The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #X.. Stop In!!!

[tompm]

Good evening folks

Matt, I hope things begin to heal up for you. I understand some of what you are going through. It has been 4 months since my hernia surgery and emergency bowel obstruction surgery, and I am still not fully recovered. Heavy lifting is still a no-no. I have to be careful bending over. Now, just for giggles, I have a corn on the bottom of my left foot.

Tonight I was able to pull the pond filter and clean it. I then helped my wife with watering the plants in the backyard.

I tried to run my new BLI Chessie Steam Train Heavyweights, but it did not go well. The combine kept derailing at switches. At first, I thought the coupler pin was catching on the rails in the switch. I adjusted the pin, but it was still happening. Next, I switched locomotives, but the derailing kept happening. I swung the car around with the baggage door being in the rear and no derailing. I went back to the baggage door in the front and it derailed. Now I am beginning to suspect the wheels as the source of the problem. Of course I cannot find my wheel gauge to test them. I will look at it again tomorrow night.

I hope everybody has a good evening.