Contrary to the caption on this video, the engine is not ejecting cinders. The Sandaoling coal mine is low quality coal that throws lots of cinders when the engine is in a hard pull. It is dramatic! Many Thanks, Merle!
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Friday, March 20, 2026
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Wild Critter Behavior
Remember those groundhogs from the other day? I put them on the dam so our migrating turkey vultures could feed and clean them up. Today, they were covered up with dry grass that had been scratched up from around them. You can see the tail peeking out on this one. I think that is cat behavior, so I am guessing that a bobcat has claimed them. The grass is keeping the sun off, so they shouldn't spoil for a day or so. I will keep an eye out, but bobcats are mostly nocturnal and invisible
Tough Spring Flowers
Our daffodils were all looking sad and bent over after a 15 degrees Fahrenheit night. I thought they were goners.
Today they were standing all the way up again, looking pretty and proud.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Wednesday Windage III: Tax, Serialize, Register, Criminalize...
....Pritzker's at it again! Tom Grieve provides a good update.
It's like we are living in a script by Mel Brooks.
Wednesday Windage II: Dealing With Barn Busters
Groundhogs are legal game until the end of March, when a two month pause happens while they raise their young. I have been watching. Today was sunny and relatively calm, and I spotted one at the north barn. It's a 110 yard shot from the dog yard, and the .308 bullet took the first one from the back of the right ribcage and out the opposite shoulder. I went up to retrieve it and checked inside the barn. Another groundhog was sitting just outside its hole, but my eyes were still dazzled. The groundhog went down its hole before I could line up with my .44 Vaquero. I stood behind a post and waited. It popped back up, but just showed the silhouette of the front of its face beyond a straw bale. Well, bullets go through straw pretty well, and at 20 feet the iron sights worked just fine. Two groundhogs in one day!
Wednesday Windage: The Mighty .22, Tim Sundles of Buffalo Bore
This video is a new upload, but I recognize the content, so YouTube must have taken down the original and Tim had to delete something. Oh Well. I have had very good luck with Ruger products, and others at the rifle club have had several problems with Browning Buckmarks. I have added after market internals to some of our Ruger Mks, and our latest seems to be settling in at a 4 pound trigger, so I will be getting some Volquartsen parts to improve that.
We had nasty cold and wind, and I have not been out to shoot lately. It's going up to 60 today, so Spring is on the way.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Tuesday Torque: SIAM's Second Annual Winter Crank-Up! Evansville, Indiana, March 14
We all were very fortunate. The weather was perfect for this event, and the next day a nasty squall line blew through, bringing dangerous winds and cold temps.
The chili was awesome! It was thick with homegrown, home ground beef, all made from steak!
Monday, March 16, 2026
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Weekend Steam II: A Cute Little Loco!
Merle is sending all of us to Hungary today to enjoy a pretty little engine and railroad. It looks to be about a two foot gauge, so I bet there is some oscillation in the cars. Don't try to read while you ride! Thanks, Merle!
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