5f5fa%7Cenc%3AAQAKAAABQKf%252BZDynwIBzPFOUXzsYfl6V00AKQ%252B%252B7P%252BQrUe%252FaNcA%252F6g5%252BKJDCW80yl3sDyiOtDc%252Bwp382udDvnYxF7ZDSjYqJm5GyOUkm75MegRvdMcZOp66%252FyDudCANRlWAoDDDX9ZlpwlAPkEY6wG7bY5sVgJIeq41nf9XENtWwT%252Btd6SGDjB6MHuwdADwRF2SZ4e0HGHiMOjXPa8ldF8juCfkbAGEYqgytJ1HRS2W9VmW3bjSx0jj59kkDqI7srungDfnqiG%252BJC7AjzT4afGwGumacq9ehfvvenHm%252Fa2SVohQpclvqoyHjAtY2lRybHN5KdI9nLHvkkp6g7Hyg%252BCh0vhLFZEaJIfVcjl1oUWINuizDZwOA8O0aesC2%252BfkwFNLb%252F7H6Avf61R35lZ5fUYQH1D%252BkOPa4WvXees73wfv6pZJAoJTU%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01JSE0J9B774EGMRCN97RK7X4Z

I'm leaning toward one of theses from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DW33JVV3/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A11FLVQ26B78BS&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CHSFN7S4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?smid=A2Q11TVEJWJF9N&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CKV4M12V/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2Q11TVEJWJF9N&psc=1

[up1950s]

Mine came today . Should be great for drilling bolster holes perpendicularly .

[RRRover]

I looked at that link because I wanted to know where somebody found some Bessemer & Lake Erie units still in their original paint in 2025 and it turns out the picture is from 2014. Booooooo!

We have a pair here #901 and 910 in Fond du Lac, WI, assigned as the pushers for Byron Hill just south. 907 is still working on DM&IR track out of Duluth, MN too. If you watch or scroll out local railcam for earlier on the afternoon of 4/23 you'll see them (I think about 13:00 CDT). They shove 2 to 5 trains every 12 hours.

[RRRover]

In fact, just after I posted...

[Olivani]

Olivani:  Depends on location modeled.  I've never seen an open door on NS trains in West Virginia.

I just see more and more pictures of trains which have been robbed !    Absolutely crazy. Do these delinquents have freight papers or a man on the inside (not the container) so they know which containers to target or is this just some random sh!t, good luck and hop(p)ing for the best ? Just sad really.