The passing of EZDays

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Those of you that have been here since the beginning, The Gauge, and The Big Blue Train forum know how much Don, his son Duffy (Pat) and Path (Pat H) have all contributed to keeping Big Blue running for all of our enjoyment. While Pat H moved on to bigger things, we watched as we lost a few of our seasoned members. (Fallen Flags Forum).

Unlike most of them, Don and I frequently kept abreast of personal matters by e-mails and phone calls. Sometimes it was about Big Blue subjects, sometimes personal things.  The past few months he visited Big Blue less frequently, just hinting as to how he was feeling, good or bad.  I have said many times that it's amazing how you become friends over the internet through e-mails etc. having never been together in person.

We have had a few Zoom meetings that I'm sure some of you remember and that makes his passing a bit easier to take, in that, we know what each other looks like and we're just not "a name" on a train forum. I also remember a few members met him at one time or another. He had wonderful modeling ability and was always very helpful to anyone who had difficulties of any kind.

As is my job, on Big Blue, I have moved all of his threads to the Remembering Our Fallen Flag Members forum:  https://bigbluetrains.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=88

My condolences to Pat and his family 
RIP, Don