Not sure where to put this but this is as good as any. As most of you know I am starting a Gern industry on my layout. I think it is operating now. Here are some picks of my Gern fleet. Maybe more to come.















Thank you Dr. Wayne. I have enjoyed doing this and look forward to servicing this industry.

Wow! Great work!

I bet ol' Cookie would be proud...! (And Wayne too.)

Andrew

I'm afraid I don't know who cookie is.

Beautiful!

Les, I really like your trucks and the tankers especially! Nice work!
Ralph

That's great work..!!! Your trucks & rolling stock look really good, and from the looks of it, the place will be really jumpin'..!!

Nice work on making those decals, Les.

"Cookie" is GERN founder Charles Gibson's nickname, dating back to the early-1920s when he was a high-flying centre for the Shawinigan Syrup Kings of the Eastern Hockey League. He's also a Member of Big Blue, although running GERN and living the high life generally takes up most of his time, so he seldom posts here.
He was recently interviewed for Popular Flux magazine, but I've yet to read that particular issue.


Wayne

Wayne,

You are too funny...! Can't wait to see the full page ad for flux-lined pants... 3% dressier? 3% sharper crease?

Andrew

MasonJar Wrote:Wayne,

You are too funny...! Can't wait to see the full page ad for flux-lined pants... 3% dressier? 3% sharper crease?

Andrew

Worn by a nubile young lady on a centrefold? I'll take a copy! 8-)

Flux-mate of the month?

Don't let the Sheriff in Big Ugly Know about this young lady I hear he is looking for a new wife after his was killed crossing the track. Think about it.
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Lester: That is quite a fleet of GERN vehicles and rolling stock!

DocWayne: I agree with Andrew. Your humor is wonderful.

Thanks Gary, but the magazine cover was done by my brother Steven, who also took the photo and did the "editing job". Not to let all of the trade secrets out of the bag, but he was the originator of both GERN and Cookie Gibson.

Many years ago, when my brother was the proverbial "starving artist", he gave me, as a Christmas gift, a cheque, "good anytime for one weasel drawing". (At the time, he was doing a lot of cartooning depicting people represented as weasels - not in a nasty context, but simply using that animal's form instead of a human one.) After he became successful, I joked that perhaps it was time for me to "cash" the cheque. I requested a depiction of that old-time movie favourite, the race to the crossing. He borrowed a locomotive (now entrusted to my good friend Deano) and some covered hoppers, then added some imagination and came up with the drawing below. It's difficult to make out in the photo, but the door of the pursuing squad car is lettered for the "Thought Police". The narrator in the "bubble" represents a mutual friend.

Sorry about the quality of the photo - I didn't want to take it out of the frame, and had to crop off the top to eliminate glare on the glass.


Here's a photo of the loco:


Wayne

MasonJar Wrote:Wayne,

You are too funny...! Can't wait to see the full page ad for flux-lined pants... 3% dressier? 3% sharper crease?

Andrew

33% more absorbent!

I really like those tank cars. Very nice!