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Weekend Steam II: N & W 611 Wheel Slip

 Thank You, Merle!

Weekend Steam: NW 475, Strasburg

 Great suggestion, Merle! Thank You

Thinking, Thinking, Down The Road

 I'm thinking down the road thirty years when I am 102. Forestry makes you think in decades. 

Susan's Garden Update

 Susan is busy every day, running the electric canner and tending to the garden. The tomatoes will be ready soon and she will break out the big canner and the gas hot plate. Those cabbages are 7.8 and 5.2 pounds. We will be making kraut soon!

The recent rain (1.7") brought the straw beans out of the ground, and today we had another .36!

Touring With Tristan: Southern Utah

Springpoles Again

 Springpoles smack down chainsaw novices. The key things to remember are to find the apex between the ascending and descending sides and then attack on the inside at that point. Shave it, notch it, or make a face in it. Stand aside and cut on the tensioned side. I like to make a hinge sometimes, but it usually won't be necessary. I demonstrate that here, so you will have that little method in your toolbox. Attack it from the tensioned side, or too high or low, and you are likely to be injured. Do it right and the danger disappears. 

Cutting A Boat Load!

 

Back To The Old Grind!

Weekend Steam II: Odd Hybrid Locomotives In South Africa

 Merle keeps sending links that show us new and unusual steam applications. This is something that I had never heard about before! Thank You, Merle!

Weekend Steam: Big Boy Action!

 Good One, Merle. Thank You!